The Suitcase Armor Came from Old Comic Art
Tony's slick briefcase-turned-armor was inspired by early Iron Man comic artwork drawn by Bob Layton, who gave the suit a sleeker, more form-fitting look than the bulkier designs that came later.
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BMO's Space Trip Is Full Of Movie Nods
The Distant Lands special "BMO" leans hard into classic sci-fi and fantasy references. When BMO and Olive travel through the Drift, the colorful lights are a direct homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and if you look closely at BMO's insides, there's a tiny medal and diploma tucked next to their heart, mirroring the gifts the Wizard gives to the Tin Man and Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.
Wakanda Shows Up on Fury's Map
Right near the end of the film there's a map behind Nick Fury marking various locations of interest to SHIELD, and one of the pins sits squarely in the region that would later be revealed as Wakanda.
Arthur Morgan Wasn't Planned Until Rockstar Saw the Sequel's Success
Arthur Morgan is never mentioned anywhere in the original Red Dead Redemption, and it's not an oversight. Rockstar genuinely hadn't planned a prequel at the time, and it was only after the first game sold over five million copies in three weeks that the idea of telling the gang's earlier story, and inventing Arthur, ever got off the ground.
The Man in the Game Files Called COUGAR_MAN
Out in the wilderness sits a corpse with a strange, almost feline curl to his lip. Dig through the game's internal files and he's actually labelled COUGAR_MAN, which has led people to tie him back to an old glitch from the original Red Dead Redemption where a human character model somehow ended up with a cougar's attributes.
Powder's Sketchbook Hides a Skin Reference
In episode three, while Powder's sat crying next to her drawings, you can spot a crude sketch of a pair of pink-outlined wings among the doodles of Fishbones and dynamite. That's a nod to Star Guardian Jinx, one of her flashier in-game skins, tucked into the show years before most viewers would've clocked it.
Real Soldiers, Broken Props
For the Battle of the Black Gate, the crew needed so many extras they brought in members of the New Zealand Armed Forces. Turns out real soldiers get a little too into a fake battle, and they ended up snapping a lot of the prop weapons.
A Detective Story Wearing a Halo Skin
Rather than another straight-line Spartan shooting gallery, Joe Staten pitched ODST as film noir: a lone soldier wandering a rain-soaked, ruined city piecing together what happened to his squad through flashbacks. It's basically a detective mystery wrapped in Covenant armour, which is a big part of why it still feels different from every other Halo campaign.
Sam Claflin Auditioned for Two Different Roles
Before he was known as Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games, Sam Claflin tried out for not one but two parts on Game of Thrones, reading for both Jon Snow and Viserys Targaryen. He didn't land either role, but he'd later end up starring alongside Emilia Clarke anyway in the film Me Before You.
It All Started on a Train
The whole show basically got greenlit because of a train ride. Moffat and Gatiss were chatting about how much they both loved Holmes on the way to the Doctor Who offices in Cardiff, and Moffat went home and told his wife Sue Vertue about it. She's the one who pushed them to actually pitch it to the BBC.