Avid movie watchers spend a lot of time analyzing and thinking about films. Often, this allows them to make connections that even filmmakers might have missed. That’s where many fan theories emerge, tying up plot lines that might not make much sense or adding a layer of deeper meaning to otherwise lackluster blockbusters.
People in this Reddit community have been sharing speculations about their own favorite movies with an unexpected, witty and sometimes fictional twist. Be ready to take these overlooked film details with a grain of salt, and upvote the ones that impressed you the most.
#1 It Is Often Mentioned That Actor Paul Rudd Has Barely Aged In Decades. I Raise You Maria De Medeiros, Who Plays A Grown Woman In Pulp Fiction (1994) And Was Still Casted To Play A 12-Year Old In Stranger Things (2016) Almost 22 Years Later
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#2 The Movie ‘Braveheart’ Features A Scene With A Car Barely Visible In The Background. Often Cited As An Error, Cars Were In-Fact Widely In Use At The Time Of Filming(1995)
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#3 In Children Of Men (2006), People Mostly Ignore The Impending Death Of All Humanity To Instead Freak Out About Immigration. This Is… Probably Exactly What Would Happen, Yeah
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#4 In Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971), The Children Get Punished For Their Sins: Augustus Gets Boiled For His Gluttony, Violet Gets Exploded For Her Pride, Verruca Gets Dirty For Her Greed, Mike Gets Shrunk For His Arrogance, And Charlie Gets Burdened By Taxes And Osha Fines For Being Poor
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#5 Fun Fact: In Terminator 2 (1991), They Cast Twin Actors In Some Roles To Save Money On Visual Effects
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#6 To Make Sure Their Accents Were Accurate, The Child Actors In The Harry Potter Movies Were Forced To Grow Up In England
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#7 Barbie (2023) Is Anti-Men, Or Something. Lots Of Men Seem To Be Upset. I Wouldn’t Know Because I Haven’t Watched Barbie, Because I Am A Man, And Men Don’t Like Barbie. Men Like Nuclear War, Radiation Poisoning And 200,000+ Civilian Casualties, Which Is Why I Watched Oppenheimer Instead
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#8 In Pulp Fiction (1994) If You Pause The Movie At This Exact Scene, It Won’t Keep Going Until You Hit Play Again
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#9 In The Batman (12:24:36 Am March 5 2050)
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#10 In Vanilla Sky (2001), Tom Cruise Is Shown To Be 5’11”. This Is An Early Hint That The World Of The Film Isn’t Real
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#11 In Endgame (2019) Tony Stark Repeats The Line “No Amount Of Money Ever Bought A Second Of Time”, While Just Hours Beforehand He Used His Great Resources As A Bajillionaire (Bought With Money) To Time Travel And Eventually, Meet His Dad Again
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#12 In Shrek (2001), Fiona Finally Ends Up With Shrek, Only After Transforming Into A Green Ogre Permanently. This Is Because The Moral Of Shrek Is That Only People Who Are The Same Color Belong Together
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#13 In The Incredibles (2004), Syndrome Says That Bob And Helen “Got Busy” Upon Seeing Their Children Beside Them. This Is A Reference To Something Really Cool And Mysterious, But My Mom Won’t Tell Me What It Is
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#14 In “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” (2020), The Main Character Says To Her Mom: “Thanks For Being The Best Mom Ever”. This Is False As The Best Mom Ever Is My Mom
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#15 Your Mom Was Originally Offered The Lead Role In The Whale (2022), But She Couldn’t Commit To The Dramatic Weight Loss Required
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#16 In Avatar (2009), The Protagonist Jake Sully Turns Blue. This Is Because He Is A Marine And Ate Too Many Blue Crayons
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#17 In Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone(2001) Harry Discovers That Snakes Are Fully Sapient And Even Possess Their Own Language, Which He Uses To Converse With A Captive Snake In A Zoo. At No Point Does This Revelation Cause Him Or Anyone Else To Question The Ethics Of Human Treatment Of Animals
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#18 Home Alone 2
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#19 In Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Buys Everything On The Trolley (He Literally Flashes Some Money And Says “We’ll Take The Lot”.) This Means That None Of The Other Children On The Train Got Any Sweets And Harry Is A Massive A*shole
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#20 In Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise Explains G-Force To The Student Pilots (Best In The World) As If That Isnt Something All Fighter Pilots Know About
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#21 This Is An Actual Shot From A Movie Nominated For 11 Academy Awards
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#22 In “The Breakfast Club” (1985), No One Wants To Date The Sassy Goth Girl Until She Is Made Over Into A “Pink Princess.” This Is The Most Unrealistic Detail In Any Work Of Fiction Ever Written
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#23 In Lucy (2014), Lucy Forces Groups Of Villians To Sleep When Threatened With Guns. Later, And With Higher Brain Function, Lucy Forgets About This Power And Is Stuck In A Gunfight. This Is A Throwback To Reality, Where The Writers Are Only Capable Of Using 10% Of Their Brain
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#24 In Man Of Steel (2013) Superman’s Father Suggests That His Son Should Have Let A Bus Full Of Children Drown. This Is An Early Hint That Zack Snyder Is An Absolute Psychopath Who Should Not Be Making Superman Movies
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#25 In Monsters University, We Saw A Picture Showing Mr. Waternoose Used To Have An Afro, Which Confirms He Is Black. Which Made Me Realize I Always Think Of He As A White Man. But He Is A Large, Obese Gray Crab Like Monster, So He Has No Race, Which Leads To The Fact, That I Am Racist
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#26 In The New Fallout Show A Kid Survives A Nuke In A Fridge, Proving Once And For All That Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull Was Factually Accurate
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#27 In Harry Potter, Truth Potions Are Known To Exist, Yet Are Never Used In Court. This Is Because JK Rowling Is A S**t Writer
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#28 In The Second Episode Of The Last Of Us (2023), Joel Shoots Wildly And Does Little Damage To A Clicker. This Is An Example Of HBO Faithfully Adapting My Own Gameplay
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#29 In Beetlejuice (2024) Jenna Ortega’s Character Calls Marie Curie A French Physicist. This Is A Reference To The Fact That Americans Cannot Tell The Difference Between European Countries
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#30 What A Stupid Idiot
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