50 of the most interesting Home easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Home movie message.
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Home Movie Trivia
Buzz's girlfriend is actually a boy in a wig. The director thought the joke would be too cruel for a real girl.
MJ is seen reading "Invitation to A Beheading" by Vladimir Nabokov, in which a man sentence to death waits in his cell, accompanied only by a spider
Happy Hogan mentions Mengingjord, Thor's belt of might that doubles his strength when he wears it in Norse mythology.
Home Movie Easter Eggs
The uploader of the "Amazing Man-Spider" video is RocketRobinson67. This is likely a reference to Robbie Robertson, who debuted in "The Amazing Spider-Man" in 1967. Robbie was an employee at The Daily Bugle in the original comics.
Not only did Kevin wake up to an empty house on Christmas day, but be also probably realised that Santa isn't real. The milk and cookies he left out weren't consumed.
A poster behind Happy Hogan advertises a wrestling match between Crusher Hogan, who wrestled Peter Parker in the comics, and Bonesaw McGraw, who wrestled Peter Parker in Raimi's Spider-Man
The Vulture, played by Michael Keaton, is briefly seen in silhouette over the moon, an homage to a memorable moment from Mr. Keaton's other famous superhero film, 'Batman' (1989).
When we first see Kevin at the Rockefeller Center Tree the camera pans up to show it in its entirety. Every light on the building behind the tree are off except for two. The lights that are on combined with the star on top of the tree mirror the Hughes Entertainment Logo.
When the team is on the way to DC there's a sign that states "Triskelion Cleanup." This is a reference to The Winter Soldier's ending, with the S.H.I.E.L.D building blowing up
A poster of Crusher Hogan can be seen. Crusher Hogan is the first person Spider-Man ever brawled with
A license plate can be seen on Aunt May's car saying "AMF-1562" standing for Amazing Fantasy #15 1962 which was Spider-Man's first comic appearance. Another can be seen saying "SM2-0563" standing for Spider-Man #2 May 1963 which was Vultures first comic appearance.
Accuracy details in Home
When they counted the people for the trip they say there's 17 people in total. An odd number between two vans means they will be split 8/9. Since Kevin was missing both vans had 8 people instead, making each group assume they were on the 8-people van, not suspecting a thing
The fire elemental actually leaves bullet holes after hitting Nick Fury's windshield.
Marv sticks his head through a doggy door. To explain the door as we don't see the McCallister Family owning a dog, they state in the film they already put it in a kennel.
Costume details in Home
Marv is wearing fake feet
When Joe Pesci is disguised as a cop you can see his tie clip is actually a firearm.
Home Movie Foreshadowing
When the hologram Mysterio is giving the glasses back to Peter he is holding the glasses like the gun the real Mysterio is using to try and shoot Peter in that moment.
Home movie hidden details
Peter's grippy hands remove the flooring as he tries to avoid getting thrown around. He then grips onto the underlying concrete and resists the pull.
One of the movies available for Peter in flight is "The Snap" directed by Paul Greengrass. Paul Greengrass is a real life director responsible for "United 93", "Captain Phillips", "Bloody Sunday" among a few other dramatized films based on real world events
. Old Man Marley is scored using the ancient "Dies Irae" melody, referencing a coming death. After Kevin talks to him, the choir begins singing the "Carol of the Bells", which uses the same melody notes, showing we the audience have misjudged the old man the same way Kevin has.
Principal Morita is the grandson of Jim Morita(a Howling Commando) from Captain America(2011). This explains why he allows Caps movies/films to play in the school, as he would know from his grandfather that Cap isn't a criminal.
Howard Stark can be seen painted on a mural celebrating great scientists and inventors
The drone suit Tony is controlling while chastising Peter mimics his actual movements, even those we can't actually see Tony making.
Michelle (MJ) is reading a book titled "Of Human Bondage", a story of an orphan boy sent to live with his aunt and uncle.
Spidey jumps over a car while chasing the Vulture goons with a license plate of ASM-267. The Amazing Spider-Man 267 comic tells the story of Spider-Man in suburbia, which served as inspiration for this chase.
Peter lies to Tony during a fight by telling him the sound of a foghorn is from band practice. Tony calls him out, telling him that Peter told Happy that he quit band practice. In the beginning of the movie, we see his text to Happy telling him that he quit.
Peter thought Tony was going for a hug and Tony said "We're not there yet". In "Endgame" Tony catches Peter off guard with a hug.... he got there.
When Vulture drops Spider-Man drops Spider-Man into the lake, he can be seen silhouetted against the moon, referencing the Batman logo, who Michael Keaton (the Vulture) played in Batman and its sequel, Batman Returns.
When Happy goes to retrieve Peter's new Spiderman suit in its metal case, he has a hard time pulling it out of the car trunk. When Peter offers to carry it himself, he runs with the case in hand with ease, showing a subtle glimpse of his super strength.
The vulture says "Good Old Spider-Man" while waiting at a traffic light. During the scene it stays on red, lighting up his face and indicating his uncertainty about SM's identity. Once he's sure Peter is SM, the traffic light changes, lighting up his face in green.
The comments on Flash's Instagram stream are from various bots, suggesting Flash buys his followers.
Peter's phone progressively gets more and more cracked after each battle.
Peter takes the web shooter refresher course while he was stuck in the Damage Control facility. He learns the ricochet web while he was doing the refresher course, he later uses this to save his friends in the elevator.
- The ship behind Ned reads "ASM 212." The comic Amazing Spider Man #212 was the first comic to introduce Hydro-Man. From u/YungWhale on r/movies.
When Peter saw Liz and begin day dreaming about her. You can faintly hear Ned say "I'll come over to your place when I'm done building the death star", in which Peter absently responded "Yea, sure." This eventually led to Ned waiting in Peter's room that night when Peter unmasked.
The reason why the News used the ports-potty picture is because J. Jonah Jameson hasn't hired Peter to "Get me pictures of Spider-Man!"
Howard Stark's face can be seen on a mural in Peter's school, alongside other famous scientists (similar to Dr. Banner's picture in Peter's classroom).
Kevin's family is drinking milk with their pizza because they're going on vacation the next day and they don't want it to go to waste.
The suit Tony Stark gifts Peter Parker has features based on lessons Tony learned becoming Ironman
There is a subtle reference to The Prowler and Miles Morales. When Peter looks up Aaron Davis' information, "The Prowler" is listed under his alias(es). Davis also mentions having a nephew in Queens, hinting at Miles being in the same universe as the MCU.
The wall next to the locker where underneath Peter keeps his suit and web fluid, is scratched from him lifting the locker
There's a not-so-subtle reference to phase 4 at the end of the movie.
' the airport gate agent is specifically shown counting family members. Since Kevin is in the attic and his ticket is in the trash, the number of passengers indeed matches the number of plane tickets
For a brief moment Vulture (Michael Keaton's character), and his Exo-Suit is shown in front of the moon. This is in reference to the iconic shot found in Tim Burton's 1989's Batman. As Batman (Michael Keaton's character) proceeds to fly his Batwing in front of the moon.
Right before Peter Parker goes to buy a necklace for MJ, Quentin Beck(Mysterio) can be seen in the background stalking Peter, foreshadowing the events to come.
When Peter uses the E.D.I.T.H. Glasses for the first time and looks at everyone's cell phone activities, you can see that Flash Thompson is having family issues, which is also present at the end of the film when his mother failed to show up at the airport.
The Captain America video they show the students depicts Steve Rogers wearing his Avengers 1 outfit. Implying the teachers have been showing the same video repeatedly for at least the past 5 years. Befitting of a public school in a poorer neighbourhood.
Peter is seen carrying his books after he says he lost another backpack in the previous scene
A Dreamworks animated film, this alien is holding a drink with a screwdriver in it - a PG nod at the alcoholic beverage, a Screwdriver.
The principal of Peter Parker's school has a photo of Jim Morita, a Howling Commando from the first Captain America movie and the principal's grandfather.