Easter eggs in media are jokes or gags, hidden messages, or mini-games that appear in movies, video games, TV shows, books, or crosswords as a special extra.
During some sequences in the film and the video game featuring Spider-Man, there are a few small easter eggs.
The Amazing Spider-Man
Donald Glover
- In Peter Parker's bedroom, there is a poster of Donald Glover on his wall.
The Amazing Spider-Man (video game)
The Amazing Spider-Man film
- In Stan's apartment, there is a poster of the movie reboot, with bold print at the top: MOVIE OF THE YEAR. Along with that, there is a picture of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man with bold print header: WHO IS HE? Also, in the city, there are newspapers in some stands that read the same print as the first poster. This includes a picture of the new film's Spider-Man.
Beenox
- There is a building in Manhattan that, apparently, is the Beenox building; there are big letters at the head of the building entitling "BEENOX", as well as the Beenox logo: a blue gear. Beenox is the company that created this video game.
Captain America
- While finding an escaped Beloit patient, they may thank Captain America for picking them up, to which Spider-Man will reply, "Uh... wrong person."
Eddie Brock
- There is a small billboard somewhere in Manhattan with the words "Eddie Brock Photography". Eddie Brock is a famous comic book character in the Spider-Man universe because he turns out to become the villainous Venom from an alien symbiote.
Bee Nox Luvz You
- In a certain part of the game while loading, in NYC Thoughts, there will be four different people commenting about current events. These people, in order, have the usernames: Bee, Nox, Luvz and You. This is an obvious message to the player from Beenox; "Beenox loves you".
Comic villains
- In some of Whitney Chang's photo missions for Spider-Man, there are some obvious references to some of Spider-Man's famous villains. For example, in one sequence, there is a sand pit in which a little girl was sucked into, referencing Sandman. Others hint at foes like Hydro-Man, the Vulture and Man-Wolf.
Stan
- Stan is Peter's family's friend, but the name is an obvious nod to former Marvel Entertainment president, Stan Lee, as his in-game bio depicts him as a "writer" and "fictional storyteller".
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- When Spider-Man is looking for Vermin in the sewers, Spider-Man asks if Vermin is going to hang out with his "adopted turtle sons and eat pizza". This is a reference to the classic title TMNT, in which the turtles would often hang out with their mutated rat mentor, Splinter, and eat pizza in the sewers. This may also be a reference to a specific turtle, Donatello, because the person voicing Spider-Man in this game is famous for voicing Donatello.
Star Wars
- In Chapter 3 of the game, Whitney Chang gets caught by another Oscorp guard as he yells, "Move!"; to which Chang replies, "I'm not the droid you're looking for." This is an obvious reference to a famous line in the classic movie series Star Wars, "These are not the droids you're looking for."
Guitar Hero
- In certain places in Manhattan, Spider-Man will find various pawn shops. In the windows of these shops, one will see small, toy guitars with colored buttons at the top, hinting at the design made by famous music game Guitar Hero.
McDonald's
- In other certain places, Spidey will also find restaurants entitled "Fast Food", with a logo that is a frontward and backward F together, but looks almost like the letter M and the McDonald's logo, a real fast food restaurant.
Heroes For Hire
- At one point, Spider-Man admits that sometimes he wish he was a hero for hire. This is a reference to the comicline Heroes For Hire and the most famous hired hero, Luke Cage (also known as 'Power Man').
Dee Brown
- There is a clothing store in Manhattan named "Brown & Dee", referencing Beenox's president, Dee Brown.
- The very last NYC Thoughts post that can be seen is from "LtCoolDee", Brown's real Twitter name.
David and Goliath
- During Spider-Man's first fight with Hunter bots, he makes a small note to David and Goliath, two characters, one a man and the other a giant, from the Bible.
Fast & Furious
- During a Car Chase, Spider-Man might say that he, himself, is fast and the criminals he caught were furious. This is an obvious reference to the movie Fast & Furious.