Loki Episode 4 Post-Credits Scene: 4 New Variants Explained

Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for Loki episode 4.

After recovering from his latest death fake-out at the end of Loki episode 4, "The Nexus Event," Loki Variant L1130 finds himself face-to-face with four new Loki variants - one of whom is a crocodile. While two of these new variants are lifted from the pages of Marvel Comics, the other two appear to have been created for the Disney+ show.

"The Nexus Event" saw some major developments, including poor Agent Mobius getting "pruned," the all-powerful Time-Keepers being revealed as nothing more than automatons, and Loki himself apparently being killed by Ravonna Renslayer, only to wake up in a post-apocalyptic New York City. So, who are the new Loki variants that greet him there, and what might they know about the real origins of the Time Variance Authority?

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On the far right is Old Loki, played by Richard E. Grant, who is wearing a version of Loki's classic costume from his very first appearance in the 1962 comic Journey Into Mystery #85. In the middle is Kid Loki, played by Jack Veal, who is taken from a more recent comic arc in which Loki died and was reborn as a child (beginning in Thor #617). On the left is a Loki wielding a hammer, played by Deobia Oparei, who in the German voice cast credits is listed as "Prahlerischer Loki" - Boastful Loki. Finally there's the crocodile being held by Kid Loki, whose horned helmet identifies them as another Loki variant.

Waking up after being pruned by Ravonna, Loki wonders aloud if he is in Hel, the realm where Asgardians go when they die. Old Loki replies, "Not yet. But you will be unless you come with us." The Loki variants are standing in the ruins of New York City, with the crumbling Stark/Avengers Tower visible behind them. It appears that these variants have been hiding out in an apocalyptic event, like Sylvie was, but in this case are hiding out after the apocalypse has taken place. It's unclear whether this is the future in the sacred timeline, or whether it's an alternate timeline. Of course, given that so much else about the TVA has turned out to be a lie, there may not be any such thing as a "sacred timeline" after all.

While Old Loki and Kid Loki presumably have similar stories to their comic book counterparts, Boastful Loki and Crocodile Loki are a mystery. Is Crocodile Loki the result of one of Loki's transformations gone wrong? Is the hammer held by Boastful Loki a version of Mjolnir? Could this be a version of Loki who succeeded in arranging the death of his brother, and ascended to the throne of Asgard? Could one of the many Loki variants be responsible for creating the TVA? The post-credits scene certainly raises a lot of questions for the remaining two episode of Loki to answer.

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