Spider-Man: Homecoming - 45 Easter Eggs & References You Probably Missed

20. Mean Girls

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During the Academic Decathlon trip to Washington that Peter uses as a front to follow Toomes' gang, the finals that he's supposed to be playing a key part of for his school ends up going to a tie-break sudden death situation.

The question is asked and Zendaya's Michelle comes in with the hail mary answer of "zero" and the crowd goes wild.

It might be accidental - but then again few things are in the MCU - but it definitely feels like a call-back to Mean Girls, with the outsider coming up with the victory-sealing answer that happens to be zero.

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