History Recap / LokiEpisode10HeartOfTheTVA

* BaitAndSwitch: The ringing phone that lured Past Loki to the elevator and that keeps ringing long after Loki prunes his past self. Loki and Sylvie are apprehensive about it, and Loki takes a long time to answer, seemingly implying that the other person on the line will be some kind of a reveal. Turns out it is just O.B. checking in on them.

* PowerNullifier: It's revealed that there are dampeners in the TVA that are responsible for nullifying magic. When O.B. reboots the system, it shuts off the dampeners, allowing Sylvie to enchant Brad and use him to prune Renslayer.

* AllForNothing: The attempt to recruit Timely and use his aura to unlock the path to the Loom to save it and the TVA falls apart when it turns out the temporal radiation is so high that Timely is shredded the second he steps outside and the Loom ends up exploding.

** The one who pruned Loki in the BadFuture to save him was his future self.

** The one on the other end of the mystery phone call back in Episode 1's BadFuture was O.B. trying to reach Loki and Sylvie.

'''Lokie/Sylvie:''' [{{beat}}] '''TURN IT OFF!'''\\
'''O.B./Mobius:''' [wince away from phone]

-->'''O.B.:''' But if I reboot the system it will shut down the security protocols! Including the ones that prevent the use of magic!\\

'''Lokie/Sylvie:''' '''DO IT!'''\\

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Loki reaches the same moment he jumped to in the first episode, where the TVA is in chaos, Sylvie is there, and he was pruned from behind by someone unknown, and he and the audience finally learns what was actually happening.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Loki reaches the same moment he jumped to in the first episode, where the TVA is in chaos, Sylvie is there, and he was pruned from behind by someone unknown, and he and the audience finally learns what was actually happening

* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Victor offers to go out and repair the Loom. He suits up, prepares himself to run, and gets all of three steps before he 's gruesomely spaghettified in seconds.

* ElevatorFailure: Miss Minutes overrides the system, causing the elevator to malfunction and to lock Sylvie in and Loki out. Sylvie tampers with the wires to get the elevator moving and later forces the doors open to get out.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sylvie gives one to Mobius after he suggests that he, Loki and Sylvie get some [[TrademarkFavoriteFood pie]].

* StealthPun: Mobius compares Victor and O.B. inspiring each other to write the TVA handbook to a snake eating its own tail, AKA an {{Ouroboros}}.

* EmergingFromTheShadows: Loki emerges from a shadowy area to use MindControl on Brad.

* WhoWillBellTheCat: Both Mobius and Loki agree that it would be a good idea for one of them to go out and fix the Temporal Loom. However, whoever goes out will be subject to a great deal of temporal radiation, so they argue about which one of them should go out. Eventually, Victor Timely agrees to go out and fix the Temporal Loom, only for him to be spaghettified by the temporal radiation, which was higher than expected, in only a few seconds.

* WhatTheHellHero: Sylvie calls out Mobius for thinking about eating pie in the middle of everything. Moreover, she accuses him of avoiding finding out what his past life as a variant was to distance himself from facing the reality of what it means when a branch disappears.

* OnceMoreWithClarify: Loki reaches the same moment he jumped to in the first episode, where the TVA is in chaos, Sylvie is there, and he was pruned from behind by someone unknown, and he and the audience finally learns what was actually happening