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:
Here are the Turtles for reference:
2.You can see this famous scene from The Graduate in the window:
Here's the poster for reference:
3.Stark Tower from The Avengers is in the background:
Here's the building in the MCU for reference:
4.Right next to Stark Tower is the Daily Planet from Superman:
Here's The Daily Planet on the show for reference:
5.The Hill Valley Courthouse from Back to the Future is in the foreground, and Marty McFly's hoverboard is on the steps:
Here's the building in the movie for reference:
6.The Tardis from Doctor Who is in front of it:
Here it is on the show for reference:
7.Wilson from Castaway is chilling on an island in the middle of the water:
Here's Wilson from the movie for reference:
8.There's someone looking out of the barber shop Rear Window-style:
Here's James Stewart in the movie for reference:
9.The lamp post has an umbrella next to it as a nod to Singing in the Rain:
Here's the iconic scene from the movie for reference:
10.Right next to the lamp post is Forrest Gump's bench from Forrest Gump:
Here's the bench in the movie for reference:
11.A Dalmatian driving a Cadillac De Vil crosses the street just like Cruella's in 101 Dalmatians:
Here's her car in the live-action movie for reference:
12.So does James Bond's Aston Martin:
Here's the car in the movie for reference:
13.And Ramone from Cars:
Here he is in the movie for reference:
14.An alien ship is abducting Big Ben á la Independence Day:
Here's the movie scene it references:
15.The fire station from Ghostbusters makes an appearance:
Here's the firehouse in the movie for reference:
16.King Kong is on top of a skyscraper as per usual:
Here's the scene from the movie for reference:
17.He's not on top of the Emipre State Building though, probably because Spider-Man is swinging from it:
Here's he is swinging for reference:
18.Mary Poppins is flying over the Hollywood Sign:
19.Here she is flying in the movie for reference:
20.The Death Star is flying above her:
Here's what the Death Star looked like in the movie for reference:
21.Jaws is following a boat:
22.Here's Jaws and the boat in the movie for reference:
23.The Leg Lamp from A Christmas Story is in the window of an apartment building:
Here's the lamp in the window of the house in the movie for reference:
24.The Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz is in the background:
Here's the city in the movie for reference:
25.To the left of the Emerald City looks like Wonka's factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory:
Here's the exterior of the factory for reference:
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:
Here's the scene at the end of the movie for reference:
27.Finally, you can see the submarine from The Hunt for Red October in the water:
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!