Anthology V – Season’s Meetings (easter eggs)

Anthology V – Season’s Meetings – has multiple easter eggs. Here are some you may have missed…

 

Foreshadowing (could be important, maybe)

Samuel Evans, Steve's dad, works for SMAT – the Special Ministers Advisory Taskforce – under the mysterious Jethro Renton-Mass.

 

Different words for the same thing

Steve’s ability: synesthetic empathy/ optical empathy.

Hugh’s ability: teleportation/ transposition.

 

Pop culture references – places & people

Crosby Lodge – Bing Crosby.

Mr Carey – Mariah Carey.

 

Pop culture references – Christmas songs

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow (Frank Sinatra).

It'll be lonely this Christmas (Mud).

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (Perry Como). 

Walking in a winter wonderland (Bing Crosby).

Frosty the Snowman (Gene Autry).

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland).

Driving Home for Christmas (Chris Rea).

 

Pop culture references – Comic Books

West Avenue, Allen Drive and Garrick Hill – The Flash.

Sergeant Nation/ Federation – a comic book super soldier in the Anthologyverse.

 

Pop culture references – The Terminator

Anthology is clearly set in an alternate universe but who would want to live in a universe without Terminator/ Terminator 2? Not me!

“What’s wrong with this picture?”

“Laundry day. Nothing clean, right?”

“I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.”

 

Pop culture references – Star Trek

Roddenberry Avenue - Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek, probably the most famous depiction of transporters (Hugh's ability).

Gravett Island - a fictional island in the South Pacific Ocean (Star Trek: First Contact).

 

Pop culture references – Star Trek

The numerical sequences repeated and synchronised by Angelo and Milo.

“Four, seven, two, nine, three, eight, five...”

“One, four, two, nine, seven, eight...”

“Fourteen. Sixteen. Twenty-two..."

From lyrics to 36 Degrees by Placebo.

 

Pop culture references – Blackadder

While Angelo and Milo synchronise, Milo tries to catch Angelo out with a spontaneous and unpredictable exclamation.

“Oberleutnant von Gerhardt” - a character in Blackadder Goes Forth.