Random Easter Eggs You Didn't Catch In 'Captain America: Civil War' (24 items)

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  (#1) The Final Fight Mirrors An Iconic 'Civil War' Comic Book Cover

  Much has already been said of the way that Civil War pulls visuals from the comics, but one of the biggest moments of the film - Cap using his shield to stop Tony's Plasma blasts (which if you think about it is basically Tony still not being able to be better than his father, even after his death - bummer) - is actually the cover to issue 7 of the original Civil War comic event.
  
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  (#2) Ant-Man Rides Hawkeye's Arrow References 'Avengers #223'

  Pretty much every hero gets a super cool moment during the big airport fight scene, but the coolest might be Paul Rudd's Ant-Man hitching a ride on one of Hawkeye's arrows. This particular stunt was a reference to the cover of Avengers #223 where the very same thing happened. And if you're wondering about what happened in the comic, yes, somebody (Taskmaster) did get it. 
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  (#3) The Cap/Iron Man Fight Directly Recreates Panels From The Comics

  A lot of the shots from the the final slugfest between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark are recreations of combat that was illustrated in the comic, often right down to the panel. So despite vast changes from the printed story of the same name, the Civil War filmmakers were dead-set on making sure fans knew that they'd at least looked at the comic. 
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  (#4) Spider-Man Steals Captain America's Shield In The Comics, Too

  One of the biggest reveals from the final Civil War trailer was seeing Spider-Man steal Cap's shield with his webbing (that somehow took six movies to get right). The scene is a visual nod to a showdown between the wallcrawler and Captain America in the Civil War comic series.
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  (#5) Stan The Delivery Man

  Stan Lee is a living breathing Marvel Easter egg, and when it comes to Mr. Lee you either fall into one of two camps. You can't wait to see him appear, or by the end of every MCU film, specifically Civl War, you've been lulled into a sense of false security, and then Stan Lee shows up and destroys any imaginary world you were able to create by pretending to be a USPS delivery person and saying the phrase "Tony Stank." 
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  (#6) Bucky's Trigger Words Are MCU Easter Eggs

  The trigger words that turn the affable Bucky Barnes into the murderous Winter Soldier hold the key to Bucky's past, while also providing some little treats for the MCU as a whole:

  - "1917," Bucky was born in 1917.
  - "Freight Car," Bucky "died" falling off a freight car in WWII.
  - "Homecoming," as in Spider-Man: Homecoming. 
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  (#7) Sharon Carter's Speech Sounds Familiar

  The speech that Sharon Carter gives about planting yourself like a tree at her aunt's funeral is pretty much word for word what Steve says to Spider-Man in the Civil War comics in order to convince him to leave Iron Man's crew. 
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  (#8) "I Could Do This All Day" Is A Callback To 'The First Avenger'

  A reference to Steve's life as a weakling boy who only had gumption running through is veins instead of super-serum. His one-liner to Iron Man refers back to the beginning of Captain America: The First Avenger. This should be Steve Rogers's catch phrase, whether he's eating pizza or fighting Red Skull, "I can do this all day" should be the only words coming out of his mouth. 
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  (#9) The Original Thanos Makes An Appearance

  You might remember Thanos showing up for a brief moment in the first Avengers post credits sequence, and that was before Josh Brolin was tapped for the part. The guy playing Thanos in that one shot was Damion Poitier. He shows up again in Civil War, as one of the mercenaries working with Crossbones at the beginning of the film. It's nice to see Marvel throwing jobs to their buddies.

  
  
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  (#10) Spider-Man Lifts, Bro

  Other than Uncle Ben's death, Spider-Man lifting super heavy stuff is probably one of the most iconic visuals from the wallcrawler's history. Here's a quick list of things he's lifted in the comics: The Daily Bugle, a cab, heavy weights, a bunch of machinery, a tank, and a train car. Showing Spider-Man heft a walkway that Captain America drops on him serves as a reference to all of those great Marvel artists that paved the way for that moment.
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  (#11) The D23 On Bucky's Chamber Is A Disney Shout-Out

  After Steve, Bucky, and Black Panther are caught fighting without carrying superhero licenses,  they're all carted back to a CIA building. Steve and T'Challa get to ride in style, but Bucky has to ride to prison in a robot box labeled D23, which is the same name as Disney's fan club, and its bi-annual expo where the company shares super exciting Marvel/Star Wars info.
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  (#12) The Futurist

  At one point in Civil War, Hawkeye antagonistically refers to Tony Stark as a "futurist." Not only does Stark refer to himself the same way in the comics and in the film, but "The Futurist" is also the name of Robert Downey Jr.'s 2004 mom-rock album. 
  

  
   
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  (#13) Falcon's Drone Used To Be An Actual Bird

  Right off the bat in Civil War, Cap's sidekick Falcon reveals a wee sidekick of his own: the super-drone he affectionately calls Redwing. In the comics, Sam Wilson's Redwing was an actual Falcon with whom he shared a telepathic connection.
  
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  (#14) Hawkeye Hates Golf

  After the Sokovia Whatchamacallits are signed, Tony Stark mentions that Hawkeye retired from being a superhero. Well, when Clint Barton's battling later, he says that he tried golf in his time off. This has to be a reference to the What If issue where they asked the very important question, "What If Hawkeye used golf clubs instead of a bow and arrow?" What if indeed?
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  (#15) Vacation In Sunny Wakanda

  The mid-credits scene reveals that Steve and Bucky are alive and well in Wakanda, the home of Black Panther. The film only provides a brief glimpse of the nation, but unlike the generic locale visited in Avengers: Age of Ultron, this one is a verdant jungle complete with panther statues.
  
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  (#16) The Dora Milaje

  Even though Black Panther played a pretty big part in Civil War, the MCU hadn't yet scratched the surface of his backstory. One small reference to the comics was a quick view of his personal guards, the Dora Milaje. In the film they're just super sleek looking ladies in very nice dresses and bad attitudes, but the next time we saw them, they were doing a lot more than riding in the back of a limo.
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  (#17) Vision Loves Playing Chess

  In the comics, after Vision was turned into a real boy, one of the things he was constantly shown doing was playing chess. At one point in Civil War, he's depicted contemplating a chess piece, which has to be a reference to his favorite pastime.
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  (#18) Who Knew 117 Was Such An Important Number?

  This Easter egg is one of those references that proves either fans are reading too much into this or that the writers are super nerds. SO! In Civil War, 117 countries signed the Sokovia Accords, and Captain America issue #117 is also the comic in which Falcon was introduced. The Illuminati probably figure into this somehow.
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  (#19) The Spider-Signal

  The final post credit sequence features a throwback to one of Spider-Man's more '70s inventions :the Spider-Signal. It didn't get much use in the rebooted Spidey's first solo MCU movie Spider-Man: Homecoming - most likely because there was no standard way that it was used in the comics - but the inclusion of some wallcrawling lore untouched by previous movies is a nice signal to fans.
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  (#20) The Bluth Family Staircar Shows Up At The Airport

  The Russo Brothers, the directorial duo behind Civil War, cut their teeth directing episodes of cult favorite comedies Arrested Development, Community, and Happy Endings, so it only makes sense that they would place the Bluth family's stair car in Civil War's climactic airport fight scene. 
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  (#21) Who Is Dr. Broussard?

  In Civil War, there's a deceased scientist named Dr. Broussard, and since every other character that's in this scene is named something like "Dead Scientist 2," it's worth looking into the origin of the character's name. It turns out this character is a nod to Steve Broussard, a producer of multiple MCU films.
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  (#22) Bucky Barnes Loses An Arm

  Toward the end of Civil War, there's a huge three-way back alley brawl for the intercontinental championship between Iron Man, Bucky, and Captain America. It's actually more of a two-on-one thing, but Tony Stark holds his own, especially when he rips off Bucky's left arm. A lot of people interpreted this as a reference to The Empire Strikes Back, when Luke loses his left hand.

  But seeing as how someone lost their left arm in every MCU Phase 2 film as a reference to Empire, we're going to go one step farther and say this is a reference to the Phase 2 films, which are referencing Star Wars, and that it's all one big Disney Meta Moment (or a DMM for short).
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  (#23) Jim Rash Would Like Some Money

  If you weren't one of the slavishly devoted fans of Community, a show for which the Russo Bros. directed many episodes (including the fan favorite episode "A Fistful of Paintballs"), then you don't know that Jim Rash played Dean Pelton, a cash-strapped weirdo who was sort of in charge of Greendale College. In Civil War, Jim Rash appears as an M.I.T. liaison who, without a hint of subtlety, asks Tony Stark for some free cash. Considering erstwhile Abed Danny Pudi had a cameo in The Winter Soldier, this must be a wink to Community fans. 
   
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