Agatha Repeated The Brilliant Loki Trick In The Best Way

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Agatha All Along episode 6 “Familiar on Your Side”.

One of Loki's best moments was copied years ago by Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness. Agatha Along. WandaVision Episode 8 revealed that Agatha Harkness was a young MCU witch during the Salem Witch Trials in the 1600s, meaning she had been alive for over three hundred years. That longevity means it's been around the block, and it's proven Agatha Along Episode 6 “Meet Your Side” features Billy Maximoff – in his new body – investigating a powerful witch before joining her party.

Research by Billy Maximoff Agatha Along Episode 6 revealed that Agatha Harkness was involved in some of the major disasters of the 20th century, including the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and the Hindenburg disaster in 1937.. After gaining the ability to absorb the power and life force of other witches in Salem, Agatha Harkness became famous as a unique assassin in the witch community. However, she also gained notoriety among the general population thanks to a popular Dolly Parton song.

Agatha Harkness was the real “Jolene”.

Dolly Parton's movie “Jolene” was released in 1973

funny Agatha Along Episode 6 also implied that Agatha Harkness was the woman who inspired Dolly Parton's legendary 1973 hit “Jolene.” Apparently, the original Salem witch, seen in surveillance photos of Agatha Harkness being beaten by a young Dolly Parton in 1972, has been using her sexuality, vulnerability and confidence to get her way for centuries. While it hasn't been confirmed that Agatha Harkness is the real Jolene, it will echo a brilliant trick that Tom Hiddleston pulled off Loki in Phase 4.

Dolly Parton confirmed that “Jolene” depicted the true story on stage in 1988. The song tells the story of the narrator who urges the stunningly beautiful Jolene not to steal her husband.
“just because [she] can.”

Agatha Repeats All One Brilliant Loki Trick

Loki, Loki Enters the Real World Figure Case in Season 1

Back in Loki In the season 1 premiere, “Glorious Purpose,” the Asgardian god of mischief is revealed to be disguised as DB Cooper after losing a bet to Thor. DB Cooper is an epithet given to an unknown person who hijacked a plane in 1971 and demanded $200,000 in ransom – the equivalent of about $1.5 million in 2024. The fact that DB Cooper remains anonymous means that Loki fits the mystery perfectly, just as Agatha Harkness did for Jolene. In the 1970s, and this is not the only time Loki series pulled off this trick.

Loki In season 2, Eugene Cordero's TVA employee Casey is revealed to be a variant of Frank Morris, the real-world inmate who originally attempted to escape from Alcatraz in 1962. Morris fled with two other men, placing papier-mâché heads on their beds. runs on an improvised raft. The men were never found and were believed to have drowned while trying to escapehowever Loki shows that they survived. Agatha Along Repeating this trick for Agatha Harkness is another example of the MCU responding to a real-world mystery that never gets old.

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