Easter Comic How Do You Even Know Theyre Mine
Warning: This story contains spoilers through WandaVision episode 9, "The Series Finale."
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always loved an Easter egg, just WandaVision takes that tradition to an obsessive new level. Every episode of Marvel's offset Disney+ show is packed with hidden references and meanings, whether the show is paying tribute to famous TV sitcoms, calling back to other moments in the MCU, or sneaking in allusions to classic Marvel comics.
Trying to unravel all of the prove's hidden meanings feels a fleck like being Jimmy Woo, frantically scribbling on his whiteboard and trying to detect connections. Hither, nosotros're breaking down a few of the manyWandaVisionEaster eggs you might have missed in each episode.
EPISODE ane: "Filmed Before A Live Studio Audience"
—WandaVision'due south sitcom pastiche starts in the late '50s and early on '60s, riffing on black-and-white classics similar I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show . The latter is the most obvious source fabric, from the layout of Wanda and Vision'southward domicile to the shot of Vision phasing through the ottoman — a direct reference to Van Dyke's famous stumble in the Dick Van Dyke Show's opening credits.
—During the dinner party with the Harts, in that location's a lingering shot of the wine canteen label, reading Maison du Mepris. The name roughly translates to "Business firm of Contempt," which feels similar a distinct reference to the comic House of M. Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel's iconic serial is one of the most famous Cherry-red Witch storylines, following Wanda equally she suffers a mental breakdown and alters reality around her. House of M looms large over all of WandaVision, from the storyline to the visuals. (The shifting puzzle pieces of the stop credits fifty-fifty look a lot like Joe Quesada's famous House of M cover.)
—The showtime episodes make almost no mention of Wanda and Vision's life pre-Westview, just Wanda'due south joke virtually "my husband and his indestructible head" is a pointed reference to Vision'south death in Avengers: Infinity State of war, when Thanos crushed his skull and ripped the Mind Rock from his forehead.
—Numbers are a recurring theme throughout WandaVision, and one of the kickoff we run into is Wanda and Vision's address number: 2800. In Tom Rex and Gabriel Hernandez Walta'due south Vision comic series — another major influence for the show — Vision and his family alive at 616, a reference to Earth-616, the universe where nearly Marvel comic book characters alive. Might WandaVision be suggesting that it takes place in a dissimilar universe, Earth-2800?
COMMERCIAL BREAK
The first episode likewise introduces another WandaVision motif: in-universe commercial breaks. Every advertizement alludes to a major moment in Wanda's life, and the first one, an advert for Stark Industries' Toast Mate 2000, calls dorsum to Wanda's childhood, when she and her brother Pietro were trapped in the rubble of their babyhood home, adjacent to a blinking bomb. Like the toaster, that flop was manufactured by Stark Industries, and both feature a blinking red light. (It's also the get-go fourth dimension we see color in the heretofore black-and-white show — and it'southward no accident that it's red, the color of Wanda's powers.)
EPISODE ii: "Don't Affect That Dial"
Credit: Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios
—With episode two, WandaVision'south sitcom globe moves into the late '60s, taking inspiration from shows like Bugged and I Dream of Jeannie — two iconic stories about a magical woman trying to fit into a normal life. (Kathryn Hahn's neighbor Agnes besides has strong Gladys Kravitz energy.)
—This episode's opening theme vocal is another heavy reference to Bewitched, with its zippy melody and blithe mode. The animation itself has a few glimmer-and-you'll-miss-information technology references to moments from the comics, like fake ads in the supermarket for "Bova Milk" and "Auntie A'due south Kitty Litter." In the comics, Bova Ayrshire is a talking moo-cow who served as Wanda'due south mom's midwife, and Auntie A seems like a pointed reference to Agatha Harkness (more on her later!). The animated credits likewise briefly feature what looks like Grim Reaper's helmet — a foe of Vision's from the comics.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Our second commercial is a sleeky ad for a Strucker watch, referencing HYDRA baddie Wolfgang von Strucker. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, we learn that von Strucker is responsible for experimenting on Wanda and Pietro, which gave them their superpowers. (Also worth noting: The lookout's hands are over the numbers ii and eight — which makes this the second time we've seen those numbers in the show.)
EPISODE 3: "Now In Color"
—And so we move into the 1970s! All that forest paneling and the orange and teal color scheme make Wanda and Vision's new digs seem right out of The Brady Agglomeration or All in the Family. (That staircase is pure Brady.) The show even pokes fun at the archetype trope of trying to hide an actress' pregnancy on screen past donning oversized coats and holding random objects.
—The episode ends with the birth of Wanda and Vision's twins, Tommy and Billy. In the comics, the two brothers have a wild history, and they eventually become superheroes in their ain correct, known equally Speed and Wiccan.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
This calendar week's advertizement is for Hydra Soak, a bubbly bathroom pulverization whose logo has a familiar HYDRA octopus. The soap promises to help y'all "escape to a world all your ain, where your problems float away," alluding to how HYDRA'southward experimentation unlocked Wanda's powers and let her start a new life — or how Wanda has run away from her problems by escaping into the fantasy world of Westview.
EPISODE 4: "Nosotros Interrupt This Plan"
—Our start episode set up entirely in "the existent earth" reintroduces a few familiar MCU faces: Teyonah Parris' Monica Rambeau (first seen every bit a child in Helm Marvel), Randall Park's Jimmy Woo (introduced in Ant-Homo and the Wasp), and Kat Dennings' Darcy Lewis (from the original Thor movies). Notably, Park and Dennings are accomplished sitcom veterans themselves, thanks to Fresh Off the Boat and 2 Bankrupt Girls.
—Nosotros learn that Monica'southward mom, Maria Rambeau, founded S.W.O.R.D., and there'due south a brief closeup of her proper noun and her old Air Force callsign: "Photon." In the comics, Monica is a superhero who goes past several names over the years, but she'due south perhaps best known as — yous guessed it — Photon.
—Apparently Jimmy has been practicing his close-upward magic and has perfected Scott Lang'southward card trick from Ant-Human being and the Wasp.
—Too, shoutout to Jimmy for his methodical whiteboard theorizing. Not only does he point out the Westview anomaly'due south hexagon shape — a recurring motif seen throughout the show — simply he also wonders if Skrulls might be backside this whole affair, calling back to the shape-shifting villains (who turned out to exist not all that villainous) in Helm Marvel.
EPISODE 5: "On a Very Special Episode"
Credit: Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios
—Welcome to the '80s! Subsequently kick the episode off with a long, era-appropriate ballad, WandaVision moves into i of the genre's gilded eras, taking inspiration from the classic shows of the '80s and early '90s similar Family unit Ties and Growing Pains .
—Notably, WandaVision director Matt Shakman has a item tie to the era: He himself was a child actor, who starred on the Growing Pains spin-off Just the Ten Of United states.
—And of course, we can't talk most iconic '80s/'90s sitcoms without talking nigh Full House, starring Elizabeth Olsen's sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley. (Two famous twins, whose evidence is now beingness parodied on a show most multiple sets of twins. Meta!) The picnic shot in this episode's theme song is a particularly obvious nod to the iconic Total House opening.
—This episode also briefly introduces (and so immediately kills off) the canis familiaris Sparky — which is the aforementioned proper noun as the dog in Tom King's Vision serial.
—In that location are several fake credits that roll throughout the bear witness: Some of them seem to exist purely made upward, but others, similar this one, are packed with real names, referencing diverse Marvel crew members.
—Introducing… Pietro Maximoff! Evan Peters makes a surprise appearance as Wanda'south long-lost blood brother, but his casting has a meta twist. Peters, of course, played a version of Quicksilver in Fox'due south X-Men movies, while the MCU's version was played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Non only is Peters' involvement an obvious nod to that franchise, but information technology's too a commentary on the very nature of sitcom recasting: Call up of Aunt Viv on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air or Darrin Stephens on Bewitched.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
The commercial breaks return, this time hawking Lagos paper towels — "for when you brand a mess you didn't mean to!" This is a not-and so-secret reference to the get-go of Captain America: Civil War, where Wanda joins the Avengers on a mission to Lagos, Nigeria. While trying to incorporate an explosion and stop a group of mercenaries, Wanda'southward powers inadvertently bring down a nearby edifice, killing several civilians and sparking the Sokovia Accords — which led to the team's ugly breakup and the conflict between Captain America and Iron Human being.
EPISODE 6: "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!"
Credit: Suzanne Tenner/Marvel Studios
—WandaVision generally skips right over the '90s and goes straight to the early '00s, riffing on the chaotic family unit dynamic of Malcolm in the Middle. Even the fonts in the opening credits are a perfect match.
—This episode besides introduces a familiar Tv tradition: the vacation episode! Information technology'due south Halloween in Westview, which means it's fourth dimension for a costume change. Wanda and Vision claim to be dressing upwards equally a Sokovian fortune teller and a Mexican wrestler respectively, but any comic fan will immediately recognize those colorful costumes equally their original duds from the comics. Pietro likewise nods to his original look, donning a silver-and-blue getup and spray painting his hair silver.
—The adults aren't the but ones with meaningful costumes: Billy and Tommy also dress up in familiar outfits. Tommy (who becomes Speed) follows in the footsteps of his lightning-fast uncle, while Billy (who becomes Wiccan) puts on the blood-red cloak and thick headband he wears in the comics.
—While talking to Pietro, Wanda pointedly says the word Kick-Donkey, which happens to be the name of Matthew Vaughn's 2010 superhero movie — a superhero motion-picture show that stars both Aaron Taylor-Johnson (original Pietro) and Evan Peters (new Pietro). Talk almost a crossover!
—While the Maximoffs become trick-or-treating around Westview, we run across that the local movie theatre is currently showing The Incredibles (a picture show about a superhero family) and The Parent Trap (a picture about twins — and false identities).
COMMERCIAL BREAK
None of the commercials deal with particularly cheery events in Wanda'south past, but this 1 — an ad for Yo-Magic yogurt — is especially bleak. A young isle castaway is given a yogurt loving cup by a shark, only he's unable to open the gift, and he ultimately dies of starvation. This i's a little cryptic, simply it could be referring to how almost HYDRA volunteers died when exposed to the Mind Stone. Only a select few — like Wanda and Pietro — were able to withstand the experimentation, unlocking their inner powers.
EPISODE 7: "Breaking the Fourth Wall"
—For our final sitcom parody, we move to the belatedly '00s. Wanda does her best Julie Bowen impression as the show pays tribute to the fourth-wall breaks and confessional interviews of Modern Family. The lyricless theme song besides has a distinctly Modern Family unit vibe, forth with shows like The Office and Happy Endings (a prove that Infinity War/Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo and WandaVision managing director Matt Shakman all worked on).
—Accept a close look at the license plate in the opening credits: The numbers 12-28-22 represent Curiosity icon Stan Lee'south birthday.
—While wandering her kitchen having a mental breakdown, Wanda pours herself a bowl of "Sugar Snaps" — a reference to Thanos' universe-altering snap, no doubt. (The box too has a clown mascot on it, presumably alluding to the fate of the Due south.W.O.R.D. agents who got swept upward in the Hex and joined the circus.)
—Many characters speak and brand eye contact with the photographic camera in this episode, but at one point, Vision does his best John Krasinski and gives a knowing glance to the audition that feels straight out of The Office.
—Wanda and Vision aren't the but ones with superpowers: Monica'southward journey into the Hex seemingly rewrites her DNA, giving her the energy powers she has in the comics. While pushing through the boundary, nosotros hear audio flashbacks from Captain Curiosity , featuring the voices of Lashana Lynchs' Maria Rambeau, Samuel 50. Jackson's Nick Fury, and Brie Larson's Helm Marvel herself.
—In add-on to being a bona fide bop, "Agatha All Forth" pays tribute to the chilling sitcom themes of the past, similar The Munsters and The Addams Family unit.
COMMERCIAL Break
The final commercial is cheery promotion for Nexus, described as "a unique antidepressant that works to anchor you dorsum to your reality — or the reality of your choice." Information technology's an obvious reference to how Wanda has escaped into a false reality to avoid confronting her grief, but it likewise has a deeper meaning: In the comics, the Nexus of All Realities is a portal that leads to various realities and dimensions.
EPISODE eight: "Previously On"
Elizabeth Olsen every bit Wanda Maximoff and Kathryn Hahn every bit Agatha Harkness in 'WandaVision.'
| Credit: Marvel Studios
—Kathryn Hahn'due south Agatha Harkness takes the spotlight in the very starting time moments of this episode, every bit the familiar Marvel Studios logo turns purple to match her powers. Non only do we learn about her magical history as a witch in Salem in 1693, but we also go the story behind her brooch — which she took from her mother'due south desiccated torso and wears in every episode.
—This episode explains Wanda'southward lifelong obsession with the comforting powers of sitcom TV, merely there are also clues hidden in the particular shows she watches. The episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show she chooses is one of the show's about famous: season 2's "Information technology May Wait Like a Walnut." The episode follows Rob Petrie (Van Dyke) as he obsesses over a TV sci-fi picture about aliens invading earth through disguised walnuts — to the point where he starts to believe that his own family unit and neighborhood take been taken over. In the end, the false reality he'southward constructed in his caput turns out to be naught but a dream — sound familiar?
—The Brady Agglomeration episode Wanda watches likewise has a hidden meaning: It's the season 1 ep "Kitty Karry-All Is Missing," where Cindy loses her toy doll (whom she views as a existent infant). Might information technology be foreshadowing Wanda losing her children, who may or may non actually exist outside the Hex? (And on a lighter note, it'due south as well a callback to episode 3, where Viz practices his diaper-changing skills on a doll that looks a lot like Kitty Karry-All.)
—Color and costume choices continue to be important to this evidence: In flashbacks, we run into child Wanda and Pietro in their familiar color schemes of red and blueish silver. We also see Wanda's mom playfully put her hands over her eyes — which feels similar a nod to the "traditional Sokovian greeting" in episode i.
—Here's a deplorable ane: When Wanda storms into S.Westward.O.R.D. headquarters and uses her magic to scan Vision'south lifeless trunk, she tears up and says, "I tin can't feel y'all." It's a heartbreaking parallel to Vision's last words in Avengers: Infinity War, when she moves to destroy the Mind Stone in his forehead, and he reassures her that he doesn't feel pain: "I just experience you."
—The ruby-red middle Vision drew on the human activity to their Westview house pops up a few times throughout the series: First on the calendar in episode 1, and and then again on another agenda in the opening to episode 7.
—Wanda's Audi has a New York land license plate — with Stan Lee'southward familiar catchphrase "Excelsior."
—When Wanda get-go transforms Westview and sends the boondocks hurtling back to the 1950s, we come across a few key changes. First, when Wanda uses her magic to build the business firm around her, snapping bricks into place like puzzle pieces, that imagery looks a whole lot like the familiar aesthetic from House of M. Around town, an ad painted on a wall now touts another Lagos cleaning product that volition "Make cleaning a snap!" — yet another reference to Lagos, Nigeria, and Thanos. And finally, the local movie theater'southward marquee changes from maxim "Tannhauser Gate" (a reference to Bract Runner) to now showing the movies Large Ruby-red and Kidnapped — teasing that the town is now existence held hostage past "Big Red" herself, a.k.a. Scarlet Witch.
EPISODE 9: "The Series Finale"
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany as Vision in 'WandaVision'
| Credit: Marvel Studios
—And so the drape falls on anybody's favorite sitcom-obsessed superhero family. The final episode ditches the sitcom style for more traditional Curiosity activeness, but there are notwithstanding a few hidden references to catch — like that familiar movie theater marquee. The theater is now advertising 2013'southward Oz the Neat and Powerful. Which was directed past… Sam Raimi! Who'll be returning to the superhero world with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in 2022.
—There's besides another fiddling nod to Oz, when Wanda throws a car at Agatha and sends her crashing into a business firm. They're no ruby slippers, but Agatha's black boots certain bring to mind a certain Wicked Witch who had a house dropped on her.
—Speaking of the Sorcerer Supreme, he gets proper noun-checked in this episode when Agatha tells Wanda that the Scarlet Witch is even more than powerful than Bridegroom Cumberbatch'due south wizard. Elizabeth Olsen is confirmed to star in Multiverse , and the final credits scene shows Wanda taking a folio from Strange's, uh, book, using astral projection to report the Darkhold while her concrete torso is elsewhere. Agatha warns that the Scarlet Witch is destined to destroy the world, so volition Physician Foreign exist teaming up with Wanda — or volition he be trying to terminate her? (Also: Wanda'south middle-of-nowhere meditations are interrupted by the voices of her sons, crying out for help. I doubt we've seen the last of Billy and Tommy.)
—The finale's other credits scene centers on Monica Rambeau, who comes face to face with a Skrull bearded as an FBI agent. She informs Monica that 1 of her mom'due south friends wants to meet with her in space — presumably either Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) or the Skrull Talos (Ben Mendelsohn). Either manner, information technology's a setup for Helm Marvel ii, which is being directed past Nia DaCosta and stars Brie Larson's Captain Marvel and Iman Vellani's Ms. Marvel.
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