Hey everyone, I'm The Canadian Lad and today I watched probably the best episode of She-Hulk so
far, at 0.25x speed and found 20 new details that you may or may not have seen before.
Finally an episode where Marvel was careful enough not to ruin a fan-favorite character.
Anyway, without any further ado, let's begin!
Number 1: This episode opens with us being introduced to Leap-Frog,
who is a character from the Marvel comics.
In the comics, Leap-Frog did have his villainous moments, but at one
point he joins the Defenders and even helps Daredevil after having fought him a few times.
Now notice, the robbers he stops from stealing, were actually stealing
from a store called "Monahan's Wholesale". This is a clever reference to Drew Monahan,
who is an art director for the show and has been for many other Marvel projects.
Number 2: Leapfrog apparently brings a book about himself so
that he can introduce himself to She-Hulk. This guy is the definition of narcissism.
Number 3: When She-Hulk talks to Luke Jacobson and asks him to take
some responsibility for Leapfrog's suit malfunction, notice this mirror over here.
Doesn't it look a bit odd? Well, it looks odd because instead
of showing a real reflection, they CGI'd She-Hulk's entire body to fit the mirror.
The distance between She-Hulk and the mirror, her head should
not fit in the mirror due to her height. But it does and what it did is it decreased
the height difference between her and Jacobson. Take a look at the height difference in the real
world as compared to the reflection in the mirror, it looks very odd over here.
But I will acknowledge that She-Hulk's CGI looks way better in this episode than the previous 7.
Kinda tells me that this episode was given some special treatment.
Number 4: When She-Hulk hits Daredevil with one of her Thunderclaps, notice all
the tail-lights on the car light up as soon as the shockwave makes an impact.
It even breaks the car windows. So this is some good attention to detail there.
Number 5: When Matt officially introduces his superhero identity
to Jen, we can hear the original Daredevil background score from the Netflix series.
Number 6: In the same scene where Matt reveals he's Daredevil,
notice the billboard in the background here. Another Steve Rogers musical billboard.
Which, of course, made its first appearance in Hawkeye and then in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
But now it appears in She-Hulk, meaning the musical is a hit and has now come down to LA.
Number 7: Outside the Lily Pad on a telephone pole, we can spot a QR code.
Like other episodes, this QR code will take you to a free She-Hulk comic.
This follows the recent trend of Marvel hiding QR codes in almost every episode of their TV shows.
Number 8: After Eugene kidnaps Luke and forces him to create a new Leap-Frog suit,
he says he wants a new suit with a fancy AI technology and a British voice that talks to him.
Now, of course, this is a subtle nod to Iron Man's suit and J.A.R.V.I.S.,
who was voiced by Paul Bettany who is British.
Number 9: When Matt & Jen are at the rooftops, during their 1st interaction,
their faces are lit in green light. But during the 2nd interaction,
they are lit in red light. Now, Green and Red are two colors that
represent She-Hulk & Daredevil respectively. If I managed to teach you anything about
film-making through my early videos, you'd know that something like this
doesn't happen randomly in a movie set. Directors make a conscious choice of
what sort of light they want to film in, and that means this is an intended hidden detail.
Number 10: During the hallway fight, I love how
they actually gave us a slowed-down audio from Daredevil's perspective.
He not only can figure out how many men, but he is able to distinguish between the crowbars and the
crossbow that they're using as weapons. We knew Daredevil can do that,
but the fact they showed us in this episode itself, I really loved it.
Number 11: Inside Eugene's frog-themed dungeon, we can see a frog signal,
kinda like the iconic Bat Signal. I just love the fact that Marvel never shies
away from taking inspiration from Batman. It happened in Eternals too.
All these Batman related easter eggs kinda tell me that Kevin Feige deep down might be a Batman fan.
Number 12: In this same shot, there's also a sign that says "Frog Parking Only".
And of course the classic Frogger.
Number 13: When Eugene puts on his Leapfrog costume in a hurry, notice he still doesn't forget
to fix his hair and tuck it inside his mask. He's so self-obsessed and I absolutely loved
Brandon Stanley's performance as Eugene, my guy really did a good job there!
Number 14: After She-Hulk and Daredevil enter into Eugene's lair,
she lifts up one of the Arcade machines.
Now notice after she lifts it high enough for the plugs to get disconnected, the Arcade
machine slowly shuts off as well. A nice attention to detail there!
Number 15: At the end of his fight with Daredevil and She-Hulk,
Leap-Frog literally jumps out a window and ends up breaking his legs, which is
something that happened in the comics as well. Well, in one comic, Foggy Nelson represents
Leap-Frog after he claims his shoes didn't work, which is also the plot in this episode.
Number 16: When Jen realizes that the episode isn't over, she mentions Red Hulk.
Now, in the comics, General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, who we've met plenty of times before,
becomes Red Hulk following his daughter's death. Now, of course this name drop could be a huge seed
Marvel is planting for the upcoming Thunderbolts movie that was officially announced at D23.
However, with William Hurt sadly passing away, there are rumors that Marvel might recast the
character and none other than Harrison Ford might be joining the MCU to play the role.
Whoever plays this character, you can write it down, Marvel will bring back the character.
I mean, they have to! He literally leads the whole Thunderbolts group in the comics.
Number 17: When Nikki jumps into Jen's kitchen and is ready to do Jen's makeup for the gala,
notice the way she's holding the makeup brushes. This is a clear nod to the
character Wolverine and his claws. And of course, this wasn't the only X-Men
reference in She-Hulk, there have been a few! And also, this comes after it was announced
that Hugh Jackman will reprise his iconic role in Deadpool 3.
So Marvel is really laying the groundwork for his epic comeback!
Number 18: At end at the Gala, when She-Hulk's complete personal information is exposed on
a big screen, it not only showed a sextape that Josh had made without Jen's knowledge,
but it also revealed Jen's personal bank accounts where she has 3800 dollars on her checking
account and 8,204 dollars on her savings account. Which is not a lot for a lawyer of her calibre but
it's pretty scary that they have exposed each and every single detail of her to the public!
They have her cabil bills, her internet bills and even the guys she sees on the app Matcher.
Number 19: Notice in the same scene,
we can also see the text Jen received from Todd in this episode.
But her phone was compromised in the previous episode.
Meaning, Josh not only copied each and every information from Jen's cellphone,
but he also planted a bug that is still letting him access Jen's phone in realtime.
That's how they could reveal a text that Jen received after the hacking happened.
Number 20: The credit animations show us two scenes that we've been
told happened but never saw in the episode itself.
1) Is when Todd buys a Wakandan spear in an auction.
And 2) is when Nikki sees Daredevil doing the walk of shame.
And that's it, this would be my breakdown of She-Hulk's episode 8 at 0.25x speed.
Alright let's go now!