Superman Ties, DC Easter Eggs & Extra

Warning! This submit accommodates SPOILERS for Peacemaker season 2, episode 7

Peacemaker season 2, episode 7 continues the epic connections to James Gunn’s Superman, together with a number of different enjoyable Easter eggs and DCU ties. That includes The eleventh St. Youngsters and their mission to carry Chris Smith (John Cena) residence from the alternate Nazi actuality, the brand new episode options some nice connections and references all through.

In Peacemaker season 2, episode 6, fan theories had been confirmed with the reveal that this alternate DCU is dominated by the Nazis. Now, the opposite shoe lastly drops on this new episode, with main truths being revealed. With that in thoughts, listed below are all the most important Easter eggs, references, Superman cameos, and DCU ties in Peacemaker season 2, episode 7.

The Largest Easter Eggs and References in Peacemaker Season 2, Episode 7

Sydney Happersen in Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 7

Mein Kampf – Harcourt factors out a number of copies of Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler’s autobiography and political manifesto for the Nazi Occasion.

The Nazis Gained WW2 (Earth-X) – “Vigilante 2” confirms the Nazis gained WWII of their actuality, identical to within the unique DC Comics’ Earth-X.

Nazi Crocs? – One of many civilians electrocuted by Judomaster is proven carrying Crocs with a Jibbitz appeal of a Nazi swastika.

Eagly Channels Child Groot – Needing one thing to free himself from his chair, a tied-up John Economos is exasperated when Eagly brings him a chunk of string, not in contrast to when Child Groot initially introduced Rocket and Yondu the whole lot however Yondu’s prototype fin in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Cheetos With An “H” At The Finish – Similar to the misspelled Cheerios that Vigilante discovered within the earlier episode, Judomaster finds Cheetos with a distinct spelling (Cheet-ohs), whereas commenting they’re inferior to those he is continually consuming in the principle DCU.

Scrobble – Ready issues out, Adebayo and Judomaster play a recreation of “Scrobble”, one other alternate universe spelling of the traditional recreation Scrabble.

Superman’s Sydney Happersen (Rift Skilled) – Rick Flag Sr. and Agent Bordeaux meet with an incarcerated Sydney Happersen, one of many LuthorCorp scientists who labored for Lex in Superman. Performed by James Gunn’s good good friend Stephen Blackeheart, Sydney is confirmed to be LuthorCorps’s resident dimensional rift skilled, now serving to ARGUS find Peacemaker’s portal. Nevertheless, it is also established that he is doing it out of concern of Lex, and never for a discount of his sentence.

LuthorCorp Command Heart – Sydney and ARGUS use the stays of the flying LuthorCorp command middle seen in Superman, revealed to be in ARGUS’ custody and saved in a authorities warehouse.

A Wobble – Offering extra context to Mister Terrific’s clarification in Superman, Sydney confirms Lex Luthor’s dimensional portals all the time had a wobble on scans on account of their instability, confirming they may solely be saved open for therefore lengthy earlier than falling aside and risking a serious rift (like we see within the ending of the DCU’s first live-action film). Compared, Peacemaker’s Quantum Unfolding Chamber is confirmed to be completely steady. That is thrilling to Rick Flag Sr, who clearly has plans for the portal as soon as ARGUS can get their fingers on it.

“The Musical Style Of The Subsequent-Door Boy From Toy Story” – Judomaster’s hilariously particular diss on Peacemaker’s musical style is a reference to Sid Phillips, the first antagonist from the primary Toy Story film, who took aside toys and blew them up with fireworks.

Detective Fitzgibbon – Performed by Lochlyn Munro, an alt-universe Detective Fitzgibbon returns, having first appeared in Peacemaker season 1. The title Fitzgibbon is impressed by James Gunn’s good friend Larry Fitzgibbon, and has been featured in a number of of Gunn’s tasks (together with different DCU characters in The Suicide Squad and Creature Commandos).

Infernape (Once more) – Pokémon will get yet one more shout-out in Peacemaker season 2, with the twin Vigilante reiterating that they each love the hearth/preventing sort Infernape. That is the fourth time the brand new DCU present has made a Pokémon reference.

Treaty of Qatar? – Chris Smith is arrested in Peacemaker season 2, episode 7’s ending, and an agent tells him his possession of the QUC violates the “Treaty of Qatar”, which has to do with unlawful scientific gadgets. Whereas unclear in the intervening time, this may very well be a tie to another occasion within the DCU that has but to be revealed.

The ultimate episode of Peacemaker season 2 releases October ninth, streaming on HBO Max.