15 Easter Eggs In 'Detective Pikachu' You Definitely Missed

Howard Clifford's office holds interesting trinkets. A massive painting sits on a side wall. It shows a big black circle on white canvas, which is an Ensō.The painting is a sacred Buddhist symbol called an Ensō.An Ensō painting foreshadows Howard Clifford's evil plan.

An Ensō has an ambiguous definition. One meaning suggests separating soul and body, letting the soul use the body for creative work. This mirrors Howard's plan to put his soul into a Pokémon so he can use the body however he wills.

Pikachu has a strange habit: he drinks a lot of coffee. In the film, Pikachu orders "another round, extra shot, blackest night." This sounds like a normal, goofy order, but it points to a reference to the Green Lantern comic.Pikachu orders Blackest Night coffee, referencing a 'Green Lantern' comic.Pikachu orders Blackest Night coffee, referencing a 'Green Lantern' comic.

Ryan Reynolds voices Pikachu. Reynolds played Green Lantern in the failed 2011 film of that name. Does Reynolds mock himself?

Tim Goodman arrives in Ryme City. He stops at his father's old workplace, the Ryme City Police Headquarters. There, he meets Hideo Yoshida, a Ryme City police lieutenant.

Yoshiba's desk placard reads H. Yoshida. This points to a legendary graphic designer.Hironobu YoshidaYoshida helped design the look of Pokémon since Pokémon: Yellow.Pokémon: Yellow

People looking closely see several posters throughout Detective Pikachu referencing missing Pokémon. Many appear later during the underground fight.Detective PikachuMany missing Pokémon posters appear. The film shows many of them during the underground fight.

The film does not address this directly. It implies the Pokémon came from their original owners.

EDM fans might have been excited to see Diplo appear. Diplo is one of the current popular DJs on the electronic charts.

Diplo DJs the underground tournament using his beats to push Pokémon into confrontation.

Howard Clifford's evil plan involves releasing toxic gas from huge balloons across Ryme City. Clifford is not the first villain using big balloons to spray chemicals on the public.

This plan closely matches the Joker's plan in Tim Burton's Batman movie from 1989.BatmanThe villain's plan mirrors the Joker's movie from 1989.

During a moment where Psyduck's anxiety threatens the heroes, Pikachu tries to calm him by saying, "serenity now."

In context, "serenity now" lacks clear meaning. It references a semi-famous episode of Seinfeld.Seinfeldtitled - you guessed it - "The Serenity Now"

Longtime Pokémon fans know evolutionary stones and rare fossils matter in the games. Howard Clifford knows this too. His desk is filled with various evolutionary stones and fossils of Dialga, Palkia, and Arceus.

The real nature of these items is unclear.

When Tim Goodman enters his father's apartment, a hard-boiled detective movie plays on the TV. You cannot tell what happens, but it looks like the movie isTim Goodman's Dad Watches 'Angels with Filthy Souls' in '15 Easter Eggs In 'Detective Pikachu' You Definitely Missed'.

This matters becauseAngels with Filthy SoulsThis is not a real movie. It is a fake film madeonly for the movieHome Alone.

A town with Pokémon can have many massive Pokémon floats for a parade. Only select Pokémon become floats in reality. Pikachu is arguably the most popular Pokémon ever. His float is a fixture in the annual Thanksgiving Macy's Day Parade.

The Pikachu float inDetective Pikachuis an exact copy of itsreal-world inspiration.

Longtime Pokémon fans know about the 151st Pokémon, Mewtwo. He has been in the series since the first Pokémon games.Pokémon Red and Blue.

What surprises people about the Mewtwo character inDetective Pikachuis that he is not a new Mewtwo for the film. He is the exact same Mewtwo from the first games. A scientist states in the film, “Mewtwo was last seen 20 years ago in the Kanto region.”

Kanto is where the first games took place; they came out in 1996.

Pikachu rips through Tim Goodman's childhood room. He opens a binder on the desk. The pages flip fast, but close inspection shows it is full of old Pokémon trading cards.

This points to the popular card game. Tim might have a holographic Charizard, but we do not know.

Given Snorlax's name, people assume the Pokémon's brief appearance napping in the street and stopping traffic is a joke about how sleepy it is.

Snorlax blocks progress in many Pokémon games. Players wait for Snorlax to wake up the sleeping giants.

Early inDetective Pikachu,Tim Goodman tries to catch a Cubone. His friend, Jack, says they match because both are lonely. As Tim gets near, he praises the Cubone's helmet, which came from a relative who died.

However, the Cubone skull is not from just any relative; it comes from the creature'smother.This is important because Tim's mother also died. The film's Cubone scene foreshadows the rest of the film for those who know Cubone accessories.

Most fans of the original animePokémonshow will recognize the song Pikachu sings while walking sadly down the road near the film's end.

For newcomers, the tune is theshow's theme song.Pikachu just wants to be the very best.