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What are you hiding, Peter? Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the craziest and most interesting conspiracy theories about the Spider-Man films, each backed by at least a little bit of evidence or reasoning. Hello. Also, you want to pop the question tonight, huh? Number 10, some shady manipulation happens with the spell in No Way Home. Because you forgot I now have higher duties. Higher duties? The Sorcerer Supreme has higher duties. Yes. Wait, I thought you were the Sorcerer Supreme. No, he got it on a technicality cuz I blipped for 5 years. Oh, well, congratulations.
There's something off about Doctor Strange's behavior in No Way Home. At times, he feels distant and potentially even secretive. Strange even gets into a fight with Spider-Man and at multiple moments displays a sense of self-righteousness. During his spell to make everyone forget Peter Parker, Peter interrupts multiple times, seemingly causing the spell to go wrong. Did it work? No. You changed my spell six times. Five times. You changed my spell. You don't do that. I told you, and that is why Strange himself suggests that's what happened, but his odd behavior and arrogance leading up to it, including his ignoring Wong's warning, leaves the door open for
the possibility that everything actually went as Strange intended. Perhaps this is Strange tampering with the spell as an act of rebellion against Wong, the new Sorcerer Supreme, or crazier, that is not Doctor Strange but someone in disguise. I'm not giving you the blood. Give me that back. Number nine, the ending of Spider-Man 2 takes place after No Way Home. That's nonsense. Spider-Man was trying to stop my fusion reactor. So, I stopped him. I had him by the throat. 17 years after Spider-Man 2, Doctor Octopus was back on the big screen in the Spider-Verse. At the end of the 2004 movie, he sacrifices
himself, saving Tobey Maguire's Peter and the city. It's self-sustaining now. Think and listen. But, what if the much newer movie actually takes place before the older one's ending, at least for Octavius? In No Way Home, Octavius seemingly implies the moment he was pulled into this reality was during the climactic fight in Spider-Man 2, shortly before his sacrificial death. The MCU's Peter then essentially removes the evil from Octavius, and Auto helps the good guys before returning to his home universe. Logically, he could return to the very moment he vanished. This theory would explain his change of heart and sacrifice in Spider-Man 2.
The palm of your hand. Peter? Always good to see you, dear boy. It's good to see you. You're all grown up. How are you? Number eight, Peter Parker is a clone. You're the spider-ling. Crime-fighting spider. You're spider-boy. I'm Spider-Man. Not in that onesie, you're not. It's not a onesie. We know there are Spider-Men in countless universes, and that Marvel film plot lines are often adapted from comic book plot lines. However, the controversial clone saga from the mid-90s has not been tackled on the big screen. With that storyline about there
being clones of Peter Parker out there, there has been fan speculation that someday it could be addressed in a film. Parker. He's headed to Oscorp, and your daughter's there right now. Tom Holland even suggested he would be down for that. And knowing that storyline exists in the comic books, it is possible that at least one of the three main big screen Peter Parkers is actually a clone rather than the original. After all, we know the films consist of shady experiments, powerful corporations, and identity twists.
Number seven, the Symbiote hive mind can sense Spider-Man across the multiverse. Are you hiding stuff from me? Eight billion light-years of hive knowledge across universes would explode your tiny little brain. What does that even mean? The post-credit scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage dives into the idea that the Symbiote has expansive knowledge across universes, and that it could very well be hiding things. We also know the Symbiote hive mind connects Symbiotes to each other and their hosts. Don't hurt me. Just give me a chance. What about my uncle? Did you give him a chance?
Did you? So, if we take those two concepts, we can extrapolate it into a theory that would really alter the way we view the Spider-Verse, which is that the Symbiote hive mind can sense and track Spider-Man across the multiverse. This would mean that not only is the connection between Symbiotes much deeper than we thought, but the connection between each universe's Spider-Man would be deeper as well. Let's go skinny dipping. I don't think we should skinny dip.
Sir, you have to pay the bill. What is happening? NO. NO, WE JUST GOT HERE. NO, NO, THAT'S OKAY. And there he goes. Y'all paying the bill, no tips, nothing. Number six, Mysterio doesn't actually die at the end of Far From Home. You told me you wanted to run after that girl. Help me. MJ. Peter, what's going on? I know this isn't real. Do you though? MJ. We know Mysterio is a master manipulator and illusionist. So, even after his apparent death in Far From Home, it's worth questioning whether he's actually
dead. Maybe he's not. How could this be? Especially with Edith implying this is not an illusion. Is this real? All illusions are down, Peter. Well, there are a few things that potentially keep the door cracked open. One, knowing his trickiness and ability to imitate voices, it is possible that Mysterio has audio of Edith's voice. Two, when Peter asks for confirmation, Edith's glasses don't light up like they typically do. And three, Mysterio uses an illusion of himself dying once in the scene, so why not twice? Plus, earlier we see an illusion depicting many Mysterios. This would be an elaborate scheme, but not out of character.
Deep down, you know I'm right. Number five, J. Jonah Jameson knows Peter Parker Spider-Man from the start. Who is Spider-Man? He's a criminal, that's who is. A vigilante, a public menace. What's he doing on my front page? Breaking news, Peter Parker is Spider-Man. But, what if it's not breaking news for J. Jonah Jameson, publisher of the Daily Bugle? More crap. Mega crap. I'll give you 200 bucks for all of them. That seems a little low. What if he's known this truth all along? Peter has been working for him and taking suspiciously good photos of Spider-Man, as shown in the first film. Part of this
theory is a sign of respect to Jameson because it insinuates he's journalistically aware and intelligent enough to recognize what's right under his nose. Jameson's smear campaign against Spider-Man could be to fully engage Peter and get him optimally involved to help create new great content. Jameson might not be stopping there, either. Spidey photos from other publications make us wonder if he could be selling Peter's photos for profit. Not impossible. It's a fake. Empire State Photographic Department confirms it. Pack your things. Get out of my building. I was JUST TRYING YOU'RE FIRED!
Number four, Wong still remembers Peter Parker after the spell in No Way Home. Come on, Wong. Hasn't he been through enough? Just leave me out of this. Fine. Doctor Strange's spell in No Way Home is supposed to make everyone in the world forget Peter Parker is Spider-Man. In the end, the world forgets Peter, period. Although, there is a possibility Nick Fury remembers him, given that he was likely not on Earth at the time. Everybody back to work! But, here's our main memory-related theory to chew on. Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme, is excluded from the spell and thus remembers Peter's identity.
Strange tries to convince Wong that they should conduct the spell, but Wong is not on board and tells Strange to leave him out of it. So, maybe Strange then literally leaves him out of it. After all, Wong holds higher authority and there's a slyness to Strange's response. Magic loopholes are fascinating, aren't they? There anything else? Number three, Iron Man created the spider that turned Peter into Spider-Man. Yeah, that's true. No, no, no, please, please, please, Mr. Stark. You don't understand. The thing is this is all I have. I'm nothing without this suit. If you're nothing without this suit, then you shouldn't have it, okay?
God, you sound like my dad. We know about Stark Industries' immense technological capabilities and Tony Stark's influence on Spider-Man's journey. But, what if he hasn't just taken Peter under his wing, but intentionally put him in this position to start? If you think about it, we never see the origin story of Tom Holland's Spider-Man on screen. That leaves the door open for a twist. Both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield spider bites occur in labs at Columbia University and Oscorp respectively. Thanks. Stark Labs fits the bill. Perhaps Tony scouted out this kid knowing he had what it took. This would recontextualize their relationship. Another origin conspiracy theory would be that a government experiment was behind this.
But, the Iron Man theory, while still unlikely, earns the spot on our list. Number two, MJ has a familial connection to a major villain or hero. She's very observant and intelligent. MJ comes across as someone who would be the first to recognize a major secret hiding in plain sight. Perhaps, for example, that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. What are you hiding, Peter? I'm just kidding. I don't care. Bye. It even seems possible she's known Peter's identity as Spider-Man for longer than she lets on, maybe even in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Oh, no.
My friends are up there. What? Uh don't worry, ma'am. Everything's going to be okay. Excuse me. Another theory poses the idea that MJ is a spy, which would explain why she seems so much more aware of Peter's secret ventures than others. But, our main conspiracy theory here, which would potentially be connected to those other ideas, is that MJ herself has a huge secret, that she is related to a major villain or hero in the MCU. How game-changing would that be? MJ, I'm Spider-Man. What? I knew that's what you were going to say, that you're Spider-Man. No. I'm not Spider-Man. I mean, I've been watching you for like a while now. It's kind of obvious.
I'm not Spider-Man. I mean, what would make you think that I was Spider-Man? Before we continue, check out the single from Sound Mojo's album Current, EDM Transformed. Check out the full track and album below. Number one. Bruce Campbell's cameos in Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy show Mysterio has been spying. What's your name, kid? The Human Spider. That's it. That's the best you got? Yeah. Well, that sucks. With Bruce Campbell's cameos in all three Raimi films, first as a wrestling ring announcer, then an usher, and finally a maître d', we wonder if something deeper is going on. There were some rumors at one point that he was going to play Mysterio. Given what transpires with Jake Gyllenhaal's
Mysterio in Far From Home, it doesn't seem that far-fetched to think the villain could have been keeping an eye on Spider-Man before, including ones in other universes. It's insane. Sorry. It's really cool. Don't ever apologize for being the smartest one in the room. Take for example Tobey Maguire's Spidey. One potentially game-changing theory is that Bruce Campbell's cameos actually portray either a spy for Mysterio or multiversal versions of Mysterio himself. That would be wild, that's for sure. Name, please? Parker, Peter. Ah, here we are.
Table for two. Becker. Parker. That is what I said. Becker. What mind-blowing Spider-Man theory are you on board with? Let us know in the comments.
