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Today we’re diving into more Avengers Infinity War easter eggs.
Part 3!
Most of these ones are much more obscure, meaning you may not have picked up on them
watching the film the first time around.
So let’s just cut to the chase and get down to it – this is our list of the top 10 Easter
Eggs you missed in Avengers Infinity War, part 3.
Also, mega spoilers ahead.
10 Snatch Reference Benecio del Toro is one of the many well-known
actors playing one of the supporting characters in the MCU, and he does one hell of a job
as the Collector.
Turns out del Toro’s fame wasn’t lost on the team of filmmakers involved with Infinity
War.
In the scene where Thanos pays the Collector a rude visit, the mad titan says a line that
is reminiscent of another film of del Toro’s – Snatch.
Thanos asks “where is the stone?” which is a reference to del Toro’s character in
the opening scene of Snatch where he repeats the line “where is the stone?”
in search of the 86 carat diamond he intends to steal.
9 Deep Fried Kebabs One of the earlier scenes of the film features
Scarlet Witch and Vision walking through the streets of Edinburgh (ed-en-bruh), there’s
a sign you can spot in the background that reads ‘we will deep fry your kebab’.
While this may not resonate much in North America, Scottish fans have been lol-ing over
this because of a cultural joke about how in Scotland, people will deep fry almost anything.
Not to mention that the Avengers films have a history of appreciating food, considering
the first Avenger’s film post credit scene featuring the team mowing down on shawarmas.
8 Mephisto is one of the many superior forces
in the Marvel Universe.
At times, he’s really messed things up for many of our favourite heroes.
He’s also pretty much the Marvel equivalent of the devil.
The character was also a pretty big part of the Infinity Gauntlet comic miniseries, and
initially sided with Thanos after discovering his quest for power, wanting to get close
to the Mad Titan to steal the gauntlet for himself.
Due to rights, Mephisto wasn’t included in Infinity War – instead, his role was
played by one of Thanos’ Black Order – Ebony Maw.
Part of Maw’s dialogue was taken directly from the pages of Infinity Gauntlet, when
he says “my humble personage bows before your grandeur”.
7 Balloon Animals A really subtle but hilarious easter egg comes
in the form of one of Tony Stark’s insults to Doctor Strange.
In the film, he zings the good doctor by saying “what is your job exactly, except to make
balloon animals?”
While it definitely feels like a classic bit of banter that would exist in Stark’s reel
house of insults, some people may have picked up on the connection it has to a certain skit
that featured Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange on Jimmy Kimmel.
In the skit, Kimmel summons Doctor Strange to his house.
Strange, thinking that Kimmel is in danger, is all ready to jump into a fight, when Kimmel
reveals that he just needs the Marvel hero to entertain kids at a birthday party he’s
hosting.
Strange declines until he finds out that there’s $150 bucks in it for him.
The skit cuts to a shot of Doctor Strange making balloon animals.
A kid then insults Strange, who then teleports the child and his balloon animal to an alternate
dimension.
So yeah, Strange definitely has a history with balloon animals.
6 Stormbreaker It was no secret leading up to the Infinity
War film that Thor had a new weapon – Stormbreaker.
His hammer was destroyed in Ragnarok, so he travels to Nidavellir to have the dwarves
forge him a new weapon.
This is when he discovers Thanos has killed almost all of the dwarves, and chopped off
the hands of the head of the dwarves and the main blacksmith, Eitri (e-a-tree).
Despite this, the dwarf forges Thor a new weapon – Stormbreaker.
In the comics, Stormbreaker belongs to someone else though – Odin had Eitri forge a weapon
for another hero named Beta Ray Bill after the character proved capable of wielding Mjolnir.
All things consider, looks like we’re probably not gonna see Beta Ray Bill in the mcu anytime
soon!
5 Thanoscopter While a lot of great details concerning Thanos
from the comics made it into the film, there’s one specific Thanos story that most of us
can agree will NEVER actually see the light of day in the MCU – We’re talking the
Thanoscopter.
Yup, that’s right, there was a story that was in Spidey Super Stories issue 39 called
The Cat and the Cosmic Cube that featured Hell-Cat and Spider-Man up against Thanos,
who chases them around in a helicopter all in pursuit of the cosmic cube.
Its super ridiculous and wonderful, and totally never going to make it into the movies.
But many have speculated that a reference to the Thanoscopter was in the post credit
scene, when a helicopter crashes after Thanos wipes out half of all living beings.
So, thoughts?
Was the helicopter included because it made for a great shot, or was it a subtle reference
to Thanos’ more child-appropriate humorous comic history past?
4 Infinity Another easter egg in the post credits scene
for you guys.
When the scene opens, we see Nick Fury and Maria Hill inside of a vehicle.
And guess what kind of vehicle it is?
Well when the two exit the car, the camera pans and we get a look at what they were driving
– A NISSAN INFINITI.
How fitting.
3 Peaceful Thanos The end of the film was pretty darn jarring.
And one of its final moments was a direct reference to what happens at the end of the
Infinity Gauntlet 1992 series that the majority of this film was based off of.
We’re talking about the scene in which Thanos, being victorious, sits and reflects on his
success.
While the visual is almost identical, the story behind it is different – at the end
of Infinity Gauntlet, the first part of three miniseries, Thanos has lost the infinity gauntlet,
with Adam Warlock now in possession of it.
Thanos decides to retire and becomes a farmer, and his moment of reflection comes after three
thought bubbles that read “power.
Such an ephemeral commodity; hard to gain, easy to lose.
And I once thought I understood it.
What vanity.”
2 Bubbles In the game Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of
Heroes, when you’re either playing or fighting as Thanos, at the end of his attacks, bubbles
appear.
It’s a strange little detail that’s fairly memorable for fans who adore the game since
it was pretty odd.
So when bubbles appear in a particular Thanos scene in Avengers Infinity War, naturally
some made the connection.
It appears when Starlord is about to make good on his promise to Gamora to kill her
if she ever ended up in Thanos’ grasp.
When he goes to shoot her, bubbles come out of his gun – Thanos, of course, used the
reality stone to alter this.
Arguably some may see this as just a good substitute considering it’s Starlord’s
weapon , but Thanos’ history with bubbles may just be obscure enough to justify this
as a reference.
1 Hold the Door This easter egg happened so quickly that many
may not have noticed it.
For context, prior to the release of Infinity War, fans were speculating as to who Game
of Thrones star Peter Dinklage would play.
Initially many thought he’d be one of the members of the Black Order, but after the
Black Order cast was announced, that theory was shut down.
Turns out he actually plays a character named Eitri (e-a-tree) who crafts Stormbreaker.
There’s one line that Eitri says to Thor that had Game of Thrones fans filled with
joy – “hold the door”.
Yup.
That’s a reference to the famous moment in Game of Thrones and the tragic origins
behind how Hodor’s character got his name.
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