Nitpicking the Roku Winter 2022 Screen Saver

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Looking at the Easter Eggs of the Roku Winter Screen Saver which made its debut in 2022 and is still available as an option.

Check out our list of the Easter Eggs in the current default Roku Screen Saver.

Also check out the Easter Eggs in the Fall 2022 Roku Screen Saver
And our list of Easter Eggs in the Spring 2023 Roku Screen Saver
And our list of Easter Eggs in the Summer 2023 Roku Screen Saver

Let’s start with the far side of the frozen bay.

A composite of the background scroll.
Left to Right

The Northern Lights shine above the ancestral Tree and Waterfall from The Black Panther.
Bumble from From Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer looks down on the Snowman from The Snowman.
The Ski Slope looks like the 1991 Windows game SkiFree. However my sister thinks it’s from Better Off Dead.
The Solar Eclipse has been suggested as being from Pitch Black, The Ring, Twilight: Eclipse, or Eclipse.

Continuing Left to Right

Underneath the Northern Lights is the snow covered peak from the Paramount Pictures logo.
Below that is the Overlook Hotel from The Shining.
Elsa’s Ice Palace from Frozen is on Mount Crumpit from How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Next to that is the cabin from Misery
The Penguin’s Duckmobile and penguin soldiers from Batman Returns.
The Chrysler Building, the building just to the right looks familiar.

Continuing Left to Right

That Building still look familiar.
The Baseball Player balloon looks like it could be from Miracle on 34th Street, though it could just be a representation of Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade or a callback to the Joker’s parade from Batman.
The heart on the building is from Sleepless in Seattle.
A helicopter flies above the Nakatomi Plaza from Die Hard.
Mr. Narwhal is telling Buddy goodbye from Elf.
The New Year’s Ball is preparing to drop over Times Square.

Continuing Left to Right

An AT-AT from Empire Strikes Back is attacking the Rebel Base in Roku City.
Superman’s Fortress of Solitude.
The Statue of Liberty is frozen in Roku Bay reminiscent of The Day After Tomorrow.

The Half Note Club in New York City was featured in Soul.
The West Side Story fire escape hangs from the building.
The Griswold’s house from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
Cousin Eddie’s RV is parked out front.
The McCallister house from Home Alone
The Michael Jordan stand-up is in the first floor window and Kevin’s paint can trap is on the second floor. The statue that Kevin knocked over is at the front door.
March of the Penguins is playing at the Roku Theater.
A gremlin takes a break from watching Snow White to peek out the window (Gremlins). The snowboarding poster is either from Out Cold or Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
That’s the lampost from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.
But who’s the guy in the window?
The ice rink from Serendipity. Leaning up against the wall is Citizen Kane’s sled “Rosebud”. Lucy Van Pelt’s (Peanuts) Psychiatric Help booth is covered in snow, the winter setting specifically refers to A Charlie Brown Christmas. That looks like Graffiti Bridge from the Prince movie which was also featured in the Fall screensaver.
The toy store could be Zevo Toys from Toys, FAO Schwartz from Big, or Higbee’s from A Christmas Story.
Window 1: Referencing either Babes in Toyland or The Nutcracker
Window 2: The Roku Kaiju Hunter is attacking the MegaZord from Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers while Smaug flies over Mount Doom.
Window 3: That’s the Technodrome from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the G.I. Joe X-30 Conquest and Optimus Prime
Window 4: My Little Ponies
The airship from Island at the Top of the World flies in the second window on the second floor.

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