The one good thing about being stuck in a lockdown is there’s no shortage of great streamable TV. I feel as if I’ve become a bit of an expert on the subject over this past year.
One thing I’m beginning to develop is a keen eye for Easter Eggs . I’ve found even more hidden details fans probably didn’t catch on their first viewing and I’m here today to share them with you.
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1. CJ’s fishbowl on *The West Wing* revealed major plot points.
For example in the episode “Gone Quiet,” a toy submarine is seen submerged inside the bowl.
The premise of the entire episode revolved around a submarine that the President feared was missing.
2. Hurley makes a ton of *Lost* references on an episode of *How I Met Your Mother*.
Jorge Garcia from Lost made a short but memorable cameo appearance as ‘The Blitz.’
During the “Blitzgiving” episode, he makes reference to being stranded on a desert island and even calls out the fabled numbers !
3. Ross has a small banana pin on his jacket when he says goodbye to Marcel the monkey on *Friends*.
If you look closely, you should be able to notice it on the left lapel of Ross’ jacket.
I know it was a bit contrived but I always loved Marcel.
4. There’s a *Tangled* Easter Egg in *This Is Us*.
Remember that Mandy Moore plays both Rebecca and Rapunzel.
Just as is done in the film, Randall and his mother begin a semantic back-and-forth in This Is Us : “I love you; I love you more; I love you most!”
5. SAMCRO honors Opie with his own patch.
There’s no denying that Opie was one of the most beloved characters on Sons of Anarchy .
As a way of paying tribute to their fallen brother, Jax and a few other MC members begin wearing “In Memory Of Opie” patches.
6. Abed has his own episode within an episode of *Community*.
In “The Psychology of Letting Go” episode of Community , Abed is noticeably absent. But a careful eye reveals that he was actually there all along — just hidden in the background.
Throughout the episode, Abed befriends a pregnant lady, gets into a fight with her boyfriend, then helps deliver the child in the back of a van.
7. Are John Winchester from *Supernatural* and Negan from *The Walking Dead* the same person?
Both of these characters were played to perfection by actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
In an episode of Supernatural , Dean picks up a bat (that looks an awful lot like Lucille) and says “Dad used to love this thing.”
8. Rebecca has an odd fetish in *Crazy Ex Girlfriend*.
Rebecca makes a point of telling her boss never to critique or poke fun at someone’s sexual fetish — even if it’s something as strange as being choked with red-rope licorice.
A couple of episodes later, after she sleeps with Trent, Rebecca is seen chewing on a Red Vine.
9. The only person to not break eye contact with Mr. Burns on *The Simpsons* is Maggie.
This happens during the classic “Who Shot Mr. Burns pt.1” episode.
If you take a look as Burns pans the room at the Town Hall meeting, every single citizen of Springfield fails to meet his gaze. All except his future attacker, Maggie Simpson.
10. Monica Rambeau was texting Reed Richards in *WandaVision*.
Let me preface this by saying that this hasn’t been confirmed. But if you stop and think about it, there’s almost no one else whom it could possibly be.
A brilliant aerospace engineer who’s always up for a challenge? That sounds like Mr. Fantastic to me.
11. The mother’s name is revealed in the first season of *How I Met Your Mother*.
In season 1, Ted, Barney, and Robin all spend Thanksgiving together at the Lusty Leopard strip club. Ted meets a dancer who first introduces herself as Amber and then corrects herself by saying “My real name is Tracy.”
At that moment, Ted (Bob Saget) tells his children “And that, kids, is how I met your mother!”
12. Joey took the draw/erase board with him on *Joey*.
Who could forget the white draw/erase board that used to adorn the wall in Joey and Chandler’s apartment?
If you look by the door in Joey’s new pad, you’ll see he’s taken it with him as a memento.
13. There’s a secret language in *Futurama*.
Fans of the series can spot the strange language in multiple episodes, but what’s even more exciting is that it can be translated!
The next time you sit down to watch, make sure to have this decoder close by.
14. Is Quicksilver’s return on *WandaVision* setting up the Marvel multiverse?!
In the most recent episode of WandaVision , Quicksilver made his return but not in the manner most would have expected.
In the MCU, Pietro was killed in Avengers: Age of Ultron ; he was played by actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
The Quicksilver who showed up on Wanda’s doorstep was the version from *X-Men: Days Of Future Past*.
The Quicksilver in the X-Men universe is played by Evan Peters.
Now that Disney has reacquired all of the rights for Marvel, many have suggested that this crossover cameo is a sign that the larger multiverse will be introduced in Phase 4 .
