Marvel Studios’Moon Knightjust wrapped up its six-episode run, concluding its story in some ways while leaving it wide open in others. While there is still speculation about whether Marc Spector and Steven Grant will return for a second season, there have been some interesting behind-the-scenes revelations coming out about the show from some of its creators.
Along with series director Mohamed Diab recently revealing that theEternals were set to make a cameo in the show, executive producer Grant Curtis told Variety that one ofMoon Knight’s most popular easter eggswas inspired by a different series altogether. Surprisingly, it was not one of the other Marvel Disney Plus series in which Curtis found inspiration, but the animated seriesBob’s Burgers.
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ThroughoutMoon Knight, keen-eyed viewers could find several QR codes hidden in certain scenes. Scanning these codes led fans to digital copies of classic Moon Knight comics that helped to give some background on the character. Curtis said that the idea to hide these codes within the show came fromhis “fascination withBob’s Burgers.“He said that he loved the way that show drew people in with multiple visual gags such as the burger of the day and the ever-changing business next door in the opening credits, and he wanted to do the same thing in Moon Knight.
Curtis also blended his admiration for Bob Belcher’s seemingly endless ideas for creative burgers with inspiration from another source: the House of Terror museum in Budapest. There, people can scan QR codes in order to read English descriptions of the various exhibits. The QR codes seen inMoon Knightwere actually added to scenes after production using CGI. These codes were only featured in episodes where they would fit in organically, such as on a door ina storage facility in episode 2or on thewall of the asylum in episode 5.
The final QR code featured in episode six took viewers to a 2019 comic where Moon Knight faces Kang the Conqueror, who is set to be the next big bad in the MCU. However, Curtis wanted to make it clear that this was meant to be an intentional clue to the future of the character,a version of whom was last seen inLokiplayed by Jonathan Majors. “It was a way to introduce a character to most of the population that would not have had the chance to read those issues otherwise,” Curtis said. Regardless of their lack of connection to the MCU, the comics are still a great way for new fans to see how the character evolved on the page, and for more seasoned fans to revisit these classic issues.
