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Recorder Vim: You must stop this, for God's sake!
High Evolutionary: There is no God, that's why I stepped in!

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Trivia: Chukwudi Iwuji's casting as the High Evolutionary was met with backlash by some fans, because the character is white in the comics. Director James Gunn clapped back against these fans and stated he chose who he felt was the best actor for the role.

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Trivia: The newspaper Jason Quill is reading in the post-credits scene has an article about Kevin Bacon being abducted by aliens, a reference to the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.

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Trivia: Quill's grandfather is named Jason. This is likely a reference to J'son of Spartax, who is Quill's father in the comics.

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Trivia: Director James Gunn was originally fired from this film after some of his old Twitter posts with offensive jokes resurfaced, even though he had disavowed them before Disney even hired him. Disney eventually rehired him following backlash from fans and numerous individuals involved with the films and the MCU in general. Dave Bautista was so upset over Gunn's firing that he repeatedly goaded Disney into firing him, even going as far as spoiling that he would indeed appear in Avengers: Endgame.

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Trivia: This is the first MCU film to feature an uncensored f-word. According to director James Gunn, this wasn't planned.

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