Reservoir Dogs Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
36 of the most interesting Reservoir Dogs 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 Reservoir Dogs movie message.
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Genre | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Director | Quentin Tarantino |
Stars | Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn |
IMDB score | 8.3 |
Reservoir Dogs Movie Trivia
Mr. Pink carjacks a random woman by dragging her out of her car into the street. Two years later in Pulp Fiction, the same actress, Linda Kaye, is the woman Marsellus accidentally shoots when aiming for Butch.
The actor that plays Mr. Blue is actually a real convicted felon, for multiple crimes including bank heists, named Edward Bunker. He later publishes his autobiography: "Mr. Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade".
Tarantino gives the names of his characters color-coded nicknames to conceal their true identities. This is an homage to the original 1974 version of "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three", which featured characters with the code names Mr. Green, Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue.
(1992) Vic Vega (Michael Madsen) says his parole officer is Seymour Scagnetti. In Natural Born Killers, (1994) which was also written by Quentin Tarantino, Tom Sizemore plays Detective Jack Scagnetti.
Mr. Blonde's dance to "Stuck in the Middle With You" was entirely spontaneous and unrehearsed.
Reservoir Dogs Movie Easter Eggs
The mustached cop from Mr. Orange's made-up story is the same cop that finds Mr. White in the finale. They even yell the same "I'm gonna fucking blow you away!" line.
Mr. White tells Mr. Blonde: "You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize." This is a play on a line from the 1938 movie Angels With Dirty Faces, in which James Cagney says: "You slap me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize."
Steve Buscemi's character talks about how he believes tipping the waiter/waitress is wrong. In Pulp Fiction (1994) Buscemi cameos a waiter in the Jack Rabbit Slims scene and we never see him get tipped.
Accuracy details in Reservoir Dogs
Just seconds after Mr White shoots dead two policemen in their squad car, there is a small group of people nearby who haven't reacted.
Costume details in Reservoir Dogs
In the shot directly after Mr. Orange describes Joe Cabot as "The Thing" a Thing action figure is present.
Reservoir Dogs Movie Foreshadowing
Blond mentions to White and Pink that he just got off the phone with nice guy Eddie, out of the safe house, out of earshot of Orange. Later Orange Kills Blonde and lies that Blonde was going to kill everyone not knowing that Eddie and blonde are close and is called out.