Here's our complete list of all the MCU and Marvel Comics Easter eggs in WandaVision episode 5. The MCU's Phase 4 slate has been rewritten, and as a result WandaVision serves as the launch for the next few years of Marvel madness. The series is certainly a trippy one, with Scarlet Witch trapping the entire town of Westview, New Jersey, in some sort of reality bubble in which she has rewritten history to create a false reality.
But that reality is beginning to break down, and in WandaVision episode 5, Vision's fears something is wrong build to a dramatic head. Wanda Maximoff has everything she needs - and yet she is desperately avoiding learning the one true fact of reality, that there is no such thing as a Happily Ever After. And then, just when viewers had begun to think they'd got WandaVision figured out, there's a shocking twist at the end of episode 5 as the doorbell rings. It's time for reality to warp once again, in a manner that may have massive repercussions for the MCU.
So here are all the key Easter eggs in WandaVision episode 5, ranging from the overt to the unexpected.
Disturbing Memories of Teenage Wanda
WandaVision's opening credits have often been creative and whimsical, and the ones for episode 5 are no different. Perhaps the most disturbing moment is a shot of a kooky teenage Wanda - if you look at the background, you can see her war-torn homeland, which had been locked in a state of civil war for decades. It's interesting to note none of these photos emphasize Wanda's family connection by showing her brother, Quicksilver.
Wanda Maximoff Isn't Scarlet Witch (Yet)
WandaVision episode 5 makes a point of stressing that Wanda Maximoff never formally adopted a superhero name. Kevin Feige has confirmed WandaVision will see Wanda Maximoff officially become Scarlet Witch, adopting her persona from the comics themselves. Speaking at CCXP 2019 in Brazil, Feige confirmed the show would "reveal a name that I'm not even sure we've said in the MCU yet, but we absolutely make a big deal of in [WandaVision], which is that Wanda is in fact the Scarlet Witch. What does that mean, that she is the Scarlet Witch?" In the comics, Wanda is actually the latest in a long family line of sorcerers to inherit this title; her mother Natalya Maximoff was one of the greatest of that line, a woman who sacrificed even her immortal soul to save witchcraft itself. Early posters for WandaVision subtly referenced the famous head-gear Wanda wears in the comics, which again she has in common with her mother, so this may turn out to be a significant plot-point.
Monica Rambeau's Powers Are Hinted At
It's pretty clear Monica Rambeau's experience in Westview has somehow changed her permanently; SWORD's scientists are completely unable to conduct X-rays on her. This is a subtle nod to Monica's transformation in the comics, where exposure to extradimensional energy granted her the ability to manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum. Monica has gone through a range of codenames, including "Captain Marvel," "Spectrum," and even "Photon." The last of these was her mother's call-sign in the MCU, and photons are referenced in WandaVision episode 5, so it's possible Monica will adopt that in honor of her mother and in recognition of her abilities.
Darcy Has Coined the Term "The Hex"
The reality bubble covering Westview is hexagonal in shape, and as a result, Darcy has officially called it "The Hex." This is a nice nod to the comics, where Scarlet Witch manipulates the nature of probability by unleashing what are commonly described as "Hexes." It will be interesting to see if the hexagonal shape was merely setup for this Easter egg, or if there is an actual reason the reality bubble takes this form.
How Much Do People Know About Endgame's Final Battle?
Superhero fans love arguing over who is the most powerful Avenger, and Marvel frequently use discussion around that point for promotional purposes. It seems people enjoy debating it in-universe, with characters like Darcy and Jimmy memorizing every superhero's feats. Intriguingly, those two appear to know everything that happened in the final battle in Avengers: Endgame, discussing how Scarlet Witch and Captain Marvel were both tremendously effective in their own confrontations with Thanos; they're clearly still acting as the audience perspective in this story, which is pretty amusing.
There's something odd about this level of knowledge, though, given Spider-Man: Far From Home subtly suggested the Avengers concealed a lot of the truth - with the world even believing Captain America died during that battle, unaware he subsequently traveled back to the past via the Quantum Realm. It's possible Darcy and Jimmy have been raiding SWORD's records, so they know more than the general public.
Wanda Stealing Vision Is Endgame's Deleted Scene
Marvel Studios has always tended to keep deleted scenes back in case they can be reused at a later date. WandaVision actually uses one such deleted scene from Avengers: Endgame, with Paul Bettany recently revealing Marvel actually filmed a scene in which Scarlet Witch saw Vision's corpse in a "sort of body bag drawer." This was cut because Kevin Feige felt it didn't fit with the overall mood of the film, and in truth he was probably right. Besides which, the revelation Vision's actual body has been stolen by Wanda makes for an unsettling moment in WandaVision episode 5 that is far more dramatic.
The Sokovia Accords
WandaVision episode 5 confirms the Sokovia Accords are still in force in Phase 4, and further supports the theory SWORD is responsible for enforcing them; one aspect of the Accords covers the development of artificial intelligences, which episode 4 already confirmed SWORD has become interested in. Monica Rambeau has only just returned to active duty, and she finds SWORD's brutal new approach - including their willingness to consider Wanda Maximoff a terrorist and their apparent eagerness to shoot her down - quite shocking.
Sparky Is Vision's Synthezoid Dog
Sparky the dog is an explicit reference to Tom King's iconic Vision run from the comics. There, Vision attempted to settle down and build a family of his own by creating a synthezoid family. The dog originally belonged to some of Vision's neighbors, and he was killed when he accidentally dug up the Grim Reaper's corpse and electrocuted himself on the villain's weapon. Vision extracted Zeke's brain from his body and used it to create a synthezoid dog - which may well yet happen. Sparky was beaten to death by one of Vision's children in a fit of rage, but was subsequently resurrected by Scarlet Witch.
Tommy & Billy Immediately Wear Their Superhero Colors
Viewers can be forgiven for struggling to remember which one of Wanda and Vision's twins is which, but Marvel's helped by color-coding them according to their comic book characters. In the comics, Billy is reincarnated as the sorcerer Wiccan, and he typically wears red; Tommy is reincarnated as the super-speedster with the somewhat original codename Speed, and he wears blues and greens.
Lagos Commercial References Captain America: Civil War
The WandaVision adverts have consistently woven a narrative thread of trauma through the story, with each dedicated to a different experience of pain and suffering in Wanda's past. The advert in WandaVision episode 5 is no different, dedicated to a brand of cleaning product named "Lagos" - "For when you make a mess you didn't mean to." This refers to the events of Captain America: Civil War, in which Wanda was unable to prevent Crossbones causing chaos with a suicide bombing. She was unfairly blamed for the tragedy, which led to the signing of the Sokovia Accords.
Vision "Awakens" People
Vision's ability to "awaken" people is an Easter egg to the comic book House of M event, where Scarlet Witch rewrote the entire world and create a false reality. There, a girl named Layla Miller resisted Wanda's influence and possessed the ability to awaken others with a touch. She used those powers to awaken the Avengers, who successfully forced Wanda to reset reality back to normal - albeit at a cost.
Scarlet Witch's Sokovian Accent Makes A Return
The Devil really is in the details - and so is the Scarlet Witch. In one scene in WandaVision episode 5, Wanda emerges from the Hex to confront SWORD and tell them to back off. She reverts to her natural Sokovian accent during that scene, illustrating her dominance and her belief she has nothing to fear and no longer needs to make an effort to fit in. Interestingly, the accent makes a recurrence during Wanda's argument with Vision later in the episode, illustrating her control really was beginning to break down.
Scarlet Witch Imitates Magneto
When Scarlet Witch confronts SWORD, she pulls a stunt that will be familiar to any fans of Fox's X-Men movies; she turns SWORD Director Hayward's guns against him, just as Magneto did in the famous "Mind Over Metal" scene in 2000's X-Men film. That featured Sir Ian McKellen as the Master of Magnetism, but Wanda's hand-flourish is much more characteristic of Michael Fassbender's iteration. In the comics, Scarlet Witch was long considered Magneto's daughter, so this seems pretty appropriate. What's more, Wanda's actions in Westview certainly give humans a reason to fear superhumans - just as Magneto's deeds often excuse the fear of mutants.
The X-Men's Quicksilver
WandaVision episode 5 ends with a ring of the doorbell, with Wanda bewildered because this wasn't something she had done. To her surprise, she is greeted by her long-lost brother Pietro - recast to be played by Evan Peters. He played Quicksilver in Fox's X-Men films, wowing viewers with expensive but tremendously effective speed sequences in X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix. "Long-lost bro get to squeeze his stinking sister to death or what," the recast Quicksilver asks. The audio-description hints this version of Quicksilver has been pulled through the Multiverse somehow, reading "In Westview, Wanda stares at the version of Pietro from the X-Men films." It's too soon to say what the long-term impact of this will be on the MCU.
Interestingly, Fox did consider giving their Quicksilver two sisters. Leaked images from X-Men: Days of Future Past showed Evan Peters' Quicksilver interacting with a red-headed little sister, and many fans assumed this was actually a young Wanda. Director Bryan Singer told ComicBook the truth, though - that she was intended to be a third Maximoff child, and an actual Easter egg to Scarlet Witch was cut. As he explained, "I even had a line which I cut, where Quicksilver's mother says to the little girl, 'Go up and bug your sister,' and the little girl says, 'She bugs me!' You never see the older sister, but it was to imply that there is an older sister for comic bool fans. I ended up cutting it."
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