10 Best NonSuperhero Movie References In The MCU

10 Best Non-Superhero Movie References In The MCU

Between Peter Parker’s endless pop culture movie knowledge and the perpetual nods to The Empire Strikes Back, the MCU is full of movie references.

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always enjoyed referencing other movies from the franchise. The movies are full of easter eggs and callbacks for eagle-eyed fans to catch, and it’s part of what makes rewatching them so much fun (especially if they make nods to infamous comics or even contain cameo appearances from the writers themselves).

However, the superhero movies are also filled with references to classics that aren’t part of the franchise. Between Peter Parker’s endless pop culture movie knowledge and most of the films referencing The Empire Strikes Back (1980), there are so many easter eggs to catch that cinephiles will certainly love.

10 The Big Lebowski (Avengers: Endgame)

There are loads of references in Avengers: Endgame (2019), but most of those movie references are to time travel films like Back to the Future (1985) and even Hot Tub Time Machine (2010). However, one reference comes when several of the Avengers realize that Thor’s physical appearance has changed and he has stopped caring about his looks or his hygiene.

In Endgame, when Thor never takes off his shades and starts walking around in a cardigan, which leads to Tony making a comment of how he looks like the Dude from The Big Lebowski (1998). Though, as Endgame depicted Thor drinking beer, it was a missed opportunity to not have one of those beers be a White Russian instead.

9 True Lies (Captain Marvel)

Captain Marvel (2018) takes audiences back to a much simpler time. Before every streaming service was paying hundreds and millions of dollars for Seinfeld and Knives Out sequels, people had to travel to Blockbuster and rent movies on VHS.

As the film is set in the ’90s, there’s a nostalgic scene that takes place in a Blockbuster, and there’s a cardboard cut out of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies (1994). True Lies is a ’90s spy comedy where the two actors play a husband-and-wife spy team, but Captain Marvel turns the duo into a one-woman show. Carol Danvers photon blasts Arnie’s cardboard head right off when she thinks he and his gun is a threat.

8 Metropolis (Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2)

Not many fans of the MCU would have spotted this reference in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), as Metropolis was released in 1927, making it almost a century old.

Metropolis is an ambitious futuristic sci-fi epic, and one of its most spectacular visuals in the movie is the gold Maria Robot. Ayesha, the High Priestess who attempts to take down the Guardians with her fleet of flight simulators, has make-up and a throne that largely resembles the robot from the movie.

7 This Is Spinal Tap (Captain America: Civil War)

As Peter Parker is just like any teenager who simply wants to watch movies, he’s full of pop culture references. From referencing Alien (1979) in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) to The Empire Strikes Back in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Peter is always using movies as examples to back up his plans. But there is another movie that Spidey references in Civil War that largely goes unnoticed.

Spidey tells Tony that his abilities go “all the way up to 11,” which is directly lifting a line from This Is Spinal Tap, the classic 1984 comedy. The movie is a mockumentary about a rock band and most of the dialogue in Spinal Tap was improvised. The line uttered by Peter Parker is one of the most legendary lines in a comedy movie.

6 King Kong (The Avengers)

King Kong has been remade several times since 1933 to varying degrees of success. For that reason, the scene of the ape wafting away airplanes on top of the Empire State building has become iconic.

It has been referenced in movies and TV countless times, and of the best comes in The Avengers (2012) when none other than the Hulk is imitating the scene. During the Battle of New York when Loki is invading Earth, Hulk finds himself on top of the skyscraper. He’s hanging on to it in the exact same way that Kong did.

5 The Empire Strikes Back (Guardians Of The Galaxy)

The Empire Strikes Back has been referenced over and over again in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In fact, it has been referenced in every movie in the franchise. For instance, Peter (Spider-Man) had been influenced to take down Ant-Man in the same way that the Rebel Fighters take down the AT-ATs in Civil War. However, the references end up going much further than that.

In some of the movies, somebody’s arm is usually cut off, just like Luke Skywalker’s arm did in the Star Wars movie. In Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), it’s Groot who gets his arm cut off. Not only that, but Guardians also see Ronan speaking with a hologram of Thanos, just like how Darth Vader speaks to a hologram of Emperor Palpatine.

4 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Spider-Man: Homecoming)

It’s no secret that Jon Watts was influenced by John Hughes-directed ’80s movies as much as any previous Spider-Man movie. Just like those ’80s flicks, Spider-Man: Homecoming is a coming-of-age movie about a teenager struggling with being just that.

As a homage, there’s a scene in Homecoming that is almost identical to the end of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) when Ferris is racing to get home before his parents. The slacker is jumping over fences and running through his neighbors’ backyards, being chased by dogs and getting caught on kids’ outdoor toys. The same thing happens when Spider-Man first encounters the Vulture, as he’s out in the open without anything for his webs to cling on to.

3 Men In Black (Captain America: The First Avenger)

Along with Chris Evans, Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) also stars Tommy Lee Jones, who plays Colonel Phillips. Paying respect to his iconic character Agent K in Men In Black, there’s a scene in The First Avenger that’s almost identical to one in Men In Black (1997).

Phillips pushes a red button on Hydra’s plane with the letter K on it and the words “do not push” in German. When Phillips pushes the button, it makes the plane speed down the runway. The exact same thing happens in Men In Black when Agent J pushes the red button in Agent K’s car.

2 Star Wars (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)

It’s revealed at the beginning of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) that ever since Steve woke up in the modern-day, he has been keeping a list of things he needs to check out that he missed out on. The list is full of music and food, such as Nirvana and Thai, but there’s also Star Wars on the list. The franchise is crossed out on the list, meaning Steve must have seen the movies at this point.

However, he didn’t seem surprised by the fact that Mace Windu looks identical to Nick Fury, the guy who recruited Steve and has spent so much time with him up to this point. There are a lot of plausible fan theories for a Star Wars and MCU crossover, and that could be one of them.

1 Point Break (Thor: Ragnarok)

In Thor: Ragnarok (2017), the password to unlock the Quinjet is “Point Break.” The password was created by Tony, which is a joke aimed at Thor for his uncanny resemblance to Bodhi. Along with Tony calling Thor “Lebowski” in Endgame, it seems as if the billionaire philanthropist enjoys mocking the God of Thunder for the way he looks.

It isn’t the first reference to Point Break (1991). In Iron Man 3 (2013), Tony and Rhodey eat seafood at the famous LA beachside restaurant, Neptune’s Net, just like how Bodhi and Johnny Utah did in the 1991 movie.

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