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[[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyMainCharacters Main Characters]] ('''Spider-Man''') | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogySupervillains Supervillains]] ([[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyGreenGoblin Green Goblin]] | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]]) | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOthers Others]] | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyExtracanonical Extracanonical]]-]]]]]

** While Peter and Mary Jane were neighbors in the comics, they only met when they were teenagers and Mary Jane moved in with her aunt Anna. Similarly, comic Peter was dating Gwen Stacy at the time, with their romance established after her death. Here, they've known each other since they were children with Peter always having a crush on her. Also, comic Mary Jane secretly admired Peter due to knowing he was Spider-Man, whereas the film series made it clear that she had no idea.

* FirstLove: While he's not MJ's first boyfriend, he is the first person she truly fell in love with.

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Any time where Peter's typical "Parker's Luck" gets better, he'll have a bad habit of letting the positives get to his head.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In his original comics debut (''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumber15''), Peter is portrayed as a bullied nerd with an understandable chip-on-his-shoulder. However, upon gaining his powers from the spider bite, he immediately took this as an opportunity to become famous and rich, and became a huge AttentionWhore as a public sensation, leading him to not intervene against the robber from escaping, [[ItsAllAboutMe since it's not his problem]]. Furthermore, in the ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' run, Peter always has a [[AesopAmnesia hard time]] grasping the lesson of [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility responsibility]], with most of his heroics still being motivated by self-centeredness, and he even acts like a bully himself whenever he gets provoked ([[HotBlooded which is something that's really easy to achieve]]) or if he gets a ''mild'' suspicion of someone being guilty. In the films, Peter was less motivated in becoming famous but still took the wrestling gig as a one-time gig in order to afford a used car to impress MJ (and become rich, partly to help his family)[[note]]though he considers taking wrestling up more often in the novelization after winning[[/note]]. While he still let the robber get away, he only did it because he got stiffed by the sleazy manager. After losing Uncle Ben, however, Peter took the man's lessons very seriously and avoided doing any frivolous activities as Spider-Man, no matter how tempted he felt when hitting rock bottom.
** To be fair, at least part of this stems from their difference in age. whereas comic Spider-Man was 15 years old at the start of his crusade against crime, this version is around 18 years old by the first movie. Also, comic Spider-Man's temporary retirement as a superhero partly stemmed from feelings of guilt toward Aunt May, as well as feelings of doubt whether his vigilantism is even sane at all. In fact, while retired, he still saved a person in peril, whereas this Peter hesitantly ignored an innocent bystander being assaulted.

** One departure from the comics (both original and modern) and the other versions is that this Peter, out-of-costume, is more of an ExtremeDoormat, allowing people to treat him like crap and being a LoveMartyr with SingleTargetSexuality for MJ. In retrospect, this helps explain Peter's "evil", less-repressed side in ''Spider-Man 3'' where he's under the control of the symbiote but it's very different from the comics and most versions, where Peter was never shy of expressing his disdain for Flash or Harry (on their first meeting), and even saw MJ as a flake for her constant flip-flops. In the comics, Peter and Harry even started off as enemies at college since Peter could never stand Harry's snobbish attitude while the latter ironically finds Peter's cold and aloof attitude to be "snobbish" as well.

** While Peter and Mary Jane were neighbors in the comics, they only met when they were teenagers and Mary Jane moved in with her aunt Anna and while he found her attractive at the time Peter was in love with Gwen Stacy. Here, they've known each other since they were children with Peter always having a crush on her which she remains oblivious to through most of the first film, while in the comics Mary Jane secretly admired Peter due to knowing he was Spider-Man. Another change is their dynamic while as a couple, since in the comics Mary Jane's issues from her childhood cause them to break up several time with Peter often voicing how angry it makes him while here they are both to blame for the complications in their relationship though Mary Jane voices her anger over his decisions.

** In the comics, Gwen Stacy was Peter's FirstLove, as while he dated prior to meeting her he never had a relationship that meant that much to him, and her death [[ILetGwenStacyDie became a moment that haunted him for the rest of his life]]. Here they only go on one date which ends badly when Peter tries to use her to make Mary Jane jealous, and he actually saves her in this version. Not only that but Gwen actually hated Spider-Man and blamed him for her father's death, while here she's grateful for him saving her.

** After Harry's HeelFaceTurn, the two become this for the final battle.

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: While under the effects of the symbiote, Peter gradually morphs into every bully, jerk, creep and psycho he faced as Peter and Spider-Man. He becomes murderous and vengeful (like the Goblin), bossy and bullying (like Flash Thompson and J. Jonah Jameson), creepy and abusive (like certain men in poor MJ's life), an entitled egomaniac (like Eddie Brock) and lastly, he blows up a pumpkin bomb in Harry's face, as payback to his son for what Goblin did to him at the end of ''Spider-Man 1'' (where a pumpkin bomb shredded Peter's mask and left him a bloody mess). It's not until he physically assaults Mary Jane in a moment of pure anger that Peter realizes what kind of person the symbiote is turning him into, which prompts him to try to remove it.

* ButtMonkey: Crap usually happens to him, from mistreatment to sustaining the most injuries out of any character in the trilogy. This is PlayedForDrama in the second film, where the combination of MJ being engaged to another man, the increasingly antagonistic behavior of Harry, and the continued thankless heroism causes him to give up being Spider-Man for a bit.

* CharacterDevelopment: Peter begins the series as a teenager focused on his own short-term gain; the sole reason he became Spider-Man was to get money for a car to get a girlfriend. However, Uncle Ben's death and the fact Peter could have prevented it caused him to grow a great deal, becoming truly heroic and unable to avoid saving others. ''Spider-Man 2'' puts this to a test, where he quits being Spider-Man because of the toll it takes on his personal life but he eventually realizes he simply cannot allow people to be hurt when he can help them, with or without his powers. In addition, his powers and relative success in life during the third film leads to him taking a level in self-confidence, turning the ExtremeDoormat Peter Parker of the first movie to a man considerably less afraid to say what he wants. However, this makes him far more arrogant thanks to the influence of the symbiote, and he starts making terrible decisions. After removing it, he is forced to admit that he is just as capable of making mistakes as his villains. Learning this lesson lets him forgive Flint Marko for accidentally killing his uncle as well as Harry for what he did during the film. Peter's appearance in ''No Way Home'' shows that his character development continued after the conclusion of the trilogy, as he is portrayed as being OlderAndWiser and having transitioned into an IdealHero who looks out for his younger counterparts.

* ClassicalAntiHero: Just like the Classic Comic Spidey from the Lee/Ditko days. Despite having good intentions and being one of the nicest characters across the trilogy, Peter still has a selfish streak and is prone to making decisions that would raise an eyebrow if ComicBook/{{Superman}} or ComicBook/CaptainAmerica did them. In the first film, he enables an armed robber just to spite a guy that cheated him out of a cash prize. He straight-up retired as Spider-Man in the second movie when the pressure became too much, even going as far as ignoring distressed civilians. In the third film, he snaps upon realizing the man who murdered his uncle is still at large and when Mary Jane breaks up with him, he becomes embittered.

** Also, his debuting as Spider-Man as an adult, using a lot less snarky quips compared to most versions, and his powers are the result of gene-splicing (produces organic webbing instead of using mechanical web-shooters, growing "barbed" like material for WallCrawling, etc.) instead of radioactive is more in line with [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]].

* ExtremeDoormat: His "friendship" with Harry mostly consists of letting the latter treat him like crap and putting up with it because of his FriendlessBackground, as he doesn't have others. It's implied that Peter was Harry's tutor who helped him in college, and Harry uses Peter's science stuff to put the moves on MJ and despite knowing how Peter felt about her, started a relationship with her behind his back (when he should have at least told him before). This continues in ''2'', where a drunk Harry openly slaps and insults Peter in public, and the latter out of guilt for his father's death simply takes it. The level of buried resentment that Peter keeps within him comes out in ''3'', thanks to the symbiote, where he finally pays Harry back for his entitled crap. It's also deconstructed when he wastes no time in exposing Eddie Brock as a fraud and liar when he discovers that he photo-manipulated his photos to frame Spider-Man in a negative light.
** That being said, by ''3'', he does start becoming slightly more confident, even before bonding with the symbiote. A couple of jerks shoot spitballs at him in class and instead of taking the abuse like he used to do in the first film, he gives them a DeathGlare (although, one of them gives him a "what are you gonna do?" look, but he does back down). When Jameson reveals there's a job vacancy in the ''Bugle'' and he plans to give the job to Brock, Peter stands up for himself and says he deserves a staff job if it is available. Even Robbie backs him up after this. He also angrily raises his voice against Captain George Stacy when he finds out that Uncle Ben's [[RetCon true killer]] is out there and despite the fact that there were witnesses, Stacy never told the Parkers about it. Unfortunately, the symbiote soon arrives and enhances his aggression to the point where he becomes an out-and-out {{Jerkass}} and by the time it is removed, the third act begins and we never find out if he remains a confident person or goes back to being an ExtremeDoormat again.
** His appearance in ''No Way Home'' where he is OlderAndWiser suggests he stayed confident as he often gives advice and encouragement to his Webb-Verse and MCU counterparts, and when they are deciding who gets called what to avoid confusion, he quickly insists on being called "Peter 2" while the Webb-Verse version is called "Peter 3".

* FriendlessBackground: His only friend in high school was Harry, which actually seems to be why they became friends in the first place.

** Bonding with the symbiote makes him incredibly assertive and unafraid to stand up to anyone. He shouts at Mr. Ditkovich for constantly pestering him to pay rent, acts more confident and smug around Jameson, and stands up to Harry's poor treatment and constant ridicule by beating the crap out of him.
** Even before bonding with the symbiote, after the events of the second movie and with the entire city embracing him as a hero everyone adores, he starts growing more confident and assertive. A couple of jerks shoot spitballs at him in class and instead of taking the abuse like he used to do in the first film, he gives them a DeathGlare (although, one of them gives him a "what are you gonna do?" look, but he does back down). When Jameson reveals there's a job vacancy in the ''Bugle'' and he plans to give the job to Brock just because he was kissing his ass, Peter stands up for himself and says he deserves a staff job if it is available because he has been working there for years and even Robbie backs him up after this. He also angrily raises his voice against Captain George Stacy when he finds out that Uncle Ben's [[RetCon true killer]] is out there and despite the fact that there were witnesses, he never told the Parkers about it. Unfortunately, the symbiote soon arrives and enhances his aggression to the point where he becomes an out-and-out {{Jerkass}} and by the time it is removed, the third act begins and we never find out if he remains a confident person or goes back to being an ExtremeDoormat again. [[spoiler: His appearance in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', however, proves he remained confident and mature.]]
* GuiltComplex: Following the death of Uncle Ben being caused by his own negligence, and it doesn't really help after the death of Norman Osborn. It's even implied further in ''3'', where he tries to tell New Goblin that he didn't kill his father, but the tone which Peter uses feels more like he's trying to convince himself rather than his former friend.

* HappilyEverAfter: After Peter and MJ's reconciliation in ''3'', they stayed together though Peter admits that it remained complicated at times.

** In his second fight against Harry Osborn, a symbiote-enhanced Peter forgoes any use of his webbing and wins by fighting entirely barehanded and turning Harry's gadgets against him. Likely with the intention to show that regardless of his opponents enhancements, weaponry, pragmatism, and mind games, he holds little candle to him in a fight and thinking he's still the weak doormat he once believed.

** In ''Spider-Man 3'', Peter starts to become much more cocky, obnoxious, and even vengeful due to the influence of the alien symbiote. It isn't until he knocks MJ to the ground in a fit of rage that he realizes what the suit is doing to him before finally discarding it for good.

** Letting Norman die at the end of the first film is another one for him, leaving his best friend as an orphan and a lot of unresolved issues that eventually drives him to villainy.

** While he has justifiable and sympathetic reasons for distancing himself from Harry in the time that takes place between the first and second film, Peter should've known that it won't help his best friend's growing hatred and obsession with Spider-Man's "murder" of Norman Osborn. This not only strained their (admittedly poor) friendship to the point where a drunken Harry renounces Peter as his best friend (and unapologetically slapped him for good measure), but by the time of ''3'', he refuses to hear anymore of his "[[CassandraTruth lies]]" and becomes the vengeful New Goblin out for his blood.

* OnlyFriend: Harry was his only friend during grade school, if not exactly the best companion in the world. This was the first time Peter is shown to have this, since in the comics, he had a FriendlessBackground.

** Given how poorly Harry had treated him throughout the series and getting finally fed up with Harry trying to murder him, Peter giving him a ''harsh'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and cruelly taunting him after kicking his ass in a fight wasn't totally unwarranted. Throwing the pumpkin bomb back in Harry's face... less so.

* PetTheDog: While temporarily bonded to the Symbiote, Peter acted much colder and selfish in attitude, with the first indicator of this corruption being his attempted murder of Marko Flint. However, he still retained some sense of his former self.

** In the third film, Harry becomes the New Goblin and tries to kill Peter, only to suffer from amnesia due to an injury caused by the fight which allows the two to be friends again like in the first film. However, once his memory returns he starts getting revenge on Peter again, which leads to a fight between them which Peter wins, and due to the symbiote, he belittles Harry over his relationship with Norman. At the end of the third film, however, Harry learns the truth about Norman's death and ultimately comes to realize how much he loves Peter and Mary Jane, choosing to join Peter in the fight against Venom and Sandman. He then gives his life saving Peter, with both of them forgiving each other for their mistakes before Harry dies.

* NiceGuy: Peter can be a bit conceited at times, but he mostly has a kind, friendly and mild-mannered demeanor, and he moonlights as a superhero. Though the alien suit makes him not-so-nice in the third film.

* AccidentalMurder: Throughout the entire trilogy, only three villains (Dennis Carradine, Green Goblin, Eddie Brock) died in a direct battle against Spider-Man, but their deaths were never intentional by Peter's hand, making Peter only legally, at best, guilty of negligent homicide, involuntary manslaughter, and assistant suicide. Carradine, frightened when Peter broke his hand, tripped and fell to his death, the Goblin was impaled on his own glider when Peter dodged it, and Eddie was killed along with the symbiote after Peter threw a pumpkin bomb at it.

** To be fair, at least part of this stems from their difference in age. whereas comic Spider-Man was 15 years old at the start of his crusade against crime, this version is around 18 years old by the first movie. Also, comic Spider-Man's temporary retirement as a superhero partly stemmed from feelings of guilt toward Aunt May, as well as feelings of doubt whether his vigilantism is even sane at all. In fact, while retired, he still saved a person in peril, whereas this Peter ignored an innocent bystander being assaulted.

** One departure from the comics (both original and modern) and the other versions is that this Peter, out-of-costume, is more of an ExtremeDoormat, allowing Harry to treat him like crap (such as letting him slap him repeatedly at a party in public, though some of that is likely due to him blaming himself for Norman's death and agreeing with Harry), being a LoveMartyr with SingleTargetSexuality for MJ, and barely raising his voice against Jameson (until he starts becoming more confident in the next movies). In retrospect, this helps explain Peter's "evil", less-repressed side in ''Spider-Man 3'' where he's under the control of the symbiote but it's very different from the comics and most versions, where Peter was never shy of expressing his disdain for Flash or Harry (on their first meeting), and even saw MJ as a flake for her constant flip-flops. In the comics, Peter and Harry even started off as enemies at college since Peter could never stand Harry's snobbish attitude while the latter ironically finds Peter's cold and aloof attitude to be "snobbish" as well.

** Being a negligent boyfriend to Mary Jane and eventually striking her also sticks in Peter's craw. While it's implied they'll get back together, it's clear they'll never be the same again.

* OlderAndWiser: In ''No Way Home'', he is the oldest and most experienced of the three Spider-Men and acts accordingly, giving both Andrew Garfield's and Tom Holland's Spider-Men the advice and encouragement they need.

* SpiderSense: Able to detect any possible danger surrounding him. Shown in the first film, but only implied in the sequels.

** He and Harry didn't meet until college in the comics and it took awhile for them to become friends as Harry sided with Flash often, but here they are each other's OnlyFriend in high school and Harry gets picked on occasionally by Flash.

* AllForNothing: The hardships and trauma that comes from his attempts to uphold the promise pleaded from the late Norman Osborn of preventing Harry from learning his DarkSecret become naught when Harry finds out through a hallucination of Norman at the end of ''2'', leading to not only Harry becoming New Goblin in ''3''. That said, this ultimately saves Peter and MJ in the long run, since Harry ultimately saved them from Sandman and Venom.

* TheDogBitesBack: In the third film, he fights back against the people mistreated him.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Downplayed. Both Harry and MJ can be pretty unappreciative towards Peter, especially in the second film. That said, things significantly in the third film.

* AdaptationalSeriousness: Generally in-and-out-of costume, this Peter is more serious, especially since Creator/SamRaimi toned down his MotorMouth tendencies. That said, it does hew somewhat closer to ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' where Peter out-of-costume was quite moody and angsty, owing to his poverty and FriendlessBackground.

* AllForNothing: The hardships and trauma that comes from his attempts to uphold the promise pleaded from the late Norman Osborn of preventing Harry from learning his DarkSecret become naught when Harry finds out through a hallucination of Norman at the end of ''2'', leading to not only Harry becoming New Goblin in ''3'', but also an UngratefulBastard by trying to assassinate Peter out of revenge and MoralMyopia.

* CharacterDevelopment: Peter begins the series as a teenager focused on his own short-term gain; the sole reason he became Spider-Man was to get money for a car to get a girlfriend. However, Uncle Ben's death and the fact Peter could have prevented it caused him to grow a great deal, becoming truly heroic and unable to avoid saving others. ''Spider-Man 2'' puts this to a test, where he quits being Spider-Man because of the toll it takes on his personal life but he eventually realizes he simply cannot allow people to be hurt when he can help them, with or without his powers. In addition, his powers and relative success in life during the third film leads to him taking a level in self-confidence, turning the ExtremeDoormat Peter Parker of the first movie to a man considerably less afraid to say what he wants. However, this makes him far more arrogant thanks to the influence of the symbiote, and he starts making terrible decisions. After removing it, he is forced to admit that he is just as capable of making mistakes as his villains. Learning this lesson lets him forgive Flint Marko for accidentally killing his uncle as well as Harry for what he did during the film. Peter's appearance in ''No Way Home'' shows that his character development continued after the conclusion of the trilogy, as he is portrayed as being OlderAndWiser and having transitioned into an IdealHero who has overcome most of his flaws in his original films.

* TheDogBitesBack: In the third film, he gets his well-deserved revenge on Harry for all the crap the latter has put him through.

* JerkassHasAPoint:
** He may have been under the influence of the Venom symbiote but he isn't wrong to report Eddie Brock for falsely editing Spider-Man photos in an attempt to defame his alter-ego and cheat his way into a full-time job.

* OnlyFriend: Harry was his only friend since grade school. This was the first time Peter is shown to have this, since in the comics, he had a FriendlessBackground. Even then, Harry was a terrible friend and the two weren't very close, so it still applies.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Easily overlooked, but in the first film, while fighting against Bonesaw [=McGraw=], Peter taunts him by complimenting his outfit and asking Bonesaw in a mocking tone if his husband made it for him. That said, this doesn't confirm whether Peter is homophobic, as he could have said this just to tease the masculine Bonesaw for his bravado and society's culture at the time the film was released means that realistically, he wouldn't have seen any reason not to use it as an insult.

* ThouShallNotKill: It's pretty much a standard code for superheroes, with Sandman being the only supervillain whom Peter did have the intention to kill when finding out that he was responsible for Uncle Ben's death, and thought he did after dousing him in water, though being influenced by the symbiote at the time probably gave him the final push to see through that.

** In the second film, while they appear at first to still be close with Harry even introducing him to Otto Octavius, Harry carries huge resentment towards Peter who he sees as having stolen Mary Jane from him and is protecting his father's murderer. This culminates in him telling Doc Ock to use Peter to capture Spider-Man for him in return for the material he needs for his experiment despite the dangers it poses, only to be horrified when he learns that his best friend is Spider-Man.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: He is somehow Harry's best friend, even though the latter often takes advantage of him, tries to take MJ away from him, and gradually becomes an asshole to him. In the third film, however, [[TheDogBitesBack Peter has had enough of him]].

* GirlNextDoorTurnedSuperstar: A GenderFlipped DoubleSubversion in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' where he is the "Boy Next Door Turned Superhero" to Mary Jane, who was literally the GirlNextDoor Peter had a long-time crush on but pushed away to protect her from his dual life as Spider-Man. However, Mary Jane never fully got over Peter even as she moved up in life and after discovering his secret identity at the end of the film, she decides to be with him, despite the risks.

* EmotionSuppression: Since Uncle Ben died because Peter angrily lashed out at the fight promoter for stiffing him and realizing that his powers are dangerous if not carefully controlled, Peter generally suppresses his emotions in public and puts on a [[TheStoic stoic mask]]. The symbiote unleashes his less suppressed side for all to see.

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* HiddenDepths: In the first film, he shows a certain amount of artistic talent when designing his initial Spider-Man costume as well as being able to repair it off-screen. This shows up again in the third film where he shows some knowledge of photo-editing, such as spotting the hard-to-see unedited parts of Eddie's doctored photo of Spider-Man.

* ButtMonkey: Crap usually happens to him. This is PlayedForDrama in the second film, where the combination of MJ being engaged to another man, the increasingly antagonistic behavior of Harry, and the continued thankless heroism causes him to give up being Spider-Man for a bit.

* HeroesWantRedHeads: He wanted Mary Jane since he was 6-years-old.

** From the comics, the spider that bit him was radioactive, making Peter's powers have radiation origins. In the first film, it's genetically altered instead thus making it a result of gene-splicing.
* AdaptationalSeriousness: Generally in-and-out-of costume, this Peter is more serious, especially since Creator/SamRaimi toned down his MotorMouth tendencies. That said, it does hew somewhat closer to ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' where Peter out-of-costume was quite moody and angsty, owing to his poverty and FriendlessBackground.

* AdaptationalSkill: While in the comics Peter was able to design his own suit, it's unknown whether he was artistic when it came to drawing. This version is definitely skilled in that, as the first film showed him making a very impressive drawing of his suit. The third film would reveal that at some point in his life he learned to play the piano, a skill his comic self hasn't shown.

** In regard to his actual intelligence, Peter comes across as a more realistic highly intelligent person as opposed to his comic self's level of genius which made him a ScienceHero. He's clearly very smart and understands several difficult scientific concepts, but he never shows the inventing talent of his comic self which was nearly the always the reason for his victories and instead usually wins through brute force which leaves his intelligence being an InformedAttribute. This is fixed in his appearance in ''No Way Home'' where he shows that he is just as intelligent as his counterparts, both of whom had to build their own web shooters.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In his original comics debut (''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumber15''), Peter is portrayed as a bullied nerd with an understandable chip-on-his-shoulder. However, upon gaining his powers from the spider bite, he immediately took this as an opportunity to become famous and rich, and became a huge AttentionWhore as a public sensation, leading him to not intervene against the robber from escaping, [[ItsAllAboutMe since it's not his problem]]. Furthermore, in the ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' run, Peter always has a [[AesopAmnesia hard time]] grasping the lesson of [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility responsibility]], with most of his heroics still being motivated by self-centeredness, and he even acts like a bully himself whenever he gets provoked ([[HotBlooded which is something that's really easy to achieve]]) or if he gets a ''mild'' suspicion of someone being guilty. In the films, Peter was less motivated in becoming famous but still took the wrestling gig as a one-time gig in order to afford a used car to impress MJ (and become rich, partly to help his family)[[note]]though he considers taking wrestling up more often in the novelization after winning[[/note]]. While he still let the robber get away, he only did it because he got stiffed by the sleazy manager. After losing Uncle Ben, however, Peter took the man's lessons very seriously and avoided doing any frivolous activities as Spider-Man, no matter how tempted he felt when hitting rock bottom.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Peter in the comics pre-spider bite was a loner and kind of a jerk who was only concerned about himself. Here, he seems a pretty decent person before that. Also, he's given a better reason for not stopping the burglar than in the comics where it is a simple "I don't care!"-reaction while here, he felt wronged before the incident. However, the outcome is still the same and he feels guilty nonetheless.

->For tropes applying to his appearance in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Cinematic Universe]], see Characters/MCUPeterParkerVariants