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* LickingTheBlade: One of the goons fighting Marc stops to lick his knife, taunting Marc. Marc just punches his face as he's doing it.

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* LickingTheBlade: One of the goons fighting Marc stops to lick his knife, taunting Marc. [[TalkToTheFist Marc just punches his face as he's doing it.]]
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* TheKnightsThatSaySquee: Steven can't help but geek out when the meeting on the Ennead takes him and Marc to the Pyramid of Giza.
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* TheKnightsThatSaySquee: Steven can't help but geek out when the meeting on the Ennead takes him and Marc to the Pyramid of Giza.

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* AndIMustScream: Khonshu is sealed inside a stone statue, and it's suggested that he can still hear what's happening around him, something Harrow takes advantage of to gloat.



* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: For Khonshu, anything that might draw the attention of the gods (and, by extension, mortals) counts as this. After he causes an eclipse to call them into a meeting, they threaten to turn him into stone the next time he does anything that flashy, and when he turns back the sky to help identify the location of Ammit's tomb, they make good on the threat.



** Steven takes over in the middle of a fight and tries to negotiate with Mogart's men. Unsurprisingly, they don't listen to his calls for a time-out and stick spears into Mr. Knight's back, prompting Steven to give up and hand control back over to Marc.

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** Steven takes over in the middle of a fight and tries to negotiate with Mogart's men. Unsurprisingly, they don't listen to his calls for a time-out and stick spears into Mr. Knight's back, begin impaling him with spears, prompting Steven to give up and hand control back over to Marc.



* ManipulativeBastard: When summoned before the Ennead, Arthur Harrow claims that Khonshu is a vindictive, abusive god who has been using Marc Spector for his own petty agenda. The fact that Marc himself cannot deny any of his words, and Khonshu's response is to claim that Harrow is telling BlatantLies does little to dissuade the Ennead.

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* ManipulativeBastard: When summoned before the Ennead, Arthur Harrow claims that Khonshu is a vindictive, abusive god who has been using Marc Spector for his own petty agenda. The fact that Marc himself cannot deny any of his words, and Khonshu's response is to claim that Harrow is telling BlatantLies BlatantLies, does little to dissuade the Ennead.



** It appears a third, violent personality is emerging aside from Marc and Steven after Marc wakes up after blacking out to find he has slaughtered a bunch of Ammit's cultists, which Steven also denies being responsible for.

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** It appears a third, violent personality is emerging aside from Marc and Steven after Steven, as Marc wakes up after blacking out to find he has slaughtered a bunch of Ammit's cultists, which Steven also denies being responsible for.



* WouldntHurtAChild: Marc has aversions to hurt the teenager that is fighting on Harrow's side.

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* WouldntHurtAChild: Marc has aversions is reluctant to hurt the teenager that is fighting on Harrow's side.side, and is deeply unsettled when he chooses to kill himself rather than give away Harrow's location.
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* ManipulativeBastard: When summoned before the Ennead, Arthur Harrow claims that Khonshu is a vindictive, abusive god who has been using Marc Spector for his own petty agenda. The fact that Marc himself cannot deny any of his words, and Khonshu's response is to claim that Harrow is telling BlatantLies does little to dissuade the Ennead.

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The 2021 date is the fake issue date of the fake passport, and doesn't mean the show is set in 2021. Also, in ep2, we see a Global Repatriation Council and on a bus, and this council was only created when blipped people came back, long after 2021.


** Layla's new passport reveals that ''Moon Knight'' is set in 2021, in the middle of the Blip -- thus explaining why [[Characters/MCUBlackPanther Bast's Avatar]] wasn't able to attend the meeting of the Ennead.
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** At the very end, after Khonshu was sealed in stone, Harrow reappears inside the pyramid, revealed to be in league with (at least) Osiris's Avatar, if not the rest of the Ennead (save Yatzil/Hathor, who was at least willing to aid Marc), further explaining why the Ennead chose not to listen to Khonshu's case. This implies Osiris himself is of the same mind as Harrow in releasing Ammit.

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** At the very end, after Khonshu was sealed in stone, Harrow reappears inside the pyramid, revealed to be in league with (at least) Osiris's Avatar, if not the rest of the Ennead (save Yatzil/Hathor, who was at least willing to aid Marc), further explaining Marc). This helps explain why the Ennead chose not to listen to Khonshu's case. This Furthermore, this implies Osiris himself is of the same mind as Harrow in releasing Ammit.

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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: The Ennead are content to reside in the spirit world and act only as PowersThatBe instead of directly interacting with mortals like the Norse gods do, and banished Khonshu because the missions he assigns his Avatar, the Moon Knight, threatened to reveal their existence. Khonshu considers them lazy and calls them out on it during Harrow's trial.

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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: The Ennead are content to reside in the spirit world and act only as PowersThatBe instead of directly interacting with mortals like the Norse gods do, and banished Khonshu because the missions he assigns his Avatar, the Moon Knight, threatened to reveal their existence. Khonshu considers them lazy and calls them out on it during Harrow's trial. It is later revealed, of course, that (at least) Osiris and/or his avatar are in fact in league with Harrow's cult for Ammit, implying some of them are far more involved in this plot than first thought.



* VillainsNeverLie: Played with; Harrow is certainly dishonest with the Ennead, even if he doesn't actually lie (he claims to simply be seeing the desert without admitting to searching for Ammit's tomb). At hearing Harrow comment on her father's murder as the reason she left Egypt, Layla is unsettled, as she hadn't told anyone her reasons for leaving and wondering if what Harrow said about Marc is also true.

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* VillainsNeverLie: Played with; with:
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Harrow is certainly dishonest with the Ennead, even if he doesn't actually lie (he claims to simply be seeing the desert without admitting to searching for Ammit's tomb). The fact that he technically has an inside man amongst the Ennead (Osiris's avatar, if not Osiris himself) [[ExploitedTrope helps with this]].
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At hearing Harrow comment on her father's murder as the reason she left Egypt, Layla is unsettled, as she hadn't told anyone her reasons for leaving and wondering if what Harrow said about Marc is also true.
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* LickingTheBlade: One of the goons fighting Marc stops to lick his knife, taunting Marc. Marc just punches his face as he's doing it.
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** It appears a third, violent personality is emerging aside from Marc and Steven after Marc wakes up after blacking out to find he has slaughtered a bunch of Ammit's cultists, which Steven also denies being responsible for.

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** At the very end, after Khonshu was sealed in stone, Harrow reappears inside the pyramid, revealed to be in league with (at least) Osiris's Avatar, if not the rest of the Ennead (save Hazlit/Hathor, who was at least willing to aid Marc), further explaining why the Ennead chose not to listen to Khonshu's case. This implies Osiris himself is of the same mind as Harrow in releasing Ammit.

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** At the very end, after Khonshu was sealed in stone, Harrow reappears inside the pyramid, revealed to be in league with (at least) Osiris's Avatar, if not the rest of the Ennead (save Hazlit/Hathor, Yatzil/Hathor, who was at least willing to aid Marc), further explaining why the Ennead chose not to listen to Khonshu's case. This implies Osiris himself is of the same mind as Harrow in releasing Ammit.Ammit.
* SadlyMythtaken: The Ennead was a collection of nine gods, not five (although Hathor does mention that the five attending the meeting are the ones that happen to be present). The meeting itself includes every god that were traditionally part of the Ennead save for Hathor, who in the actual myths was not a member of the Ennead.[[note]]The Ennead consists of Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys, with Horus sometimes included as a tenth member.[[/note]]



* VillainHasAPoint: Harrow's comments that Khonshu is abusive and the Marc is unwell both ring true, with Marc himself even admitting that he needs help when the Ennead ask him about it.

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* VillainHasAPoint: Harrow's comments that Khonshu is abusive and the Marc is unwell both ring true, with Marc himself even admitting that he needs help when the Ennead ask him about it.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Up until the audience is properly introduced to Marc, all of the events between Stephen's blackouts were never shown, playing up the NothingIsScarier split-personality mystery. This comes back once more when violence occurs that neither Marc nor Stephen can fully explain, hinting that a third personality is emerging.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Up until the audience is properly introduced to Marc, all of the events between Stephen's Steven's blackouts were never shown, playing up the NothingIsScarier split-personality mystery. This comes back once more when violence occurs that neither Marc nor Stephen Steven can fully explain, hinting that a third personality is emerging.
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* OldFlame: Khonshu used to be close to Hathor, going by comments by the latter's avatar.

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* OldFlame: Khonshu used to be close to Hathor, going by comments by from the latter's avatar.

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* OldFlame: Khonshu used to be close to Hathor, going by comments by the latter's avatar.



* SpitefulSuicide: The kid Marc tries a HighAltitudeInterrogation on cuts his own scarf to fall to his death rather than tell Marc anything.

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* SpitefulSuicide: The kid teen Marc tries a HighAltitudeInterrogation on cuts his own scarf to fall to his death rather than tell Marc anything.



* WouldntHurtAChild: Marc has aversions to hurt the kid that is fighting on Harrow's side.

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* WouldntHurtAChild: Marc has aversions to hurt the kid teenager that is fighting on Harrow's side.

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* TheAtoner: Harrow, by his own admission, is a villainous version of this; he confesses to having [[{{Sadist}} enjoyed]] inflicting pain as Khonshu's avatar, something that deeply shames him and led to him joining Ammit.



* CallBack: Mogart mentions having last seen Layla in [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]].



* CreateYourOwnVillain: Harrow directly credits Khonshu's "torment" for making him what he is now, citing his experiences as Khonshu's avatar as his motives for joining Ammit.



* DidntThinkThisThrough:
** Khonshu didn't consider that, by calling for judgment against Harrow, the Ennead might be inclined to hear Harrow's side of the story, which gives Harrow the opportunity to discredit both Khonshu and Marc.
** Steven takes over in the middle of a fight and tries to negotiate with Mogart's men. Unsurprisingly, they don't listen to his calls for a time-out and stick spears into Mr. Knight's back, prompting Steven to give up and hand control back over to Marc.
* ExactWords: Harrow claims to simply be seeing the desert when questioned by the Ennead, which is true, but omits the actual ''reason'' he's in the desert.



* PetTheDog: While he condescendingly refers to Steven as a worm again, Khonshu is less harsh towards Steven than he was in prior episodes, walking him through how to perform the ritual to turn back the night sky and asking to get Marc to help free him.

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* PetTheDog: While he condescendingly refers to Steven as a worm again, Khonshu is less harsh towards Steven than he was in prior episodes, walking him through how to perform the ritual to turn back the night sky and asking to get Marc to help free him.him, even using Steven's name for the first time.


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* VillainHasAPoint: Harrow's comments that Khonshu is abusive and the Marc is unwell both ring true, with Marc himself even admitting that he needs help when the Ennead ask him about it.
* VillainsNeverLie: Played with; Harrow is certainly dishonest with the Ennead, even if he doesn't actually lie (he claims to simply be seeing the desert without admitting to searching for Ammit's tomb). At hearing Harrow comment on her father's murder as the reason she left Egypt, Layla is unsettled, as she hadn't told anyone her reasons for leaving and wondering if what Harrow said about Marc is also true.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: During Harrow’s trial with the other gods, he says Khonshu is jealous and abusive, which he demonstrates by trying to inflict violence against Harrow. Then Harrow says that Marc is not well, which he admits to the other gods.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Up until the audience is properly introduced to Marc, all of the events between Stephen's blackouts were never shown, playing up the NothingIsScarier split-personality mystery. This comes back once more when violence occurs that neither Marc nor Stephen can fully explain, hinting that a third personality is emerging.
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* InternalizedCategorism: Implied to be what's happening with Harrow, which also colors his own KnightTemplar tendencies. Despite trying to espouse a BlackAndWhiteMorality (then judging the rest of the world with Ammit's power), he confesses to the stone statuette of the imprisoned Khonshu that he in fact once enjoyed the kind of brutal violence and justice Khonshu tasked of him. However, he seeks to move away from it, which likely also explains his turn to Ammit.
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** At the very end, after Khonshu was sealed in stone, Harrow reappears inside the pyramid, revealed to be in league with (at least) Osiris's Avatar, if not the rest of the Ennead (save Hazlit/Hathor, who was at least willing to aid Marc), further explaining why the Ennead chose not to listen to Khonshu's case. This implies Osiris himself is of the same mind as Harrow in releasing Ammit.

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* CrossingTheBurntBridge: Khonshu calls a meeting of the Ennead even though the gods exiled him before and might seal him in stone for provoking them. It doesn't work, and the gods threaten to imprison Khonshu in an ''ushabti'' statuette.

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* CrossingTheBurntBridge: Khonshu calls a meeting of the Ennead even though the gods exiled him before and might seal him in stone for provoking them. It doesn't work, and the gods threaten to imprison Khonshu in an ''ushabti'' statuette.statuette if he keeps meddling in mortal affairs, doing so after he helps Steven and Layla locate Ammit's tomb.
* TheGodsMustBeLazy: The Ennead are content to reside in the spirit world and act only as PowersThatBe instead of directly interacting with mortals like the Norse gods do, and banished Khonshu because the missions he assigns his Avatar, the Moon Knight, threatened to reveal their existence. Khonshu considers them lazy and calls them out on it during Harrow's trial.


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** Khonshu was exiled for his actions threatening to reveal the Ennead's existence to mortals, with the gods preferring to sit back in the spirit world and let their Avatars handle things in a way that won't risk revealing their existence.
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* WouldntHurtAChild: Marc as aversions to hurt the kid that is fighting on Harrow's side.

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* WouldntHurtAChild: Marc as has aversions to hurt the kid that is fighting on Harrow's side.
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* WouldntHurtAChild: Marc as aversions to hurt the kid that is fighting on Harrow's side.
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* InMemoriam: The episode is dedicated to Creator/GaspardUlliel, who died in a ski accident in January 2022.
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* InMemoriam: The episode is dedicated to Creator/GaspardUlliel, who died in a ski accident in January 2022.
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* BadassNormal: Even without transforming into Moon Knight, Marc is able to take on Harrow's disciples through sheer fighting skills and ingenuity.

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* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Khonshu tells Marc to dangle one of Harrow's disciples -- a teenage boy -- off a cliff to interrogate him, saying the fear will make him talk. Instead, to Marc's dismay the boy cuts his scarf to kill himself, Khonshu insincerely saying he thought it would work.

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* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Khonshu tells Marc to dangle one of Harrow's disciples -- a teenage boy -- off a cliff to interrogate him, saying the fear will make him talk. Instead, to Marc's dismay dismay, the boy cuts his scarf to kill himself, with Khonshu insincerely saying he thought it would work.


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* NothingIsScarier: If Steven isn't the one making Marc black out, ''who is''?!

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* CrossingTheBurntBridge: Khonshu calls a meeting of the Ennead even though the gods exiled him before and might seal him in stone for provoking them.

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* CrossingTheBurntBridge: Khonshu calls a meeting of the Ennead even though the gods exiled him before and might seal him in stone for provoking them. It doesn't work, and the gods threaten to imprison Khonshu in an ''ushabti'' statuette.


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* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Khonshu tells Marc to dangle one of Harrow's disciples -- a teenage boy -- off a cliff to interrogate him, saying the fear will make him talk. Instead, to Marc's dismay the boy cuts his scarf to kill himself, Khonshu insincerely saying he thought it would work.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: When Steven takes over while Marc is fighting Anton Mogart's thugs, Mr. Knight ends up getting skewered by numerous spears while trying to de-escalate the confrontation. Steven promptly hands control back over to Marc, but Moon Knight is still impaled several more times before seeing Layla in danger provides him with the determination to break free.


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* PetTheDog: While he condescendingly refers to Steven as a worm again, Khonshu is less harsh towards Steven than he was in prior episodes, walking him through how to perform the ritual to turn back the night sky and asking to get Marc to help free him.


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* TheReveal:
** Layla's new passport reveals that ''Moon Knight'' is set in 2021, in the middle of the Blip -- thus explaining why [[Characters/MCUBlackPanther Bast's Avatar]] wasn't able to attend the meeting of the Ennead.
** Harrow all-but outright states that Marc was the one who killed Layla's father, though he denies this when she asks if it's true.


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* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Much like Steven did in the first episode, Marc blacks out only to awaken in the middle of wanton violence. He assumes Steven is doing it, while Steven denies this and accuses Marc of being the one responsible.

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* CrossingTheBurntBridge: Khonshu calls a meeting of the Ennead even though the gods exiled him before and might seal him in stone for provoking them.



* HeroicSacrifice: Khonshu turns back the night sky to help locate Ammit's tomb, even though the gods will imprison him for doing after being warned not to.

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* HeroicSacrifice: Khonshu turns back the night sky to help locate Ammit's tomb, even though the gods will imprison him for doing so after being warned not to.
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Marc races to stop Harrow from awakening Ammit.
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* CassandraTruth: Khonshu calls a meeting of the Ennead to expose Harrow's plan to release Ammit, but the gods in attendance refuse to believe him because Khonshu is a renegade and Marc is clearly unwell, a fact Harrow exploits to discredit them both.
* HealingFactor: Khonshu's armor allows Marc/Steven to instantly recover from being impaled by spears.
* HeroicSacrifice: Khonshu turns back the night sky to help locate Ammit's tomb, even though the gods will imprison him for doing after being warned not to.
* NotMeThisTime: Steven denies any responsibility for Marc's blackouts, a fact made apparent when the second time has Marc awaken in the immediate aftermath of killing two people.
* PerspectiveFlip: Now Marc is the one having his body hijacked, causing him to wake up elsewhere with no recollection of events.
* PortalDoor: When Khonshu calls a meeting of the Ennead, doors magically appear the world over to bring their avatars to the meeting.
* SealedGoodInACan: Khonshu is sealed in a stone statuette for manipulating the sky.
* SpitefulSuicide: The kid Marc tries a HighAltitudeInterrogation on cuts his own scarf to fall to his death rather than tell Marc anything.
* StealingFromThieves: Layla insists she only steals relics that have already been stolen by others and returns them to their rightful owners, though she keeps a few to pay the bills.
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