easter egg

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easter egg

Summary

easter egg is a message[1]. It draws 2,321 Wikipedia views per month (message category, ranking #3 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • easter egg's instance of is recorded as message[3].
  • easter egg's instance of is recorded as subliminal stimuli[4].
  • easter egg is named after easter egg[5].
  • easter egg took place at film[6].
  • The location of easter egg was video game[7].
  • easter egg took place at hyperlink[8].
  • easter egg took place at tooltip[9].
  • The location of easter egg was stage[10].
  • easter egg took place at software[11].
  • easter egg is a type of allusion[12].
  • easter egg is a type of Developer Room[13].
  • easter egg is part of psychological terminology[14].
  • easter egg's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Easter egg (media)[15].
  • easter egg's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include message[3] and subliminal stimuli[4]. Recorded subclass of include allusion[12] and Developer Room[13].

Origins

easter egg is named after it[5].

Use and Application

easter egg is part of psychological terminology[14].

Why It Matters

easter egg draws 2,321 Wikipedia views per month (message category, ranking #3 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit eastereggs
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3984]]: eastereggs, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144657403|eastereggs (#144657403)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Director"
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