Captain America: Civil War - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[beth]

This was the first theatrically released film featuring Spider-Man where the visual effects for the character are not being produced by another company affiliated with Sony, the rights holder to Spider-Man. Industrial Light & Magic, which handles much of the special effects for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, produced the visual effects.

[duane]

Mutants (such as the X-Men) play a part in the original comic book story, as human society had always held a prejudice against mutant-kind, while also being accepting of non-mutant heroes. When the tide turns against all powered people, some characters view it as fitting, since non-mutant heroes had it easy for so long, and others view it as troubling. Since Twentieth Century Fox owns the rights to the Marvel concept of "mutants", this wasn't a part of the film.

[melinda]

In the movie, Rhodes' (Don Cheadle) spinal column is severely damaged as the result of an accident while he was in the War Machine suit. As a result, Rhodes uses bionic supports on his legs to move around during his recovery. This is a nod to an incident in the comics when Rhodes was badly injured, and had to receive cybernetic implants for his legs, arms, and part of his face making him part cyborg (similar to DC Comic's Cyborg, who is also a black superhero with cybernetic implants) which lasted until Marvel's Dark Reign event, where Rhodes received a new cloned body, into which his mind was transferred.

[clayton]

In the Civil War comic book series, Tony Stark builds Spider-Man an "Iron Spider" suit. It's red and gold, and laden with armor and gadgets. In this film, Spider-Man receives a suit in his normal red and blue cloth attire, but it does have gadgets. The Iron Spider suit would be teased in Spider-Man: Homecoming and officially debut in Avengers: Infinity War.

[ray]

In Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America, Black Widow, and Falcon were arrested by H.Y.D.R.A. posing as S.H.I.E.L.D., which they escaped, having been freed by Maria Hill. In this movie, Captain America, Falcon, and Bucky were arrested by German Special Forces, and escape after Bucky (as the Winter Soldier) goes rogue, with help from Agent 13 Sharon Carter.

[violet]

Multiple references to different themes that aren't related to the Marvel Cinematic Universe are made throughout this movie: While confined, Falcon tells Iron Man to bring Mark Fuhrman if he wants him to talk (Mark Fuhrman was a key part in the 1994 to 1995 O.J. Simpson trial, having been thought to frame the football player because of his hatred towards black people), and during the final scene in Siberia, Iron Man calls Bucky Barnes "Manchurian Candidate", referring to the twice-filmed novel, in which American soldiers were brainwashed.

[kylie]

All three Captain America movies involve Captain America falling into a body of water: The Arctic Ocean in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), the Potomac River in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and possibly the River Spree in this movie.

[tom]

Every phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe starts with a film that features Tony Stark as at least one of the main characters. Phase One started with Iron Man (2008), Phase Two started with Iron Man 3 (2013), and Phase Three started with this movie.

[victoria]

John Slattery (Howard Stark) is only two years older than Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark, Howard's son). But since his final scene is set twenty-five years earlier (in 1991), that makes Howard twenty-seven years older than Tony.

[oscar]

When Secretary Ross is presenting the Accords to the Avengers, he compares Cap's lack of awareness of the whereabouts of Bruce Banner to the equivalent of the loss of a nuclear warhead. 2008's The Incredible Hulk centers around then-General Ross's manhunt for Banner and his alter ego The Hulk.

[albert]

Daniel Brühl (Helmut Zemo) dubbed himself in the German dubbing of the movie.

[riley]

Sebastian Stan revealed that the backpack that Bucky is seen wearing in the trailers contains journals that he has put together of his scattered memories.