History Fridge / GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2

** It actually was Peter's mom's car. In fact, there's a subtle hint establishing this: Peter's Walkman. It was made before he was born, in a time where it would have been readily available for her to purchase, much like the car. And, even more of a kicker, the colors of the Walkman are Orange, Blue and Silver. The same colors of the car, which also are the same three colors of the ''Milano''. This is also a brilliant fridge detail because those three colors appearing on both the car and the Milano, having come from the Walkman that Peter still carries as a connection to his mom, it shows that he has more of her in him than he has Ego in him.

** When Yondu comes drifting down out of the sky holding his Arrow, Peter snarks, "You look like Mary Poppins!". Yondu, not familiar with that particular aspect of Peter's geekiness, quizzically asks, "Is he cool?" Peter hesitates for a moment before saying, "Hell yeah, he's cool!" That isn't just him being polite -- think about ''Film/MaryPoppins''; Peter realizes that just like her, Yondu is a specially talented person who floated out of the sky one day to take care of and teach a neglected child with DaddyIssues by taking him on fantastic adventures. Mary was never really clear about her feelings, either. Yondu just taught Peter how to be a SpacePirate instead of a QuintessentialBritishGentleman. Unfortunately, Mary ended up having to leave the children she helped raise. Yondu embracing the name winds up being prophetic.

** Alternatively, one can consider the Sovereign to be the counterpart of HYDRA, as they are both [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-type villains]] with a cult-like hierarchy. Of course, HYDRA started out as ''literal'' Nazis, while the Sovereign were [[FantasticRacism Nazi analogues]] due to their [[ItsAllAboutMe arrogance]] towards other species. In addition, while HYDRA [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier prefers to]] [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron resort to]] [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD subterfuge and sabotage]] to achieve their goals (namely, by infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D.), the Sovereign are far too arrogant to dirty their own golden hands with that type of work, hence their use of mercenaries and {{Attack Drone}}s. Finally, HYDRA attempted to [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier replicate]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Super Soldier Serum]] by creating the Winter Soldier, while the Sovereign created [[ComicBook/{{Warlock}} Adam Warlock]] to defeat the Guardians.

** Alternatively, one can consider the Sovereign to be the counterpart of HYDRA, as they are both [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-type villains]] with a cult-like hierarchy. Of course, HYDRA started out as ''literal'' Nazis, while the Sovereign were [[FantasticRacism Nazi analogues]] due to their [[ItsAllAboutMe arrogance]] towards other species. In addition, while HYDRA [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier prefers to]] [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron resort to]] [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD subterfuge and sabotage]] to achieve their goals (namely, by infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D.), the Sovereign are far too arrogant to dirty their own golden hands with that type of work, hence their use of mercenaries and {{Attack Drone}}s. Finally, HYDRA attempted to [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier replicate]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Super Soldier Serum]] by creating the Winter Soldier, while the Sovereign created ComicBook/AdamWarlock to defeat the Guardians.

** Mantis parallels Scarlet Witch. Mantis is childlike and innocent and an orphan, while Wanda is jaded, traumatized, and has her brother. Wanda is a versatile telepath and telekinetic, with a wide variety of tricks, while Mantis is an contact empath with a small number of very specific abilities. Mantis usually wears green, and Scarlet, as the name indicates, usually wears red.

* Meredith and Ego die in similar ways. Both are killed by something being placed in their brain (tumor/bomb) by someone they love (Ego/Peter). They both are helpless at the end, unable to stop what is happening. And both, right before they die, reach out to Peter... who rejects them (one out of fear, the other hatred) before he is taken off planet by Yondu. Poetic that Ego's death so mirrors the fate he forced on the woman he loved.

* When Stan Lee is informing the Watchers, he talks about his time as a [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar FedEx delivery guy]], which canonically hasn't happened yet. Which immediately brings to mind two options: there are multiple guys who look exactly like Stan Lee and he was talking about another time he was a Fed Ex guy (which makes sense, since he's been seen in so many different places and positions it's unlikely it's the same guy) or he's just unbound from time and space (which also makes sense, as the Watchers have time and space manipulation abilities, he was [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger seen]] [[Series/AgentCarter twice]] in the 40s, and it explains the above plot hole). Either way, a supposed ContinuitySnarl actually makes perfect sense.

** The Sakaarans (who worked for the Kree) ordering him to turn on the Nova Corps probably hit a button regarding his DarkAndTroubledPast as a Kree slave, allowing him to wipe out all of them.

* When Peter interrogates Ego on why he didn't return for him and his mother, Ego responds that he didn't want to be on an Earth without her. Its an early signal that something is off about him, as Peter doesn't say anything about his mother dying before then, implying Ego had accurate information of when Meredith died because he killed her.

* The system used to travel through space isn't going traveling faster than the speed of light (like Star Trek or other franchises) but teleporting short distances. Not only is the a more effective way to travel through space (given the incredible distances) but its also a scaled-down version of the Bifrost! The ships are even surrounded in bright rainbows when they teleport. Another reminder that in this universe Asgardians are Sufficiently Advanced Aliens.

* Nebula being a bad liar makes sense, ultimately, because Thanos implies in Infinity War that he made sure his children were all bad liars so that they could never keep secrets from him.

* During the climax in Missouri when Ego's seed sprouts for his Expansion, think of what the overall reaction was and who could have died in it. People would want to know what had happened or why it stopped, this time unlike Thor in London and the Battle of New York they don't have the comfort of knowing that their heroes stopped it. They don't know it was part of a plan by a Living Planet stopped by the Galactic equivalent of the Avengers. The public and government would want to know what had happened and there might be government agents who would be investigating the site for who knows how long trying to find some sort of answer. Plus since the movie takes place just a few months after the first ''Guardians'' movie all the way back before the ''Age of Ultron'', who knows what the end result of the investigation turned out to be, especially since there had been no mention of it in Agents of SHIELD...

* Mantis does not know how to smile at the start of the film. She'd ''never'' smiled during her time alone with Ego.

* One that extends into ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar.'' Peter killing Ego [[BroughtDownToBadass had the side effect of making him mortal]] . Peter didn't really care because of the stunts Ego had pulled up to that point, but come Thanos getting those Stones, Peter becomes one of the first to go down - probably because, mortal or not, he's still a potential SpannerInTheWorks that Thanos would want destroyed ASAP.

* The teaser trailer famously used "Fox On The Run" by the Sweet for its soundtrack. The song has two interpretations that apply to Ego and Meredith. The first one is that it’s an unflattering commentary on groupies. The second one is that the title could easily refer to a man who impregnates a woman and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere runs away to avoid the consequences]]. Meredith is the “groupie” who fell for Ego. The lyric "Take a run and hide yourself away" applies to Ego, who impregnated Meredith and retreated to space, leaving Peter with [[DisappearedDad no knowledge of who his father was]].

* The teaser trailer famously used "Fox On The Run" by the Sweet for its soundtrack. The song has two interpretations that apply to Ego and Meredith. The first one is that it’s an unflattering commentary on groupies. The second one is that the title could easily refer to a man who impregnates a woman and runs away to avoid the consequences. Meredith is the “groupie” who fell for Ego. The lyric "Take a run and hide yourself away" applies to Ego, who impregnated Meredith and retreated to space, leaving Peter with no knowledge of who his father was.

* The teaser trailer famously used "Fox On The Run" by the Sweet for its soundtrack. The song has two interpretations that apply to Ego and Meredith. The first one is that it’s an unflattering commentary on groupies. The second one is that the title could easily refer to a man who impregnates a woman and runs away to avoid the consequences. Meredith is the “groupie” who fell for Ego. The lyric "Take a run and hide yourself away" applies to Ego, who impregnated Meredith and retreated to space, leaving Peter knowing who his father was.

* The teaser trailer famously used "Fox On The Run" by the Sweet for its soundtrack. The song has two interpretations that apply to Ego and Meredith. The first one is that it’s an unflattering commentary on groupies. The second one is that the title could easily refer to a man who impregnates a woman and runs away to avoid the consequences. Meredith is the “groupie” who fell for Ego. Ego impregnated Meredith and retreated to space, leaving Peter knowing who his father was.

* During the climax of the film, both Peter and Ego use their powers to create massive stone avatars. Ego's is [[ItsAllAboutMe himself]] but Peter's is ''{{Pacman}}''. Ego only thinks about himself, while Peter retains his ties to earth.

* During the climax of the film, both Peter and Ego use their powers to create massive stone avatars. Ego's is [[ItsAllAboutMe himself]] but Peter's is ''VideoGame/Pacman''. Ego only thinks about himself, while Peter retains his ties to earth.

** It may have actually been Peter's mom's car. In fact, there's a subtle hint that it might be her car: Peter's Walkman. It was made before he was born, in a time where it would have been readily available for her to purchase, much like the car. And, even more of a kicker, the colors of the Walkman are Orange, Blue and Silver. The same colors of the car, which also are the same three colors of the ''Milano''. This is also a brilliant fridge detail because those three colors appearing on both the car and the Milano, having come from the Walkman that Peter still carries as a connection to his mom, it shows that he has more of her in him than he has Ego in him.

* The reason behind Mantis' (attempted) turn wasn't merely that Drax was kind to her, she decides to do so after sharing his grief over his lost daughter. Because that shows her how a true father reacts to the death of his children and she realizes, at that moment, what a real monster Ego is. Also, he tells her that she reminds him of his daughter, being innocent. Mantis senses how Drax wanted to protect his daughter while reading his emotions, and how he wants to protect her. He's only known her for a few days, and Ego raised her. But it becomes clear to her that while Drax legitimately cares about her as a person, while to Ego she's just a "flea" who helps him sleep.

*** On Latinoamerican Spanish, they translated Yondu's affirmation of being Peter's daddy as "Ego may be your father, but I raised you" to make it clearer -- since grown up Latino men (and some women) usually don't use "papi/papito/papacito" (daddy) to call their fathers but their sons -or sexy young men- (in a similar fashion, "mami/mamacita/mamita" is more used to call your daughters or sexy young women).

** One of the aesops of the film is that there is a major difference between a 'father' and a 'dad'; a father being merely a genetic donor, while a dad is someone who raises you and is the stereotypical father figure.
** When Drax expresses his confusion when the group meets Ego, saying he thought Yondu is Peter's father, it was dismissed by everyone (and the audience) as Drax being... well, Drax. But upon recalling the Guardians' backstories, Drax is the only one who was a father and had a pretty stable family life before losing his wife and daughter to Thanos. This followed by his talks with Mantis about her being beautiful on the inside (well, in his awkward way) really suggested that Drax knew exactly what he was talking about, but wasn't taken seriously due to his lack of phrasing.

* When Ego is describing his contact with alien life with Peter, he creates a slide showing his human body meeting a small alien child as the music swells. The child statue does nothing but wave its doll about right before Ego admits he found the rest of creation "disappointing."

* In ''Vol. 1'', Yondu tells Peter "we're Ravagers, we have a code!" and Peter is very dismissive of it. It's likely that Yondu never ''really'' told Peter the code so that Peter didn't realize he'd violated it by abducting him. Alternatively, Yondu did tell Peter the code, and Peter never took it seriously because he knew Yondu had broken it by abducting him (while being ignorant of all the other children).

* Yondu has been exiled by the other Ravager clans for breaking the code. The crew that follows him now are either so loyal to Yondu that they accept being outcasts or are scummy enough that they do not care about the code. A fair number of his crew died in the first movie and the replacements most likely fit the "scummy" category. It's no wonder than that when Yondu is perceived to be weak, a mutiny breaks out and the loyalists are easily overwhelmed.

** Related to the above; Yondu, upon learning who Mary Poppins actually is, would have thought it ActuallyPrettyFunny. Peter was just thinking Yondu floating out of the air = Mary Poppins, but Yondu would have given Peter ''[[http://kereeachan.tumblr.com/post/160247990577/i-just-like-see-yondu-finding-out-who-mary so much shit]]'' for comparing his adoptive father to someone [[http://kereeachan.tumblr.com/post/160455123097/yondu-hey-quill-i-watched-that-mary-poppins "practically perfect in every way."]]

* Yondu's refusal to turn the Ravagers against the Nova Corps for Ronan's mooks from the first film makes even more sense after you learn his backstory; he was enslaved by the Kree to be a battle-slave. Due to personal experiences, he ''definitely'' refuses to aid anyone who abides a Kree scum like Ronan, and him [[OneHitPolykill killing the entire platoon]] was his way of flipping the bird to a member of his hated oppressors.

* The Fridge page for the first movie explains the similarities the team has to The Avengers, and that extends here:

* The HollywoodDarkness seen during the confrontation on Berhert is fairly justified by the planet's huge full moons, but it makes even more sense when you consider this: the primary [=PoV=] character for this scene is Rocket. Raccoons are nocturnal animals with amazingly good night vision, and as we've seen elsewhere in the series, being enhanced has not significantly affected his original species' natural abilities.

* I found it weird that Rocket was instantly able to use the Ravenger ship's [[BeamSpam unique weapon system,]] but then it occurred to me: Rocket was a genetic experiment made by scientists who would totally want to hijack enemy ships. He was ''made'' to be able to pilot all kinds of ships.

* One that extends into ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' Peter killing Ego [[BroughtDownToBadass had the side effect of making him mortal]] . Peter didn't really care because of the stunts Ego had pulled up to that point, but come Thanos getting those Stones, Peter becomes one of the first to go down - probably because, mortal or not, he's still a potential SpannerInTheWorks that Thanos would want destroyed ASAP.

* As noted by WebVideo/CinemaWins when Ego is expositing about himself, "If the guy I just met had an entire room dedicated to explaining his backstory with [=PS2=] visuals, I might question, #1, to have such a detailed and thorough setup, how many times has he done this? Which leads me to #2, why is he all alone? And that's all answered shortly."

* Fridge Heartwarming. It is implied during Yondu and Stakar's argument that learning about what happened to Ego's children is what convinced Yondu to keep Peter from him. There's a good chance Yondu found out about Ego's true intentions ''before'' meeting Peter. If Yondu had simply decided not to collect any more of Ego's children, Ego probably wouldn't think twice about getting someone else to do it instead. Yondu wasn't ''collecting'' Peter when he took him away. He was ''rescuing'' him.

* Back when the first GOTG came out, whining came from ''everywhere'' on how Quill's Walkman shouldn't have lasted a year, let alone be pristine twenty-six years later; the foam rubber headphones should have disintegrated within a month or so, and the batteries should have drained after less than a week. In this movie, the Milano crash-lands pretty damn hard, and Rocket is shown conducting repairs - by pretty much ''spray-painting'' the broken parts back onto the ship. With [[MatterReplicator that kind of technology]], maintaining and powering a metal-and-plastic analog magnetic media reader would be as simple as '''knapping flint.'''

* As pointed out by ''WebVideo/CinemaWins'', Ego's human avatar seems to have the ability to see and hear things across the entire area where he is. He's most likely listening to Peter and Gamora's talk on Berhert, which prompts him to not only play catch with Peter later in the film, but take the form of David Hasselhoff later. He's trying to find [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith things that Peter likes]] to try and manipulate him to his side.

* Mantis seems very timid and silent when walking with the group on Ego's planet, especially when Ego is showing his presentation. She's not being shy, she's ashamed of having to listen to Ego's lies for the 1000th time.

* Groot's Dancing: One I didn't get til I saw the Everything GREAT About Guardians of the Galaxy vol.2 video by WebVideo/CinemaWins, baby Groot stops dancing when ever Drax looks at him because he knows that Drax has great respect for the non-dancers where as those who dance probably have to work harder at gaining Drax's respect.

* Assuming Kraglin is about as old as the actor portraying him, he would have been a teenager when Yondu picked Peter up as a child, and probably saw Yondu as a father figure. This makes it more understandable that he sees Peter as the misbehaving but favored little brother who gets away with everything, even betraying Yondu repeatedly, while Kraglin stays loyal.

* And speaking of Mantis, it's no surprise Gamora does not want Mantis to read her darkest secret - because her darkest secret is that she knows where the Soul Stone is. No wonder Gamora is willing to break Mantis's arm to stop her from reading her mind...

* One of Mantis's stated powers is the ability to alter the emotional states of others: she can make someone happy and relieved if they felt sad or tense. Ego would want someone like Mantis around for very sinister reasons, more so than just to help him sleep. Most of the his children were probably like Peter Quill, sad and terrified little kids taken from their families by a bunch of nasty space pirates after suffering a horrible tragedy. Mantis probably alleviated some of those kids' fears and concerns after they were dropped off. As she grew up in isolation on Ego's planet, those kids would have been Mantis's only other friends. She probably played with them and helped them adjust to their new "lives" as Ego's kids, only to see him take them away after they were deemed "unworthy" and be left alone again. An even more disturbing and disgusting possibility is that Ego kept her to groom her via WifeHusbandry so as to see if she could eventually host him a Celestial offspring, just in case he didn't find Star-Lord.

* And speaking of Mantis, it's no surprise Gamora does not want Mantis to read her darkest secret - because her darkest secret is that she knows where the Soulstone is. No wonder Gamora is willing to break Mantis's arm to stop her from reading her mind...

* And speaking of Mantis, it's no surprise Gamorra does not want Mantis to read her darkest secret - because her darkest secret is that she knows where the Soulstone is. No wonder Gamorra is willing to break Mantis's arm to stop her from reading her mind...

* A cross of horror and brilliance. Of course, Meredith was the "one great love" of Ego's life [For the same damn reason [[UsefulNotes/JaneSeymourRoyalty Queen Jane]] was UsefulNotes/HenryVIII's favorite wife - she had the good fortune to bear the son he ''wanted'' and the good sense to die shortly afterward.

* "Sometimes the thing your looking for is right there beside you the whole time." Quill says this to Gamora as part of his ongoing wooing, but Drax takes this up as his search for a FamilyOfChoice. However, it also applies to Ego; The universe kept giving Ego chances to not be alone. And really that was what he was after in the first place. The tragedy is he didn't realize he could be happy. He knew he loved Meredith Quill. He knew if he visited her again he wouldn't be pursuing his plan. What he didn't realize is that he'd be doing that because he'd no longer need to in order to not be alone. He'd have fulfilled his original goal.

* Watch the scene where Ego's lozenge-shaped craft lands on Berhert. The hull of the vessel ''crushes'' a fairly large chunk of forest underneath it, even though it ''could'' have fit easily into the cleared strip left behind by the crash of the ''Milano''. Ego cared more about creating a "grand entrance", by landing his ship with the door facing the Guardians, than about trashing still more of the forest... which is an early hint that he's ready to write off the native life of ''every'' planet, to feed his own grandiosity.