10 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About The MCU

As far as dream crossovers go, The Avengers and Indiana Jones is definitely up there, and fortunately for us fans, the two properties might be more closely linked than it appears on the surface.

At the start of Captain America: The First Avenger, Red Skull forcefully searches a small Norwegian town for the Tesseract, which he ultimately acquires. After opening its container and gazing into the bright blue light, he remarks "and the Führer digs for trinkets in the desert", a seemingly throwaway line. But what if it isn't?

As you might recall, the events of Raiders Of The Lost Ark and The Last Crusade found the villainous Nazis searching for two different trinkets - the Ark of the Covenant, and the Holy Grail - in the desert.

This has led to fans unofficially declaring that the two franchises exist in the same universe, with that reference to the Führer serving as a blatant nod to Indy's Nazi-filled escapades in the late 1930s.

Well what do you know, crossover dreams do come true... sort of.