Easter Eggs & Secrets in Redemption

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Easter Eggs are details added to a game by the developers that make reference to external sources as either tributes to those sources or for humorous purposes.

Items covered elsewhere

Some categories of Easter Eggs are covered in detail on separate pages as listed here:

• Avatar Awards - This page covers the Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Home Avatar Awards, some of which are hidden in chests.
• Cheats in Redemption - This page covers the cheat codes that are found written in various areas of the game.

Grave markers

• At the Coot's Chapel church, there is a grave marker with the name "A Cowboy Without a Name," a clear reference to Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name.
• Also at Coot's Chapel church, you will go to the front of the building and take a right and there will be a tree with graves lined next to it. Right next to the tree is a lantern, stand far back and throw a fire bottle at it, and the grave closest will explode and when you look into the grave, there will be a corpse.
• Many cemeteries contain grave markers with humorous epitaphs.
• In the graveyard beside Blackwater Chapel, there is a grave of a man named Harrison Cherry who died in 1968 as stated on the gravestone. This would mean that the man died 57/54 years AFTER the time the game takes place.
• On a tombstone besides the Blackwater Chapel, the name Clinton Underwood can be seen. This is likely a parody on the famous western actor Clint Eastwood.
• On a tombstone beside Blackwater Chapel is inscribed the phrase, "Wake me... if something interesting happens" This could be a reference to the Undead Nightmare in which zombies can come out of graves or a reference from the popular HALO game series where the protagonist says "wake me... if you need me" before going into cryo sleep.
• One of the graves is marked "Emma Crawford", a woman who had to be reburied into a graveyard after her coffin slid down a hill, (where she wanted to be buried).
• The first time you meet Seth, he is searching a grave complaining about losing half of a map. This could be a reference to the film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Messages

• In the Tumbleweed church, the words "THE DEVIL HAS GOT INTO THAT BEAST" are scrawled on the top of the altar. Speculation on fan forums say it refers to the scrawny black horse that often spawns around Tumbleweed, oddly hitched when there is no one around, while others think this is a reference to the Dark Horse. It could also refer to the barking that comes from the graveyard despite there not being a dog anywhere in sight.

Names

• In Undead Nightmare, one of the achievements requires you to kill a Chupacabra. The achievement is titled "Chupathingy" This is a likely reference to the web series 'Red vs. Blue.'
• In Undead Nightmare, one of the Achievements/Trophies requires you to kill a Sasquatch. The achievement is named Six Years In The Making, as a reference to the fabled myth of a Bigfoot existing in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. San Andreas was released 6 years prior to Redemption. Also, in the French version, the same achievement is called Don't Seek It Anymore CJ.
• The town named Plainview may be named after the main character in the movie There Will Be Blood (2007), Daniel Plainview. The settlement is a camp, based around several oil derricks. In There Will Be Blood, the protagonist is obsessed with oil. The man often found working in the office in Plainview also bears a striking resemblance to Daniel.
• In Blackwater, there is a building that is quite humorously named 'Althewaye Inn', which is in reference to the movie "Unforgiven" starring Morgan Freeman among others.

Red Dead Revolver References

• When joining a campfire, sometimes the characters will tell a story about a dueling contest that was won by a man named Red Harlow, a reference to the Red Dead Revolver protagonist. At campfires in Mexico, characters may refer to Colonel Daren or General Diego, also characters from Red Dead Revolver.
• The gang hideout Twin Rocks in Red Dead Redemption shares a name with the gang hideout Twin Rocks from Red Dead Revolver.
• When talking to Jack at the beginning of the mission "John Marston and Son" Jack tells you about a book where the main character is a bounty hunter who tries to get revenge on his father's death. This character may be about Red Harlow or Jack Marston's future.

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