Captain America Winter Soldier Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) tells a story about his grandfather working as an elevator operator who clutches a lunch bag filled with $1's and a small gun. Jackson has confirmed his real-life grandfather operated an elevator who carried a sack of $1's and a gun.

Joss Whedon (director of Avengers 1 & 2) has a cameo as the man coming down the escalator during the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum scene.

- Sitwell's Confession mentions Steven Strange before Dr. Strange (2016) came out.

We learn that Cap has watched "Star Wats", but not "Star Trek".

When Steve talks with old Peggy she says "You are alive. You came back." In Avengers: Endgame (2019) it is revealed that Steve time traveled and ''came back" to her, with the two resuming their lives together.

The reveal of Brock Rumlow as Crossbones is foreshadowed by the way he wears his strap during his fight with Falcon.

When Cap is interrogating Sitwell about Zola's algorithm (An AI that uses people past to predict their future) he lists a few people that come up as threats, one of them being Dr. Strange. This movie was set 2 years before the events of Doctor Strange.

When Steve Rogers is making his PA announcement revealing that SHIELD has been compromised by Hydra, he states that they "shot Nick Fury" rather than "killed Nick Fury" because he claimed earlier that he is always honest.

Cap mentions in his speech that Hydra shot Nick Fury, not killed him, calling back to his line earlier in the film that he is "always honest" since Fury is actually still alive.

Robert Redford's Alexander Pierce keeps "Newman's Own" spaghetti sauce in his fridge showing the cinematic reunion of the two on screen actors that starred in several movies together.

Right before the elevator fight scene and the revelation of a conspiracy inside SHIELD, the shot frames the elevator with the Watergate complex in the background. This was where the Watergate conspiracy was first exposed, too.

The dispatch asks for the shooter without knowing the cause of Nick Fury's injury. Evidence that S.H.E.I.L.D has been infiltrated

At the post-credit scene where Bucky visits the Smithsonian, the mannequin which carried Steve Roger's old uniform has been removed, indicating that the uniform was never returned to the Smithsonian.

When Rumlow attacks Captain America with a stun stick, they both tremble for a few moments because they are making contact, allowing the current to pass through both the of them.

When Steve Rogers finds Dr.Zola and the H.Y.D.R.A. archives, a lot of pictures show up on the screen. In this one you can see a very familiar date on the top

The terrorist Batroc was completely reimagined from his comic book version, Batroc the Leaper. However, he slightly retained his costume.

: The bus #6388 is cursed. It was destroyed at the Nick Fury assassination attempt and it was destroyed again when Captain America fought with Bucky.

Natasha saves Steve's life in a blink and you'll miss it moment in the car (0:13)(explanation in comments)

Peggy Carter stated "Th best thing we can do is start over." Fast forward to Avengers Endgame (2019) Steve Rodgers travels back in time to relive the life he never had the chance to.

When Cap tells Black Widow that he didn't know what Fury was doing in his apartment, she tells him he's a horrible liar. In the next scene, when Alexander Pierce asks him the same question, he really changes his method somberly.

The file Natasha Romanov gives to Steve Rodgers is designed to look like a legitimate archival document. The document is titled "James Barnes-military record of service, deployment and experiments," and is from the "KGB of the Dnepropetrovsk Region."

Black Widow (being a trained killer herself) knows that WS will aim for head-shots so she moves both Steve and Sam away from their headrests.

The Helicarriers have their Shield emblems painted in red since they're really Hydra's Helicarriers

The person Sharon asks for help over the radio mentions a shooter even though she didn't mention one. This hints to the fact that HYDRA ordered the hit through SHIELD, and that HYDRA had infiltrated the the organisation, which is revealed later on.

When Natasha tosses one of her taser discs at Winter Soldier's arm to fry the circuits and disable it, we see it leaves the metal underneath charred. This is also why his arm is being repaired after the fight.

Nick Fury has a fake tombstone which has a quote from Ezekiel 25:17, the same quote Samuel L. Jackson says in Pulp Fiction. It's also not a real biblical quote, great watch today :)

The song "It's Been A Long, Long Time" by Harry James and Kitty Kallen is playing, a song about reuniting after World War 2, foreshadowing Bucky's reappearance.

When Cap first fights Bucky he has his shield on his left arm for defense then switches it to his right to go on the offense.

Steve Rogers steals his Captain America uniform from the museum. Later in the post-credits scene, Bucky visits the same museum and we see Captain America's mannequin has been removed.

Joe Russo's character (Dr. Fine) was key to keeping Nick Fury alive not just under the dam but in the SHIELD Operating Room as well. Romanoff and Rogers hadn't noticed it was the same doctor: "They cut you open; your heart stopped." [de-gored the title]

Cap mentions he wouldn't know what to do with himself if he got out. Sam replied "ultimate fighting?" Georges St-Pierre, an Ultimate Fighter, stars in the film as Batroc the Leaper.

Sam's knife attack cuts the mook's rappelling line and rifle sling, enabling him to kick him off the bridge and keep the rifle.

Apologies if this has been posted before, but in "Captain America: Winter Soldier" (2014) on Nick Fury's headstone there's a nod to Jules from "Pulp Fiction." Both characters played by Samuel L. Jackson

The song that plays on Steve's stereo when Nick has it on waiting for him, is the same song that plays at the end of Endgame (2019) while Steve and Peggy dance.

The fake grave of Nick Fury, portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson, carries a quote from the Bible, Ezekiel 25:17, which is Jackson's famous quote from "Pulp Fiction"

Nick Fury's tombstone has a quote from Ezekiel 25:17. This is the same passage that Samuel L. Jackson's character, Jules, recites in Pulp Fiction (1994) before he executes someone.

Cap 'borrows' a car, prompting Black Widow to ask "Where did you learn to steal a car?". This is a reference to the 1990 Captain America film (starring Matt Salinger), wherein Cap (on two occasions) feigns illness in order to steal an innocent person's car.

When Sitwell was being interrogated about Dr. Zola's algorithm, he mentioned Stephen Strange as one of its targets, predicting that Stephen will become Dr. Strange and be a threat to Hydra in the future.

When Cap jumps out of the elevator, he instantly goes into the skydiving freefall position. This position gives a person the most control while falling, and by maximizing the body's surface area, it also helps to slow one's descent.

Sam Wilson recommends music to Steve who says he'll add it to the list. Also on the list is Star Wars, a film series that features Samuel L Jackson, also in this movie.

Jasper Sitwell mentions "A man in Cairo" among the list of HYDRA targets that includes Hulk and Doctor Strange. This is most likely Marc Spector, better known as Moon Knight, a hero who received the powers of the Egyptian moon god.