I’m a Celebrity: Viewers catch surprise Avengers reference in latest episode

Gross-out trial featured a nod to the hit MCU franchise

Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are quite used to crossovers by now, but ITV’s latest nod might be enough to raise a few eyebrows.

Attentive viewers of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! noticed a reference to Marvel’s hit Avengers franchise on Sunday’s episode (22 November).

The reference took place during a “Bar-Baric” Bushtucker trial in which contestants Giovanna Fletcher, Victoria Derbyshire and Jessica Plummer were handcuffed to a bar and pelted with fish guts and offal.

After this, they needed to filter through the muck to retrieve keys that would unlock their handcuffs and allow them to go and collect stars from containers across the room.

However, the containers also contained live animals, including spiders, snakes and rats.

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When Derbyshire began to take on  the challenge, some fans noticed that the music had changed to a familiarly bombastic tune.

Underscoring Derbyshire’s (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt at the trial was Alan Silvestri’s theme music from 2012’s Avengers Assemble. 

Viewers were quick to identify the music on social media.

“You’re looking at the new member of The Avengers right here,” joked one Twitter user, posting a picture of Derbyshire.

“The Avengers theme being played over this trial has me crying,” wrote someone else.