10 Blatant Fan Service Movie Moments

10. Captain America Punches Out Hitler - The First Avenger

Captain America: The First Avenger is a film chockablock full of fan service. From the Human Torch cameo (which is a wink to the film's lead), to the Winter Soldier hints, the entire movie is just a loving hug from comic books to you.

And most of it works great. Until it doesn't. See, the first ever comic cover of Captain America featured the titular character punching out Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. This was before the US was fighting the Nazis in World War II. It was so controversial it lead to the creators getting death threats. It's probably the most recognizable comic cover ever (aside from, maybe, Superman's first book).

But the film wanted to stay away from Nazis, for obvious reasons, so how to pay homage to this cover? By making the fan service itself fan service.

Instead of having Cap hit Hitler in the face, it has Cap go on tour, selling war bonds, socking an actor dressed as Hitler in the face. Over and over and over.

It's such a blatant bit of fan service that the movie itself needed to turn itself into fan service. It's like the holy grail of fan service.