Overview

• The cutscene, featuring a Thor cameo scrubbed from Spider-Man 2: Enter: Electro, was uploaded by user Bobbyfan85 to Instagram and the Internet Archive.
• Enter: Electro’s finale was reworked after 9/11 to remove World Trade Center imagery, and the Thor scene was dropped because it couldn’t be easily edited.
• Fans had found proof of the clip’s existence in 2023 on an archived Activision webpage that showed an image and a download prompt, though the file was missing.
• Bobbyfan85 says metadata shows the video was originally downloaded on October 16, 2001, before being rediscovered on old drives this month.
• Researchers note unresolved questions about why the scene was absent from some builds and why Activision’s site reportedly hosted it after its removal.