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

Spider-Man: Far From Home is making massive bank. Marvel projected that the movie would earn $125 million over the extended Fourth of July weekend. As of Friday, July 5, it's already made over $90 million, and Variety anticipates the movie will take in another $60 million over the next two days.

If you haven't seen it yet, get on it. This movie is better than Spider-Man: Homecoming, and it's a breath of fresh air; after the bittersweet, pathos-laden conclusion of Endgame, we needed some of Peter Parker's lighter, teenage hijinks. The action is peak quality. And there are at least three twists throughout the movie (watch all the way through the credits!) that will make your jaw drop.

Whether you're a first-time viewer (Ed Note: Spoilers ahead!) or you're going back to the theater for Round 2, here are the coolest Easter Eggs and hidden references we noticed in Spider-Man: Far From Home.

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.

In the first Sam Raimi-directed Spider-Man movie, Peter Parker tested his newly-gotten superpowers against a fighter named Bonesaw McGraw, played by "Macho Man" Randy Savage. In an early Far From Home scene, backstage at the homeless benefit, you can see a tacked-up wrestling show flyer, advertising appearances by both Crusher Hogan (the wrestler who Parker fought in the comics) and Bonesaw.

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.

When Peter starts building in Tony Stark's secret lab for the first time, Happy puts on AC/DC song "Back in Black." This is the same song that was playing in the first Iron Man film, when Tony was ambushed and kidnapped by the 10 Rings. AC/DC's "Shoot to Thrill" was featured in both Iron Man 2 and The Avengers during scenes with Tony Stark. Clearly, he has a thing for them.

Peter, however, is too young to know the band, and he yells out to Happy that he loves Led Zeppelin. Whoops!

There's a great Captain America moment near the end of the film, when Happy is defending Peter's classmates from Mysterio's drones. Happy sneaks them all into a safe room (which proves not to be 100% safe), but before the door shuts, he throws a shield at the drones. It's played for laughs; Happy does not have Super Soldier Serum in his body, and thus, the shield falls uselessly to the floor.

This movie continues the MCU Spidey films' use of The Ramones' music; the band, like Peter, is also from Queens. In Homecoming, we got "Blitzkrieg Bop." In the trailer for Far From Home, we got "I Wanna Be Sedated." And at the end of Far From Home, we got "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," which accentuated Peter and MJ's blossoming relationship.

They must be saving The Ramones' cover of "Spider-Man Theme" for the final Spidey movie.

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.

In the final clip of the end credits scene, we learn that the real Nick Fury is in space, apparently helping the Skrulls in some yet-to-be-disclosed way. Perhaps this is our first clue about the overarching narrative arc for the next several years.

Could Marvel be planning a modified "Secret Invasion" storyline? In that comic book arc, the Skrulls engage in a passive takeover of Earth by slowly taking the place of superheroes and mimicking their appearance.

Of course, the MCU Skrulls, unlike in the comics, are good guys. But that doesn't mean that one or more of them can't go rogue and cause considerable mayhem.