It’s unclear whether this gag will continue with others in the MCU, but it’s always possible considering it’s happened twice now already.
Get 10 off your order with the promo code: WEBSITE10. Similarly, Peter is a harmless teenager who wouldn’t have known Doctor Strange is actually the sorcerer’s real name at all. Janets Closet and Janets Dungeon collection of spider gags, ring gags, ball gags, dental gags. She doesn’t seem all that interested in any of the superheroes, resentful that Sam dedicated much of his time to the Avengers and saving the world instead of his family. Sarah calling the sorcerer “Doctor Space Cape” is only in conversation with her brother. That said, taking a jab at Doctor Strange’s name in Avengers: Infinity War and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is not intentionally hurtful. In this vein, one can argue Doctor Strange is getting back the same energy he’s put into mocking others. The doctor compares it to singer Adele’s use of one name and goes so far as to judge Wong for not smiling, either. Sony Pictures Entertainment posted the gag reel preview to its official YouTube channel, writing, 'Time for a cuddle and some laughs. In fact, when the sorcerer (then only an arrogant and disillusioned former neurosurgeon) meets the librarian in Doctor Strange, he pokes fun at Wong's use of a single name. A preview for the official Spider-Man: No Way Home gag reel features, among other things, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire having a cuddle on the set of the Sony/Marvel film. The mocking of Doctor Strange’s name and the failure to take into account his qualifications and mantle parallels the superhero’s own refusal to take Wong seriously. Fast forward to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Sam Wilson’s sister, Sarah, also mocks the sorcerer, calling him “Doctor Space Cape.” However, Doctor Stephen Strange is his actual name alongside his official title - he was a neurosurgeon prior to a car accident that left his hands injured and unable to practice medicine. However, Peter doesn’t believe that Doctor Strange is the man’s real name, but his superhero moniker, and reintroduces himself using his “made-up” name of Spider-Man. The sorcerer shakes the web-slinging hero’s hand and says that his name is Doctor Strange (because of course it is!).
In Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man introduces himself to Doctor Strange using his real name, Peter Parker. While his name might instill fear in villains like Dormammu, the sorcerer’s mantle has been the butt of the joke on a couple of occasions now and this tradition continues in Marvel’s latest Disney+ series. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Strange is relatively new to the superhero game and even newer to working with the Avengers. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier repeats Spider-Man’s Doctor Strange gag from Avengers: Infinity War.