A lot has happened since we last left off with Jessica in Season 1 – a whole other
show called the Defenders has happened, that is – and fans have been dying to return
to her solo series to see how her own story will progress.
Now of course, like every other MCU film or show, there’s a TON of easter eggs.
Obviously, major spoiler alert here – but if you’ve already binged watched the show,
safely proceed!
And let’s see how many of these easter eggs you caught while watching.
Also, consider this an incomplete list – the show just dropped, and we’re still working
our way through the latter half – AS SHOULD YOU, IT WAS LITERALLY RELEASED TODAY.
10 The Ringmaster A few lesser known Marvel characters have
popped up in this season of Jessica Jones, some of which are a bit of a surprise, considering
you’d never imagine they would ever be adapted.
That being said, they don’t necessarily draw attention to their villainous persona,
like the one in this number.
First mentioned in episode 1 and later appearing in the season, Maynard Tiboldt aka the Ringmaster
makes his debut in the show as a hypnotherapist that Trish refers Jessica to.
In the comics, Ringmaster uses hypnotic mind control via the device on his hat, and the
mantle has been worn by two characters.
The first, Fritz, was a nazi agent, and the second, Maynard, was his son.
9 Trish’s Outfit In episode 1, we’re reacquainted with some
of our favourite supporting cast members, including Trish.
During a scene where she reassures Jessica that she hasn’t mentioned her or any of
the other Defenders by name on her talk show, she’s wearing an outfit that some of you
may find incredibly familiar.
It’s a throwback to her outfits from her days in her Patsy Walker comic, the romantic
Archie teen driven series that she starred in before her days of being Hellcat.
8 Poster Speaking of Trish, there’s another little
easter egg in the form of a Patsy Walker poster in episode 2.
What’s so special about it?
Those who were familiar with the character in the comics may recognize the logo on the
poster as being the OG Patsy logo from the comics, from the days when she was more of
a romance teen comic than superhero.
How’s that for smart set dec?
7 Gifted There’s a lot of little dialogue references
in this season, especially ones referencing other Marvel fan favourites.
Including X-Men, which has only recently been re-acquired by Marvel and Disney from Fox,
meaning soon we’ll likely be seeing our favourites from Xavier’s School for Gifted
Youngsters popping up.
In episode 4, Jessica makes a reference to the X-Men when she says “we prefer gifted”
when referring to super powered individuals.
Whether or not this reference actually pertains to the X-Men’s inevitable involvement in
the MCU is unknown, but it sure does make us hopeful for what will come.
6 Game of Thrones In episode two, AKA Freak Accident, Jessica
pays a visit to Josie’s – a nice touch that further interlinks the Netflix Marvel
shows.
If you pay attention to the set dressing in the bar, you’ll notice that there’s a
pinball machine from another famous television series – an HBO series.
A little show called Game of Thrones.
This isn’t the first Game of Thrones easter egg in one of the Netflix Mavel shows – there’s
a reference to Syro Forrel, Arya Stark’s ‘dancing instructor’ in the Defenders,
when Coleen saves Matt Murdoch in episode 7 and says “Not Today.”
Forrel is famous for saying the line in Game of thrones season 1 “What is the one thing
we say to death?
Not today.”
5 Dr Karl Malus Jumping back to Marvel characters being introduced
into the MCU, episode 5 of the season is the debut of a character named Dr. Karl, who is
none other than Dr Karl Malus from the comics.
It’s revealed that Malus performs his experiments on subjects who are not able to consent, and
is in a romantic but very much controlled relationship with Jessica’s mother.
The show only touches on the kinds of evil he’s capable of, once again taking a villain
and making them a nuanced character exploring the themes of assault and harassment.
In the comics, he first appears in Spider-Woman #30 back in 1980, and is your typical nefarious
mad scientist, who mutated and transformed many a character in the Marvel universe.
In addition to this, when he becomes a member of the Frightful Four, he’s forcibly made
the new host of the Carnage Symbiote, and is eaten by Carnage.
He later returns, claiming he put himself back together once he was ‘deposited as
waste’, and now is human symbiote hybrid.
4 Spider-Man In episode 2 of the season, there’s a few
Spider-Man references.
First off, the Whizzer – a character we’ll be talking a little bit about later on in
this list – says the line “with great power comes great mental illness.”
Cheeky.
The second reference comes in another hilarious joke in passing dialogue.
Griffin tells Jessica that he has a suspicion that Trish is in danger, because his balls
are tingling.
To which Jessica replies, calling it his “scrot-y sense.”
In addition to that, another reference is made when in the season finale Jessica is
being advised by her super powered mother, to which Jessica responds “if you say ‘with
great power comes great responsibility,’ I swear I’ll throw up on you.”
The original responsibility phrase comes from Amazing Fantasy #15 from 1962 in action boxes
while Peter Parker copes with the death of uncle ben.
3 Infinity War One of the cooler aspects of the first season
of Jessica Jones was the exploration of how the events from the Avengers films have massively
affected people from all walks of life, including those in Hell’s Kitchen that Jessica encounters.
While in season 1 it led to more of a dire situation, season 2 makes a lighter reference
to the events of the larger MCU films, including Captain America’s now missing shield.
Jessica encounters a boy with a Cap action fiction – he asks her if she knows him,
and says that he’s lost his shield, just like the real Captain America.
But he made a new one using magnets.
Some people see this as possibly being a reference to the way Cap used a magnet device on his
glove back in the 60’s comics, and that this may be a small hint to a detail that
may go down in the Infinity War film.
2 The Whizzer A new character introduced this season is
Robert Coleman, who first arrives on the scene as a potential PI client for Jessica and Malcolm.
He claims to have speedster powers, and calls himself the Whizzer.
The Whizzer is actually an older Marvel character, back from when Marvel was Timely Comics.
During ww2, he fought alongside Captain America, and had a pretty absurd backstory – he got
his powers from a blood transfusion from a mongoose to combat a cobra bite.
The character’s civilian alias was actually a man named Robert Frank instead of Robert
Coleman.
Coleman’s outfits also reference The Whizzer’s olden days – he wears a yellow hoodie, the
same colour as the original Whizzer’s costume.
https://www.cbr.com/jessica-jones-season-2-whizzer/ 1 Mongoose
Another nice touch to the inclusion of the Whizzer is that the version of the character
in the show still has an attachment to Mongooses.
And Jessica definitely doesn’t let that absurd fact go.
While his origins do differ – thankfully – Robert Coleman does have a pet mongoose,
which makes an appearance in a photograph Jessica spots while searching his apartment.
Her response?
She calls it a “goddamn mongoose”.
What’s even better is that its name is Emil.
Which just so happens to be the name of the father of Robert Frank, and the man who did
the blood transfusion – Dr. Emil Frank.
There we have it friends!
Which of these easter eggs had you the most jazzed?
Are there ones you’ve spotted that we didn’t include on this list?
And should we do a part two?
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