50 Super-Cool Details In Superhero Movies That You Probably Don't Know About

Iron Man's CGI mask has dust on it.

1. Avengers: Infinity War: Brunce Banner's reaction to Iron Man's suit.

(Infinity War) Bruce Banner's background reaction to Iron Man's new suit is priceless from MovieDetails

2. Wonder Woman 1984: elderly Etta Candy.

In Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) an elderly Etta Candy from the first film makes an appearance in one of the photographs at Diana's apartment. The actress Lucy Davis actually reprised the role in elderly makeup just to create the photo. from MovieDetails

3. Iron Man 2: War Machine's armor getting compromised.

In Iron Man 2 when War Machines armor is compromised the language in the suit changes to Russian from MovieDetails

4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Black Widow saves Captain America and Falcon.

Black Widow casually saves both Falcon's and Captain America's lives in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. from MovieDetails

5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Miles' spidey sense goes off later than Gwen's and Peter's.

In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), before meeting the other spider-people, Miles spider-sense goes off a split second later than both Gwen and Peter. from MovieDetails

6. Guardians of the Galaxy: The shirt Peter wears on the day he gets kidnapped is worn by Bereet years later.

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - Bereet is wearing Peters t-shirt, that he wore the day he got kidnapped. from MovieDetails

7. Thor: Ragnarok: The siblings unsheath their swords the same way.

In Thor: Ragnarok, Thor, Loki, and Hela all unsheath their blades in the same way, paying homage to their upbringing. from MovieDetails

8. Avengers: Infinity War: the scene in which Tony speaks to Pepper has the same score as the Captain America: Civil War scene in which Steve says goodbye to Peggy.

The score when Tony Stark speaks to Pepper Potts on the ship in "Avengers: infinity war". Is the same score playing as when Steve Rogers speaks to Peggy carter in "Captain America". from MovieDetails

9. The Mask: 10 minutes before the movie ends, someone says, "This party's over in 10 minutes."

The Mask (1994) - Dorian says "This party's over in 10 minutes." and starts the bomb's timer. 10 minutes later the movie ends and the credits roll. from MovieDetails

10. Black Panther: In once scene, Nakia, T'Challa, and Okoye are dressed like the Pan-African flag.

Black Panther Scene Representing the Pan-African Flag from MovieDetails

11. Shazam!: The Annabelle doll shows up briefly.

In Shazam! (2019) the Annabelle doll can be seen for a split second. The director, David f Sandberg also directed Annabelle: Creation from MovieDetails

12. Captain America: The Winter Soldier: The comic book writer who created the Winter Soldier makes a cameo.

In Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), the man on the far left is Ed Brubaker. He is a notable comic books writer. In 2005, he created the "Winter Soldier" character while writing for Captain America. from MovieDetails

13. Doctor Strange: There is a brilliant Groundhog Day reference.

In Doctor Strange, the live/die/repeat finale is hinted at early in the film, just before Strange gets in the car accident. When he picks up his watch, the face reads February 2nd. Groundhog Day. Which also happens to be the name of a movie about a guy stuck in a timeloop. from MovieDetails

14. Spider-Man:Homecoming: Michelle reads a book about an orphan who moves in with his aunt and uncle.

In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Michelle (MJ) is reading a book titled "Of Human Bondage", a story of an orphan boy sent to live with his aunt and uncle. from MovieDetails

15. Batman: The news anchor stops wearing makeup.

In Batman (1989) the news anchors stop wearing makeup after the Joker poisons beauty hygeine products in Gotham. from MovieDetails

16. Iron Man 3: Robert Downey Jr.'s face was CGI in the movie's final scene.

For the entire final scene in Iron Man 3(2013), a cgi Robert Downey Jr. was constructed by face-capture & vfx, imposed onto a body-double, because RDJ was injured in shooting. from MovieDetails

According to a statement released by Marvel Studios at the time, "Robert Downey Jr. sustained an ankle injury on the set of _Iron Man 3 _in Wilmington, North Carolina while performing a stunt. There will be a short delay in the production schedule while he recuperates."

17. Thor: Thor wears a name tag with the name of his human alter ego from certain Thor comics.

In "Thor" (2011), the T-shirt that Jane gives Thor to wear has a nametag that says "Donald Blake, MD", who Jane identifies as her ex-boyfriend. Dr. Donald Blake was the human alter ego of Thor in the original series of comics. from MovieDetails

18. Aquaman: Arthur and Thomas greet each other using a traditional Maori greeting.

When greeting each other in Aquaman (2018) Jason Mamoa and Temeura Morrison decided to do the traditional Maori greeting of touching noses, known as the Hongi, to honor their Polynesian heritage. from MovieDetails

19. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: There is a poster for a Shaun of the Dead sequel called From Dusk Till Shaun.

In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), you can see a poster for “From Dusk Till Shaun”, a sequel to Shaun of the Dead (2004). This was a real pitch written (as a joke) by Simon Pegg. from MovieDetails

20. Captain Marvel: One of Captain Marvel's possible suit colors is a reference to the DC character Shazam.

In Captain Marvel (2019), when Monica is changing the color of Carol's suit she first chooses a combination of red and gold, the same colors of DC's Shazam, who was previously known as Captain Marvel. from MovieDetails

21. Thor: Ragnarok: Hulk uses the word "I" for the first and only time.

In 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, Thor and Hulk argue. When Thor apologizes, instead of calling himself “Hulk”, Hulk says “I just get so angry all the time,” showing how Thor’s friendship brings out Hulk’s human side. This is the only time Hulk says “I” in the MCU. from MovieDetails

22. Captain America: Civil War: War Machine's landing shakes the camera substantially.

In Captain America: Civil War (2016), when Iron Man and War Machine arrive at the airport, War Machine's landing shakes the camera much more than Iron Man's, implying how much heavier his suit is. from MovieDetails

23. Watchmen: Early on, the movie shows Batman's original story changing.

During the 'Watchmen' (2009) opening credits, the original Nite Owl rescues Thomas and Martha Wayne from a mugger outside the Gotham Opera House, preventing the need for Bruce Wayne to become Batman in this universe. from MovieDetails

24. Black Panther: A ship looks like Black Panther's mask.

In the movie "black panther" at 1:43:07, the underside of the ship going above is the shape of the black panther mask from MovieDetails

25. Guardians of the Galaxy: Star-Lord's name is written incorrectly when he's arrested.

In Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), when the guardians get arrested, the Xandarian guards still wrote Star-Lord's name wrong. from MovieDetails

26. Also Guardians of the Galaxy: When Peter's arrested, you can see that apparently he has a translator in his neck.

In Guardians of the Galaxy, when Peter Quill is arrested, it shows that he has a translator in his neck, which is how he's able to speak to different alien species. from MovieDetails

27. Iron Man: It's implied that the arc reactor will be Tony's final creation.

In Iron Man (2008) Obadiah tells Tony that the arc reactor is his 'ninth symphony.' In the classical music world, there is a belief that after a composer writes their ninth symphony they would die. He was implying that the arc reactor would be the last thing Tony created before Obadiah kills him. from MovieDetails

28. Wonder Woman: Diana wears a blue dress in direct homage to the Wonder Woman television series.

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29. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Peter B. Parker's nervous system is illuminated when he gets electrocuted.

In Spider_Man: Into The Spider-Verse, when Miles Morales electrocutes Peter B. Parker, it illuminates his nervous system instead of the usual cartoon trope of his skeleton. Being much more scientifically accurate. from MovieDetails