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Learning Curve: Part 2 - S1-E6

Trivia: In this episode, Mentor reveals that he is brother to Thanos. In the comics, Mentor is the father of Thanos.

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Learning Curve: Part 1 - S1-E5

Trivia: When Mentor is struggling to pilot his ship through the plasma jump, the sound emitted is the same sound as a TIE Fighter from Star Wars.

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Learning Curve: Part 1 - S1-E5

Trivia: Two of the characters seen in Nebula's crew are the Marvel superheroes Nova (Richard Rider, not to be confused with the Frankie Raye Nova, who also appears in this series) and Jack of Hearts.

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Trivia: Much like in the comics, the Savage Land is a rainforest hidden within Antarctica. In April of 2020, it was reported that scientists discovered evidence of a rainforest that existed in Western Antarctica 90 million years ago.

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Trivia: The final five episodes of this series are somewhat of a precursor to both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The Secret Wars episodes featured a large crossover with characters from other established Marvel TV shows from the same time period, including X-Men, Iron Man, and Fantastic 4. The two-part series finale featured Spider-Man teaming up with several Spider-Men from different realities in order to stop a catastrophe that could affect all realities.

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Trivia: During scenes in the Icebox, you can see a pale-skinned mutant with long platinum-blonde hair and an omega tattoo on his forehead. This is Omega Red, one of Wolverine's enemies from the comics, and who once also battled Cable.

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The Return of the Beast: Part 1 - S1-E1

Trivia: When we see the flashback of the accident that caused Bruce Banner to become the Hulk, at first we see the Hulk colored gray and then slowly turn green. This is a reference to the comics, in which the Hulk was gray in his original appearance.

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Trivia: After the Monstars steal the talents of five NBA players, the NBA suspends its season fearing an unknown contagion could be affecting its players. This ended up becoming a reality for the NBA in March 2020, as the NBA indefinitely suspended its season following the discovery that Utah Jazz All-Star Rudy Gobert (and later his teammate Donovan Mitchell) tested positive for COVID-19.

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Trivia: The name of the club in Miami where they meet Paula Abdul is Santiago's. This is a reference to an imaginary character from the TV series, usually mentioned by one of the Jokers as being the person who sent them to talk to whichever unsuspecting prank victim they approach.

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Trivia: Paula Abdul's assistant is portrayed by Casey Jost, a producer from the TV series.

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Trivia: The opening crawl makes reference to Palpatine announcing his return from the dead through a broadcast. The film itself doesn't reveal what was said in the broadcast, but it was revealed in a Star Wars Fortnite event. The exact broadcast is as follows: "At last the work of generations is complete. The great error is corrected. The day of victory is at hand. The day of revenge. The day of the Sith."

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Trivia: In the comics, Thanos worships the physical embodiment of Death. Due to censorship, this show changed the object of his desire to Lady Chaos.

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Trivia: Joaquin Phoenix won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in this film. This marked the second time an actor won an Oscar for playing a character that was played previously by another actor that also won an Oscar for their role. The other time was Phoenix's costar in this film, Robert De Niro, winning Best Supporting Actor for playing the younger version of Vito Corleone in "The Godfather Part II," following Marlon Brando winning Best Actor for the first film.

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Trivia: This is the first film to have the distinction of having the highest worldwide box office gross and not winning any Oscars.

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Trivia: Madame Web is voiced by Stan Lee's wife Joan. When Madame Web appears before Stan Lee in the series finale, he asks Spider-Man who that exotic lady is. When Spider-Man and Madame Web are talking about Stan Lee in the final scene of the series, Madame Web remarks that she thinks Stan Lee is truly special.

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Spider Wars, Chapter 1: I Really, Really Hate Clones - S5-E12

Trivia: After the Scarlet Spider tells Spider-Man the convoluted details of his reality and how he isn't sure whether he is a clone of the Spider-Man of his own reality or vice versa, Spider-Man responds by saying it all sounds like a bad comic book plot. This is a reference to the Spider-Man comics that featured a similar plotline and was much derided by fans.

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Trivia: During an appearance on "The Chef Show," Gwyneth Paltrow revealed to Jon Favreau that she had no idea she appeared in this movie. Given how secretive Marvel is about their film productions, she most likely thought the scene she was filming was for an Avengers movie.

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Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man - S4-E7

Trivia: Towards The End of this episode, the Smoking Man states that the Buffalo Bills will never win a Super Bowl as long as he's alive. If we are to believe that the Smoking Man was killed by Mulder in what is as of now the final episode of the series, this statement ended up being true.

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Neogenic Nightmare Chapter 9: Blade the Vampire Hunter - S2-E11

Trivia: This episode was somewhat of a blueprint for the film "Blade." In the original comics, Blade was a regular human being that was immune to vampire bites. In this episode, he is a half-vampire with all of their strengths and none of their weaknesses, except for the thirst, which he keeps at bay with a serum. These traits carried over into the film. The character of Abraham Whistler also did not originally have a comic book counterpart, he originated in this episode.

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Trivia: This was the first R-rated film to earn $1 billion at the box office, and was the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time until it was eventually surpassed by Deadpool and Wolverine in the summer of 2024.

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