My Precious Made the AFI List
Gollum first hisses out 'my precious' in this film, and it's the only line from the entire trilogy to land a spot on the American Film Institute's top 100 movie quotes, coming in at number 85.
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A Handheld From Another Naughty Dog Universe
One of the more surprising finds scattered through Part 2's abandoned buildings is a battered handheld console displaying Hotline Miami's neon-drenched box art. It's a small crossover nod to Dennaton Games' brutal top-down shooter, hiding in a game that's just as violent in its own way.
Layla's Transformation Meant Something at Home
Director Mohamed Diab has spoken about how personal it was seeing Layla become the MCU's first Egyptian superhero, saying his own daughter used to want to straighten her curly hair because she never saw herself reflected in Disney movies growing up.
Ice King's Cringeworthy Search History
There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment where Ice King's computer screen shows off his actual browser history, and it's full of pathetic, oddly specific searches about handling princesses and strange health questions. It's a tiny detail but it adds a whole extra layer of sadness to how lonely the guy really is underneath the jokes.
The Original Loot Cave
Shortly after launch in 2014, players discovered a cave in the Skywatch area of the Cosmodrome where low-level enemies respawned almost instantly. Guardians lined up to farm it for easy Engrams and XP, turning it into one of the most infamous grinding spots in gaming history before Bungie patched it out.
Naughty Dog's Fifth Time Around
This was actually a first for the studio in a different way too, it's the first time Naughty Dog ever pushed one of its own franchises to a fifth mainline entry, since their earlier series either stopped after one game or got handed off to other developers.
Land Dreugh a.k.a. 'Billies'
NPCs will occasionally warn you about land dreugh and call them 'Billies' for no reason the game ever explains. Turns out that was a genuine internal dev nickname - the team apparently referred to the creature as 'Codename: Billy' during production and the name just leaked straight into the finished dialogue.
A Diablo Shout-Out in Fyresdal
Walk into the butcher's house in Fyresdal for the first time and he'll bellow 'Fresh Meat' the moment he spots you, the exact same line The Butcher shouts the first time you run into him in every Diablo game.
A Wildlife Checklist Straight Out of Red Dead
Leonida's animal population is genuinely huge, with alligators, boars, dogs, snakes, flamingos, dolphins and even sharks confirmed. Spot or study them in the wild or at the zoo and they get logged to a checklist, a system that feels lifted almost straight out of Red Dead Redemption 2.
Eurus's Cell Was Designed So She'd Never Have to Leave It
Production designer Arwel Wyn Jones tucked some genuinely eerie details into Eurus's glass cell in Sherrinford. Look closely at the floor and walls and there are scratch marks showing where a toilet, shower, table and bed could all slide out of hidden compartments, meaning she could be left completely alone with nothing visible at all if needed. There's also a round ceiling grate that's a deliberate visual echo of the well she trapped John and 'Redbeard' in as a child.