Thanks to the concept of the multiverse and its many timelines and variants, Loki has referenced a couple of real-life mysteries and given them an explanation that fits with the show’s themes, and here’s every case so far. With the Infinity Saga now over, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is moving forward with its highly-anticipated Phase 4, and what makes this new wave stand out from the previous ones is that it covers both TV shows and movies, further expanding this connected universe. Kicking off Phase 4 were the TV series WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and fans are now reuniting with the God of Mischief in Loki.
Although Loki was killed by Thanos in the first act of Avengers: Infinity War, his return was possible thanks to the time heist in Avengers: Endgame, as his 2012 version escaped with the Tesseract and thus created a new branch in the timeline. Loki, then, sees the God of Mischief being brought to the Time Variance Authority (TVA), an organization that oversees the timeline and makes sure everything happens as planned. The TVA recruited Loki to help them catch another Loki variant, but both Lokis ended up joining forces to uncover the truth about this organization. Loki and his variant, Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), have been through a lot in a short period of time, and their adventures through different places and points in time have made way for the inclusion of some real-life mysteries.
Loki has expanded on the concept of the multiverse and the many branches that can be created through Nexus events, and through all this, it introduced variants as well, which make way for a lot of possibilities for the MCU’s near future. This has allowed the writers to address some real-life mysteries and give them an explanation within the MCU, whether they were a result of Loki’s tendency to create chaos through his pranks, secret government experiments, or urban legends brought to life. Here’s every real-life mystery referenced in Loki so far.
The trailers for Loki teased his involvement in the D.B. Cooper mystery, suggesting he was the mysterious character. This was quickly cleared up in Loki episode 1 when it was revealed that Loki was D. B. Cooper but not because of a TVA mission (as was initially believed), but because he lost a bet to Thor and disappeared into the Bifrost after jumping off the plane. In real life, D.B. Cooper is the name given to an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in November 1971. Cooper claimed to have a bomb with him and stated his demands of $200,000 in “negotiable American currency”, four parachutes, and a fuel truck standing by to refuel the aircraft upon arrival. When on the air again, Cooper took the money and a parachute and leaped to an uncertain fate. After decades of investigation, it’s still unknown who D. B. Cooper really was and what happened to him after he jumped, as his body hasn’t been found nor was there any trace of the money.
The case of Mary Celeste is one of many mysteries that have taken place in the ocean. Mary Celeste was an American merchant brigantine that was found adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872. What makes the story of Mary Celeste so intriguing is that none of its crew was on board when the boat was found, the boat was in good condition, a lifeboat was missing, and the crew’s personal belongings were undisturbed. Through the years, there have been a number of theories on what happened to the crew of Mary Celeste, and these go from submarine earthquakes to a pirate attack (perhaps from the Canadian brigantine that found the boat, the Dei Gratia) to paranormal hypotheses. Loki gave Mary Celeste a slightly less complex explanation than all those: the crew created a Nexus event, so the TVA sent them (and the boat) to the Void, where Mary Celeste could be briefly seen.
USS Eldridge was a ship of the United States Navy that isn’t known for its service history but because of its supposed involvement in the “Philadelphia Experiment”. This was an alleged military experiment carried out by the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1943. The story says that during those experiments the USS Eldridge was rendered invisible to enemy devices, teleported to New York, to another dimension where it encountered aliens, and through time, which resulted in the deaths of several sailors. However, due to the lack of evidence and a lot of contradicting information, the experiment is considered a hoax, though that didn’t stop Loki from adding the USS Eldridge, with its whole crew, to the Void, where they were (unfortunately) destroyed by Alioth.
Loki didn’t miss the opportunity of adding a reference to an urban legend: Polybius. The story emerged in early 2000 and was about a fictitious arcade game that appeared in several suburbs of Portland, Oregon in 1981. The game is said to have created an addiction to it on those who got to play it as it was actually a psychology experiment by the government. The legend even explains that the Polybius machines were visited by men in black who collected data from them to test the subjects’ responses to its psychoactive effects. Players were said to suffer from a number of side effects, including amnesia and night terrors. The legend has become very popular through the years, and a Polybius machine can be seen at the underground base of Classic Loki, Kid Loki, Boastful Loki, and Alligator Loki, though how it got there it’s unknown.
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