The Breakfast Club Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

4 of the most interesting The Breakfast Club 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 The Breakfast Club movie message.

The Breakfast Club poster
The Breakfast Club poster
The Breakfast Club Plot

Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

Genre Comedy, Drama
Director John Hughes
Stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos
IMDB score 7.9

The Breakfast Club movie hidden details

 hidden scene 1 - Brian 'The Brain' Johnson's mothers car number plate is EMC 2, a reference to Einstein's famous equation.

Brian 'The Brain' Johnson's mothers car number plate is EMC 2, a reference to Einstein's famous equation.

The library rules have been modified presumably by frequent detention attendee John Bender.

 hidden scene 1 - When Brian ("the brain") is walking into school, his mother's license plate reads EMC 2, a nod to Albert Einstein's formula for mass-energy equivalence.

When Brian ("the brain") is walking into school, his mother's license plate reads EMC 2, a nod to Albert Einstein's formula for mass-energy equivalence.

 hidden scene 1 - As this subreddit knows, license plates are a key detail in movies. So in The Breakfast Club (1985) The car that belongs to Brian Johnson's mom has a license plate saying "EMC 2" which is a reference to the common physics equation "E=mc^2" which Brian was in Physics Club.

As this subreddit knows, license plates are a key detail in movies. So in The Breakfast Club (1985) The car that belongs to Brian Johnson's mom has a license plate saying "EMC 2" which is a reference to the common physics equation "E=mc^2" which Brian was in Physics Club.