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11 Amazing Easter Eggs In The Walking Dead
11.
Heisenberg’s Blue Meth Starting off the list with something that
dates way back to season 2 and is probably one of the most awesome yet subtle references
to anyone who’s a fan of AMC Programming.
In 2011, The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad were pretty much AMC’s magnum opuses.
Breaking Bad being one of the most well written shows AMC has ever produced and The Walking
Dead being their most interesting show…...I mean this show pretty much ignited a flame
in what was already becoming an over-saturated genre.
Anyway, People have speculated for the longest time that we could possibly get a crossover
between the two shows, even though it is incredibly unlikely.
Well the closest we'll get to a crossover are pretty much in the form of easter eggs
and this is probably the best one they’ve given us.
During Season 2 first few episodes, T-Dog suffers an injury that so subtly yet so severe
that he is in need of strong medication in order to heal.
Daryl (Everyone’s favourite redneck), steps in with a bag filled with all sorts of medication
and drugs.
At the bottom of the bag we see Walter White’s infamous Blue Sky Meth.
This is so subtle yet so awesome!
10.
-Headshot Walker Achievement Sound This one is up for debate.
If you watch the very first episode of The Walking Dead and watch the scene in which
Rick shoots one of his former colleagues who’s been zombified at the police station, If you
listen faintly in the background, you can hear the Xbox Achievement sound.
9.
-Walt Jr’s Dodge Challenger The second of 3 easter eggs we’ve included
on this list related to breaking bad.
This easter egg was included in the very first season of The Walking Dead.
Now Okay you could argue the fact that this episode of The Walking Dead was released before
an episode of Breaking Bad introduced us to this like and yes this link is pretty far
fetched, However it seems a little bit too convenient.
In episode 2 of season 1 titled “Guts”, Glenn and Rick plan an escape from the zombie
infested streets of atlanta.
As a diversion, Glenn hotwires a 2009 dodge challenger to lure a nearby horde of walkers
away from trapped in a department store.
Now isn’t it a coincidence that the following year, Breaking Bad has an episode in which
Walter White buys his son a 2009 dodge challenger?
Same color scheme and same exact model even though the 2010 model was out at that point?
The could have went with any of manufacturer but they decide to go with the exact same
car model used previously in the walking dead.
Oh and let’s not forget when Walter’s wife, Skylar forces him to take his son’s
car back to the dealer.
She literally say “Make sure you talk to the general manager.
His name is Glenn”.
Okay this is a direct reference on both parts no matter how you look at it.
Who knows though, Either this was a subtle link between the two shows or it was just
a deal between AMC and Dodge.
8.
-Stephen King’s Town?
Bit of a small easter egg here.
If you look closely at Rick’s police badge in the first season of the walking dead and
pay attention to where the start of the first episode of the show takes place, you’ll
know it’s called King County.
Robert Kirkman himself has stated that the show was named after famous horror author
Stephen King.
7.
-Romero Zombies So as much as George Romero doesn’t like
The Walking Dead and to be fair his reasoning for it is somewhat justified, The creators
of the show have the upmost respect for him.
He is after all the godfather of zombies who revitalized the genre way back in the late
1960s with the cult classic film “Night of the Living Dead”.
Romero pretty much created the zombie genre that we all know and love (most of us at least)
today.
To show their respect, The Walking Dead’s creators have placed nice little easter eggs
in reference to Romero’s previous works.
These zombies include the air hangar zombie from dawn of the dead, Stephen from Dawn of
the Dead, Bub from Day of the Dead and the Tongue Zombie from day of the dead.
Not to mention there is a shot for shot remake of a machete kill from Dawn of the Dead that
was implemented into the season 5 finale.
And on another note, they also implemented a zombie that closely resembles the poster
zombie from the unofficial dawn of the dead sequel “Zombi 2”.
Whoever writes these episodes loves paying homage to directors who’ve pathed the way
for them don’t they?
6.
-Daryl and Jesse Pinkman know each other?
Okay this is the last Breaking Bad easter egg, we promise!
So during season 4 episode 7.
Daryl tells a story about a strung-out dirtbag he knew once.
This dealer dealt drugs to his brother Merle.
Now remember earlier how merle had a bag filled with strong drugs that included the infamous
Blue Sky meth?
Well here’s where he may have got it.
This story mentions that this “Janky White Guy”, Merle and Daryl himself were watching
a show on television.
Merle cracked a joke about the show which immediately offended this dealer as it was
his kid’s favourite show.
This was all followed by the dealer pointing a gun and points it at them saying “I’m
gonna kill you bitch”.
So who do we know from breaking bad who is a “Janky White Guy”, Who deals drugs,
Feels a certain guilt when it comes to kids and has an obsession with the word “Bitch”?
Jesse Pinkman of course.
Now they didn’t got into a whole ton of detail on this but a lot of the points mentioned
by daryl point toward Merle knowing Jesse Pinkman before the outbreak hit.
Small world!
5.
-Beth Finds Lucile in Season 4 This is some blatant foreshadowing!
2 seasons before Negan and his dreaded baseball bat, Lucille hit the scene, There was something
hinting towards their imminent appearance.
During the second half of season 4 during one of beth’s episodes, she comes across
a group of brutally beaten zombies.
In the middle of it all is a baseball bat covered in barbed wire.
Wonder why Negan left Lucille behind?
4.
-Macon, Georgia.
So for any die hard fans of The Walking Dead who’ve played the excellent telltale games
based on the comic, You’ll know that Macon played a big part in the first Telltale season.
It’s where the start of the game takes place and it’s Lee Everett’s hometown (For those
who don’t know, Lee is the player character).
Other than that, Macon, Georgia is not mentioned anywhere is in the comics or the show…...Well
at least not until season 3 (1 year after the first telltale episode was released).
In the TV series episode called “30 Days without an accident”, Michonne points on
a map to a county called Macon and not the actual city.
However, Show creator Robert Kirkman stated that this was indeed a homage to the Telltale
series of games and stated that they could indeed bring over characters from the game
over into the show.
Another little tid bit too.
In Season 4 episode 14, Glenn points on a map to the sanctuary called Terminus.
Judging by the accuracy of the map, Terminus is not far away from the real town of Macon.
3.
-Morgan wasn’t far after all Small little easter egg here.
One of the streets in the Alexandria Safe Zone introduced in Season 5 is called Morgan.
Turns out Morgan wasn’t far from finding Rick after all!
2.
-Ben Gardener from Jaws We can all pretty much agree that The Governor
was a sick man.
But boy was he a riot during his 2 seasons on the walking dead.
Viewers were all disgusted by the fact that he kept walker heads in a private aquarium,
but astute viewers likely noticed that one of the heads in the tank is actually an exact
replica of Ben Gardner's severed head from Steven Spielberg's Jaws.
1.
Probably the coolest easter egg that has no reference to any other show.
If you pay attention to the opening titles to the walking dead each season, The old the
show gets, the more decayed the show’s titles get.
That is attention to detail right there.
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