Why No Way Home’s Aunt May Send Off Has A Secret Double Meaning

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After Spider-Man's sacrifice in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the sendoff Peter gives at Aunt May's gravesite has a hidden layer of meaning. The wildly successful film received rave reviews and left audiences unable to forget the web-slinging hero despite any spells slung by Doctor Strange. No Way Home's finale signals an uncertain future for Spider-Man in the MCU but marks the end of an era that's been traced through multiple Marvel phases.

Though Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) and May (Marisa Tomei) break up at the beginning of No Way Home, Peter (Tom Holland) and May spend the majority of the film living in Happy's apartment as a sort of safe haven while the world is out to get the newly unmasked Spider-Man. Due largely to May's influence on him, Peter tries to rehabilitate villains from other universes. In the process, May is attacked by Green Goblin and ultimately dies, at last giving the MCU's version of Peter Parker a traditional Spider-Man origin story. One of the film's final scenes has Happy and Peter running into one another at May's gravesite and sharing a moment of commiseration in sending her off.

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While Peter visits May's grave to send her off and Happy Hogan appears to be there doing the same thing, Happy's presence at the site speaks to something deeper. Jon Favreau has played Happy since Iron Man in 2008, a film he also directed. Happy would go on to play a supporting role in all three MCU Spider-Man films, as well as all three Iron Man movies and Avengers: Endgame. With the MCU, including Happy, now having forgotten Peter Parker is Spider-Man and Tony Stark having passed away in Endgame, it's unlikely that Favreau will again reprise the role. With the MCU