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10 Guardians of the Galaxy Easter Eggs

Like every Marvel Studios movie, Guardians of the Galaxy is packed with Easter eggs, references, and trivia. But a lot of these can be easily missed, what with the fast-moving plot and constant barrage of 80s jams to distract you. That’s why we’ve compiled all the goodies we found while watching the movie.

Warning: this article contains spoilers from the Guardians of the Galaxy movie and comic!

This one is super obvious. We see a big purple guy in gold armor named Thanos. That’s the same alien who grinned at the camera at the end of the Avengers movie.