27 Small But Mind-Blowing Details From TV ShowsSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 23 Nov 2018 27 Small But Incredibly Impressive Details That Prove TV Shows Are Way Cleverer Than You Thought Easter eggs, callbacks, foreshadowing and a whole lot more. by Ellie WoodwardBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink 1 In the episode of The Office where Michael justifies spending $80 worth of magic equipment on the corporate credit card he can be seen wearing a thumb tip — a magic prop used to conceal small objects NBC 2 In the pilot episode of Futurama Bender makes a suggestion to hide in the museum because it s free on Tuesdays Checking a calendar for 2099 reveals that 31 December does indeed fall on a Tuesday Fox 3 In the scene from Breaking Bad where Hank is told his wife s been in a serious car accident the saturation levels are intentionally low to illustrate his dread When he realises he s been fooled the levels progressively fade back to normal as his rage hits AMC AMC 4 When Marshall and Lily are discussing what to name their baby in season six of How I Met Your Mother there s a genius callback to the first ever episode View this image on Imgur 5 Danerys braids increase in number and intricacy with each victory she achieves in Game of Thrones HBO 6 Captain Holt in Brooklyn Nine Nine wears a WTC breast bar indicating that he was working on 9 11 Fox 7 In The Good Place there s a magazine advert for champagne named after Jean-Ralphio from Parks and Recreation Netflix 8 And we also see that Parks and Recreation s resident perfume artist Dennis Feinstein exists in the world of The Good Place too Netflix 9 After the plane crash in the season two finale of Breaking Bad ABQ residents briefly wear commemorative ribbons Saul however keeps his ribbon on long after the crash indicating his dedication to using the incident to score lawsuits NBC 10 In season two of Frasier he recalls a school bully shoving him into a locker while he was wearing a girls field hockey uniform Nine seasons later Niles mentions that Frasier accidentally joined the girls field hockey team which explains why he was wearing the uniform Paramount Television 11 When Dwight becomes acting manager in The Office Andy starts wearing short sleeved shirts continuing his strategy of personality mirroring in a bid to become his number two NBC 12 In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode Dying For Pie SpongeBob slides across the window in order to follow Squidward In doing so he unintentionally cleans the window on account of being a sponge Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Nickelodeon 13 And Plankton has holographic meatloaf for dinner because holograms are projections of light and plankton gain energy from photosynthesis Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Nickelodeon 14 In the second season of The Walking Dead Daryl retrieves a bag of drugs from his brother s motorcycle He says it contains crystal ecstasy painkillers and doxycycline The crystal he refers to are the blue fragments at the bottom of the bag — a correct timeline shout out to Breaking Bad s blue meth AMC 15 In season two of The Office Ryan says Jim eats a ham and cheese sandwich every day In season three however Jim says he ate a tuna sandwich at his first day at Stanford which implies he was trying to reinvent himself at his new job NBC 16 In the Scrubs episode My Screw Up Ben tells Dr Cox that he ll carry his camera with him until the day he dies After J D tells Dr Cox that a patient has passed away Ben is without his camera for the rest of the episode indicating that he s the patient who died long before it s confirmed ABC 17 In season seven of It s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Charlie and Dennis discuss the dangers of telling random strangers in bars to be quiet Dennis says that he could be someone with duct tape and zip ties in the trunk of their car Five episodes later it s revealed that he has such tools in his own trunk FX 18 In season six of How I Met Your Mother Lily believes she s pregnant When she announces it to the group they propose a toast to her and Marshall However refraining from consuming alcohol Lily joins in the toast by holding up an empty hand 20th Century Fox 19 At the start of season five in Friends the guys reminisce about a beer they loved during their time in London By episode 20 we see that Joey has gone out and bought some NBC 20 In the Playtest episode of Black Mirror there s a contract containing the line If you have paused to read this you will die unless you forward it onto five people within a 28 day period BBC 21 In season three of Daredevil a poster is visible in the background of the boxing gym advertising a fight between Parker and Morales — a nod to Spider-Man Netflix 22 In That 70s Show Eric celebrates his 18th birthday by drinking beer This was in keeping with the fact that between the years 1969-1976 30 US states lowered their alcohol purchase ages from 21 to 18 Fox 23 In season one of Friends Chandler tries to convince Rachel to change the channel by telling her Weekend at Bernie s is on In season four the movie is revealed to be Rachel s secret favourite during the trivia quiz NBC 24 In the opening sequence of Family Guy Lois looks at the actual sheet music for the theme song Fox 25 In the It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode The Gang Gets Trapped it seems that the group bought an Indiana Jones costume before breaking into the house but couldn t decide who should wear it Instead they split it up — Charlie can be seen wearing the jacket Mac the hat and Frank the whip FX 26 In the Weight Loss episode of The Office the Scranton branch loses the competition by just 4lbs However Jim shows up to the final weigh-in soaking wet A quick Google search reveals that wet hair and clothes add around 5lbs to a person s weight NBC 27 And finally The Walking Dead title sequence becomes more decayed with each season AMC H/T TVDetails Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink TV and MoviesGet all the best moments in pop culture & entertainment delivered to your inbox.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.