As the Loki variants face off against each other in the bunker — where they are apparently safe from Alioth — Alligator Loki cuts to the chase by biting off President Loki’s right hand. A Loki losing his right hand could easily feel like vengeance for Thor (a variant of whom, Throg, it seems has been trapped in a jar by the Lokis) as Loki pretended to remove his right hand during the ruse against Malekith in Agent Coulson’s The Avengers death at Loki’s hand — a scene that Loki displayed in the Time Theater back in episode 1.

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However, this Loki callback goes beyond the connection to Thor: The Dark World. Phase 2 of the MCU contained a running gag that was a larger reference to Star Wars: Back in 2015 (just as Phase 2 was wrapping up), Kevin Feige confirmed to The Empire Strikes Back. Talking about the hand-removal scenes and how the running gag came to be, Feige said: “It sort of happens in every Star Wars movie, but I was sort of looking at it, ‘Okay, is Phase Two our Empire Strikes Back?’”

Yet, Thor: Ragnarok as Hela’s steed), as part of an attempt to stave off the onset of Ragnarök. Tyr is almost the opposite of Loki as he is historically associated with war, bloodshed, and justice, so it is fitting that President Loki loses his right hand, while Marvel traditionally depicts Tyr as missing his left.

Finally, live-action Peter Pan & Wendy movie, they are most likely just the result of the creators having fun with the show, as with Feige and his Star Wars allusion.

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Loki releases new episodes Wednesdays on Disney+.