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5. Z From Antz Is Hiding In Duloc - Shrek

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It's of course extremely common for animated movies to include subtle visual Easter eggs nodding back to their studio's prior films, and DreamWorks' Shrek contains one of the strangest and most subtle references you're ever likely to find.

Just as Shrek (Mike Myers) and Donkey (Eddie Murphy) enter Lord Farquaad's (John Lithgow) Lordship of Duloc, they talk to a Duloc mascot who promptly runs away from the ogre in terror, before colliding with a ticket booth window.

As the mascot lays on the floor, squint super hard and you can see the faint visage of Z, the protagonist of DreamWorks' earlier film Antz, in the ticket both window.

It's extremely hard to notice, especially on lower-resolution versions of the film, but once you know he's there, creepily watching Shrek from the shadows, you'll never forget it.

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