18 details you probably missed in 'The Polar Express'

Erin AjelloDec 11, 2021, 20:04 IST

"The Polar Express" is a classic Christmas movie.Warner Bros.

"The Polar Express" came out in 2004, but fans may have missed these sneaky details.
There are references to "Back to the Future," which shares a director with the Christmas film.

The boy burns himself on his radiator and then avoids making the same mistake.

The boy makes sure not to do it again.Warner Bros.

Reflections in the movie are very detailed.

There are even reflections in some characters' eyes.Warner Bros.

There's a hidden reference to "Back to the Future" in the newspaper clipping.

The Hero Boy keeps these newspaper clippings to prove Santa isn't real.Warner Bros.

The magazine the boy pulls out of his drawer is a near-identical replica of a real issue from December 1956.

The year on the magazine is 1956.Warner Bros.

At the beginning, it's clear there are five cars on the Polar Express, but in later scenes, the train is much longer.

There are clearly five train cars at the beginning.Warner Bros.

The train passes Herpolsheimer's, a real Grand Rapids department store.

The department store really existed in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Warner Bros.

The Conductor makes way too many paper cutouts the first time he punches the boy's ticket.

There are only 32 punches in the ticket, but the conductor seems to make far more.Warner Bros.

Billy's address may have been inspired by the director's childhood home.

Billy lives at 11344 S Edbrooke Avenue.Warner Bros.

The hot-chocolate mugs have the same logo as the train.

The Polar Express logo is consistent.Warner Bros.

The Hero Girl didn't actually leave her ticket on her seat.

The ticket wasn't on the seat when she first got up.Warner Bros.

There seems to be a flux capacitor on the Polar Express.

There's another little nod to "Back to the Future."Warner Bros.; Universal Pictures

Smokey is wearing Christmas socks.

The fireman is in the festive spirit.Warner Bros.

As the Polar Express ascends the last mountain to the North Pole, the train cars physically bend around the curves.

The cars themselves bend.Warner Bros.

The kids on the monitors in Santa's toy factory have names, but most of the main characters don't.

Most of the characters don't have names.Warner Bros.

The conductor's pocket watch shows how he knew when they were running late.

The watch is further evidence that the train may be doing some time traveling.Warner Bros.

The same faces are used on multiple elves.

There seems to be a handful of faces that were repeated in the crowd of elves.Warner Bros.

Santa's face appears briefly in the reflection of the bell.

As the narrator is explaining he still believes, Santa appears in the bell.Warner Bros.

The same actor voiced the Conductor, Santa, and a few other adult characters.

Ton Hanks voiced many of the adult characters.Warner Bros.

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