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Trivia: Quill's father in the comics is not Ego, but rather a character named J'son of Spartax. Director James Gunn made the change for the film because he isn't a fan of the latter.

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Trivia: David Hasselhoff, who has a brief cameo in this film, previously played Nick Fury in the 1998 made-for-TV movie Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. He had hoped to play the role again in the MCU, even feeling that his portrayal was superior to Samuel L. Jackson's.

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Trivia: James Gunn wrote the film with Ego as the main antagonist without knowing that Marvel didn't have the rights to the character. Fox at the time held the rights and agreed to relinquish them in return for being allowed to make changes to Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool.

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Drax: Humility, I like it. I too am extraordinarily humble.

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Trivia: SPOILER: During the third mid-credits scene, we see the high priestess Ayesha reveal that she is creating a being to destroy the Guardians, and that she will call him Adam. This is Adam Warlock, who in the comics is a being that was genetically engineered to be perfect and is Ayesha's "brother." He also played a very important role in the "Infinity Gauntlet" and "Infinity War" comic book storylines that the next "Avengers" films were based on, although the character didn't appear in the movies.

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Trivia: SPOILER: Stan Lee's cameo shows him discussing his time as a FedEx employee (a nod to his cameo from "Captain America: Civil War") and presumably his exploits from other MCU films to a group of large bald humanoid beings. These beings are known as Watchers, who are an alien race whose sole purpose is to observe events throughout the universe. This is in keeping with a fan theory that Stan Lee's cameos within the MCU (and possibly Marvel films that are not part of the MCU) point to him being a Watcher himself, or at least someone that reports to them as this film would suggest.

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Trivia: SPOILER: During the second mid-credits scene, we see Stakar regrouping with some of his old Ravager buddies. These characters (Krugarr, Aleta, Charlie-27, Martinex, and Mainframe) along with Yondu were the original Guardians of the Galaxy team in the comics.

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Trivia: When Nebula and Gamora come across the skulls, one of the skulls has a horse-like shape to it. This is a reference to the character Beta Ray Bill, who in the comics was one of few characters worthy enough to lift Thor's hammer. Or possibly Kymellians - horse headed aliens closely associated with the preteen Marvel team, Power Pack.

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