History Series / Ragnarok2020

** The ForgingScene [[spoiler:in which Magne recreates Mjølnir, including a Volva's feather and old world arrowhead (recalling Norse Mythology's use of InsubstantialIngredients. The "dwarf" is also operating the bellows to stoke the eternal flame the hammer needs to be forged in; working the bellows to keep the fire hot enough was the main important thing in the mythological forging of Mjølnir (and two other artifacts by that team of dwarves), and Loki screwed up that process, thus Mjølnir having a handle too short for its size.]]

* TakeAThirdOption: In a meta sense. In the myths upon which the show is based, despite Thor and Loki overlapping a lot in the stories, they weren't brothers (if anything, Loki was sort of Thor's semi-uncle). Loki was "Blood Brother" to Odin. But [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse most famous recent interpretation of them]] casts them as brothers. The show makes [[spoiler:Laurits a giant, being Vidar's illegitimate son, but still Magne's brother through Turid, and Laurits steals some of Wotan's blood to become "Blood Brother to Odin," putting both the original mythological connection and the modern pop culture one in at the same time.]]

* DumbMuscle: Deconstruced. Magne presents this way thanks to his mental disabilities, which makes him seem slow or stupid in academic and social situations. But he shows he's actually very intelligent, both in circumventing his disabilities (using text-to-speech programs to read and write to overcome his dyslexia, for one), and in thinking through his options and choices logically and analytically (unless his blood is up, at which point he tends to act without thinking). He's easily able to research things he finds important, such as Edda's rate of climate change and his performance in things like a 100-meter sprint or hammer throw against current world records.

* MagicalDifibrillator: ZigZagged. Episode one of season two opens with two paramedics arriving to [[spoiler:the aftermath of Magne and Vidor's fight. One orders the other to defibrillate Magne, which backfires on the poor paramedic but brings Magne right around. You really shouldn't defibrillate someone without at least checking them first, but when that someone has the power of Thor, a little electricity can only be a good thing.]]

A second season has been announced, with a release date of May 27th 2021.

A second season has been announced, but with no clear release date yet.

* SuperpowerLottery: [[spoiler:Magne gets a pretty good roll, earning SuperStrength, low-grade SuperSpeed (beating the world record 100-meter dash time by 2.5 seconds, an eternity in that sport), NighInvulnerability, SuperSenses, and the ability to sense the weather. Justified, as he is basically a reincarnation of Thor, who had pretty much this power set in myth (give or take a few others, [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on which version of the myths you're looking at]]).]]

* MythologyGag: In Norse Mythology, Magni one of Thor's sons.

* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:Fjor, as he gets closer to humans and Gry.]] If this is here to stay is still unclear at the end of season 1.

* StrugglingSingleMother: Turid has shades of this. She can't afford a lot of new things for her sons, and she is anxious when Magne wants to write his paper criticizing JUTUL because she can't afford to lose her job there, and is also scared that [[spoiler:this will lead to Magne ending up in prison because of the dog incident. When Magne is eventually expelled from school, Turid becomes depressed and lies on the couch eating masses of chocolate. Laurits's comment to Magne implies that this isn't the first time that this happened.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Magne has ''something'', which could be ADHD or maybe a degree of autism. He is shown to have had problems with aggression in the past and uses a stim toy to focus. The only clear diagnosis we hear is that he has dyslexia.