Mission Impossible Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

15 of the most interesting Mission Impossible easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Mission Impossible movie message.

Trivia Easter Eggs Hidden Scenes Foreshadowing
Mission Impossible poster
Mission Impossible poster
Mission Impossible Plot

An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.

Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director Brian De Palma
Stars Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny
IMDB score 7.1

Mission Impossible Movie Trivia

1 - 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.

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.

Mission Impossible Movie Easter Eggs

1 - 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.

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.

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

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.

Mission Impossible Movie Foreshadowing

- Turning the tables

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

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

Mission Impossible movie hidden details

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.

1 - Ghost Protocol, the bad guy can be seen as they enter the Kremlin.

Ghost Protocol, the bad guy can be seen as they enter the Kremlin.

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 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)

1 - 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.

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.

1 - <b></b>Mission Impossible Fallout the helicopter's call sign sounds out as "Giddy Up".

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

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

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

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

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