The Bubble Easter Eggs: Every Movie Reference & Franchise It Mocks

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Warning! SPOILERS for The Bubble.

Judd Apatow’s The Bubble is filled with meta-references to iconic movies while mocking a variety of modern franchises through its Easter eggs. As a movie-within-a-movie premise, The Bubble’s plot points pull from many real-life experiences of filming major franchise movies at the height of the pandemic. Not only does The Bubble’s angle of the pandemic bubble lead to a mockery of franchise-star personalities, but the actual fake film that the characters are shooting, Cliff Beasts 6, is a parodic combination of popular sci-fi and action film series.

Starring actors like Pedro Pascal, Karen Gillan, David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, and Keegan-Michael Key, Netflix’s The Bubble follows the misadventures of Cliff Beasts 6’s cast and crew as they isolate within the boundaries of their hotel and film set. Taking place at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Bubble’s characters experience a series of misadventures as one of two movies actually filming, including the madness of self-quarantine, the contagious flu (rather than COVID), and nonstop TikTok dances. By the end ofThe Bubble, the daunting production has become so intense that Cliff Beasts 6 doesn’t finish filming, with the premiere that the characters attend later on being for the documentary on the making of the movie instead.

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While The Bubble has many hidden movie references and Easter eggs to mock modern franchises, there are also various nods to franchises simply through the casting. Netflix's The Bubble doesn’t feature direct references to Star Wars, but it does feature a hilarious scene between Pedro Pascal and Daisy Ridley, who are well known for leading The Mandalorian and the Star