Black Panther wouldn't be a Marvel film if it didn't come equipped with a complement of Easter eggs and references to its comics source material and the other films in the MCU.

Director Ryan Coogler's movie is actually remarkably standalone for a Marvel Studios production, but it definitely has a few sneaky nods hidden in there. With Black Panther out on DVD and Blu-ray on June 11, let's revisit the best.

(Warning: Contains spoilers for Black Panther.)

1. Bast

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The animated opening to the film reveals the origins of Wakanda and the Black Panther. The cat goddess mentioned briefly as helping the first Black Panther to become king of Wakanda is Bast.

Bast (sometimes known as Bastet) is – other than being a recurring character in Black Panther-related comic book stories – a real goddess, although her Egyptian origins meant she was worshipped farther north than Wakanda's central African location.

T'Challa's rival M'Baku, who leads the gorilla-inspired Jabari tribe, also references Hanuman, a monkey god whose Indian origin is even more distant from Wakanda than Bast's.

2. The other Black Panther

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T'Challa's sister Shuri (Letitia Wright) is a character from Marvel's comics, where she eventually succeeded her brother as Black Panther and queen of Wakanda.

Wright might not be ready to push Chadwick Boseman out of the way yet, but the panther's teeth that run along her jaw on her traditional costumes hint at the potential for her to take up the mantle of Wakanda's champion in the future.

3. 'Another white boy'

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"Great – another broken white boy for us to fix."

Shuri's comment after an injured Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) is given into her care is a nod to Bucky Barnes – the Winter Soldier – who was left in Wakanda at the end of Captain America: Civil War with the hopes that the country's scientists could undo his mental programming. We had already learned that Shuri had found the solution, and this seems to be confirmation that her plan worked.

4. Bucky returns

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The previous Winter Soldier Easter egg clearly plays out in the second post-credits scene, where Bucky emerges from a hut and speaks to Shuri at the side of a lake. He's back in action just in time for Avengers: Infinity War.

5. Stan Lee's cameo

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Of course, it wouldn't be an MCU film without a cameo from legendary Marvel writer (and Black Panther co-creator) Stan Lee, this time as a guest in the secret gambling den in Busan who steps in to 'look after' T'Challa's neglected winnings. We like to think that he kept them safe.

6. Djalia

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T'Challa and Erik Killmonger (Michael B Jordan) visit a purple-skied 'ancestral realm' after taking the heart-shaped herb, where they talk to the spirits of their ancestors. This is probably based on the comics' Djalia, a mystical dimension made from the collective memories of the people of Wakanda.

7. Back to Oakland

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Not an Easter egg exactly – but Oakland, California, where Erik lived and his father, T'Challa's uncle, died, is also the hometown of Ryan Coogler. Like Erik, he would have been living there as a young boy in 1992. For some extra synchronicity, Oakland is also the home of famous civil rights organisation the Black Panther Party.

8. T'Chaka's favourite movie

When Shuri – who serves as a Q-like inventor, providing Black Panther with her latest tech – insists that T'Challa swap his shoes for some self-tightening 'sneakers', she compares them to the shoes from that film their father used to watch.

We love the idea of the venerable King T'Chaka having Back to the Future Part II as his favourite movie. If hoverboards were to exist anywhere, we guess it would be in Wakanda.

9. Like father

If you thought that the younger version of T'Challa's father T'Chaka who appears in the opening scene bears a striking resemblance to the older version we met in Civil War, played by John Kani, there is a good reason for that. The role was filled by the actor's son, Atandwa Kani.

As for the young version of Forest Whitaker's Zuri, he was played by Denzel Whitaker, who despite his surname is actually no relation. Coincidentally, both actors also appeared together in 2007's The Great Debaters.

10. The hand of Klaue

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Andy Serkis's deranged villain is quite a departure from his comic book origin, the Nazi war criminal know as Klaw, who was transformed into a being made of 'solid sound'.

However, his prosthetic arm, which doubles as a sound-based weapon, is a nod to the similar weapon wielded by the comic-book Klaue/Klaw.

11. Moonlight cameo

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When T'Challa and Shuri visit Oakland at the end of the film, the local kids are amazed when their Wakandan ship is uncloaked.

The little boy who asks Black Panther who he is before the credits roll is played by Alex Hibbert, who portrayed young Chiron in the Oscar-winning 2016 drama Moonlight.

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