The Shining (198 To unsettle and disorient the viewer, former hotel caretaker Delbert Grady is alternatively referred to by the first names "Charles", "Charlie", "Chuck", and "Chuckie Baby"

Wes Anderson‘s new film mentions nothing about steroid abuse despite being called A Steroid City (2023)

In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), the film ends with the characters dancing to "Dog Days Are Over". This is a strange song choice considering Cosmo did not leave the Guardians and thus we are in the golden age of the dog days.

In the 2006 Disney Pixar hit movie "Cars", Lightning McQueen famously says the line "I am speed". This is a reference to his crippling methamphetamine addiction.

Honey I Shrunk the Kids (1989) was a huge commercial success grossing 222 million dollars on a budget of only 18 million. Despite this, the police won't buy my story that this is what happened to my own missing children.

In Breaking Bad’s “Ozymandias” (2013), a white supremacist gang murder DEA agent Steve Gomez. This is a reference to white supremacist gangs hating guys named Steve.

Recently everyone stoped talking about John Oliver due to boredom and have now rested towards a submarine, this is known as the James Cameron Effect

In Clone High (2003), Principal Scudworth, voiced by co-creator Phil Lord, enslaves people to construct monuments for him under poor working conditions. This is alludes to how poorly Lord treats the crews of his productions in real life.

To promote Elemental (2023), Pixar lit the box office on fire

In Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023), Prowler Miles has braids because he is the *twist* ending

In The Flash(2023) the titular character tells a nurse “you should talk to someone about your mental health, sorry the justice league isn’t good at that part yet.” This is a reference to Ezra Miller.