Guardians Of The Galaxy: 15 Obscure Easter Eggs You Probably Missed
5. 12%
During a scene in Guardians of the Galaxy, when the titular team are gathered prior to launching an assault on Ronan and his forces, Peter Quill tells his comrades that he has a plan. Rocket laughs and questions Quill, who responds with the admission that he only has "part of a plan". Drax and Rocket then question what percentage of a plan Quill has, to which he replies "twelve percent", which brings about a mixture of laughter and understandable doubt amongst the titular team. This is surely a reference to the fact that, in the Avengers movie, Pepper Potts and Tony Stark had a little conversation in which the same figure was mentioned twice. Stark tells Potts to give herself "12% of the credit for creating Stark Tower, which slightly insults her, and she later throws the number back at Tony by saying that she was having 12% of a moment.
