Line #111 ShoutOut/MarvelCinematicUniverse


1	->'''Nick Fury:''' I'd like to know what Loki did to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys.\
2	'''Thor:''' Monkeys? I do not understand--\
3	'''Captain America:''' I do! ''[beat, while Cap proudly smiles]'' I understood that reference.
4	-->-- Nick Fury makes a reference to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', and throws [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Steve Rogers]] a bone, ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}''
5
6	Works set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have a tendency to [[ShoutOut refer to other works]]:
7	----
8	!!Films with their own pages
9	[[index]]
10	* '''Phase One'''
11	** ''ShoutOut/{{Iron Man\|1}}''
12	** ''ShoutOut/{{The Incredible Hulk\|2008}}''
13	** ''ShoutOut/IronMan2''
14	** ''ShoutOut/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''
15	** ''ShoutOut/{{The Avengers\|2012}}''
16	* '''Phase Two'''
17	** ''ShoutOut/IronMan3''
18	** ''ShoutOut/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''
19	** ''ShoutOut/{{Guardians of the Galaxy\|2014}}''
20	** ''ShoutOut/AvengersAgeOfUltron''
21	** ''ShoutOut/AntMan1''
22	* '''Phase Three'''
23	** ''ShoutOut/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''
24	** ''ShoutOut/{{Doctor Strange\|2016}}''
25	** ''ShoutOut/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''
26	** ''ShoutOut/SpiderManHomecoming''
27	** ''ShoutOut/ThorRagnarok''
28	** ''ShoutOut/{{Black Panther\|2018}}''
29	** ''ShoutOut/AvengersInfinityWar''
30	** ''ShoutOut/{{Captain Marvel\|2019}}''
31	** ''ShoutOut/AvengersEndgame''
32	** ''ShoutOut/SpiderManFarFromHome''
33	[[/index]]
34
35	!!TV shows with their own pages
36	[[index]]
37	* ''ShoutOut/AgentsOfSHIELD''
38	* ''ShoutOut/{{Daredevil\|2015}}''
39	* ''ShoutOut/{{Jessica Jones\|2015}}''
40	* ''ShoutOut/{{Luke Cage\|2016}}''
41	* ''ShoutOut/{{Iron Fist\|2017}}''
42	[[/index]]
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44	!!Films
45	* ''Film/{{Thor}}'':
46	** [[spoiler:The Destroyer]] walking through a wall of flames is one to the famous opening scene from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
47	*** He also bears a strong resemblance to Gort from ''Film/{{The Day the Earth Stood Still\|1951}}'', another tall, silver automaton who shoots a heat beam from his head.
48	** One to the original comics, when a billboard says "Journey into Mystery."
49	** "Uh, base... we've got a [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]], Creator/JackieChan, and Myth/RobinHood."
50	** When people are trying to pull out Mjölnir from the boulder, it is reminiscent of the Sword in the Stone from Myth/ArthurianLegend.
51	** Heimdall's sword, Hofund, looks almost identical to the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/elderscrolls/images/9/95/Oblivion_ElvenLongsword.png/revision/latest?cb=20120612181310 Elven Longsword or Elven Claymore]] from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion''.
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53	* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'':
54	** The scene at the beginning with an abandoned building with strange physics is highly reminiscent of the "Beyond" segment of ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'', especially the gravitational anomalies and oddly behaving bottles.
55	** When a Dark Elf ship crashes into the Asgardian throne room, it appears to be a shot-for-shot rendition of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdgmH9Vv2-I this cinematic trailer]] for ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''.
56	** The Dark Elf fighters resemble the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/B-wing_starfighter B-wings]], also from ''Star Wars''.
57	** Bor's helm looks a lot like a [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Balrog]]'s head and horns.
58	** Thor and Malekith sliding down London's Gherkin may be a ShoutOut to the climax of ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting'', where a Thor-obsessed/costumed little girl gets stuck on the windows of the similarly-sloped Smurfit-Stone building in Chicago.
59	** When Fandral [[spoiler:covers Thor and Loki's escape, he swings from ship to ship on a rope, much like Creator/ErrolFlynn, who the character is based on, is famous for doing.]]
60	** Algrim, before his transformation, is a dark-skinned blonde reminiscent of [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons an entirely different take on "dark elves"]].
61	** The scene where Loki is lying on his prison bed while tossing a goblet in the air and catching it is a reference to the movie ''Film/TheGreatEscape'', where Steve [=McQueen=]'s character is tossing a baseball in solitary.
62	** The scene where a flock of starlings is flying through a portal beneath Jane, Darcy and Selvig and startling them is a nod to Hitchcock's ''Film/TheBirds''.
63
64	* ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'':
65	** Hope used to play hide and seek in a wardrobe as a girl. As an adult, she uses the alias "Susan", which was the name of the girl in ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'' who had long black hair.
66	** The name of the Wombats' security company, X-CON, is an obvious play on the ''VideoGame/XCom'' video game series. Their logo even resembles the tile for the 2012 ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' expansion "Enemy Within".
67	** While miniaturized inside a car, Scott gets a scare from a gigantic eye peering at him through the window -- in fact a mere pigeon. The setup makes it a clear shout-out to the iconic scene from ''Film/JurassicPark''.
68	** The climactic CarChase through the streets of San Francisco can be seen as one to TropeCodifier ''Film/{{Bullitt}}'', especially Luis's SloMoBigAir jump. It does verge into AffectionateParody territory.
69	** Toward the end, Cassie, Scott and Hope watch ''Film/{{Them}}'' (a movie about giant ants) on a portable computer, although reduced in one of Pym's cars to get the feel of an old-school drive-in. Also, when Bill Foster is working in the lab and sees a bunch of ants, he shouts, "It's them!"
70	** Early on there's a brief clip from ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'' as well.
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72	* ''Film/{{Black Widow\|2021}}'':
73	** The nature of Natasha's FamilyOfChoice (Soviet agents who have blended in suburban America as moles) is a PG rendition of the premise of ''Series/TheAmericans''--with even [[LossOfIdentity the attendant drama it causes to all involved]].
74	** The sequence with Ross following the intro strongly resembles a scene from ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', at nearly the exact same place in the film: the protagonist is alone in a room, watching security footage of a task force surrounding the building they seem to be in. The troops close in on what appears to be the room the protagonist is in, [[spoiler:only for a sweeping shot to reveal that they are in another part of the world entirely.]]
75	** Ross refers to Ant-Man as the "[[Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan The Incredible Shrinking Convict]]."
76	** The film has significant thematic and aesthetic similarities to ''Film/TheBourneSeries''--particularly with the nature of the Red Room being agents enhanced and controlled against their will, not to mention Natasha, [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels the best among them]], being on the run from both the assassination agency and global authorities.
77	** The protagonist's family member sends them the MacGuffin to keep it safe, only for the protagonist to bring it right back to that family member, just as in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''.
78	** Yelena's favourite song as a child is "Music/AmericanPie". Alexei later sings it to her while trying to prove he genuinely cares about her.
79	** Natasha watches ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'', another spy movie featuring a physically unassuming BigBad with a [[ImplacableMan giant implacable henchman]] [[spoiler: with HiddenDepths]], a mid-air action sequence involving unconventional use of a parachute, [[spoiler:and a hidden fortress above the Earth.]] It might be enough to count as {{Foreshadowing}}.
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81	* ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'':
82	** Shang-Chi mentions an incident where he almost got into a fight with a racist guy who called him [[Music/{{PSY}} Gangnam Style]].
83	** During the final scene of the movie, Katy mentions to her friend how Shang-Chi used the Ten Rings like a [[Anime/DragonBallZ Kamehameha]] fireball. Shang-Chi does indeed make the famous hand motions of the move during the battle.
84	*** Shang-Chi spends a part of the movie wearing an orange jacket with blue sleeves, the same colors as Goku's iconic ''gi''.
85	** One of the songs Shang-Chi and Katy sing during their karaoke montage at the beginning of the movie is "[[Music/LilNasX Old Town Road]]", and at the end, [[{{Bookends}} they're back at the karaoke bar]], this time singing "[[Music/{{Eagles}} Hotel California]]" [[spoiler: with Wong]], which becomes the music for the end credits.
86	** Shang-Chi's apartment is decorated with posters of ''Film/TheWarriors'' and ''Film/KungFuHustle''.
87	** Shang-Chi using his jacket as an ImprovisedWeapon in the bus fight scene was a deliberate reference to the fight choreography of [[Creator/JackieChan Jackie Chan's films]].
88	** In her first fight with Wenwu, Ying Li throws her hat at him in a manner similar to [[Franchise/MortalKombat Kung Lao]]. Her special martial arts stance also heavily resembles [[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Airbending]].
89	** [[spoiler: Trevor]] was fascinated by watching ''Film/{{Planet of the Apes\|1968}}'' as a child... though he apparently never grasped that the apes were all just people in costumes.
90	** The tunnel leading to Ta Lo shares a close resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad the Magic Railroad]], from the dark road to the luscious green landscape once they emerge.
91	** The Ten Rings are inspired by the iron rings used in martial arts training such as Yau Kung Mun and Hung Gar, producer Jonathan Schwartz says the inspiration was the movie ''Film/The36thChamberOfShaolin'', but the rings also appear in the aforementioned ''Kung Fu Hustler''.
92	** The final battle in which [[spoiler:a water dragon known as the Great Protector assists in defending Ta Lo from the Dweller-in-Darkness might [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything remind you of]] ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'', if you replace the titular water dragon Sisu with the Great Protector and the Druun with the Dweller-in-Darkness and its allies - but the Protector is a much more serious lady than the comical Sisu.]] Bonus points for [[spoiler:both movies briefly showing the heroic dragon in trouble and having Awkwafina in a role]].
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94	* ''Film/{{Eternals}}'':
95	** When the Domo decloaks for the first time and only the front is visible, it resembles a monolith from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', another movie about aliens influencing the evolution of Humanity.
96	** Dane Whitman recites part of Creator/WaltWhitman's "Song of the Universal" to students at the Natural History Museum while buying time for Sersi, who's late.
97	** Kingo compares the Eternals to ''Literature/PeterPan'', with Ikaris as Peter, Sersi as Wendy, Sprite as Tinker Bell, and the others as Lost Boys. With his point being that again Tinker Bell has an unrequited crush on Peter.
98	** To ''[[Creator/DCComics the Distinguished Competition]]'', of all things. Karun being described as Kingo's butler makes Gilgamesh note "Like Alfred to Comicbook/{{Batman}}!", and Phastos's son excitedly compares Ikaris to Comicbook/{{Superman}}.
99	** Ikaris [[ActingUnnatural pretends to read]] a ''Franchise/StarWars'' book while spying on Phastos and his family.
100	** Kingo says he's getting a cameo from Music/{{BTS}} in his movie. The BTS song "Friends" is also features in the film.
101	** Makkari has spent the last 500-some years of downtime in the ''Domo'' with a hoard of stuff. Kingo calls her "Miss Havisham", referencing the ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' character who spends her days as a shut-in in her mansion.
102	** Makkari's modern-day attire includes an Creator/HGWells shirt.
103
104	* ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'':
105	** Two for Creator/DCComics:
106	*** Flash Thompson's memoir is titled ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''.
107	*** At one point during their fight in Happy's apartment, Peter has the Green Goblin pinned against a wall and is pummeling his face -- and the Goblin [[Film/TheDarkKnight only laughs]].
108	** After Matt Murdock advises Happy to lawyer up in preparation for the feds investigating Stark Industries' ties to Mysterio, Happy gives a panicked MotorMouth spiel of his alternate options, specifically citing (and likely misremembering) [[SawItInAMovieOnce a line from]] ''Film/GoodFellas'' as an example of pleading the fifth.
109	** At one point of the film, Ned can be seen wearing a shirt with a very familiar moth on it. It bears a striking resemblance to Mothra from the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise.
110	** Doctor Strange tells Peter that an episode of ''Series/TheEqualizer'' was shot in the undercroft of the Sanctum Sanctorum in TheEighties.
111	** When the villains all realize they were fighting Spider-Man prior to being sucked into the MCU, mentally unwell Electro quotes fellow mentally unwell electronic artist Music/WesleyWillis thus: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFjuPbCShBw "I whipped Spider-Man's ass."]]
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113	!!TV Series
114	* ''Series/AgentCarter'':
115	** In the first season, the name of the dairy company that Peggy Carter investigates at one point is "Daisy Clover". It's a reference to the 1965 film ''Film/InsideDaisyClover'' with Creator/NatalieWood and Creator/RobertRedford.
116	** The "long-distance" typewriter Green Suit uses to report to and receive orders from his superior is similar to the typewriter Fauxlivia used in ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' to report to and receive orders from her superior in the other dimension.
117	** Angie performs a brief monologue from ''Theatre/ADollsHouse'' in "A Sin to Err". Dooley also name drops ''Film/{{King Kong\|1933}}''.
118	** [[invoked]]WordOfGod says that Ovechkin, the Russian private seen in the flashback in "SNAFU", is a reference to hockey player Alexander Ovechkin. Interestingly enough, [[spoiler:with the knowledge that "Ivchenko" is actually an alias, Dr. Fennhoff may have intentionally chosen it as an anagram for the soldier's name.]]
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120	* ''Series/WandaVision'':
121	** The first episode uses the same set design as ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', complete with the opening kitchen.
122	** The second homages the ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' theme.
123	** The third homages ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' and ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''. The doll Vision practices diaper changes with in the third episode is Kitty Karry-all, Cindy Brady's doll.
124	** The fifth episode's opening credits pay homage to ''Series/FamilyTies'' (the family portrait being painted), ''Series/GrowingPains'' (old photographs of the cast) and ''Series/FullHouse'' (running and frolicking in a park).
125	** The episode taking place in TheNineties / The2000s is done in the style of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', shot single-camera style and complete with the twins Tommy and Billy making {{Aside Comment}}s to the camera.
126	** The episode set in TheNewTens takes obvious cues from faux-documentary-interview formatted sitcoms like ''Series/ModernFamily'', with its title sequence being a combined pastiche of ''Modern Family'', ''Series/{{The Office\|US}}'', and ''Series/HappyEndings''. [[spoiler:The ''It Was Agatha All Along'' outro is inspired by ''Series/TheMunsters'' and ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''.]]
127	** A marquee shown in Episodes 8 and 9 is showing a movie apparently called ''TannhauserGate'', a reference to ''Film/BladeRunner''. Fitting for a series with a self-aware android.
128	** In Episode 6, ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' appears on the movie marquee in town and that nod continues in Episode 9, when Wanda, Vision and the children strike a battle ready pose very similar to one taken by the Parr family on Syndrome's island in [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wv_as_incredibles.jpg as seen here]].
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130	* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'':
131	** The title of the miniseries itself is a play on the 1985 spy thriller ''The Falcon and the Snowman''.
132	** In Episode 4, Zemo befriends some children at the shelter by offering them Turkish Delight, in order to gain information from them. In other words, he's acting in a similar manner to how the White Witch in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' offered Turkish Delight to Edmund Pevensie to win him over to her side.
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134	* ''Series/{{Loki\|2021}}'':
135	** Miss Minutes has the exact same accent as [[Film/JurassicPark Mr. DNA]], another cartoon character used to give scientific exposition.
136	** Episode 1:
137	*** Loki is called "that criminal with the blue box" by Casey, a description that is often used for [[Series/DoctorWho another time traveler]] with a less than stellar reputation with their own TimePolice.
138	*** [[FreezeFrameBonus Blink and you'll miss it]], but Casey has a [=T206=] Honus Wagner baseball card[[note]]one of the rarest and most valuable baseball cards in history[[/note]] [[GrailInTheGarbage in his drawer]].
139	*** [[invoked]] Loki repeatedly being dropped through a trap door during his introduction to the Time Variance Authority is a reference to ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' as per WordOfGod.
140	*** The [=TVA=] worker who asks Loki to sign the stack of paper with everything he's ever said is playing TabletopGame/{{Solitaire}} on his display.
141	** Episode 2:
142	*** Loki mentions an Asgardian saying that goes "Where there are wolf's ears, wolf's teeth are near", which is actually a line from chapter 19/20 of ''Literature/TheSagaOfTheVolsungs''.
143	*** "Music/HoldingOutForAHero" is played when the Loki Variant takes control of Hunter [=C-20=] and causes her to fight against her colleagues when the first team of Minutemen is investigating the Renaissance fair. And speaking of the fair, the Ogre from ''Film/TimeBandits'' can be briefly seen wandering the place.
144	** Episode 5:
145	*** Loki witnesses an entire warship being pruned by the TVA. The name on the ship's side is USS ''Eldridge'' -- the ship that inadvertently time-travels in ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaExperiment''.
146	*** A ''Myth/{{Polybius}}'' machine can be seen standing in [[spoiler:the lair of the Lokis]].
147	*** One of [[spoiler:the Loki Variants led by President Loki is a female variant with dyed red hair, serving as a reference to the timeline branching film ''Film/RunLolaRun'']].
148	*** Alioth looks and acts similarly to the Rhino from ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach''. Both are ravenous {{Eldritch Abomination}}s who take the form of living tempests, but Alioth's head appears to be the skull of either a big cat or a bear rather than a rhino's.
149	*** The battered pizza-delivery vehicle that [[spoiler:Sylvie and Mobius escape from Alioth in]] is likely an allusion to how beaten-up pizza-delivery cars are a frequent EasterEgg in Creator/{{Pixar}} films.
150	*** The score that plays while [[spoiler:Classic Loki distracts Alioth with an illusion of Asgard]] is reminiscent of "Music/RideOfTheValkyries" by Music/RichardWagner.
151	*** The Void, Alioth, and their entire purpose (with the former serving as [[spoiler:a storage area for the "worthless matter" that is no longer needed in the universe according to the rulers of the universe]] and the latter serving as [[spoiler:ravenous monsters from beyond normal space-time that consume this "worthless matter"]]) are reminiscent of Creator/{{Stephen King}}'s ''Literature/TheLangoliers''.
152	*** Loki waving a flaming sword while running away from Alioth closely resembles Ian Malcolm's attempt to distract the T-Rex with a flare in ''Film/JurassicPark''.
153
154	* ''Series/{{Hawkeye\|2021}}'':
155	** The staging of ''Rogers: The Musical'' takes a few cues from real-world Broadway shows:
156	*** The MononymousBiopicTitle, posters featuring silhouettes on a gold background, and onstage balcony all come from ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
157	*** The onstage Avengers wear normal outfits designed to give the idea of their costumes, rather than full recreations of them, as in ''Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical''.
158	*** Being a stage musical based off of a beloved, New York-based superhero makes ''Rogers'' into a FictionalCounterpart to ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark''. The StylisticSuck of ''Rogers'' is a possible reference to ''Turn Off The Dark''’s own mixed critical reception.
159	** While in the elevator with Yelena in Episode 6, Kate frustrates Yelena's plan to find and kill Clint by pressing all the elevator buttons, similar to a scene from ''Film/{{Elf}}''.
160	** The finale fight is set in and around Rockefeller Plaza, including the adjacent FAO Schwartz toy store. During the fight, Kate jumps onto a light-up floor piano à la ''Film/{{Big}}''.
161	** In Episode 5, the Tracksuits try to cheer themselves up by rattling off other famous track suit wearers, including [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]]. Doubles as a CelebrityParadox, as Vera Farmiga (Eleanor) appeared in the Sopranos prequel film ''Film/TheManySaintsOfNewark''.
162
163	* ''Series/{{Moon Knight\|2022}}'':
164	** Episode 1:
165	*** When Arthur goes on a diatribe describing "Avatars" to Steven, the latter is confused as to whether he's referring to the [[Film/{{Avatar}} blue people]] or the [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender "anime"]].
166	*** When Steve tells the pet shop seller that his fish used to have only one fin, she replies that fish don't look like in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''.
167	*** The scene with Steven trying to hand the scarab over and getting overruled by Khonshu is very similar to what [[Film/Venom2018 Venom does to Eddie]] in his movie.
168	** Episode 2:
169	*** Steven tells JB that a jackal was responsible for the destruction of the bathroom at the museum. However, only Steven himself is visible on the surveillance footage, and JB compares the situation to ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''.
170	*** At one point, Marc tells Steven that his "Mr. Knight" suit makes him look like "psycho [[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken Colonel Sanders]]".
171	*** The final scene in the episode has the troubled Marc sitting in a hotel room in his underwear with a broken mirror and a bottle of scotch, much like Willard's introduction in ''Film/ApocalypseNow''. Both men are even in a hot environment during the scene (Egypt for Marc, Vietnam for Willard).
172	** Episode 4:
173	*** It shows Marc's favorite movie is "''Tomb Buster''", which appears to be a mashup of ''Film/TombRaider'', ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' and ''Film/{{Ghostbusters\|1984}}''.
174	*** The whole CuckooNest situation at the asylum with the patients and orderlies being comprised of characters we've previously met and the main villain being the protagonist's main psychiatrist who also has a cane in both the real world and the hospital is heavily reminiscent of ''[[VideoGame/TheDarkness The Darkness II]]'', which preceded the Lemire run in the comics this sequence also heavily draws from.
175	*** When Harrow confronts Marc [[spoiler:in the tomb of Alexander the Great]], he says "The rest is silence", which are the last words of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' before the titular character dies.
176	** When Steven first encounters "Dr. Harrow" in Episode 5, he mockingly declares that he looks "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons very Ned Flanders]]" after making note of Harrow's new haircut, glasses and mustache.
177	** In the Season 1 finale, [[spoiler:Khonshu shouts back "[[Film/TheMatrixRevolutions Because I choose to]]!" when he's fighting Ammit and she questions why he's still fighting her when they (ostensibly) have the same goals]].

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