History ShoutOut / MarvelCinematicUniverse

*** A ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}'' machine can be seen standing in [[spoiler:the lair of the Lokis]].

*** It shows Marc's favorite movie is "''Tomb Buster''", which appears to be a mashup of ''Film/TombRaider'', ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' and ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.

** Toward the end, Cassie, Scott and Hope watch ''Film/{{Them}}'' (a movie about giant ants) on a portable computer, although reduced in one of Pym's cars to get the feel of an old-school drive-in.
*** Also, when Bill Foster is working in the lab and sees a bunch of ants, he shouts "It's them!".

* ''Film/BlackWidow2021'':

** When the Domo decloaks for the first time and only the front is visible, it resembles a monolith from Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, another movie about aliens influencing the evolution of Humanity.

** Kingo says he's getting a cameo from Music/{{BTS}} in his movie. The BTS song 'Friends' is also featured in the film.

** The first episode uses the same set design as ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', complete with the opening kitchen, the second homages the ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' theme, and the third homages ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' and ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''. The fifth episode's opening credits pay homage to ''Series/FamilyTies'' (the family portrait being painted), ''Series/GrowingPains'' (old photographs of the cast) and ''Series/FullHouse'' (running and frolicking in a park). The doll Vision practices diaper changes with in the third episode is Kitty Karry-all, Cindy Brady's doll.

* ''Series/Loki2021'':

** In Episode 1, Loki is called "that criminal with the blue box" by Casey, a description that is often used for [[Series/DoctorWho another time traveler]] with a less than stellar reputation with their own TimePolice.

** In Episode 2, Loki mentions an Asgardian saying that goes "Where there are wolf's ears, wolf's teeth are near", which is actually a line from chapter 19/20 of ''Literature/TheSagaOfTheVolsungs''.

** In Episode 5, Loki witnesses an entire warship being pruned by the [=TVA=]. The name on the ship's side is USS ''Eldridge'' -- the ship that inadvertently time-travels in ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaExperiment''.

* ''Series/Hawkeye2021'':

** The finale fight is set in and around Rockefeller Plaza, including the adjacent FAO Schwartz toy store. During the fight, Kate jumps onto a light-up floor piano ala ''{{Film/Big}}''.

* ''Series/MoonKnight2022'':
** In Episode 1, when Arthur goes on a diatribe describing "Avatars" to Steven, the latter is confused as to whether he's referring to the [[Film/{{Avatar}} blue people]] or the [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender "anime"]].

** In Episode 2, Steven tells JB that a jackal was responsible for the destruction of the bathroom at the museum. However, only Steven himself is visible on the surveillance footage, and JB compares the situation to '' Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''.
*** At one point, Marc tells Steven that his "Mr. Knight" suit makes him look like "psycho [[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken Colonel Sanders]]."

** Episode 4 shows Marc's favorite movie is "''Tomb Buster''", which appears to be a mashup of ''Film/TombRaider'', ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' and ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.

** When Steven first encounters "Dr. Harrow" in Episode 5, When Steven first encounters "Dr. Harrow", he mockingly declares that he looks "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons very Ned Flanders]]" after making note of Harrow's new haircut, glasses and mustache.

** In Episode 6, ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' appears on the movie marquee in town and that nod continues in Episode 9, when Wanda, Vision and the children strike a battle ready pose very similar to one taken by the Parr family on Syndrome's island in [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wv_as_incredibles.jpg as seen here]].

** Algrim, before his transformation, is a DarkSkinnedBlonde reminiscent of [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons an entirely different take on "dark elves"]].

** When people are trying to pull out Mjölnir from the boulder, it is reminiscent of the Sword in the Stone from the [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian Romances]].

'''Captain America:''' I do! ''[beat, while Cap proudly but shyly and adorkably smiles]'' I understood that reference.

* ''Film/TheEternals'':

!!TV series

** The episode set in TheNewTens takes obvious cues from faux-documentary-interview formatted sitcoms like ''Series/ModernFamily'', with its title sequence being a combined pastiche of ''Modern Family'', ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', and ''Series/HappyEndings''. [[spoiler: The ''It Was Agatha All Along'' outro is inspired by ''Series/TheMunsters'' and ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''.]]
** A marquee shown in episodes 8 and 9 is showing a movie apparently called ''TannhauserGate'', a reference to ''Film/BladeRunner''. Fitting for a series with a self-aware android.

* ''Series/Loki2021'': In episode 5, Loki witnesses an entire ship being pruned by the TVA. The name on the ship's side is USS ''Eldridge'' -- the ship that inadvertantly time-travels in ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaExperiment''.

** The title is a play on the 1985 spy thriller: ''The Falcon and the Snowman''.
** In Episode 4, Zemo befriends some children at the shelter by offering them Turkish Delight, in order to gain information from them. Much like the White Witch in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', offering Turkish Delight to Edmund to win him over to her side.

** In Episode 5, the Tracksuits try to cheer themselves up by rattling off other famous track suit wearers, including [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]]. Doubles as a CelebrityParadox, as Vera Farmiga (Eleanor) appeared in the Sopranos preview film ''Film/TheManySaintsOfNewark''.

** ''ShoutOut/{{Ant-Man|1}}''

** ''ShoutOut/IronMan1''

** ''ShoutOut/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''

** ''ShoutOut/AntMan''

** ''ShoutOut/TheIncredibleHulk''

* ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'':
** Peter wears a "the physics are theoretical, but the fun is real" shirt, a piece of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' 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 WebVideo/{{alantutorial}}.
** When Peter is racing through people's yards and jumping over hedges and fences, it's a direct parody of the climax to ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''. 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 ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''. John Hughes' movies influenced this film, according to WordOfGod.
** The (alleged) Anti-Gravity Gun is named and shaped after the Gravity Gun from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''.
** Karen is the name of Plankton's computer wife in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.
** 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 [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E15ILoveLisa a famous episode]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', where you could almost pinpoint the second where his heart breaks.
** 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 ''Film/HotFuzz''.
** During the Midtown High news report of the Washington Monument incident, Seymour compares the explosion and sparks to a Music/BonJovi concert.
** The pre-titles scene introducing The Vulture and his gang prominently features "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" by Music/TheRollingStones, which also features in a similar sequence introducing the Hole in the Wall Gang during Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Casino}}''.
** Peter calls the Vulture "[[Series/SesameStreet Big Bird]]".

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'':
** As with the previous movie, Peter Quill is a font of references for music and shows from the '80s and before.
** He had described ''Series/KnightRider'' at length to Gamora (who didn't get all the details straight, though to be fair to her, Peter was apparently drunk when he explained it), and how it inspired him to pretend for other kids during his childhood that Creator/DavidHasselhoff was his father.
** When Yondu uses his [[EnhancedArchaicWeapon Yaka Arrow]] to slow down his descent by clinging to it with one arm, Peter compares him to Film/MaryPoppins.
--->'''Yondu:''' Is he cool?\\
'''Peter:''' ...[[MetaphoricallyTrue Hell yeah, he's cool]]!\\
'''Yondu:''' I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!
** When Peter discovers he's inherited Ego's matter-shifting powers, he excitedly says he's going to make a giant statue of VideoGame/PacMan with [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]] and Heather Locklear.
--->'''Peter:''' I'm gonna make some ''weird shit!''
** Peter compares the UnresolvedSexualTension between him and Gamora to Sam and Diane from ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. Then, he says that it's not, it's a show where [[AgentMulder one person is willing to listen]] [[AgentScully while the other refuses to believe in anything]], [[Series/TheXFiles but that show doesn't exist]]!
** Gamora using the BFG looks similar to ComicBook/IronMan's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZgYa4hLi1s&t=3m33s Proton Cannon special attack]] from ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom''.
** At one point, Peter calls Baby Groot an "angry little tree", as opposed to a "[[Series/TheJoyOfPainting happy little tree]]".
** When Nebula attacks Gamora with the starfighter, some of the shots are almost identical to the famous cropduster scene in ''Film/NorthByNorthwest'' which James Gunn confirmed was the influence for the scene in the DVD Commentary.
** Immediately after the bomb destroys Ego's brain and kills him, his human avatar freezes and appears to turn into sand, then disintegrates away, like what happened to the [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010 Greek Gods when they permanently die]].
** Evidently, the Guardians have [[Film/ANewHope a death sentence in twelve Kree sectors]].
** That last BeamSpam against the Sovereign ships, considering their arcade game themes, is hard to watch without remembering the [[Film/TheLastStarfighter Death Blossom]].
** During the credits scroll, a picture of Drax gets a beard scribbled on him, and then another picture further down shows Drax wearing what looks like a dark suit or blazer. [[Characters/{{Spectre}} Mr. Hinx]] from ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', also played by Creator/DaveBautista, has both those.
** Sylvester Stallone's character says the line "You betrayed the code!" the exact same way he said the line "You betrayed the law!" back when he was playing Film/JudgeDredd.
** Ego's story of how he went to Earth in the 1980s, fell in love with an Earth woman and impregnated her with a child whom he tells her will serve a mysterious and grand purpose is basically the plot of ''Film/{{Starman}}''.
** During the approach toward his planet, Ego's ship briefly resembles the "smiley-face" ship from ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', which is appropriate with the whole 80s pop-culture spirit of the ''Guardians'' films.
** Drax states that The Guardians are a family and [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch leave no one behind]]

* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'':
** The T-shirt Banner wears (one of Tony's that was left in the Quinjet) has a well-known Patrick Nagel image on it. Nagel was an incredibly popular artist during the 80s.
** While Thor's tied to a chair, he's presented with a holographic backstory of Sakaar, with "Pure Imagination" from ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' playing at the background. At the end of the sequence, he's bathed in red light, screams, and suddenly finds himself in new circumstances, just like the end of the boat scene from that film.
** The ceiling artwork in Odin's throne-room displaying multiple scenes from Asgard's mythology is a clear {{Homage}} to the famous Art/SistineChapel murals depicting scenes from Christian scripture by {{Creator/Michelangelo}}.
** Korg mentions killing three vampires, which is likely a reference to another {{Creator/Taika Waititi}} film, ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows''.
** According to the commentary, Valkyrie's method of opening an alcohol bottle with a knife is an homage to ''Film/OnceWereWarriors'', where a character opens a beer bottle with a fish slicer.
** Parts of the prayer Thor prays for [[spoiler:Odin]] are taken from the movie ''Film/TheThirteenthWarrior''.
** Topaz's line "Tell her she's dreaming" when Valyrie demands $10 million for Thor is an allusion to ''Film/TheCastle''. "Tell him he's dreaming" is Darryl Kerrigan's stock phrase when advising his son Steve not to take up an offer in the classifieds.
** The scene in the end, when Thor takes his seat in the spaceship, looks a whole lot like the bridge of the ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 USS Enterprise]]''.
** Soundtrack-wise, two of the tracks on the Recording Sessions are titled [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} "You Gotta Get Your Right Hand Man Back" and "You Are the Worst, Burr"]].

* ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'':
** In the 1992 Oakland prologue, James, [[spoiler:Zuri's undercover persona]], describes the Dora Milaje as looking like Creator/GraceJones.
** T'Challa's version of the Ancestral Plane, with panthers sitting in a tree watching our Protagonist, has uncomfortable similarities to a DreamSequence in the 1982 remake of the film ''Film/CatPeople''.
** When Shuri shows the self-materializing shoes to T'Challa, she remarks that it reminds her of [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII an old movie]] their father used to watch a lot.
** When Okoye complains about her wig, Nakia tells her to not worry and to whip it back and forth like the Willow Smith novelty song “Whip My Hair.”
** Okoye scornfully describes guns as being "primitive", calling to mind [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. "So uncivilized."
** When Ross wakes up, he asks Shuri where he is. She replies, "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Kansas]]."
** Killmonger's primary outfit for a chunk of the film is a blue body armor with additional armor over his torso, which sports yellow shoulder straps, very much resembling Vegeta's from the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' franchise. [[spoiler:Additionally, Erik ''is'' technically a prince for much of the film. Vegeta famously boasts about his status as Prince of all Saiyans]]. Creator/MichaelBJordan is a [[JustForFun/OneOfUs proud fan]] of the series.
** The final confrontation features a brief lull where T'Challa shouts that Erik [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith will become the very thing he set out to destroy]].
** While Klaue waits for Ross to arrive and interrogate him, he loudly sings Haddaway's "What Is Love."

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'':
** Thanos's flagship Sanctuary II looks quite a bit like a [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Cylon basestar]].
** When Iron Man first goes up against Ebony Maw, he refers to him as "[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]]". In the French version, he instead calls him "[[Franchise/HarryPotter Voldemort]]".
** In the commentary, the writers specifically say the shot of Maw's hand being burned by the housing of the Eye of Agamotto is a ShoutOut to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
** Iron Man and Spider-Man blast a hole in Ebony Maw's ship and he's hurled into space, a deliberate Shout-Out to ''Film/{{Alien}}'', where the titular alien is killed in the same manner. During the scuffle on Titan, when Spider-Man encounters Mantis, he freaks out because he thinks she's going to lay eggs in him à la facehugger.
** At one point during the Battle on Titan, Doctor Strange briefly takes on a multi-armed appearance reminiscent of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}} Hindu god Vishnu's Vishvarupa form]] from the ''Literature/BhagavadGita'' to intimidate Thanos. Made all the more appropriate considering that Vishnu boasted that he was "time grown old" as he took on that form; Strange of course is the keeper of the time stone, which Thanos is after in that particular fight.
** Thanos is referred to as "[[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Grimace]]" by Peter Quill.
** The Russos are known fans of anime, and Thanos receiving the Soul Stone is a faithful recreation of [[Anime/{{Berserk}} Griffith during the Eclipse]]. Like Griffith, he sacrifices his loved one for power before sitting up in a shallow lake of water with the stone in his palm as a reddish solar eclipse shines in the backdrop.
** During the Battle of Wakanda, Rocket's cries of [[BadassBoast "Get some!"]] while fighting the Outriders back-to-back with Bucky recalls the helicopter gunner from ''Film/FullMetalJacket''; Bucky even at one point grabs Rocket by the scruff and spins him around in a circle for a better shot -- [[VisualPun like a helicopter rotor]].
** Creator/TomHolland improvised his last lines as Spider-Man; the English actor confirmed in an interview that "I don't wanna go!" is a nod to Creator/DavidTennant's tenth Doctor's final words in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'':
** [[TheNicknamer Tony]] cheekily compares Nebula to a "Blue Meanie" from Music/TheBeatles Animated Movie ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' in his recorded will to Pepper. In the French version, he calls her [[Franchise/TheSmurfs the Smurfette]] instead. He referred to Ant-Man as ''Literature/{{Thumbelina}}'' and ''Film/StuartLittle''. He also snarkily calls Thor (after five years of letting himself go and drinking like crazy) "[[Film/TheBigLebowski Lebowski]]".
** When Bruce and Rocket visit Thor in New Asgard, the latter initially thinks that it's someone to fix the cable. In ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' there's a scene in which the titular character, whom Thor now resembles, watches and discusses the intro of an adult movie where the male actor states that he's there to fix the cable.
** Thor's roommates Miek and Korg are playing ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''.
** The grand plan to jump back in time and snatch the Infinity Stones is referred to as a "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E5TimeHeist Time Heist]]".
** The cast mentions multiple TimeTravel works while planning the Time Heist, including ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', ''Film/TheTerminator'', ''Film/{{Timecop}}'', ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'' (specifically the sequel books, but that's not mentioned), ''Film/SomewhereInTime'', ''Series/QuantumLeap'', ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine'' and ''Film/DieHard'', only for Scott to remember that the last one isn't actually a time-travel movie.
*** Furthermore, whilst the movie goes to great lengths to lampshade that time travel does not work in the same way, the plot of the movie (particularly during the second act) borrows elements liberally from ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': both films revolve around the heroes [[BackToTheEarlyInstallment having to go back to events and locations from the past that are connected to them]], to retrieve one or more {{MacGuffin}}s, [[NeverTheSelvesShallMeet encountering and avoiding their past selves or (in Thor and Tony's cases) their parents]], in order to thwart a BadFuture caused by said {{MacGuffin}}(s) falling into the hands of the BigBad, and a younger iteration of said BigBad acting as a SpannerInTheWorks in the finale.
** When Tony checks on Rocket's repair work leading up to the Time Heist, he calls him "[[Franchise/RatchetAndClank Ratchet]]", to which Rocket annoyingly replies "It's ''Rocket'', not Ratchet!". Both are small, fuzzy, gun-toting aliens with an itchy trigger finger. Naturally, Creator/InsomniacGames ran with it and put up a "Ratchet, not Rocket" shirt on their store.
** Rhodey warns Nebula about there may be traps in the vault housing the Orb/Power Stone. There weren't any (aside from the shield around the Orb), but the traps that he thought of are lifted from ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
** Nebula, after reaching through the energy shield guarding the Power Stone, melts the synthetic flesh off her right arm, which now bears an ''exact'' resemblance to the T-800's metal endoskeleton arm from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. That scene is also similar to ''Film/IRobot'' where Sonny reaches into a forcefield to obtain the nanites needed to kill the BigBad.
** Joe Russo revealed in an Empire podcast episode that the scene where Thanos sits talking on a stump while Tony, Steve and Thor approach is an homage to ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest''.
** Thanos's double-bladed sword, which can be hurled like a giant shuriken/buzzsaw through his enemies and then returns to his hand on command, resembles and functions almost ''exactly'' like the similar sword wielded by Tessai the rock-monster from the 1993 anime classic ''Anime/NinjaScroll''.
** Iron Man being the one to deliver the finishing blow against Thanos may be a reference to the fact that the villains first appearance was in an Iron Man comic book.
** The animation of the Leviathan about to devour Rocket right before getting turned to dust by Tony's snap [[https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/dt0zad/did_anyone_else_catch_this_visual_reference_to/ looks exactly like]] the animation of the holographic ''Jaws'' advertisement attacking Marty in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''.
** In an interview with [=SModcast=], writers Markus and [=McFeely=] revealed that the credits with the signatures of the original five Avengers is a shout-out to the credits of ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''.

** [[TheNicknamer Tony]] cheekily compares Nebula to a "Blue Meanie" from Music/TheBeatles Animated Movie ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' in his recorded will to Pepper. In the French version, he calls her [[Franchise/TheSmurfs the Smurfette]] instead. He referred to Ant-Man as ''Literature/Thumbelina'' and ''Film/StuartLittle''. He also snarkily calls Thor (after five years of letting himself go and drinking like crazy) "[[Film/TheBigLebowski Lebowski]]".

** Korg mentions killing three vampires, which is likely a reference to another {{Creator/Taika Waititi}} film, {{Film/What We Do in the Shadows}}.

** When Bruce and Rocket visit Thor in New Asgard, the latter initially thinks that it's someone to fix the cable. In ''The Big Lebowski'' there's a scene in which the titular character, whom Thor now resembles, watches and discusses the intro of an adult movie where the male actor states that he's there to fix the cable.
** Also, Thor's roommates Miek and Korg are playing ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''.