The Easter eggs and MCU callbacks in Disney+ Loki Series Episode 6 did not disappoint.
We’ve curated a list of all the Easter Eggs we could find in Disney+ Loki Series Episode 6. Loki Episode 6 was WHOA, loaded with Easter eggs from the comics, and chock full of action.
This is your spoiler warning.
He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) in Marvel Studios’ LOKI, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Chuck Zlotnick. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.
All the Disney+ Loki Episode 6 Easter Eggs You May Have Missed
Loki Episode 6 Easter Eggs – ‘Loki’ Episode 6 Easter Eggs “For All Time. Always.”
Marvel Scroll
The Marvel scroll is different for the first time in as long as I can remember, maybe ever: it’s got a voice-over of sounds and quotes from movies throughout the MCU timeline and then quotes from real life are also mixed in.
Sound of Iron Man’s suit booting up
“It’s Been a Long, Long Time” (performed by Kitty Kallen underscores the following quotes) Steve and Peggy’s song
Way to go Tic Tac! –Sam Wilson (to Scott Lang becoming Giant-Man, Captain America: Civil War)
That’s how you punch. –Hope van Dyne (to Scott Lang while training, Ant-Man)
Sound of the Incredible Hulk roaring
Wakanda Forever! –Black Panther (to the Wakandan Army, Avengers: Infinity War)
You haven’t heard of me. –Scott Lang (to Sam Wilson at New Avengers Facility, Ant-Man)
Let me put you on hold. –Natasha Romanoff (to Agent Coulson before fighting captors, The Avengers)
Dance off, bro! –Peter Quill (challenging Ronan the Accuser, Guardians of the Galaxy)
The sound of Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, flying
He’s a friend from work! –Thor (about Hulk during their arena fight, Thor: Ragnarok)
I can do this all day. –2012 Captain America (to 2023 Captain America, Avengers: Endgame)
Yeah, I know… –2023 Captain America (to 2012 Captain America, Avengers: Endgame)
I’ll show you ferocity. –Hank Pym (after punching Mitchell Carson in the face, Ant-Man)
Higher, further, faster, baby. –Carol Danvers (to Maria Rambeau, Captain Marvel)
We have a Hulk. –Loki (quoting Iron Man to Thanos, Avengers: Infinity War)
We’re gonna jump on that spaceship and get out of here. Wanna come? –Korg (to Loki, Thor: Ragnarok)
Who the hell’s Bucky? –Winter Soldier (after hearing his name from Steve Rogers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
I have part of a plan! –Peter Quill (to the Guardians of the Galaxy before defending Xandar, Guardians of the Galaxy)
Puny god. –Incredible Hulk (after tossing Loki like a wet noodle, The Avengers)
Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain. –Doctor Strange (to Dormammu in the Dark Dimension, Doctor Strange)
There was an idea. –Nick Fury (about the concept of the Avengers Initiative, The Avengers)
You are an Avenger. –Clint Barton (to Wanda Maximoff during the Battle of Sokovia, Avengers: Age of Ultron)
You will never be…a god. –Loki (to Thanos before being killed, Avengers: Infinity War)
That’s my secret Cap…I’m always angry. –Bruce Banner (before turning into the Hulk, The Avengers)
You sent my suit through the mail? –Hank Pym (to Scott Lang, Ant-Man & The Wasp)
Time is the true enemy of us all. –Kaecilius (to Doctor Strange about his mission, Doctor Strange)
Glorious Purpose! –Richard E Grant’s Classic Loki’s last words, “Loki” Episode 5)
What is grief if not love persevering? –Vision (to Wanda about love, “WandaVision” Episode 8)
Real quotes from Alan Watts, Neil Armstrong, Greta Thunberg, Malala Yousafzai, Nelson Mandela, former president of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Maya Angelou mixed in
Open your eyes! –Sylvie (to Loki after they enchant Alioth, “Loki” Episode 5)
He Who Remains at the Citadel at the End of Time
Sylvie and Loki enter the Citadel after enchanting Alioth. Once they enter, they are greeted by Miss Minutes, who tells them that they are in the Citadel at the End of Time and looking for He Who Remains.
These are references from Thor #245 (1976), the debut of He Who Remains. Interestingly enough, He Who Remains debuted in the comics almost a decade before the TVA makes its first appearance in Thor #371 (1986). Writer Kurt Busiek connected He Who Remains and the TVA in Avengers Forever #9 (1999).
He Who Remains is a KANG Variant
Whoot. We didn’t get Mephistoed or Powerbrokered this time. We got the real deal. The Big Bad is Kang. Well, a version of Kang.
Kang in the comics is a “conqueror of timelines”—meaning he learned a lot about time-conquering from observing the actions of He Who Remains. The MCU simplified the storyline and condensed a lot of comic reading by making He Who Remains and Kang the same character in the Loki series.
About He Who Remains from Marvel.com
He Who Remains assists in the birth of the Time-Keepers, the triad of creatures who become the masters of Immortus and custodians of time, using all of the power which the Time Variance Authority amasses during its existence.
The End is The Beginning
Alone in the Citadel at the End of Time in the Temple of Sleepers, He Who Remains is the last director of the Time Variance Authority (TVA). He creates and guards the Time-Keepers, a trio of beings who are fated to survive the end of eternity known as The Cataclysm. As Time-Keepers, they shall teach those of the next universe cycle how to avoid the errors of the past, and serve as living batteries of chronal power—the energy of the TVA’s eternity of existence.
TL;DR
Kang is, essentially, as Jonathan Majors’ character describes him in Loki Episode 6: he’s a Marvel Comics villain comprised of dozens of identities from a multitude of timelines and dimensions, most of which are despotic warlords who love collecting worlds like they are going out of style.
Kang has also been announced as the villain of 2023’s upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and has myriad ties to other Marvel Comics characters. He’s an Avengers villain, he has a teen counterpart who’s a founding member of the Young Avengers, Kang may be an ancestor or descendant of Mr. Fantastic (or an imposter posing as one or the other…who knows with how these Kang variants roll).
Franklin D. Roosevelt High School
Remember that pen in Renslayer’s office in Episode 2? We knew it meant something.
Hunter B-15 leads a group of TVA Hunters to Renslayer’s office in Fremont, Ohio (2018) to show them the truth about who they are and who Renslayer is. She was the principal of Franklin D Roosevelt High School in 2018 before she joins the TVA.
Avengers: West Coast #61 (1988). Marvel.com.
From Kang’s Closet
Young Avengers #5 (2005) by Jim Cheung (artist), John Dell (inker), Justin Ponsor (colorist), Allan Heinberg (writer), Cory Petit (letterer) Photos: Marvel Comics, Disney+
Jonathan Majors’ debut outfit is glorious. While he’s not wearing Kang’s classic comic look (see below), he is wearing an edit of a few Kang and Kang alter-ego outfits.
Jonathan Majors as Kang
He has a gold circular symbol on his chest, similar to Immortus (a Kang variant). And the tunic portion of Majors’ look echos Jim Cheung’s representation Kang after he removed his helm.
Avengers #292 (1988). Marvel.com.
The Council of Kangs
He Who Remains Kang tells Loki and Sylvie why he created the TVA. He explains that he comes from the 31st century (remember the tool from the 3rd Millenium in Episode 1?) and that a variant of himself discovered the existence of a multiverse of realities stacked on top of one another. Around the same time, other variants in other universes made the same discovery and they figured out how to communicate with each other.
They formed a council and shared information until a few bad Kangs ruined it for everyone. The more conqueror-esque Kangs got aggressive and began the multi-universal war we heard about in the Loki Episode 1, and He Who Remains Kang created the TVA to bring and maintain peace to the universe.
In the comics, The Council of Kangs (and then later the Council of Cross-Time Kangs) featured one Kang variant—the Prime Kang—who sought to destroy every other Kang variant.
Young Avengers #4 (2005). Photos: Marvel Comics, Disney+
Comic Book Kang Look
As Episode 6 comes to a close, we see Sylvie push Loki through a portal back to the TVA, but it’s not the TVA as he has known it. TVA agents are racing around, they bump into Loki with no regard, and Agent Mobius and Hunter B-15 have no idea who he is—and Loki notices that the decor has changed. In place of the three Time Keeper Statues we have previously seen, we have a He Who Remains statue dressed in Kang’s classic comic book look, minus his helmet.
Did we catch your favorite Easter Egg or callback? Did you find one we missed? Leave us a comment below!
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