BLACK PANTHER: Wakanda Forever BREAKDOWN and EASTER EGGS You Missed
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Published 2022-11-11
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever tells the heartbreaking story of Wakanda reeling form the death of their king, T'Challa. It also introduces the first mutant, Namor, and expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the undersea kingdom of Talocan. In this breakdown, we reveal all of the Marvel Easter Eggs, unleash a ton of theories on what will happen next, and I think we even spotted your mom.
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The movie’s backbone is symbolism associated with gods and the elements–earth, wind, air and [avatar, fire]. Both the Wakandans and the Talocanians draw their strength from vibranium–and the vibranium fed plants that imbue them with superpowers. The first black panther, Bashenga, was led to the heart shaped herb by the panther goddess bast, that herb grows in the ground, and the Wakandan vibranium is inside of a mountain. Making Wakanda a nation more closely associated within the earth.
But the Talocanians have a similar, parallel origin story. When their people were threatened by colonialism, the god of the rain, Chaac, led a shaman into the water, to endow all of their people with the ability to become of the water. So talocan obviously is a nation based around water.
Yes, but, they are also a culture that controls the air. Chaac was the god of rain–and rain is water that falls from the sky. In ancient Mayan history, it’s said that Kukulkan worked side-by-side with Chaac to bring rain to the lands. Kukulkan would fly in front, signaling the upcoming rain. And remember, the Talocanians think Namor is a god [clip]. In Mayan mythology, Kulkulkhan would fly before the god Chaac, warning of rain. We’ll talk more about this mythology later, but this explains Namor’s ability to fly–his people are based around the sky meeting the sea.
And this is where it gets interesting, because Wakanda is also a culture based around fire. Unlike Talocan, they have advanced electrocity, which runs on water–a kind of harnessed fire. And Shuri is the most brilliant mind in Wakanda-she is the master of this technological fire.
But the first scene in the movie shows her losing control of this power. She cannot use the technology to save her brother’s life.
There’s a crucial scene early in the movie, where her mother wants her to burn her ceremonial funeral clothes, as a way to let go of her grief. And Shuri says that she is worried that if she does that, then the fire of her grief will burn the world. IN other words, she’s internalizing her rage–the fire within her soul.
Fire was also heavily used in conjunction with Erik Killmonger in the first film. He burns the heart shaped herbs, symbolic of his desire to burn down the world [clip]. Shuri feels grief and rage similar to her cousin’s. Erik found his father’s body in their apartment, so this was the moment where his rage was born. This is the money he could never move p[ast. So, this is why he sees his dad’s spirit in this same apartment.
Shuri sees Killmonger for the same reason. She bears that same rage. She’s mad at Killmonger, and herself–and she sees him in the room where her mother died–the trauma she cannot overcome. So Killmonger lights this room on fire, to show how her rage would consume the kingdom in eternal war.
And here’s the thing–we all know that water douses fire. The only way fire can beat water is if it’s boiled–and that requires tools, or technology. Shuri wins by harnessing the technological fire of electricity through a modified ship, to heat up Namor–essentially boiling away his water. And fire is how she finally defeats him, by setting off an explosion– a fire that burns out of control.
So as we go through this video, you’ll see these themes of the elements, and the gods, recur over and over again.
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My favorite Chekov's gun moment: During the scene at Riri's dorm room, when she was threatening Shuri and Okoye, Riri was holding her heater then Shuri goes "so good luck defending yourself with your heater when that man with wings come to get you", it turns out the heater was his weakness
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Queen Ramonda told Shuri reflect alone by the water and you will see T’Challa like I did. At the end Shuri reflects by the water and sees T’Challa…Jr.
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One thing I haven't seen mentioned in any easter egg videos - at the end when Shuri and Riri are back in the lab saying their goodbyes, there is a brief glimpse of Shuri's feet and she's wearing the same "old school" sandals she mocked T'Challa for wearing in the first film. I thought that was a sweet touch to honor both her brother and tradition.
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I think it was cool how M'baku was the voice of reason, when he was previously the more aggressive one.
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Here's one I think people missed, when Ross is being kidnapped, the license plate reads CB112976 - Chad's birthdate
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This was by far the quietest Marvel movie. There were full minutes where the theatre was silent...
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My theatre was silent for all the parts honoring Chadwick Boseman. I loved the respect and chilling silence everyone had for these few moments.
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Shuri's arc is awesome. I really liked how her character evolved from enthusiastic tech genius, to grieving younger sister, revenge berserker and her finding peace at the end. That the kind of character development you don't often see
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When Angela Bassett spoke about how she lost everything as the queen when she was in her throne room was to me the most powerful scene I might have seen in any marvel movie. P.S. I definitely believe this is the first time that anybody said I'm a mutant just flat out when Namor said it.
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Also of note, the title card for Marvel Studios played wind noises, and Ramunda says "I can hear him in the wind" so the sound is also a tribute to Chadwick in itself
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I can’t believe Ryan Coogler made Namors little silly winged feet into something totally badass
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A nice, but easy to miss Easter egg is that Nakia’s house on the beach is numbered 1804. This is a nod to Haiti’s Declaration of Independence on January 1st, 1804 at the end of the revolutionary war. The number 1804 comes up often in Haitian artistic works. Toussaint Louverture, however, died in prison in France in April 1803 and never saw his dream fulfilled. This remains a great homage to a remarkable, often forgotten man. I loved this movie and it’s small connections to my homeland. Wakanda forever!
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T'Challa's kid appeared earlier in the film when Queen Ramonda first visited Nakia in Haiti. He was the kid who asked Queen Ramonda, "Are you the new headmistress?"
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The first appearance of the talokan is so frightening.
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To think they gave Chadwick Bose man a moment of silence in every movie theatre in every showing I can’t imagine a better way to honour him R.I.P
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I also pondered why the Talokanil were overpowering the Wakandans, and I came to this conclusion… To be a Talokanil they ALL consumed their variation of the “Heart-Shaped Herb”, but only the Black Panther does this in Wakanda… So the Wakandans were technically fighting a completely super-powered nation with basically excellent training & weapons… What if ALL Wakandans consumed a version of the “Heart-Shaped Herb” (since Shuri now has the ability to synthesize it) 🤯
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Angela Bassett did some of the best acting I have ever saw in this movie hands down
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Wakanda Forever had the best depiction of Haiti and Haitians in nearly any media that wasn't controlled by Haitians. ✊🏿 🇭🇹
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Another note. When Attuma and Namora attack Okoye Shuri and Riri, near the end when Namora chucks a water bomb at Attuma, he uses his hip to bounce it into Okoye. Probably because of their sport they play back in Talokan where they use their hip to bounce a ball through a hole
