Easter eggs

This article is about popular culture references. For the Seed Generator which doubles as a cheat code entry, see Seeds.
**Easter eggs** is one of the speculation pages in *The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth*. Besides the obvious seeds - (Seed generator which doubles as a cheat code entry), there's lots more references to popular culture in the game.

## Super Meat Boy

* - Becomes Bandage Girl.
* - Becomes Super Meat Boy.

* ,  - Reference to the main antagonist from the game.
* - Referencing C.H.A.D. shrinking after his defeat in Super Meat Boy.
* - Gives Isaac an appearance similar to Super Meat Boy.
* C.H.A.D. - Reference to the boss C.H.A.D.
* Brownie - Shares the same name as a boss from the game.
* Little Horn - Shares the same name as a boss from the game.
* Larry Jr. - The presumed offspring of the Larries from the original game.

## Edmund's other games

### Gish

* - Gives Isaac an appearance similar to that of Gish.
* Clot - Enemies that appear to be smaller versions of Gish.
* Gish - The protagonist of the original game.
* - A familiar based off of the protagonist (and boss respectively.)
* Sisters Vis - A boss taken from the original game.
* Dross - Reference to a chapter from the original game.
* Gehenna - Reference to a chapter from the original game.

### Time Fcuk

* - The smaller steven attached to Steven.
* - Attaches a small head to Isaac, similar to that of the smaller Steven.
* Steven - The protagonist of the original game.

### Tri-achnid

* Triachnid - The protagonist of the original game.

### Spewer

* - A smaller version of the protagonist from the original game.

## Nintendo

Daily runs on the 6th of December will turn Isaac into former Nintendo president **Satoru Iwata** as tribute, Satoru starts with  and

### Gameboy

* - A reference to the Nintendo Gameboy, with its effect referencing Pac-Man.

### Super Mario

* - Reference to the 1-up power-up.
* - Reference to the Bob-omb enemy from the Mario series.
* - The item's appearance is a reference to the Leaf power-up, the effect to the Tanooki suit power-up from the series.
* - The cover looks like the NES Super Mario Bros. cartridge
* - Touch fuzzy, get dizzy (Reference to level 1-7 in the Super Nintendo title Yoshi's Island)
* - Reference to the Super Mushroom power-up
* - Reference to the Mini Mushroom power-up
* - Reference to the Mega Mushroom power-up

### Pokémon

* - The item is a reference to Poké Balls from the Pokémon franchise.
* - Reference to the infamous Missing No. glitch from Pokémon: Red and Blue.
* - Reference to the mobile game Pokémon Go.
* - Reference to a glitch in Pokemon: Red and Blue.
* - Reference to a glitch in Pokemon: Red and Blue.

### The Legend of Zelda

* The general gameplay is a reference to the original NES title, right down to the HUD. Coins, Keys, and Bombs are used similarly to Rupees, Keys, and Bombs in the NES game.
	+ The original flash version of The Binding of Isaac uses a HUD that is a nearly direct port of the original NES Zelda title's HUD.
* Pin,  The Frail, Scolex,  Needle, and  Pasty may have all been inspired by Lanmola from The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past..
* Death's Head was likely inspired by Bubbles from The Legend of Zelda on the NES, as they are both skulls that are invulnerable and maneuver by bouncing off walls.
	+ Cursed Death's Head also has a similar cursing effect which prevents the player from attacking.
* Mom's Hand and  Mom's Dead Hand are a reference to Wallmasters from The Legend of Zelda.
* Behaves like the Master Sword in 2D Zelda games, but acts closest to how Link's sword acts in Link's Awakening, which is also a reference to the challenge where it is obtained.
* I AM ERROR - Reference to an NPC's dialogue in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
* Mother - The ability to deflect the Fistula attack is a reference to the Dead Man's Volley.

### Kirby

* Camillo Jr. - Likely a reference to Kracko Jr. from the Kirby series.

## Magic: The Gathering

* - Refers to Chaos Orb, which instructs the player to flip it onto the playing field and destroy any cards it touches when it lands, a behavior similar to how the in-game Chaos Card is thrown and instantly kills any enemy.
* - Refers to the Black Lotus, one of Magic: The Gathering's most powerful cards. The 3 hearts it adds to the player's health total are a play on how the lotus creates 3 mana of any color.[1]
* - Refers to Lord of the Pit, a creature that has flying similar to how the item gives Isaac flying.[2]
* - Refers to Spirit of the Night, a creature that was popular in early Magic. Also has flying, similar to Lord of the Pit.
* - Refers to Contract from Below, which allowed a player to add a card to the (now-defunct) ante in a match to draw cards.
* - Refers to Spindown Dice, a dice using on Magic to count life.

## Dungeons & Dragons

The first released four main characters you could pick in D&D are some of the playable characters in BOIR, based on the health and abilities.

* Isaac - Fighter
* Magdalene - Cleric
* Cain - Thief
* Judas - Mage
* , , , , ,  - The main/required 6 dice types used to play D&D.
* - Reference to the book series of the same name that is used to reference what monsters do what in the game.

## Minecraft

* - Reference to Minecraft and its creator/former owner, Markus Persson (Known as Notch).
	+ Can also be "repaired" with the .
* - Minecraft TNT.

## Castlevania

* and  display the message "What a horrible night to have a curse." upon activation. The text comes from *Castlevania II: Simon's Quest*.
	+ shows the message "The morning sun has vanquished the horrible night.", which also comes from said game.
* Globin, Gazing Globin - may have been inspired by Red Skeletons from the series.
* Mask of Infamy - A reference to Carmilla from *Castlevania II: Simon's Quest*.
* - A weapon famously used by the many protagonists of the series.
* - A recurring item in the series.

## Other

* - (Steam / Valve)
* Troll Bomb, Mega Troll Bomb, Pride, Super Pride - Troll Face, a famous internet meme.
* Dople - Reference to the Doppelgänger from the Tomb Raider games.
* - Internet meme of the same name.
* - A quote from the film Inception.
* - Reference to the Humble Bundle storefront.
* - Cards Against Humanity.
* Endless Nameless - Reference to the nirvana song Endless, Nameless
* - Reference to 9-Inch Nails.
* - Description is a reference to the song Forty Six & 2 by TOOL
* - Item description is a reference to the film Army of Darkness.
* - A reference to Mr. Meeseeks from Rick and Morty.
* Tar Boy - The name is a reference to the TARBOY animation by James Lee.
* - Reference to the recurring power-up from the Doom series, where you can only punch enemies to kill them in one hit.
* or  - Issac has a chance to gain the appearance of Edith in statue form, a cut character from the Antibirth mod.
* Coop Baby #537 is a reference to the broken vessel boss from Hollow Knight

* If you go to the tainted character select screen, the taskbar icon changes to tainted Isaac instead of regular Isaac.
* If the player obtains  as a starting item, using it in the first room will take the player directly to Home.