Unlike contemporary television shows, its tricky to shoehorn in pop culture references into Game Of Thrones. The world detailed so lovingly in the show is self-contained, and if it resembles our own world in any way, its in some similarity usually deliberate to genuine historical time periods, cultures and events. But while we may all nod our heads and understand the debt that Westeros political machinations owe to Englands War Of The Roses and the inclusion of the Tyrell as an homage to that, only a historian is going to get all hot under the collar over it. Its not exactly rivaling Community for metatextual references, is it? George R. R. Martins source novels in the A Song Of Ice And Fire sequence have a large and impressive number of references to real world people and old school fantasy novels and characters, but precious few have made it to the television adaptation. In four seasons of Game Of Thrones to date, they do a remarkable job of keeping viewers focused on the labyrinthine plot of the show, with its cast of thou okay, dozens. Youre not going to find Jon Snow breaking the fourth wall here. Which is why, like pirates, we have plundered the depths of Game Of Thrones and pop culture itself to bring you the article that no one thought could be written. Heres our countdown of nine hidden easter eggs and references within Game Of Thrones and, as always, here be spoilers
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