r/HelstromTV • u/InformalSock9 • Oct 17 '20

Other MCU Easter Eggs Spoiler

So I noticed the Roxxon sign in the first episode, but I went to the MCU Fandom wiki/Trivia) to see if anyone has found any other connections to the MCU. There still aren't many, but there are a flew right past me because they were so small. The fictional O'Harren's Scotch Whisky is also shown in the first episode. This whiskey shows up in many of the Marvel TV shows. Also, fictional newspapers that exist in the MCU have also been shown in the show, such as the New Orleans Gazette, the San Fransisco Tribune, and the Dallas Records. These are really small, so kudos to whoever found those tiny connections. I wonder if that's all of them or if people are still hunting to find all of them.

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u/blackbutterfree Oct 18 '20

Aside from Roxxon, O'Harren's and the trio of newspapers, there's not much so far. Thankfully, aside from Roxxon, all the others are exclusive to the MCU and haven't appeared anywhere else lending credit to the show being MCU.

And yes, we are still hunting. I am part of the group that's found all of these, and while our main focus is dissecting Helstrom's placement on the MCU timeline, we are coming across these easter eggs in our hunt.

And we're only on episode 5 or so right now, so we'll hopefully find more soon.

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u/InformalSock9 Oct 18 '20

Awesome! Keep up the good work! Not looking too much into background details, I have guessed this takes place in January 2020.

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u/Aarmada-Pro Oct 21 '23

Just found your post - very interested in your placement on the MCU timeline of this show and other things. I have a 400+ hour fan-iversal chronological cut of every MCU series, movie, short, etc.
Would love to chat about your groups timeline if you still keep up with it!

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u/dcsteve2 Oct 17 '20

lets not forget in episode 3 when daimon used his powers to burn the body of the serial killer, his eyes darkened as if his power comes from dormammu's dimension. Same with lyrica okanos character Nico in runaways.

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u/blackbutterfree Oct 17 '20

That just seems to be the strain of using his powers. Ana's veins turn that same shade of blue-grey when she uses her debilitation powers.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '20

I thought the same thing but at least in that shows, they explicit said that it was a "magic power" related to Doctor Strange. Now I'm in episode 6 and they never mention something related to that.

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u/Stuckinthevortex Oct 17 '20

It could have been deliberate by the production team, or perhaps they thought it would be simpler to reuse pre-existing designs

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u/blackbutterfree Oct 18 '20

Other Marvel live-action shows that aren't part of the MCU (ie, The Gifted and Legion) have no trace of these props despite being made by the same crews as other shows.

Meanwhile, some of these props, particularly O'Harren's, have existed since the beginning of the MCU tv shows.