All 39 Movie References in Our April Fools’ Day Comic Revealed

For this year’s April Fools’ gag we wanted to challenge you, dear reader, to a Where’s Waldo of movie references. Our resident webcomic artist Derek Bacon obliged with a view into our day-to-day operations at FSR HQ where 39 movie references were scattered around between all the scenes of hard work. With a $50 Fandango Gift Card on the line, we had close to 400 entries (via email and Facebook) and we’re pleased to announce Sheri Young of Boston, Mass as our big winner.

You can still check out the full image to challenge yourself, but beyond the jump is our handy guide to all the (intentional) movie references we made:

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1. Loki’s mask from The Mask
2. Captain America’s shield
   
3. Everyone’s friend, HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. Michael “Awesome” Bay
5. The Maltese Falcon from, yes, The Maltese Falcon
6. Marty’s Hoverboard from the Back to the Future movies
7. Weekend Editor Christopher Campbell as Bob Dylan from Don’t Look Back
8. Interviewer extraordinaire Jack Giroux as Jack Nicholson’s Buddusky in The Last Detail
9. Reviewer Robert Levin taking the iconic bath from Little Big Man
10. Fantastic Fest Reviewer Michael Treveloni dressed as Sean Connery’s Zed from Zardoz…
11. …while reenacting the pie eating contest from Stand By Me
12. The idol from Raiders of the Lost Ark
13. Over/Under editorialist Nathan Adams with the mosquito from Barton Fink
14. Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace on TV while Kevin Carr…enjoys it…inexplicably
15. A Golden Snitch from Harry Potter
16. Publisher Neil Miller as the giant head/man behind the curtain from The Wizard of Oz
17. A dangerous egg from Alien
18. Troll 2 on TV
19. The jacket from Fritz Lang’s M
20. The moon from A Trip to the Moon on my shirt
21. Marsellus Wallace’s briefcase from Pulp Fiction
22. The still-spinning top from Inception
23. Some delicious Soylent Green
24. Charles Foster Kane’s childhood sled
25. Associate Editor Rob Hunter as Lars from Lars and the Real Girl…
26. …with the octopus from Old Boy hanging out of his mouth
27. Wilson from Cast Away
28. A handy ghost storage device from Ghostbusters
29. A second Old Boy reference: his hammer
30. Mutagen from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
31. Reviewer Caitlin Hughes as Pee-Wee from his Big Adventure
32. Reviewer Daniel Walber as either/both the stars of Vera Chytilová’s Daisies 
33. Tasty brains in honor of George Romero
34. Reviewer Mark James eating the roses from Holy Motors
35. Associate Editor Kate Erbland as Dr. Evil
36. Gizmo
37. Derek Bacon’s sweet Mickey Mouse ears
38. The red and blue pills from The Matrix
39. E.T. getting punched by Listologist David Bell