Searching
Missingestablished itself as a spiritual sequel toSearching , with many association proving the films be in the same universe . Both movies were produced by Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian , who also write the script forSearching . The 2018 thriller adopt David Kim ( John Cho ) on a mission to find his missing daughter , Margot Kim ( Michelle La.)Missing , which premier in other 2023 , abide by a standardized plot , except the roles are switched . In the newer film , June Allen ( Storm Reid ) try out to resolve her mother , Grace Allen ’s ( Nia Long ) fade . The movies portion out many other similar element as well .
Chaganty and Ohanian also wrote and acquire the 2020 thriller filmRun . The movie tells a similar history to the veridical - life Gypsy Rose story , with a mother deal with Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy . There are a few detail that connect it toSearching , but it ’s not as closely related asMissing . For neophyte , the film is n’t tell through technology the waySearchingandMissingare . Filmmakers had a lot of play hiding Easter eggs inMissingto link it toSearching , and here are ten that establish theSearchingandMissingcharacters live in the same humans .
10David Kim From Searching Appears In The Fake Show Unfiction
Missingestablishes itself as aSearchingsequel from the get - go . Early in the film , June is watching an installment of a fake Netflix show calledUnfiction . The episode she is see is a reenactment of David and Margot ’s fib fromSearching . June later sees her own situation turn into an installment ofUnfiction , so the Easter nut also act as presage .
9Missing Continues Searching’s Alien Background Story
To catch the alien story inSearching , watcher must pay close tending as it plays out in Google searches and news program headlines . However , those who did get it in the first film have a treat inMissingas filmmakers uphold the story . Searchingtold the floor of a likely exotic invasion , whileMissingtold the story of a superheronamed Green Angel saving citizens from the extraterrestrial . The story has no role in the film ’s game but is fun for extra observant fans .
8The Same Dialogue Line Appears In Searching & Missing
Filmmakers went as far as connecting the movies with the same pedigree of dialog . For example , inSearching , David strike a text message Margot sent to his brother Peter that says , " Last Nox was fun . " The text plays a crucial use in the moving picture because David use it as evidence his brother may be involved in her disappearance . The same strain appears inMissingwhen Grace say it to her swain , Kevin . While June does n’t practice it to make any theory , it could suggest Kevin is untrusting like Peter was .
7Missing & Searching Begin With A Character Losing A Parent
One big connection is thatSearchingandMissingboth take off with a backstory on the lineament losing a parent . InSearching , David loses his married woman , and Margot loses her female parent from cancer . Missingbegins with June losing her father , which Grace tells everyone is because he die of genus Cancer . However , it ’s later let on he was really scurrilous , so Grace has to run away with June by modify her name and profess he die .
6Missing & Searching Feature Important Text Conversations
Another connexion between the two is a special textual matter conversation . The dynamic between David and Margot is similar to Grace and June , as there seems to be a air between the parent and child . In both pic , Margot and June have n’t healed from their parent ’s absence seizure . Margot has difficulty talking about her mother , so David does n’t bring it up even though he wants to .
InMissing , June only responds to her mother ’s " I love you " message with a thumbs - up reaction . By the end of the flick , the character spring up closer . InSearching , David can at last send the message about Margot ’s mother to her , and inMissing , June finally tells her female parent she loves her via text .
5Missing & Searching Have The Same News Ticker
Filmmakers also used news headline to suggestSearchingandMissingare from the same universe . One style they did this was through a news ticker cover a fictive tale about a Hollywood producer who kill his editor program . The tick inSearchingread , " Hollywood producer send with … " and the fib was finished inMissingwith the headline , " Hollywood producer charged with the execution of moving-picture show editor . " The history does n’t have anything to do with either film ’s secret plan but further connect them .
4Roy Abramsohn Appears As A News Anchor In Searching & Missing
Another agency the cinema link themselves via the news is by using the same news anchor . For Margot ’s disappearance story inSearching , role player Roy Abramsohn portrays a intelligence reporter hash out the fib . He returns inMissingas the same news reporter , report on Grace ’s disappearance .
3Peter Kim From Searching Makes A Small Cameo In Missing
Peter had a large role inSearchingas he fume weed with Margot before her disappearance , and David was convinced he was creditworthy for what happened to his girl . He does n’t physically come out inMissing , but the film offers an update on the character . When June is investigating Kevin , hoping to see selective information on her female parent ’s fade , she see an e-mail he received from a weed delivery service called Sunny Daze . Under the company name , Peter is listed as the founder and CEO .
2Searching’s Stock Model Reappears In Missing
This clue is extra exciting because it appeared in all three films meaningMissingalso occurs in theRununiverse . InSearching , Margot ’s cause of death spoke to her on a alive confab using someone else ’s exposure to disguise his identity operator . He take a gillyflower model named Hannah . The model briefly appeared onscreen inRun , and inMissing , she seem on a poster in the background of a Columbian ironware store . Like many of the Easter egg , Hannah is n’t a crucial character but is used to connect Chaganty and Ohanian ’s plastic film .
1Missing & Searching End With Unexpected Twists
One of the cock-a-hoop connections between the films is their twist endings , which both end up in the plot of ground ofUnfictionepisodes . It turns out the person who abducted Margot was the boy of the detective who was helping David find Margot . She was actually throwing him off to protect her son , but he did n’t figure this out until the ending .
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InMissing , June find out her forefather has been awake the whole time , and he was the one to nobble her female parent out of angriness because she forget him and pick out June with her all those years ago . The filmmakers did a bang-up chore proving how closely relatedSearchingandMissingare .
