Easter eggs found in various trailers and promotional material for THE FINALS.
Trailers
- About one second into the short seven-second first teaser for THE FINALS, a Vespa-style motorbike is seen from behind with Monaco plates that read "0074". Seemingly, a reference to a James Bond-style chase scene.
A Vespa-like motorbike with a 007 license plate seen in the first teaser for THE FINALS.
Announcement Trailer
- In the opening action-shots of the teaser (five seconds in), a barely-discernable inflatable flamingo is seen being thrown through the air amongst building debris that has been hit by a wrecking ball. The inflatable flamingo is a likely reference to flamingos shown in the ARC Raiders reveal trailer, as ARC Raiders was originally planned to release first.
- Two images are hidden in the trailer, each can be revealed by stitching together two of the four hidden frames dispersed throughout. They are presented with inverted colors and can be corrected for proper viewing. The image featuring jellyfish could be interpreted as a reference to the James Bond movie Skyfall, since it features a similar-looking scene.
An inflatable flamingo (arrowed) amongst building debris that has been hit by a wrecking ball from THE FINALS Gamescom teaser.
Flamingos seen in the ARC Raiders game trailer.
First completed image.
Second completed image.
Closed Alpha Trailer
- Certain frames of the trailer contained fragments of a picture. Upon piecing these five fragments together, a view of Seoul was revealed, which had yet to be announced at the time this trailer was released.
- A contestant's shirt has Robert Sammelin's signature skull printed on it. Robert Sammelin is Embark's Art Director and a well-known and respected artist in the gaming industry.
The completed puzzle showing the Seoul arena
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The contestant wearing the skull shirt
Skull closeup
Robert Sammelin's profile picture since 2011
Closed Beta 1 Trailer
- Certain frames of the trailer contained fragments of a picture. Upon piecing these four fragments together, an image of Nama Tama wearing glasses in a desert was revealed. The general consensus amongst the community's Easter Egg Hunters, was that this image was a reference to the sunglasses worn by Johnny Depp's character, Raoul Duke, and the Nevada location for the 1998 film Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, and, therefore, the image was a hint to the Las Vegas 2032 map, which was announced at the game's launch.
The completed puzzle
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Closed Beta 2 Trailer
- A CCTV-style interruption occurs, and the following text appears on screen:
GOOD EVENING !THIS BROADCAST HAS BEEN HACKED BY CNS[ SEEK THE TRUTH BEYOND THE WALLS !]
The message from CNS
Open Beta Trailer
- Certain frames of the trailer contained fragments of a picture. Upon piecing these six fragments together, a scene was revealed. It appears to be a first-person view of a contestant in a gunfight. The weapon the contestant is holding seems to be the Model 1887 equipped with the Dough Wrangler skin. The community later realized that this was a teaser for the Las Vegas map, showing a gunfight in the Casino Eastwood building.
The completed puzzle
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Season 1 Trailer
- During the trailer, a similar interruption occurs to the first CNS message, and the following text appears:
GOOD EVENING !
THIS BROADCAST HAS BEEN HACKED BY CNS
[ ONE NIGHT, THREE DAWNS. SEE THE SIGNS ]
- For a single frame, a card with Robatama on it is visible. Robatama is a version of Nama Tama dressed as Embark's CCO Rob Runesson. This version of Nama Tama made its first appearance in THE FINALS Easter Egg Hunt during Tier 1E.
- Nama Tama makes an appearance on the face of a Jack of Clubs card, wearing a black knight's helmet and wielding an axe. Nama Tama was later depicted wearing the same armor in "THE_FINALS_I_Want_to", the first image of Level Three of HE FINALS Easter Egg Hunt.
The message from CNS
Nama Tama dressed as Rob on the Jack card
Original Robatama
Black Knight Nama
Season 2 Trailer
- In the section of the trailer when the broadcast begins to get hacked, a stream of text quickly scrolls past the screen. The full text can be viewed here: File:S2 trailer text.txt.
Recurring Easter Eggs
Frank the Pug
Marcus Roos, a Media & Video Artist for Embark leaves a pug named Frank in the trailers he edits. Frank has appeared in almost all trailers released.
Announcement trailer
Closed Alpha trailer
Closed Beta 1 trailer
Closed Beta 2 trailer
Open Beta trailer
Season 1 trailer
Season 2 trailer
Season 3 trailer
Season 4 introduction
Season 5 trailer
