8 Incredible Easter Eggs Hidden Within TV Show Intros
4. Silicon Valley Details The History Of Many Modern Companies
Silicon Valley is an American comedy TV series that focuses on six young men who found a startup company in Silicon Valley, California. The show's introduction might be brief, but it packs in a huge amount of detail.
The premise is rather simple: a bunch of tech companies are constructed in a swift, animated time lapse, but what many people miss is that this time lapse actually details the companies real-life history. For example, we see YouTube start tiny but turn into something massive, and Napster is depicted as a balloon, which inflates and then suddenly deflates. There's also a prediction about the sudden popularity of taxi service Uber, which is also seen as a balloon.
One of the most subtle and easy to miss depictions is that of Whatsapp and Oculus, which are both built swiftly but are soon absorbed by Facebook. This is a reference to Facebook's purchase of both these companies. It's so quick that the vast majority normally miss it, cementing its easter egg status.