References you may have missed in the series (Des) Encanto (Ep. 1 & 2)

"The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening launched his new animated series on Netflix last Friday (17). “(Dis) Charm” tells the story of a distraught, alcoholic princess who lives high adventures with her little devil and her little angel, Luci and Elf, respectively.

As it should be, the series has many references to other productions that have the Middle Ages as a backdrop or follow the medieval style, such as "Game of Trones" and "Lord of the Rings". And in the dubbed version, you can still see references to several very Brazilian memes, such as "Die Devil" and "Sopa pa nóis".

But did you get all the references from the series? In the list below, we will show some of the easter eggs contained in the first two episodes. Obviously, the amount should be much larger, and tiny details will have to be fished by fans in the coming months. Check out:

Episode 1:

1. “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and “Red Dwarf”

The Prague Patrol appears in several episodes and is a clear reference to the British classic of the Monty Python gang, in which The Collector of the Dead has the same function of picking up the fallen dead by the Black Death. In this particular scene, you can still see a reference to the British series “Red Dwarf”, aired between 1988 and 1999, which at the premiere of season two featured a ship's crew discovering that there was only dog ​​milk in their food supplies.

2. "The Smurfs" and "The Wizard of Oz"

In the scene where the elves decide to hang the Elf, this may be a reference to the urban legend that a dwarf appears hanging around his neck at the back of a scene from "The Wizard of Oz." Elves, on the other hand, are a clear reference to "Smurfs", as, like blue animals, they also have names according to their characteristics - Return, Speaker etc.

3. Peter Pan

This is a clear reference: the fairy that appears in the first episode looks very much like Peter Pan's Tinkerbell. But in an older, destroyed version.

4. The Simpsons

Are you gonna say Elf isn't Bart's face? Even the red t-shirt and blue shorts look alike! Only their personality is totally different!

5. The Simpsons

In the scene where the elves are preparing their candy, you can see an elf who is the face of Lisa Simpson!

6. The Simpsons

Another "sucking" phrase from the Groening classic comes when Princess Bean needs to get ready for her wedding: to make her cheeks pink, she used leeches. In Marge's case, it was a pinch. And the justification in both cases was the same, since only prostitutes use blush.

7. Game of Thrones

A lot of people see similarities between Princess Bean and Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones: they both seem to prefer blue-toned clothes, wear platinum hair and begin their stories with a forced marriage.

8. Game of Thrones

Another obvious reference to the series created by George RR Martin is following the wedding, with a throne made of swords in which the prince and groom candidate unintentionally pokes his head.

9. “Bambi”, “The Promised Princess” and “The Lord of the Rings”

When Princess Bean decides to flee her arranged marriage and enters the Enchanted Forest, this seems to be a reference to the movie “The Promised Princess, ” which also has a princess fleeing an arranged marriage - the Oversized Rodents are out of the picture to enter the Racist Antelope. This effeminate antelope may be a reference to the "Bambi", while the "relationship" between an elf and a human, judged as disgusting by him, may be a reference to "Lord of the Rings" human-elf marriages.

10. The Simpsons and Futurama

Still in the Enchanted Forest scene, you can see a three-eyed owl, a clear reference to the Blinky fish from "The Simpsons", as well as a possible reference to "Futurama" in which owls have become a worse plague than the rats and the pigeons in New York.

11. Rien Poortvliet, Wil Huygen, “David, the Gnome” and Dungeons & Dragons

Wil Huygen is a Dutch author who released a series of books on gnomes in the 1970s that were illustrated by Rien Poortvliet. Both helped define the visual identity of these mystical beings, even used in the Spanish 1985 series David, el Gnomo. "(Des) Charm" gnomes, on the other hand, are very similar to these descriptions, but they are much braver and fighter, even facing huge ogres - a possible reference to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game in which gnomes are given armor bonuses. when facing ogres, trolls or any monster much bigger than them.

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Episode 2:

12. “Futurama” and “The Simpsons”

When Prince Merkimer will try on wigs, you can clearly see one of them inspired by the hair of Fry, the protagonist of “Futurama”. Some people believe it is also possible to see a wig similar to Lisa Simpson's hair on the shelf.

13. Sweeney Todd

When the king goes to test if the Elf's blood was a youth elixir, a guy dies in his chair but quickly has his body discarded in a trapdoor under his chair. The scene is identical to the musical "Sweeney Todd".

14. “The Lady and the Tramp”

This one doesn't need explanations, right? Pigs eating the guts of a corpse mimic the classic Disney cartoon scene.

15. "Mulan"

Another Disney classic seems to have had a scene copied in “(Dis) Charm”: the situations are really similar!

16. Jughead Jones

Created in a comic by Bob Montana and John L. Goldwater in 1941, Jughead Jones is an adjunct to the "Archie Andrews" stories and currently appears in the "Riverdale" series. In the drawings, it is common to see the character wearing a crown resembling that of Prince Merkimer of "(Dis) Charm".

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