Aquaman: 22 Easter Eggs & References Explained

13. Rusty Starfish

Aquaman Nuidis Vulko Willem Dafoe
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There are some weird lines of dialogue in Aquaman, though perhaps none quite as bizarrely off-kilter as when Mera attempts to convince Arthur to help save Atlantis and mentions that his former mentor Nuidis Vulko (Willem Dafoe) is also involved in the effort.

Arthur then refers to Vulko as a "rusty starfish", which if you're familiar with your Internet vernacular, has been a crude euphemism for the anus for, oh, about a decade.

A happy coincidence, or were Wan and co. sneaking a not-so-PG-13 gag in there? Jason Momoa probably ad-libbed it and nobody noticed, honestly.

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