Loki fans are going wild on social media after its opening episode appeared to feature a reference to a major Marvel villain we’ve been expecting to show up in the MCU for the longest time.
In one of the premiere’s opening scenes, Mobius investigates a time variance in medieval France. When he asks a young boy who’s responsible, the kid points to a depiction of the Devil in a church window. Of course, there’s one character that this brought to mind for fans.
Yes, everyone immediately thought this was a nod to Mephisto, the Devil of the Marvel universe. The demon’s debut was fully expected to happen in WandaVision for a while there, so it’s become a bit of meme in the fandom to assume he’s going to pop up in every single MCU project. As such, it was kind of hilarious that Loki‘s pilot contained what appears to be such an on-the-nose reference to the villain, and you can check out just some of the reactions to it below.
MEPHISTO!#Loki #LokiSeries #loki #Marvel pic.twitter.com/9oup8N8RL8
— ✨Alex_spring✨ (@loupepih) June 9, 2021
https://twitter.com/hrnurtweets2/status/1402697901046779905
OMG MEPHISTO CAMEO IN LOKI #loki pic.twitter.com/cda9erUHqo
— ari (@eternalsfiIms) June 9, 2021
Loki Director: Mephisto isn't in the show
Marvel Fans: HWAT THE FUCK IS THIS THEN HUH?!?! pic.twitter.com/NHuPo0DeBE
— Joey Arredondo (@JoeyAJr) June 9, 2021
Let’s not go down this route again, people.
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WE’RE NOT GOING DOWN THE MEPHISTO LANE AGAIN pic.twitter.com/O9V01BCRVz— Ren (@wandasolsen) June 9, 2021
Oh boy…
https://twitter.com/gormanr15/status/1402645334128566272
I scream, you scream, we all scream for Mephisto.
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Who else screamed "MEPHISTO!" pic.twitter.com/AAklcN5dyb— tristan (@triatan__) June 9, 2021
No Mephisto yet again.
https://twitter.com/hrnurtweets2/status/1402699449378369536
It’s clowning time.
https://twitter.com/romanoffnparker/status/1402522683296784384
Marvel must be deliberately trolling us at this point.
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Marvel looking at us making Mephisto theories again pic.twitter.com/z22iig87I8
— jupiter ⊗ (@SITHSABE) June 9, 2021
New theory: the TVA’s adorable kitten is Mephisto.
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this is actually mephisto you know i’m right pic.twitter.com/G5nbqCb31q— malcolm ★ (@gammamurdock) June 9, 2021
So, what’s going on here? Is this really a Mephisto easter egg? Well, maybe it was intended as such, but he definitely won’t be showing up in the series. Director Kate Herron confirmed this news just prior to the premiere dropping, after fans already spotted the Devil window in the trailers.
Loki director Kate Herron confirmed the Marvel demon Mephisto will not appear in her upcoming Disney+ series, shooting down fan speculation that began after a demon in stained glass appeared in a trailer. https://t.co/SrlAnBZRbC pic.twitter.com/Ec9JYfWcdu
— IGN (@IGN) June 8, 2021
The end of the episode reveals that the mystery villain is really another variant of Loki. Given that knowledge, it’s likely that the boy points to the Devil as the perpetrator because Loki’s horned helmet reminds him of the Devil’s horns. So, yet again, this appears to be another Mephisto false alarm. One of these days, though, he’s going to have to show up for real.
Loki continues next Wednesday on Disney Plus.
