Doctor Octopus made his debut in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, and there was a gag with his name when J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) was trying to find a villain name for him, which included a reference to Doctor Strange. Unlike the scene in the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer, the one in Spider-Man 2 came from an antagonistic character like Jameson and was played in a more serious way that fitted the tone of the movie, with Jameson even saying “what are the odds” that a guy named Otto Octavius would end up with eight limbs. The scene in No Way Home, on the other hand, comes from the hero of the story (and his friends) and feels more mean-spirited as a result. It also doesn’t really fit the MCU as “Doctor Otto Octavius” surely isn’t a funnier or weirder name than, for example, Happy Hogan or Pepper Potts.
Although the MCU has stood out for its sense of humor, it doesn’t always come off as the writers would wish, and the “Doctor Otto Octavius” scene in the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer is a good example. Sam Raimi knew how to add humor in ways that fitted the scene and the character delivering the jokes, which is something the MCU doesn’t always get right, and this specific scene only ends up making Peter Parker, the supposed good guy, look more like mean guy.
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