15 Marvel Hidden References In Black Widow

Marvel loves providing their fans with plenty of easter eggs, especially ones that relate to other MCU films.
How many hidden references to other Marvel movies and characters did you catch in the MCU film Black Widow? The references in this movie starring Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff and Florence Pugh as Yelena Bolova vary from fighting moves and poses to some of the most memorable lines from within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Taskmaster is undeniably impressive - they mimic the fighting skills of loads of our favorite Marvel characters like Hawkeye, Black Panther, Captain America and Black Widow herself. Yelen may be new to the MCU, but she pulls out some of Bucky Barnes’ tricks when she is battling in Black Widow! One particular place we see in this film has been mentioned before - when did we last hear about the safe house in Budapest? This line brought back an incredible Black Widow moment from The Avengers film, this might just be the new catch phrase for the Marvel character! For any Ant-Man fans, be aware that Scott Lang may just have been forgotten - again!
Natasha Romanoff’s landing poses are pretty signature to the character - but that doesn’t mean they’re above being teased! Yelena Bolova tried her fair share of moves, only to make fun of them. There is one familiar pose from Melina that connects to both Captain America: The Winter Soldier and a moment in Avengers: Endgame.
Anyone else still tear up when you think of Peter Parker’s final line as he comes to his end? A subtle nod is made to it early on in the Black Widow movie! We’re taking a look at all these references and more, be sure to stay tuned for the hidden details that highlights the strength of Natasha and Yelena’s relationship as well!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:32 The Taskmaster
01:08 Yelena’s Knife Trick
01:27 The Budapest Safe House
01:47 Black Widow Catchphrase
02:14 The Green Vest
02:36 Scott Lang
03:20 Poses
04:10 Dreykov’s Daughter
04:43 S.H.I.E.L.D Jeeps
05:06 The North Institute
05:37 Don’t Wanna Go
06:04 Divorced Avengers
06:29 Hawkeye
07:22 Miracles Program
07:39 Nano Mask
08:13 Outro
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[@lalnunsangiralte8964]

Black Widow movie is most related to Captain America The Winter Soldier. Two of my favorite Marvel movies. Scarlett's performances are amazing.

[@AJTV_Editz]

Yup

[@ella-maemorris2619]

Yep

[@wyattr.9995]

Yeah, biggest issue with BW was the fact on how similar Taskmaster is to the Winter Soldier. Both of them are the enforcer for someone who isn’t a fighter and is running everything from behind the scene. Both of them kick the heroes butt. Both of them blow up cars. Both of them are supposed to be dead. Very similar.

[@lalnunsangiralte8964]

@@wyattr.9995 Yep

[@maximusnextinline4513]

Facts !

[@keti.rg.editzzz]

That with the pose it was actually a conversation between Florence and Scarlett. They thought it was so funny that they included it in the movie

[@brianquincyscott1955]

So no one noticed Nat wearing her Hawkeye arrow necklace?

[@iiheartt.c0m]

Which part?

[@brianquincyscott1955]

@@iiheartt.c0m When she is in her civilians clothes...

[@tanmayaande3850]

That actually became a meme

[@melissaharris3389]

I noticed!

[@lalnunsangiralte8964]

I did. In Captain America: The Winter Soldier also

[@TheDarkKnightRacist]

i want to see antman and yelena in the same scene, it's going to be hilarious !

[@coco2.2]

and Bucky ❤️

[@cargo71]

Yelena, Bucky and Sam? The Sarcasmometer would blow up!...

[@niamhdafroggy9169]

Omg yassss

[@kpenn213]

And Shuri

[@gaitero1983]

Plus the 3 guys from ant man

[@lordvenjix3757]

Florence Pugh and David Harbour were amazing in the Black Widow Movie.

[@binoymathew246]

Agreed. 👍🏽

[@lordvenjix3757]

Nat's fate in Endgame and the sad reality that Scarlett Johansson's time in the MCU is now up, it's a story defined by hope, resilience and redemption, so it's surprisingly forward-looking.

[@majonaese]

You are right but maybe we get another version/variant throughout the multiverse. 🤔

[@ella-maemorris2619]

Ikr

[@ella-maemorris2619]

@@majonaese maybe

[@miagossling3780]

“In a flashback to Budapest-“ Natashas ghost “ITS BUDAPE-SH-T

[@brianlau7827]

One thing that hasn’t been confirmed is whether Yelena was affected by Thanos snap in Infinity War. There was no mention of it in the post-credits scene, and Valentina was pretty vague about Clint, since no one knows what really happened on Vormir except Clint

[@melissaharris3389]

Clint did tell all the other Avengers that returned from the time heist...but Thor's doing Thor stuff, Tony died, Steve 'retired', Bruce as usual is MIA (until She-Hulk). l so yeah. She's gonna try and kill him. Clint's "trust me she sacrificed herself for everyone else. I totally tried to stop her and didn't kill her." Is probably not going to fly with the formerly mind contoled assassin.

[@jcie3424]

I think she was. Because aside from not looking older, its easier to make her blip than to fill in the plotholes of where she was and what she was doing at the events of endgame.

[@flospumpkin2181]

Kevin Feige said that we will know what had happened in the upcoming Hawkeye series, so we'll find out by then

[@MikSrf723]

Watch Hawkeye

[@Aaa-dv3oi]

Ok now with the hawkeye series that plot hole has been filled, basically she was affected. She was going to save another black widow from the chip but, plot-twist she already dealt with the chip and is fine, then after they figure that out they have some tea, talk, Helena goes to the bathroom bam the blip she disintegrates then is integrated once again gets out of the bathroom to the surprise that her friend has a family and that everything changed, she is shocked, but now is going to kill Hawkeye with a little bit more spice as she believes Hawkeye killed her sister and welp, that is it. I won’t say what happens next though this is enough of a spoiler

[@claudiayeboah6542]

One of the references I was happy I noticed was the quinjet at the end. Nobody's ever thought of how team cap appeared in infinity wars with a quinjet because I mean they were fugitives. But in black widow we see how that happens 😁😁. Give me a thumbs up if you agree

[@bigcomcast]

Since Captain America secretly went back in time and lived with the love of his life and was around during the time he was supposed to be frozen in the Artic sea he could have fought the Red Guardian on a mission in 1984.

[@markcruz359]

I wouldn't say most of these references are hidden. Definitely not the vest

[@ruchamehta8600]

Also "ledger is gushing red" which is something loki says to natasha during the interrogation and later alexei says the same when he praises them in St.petersburg

[@truptipatil6892]

She also says to Hawkeye - "I've got red in my ledger, I'd like to wipe it out"

[@jediclonekag13]

I find it interesting that there was another reason behind Black Widow's appearance in "Avengers: Infinity War" besides going into hiding with Captain America and his Avengers faction.

[@ashleyrothenburger2285]

What was the other reason? I actually would like to know. I like the MCU but I’m not in depth as the rest of you and like to know…. Please and thank you (respectfully)

[@joshbrosh6626]

@@ashleyrothenburger2285 did u watch the movie It's the relationship between yelena and Natasha as sisters

[@majasrheim4542]

@@joshbrosh6626 that does not really clarify anything , I think you have to explain on a deeper level

[@jasminepeterson5766]

Natasha's russian family probably blipped out by Thanos

[@antoncvetkov8602]

can someone explain the after credit scene ? - Yelena, already knows Barton was a friend -that woman, Valentina is Hydra ? -why does she say she needs a raise, she is working for them ?

[@russellh8702]

She knew Barton was a friend of Natashas but didn’t know what he looked like and Contessa didn’t give her the name in the picture.

[@antoncvetkov8602]

@@russellh8702 still a bit scetchy, they talked about him, how he helped her deflect to shield, ALSO WHAT NAME HE IS ONE OF THE FUCKING AVENGERS ......

[@Juan-nd9bw]

@@russellh8702 yelena knows stark how can she not know clint

[@dandelion1469]

@@Juan-nd9bw because barton is no way near as popular an avenger as thor or stark or captai america i mean she calls thor a space god which means she doesnt even really know his name

[@Juan-nd9bw]

@@dandelion1469 I mean true I guess but wouldn’t Natasha tell her stories about them

[@laurairizarry8140]

Funny side note: Yelena Belova (not Florence Pugh's version) was the original Black Widow and in order for Natasha to take her place as the Black Widow she had to kill her.

[@ashleyrothenburger2285]

😶😳😯😲😮😧😦😱🤯 HONESTLY!? Please tell me more!? Please and thank you.

[@laurairizarry8140]

@@ashleyrothenburger2285 ​ I can't really remember the original origin comics title but there have been quite a few references to a Yelena Belova as a previous Widow who worked with HYDRA after graduation. Popular theory is that she is a dead as that is what is insinuated every time she is listed in a comic and always in relation to Natasha. There are websites that list character backstories for those who jump in at more current comic like the Miles Morales comics where you may be thinking that it is odd that its a 13 year old black kid named Miles when everyone knows Spiderman is a 16-24 year old (depends on the comic) High School/College student/Scientist. The website also lists the comics and issues the character is seen in even if only just a frame rather than as a main the website is called comicvine and is written by fans (nerds like me) and people dedicated to the comics they read.

[@Jade_7103]

How is that funny! interesting but not funny

[@laurairizarry8140]

@@Jade_7103 because how they altered the character for this storyline contradicts her origin story

[@Jade_7103]

@Ray Adams wow

[@Jade_7103]

SPOILER ALERT!: why nat has the vest is cuz yelena gave her the vest

[@Ilovemovi3s]

Ya no shit

[@aphxdea]

oH My goD thAtS sO SurPrISing If it werent for that Wht did she do? Steal it? Dumb As fucking hell

[@phantomstrikesagain]

Oh My GoD WOW🤩

[@frankoceanlover23]

Wow I didn’t know this at all oh wow

[@pwrtrace]

When he shakes their hands and yelena looks at her hand is pure comedy 😂😂😂😂

[@ConfessorEpicness]

ugh, that knife drop was jacked from Arya Stark.

[@kanedaku]

"Thank you, for your co-operation." - Robocop, 1986.

[@thurainhtet]

Those details are the reason I love marvel movies

[@TheRealAdaWong]

Amazing how Marvel even allows their own character's to assume another's mantle, even if for a brief moment like the Councilwoman, Yelena's vest, or the nano-mask. It's a nice parallel to Yelena and Widow using each other's identity in the comics. I'll always love Widow's suit in Infinity War not only because it resonates with Widow on the run. But as well for it's subtle introduction that Natasha was under the guise of another cover, Yelena.

[@Xhesika333]

I cant belive Natasha died 😭😭like WHYYY

[@BartSIMPson-xn2dc]

Omg “that” is such an iconic line

[@mini_mew775]

The winter soldier TRAINED those in the Red Room when Natasha was in it so yeah of course any Widow will know those moves

[@aaronwright8370]

I think I'm going to try to see Black Widow (soon at least).

[@terrytrouser_1166]

There is also another reference to the movie " The Avengers " When she has to convince Yelena to help her destroy the Red Room, she pronounces the phrase "it will be fun". The same phrase he had used in "The Avengers " when he has to be helped by Cap to reach one of the flying means of the aliens to get to the portal above the tower of the Avengers. You will say "OK but it’s just a joke", but it is used in the same way that is to describe an action more dangerous than funny.

[@stephengeorge8231]

Black widow to me is my favourite marvel movie so far 10/9 😊

[@giyuutomioka5760]

If you look closely to Yelena’s jacket that she gave to natasha, natasha was wearing the same jacket in infinity war.

[@alexhendrich69]

'cause Yelena gave it to her before she fought in infinity war.

[@heilysso2349]

Me: crying my eyes out because I knew all this when I watched the movie

[@laraudinov3520]

In eternals trailer, they mentioned that captain America and tony stark are gone and who's gonna lead the avengers ,but natasha wasn't mentioned plus in the plus scene in the end we hear a whistle after yelenas

[@lilasalsahar4576]

after the scarlet Johansson lawsuit sadly I don’t think there is hope for Natasha 💔

[@Coyotebrownpig]

I feel like any time someone repeats like a common word or phrase from an earlier part of a story line that has absolutely no relation whatsoever, people shove the introductive fact that its an easter egg down your throat.

[@celestekeen4837]

Right? The "I don't wanna go" easter egg was a bit of a reach....ok a lot of a reach

[@MikSrf723]

I have seen the Hawkeye series also and it is cool how all of these continue to connect and intertwine.

[@lordvenjix3757]

Amazing video 👍

[@Alcagaur1]

The Photostatic Veil, or Nano Mask, also appeared repeatedly in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2.

[@cargo71]

I remember. Two Melinda Mays!

[@MegasXLR]

The movie was amazing!

[@huongthaole46]

That knife trick is how Aria Stark stabbed the Night King...

[@solesoulsorrow]

The nano mask was also used in Agents of SHIELD. It's no longer canon, but exists still on some timeline.

[@ValkyriePrime]

The Photostatic Veil was also used in captain America: the winter soldier

[@subifuwant9583]

Omg so cool and interesting!

[@doctordre005]

the vest is actually the same vest yelena gave it to her and also the old logo shield of an eagle with wriggly wing feathers it seems to allude the fact that Shield at the time was crowded with HYDRA personnels the wriggly wing looks eeriely similiar to the wriggly tentacles on HYDRA logo

[@leylamiller7924]

Natasha's sister is so cool and adorable they look like a real sister.

[@nickyw3133]

4:10 her laugh😂😂

[@briandent5460]

Movie felt like it was 6 years to late

[@ayessaguimalig3583]

Wait I saw a tiktok vid saying that Laura Clint/Hawkeye’s wife is like an Avenger or agent maybe he is rigth😳 4:57 that’s the thing from Laura’s Watch

[@blackspace7111]

The woman that hands over the ipad (with the photo of barton) is also in the falcon and the winter soldier, i think. She is (i think) that person that made John a agent in the end. This is just something I think is true, dont take rhis to serious

[@phantomstrikesagain]

FALKON? 🤚🤣

[@blackspace7111]

@@phantomstrikesagain 😂 oop Wrote in the language that i speak😂

[@phantomstrikesagain]

@@blackspace7111 Ohhhhh

[@shawnduncan6414]

Nano mask was first used in Marvels Agents of Shield tv show

[@CartooningCuteDrawings]

Brilliant 😍

[@prahaladanprabhu8407]

Nice editing

[@agentcody0825]

You gave the Task master identity with one word ... "her"

[@darrengriffin8609]

Some people probably missed it. Until you blabbed.

[@Idkanymorelol.]

That thumbnail is clever I didn’t notice it!

[@EFazy]

I tought the BW film will help to learn how to spell Budapest. I have to tell: Natasa was right about the spelling! ;)

[@camatlfalcon330]

Black widow and black mamba

[@fazegod1368]

Taskmaster ain’t referencing no one he/she’s abilities is legit to mimic other combatants

[@riyaswami8932]

It's a she.

[@fazegod1368]

@@riyaswami8932 I’m talking about the comic version and the movie version casual

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

Also, it wasn't just the arrow that was mimicking Hawkeye, but also the way it was shot under the car to explode that mimicked the Winter Soldier when he blew up Fury's car.

[@_stonksIG_]

2:05 it also happened in iron man two when she got starks fingerprint if my memory serves correctly

[@akashjojisreactions580]

Can you review Black widow review. General Ross mentions Falcon orSam, Winter solider bucky, Ant-man, and did not mention Wanda

[@mabrywall5638]

12th!! I love your videos

[@vibesxx_roblox2645]

I've seen this movie it's actually cool i loveeee you should watch it well if you want

[@lukelim5094]

One thing great about this movie is really Yelena...but i am a little disappointed this feels like an isolated side quest that doesnt do anything bigger in context. For example Captain America Winter Soldier was about Hydra taking over SHIELD and how that turn out to weaken earth against Thanos. If General Dreykov even name drop Hydra or names like AIM and had some of his activities linked to major occurence in the mcu or real world that be great. It feels like a nice chapter side quest. But i had hoped it were more :(.....shit hawkeye gonna be like this too.

[@ztitchez]

is Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine good? since she is madame hydra

[@ds_the_rn]

The knife drop is also how what’s her name kills the White King dude in Game of Thrones. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@MACcopsnK__Coronado]

I missed a lot but I also got a lot from the MARVEL’s AGENTS OF S. H. E. I. L. D. Netflix series. Brings me to question will those merge or have they already?

[@cstaber]

If anyone's watched Loki, they know Natasha will be back. :D

[@alextaggart2453]

I've watched Loki and i doubt she will return despite what happened in the ending.

[@aldriputra4181]

Ohh whoa

[@freeze9785]

Really called the SHEILD Chevy's Jeeps smh

[@ahonaspirantseeker2795]

Taskmaster has the same hud with tony stark in civil war to analyze cap's fight moves.

[@09amzzz]

She got snapped if you seen the new Hawkeye

[@kierstanbair1649]

The forgetting ant man thing came about because not a lot of people knew who any man was before the movie came out

[@Hihi-yc9os]

You left out the "This gotta be fun" when Nat said it in The Avengers and Yelena said it in Black Widow

[@ella-maemorris2619]

Nano mask is also used in agents of shield

[@abbyayala6615]

Ok but did no one see the arrow necklace she wore

[@inexfan89]

"hidden references" *puts most blatant and over the head reference in the thumbnail*

[@melissaharris3389]

Yes, yes...the disk is stolen from a front company for SHIELD, which is a front for Hydra, which ran the Winter Soldier program; which, was under utilized as a plot point coming chronologically right after Civil War! In a film about mind control. Florence Pugh was amazing. Maybe Bucky has a chance with Black Widow 2.0. She seems more his type. Sassy.

[@buddhadevnsingh9319]

Wow

[@olivermartindale1185]

Do do the moves of the other super heroes

[@lifewithjasmaine]

So we all know how when they showed Thanos, daughter, in the movie what we also see is blood stans that sank in so we know that took place in 2014 and they went back to 2012 so that means there were other people who tried to retrieve the stones but wasn't as accomplished as Thanos so here is another reason why I think black widow isn't dead because caption America went back to return the stones and also he could have saved her and we all know how black widow power work she can change into anyone like the aliens in caption marvel so what if he told her to lay low so she changed into someone else also she probably did what fury did she went to pay her respect when no one was around just so she won't blow her cover therefor I think she is still alive.

[@patriciaalvareztostado8170]

Hope this hapened in my mine it happened, I refuse to belive that she is dead,

[@steverogers9664]

Ya those trucks the Agents of Shield were driving or not Jeeps!! They are Chevys trucks hence the bowtie, not exactly sure which model.

[@ilavringo]

1:14 She learn that from Wu Jing

[@DeisyPaulin21]

thats cool lol

[@ItsMeYourGirlDianna]

I would like to point out that those aren't jeeps those are Chevy Suburbans

[@heyblue5001]

7:14 this scene from?

[@filiptokoly1300]

after credits Black widow

[@julio79694]

You lost me at jeeps

[@Maria-bw6uu]

Can someone pls tell me why when u search up black widow cast Robert Downey jr comes out but he doesn’t come out in the movie?

[@olivermartindale1185]

You no that the task master was made to

[@iamyourrealfatherkid]

i googled natasha and she is only 36 but look like 46 almost unbangable. but yelena on the other hand was tight,

[@Anonymous-iv9cz]

Who’s Fanny Longbottom. Because that’s who she named the dog after in the end

[@helldeirch]

when you think about it, how would yelena know about the poses?

[@charlottesmith2983]

maybe on TV or something that she saw her doing, cause the avengers' fights had been broadcast before

[@patriciaalvareztostado8170]

Videos, they were film by people that were in some events

[@iamjustsoawsome5623]

i think it's sexist to say her poses are over-sexualized

[@yuedou]

I agree, I don’t think that was the joke either. Yelena was probably just trying to say that posing like that during battle was unnecessary and performative

[@darrengriffin8609]

Sexy

[@techylomgirl3369]

😈💙

[@Madelin13]

When they said it’s a pretty good catchphrase so we wouldn’t be surprised if it stuck from here on out … I was like WDYM SHE DEAD

[@TexasPig]

The thumbnail makes no sense. It wasn’t a hidden detail. It was literally showing how Black Widow got her vest.

[@National7575]

For setting up infinity war it was pretty good and it is a good film but it’s not the send of Natasha deserves

[@unrepentantoffender188]

"send OFF"

[@victorpradha9946]

I agree...the movie felt more like a vehicle to establish the Yelena character than a proper homage to Black Widow. Also, they felt to give BW a catharsis insofar as being the one to takedown Dreykov considering ALL that he had done to Natasha. I would have liked to see a scene where Natasha searched for Yelena and Melina and Red Guardian after Infinity War only to find that they've been dusted. It would have added another element to Nat's sacrifice in Vormir.

[@National7575]

@@unrepentantoffender188 who ASKED

[@kaileykiwi2492]

SKMEONE HELP WHERE CAN I GET YELENAS VEST

[@prdxav]

the vest isnt really an easter egg if its blatant

[@joobydoobnoobmooblooboob3246]

You pronounce it “YELENA.” Not “melena”

[@notaseat5934]

Wow no way Yelena is pronounced Yelena? I thought it was Yelena. I’ve also heard Yelena and actually used to think it was Yelena, but wow no way it’s Yelena

[@celebritiesthenandnow2980]

Only the paranoid survive.

[@Jmgjgdjd5]

just to point out the thumb nail, the vest isn't a hidden reference since Yelena gives it to Natasha in the movie, it's obvious

[@kahangl7211]

4th yay

[@conspicuoustraverser7375]

those are not jeeps

[@gordonrobb]

None of these ‘references’ are ‘hidden’.

[@Canrugger]

Hidden references are not obvious call backs/mentions

[@victoralexander123ordonez8]

после войны религии просят пожертвования и изображают из себя героев