16 details you may have missed in 'Black Widow'

Kirsten AcunaJul 10, 2021, 02:54 IST

Natasha Romanoff is on the run in "Black Widow."Marvel Studios

Warning: There are spoilers ahead for "Black Widow."
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Yelena's dog is named after one of Nat's aliases and there are some callbacks to 2016's "Civil War."

In case you're wondering, "Black Widow" takes place soon after the events of 2016's "Captain America: Civil War."

When we last saw Nat in the 2016 movie, she was warned that Thaddeus Ross would be coming after her. Marvel Studios

The start of "Black Widow" takes place the same year as the events of "Captain Marvel."

The majority of "Captain Marvel" takes place in 1995. Marvel Studios

Nat is supposed to be about 31 in "Black Widow."

Scarlett Johansson is on the run as Natasha Romanoff in "Black Widow." Disney/Marvel

Melina (Rachel Weisz) tells Alexei (David Harbour) that she doesn't want to leave their Ohio home at the film's start, delivering a line that may get you in your feels.

Scenes in "Black Widow" and "Avengers: Infinity War." Marvel Studios

General Thaddeus Ross returns for his fifth appearance in the MCU, telling his team that Natasha "assaulted the King of Wakanda."

Black Widow is the reason Cap and Bucky got away in "Captain America: Civil War." Marvel Studios

Ross tells Nat that they have Sam Wilson, Clint Barton, and "the incredible shrinking convict" in custody as they pursue her.

Tony Stark pays Wilson, Barton, and Lang a visit at the Raft in "Civil War" before Cap breaks them out. Marvel Studios

Nat briefly holds a box of blonde hair dye.

"Black Widow" finally shows when Nat got her blonde hair. Marvel

We learn what happened to "Dreykov's daughter," finally making sense of a slightly confusing moment in 2012's "The Avengers."

An apprehended Loki goads Black Widow in 2012's "The Avengers." Marvel Studios

Yelena jokes that if Dreykov killed Nat then one of the "big" Avengers would come to avenge her.

Thor is technically a God from space. Marvel Studios

One of Alexei's tattoos honors Nat and Yelena.

Alexei is covered in tattoos in "Black Widow." Marvel Studios

Yelena calls Alexei the Crimson Dynamo.

David Harbour as Red Guardian in "Black Widow." Disney/Marvel Studios

Yelena makes fun of the over-sexualized way in which Black Widow was depicted early on in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Yelena mocks Black Widow's poses. Marvel Studios

Yelena asks Nat if she ever wished for kids, referencing the sterilization ceremony the young women receive in the Black Widow program.

Nat describes the sterilization process in "Avengers: Age of Ultron." Marvel Studios

Natasha's vest in "Infinity War" is gifted to her by Yelena.

Yelena was very proud of this vest. Marvel Studios

Natasha uses the same mask technology she used at the end of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" to pretend to be another character.

This trick's getting a little old by now and makes less sense every time it's used on screen. Marvel Studios

Yelena's dog, Fanny, shares the same fake name Nat used earlier in the movie.

Yelena calls her dog Fanny. Marvel Studios

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