Easter Eggs You Missed In Clerks III

“Clerks III” references the failed 2000 television show “Clerks: The Animated Series” in its View Askew lovefest. One of the more obvious references is the inclusion of the character Lando (played here by Smith’s podcasting buddy, writer Marc Bernardin), introduced in the cartoon to make up for a severe lack of diversity in the show. He doesn’t have any dialogue (thanks to his very angry wife, played by Michelle Buteau) but his name is dropped to let fans of the cartoon know their old buddy Lando has entered the official View Askew cannon.

After Dante shows up to the film shoot, Randal takes him into the cooler to fight with him in private. When entering the space, Dante remarks “It’s cold in here, Hoth cold,” before Randal shoves him. That line is lifted directly from the second episode of “Clerks: The Animated Series,” where Dante and Randal get locked in the freezer and flashback to all their old adventures.

Then there’s Emma, played by Smith’s real-life wife Jennifer Schwalbach. The antagonist/Dante’s ex-fiancee from “Clerks II” shows up at the end of the film to let Randal know she now owns half of the Quick Stop because Dante sold his share as collateral when borrowing money from her to finance Randal’s movie. When she learns that her half has now been purchased by Elias, she looks at them both and says, “Well played, Clerks,” which is the catchphrase of Leonardo Leonardo, the cartoon’s villain.