Play Google Wicked Easter Egg: Defying Gravity
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Quick Facts
Tap the witch's hat to lift the results page with music, green smoke, and pink bubbles.
2024-11-20
Restored
(Discontinued by Google)
Try the Easter Egg
The Original Easter Egg
How It Started
To celebrate the film release of Wicked, Google added a limited-time Easter egg in November 2024. Searching terms such as “Wicked,” “Elphaba,” “Glinda / Galinda,” “Ariana Grande,” “Cynthia Erivo,” or “Defying Gravity” surfaced a small green circle at the bottom of the screen bearing Elphaba’s hat — inviting you to click.
What It Did
Click the hat and the search results began to rise, as if the page had caught a little Oz magic. A Defying Gravity cue played, green smoke rolled in, and pink bubbles drifted through the screen, pairing Elphaba's emerald world with Glinda's softer sparkle.
Impact and Reach
The playful animation, music cue, and Oz-themed visuals made the promo instantly shareable, with tech and entertainment outlets highlighting the surprise and encouraging fans to try it while it lasted.
Its Discontinuation
The official promo lasted about a year and was removed during 2025.
The Restored Experience
What’s Different Here
This restored version keeps the pieces that made the original shine: the witch-hat trigger, the floating results, the Defying Gravity cue, green smoke, and pink bubbles. It also gives the effect a simple replay and close toolbar so it works cleanly on today's screens.
The Easter Egg Experience
Click the button above to enter the restored search results page. The hat-shaped replay button waits at the edge of the screen. Tap it and the results lift away while music, smoke, and bubbles sweep in.
Tap replay again while the spell is moving if you want another burst, or close the effect to bring the page back to rest.
How to Try It
- Click the button above to open the restored Wicked page.
- Tap the hat-shaped replay button.
- Watch the search results float upward with the Defying Gravity cue.
- Look for the green smoke and pink bubbles as the page drifts through its Oz-colored spell.
- Tap replay during the motion for another burst, or close the effect to reset the page.
The restoration follows the spirit of the 2024 promo while fitting this page. The float timing, smoke, and bubble cues have been tuned for modern desktop and mobile screens, without turning the short results-page surprise into a full game.
Final Thoughts
The Google Wicked Easter egg gave Search a short musical lift. The official version has left Search, but this page keeps the hat, the rise, and the shimmer ready for another visit.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What was the Google Wicked Easter egg?
It was a 2024 Google Search Easter egg for the movie Wicked. On 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 with a Defying Gravity cue, green smoke, and pink bubbles. It was a short musical nod to Elphaba, Glinda, and the pink-and-green world of Oz.
Google has since removed the official promo, so this restored page preserves the main on-screen beats for replay.
How do I trigger or replay the effect here?
Click the button above to enter the restored search results page, then tap the hat-shaped replay button. The results will float, the music cue will play, and smoke and bubbles will sweep across the screen.
If the animation is already running, tapping replay adds another small burst. Use the close button when you want the page to return to normal.
