Peacemaker Episode 4 Easter Eggs
The following contains spoilers for Peacemaker Episode 4, “The Choad Less Traveled.”Picking up nearly immediately from where Peacemaker Episode 3 left off, “The Choad Less Traveled” runs the audience through the consequences of the team’s actions against the family of Butterflies. Not only do they have to contend with an injured Vigilante, but a rattled Adebayo, an unconscious Judomaster, and a Peacemaker who refuses to be honest about the reasons for him not wanting to take out his targets.
With all of the character development going on in the episode, some fans might have thought there wouldn’t be room for Easter eggs. There are plenty of Easter eggs from the comics for fans to spot throughout the hour. There are also a few fun meta references to boot.
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When Peacemaker gets distracted during a conversation with Murn, he makes mention of Matter-Eater Lad, someone who he says once ate an entire fast food restaurant. That’s likely not an exaggeration.
Matter-Eater Lad made his comic book debut in 1962. While Peacemaker might not particularly care for him, he is a member of the future superhero team the Legion of Superheroes. He’s from the planet Bismoll, adding another alien nod to the series. Though the character has appeared in animated series based on DC comic book characters, he’s never appeared in a live-action series.
Peacemaker makes a stop by his father’s house to pick up a replacement helmet (or five) for himself. When he walks in, the television is still playing the same news program his father was watching when he was arrested. This time around, however, the news mentions Charlie the gorilla having escaped the local zoo.
While Charlie is actually a pretty common name given
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