Ant-Man: 13 Obscure Easter Eggs & References You Probably Missed

13. The Shower Scene

The shower scene that acts as Lang's trial by fire (well water) is a very deliberate reference to Marvel Comics Presents #11 when Lang is almost washed away by his daughter while trying to save her ring from the drain. But not only that, it also references another Ant-Man, in Eric O'Grady, who did what any reasonable person instantly given superpowers would: using them to spy on someone else's nudity.

In the case of O'Grady, in The Irredeemable Ant-Man, he shrunk down in order to spy on Captain Marvel having a shower, because that's just the kind of guy he is. That happens to be one of the most famous modern era Ant-Man stories (and one of the most memorable), and it surely can't be an accident that Reed encouraged the parallel.

And then of course there's the fact that Irredeemable's writer - one Robert Kirkman - is credited with Thanks in the final credits.