If you happen to’re like us, you’ve got already watched Hocus Pocus 2 a number of instances — the long-awaited sequel is an on the spot basic, and an ideal Halloween flick for each followers of the unique and newcomers.
In fact, in case you’re a large fan of Hocus Pocus, you absolutely seen a bunch of pleasant callbacks, Easter eggs, and extra nods to the unique flick. Here is every thing we noticed multi functional place to your nostalgic enjoyment:
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For starters, the opening sequences of each movies are very related — they each present an overhead, sweeping view of Salem as one thing (or somebody) flies throughout the display screen.
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That is extra of a enjoyable element than an Easter egg, however the actors who performed Younger Winnie (Taylor Henderson), Mary (Nina Kitchen), and Sarah (Juju Journey Brener) completely nailed it and we NEED to check out them side-by-side with their elder counterparts.
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Additionally, we lastly bought to see what pricey, candy Billy Butcherson appeared like in his residing type.
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It seems Mom Witch (Hannah Waddingham) is the origin of the Sanderson sisters’ complete “consuming the souls of children for the everlasting youth and sweetness” factor. You possibly can hear her sing “Come, Little Youngsters” firstly of the movie when the Sandersons first encounter her.
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Additionally, now that we have seen Mom Witch in Hocus Pocus 2, in case you return to the unique movie, it appears like Dani’s witch costume resembles Mom Witch.
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One other main a part of that opening encounter? We’re reintroduced to E-book! (Or ought to we are saying, “BOOOOOOOK!”) , THE spell ebook that belongs to Winnie and the Sanderson sisters. In fact, he involves be an important a part of the whole sequel.
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When younger Winifred first opens up E-book, she reads “cat transformation spell,” which is the spell she finally makes use of on Thackery Binx firstly of Hocus Pocus.
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If you happen to look carefully, after they’re launched Becca, Izzy, and Cassie put on colours that mirror the Sanderson sisters’ colour scheme.
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In current day Salem, the Sanderson Witch Museum (previously simply their house) has been reopened because the Olde Salem Magic Store run by Gilbert (Sam Richardson).
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Gilbert tells a crowd on the store that on Halloween 29 years in the past, some swear they noticed the Sanderson sisters. In fact, 29 years in the past was 1993 and he is referring to the unique plot of Hocus Pocus.
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Additionally, Gilbert telling the story of the Sanderson sisters is similar to the start of Hocus Pocus, when Max and Alison’s trainer is telling their story as properly.
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There is a hilarious second when a small little one asks Gilbert “What’s a virgin?” Whitney Peak (Becca) advised EW that the child’s mother is definitely a performed by Hocus Pocus 2 author Jen D’Angelo making a cameo look.
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In actual fact, it seems that Gilbert himself was current the night time that every thing went down with Max, Alison, and Dani in 1993 and noticed the Sanderson sisters proper earlier than they vanished at dawn. If you happen to look carefully, you’ll be able to see the silhouettes of Max, Alison, Dani, and Billy Butcherson in that graveyard scene.
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Gilbert additionally refers to Halloween 1993 not being an ideal 12 months for him as a result of a “bunch of bullies stole all his sweet” — a reference to Jay and Ice within the authentic movie.
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When Becca and Izzy spot Cassie on the billboard on the town, you’ll be able to really see what appears just like the Dennison’s household house from the unique movie behind Cassie within the photograph.
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When Becca and Izzy first encounter the Sanderson sisters, Mary talks about “the boys being in cages” and the “faux dawn” that tricked them. These are clearly callbacks to what occurred with Jay and Ice after which with Max, Alison, and Dani in Hocus Pocus.
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When the Sanderson sisters uncover Walgreens, they should purchase new modes of transportation. Mary hilariously decides to make use of robotic vacuums, whereas Sarah is on a Swiffer. It is a enjoyable callback to after they used a very good old school 1993-era vacuum and mop within the first movie.
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When the Sanderson sisters enter Gilbert’s store for the primary time, Sarah remarks that her rat tails are lacking. In Hocus Pocus, the very first thing she discovered within the cottage after they returned have been her fortunate rat tails.
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Sarah confuses Gilbert’s cat Cobweb for Thackery Binx, saying “The Binx boy, he lives?” and Winifred swears it is actually Thackery.
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At one level, Gilbert suggests the Sanderson sisters strive a chilled circle, which is one thing Mary talked about within the first film.
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When Winifred reads the spell, Sarah remarks that they don’t seem to be allowed in a sacred place, which we realized about in Hocus Pocus when Binx advised Max, Alison, and Dani to cover within the graveyard.
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On the city truthful, Mayor Traske (Tony Hale) stands in line in entrance of a pair sporting a satan costume and a gown and curlers. That is, after all, a callback to Garry and Penny Marshall’s cameo within the first film.
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In actual fact, later within the film, we see somebody watching this precise scene in Hocus Pocus. Which implies Hocus Pocus THE MOVIE exists within the Hocus Pocus 2 universe.
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Like within the authentic film, the Sandersons carry out a track to place the townspeople right into a trance. Initially it was “I Put A Spell On You” and this time it was “One Manner Or One other.” However the “spell” portion of the track used the identical lyrics — “Ah say into pi alpha mabi upendi.”
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When everybody on the town is underneath the Sanderson sisters’ spell they usually dance by means of city, you’ll be able to see somebody is dressed up as Madonna. It is a nod to Hocus Pocus when Dani and Max’s mother went as Madonna for Halloween, too.
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The ladies depend on a circle of salt as a method to preserve the Sanderson sisters contained, which is a nod to the way in which that Alison dealt with them within the first film.
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When the Sanderson sisters run into Becca once more, Mary cannot keep in mind her identify, and she or he really offers Becca the identical nickname she gave Dani within the authentic film.
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When Mayor Traske’s automotive pulls into the storage, the Sandersons mistake the headlights for dawn. It is a nod to the way in which that Max, Alison, and Dani tricked them into consider automotive headlights have been really the dawn in Hocus Pocus.
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And after they notice it is really a automotive, Mary says, “Oopsie, my mistake, it is only a very small bus.” The Sandersons famously realized what a bus was in an iconic scene within the authentic flick.
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Sarah Sanderson makes use of her hilarious catchphrase “Amok, Amok, Amok” as soon as once more when the sisters fly off to attempt to discover E-book at their cottage.
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We lastly get extra of Billy Butcherson’s backstory. Within the authentic, Billy known as Winifred’s “untrue lover,” whom she poisoned after he cheated on her with Sarah. Nonetheless, Billy makes use of Hocus Pocus 2 to set issues straight — he says he and Winnie solely kissed ONE TIME, a truth which Gilbert later guarantees to clear as much as everybody.
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You might need seen that in Hocus Pocus 2, Mary’s mouth skews to the left as an alternative of the proper. This really is not a continuity error — the explanation for the change is that Kathy Najimy actually could not maintain her mouth in that very same place anymore.
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In actual fact, Mary’s mouth skewing the other approach is defined very early within the movie, when Winifred slaps Mary throughout their opening track, and her mouth switches route.
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On the finish of the movie, Becca, Izzy, and Cassie stroll off in the identical approach the Sanderson sisters do.
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And at last, ICYMI, there is a post-credits scene that probably teases even MORE Hocus Pocus goodness to come back.
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