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Within the canon of the MCU, including the movies, comic books, tie-in novels, and animated series, is there any canonical information regarding the existence or non-existence of the Easter Bunny as actual physical creatures that exist outside of the in-universe popular culture?

For example, has the Easter Bunny ever been shown to exist, in a similar way to Thor and Loki being real characters upon whom the Norse myths are based?

Conversely, has the Easter Bunny been referenced as being a purely fictional character within the fictional setting of the MCU?

Answers citable to media only please, not supposition.

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    Hi, welcome to SF&F. I'm not a Marvel expert to know how this would be answered, but especially if they have been treated differently, or their status has changed over time, it might be better to ask a separate question about each.
    – DavidW
    Sep 10, 2022 at 8:48
  • @DavidW, I'm only asking about the MCU Sep 10, 2022 at 8:59
  • Tony Stark as the Easter Bunny; i.stack.imgur.com/tuvie.jpg
    – Valorum
    Sep 10, 2022 at 16:16
  • I'd say the most important factor here is how soon Disney can acquire the Easter Bunny as part of its intellectual property.
    – Nathan K.
    Sep 11, 2022 at 14:09
  • Cross-post on M&TV.
    – Joachim
    Sep 16, 2022 at 17:47

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The Easter Bunny hasn't been mentioned in the MCU (nor any of its more obvious tie-in materials such as the prose novels, novelisations, graphic novels or games set in the MCU), hence its current canonical status is 'unknown'

The closest we've got so far is a satirical Easter tweet from Marvel UK referencing Thor's apparent inability to tell the difference between a racoon and a rabbit.

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Within the Marvel-616 (mainstream comic) continuity the Easter Bunny exists as a fictional character. It is repeatedly mentioned in a wide variety of comic lines including Squirrel Girl, Black Panther, Howard the Duck, Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man, etc. but does not appear to be a real individual, unlike other magical beings such as Santa Claus.

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  • Tricks are for kids, yo. Oh, that was an allusion to the Easter Bunny....
    – Mazura
    Sep 16, 2022 at 23:15
  • @Mazura - An allusion to the Trix rabbit.
    – Valorum
    Sep 17, 2022 at 4:30

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