The Loki season 2 finale features one emotional Thor callback – improvised by Tom Hiddleston – but there's another reference to the 2011 movie in the episode that you may have missed, as pointed out by a Reddit user.
The Redditor posted stills from a scene in Thor, where Odin (Anthony Hopkins) is addressing Thor and Loki as children and tells them: "Only one of you can ascend to the throne, but both of you were born to be kings." The user shared this side-by-side with an image from the Loki season 2 finale of the God of Mischief sitting on a throne and holding the timelines together with his magic, a solitary fate that he chose – and a huge sacrifice that he made – in order to save time. Later on in the 2011 film, Loki tells Thor, "I never wanted the throne. I only wanted to be your equal."
