Ready Player One Easter Eggs Even Hardcore Nerds Missed

During the race, the environment is hard to grasp, but one Easter egg stands out. Racers pass an old-school marquee theater advertising a showing of.The poster for 'The Last Action Hero' during the race.Last Action HeroThis is a cult-classic Arnold Schwarzenegger film.Arnold Schwarzenegger filmand italsofeatures a huge amount of action.

During the film, a "Save Ferris" poster hangs off a desk in the IOI headquarters. This references the spray painting on the water tower inFerris Bueller's Day Off.

Before the final battle for the Oasis, Nolan Sorrento uses the Orb of Osuvox for extra protection. Activating it creates an impenetrable force field lasting "ten million years." A magic spell turns the orb on and off, specifically one spoken in the 1981 filmExcalibur.

During the final shootout with I-R0k, Artemis and Wade frantically create and use weapons to take I-R0k down. Artemis pulls up and fires a lancer fromGears of War. She missed a chance to engage the chainsaw bayonet.

Meeting Aech in the real world surprises people. She is not a huge man, but she is a normal-sized woman. She remains heroic, wearing aWonder Woman logo pin on her jacket.Aech wears a Wonder Woman logo pin on her jacket.

In a film spot and the first introduction to Planet Doom, Wade's step-uncle wears a StarCraft Space Marine avatar.StarCraft Space Marine avatar.He dies fast, just like the marines in that game.

Some think Halliday's lapel pin is the Google logo, but it points to the Simon memory rhythm toy everyone had years ago. It uses the same four colors and shape. This suggests he has a great memory... or rhythm?

It is unclear if this is an official reference. However, when Artemis sneaks up on the Orb of Osuvox to turn it off, she avoids guards exactly like Obi-Wan Kenobi does inthe exactsame way Obi-Wan Kenobi does inStar Wars: A New Hope. She slides past a large metal column to the other side. Bonus: she stands near lava, recalling Obi-Wan's Mustafar adventures inStar Wars: Revenge of the Sith.

This reference is gross and many missed it. When Artemis meets Wade, she states he hasThere's Something About Maryhair. That movie is famous because Cameron Diaz's character mistakes semen for hair gel and rubs it in. So Wade's hair looked like it had spunk in it. Nice.

A Rubik's cube appears inReady Player OneWade sets time back 60 seconds during the shootout in the Distracted Globe by deploying the cube. This is called a "Zemeckis' Cube," referencing director Robert Zemeckis ofBack to the FutureThe Zemeckis Cube gets its name from the 'Back To The Future' director.

The video game has an overt reference.The game is Overwatch.One of the game's main characters appears in multiple places. She shows up in both battles on Planet Doom. She is a busy lady.

Throughout Ready Player One,Ready Player One.Wade keeps mentioning Halliday's "rosebud" as the thing he lost and could never get back. This actually points to something else.Citizen Kane.Both films point to a lost innocence that cannot be recovered. For Halliday, that is Kira; for Kane, it was his childhood innocence shown by a toboggan.

Near the end, riding in the van, quick shots show Daito in his haptic suit. The suit has a Mortal Kombat sticker.Mortal Kombat.Daito has the sticker, perhaps because he shows great skill in martial arts, like the game characters.

Spielberg made the speaker drones for Artemis and Wade both Magic 8 Balls to add nostalgia. Remember those?

T.J. Miller's character, i-R0k, heads to the Distracted Globe bar. He grabs a private booth. Three women already sit there. One woman is Joker's main beau, Harley Quinn. The situation avoids trouble. Quinn and Joker plot behind the scenes. i-R0k needs Batman's help before the Clown Prince of Crime gets involved.

One of the saddest moments occurs in Ready Player One.Ready Player One.The Iron Giant dies saving his friends. After he makes a bridge for the heroes, the Iron Giant falls into a lava moat and breaks apart. Before falling, he gives Wade a thumbs up, a specific nod to the Terminator's lava death in Terminator 2.Terminator 2.No, we are not crying.

Wade buys a holy hand grenade after getting the first key. He knows this will hurt enemies because he watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail.Monty Python and the Holy Grail.This is where the grenade comes from. Thank goodness he did not meet that crazy rabbit monster.

An entire section of Ready Player One is dedicated to this.Ready Player One.This section is dedicated to The Shining.The Shining.There are differences between the Kubrick and Halliday versions. For example, The Shining has no zombies.The Shining.The dancing scene with Kira looks like Disney's Haunted House ride.

Astute viewers might miss one detail: the photo of Halliday and Kira. It looks like any random picture, but that photo appears in The Shining.The Shining.The photo suggests Jack Nicholson's character is a ghost or immortal, living much longer than expected. This is a nice callback to Ready Player One.Ready Player One.The Photo With Halliday and Kira is from 'The Shining'; he doesn't even grasp how Halliday remains alive in the Oasis.

If an action scene exists inReady Player One.The screen fills with Easter eggs and references to shows, movies, and pop culture staples. The film's big race is one example. Look closely: The Batmobile from the 1960s show, the Mach 5 fromSpeed Racera light-cycle fromTronKaneda’s motorcycle fromAkirathe car from Stephen King'sChristinetheA-Teamvan, two cars fromPole Position, and several others like King Kong and the T-Rex fromJurassic ParkThis movie iscrammed.

Half a million—sorry, half a trillion—years take to make separate entries for every video game character.A trillionWe need separate entries for every single video game character.That appears in that final fight. Mentioning a few: Halo Spartans, Spawn, Lara Croft, Robo Cop, Duke Nukem, Teenage Ninja Turtles, and others. You need a few viewings to catch every avatar through the chaotic camera movement and explosions.Halo Spartans, Spawn, Lara Croft, Robo Cop, Duke Nukem, Teenage Ninja Turtles, and several more appear in that final fight. A few worth mentioning are these characters. You need a few viewings to catch every avatar through the chaotic camera movement and explosions.

After Wade finds the first key, he becomes famous in the Oasis. Adoring fans mob him. Then, a huge orc pulls him aside. An alien worm explodes from the orc's chest, revealing Artemis used a disguise. That alien is actually a chest burster from the movieAlienwhere, surprise, it bursts out of a character's chest and scares everyone.