‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Deleted Scene References ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’

“Spider-Man: Homecoming” is loaded with references to the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe, but there could’ve been even more. A new deleted scene shows Peter and his friends seeing the Triskelion, the building that was destroyed in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”

In the clip, released Wednesday, Peter (Tom Holland), Ned (Jacob Batalon) and Michelle (Zendaya) are on the bus for their trip to Washington, D.C. They can see the remains of the Triskelion in the distance. “What is going on?” Peter asks, seemingly unaware of Hydra’s takeover of S.H.I.E.L.D.

“Damage control,” Michelle (or M.J., as her friends call her) tells the boys. “They’re still cleaning up from when Captain America took down those skycraft carriers for no reason.”

While they don’t seem familiar with the details, Ned doesn’t believe Cap acted for no reason. “I’m pretty sure Cap was just trying to save us from tyranny,” he says. (He’s right. Those helicarriers were set to kill any human being that the government considered a threat.)

“That’s what they want you to think,” Michelle says.

Peter wonders where all of that wreckage goes, and that thought connects to the “Spider-Man” plot. Vulture (Michael Keaton) and his gang became super villains by stealing tech from the scenes of the Avengers’ battles.

Watch the deleted scene below:

While “Spider-Man: Homecoming” didn’t include this Cap reference in the final cut, the character was certainly acknowledged throughout the film. Chris Evans even made a few cameos as the character in school PSAs.

The deletion of this particular sequence makes it seem like the filmmakers may have wanted to cut down on Easter eggs. After all, this wasn’t the only reference taken out. In a deleted scene that surfaced last month, Aaron Davis (Donald Glover), who is Miles Morales’ uncle in the Marvel comics, actually calls his nephew.

“Yeah, sorry, Miles ... I’m not gonna make it,” he says. It’s the closest thing fans have ever gotten to confirmation that Miles Morales, the half-black, half-Latino teen who one day becomes Spider-Man, exists in the MCU. The scene has been removed from the internet, so you’ll have to buy the flick to see the clip.

Director Jon Watts previously said that he cut down some of the references and Easter eggs. “It’s not coming down in any way,” Watts told ComicBook.com of the MCU connections. “It’s more like you're just a bunch of people sitting around writing fan fiction. I remember the initial list of all of the stuff in that scene when Happy’s [Jon Favreau] talking about the magic belt. Chris Warden and I, who wrote that part of the movie, we wrote up just a page long monologue of all the things that they could have. It was basically a page-long monologue of Easter eggs.”

Any decisions to cut references, however, were all his own. “You’re working with the biggest fans in the world basically, so all of that stuff is welcomed,” Watts explained.

Fans will be able to see more deleted footage when the action movie is released on DVD and Blu-ray Oct. 17. The discs will include 10 deleted scenes in addition to several featurettes, a bonus Captain America PSA and gag reel.