Mission Impossible Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

Tom Cruise suggested to John Woo to have this shot during the knife fight scene, no CGI was used and a steel cable was attached to the knife.

The poem that Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) forces the antagonist (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to read was written by a linguist, Neal Whitman, and included all the allophones of all the phonemes in the English language.

When Ethan almost falls while rock climbing in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), his posture briefly mirrors Jesus on the cross.

Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018) The White Widow is the daughter of Max, the secondary villain in the original Mission Impossible movie.

Vanessa Kirby plays The White Widow, an arms broker. In her opening monologue, she mentions her mother Max, who was also an arms broker, played by Vanessa Redgrave in the original Mission: Impossible (1996).

Ethan Hunt uses the code "Alpha 113" AKA "A113", the number that is used as an easter egg in Pixar movies. This is because the director, Brad Bird, directed The Incredibles (2004), Rottatoille (2007) and The Incredibles 2 (2018), all pixar movies.

The fun identification number on this helicopter in Mission Impossible: Fallout. Giddy up!

Tom Cruise asks "Are we clear?" to Henry Cavill who responds "Crystal." This exchange is taken word-for-word from "A Few Good Men" also starring Cruise.

Ethan Hunt pulls out a phone from a supposed John Lark which has broken screen but later Agent Walker delivers the same phone to Director Sloane with its screen intact subtly suggesting what Walkers real intensions might be.

Spotted writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci in a blink-and-you'll-miss-them cameo in Mission Impossible 3 (2006)

Music from Die Hard is teased as Ethan escapes from a building shirtless & shoeless.

The helicopter Armie Hammer's character uses to escape uses the ID G-DEUP, or "Giddy Up", a nod to his previous role of The Lone Ranger (2013)

Mission Impossible Fallout: Did the gunshot from Ilsa sound like it came from a gun with a silencer? Her gun doesn't have one and maybe it is tech MI6 developed but coundn't find anything online. Sorry for the terrible quality, had a few b'day drinks and just filmed it on my laptop from my phone

When Tom Cruise falls on his knees in the Bathroom fight in "Mission Impossible: Fallout" (2018) you can see the tiles bend down. This is because, for stunt safety, the entire room's floor was made of special foam rubber rather than actual tiles.

Kurt Hendricks can be seen entering the Kremlin at the exact same time Ethan and Benji do.

- Turning the tables

The main antagonist, Cobalt (Hendricks), can be seen seconds after Ethan Hunt and Benji bypass security and enter the Kremlin.

Rogue Nation (2015) when Benji (Simon Pegg) is playing at his desk, the game he is playing is "Halo 5 Guardians: Self-Destruct Edition" that does not exist outside of the movie.

Henry Cavill's August Walker can be seen standing on the left, in the video about The Apostles. Giving way to his true intentions throughout the film.

The bad guy can be seen as they enter the Kremlin.

Cobalt can be seen entering the Kremlin at the same time as Benji and Ethan Hunt; which announces the failure of the mission

Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Simon Pegg's jacket changes color when he is getting his disguise together.

Ethan Hunt tells his guests at his engagement party that he works for the Virginia Department of Transportation. Later when he escapes custody at the IMF, he is seen exiting through the Virginia Department of Transportation.

the bathroom scene of MI: Fallout, the sounds of Walker's punch impacts on Lark form the Mission Impossible theme

's Paris motorcycle chase, these two cars crash in front of an ad for "Direct Car Insurance"

The reason why one of the gloves stops working in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) is because Benji forgets to turn it off when he grabs it from the train (51:30) (sorry for the lack of screenshot)

The text (in the movie it is mirrored) when Ethan learns about the syndicate in the record shop, is the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling. Kipling was inspired by the military actions of Leander Starr Jameson, who was the leader of a failed coup d'?tat.

Hunley and Ethan are talking and Hunley says Ethan has "2 hours to find Lark". This is at 18:15, the movie is 2 hours and 27 minutes long including credits. That means it's about 2 hours from his statement to the credits

the record store at the beginning, the villain, Solomon Lane, can be seen in a listening booth in the background listening to a record.

Ethan Hunt scans the restaurant for his escape while reaching for the explosive gum.

Mission Impossible Fallout the helicopter's call sign sounds out as "Giddy Up".

Josh Holloway's character wears a ring with A113 on the side. Brad Bird came from Pixar where A113 is included in every film as a nod to the California Institute of the Arts

Right after Ethan crashes his bike during the Arc de Triomphe chase, he pulls out his blade to cut the mesh leading to his escape route with Benji waiting in a speedboat below.

Ilsa's main theme, heard on her first entrance, is a snippet from 'Nessum Dorma' taken from the opera 'Turandot' that appears later in the film.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout As Walker and Lane make their getaway off the rooftop with Hunt in pursuit, Walker waves at Hunt as the helicopter pulls away. With call sign/tail sign G-DEUP, Giddyup call back to a getaway on horseback

Solomon Lane is briefly seen in one of the listening booths while Ethan Hunt is walking in the record store.

You can see the tiny tracker Claire put on the analyst's back in his scenes