The much-anticipated second Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer has finally dropped - and here are all the major story reveals and Easter eggs. Excitement is building to a crescendo for Spider-Man: No Way Home, with the internet abuzz with anticipation for the second trailer. When it finally released, though, the trailer proved to be an unusual one; as action-packed as it may be, much of the attention is focused on what it didn't show.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is a multiversal adventure in which Peter Parker attempts to get Doctor Strange to rewrite history - and it all goes badly wrong, bringing classic villains from other film franchises into the MCU. There have been constant reports that it will also feature the return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, playing their iterations of Spider-Man alongside Tom Holland; it had generally been assumed Sony would choose to avoid confirming their presence until Spider-Man: No Way Home's second trailer. In the end, though, Garfield and Maguire are entirely absent, with the focus remaining on Holland's MCU Spider-Man.
Still, that's not to say the trailer was disappointing; it's full of reveals, confirming the main story beats of Spider-Man: No Way Home and setting up a truly spectacular third act. Here are all the main reveals, and their implications from the second Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer.
16. Why Peter Parker Doesn't Want MJ To Forget
The relationship between Peter Parker and MJ lies at the emotional heart of Spider-Man: No Way Home's trailer, with Peter itting she is the only thing in his life that makes him feel normal. Spider-Man feels the conflict between his two personas after his secret identity was revealed to the world, and it's handled in such a traditional Spider-Man way, with the wall-crawler desperately wishing he could have an ordinary life but unable to give up the responsibility of being Spider-Man. This further explains why Spider-Man panics when he realizes Doctor Strange's spell will erase everybody's memories of who he is - as much as he wants to regain his privacy, he also doesn't want to lose what he has with MJ.
15. No Way Home Explains Why Spider-Man Villains Enter The MCU
There's another stunning shot of the moment Doctor Strange performs the spell to erase Spider-Man's secret identity, one botched by Peter Parker's chatter. This time, though, the VFX shot is accompanied by dialogue that explains why villains from other Spider-Man films enter the MCU; it seems this universe has begun getting "visitors" from other dimensions, enemies of Spider-Man who make their way through to this dimension. This parallels with Venom: Let There Be Carnage's post-credits scene, suggesting all the bad guys have simply been pulled through and are reeling from their experience.
14. Marvel its Spider-Man Villains' Names Sound Dumb
The Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer rushes through shots of the wall-crawler fighting various villains, before focusing in on a conversation between Spider-Man, his friends, and Doctor Octopus. Alfred Molina's Doctor Octopus appears to be the most important multiversal villain in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the conversation between Doctor Octopus and Peter Parker will likely be key in establishing a connection of some sort between them. It helps that, as a scientific genius, he's probably the only one of the bad guys who could even understand what's going on. The reaction to his telling the kids his name is hilarious, with Marvel finally acknowledging some of their characters' names sound dumb.
13. Spider-Man's No Way Home Mission: Catch The Villains
Doctor Strange considers Spider-Man responsible for the spell going wrong, and thus he's given Spider-Man a mission; to scour the world looking for the villains who've slipped through the cracks. Presumably Doctor Strange is the one who gives Spider-Man his new costume, and the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer shows the wall-crawler summoning a mystic effect around his glove. There have been consistent rumors that Spider-Man will use his suit's magic to transport villains into a mystical prison, and those are apparently confirmed; the mysterious "box" seen in previous trailers must be the prison.
12. MJ Won't Back Down - Even To Doctor Strange
One of the most delightful shots in the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer sees MJ stand up to Doctor Strange, pointing out everything that's going on is really his fault - he's the one who performed a botched spell in front of a chatty teenager, after all. In truth, she's absolutely right to hold Doctor Strange responsible, given the magic he was using was dangerous and he was even warned not to perform it by his more experienced colleague Wong. Doctor Strange is hardly showing the character of a Sorcerer Supreme.
11. J. Jonah Jameson Returns In No Way Home
J.K. Simmons' J. Jonah Jameson is one of the returning Spider-Man villains in Spider-Man: No Way Home, as seen in a shot where he stares up into an effect-filled sky. Simmons made an unexpected return to the franchise in Spider-Man: Far From Home, when his Daily Bugle website got the scoop on Spider-Man's secret identity. Hopefully the shot of Jameson in the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer means the MCU version will be developed as a character, perhaps with Spider-Man confronting him at one point about having ruined his life.
10. Spider-Man's Villains Are Destined To Die
In a shocking twist, Doctor Strange reveals every one of the villains Spider-Man has captured is destined to die fighting different versions of him in their own timeline. The MCU's Spider-Man is very different to the other heroes in his universe; he was reluctant to even throw punches in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and was shocked at Mysterio's death in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Now, he must consciously choose to allow enemies to die - an ethical decision that cuts to the very core of his character. Thematically, it's perfectly in tune with the Spider-Man mythology.
9. Spider-Man & Doctor Strange's Relationship Breaks Down In No Way Home
It had always been clear the relationship between Spider-Man and Doctor Strange would break down in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and it seems the ethical debate over allowing the villains to die is the catalyst of it. Doctor Strange is willing to allow these villains to return to their fate in other universes, but Spider-Man cannot accept that. Again, this is perfectly in line with the characters in the comics themselves, where Spider-Man has even gone so far as to swear an oath that nobody dies while he's around.
8. Doctor Octopus' Tentacles Get An Iron Man Upgrade
The Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer confirms Doctor Octopus gives his arms an upgrade. The color of the new pieces suggests Doc Ock's tentacles are derived from Stark technology, which is probably easier to obtain after Tony Stark's death - though the trailer also suggests he takes the nanotech from Peter's own suit. That's actually quite an amusing Easter egg, because Sam Raimi's original script for Spider-Man 2 was going to refer to Doctor Octopus' arms being Stark technology rather than his own design. It will be interesting to see what Doctor Octopus' upgraded arms are capable of - they may well have additional capabilities.
7. Spider-Man's Villains Are Destabilizing The Universe
The Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer confirms the scale of the problem, though, with Doctor Strange suggesting the presence of beings from other universes is destabilizing the multiverse itself. There's been no prior hint of this in the MCU's multiverse - variants have been hopping around the timelines since Avengers: Endgame, and the main MCU timeline already has an alternate-dimension version of Gamora living in it - but it's likely a critical mass is being reached. If this is the case, every time another Spider-Man villain jumps into the MCU, the universe becomes a little more unstable.
