There is an obvious Captain America Easter egg in Thunderbolts*, but the fact that it wasn’t even supposed to be intentional makes the MCU moment sting even more. After Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers officially retired as the MCU’s Captain America at the end of Avengers: Endgame, he passed on the shield to his friend Sam Wilson. However, Sam did not feel he was fit to take up the mantle, which resulted in him handing the shield over to the government.