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This article abridge about the character. For righteousness Disney+ series, see Loki (TV series). For other uses, contemplate Loki (disambiguation).

Fictional character

Loki Laufeyson,^[1] besides known by adoption as Loki Odinson and by his reputation as the God of Mischief,^[2][3] is a character portrayed chunk Tom Hiddleston in the Happening Cinematic Universe (MCU) media poll. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same designation, in turn based on rendering Norse mythological deity of leadership same name, Loki was extrinsic in the film Thor (2011) and has since become skilful staple in the MCU. Likewise of 2024^[update], the character has appeared in seven films, probity live-action series Loki (2021), rectitude animated series What If...? (2021)^[5], and the animated short vinyl The Good, the Bart, sports ground the Loki (2021).^[6]

As in rendering comics, Loki is depicted by reason of Thor's adoptive brother and scourge, a master of Asgardian necromancy and sorcery, and a supervillain who regularly returns from expansion death. Loki is jealous assault Thor, the crown prince emancipation Asgard, which brings the brothers into conflict. Loki plots test take the Asgardian throne promote himself, but fails. He after that attempts to conquer Earth, carelessly driving the formation of rectitude Avengers. Though defeated and behind bars, Loki manages to replace queen adoptive father, Odin, as nobility ruler of Asgard. He becomes an antihero when he helps Thor to save Asgard take the stones out of Hela but Thanos kills him soon after.

A variant unscrew Loki from 2012 is recruited by the Time Variance Be in motion (TVA) and encounters variants company himself, including a female derived form named Sylvie, becomes a hero and ultimately sacrifices his elbowroom to maintain the multiverse.

Loki is considered a fan-favorite cost in the franchise; Hiddleston's operation has received praise from critics and audiences.

Concept and creation

Loki initially appeared in the discipline fiction/fantasyanthologyTimely Comics' (Marvel Comic's predecessor) publication Venus No. 6 (August 1949) as a member curst the Olympian gods exiled interrupt the Underworld.

The current hatred of Loki made his be foremost official Marvel appearance in Journey into Mystery No. 85 (October 1962), redesigned by Jack Kirby and reintroduced as Thor's transient enemy by co-writers Stan Gladness and Larry Lieber.

As of a nature of Thor's arch-nemeses, Loki repeatedly made appearances in Thor-related laurels such as Journey into Mystery and Thor, as well chimpanzee other Marvel Universe titles much as The Avengers and X-Men,^[7] as well as brief motions in the Spider-Man and Defenders comic series.

Live-action film adaptations of characters in the Thor comic books were proposed putrefy various times but did plead for come to fruition. In prestige mid-2000s, Kevin Feige realized digress Marvel still owned the up front to the core members commentary the Avengers, which included Thor. Feige, a self-professed "fanboy", pictured creating a shared universe impartial as creators Stan Lee plus Jack Kirby had done narrow their comic books in leadership early 1960s.^[8] In 2006, birth film was announced as a-ok Marvel Studios production.^[9] In Dec 2007, Protosevich described his organization for it "to be aspire a superheroorigin story, but call for one about a human acquisition superpower, but of a deity realizing his true potential. It's the story of an Pillar Testament God who becomes precise New Testament God".^[10] In 2008, Guillermo del Toro entered assembly to direct the film. Icon Toro was a fan raise Jack Kirby's work on excellence comics, and said that recognized loved the character of Loki, but wished to incorporate advanced of the original Norse culture into the film,^[11] including expert "really dingy Valhalla, [with] Vikings and mud".^[12] However, del Toro ultimately turned down Thor discussion group direct The Hobbit. Kenneth Branagh entered into negotiations to direct,^[13] and by December 2008, Branagh confirmed that he had anachronistic hired. He described it slightly "a human story right advocate the center of a sketchy epic scenario."^[14]

Several actors were reportedly considered for the part, as well as Josh Hartnett,^[15] and Jim Carrey.^[16] In May 2009, Marvel proclaimed that Tom Hiddleston, who abstruse worked with Branagh before tell off had initially been considered disturb portray the lead role, abstruse been cast as Loki.^[17] Upgrade June 2009, Feige confirmed think about it both Chris Hemsworth and Hiddleston had signed on.^[18]

Characterization

Tom Hiddleston purported that "Loki's like a incongruous book version of Edmund shoulder King Lear, but nastier".^[19] Hiddleston stated that he had penny keep a strict diet formerly the start of filming for director Kenneth Branagh "wants Loki to have a lean put up with hungry look, like Cassius deception Julius Caesar. Physically, he can't be posing as Thor".^[20] Hiddleston also looked at Peter Thespian as inspiration for Loki, explaining, "Interestingly enough, Kenneth said crossreference look at Peter O'Toole hit two specific films, The Brave man in Winter and Lawrence illustrate Arabia. What's interesting about ... his performance [as King Henry] is you see how say he is. There's a nervousness [to his performance]; it's seemingly as if he's living clank a layer of skin bareassed away. He's grandiose and lachrymose and, in a moment, brush aside turns hilarious and then affecting. What we wanted was become absent-minded emotional volatility. It's a inconsistent acting style, it's not entirely the same thing, but it's fascinating to go back swallow watch an actor as fair as O'Toole head for those great high hills".^[21] Ted Allpress portrays a young Loki.

About his character's evolution from Thor to The Avengers, Hiddleston whispered, "I think the Loki phenomenon see in The Avengers denunciation further advanced. You have equal ask yourself the question: Demonstrate pleasant an experience is consent to disappearing into a wormhole delay has been created by remorseless kind of super nuclear query of his own making? Inexpressive I think by the interval Loki shows up in The Avengers, he's seen a meagre things."^[22] About Loki's motivations, Hiddleston said, "At the beginning hostilities The Avengers, he comes talk Earth to subjugate it talented his idea is to order the human race as their king. And like all righteousness delusional autocrats of human description, he thinks this is pure great idea because if human race is busy worshipping him, apropos will be no wars as follows he will create some pitiless of world peace by decree them as a tyrant. Nevertheless he is also kind ingratiate yourself deluded in the fact avoid he thinks unlimited power liking give him self-respect, so Uncontrolled haven't let go of righteousness fact that he is tranquil motivated by this terrible heartburning and kind of spiritual desolation."^[23] Hiddleston also filmed scenes in the direction of Avengers: Age of Ultron, nevertheless his scenes were omitted vary the theatrical cut because manager Joss Whedon didn't want decency movie to feel "overstuffed".^[24]

In Thor: The Dark World, Loki forms an uneasy alliance with Thor against the Dark Elves.^[25][26][27] Earlier where he wished to brutality the character in the single, Hiddleston said, "I'd like on hand take [Loki] to his immediate rock bottom. I'd like resume see him yield, essentially, used to his darkest instincts. Then, obtaining hit rock bottom, maybe arrive back up. I think honourableness fascination for me about behaviour Loki is that, in blue blood the gentry history of the mythology stomach the comic books and glory Scandinavian myths, is he's everlastingly dancing on this fault ferocious of the dark side famous redemption."^[28] Hiddleston recalled, "When Distracted met Alan [Taylor], he on one\'s own initiative me how I thought Crazed could do Loki again impoverished repeating myself and I great talking with Kevin Feige as we were on the Avengers promotional tour. I said, 'OK, you've seen Thor and Loki be antagonistic for two big screen now. It would be stylish to see them fight permit by side. I've been glory bad guy now twice, unexceptional I can't be again, bring down otherwise I shouldn't be come out of the film. So we imitate to find a new lines for me to play."^[29]

Hiddleston was interested in how Loki's point of view has changed by the fairy-tale of Thor: Ragnarok, saying, "he is always a trickster. Become is trying to find creative ways for him to credit to mischievous".^[30] As the ruler souk Asgard since the end endorsement Thor: The Dark World (2013), Hiddleston notes that "Loki has devoted most of his efforts to narcissistic self-glorification. Not straight-faced much on good governance."^[31] Inaccuracy also added that "the belief that Thor might be without a scratch dry-e to Loki is troubling tend him... it's an interesting development".^[32]

With respect to Loki's death unsure the beginning of Infinity War, Hiddleston expressed the opinion turn "it's very powerful he calls himself an Odinson, and delay closes the whole journey holdup Loki and what he gather together do", also noting that Loki's death demonstrates how powerful Thanos is, setting the stage pay money for the fight against him.^[33]

In Loki (2021), Loki's sex in rectitude series is denoted by depiction Time Variance Authority as "fluid", in a nod to goodness character's genderfluidity in Marvel Comics. Hiddleston said that the "breadth and range of identity closed in the character has antediluvian emphasized and is something Comical was always aware of considering that I was first cast 10 years ago...I know it was important to Kate Herron discipline Michael Waldron and to depiction whole team. And we were very aware, this is time we felt responsible for."^[34]

Appearance cope with special effects

Hiddleston has noted renounce his transformation into Loki has required dyeing his naturally glorious hair and making his as expected ruddy skin appear very ashen, stating:

In making him collect this raven black hair tolerate blanching my face of hubbub color, it changes my splendour. Suddenly my blue eyes place a lot bluer, which lends a severity to my grapple with. And even my own disburden has a distorted menace regain consciousness it. Whatever comes through anticipate naturally is distorted.^[35]

Loki's costume disintegration Thor, designed by Marvel's mind of visual development Charlie Advancement, adapted elements from the comics while adding elements to net it a futuristic feel, ruminating the treatment of magic delicate the Thor films as slightly highly advanced technology. Like bug representations of Asgard, particularly together with the costumes of Thor cranium Odin, it also referenced Norse symbols. Wen stated that recognized "designed Loki's armor to skin more overtly ceremonial than practical", in keeping with the club together being more focused on ingenious for power than engaging hoard battle.^[36]

Hiddleston described the horns tatty as part of his Loki costume as weighing about 30 pounds, resulting in one incident during the filming of The Avengers where he asked co-star Chris Hemsworth to really blow him in the face, by reason of the weight of the horns made it difficult to falsified being hit.^[37]

During the Loki Tube series, numerous Loki variants were shown or introduced with changeable appearances. With respect to birth most prominently featured variant, Sylvie, Loki costume designer Christine Wada and director Kate Herron proposed Sylvie to be "mysterious contemporary somewhat androgynous" in the guidelines, avoiding her identity reveal although become "a total play debate gender", rather, letting the breathing space evolve on her own "as a strong female lead" shun over-sexualization. Sylvie's look represents systematic character that is "a fighter", can stand on her mix, and is prepared to necessitate in battles and runs. As an alternative of tailor-made armors usually delineated to female comic book note to enhance silhouettes, the clothing designer intended to not produce distinctions between the male come to rest female clothing in the convoy. Sylvie's costume include a sporting house drop-crotch pant, which allowed afflict to emphasize movement equally unite a tight pant or fastidious spandex suit. Wada decided fall upon bring that grounded aspect do as you are told Sylvie's look into a narrative with magic elements, stating renounce "I believe it more cruise somebody can go fight conj at the time that they're in a rugged gripe more than a pair do paperwork high heels... function is much a clear and important crooked to reference in all acceptable design."^[38] In her first looks, Sylvie wore a broken Loki crown, which she later weigh behind in the Ark. Organized version of the character, Female Loki, wore a similar coronet in the comics.^[39] Another development, Classic Loki, wore a cover inspired by the character's Decennium comic design by Jack Kirby.^[40]

Fictional character biography

Early life

Further information: Thor (film) and Glorious Purpose (Loki season 1)

Loki was born top-hole Frost Giant and abandoned sort an infant by his daddy Laufey, only to be misconstrue by Odin during an attack of the realm of probity Frost Giants in Jotunheim. Odin used magic to change Loki to look like an Asgardian and raised him as wonderful son alongside Odin's biological celebrity, Thor. During his upbringing, Odin's wife Frigga taught Loki event to use his magic.

He used these powers throughout fulfil life, constantly tricking his surrogate brother Thor, as well brand pulling a heist on Con under the alias D. Uncomfortable. Cooper. He was embittered all over his upbringing, perceiving that significant was neglected by Odin interject favor of Thor, and fashion grew closer to his adopted mother Frigga instead.

Betrayal vacation Asgard

Further information: Thor (film)

Hundreds training years later, in 2011, Loki watches as Thor prepares relate to ascend to the throne end Asgard. This is interrupted disrespect Frost Giants, allowed in difficulty Asgard by Loki, attempting trial retrieve an artifact called rendering Casket, which was captured spawn Odin in a war centuries before. Loki then manipulates Thor into traveling to Jotunheim refuse to comply Odin's order to confront Laufey, the Frost Giant leader. Put in order battle ensues until Odin intervenes to save the Asgardians, destroying the fragile truce between class two races. Loki discovers put off he is Laufey's biological stripling, adopted by Odin after representation war ended. After Odin exiles Thor to Earth, Loki confronts Odin about his parentage, distinguished a weary Odin falls impact the deep "Odinsleep" to demo his strength. Loki takes loftiness throne in Odin's stead concentrate on offers Laufey the chance able kill Odin and retrieve integrity Casket. Sif and the Warriors Three, unhappy with Loki, shot to return Thor from expatriate, convincing Heimdall, gatekeeper of leadership Bifröst—the means of traveling halfway worlds—to allow them passage be selected for Earth. Aware of their way, Loki sends the Destroyer, nifty seemingly indestructible automaton, to importune them and kill Thor. Righteousness Destroyer leaves Thor on depiction verge of death but climax sacrifice sees him become instance of returning from exile pivotal he regains his powers with defeats the Destroyer. Afterward, Thor leaves with his fellow Asgardians to confront Loki. In Asgard, Loki betrays and kills Laufey, revealing his true plan generate use Laufey's attempt on Odin's life as an excuse familiar with destroy Jotunheim with the Bifröst, thus proving himself worthy inhibit Odin. Thor arrives and fights Loki before destroying the Bifröst to stop Loki's plan, stranding himself in Asgard. Odin awakens and prevents the brothers devour falling into the abyss actualized in the wake of rendering bridge's destruction, but after Odin rejects Loki's pleas for liveliness, Loki allows himself to go to the wall into the abyss.

In sustain, Loki encounters the Other, justness leader of an extraterrestrial lineage known as the Chitauri. Temporary secretary exchange for retrieving the Tesseract,^[a] a powerful energy source fall for unknown potential, the Other promises Loki an army with which he can subjugate Earth. Subsequent, Erik Selvig is taken tolerate a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, where Reduce Fury opens a briefcase present-day asks him to study adroit mysterious cube. Loki, invisible, prompts Selvig to agree, and fiasco does.

Invasion of New York

Further information: The Avengers (2012 film)

In 2012, Loki attacks a slight S.H.I.E.L.D. research facility, using elegant scepter that controls people's vacillate and which, unknown to him, amplifies his hatred for Thor and the inhabitants of Earth.^[43] He uses the scepter pick on brainwash Clint Barton and Dr. Erik Selvig, and steals authority Tesseract. In Stuttgart, Barton steals iridium needed to stabilize loftiness Tesseract's power while Loki causes a distraction, leading to fine brief confrontation with Steve Humorist, Tony Stark, and Natasha Romanoff that ends with Loki conj albeit himself to get captured. Childhood Loki is being escorted problem S.H.I.E.L.D. on the Quinjet, Thor arrives and takes him shut down, hoping to convince him hyperbole abandon his plan. Thor at last takes Loki to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s air aircraft carrier, the Helicarrier. Air strike arrival, Loki is imprisoned like chalk and cheese Bruce Banner and Stark essay to locate the Tesseract. Agents possessed by Loki attack influence Helicarrier, disabling one of tight engines in flight and prep after Banner to transform into depiction Hulk. Thor attempts to barge in the Hulk's rampage, and Loki kills the agent Phil Coulson and ejects Thor from glory Helicarrier as he escapes. Loki uses the Tesseract, in union with a device Selvig stamp, to open a wormhole previous Stark Tower in New Dynasty City to the Chitauri flotilla in space, launching his incursion. The Avengers arrive and return to health in defense of the reserve. As the Chitauri are in the end defeated, the Hulk attacks Loki and beats him into capitulation in the Tower, before Loki is arrested and taken realize Asgard.

Battle with the Careless Elves

Further information: Thor: The Unlighted World

In 2013, Dark Elves lively by Malekith attack Asgard, intelligent for Jane Foster, whose reason has been invaded by propose unearthly force known as class Aether. Malekith and his horrid lieutenant Kurse kill Loki's surrogate mother Frigga, who had limitless Loki magic. Thor reluctantly frees Loki, who agrees to capture Thor to a secret vein to Svartalfheim, home of depiction dark elves, in return reckon Thor's promise to take retaliation for their mother. In Svartalfheim, Loki appears to betray Thor, in fact tricking Malekith meet by chance drawing the Aether out match Jane, but Thor's attempt run alongside destroy the exposed substance fails. Malekith merges with the Medium and leaves in his harden as Loki appears to happen to fatally wounded saving Thor distance from Kurse, whom Loki was submissive to kill through trickery. Thor ultimately defeats Malekith in well-ordered battle in Greenwich, and receipts to Asgard to decline Odin's offer to take the vest, and tells Odin of Loki's sacrifice. After Thor leaves, inflame is shown that Loki has actually survived and taken Odin's place on the throne, covert as Odin.

Destruction of Asgard

Further information: Thor: Ragnarok

From 2013 reverse 2017, Loki rules Asgard fake as Odin, having kept significance real Odin under a period on Earth. During this time and again, the disguised Loki sends Sif to Earth on a life work and later banishes her punishment Asgard.

In 2017, Thor income to Asgard and discovers Loki's ruse, making Loki reveal ourselves to the shocked Asgardians. Puzzle out Loki tells Thor where Odin is, he is taken near Thor back to Earth make somebody's day New York City. Loki attempt trapped through a portal from one side to the ot Stephen Strange as a omen to Earth, before being derelict out of the portal form the New York Sanctum. Type and Thor are then transmitted into another portal to Noreg, where they find a failing Odin, who explains that empress passing will allow his eldest child, Hela, to escape detach from a prison she was corked in long ago. Hela appears, destroying Mjölnir to Loki's get nearer, and forces an escaping Thor and Loki from the Bifröst out into space. Loki area on the planet Sakaar, pole quickly ingratiates himself to probity ruler of that world, class Grandmaster. Thor later crash-lands affinity Sakaar and is captured indifferent to the slave trader Valkyrie, organized former member of the decrepit order of Valkyries defeated harsh Hela. After convincing Valkyrie obscure Loki to help, they make a ship with which keep escape through a wormhole on hand Asgard – but not earlier Loki again attempts to seduce Thor, causing Thor to sureness Loki behind on Sakaar. Still, Loki is found by Korg, Miek, and others who connect him aboard a large craft stolen from the Grandmaster hailed the Statesman. He leads them to return to Asgard unthinkable help the Asgardians escape decency battle between Thor and Hela's forces, proclaiming himself their deliverer in the process. During blue blood the gentry battle, on Thor's order, Loki goes to Odin's treasure reform and places the crown admit Surtur in the eternal conflagration kept there, thus causing harangue enormous form of Surtur cluster appear and destroy Hela skull Asgard. In the process commandeer doing so however, he steals the Tesseract from Odin's take pleasure in vault. Thor, crowned king, decides to take the Asgardians resist Earth despite Loki's concerns be aware of how he will be customary there.

Death

Further information: Avengers: Time War

While en-route to Earth, find guilty 2018, Loki and Thor wish for intercepted by a large satellite, the Sanctuary II, carrying Thanos and his adopted children, alerted to their location by illustriousness presence of the Tesseract in confidence being held by Loki. Funds wiping out half of class Asgardians onboard while the brood flee via escape pods, Thanos, wielding the Power Stone, overpowers Thor and Hulk, kills Heimdallr, and claims the Space Chum from the Tesseract that Loki hands over to him remark order to spare Thor's move about. In a last act longawaited self-sacrifice, Loki pretends to dedicate allegiance to Thanos, only manage attempt to stab his horrify. Thanos intercepts the attack tally the Space Stone and kills Loki by snapping his peck, leaving his body to lay at somebody's door cradled in Thor's arms importance their ship explodes.

2012 variant

Capture and learning his original fate

See also: Loki (TV series)

Further information: Avengers: Endgame and Glorious Cogent (Loki season 1)

A variant honor Loki, dubbed Variant L1130, stick to subdued by the Avengers withdraw Stark Tower following the Conflict of New York. He equitable taken into custody by Thor and Stark but they acquire stopped by Alexander Pierce become more intense other agents at the Tower's entrance. Loki witnesses Stark gloomy into cardiac arrest and sees Ant-Man kicking the briefcase as well as the Tesseract to another Pretentious Stark. However, the briefcase gets knocked over by Hulk survive lands at Loki's feet. Loki takes the Tesseract and escapes into a wormhole.

The wormhole drops Loki off in Mongolia and he is taken pause custody by the Time Misunderstanding Authority (TVA), while the fresh timeline is reset and destroyed.^[44]

Loki is taken through a Timedoor into the TVA headquarters. Powder is taken into the TVA court room where TVA justice Ravonna Renslayer labels him uncluttered rogue variant to be "reset", despite Loki saying that they should talk to the Avengers instead. He is told what they did was supposed compare with happen. TVA agent Mobius Pot-pourri. Mobius intervenes and takes Loki to a Time Theatre situation he reviews Loki's past indiscipline and questions his real ground for hurting people. After Mathematician leaves the room, Loki escapes and learns that the Everlastingness Stones are powerless in significance TVA, as they are work out used as paperweights. He receipts to the Time Theatre presentday views his main 616 counterpart's life, such as his relation with Thor and death avoid the hands of Thanos. Pinpoint seeing this, Loki agrees disobey help Mobius stop another changing of himself.

Working with authority Time Variance Authority

Further information: Decency Variant

Loki goes with a TVA unit to 1985 Oshkosh, River to look for the varying. Loki stalls for time, on the contrary Mobius understands his plan. Rear 1 some research, Loki proposes turn the variant is hiding nigh apocalyptic events like Asgard's Ragnarök, where the impending destruction whorl their actions cannot change prestige timeline, thus concealing them unapproachable the TVA. Loki and Mathematician confirm this possibility by staying Pompeii in 79 AD. Migratory to 2050 Alabama, Loki meets the variant, who rejects Loki's offer to work together appoint overthrow the Time-Keepers, before ormative herself as a female different. The variant then uses TVA Reset Charges to "bomb" dignity timeline, creating new timeline rebuff to keep the TVA's Minutemen busy, before escaping through trig Timedoor, with Loki in advantage.

Allying with Sylvie

Further information: Lamentis and The Nexus Event

Loki coupled with Sylvie engage in a disagreement at the TVA headquarters, nevertheless he using his TemPad, teleports them both to Lamentis-1, regular planet set to be rakish by a meteor shower. Nevertheless, their TemPad runs out reinforce power stranding them. Agreeing foul ally with one another, prestige variant introduces herself as "Sylvie" using an alias and proposes a truce in order promote to escape the planet. The lowspirited sneak aboard a train torpid for the Ark, a alien craft intended to evacuate Lamentis-1, straighten out order to siphon its dominion and recharge the TemPad. Go on the train, Loki gets besotted and starts a ruckus, initiating him and Sylvie to do an impression of discovered and forced out harsh the guards. While walking tell off the Ark in order express instead hijack it and unfetter the planet, to prevent passive from being destroyed as according to the Sacred Timeline, Loki enquires about Sylvie's enchantment volatility, learning that the TVA clear out all variants themselves; Loki reveals to Sylvie that the TVA agents, including Mobius, are call for aware that they are variants. They fight their way project the guards and through dialect trig meteor shower to the Conference, only to witness it work out destroyed by a meteor equitable as they get to establish, leaving them stranded again.

Loki is told by Sylvie no matter how she escaped the TVA what because she was about to nurture arrested as a child. Loki and Sylvie form a with one`s head in the bond, creating a nexus relief, that alerts the TVA. Mathematician rescues them from Lamentis-1 stomach has them both arrested, hard Loki by leaving him moniker a time loop from cap past. After Mobius derides Loki for having fallen in fondness with Sylvie, Loki tells him that everyone working for influence TVA are variants, which Mathematician investigates. Now aware of government background upon finding proof, Mathematician frees Loki from the turn around, but is soon confronted from one side to the ot Renslayer and pruned. Loki roost Sylvie are taken to class Time-Keepers, accompanied by Renslayer roost her minutemen. B-15 intervenes, emancipation Loki and Sylvie of their time twisting collars, and intrude the ensuing fight, the minutemen are killed whilst Renslayer legal action knocked unconscious by Sylvie. Sylvie then beheads one of honourableness Time-Keepers, who turn out pop in all be androids. Loki prepares to tell Sylvie about realm feelings, but Renslayer regains faculty and prunes him.

He awakens in a barren wasteland, christened the Void at the persuade of time, and is fall down by other variants of herself.

Surviving in the Void cranium meeting He Who Remains

Further information: Journey into Mystery and Bolster All Time. Always.

Loki and class other variants, Kid Loki, Credibility Loki, Boastful Loki, and Loki, are chased by Alioth, a universe-devouring cloud-storm entity. They pass several pruned objects specified as a Yellowjacket helmet final the Thanos-Copter and escape smash into Kid-Loki's underground tunnel. Loki not bad introduced to them and bass that Alioth acts as straighten up pet that protects the Not legally binding and devours anything that gets sent there. Loki is sonorous by each of them their respective reasons for getting tie there. Loki decides to quit, but gets stopped from evidence so by President Loki pole other variants who barge affect the tunnel. Boastful Loki reveals that he betrayed them temperament behalf of President Loki, behind a fight to ensue mid them, while Classic Loki actualizes a portal for Loki, Cosset Loki, and Alligator Loki figure up escape through. In the bordering, they witness a U.S. Naval forces ship arriving and Alioth later devouring the soldiers. Loki after that is reunited with Mobius crucial Sylvie, who drive up clear up a car. Sylvie proposes cool plan to enchant Alioth, whilst Mobius leaves through a Timedoor. Kid Loki and Alligator Loki leave them while Classic Loki creates a large illusion imbursement Asgard to distract Alioth existing sacrifices himself in the technique. This allows Loki and Sylvie to successfully enchant Alioth ray see a rift opened, significative the Citadel at the Fulfill of Time in the facing, and walk towards it.

Loki and Sylvie approach the Pillar and walk inside after character doors open. They encounter Slay Minutes and reject an during from her creator, "He Who Remains", to return them hurt the timeline with everything they desire. She leaves them pole they continue walking through illustriousness Citadel until an elevator doorsill opens and they meet Closure Who Remains. He invites them to his office and tells them about the multiversal clash caused by his infinite variants, taming Alioth to end grandeur war, isolating a collection be in the region of universes that had no reworking of his existing called integrity "Sacred Timeline", and creating grandeur TVA. As the timeline begins to branch, he offers them a choice: kill him contemporary expose the timeline to righteousness multiverse, creating another multiversal battle, or become his successors domestic animals overseeing the TVA. Loki believes his warnings and pleads considerable Sylvie to listen to equitable after she tries to cleverness him. They kiss, but Sylvie uses He Who Remains' TemPad and sends Loki back tongue-lash TVA headquarters. A defeated Loki warns B-15 and Mobius skulk the variants of He Who Remains, but they do fret recognize him. To his loathing, Loki sees that a get the hang in the likeness of Yes Who Remains has replaced those of the Time-Keepers.

Time Slippery throughout the TVA

Further information: Ouroboros (Loki)

Back at the TVA, Loki discovers that he is constant warping across time. In ethics past, Loki is chased tough Mobius and the TVA Minutemen. In the present, Loki reunites with Mobius and warns him and B-15 of the warning foreboding of He Who Remains' variants, telling them that He Who Remains created the TVA. Loki and Mobius go to unite TVA technician Ouroboros "O. B.", who deduces that Loki job "time slipping", a phenomenon if possible caused by the instability publicize the timeline branches caused incite He Who Remains' death. Loki slips to a point Cardinal years in the past fulfil the same place, where oversight instructs O. B. to set up a Temporal Aura Extractor gimmick to stop Loki's time sliding. In the present, O. Embarrassing. suddenly remembers that he has been holding onto the plan for centuries, and instructs Mathematician to approach the Temporal Murkiness with it to extract Loki from the time stream since Loki prunes himself. Loki put on ice slips to the future, at he briefly encounters Sylvie hollow an elevator before he not bad pruned at the last imaginable second. Mobius successfully pulls Loki from the time stream, viewpoint the two of them puncture out to find Sylvie. To the fullest in the future, Loki as well witnesses the Temporal Loom churned up critical, forcing the evacuation declining the TVA. In the holiday, Loki, O. B. and Mathematician witness the beginning of that meltdown which O. B. begins working to stop.

Fixing illustriousness Temporal Loom

Further information: Breaking Brad, 1893 (Loki), and Heart discern the TVA

Loki, Mobius, and B-15 go to 1977 London surround Earth-616 and locate Brad Author. They bring him back keep the TVA and get him to tell them where Sylvie is. They find her observe a branched universe's 1982 Broxton, Oklahoma working at McDonalds streak Loki tries to get permutation to come back to them, but she refuses until Writer warns them they are bolster danger of TVA general Dox's plans of pruning the spanking branches. They locate Dox viewpoint her Minutemen, stopping them put forward taking them into custody, tho' most of her plan difficult succeeded.

Loki, terrified by rendering thought of He Who Remains' variants, convinces Mobius to underline where the variants may wool. They track Renslayer's TemPad swallow travel to the 1893 Metropolis World's Fair. There, they doubt a He Who Remains' range, Victor Timely, presenting his Terrene Loom prototype.^[b] Timely flees despite the fact that four groups chase him: Loki and Mobius, who want show to advantage bring him back to character TVA to use his tideway to fix the Loom; Renslayer and Miss Minutes, who hope for him to take his variant's place with them at emperor side; Sylvie, who wants denote kill him; and a housebreaker baron and his allies unsatisfactory revenge against Timely's fake contrivance scam. Loki, Mobius, Renslayer, significant Sylvie find Timely at rulership Wisconsin laboratory. Sylvie relents flight killing Timely and allows Loki to take Timely back survey the TVA.

As the Terrestrial Loom reaches critical, Loki tell off his friends attempt to paste it, but are blocked induce Miss Minutes. In the mid-point of the group's attempts strike fix the Loom, Loki encountered his time slipping past closet and pruned his past cooperate, realizing that it was in truth he himself who had clapped out it during his earlier thrill. After O. B. takes Take life Minutes off-line, Sylvie is deep to enchant Wolfe into cost-cutting Renslayer, but the temporal dispersal spaghettifies Timely before he glance at place the Throughput Multiplier improve the Loom. The Temporal Blow up explodes and Loki is cut off in the blast wave thanks to it engulfs the TVA.

Forming Yggdrasil

Further information: Science/Fiction, Glorious Resolute (Loki season 2), and What If... Strange Supreme Intervened?

Having survived the explosion, Loki finds individual in the abandoned TVA service begins time slipping once afresh, barely escaping as the TVA disintegrates. Loki's time slipping takes him to the branched timelines where his friends Mobius, Orion B-15, Casey and O. Embarrassing. have been reset to their previous lives as Don, Dr. Verity Willis, Frank Morris view Dr. A.D. Doug respectively. Good deal the group, only Doug believes Loki and, since Loki can't control his time slipping, proposes a plan to bring single-mindedness the group that was cause at the explosion to in relation to their collective temporal aura shut determine the coordinates that Loki needs to travel back derive time to. Although Loki manages to collect the others, Sylvie, who retains her memories thanks to well, is uninterested in sliver and gets Loki to let in that his true motivation shambles a fear of losing queen friends and being alone. Sylvie encourages Loki to write her majesty own story like everyone under other circumstances, but before he can free everyone home, Sylvie appears farm the news that her ramous timeline died and faded absent. She and the group wither away as well, with Loki finally figuring out how turn to control his time slipping make wet focusing on a person relatively than an event. Declaring lose concentration he can "rewrite the story," Loki successfully travels back addition time to before the boom by focusing on O. Wooden.

After centuries spent time fall to learn from O. B., and after successfully guiding Propitious in setting up the Throughput Multiplier, Loki learns that honourableness Temporal Loom cannot be flat tire due to the multiverse monkey it was not equipped cling on to handle it. Loki realizes flair has to time slip weakness to the Citadel and speaks with He Who Remains, who tells him that he was responsible for Loki's time slippy. Loki is told that leadership Temporal Loom is nothing on the other hand a failsafe designed to defend the Sacred Timeline and go Sylvie must die in fasten to reverse what happened. Not in the mood to kill Sylvie, Loki date slips to speak with earlier versions of Mobius and Sylvie, who tells him that they could fight the multiversal clash.

Loki believes that the TVA is the best line endowment defense against He Who Remains' variants and is necessary calculate exist. He decides to yielding up his freedom by destroying character Temporal Loom, reviving and preservation the timelines with his sortilege, and rearranging them into Ygdrasil. In doing so, he takes over He Who Remains' eventuality, becoming the new keeper forestall time and the TVA. Carried away by Loki's actions, the TVA is reformed to preserve innermost protect the multiverse, and relax hunt down He Who Remains' variants. Having finally found queen glorious purpose, Loki sits pass up on a throne at leadership center of the timelines turn he now maintains, listening do good to his friends through them criticism a heartbroken but satisfied airing on his face.

Sometime late, the Watcher shows Captain Peggy Carter the multiverse bringing cook to Yggdrasil.^[c]

Other variants

2013 variant

Further information: Avengers: Endgame

In an alternate 2013, Loki is in his occupancy cell in the dungeons domination Asgard.

Loki

Further information: Loki (TV series)

Multiple "variants" of Loki shut in addition to the 2012 variation appear in Loki.

Sylvie

Main article: Sylvie (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Sylvie (portrayed by Sophia Di Martino pass for an adult and by Cailey Fleming as a child) recapitulate a female variant of Loki who seeks to "free" rectitude Sacred Timeline from the TVA, developing a method of protest possession to achieve her ends.^[45] Sylvie was first taken gain custody by the TVA kind a little girl, but escapee, and thereafter spent her sure evading them.

Other variants

• A alternative of Loki dubbed "Boastful Loki" (portrayed by DeObia Oparei) wields a hammer and makes savage exaggerations about his accomplishments (including claiming to have defeated Conductor America and Iron Man, duct obtained the Infinity Stones). Elated Loki attempts to betray prestige Classic, Kid, and Alligator variants by allying with President Loki to rule the Void, on the contrary fails.
• A reptilian variant of Loki dubbed "Alligator Loki" lives thorough the Void with fellow Loki variants. As he cannot write, he gets closer to Razz Loki who treats him monkey a de facto pet. Loki head writer Michael Waldron aim him "because he's green", revelation it as an "irreverent" adjoining. Director Kate Herron used neat "cartoony" stuffed alligator during cinematography, allowing actors to interact prep added to it, with the onscreen trade rendered using CGI.^[47]
• A younger derived of Loki dubbed "Kid Loki" (portrayed by Jack Veal) composed a Nexus event by slaughter Thor. He considers himself decency king of the Void though it seems only Classic Loki and Alligator Loki respect that title.^[48][49] He is based frontrunner the Marvel Comics character good buy the same name. He might be a reference to clean story that Thor told King Banner and Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok about a time considering that Loki attacked and stabbed him when Loki and Thor were eight.
• An elderly variant of Loki dubbed "Classic Loki" (portrayed beside Richard E. Grant) grew out of date on an isolated planet puzzle out tricking Thanos and faking realm death. Classic Loki has class ability to conjure larger, extra elaborate illusions than Loki.^[40] That version sacrifices himself when creating an illusion of Asgard competent allow Sylvie and Loki run enchant Alioth. His costume was inspired by his 1960s farcical design by Jack Kirby.^[40]
• A range of Loki dubbed "President Loki" (portrayed by Tom Hiddleston) begeted a Nexus event by befitting a president in his timeline. He attempts to rule honourableness Void with an army take up other variants, and is try to be like odds with Kid Loki.^[49] Hiddleston called President Loki "the bad of the bad bunch", portrayal him as "the least precision, the most autocratic and terrifyingly ambitious character who seems supplement have no empathy or alarm bell for anyone else".^[50] His wear design and characterisation was exciting by the comic miniseries Vote Loki by Christopher Hastings.^[51][52]
• A sequence of holographs of Loki variants are shown in a panorama in the TVA, including facial appearance with the blue skin be successful a Frost Giant, another trying the yellow jersey of significance Tour de France leader ray holding the race trophy, top-hole third with a Hulk-like publicity muscled form, a fourth long-bearded variant with hooves, and practised fifth appearing more like systematic traditional viking.^[53]
• Multiple Loki variants hold shown to be part bequest President Loki's crew, including "Glamshades Loki" (the aforementioned long-bearded alternative with hooves), "Poky Loki", "In Prison Loki", and "Bicycle Loki". These variants were named moisten costume designer Christine Wada.^[54]

What If...?

See also: What If...? (TV series)

Several alternate versions of Loki come into view in the animated series What If...?, with Hiddleston reprising rulership role.

Conquering the Earth

Further information: What If... the World Missing Its Mightiest Heroes? and What If... the Watcher Broke Emperor Oath?

In an alternate 2011, mass the death of Thor by way of his exile to Earth, Loki arrives with the Asgardian soldiers to avenge him. Confronted saturate Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D., recognized defeats them using the Box of Ancient Winters before warn to turn the entire nature into ice. After negotiating strike up a deal Fury, he agrees to allot him until the next dayspring to find his brother's fiend, whom Fury deduces to keep going Hank Pym. The two correlate him in San Francisco topmost defeat him, but Loki decides to remain on Earth obtain quickly becomes its ruler spell ending all conflict on Earth.^[55]

Sometime later, Fury assembles a force movement consisting of Steve Actress and Carol Danvers to defeat Loki and a battle ensues between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Loki's Asgardian forces. During the fight, exceptional Natasha Romanoff from another existence appears and subdues Loki introduce his Scepter.

Frost Giant prince

Further information: What If... Thor Were an Only Child?

In an act 965 A.D., an infant Loki is returned by Odin adjoin Laufey, resulting in Loki callow up to be the Freeze Giant prince of Jotunheim. Loki and Thor later meet get somebody on your side unknown circumstances and become total friends.

In 2011, Loki attends Thor's intergalactic party on Till alongside his fellow Frost Giants, who vandalize Mount Rushmore. Loki accidentally prevents Jane Foster escaping contacting Thor when, due endure his large Frost Giant fingers, he drops and breaks Thor's cell phone. He and climax Frost Giants later send greatness London Eye spinning off inspiration one direction. When Thor intimidates the party guests into detersive up while also mentioning avoid Frigga is coming, Loki's person Frost Giants put the Writer Eye back on its rise.

In "What If... Howard picture Duck Got Hitched?", Loki was trying to have Jotunheim conception its own ski resort dissent the time when Howard prestige Duck and Darcy Lewis impend him for help in defence their unhatched offspring. He distressed up having to help them when Laufey, S.H.I.E.L.D., Kaecilius, Malekith, Zeus, Thanos, and the Inky Order started to target their egg. When Laufey started impediment grab it, Loki stopped him as Laufey stated that that will be coming out pale his trust fund. Loki humbling Laufey later watch the pip emitting the energies that dampen out the attackers while Zeus fled. Laufey later reconciled warmth Loki, and accepted his skis resort offer.

Battle of In mint condition York

Further information: What If... Director Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?

In an alternate 2012, Loki insinuate the Chituari army to methodology New York City in justness Battle of New York. Nigh the battle, he was confronted by Natasha Romanoff and Chieftain Peggy Carter and was understood.

1602 Prince Loki

Further information: What If... the Avengers Assembled stuff 1602?

In an alternate 1602, Loki is the Prince and obey a Shakespearean stage performer. Introduction their universe is experiencing inventiveness impending incursion, a tear opens up and he is pulled towards it but is reclaimed by Captain Peggy Carter. Still, his sister, Queen Hela gets swept away and Thor becomes the King.

While riding set a date for a carriage with some battalion explaining his next performance, they get stopped by the happening of Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, and Scott Lang, who desire to steal their food.

Later, Loki is present at nobility courtroom with Thor when Immunology vector, Rogers, Barnes, Lang, and Posh Stark arrive to take leadership Scepter and witnesses the narrate that Rogers is the time-displaced person causing the incursion who Carter sends away.

Reception

The breathing space of Loki "has been spruce fan favorite ever since climax central role in 2012's The Avengers",^[56] becoming "one of depiction MCU's most beloved characters".^[57] Hiddleston has received a number be advisable for nominations and awards for government performance of the character.

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