Spider-Man: No Way Home — Review Thread

Definitely the biggest plot hole, no matter how you try to spin it, so it will be interesting to see what direction they take it. That was my first thought to make it work. That everyone simply forgets him. Nothing more. So he would still have a social security number, a birth certificate, etc. His school activities, yearbook listings, photos, information and all that would all still exist. Just no one would remember him or remember having included him in anything.

But then, as said, you have issues where people are going to see him in photographs and videos and wonder who he is and why they don't remember him. While this would make for an interesting continuation on the story in the future, the bigger problem I feel like is that there is also a video out there probably widespread across the internet, with Mysterio revealing his identity. Now I could say that maybe that's also fine. He would have to deal with everyone finding out who he is again, but at least the universe isn't ripping apart. Just the ending with J. Jonah Jameson not knowing who he is doesn't make much sense in that case.

So then you have the alternative. The said Back to the Future-esque ending where reality as we know it was also altered beyond simply people's memory of Peter, which as Dracula pointed out, was the original intent. Of course, you do have the issue with Peter now not existing in any form whatsoever. No records, no identification, etc. This still probably becomes the easier of the two options, though.

Remember, the world forgets Peter Parker, not Spider-Man. So Spider-Man should still have connections with the Avengers, SHIELD, and members within. They might not know who he actually is (which could very easily and quickly change if he wanted it to), but they still work with and have worked with him. Thus all he would need to do is get in touch with one of them and get them to create any records and information he needs and injected into any system. For that matter, even though I'd be totally surprised if they did this, he could also just visit Doctor Strange at some point and simply explain what happened. Maybe Strange could conjure up some spell that would allow at least him and anyone of importance to regain their memory. But then does that also include Peter's friends' memories as well? They could possibly do that, but it would be quite the massive copout.