10 Incredible Tiny Details Hidden In The Simpsons
6. The Secret McBain Movie
Next up, we have a secret that a lot of fans will already be familiar with. Even so, it’s just so darn perfect that we have to give it a shout-out. Fill your boots, McBain fans!
The hulking actor with more than a passing resemblance to Arnold Schwarzenegger is a small (well, huge and muscular) yet important part of Simpsons history. With his woeful acting skills and wide oeuvre of action movies with brilliant puns in the names, he’s just the movie star that Springfield needs. He’s not seen often, but there’s something very special about his brief appearances.
That’s right, friends. Rainier Wolfcastle is most commonly seen in McBain clips, playing in the background or when characters happen to be watching him in action. In a true masterstroke on the show creators’ part, all of these fleeting clips make up one relatively coherent McBain movie when played together in sequence. It’s one that only Internet sleuths would really notice, but it’s a brilliant touch and a testament to the amount of love poured into this show by those who make it.