Ant-Man and the Wasp/Trivia

A list of trivia related to Ant-Man and the Wasp.
==References to Marvel Comics==
*Characters from the comics adapted for the movie are Jimmy Woo, Ghost, Sonny Burch, Bill Foster, and Elihas Starr.
*Throughout the film, Cassie Lang expresses her wish to be a superhero like her father. In the comics, she indeed becomes a superhero with the names Stature and Stinger. She does become a superhero in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
*As a recurring gag, Kurt Goreshter calls Ghost Baba Yaga, as he considers it similar to the Russian boogeyman. In the comics, Baba Yaga is a character commonly associated with both Captain Britain and X-Men's Colossus.
*The return of Janet van Dyne from the Quantum Realm, known in the comics as the Microverse, also occurred during Avengers Vol #4 issues 32 to 34.
**Her look is also inspired by the outfit she sported during those issues in the Microverse, face mask and all.
*Scott Lang is referred to as Giant-Man by the news outlet. This alias, though not usually used by Scott, is his official codename in the Ultimate Universe.
*Scott being a part of a security company, is lifted from Nick Spencer's 2015 run of Ant-Man, where he hires former villains to be a part of it.
*Ghost is male in the original comics and part of Iron-Man's rogues gallery, never actually crossing paths with Ant-Man. His powers also come from his suit rather than the Quantum Realm. He eventually became an anti-hero after joining a team of superhumans called The Thunderbolts. Ghost will later appear in the Thunderbolts* film.
==References to the Marvel Cinematic Universe==
*This is the first time Janet van Dyne makes a fully-fledged appearance after her brief cameo in Ant-Man.
*Bill Foster states that he worked with Hank Pym in Project G.O.L.I.A.T.H., which was mentioned in a deleted scene in Iron Man 2.
*Jimmy Woo, whose existence was first hinted in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode Face My Enemy, makes his first appearance in the MCU.
*Scott Lang is in house arrest due to a deal with the government after the events of Captain America: Civil War
**This status was first mentioned in Avengers: Infinity War.
*Hank Pym and Hope van Dyne are fugitives due to the aftermath of the events of Captain America: Civil War.
*While talking with Hope, Sonny Burch says that both HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. are gone, as a result of the events depicted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole.
*In the post-credits scene, Hank, Hope, and Janet are killed due to Thanos' use of the Infinity Gauntlet in Infinity War.
==Other Trivia==
*This is the second MCU installment to have both male and female co-leads and have the names of the two characters in the title, the first being Cloak & Dagger. Coincidentally, both products were released in 2018.
*The post-credits caption reads "Ant-Man and the Wasp will return?" (the first not to promise the further appearance of a character).
*This is the first film to feature Ant-Man but not feature Falcon.
*This is the first MCU product in which characters are killed on-screen due to the events of another product without being a flashback. 
*This is the second MCU film after Thor: Ragnarok to have a female as the leading antagonist. 
*Paul Rudd learned some of the close up magic to prepare for the movie.
*Langston Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne’s son, played the younger version of his character, Bill Foster.
*For the role of Janet van Dyne, Evangeline Lilly had Michelle Pfeiffer on her wish list to play Janet, while Michael Douglas expressed the desire to have his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones play Janet.
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