And with that, Loki is back on Disney+ once again, stirring up all sorts of trouble and making you run to Google to try to sort out what the hell is going on. We mean that in the best way possible! Loki Season 1 was a great example of bonkers puzzle box television, and that’s a vibe that’s been missing from Marvel shows for the past good while. We welcome Loki and all the mischief this show will bring to our lives for the next few weeks.
Of course this means it’s time for us to try to sort out some of the mischief wrought in week one of Loki’s Season 2 reign. The show’s return gave us lots of new characters and concepts, and it definitely left us eagerly awaiting more — and then it gave us one scene more in the middle of the closing credits.
Yep, you know what time it is! It’s time to decipher Loki’s Season 2 premiere’s end credits scene! SPOILERS ahead!
Does the Loki Season 2 premiere have an end credits scene?
Yes it does, and it’s way more than what we’re used to seeing. This isn’t just another round of “name that obscure Marvel character played by an A-list actor.” This is a proper scene, with a consequential character, setting, and emotional beat.
What happens in the Loki Season 2 premiere end credits scene?
We open up in one of the many, many branched timelines that are growing out of control following the Season 1 finale. Specifically, we’re in a branched version of 1982 in the town of Broxton, Oklahoma. A doorway opens and out steps Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), our fave ruthless Loki variant — and also the co-lead character of Season 1 who was noticeably absent from the Season 2 premiere. When last we saw Sylvie, she had just killed He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors), thus setting off a chain reaction leading to the uncontrolled branching of timelines. Now Sylvie’s stepped through a doorway into one of those branched timelines — and boy howdy is she hungry.
Smash cut to a 1982 McDonald’s, one that was faithfully recreated by the series with input from McDonald’s and their in-house McDonald’s historian. Sylvie approaches the cash register and bluntly asks, “How do I do this?” Reminder that Sylvie is an Asgardian who has spent the last couple hundred, if not thousand, years on the run from the TVA and hiding out in the days leading up to apocalypses all across the galaxy. It’s no surprise she’s not familiar with placing an order at a fast food restaurant.
Then she orders: “Not squirrel, not possum, and not rats. Something that’s already dead and nothing with a face.” Luckily for her, that presumably describes the entire McDonald’s menu! The kid behind the cash register suggests Chicken McNuggets. Sylvie, meanwhile, is distracted by the humanity around her. She sees people of all ages gathered together, enjoying life, and not running from a temporally-fascist regime determined to incinerate her from existence. She likes it, and she says, “I wanna try everything.” The kid takes her literally, so Sylvie’s about to get a whole lot of McD’s and has no cash on hand. Maybe that’s why Sylvie gets a gig at McDonald’s? To pay off her debt!
Now, let’s unpack this scene starting with the most burning question:
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When did McDonald’s introduce Chicken McNuggets?
In the scene, Teen Manager says that they just introduced Chicken McNuggets. Surprise: this is accurate! While McNuggets are a staple of the McDonald’s menu today, they don’t date back as far as the Big Mac (introduced in 1968). Chicken McNuggets were introduced in select markets in 1981 and were available nationwide starting in 1983. This scene is set in 1982, when McNuggets were bursting onto the scene.
How is Broxton, Oklahoma connected to Marvel Comics?
Setting Sylvie’s new life in Broxton is actually a solid connection to Thor’s comic book lore. Back in 2007’s Thor #1, writer J. Michael Straczynski had Thor recreate Asgard near the town of Broxton, Oklahoma following the realm’s destruction during 2004’s “Ragnarok” storyarc, part of the Avengers: Disassembled event. Asgard remained near Broxton, and eventually hovering over Broxton, for the next few years.
If all of this sounds familiar, that’s because a similar thing has happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Following Asgard’s destruction in Thor: Ragnarok, the Asgardians relocated to a spot on Earth — but instead of Broxton, they chose Tønsberg, Norway as New Asgard.
Is Broxton a real city in Oklahoma?
Yes, Broxton is the name of an unincorporated community in Oklahoma’s Caddo County. As for its size, well, neighboring city Fort Cobb has a population of 518 in the 2020 census so… let’s just say that Broxton is a very, very small community.
That leads us to the most important question of the week:
Would Broxton have Chicken McNuggets in 1982?
McNuggets didn’t go national until 1983 and were only in select locations starting in 1981. Would Broxton, Oklahoma really be high up enough on a prioritized list of locations to get McNuggets in 1982? Loki had better have answers for us in Episode 2.
Loki Season 2 returns with another new episode on Thursday, October 12 at 9 p.m. ET on Disney+.
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