<div><p>Even if you consider yourself a movie buff, we all miss some things the first time we watch our favorite films.</p><p>Whether it's a visual joke that's only on-screen for a few moments, or a tiny detail you wouldn't notice unless you watched the movie over and over, filmmakers love to hide little Easter Eggs in their work.</p><p>Test yourself by reading this list of 13 of our favorite hidden jokes, details and references and see how many you already knew.</p><p></p><p><strong>1. Jurassic Park gives its plot away</strong></p><p><em>Jurassic Park </em>isn't famous for its complicated plot, it's just a fun movie about dinosaurs trashing a theme park, but there is a twist partway through when the scientists discover the park's female dinosaurs can mate.</p><p>But if you're paying attention this is revealed at the start of the movie: during the helicopter ride to the park, Sam Neil's seat belt has two "female" connectors, but he makes it work by tying them together. "Life finds a way!"</p><div><figure><a href="http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/mp/7iSQYq9TBlWl.jpg" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/7iSQYq9TBlWl.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/7iSQYq9TBlWl_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/mp/7iSQYq9TBlWl.jpg" target="_blank">Zimbio</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p><strong>2. There's a joke hiding in the credits for Frozen</strong></p><p>We're sorry for reminding you about Disney's smash hit animated musical, because the songs are bound to be stuck in your head all day now.</p><p>But even if you know every word to "Let It Go" you probably never noticed the secret in this movie's credits: a clever joke about Kristof and his claim that all men eat their boogers. Blech!</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/frozenending__oPt.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/frozenending__oPt_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>3. Fun with time travel in Back to the Future</strong></p><p>Another "blink and you'll miss it" joke, this one is hiding in the classic 80s comedy <em>Back to the Future</em>. At the start of the movie, Marty meets the Professor at the Twin Pines Mall. </p><p>But after running over a tree in the 1950s, Marty returns to the present for the film's finale at the Lone Pine Mall. Get it?</p><div><figure><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/j5eU2.jpg" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/j5eU2.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/j5eU2_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/j5eU2_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/j5eU2.jpg" target="_blank">imgur</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>Click the next page for more movie secrets, including Star Wars and Harry Potter!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>4. Harry Potter and the Ginger Witch</strong></p><p>Who's your favorite character from the Harry Potter series? Ron? Hermione? How about the Ginger Witch? You may not recognize this character, but she's appeared in 4 of the Potter movies including <em>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them</em>. </p><p>Her adventures are hidden in newspaper headlines from the movies, but they include stealing a wig and causing a public disturbance involving flying pigs.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/g3-1.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/g3-1_GH_content_550px.png 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/g2-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/g2-1_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/G1-1.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/G1-1_GH_content_550px.png 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>5. Steven Spielberg loves a good Star Wars joke</strong></p><p>It's no secret that directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are good friends, and they've hidden lots of references to each other's movies in their work.</p><p>Spielberg has featured <em>Star Wars</em> cranky robots R2 D2 and C3PO in <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark</em>, and Yoda made a special appearance in <em>ET</em>. But Lucas paid his friend back, with a group of ET aliens in <em>Star Wars Episode I</em>.</p><p>Maybe this means someday we'll get a crossover movie, with Indiana Jones fighting space aliens!</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/Indiana-Jones.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/Indiana-Jones_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/M2K3U.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/latest" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>6. There's something hidden in every scene of Fight Club</strong></p><p>This darkly funny movie from the '90s poked fun at businesses like Ikea and Starbucks, including a very subtle joke about how common the coffee shop is.</p><p>According to the director David Fincher, you can spot a Starbucks coffee cup hiding in every scene of the movie - except the scene where a coffee shop is destroyed, apparently that was too much for the brand.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/2f61cd94d507bb9f767607a9d1569c5a.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/2f61cd94d507bb9f767607a9d1569c5a_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/2f61cd94d507bb9f767607a9d1569c5a_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/2f61cd94d507bb9f767607a9d1569c5a_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p><strong>7. A hidden message in Saving Private Ryan</strong></p><p>During this World War 2 movie's opening scene, the American soldiers shoot two surrendering soldiers. While they're speaking German, if you know the language you can hear them saying something that totally changes the scene:</p><p>"Please don't shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, I didn't kill anyone! I am Czech!" Oops, turns out they were probably prisoners in the wrong place at the wrong time. </p><div><figure><a href="https://www.quora.com/Saving-Private-Ryan-1998-movie-What-is-the-nationality-of-the-two-Axis-Soldiers-killed-by-the-US-Rangers-towards-the-end-of-the-Omaha-Beach-sequence-whilst-attempt-to-surrender" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/Sp.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/Sp_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://www.quora.com/Saving-Private-Ryan-1998-movie-What-is-the-nationality-of-the-two-Axis-Soldiers-killed-by-the-US-Rangers-towards-the-end-of-the-Omaha-Beach-sequence-whilst-attempt-to-surrender" target="_blank">Quora</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>8. The secret message in Godzilla</strong></p><p>The opening credits of the giant lizard's latest movie featured some sinister-looking military documents with the critical information blacked out.</p><p>But if you pause the film, you'll see that lots of the hidden messages are jokes about the film's crew.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/1.JPG" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/2.JPG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/2_GH_content_550px.JPG 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/3.JPG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/3_GH_content_550px.JPG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/3_GH_content_650px.JPG 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/4.JPG" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><strong>Click the next page for even more secrets, including Toy Story and The Matrix!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>9. Hidden "glitches" in The Matrix</strong></p><p>Strange sightings and deja vu are supposed to be common in the computer-generated world of the Matrix, but did you know sharp-eyed viewers can spot them too?</p><p>During Neo's training, the simulated city he walks through is full of twins, a hint that things aren't as real as they seem. The crew flew in real twins from across Australia to pull off this scene. How many pairs can you spot?</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/A.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/A_GH_content_550px.png 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/A_GH_content_650px.png 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/A_GH_content_750px.png 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/A_GH_content_850px.png 850w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>10. A naughty secret in The Prisoner of Azkaban</strong></p><p>In the third Harry Potter movie, the boy wizard gets the Marauder's Map, which shows the location of wizards throughout Hogwarts.</p><p>But fans spotted an unusual pair of feet that seem to be up to no good during the film's credits.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/H.JPG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/H_GH_content_550px.JPG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/H_GH_content_650px.JPG 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p><strong>11. Alfred Hitchcock's many cameos</strong></p><p>Hitchcock was a director known for two things: his suspenseful films, and his love for clever cameos.</p><p>The director would hide himself in his films, sometimes multiple times in one film, appearing 39 times altogether. </p><p>His most creative cameo? Sneaking into <em>Lifeboat</em> as a before-and-after ad for a weight loss product.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/H1.JPG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/H1_GH_content_550px.JPG 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/H2.JPG" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/H3.JPG" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>12. Anchorman's Mexican restaurant</strong></p><p>Where does Will Ferrell's hilarious newscaster Ron Burgundy go for a nice meal? His favorite restaurant: Escupimos en su Alimento.</p><p>Which, of course, is Spanish for "we spit in your food."</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/7-entry-7-1484597790.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/7-entry-7-1484597790_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/7-entry-7-1484597790_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>13. All of Pixar's hidden Easter Eggs</strong></p><p>There are enough hidden jokes, visual gags and references in Pixar movies to make another list, but this video does a great job of breaking down everything you probably missed.</p><div><div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="ejgaEbKT1sA"></amp-youtube></div></div></div><p><strong>Share this list if you learned something new!</strong></p></div>
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