Caution: Spoilers ahead for Loki
The God of Mischief meets his match in MCU Easter eggs during their journey across a dying moon. After shocking the world by revealing Loki's villainous variant to be none other than Lady Loki (more on that name later), this week's "Lamentis" forces Tom Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino's respective Lokis to coexist. Decimating the Sacred Timeline allowed Lady Loki to infiltrate the TVA's head office, but her crusade against the Time-Keepers was interrupted by MCU Loki, who whisked them away to a faraway apocalypse and nabbed the woman's stolen TemPad to prevent her escaping, or worse, killing him.
With Sylvie's only hope of survival in Loki's hands, the pair have little choice but to cooperate, scouring the doomed moon of Lamentis-1 for a strong enough power source to recharge the TemPad which, unsurprisingly, requires more than a USB port to get going. Although the action is relatively self-contained compared to last week's history-spanning adventure, the interactions between Loki and his Lady elicit a number of seismic reveals, such as the TVA's agents being captured former variants.
As the duo grow less frosty toward each other, their journey across Lamentis-1 also reveals a Marvelous selection of Easter eggs for fans to enjoy. There are callbacks to past MCU movies, deep-cut nods to Loki's comic lore, and some cunning parallels between brothers. Here are the Easter eggs we found in Loki's "Lamentis."
Loki's Dagger Flip
Viewers have been waiting a long time to see Loki wield his famous daggers on Disney+. His attempt at blade-summoning in the TVA's courtroom was a embarrassing failure, and B-15 coldly snatched the blades away ahead of last week's mission. Upon returning to the TVA through Sylvie's time door, however, Loki finally grabs his trademark weapons from their locker and engages Lady Loki in battle. In a lovely little MCU Easter egg, Loki does a neat front double-dagger flip - a trick he demonstrated in glorious slow-motion during Battle of Asgard. A little later, after landing on Lamentis-1, Loki successfully adopts the "dagger pose" he failed so spectacularly at in the premiere.
Lady Loki's Asgardian Sword
Not one to be outdone, Lady Loki wields an impressive sword throughout "Lamentis," dispatching Minute Men and local grunts with ease. A close-up reveals the blade is adorned with the kind of runes seen previously on Asgard, potentially revealing that Sylvie and Loki's backstories are closer than they seem. Like the "true" Loki, Sylvie was adopted. Unlike Loki, she was informed of her heritage at a young age, rather than living in ignorance. Sylvie never specifies that she was adopted from Frost Giants, however, and she also wasn't raised as Asgardian royalty, highlighting disparity between their backstories. The runes on Lady Loki's sword at least confirm some connection to Asgard.
One-Horned Lady Loki
Although her headgear remains unchanged from last week's episode, the missing horn becomes much more obvious now that Lady Loki isn't covered in shadow. Loki hasn't yet explained why the crown's left tusk is broken, but the design surely derives from the Marvel comics, where both Lady Loki and her more common counterpart also don a crown with the left horn snapped off. The detail symbolized Loki veering from destiny in the comic books - perhaps it represents a similar breakaway for Sylvie.
"You Lack Vision"
When doing battle against Sylvie, Loki chides her, "I thought perhaps we could work together... but now I see you lack vision." If this line feels somewhat familiar, that might be because, intentionally or otherwise, it's eerily close to a famous Emperor Palpatine quote from Return of the Jedi. While throwing Force lightning at Luke Skywalker, the villain cackles, "you'll pay the price for your lack of vision." Though Loki certainly isn't as evil as Palpatine, both share delusions of grandeur and a love of conquering, and it's perfectly in-character for both to view their schemes as part of some grand "vision" that the good guys just aren't great enough to see.
The Coulson Teleport Trick
Landing outside TVA jurisdiction, Loki is finally able to whip out his magic tricks, and just as Sylvie looks to have gotten the better of him, the trickster reaches into his playbook and pulls out a tried and tested classic from 2012's Phil Coulson - distract from the front, slip behind, strike in silence. The only difference is that Loki conjured an illusion of himself to divert Coulson's attention.
Lamentis
Entirely by accident, the location Loki and Sylvie warp to is the moon Lamentis-1. Though not a famed setting from Marvel lore, Lamentis first featured as a Kree outworld in a one-shot prologue to Annihilation: Conquest. Serving as a backdrop to Quasar and Moondragon learning about an incoming cataclysm, Lamentis bears very little correlation to Loki's storyline, but the planet was bathed in a purple hue. Loki wasn't just trying to trick fans into thinking the moon was actually Vormir.
Enchanting Sylvie
The world has been calling Sophia Di Martino's MCU character Lady Loki, and there's definitely a degree of similarity between them; the aforementioned broken horn, for example. But since her debut, many fans have suspected Lady Loki is actually Sylvie the Enchantress, based on her name appearing both in a TVA file and during the Spanish credits. Episode 3 confirms these suspicions - albeit not explicitly. Di Martino's character tells Loki that she goes by the name of "Sylvie," and subsequent references are made to "enchanting." All signs are pointing to Sylvie Lushton from the Marvel comics, otherwise known as Enchantress - another apparent source of inspiration for Loki's mystery new variant.
Loki's Shape-shifting
With Loki once again enjoying his full arsenal of magic tricks, he pulls another favorite from the hat - shape-shifting. The God of Mischief transforms into a widow's dead husband in a foolhardy attempt to gain her trust. This is exactly the same power Loki used to transform into Steve Rogers during Thor: The Dark World, and to assume the throne of Asgard before Thor: Ragnarok.
Loki's Tricks Come From Frigga
Conning their way onto a luxury train supposedly heading for an evacuation ship, Loki and Sylvie finally start to bond, discussing their respective past lives. The conversation turns to differences in the pair's use of magic, with Loki recounting how his skills are entirely down to his mother, Frigga. In this scene, Loki confirms something Thor uttered previously in Thor: The Dark World - "you had her tricks, but I had her trust." Loki's exchange with Sylvie reveals he did indeed adopt his mother's use of magic, but his personal memories of being nurtured and encouraged prove the second part of Thor's quote was wide of the mark entirely. Loki absolutely did have Frigga's trust.
Loki's Drinking Mirrors Thor
Easing into their train journey, a waitress offers Loki a glass of champagne, which he readily accepts. Alcohol and mischief do, after all, go hand in hand. But when the more pragmatic Sylvie refuses hers, Loki takes that glass also, casually pouring one into the other for a double helping. In the first of two direct allusions between brotherly drinking habits, Loki's flagrant abuse of hospitality is very reminiscent of Thor during his encounter with Doctor Strange in Thor: Ragnarok. His tea refused, Doctor Strange conjures Thor a large glass of beer, which then magically refills, much to the God of Thunder's delight. That Thor opts for ale and Loki takes champagne is a fitting alcoholic representation of their opposing personalities.
