History Characters / MarvelComicsLoki

** After his plan to lure the X-Men and New Mutants to Asgard led with him having to return them all to Earth, while he deprived most of them of the new powers or gifts they had acquired, he specifically stated that he wouldn't be so cruel as to subject Karma to regaining the excess weight she'd lost during her time there (prior to her coming to Asgard, Karma had been possessed by the Shadow King and her body had put on weight in the process, only slimming down due to the strain of her time in the deserts around Asgard).

* BeingEvilSucks: He has been plagued by a guilty conscience, taking the form of [[spoiler:the so-called "Kid Loki", whose soul he destroyed when he took over his body as part of his ploy to make his comeback]]. ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' [[ShoutOutToShakespeare figures prominently]] [[OutDamnedSpot in his accusations]].

* ClassicVillain: {{Pride}} and Ambition are his principal traits, and he also possesses {{Envy}}.

* ArrowCatch: In ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', he briefly managed this with Hawkeye's arrow... until it ''literally'' blew up in his face, proving even the Trickster God can be tricked.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', he managed to slay Kurse after Thor proved no match for him, before Kurse fatally wounded him in turn. Subverted in that he survived]].

* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', he's not only alive, but disguised as Odin. It is still not clear how exactly he pulled that off.]]

** Of the ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' and its finale event ''ComicBook/Siege''. ComicBook/NormanOsborn, as director of HAMMER, is the new face of the Superhero Registration Act that has been an obstacle for Earth's heroes since ComicBook/Civil War. However, Loki began engineering events such as re-establishing the Mighty Avengers to undermine Osborn's authority and thus his already-fragile sanity, winning ComicBook/TheHood to his side by giving him the Norn Stones after the latter had been stripped from Dormammu's control, and colluding with ComicBook/DrDoom to house the Asgardians in Latveria in exchange for the secrets to the Asgardians' immortality so he could ingratiate himself with Asgard's new king Balder. Loki then plays on Osborn's SanitySlippage to convince him to invade Asgard.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Brunette in the comics, redhead in the original myths.

* AntiHeroSubstitute: They served as a temporary replacement to ComicBook/DoctorStrange as Sorcerer Supreme, and are more unscrupulous than the doctor was.

* IgnoredAesop: Under Jason Aaron's run, Story Loki has completely forgotten the CharacterDevelopment that they had undergone throughout ''Agent of Asgard'' and has resumed playing the role as the villain/AntiHero. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Or just chose to play that role to keep the story going]].

* DoesNotLikeShoes: At least in their introduction, they're barefooted. They've also lost their gloves and wear much shorter sleeves and pants-legs, though its possibly the result of their recent creation or their sudden growth/height gain (according to Verity they're half a foot taller than Loki was at the time).

* CharacterExaggeration: Ever since his surge in popularity in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', Loki in the comics and other media will rarely portray him without his glaive (the chitauri sceptre containing the Mind Stone in the movie) and treat it as his WeaponOfChoice. This is despite the fact that Loki only uses said sceptre in one movie and uses knives from then on, and that the sceptre wasn't even his to begin with (it was given to him by Thanos).

* AmbiguousDisorder: Their CloudCuckoolander tendencies show that they're definitely not in the right state of mind.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, played by Creator/TomHiddleston (see also his [[Characters/MCULoki character page]] and his [[Characters/MCULokiLaufeysonVariantL1130 main variant's character page]])

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, played by Creator/TomHiddleston (see also his [[Characters/MCULoki character page]] and his [[Characters/MCULokiVariantL1130 main variant's character page]])

* CharacterExaggeration: Ever since his surge in popularity in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', Loki in the comics and other media will rarely portray him without his glaive (the chitauri sceptre containing the Mind Stone in the movie) and treat it as his WeaponOfChoice. This is despite the fact that Loki only uses said sceptre in one movie and uses [[KnifeNut knives]] from then on, and that the sceptre wasn't even his to begin with (it was given to him by Thanos).

* BalefulPolymorph: Amongst other things, he has transmogrified Thor into a frog and his own grandfather into the snow - yes, '''the''' snow, as in, all snow ''everywhere''.

He arranged for Thor to be exiled to Earth in mortal form, and plotted his death, unleashing scores of monsters and mayhem upon him and the world in pursuit of that goal, whilst in Asgard he schemed on many occasions to seize rulership of Asgard. His plots against Thor were thwarted time and again, and when he pitted him against the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, he made new mortal enemies when ComicBook/TheAvengers united for the first time to oppose him.

* MindControl: He has used this on the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk and various others, mortal and otherwise, with varying degrees of success. As an EvilSorcerer, he can do it any time, but how effective it is depends on the mind.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He once schemed to pit Thor in a deadly battle against ComicBook/TheHulk, but [[ComicBook/IronMan some]] [[ComicBook/AntMan other]] [[ComicBook/TheWasp heroes]] showed up as well. Loki's plot was soon uncovered, and -- much to his later irritation -- he ended up inadvertently bringing the Avengers together.

** This seems to have faded post-Secret Wars. Not only are they shown placing a lot of weight on their relationships with Freyja and Odin, but the Agent of Asgard-era God(dess) of stories is shown to be outright distraught at [[spoiler: Odin's death]] despite their open contempt and apathy towards him and his wife back in the final issues of their series.

** Issue 24 of [[ComicBook/Thor2020 Thor (2020)]] reveals that [[spoiler: the original, [[Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard Agent of Asgard-era]], God(dess) of stories is still around and arrived at the TVA following the end of their series.]] Interestingly, [[spoiler:they imply that the post-Secret Wars Loki isn't them. Referring to themselves as "the past" and post-Secret Wars Loki as "what comes next."]] [[FridgeBrilliance Which would explain why Loki]] [[spoiler: suddenly went back to caring about his relationship with Odin and Freyja]] despite [[spoiler:[[StoppedCaring Teen!Loki explicitly leaving that trait out of the God(dess) of Stories when defining them.]]]]

** Issue 24 of [[ComicBook/Thor2020 Thor (2020)]] reveals that [[spoiler: the original, [[Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard Agent of Asgard-era]], God(dess) of stories is still around and arrived at the TVA following the end of their series.]] Interestingly, [[spoiler:they imply that the post-Secret Wars Loki isn't them. Referring to themselves as "the past" and post-Secret Wars Loki as "what comes next."]] [[FridgeBrilliance Which would explain why Loki]] [[spoiler: suddenly went back to caring about his relationship with Odin and Freyja]] despite [[spoiler:the God(dess) of Stories [[StoppedCaring Teen!Loki explicitly leaving that trait out of the God{dess) of Stories when defining them.]]]]

** Issue 24 of [[ComicBook/Thor2020 Thor (2020)]] reveals that [[spoiler: the original, [[Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard Agent of Asgard-era]], God(dess) of stories is still around and arrived at the TVA following the end of their series.]] Interestingly, [[spoiler: they imply that the post-Secret Wars Loki isn't them. Referring to themselves as "the past" and post-Secret Wars Loki as "what comes next."]]

** Issue 24 of [[ComicBook/Thor2020 Thor (2020)]] reveals that [[spoiler: the original, [[Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard Agent of Asgard-era]], God(dess) of stories is still around and arrived at the TVA following the end of their series.]] Interestingly, [[spoiler: they imply that the post-Secret Wars Loki isn't them, referring to themselves as "the past" and post-Secret Wars Loki as "what comes next."]]

** Issue 24 of[[ComicBook/Thor2020 Thor (2020)]] reveals that [[spoiler: the original, [[Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard Agent of Asgard-era]], God(dess) of stories is still around and arrived at the TVA following the end of their series.]] Interestingly, [[spoiler: they imply that the post-Secret Wars Loki isn't them, but rather "what comes next."]]

* SuperStrength: While not on the level of Thor, he still ''is'' a Frost Giant, and much stronger than humans by far. Eric Masterson found this out [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/15/150339/2970747-5647122265-Loki_.jpg the hard way]].

'''God of Stories!Loki:''' If you say so. So I probably shouldn't care what they ''think'', then, should I? I mean, ''"King Loki"''? Come on. Who wants to be ''[[TheChainsOfCommanding king]]''? I'm ''done'' with that. No more ''ego games''. No more ''jealousy'' games and ''revenge'' games and ''"make me king"'' games. I don't ''need'' the whole of Asgard to love me--

* BreakoutVillain: In the movies. In the comics the general consensus was that he was sort of cool sometimes but also one note (almost everything he ever did went back to his FreudianExcuse sooner or later). Until his death and rebirth as Kid!Loki that is.

** Ikol did it as well, but it makes sense since he is no longer Loki, Kid!Loki is. Of course, Ikol also refers to "Loki" in the sense of what Loki means to the world at large and as a being, not directly referencing Kid-Loki.

* ADayInTheLimelight: After Thor #622, Kid!Loki took over the book, which was renamed Journey in Mystery.

* TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler: Is given the option to accept being Old!Loki or cease to exist like Kid!Loki. Decides to reinvent himself instead.]]
* TalkingToThemself: They've [[spoiler:Kid!Loki's "spirit"]] in their head who personifies their guilt and acts as a conscience.