Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2: 35 Easter Eggs & References You Must See

28. The Trash Panda Meme

Trash Panda Meme
Reddit

Clearly, James Gunn is a fan of Reddit.

Back in 2014, Redditor CarlPeligro rebranded raccoons forever, by commenting on a photo of a raccoon with the immortal line: "Raccoons = trash pandas."

Thanks to him, Reddit, Imgur and Instagram users have appropriated the new name for the animals (including an entire sub-Reddit dedicated to them). And now it's officially part of the MCU too.

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