6) Happy Hogan’s Cargo
A subplot in the movie sees Tony’s pal Happy Hogan organizing the transition from Avengers Tower to the Avengers’ new facility upstate. Towards the end of the film, Happy is seen listing off crates of items that need to be moved. Unsurprisingly, they contain some familiar nick-nacks.
First of all, Happy mentions Iron Man’s Hulkbuster armour, previously seen in Avengers: Age of Utron when Tony summoned it down from its pod in space in order to take out a rogue Bruce Banner in South Africa. This is the first time the armour has been referred to by its comics-accurate moniker. In Ultron, Stark jokingly nicknamed it Veronica.
Next up, we get a mention of a second prototype shield for Captain America. Presumably, this is a callback to half-completed shield glimpsed in 2010’s Iron Man 2. At the time, its inclusion was a fun reference to the upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger. Looking back at it, though, it didn’t really make sense that Tony had Cap’s shield in his lab. At least now we have an explanation for it.
Finally, Happy struggles to say “meg…” something before just calling it “Thor’s magic belt.” Presumably, he’s referring to Megingjörð, the God of Thunder’s belt in Norse Mythology that’s said to double his strength. It’s never appeared in the movies before, but has been known to pop up in the comics.