20 Best Easter Eggs In 2016 Movies

19. The Futurist Is Here - Captain America: Civil War

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After Team Cap are captured and placed in cells on The Raft, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) comes to visit, causing Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) to sarcastically quip, "The futurist, gentlemen! The futurist is here!"

While this initially seems like an off-hand quip about Stark's previous attempts to "futurise" the world backfiring (namely the whole Ultron debacle), it's actually a thinly-veiled nod to Robert Downey Jr's first and only musical album to date, 2004's jazz record The Futurist, which released to mixed reviews.

While it may not be as geeky or fanboy-pleasing as other Easter eggs in the movie, it's definitely a lot weirder, and hilarious if you're aware of Downey's dubious flirtation with a second career.

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