There are tons of easter eggs and references in Blade Runner 2049.

Join us as we find them all!

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K (Ryan Gosling) is this sequels blade runner protagonist.

Hes a Nexus-9 Replicant.

It is unclear if all of the blade runners of 2049 are in fact Replicants.

Speaking of Bryant, hes nowhere to be found in this sequel.

We can assume thats because hes retired or died by the time the sequel takes place.

Instead, Lieutenant Joshi (Robin Wright) is the leader of the blade runners.

Deckard, of course, is the protagonist of Ridley Scotts movie.

InBlade Runner 2049, Deckard drinks whiskey with K and his dog.

The best we could come up with is that Philip K. Dicks father was named Joseph.

Its pretty likely that Im reading too much into this…

The Voight-Kampff machine is nowhere to be seen inBlade Runner 2049.

Its kind of like a QR code scanner for Replicants.

The efficiency of this new rig makes a blade runners job much easier to be sure.

That said, we do hear bits and pieces of Deckards Voight-Kampff test on Rachael from the first movie.

The test K takes after his fight with Sapper is called the Post-Trauma Baseline Test.

It seems to work similarly to the Voight-Kampff test, with prompts that measure a subjects emotional state.

Theres a long string of prompts that are taken from a poem in Vladimir Nabokovs novelPale Fire.

it’s possible for you to find a copy of Pale Fire in Ks apartment as well.

Shout out toScreenrantfor spotting that!

Gaff, the veteran blade runner played by Edward James Olmos, makes a cameo appearance inBlade Runner 2049.

Origami is still a big part of Gaffs shtick, it seems.

Fun fact: Olmos actually created the language while researching his character.

Cityspeak is a mix of Spanish, Japanese, German, Hungarian, Chinese, and French.

Jeter, Gaff doesnt make it to old age.

Instead, he dies during a mission before the events of the book.

Gaff isnt in PKDs original novel at all.

Philip K. Dick simply called these machines androids, a much more common term.

There are several different Replicants introduced in the movie.

In the original film, Deckard is hunting a group of rogue Nexus-6 Replicants created by the Tyrell Corporation.

That was in 2019.

By 2049, the Wallace Corporation has manufactured the rigidly obedient Nexus-9 model.

K is a 9.

InBlade Runner 2049, Sapper Morton (Dave Bautista) is a Nexus-8.

Its unclear if rebel leader Freysa (Hiam Abbass) is also an 8.

It would seem so, though.

Unlike Nexus-6s, which only have a four-year lifespan, the 8s have much longer lives.

It is revealed that Rachael was a Nexus-7, a model that apparently had the ability to reproduce.

This is established when K finds the serial number etched on Rachaels remains.

The serial number begins with N7.

Of course, this copy is missing original Rachaels green eyes.

Rachaels eye color in theBlade Runneruniverse has always had a bit of a cult following.

This stems from an infamous continuity error in the original film.

In fact, it perpetuates the mistake made by Ridley Scott back in the 80s.

Young doesnt actually appear in the movie.

Instead, she coached Peta on how to recreate Rachael as authentically as possible.

Then Youngs likeness was superimposed on Peta.

The voice actress did the rest.

Oh, and one more thing about eyes in this movie: they are everywhere.

We get those trademark close-ups of eyes throughout the movie.

Theyre of course the main way a blade runner can detect whether a suspect is human or Replicant.

Still, if you want to believe, go for it.

Giant LED screens, holograms, and skyscraped bathe the city streets in neon light.

The massive pyramidal Tyrell building still rules the LA skyline.

Only it houses the Wallace Corporation in 2049.

Interestingly enough, PKDs novel actually takes place in San Francisco, not LA.

Blade Runner 2049takes K beyond LA.

During his investigation, K travels to both San Diego and Las Vegas in the movie.

Neither of these locations are mentioned in the book or Scotts movie.

They are both wastelands in 2049.

We also know that theres still some kind of civilization in Russia.

Most animals are already instinct in 2019 and 2049 hasnt fared much better.

Ask him yourself, Deckard replies grumpily.

Humanity has expanded its presence off-world by 2049.

Nine planets have been colonized, according to Niander Wallace.

The only known Off-world colony is on Mars.

The other eight are never mentioned by name.