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Easter egg: On the DVD disc, select "Extras" and at the bottom next to the "Main Menu", a diamond will appear when you press the right arrow on the remote. A 1950's-style news story about Axel Hellstrom will appear. You can also go left for another news feed.

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Easter egg: On Disc 2, go to trailers, and select Theatrical Trailer #3. While the trailer is playing, input the following numbers in order (slowly): 5 6 5 3 7 (JOKER). The trailer will restart and show a modified version of the original trailer, with Joker scribbling all over it. This is a reference to the marketing campaign promoting the movie, as fans who completed the entire set of events were greeted with the third "The Dark Knight" trailer, modified by the Joker.

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Easter egg: On Disc 2 of the Special Edition, there are several easter eggs which are very easy to find. They can be accessed by highlighting the small areas of the "comic book", which include a crack in the wall, Batman's reflection in a puddle and the Scarecrow's eyes. The unlocked features include a stunt rehearsal reel and CG demo.

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Easter egg: On the Main Menu, go up on the 'Play Movie' option on the Hot Fuzz logo. When selected, it will show an out-take of Simon Pegg jumping over the garden fences.

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Easter egg: When on the menu screen, move the cursor to highlight the Hackers logo. Press enter, and your will be taken to a screen with a choice of four passwords. The correct password is GOD, which one can learn by watching the movie. When the password GOD is selected, you will be taken into a cool short visual of cyberspace.

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Easter egg: At the main menu, press enter on Play. You will then be given a choice to either watch the movie with just one random ending or all three endings. Choose to watch the movie with one random ending and press enter. Note: The entire movie from this point must be watched from beginning to end. When the movie ends and the main menu reappears, press down on the control three times and the little magnifying glass will turn green. Press enter and you can then choose which ending you want to see.

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Easter egg: On Disc 2 of the limited edition DVD, select the Clock icon on the main menu. When you get a series of questions, pick C for all of them, until you get 4 pics of a woman changing her tire, then put the pics in reverse order. If done right, the credits will start to play backwards, then the movie plays in the correct order with the phone call scenes being first.

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Easter egg: On disc 2 of the DVD, click on the comic. When the next screen appears, click on the evolution of Spider-Man and then rogues' gallery. Click on any of the villains' pictures. When the pictures appear you can get a larger rotating picture of Electro, Venom and Scorpion by highlighting the Spider-Man head at the bottom of the screen of this villain and pressing down. This then brings up an outline of Spider-Man and you then just simply click on it.

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Easter egg: On the three-disc special edition, there are 3 hidden features. On Disc 2, enter the 'Production' menu, then highlight main menu and press right to highlight a hidden symbol. On the same disc, in 'Pre-Production', go into 'Prep', highlight 'Safe Cracking School' and press right. On Disc 3, go to the fourth page of 'Visual Effects', highlight 'CGI Propane Tank' and press right.

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Easter egg: Open the Title Selection Screen (on GE DVD Players, press Info) Select Title 8 (on GE DVD Players, press left, then up/down until it displays T 8, then press OK/Select.).

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Easter egg: On the 2-Disc Director's Cut DVD (Region One), if you can complete the entire trivia game (which includes around 50 or so questions, some of which are extremely hard), you are able to view a hidden video.

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Easter egg: Go to special features menu and click the centre arrow button for the next menu to agent action.Click left to show a red "x" to learn about a logo. (collectors edition).

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Easter egg: This is on the Special 10th anniversary DVD. On second disc of the set go to the 'Special Features' section. There, select the 'Critics Commentary' menu option, followed by the 'Up' arrow key on your remote control. This will take you to 3 minutes of rolling DVD production credits, accompanied by cool background music. Also on the second disc of the set, select the 'K-Billy Radio Interactive Radio' and choose the last channel on the far right. Then, press the 'Enter' key on your remote control. This will allow you to view a re-enactment of the infamous ear-cutting scene from the film, as played out by some action figures, with the original footage from the film running in a small window.

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Easter egg: On the Region 4 DVD release from Eastern Eye, on disk 2, go to the Extras menu, then the Poster Gallery and press right. A fist will light up in the top right of the screen. Select it to see the director talking about using 3D computer animation to plan the tuk tuk chase sequence.

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Easter egg: While in the extra features menu navigate through the options until the white star is highlighted. Click on this to reveal a hidden extra with Vince Vaughn.

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Easter egg: On Disc 2, highlight Special Features, press left and Enter to access a menu with three hidden features.

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Easter egg: On the second disc of the Special Edition DVD, scroll all the way upwards. You will see a track list and be able to hear samples from the soundtrack.

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Easter egg: On the disc's main menu, wait for a couple of seconds. Kate's rump will appear and will do a stinky like her son (Stinky). Press your down button until you see PRRRP. Press your enter button to see a clip of Kate teaching you to spell the word "POOP" and some weird message that is saying stinky stuff. Whew. On the special features menu, go to the second page. Highlight the "Photo Gallery" menu entry and press your enter button to highlight S Club. Press your enter button to watch this.

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