15 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed

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One of the first scenes is of a high-school designed tribute video to all of the Avengers who died in the last two films. And one of the images that flash across the screen is that of Captain America.

At the end of Avengers: Endgame, we learned that after returning the Infinity Stones to their original locations, Captain America decided to stay in the past and live a full, quiet life. By the time he reaches the present, he's an anonymous (happier) old man.

Based on the student memorial video, it seems that rather than explaining what actually happened, the Avengers had him officially declared dead. Probably, only a handful of people—namely Bucky, Falcon, and Banner—know the legitimate truth.

The big check that Happy Hogan brings to the homeless benefit contains the logo for Synchrony Bank. It's an actual bank that also issues a Marvel Mastercard, a cash-back credit card, in real life.

When Peter is packing his bag for Europe, we can see the initials "BFP" carved into the leather trim.

The bag probably belonged to Ben Parker, Peter's uncle. In every major iteration of the character, Uncle Ben dies violently. And Peter, who blames himself for the death, commits the rest of his life to fighting crime as a result. Thus far, the MCU has barely mentioned Ben Parker, so it's good to finally see some love for the character.

What does the middle initial "F" stand for? Probably "Franklin." There's longstanding speculation that Ben's comic book design was based on Benjamin Franklin, making this a cute Easter egg that nods to that theory.

One of Nick Fury's backup guys (circled above) is introduced as Dimitri, even though he doesn't talk or do much in this movie. Could this be a character that will become important, sometime down the line?

There is one important Dimitri in Spider-Man lore: Dimitri Smerdyakov, who is actually the supervillain Chameleon and a member of the so-called "Sinister Six." So don't be surprised if we see more of Dimitri, lurking in the background, in future MCU installments.

There are serial initials and serial numbers throughout the film, which reference key Spider-Man comic book issues. For example, the boat behind Ned in the photo above has ASM 212 on it. Amazing Spider-Man #212 is the first comic book where Hydrogen Man appears—appropriate, since they are on a boat in Venice, and are later attacked by a massive water monster. 

Later, when the students are running from a fire monster in London, one of the car license plates reads SEP 2685; the Amazing Spider-Man issue where Molten Man is first introduced. There's several more of these Easter eggs if you look carefully look in the background to find them all.

Peter Parker's U.S. Passport lists his birthday as August 10. According to Marvel.com, the first Spider-Man comic book issue was Amazing Fantasy #15, which was published on August 10, 1962.

Peter Parker is a Queens boy, through and through. You can see a pennant flag on his wall for legendary New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza, who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.

While Spider-Man is triumphantly swinging through Manhattan at the end of the movie, he takes a selfie of himself giving the peace sign. This is a clear reference to the PS4-exclusive game Marvel's Spider-Man, which has an entire, whimsical photo mode dedicated to taking selfies and touristy photos of New York City.

During the mid-credits scene, we finally see one of Spider-Man's classic characters: J. Jonah Jameson. In the comics, he's the hard-nosed news editor of The Daily Bugle, who hates Spider-Man but employs Peter Parker as a photographer. In Far From Home, he's reimagined as a loud-mouthed political pundit (which is similar to his trajectory both in the comics and in the Marvel's Spider-Man PS4 game). He's played by J.K. Simmons, who also performed the character in Sam Raimi's trilogy of Spider-Man films. Since he was the perfect fit in those films, there was no reason to fix what wasn't broken.

After the end credits, we discover that Nick Fury and Maria Hill were actually Skrulls the entire time(!). They foreshadowed this several times prior; they didn't know where all the other Avengers were when Peter asked them, which the real Fury and Hill would have known. 

Talos also interrupts Peter sharply when he brings up Captain Marvel, saying, "Don't invoke her name." That would be very odd for the real Fury to say. But since Captain Marvel saved Talos' people and reunited him with his family, it's no wonder she's viewed by him (and probably all Skrulls) as a venerated savior.