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    17 Easter Eggs That Are Buried So Deep In Movies, You'd Miss Them If You Blinked

    "The vitamin D in The Truman Show is a clever nod to the artificiality of Truman's world where there's no real sun."

    In a recent Reddit post shared to r/Movies, site user u/Ben_Soundesign asked, "What's your favorite 'blink-and-you'll-miss-it' Easter egg or hidden detail in a film?" Here are some of the most-upvoted answers:

    1. "In Doctor No, James Bond stops and looks for a second at a painting displayed in the Doctor's lair. The painting is Goya's Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, which had famously been stolen in 1961 — implying, of course, that Doctor No was behind the theft."

    Scene from a film with actors and a portrait of a historical figure on an easel

    2. "In Groundhog Day, when Phil starts helping people, he tries to save the old man but is informed at the hospital that the old man died. In the background, you see the kid who falls out of the tree sitting in a wheelchair. Phil wasn't there to keep the kid from hitting the ground."

    Two scenes from a film showing a man holding a dummy child and the child actor in a background shot

    3. "In the closing credits of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, there is a montage of various cities around the world in ruins after the events of the film; each one is accompanied by a star swipe showing the cities looking clean and nice again. For London, the city is grey and overcast and sad-looking. After the star swipe, it looks exactly the same."