Last week, Google unveiled its $35 AirPlay alternative , Chromecast, which allows users to wirelessly stream video content from PCs, Macs, and Android or iOS powered devices directly to their HDTV. Now, with the device shipping consumers, some eagle-eyed fans have discovered a few easter eggs that reference Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Mystery Science Theater.

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Product teardown specialists iFixIt noticed that the Chromecast's model number is H2G2-42 — the abbreviation commonly used for the popular fiction series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The inclusion of 42, they posit, is in reference to the answer to life, the universe, and everything in the novels. The fan service continues with the bundled in power adapter, which bears the model number MST3K-US — the unmistakable shorthand for Mystery Science Theater 3000.Google is no stranger to subtle pop-culture references. When it released the Chromebook Pixel earlier this year, the company embedded a small Konami Code easter egg , and its Google Doodles often draw inspiration from films and other cultural icons.

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