History Series / Ragnarok2020

* AmbiguousDisorder: Magne has ''something'', which could be ADHD or maybe a degree of autism. He is shown to have had problems with aggression in the past and uses a stim toy to focus. The only clear diagnosis we hear is that he has dyslexia.

* ShoutOut: When Magne gets [[spoiler:a Mjølnir made in Season Two, is almost an exact replica of [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel's]] Mjølnir.]]
* TheOldGods: Season 2 reveals that the jötnar were the very first gods, honored by humanity with human sacrifices.
** Though in an ironic twist, this Mjølnir doesn't work. The functional one he gets in the season finale looks much more raw and real.

* SadlyMythtaken: The show mentions that in mythology Loki gave birth alone to Jörmungandr, making him the "first trans character" in mythology. In the actual Old Norse texts, the only confirmed legend of Loki falling pregnant is the one of the birth of Sleipnir. While Loki is indeed the father of Jörmungandr in Norse mythology, the giant snake also had a mother, Angrboda.

** And all of the above is part of Magne's Road of Trials in the first season. [[spoiler:Erik is a very interesting take on [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor The Shapeshifter]], genuinely nice and caring, but hindering Magne several times not out of malice, but out of doing what he believes is right. Laurits also fills that role, as you can basically toss a coin to figure out if he'll help or hinder Magne in any given moment. Saxa could be a downplayed [[TheVamp Temptress]], while [[HerosMuse the God]][[LoveInterest dess]] is deconstructed, subverted, and split between Isolde (her passion for saving the environment, especially around Edda, and her death are Magne's primary motivations through the entire first season) and Gry (Magne quickly falls in love with her, but she's not interested in him like that, and is herself falling for Fjor despite knowing its a bad idea), with Signy picking up the slack in Season 2 as Magne starts to get interested in her and she in him.]]

** In Season Two, [[spoiler:Laurits ends up deliberately following in Loki's footsetps once it's revealed he's Vidar's son, and thus a giant, then stealing some of Wotan's blood to become "Odin's Blood Brother" as Loki in myth was. Some combination of these ends up giving him a tapeworm, which is actually a new incarnation of the Midgard Serpent, which he hides in a fish tank in his room, as Loki tried to keep his deformed children (Jormungandr, Fenrir, and Hel) hidden from Odin. But as Odin discovered Loki's monstrous children, Turid finds her son's pet snake.]]

* StockScream: In episode one of Season Two, a paramedic gives the Wilhelm Scream as [[spoiler:he tries to defibrilate Magne and it doesn't go according to plan.]]

-->''' Laurits:''' I must say, it looks like you're into all kinds of different guys. I mean, like there's Magne who you can define as [[NiceGuy the hushed, heavy, but honest type]]. and then there's Fjor, here, who's more like [[TallDarkAndHandsome handsome and grave and mysterious]].

* EvilInc: The JUTUL company. Not only does it pollute the environment and make their employees sick, [[spoiler:they are also owned by a family of violent giants]].

* ForgingScene: [[spoiler:The final episode of Season Two, in which Magne, with the help an avatar of Tyr and a "dwarf," reforge Mjølnir, using the Volva's feather so it can fly and always return, and an arrowhead of the old world so it can harm giants.]]

* HeroicBSOD: Magne after he [[spoiler:kills Vidar in Season Two. Even though he'd been heading towards a fatal confrontation with the Jutul the whole series, he wasn't prepared for the impact actually taking someone's life would have. Laurits calling him "murderer" for killing his biological father isn't helping.]]

** "Spiritual Death and Rebirth" comes [[spoiler:as the Jutul's more and more effectively thwart his attempts to defeat them and make him appear to be an unstable, dangerous young man. It gets to the point where Magne seems to actually believe that he's merely suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, and willing to along with the doctor's treatment to get better. It isn't until Fyor tells Magne he was right about the barrels of toxic waste that Magne re-commits himself to The Call, embracing his power and his duty to defend humanity from the Jotuns.]]
** And all of the above is part of Magne's Road of Trials in the first season. [[spoiler:Erik is a very interesting take on [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor The Shapeshifter]], genuinely nice and caring, but hindering Magne several times not out of malice, but out of doing what he believes is right. Laurits also fills that role, as you can basically toss a coin to figure out if he'll help or hinder Magne in any given moment. Saxa could be a downplayed [[TheVamp Temptress]], while [[HerosMuse the God]][[LoveInterest dess]] is deconstructed, subverted, and split between Isolde (her passion for saving the environment, especially around Edda, and her death are Magne's primary motivations through the entire first season) and Gry (Magne quickly falls in love with her, but she's not interested in him like that, and is herself falling for Fyor despite knowing its a bad idea), with Signy picking up the slack in Season Two as Magne starts to get interested in her and she in him.]]

** Apotheosis[=/=]Fight against the BigBad[=/=]Ultimate Boon: Played straight as an arrow. [[spoiler:Magne fully embraces his role as Thor, snatching up a hammer to smash up Fyor in a CurbStompBattle. Then he's faced down by Vidar, who's a lot stronger than Magne anticipated. Just as he seems defeated, Magne [[ShockAndAwe calls down the lightning]], blasting him and Vidar back in what seems like a MutualKill. But the last shot of Season One is Magne's [[FingerTwitchingRevival hand curling into a fist]], showing he's not dead yet. This doubles as a second, more literal, "Death and Rebirth," with the implication that Magne has now fully embraced his power and duty as Thor (Vidar even addresses him as "Thor" at the start of their fight).]]

* LoveTriangle: Magne quickly falls for Gry, who likes him but not like that. Fyor likes Gry, but she doesn't like him as much as he likes her. [[spoiler:Except she does, despite knowing it's a bad idea, and the two are officially in love by the end of the first season. Of course, small town politics, pollution, personal morals, and the fact that Fyor is a giant and Magne is Thor makes this far more complicated than it already is.]]
* MagicalDefibrillator: ZigZagged. Episode one of season two opens with two paramedics arriving to [[spoiler:the aftermath of Magne and Vidar's fight. One orders the other to defibrillate Magne, which backfires on the poor paramedic but brings Magne right around. You really shouldn't defibrillate someone without at least checking them first, but when that someone has the power of Thor, a little electricity can only be a good thing.]]

** "JUTUL" is [[spoiler:very similar to Jotun, one of the more famous breeds of giants in Norse Mythology. The connection is made explicit by the title of episode 3, "Jutulheim," where "Jotunheim" is the place from which Jotuns hail.[[note]]"Heim" basically means "home," so Jutulheim = Home of Jutuls, Jotunheim = Home of Jotuns.[[/note]]]]
** Wotan, the old man with the eyepatch, [[spoiler:is one of the names of Odin (though it's more often rendered as "Woden"), lending this mysterious man and his equally-mysterious wife some connection to Norse myth.]]

** The ForgingScene [[spoiler:in which Magne recreates Mjølnir, including a Volva's feather and old world arrowhead (recalling Norse Mythology's use of InsubstantialIngredients. The "dwarf" is also operating the bellows to stoke the eternal flame the hammer needs to be forged in; working the bellows to keep the fire hot enough was the main important thing in the mythological forging of Mjølnir (and two other artifacts by that team of dwarves), and Loki screwed up that process, thus Mjølnir having a handle too short for its size. The handle of this Mjølnir is also too short, due to circumstances beyond the characters' control.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In the first episode of season two, Turid decides to tell Laurits something she should have told him a long time ago. [[spoiler:He's not her husband's son, but Vidar's, after Turid and Vidar had a drunken one night stand. She also tells Vidar. Since Fyor has decided to abandon his family to be with Gry, Vidar just so happens to be in the market for a backup son, especially one so close to his most dangerous enemy. The episode ends with Magne watching Vidar and Laurits share a warm, fatherly embrace.]]

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Audio variant. Episode one of season two Magne's looking for allies in his fight against the giants, and finds [[spoiler:Iman, who was also touched by Wenche. Magne tries to explain to her about the war and godly powers by bringing her home and discussing the matter in his room. Turid just thinks her son has brought a pretty girl home. Then Magne demonstrates his power by lifting a chair with Iman in it and a TV in her lap up to the ceiling over and over. Turid and Laurits just hear girlish laughter and a repetitive bumping sound.]]
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: At the start of season 2, seeing a crow in the sky, Magne starts shouting at it, believing it to be Wenche and wanting a least some advice or guidance about where to go from here. Throwing a rock at the bird into the cloudy sky and demanding answers kicks the scene into this trope, especially given the heavy mythological leanings of the series.

* StayInTheKitchen: The Jutul have some pretty old-fashioned ideas about gender role, with Vidar and Fyor taking turns running Jutul Industries and posing as each others' fathers to hide the fact they're immortal. Saxa isn't exactly pleased that she doesn't get a chance to lead the family. That said, when it comes to facing the gods of Asgard in battle, the women are expected to take up arms and fight beside the men.
* StockScream: In episode one of season two, a paramedic gives the Wilhelm Scream as [[spoiler:he tries to defibrilate Magne and it doesn't go according to plan.]]

* WhamShot: The last shot of Season Two. [[spoiler:Laurits didn't die in Magne's arms, but has been taken in by the Jutuls, and releases the larval Midgard Serpent into the waters around Edda. If you know your mythology, you know that Thor will kill Jormungandr come Ragnarok. . . but will be poisoned by the creature's bite, making it only a few steps before dying.]]

A second season premiered on May 27th 2021.

* MagicalDefibrillator: ZigZagged. Episode one of season two opens with two paramedics arriving to [[spoiler:the aftermath of Magne and Vidor's fight. One orders the other to defibrillate Magne, which backfires on the poor paramedic but brings Magne right around. You really shouldn't defibrillate someone without at least checking them first, but when that someone has the power of Thor, a little electricity can only be a good thing.]]

* HistoryRepeats: The show's premise can be summed up as "[[AllMythsAreReal the Norse myths of gods and giants are real]], and everything that happened in the ancient past is about to happen again in the present day".

* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:Fjor, as he gets closer to humans and Gry.]] If this is here to stay is still unclear at the end of season 1.

-->''' Laurits:''' I must say, it looks like you're into all kinds of different guys. I mean, like there's Magne who you can define as [[NiceGuy the hushed, heavy, but honest type]]. and then there's Fjor, here, who's more like [[TalkDarkAndHandsome handsome and grave and mysterious]].

* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Isolde, a lesbian, dies at the end of the first episode and is the only named character to die so far.]]

** And all of the above is part of Magne's Road of Trials in the first season. [[spoiler:Erik is a very interesting take on [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor The Shapeshifter]], genuinely nice and caring, but hindering Magne several times not out of malice, but out of doing what he believes is right. Laurits also fills that role, as you can basically toss a coin to figure out if he'll help or hinder Magne in any given moment. Saxa could be a downplayed [[TheVamp Temptress]], while [[HerosMuse the God]][[LoveInterest dess]] is deconstructed, subverted, and split between Isolde (her passion for saving the environment, especially around Edda, and her death are Magne's primary motivations through the entire first season) and Gry (Magne quickly falls in love with her, but she's not interested in him like that, and is herself falling for Fyor despite knowing its a bad idea).]]