Loki (TV Series)

The Variant (2021)

Owen Wilson: Mobius

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Quotes 

• Loki : I'd never stab anyone in the back. That's such a boring form of betrayal.

  Mobius : Loki, I've studied almost every moment of your entire life. You've literally stabbed people in the back, like, 50 times.

  Loki : .... Well I'd never do it again, because it got old.

• Loki : Ragnarok. Are you familiar?

  Mobius : Yes. The destruction of Asgard and most of its people. I'm sorry.

  Loki : Yes, very sad. Anyway, it got me thinking...

• Mobius : If you think too hard about where any of us came from, who we truly are, it sounds kinda ridiculous. Existence is chaos. Nothing makes any sense, so we try to make some sense of it.

• Loki : Okay, why are you in there sticking your neck out for me?

  Mobius : I'll give you two options and you can believe whichever one you want. A, because I see a scared little boy shivering in the cold and you kinda feel bad for that ice runt. Or B, I just want to catch this guy and I'll tell you whatever I need to tell you.

  Loki : I don't need your sympathy.

  Mobius : Good, because I'm running out of it.

• Loki : We have a saying in Asgard. 'Where there are wolf's ears, wolf's teeth are near.' It means to be aware of your surroundings. Which is absurd, because my people are, by nature, gullible fools. A trait that I, the God of Mischief, exploited time and time again simply by listening. My teeth were sharp, but my ears even sharper.

  Hunter B-15 : We're running out of time, Mobius.

  Mobius : Hold it. Just give him a chance.

  Loki : You remind me of them. The Time Variance Authority and the Gods of Asgard, one and the same. Drunk with power, blinded to the truth. Those you underestimate will devour you. You underestimate me, just as you underestimate this lesser Loki. Which is why you walk into one wolf's mouth after another.

• Loki : Let's just say your salad is Asgard.

  Mobius : No. It's not Asgard. That's my lunch.

• Mobius : Why is it the people you can't trust are always saying "trust me"?

• Mobius : Do they have candy on Asgard?

  Loki : No. Grapes, nuts.

  Mobius : No wonder you're so bitter.

• Mobius : You're very clever.

  Loki : I know.

• Loki : By the way, at your desk, that magazine?

  Mobius : Yeah.

  Loki : The one on jet-skis?

  Mobius : Yeah.

  Loki : Why do you have that?

  Mobius : Because they're awesome.

  Loki : [chuckles]  I suppose they are.

  Mobius : Yeah. You know, some things... actually, most things in history are kinda dumb, and everything gets ruined eventually. But in the early '90s, for a brief, shining moment, there was a beautiful union of form and function, which we call the jet-ski, and a reasonable man cannot differ.

  Loki : You ever been on one?

  Mobius : No... no. I think a TVA agent showing up on a jet-ski on the Sacred Timeline, that would create a branch for sure.

  Loki : It'd be fun though.

  Mobius : Yeah, it'd be really fun.

  Loki : So why read about them?

  Mobius : Just helps remind me of what we're fighting for.

  Loki : I mean, you really believe in this stuff, don't you?

  Mobius : I don't get hung up on, "believe, not believe". I just accept what is.

• Mobius : Anything we can do can impact the course of history. Do you get that?

  Loki : Yes. Yes.

  Mobius : So we're going to start with very small disturbances.

  Loki : Very small.

  Mobius : Can you create bird noises?

  Loki : Bird noises?

  Mobius : Yeah, bird noises, like some whooshing noises?

  [Mobius imitates a bird call] 

  Mobius : [Loki jumps onto a wagon, opens the wagon door, and goats begin fleeing and bleating] 

  Loki : [Screams]  Go! Be free my horned friends, be free!

  [Horned goats pour out of the wagon] 

  Loki : [Mobius throws his arms up in his he air and looks tremendously annoyed] 

  Loki : [He addresses the Roman crowd in Latin:]  Mihi nomen est Loki. Praefectus consilii ad tempus mutandem. Atque adfero acerbum nuntium ad vos omnes! Voooooos omnes! Morituri estis. Iste mons ignis pastus per saecula in vos est evomiturus.

  [Loki places his hands on his hips and flashes a large grin] 

  Loki : Scio haec esse vera quod ego de futuris advent.

  [Subtitles read: My name is Loki. We are agents of the Time Variance Authority. I bring you all dark tidings. All of you! That volcano is about to erupt. I would know, because I'm from the future] 

  Loki : [Turns to Mobius]  We are from the future right? What is the TVA? I mean, it's from the future. It's pretty future-y.

  [Mobius looks at Loki in disbelief and annoyance. Seconds later an explosion erupts and everyone screams and runs in different directions] 

  Loki : Right on cue!

  [Chuckles] 

  Loki : Enjoy your last meal while you can.

  [Loki throws objects up in the air] 

  Loki : Nothing matters!

  [He throws his arms up in joyous abandon] 

  Loki : Nothing has any consequence! Dance while you still can! Whoo-hoo!

• Mobius : I need you to go over each and every one of the Variant's case files, and then, give me your... How do I put it? Unique Loki perspective.

• Mobius : [to Loki, impressed]  You're gonna take my job if I'm not careful.

• Mobius : I believed, stupidly, that insecure need for validation would motivate you to find the killer. Not 'cause you care about the TVA mission or being a hero, but because you know this Variant is better than you and you can't take it.

• Loki : I think you really believe in this stuff, don't you?

  Mobius : I don't get hung up on believe, not believe. I just accept what is.

  Loki : 3 magic lizards...

  Mobius : Time keepers.

  Loki : ...create the TVA and everyone in it...

  Mobius : Right.

  Loki : ...including you.

  Mobius : Including me.

  Loki : You see, every time I start to admire your intelligence you say something like that.

  Mobius : And who created you, Loki?

  Loki : A frost giant of Jotunheim.