Thor Ragnarok Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
50 of the most interesting Thor Ragnarok 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 Thor Ragnarok movie message.
Imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, Thor must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless villain Hela.
Genre
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director
Taika Waititi
Production
Walt Disney Pictures
Stars
Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba
IMDB score
7.9
Thor Ragnarok Movie Trivia
During Loki's play, Thor is being played by Chris Hemsworth's older brother Luke.
One of the girls who took a selfie with Thor in Thor: Ragnarok (2017) is Taylor Hemsworth, Chris Hemsworths' second cousin
Valkyrie is called "Scrapper #142", which is a reference to her first comic book appearance: The Incredible Hulk #142.
Director Taika Waititi can be seen playing the center head of a three headed being in the backround, the voice of the character Korg in the foreground and presumably directing the film from behind the camera all in one shot.
Matt Damon has a scene where he is Loki in a play. Matt Damon was the fallen angel Loki in Dogma.
When Hela arrives on Earth her costume is torn in multiple spots but when she arrives on Asgard she repairs it because she gets her powers back.
Thor Ragnarok Movie Easter Eggs
Matt Damon has cameos in both Disney's and Fox's MCU. He played the Asgardian actor playing Loki in Thor Ragnarok(2017), and "Redneck #1" in Deadpool 2 (2018).
The Grandmaster calls Valkyrie "Scrapper 142," a reference to issue #142 of The Incredible Hulk comic book series, featuring Valkyrie's return
Is the only MCU film where Dr.Strange used his classic yellow gloves from the comics.
The tower on Sakaar features various heads of gladiators, such as Man-Thing, Bi-Beast, Beta Ray Bill and Ares, all who have faced off against the Hulk or Thor some point in time.
Avengers (2012), Tony Stark says to Thor: "No hard feelings, Point Break. You've got a mean swing." In Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Thor's password for the quinjet is "point break"
When Thor first sees Loki on Sakaar, Loki is telling the story of when he let go of Odin's staff at the end of the first Thor movie
Thor and Loki crash into the 'Shady Acres' retirement home. I think this is actually a reference to 'Long Dark Teatime of the Soul' by Douglas Adams, where Thor and Loki put an age addled Odin into a retirement home, that I believe is of the same name.
Bruce Banner's shirt features the cover art for Duran Duran's 1981 album "Rio". This album featured the hit "Hungry Like the Wolf," which also serves as a reference to a scene involving Banner later in the film.
Thor Ragnarok movie hidden details
After Thor gives numerous wrong voice recognitions he tries "Pointbreak", because that's what Tony Stark called him when they met in the Avengers.
When Dr Strange uses Thor's hair strand to find Odin he casts a spell with his hands forming this familiar symbol called Triquetra that was also engraved on Mjolnir and has been a thing of the Asgardian culture.
The shockwave from the punch causes the camera to shake after a delay.
Loki is telling sakaarians about his fall in Thor 1
Korg jokes that the three pronged spear would only really be useful if you were fighting "Three vampires huddled together" which is a gentle nod towards Taika Waititi's (Korg) earlier film "What we do in the shadows" about three vampires that all live huddled together in a house.
Doctor Strange prepares to teleport Thor and Loki but first researches any "Asgardian modifications" that may be necessary. When he performs the portal spell he creates a Norse-style Triquetra/Triskelion.
Thor rebuffs an offer of tea in the Sanctum Sanctorum, which is served to him in the same cup used by the Ancient One when she first met Doctor Strange in Kamar-Taj.
Before Odin dies in Norway, he points out to the distance and tell Thor and Loki "Remember this place, home". This is where New Asgard is located in Endgame.
One of the figurines on the Grandmaster's tower is the head of Beta Ray Bill, the original character to wield Stormbreaker, Thor's hammer forged in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), in the comics
After Korg tells Thor "I'm made of rocks as you can see, but don't let that intimidate you. You don't need to be afraid unless you're made of scissors." Meik crosses his knife arms together.
Thor is not being electrocuted by the control device. He is being injected by a neurotoxin as is noted by his veins bulging and being discolored, something electricity would not do.
The device on the wall in the background is the same one used in Doctor Strange during the battle with Kaecilius
The carcass that Valkyrie lands on is a bilgesnipe, a creature described by Thor in The Avengers.
The women that Skurge was trying to impress meet him again on the Bifrost Bridge
The theatre performing Loki's play is decorated with his iconic horns in addition of his statue
Thor holds a sword by its blade instead of its hilt, so he's smashing enemies with a blunt force of lightning. Kind of like how Mjolnir would.
Before Odin dies in Norway he calls it "home." In Avengers: Endgame (2019) after Thanos' snap, the Asgardians make their new home in Norway
As the God of Thunder, Thor executes a torpedo attack where he goes horizontal and shoots his spinning body towards a baddie. This is a signature move of another God of Thunder, Raiden from Mortal Kombat.
During the play scene, the Asgardian choir is singing 'Deliverance' from the Thor 2 soundtrack.
Bruce Banner can briefly be seen dancing with the Hulk parade (at the bottom)
All 3 Siblings Share The Same Sword Draw Gesture
Fight coordinator Jon Valera copied a move used by rival coordinator Ryan Watson in Wonder Woman.
The rubble foreshadows Thor's injury.
Phrasing used by Heimdall earlier in the film alludes to a later reveal
Hulk is seen with a scar on his chest. This is actually a subtle nod to Edward Norton's (Hulk) from The Incredible Hulk (2008), when he was stabbed in the chest by Abomination.
Thor grabs one of the Undead Asgardian's swords and wields it like a hammer, hilt out.
The song used is Immigrant by LED Zeppelin. Not only is the title of the song foreshadowing the end of the movie, so does some of the songs lyrics: "The hammer of the gods W'ell drive our ships to new lands"
Thor misses Loki with the glass because he recently lost an eye and is still adjusting to his loss of depth perception
When Thor and Bruce are on Sakaar, Bruce puts on glasses to disguise himself as Tony Stark, quoting that they will be "Tony and the gypsy". In Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Robert Downey Jr. plays Sherlock and works with a gypsy woman, Simza, throughout the movie
Bruce Banner wears a shirt displaying the album Rio featuring the song Hungry Like The Wolf. He later fights the Fenris Wolf as The Hulk.
When Thor and a skeleton are dropped from a cage simultaneously, Thor lands a few seconds before the skeleton does, despite falling from the same height. This is due to tension from the chain unraveling, which accelerates Thor downwards slightly faster than gravity could alone.
When Thor looks at himself, his eye is cracked foreshadowing him losing his eye.
The ship stolen from The Grandmaster has its color scheme inspired by the Australian Aboriginal flag.
- Hela knows that the Infinity Gauntlet in the vault is fake because it is made for the right hand. The real Gauntlet is for the left hand.
The "little rock paper scissors joke" is actually the beginning of three jokes played out over the whole movie.
Thor kills goons with the hilt, holding the sword by the blade