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Hidden Nines and Hints Throughout Movie (DEFINITE SPOILERS)

posted 14 years ago by jfuex
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A few have been mentioned in various posts so far including:

The hidden and not so hidden nines:
99 minute running time of the movie.
9 on the bus stop sign
It is the 90th incarnation of reality.
Repeatedly rolling nines in backgammon.
"You are meant to be with 9s (meaning attractive people)" from SSS.
In the third segment "Knowing", Gabriel's car has the license plate which reads "54P-X63". The numbers 5+4 and 6+3 both equal nine. P and X are nine letters apart in the alphabet.
Both Gabriel and Sierra have a "IX" tattoo. Sierra's is on her neck and Gabriel's is on his lower back.
In "The Prisoner" the paintings behind Gary when he is eating show the numbers 7 and 2 which add up to 9.
There are nine mousetraps on the floor when Gary steps on one of them.
I forgot the name of the cop show, but when it was on tv in the background some of the letters were replaced with the number 9.

Hints to the true nature of the protagonist (GGG):
"Ollie Ollie Oxen Free" from MMM.
"Su Casa es Su Casa" from MMM.
"Maybe I am God." from GGG
"I don't have a belly button...Does that mean I am unborn." from GGG

Did you guys find any more of them?

[–] Basil_Sunshine 14 years ago

Sometimes people tie something around a wrist to help them remember something.

[–] royal-fish 14 years ago

I haven't seen it in a while but a quote that I remember clearly as a hint was when G slaps S in the reality show segment and she says, "You think you're a man? You're not a man."

[–] leeleepowerz 14 years ago

Another thing I noticed was that in the first segment, when M brings G coffee, the coffee cups are the same colours as M and G's shirts

Yeah, I dont have a why or how that connects, but it was interesting haha

Run and tell THAT, homeboy!

[–] fadinginklesswords 14 years ago

When Gary is buying drugs, the drug dealers are wearing jerseys the numbers on which are 1 and 8 equaling 9.

[–] justchillen46 10 years ago

ooooh good one!

[–] steviekaps9013 13 years ago

There are 9 men in the focus group.

[–] zenbudda 13 years ago

when G first does the home arrest voice recognition test, he says something about "9 dogs ran through the field" then "the koala sits in the tree".

when house arrest phone call is made, he says "9 hunters ran into the jungle"

cime lab is always written as crim9 lab.

[–] justchillen46 10 years ago

yep noticed these too.

[–] TheFonzz 13 years ago

while GGG is sitting at the coffee table in part 1 there are two giant art pieces briefly shown that are of a 7 and a 2 obviously equaling 9

I'm going to open a cross dressing store and name it "Susan B. Anthony"

[–] gabypanama 13 years ago

What do you mean by "su casa es su casa" as a hint?

[–] carmmm4 13 years ago

I am just guessing, but "su" has multiple meanings - your, his, her. Because it's in Spanish, you can't tell which "su" she means. Instead of saying "his house is your house," maybe he was really saying "your house is your house." And it was his house, since he was also the actor on vacation. I might be reading too much into it but that's what I thought when I read that.

[–] gabypanama 13 years ago

I thought first that it was just a bad translation (as it happens with many movies when they use spanish) but you have a good point. I guess only people who understand spanish get it.

[–] SuburbanProspector 10 years ago

Also, it’s a common loan-phrase that most English speakers who use it probably don’t completely understand, so it’s an easy thing for most viewers to miss.

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[–] justchillen46 10 years ago

Basically she's saying "your house is your house" lol

[–] justchillen46 10 years ago

these are all the ones i saw. the su casa es su casa made me laugh when i watched it today since i had seen it before & knew what was going on. nice thread. i was specifically looking for these so i could make one lol. love little things like this in movies.