When the first Deadpool film came out in 2016, people lost their s***.
Not only did it FINALLY give us an adaptation of the character that was on point, but it
was incredibly hilarious, and filled with A TON of Easter Eggs and references.
Luckily not much has changed as far as the sequel – Deadpool 2 – is concerned.
So today we’ll be counting down some of our picks for Easter Eggs and references in
the film, all while trying to avoid ruining any major plot points.
But there will most definitely be spoilers, so be warned!
With that in mind, here are the top 10 Easter Eggs You Missed in Deadpool 2.
10 Sun’s Getting Real Low Fans of the MCU films may have noted a familiar
line that Deadpool utters to Juggernaut in order to calm him down.
Which, of course, doesn’t work at all.
The line is “sun’s getting real low”, and it’s a reference to what was said to
the Hulk in an attempt to calm the green monster down.
It happens in both Avengers Age of Ultron and Thor Ragnarok, although most of you may
remember that Thor’s attempt doesn’t have the same effect as Black Widow’s.
9 DC References The MCU isn’t the only comic book franchise
that Deadpool references.
The DCEU gets its fair share of cracks, with Deadpool specifically referencing the train
wreck that was Batman v Superman.
At one point in the film, Vanessa asks Deadpool where he’s been, to which he responds with
a remark that he was fighting a caped badass, and that the right ended when he and said
caped badass realized that both of their mothers were named Martha, which is exactly what happens
in Batman v Superman.
8 Alpha Fight Deadpool spends a lot of time in Dopinder’s
cab, in both Deadpool films, but this time around, we got to see a whole lot more of
the character – he became a member of the X-Force!
While Dopinder’s scenes are always great, there’s one detail you may have missed about
his cab.
The ad on top of it is an advert for Alpha Flight, which is a group of Canadian superheroes
in the Marvel Universe.
Never any shortage of Canada shout outs and references when it comes to Ryan Reynolds.
7 M Day Back in 2005, there was a Marvel storyline
called Decimation that was a spinoff of the House of M series, and followed the consequences
of Scarlet Witch stripping 91.4% of the mutant population of their powers – an event that
is referred to as M-Day.
So how does this tie in?
In the Essex House for Mutant Rehabilitation, there’s a bunch of posters on the walls
that read ‘M-Day is near’.
It’s not the only House of M reference, either.
Cable mentions his daughter’s name is Hope – who, in the comics, is the first mutant
born after the events of House of M.
6 X-Men Looks like the studio could afford some more
X-Men this time around.
Quite a few actually.
During one scene in which Deadpool has been brought back to Xavier’s Mansion by Colossus,
there’s a brief shot where we see Beast, played by Nicholas Hoult, shutting a door
to a room that also featured a few other familiar faces, including James McAvoy’s Charles
Xavier, Tye Sheridan’s Cyclops and Evan Peter’s Quicksilver.
This isn’t the only reference to character’s from the Fox X-Men films – Deadpool 2 opens
with a toy figurine that depicts Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine’s death scene from another recent
hit film, Logan.
And, at the end of the film in a mid-credit scene, we get to see Deadpool finally get
some satisfying vengeance – for himself – when he makes use of Cable’s time travelling
trick to go back to 2009 – specifically during X-Men Origins Wolverine - and kills
himself, joking that he’s cleaning up the timelines.
We also get to see a 2009 Logan at that point, too.
5 Mr Sinister Speaking of the X-Men, remember that post
credit scene at the end of X-Men Apocalypse?
It featured a suited man slipping a vial of Logan’s blood into a suitcase that had the
label ‘Essex Corp’ on it.
This was a hint to what the follow up feature would have included – the villain Nathaniel
Essex, aka Mr Sinister.
While Mr Sinister doesn’t appear in Deadpool 2, there is a pretty big reference to the
character.
Russell, the kid whose the centerpiece of the film’s plot, has been kept at the Essex
House for Mutant Rehabilitation.
The film’s screenwriters have noted that they included this detail in order to give
the X-Mansion a foil, and that they don’t have plans for using the character in any
other Deadpool films.
Speaking of the screenwriters though, they both have cameos in the film – Rhett Reese
and Paul Wernick appear as a news helicopter pilot and a camera man.
4 Rob Liefeld (lie-feld) Deadpool was first introduced to us back in
The New Mutants issue 98 in 1991 when he was created by Rob Liefeld.
Aside from being the anti-heroes creator, Liefeld is known for many feats and flaws
in the comic book industry, including a long running joke that he’s really bad at drawing
feet.
Like, really really bad at it.
Look at all of these awful feet.
He’s also really bad at drawing Captain America too, but that’s a whole other can
of worms for another day.
Anywho, Deadpool is fully aware of this running joke, and at one point during the film, makes
a reference to a comic book artist who is bad at drawing feet.
Yup, that’s Rob Liefeld!
3 Les Miserables The 2009 Wolverine and Logan toy weren’t
the only references connected to Hugh Jackman in Deadpool 2.
Russell’s prisoner number at the Essex House for Mutant Rehibilation is 24601, which Les
Mis fans will recognize as the number that Jean Valjean – the character that Jackman
portrayed in the most recent cinematic adaptation – is assigned.
2 The Cure For Blindness One of the best things about the Deadpool
films is their comedic timing, especially when it comes to reoccurring jokes.
Back in the first Deadpool movie, Wade takes many a crack at Blind Al.
During one scene after a brief sentimental moment, he makes a joke about a massive pack
of cocaine buried under her apartment, next to the cure for blindness.
In the sequel, the cure for blindness joke lives on – Wade actually retrieves the cocaine,
and what’s next to it?
A bag that is marked ‘cure for blindness.’
1 Brad Pitt Back when Deadpool 2 was casting, Brad Pitt
was actually in the running to play Cable rather than Thanos – sorry, Josh Brolin.
He didn’t get the part due to scheduling conflicts, but didn’t walk away empty handed
– Pitt was offered a cameo in the film as another character – Vanisher; a character
that’s entirely invisible.
In the comcis, Vanisher is typically depicted as an antagonist of the X-Men.
He’s a super villain mutant who first appeared in 1963, and was briefly associated with X-Force
in 2009.
In the film, his ability is that he’s invisible, which is hilarious, and during the helicopter
scene – where various members of the team meet their end when they jump out of the helicopter
– Vanisher is one of those members.
He lands on a telephone wire and we see him for a split second – and it’s Brad Pitt.
There we have it friends!
Which of these Easter Eggs and references did you pick up on immediately?
And which ones will you have to go back and watch for next time around?
Because who doesn’t watch every Marvel movie more than once, especially when its Deadpool?
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