Shout Out / Spider-Man: Homecoming

• Peter wears a "the physics are theoretical, but the fun is real" shirt, a piece of The Big Bang Theory merch.
• Beside the YouTube video of Spider-Man Peter is watching in class are thumbnails and links to videos from Waverly Films, the NYU filmmaking group director Jon Watts is a part of, and a video from alantutorial.
• When Peter is racing through people's yards and jumping over hedges and fences, it's a direct parody of the climax to Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Not only is this lampshaded by a pool party that is playing the movie itself, but Spidey narrowly misses a trampoline. One DVD ad takes it all the way by playing the scene with the music from the original added.
• Michelle is in detention even though she doesn't need to be. She's just being weird and drawing pictures, much like Ally Sheedy's character in The Breakfast Club. John Hughes' movies influenced this film, according to Word of God.
• The (alleged) Anti-Gravity Gun is named and shaped after the Gravity Gun from Half-Life 2.
• Karen is the name of Plankton's computer wife in SpongeBob SquarePants.
• The scene where Betty Brant turns down Jason Ionello in front of cameras broadcast for the whole school complete with close-ups of reaction shots on the boy's face recalls a famous episode from The Simpsons, where you could almost pinpoint the second where his heart breaks.
  • Another one to The Simpsons: Peter yells "Yoink!" when swiping a set of car keys on the ferry.
• For Michael Keaton fans, a brief shot showing Vulture silhouetted against the moon, mirroring an iconic moment from the 1989 Batman movie. The upgraded Vulture suit also has wings that resemble bat wings from certain angle.
• Ned pestering Peter with fanboy questions recalls a similar sequence in Hot Fuzz.
• During the Midtown High news report of the Washington Monument incident, Seymour compares the explosion and sparks to a Bon Jovi concert.
• The pre-titles scene introducing The Vulture and his gang prominently features "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" by The Rolling Stones, which also features in a similar sequence introducing the Hole in the Wall Gang during Martin Scorsese's Casino.
• Peter calls the Vulture "Big Bird".

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