Trivia: Although he was intended to be the MCU's next major antagonist, season 2 of this show marked Jonathan Majors' final portrayal of variants of Kang, as Marvel dropped him from the role following a guilty verdict he received in December 2023 for assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend.
Trivia: The first and last episodes of this series are both called "Glorious Purpose". This can effectively be seen as a snake eating its own tail, also known as an ouroboros, which plays into the final episode's frequent use of time loops.
Trivia: Towards the end of the episode, Mobius mentions that a He Who Remains variant was defeated in an Earth 616-adjacent realm. This is a reference to the events of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Trivia: Frog Thor, aka Throg, has a brief appearance in this episode, trapped inside a jar and trying to retrieve Mjolnir. Director Kate Herron revealed that Chris Hemsworth actually provided the sound of Throg struggling to retrieve his hammer.
Trivia: The tone and inflection of Miss Minutes' voice, as well as the animated presentation itself, bear a strong similarity to the Mr. DNA sequence from Jurassic Park.
Trivia: We learn in this episode that prior to being abducted by the TVA, Casey was an inmate at Alcatraz named Frank. This is Frank Morris, whose story was the subject of the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz, starring Clint Eastwood. He and two of his fellow inmates managed to escape the prison, but were never seen again, with one accepted theory being that they drowned in San Francisco Bay. His TVA abduction here provides an in-universe explanation for his disappearance.
Trivia: Tara Strong, who voices Miss Minutes, had previously voiced numerous other Marvel characters in various animated shows, such as X-Men, Wolverine and the X-Men, and Ultimate Spider-Man.
Trivia: Subtle detail, the cans of soda at TVA always have the label facing the camera. What are they? Josta, an energy drink that actually existed in the 90s but is now defunct. It was made by Pepsi. Why is it in the show? Showrunner Michael Waldron says Mobius has it because he "can go anywhere," and likely ran into a timeline where it existed. Waldron, however didn't say for sure there was a foolproof reason Mobius drinks it, but he's pleased fans noticed it.
Trivia: SPOILER: Some fans of the show correctly theorized that Kang would be the man behind the TVA, as one of the Timekeepers in Miss Minutes' animated presentation in the first episode bears a strong resemblance to Kang actor Jonathan Majors, who was confirmed to be playing the character in the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania several months before Loki debuted on Disney+.
The Variant - S1-E2
Trivia: Mobius says to Loki in 2050 "why is it always the people you can't trust telling you to trust them?" He himself said to Ravonna Renslayer earlier "I can handle him, trust me." Which might simply allude to him not being as confident as he sounds, or might imply Mobius isn't as trustworthy as we're being led to believe. Will leave this up if it ends up being foreshadowing, or delete it if it's entirely irrelevant.
