10 Subtle Movie Easter Eggs Only Hardcore Fans Will Catch

10. Tarantino's Simpsons Cameo - Kill Bill Vol. 1

Quentin Tarantino loves to reference other media in his movies, but in the case of Kill Bill Volume 1, he got a little self-reflexive about it.

In the memorable early scene where the Bride (Uma Thurman) battles one of her nemeses, Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox), Green ends up retrieving a gun from a box of her daughter's cereal in an attempt to get the drop on the Bride - to no avail.

Believe it or not, this is a nod to an episode of The Simpsons - season eight's "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious."

The episode features an hilarious scene where an Itchy and Scratchy episode called "Reservoir Cats" has been guest-directed by Tarantino.

In the scene, the director appears - albeit not played by himself, sadly - to talk about the ubiquity of violence in society, noting, "it's even in breakfast cereals, man."

Tarantino played this off quite beautifully and slyly, then, in Kill Bill's first volume. If you're somehow not convinced it was anything more than mere coincidence, consider that Tarantino wore a T-shirt depicting the Simpsons scene while doing press for Kill Bill Volume 2. Genius.