MCU: Peter Parker [Spider-Man] (ENFP)

Determining the Myers-Briggs personality type of this version of Peter Parker, or Spider-Man, was actually pretty difficult. In the past, we published MBTI analyses for both The Amazing Spider-Man (2012): Peter Parker (ISFP) and Spiderman 2002 Series: Peter Parker (INFP) However, MCU’s Spider-Man seemed a bit different. We ended up going with ENFP, because he is a definite feeler, and the Ne dominant and inferior Si evidence was especially strong. However, the Fi/Te evidence we found to be subpar, and he honestly appears to show signs of having Fe, which suggests to us that perhaps there’s a bit of personality bleed going on. ENFP was the best argument we could produce for Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, so that’s what we went with.

Ne:

“Wait a minute… You guys aren’t the real Avengers. I can tell, Hulk gives it away.”

“Whoa, they’re in the middle of a heist! I could catch them all red-handed, this is awesome! Okay, I’m gonna get a little closer so I can see what’s happening.”

“Hey, guys! The illegal weapons deal ferry was at 10:30, you missed it!”

“Let me just say, if aliens wind up implanting eggs in my chest or something, and I eat one of you, I’m sorry.”

Peter Parker is energetic, excitable, and scattered. Many people believe him to be an INFP, but we believe this iteration of Spider-Man is extraverted. For starters, he talks non-stop in battles. He also tends to word vomit and ramble when leaving phone messages or when talking to himself. In one scene, we see him kicking himself after leaving a message on Happy’s phone asking himself why he included unnecessary information about an old lady giving him a churro. He also talks to himself constantly, and holds full length conversations with the AI (Karen) in his spider suit. For instance, in his suit’s recordings, we see the “embarrassing” footage of when he is impersonating the other Avengers and rambling on to himself while looking into his mirror. This all points to him leading with Ne as he feels a constant need to extravert his thoughts and ideas.

Peter also gets super excited by every new thing, asking question after question about each Avenger or their gear while fighting them. He is filled with awe and excitement every time he sees someone do something new. In Homecoming, when he is running through people’s yards while chasing after some bad guys, he briefly speaks with each person that is around when he passes through their yard. He says everything from “Sorry!” to complimenting someone on their ping pong swing. He also generally appears to be impulsive, and prone to leaping into action without any hesitation. Once he sees something that piques his curiosity, it’s almost impossible to keep him from going to check it out.

Peter spends a good bit of time in school, multitasking in class. While he should technically be listening to the lectures, he is frequently working on something Spider-Man related, whether that be sketching out Spider-Man ideas in math class or working on web fluid secretly during science lab.

Fi:

“Look, when you can do the things that I can, but you don’t, and then the bad things happen…they happen because of you.”

“Spider-Man is not a party trick!”

“Thanks Karen. It’s really nice to have somebody to talk to.”

“You’re a criminal! Bye, Mr. Criminal!”

Peter Parker is an obviously value driven, and a feeler. From the time he gets his powers, he feels that it’s his responsibility to help others, because he has the capability to do so. Failing to act makes the resulting consequences his fault. Thus, he becomes Spider-Man, and starts taking down criminals in his city. Peter is fairly young, and an auxiliary Fi user, so we don’t see him vocalize values very frequently, but it does happen occasionally in moments like when he refuses to use Spider-Man as a party trick.

Of course, there is a lot of general feeler evidence that we can point to with Peter Parker. He’s sensitive to the feelings of others, especially those close to him like Aunt May. He tries hard to make her not worry or freak out. He’s an extremely friendly person, and very polite. He’s quick to apologize whenever he perceives that he’s said something wrong or offensive. For instance, in Civil War, when speaking to Stark, Peter initially starts to blame the new suit for his bad landing. Realizing that it looks like he’s complaining about the fancy new suit Stark just gave him, Peter catches himself and re-thanks Stark for it, saying that it’s perfect.

Te:

“Well, no, I don’t have time. I’m too busy doing your job.”

Peter’s tertiary Te isn’t very obvious, but once again, he is young. Hints of his Te can be seen in how serious he takes his perceived responsibilities. He blocks out his time for the “Stark Internship” just in case he’s called upon by the Avengers, and then regularly goes out to fight crime in his neighborhood. He follows through with these responsibilities in spite of something else he may want to do, like the many instances that he blows off events, friends, and his love interest Liz. Peter can also be extremely stubborn, and oftentimes butts heads with Stark over following certain orders. While he’s not one to often show Te bluntness, he does on rare occasion, like when he jokingly tells the authorities that he doesn’t have time because he’s too busy doing their job.

Peter is constantly looking for validation from Stark, to prove his capabilities, which tends to be a sign of a low thinking function. He wants to be seen as capable, and is frustrated by the fact that he’s being seen as a kid. Of course, this approval seeking frequently gets him in trouble, because the ideal place to prove his capabilities is amidst danger and action, which initially goes directly against Stark’s orders.

Si:

Peter tends to have a bad habit of glossing over details and generally using his Si in a weak capacity. He tends to get overly excited with new information and sometimes misses things, as a result. One instance of this is when he is interrogating someone, and they tell him that they know where to find the bad guys. He nearly runs off without getting the actual details about where the meet was. The person he was interrogating literally calls him back, points out his error, and then shares the information.

Another example of his bad Si is how he never learns a safer way to hide his backpack. We know this because when he tells his Aunt that he needs a new one, she exclaims that he has already lost five backpacks this month.

Lastly, his Si also manifests in the way he constantly quotes or references pop culture and films. He tends to draw a lot of his strategy from different movies he has watched, attempting to mimic the different strategies that were portrayed in those films.