The viral TikTok $1.75 billion bid to save Spirit Airlines is fighting the wrong villain

On Tuesday, what remains of Spirit Airlines is being picked apart in bankruptcy court. Aircraft lenders are repossessing those bright yellow airplanes while the major U.S. carriers jockey for the rest of the assets, like gates. But some fans of Spirit aren’t ready to give up yet.

Hunter Peterson, a 22-year-old voice actor for video games like Hyrule Warriors, posted a TikTok shortly after Spirit announced it was ceasing operations on Saturday, with a pitch for all of America: “We could...