Avengers: Endgame - 33 Easter Eggs & References Explained
17. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
War Machine and Nebula (Karen Gillan) head to Morag to retrieve the Power Stone before Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) does in 2014, and after they open the vault containing the Orb, Rhodey cautiously tells Nebula, "This is the part where spikes come out with skeletons on the end of them."
This is quite clearly a reference to Raiders of the Lost Ark, which of course popularised that very trope, while itself paying homage to the adventure serials of the early 20th century.
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