I Noticed What Might Be The FINAL Endgame Easter Egg

Hey everyone! I'm rewatching the MCU in tandem with Road to Doomsday as well as in preparation with the for the Endgame re-release in September. I noticed this a while ago, and even wrote an article about a year ago - but I've seen absolutely nobody talk about it online, podcasts, breakdowns, etc.

The Russo Brothers are from Cleveland, Ohio where the Battle of New York from Avengers and much of the Winter Soldier were filmed. Fast forward to the Portals scene in Endgame, if you pause it just when the Portals start to open the timestamp is 2:16:00 (or around there depending on viewing platform). The Cleveland area code - where the Russos are from - is 216.

Is it intentional? (Almost) certainly not - that'd be an editing nightmare. But is it a beautiful coincidence, simultaneously a love letter to the franchise, the fans, and the Russos hometown.

Here's the article if you wish to read it in full.

Posted Jun 3, 2026, 11:40 PM UTC

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