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In Free Guy (2021), you can see a bottle of gin labelled Subtle Product Placement. This is actually a bottle of Aviation Gin...a brand which is partially owned by Ryan Reynolds.

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In Inglorious Basterds (2009), when the cinema is burning, the giant swastika above the screen falls to the ground. According to Eli Roth, this wasn't supposed to happen. The swastika was reinforced with steel cables, but the steel liquefied and snapped due to the intense heat.

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In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), the Nazi outfits are genuine World War 2 uniforms, not costumes. They were found in Eastern Europe by Co-Costume Designer Joanna Johnston.

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Whitney Kropp, a bullied girl who was nominated for homecoming queen by her bullies as a prank. It backfired when the whole town rallied around her and supported her nomination. She ended up winning and was crowned Homecoming queen.

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In the Truman Show (1998), the identical twins are played by Ron and Don Taylor, two police officers who were working on the set as security guards. Director Peter Weir saw how friendly they were with the film's cast and crew, so he hired them as actors.

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In Anastasia (1997), the drawing that Anastasia gives to her grandmother is based on a 1914 painting created by the real princess Anastasia.

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In Zootopia (2016), Chief Bogo wears eyeglasses to read documents. This is a reference to the fact that buffalo have poor eyesight. Confirmed by the directors in a Q&A.

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In HP and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), a newspaper states that a witch named Amelia Bones was found murdered at her home. She was the witch that defended Harry in The Order of The phoenix (2007).

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In Thor (2011) one of the Asgardians is played by Walt Simonson. He wrote the Thor comicbook from 1983-1987.

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In Turning Red (2022), these two girls have blue patches on their arms. They are actually insulin infusion sets for Type-1 Diabetes. Susan Fong, the technical supervisor of the movie, was diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes as a child.

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In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2018), the old couple taking photos are the parents of James Gunn. They are credited as Weird Old Man and Weird Old Man's Mistress..

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In Glass Onion (2022), the Hourly Dong was voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He has a cameo in all of Rian Johnson's movies as a running gag.

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In The Truman Show (1998), the couple at the table are Daryl Davis and Robert Davis, they are the founders of Seaside, the town where the movie was filmed. They agreed to give filming permission, in return for a cameo.

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In Terminator 2 (1991), the guard and the T-1000 were played by identical twins, Don and Dan Stanton.

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In Top Gun Maverick (2022), the P-51 Mustang that appears in the movie actually belongs to Tom Cruise. He's been a fully licensed pilot since 1994 and it's his favourite aircraft.

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In Wreck it Ralph (2012), Bowser holds his cup of tea in a particular way. This was actually an addition by Nintendo. Before the film was released, they contacted the filmmakers and said that Bowser was drinking his tea the wrong way in the group therapy scene. So, it was changed.

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In Toy Story 4 (2019), a car has the licence plate RMRF97. In 1997, someone at Pixar accidentally typed “rm -r -f “, deleting the entire Toy Story 2 movie from the Pixar database. Fortunately, the film's supervising technical director had a backup copy at home, and the movie was restored.

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In Monsters Inc (2001), Boo tries to give sully a Nemo Doll. Finding Nemo wouldn’t come out until 2003.

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In Mulan (1998), Mulan touches her hair a lot because the animators noticed that Mulan’s voice actor, Ming-Na Wen, touched her hair a lot while recording. So, they added it to the character. (confirmed by Ming-Na Wen on twitter).

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In The Matrix (1999), the club where Neo meets Trinity is an actual BDSM club in Sydney. The extras were all patrons of the club who wore their own gear.

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In Zootopia (2016), Mr Big, the mafia boss, is an Arctic Shrew. Director Roy Moore made this choice because “the arctic shrew is the most vicious predator on earth”. Arctic Shrews eat three times their own body weight and even eat other shrews.

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When life gives you oranges, make orange juice

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In Spider-Man (2002), J. Jonah Jameson has a telescope in his office. While preparing for the role, J K Simmons visited the offices of the New York Post and saw that the editor had a telescope in his own office. So, he incorporated it into Jameson's character.

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In The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), Gloin wears a distinctive helmet in one scene. His son Gimli will later inherit it and wear it during The Lord of The Rings.

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In Coco (2017), a skeleton is wearing Sid's shirt from Toy Story (1995).

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In Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), these rebel soldiers are played by Mark Hamill's children. From left to right; Nathan Hamill, Chelsea Hamill, and Griffin Hamill.

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I hate soulless cash grabs too :(

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In La La Land (2016), as Sebastian and Mia walk through the studio lot, they pass by two actors filming a romantic scene. Those two actors are actually Ryan Gosling’s and Emma Stone’s body doubles.

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In Men in Black 3 (2012), the alien with an exposed brain is played by legendary SFX artist Rick Baker. He worked on all 3 MIB movies.

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In 1917 (2019), Schofield is running along a trench, when another soldiers runs into him and trips him up. This was unscripted: an extra accidentally ran into George MacKay during a particular take, but McKay recovered and kept running.

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In Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), the bartender is played by Leander Deeny, who was the body double for skinny pre-serum Steve Rogers.

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In The Dark Knight (2008), the bank manager is played by William Fichtner. This is a reference to Heat (1995). Nolan has cited Heat as a major influence on The Dark Knight.

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In Encanto (2021), the multicoloured water was inspired by a real place in Colombia...the Cano Cristales river. The river is commonly called the River of Five Colors or the Liquid Rainbow, and is noted for its striking colors.

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In the first three POTC movies (2003-2007), all three protagonists are named after birds. Sparrow and Swann are obvious. But Will Turner's surname is a reference to Terns. Confirmed by the screenwriter, source in comments.

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In Mad Max (1979), Toecutter’s gang was actually played by a real biker gang: “The Vigilanties”. They also performed many of the stunts in the movie. In fact, they proved so proficient, one even doubled for Goose to do his donut in a later scene.

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In Coco (2017), the conductor of the final concert is based on composer Michael Giacchino, who created the music for the movie.

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In The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Wes Anderson randomly cast a St Bernard he saw in the streets of Gorlitz, Germany, while they were filming. He also avoided hiring an animal wrangler by having the dog’s owner appear in the scene.

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In Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (2009), the child version of Tom Riddle is played by Hero Fiennes Tiffin, the nephew of actor Ralph Fiennes, who played Voldemort. Nice little family connection.

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In Titanic (1997), the car that Rose and Jack have sex in is a 1912 Renault Type CB Coupe de Ville. To date, it is the only automobile known for certain to have been on the Titanic.

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In Encanto (2021), Dolores is seen clapping with her index fingers. This is because she has super hearing. Full credit to encantogifs on twitter.

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In Spider-man Homecoming (2018), MJ is seen reading Invitation To A Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov. The book is about a man in a prison cell, the only other occupant is a spider.

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In Coco (2017), the skull on Ernesto's guitar has a single gold tooth, foreshadowing that...

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In Spaceballs (1987), Dark Helmet is drinking from a Styrofoam cup because crew members would leave them around the set. So, Mel Brooks decided to just make them a part of the universe.

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In the Princess Diaries (2001), the scene where Mia trips and falls in the bleachers wasn’t a part of the script. Anne Hathaway had accidentally slipped in a puddle. Director Garry Marshall liked it so much that he decided to keep it in the movie.

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In Mean Girls (2004), Tim Meadows, who plays Principal Duvall, broke his wrist a week before filming started and had to wear a cast. This was written into the movie as Principal Duvall suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome.

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In Django Unchained (2012), one of Django’s outfits is based on an outfit that Michael Landon wore in the TV Western Bonanza.

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In The Dark Knight Rises (2012), comedian Thomas Lennon plays a doctor. He also played a doctor in Memento (2000), another Christopher Nolan movie. Nolan specifically offered him the role in Rises. Lennon thinks both characters are the same person.

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In Sonic The Hedgehog (2020), the icon on Sonic's bandana is the logo from the original 1991 game.

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In Parasite (2019), Mr Park's company is called 'Another Brick'. This is a reference to Pink Floyd. They were Bong Joon Ho's favorite band in college.

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In Palm Springs (2020), Nyles is drinking Akupara beer. In Sanskrit, Akupara means unlimited, unbounded and in Hinduism, it's the name of a tortoise described as one who is without death. Confirmed by the director, source in comments.

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In Ghostbusters (1984), it was Billy Murray’s idea that Venkman be covered in much less marshmallow than the other characters. In contrast, Dan Aykroyd loved the shaving cream and kept asking for more to be applied to him.

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In Big Hero 6 (2014), Mochi the cat is dressed as Stitch, from Lilo and Stitch (2002).

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In Forrest Gump (1994), the dog tags worn by Lt Dan actually belong to Jack Treese, the brother in law of Gary Sinise. Treese served in Vietnam. He died in 2014.

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In the Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), the scene in which Lock, Shock and Barrel remove their masks was based on a season five episode of The Twilight Zone called “The Masks,” which had a huge impact on Burton as a child.

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He can't get it up

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In Kung Fu Panda (2008), Po’s father owns a noodle shop. This is actually a reference to his voice actor, James Hong. Hong’s father owned a noodle shop and Hong would often work there. When the filmmakers learned about this, they integrated it into his character.

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In Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), the flashback scene featuring a younger Nigel Powers is actually footage from the early Michael Caine movie Hurry Sundown (1967).

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In the Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), when a corpse is revealed under the dining table, the actors were genuinely shocked. None of them knew that the body was there – with one exception, Tim Curry, because he was the one who had to whip the tablecloth off.

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In Encanto (2021), Bruno's visions are made of emeralds. In Colombia, emeralds are thought to give people the power to predict the future.

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In The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords plays an elf at the council of Rivendell. His cameo was so popular with fans that they named the elf Figwit. Peter Jackson brought Figwit back in The Return of the King (2003). Bret played another elf in the Hobbit (2012).

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In Baby Driver (2017), a security guard was played by Joe Loya, an ex-convict who worked on the movie as a technical adviser. He also worked on the script. IRL he was actually convicted for robbing banks.

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In Parasite (2019), the trash can in the Park’s house costs $2,300 in real life. Bong Joon Ho chose it because it doesn’t make any noise and opens very smoothly. Still, he was baffled by the cost, saying: What the fuck? What kind of idiot would buy a trash can that’s going to smell anyway?”

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In Hook (1991), the flying couple on the bridge is actually George Lucas and Carrie Fisher. Carrie even worked on the movie's script.

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In The Little Mermaid (1989), you can see the king and his advisor from Cinderella (1950) at the wedding.

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In Finding Nemo (2003), one of the boats in Sydney harbour is named Jerome's Raft. This is a tribute to Jerome Ranft, a character sculptor who worked on the movie. He also voiced Jacque the shrimp.

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In Unbreakable (2000), the comic book clerk is played by actor Bostin Christopher. He reprised this role in Glass (2019) for one scene.

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In Knives Out (2019), Ransom's sweater has a ripped collar and several noticeable holes. The costume designer added this detail to show Ransom’s nonchalance towards his wealth and disrespect for his family. Source in comments.

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In The Truman Show (1999), the man playing the piano while Truman sleeps is composer Phillip Glass. He created some of the music for the movie, including the piece he is playing.

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In LOTR: The Fellowship of The Ring (2001), you can see Pippin playing in the band at Bilbo's party, before his proper introduction. Confirmed by Billy Boyd on the DVD commentary.

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In Independence Day (1996), the office worker killed during the alien’s attack is played by Volker Engle, the special effects supervisor of the movie. He won the Oscar for Visual Effects for his work, the only Oscar that the movie won.

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In The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Viggo Mortensen was only filmed on his left side in closeups for The Mines of Moria. This is because he had a black eye, which he'd gotten from surfing. He had to wait a month for the swelling to go down.

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In The Emperor's New Groove (2000), the statue holding candles is actually a character that was cut from the movie. He was named Huaca, and he was a talking talisman that was an advisor to the emperor.

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In Goodfellas (1990), the painting by Tommy's mother is based on a photo from a 1978 issue of National Geographic.

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In Despicable Me (2010), the number on Gru's ticket is 072069. Aka July 20th 1969, the date of the first moon landing (which Gru watched in a flashback).

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In How to Train Your Dragon (2010), one of the dragons is carrying a Hippo. This is actually Gloria from Madagascar (2005). Confirmed on the DVD commentary, source in comments.

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In Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), the pretty girl in the corvette is played by Nancy Wilson, member of the rock band Heart. She was dating screenwriter Cameron Crowe, and later married him.

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In Star Trek (2009), one of the Transporter officers is played by Chris Doohan, the son of actor James Doohan. James played Scotty in Star Trek: The Original Series.

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In Luca (2021), Massimo serves Luca trenette al pesto. This is a dish from Liguria, the Italian region where Genoa is located. Genoa is the city where Giulia's mother lives, and the home town of director Enrico Casarosa.

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In Cars 2 (2011), in Paris you can see a restaurant called “Gastow's”. This is a direct reference to “Gusteau’s” restaurant from Ratatouille (2007).

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In Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Mini Me is wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey during the rap number. They are Mike Myers's favourite hockey team.

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In Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Sam injures his left hand in the desert. This is because Shia LaBeouf injured his hand in a car accident during filming. So it had to be written into the movie.

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In Coraline (2009), Coraline's father is wearing a Michigan State jersey. This was added by producer Bill Mechanic, who attended Michigan State and wanted to honour his university.

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In Thor: Ragnarok (2017), the Commodore is painted in the colors of the aboriginal flag, while Valkyrie’s spaceship is painted in the colors of the Tino Rangatiratanga flag (flag of the Maori Independence movement). Source in comments.

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In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse (2018), for a split second in the opening logos, the Columbia lady is knocked off her pedestal by a giant banana. This is a direct reference to the opening of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009), where the same thing happened.

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In the Addams Family (1991), you can see a grave for “Ansel Addams”. This is a reference to Ansel Adams, a famous landscape photographer.

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In Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989), the heart insignia on Indy's chest is a Life Scout badge. Life Scout is the second-highest rank in the Boy Scouts.

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In Detective Pikachu (2019), Tim is watching the same gangster movie as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone (1990). It’s called Angels with Filthy Souls.

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In The Hateful Eight (2015), the pipe that John Ruth smokes actually belongs to Kurt Russell. He commissioned it from an Italian company named Mastro de Paja. He has been buying their pipes for years.

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In Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), the shot of Proudfoot with his feet up in the air, is a direct homage to the 1978 animated adaptation of the Lord of the Rings, directed by Ralph Bakshi. (Intentional reference, source in comments).

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In Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), the blond man on the right is Gal Gadot's husband, Yaron Varsano. And the little girl is Maya, their younger daughter.

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On The Batman Begins (2005) soundtrack, tracks 4-9 spell out B-A-T-M-A-N.

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In The Lego Movie (2014), you can see a poster for “Macho and the Nerd” in Emmet’s apartment. This is the Russian name for 21 Jump Street (2012), also directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.

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In Hot Fuzz (2007), director Edgar Wright plays a shelf-stacker at Somerfield supermarket. He chose this cameo for himself because he actually worked as a shelf-stacker for five years when he was younger.

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In Mr Bean's Holiday (2007), the girl with the stereo is played by Lily Atkinson, the daughter of Rowan Atkinson. In the movie, she is also named Lily.

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In The Emperors New Groove (2000), baby Kuzco has a toy llama, a toy parrot, and a toy whale. Later on in the movie, he turns into all of these animals.

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In Soul (2020), you can see an advert for Brang on the train. This is the company that Riley's dad works for in Inside Out (2015).

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In 300 (2007), child Leonidas is played by Eli Snyder, the son of director Zack Snyder.

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In The Dark Knight Rises (2012), one of the football players is named “Ravenstahl”. He was played by Luke Ravenstahl, then mayor of Pittsburgh.

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In Shrek the third (2007), little red riding hood is seen in the poisoned apple, having sided with the villains. This only makes sense, as the big bad wolf has sided with Shrek.

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In Encanto (2021), Camillo's name is a reference to Chameleons, tying into his shapeshifting powers. He was also named after Camilo Garcia, a tour guide who escorted Disney staff around Columbia.

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In HP and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Luna wears a bracelet with a hare on it to Slughorn's Christmas Party. This is a reference to her patronus. Also, the bracelet was made by Evanna Lynch, the actress who plays Luna.

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In The Addams Family(1991), the Mamushka conductor is played by Marc Shaiman. He actually composed the music for the movie.

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