Captain Marvel: 20 Easter Eggs And References Explained
10. Project Pegasus
Marvel Studios
When Carol and Fury set out to investigate what became of doctor Wendy Lawson, they head to a secret Air Force facility and discover she was heading up a research drive known as 'Project Pegasus'. We later discover that this very project was a front for Lawson's attempts to help the Skrulls escape from the Kree, but the name was nevertheless retained by S.H.I.E.L.D. during the following years.
Eagle-eyed Marvel fans may actually recognise the phrase from 2012's Avengers. During the opening scene, where Hawkeye and Fury are watching over Doctor Selvig while he works on the Tesseract, we're treated to a shot that shows the facility as Project Pegasus. The project is later referenced by the World Security Council, so the clues that Lawson was housing the Cosmic Cube were actually there all along.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
