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27 Easter Eggs I Almost Looked Past In The Roku City Screensaver
By Audrey Engvalson,
1 day ago
If you, like me, own a Roku, then you've probably seen this before. It's referred to as Roku City, and it pops up as the screensaver whenever your TV idles:
While it's a cute little screensaver at first glance, it's actually got a TON of movie and TV Easter eggs. Look closely, because here's what you'll see and where it's from.
*FYI, Roku hasn't released an "official" Easter egg list, so if you see one I missed, tell me in the comments below and I'll add it in!
1. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are staring out of the garbage cans and buildings:
Roku
Here are the Turtles for reference:
Paramount Pictures
2. You can see this famous scene from The Graduate in the window:
Roku
Here's the poster for reference:
Lmpc / LMPC via Getty Images
3. Stark Tower from The Avengers is in the background:
Roku
Here's the building in the MCU for reference:
Marvel
4. Right next to Stark Tower is the Daily Planet from Superman :
Roku
Here's The Daily Planet on the show for reference:
The CW
5. The Hill Valley Courthouse from Back to the Future is in the foreground, and Marty McFly's hoverboard is on the steps:
7. Wilson from Castaway is chilling on an island in the middle of the water:
Roku
Here's Wilson from the movie for reference:
20th Century Studios / DreamWorks
8. There's someone looking out of the barber shop Rear Window -style:
Here's James Stewart in the movie for reference:
Paramount Pictures
9. The lamp post has an umbrella next to it as a nod to Singing in the Rain :
Roku
Here's the iconic scene from the movie for reference:
MGM
10. Right next to the lamp post is Forrest Gump's bench from Forrest Gump :
Roku
Here's the bench in the movie for reference:
Paramount Pictures
11. A Dalmatian driving a Cadillac De Vil crosses the street just like Cruella's in 101 Dalmatians :
Roku
Here's her car in the live-action movie for reference:
Disney
12. So does James Bond's Aston Martin:
Roku
Here's the car in the movie for reference:
Eon Productions
13. And Ramone from Cars :
Roku
Here he is in the movie for reference:
Pixar
14. An alien ship is abducting Big Ben á la Independence Day :
Roku
Here's the movie scene it references:
20th Century Studios
15. The fire station from Ghostbusters makes an appearance:
Roku
Here's the firehouse in the movie for reference:
Columbia Pictures
16. King Kong is on top of a skyscraper as per usual:
Roku
Here's the scene from the movie for reference:
RKO Pictures
17. He's not on top of the Emipre State Building though, probably because Spider-Man is swinging from it:
Roku
Here's he is swinging for reference:
Sony / Marvel
18. Mary Poppins is flying over the Hollywood Sign:
Roku
19. Here she is flying in the movie for reference:
20. The Death Star is flying above her:
Roku
Here's what the Death Star looked like in the movie for reference:
Lucasfilm
21. Jaws is following a boat:
Roku
22. Here's Jaws and the boat in the movie for reference:
Universal Pictures
23. The Leg Lamp from A Christmas Story is in the window of an apartment building:
Roku
Here's the lamp in the window of the house in the movie for reference:
MGM
24. The Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz is in the background:
Roku
Here's the city in the movie for reference:
MGM
25. To the left of the Emerald City looks like Wonka's factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory :
Roku
Here's the exterior of the factory for reference:
Warner Bros.
26. The Black Pearl is getting devoured by a Kraken in the water like it does in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest :
Roku
Here's the scene at the end of the movie for reference:
Disney
27. Finally, you can see the submarine from The Hunt for Red October in the water:
Roku
Here's the sub in the movie for reference:
OK, those are all of the references I'm 1,000% sure of. Now references like the giant robot, the onion building, and the warehouse HAVE to be from something, but I can't find a for-sure match. What do you think, movie sleuths? Tell me in the comments below!
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