In Netflix’s series ofLocke and Key,there are 24 keys revealed in total, although there are other types of keys in the comics not seen in the show. Each key has a unique design and magical abilities, and many viewers may have their favorites. Each key must also be discovered and has its own weird and wonderful hiding places, with the discovery of keys part of what makes the show so magical.
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The keys can make life easier, but their morality is debatable. In the words of Rumpelstiltskin from the magical fantasy seriesOnce Upon A Time, magic always has a price. These words ring true inLocke and Key, with using each key having consequences not necessarily obvious at first. Despite their dangers, there is an undeniable lure for the keys felt by characters within the show and viewers themselves in this remarkable show. This article contains spoilers across all 3 series ofLocke and Key.
20The Anywhere Key
The Anywhere Key is the first keys viewers see inLocke And Keyrevealed in the season 1 pilot, and it takes the user to anywhere they want to travel to, providing they have seen a door there previously. Bode finds the intricate golden key inside Kinsey’s bracelet gifted to her by Rendell Locke and first uses it to open a door from Keyhouse to the local ice cream parlor.
Dodge tricks Bode into giving her the Anywhere Key and uses it to escape the well house, although it’s a handy key for many characters across all series.
19The Mirror Key
The Mirror Key is the 2nd key Bode finds in season 1, episode 1, who discovers it inside a sink. The key featuresan optical illusion designwith two faces and a mirror. Dodge tricks Bode into using the key, claiming that it lets the user see people who have passed away, but it unlocks a mirrored prison inside a mirror that lures victims inside.
Nina is tricked by her mirror self and becomes trapped inside, with Tyler coming to her rescue. In the season 3 pilot, Nina and Kinsey use the Mirror Key to trap both dangerous Wheeler sisters.
The Head Key unsurprisingly features a head-shaped design, and it gives the user the ability to step inside their head, opening a small lock in the back of a person’s neck. Across the series, viewers get to see inside many characters' minds and how they are all different, reflecting individual personalities and interests. Gordie Shaw’s mind, for instance, is designed like a movie theater, in a touchingscene that deals with deathas his life’s moments play out in his mind.
In season 1, episode 3, Kinsey uses the Head Key to take the fear emotion out of her head, causing her to make some bold hairstyle changes and drastic choices in later episodes.
17The Angel Key And The Hercules Key
The Angel Key and the Hercules Key are both used as attack and defensive weapons by the Lockes. The Hercules Key slots into the Hercules belt giving the user magnified strength. In season 2, viewers see Bode lift a sofa by himself while wearing the belt and in season 3, Kinsey uses the belt to defend against the attacking Wheeler sisters when they escape from the Snow Globe.
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The Angel Key fits inside a harness that enables the wearer to fly with a beautiful set ofwhite angel wings.
16The Snow Globe Key
The Snow Globe Key is a beautiful key with a snowflake design on the handle that fits into the magical snow globe containing a miniature version of Keyhouse. When activated, the globe functions similarly to the Small World Key as it changes the environment of the real Keyhouse, as if it were inside the globe and snowing.
In season 3, episode 1, Bode and Nina’s curiosity about the globe has dire consequences when they accidentally release the demonic Wheeler sisters from it, and Bode becomes trapped inside.
15The Echo Key
In season 1, viewers learn that Dodge is an echo brought back from death by the circular-designed Echo Key. The key works in the well house by calling out the name of the person who the user wants to return, like when Eden resurrects Captain Gideon in echo form in the season 2 finale.
In season 3, episode 2, Gideon explains to his newly created echoes, Bolton and Coffrey, that it’s not possible to kill an echo by normal means, and they feel no pain or suffering. However, it is possible to destroy echoes using the demon-killing alpha key or by forcing them to cross the threshold in the well house.
14The Ghost Key
The Ghost Key has a skull on the handle and unlocks a mysterious ghost doorway. When anyone passes through the ghost door, their spirit leaves their body, andthey become a ghost. Across all series, viewers see characters who deliberately become ghosts and those who are tricked or trapped into becoming ghosts, so it’s a key not to be taken lightly.
When users become ghosts, although they are no longer visible to humans in reality, they can freeze objects to try to communicate with them, as Sam and Bode both do when they become trapped as ghosts.
13The Plant Key
The Plant Key has a pretty, jeweled, petal-shaped handle and gives the user control over any plant. In season 1, the Lockes use the Plant Key to uncover Duncan’s hidden memories. However, many villains in the series use it for foul play.
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In episode 6 of season 2, things take a nasty turn in one of the saddest deaths of the series when Gabe kills Erin and uses the plant key to summon vines that drag her body down into the maze. In series 3, Gideon uses the Plant Key to block all exits in Keyhouse except for the front door, so they must face him.
12The Music Box Key
The Music Box Key opens an unusual music box containing a spinning, broken ballerina. When Kinsey, Tyler, and Bode first discover the key in season 1, they aren’t sure what it does until they realize the person who unlocks the box can use the key to control others when speaking their name.
The discovery of the Music Box Key leads to one of the funniest scenes in the series when Kinsey uses the key to control and embarrass Eden in the school dining hall. Gabe also gets Eden to use the key to get Scot in trouble in season 2.
11The Identity Key
The Identity Key changes a person’s identity and works when inserted into a small keyhole that opens in the user’s jaw. Dodge, as the main antagonist of series 1 and 2, frequently uses the key to change and conceal his identity to trick the Lockes. In season 1, Dodge explains to Ellie that the key only works when transforming into an imaginary person.
The Identity Key gives viewers many dramatic reveals and plot twists throughout the series, and Dodge uses it in a brilliantly conniving way on many occasions.
