--- ---  # The _Game of Thrones_ Reference You May Have Missed in _Aquaman_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 21, 2018 2:50 PM UTC  HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 21, 2018 2:50 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for [_Aquaman_](http://time.com/5478702/jason-momoa-haka-aquaman-premiere/). [Jason Momoa](http://time.com/5473726/jason-momoa-on-jimmy-fallon/) may have been [killed off of _Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/3924852/every-game-of-thrones-death/) way back in season 1, but he apparently doesn’t mind memorializing his time on the show with a cross-universe nod to Khal Drogo. Although _Game of Thrones_ isn’t specifically mentioned in _Aquaman_, there’s a scene in the new DC movie that seems to include a wink to fans of the HBO drama. After Aquaman (Momoa) suffers a chest injury at the hands of Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) — who also shows up in the [mid-credits scene](http://time.com/5484268/aquaman-post-credits-scene/) — he wakes up on a boat that Mera (Amber Heard) is navigating to [the Trench](http://aquaman.wikia.com/wiki/The%5FTrench). When he regains consciousness, he looks down at his wound to discover that Mera has covered it with a poultice that looks strikingly similar to the mixture of herbs that the witch Mirri Maz Duur puts on Drogo’s chest after he is cut by Mago. **MORE:** [_Aquaman_ May Be Silly But It’s Buoyed by Some Old-Fashioned Pulp Spirit](http://time.com/5484894/aquaman-review/) While Drogo’s wound ultimately led to his untimely death, Aquaman quickly peels the dressing off to reveal his chest is completely healed. It seems the tide has officially turned in Momoa’s favor. Watch the _Game of Thrones_ scene below. Aquaman: The Game of Thrones Reference You May Have Missed ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5481589/aquaman-game-of-thrones-reference/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5481589/aquaman-game-of-thrones-reference/"},"headline":"The Game of Thrones Reference You May Have Missed in Aquaman","datePublished":"2018-12-21T14:50:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T22:17:37.056Z","description":"Aquaman spoilers ahead","url":"https://time.com/5481589/aquaman-game-of-thrones-reference/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt186b079a805deb3e/6988550d524fc05837df32b0/game-of-thrones-deaths-31.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt186b079a805deb3e/6988550d524fc05837df32b0/game-of-thrones-deaths-31.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones-deaths-31","caption":"Jason Momoa and Emilia Clarke in Game of Thrones","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5481589/aquaman-game-of-thrones-reference/","name":"The Game of Thrones Reference You May Have Missed in Aquaman"}}]}] ```