The Mars Attacks! DVD contains a very short but genuinely interesting Easter egg.
It’s easy to find, but also easy to miss if you’re not looking for it.
How To Access the Easter Egg
- From the main menu, go to “Language”
- Select “Martian”
What You’ll See
Instead of getting a Martian-language version of the film, you’ll get:
- A static image
- A short on-screen message
There’s no alternate audio track. It’s more of a hidden joke than a functional feature.
What I Like About This Easter Egg
This isn’t the most impressive Easter egg you’ll ever find.
There’s no hidden video, no bonus feature, and nothing interactive beyond the selection itself.
But it is important.
Mars Attacks! was part of the first wave of DVD releases in the US in 1997. Because of that, there’s a strong argument that this could be one of the first DVD Easter eggs ever created.
That alone makes it worth documenting.
It also shows how early DVD authors were already experimenting with hidden content — even if it was just something simple like this.
Final Thoughts
This is a quick one, but historically interesting.
If you know of a DVD released before 1997 that contains hidden content, it would be good to pin that down — because this is right at the start of DVD Easter egg history.