Film guide · 2021

Spider-Man: No Way HomeComplete Guide

The parts that are hard to follow from the film alone, explained with a story summary, a character map and key terms.

Released
2021
Runtime
148 min
Set in
2024
WORLD BOX OFFICE#9 all-time worldwide$1,921,426,073#4 among Marvel filmsAs of 2026-11-01 · figures being verified

Good to know before watchingNo spoilers

It picks up right after Far From Home

It starts the moment after Peter's identity is exposed.

Older Spider-Man films add a lot

Villains from the Tobey Maguire trilogy and the Andrew Garfield films appear.

Doctor Strange plays a big role

Magic and the multiverse are key.

Scenes during and after the credits

The last one previews another film.

Character mapSpoilers

Who's who in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), with Peter Parker at the center. Family and friends are above; villains from other worlds below.

Because of copyright, we can't use stills, posters or any other images of the characters as they appear in the film. All face photos are freely licensed photos of the actors themselves (non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site; people without a photo are shown with initials).

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All characters

About the images

Face photos are freely licensed photos of the actors from Wikimedia Commons, cropped to a square and resized. Non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site, and people without a photo are shown with a placeholder (initials).

StorySpoilers

Read the story (spoilers up to the ending)

1. Exposed

With the world knowing he's Spider-Man, Peter's life and his friends' lives are turned upside down.

2. The spell goes wrong

Peter keeps changing the terms mid-spell, and Strange's spell fails.

3. Villains from other worlds

Villains who know Spider-Man's identity start arriving from other worlds.

4. Choosing to help

Before sending them back, Peter decides to try to cure them.

5. A heavy price

That choice costs Peter dearly.

6. Battle at the Statue of Liberty

Peter faces the final battle with unexpected allies.

Read the detailed scene-by-scene story

Key terms

The multiverse
The many other worlds beyond our own.
The forgetting spell
The spell Strange tries to cast so the world forgets who Spider-Man is.
The Macchina di Kadavus
The box holding the spell, which can send the visitors back.
The Mirror Dimension
A mirror copy of reality, Strange's specialty.
Happy's condo
Where May and Peter take shelter.

Confusing parts, explainedSpoilers

Contains spoilers about the ending.

Why do villains from other worlds show up?

The botched spell pulled in everyone across the multiverse who knew Spider-Man's identity.

What does Strange do at the end?

To stop the multiverse from breaking, he erases Peter Parker from everyone's memory.

What happens to Peter after?

No one remembers him. He lives alone and keeps being Spider-Man.

Easy-to-miss details

"With great power"

The famous line from the series carries special weight here.

Ned's magic

Ned discovers he can open magic portals.

A Venom connection

The mid-credits scene features a character from another franchise.

The ending and post-creditsSpoilers

After the end credits

Mid-credits: Eddie Brock is sent back to his universe, leaving part of the symbiote behind. Post-credits: a trailer for Multiverse of Madness.

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