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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 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 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 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: 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: From the Special Features menu, highlight the word FEATURES and then press LEFT. One of the markers in the picture to the left will turn blue. Press ENTER to see video of an avalanche that occurred during filming.

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Easter egg: On the first page of the "special features" menu, you will notice a blank space in the middle between "more" and "main menu" on the very bottom of the page. If you got to the main menu button and then go once to the left, a series of numbers like the ones Ben Kingsley draws in the movie will appear where that blank space is. If you select it, it is a short interview with a Taoist master about the "third eye" principle.

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Easter egg: When accessing the directors' commentary, press right and you will find a 2nd commentary by different people.

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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: 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: 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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