10 Movie Props You Won't Believe Were Re-Used In Other Films

4. Die Hard's Teddy Bear - The Hunt For Red October

Die Hard The Hunt For Red October
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Though it's far from the most memorable moment in John McTiernan's peerless 1988 action classic Die Hard, you might recall that John McClane (Bruce Willis) starts out his day brandishing an adorable brown teddy bear with a distinctive red ribbon tied around its neck, which he intends to give to his kids.

Well, the exact same teddy re-appears in McTiernan's 1990 follow-up, The Hunt for Red October.

At the end of the movie, a triumphant Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) is seen sleeping on a plane next to a teddy bear he picked up for his daughter - and yep, it's even got the same red ribbon tied around its neck.

Perhaps were this not another McTiernan joint, you could pawn it off as a fair coincidence given how many of these bears probably exist in America, but there's no way it wasn't an intentional Easter egg on the director's part.

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