The season finale of Loki introduced us to Kang the Conqueror, a character who has the potential to change the Marvel Cinematic Universe forever.
However, when the episode began, we were taken for a brief trip down the Sacred Timeline and heard a lot of familiar voices from this shared world's history. With "It's Been a Long, Long Time" playing in the background, we hear The Falcon saying "Way to go, Tic-Tac!" from Captain America: Civil War and Hope Van Dyne noting "That's how you punch" in 2015's Ant-Man.
Also from that movie is Scott Lang's "You wouldn't have heard of me" line, before the late Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther can be heard declaring, "Wakanda Forever!"
Black Widow is next, saying "Let me put you on hold," a line of dialogue from 2012's The Avengers, while we later hear Star-Lord's "Dance off bro!" line (Guardians of the Galaxy) and the God of Thunder's "He's a friend from work!" (Thor: Ragnarok). Avengers: Endgame is also revisited when Captain America clashes with his past self. "I can do this all day," the past version says before his present-day counterpart responds with, "Yeah, I know!"
Hank Pym says "I'll show you ferocity" in another clip from Ant-Man, while Captain Marvel's iconic "Higher, further, faster, baby" line is up next. Finally, we have Loki's "We have a Hulk" from Avengers: Infinity War's opening, and it's then they start to overlap. Listen closely, though, and you'll hear everything from "Puny God" (The Avengers) to "Who the hell is Bucky?" (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), and "I have part of a plan!" (Guardians of the Galaxy).
As the sequence nears its end, you'll hear recent throwbacks like Classic Loki's "Glorious Purpose!" and WandaVision's memorable Vision line, "What is grief, if not love persevering?"
We're pretty sure that's it, but lots of real-life historical dialogue can also be heard throughout. Now, the Sacred Timeline is no more, and the Marvel Multiverse has been created, so we'll soon see more than just these characters making an impact across the wider MCU.
Well, perhaps that should be MCM (Marvel Cinematic Multiverse).