10 Movie Franchises With Recurring Easter Eggs

6. Alien References (Predator Movies)

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An easter egg so famous they turned it into a full on franchise in and of itself, any horror and sci-fi nut knows the story behind the xenomorph skull in the predator movies.

Predator 2 isn't the best movie out there, in fact it's not even as good as its middle of the road predecessor. But it's just entertaining enough for people to pay attention when it's on, and that's when they laid eyes on this little easter egg nestled nicely in the background.

And the rest, as they say, is history, as this little nod got so much fan attention, that Hollywood decided to capitalize on it by actually crossing over the two franchises.

Sure, it's just the one easter egg, but it's one that spawned an entire sub-franchise of its own just by virtue of existing. And that deserves recognition.

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John Tibbetts is a novelist in theory, a Whatculture contributor in practice, and a nerd all around who loves talking about movies, TV, anime, and video games more than he loves breathing. Which might be a problem in the long term, but eh, who can think that far ahead?