With all the money “Avengers: Endgame” has raked in — $1.6 billion and counting — it’s a pretty safe bet that you’ve seen it already. Maybe three times.
In a dense movie packed with dozens of characters and a tangled plot, you might have missed some details.
Here’s a guide to some of the fun blink-and-you’ll-miss-them references:
Is Captain Britain coming?
In the scene in which Captain America and Tony Stark travel back to 1970, Peggy Carter in the background mentions that an Agent Braddock hasn’t checked in. This could be a reference to Brian Braddock, aka Captain Britain, sort of the UK’s answer to Captain America. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has said there have been discussions about the character, and actors have lobbied to play him.
‘Nuff said
In Stan Lee’s final cameo, he can be seen driving a car with a bumper sticker bearing his catchphrase on the back.
The Lady Liberators
During the climactic battle, the female Avengers band together in a nod to a short-lived group from the comics. The Lady Liberators appeared in 1970’s “The Avengers” #83, in a group comprised of the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, Valkyrie and Black Widow.
Jarvis
Actor James D’Arcy cameos as Howard Stark’s butler, reprising his role from the 2015 TV series “Agent Carter.”
Get it in!
Before the Avengers travel back in time, they circle up and put their hands in. The visual harkens back to a page in 1961’s “The Fantastic Four” #1, when Marvel’s first modern superhero team was born.
616
Scott Lang’s van is kept in a storage locker marked 616. The number is a reference to the alternate world, Earth-616, in which the Marvel stories take place.
Language!
“Let’s go get this son of a bitch,” Captain America says of the villain Thanos, underlining the gravity of the situation. In previous Marvel movies, he’s chided the other Avengers about cursing.
Budapest?
What the heck happened in Budapest, and why do Black Widow and Hawkeye keep referencing a mission they shared together in the city? Perhaps the upcoming Black Widow solo movie will shed some light.
Avengers assemble!
Captain America finally gets to utter his (print) catchphrase, after 2015’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” jokingly ended before Cap could complete the line.
“Hail Hydra”
Captain America’s surprising elevator gambit echoes a controversial comic book storyline from 2017, in which the hero was revealed to be an agent of Hydra.