Deadpool & Wolverine: 100 Marvel Easter Eggs & References Explained

Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Deadpool & Wolverine


Summary

  • Deadpool & Wolverine features over 100 Easter eggs from the MCU and Fox universes, making it a love letter to superhero movies in general.
  • The film includes Deadpool humming the MCU fanfare, references to Disney’s Fox purchase, and a multiverse adventure full of major cameos.
  • The movie includes Wade’s hunts for Wolverine variants, encounters with the TVA, multiple X-Men villains, and a battle against the entire Deadpool Corps filled with cameos at the film’s end.


Deadpool & Wolverine literally has over 100 different Easter eggs, references, and cameos. The latest entry into the expansive MCU, Deadpool & Wolverine is a wild and unhinged multiversal adventure starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, while also being a genuine love letter to the Marvel movies produced by 20th Century Fox as well as to superhero movies in general. To that end, there’s a non-stop legion of exciting eggs and references to be enjoyed.

Needing a variant Wolverine to save his universe, Deadpool’s desperately trying to save those he cares about before a faction of the Time Variance Authority destroys his entire reality. This results in an epic adventure for Deadpool & Wolverine, which sees the dynamic duo interacting with major elements from the MCU, Fox’s X-Men universe, and beyond. As such, here are all the Easter eggs, references, and cameos we managed to find in Marvel’s new Deadpool & Wolverine.



100 Deadpool Hums MCU Fanfare

Beginning of Movie

The movie begins not only with a shot of Deadpool within the classic Marvel Studios animated logo, but also with Deadpool himself humming along to the epic fanfare that has played before MCU films since 2016.

99 Disney Purchasing Fox

Marvel Studios Got The X-Men Rights in 2019

Screen Rant reveals the news that Disney has bought Fox

Deadpool briefly goes over the very real possibility that a third Deadpool movie might not have happened, due to Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox back in 2019 with the X-Men rights going back to Marvel Studios. Thankfully, it all worked out.


98 Desecrating Loganโ€™s Grave

Wade Digs Up Wolverine’s Adamantium Bones

Laura walks away from Wolverine grave in Logan

Deadpool addressed the concerns about how the new movie would respect the legacy of Logan by shockingly desecrating Wolverine’s grave, appearing just as it did in the 2017 movies with the cross Laura Kinney leaned on its side to become an iconic X.

97 Various Crimes Against The Sacred Timeline

Deadpool 2’s Post-Credits

Deadpool using the time travel watch in Deadpool 2

The TVA arrives to arrest Deadpool, citing his various crimes against the Sacred Timeline, many of which come from Deadpool 2’s post-credits scene when Wade rewrote time to save his friends and loved ones.


96 207 Bones Gossip Girl Joke

Referencing Blake Lively

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Custom image by Yeider Chacon.

Before Deadpool uses Logan’s adamantium bones as weapons, he confirms that while there are 206 bones in the human body, he has 207 when he watches Gossip Girl (starring Reynolds’ wife Blake Lively).

95 Avengers Compound

Sacred Timeline on Earth-616

An aerial shot of Avengers Compound during the day

Rewinding before his battle with the TVA, Wade is seen at the Avengers Compound on Earth-616, interviewing for a position with the Avengers back in 2018, presumably before the events of Avengers: Infinity War.


94 Happy Hogan Cameo

Deadpool’s Avengers Interview

Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan smiling in Spider-Man Far From Home

Deadpool’s interview is with none other than Jon Favreau’s Happy Hogan who briefly cameos in the new Marvel movie (his 9th MCU appearance).

93 Stark Tower With Hulk Hands

Smash- What Now?

Stark Tower in The Avengers

During his interview, Deadpool reveals that he’s been to Stark Tower while wearing Hulk hands (and performing some NSFW acts).

92 Every Easter Egg in Happy Hogan’s Office

Tons of Memorabilia From Past MCU Movies


Happy’s office is full of relics and iconic props from past MCU movies. Here’s a full list of everything that can be found:

Every Easter Egg in Happy Office

Captain America Shield Prototype Iron Man 2

Pepper Potts Forbes Magazine Cover

Agent Coulsonโ€™s Captain America Cards

Mark 2 Iron Man Helmet

Engraved Arc Reactor From First Iron Man

Tony Stark and Peter Parker Photo (Covered By Kids Iron Man Helmet)

Ultron Iron Man Mask

Iron Man Mark V Briefcase

Stark Expo Poster (1943)


One of the most creative eggs is the photo of Tony Stark with Peter Parker first seen in Endgame, though Spider-Man is blocked by a toy Iron Man helmet, the very same worn by the kid from Iron Man 2 who retroactively became a young Parker. As such, it’s a clever way to feature Tom Holland’s Webslinger while also dodging licensing issues with Sony.

91 X-Force and Cable

Didn’t Test Well With Focus Groups

Cable with his weapons in Deadpool 2

Deadpool confirms that X-Force and Cable didn’t test well with focus groups, seemingly his explanation as to why they’re not featured as heavily in Deadpool & Wolverine (and in Cable’s case not at all).


90 Earth-10005

The Fox X-Men Universe

Most of the cast of the Fox X-Men movies flanked by images of the Avengers.

The Fox universe receives its official multiversal designation as Earth-10005.

89 โ€œSugarbearโ€

Peter’s Deadpool 2 Nickname

Deadpool saving Peter in Deadpool 2's post-credits scene

Wade calls Peter “Sugarbear”, the same nickname he gave Peter in Deadpool 2.

88 Deadpool 1 & 2 Cast

Wade’s Birthday Party

Deadpool with Blind Al and Buck in Deadpool and Wolverine trailer


The majority of the characters from Deadpool & Deadpool 2 are featured at Wade’s birthday party. This includes Vanessa, Colossus, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Yukio, Blind Al, Buck, Dopinder, and Shatterstar.

87 No Speaking Lines For Buck

Referencing Deadpool 2

deadpool buck

Deadpool still won’t let Buck have any speaking lines, having messed up his one line in Deadpool 2.

86 “Hi Yukio”

Running Deadpool 2 Joke

Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Yukio celebrate at Wade's party in Deadpool and Wolverine

Deadpool really does enjoy saying Yukio’s name, and the running gag continues in Deadpool & Wolverine.


85 Do You Want To Build a Snowman?

From Disney’s Frozen

Frozen Anna Knocking on Elsaโ€™s Door Do You Want To Build A Snowman

A great joke based on a real-life note from Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, cocaine was seemingly off-limits for the movie. As such, Deadpool declines all of Blind Al’s offers to do coke even with her special nicknames, including “Do You Want To Build A Snowman”, referencing Disney’s Frozen.

84 Great British Bake-Off

A Conversation With Colossus

Cutting cake on The Great British Bake Off

During Wade’s party, Colossus shares that he’s been watching The Great British Bake-Off, a show that Deadpool claims got him through some very dark times.


83 Just Call Me Angel – Nina Simone

Plays During Wade’s Party

Deadpool shooting gun in 2016 film

The opening song from the first Deadpool, Nina Simone’s “Just Call Me Angel”, can be heard playing during Wade’s party.

82 Captain America MCU Scenes

Courtesy Of The TVA

Wade Wilson Salutes Captain America Footage at the TVA in Deadpool & Wolverine Trailer

Recruiting by the TVA, several of the monitors playing scenes from the MCU are heavily focused on Chris Evans’ Captain America. Not only does this tee up a key twist later in the movie, but it also ties into Deadpool’s canonical love for Steve Rogers in the comics.


81 Thor Holds Deadpool

A Potential Secret Wars Tease

Chris Hemsworth's Thor in Thor: The Dark World and Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool in Deadpool & Wolverine
Custom image by Felipe Rangel

One monitor uses repurposed footage from Thor: The Dark World with the God of Thunder holding Deadpool instead of Loki. Teased by Mister Paradox to be a moment from the distant future, it could be a future scene from Avengers: Secret Wars.