Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - 28 Easter Eggs & References Explained

How many Marvel nods did you catch?

by Ewan Paterson
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a tremendous, affecting love-letter to all things Peter Parker, and if you've been lucky enough to see it, you'll understand that that statement is reflected in pretty much every aspect of the film itself.

Whether it be the stunning animation, the wonderful performances or the very nature of the story, Into the Spider-Verse is a triumph of the superhero genre, and even, perhaps, the greatest Spider-Man movie ever made.

A slightly more obvious way of illustrating the film's admiration for Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's creation however - at least for the most hardcore of True Believers out there - would be to make note of the many, many Easter Eggs present within its 117 minute runtime. The film is jam-packed with little nods to the web-slinger's wider mythos, and even some that have nothing to do with him.

It's the same kind of meta-textual comedy that proved to be such a hit in The Lego Batman Movie, and it works just as well for Spidey as it did for the Dark Knight. So, with references to comics, films and TV shows aplenty, let's take a look at all the Easter Eggs from Into the Spider-Verse.

SPOILERS AHEAD!

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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.