History Recap / LokiEpisode1GloriousPurpose

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Loki manages to disengage the Time Collar placed on him by Hunter B-15, then attach it to her neck, furiously shifting her through her recent timeline before getting bored and sending her away. Granted, he was having a moment at the time.

** When Hunter B-15 enters the Time Theatre to find Loki in full LaughingMad mode and asks him "What's so funny?", Loki brokenly repeats his "glorious purpose" BadassBoast from the start of the episode, having just been put through a crash course on how what he ''thought'' was his purpose in life was actually an unceremonious, meaningless death.

** When Hunter B-15 enters the Time Theatre to find Loki in full LaughingMad mode and asks him "What's so funny?", Loki brokenly repeats his "glorious purpose" BadassBoast from the start of the episode, having just been put through a crash course on how what he ''thought'' was his purpose in life was actually nothing of the kind.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Loki's D.B. Cooper stunt as shown in the TVA's Time Theater is shown to have occurred on a clear day. In RealLife, while Cooper did board the plane in the afternoon, much of the actual hijacking took place in the middle of the night. Loki also speaks with his natural English accent during the event, whereas the real Cooper spoke in a Midwestern American accent.

** When Mobius helps Loki off the floor, you can briefly see him steal the Time Twister control device from Mobius's jacket and place it in his own pocket.

'''Loki:''' ''[chuckles]'' Right. Uh… “Not supposed to happen”? According to whom?

'''Loki:''' The idea that your little club decides the fate of trillions of people across all of existence at the behest of three space lizards, yes, it’s funny. It’s absurd.
*** When Mobius subtly points out Loki’s PsychologicalProjection:
---->'''Loki:''' For nearly every living thing, choice breeds shame and uncertainty and regret. There’s a fork in every road, yet the wrong path always taken.\\
'''Mobius:''' Good. Yeah. You said “nearly every living thing,” so I’m guessing you don’t fall into that category?\\

* MusicalNod: When Mobius and Loki are in an elevator, Franz Schubert's “String Quartet No. 13 in A minor” is playing, which was also played in ''The Avengers'' during the scene where Loki attacks a gala in Stuttgart.

** Loki is called "that criminal with the blue box" by Casey, a description that is often used [[Series/DoctorWho for another time traveler]] with a less than stellar reputation with their own TimePolice. The show in question also featured Creator/GuguMbathaRaw as Martha Jones's sister Tish.

'''Loki:'''''[laughs]''\\

** A few times during his procedure and his interrogation with Mobius, Loki starts chuckling joylessly when Mobius he gets uncomfortable:

* MirthlessLaughter: After seeing his own death at the hands of Thanos, Loki breaks out in tearful laughter.

* BreakTheHaughty: This episode utterly shatters Loki's pride and ego. Finding out how the Infinity Stones are powerless within the TVA and seeing his future death is what finally causes Loki to drop his narcissistic personality.

* AtTheCrossroads: Loki uses this metaphor when he explains to Mobius that, as King, he would free people from the weight of making choices:

* AssholeVictim: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Martin, the SpoiledBrat, gets pruned for mouthing off to a guard and not following the rules. Thus the show establishes that the TVA is not to be trifled with by demonstrating on someone the viewer doesn't need to feel sorry for... but a young man whose worst visible offense is spoiled and entitled behaviour getting [[DisproportionateRetribution the same treatment]] as the mass-murdering, warmongering Loki also illustrates the alien morality and power of the TVA.

* AllCrimesAreEqual: A SpoiledBrat trust fund kid is treated exactly the same as the mass-murdering, world-conquering Loki by the TVA for the crime of being a time variant. It not only establishes just how powerful this organization is that two beings of such disparate power can be treated as equal in their eyes, it also shows how ruthlessly they enforce their laws to preserve the 'Sacred Timeline'.

* KillOnSight: When Loki escapes from the time theater, B-15 orders the Minutemen to prune him on sight, to which Mobius immediately objects.

* AnimalReactionShot: When Loki drops through the ceiling into the room where he is supposed to sign the stack of paper with everything he ever said, a cat[[note]]or a [[Film/CaptainMarvel flerken]][[/note]] lying on the floor looks up to him and moves back in surprise.

* BroadStrokes: Mobius talks about Coulson like he really was permanently killed by Loki, but stops short of explicitly saying that. And since Coulson eventually did die for real in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''[[note]]and his death stemming the wound Loki inflicted upon him burning up the Kree blood used to heal it[[/note]], you're free to still consider it canon or not as you prefer.

** Even though he doesn't admit to it, the way that Loki talks about the free will of others suggests that it's actually how he views himself:

* FriendToAllChildren: Mobius shows kindness to the scared French boy in 1549 by letting him play with his [=TemPad=], drawing a stick figure on the display that comes to life when the boy taps on the screen.

* GuttedLikeAFish: What Loki threatens to do to Casey if he doesn't give him back the Tesseract. However, the threat falls flat because Casey doesn't know what a fish actually is.
* HandshakeRefusal: When Mobius introduces himself to Loki in the elevator and extends his hand Loki just looks at it until Mobius withdraws his hand again.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Loki manages to disengage the temporal collar placed on him by Hunter B-15, then attach it to her neck, furiously shifting her through her recent timeline before getting bored and sending her away. Granted, he was having a moment at the time.

* FriendToAllChildren: Mobius is very kind to the French boy in 1549, letting him play with his device by animating a stick figure on it.

* AssholeVictim: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The SpoiledBrat gets pruned for mouthing off to a guard and not following the rules. Thus the show establishes that the TVA is not to be trifled with by demonstrating on someone the viewer doesn't need to feel sorry for... but a young man whose worst visible offense is spoiled and entitled behaviour getting [[DisproportionateRetribution the same treatment]] as the mass-murdering, warmongering Loki also illustrates the alien morality and power of the TVA.

After stealing the Space Stone in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Loki finds himself captured by the Time Variance Authority (TVA), the TimePolice responsible for overseeing the "Sacred Timeline" and erasing any diverging timelines. Just as Judge Renslayer sentences Loki to be "reset," Agent Mobius M. Mobius intervenes and takes him to an interrogation room, where he shows Loki glimpses of his past and the future he never experienced. With his "glorious purpose" as a king shattered, Loki reaches his lowest point. However, Mobius reveals the true reason for saving him: he seeks Loki's help in capturing a rogue Loki variant who has been luring TVA agents into traps and stealing their reset charges.

After stealing the Space Stone in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Loki finds himself captured by the Time Variance Authority (TVA), the TimePolice responsible for overseeing the "Sacred Timeline" and erasing any diverging timelines. Just as Judge Renslayer sentences Loki to be "reset," Agent Mobius M. Mobius intervenes and takes him to an interrogation room, where he shows Loki glimpses of his past and the future he never experienced. With his "glorious purpose" as a king shattered, Loki reaches his lowest point. However, Mobius reveals the true reason for saving him: he seeks Loki's help in capturing a rogue variant of himself who has been luring TVA agents into traps and stealing their reset charges.

After stealing the Space Stone in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Loki finds himself in the custody of the Time Variance Authority.