Moon Knight Episode 3 Easter Eggs & Marvel References Explained
Caution: spoilers ahead for Moon Knight episode 3
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, here are Moon Knight's MCU Easter eggs from episode 3. As well as shifting the action from London to Cairo, Moon Knight episode 3 shifts focus from Steven Grant to Marc Spector, reversing their roles from Disney+'s opening two efforts. Ethan Hawke's Arthur Harrow has started digging up his beloved Ammit, forcing Marc — as the avatar of Egyptian god Khonshu — to take drastic measures like summoning other gods, and putting on a global firecracker display. May Calamawy's Layla, an archaeological thief and Marc's estranged wife, joins the fun, and together they successfully unearth the location of Ammit's tomb… alongside another sarcophagus full of sand-covered Moon Knight Easter eggs.
Moon Knight has remained deliberately distanced from the wider MCU — certainly compared to most products from Marvel's conveyor belt — but there are references to be found. Episode 2 acknowledged the GRC from Falcon & The Winter Soldier, while episode 1 included blink-and-you'll-miss-it (and most did indeed miss it) mentions of both Asgard and Wakanda. As Moon Knight increases in scale, it's only a matter of time before the wider MCU comes calling. There's no way Doctor Strange and Wong didn't notice Khonshu's skyline meddling, after all.
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Moon Knight episode 3's Easter eggs allude toward storylines from the Marvel comics, name-drop known locations within the MCU, and potentially tease a character for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Here's every detail we dug up.
Moon Knight episode 3 opens and closes with «Enta» by DJ Kaboo. The song's «Batwanes Beek» sample can, however, also
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