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A future easter egg to 1987 Technos / Taito arcade video game Double Dragon may appear in 1982 swords and sorcery film Conan The Barbarian. A double headed snake symbol is shown throughout the story used by villain Thulsa Doom's cult. After Conan's parents meet an untimely fate by raiders in the opening, he finds the symbol as an adult and traces it to their stronghold.

In this video I build on a previous look at an easter egg to the Double Dragon ('87) video game that exists in 1989 road trip film The Wizard. You can see it at the 19 minute 4 seconds where trio Corey (Fred Savage), Haley (Jenny Lewis) & Jimmy (Luke Edwards) are playing Double Dragon ('88 Technos Famicom / NES version shown). In-game footage from stage 3 can be seen at the area where a bridge has been collapsed in the middle.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger & Double Dragon ('94) movie villain Robert Patrick starred in T2: Terminator 2: Judgement Day in 1991. Patrick later plaid the antagonist in the '94 live action Double Dragon movie.
- Actress Julia Nickson, mother/guardian of the 2 heroes in Double Dragon, had previously worked with Sylvester Stallone on Rambo: First Blood Part II in 1985. James Cameron co-wrote the screenplay to this.
- Olivia D'abo played a recurring character in TV coming of age drama The Wonder Years ('88-'93). She had worked with Schwarzenegger on swords and sorcery film Conan The Destroyer in 1984.
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00:00We're talking about knowledge of the future of movies, YouTube channel, Easter Egg Psychic.
00:05In this video, I'll point out future Easter Egg reference to the 1987 Taito Technos arcade video game Double Dragon.
00:16This one is easy to see in the 1982 sword and sorcery film Conan the Barbarian, directed by John Milius,
00:24screenplay co-written by Oliver Stone.
00:27The cast featured Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandal Bergman, Mako, William Smith, and Max Monsito.
00:35This double-headed snake symbol appears throughout the movie.
00:39It's the emblem of Thulsa Doom's cult and connections between Conan and Double Dragon.
00:47Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Patrick were together in the cast of James Cameron's Terminator 2 Judgment Day.
00:57A 1991 science fiction action film, also with Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong.
01:04After Robert Patrick played the villain, Koga Shuko in the 1994 live-action Double Dragon feature.
01:13And also in this, Mark DiCasso, Scott Wolfe, Julia Nixon, and Alyssa Milano.
01:19In a previous video, I mentioned this Easter Egg.
01:23You can see it in the 1989 video game Road Trip Adventure film The Wizard.
01:31This comes via a reference to the Double Dragon arcade video game.
01:38The Wizard starred Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Bo Bridges, Christian Slater.
01:45When stepfather Sam decides to have Jimmy committed to a mental institution, he runs away from home with half-brother
01:54Corey.
01:54Corey, the minute with Jenny Lewis' character, Haley, on the road, they discover Jimmy's talent at playing video games.
02:03They come up with a plan to hitchhike cross-country to try to get Jimmy into the video Armageddon game
02:11tournament.
02:12Contemporary video game titles are shown in The Wizard.
02:16Many relate to releases via the Nintendo Entertainment System home console.
02:22At 19 minutes, 4 seconds, the trio play Double Dragon.
02:28The section of the game is stage 3.
02:32Part of this level involves a bridge that has collapsed in the middle.
02:37Jenny Lewis' character is playing.
02:39She gets knocked off the bridge into the river.
02:43Julia Nixon is in Double Dragon and appeared in Rambo First Blood Part 2, a war action film in 1985
02:52starring Sylvester Stallone.
02:54This screenplay, co-written by James Cameron, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, and Martin Cove, also in this cast.
03:03Fred Savage of The Wizard worked together with actress Olivia Dobbo in the ABC coming-of-age TV series The
03:11Wonder Years.
03:12This broadcast between 88 and 93 with Dan Loria, Allie Mills, Jason Hervé, Danica McKellar, and Josh Saviano.
03:22Olivia Dobbo, in turn, appeared in 1984 Sword and Sorcery film Conan the Destroyer with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt
03:34Chamberlain, Mako, Tracy Walter, and Sarah Douglas.
03:38My YouTube channel is Easter Egg Psychic.
03:40There I go back and look at movies and television from the past.
03:44I analyze these for possible references to future media.
03:47These may appear in the form of anecdotes, idioms, anagrams.
03:51Hidden in the subtext of the work in question, I also use an unconventional method where I look at the
03:57likenesses of the actors.
04:01What I found is you can take the likenesses, match these up to some of the anecdotal items, and show
04:07past, present, and future information about actors and other personalities
04:12that may resemble the personalities in the movie or television episode that you're watching.
04:19My email contact is easteregguy, that's G-U-Y, at yahoo.com
04:26Thanks for watching.
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