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31 Easter Eggs And Behind-The-Scenes Facts About WandaVision

By:: Cracked Writers; Timon DJ Spajic

August 01, 2021

31 Easter Eggs And Behind-The-Scenes Facts About WandaVision

When WandaVision first hit Disney+, Marvel fans weren't quite sure what it was at first. Seeing the show in guise of several different sitcom scopes and tropes was difficult for some until big reveals were made later in the season. It has since become a favorite among fans and critically considered one of best Marvel products, whether it be television or film. But there are some nice Easter eggs and bits of fun trivia about the show that even the most diehard fans don't know.

Like did you spot Stan Lee's birthdate on Wanda's license plate? Or that the show actually did have a live studio audience to laugh during the sitcom sections? You probably didn't know that Dick Van Dyke consulted on the show either, huh?

While we wait to see whether or not we get a second season, here are 31 little bits of trivia and Easter eggs from WandaVision for you to enjoy.

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM THE CAST HAD TO GO THROUGH A SITCOM BOOT CAMP. STA CLEASE In order to learn the style and structure of each specific sitcom decade portrayed on the show, the actors had to attend a two-week sitcom boot camp where they watched and analyzed several different classic sitcoms. — The New York Times & YouTube

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS AGATHA'S BOOTS ARE A REFERENCE TO THE WIZARD OF oz. CRACKED.COM In the final episode, Agatha gets crushed by a car and disappears- only leaving her boots behind. This is a reference to the Wicked Witch of the East's ruby slippers sticking out after she gets crushed by a house. — CBR

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS THERE'S A HIDDEN INTERVAL IN ALL THE MUSIC. CRACKEDG Songwriters Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez revealed that the show's various theme songs all use a tritone, also known as the devil's interval, to allude to the show's more sinister undertones. — Variety

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS THE DEMON SPAWN LINE HINTS AT THE TWINS' COMIC ORIGIN. MAGTER IDENTIFICATION CRACKED.COM In episode five, Fietro tells Wanda's kids, Unleash hell, demon spawn. In the comics, Wanda's children are created from the life essence of Mephisto - the devil of the Marvel universe. — GamesRadar+

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS THE TONGUE-IN-CHEEK MOVIES ON THE MARQUEE. CREDITLES THE INCREDIBLES ARENT TRAP THE PARENT THAP CRACKEDO .COM In episode six, the movie marquee in Wanda's reality is advertising The Parent Trap, a movie about twins, and The Incredibles, a movie about a superpowered family. — Looper

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS WANDA'S LICENSE PLATE IS AN HOMAGE TO STAN LEE. 122822 WANDA CRACKED.COM The license plate seen in the episode seven opening has the numeric code 122822 on it. Stan Lee was born on December 28, 1922. — Screen Rant

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS SENOR SCRATCHY IS A NOD TO AGATHA'S SON FROM THE COMICS. CRACKED.COM In the comics, Agatha Harkness has a son named Nicholas Scratch. Mr. Scratch is also a common pseudonym for the Devil. The show's director even revealed that the rabbit turned into a demon in a deleted scene. — YouTube & FANDOM

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BEHINO-THE-SCENESFA CRACKED.co THE SHOW WASN'T SUPPOSED TO KICK OFF MCU PHASE 4. MARVEL STUDIOS DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS Pandemic-related delays messed up the whole schedule. Black Widow, Eternals, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier were all supposed to be released before WandaVision. The show's follow-up, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, was going to come out in May 2021 instead of March 2022. — TechRadar & Collider

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS MARIA RAMBEAU'S PHOTON NICKNAME HINTS AT MONICA'S FUTURE. +MARIA *PHOTON'RAMBEAU CRACKED.COM In the comics, Maria Rambeau never had that nickname, rather Photon is the superhero alias of her daughter Monica. — FANDOM

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM SENOR SCRATCHY ORIGINALLY HAD A MUCH BIGGER ROLE. STAR Director Matt Shakman says that they shot a scene for the finale that featured Monica, Ralph, and Wanda's kids going to Agatha's basement and finding Scratchy- who would attack them after transforming into a demon. Unfortunately the scene was cut due to time constraints. — YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM PAUL BETTANY THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING FIRED. STAR SUDES WandaVision Disney+ The actor revealed that when Marvel called him in for a meeting shortly after his death in Infinity War, he thought they were about to tell him his time in the MCU was over. To his pleasant surprise, they were actually calling him to pitch him WandaVision. — yahoo!

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.co THE SHOW USED A LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE STAR CLEASE In order to be more authentic, the first episode was shot with an actual live studio audience on set. Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen say the experience was nerve-wracking. — EW & Variety

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTSc CRACKED.co VISION WAS ACTUALLY BLUE IN BLACK AND WHITE SCENES. STA Paul Bettany had to be painted blue for the show's first two episodes because Vision's red color didn't translate well in grayscale. The show also used period-appropriate lenses and lighting in order to achieve that vintage look. — EW

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS RALPH BOHNER ISN'T JUST A JUVENILE JOKE. CRACKED.COM Bohner is a reference to Richard Boner Stabone from Growing Pains- a show director Matt Shakman appeared in as a child. — YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.co KEVIN FEIGE CAME UP WITH THE TITLE. STAR Writer Jac Schaeffer revealed that while they were brainstorming titles for the show, Feige came in and suggested WandaVision. Schaeffer and the rest of the team immediately fell in love with the title. — Collider

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED KATHRYN HAHN ACTUALLY SINGS AGATHA ALL ALONG. AGATHA Hahn, who provides the main vocals for the song, says she was both confused and amazed by the song's success- it hit number one on iTunes' Top Soundtracks charts and reached the top five on their main chart. — Bustle & YouTube

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS THE NEXUS ANTIDEPRESSANT AD COULD BE HINTING AT WANDA'S FUTURE. NEXUS 20mg Capsules 30 Capsules NEXUS CRACKED c In the comics, Wanda is known as a Nexus being - rare and incredibly powerful individuals who can alter the flow of the Universal Time Stream and who are the foundations of the Multiverse. The movie we'll see Wanda in next is Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. — FANDOM

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM PAUL BETTANY TROLLED THE WHOLE FANDOM. STAR CLEASE After Evan Peters' appearance on the show, Bettany came out and teased a secret character played by an actor he's longed to work with all of his life. After weeks of fan speculation, it turned out Bettany was talking about White Vision and the actor in question was himself. — YouTube & Marvel.com

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31 Easter Eggs And Behind-The-Scenes Facts About WandaVision — Nerdist

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM PLEASE ENDGAME ALMOST HAD A WANDAVISION POST-CREDITS SCENE. STAR CLEASE According to Paul Bettany, Avengers: Endgame originally had a post-credit scene featuring Vision's dead body which would have led directly into the show. However, Kevin Feige eventually decided against having a post-credits scene in the film. — The Wrap

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS CRACKED.COM ELIZABETH OLSEN FOUGHT FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE CLASSIC COSTUME. CLEASE STAR Olsen says that she pushed the production team to go all the way while they were in the process of figuring out how similar her Halloween episode costume would look to her comic book counterpart. — ScreenRant

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.co ELIZABETH OLSEN WAS SKEPTICAL ABOUT DOING THE SHOW. STAR CLEASE Olsen says that before learning more about the story, she was very thrown by the whole TV part of it all. She was also unsure if these liager-than-life characters could work on the small screen and without their usual Avengers ensemble. — BuzzFeed & YouTube

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS THE HOMAGES TO THE CHARACTERS' CLASSIC COSTUMES. CRACKED.COM The Halloween costumes Wanda and her family wear in episode five are basically cheap versions of their classic comic outfits. — ComicBook.com

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM THE CREATORS CONSULTED WITH DICK VAN DYKE. STA UZJ Disney EXPO 3 D23 EXPO In order to pay tribute to the 60s-era sitcoms as best they could, director Matt Shakman and Kevin Feige met with the star of The Dick Van Dyke Show so they could pick his brain on the behind-the-scenes workings of the show. — YouTube

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS THERE'S A SUBTLE BLADE RUNNER REFERENCE. CORONET TANNHAUSER SATE PUT THE FUN IN DYSFUNCTION CATE FRE STER CRACKED.CO As Wanda's fictional world is coming apart and Vision is facing erasure, Tannhauser Gate can be spotted on the movie marquee. Tannhauser Gate comes from the iconic tears in rain monologue given by Roy Batty another android facing death. — YouTube

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME MARVEL INTRODUCED THE DARKHOLD. Original CRACKED.CO COM Back when the other shows were still considered MCU canon, The Book of the Damned first appeared in season four of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. during their Ghost Rider storyline. A few years later, it reappeared in season three of The Runaways, used by the witch Morgan le Fay. — FANDOM

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM DEBRA JO RUPP'S NEPHEW FORCED HER TO TAKE THE ROLE. CLEASE Rupp says that when director Matt Shakman asked her to be on the show, she was hesitant because she didn't understand any of it. She was persuaded to take the role by her great-nephew, who told her he would never talk to her again if she didn't. — Collider

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS THE BOVA MILK AD IS A REFERENCE TO WANDA'S BIZARRE COMIC ORIGIN. BOVA MILK CRACKED.COM In the comics, Bova is an evolved COW that helped deliver Pietro and Wanda as babies. — FANDOM

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM PAUL BETTANY ISN'T BABY VISION. STAR Because Bettany didn't have any baby pictures that would work for Baby Vision, the visual effects team used pictures of Scott McPhate-the show's VFX coordinator who looks a bit like the actor. — ComicBook.com

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS THERE'S A CLASSIC VILLAIN HIDING IN THE ATTIC. X CRACKED.COM In episode two's animated opening, there's an unusual helmet hidden in the attic of the house. That helmet belongs to the Grim Reaper- -Wanda and Vision's foe from the comics. — Inverse

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM THE OPENING CREDITS WERE INSPIRED BY AN ADULT SWIM SHORT. STAR Songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez i and Robert Lopez revealed that they based the show's various opening themes on Too Many Cooks- a viral 201 4 Adult Swim short which parodied different opening credits from the '80s and '90s sitcoms. — Variety & YouTube

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