‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’: 10 Easter Eggs and references to the new Marvel Studios film

SPOILERS WARNING!

*This article reveals several key moments from ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’.

This Friday, February 17, ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’, a Marvel Studios film tasked with ushering in Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, just hit theaters. As usual in the different projects of the franchise, ‘Ant-Man 3’ has left behind some references or easter eggs which we will review below.

Linda, Hank Pym’s other love

Upon learning that Janet had more than just friendship with Bill Murray’s character, Hank reveals that during the thirty years they have been apart he has been in a relationship with a certain Linda. Even if he doesn’t say his last name, It could be Linda Carter, a comic book character dedicated to the medical care of the superhero community.

Veb, the lover of orifices

One aspect that some of the audience may miss in this episode is the participation of Scott’s friends, Luis, Kurt and Dave. But one of them, sort of, is featured in the movie, well David Dastmalchian, who plays Scott’s hacker friend in the first two films of the trilogy, voices Vebthe strange pink slimy creature from “Quantumania”.

Star Wars

Those viewers who have seen “Star Wars” will surely find the Quantum Realm very familiar. It is full of elements reminiscent of the saga, from a futuristic bar with strange drinks, different species of beings in the same place, spaceships, a rebellion composed of several races who unite to overthrow an empire of expressionless and homogeneous armor… Even Kang the Conqueror himself, to hurt Scott, Cassie and MODOK, makes hand gestures similar to those of Darth Vader using force. Not only are there similarities in aesthetics, there are scenes from “Quantumania” similar to one from the beloved Galactic Trilogy. For example, when Scott and Cassie first encounter the rebels, they make Veb drink them while they circle and scream, which might be reminiscent of an Ewok-style ritual from the scene where Han is captured. endor.

Jimmy Woo Sleight of hand

In Ant’s previous installment, “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” we met FBI agent Jimmy Woo (Randall Park), who tries to arrest Scott for breaking his house arrest. During his isolation at home, Paul Rudd’s character learns to do magic tricks with a deck of cards, something that freaks Jimmy out, so he starts practicing too. In “Scarlet Witch and the Vision,” we’ve already seen that the agent had picked up skills with her sleight of hand, something she reiterates here in the way she whips out her credit card to pay for her meal with Scott.

Scott and Jimmy Woo’s food

Closely related to the above, Jimmy Woo and Scott Lang eating together is another easter egg, remember it at the end of “Ant-Man and the Wasp” Jimmy Woo she asks Scott out to dinner sometime. Ant-Man told him no, but eventually changed his mind.

the talking broccoli

Of all the strange creatures that appear in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”, there is one particularly curious: the talking broccoli man. While it’s not him we know, there’s a physically very similar character in the comics, Green Vegetable, a broccoli-headed anthropomorphic being who attacked She-Hulk on one occasion.

MODOK’s ass

As if it wasn’t weird enough to see MODOK without the mask due to the proportions of his face to the rest of his body, there is a brief moment where her ass is shown, when they explain the creation of the character. If you blinked, you might have missed it, but let’s face it, it has nothing to do with the Hulk’s butt in “Thor: Ragnarok.”

Charles McMillan

At the beginning of the film, on one of the shelves in the bookstore where Scott is promoting his book, the name Karl McMillan appears on one of the covers. It’s not a random name McMillan is the production supervisor of ‘Quantumania’ and ‘Eternals’.

Bill Murray’s character

Albeit for a short time, Bill Murray appears in “Quantumania” in the role of Lord Krylar. The character exists in the comics, but isn’t exactly the same. While we are told in the film that there was a time when Krylar fought against Kang’s oppression, in the cartoons, he is the leader of a group of assassins and mercenaries in the microworld of K’ai and, moreover, has green skin.

Victor Timely

In the second scene after the credits, we see a The version of Kang named after Victor Timelyalso a variant of the comics who, in 1901, founded a small town in Wisconsin of which he ended up being mayor.