"Top Player" is simply a feast for Easter eggs lovers. The following Easter eggs will try their best to find all the movie stalks, game stalks, animation stalks and pop culture stalks in the film (in order of appearance).
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Logo Easter Egg
The logo of the film itself has hidden eggs. Note that the letters on the logo are connected together to form a simple small maze. At the end of the maze, there is an egg, which corresponds to the end of the game in the film— find the easter egg .
Easter eggs
The film was released during the Easter schedule in 2018. As we all know, the symbol of this festival is Easter Eggs .
Seeing Oasis for the First Time
At the beginning of the film, when we followed Wade's perspective into the oasis, the screen passed through the scene of the game "Minecraft" , which was refreshing.
Batman
When Wade introduced Oasis, he said that players can even climb Mount Everest with the DC hero "Batman" . From the faint yellow logo, it can be inferred that this is probably the 1989 Michael Keaton version of Batman !
The Batman logo appears in many places in the film, such as on the VR glasses of the male and female protagonists, and when the protagonists select the film in the library, the 1989 Tim Burton version of "Batman" appeared on the DVD.
Games Lobby
In the opening game hall, many familiar characters appeared, including:
Murphy in Robocop
Marvin the Martian in the Bugs Bunny series animation
The bad student John Bender in "The Breakfast Club"
Game character Sonic The Hedgehog (Sonic The Hedgehog)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Tracer in "Overwatch"
There are also cartoon characters Hello Kitty , Keroppi, and BADTZ-MARU .
(Hello Kitty appeared again in the library later)
Uncle Renault
Aunt Wade’s bastard boyfriend in the game is the avatar of Jim Raynor (Jim Raynor) in the "StarCraft" series .
Destroy the planet
"Planet Doom" (Planet Doom) is a city in the Japanese animation "Voltron" (Voltron) in the 1980s .
Halo rifle
Ikey in the "destruction of the planet" in Daguai, the use of weapons from the game "Halo" (Halo) of MA5B assault rifle , the full name "MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System" (MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System) .
Aiqi killed several enemies and found a trophy, from the EM-1 rail cannon in the 1996 film "Eraser" starring Arnold .
Dadong Yuxiu
Daito (Daito) and Xiu (Sho) appeared on the stage. Their names came from the Japanese word "Daisho" , which means "size", and often refers to the large and small swords worn by Japanese samurai.
Murderer Jason
Jason Voorhees , wearing a hockey mask, appeared, but was quickly cut into pieces by Dadong Hexiu . Jason comes from the 80s horror film "Friday the 13th" (Friday the 13th) , the series has 12 works. Jason’s characteristic is immortality, he will be sent to the grave in every movie, but in the next episode he will jump out of the grave and kill people everywhere.
Ghost King Freddy
Aiqi kills "Ghost King" Freddy Krueger in a second with a skillful operation . Freddy comes from the classic horror movie "A Nightmare On Elm Street" (A Nightmare On Elm Street) in the 80s . His skill is to appear in children's sleep and kill people with long metal claws.
Duke of Destruction
Aiqi also defeated Duke Nukem , from the 90s game of the same name "Duke Nukem" (Duke Nukem) .
Star Trek
At the opening funeral, Halliday’s coffin was the same as Spock’s black coffin in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" in 1982 , and the flowers next to it formed a star The emblem of the fleet and the shape of the Enterprise spacecraft.
In the novel, Halliday used his clone to host his own funeral and reconstructed the funeral home in "Heathers." Among the mourners, the film's starring Winona Reid and Christian Slater.
Simon memory
James Halliday, played by Mark Rylance, issued his will. As long as he finds the ultimate egg planted in the "Oasis" game, he can become One Piece (mistake)... Pay attention to a badge logo on James' clothes, derived from A memory game of 70 or 80 years, "Simon" (Simon) . The four color keys represent four different sounds, and you need to repeat the sounds you have played after it has been played once.
It is worth mentioning that the other founder of "Oasis" in the story, Olgen Morrow, is also called Simon, and he is Simon Pegg (Simon Pegg) .
Jobs
In a scene of the press conference between Halliday and Morrow, the background music played "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by the British rock band Tears for Fear . This song was used in the 1999 TV movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley" , which tells the story of young Steve Jobs, Steve Woznick, Bill Gates and others History of entrepreneurship.
Halliday is undoubtedly a Jobs-like existence. In one scene of the film, a newspaper covering Halliday appears with the headline "Bigger than Jobs?" (Greater than Jobs?) .
Car race
In the opening racing scene, famous cars from many movies and animation works appeared:
The protagonist sports car "Mach Five " in "Speed Racer "
The GMC action car in "The A-Team"
" V8 Interceptor" from " Mad Max "
There is also a Batmobile from the "Batman" TV series starring Adam West in the 1960s .
Pay attention to the characters appearing in this scene. The one who walked past Mach 5 is " Ryu" (Ryu) in "Street Fighter" .
Laura in "Tomb Raider" and Dizzy in "Gears of War" talk next to Christine.
Christine
The magic car from the novel "Christine" and the red "Plymouth Fury" (Plymouth Fury) in 1958 also appeared in this scene . "Christine" is a horror novel launched by Stephen King in 1983. The production rights to the movie were sold rarely before the novel was published. It was adapted into the film "K Justine Charm" (1983).
DeLorean
Parsifal's car comes from the 1985 science fiction movie "Back to the Future" . It is this car that the protagonist drives through time and space in the film. In reality, this model exists and is produced by DeLorean Automobile Company. The special feature of the company is that it has only produced one car, the specific model is DeLorean DMC-12 .
The red progress bar on the front of the car comes from KITT, the sports car equipped with artificial intelligence in the American TV series "Knight Rider" (Knight Rider) in the 1980s .
In the novel, DeLorean has the logo of the 1984 movie "Ghostbusters" posted on both sides of the car doors . However, the copyright of the film is in Sony's hands...
Later, before the heroine left Aiqi’s studio, Parsifal was called "McFly" (McFly) , because Martin McFly (Martin McFly) is the protagonist of the "Back to the Future" series. Played by J. Fox.
Truck
The truck that Aiqi drives is the "Bigfoot" monster truck that was all the rage in the United States in the 1980s .
Akila
Artemis drove a red motorcycle from the classic sci-fi animation "Akira" directed by Katsuhiro Otomo in 1988 .
Note that the logo of the 70s TV series "Wonder Woman" is printed on the body , and below is the logo of the second hero from the early 80s drama "The Greatest American Hero" , and below it It is the logo of the game "Ms. Pac-Man" (Ms. Pac-Man) . On the other side of the motorcycle, there is the logo of TAITO . The games produced by the company include "Elevator Wars" and "Bubble Dragon". "And "Little Bee" and so on.
Tyrannosaurus
In the racing scene, you will never miss the giant Tyrannosaurus rex. This passage reproduces the classic scene in "Jurassic Park"-the runaway Tyrannosaurus hunting trucks.
Phantom Hero
A movie theater appeared in the game scene with the words "Jack Slater III" written in front of the door , which is the role played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Last Action Hero" . "Phantom Heroes" is the first theatrical movie signed by the co-writer Zak Penn .
King Kong
King Kong (King Kong) is also a heavy obstacle in the racing level. The scene of the gorilla jumping from the Empire State Building is exciting. This time it finally does not need to be beaten by humans.
Robocop
The word "Delta City" appeared on a billboard in the racing scene, which was the city mentioned in the classic sci-fi movie "Robocop" (Robocop) in the 1980s .
Iron Giant
The "Iron Giant" built by Aiqi comes from an animated film of the same name directed and written by Brad Bird in 1999. It is said that there is the appearance of the giant Ultraman in the novel, but due to copyright reasons, Ultraman could not be added to the movie and replaced by the steel giant.
Many easter eggs appeared in Aiqi's studio, including:
The spaceship in Battlestar Galactica
The Nostromo spacecraft in "Alien"
The Cygnus spacecraft in "Black Hole"
Eagle 5 in "Space Cannonball" (1987)
The ED-209 robot in "Robocop"
The 1961 Ferrari 250GT in "Spring Is Not Reading Day"
The activity capsule in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Arcade games "Pac-Man", "Centipede" (Centipede) and "Ostrich Rider" (Joust), etc.
Golden eye
Parsifal mentioned that Halliday’s favorite shooting game was "007: GoldenEye" (GoldenEye) released in 1997 , and his favorite character was the villain Oddjob , and his favorite mode was Slaps only . Draw people with bare hands).
Parsifal also mentioned that Halliday's favorite racing game is the arcade game "Turbo" launched by Sega in 1981 .
My favorite song is "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the British band "The Buggles " .
My favorite music MV is "Take on me" .
The favorite line comes from the 1978 "Superman" movie. The dialogue of the villain Lex Luthor : "Some people read "War and Peace" and see it as a simple adventure story; some people read chewing gum. Packaging can answer the secrets of the universe."
Super hero
The protagonist’s name is Wade Watts, and he mentioned that the name was chosen because of the real personality that sounds like superheroes, such as "Spiderman" Peter Parker and "Hulk" Bruce. Bruce Banner . (The first letter of the name is the same)
Interestingly, Wade actor Tai Sheridan played "Laser Eye" in "X-Men: Apocalypse", formerly known as Scott Summers , also with the same initials.
Bill and Ted
When the protagonist watched Halliday's memory, Halliday said to Moreau: "I hope I can step on the accelerator with one foot and walk backwards as fast as Billy and Ted." This refers to the 1989 film "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) , starring Keanu Reeves, who was still very green back then.
In addition, in this memory scene, Halliday is wearing a Space Invaders T-shirt. In their conversation, they mentioned the 1979 space shooter "Asterolds " with a "Galaga" poster in the background .
Jedi Apprentice
After the male protagonist passed the first level, Halliday’s avatar said to him "My young Padawan" (My young Padawan) , Padawan is the name of the Jedi Master in Star Wars for the apprentice.
Game booth
The male protagonist won the prize of the first level and then went to the item store. At this time, you can see several game booths, such as Halo , Borderlands , Overwatch, and Street Fighter (Street ) . Fighter , Dungeons & Dragons, Minecraft, etc.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
After the male protagonist successfully passed the first level, he used the bonus to purchase a Holy Hand Grenade . It comes from the comedy film "Moncler and the Holy Grail" created by the Monty Python Troupe in 1975. The instructions for the use of this bomb in the film are quite comparable. detailed……
Zemikis
The hero also used the bonus to purchase the "Zemeckis Cube" (Zemeckis Cube) . On the surface, it is just a plain Rubik's Cube, but in fact its name pays tribute to the director of the "Back to the Future" series, Robert Zemeckis (Robert Zemeckis) . The function of the Rubik's Cube echoes the theme of the film-one minute back in time.
In addition, you can hear a short soundtrack of "Back to the Future" when you start the Rubik's Cube. At the end, when Halliday brought Parsifal back to his childhood, this soundtrack also appeared.
Arkham Knight
The male protagonist went to the library after becoming famous, and there was a character who opened the door facing him. He was the "Arkham Knight" in the "Batman" Arkham series produced by Rocksteady . And his true identity, you will know after playing the game...
Among the people who warmly welcomed Parsifal were " Beetlejuice" (Beetlejuice) in "The Master of the Underworld" and Laura (Laura) in "Tomb Raider" .
Alien
Artemis dressed up as Goro in "Mortal Kombat" and performed a chest-breaking show in front of the male protagonist . This scene pays tribute to the classic sci-fi horror film "Alien" . In "Mortal Kombat X" launched in 2015 , Alien is one of the controllable characters in the game, and its nirvana is just to break people.
Superman's glasses
The female protagonist puts on "Clark Kent's glasses" for Parsifal , spoofing the famous comic bug that even his mother would not recognize after Superman put it on.
black crystal
When men and women see the main memories Halliday, Halliday referred to his favorite girl named Karen (Karen), but she said he Kira (Kira) , because she likes "Black Crystal" (The Dark Crystal) in character of. "Black Crystal" is a fantasy film directed by Frank Oz in 1982.
Rose bud
Wade likened Kira to Halliday's "Rosebud" (Rosebud) , paying tribute to the film history classic "Citizen Kane" (Citizen Kane) in 1941 .
Aiqi's apartment
In Aiqi's apartment, you can see the "Cocktail & Dreams" neon sign in the 1988 movie "Cocktail" starring Tomoe .
A poster for "Mad Max" starring Mel Gibson in 1979 .
There is also a campaign poster for Mayor Goldie . Goldie is a character in the "Back to the Future" series. When he was young, he worked as a handyman in a restaurant, aspiring to become mayor and be elected successfully in the future.
Prom costume
The male protagonist racked his brains for the prom costumes, and finally chose the gray jacket worn by Peter Willer in the 1984 science fiction film "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension) And striped tie.
The male lead's candidate costumes also include the "Purple Rain" costume of the American singer Prince (Prince) , the red costume when Michael Jackson filmed the "Thriller" MV, the punk look , and Duran Duran. The costume of the band .
Thundercat
The male protagonist wears the "Thundercats" belt every day, which is a famous American animation in the 1980s.
The name is cute but the style is like this.
Death knell
When Parsifal entered the ball, he passed by the DC villain Deathstroke (Deathstroke) .
Gandalf
On the dance floor in the center of the ball, you can see Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" dancing with a woman...
Prom Celebrities
In the bar scene, notice that behind Artemis, Chun Li and Blanka in "Street Fighter" are dancing.
On the left side of the screen, the man with an armored inch head is the protagonist John Shepard (John Shepard) in the game "Mass Effect ."
Lara , the heroine of "Tomb Raider", who walked into the camera on the right , looked quite excited, and she must have a drink.
Another less popular one, the red cylindrical hat on the bartender’s head, comes from the "energy dome" designed by the punk band Devo in the 1980s .
Weekend night frenzy
In the ball, the song "Stayin' Alive" by the male and female co-dance came from the 1977 song and dance movie "Saturday Night Fever" .
The Joker and Halle
After the protagonist and hostess began their performance in the prom center, Joker and Harley Quinn turned their heads and watched. The shape of the Joker combines the face of Heath Ledger's version with the hat shape in the comic book "Fatal Joke", while the shape of Halle is from the game "Batman: Arkham Asylum".
Before that, Halle appeared in a room at the prom and was kicked out by iR0k.
Alien Gun
IOI attacked the ball, and Artemis immediately took out a weapon, the M41A pulse rifle from Aliens directed by James Cameron in 1986 .
Millennium Falcon
In order to attract the hero to work for the IOI, Nolan offered various conditions, the most attractive of which is of course the famous "Millennium Falcon" in Star Wars .
John Hughes
When Nolan bought the protagonist, he promised that after he gains control of the game, he will turn all schools into what it looks like in a John Hughes movie. The movies mentioned include "Breakfast Club" , "Spring Is Not a Reading Day" , "Open American School" and "Animal House" (the latter two are not works by John Hughes).
Shining
There is an entire passage in the film that pays tribute to the horror classic "The Shining" by Stanney Kubrick. The "Panorama Cinema" that the protagonist enters with his group is from the " Overlook Hotel " in "The Shining" .
There are countless elements to pay tribute to "The Shining", including:
The music when entering the hotel is exactly the thrilling soundtrack of "The Shining" .
The sentence "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" repeated by Jack , these sentences in the film form the shape of a key;
The weird twin sisters , and their little balls;
Elevator doors gushing like blood ;
Nude women in room 237 and bathroom (the appearance of nude women is also 100% restored);
Jack's axe
Ice and Snow Labyrinth (Jack is out of breath chasing Aiqi);
Little Danny’s bicycle also appeared in the corridor ;
In addition, the hairy black and white photo at the end of "The Shining" , the key characters in the film are replaced by Halliday and Kira.
It is worth mentioning that this passage is not a plot in the novel. Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick have been close friends for more than ten years. The "Artificial Intelligence" (Artificial Intelligence: AI) directed by Lao Si is Kubrick's posthumous work, so Lao Si is here The movie pays tribute to Kushen.
Dark age
The spell that I-R0k chants when the magic barrier is activated is from the 1981 movie "Dark Age" (Excalibur) directed by John Bowman .
Atari Games
In order to understand Halliday’s third level, the IOI think tank tested many Atari 2600 games, including Asteroids and Centipede. The mentioned games also include Ostrich "Joust", "Defenders", "Swordquest", "Pitfall" and more.
Deep love
In the ending battle, the male protagonist raised the portable stereo with both hands to pay tribute to the classic passage of the youth comedy "Say Anything..." in the 1980s . There are also references to this film in the original novel.
The final battle is simply a hodgepodge of easter eggs, and the characters who will appear are listed below.
Game characters
In this scene, in addition to Tracer and Chun-Li who took the lead in the charge , behind them are Lara in Tomb Raider and the solid snake in Metal Gear . Snake , Rayne in "Vampire Lane" and the female version of Shepard in "Mass Effect ."
Ryu played again, slamming IOI soldiers and Big Daddy in BioShock.
In this scene, there are DC comic characters Deadshot , Predator and Sagat in "Street Fighter" .
The master's little friend Batgirl (Batgirl) appeared twice.
Ninja Frog
The three protagonists of "Battletoads" Rash, Zits and Pimple appeared in the resistance army . "Ninja Frog" was produced by Rare in 1991. It is one of the most classic, most difficult and creative action games on red and white consoles.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles also joined the battle.
Ostrich rider
The Ostrich Rider appeared in the ending battle, from the 1982 video game "The Ostrich Knight" (Joust) . In the film, when the ostrich rider is killed, it will turn into an ostrich egg like in the game.
Halo
The Master Chief led a group of Spartan fighters into the battle, providing powerful firepower for the rebels.
Stormtrooper
Fighting side by side with the Spartans is the Storm Trooper in the "Star Wars" series , but the marksmanship is estimated to be inaccurate.
Horror character
The horror characters that appeared in the ending battle are the evil elf in Gremlins , and of course the most obvious ghost baby "Chucky" .
Reborn
The leading character of Image Comics "Spawn" (Spawn) appeared in the leading team of the ending battle.
Up to
Daito became a handsome Gundam, the model is the original Gundam RX-78-2 , from the 1979 animation "Mobile Suit Gundam 0079" .
In addition, Dadong has a "Mortal Kombat" badge on his uniform .
Mechanical Godzilla
In the final battle, the mechanical Godzilla controlled by Sorrento comes from the 1974 Japanese movie "Godzilla vs. Mechanical Godzilla" .
Crazy ball
In the final battle, the weapon Artemis gave Sorrento a fatal blow was Madballs , a rubber ball toy introduced by the United States in the 1980s. The shape is very ugly. Loved by children with heavy tastes.
Terminator 2
The steel giant fell into the lava and raised his thumb, paying tribute to the classic passage of "Terminator 2" .
Game easter eggs
In 1979, Atari was developing a video game "Adventure" . A programmer quietly put a function into the game, that is, when the player moves an "invisible box" to a specific place, the player will enter a secret room with only one sentence: "Create by Warren Robinett" (by Warren Robinett) · The creation of Robinette) , Atari has always opposed employees putting their names in the game, but they discovered this secret room after Warren left the company. Atari was not angry about it, but A name was given to this kind of "secret function"- "Easter Eggs" (Easter Eggs) . This is the story of the first easter egg in the history of the game.
In the movie, this "Easter Egg" became the key to cracking the final level.
Hakata
When Parsifal confronted Sorrento, he resorted to a classic move in "Street Fighter" -Hadoken .
Mario Kart
When Aiqi's truck was hunted down by IOI, he joked that he was practicing "Mario Kart" , which is a fun racing game that Nintendo has launched in the 90s to the present.
Mortal Kombat
There are two dragon-shaped statues in the scene where James places the egg, which is very similar to the logo of the action game "Mortal Kombat" .
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