# Retail Easter Eggs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144 "2018-03-06T20:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/1 "2018-03-06T20:05:14Z")
I’ve seen “Easter Eggs”(secret messages/items) hidden in movies, television shows and other media, but I was just told about one in the online parts catalog for O’Reilly Auto Parts: If you do a search for part #121G, [this pops up.](https://www.oreillyauto.com/flux-capacitor?q=121g) Are there others out there from unexpected retail stores? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/2 "2018-03-06T20:56:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’ve seen “Easter Eggs”(secret messages/items) hidden in movies, television shows and other media, but I was just told about one in the online parts catalog for O’Reilly Auto Parts: If you do a search for part #121G, [this pops up.](https://www.oreillyauto.com/flux-capacitor?q=121g) > Are there others out there from unexpected retail stores? [we did something similar](https://jalopnik.com/ford-is-offering-an-optional-flux-capacitor-when-you-bu-1737775680) for “Back to the Future” day. The option price was $1.21 million, naturally. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/3 "2018-03-06T21:04:46Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > [we did something similar](https://jalopnik.com/ford-is-offering-an-optional-flux-capacitor-when-you-bu-1737775680) for “Back to the Future” day. The option price was $1.21 million, naturally. But that’s only 1.21 megadollars. $1.21 trillion would have been better. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/4 "2018-03-06T23:36:57Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > But that’s only 1.21 megadollars. $1.21 trillion would have been better. Yeah but no one would pay that much for a Focus 😉 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/5 "2018-03-07T02:14:51Z")
Reminds me of [BatteryBob.com](http://BatteryBob.com): [dilithium batteries](https://www.batterybob.com/products/5700-inter-galactic-spaceship-batteries/). ThinkGeek of course does [annual April Fool’s items](https://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/), some of which later become real items do to popular demand. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/6 "2018-03-07T03:54:48Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Reminds me of [BatteryBob.com](http://BatteryBob.com): [dilithium batteries](https://www.batterybob.com/products/5700-inter-galactic-spaceship-batteries/). > > ThinkGeek of course does [annual April Fool’s items](https://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/), some of which later become real items do to popular demand. you know they need to gimp the site … you can actually pay for them [https://www.batterybob.com/shoponepagecheckout.asp](https://www.batterybob.com/shoponepagecheckout.asp) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/7 "2018-03-07T04:25:00Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > you know they need to gimp the site … you can actually pay for them > > [Error - Watch Batteries - AA AAA batteries - Rechargeable Batteries](https://www.batterybob.com/shoponepagecheckout.asp) You try first. There’s one that’s only $10,000 if that’s better. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/8 "2018-03-07T05:33:08Z")
if i still had my credit cards id try it just to see how long it would take for them to have a laugh and rush to let the company know its a joke ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/9 "2018-03-08T14:30:22Z")
not retail, but I think I might have found an easter egg in Chrome. or might be a coincidence. if you’ve watched _Last Action Hero_, there’s a scene where the kid is trying to explain to Jack Slater (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) who he really is and that they’re actually in a movie. Slater dismisses him with a snarky “I’m the famous comedian, Arnold Braunschweiger” after which the kid corrects him “Schwarzenegger.” elsewhere I was dropping a comment and typed “braunschweiger” which Chrome underlined as misspelled. Right click on it, and it offers to correct it to “Schwarzenegger.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/10 "2018-03-08T14:47:36Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > elsewhere I was dropping a comment and typed “braunschweiger” which Chrome underlined as misspelled. Right click on it, and it offers to correct it to “Schwarzenegger.” Happens in Firefox, too. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/11 "2018-03-08T15:35:22Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > But that’s only 1.21 megadollars. $1.21 trillion would have been better. :dubious: Howzabout $1.21 billion? ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-easter-eggs/810144/12 "2018-03-10T12:15:05Z")
What about the infamous turbo-encabulator video? 🙂 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MXW0bx_Ooq4/hqdefault.jpg "Chrysler Turbo Encabulator") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXW0bx_Ooq4)