19 "The Last Of Us" Season 2, Episode 3 Easter Eggs And Video Game Comparisons That You Might've Missed

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Great, present I'm crying implicit java beans and "The Last of Us" opening credits.

1. First, successful the opening credits, Ellie's (Bella Ramsey) silhouette astatine the extremity that grows retired of the cordyceps is present alone, with Joel's silhouette nary longer portion of the intro. Pedro Pascal's sanction is besides absent.

Side-by-side showing Ellie unsocial  vs. Ellie adjacent  to Joel successful  the opening   credits

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2. The flowers extracurricular Joel's location and connected his mailbox are a recreation of what is shown successful the game, too.

Close-ups of Joel's mailbox and flowers extracurricular  his location   successful  the amusement   vs. video game

3. In Ellie's aged country successful Joel's house, you tin spot a chapeau connected apical of her dresser. The chapeau appears to beryllium the aforesaid 1 utilized successful a flashback from the game, erstwhile Joel and Ellie spell to the subject and past museum. Based connected trailers, we'll spot this flashback aboriginal successful the season.

A close-up of an aged  brimmed chapeau  connected  a dresser vs. Joel wearing a akin  chapeau  successful  the video game

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The astronaut is besides important due to the fact that Ellie loves space.

4. When Ellie walks done Joel's room, you tin spot that helium was carving an owl, which matches the plan of his beloved java mug successful the game. Joel's workbench is besides featured successful the game, too.

A close-up of a carved woody  owl vs. Ellie holding a mug with an owl successful  the game

5. When Ellie opens the container and finds Joel's ticker and gun, it's a shot-for-shot recreation of what happens successful The Last of Us Part II.

Close-ups of Joel's ticker  and weapon  successful  a reddish  container  successful  the amusement   vs. the game

6. And, Ellie uncovering Joel's signature overgarment and smelling it is thing that besides happens successful the video game.

Ellie crying and smelling Joel's classical  overgarment   successful  the amusement   vs. game

7. When we are introduced to the Seraphites, the young miss is wearing her hairsbreadth braided connected apical of her head. Gamers volition admit this hairstyle due to the fact that Yara wears her hairsbreadth the aforesaid mode successful The Last of Us Part II.

A young miss  lasting  extracurricular  with braids connected  apical  of her caput  vs. Yara with the aforesaid  hairstyle successful  the game

8. Just a amusive item from Ellie's room: you tin spot a The Matrix (1999) poster down her portion she's grooming with Jesse (Young Mazino).

Ellie hitting a punching backmost  with a poster for "The Matrix" down  her

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9. When Gail (Catherine O'Hara) tells Tommy (Gabriel Luna) that she's a shot fan, and the kids aren't overmuch amended than the 2003 Tigers, she's referring to the play erstwhile the Detroit Tigers notably went 43–119, which was the astir losses successful American League history, until the 2024 White Sox surpassed that.

Gail telling Tommy, "This really  isn't that acold   disconnected  from the '03 squad"

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10. When Dina (Isabela Merced) comments connected Ellie keeping Joel's weapon successful the backmost of her pants, it's the aforesaid happening Joel told Ellie erstwhile helium archetypal gave her a weapon successful Season 1.

Dina telling Ellie she'll sprout  her damn ass disconnected  vs. Joel telling her the aforesaid  happening  successful  Season 1

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11. Dina tells Ellie that they'd conscionable by the eastbound gross astatine 3 a.m., which is besides wherever Dina and Ellie program to permission from successful the game. However, successful the game, they extremity up not needing to sneak retired arsenic Maria lets them spell successful bid to find Tommy, who heads to Seattle first.

Dina telling Ellie they'll conscionable   by the aged  eastbound  gross  successful  the amusement   vs. Dina mentioning it successful  the game

12. Ellie taking a infinitesimal by herself astatine Joel's grave, portion Dina watches, is besides a infinitesimal straight from the game. However, successful the game, Joel's gravesite is successful town.

Ellie sitting beside a gravestone that reads "Joel Miller successful  the amusement   vs. game

13. Ellie places a clump of java beans astatine Joel's grave, which is simply a motion to Joel's emotion of coffee. They notably shared a hilarious java infinitesimal successful Season 1, erstwhile helium recovered retired that Ellie doesn't similar it.

A close-up of Ellie placing java  beans connected  the crushed  vs. Joel asking Ellie if she doesn't similar  java  successful  Season 1

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14. On Dina's database of what to pack, you tin spot that she adjacent wrote down however their jackets volition treble arsenic bedroll and blankets, which you spot them doing successful the structure aboriginal successful the episode.

A close-up of Dina's handwritten packing database  vs. Ellie and Dina sleeping nether  the jackets successful  a tent

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15. And, you'll announcement that Ellie does instrumentality Dina's proposal and trades her Converse for a brace of sturdy boots. Dina's running joke astir Ellie's prime successful footwear is besides thing fans of the crippled remarked on, arsenic Ellie wears her achromatic Converse passim the entirety of The Last of Us Part II.

Dina telling Ellie, "But you're not crossing unfastened  state  successful  fucking Chucks" vs. a close-up of Ellie a fewer  scenes aboriginal    successful  boots

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16. Dina asking Ellie astir her archetypal termination is besides a infinitesimal that happens successful the game, too. In the game, it's the archetypal speech we perceive Dina and Ellie having portion connected their mode to Seattle. In the show, Ellie says her archetypal termination is "too fucked up," which is simply a notation to the information that Riley (Storm Reid) was apt the archetypal idiosyncratic she had to kill.

Ellie talking to Dina connected  a equine  vs. a voiceover of Ellie telling the aforesaid  communicative   successful  the game

17. While successful the tent, Dina asks Ellie to complaint their buss astatine the dance, and Ellie gives it a six. This infinitesimal besides happens successful the game, but earlier, erstwhile Dina and Ellie are connected patrol and instrumentality structure from the blizzard successful Eugene's concealed growhouse.

Dina asking Ellie to complaint   their buss  successful  the amusement   vs. game

18. While riding Shimmer, you'll announcement that Ellie is holding her firearm with the scope the aforesaid mode that Joel utilized to erstwhile they rode together.

Side-by-side of Ellie and Dina riding unneurotic  vs. Ellie and Joel. Photos amusement   Ellie and Joel holding their rifles similarly

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19. And finally, conscionable similar successful the game, erstwhile Ellie and Dina spot a car, that's however they cognize they are astir successful Seattle.

Ellie and Dina riding a equine  successful  the woods and passing an abandoned car   successful  the amusement   vs. game

Alright, that's each for now. Come backmost again adjacent week for adjacent much details from the adjacent episode.

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