Moon Knight's Ned Flanders Reference Hints At Big Arthur Harrow Twist
Warning: Contains spoilers for Moon Knight episode 5.
The reference to Ned Flanders in Moon Knight episode 5 hints at a possible Arthur Harrow twist. For most of the series so far, Arthur has been framed as an evil man who wants to punish people for wrongs they have not yet committed, but Moon Knight episodes 4-5 have challenged what viewers know to be real about him—and everything else. It's possible that Steven Grant's sarcastic comparison of Arthur to the animated character Ned Flanders may be more than just a bit of irony.
Ned Flanders is a next-door neighbor character in The Simpsons who is typically portrayed as being a friendly and good-natured person, if sometimes a little annoying. Homer Simpson especially loathed him despite his generally likeable persona, making for plenty of fun interactions between them over the decades.. Yet, the casual reference to this character in Moon Knight may actually be hinting at what's to come in the show.
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Referring to Arthur Harrow as Ned Flanders in Moon Knight episode 5 could be setting up for a reveal that the Disney+ series' main villain was never actually the bad guy. The end of episode 4 introduced a surprising turn of events when Marc Spector seemingly woke up inside a mental health facility, where he presumably had been staying for some time with Arthur as his psychiatrist. Then in episode 5, Marc and Steven appeared to jump between realities, unsure which one of them was real — the world with magic and gods, or the one inside the psychiatric facility. If in fact the latter turns out to be true, then it would mean that Arthur was actually good all along, which would make for a much bigger twist
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