Moon Knight Episode 1: All The Easter Eggs And References You May Have Missed

Marvel's latest MCU TV show, Moon Knight, has arrived. Did you catch these details?


Marvel's latest Disney+ TV show, Moon Knight, has begun streaming with new episodes dropping on the platform every Wednesday for the next six weeks. The show features Oscar Isaac making his MCU debut (though certainly not his first superhero turn--sorry to remind you about X-Men: Apocalypse but if we have to remember it, so do you) as Steven Grant/Marc Spector/Moon Knight himself, a hero who suffers from a fictionalized form of dissociative identity disorder.

Moon Knight also holds the distinction as the first MCU TV show on Disney+ to focus on an entirely new character for the shared universe. In the first episode, you won't spot a single familiar face--there aren't even any clues about where or how this fits into the bigger MCU timeline just yet, though we're sure those answers will start to become clearer as things progress. As such, there aren't many big MCU Easter eggs to be found this time around, but there are some tiny details and hints toward the rest of the season you won't want to miss.

We've compiled a list of six major clues, references, and nods to the bigger picture here in Moon Knight episode 1, The Goldfish Problem. Were you able to catch any others? Let us know in the comments below.


1. Steven Grant


Enter our protagonist, the charmingly befuddled (and debatably British) gift shop-ist, Steven Grant. If you've finished the episode, you'll know that there's much more to poor Steven than meets the eye, which definitely holds true to the source material. However, this version of Steven is a sharp departure from his comic book self, where he's Marc Spector's most Bruce Wayne-like identity.


2. The Ennead


There's clearly a lot of fiction and fantasy in Moon Knight's version of Egyptian mythology, but the concept of the Ennead is actually historically authentic. The nine deities of the mythological group were Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys.


3. Arthur Harrow


Like Steven Grant, Harrow is a character who exists in the comics but was given a major overhaul for the screen. In the source material, Harrow is your run of the mill mad scientist, who is ultimately completely forgettable and has no meaningful connection to any Egyptian gods.


4. Marc


Harrow calls Steven out as a "mercenary" which begins to make a bit more sense as Steven begins to hear voices and repeatedly black out. The truth is that his alter ego, Marc Spector, actually is a mercenary, so you can see why Harrow would be confused.


5. The voice of Khonshu


Steven's grasp on reality begins to rapidly unravel after his encounter with Harrow, aided by a booming voice only he can hear. Fans of the comics will recognize the voice as belonging to Khonshu, the deity from which Moon Knight derives his powers. We get a good look at one of Khonshu's more terrifying, skeletal forms later in the episode.


6. Layla and Duchamp


The calls listed on the mysterious phone Steven uncovers are listed as Layla, with one single "Duchamp" thrown into the mix. In the comics, Jean-Paul DuChamp, AKA Frenchie, is a close friend and associate of Marc Spector. Layla, as we learn moments later, is also a friend of Marc's though she's not from the comics.


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