Cries of the White Rabbit
As Chris makes his means into Krank Toys, he passes a sobbing lady in a bunny costume. Some have already speculated it’s a Sixties comics deep minimize named Dumb Bunny (which might be on model for Gunn). Nevertheless, that is really White Rabbit, a minor Batman villain launched in 2011. Created by David Finch and Paul Jenkins, White Rabbit is Jaina Hudson, the privileged daughter of an American diplomat and a Bollywood actress. Though she has some compelling qualities, comparable to the flexibility to separate into two distinct folks, White Rabbit largely performs like a lesser model of Catwoman or Spider-Man foil the Black Cat, making her temporary look in Peacemaker—portrayed by Brey Noelle—additionally one among her most vital moments.
Laughing at Suicide Squad’s Joker
When Harcourt returns from an disagreeable remedy session, she takes out a few of her anger on her dashboard, leaving welts on her knuckles that Chris can’t assist however discover. Harcourt blows it off and Chris performs alongside, making a joke about being offended concerning the automotive taking part in Thirty Seconds to Mars and suggesting that perhaps she’s okay with the band. “I’m not on good phrases with Thirty Seconds to Mars, how dare you,” Harcourt fires again.
Thirty Seconds to Mars is, after all, the rock band fronted by Jared Leto. Leto was allegedly terrible whereas making 2016’s Suicide Squad, and was fairly horrible at taking part in the Joker as well. Despite the fact that Harcourt and Peacemaker made their live-action debuts in The Suicide Squad, these jokes make it fairly clear that Leto’s twisted Joker gained’t make it into the brand new universe.
The Quantum Folding Chamber
As we’re reminded in the course of the “Beforehand On…” montage, the Quantum Folding Chamber that Chris makes use of to go to an alternate actuality did present up in Peacemaker‘s first season because the place the place Auggie Smith shops his tools. Gunn returned to the concept for Superman, with Lex Luthor utilizing the expertise for his devious plans. As Mr. Terrific noticed in that film, Luthor makes a speciality of reckless science, so this can be a far more secure model of the identical expertise.
Nonetheless, it’s sufficient to fret Rick Flag Sr., who has his folks at ARGUS monitoring something that recollects “the Luthor incident.” One additionally can not assist however smile a bit at the truth that Flag and ARGUS confer with using the expertise as a “blip,” the official MCU time period for Thanos’ actions in Avengers: Infinity Conflict the place he snapped away half of every thing in existence for 5 years.
Is it a White Martian This Time?
When he enters the Quantum Folding Chamber, Chris sees a big white alien who rudely ignores his greeting. Additionally the alien incinerates a kitten. DC nerds are in all probability hoping that this can be a white Martian, the evil aliens who dedicated genocide towards the inexperienced martians, leaving just one survivor: J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter of the Justice League.
