Black Mirror Bandersnatch: The Secret End and other Easter Eggs

Easter eggs, innuendo and a secret ending - with the interactive film "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch", Netflix is ​​turning old viewing habits upside down. So that you don't miss any detail, here you will find the most important Easter Eggs and instructions on how to reach the secret end.

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch - The most important Easter Eggs

Netflix surprised fans of the science fiction series "Black Mirror" with an interactive episode in feature length. For real connoisseurs of Black Mirror, some Easter Eggas and innuendo are hard to miss. Did you miss something? No problem. We have put together the most important Easter Eggs for you at a glance. But be careful: spoiler danger! If you haven't seen the film yet, you could find out more about the plot here.

• Saint Juniper Hospital: Stefan Butler, the young programmer and main character in Bandersnatch, regularly visits a psychiatrist. In front of the building there is a sign that reads: Saint Juniper Hospital. Sounds a lot like the name of the award-winning "San Junipero" episode of season three. San Junipero is the name of the city in which the young protagonists live.
• The psychiatrist's name also hides an allusion. She is called Dr. R. Haynes. In the season 4 finale, the owner of the Black Museum bears the name Rolo Haynes. Are the two related?
• Prime Minister Michael Callow: In the first episode of the series, extortioners force Michael Callow to have sex with a pig. In Bandersnatch he wins a baking competition. This is indicated by a message overlay. It says: "Shaper PM Michael Callow Wins Celebrity Bake Off." (Former Prime Minister Michael Callow wins "Celebrity Bake Off." The name of the contest is a nod to "The Great British Bake Off", a well-known British television series in which the contestants compete in a baking competition. The show is broadcast on Channel 4 and since October 2018 it has been known that you should get a spin-off with celebrity candidates.
• White Bear: In the harrowing second episode of the second season of "Black Mirror", a woman is followed by murderers. A cryptic sign always appears here. Exactly this symbol can also be found on posters or on Stefan's desktop in "Bandersnatch."
• In the office of Tuckersoft, the computer game company for which Stefan Butler works, hangs a poster of a video game that reads: "Metl Hedd." On it you can see a four-legged robot. It is a reference to the fifth episode of season four, which is called "Metalhead". In it, a robot dog attacks people.

How to find the hidden end

In total there are supposed to be 11 alternative ends for "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch". Depending on which options you choose yourself, the plot and the finale change. A very special Easter Egg is waiting for you: You can play one of the games that appear in "Bandersnatch" yourself. You can find out how to do this here.

• A certain path leads Stefan back to the beginning of the film after the credits. He sits on the bus again and listens to music. If you were able to decide which music Stefan should listen to at the beginning of the film, you will now hear a confusing noise.
• Some fans of the series noticed the strange noise. Since Stefan is programming in Bandersnatch with a retro ZX computer, you got the idea to let the noise run through a ZX spectrum emulator. The result: a cryptic QR code.
• If you scan it, it leads directly to the website of the fictional computer game company Tuckersoft, for which Stefan works in "Bandersnatch".
• You can even download a game and play it yourself: Nohzdyve. The game that promising developer Colin Ritman is developing in the film when he first meets Stefan Butler.
• The US web portal figured out which way to choose to get to the alternate ending. This is the selection from start to finish:
• Sugar puffs -Thompson twins - Accept - Accept - Back - Refuse - Yes - No - The Bermuda Triangle - Shout at Dad - Go to Dr. Haynes go - Pull on the earlobe - Take - Follow Colin - Yes - Stefan - Back - Colin - Wash up in the toilet - Knock on the table - Take the book - PAC - Pour tea over the computer - PACS - 20541 - Who's there? - Netflix - Trying to explain - Tell more - Fuck Yeah - Fight her - Kick him in the balls - Who's there? - White Bear Icon - Chop Body - Destroy Computer - Get Rabbit From Dad - PAX - White Bear Icon - Chop Body - Destroy Computer - Get Rabbit From Dad - TOY - Yes
• Click through the Truckersoft website - more Easter Eggs are waiting for you. You come across an advertisement of the "social rating system" from the first episode of the third season "Noesdive" ("crashed").
• You will also find a link to Tuckersoft's job offers. Clicking on it will take you to the Netflix job portal. Another meta level.

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