Here’s a breakdown of what causes people to stop remembering Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Brand New Day:
The Cause of Memory Loss
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Doctor Strange’s Spell at the End of No Way Home — At the conclusion of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Doctor Strange cast a powerful spell that erased everyone’s knowledge of who Peter Parker is. That includes hiding his secret identity and even preventing friends like MJ and Ned from remembering him.
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The Spell’s Scope: “Everyone” but with a Mysterious Exception — While the spell is meant to affect everyone, Tom Holland has teased that there’s one person who still remembers Peter Parker’s identity. The movie keeps this character’s identity a mystery.
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What People Do Remember — Despite not remembering who he is, people still remember Spider-Man as a hero: they retain memories of his presence, actions, and interactions—they just don’t connect them to Peter Parker.
If you want, I can also recap how that memory loss plays out emotionally for Peter, MJ, and Ned in the film.
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