The theory claims the spell explicitly needs this consent and presence to work, which is why Doctor Strange could not simply make everyone forget about Mysterio, as Mysterio was not alive to give his consent to being erased from everyone's minds.
Why does Doctor Strange still remember Spider-Man?
Doctor Strange Only Forgot Peter Parker
He knows Spider-Man exists and is an Avenger, but his memory of how the multiverse breach in the movie was initiated no longer involves Peter's identity being public knowledge or any effort on either of their parts to magically reverse that.
I'd say Mysterio is dead and to bring him back would only work if it were the dude William Ginter Riva making the illusion that Quinten Beck is still alive. I agree with the above sentiments about it better to not bring Mysterio back for this just to add to the villain list.
After a few emotional goodbyes, Doctor Strange performs the spell and wipes all memories of Peter Parker from the main MCU universe. Spider-Man: No Way Home's ending shows Peter starting his new life where no one knows he is, including his girlfriend, Michelle Jones-Watson, and best friend, Ned Leeds.
This could just be due to the stressful situation that the plot of the movie posed for the two heroes, of course, but one theory suggests that this Doctor Strange might not in fact be the Stephen Strange that audiences are familiar with at all — instead, he's actually a more sinister Doctor Strange from Multiverse of ...
Spider-Man No Way Home MEMORY WIPE Finally Explained!
Did Multiverse of Madness happen because of No Way Home?
So, when Doctor Strange's spell to erase Peter Parker's secret identity from public knowledge went wrong, he was able to inadvertently summon beings from other realities into his own during Spider-Man: No Way Home. The earth-shattering consequences of this continued into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Cumberbatch asserts that the usually prickly Doctor Strange was thinking with his heart more than his head when he cast a spell, per Peter's request, to wipe the memory of everyone who knew that Peter Parker was Spider-Man.
Here he learns that only one other person remembers. his secret identity, the Hulk, who then tells him that he made Bruce forget, but Hulk will never forget. as Peter is a true friend. Hulk then thanks him for keeping Bruce company.
Not only did this spell affect everyone on Earth, but the effects also reached out across the multiverse, even if it wasn't intentional. He was able to cast it again at the end of No Way Home, wiping everyone's mind of Peter Parker, which is without a doubt one of Strange's strongest spells.
Unlike the other villains in Spider-Man films who became evil due to certain circumstances, Quentin willingly became evil by personal choice for no reason other than petty spite, making him far eviler than any other Spider-Man film villain.
“Mysterio was right” | Fandom. So at the end of FFH Mysterio leaks an edited video that makes it seem like Spidey activated the drones that attacked everyone, so the people saying “mysterio is right” are saying that they believe the video he leaked is real.
Spider-Man asked E.D.I.T.H. if there were no active holograms in use within their vicinity, to ensure whether or not Beck was tricking him; E.D.I.T.H. confirmed there were none, ensuring Spider-Man that Mysterio had truly died.
Originally Answered: Why didn't Peter tell MJ and Ned who he was at the end of No Way Home? Because he's seen the harm that can befall people, just for being associated with him. Both MJ and Ned have nearly died multiple times, and MJ still carries the injuries from the final battle. Aunt May did die.
And if he doesn't know much about the multiverse, he probably doesn't know about the Kangs either. Even those more knowledgeable about it like the Illuminati seemingly aren't aware of him. "The multiverse is something about which we know frighteningly little."
The most powerful spell Doctor Strange has ever cast is not one of his regular spells. Its origin is even from an area that Doctor Strange wouldn't normally go for reference. The Montesi Formula comes from the Darkhold and destroys all vampires.
Strange tries to blame Peter by saying that he “changed his spell six times mid-cast", but the thing is that Peter never changed the spell… because Peter wasn't casting the spell. Strange took full responsibility for the spell's effects when he chose to cast it, even against his superior's warning.
We know that Dr Strange is susceptible to verbal interference / suggestion of his spells and he could have left Wong out of it when he finally cast it successfully, leaving Wong being the only one who knows Peter Parker is Spiderman.
MJ has no memories of her past with Peter, but she does remember Spider-Man and being saved by him, which could lead her to fall in love with him, just like Kirsten Dunst's MJ did in Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.
The 2020 Marvel Comics one-shot clarifies that, while Bruce Banner and virtually everyone else has forgotten Spider-Man is Peter Parker, because of his "One More Day" bargain with the demon Mephisto, the Hulk has not. "I don't forget," he emphasizes.
As Peter was persuading Strange to tamper with the spell 5th time for excluding Happy from the rest of world to forget Peter Parker is Spider-Man, the result was that Strange lost his control over the spell; after few moments as everything in the surroundings distorts, Peter shouts over to Strange: “Everyone who knew ...
But as for a birth certificate, that still existed because of his Aunt May. Since Peter did exist and Aunt May was his guardian, her death ensured his certificate was still prevalent.
