10 Awesome Easter Eggs You May Have Missed In Deadpool 2

Deadpool 2 is finally here and, as you might expect, it's bulging with easter eggs. Of course, most superhero movies feature a whole lot of easter eggs and references to the comic books they're based on and maybe other films in the same franchise, so this might not sound like anything too surprising. Deadpool 2, however, is on a completely different level. Due to its fourth-wall breaking nature and the quip-happy tendencies of its titular character, the pic takes aim at every major superhero franchise there is, makes fun of various other famous movies along the way and, of course, also drops in a lot of jokes that will make comic book readers laugh out loud but possibly sail over the heads of general audiences. So, on that note, here are 10 of the funniest, most shocking and all-round best easter eggs to be found in the Merc with a Mouth's very own sequel. Obviously, we'll be going into full spoiler territory here, so proceed with caution. If you're channeling your inner Wade Wilson and throwing caution to the wind, though, then go ahead and click that "Next Page" button to get started! Spoiler Alert: Logan Dies Deadpool 2 begins with a reminder of what happened in the last movie released in the X-Men universe - so if you're not up to date then you're going to get a massive spoiler as soon as you sit down for this one. The film begins with a music box featuring a mini Logan spinning around on top, as he's pinned to a rock by a metal bar going through his chest. This, of course, recreates the death of Hugh Jackman's long-running icon, as seen in last year's Logan. In case you didn't get it, Deadpool's voiceover then reminds us that Logan died in his last movie, which means that he has to find a way to up the ante in this film. Wolvie appears later on in the pic, too, in the unlikely form of a box of cereal. A kid at the mutant orphanage is eating some Hero Cereal which sports Logan's visage on the front. Although, Deadpool just can't resist covering it with his signature - signing it "Ryan Reynolds." The Essex Home For Mutant Rehabilitation Remember when the end of X-Men: Apocalypse teased the incoming arrival of ubervillain Mr. Sinister? The post-credits scene featured a vial of Wolverine's blood being retrieved from Alkali Lake by a mysterious representative of EssexCorp. We assumed this tease would be followed up in Logan, but Sinister never showed himself. The mystery is further fueled in Deadpool 2, as Russell Collins AKA Firefist was raised in the Essex Home for Mutant Rehabilitation, a cruel orphanage in which the mutant children are abused and tortured because of their abilities. Yup, sounds like something evil old Nathaniel Essex would endorse. This in an unusual easter egg for the Deadpool movies as it furthers the ongoing bigger picture of the X-Men universe. It'd been theorized beforehand that Sinister might make actually his proper debut in this film, and though that didn't turn out to be the case, this is still a fun reminder that he's out there somewhere. Even if the villain won't show up in The New Mutants, either. Cable Connections Josh Brolin makes his debut as Cable in Deadpool 2 and the pic has a lot of fun playing with the filmography of the actor himself and the character's comic book history. Nickname-wise, Deadpool calls the cyborg from the future a few memorable insults throughout the movie, including "John Connor" - an obvious reference to the Terminator franchise - and "One-eyed Willy." This was the pirate from The Goonies, the classic 80s film which Brolin starred in as a teen. When describing Cable to his X-Force teammates, meanwhile, Deadpool calls him short at 5"11 and not tall like in the comics. This is a joke that those who read the source material will get, as Cable's said to be a towering 6"10 on the page. As for the character's backstory, Deadpool 2 stops short of digging into the hugely convoluted life of Cable from the comics - there's no mention of the fact that's he's Cyclops' son, for one. However, we do find out that his daughter is named Hope towards the end of the film. Hope Summers is the Mutant Messiah in the comics and an important character in the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline. X-Force Despite all the talk of Deadpool 2 setting up a spinoff X-Force franchise, the introduction of the mutant team is actually played as a joke. As soon as they embark on their first mission, just about every member of the group is wiped out in hilariously gruesome ways. Nonetheless, the characters that Deadpool recruits for his team are pretty faithful to the comics. Bedlam (Terry Crewes) and Zeitgeist (Bill Skasgard) both sport the same powers as their counterparts from the source material, for example. Shatterstar is the most fun, though. The movie even goes so far as to reveal that Lewis Tan's character is an alien from Mojoworld! This makes him the first alien we've encountered in the X-Men films, preempting the expected arrival of the Skrulls in Dark Phoenix. The creator of the X-Force also gets a tongue-in-cheek nod. When Deadpool can't get a grip on what Domino's luck powers actually are, he jokes that they sound like they were created by someone who couldn't draw feet. Domino and the rest of the team were created by comic book writer and artist Rob Liefeld, who infamously has a, uh, unique understanding of the human anatomy. Finally, when he's roasted by Russell in the third act, Deadpool's red suit becomes grey - making it a match for the darkened costume he wore during his stint as a member of the X-Force in the comics. Vanishing Brad Pitt In the most unexpected, high-profile cameo in a superhero movie since, uh, last November, Deadpool 2 gives Matt Damon's surprise role in Thor: Ragnarok a run for its money by getting none other than Brad Pitt to turn up for a split second. One of Wade's X-Force team members is The Vanisher, an invisible man who isn't seen until his death, when he jumps out of a helicopter and parachutes his way onto a phone line. As the electricity lights him up, his true form is revealed as the famed Hollywood star. You might remember that Pitt was in the running to play Cable last year, but he had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. He's a good friend of director David Leitch, however, so when it came to the reshoots, he was able to drop by and film this hilarious cameo. If you're wondering, The Vanisher isn't actually an X-Force member in the comics. He's a villain who can teleport rather than turn himself invisible. The fact that an A-lister like Pitt showed up for a few seconds to play a bargain bin Marvel comics character, then, is just another reminder that superhero fans have never had it so good. It's The X-Men! The first Deadpool featured a great joke in which Wade Wilson visits the X-Mansion and only encounters Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead. "Why is it only always the two of you? It's like the studio can't afford anyone else?" he says. In Deadpool 2, that joke's turned on its head - resulting in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo from some actual, bonafide X-Men. Once again, Deadpool visits his old allies at Professor X's house and complains that there aren't any other familiar X-Men characters around. As he says this, a door opens behind him, revealing Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Quicksilver (Even Peters) and Xavier (James McAvoy) for a split second before the door's closed again. It's a brilliant moment - presumably made possible thanks to Dark Phoenix being in production at the same time as this film. While in the mansion, Deadpool also can't resist some more jokes at the Prof's expense. He drives around in his wheelchair for a while and dons the Cerebro headpiece, breaking continuity by using it to see into the future and mentioning that it "smells like Patrick Stewart." Nothing Can Stop The Juggernaut There'd been rumours that Juggernaut was going to make his long-awaited return to the X-Men franchise in Deadpool 2 for a while and sure enough, the big guy appears in the form of an enormous CGI creation that's much closer to the comics character than Vinnie Jones' interpretation from X-Men: The Last Stand. It turns out Deadpool's a massive fan of Cain Marko, as he refers to him as his "favourite Marvel character" at one stage. He also lists off numerous X-Men comic issues when encountering him for the first time. When about to face him again later on in the film, Wade comments that "nothing can stop the Juggernaut." This is the title of an iconic two-part comic story which saw Spider-Man battle the X-Men villain (see The Amazing Spider-Man #229-230). The film even alludes to Juggernaut's complicated backstory. Russell chats with his new pal before they attack the orphanage, enquiring about why he wears his helmet. It's revealed that he wears it to stop his brother from reading his mind. Juggernaut concurs and says that it's a fair trade as his brother's in a wheelchair. He's indeed referring to Professor X, as the pair are stepbrothers in the comics. Mocking The MCU As the X-Men universe's rival superhero franchise, Deadpool 2 can't resist poking fun at the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with many of the Avengers getting a namedrop or allusion at some point in the movie. The first one comes when Wade's locked up in the Ice Box with Russell and explains that he can't get them out of there with the mutant power-suppressing collar around his neck. "I'm basically Hawkeye without the bow and arrow," he quips, referencing the old joke that Jeremy Renner's archer is the weakest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He later assigns his friends two other Avenger nicknames. Dopinder's called "Brown Panther" after he tries to be a superhero while Domino's dubbed "Black Black Widow." When Cable arrives, Deadpool notices Josh Brolin's cyborg limb and calls it a "Winter Soldier arm," a nod to the similar artificial metal arm sported by Sebastian Stan's Bucky Barnes from Captain America: The Winter Soldier onwards. Speaking of Cable, you might have expected the Merc to have referenced Brolin's famous MCU role in this film - and you'd be right. During their hunt for Russell at the orphanage, Deadpool tells Cable "zip it, Thanos" during an argument. There's another slightly subtler one that you might have missed, as well. When trying to subdue Juggernaut, Deadpool attempts to soothe him by saying "OK, big guy, the sun's getting real low." This is, of course, what Black Widow said to calm Hulk down in Avengers: Age of Ultron. It was previously mocked in the MCU itself, too, in Thor: Ragnarok. Digging Into DC Just to prove he's not biased, Deadpool 2 also isn't afraid to make fun of the DC Extended Universe as well, with many jokes at the expense of the Marvel universe's gritty comic book cousin being filtered throughout. The earliest one occurs when Wade's trying to come up with a good excuse for arriving home late on his and Vanessa's anniversary. One such excuse sees him claim that he was fighting "a caped badass" but it turned out OK in the end as "his mom was named Martha, too." You don't need us to tell you this is a nod to the infamous "Martha" moment from Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Deadpool later namechecks the Dark Knight explicitly when Cable screams in his face and asks him "Who are you?" Wade replies "I'm Batman" in his best Christian Bale impression. Superman himself then gets a mention when Deadpool ponders about finding a planet full of lesser beings so he could "be their Superman," much like Kal-El came to Earth and became the most powerful person on the planet. As was shown in the trailers, Cable also threatens Deadpool, which causes him to say: "Whoah, you're so dark. Are you sure you're not from the DC universe?" The joke's that Josh Brolin actually has starred in a DC movie, the much-maligned Jonah Hex. Of course, so has star Ryan Reynolds, in Green Lantern. Speaking of which... Deadpool Kills Deadpool And Ryan Reynolds The post-credits scenes of Deadpool 2 feature some of the best surprises and laugh-out-loud moments in the movie, as Ryan Reynolds gets to poke fun at his own past failures - and even sneaks in a cameo from Hugh Jackman! Sort of... After using Cable's repaired time spinner to go back in time and save Vanessa and Peter, he goes back even further and travels to the notorious final act of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and shoots the terrible alternate version of Deadpool from that movie - you know, the one with his mouth sewn shut - in the head. He even gets to interact with Wolverine a little via archival footage, apologizing from screwing with the timelines. It's not quite the proper Wolverine/Deadpool crossover we're after, but it's still hilarious nonetheless. The Merc then barrels through the fourth wall and encounters actor Ryan Reynolds as he sits down to read the script for DC's Green Lantern. Before he gets the chance to accept the movie, the Merc shoots him in the head, too. Good luck topping that, Deadpool 3!