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

13. Risky Business

Tom Cruise Risky Business
Warner Bros.

After Tony takes the suit from Peter, he goes home to concentrate a little more on being a kid, opening up emotionally to May about losing "the Stark internship" and crying for his lost opportunities.

She sets about getting him ready for his Homecoming dance, dressing him and teaching him to dance, and at one point, Peter slides across the floor in his socks with the camera framed by a door-frame in a loving tribute to Tom Cruise's entrance in this iconic scene from Risky Business...

It also looks like Aunt May used Cruise's moves here as some of the inspiration for her dancing lessons too.

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