8 Reasons Why Doctor Octopus Absolutely, Positively Shouldn't Be In "Spider-Man: No Way Home"

Marvel is making a huge mistake.

1. He died in Spider-Man 2.

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Sorry for the spoilers, but Doctor Octopus died at the end of Spider-Man 2 (2004), and he should’ve stayed dead. I don’t care if Doctor Strange is now a necromancer (zombie wizard) or a chronomancer (time wizard). Spider-Man 2 came out over a decade ago. This man is long gone.

2. It’s not fair to the other MCU villains.

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Do you really want guys like Whiplash and Malekith the Accursed running around like their deaths were nothing? Do you even remember Whiplash and Malekith? They were the lead villains in Iron Man 2 and Thor: The Dark World, respectively, and it doesn't seem like they'll ever get a chance to come back. But Doctor Octopus gets to, even though he wasn’t a part of the MCU. That’s unfair, and it shouldn’t happen.

3. It’s not fair to the other MCU villains who haven’t been in the MCU yet.

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There are so many Spider-Man villains who haven’t gotten a chance to be in Spider-Man movies. How could you pass over classic villains like Stegron the Dinosaur Man or Demogoblin the Demonic Goblin? The MCU could be doing a good service to these great villains, but instead, they just want to bring back old fogies like Doctor Octopus.

4. Too many people have come back from the dead already.

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I know Doctor Strange can turn back time or whatever, but a bunch of people have already come back to life due to the time travel shenanigans in MCU installments like Avengers: Endgame and Loki. If the MCU starts bringing back even more people, it’s going to ruin the dramatic stakes of the franchise. How am I supposed to feel good about a supervillain dying if I know time travel shenanigans can bring them back? It retroactively ruins these movies.

5. Doctor Octopus a lame villain.

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With a name like "Doctor Octopus," you’d expect Doctor Octopus to be a giant octopus or a man who was bitten by a radioactive octopus. But he isn’t. He’s just a dude with some do-anything metal Slinkys coming out of his back. That’s like if I called myself Doctor Deer just because I stuck some TV antennas on my head. It’s a waste of a good name, just like how it’s a waste to have Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

6. Even if he wasn’t lame, he doesn’t look the comic book version.

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Doctor Octopus may be a lame villain, but in his best comic appearances, at least he had a cool-looking bowl cut. The movie version of Doctor Octopus does not have a cool-looking bowl cut. If they won’t even do the cool-looking bowl cut, why even bother?

7. Doctor Octopus could possess Spider-Man’s body.

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Speaking of the comics, did you know in the comics Doctor Octopus took control of Spider-Man’s body? They even did a series about it called The Superior Spider-Man. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the MCU will adapt that storyline, but what if they did? Do you really want to see some old weirdo prancing around in Tom Holland’s young fit body? It’d be undignified, to say the least.

8. And finally, I don’t want him near Marisa Tomei.

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Another scheme that Doctor Octopus tried to pull off in the comics is that he dated and almost married Aunt May, Spider-Man’s comically old aunt. Unfortunately, in the MCU, Aunt May is Marisa Tomei. As stated earlier, the MCU has a lot of storylines to pick and choose from, but what if they decide to have Doctor Octopus wrap his slinky metal tentacles around Marisa Tomei? Could you even look your children in the eyes after taking them to see something like that? I couldn’t, and I don’t even have kids.

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Those are the top eight reasons why Doctor Octopus should not be in Spider-Man: No Way Home. There are many more reasons why he shouldn’t be in there, but I thought eight was a fitting number because, you know, octopus. Share this article with everyone you know.

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