Heartwarming / Spider-Man: No Way Home

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"I promise I'll fix this."

"Can we rewind it back to the 'I'm lame' part? ...'Cause you are NOT. You're amazing. You are AMAZING."

— Peter 2 to Peter 3

Spider-Man: No Way Home is definitely darker than the previous films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but one thing remains crystal clear: the friendly neighbourhood web-slinger is still a bringer of hope.

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Trailers

• The beginning of the teaser shows Peter and MJ happily chatting on a rooftop, with the former wishing they could stay there a little longer due to Spider-Man's publicity. And another scene also shows Peter's classmates escorting Peter to the school's entrance, while the media swarms them. In that moment, Peter and MJ are holding hands. This shows just how much the two value each other, even when the world seems to close in around them. Ned is also there, as it doesn't matter if the world is crashing down. He's Peter's friend no matter what.
• Peter and MJ are face timing each other and he tells her he never wanted to lie to her. This shows that Peter's relationship with MJ is extremely important to him and is shocked and sad when he realizes MJ might forget every moment from their relationship, in fear of losing her. The trailer alone shows how much Peter cares for MJ.
• Strange is not only 100% certain about Peter's innocence in the drone attacks but is also willing to go through with a nigh-forbidden spell to undo Mysterio's unmasking of him. It goes to show how even with all of their losses, the superhero community hasn't lost its sense of camaraderie. On the subject of camaraderie, there's also the fact that he warmly welcomes Peter into the Sanctum, assuring Peter that because they saved half of the universe together, they don't have to stand on formality. When Peter awkwardly takes this as an invitation to be on a first-name basis with the good doctor, Strange decides to just roll with it. Compare this to when he invited Thor into the Sanctum in Thor: Ragnarok. Rather than magically bring Peter into the Sanctum and repeatedly manipulate the situation as he did with Thor, he lets Peter in through the front door. This shows that he is more trusting of Peter than he is of Thor, with good reason because he has fought together with Peter in Infinity War. Not only once, but potentially millions of times.
• Peter's line from the teaser, "This isn't about me. This is hurting a lot of people," with footage of Aunt May and Ned, showing his concern for others as well as himself.
• The fact that Ned remains by Peter's side at all times despite all the crazy stuff that's happening, trouble with the police, and becoming a social pariah as a result. It goes to show how strong their friendship is; through thick and thin, Ned will always be Peter's "guy in the chair".
• In a twisted sense, Peter's motivation for coming into temporary conflict with Doctor Strange: he wants to save the villains from dying at the hands of his alternate counterparts.

Film

• Coupled with awesome. The fact that Matt Murdock acts as Peter's lawyer to get his charges dropped showcases that Matt believes in his client's innocence. The fact he protected Peter and his Aunt May from a brick thrown through their window by a Mysterio supporter further solidifies that point.
  • Fridge Brilliance kicks in when you remember that Matt is a Living Lie Detector. No doubt he questioned Peter at some point and when Peter affirmed his innocence, Matt sensed his client was telling nothing but the truth!
  • This entire scene is heartwarming if one has watched Daredevil (2015) beforehand. After suffering due to Fisk's slander, his temporary crisis of faith and recent losses in the third and final season, it's sweet to see him doing what he does best by day: proving a teenager's innocence.
  • Although Peter himself doesn't know it, Matt knows exactly what it's like to suit up in order to try and help others, only for that to blow up in your face and to be denounced by the public.
• Although Ned's Moment Killer interruption of Peter and MJ's rooftop conversation is Played for Laughs, the couple never treat him like a Third Wheel and include him in all of their plans for the future, even sharing his excitement at the prospect of the three of them living together in college. Peter and Ned knew each other first, of course, and MJ is more than happy to accept Peter’s quasi-brother as her own family as well now that she’s dating Peter.
• While all three of them are saddened by their rejection from MIT, MJ and Ned declare that it'll be okay and they'd stick by Peter's side through thick and thin, even if it means being rejected by their favorite school.
  MJ: You know what? I wouldn’t change a thing.
  • While Peter is touched by their sentiments, he feels even worse about how unfair they have to suffer through his consequences and immediately turns to Doctor Strange for help.
  • Despite his obnoxious attitude towards them, Flash seems genuinely disappointed that Peter, MJ and Ned didn't get into MIT, and seemingly sincerely apologises.
• Peter's reunion with Strange in the Sanctum.
  • Strange is quickly moved when Peter makes it clear he wants to save the futures and lives of his loved ones more than for himself. Though sympathetic, he at first gently turns down Peter's request to use the Time Stone to undo Mysterio revealing his identity since he doesn't have it anymore. When Peter begins to apologize for wasting his time, Strange quickly assures him he wasn't.
  • When Wong gives him an idea, Strange pitches using the spell to erase people’s memory. Wong is resistant due to how dangerous it is until Strange insists Peter has been through enough. Wong immediately loses his bluster, clearly moved despite having just been trash-talking Strange a second ago for not caring about others. He ultimately agrees to let it happen while he looks the other way.
  • Strange allowing Peter to call him "Stephen." For a guy who used to be the poster child for "arrogant jerk at the top of his field," it really shows his humility.
  • When the spell is botched and Strange has lost his patience and temper with Peter, he still takes the time to apologize to Peter for MIT rejecting him, MJ, and Ned, sounding genuinely sympathetic. Even though they seemingly just averted a disaster, Strange knows that Peter and his friends are back to square one with their futures being stymied by something beyond their control. The moment gets ruined when Peter reveals he didn’t call to try to change MIT’s mind, but still.
• Though it results in more pain and heartbreak, Peter is committed to saving the inter-dimensional villains and preventing their deaths, even defying Strange to do so. With the help of his fellow Spider-Men, he's eventually able to cure all of the enemies before sending them back where they came from.
  • In a surprising twist, Peter is not being used or manipulated by the villains while he tries to help them to escape. Though some of them are less trusting of him to start with, most of the villains sincerely want to change for the better and avoid their original fates. This is especially the case with Norman, making it all the more tragic when the Goblin takes back control.
  • It's particularly heartwarming given that, with everything he went through at the hands of Mysterio, he would have every reason to be cynical and distrusting. But Aunt May needs very little effort to convince him to help them. Peter truly is a good person.
• When Peter and Aunt May arrive at Happy's condo they discover that Happy has Dum-E, Tony Stark's old robotic arm, in his dining room. Dum-E even waves to them when they enter.
• As Peter runs along the freeway that will get him to the MIT administrator, a kid from another car notices and waves to him. Peter waves back, showing how he's a Friend to All Children.
• The MIT administrator subverting Ungrateful Bastard after being saved by Peter on the bridge by insisting that she will give another chance for the applications of him, Ned, and MJ. Even after Peter reminds her that he only asked her to help Ned and MJ, she doesn't go back on her word to include him as well.
  • The way she says with a sense of realization "...You're a hero!" after Peter saves her is also notable, as it proves that Jameson and the rest of the world's condemnations of his alter-ego aren't as bleak as Peter thinks. By just doing what he's always been doing, sticking his neck out and saving everyone he can, Spider-Man can still easily sway people and prove himself the hero that he truly is.
• Sandman's first scene has him helping Peter when Electro attacks him. He believed it was his universe's Peter, but it shows he was grateful to him after his redemption at the end of Spider-Man 3.
• Mr. Harrington and Mr. Dell doing their best to welcome and support Peter, telling him that if he wants, he can even swing and crawl through the halls.
• Back in his home universe, Max Dillon is an outcast who is often bullied and forgotten by his co-workers which resulted in him becoming a supervillain once he got his powers. It turns out there is one co-worker who knew of him, Curtis Connors, despite being in his Lizard form, still talks in a polite tone and recognized Dillon despite his new looks.
  • It's also worth noting that up to that point, Dillon was the only person Connors actually spoke to, ignoring or flat-out roaring at everyone else.
• Though it happens to obviously be a part of his twisted scheme to manipulate the other villains and ruin Peter's plans to redeem them, the Green Goblin tells Max that their powers are gifts, not curses and essentially gives him the validation that he always wanted. Unfortunately, of course, this gets Max to perform a Redemption Rejection and to steal the arc reactor.
• For most of the film, Doc Ock is the most reluctant to go along with Peter's plan, to the point where he has to be tied up with his own tentacles just to be there. When Peter and Norman fix the inhibitor chip, putting Otto back in control of his own mind, the look of sheer relief that he shows is a well-earned sight after all the pain he suffered in his first appearance.
  • After Peter finishes the chip, an impressed Norman tells him that he'd love to have Peter come work for him if he'd be willing to commute between universes.
  • The fact that Norman genuinely wants to help Otto return to normal indicates that the two scientists had a genuine companionship in the past, which is especially nice to see given how self-absorbed the former was in his first appearance. Norman even tries to comfort Otto as they're putting the new inhibitor chip on him, and he shows visible happiness and relief once Otto's mind is restored, clearly happy that his friend is back. On the flip side, Otto shows the same support for Norman, excitedly asking his friend how it feels for him knowing he will become whole again with no darker half. Norman turns to give him a smile and Otto smiles back to him, warmly. When Goblin full resurfaces, Otto is visibly concerned and upset. He calls out to Norman but is told by Goblin that Norman is gone. When Goblin gives his speech about their powers being gifts, Otto again calls out to his friend, but to no avail.
  • The red and gold Integrated Suit that Peter wears in the climax is actually a gift given to him by Otto, made from the same nanotech that the tentacles absorbed from Peter's suit during their fight on the bridge. In fact, the first thing Otto does once in control again is return the nanobots. He even mentions how grateful he is, calling Peter "dear boy" and offering to help cure the others.
  • Though it’s a very tense moment, when Peter’s Spider-Sense goes off before the Green Goblin is revealed, Otto can be seen looking at Peter with concern and asking him what’s wrong.
  • Doc Ock turning up in the final battle to help the three Spider-Men. His "Leave them. They're mine" boast to Max was a bluff to get close enough to slap the energy drainer on him, sure, but looking at it another way almost makes it come across as a Declaration of Protection.
• May looks quite proud when she witnesses Peter cure Doc Ock and the man thanks him.
  May: This is what we do. We help people.
• A small moment, but when Ned and MJ are watching the news of May's death, Ned's Lola gives him a hug to comfort him.
• Peter 2 revealing that he's been trying to find Peter 1 ever since he arrived in this universe, adding that he has this feeling that Peter 1 needs his help, and Peter 3 adds, "Our help." They know something bad has happened and they know Peter 1 needs their help now more than ever.
• As they're waiting for the villains to arrive at the Statue of Liberty, Peter 3 takes a moment to tell the others how happy he is to know them as he always wanted to have brothers. After they work out how to function as a team he outright tells the other Peters that he loves them. This was apparently ad-libbed, coming from a place of genuine admiration and love for both the character of Spider-Man and towards the other two actors.
  • Before the final battle, Peter 2 tells Peter 3 to stop being so down on himself and repeatedly calls him "amazing". It's a clear and obvious nod to how, even though his movies weren't the best-received films in the world, there are fans who do love them, and Andrew Garfield was and is a more than worthy Spider-Man. If you're a fan of those films, it's enormously gratifying to hear him validated like that.
    • A nice touch is that Peter 3 initially tries to brush off the praise and Peter 2 is not having it, repeating the affirmations until Peter 3 agrees with him. He's not satisfied until Peter 3 takes it to heart that he truly is amazing and it's not just empty words.
  • Before the More Fun Stuff version of the movie opens, both Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland tell Andrew Garfield that they love him in unison as a Call-Back to the earlier scene.
• Both the non-MCU Spider-Men get the chance to make up for some of the biggest mistakes they've had over their long careers: Peter 3 manages to save MJ's life as a way of making it up for Gwen's death, while Peter 2 manages to cure Norman Osborn of the poisonous Green Goblin personality for good without once entertaining the thought of needing or wanting to kill him.
  • After Andrew's Spidey saves MJ and makes sure she's okay, he begins crying Manly Tears due to a combination of his relief, the guilt of Gwen's death finally being lifted, and having to relive that moment again. Seeing that he's under such emotional distress, MJ has to make sure he's okay.
• Even though it's Played for Laughs, Ned's response to discovering Peter 2's turbulent relationship with Harry Osborn is affirming that he would never betray his own Peter. Peter 3 gives him a pat on the shoulder and a nod, clearly appreciating the sentiment.
• During the lab scene, Peter catches MJ smiling seeing the three Peters working together, and she warmly notes "three yous". It's small, quiet, but just a clear sign of how much MJ loves Peter that she's happy that there is more of him out there.
  • Later, she stops to check in on her Peter, softly asking if he's okay. When Peter apologizes for putting her in danger, MJ refuses, swearing to him that she will stay with him to the end. And they share a Headbutt of Love to take a breather. It's a far cry from how in her first appearance, she snarked that she didn't care about Peter (hiding her then-secret crush on him).
  • With how Peter-Two assures Peter-Three that he may still find his MJ, and this film confirming that Michelle is the MCU variant of the classic character, this scene solidifies that MCU MJ is in it for the long haul with her Peter in regards to their relationship. This is also after she learns that in another universe, she is destined to die if the death of Peter-Three's Gwen is any indication. But she still goes to her Peter to assure her she’s made her choice.
• During the final battle when Ned is trying to close the portal he conjured he's just not getting it to close. Despite the stress of the situation, MJ never loses her patience with him and reassures him repeatedly that he'll be okay and he can take as many tries as he needs.
• There's something so heart-warming and sweet about Webb-verse interrupting the other Peters from initiating their group plan just to tell them that they love them, all the while being awe-struck:
  Peter 3: I love you guys!
• After most of the villains have been cured, Andrew's Peter finds the now-depowered Max Dillon and assures him that he isn't a "nobody" and that he had always considered him a friend. It isn't just words, either; while talking with his counterparts, he mentions how he remembered Max as "the sweetest guy ever" before he gained his powers, and he even tells Max "I missed you, man!" when the fight starts.
  • This is even sweeter when you remember that when Peter first encountered Electro, while he remembered saving Max's life, he couldn't remember his name, and after that was cleared up, he spent almost the entire scene trying to de-escalate the situation, genuinely and sincerely trying to reach out to Max when he was confused, scared, and in pain.
• After taking the Arc Reactor from Electro, Octavius notes in amusement that it's exactly what he's been pursuing his entire life:
  Octavius: The power of the sun...
  Peter 2: ...in the palm of your hand.
  • And Octavius seems to forget all about it in favor of catching up with Peter.
• After the battle, Peter 2 approaches Doc Ock (even calling him "Otto"), and as he greets him fondly, the two commiserate, now clearly equals.
  Otto: Oh, it's good to see you, dear boy...
  Peter 2: It's good to see you.
  Otto: You're all grown up! (happily chuckles) How are you?
  Peter 2: ...Trying to do better.
  • Peter 2's response is also a heartwarming callback to their very first meeting during Spider-Man 2. Otto recognizes the callback in-universe and grins knowingly.
  • Additionally, Peter said the last line both in and out of costume. He's not just trying to do right as Peter Parker, but as Spider-Man.
  • Several nostalgic viewers have mentioned feeling that Otto's line "You're all grown up" was directed not just at Peter, but at them — the fans who watched the Raimi films in their youth and are now adults seeing the characters from their childhood return on the big screen 20 years later.
  • Peter's slightly awed expression is the exact same as when he first met Otto in Spider-Man 2; for that one moment, he's a kid again, talking to his idol. Michael Giacchino's score for the scene notably reincorporates Danny Elfman's "Responsibility Motif" as they talk, further hammering home the nostalgia.
  • It's doubly heartwarming if you played the PlayStation game before watching No Way Home. Here, we get an inverse of that game's plot, a good Dr. Octavius slowly destroying his relationship with Peter as he descends into evil, with a villainous Dr. Octopus being redeemed and repairing his relationship with Maguire's Peter Parker.
• On a similar note, while he doesn't get the focus that Peter Two gives to Norman and Otto, once Sandman is stabilized, that Peter stops for a second to reassure him he'll get him home back to his daughter.
• Upon Strange's return, Strange immediately begins chastising MCU Peter only for Raimi and Webb's Parkers to come to his defense.
• Strange admits to Peter-One that he is impressed with him for giving the villains a second chance.
• When the damage from the backfiring spell causes all the platforms to collapse, Otto evacuates the weakened Max from the chaos, as he was the only one who at the moment didn't have a safe way down.
• Just as Peter 1 is about to impale the Green Goblin with his own glider, Peter 2 catches it, much like he did in his own film, and shares a stern look that communicates one of the most important lessons he learned as Spider-Man: that revenge is like a poison, and if Peter 1 continues down that path, it will turn him into something ugly. And Peter 1 listens. Also, while the Goblin deserves to be destroyed, Peter 1 would also be murdering the innocent Norman Osborn in the process, something Peter 2 has regretted deeply.
• All three Spider-Men share a brotherly Group Hug when it's time for two of them to go back to their respective universes. Doubly heartwarming as it's essentially Tom Holland and the rest of the modern MCU giving very-much-due credit and thanks to the cinematic Spider-Man franchises that came before.
  Peter 1: Hey, uh, I think this is it — I think you're about to go home! But I, uh — thank you. I just wanted to tell you that, uh— that I— I really don't know how to say this, but... I want you to know that I'm...
  Peter 3: Peter.
  Peter 2: You know. It's what we do.
  Peter 1: (smiling) Yeah, it's what we do. Um, I gotta go find Ned and MJ and, uh... (hugs both Peters) Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
• Peter and MJ hold hands and he apologizes to her for taking her swinging again, knowing she hates it but cares more about her safety. For her part, MJ sucks it up, acknowledging that swinging is their only way out right now and telling Peter it's okay.
• Peter seems upset when he finds out May and Happy broke up and cares about her happiness.
• When Aunt May dies, she tries to assure Peter that she is okay, and he breaks down in tears over her dead body. Peter stays with her and is heartbroken. Even when May is clearly dying, she shows nothing but concern for her nephew and asks if he is okay, and Peter — despite knowing what is about to happen — tries to put on a casual and brave face to reassure his aunt in her last moments.
  • As Peter grieves for his dying aunt, Happy shows up and blocks the way to soldiers trying to capture Peter, giving him some time and even shouting for him to get away, putting Peter’s safety above all else.
  • At the end, it shows Peter at May's grave and Happy turns up. Although Happy doesn't know who Peter is now, they both mourn May and Peter promises he will continue as Spider-Man.
    • Just the fact that Peter got to reintroduce himself to someone who was important to him, so he has someone he could try to reintegrate with in the future if he needs. And since Happy is a professional superhero handler, Peter doesn’t need to worry about him the way he would with MJ and Ned.
• When being interrogated, Agent Cleary calls Aunt May Peter's mother, which she does not deny.
• At the very end, Peter writes a letter to MJ to try and get her to remember him and although he decides to just get a coffee, it shows that from the way they look at each other, that Peter and MJ will find their way back to each other one way or another.
  • MJ is also seen wearing the Black Dahlia necklace Peter got her in that scene (although she doesn't remember) and throughout the movie.
  • The look she gives Peter after he leaves showcases better than words that while the memory no longer exists, the spark between them is still very much alive, giving hope that they will indeed find their way back to each other again.
• When they arrive at the apartment, MJ helps Peter with his suit and seems to be in the middle of calming him down as he delivers a panicked apology.
• Although it is also played for laughs, Aunt May accidentally walks in on Peter and MJ in his room with his shirt off, thinking they are having sex. While Peter tries to assure May he and MJ were not having sex, May tells Peter he shouldn't be embarrassed by this and is willing to talk to him about it, if it means he is happy with MJ.
• Both May and MJ are excited to finally meet each other. MJ also looks excited because it is a big moment in Peter and MJ's relationship and MJ already seems comfortable with meeting Peter's mother figure.
• When Peter willingly asks Strange to wipe all memory of his existence to stop the MCU from collapsing upon itself, the wizard warmly but tearfully asks the boy to "Call me Stephen", having finally come to respect him for his courage and kindness.
  • Strange's immediate response to Peter asking to have everyone's memory of himself erased is a Little "No". Not because he's afraid of screwing things up even more, but because he fully understands the consequences of Peter's decision and cares about him to much to allow the teen to suffer more than he already has.
  • A subtle one but, when Strange points how all the people who care about him will forget who he is, he uses the pronoun “we,” indicating he counts himself in that list. Strange hesitates for about a half-second, then just owns it and keeps going.
    Strange: You've got to understand that that would mean that everyone who knows and loves you... we'd... we'd have no memory of you.
  • A sort of one that hits when you think about it: Stephen knew that Unpersoning Peter would fix the crisis, but he never went through with it until Peter was willing to make that sacrifice (and even then, he did so reluctantly), even when Peter pissed him off by starting the disaster in the first place.
• MJ hugs Peter when she and Ned enter Doctor Strange's place.
• When MJ finds out May died, she and Ned run to Peter. MJ is the first to comfort Peter and snuggles up to him. This shows alone how much MJ loves Peter and she wants to be there with him during this hard time.
• Both the non-MCU Spider-Men provide a rock of stability for their younger MCU counterpart when he vents at them for Aunt May's death, with them bringing up Gwen Stacy and Uncle Ben's deaths as a way to show that they too know exactly where he's coming from and encouraging them to live up to his aunt's desire to see their villains redeemed and cured. Peter Two even finishes the famous "great power, great responsibility" quote when Peter starts it when recalling Aunt May's last words, as both he and Peter Three remember how their respective Uncle Bens left a haunting yet ultimate positive legacy on their lives:
  Peter One: I can still hear her voice inside my head... She told me that "with great power..."
  Peter Two: "...comes great responsibility." (Glances to Peter Three, who nods with understanding)
  Peter One: (Surprised) Wha— wait, how do you know that?
  Peter Three: Uncle Ben said it—
  Peter Two: —the day he died. Maybe she didn't die for nothing, Peter.
• In the comics, Peter has always had to suffer the loss of a loved one alone, lest he give away his secret identity. He lost both Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy partly because he was Spider-Man. Here, MCU Peter is given the chance to empathize with two other versions of himself who have suffered similar losses. Even if it was for a short while, for once, Peter Parker was not alone.
  • Not only that, but MJ and Ned both run to him and put their arms around him.
• When Peter tries to get the box from MJ to send everyone back, she moves back keeping him from taking it back, wordlessly encouraging him to hear his variants out.
• Ned and MJ's horror at learning they will lose their memories of Peter, while obviously a massive tearjerker, is also incredibly heartwarming since they've both nearly died more than once that night alone, but they don't care. They love Peter and want to be there with him, no matter what. They've made their choice to stay with him, and have proven they’re even willing to lay down their lives for him.
• Towards the end of the movie, MJ, knowing that her memories of him are about to be erased, say "I love you" to Peter. Peter then says "so much", but before he can tell her he loves her, she stops him, telling him to tell her when he reminds her who he is in the new reality. Peter promises he will find her, and make everything right with her and Ned, and they share a very passionate kiss.
• Peter, despite having been erased from their memory, is happy to see that MJ and Ned are still close friends, and both have been accepted to MIT. More-so he's happy to see that MJ seems to be a much more optimistic person than she was before.
• The fact that MJ's still wearing the necklace he gave her, is proof that she still has proof of Peter's existence providing hope that she will one day regain her memories.
  • Then there's how she looks at him as he leaves, as if her heart is desperately trying to get her to remember him. Zendaya's acting here is just subtle enough to suggest that the memories weren't erased at all, just locked in the subconscious for the time being.
• At the end of the film, Peter Parker, having lost basically everything and being in quite possibly the worst position any cinematic Spider-Man has ever been in, keeps soldiering on as Spider-Man, swinging out in a homemade suit to go save the day once again.
  • His new suit, made from scratch and with none of Stark Industries' technological upgrades, bears a striking resemblance to his variants' costumes, reverting back to the simple blue and red color scheme with none of the black accents of the first Stark suit. Peter may be alone, but he was clearly inspired by his counterparts' resilience and Heroic Spirit to keep fighting for the greater good even in the face of despair. In a sense, he saved himself and can now grow into his own person.
  • Peter keeping his LEGO Emperor Palpatine figure on the desk. He may be separated from his friends, but they are never not an important part of his life.
  • Note that Jameson complains about Spider-Man's popular public opinion and Happy implies even with the new memories, Spider-Man still was the face of May's organization. While Peter may be alone and forgotten, at least as Spider-Man, his respect and reputation as a hero is once again secure and as big as it's ever been.
• Peter Two remarking that while his relationship with Mary Jane has been complicated, they have always found ways to work it out. Even more heartwarming considering that plans for the scrapped Spider-Man 4 starring Tobey Maguire originally involved Peter and Mary Jane breaking up.
  • While bittersweet, even after all they did to each other and all these years after his death, Peter Two still considers Harry Osborn to be his best friend.
• Peter Three popping Peter Two's back, mentioning he gets the pain there too.
• Throughout the film, Peter 3 has this open, completely honest enthusiasm and awe about things, from learning theoretical physics are just physics to having two other Spider-people to bond with, that'll just bring a smile to an audience members face, especially considering how deep his issues still run. And though this openness does kind of weird out the other two, they don't rebuff him and it's clear they love it too.
• The teamwork and acceptance of each other the three Peters have. There's barely any Let's You and Him Fight and there's no recriminations when their first foray at the Statue of Liberty doesn't go to plan; they regroup, focus and agree on a new plan, with the older two even agreeing with Tom's impulsively appointing himself leader due to his experience with the Avengers (even though neither of his counterparts have even heard of the Avengers before he brought it up).
  • Mixed with humour, it's adorable to see how excited for Peter 1 that Peter 3 is when he thinks the Avengers are a band that his younger counterpart is in. And before that, Peter 2 is very excited to hear Peter 1 was part of the Avengers, despite having no idea what it is. Wholesome big brother energy abounds.
  • Blink and you'll miss it, but Peters 2 and 3 briefly flash the "victory" hand gesture at each other before blinking out of reality.
  • It's also sweet because usually, when different versions of the same person appear (thanks to time travel or crossing universes) in the same movie/show, there's usually a certain amount of distrust or conflict at first. Here? All three of them care deeply for each other right off the bat.
• It's rather sweet when all the supervillains are put together some don't talk about world domination but just shoot the breeze. Case in point is Flint and Max talking about how they got their powers which both involve falling accidents. Max has been mostly bitter about his time in the MCU universe but he is genuinely sympathetic towards Flint talking about how one accident changes things.
  • Norman and Otto especially (once he's back in control of himself) are quite sincere in wanting to help the others and Peter.
  • Otto's situation is a bit tricky at first, since he tells the precise moment when he was extracted from: when he had his Peter by the throat, seconds before he would've remembered his mission and fought them off anyway, only to sacrifice himself to stop his fusion reactor. He'll be sent right back to that moment to virtually no difference— except Otto is sent back with something extra: the Arc Reactor from the Fabricator. With this, he'll be able to stop the fusion reactor without losing his life. Otto is given full control of his tentacles again, and the Arc Reactor represents exactly what he dreamed of: clean and safe energy for the world.
  • The Sandman, apparently taken from much later when he has lost the ability to assume his former human appearance, is finally cured and returned to simply Flint Marko. What's even better is in that exact moment, Danny Elfman's "Responsibility" theme is reprised as Peter 2 watches him change back to human form.
    Peter 2: It's okay, Flint. We're gonna get you home.
  • Dr. Connors is cured as he was in his film, but possibly before the Lizard killed Captain Stacy, preventing both that guilt and the tragic chain of events it caused.
  • Max Dillon is cured of his Electro powers, albeit with quite a makeover, and given a new chance (and a much-needed pep-talk by his universe's Spider-Man).
  • While the two alternate Spider-Men will still return to their timelines (and in Peter 3's case, a timeline where Gwen Stacy is still dead), they have closure to their greatest failures, bringing them some peace.
  • Plus the fact that the Spider-Men take their time chilling with the now reformed villains and catch up to speed with them, even calling them by name. In fact, the only time the villains' aliases are used are when they're referring to each other (and a brief moment when Peter 2 refers to Connors as "the lizard guy"). The Spider-Men only ever call them by name, highlighting how they've always seen their foes as just people first and foremost.
• Blink and you'll miss it, but when the villains first enter Happy's condo, Sandman stops to admire a photo of Morgan Stark, as he's reminded of his own daughter.
• All of Peter and MJ's late-night video conversation, but especially the bit where he lists the reasons that he loves her. It would be heartwarming enough as it is, but what really sells it is how gently teases her about how she's an optimistic, sports-loving people person. They're both so comfortable with the other, and it really shows.
• When asking Ned if he opened a portal and Ned confirms it, Strange seems genuinely impressed. Doubly so when you recall how Ned was trying to explain how magic runs in the family to Strange earlier in the movie but was brushed off implying he's not only impressed with Ned's magic but may even tutor him down the road.
• When going over everything the bartender told him about the universe he's in currently, Eddie Brock first recaps with "a billionaire with a tin suit that can fly". The bartender responds by crossing himself out of respect for Tony's sacrifice.
• Sandman is taken from a point after making peace with his Peter Parker, but wants to get home to his daughter, heavily implying that Penny Marko did in fact survive her illness.
• The set-up was there for Ned to grow resentful and estranged from Peter, since Peter's paying more attention to his relationship with MJ and the issues about his identity being revealed, which are harming Ned as well. But it doesn't happen. Ned sticks with Peter through everything, never feels Peter is taking him for granted, and the two remain friends up until Peter's ultimate sacrifice for the safety of the world. That's a rare kind of true friendship. Their final tearful goodbye to each other is as bittersweet as Peter and MJ's.
• When Peter grabs the cube from Doctor Strange, MJ tells him to run and then dramatically throws her arms wide and stands blocking the stairway to protect him as long as possible as he goes.

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"Yeah, I'm okay... Are YOU okay?"