Play Google Wicked Easter Egg: Defying Gravity
Quick Facts
- Summary
- Tap the witch’s hat to lift the results page with music, green smoke, and pink bubbles.
- Creator
- Launched
- 2024-11-20
- Status
- Restored
(Discontinued by Google)
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The Original Easter Egg
How It Started
To celebrate the Wicked movie, Google added a limited-time Easter egg in November 2024. Searching for things like “Wicked,” “Elphaba,” “Glinda,” “Galinda,” “Ariana Grande,” “Cynthia Erivo,” or “Defying Gravity” brought up a small green circle with Elphaba’s hat at the bottom of the screen.
What It Did
Clicking the hat lifted the search results as a passage from Defying Gravity played. Green smoke and pink bubbles drifted across the page.
Impact and Reach
Technology and entertainment publications covered the effect during the film’s release week. The rising results provided a visual interpretation of Defying Gravity, accompanied by the song and the film’s pink-and-green palette.
Its Discontinuation
The official promo lasted about a year and was taken down during 2025.
The Restored Experience
What’s Different Here
The hat starts the same musical transformation as in the original: the results rise to Defying Gravity while green smoke and pink bubbles sweep through the page. Replay and close buttons let you run the scene again or return the results to their usual positions.
The Easter Egg Experience
Click the button above to open the restored search results page. The witch’s hat button waits at the edge of the screen. Tap it, and the results float away while music, smoke, and bubbles sweep in.
Tap the hat again while the effect is still running if you want another burst, or close the effect to let the page settle down.
How to Try It
- Click the button above to open the restored Wicked page.
- Tap the witch’s hat button.
- Watch the search results float upward as Defying Gravity plays.
- Look for green smoke and pink bubbles around the floating results.
- Tap the hat again while the animation is running for another burst, or close the effect to reset the page.
Tapping the hat during the animation adds more smoke and bubbles without starting the song over. If a share button appears, you can use it to send a link to this page.
Final Thoughts
The search results become the scenery for Defying Gravity, lifting off the page as the song plays.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What was the Google Wicked Easter egg?
It was a 2024 Google Search Easter egg for the movie Wicked. For certain searches, a small green button with Elphaba’s witch hat appeared on the results page.
When people clicked the hat, the page floated upward while Defying Gravity played, with green smoke and pink bubbles. It was a short musical nod to Elphaba, Glinda, and the pink-and-green world of Oz.
The official promo lasted about a year and was removed during 2025. Here, you can use the witch’s hat to make the results rise again.
How do I trigger or replay the effect here?
Click the button above to open the restored search results page, then tap the witch’s hat button. The results float up, the music plays, and smoke and bubbles sweep across the screen.
If the animation is already playing, tapping the hat again adds another small burst. Press the close button when you want the page to go back to normal.
