There are tons of classic superhero tropes.

Most superheroes are usually given their powers unexpectantly, against their will, after living in dire circumstances, usually in a city that looks exactly like New York City. They all decide to become superheroes pretty quickly and have had some connection to the supervillain somehow, who may or may not be a rich scientist. The superhero always wins with the help of a team, yet the supervillains never seem to stay in prison for very long. The superhero usually gets the last line, and it's always a cheesy one. Nobody stays dead either, and they all have to wear caps to feel powerful. We could go on and on.

However, in the MCU, they've changed some of those tropes for the greater good of the franchise, to the dismay of some fans. They've changed some characters completely, their looks, the level of their powers, and sometimes it doesn't work. One trope they got rid of was actually a smart decision, even though some say it wasn't.

Superheroes Don't Exactly Need To Conceal Themselves Anymore

For as long as comic books have been around, there have been secret identities. It's another one of those big superhero tropes. Superman would have those pesky Daily Planet journalists on his tail all the time if he didn't keep his identity hidden in plain sight, disguising himself as one of them. Sometimes all it takes is a pair of glasses and a completely different personality.

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But there's been a longstanding debate whether MCU superheroes should have secret identities like Peter Parker and Matt Murdock (Daredevil). In the MCU, superheroes walk the Earth freely without the need to conceal their identities.

Ordinary people can be injected with the same serum that turned Captain America into a superhero. Whole towns can be subjected to the wrath of powerful superheroes, and the TVA can certainly capture humans if they ever cause nexus events and stray off the sacred timeline.

So it's safe to say humans are very much in touch with what's happening around them, not just on Earth but the universe. Superheroes don't have to hide.

Some fans like it that way, though. They argue that's what makes superheroes relatable. When superheroes aren't saving our lives, they're normal people just like us, and that's very intriguing and mysterious.

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About a year ago, there was a weekly discussion on Reddit asking users whether or not they agreed that more superheroes in the MCU should have secret identities. Surprisingly, a lot of fans agreed there should be more.

"Iron Man became pretty unique in the superhero genre by ditching the secret identity angle that Tony Stark initially had in the comics," the discussion leader wrote. "However, unless you look at the Netflix shows, like Daredevil, the only other hero with a secret identity left is Spider-Man. Well, he was until the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home.

"But, with upcoming shows like Moon Knight and Ms. Marvel, fans might see more heroes with secret identities again. So, would you want to see more heroes that have to hide who they really are to protect themselves and their close ones? Or is it an old trope that should be tossed aside?" A lot of people wanted it to stay.

One fan wrote, "I love the secret identity because it allows the heroes to have a normal life outside the mask – Peter can go to school, Matt Murdock can practice law, etc. – which is the reason why we can relate to these people better."

Another commented, "I think some heroes need secret identities, and some heroes don’t, the Avengers don’t really need a secret identity, but heroes like Ms. Marvel, Daredevil, Moon Knight, and Spider-Man need them for their own reasons."

One person wrote that they felt it was "atrocious" that Peter Parker's identity was revealed. "I personally think that the handling of Spider-Man’s identity has been atrocious in the MCU. He’s one of those characters who really feeds off their being a Peter Parker side and a Spider-Man side. You take that away, and you lose or a lot of the Spider-Man charm."

While they make great points, it might be too late to change things.

The MCU Has Stepped Away From The Trope

You could argue that the MCU never really wanted to use the secret identity trope from the beginning, starting with Iron Man. Tony Stark announces he's Iron Man to a room full of reporters. This was years before the MCU had even established itself into Phases, and the name Thanos wasn't even thought about yet.

"The one [common comics trope] we haven’t done in the MCU is the secret identity thing," Kevin Feige told Bleeding Cool in 2013. "I thought that had been overplayed for a long time, which is why we had Tony Stark out himself at the end of his first movie. We were sort of announcing to the audience that we’re not going to play that game."

The Verge points out that it was easy for Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man to keep his secret identity because they were "the only hero who mattered to those stories."

"Sam Raimi didn’t have to draw together the narrative threads of multiple Infinity Stones, any more than director Marc Webb had to worry about Spider-Man’s interactions with the larger superhero world, and whether they were consistent with a 10-year story. The MCU’s narrative simply didn’t allow for the self-contained structure of completely isolated hero stories."

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They also pointed out that the MCU is 23 movies strong, and using secret identities "wouldn’t have worked if the heroes were unknown to each other or to the larger world. The masks had to come off early and often if only to establish complete trust between the heroes."

Ultimately, whether you like secret identities or not, Marvel's decision to cut them out of their superhero's lives was smart and kept the franchise fresh, not dull, unoriginal, and old-fashioned. There's probably a branch in the sacred timeline where the MCU carried on with secret identities, but that branch is probably boring.

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