Easter egg

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Sakurai's cat can be seen in the ice stage of Pokémon Stadium 2.

An easter egg is a hidden surprise or trick that is like a cheat code, but without the code. They are small surprises programmers add to the game for players to uncover, much like candy eggs in a real-life Easter egg hunt. Many easter eggs are purely for entertainment. Some examples include hidden names or faces of programmers, references to other games, or messages for the player.

Easter eggs should not be confused with glitches, cheats, or techniques. Many do not alter gameplay at all, and are added on purpose.

List

Smash Bros. and Melee

• Blast line warning: In Mushroom Kingdom and Mushroom: Kingdom, if one pauses and turns the camera all the way to the right or left, a black wall with a saying "DANGER" on it can be seen, which is appropriate as those areas are past the side blast lines.

Melee

• Barrel Cannon message: On the bottom of the Barrel Cannon trophy is the message "2L84Me". When spoken, it sounds like "too late for me," referring to the usual KO after being shot from a barrel.
• Sleepy time: An easter egg exclusive to Event 39: Jigglypuff Live!, sleepy time will occur when the large screen in the background of Pokémon Stadium is centered on the player's Jigglypuff, and the player uses Jigglypuff's Sing attack. All three of the other Jigglypuffs will fall asleep, regardless of the distance from the player's Jigglypuff, for much longer than usual.
• Yoshi's Island reflected: Metal Mario's trophy has a reflection of the Yoshi's Island stage on its surface.
• Ganondorf's glowing eyes: Ganondorf's Trophies, when viewed under certain lighting, have glowing eyes.
• Ceres Station lab reflected: The Metroid trophy in Melee has a reflection on its shell. It seems to be a Ceres Station lab (where the Infant Metroid was kept) from Super Metroid. This implies that the trophy is representing the Infant Metroid.
• Samus' extended grapple: In the NTSC version of Melee, Samus can extend the reach of her Grapple Beam if the player presses Z, up, down, up, Z before the grapple actually appears.

Melee and Brawl

• Fox and Falco's Smash Taunt: Fox and Falco's Smash Taunt can be activated by quickly alternating between left and right (Melee) or by quickly tapping down just once (Brawl) on the directional pad while playing as either character on the Venom or Corneria stages. A similar effect happens when Fox, Falco, or Wolf performs the trick on the Lylat Cruise stage in SSBB.
• Onett Message Board: In Eagleland: Onett, the "Onett Message Board" can be seen if the player stands just to the right of the blue house, pauses and zooms out. It reads "Caution, A black van driven by this guy (seen in the picture right of the message) has been spotted driving recklessly through town. Be careful!". This is a reference to the Runaway Five's clumsy driving.
• Bowl of rice: Using a hacked camera, a bowl of rice can be seen behind a bush on the Onett stage in SSBB. It is unknown whether this is a secret or an oversight.

Brawl

• DS Lite: In Trophy Hoard mode, a black DS Lite can be seen in a present box on the left, in the background with presents.
• Sakurai's cat: In the Ice stage of Pokémon Stadium 2, there is a poster of a white kitten inside of the shack in the middle. It is thought to be Masahiro Sakurai's cat. Also, a calendar can be seen on the door, but it's harder to see.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 song: The Coin Heaven song of Super Mario Bros. 3 can be heard if one plays the music Peach dances to when she uses her Final Smash in slow motion.
• R.O.B.'s base: In R.O.B.'s Grey Palette swap (which is designed to look like his American design), the words on his base change from "Family Computer Robot" to "R.O.B. - Robotic Operating Buddy", which is the name that was used for the robot outside of Japan. Additionally, R.O.B. features an on/off switch on its back.
• Snake in the box: In the cardboard bBox trophy, if one changes the camera angle, one can actually see Snake inside the box.
• Snake's Smash Taunt: Using a method on Shadow Moses Island similar to the Star Fox secret taunt, Solid Snake can contact his support team via codec and get information regarding his opponents.
• R.O.B. statue: In Port Town Aero Dive, there is a R.O.B. statue in the background.
• Flower acronym: On the ground in Smashville, there is a batch of flowers that seems to form the letters SB. These are likely the acronym of "Smash Bros."
• Smash soda: The soda can in Distant Planet has the Smash Bros. logo on it.
• Wanted posters: In Delfino Plaza, some 'wanted' posters can be seen using a hacked camera.

Other tidbits

These are some misc. hidden tidbits that don't count as easter eggs, but are still worth a notice.

• Boo texture: In Luigi's Mansion, the underside of the bed in the top-left room has a boo texture. This should normally not be seen, so a hacked camera is required to view it. Likely, a texture hasn't been specifically applied for the underside of the bed, so it just used a random texture that happened to include a boo face.
• Daisy's 3rd eye: In earlier versions of Super Smash Bros. Melee, the Daisy trophy contains a mysterious 3rd eye hidden in her hair, on the back of her head. It was removed in later versions.

See Also

• Wikipedia's article about Easter eggs