Training Day Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

8 of the most interesting Training Day 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 Training Day movie message.

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Training Day poster
Training Day poster
Training Day Plot

A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.

Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director Antoine Fuqua
Stars Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger
IMDB score 7.7

Training Day Movie Easter Eggs

1 - Raymond Cruz's character is nicknamed "Sniper" by a fellow gangster -- a deliberate nod to Cruz's role as CIA sniper Domingo Chavez in Clear and Present Danger (1994).

Raymond Cruz's character is nicknamed "Sniper" by a fellow gangster -- a deliberate nod to Cruz's role as CIA sniper Domingo Chavez in Clear and Present Danger (1994).

Costume details in Training Day

1 - : at the mexican's, Hoyt is asked what kind of gun he packs. He says "a 9mm Beretta" (reglamentary gun of LAPD) and Smiley immediately replies "like this one?" and shows his own stainless Beretta (also LAPD gun). Hoyt was most likely not the first cop to get the bathtub treatment

: at the mexican's, Hoyt is asked what kind of gun he packs. He says "a 9mm Beretta" (reglamentary gun of LAPD) and Smiley immediately replies "like this one?" and shows his own stainless Beretta (also LAPD gun). Hoyt was most likely not the first cop to get the bathtub treatment

Training Day movie hidden details

After he kills Roger, Alonzo can be heard on the phone (presumably with Smiley) planning Jake's death - telling Smiley to "just make sure that bathtub is clean."

- Alonzo's Monte Carlo has the license plate ORP 967: A nod to one of L.A.'s most corrupt cops, Officer Rafael Perez (ORP), who was born in 1967

Denzel Washington based his character on Rafael Perez - the LAPD Officer who allegedly killed Notorious BIG. Denzel's vehicle can be seen with the license plate ORP 967 which stands for Officer Rafael Perez, born 1967.

When Alonzo and Jake first meet for breakfast Alonzo tells Jake that he'll pay for the meal. At the end of the scene, Alonzo demands that Jake pays the bill. This foreshadows how Alonzo will proceed to manipulate Jake for the rest of the day, resulting in his attempted murder.

Alonzo asks Jake to take a menu off the windscreen of the Lowrider- which Alonzo later uses as a fake warrant.

1 - - near the end, Alonso is heard speaking on the phone and he says "make sure that bathtubs clean".

- near the end, Alonso is heard speaking on the phone and he says "make sure that bathtubs clean".

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