27 Easter Eggs I Almost Looked Past In The Roku City Screensaver

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:

Animated scene of a futuristic cityscape with a factory, vintage car, and distant city skyline. Yellow arrows highlight small lights on the factory and car
Roku

Here are the Turtles for reference:

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, are in a dynamic action pose, holding their respective weapons
Paramount Pictures

2.You can see this famous scene from The Graduate in the window:

Artistic illustration of an urban street with a restaurant below. A magnified window shows possible silhouettes or activities inside
Roku

Here's the poster for reference:

Movie poster for "The Graduate" starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman, promoting the 30th-anniversary presentation with new prints
Lmpc / LMPC via Getty Images

3.Stark Tower from The Avengers is in the background:

Animated cityscape at sunset, featuring a skyline with tall buildings, airships, and a giant robot in the background. Arrow points to a building in the distant skyline
Roku

Here's the building in the MCU for reference:

A city skyline with a rocket or missile flying towards a skyscraper. The distinctive Avengers Tower is visible among the buildings
Marvel

4.Right next to Stark Tower is the Daily Planet from Superman:

Animated city skyline at night with industrial buildings in the foreground and a giant robot in the distance. Yellow arrow points at city area
Roku

Here's The Daily Planet on the show for reference:

A globe spinning on a pedestal with the text "The Daily Planet" encircling it. The CW logo is visible in the corner
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:

Neon cityscape featuring landmarks, ferris wheel, a ship on water, and a classical building with an arrow pointing to its steps
Roku

Here's the building in the movie for reference:

Michael J. Fox, wearing a puffy vest, stands in front of a courthouse with a clock tower
Universal

6.The Tardis from Doctor Who is in front of it:

Illustration of a grand building with columns at night, a yellow arrow points to a door. The background shows a cityscape with landmarks like the Hollywood sign and a Ferris wheel
Roku

Here it is on the show for reference:

A person in modern attire walks towards a British police box in an urban alley. Several buildings and a parked car are in the background
Dr. Who / BBC / Via youtube.com

7.Wilson from Castaway is chilling on an island in the middle of the water:

A city skyline at night with a robotic figure in the sky and a circular close-up of a palm tree shown on the horizon
Roku

Here's Wilson from the movie for reference:

A person's hands place a volleyball with a red handprint face on a tree stump. The scene is from the movie "Cast Away," featuring the character Wilson
20th Century Studios / DreamWorks

8.There's someone looking out of the barber shop Rear Window-style:

Animation of a city skyline at night with a robot looming in the background. A yellow arrow points to a building with rounded windows
Roku

Here's James Stewart in the movie for reference:

James Stewart looks through binoculars in a scene from the movie "Rear Window."
Paramount Pictures

9.The lamp post has an umbrella next to it as a nod to Singing in the Rain:

A bright cityscape at night features illuminated buildings and entertainment areas including the Paramount+ logo. An arrow points to a small figure walking
Roku

Here's the iconic scene from the movie for reference:

Gene Kelly joyfully sings and dances while hanging from a lamppost and holding an umbrella in a scene from the movie "Singin' in the Rain"
MGM

10.Right next to the lamp post is Forrest Gump's bench from Forrest Gump:

Animated cityscape at night with a Paramount+ sign, buildings, factories, and a UFO in the sky
Roku

Here's the bench in the movie for reference:

Tom Hanks, dressed in a light suit and tie, sits on a bench in a park with people walking and a white monument in the background
Paramount Pictures

11.A Dalmatian driving a Cadillac De Vil crosses the street just like Cruella's in 101 Dalmatians:

A lively, animated cityscape at night with a Paramount+ sign, decorated buildings, and a vintage car driving by
Roku

Here's her car in the live-action movie for reference:

A classic black and white luxury car is driving down a busy city street with other cars and buildings in the background
Disney

12.So does James Bond's Aston Martin:

  Roku
Roku

Here's the car in the movie for reference:

A classic Aston Martin car with license plate BMT 216A is parked in a garage. Two unidentified people are partially visible on each side of the frame
Eon Productions

13.And Ramone from Cars:

Animated image of a large, spooky mansion with a vintage car speeding away in the foreground
Roku

Here he is in the movie for reference:

Ramone, a car character from the movie Cars, poses in front of his auto shop, Ramone's House of Body Art, performing a wheelie
Pixar

14.An alien ship is abducting Big Ben á la Independence Day:

Illustration of a cityscape at night with whimsical buildings, a ferry, a Ferris wheel, and the Space Needle highlighted by a yellow arrow
Roku

Here's the movie scene it references:

A scene from the movie "Independence Day" showing a beam of light from an alien spaceship targeting the White House
20th Century Studios

15.The fire station from Ghostbusters makes an appearance:

Illustration of a cityscape with various buildings in the foreground, including a highlighted Victorian-style house. The background shows a bridge, Ferris wheel, and city skyline at dusk
Roku

Here's the firehouse in the movie for reference:

An old firehouse with "Hook & Ladder" sign, boarded windows, and "Building for Sale" signs on both sides. Various objects and debris are outside
Columbia Pictures

16.King Kong is on top of a skyscraper as per usual:

Illustration of a cityscape at night with a man in a jetpack flying near buildings. A Roku advertisement reads, "Find your favorites with voice search."
Roku

Here's the scene from the movie for reference:

King Kong clinging to the Empire State Building, towering over the New York City skyline, in a famous scene from the classic film "King Kong."
RKO Pictures

17.He's not on top of the Emipre State Building though, probably because Spider-Man is swinging from it:

A cartoon cityscape at dusk with a robot and airships in the sky. A yellow arrow points to a skyscraper at the center of the image
Roku

Here's he is swinging for reference:

Spider-Man swings through a city street, between tall buildings, during the day
Sony / Marvel

18.Mary Poppins is flying over the Hollywood Sign:

An animated UFO beams a cow above a futuristic cityscape featuring the Hollywood sign and Big Ben-style clock tower against a darkened sky
Roku

19.Here she is flying in the movie for reference:

Mary Poppins hovers over a cityscape, clutching her umbrella, with the tops of buildings visible below
Disney

20.The Death Star is flying above her:

Illustration of an alien spaceship over a cityscape marked "Hollywood" with a yellow arrow pointing to a faded spherical object in the sky
Roku

Here's what the Death Star looked like in the movie for reference:

View from a spacecraft cockpit showing a moon-like space station in the distance alongside a small spacecraft
Lucasfilm

21.Jaws is following a boat:

Stylized cityscape featuring several notable landmarks, including a bridge, Ferris wheel, and skyline. A small boat with a yellow arrow pointing to it is in the water
Roku

22.Here's Jaws and the boat in the movie for reference:

Three people on a small boat face a massive shark in the ocean, reminiscent of a scene from "Jaws."
Universal Pictures

23.The Leg Lamp from A Christmas Story is in the window of an apartment building:

Animated image featuring urban buildings with neon signs, including "Paramount+" and a skyline with a UFO, a water tower, and industrial structures
Roku

Here's the lamp in the window of the house in the movie for reference:

A scene from "A Christmas Story" showing a house with snowy surroundings, a man walking on the porch, and a family observing a leg lamp through the window
MGM

24.The Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz is in the background:

Cityscape with futuristic buildings and a sunset. A yellow arrow points to a robot attacking the skyline
Roku

Here's the city in the movie for reference:

Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion walk through a field of flowers towards the glowing Emerald City in "The Wizard of Oz."
MGM

25.To the left of the Emerald City looks like Wonka's factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory:

Cityscape at night with lit-up buildings, a mountain with an eruption, a robot, and a flying blimp. A yellow arrow points toward the robot's head
Roku

Here's the exterior of the factory for reference:

A large, industrial factory complex with numerous towering smokestacks emitting smoke under a cloudy sky
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:

A nighttime cityscape with a silhouette of a pirate ship sailing towards a bridge, highlighted with a yellow arrow
Roku

Here's the scene at the end of the movie for reference:

A large pirate ship in rough seas is entangled by a giant sea monster with long, coiling tentacles
Disney

27.Finally, you can see the submarine from The Hunt for Red October in the water:

Illustration of a city skyline at night with a yellow arrow pointing to a person pulling a building’s roof
Roku

Here's the sub in the movie for reference:

A submarine breaches the water surface at high speed, creating a large splash in the ocean. No people are visible
Paramount Pictures

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!

Illustration of a city at night with arrows pointing to buildings and a UFO. The cityscape features factories and a bridge in the background
Roku