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* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Averted with Spider-Man and the Green Goblin.
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* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Averted with Spider-Man and the Green Goblin. (Cleverly, it is J. Jonah Jameson who gives the Green Goblin his moniker, to sensationalize their battle and sell papers.)
--> '''JJ:''' Hoffman, call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin." I want a quarter every time somebody says it!
Spidey got his after the NYWL ring announcer decided that "The Human Spider" was a terrible ring name. Peter wisely just went with it... after he won the match.)
--> '''Ring Announcer:''' If he can withstand 3 minutes in the cage with Bonesaw McGraw, the sum of $3,000 will be paid to... (to Peter) What's your name, kid?
--> '''Peter Parker:''' The Human Spider.
--> '''Announcer:''' The Human Spider? That's it? That's the best you've got?
--> '''Peter:''' Yeah.
--> '''Announcer:''' Aww, that sucks. (to crowd:) The sum of $3,000 will be paid to... the terrifying, the deadly... [[ShoutOut THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!!!]]
--> '''Peter:''' My name's [[InsistentTerminology "The Human Spider!"]]
--> '''Stagehand:''' I don't care, get out there.
--> '''Peter:''' No, he got my name wrong!
--> '''Stagehand:''' GET OUT THERE, YOU MORON! *shove*
--> '''JJ:''' Hoffman, call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin." I want a quarter every time somebody says it!
Spidey got his after the NYWL ring announcer decided that "The Human Spider" was a terrible ring name. Peter wisely just went with it... after he won the match.)
--> '''Ring Announcer:''' If he can withstand 3 minutes in the cage with Bonesaw McGraw, the sum of $3,000 will be paid to... (to Peter) What's your name, kid?
--> '''Peter Parker:''' The Human Spider.
--> '''Announcer:''' The Human Spider? That's it? That's the best you've got?
--> '''Peter:''' Yeah.
--> '''Announcer:''' Aww, that sucks. (to crowd:) The sum of $3,000 will be paid to... the terrifying, the deadly... [[ShoutOut THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!!!]]
--> '''Peter:''' My name's [[InsistentTerminology "The Human Spider!"]]
--> '''Stagehand:''' I don't care, get out there.
--> '''Peter:''' No, he got my name wrong!
--> '''Stagehand:''' GET OUT THERE, YOU MORON! *shove*
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* GroinAttack: Halfway through the movie, Mary Jane is attacked by a couple of thugs from within an alleyway and she's able to kick one of them in the family jewels before Spider-Man arrives to defeat them and save her.
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* ProWrestlingIsReal: The first film depicted wrestling as real as a direct adaptation of his origin story. In that world, Spider-Man beat a wrestler named ''Bonesaw [=McGraw=]'', played by the late Randy "Macho-Man" Savage.
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* ProWrestlingIsReal: The first film depicted wrestling as real as a direct adaptation of his origin story. In that world, Spider-Man beat a wrestler named ''Bonesaw [=McGraw=]'', played by the late Randy "Macho-Man" Savage."Macho Man" Wrestling/RandySavage.
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The first movie in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' is an origin story, telling the tale of Peter Parker, a nerd who is bitten by a genetically-engineered spider and gets the powers of the arachnid - web shooting, high jumping, wall-adherability, enhanced strength/endurance and [[SpiderSense sensing vibrations in the air]].
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The first movie in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' is an ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', released in 2002. An origin story, telling it tells the tale of Peter Parker, a nerd who is bitten by a genetically-engineered spider and gets the powers of the arachnid - web shooting, high jumping, wall-adherability, enhanced strength/endurance and [[SpiderSense sensing vibrations in the air]].
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Followed by ''Film/SpiderMan2''.
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* CaptainObvious: Peter saying "I'm a photographer" while wearing a 35mm camera around his neck.
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* CaptainObvious: The socially-inept Peter saying "I'm a photographer" while to Betty Brant[[note]]who, keep in mind, was his very first girlfriend in the comics[[/note]] at the ''Bugle'':
-->'''Peter''': ''[while wearing a 35mm camera around hisneck.neck]'' I'm a photographer.\\
'''Betty''': ''[{{beat}}]'' [[LampshadeHanging Yeah... I can see that.]]
-->'''Peter''': ''[while wearing a 35mm camera around his
'''Betty''': ''[{{beat}}]'' [[LampshadeHanging Yeah... I can see that.]]
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** Spidey is GenreSavvy enough to see it coming and manages to get in an "[[LampshadeHanging Oh no]]" before it happens.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: Peter only has eyes for MJ ever. He develops a crush on her before he's "even supposed to like girls" and never shows interest in anyone else. Even the one time he takes the sweet gorgeous super model from his physics class on a date is to make MJ jealous (and he was under the corrupting alien influence of Venom when he did that). Before that incident, he's so oblivious to that possibility that it never occurs to him that privately tutoring Gwen could make MJ upset or jealous.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The film was delayed thanks to the need to remove an extended scene involving the World Trade Center [[TooSoon judged inappropriate]] after the 9/11 attacks. The reaction to these was also responsible for adding the aforementioned scene in which New York citizens rally together to verbally attack the Goblin.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The film was delayed thanks to the need to remove an extended scene involving the World Trade Center [[TooSoon judged inappropriate]] after the 9/11 attacks. The reaction to these the 9/11 terrorist attacks was also responsible responsibile for adding the aforementioned scene in which New York citizens rally together to verbally attack the Goblin.
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* InformedFlaw: Mary Jane's singing. Kirsten Dunst is a good singer and delivers a good performance in the third movie but her character is critically panned in universe for her broadway performance. In part justified because we're sitting in the front row with Peter who is meant to be oblivious to MJ's professional problems and one of the reviews remarked "her voice hardly carries past the first row."
**[[FridgeLogic If MJ's problem is projection, one wonders why the directors didn't notice it during rehearsals.]]
**[[FridgeLogic If MJ's problem is projection, one wonders why the directors didn't notice it during rehearsals.]]
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**Which is still rather funny. In an early scene, Robbie Robertson mentions how a potographer named "Eddie" has been "on it"-- trying to get spidey pics-- all week. But in Spiderman 3 Eddie is mentioned as the new guy.
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At first he attempts to [[PersonalGainHurts use these powers for profit,]] but when his actions accidentally lead to the [[DeathByOriginStory death of his Uncle Ben,]] Peter decides to [[ComesGreatResponsibility use his abilities to fight injustice,]] under the name Spider-Man. This comes in handy when the father of his best friend, Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe), becomes the villainous Green Goblin after using a performance-enhancing chemical vapor that grants him super strength, but also makes him mentally unstable and dangerously psychotic.
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At first he attempts to [[PersonalGainHurts use these powers for profit,]] but when his actions accidentally lead to the [[DeathByOriginStory death of his Uncle Ben,]] Peter decides to [[ComesGreatResponsibility use his abilities to fight injustice,]] under the name Spider-Man. This comes in handy when the father of his best friend, Norman Osborn NormanOsborn (Willem Dafoe), becomes the villainous Green Goblin after using a performance-enhancing chemical vapor that grants him super strength, but also makes him mentally unstable and dangerously psychotic.
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* WrongInsultOffence: J. Jonah Jameson resents being accused of slander. In print, it's libel.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Harry, at the Thanksgiving party: "If I'm lucky, I'll [[HarsherInHindsight become half of what [my father] is!]]"
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* CeilingCling: Peter does this twice to hide from attention at the Thanksgiving party.
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* AHandfulForAnEye: Spider-Man concludes his first encounter with the Green Goblin this way, blinding him with a web-shot to the face and distracting him long enough for Spidey to [[AreTheseWiresImportant damage the glider badly enough]] that the Goblin has to retreat.
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** ''Uncle Ben'' of all people, pulls this. Looking for an excuse to get some time to talk to Peter, he offers to drive him to the library, and when Peter demurs, Uncle Ben says "I need the exercise."
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* BulletTime: Peter's SpiderSense is portrayed this way.
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* ButtMonkey: Peter. The opening sequence really rubs it in: he's such a dork that even the ''bus driver'' laughs at his misfortunes! About the only people who treat him with any respect are [[GirlNextDoor Mary Jane]] and [[LonelyRichKid Harry.]]
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* LikeAWeasel: Harry pulls this while trying to flirt with Mary Jane at the spider laboratory.
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* BookEnds: "Who am I?"
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** The couple at the World Unity Festival with their backs to the camera when Peter pulled them to safety by using his web? The man was reportedly Nicholas Hammond, Friedrich Von Trapp from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' and Spider-Man from the 70s TV show.
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** The couple at the World Unity Festival with their backs to the camera when Peter pulled them to safety by using his web? The man was reportedly Nicholas Hammond, Friedrich Von Trapp from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' and Spider-Man from the 70s TV show.show.
* CaptainObvious: Peter saying "I'm a photographer" while wearing a 35mm camera around his neck.
* CaptainObvious: Peter saying "I'm a photographer" while wearing a 35mm camera around his neck.
* EvilIsHammy
* EvilLaugh
* EvilLaugh
** "The Green Meanie"
** Peter still struggled with swinging when he was chasing the carjacker.
* IdiotBall: So Green Goblin has Spider-Man unconscious. Instead of taking his mask off and finding out it is Peter, he later finds out by pure accident.
** There was no reason for the Goblin to take off his mask. Given that they were in New York, the odds that Spider-Man was someone that he could recognize just by seeing his face were incredibly small.
** Furthermore, he was still trying to get Spidey on his side. He also could have easily killed him while he was unconscious, but chose not to.
** Additionally, Norman is quite insane, and suffering from a fractured personality. The Goblin considers himself a different person from Norman (though born from him), and naturally considers Spider-Man the same way; until he realizes that it's Peter, the Goblin just doesn't care about the man under the mask, he wants to play with Spider-Man.
* IdiotBall: So Green Goblin has Spider-Man unconscious. Instead of taking his mask off and finding out it is Peter, he later finds out by pure accident.
** There was no reason for the Goblin to take off his mask. Given that they were in New York, the odds that Spider-Man was someone that he could recognize just by seeing his face were incredibly small.
** Furthermore, he was still trying to get Spidey on his side. He also could have easily killed him while he was unconscious, but chose not to.
** Additionally, Norman is quite insane, and suffering from a fractured personality. The Goblin considers himself a different person from Norman (though born from him), and naturally considers Spider-Man the same way; until he realizes that it's Peter, the Goblin just doesn't care about the man under the mask, he wants to play with Spider-Man.
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* IdiotBall: So Green Goblin has Spider-Man unconscious. Instead of taking his mask off and finding out it is Peter, he later finds out by pure accident.
** There was no reason for the Goblin to take off his mask. Given that they were in New York, the odds that Spider-Man was someone that he could recognize just by seeing his face were incredibly small.
** Furthermore, he was still trying to get Spidey on his side. He also could have easily killed him while he was unconscious, but chose not to.
** Additionally, Norman is quite insane, and suffering from a fractured personality. The Goblin considers himself a different person from Norman (though born from him), and naturally considers Spider-Man the same way; until he realizes that it's Peter, the Goblin just doesn't care about the man under the mask, he wants to play with Spider-Man.
** There was no reason for the Goblin to take off his mask. Given that they were in New York, the odds that Spider-Man was someone that he could recognize just by seeing his face were incredibly small.
** Furthermore, he was still trying to get Spidey on his side. He also could have easily killed him while he was unconscious, but chose not to.
** Additionally, Norman is quite insane, and suffering from a fractured personality. The Goblin considers himself a different person from Norman (though born from him), and naturally considers Spider-Man the same way; until he realizes that it's Peter, the Goblin just doesn't care about the man under the mask, he wants to play with Spider-Man.
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* IdiotBall: So Green Goblin has Spider-Man unconscious. Instead of taking his mask off and finding out it is Peter, he later finds out by pure accident.
** There was no reason for the Goblin to take off his mask. Given that they were in New York, the odds that Spider-Man was someone that he could recognize just by seeing his face were incredibly small.
** Furthermore, he was still trying to get Spidey on his side. He also could have easily killed him while he was unconscious, but chose not to.
** Additionally, Norman is quite insane, and suffering from a fractured personality.IronicNurseryRhyme: The Goblin considers himself a different person from Norman (though born from him), and naturally considers Spider-Man the same way; until he realizes that it's Peter, the Goblin just doesn't care about the man under the mask, he wants to play with Spider-Man.Itsy Bitsy Spider
** There was no reason for the Goblin to take off his mask. Given that they were in New York, the odds that Spider-Man was someone that he could recognize just by seeing his face were incredibly small.
** Furthermore, he was still trying to get Spidey on his side. He also could have easily killed him while he was unconscious, but chose not to.
** Additionally, Norman is quite insane, and suffering from a fractured personality.
* LargeHam: Both Willem Dafoe and J.K. Simmons.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Peter Parker designs his Superhero costume in a montage, complete with his notes ("Needs more color"), newspaper ads for the car of his dreams and the wrestling match, an image of a smiling Mary Jane, and Danny Elfman's themes; this scene segues into Peter's shooting his web in his room, with a bit more Elfman music.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Peter Parker designs his Superhero costume in a montage, complete with his notes ("Needs more color"), newspaper ads for the car of his dreams and the wrestling match, an image of a smiling Mary Jane, and Danny Elfman's themes; this scene segues into Peter's shooting his web in his room, with a bit more Elfman music.
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* SameLanguageDub: Bruce Campbell voiced the injured wrestler that Peter walked by before going in the ring to fight Bonesaw.
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** Also, in a bizarre coincidence, Eddie Brock appears in the novelization, also written in 2002 and yet described much like Topher Grace would portray him as five years later.
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** Y'know, [[MST3KMantra there's a trope for this...]]
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** Funnier if it was a ShoutOut- there was actually a group of bike messengers in New York City known as... ComicBook/{{X-Men}}. [[http://gearjunkie.com/1990s-New-York-City-Bike-Messengers Read here.]]
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** Funnier if it was a ShoutOut- there was actually a group of bike messengers in New York City known as...ComicBook/{{X-Men}}. [[http://gearjunkie.com/1990s-New-York-City-Bike-Messengers Read here.]]
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** Funnier if it was a ShoutOut- there was actually a group of bike messengers in New York City known as... ComicBook/{{X-Men}}. [[http://gearjunkie.com/1990s-New-York-City-Bike-Messengers Read here.]]
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* HammyHerald: The deliciously hammy wrestling announcer, played by BruceCampbell. Who gets cameos in the next two films.
* HeroicBystander: StanLee's cameo. In both this and the second movie, he pulls people away from pieces of falling buildings.
* HeroicBystander: StanLee's cameo. In both this and the second movie, he pulls people away from pieces of falling buildings.
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* HammyHerald: The deliciously hammy wrestling announcer, played by BruceCampbell.Creator/BruceCampbell. Who gets cameos in the next two films.
* HeroicBystander:StanLee's Creator/StanLee's cameo. In both this and the second movie, he pulls people away from pieces of falling buildings.
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* BlatantLies: Most of Jameson's ideas for stories about Spider-Man. Because, "If he doesn't want to famous? Then I'll make him [=IMfamous=]!"
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* BlatantLies: Most of Jameson's ideas for stories about Spider-Man. Because, "If he doesn't want to famous? Then I'll make him [=IMfamous=]!"[=INfamous=]!"
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** The couple at the World Unity Festival with their backs to the camera when Peter pulled them to safety by using his web? The man was reportedly Nicholas Hammond, Friedrich Von Trapp from ''TheSoundOfMusic'' and Spider-Man from the 70s TV show.
* CelebrityParadox: Aunt May briefly tells Peter "You're not {{Superman}}, you know!", and Peter half-jokingly yells out "ComicBook/{{Shazam}}!" and [[{{Superman}} "Up, up, and away!"]] when he's trying to figure out how to fire his web. This seems to imply that DCComics exists in the movie's universe--but it makes you wonder what it would look like in a world without MarvelComics. Would they have a running rivalry with a different company? Would they change their superhero characters to accommodate changing tastes in the 60s? Did StanLee and JackKirby ever get into the comics business? If not, did DC ever publish ''NewGods''?
* CelebrityParadox: Aunt May briefly tells Peter "You're not {{Superman}}, you know!", and Peter half-jokingly yells out "ComicBook/{{Shazam}}!" and [[{{Superman}} "Up, up, and away!"]] when he's trying to figure out how to fire his web. This seems to imply that DCComics exists in the movie's universe--but it makes you wonder what it would look like in a world without MarvelComics. Would they have a running rivalry with a different company? Would they change their superhero characters to accommodate changing tastes in the 60s? Did StanLee and JackKirby ever get into the comics business? If not, did DC ever publish ''NewGods''?
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** The couple at the World Unity Festival with their backs to the camera when Peter pulled them to safety by using his web? The man was reportedly Nicholas Hammond, Friedrich Von Trapp from ''TheSoundOfMusic'' ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' and Spider-Man from the 70s TV show.
* CelebrityParadox: Aunt May briefly tells Peter "You're not {{Superman}}, you know!", and Peter half-jokingly yells out "ComicBook/{{Shazam}}!" and[[{{Superman}} [[{{Franchise/Superman}} "Up, up, and away!"]] when he's trying to figure out how to fire his web. This seems to imply that DCComics Creator/DCComics exists in the movie's universe--but it makes you wonder what it would look like in a world without MarvelComics. Creator/MarvelComics. Would they have a running rivalry with a different company? Would they change their superhero characters to accommodate changing tastes in the 60s? Did StanLee Creator/StanLee and JackKirby Ceator/JackKirby ever get into the comics business? If not, did DC ever publish ''NewGods''?
* CelebrityParadox: Aunt May briefly tells Peter "You're not {{Superman}}, you know!", and Peter half-jokingly yells out "ComicBook/{{Shazam}}!" and
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The first movie in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' is an origin story, telling the tale of Peter Parker, a nerd who is bitten by a genetically-engineered spider and gets the powers of the arachnid - web shooting, high jumping, wall-adherability, enhanced strength/endurance and [[SpiderSense sensing vibrations in the air]]. At first he attempts to [[PersonalGainHurts use these powers for profit,]] but when his actions accidentally lead to the [[DeathByOriginStory death of his Uncle Ben,]] Peter decides to [[ComesGreatResponsibility use his abilities to fight injustice,]] under the name Spider-Man. This comes in handy when the father of his best friend, Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe), becomes the villainous Green Goblin after using a performance-enhancing chemical vapor that grants him super strength, but also makes him mentally unstable and dangerously psychotic.
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The first movie in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' is an origin story, telling the tale of Peter Parker, a nerd who is bitten by a genetically-engineered spider and gets the powers of the arachnid - web shooting, high jumping, wall-adherability, enhanced strength/endurance and [[SpiderSense sensing vibrations in the air]]. air]].
At first he attempts to [[PersonalGainHurts use these powers for profit,]] but when his actions accidentally lead to the [[DeathByOriginStory death of his Uncle Ben,]] Peter decides to [[ComesGreatResponsibility use his abilities to fight injustice,]] under the name Spider-Man. This comes in handy when the father of his best friend, Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe), becomes the villainous Green Goblin after using a performance-enhancing chemical vapor that grants him super strength, but also makes him mentally unstable and dangerously psychotic.
At first he attempts to [[PersonalGainHurts use these powers for profit,]] but when his actions accidentally lead to the [[DeathByOriginStory death of his Uncle Ben,]] Peter decides to [[ComesGreatResponsibility use his abilities to fight injustice,]] under the name Spider-Man. This comes in handy when the father of his best friend, Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe), becomes the villainous Green Goblin after using a performance-enhancing chemical vapor that grants him super strength, but also makes him mentally unstable and dangerously psychotic.
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** Also when scamming Peter when he gets his pics of Spider-Man. When he is the only person that can get pics clearer than 50ft away, he dismisses them as garbage just so he can pay less to get them where any other publishing company would have paid 100 times as much.
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* For the trilogy of films released between 2002 and 2007 that were directed by Creator/SamRaimi, and starring Tobey Maguire, KirstenDunst and James Franco, [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy click here]].
* For the 2012 film directed by Marc Webb, and starring AndrewGarfield and Creator/EmmaStone, [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan click here]].
* For the 2012 film directed by Marc Webb, and starring AndrewGarfield and Creator/EmmaStone, [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan click here]].
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!!This film provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: The novelization features a part with Mary Jane and Harry discussing the book ''Literature/InterviewWithTheVampire'', where MJ remarks that she "[s]aw [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire the movie]]. The little kid in it creeped me out." KirstenDunst, of course, was that little kid.
* {{Adorkable}}: Peter Parker.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[NormanOsborn Green Goblin]] ''"Peter... don't tell Harry."''
* ArcWords: "Don't tell Harry." Also "Thank God for you, Peter."
* TheAtoner
* AttemptedRape: Spidey saves Mary Jane from an attempted gang rape.
* AwesomeButImpractical: General Slocum clearly wants to sign a contract between
* BadassBystander: Averted, the man who earlier cheated Peter out of his prize money, points out that Peter could have "taken that guy apart" but he instead let the robber pass. Peter replies, [[IronicEcho "I missed the part where that's my problem."]]
* BeepingComputers
* BerserkButton: Green Goblin threatens to have a "hell of a time" with MJ. Spider-Man responds by dropping a brick wall on him, and after subsequently tackling him, he repeatedly punches the Goblin in the face and knocks him down only to be propped back up for another hit to the face.
* TheBigDamnKiss: The famous upside down in the rain scene. They repeat it. It is reprised in the third movie, only with Gwen Stacy on the receiving end.
* BillBillJunkBill: Jameson's opinion of Peter's photos is: "Crap... Crap... Megacrap."
* BlatantLies: Most of Jameson's ideas for stories about Spider-Man. Because, "If he doesn't want to famous? Then I'll make him [=IMfamous=]!"
* BoardToDeath
* TheCameo: Lucy Lawless as the redheaded woman in the "man on the street" segment, as a favor to Sam Raimi (who was the Executive Producer of ''XenaWarriorPrincess'').
** The couple at the World Unity Festival with their backs to the camera when Peter pulled them to safety by using his web? The man was reportedly Nicholas Hammond, Friedrich Von Trapp from ''TheSoundOfMusic'' and Spider-Man from the 70s TV show.
* CelebrityParadox: Aunt May briefly tells Peter "You're not {{Superman}}, you know!", and Peter half-jokingly yells out "ComicBook/{{Shazam}}!" and [[{{Superman}} "Up, up, and away!"]] when he's trying to figure out how to fire his web. This seems to imply that DCComics exists in the movie's universe--but it makes you wonder what it would look like in a world without MarvelComics. Would they have a running rivalry with a different company? Would they change their superhero characters to accommodate changing tastes in the 60s? Did StanLee and JackKirby ever get into the comics business? If not, did DC ever publish ''NewGods''?
* CigarChomper: J. Jonah Jameson is never seen without a cigar.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Inverted at the Thanksgiving scene, Norman wears red and blue (Spider-Man's colors) and Peter is wearing green (the Green Goblin's colors).
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: J. Jonah Jameson's response to Peter's complaints about the ''Daily Bugle'''s portrayal of Spider-Man:
--> '''Peter:''' Spider-Man wasn't trying to attack the city, he was trying to save it. That's slander!
--> '''JJ:''' It is not! I resent that. Slander is ''spoken''. In print it's ''libel''.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Averted with Spider-Man and the Green Goblin.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Dr. Stromm immediately begins administering CPR after Norman's heart stops. Of course, he's giving him sideways chest compressions from a standing position and it only takes TWO to restart Norman's heart again.
** Uh, that's not what started his ticker back up. His cardiac arrest is heavily implied to be part of the performance serum's process.
* CurseCutShort: The "cut to another scene variation" happens during the first montage of Spider-Man in action.
-->'''Woman:''' (about Spider-man) He has those tights and that tight little--
-->(HardCut to [[ThemeTuneCameo a man in a subway station playing the old TV series theme song on his guitar]])
* CutHimselfShaving: It was [[BlatantLies a bike messenger cutting Peter off]], I swear!
** Funnier if it was a ShoutOut- there was actually a group of bike messengers in New York City known as...ComicBook/{{X-Men}}. [[http://gearjunkie.com/1990s-New-York-City-Bike-Messengers Read here.]]
* DarkReprise: The whole sequence where Peter furiously chases Dennis Carradine is a darker rendition of the earlier idealistic sequence where Peter first climbed walls, roof jumped and webslinged.
* DeerInTheHeadlights: The kid about to be crushed by the float is an extremely over the top example, to the point where [[LampshadeHanging Spidey himself chides him for not moving]].
* DefiantStoneThrow: The people pelting Green Goblin on the Queensboro Bridge.
* DishDash
* DullSurprise: [[TropesAreNotBad Used brilliantly]] with The Green Goblin [[spoiler:immediately before his {{impale|dWithExtremePrejudice}}ment]]: "Oh."
* EarlyBirdCameo: In a sense: Curt Connors is name-dropped as one of Peter's professors who fired him. The second film, of course, builds on this, by actually showing him.
* FailOSuckyname: Peter's original idea for his name.
--> '''Ring Announcer''': "The Human Spider", that's it, that's the best you got?
--> '''Peter Parker''': Yeah.
--> '''Ring Announcer''': Oh, that sucks...
* FamousLastWords: "Don't tell Harry."
* FlatWhat: By Norman Osborn, upon being told by the board that Oscorp is going to be sold.
* ForTheEvulz: The Green Goblin gives no clear motive in the movie other than messing with Spider-Man and generally acting like a homicidal maniac.
** He does say he exists to fulfill Norman Osborn's dreams, but aside from killing the Oscorp board members, it is very unclear what he hopes to achieve afterwards.
** The formula that gives Norman his strength is said (and shown) to make him insane, and it's only after Spider-Man interferes with his revenge/attempts to keep his company afloat that he starts gunning for Spider-Man, a thorn in his side. He tries to recruit him initially, and when that fails the rest of the plot is a result of him taking it ''very'' personally.
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Radioactive spider --> genetically-engineered spider.
* GenreSavvy: Arguably, the Green Goblin. His dialogue suggests that he's treating Spider-Man like someone who wants to play [[BigDamnHeroes comic book superhero]] and is trying to prove to him that heroic actions are foolish and self-defeating.
* HammyHerald: The deliciously hammy wrestling announcer, played by BruceCampbell. Who gets cameos in the next two films.
* HeroicBystander: StanLee's cameo. In both this and the second movie, he pulls people away from pieces of falling buildings.
* HeroicSecondWind
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Norman ends up impaling himself with his own goblin glider.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Arguably the TropeNamer, as we see in Peter's first roofhopping scene.
* InsaneTrollLogic: the Goblin's attempt to persuade Peter that they shouldn't cause massive property destruction "over and over again in selfish battle" conveniently ignores that he causes that even without Spider-Man's intervention.
* IronicEcho: Peter has been conned by the wrestling event's promoter, who informs him, "I missed the part where that's my problem." After the robber steals the guy's money and Peter lets the guy get away, he says this back to the manager.
** "Don't tell Harry." is also a line repeated throughout the movie.
** When General Slocum visits the Oscorp factories, Dr. Stromm informs him that they need to take the entire product line "back to formula" due to the unstable nature of the performance enhancers. When Norman reawakes after being injected with the serum, the first thing he says as he prepares to throttle Dr. Stromm is, "Back to formula?"
** "You're out, Norman." "Am I?" at the Oscorp board meeting when the directors tell Norman that he's going to be fired. At the World Unity Festival, as the Goblin prepares to throw pumpkin bombs at the board members, he says "[[PreMortemOneLiner Out, am I?!]]"
* IdiotBall: So Green Goblin has Spider-Man unconscious. Instead of taking his mask off and finding out it is Peter, he later finds out by pure accident.
** There was no reason for the Goblin to take off his mask. Given that they were
** Furthermore, he was still trying to get Spidey on his side. He also could have easily killed him while he was unconscious, but chose not to.
** Additionally, Norman is quite insane, and
* For
* ISurrenderSuckers: When a police officer accosts the Goblin during his attack in Times Square, he says, "I surrender!" then knocks out the officer.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies
* MatchCut
* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: At least one Norman Osborn / Green Goblin dialogue/monologue is done via this.
* MookHorrorShow: Peter pulls this trope on the man who killed Uncle Ben.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Peter Parker designs his Superhero costume in a montage, complete with his notes ("Needs more color"), newspaper ads for the car of his dreams and the wrestling match, an image of a smiling Mary Jane, and Danny Elfman's themes; this scene segues into Peter's shooting his web in his room, with a bit more Elfman music.
* NonchalantDodge: When Flash Thompson tries to pick a fight with Peter, Pete's new SuperReflexes are depicted by showing everything ''except'' him in slow motion. Which is so slow that he is abe to dodge the punch, look at Flash in surprise and confusion, then back to the fist, all in what appears to be less than a half-second of real time.
* OddFriendship: Harry and Peter who are best friends despite coming from complete polar-opposite backgrounds.
** Subtext would indicate that they bonded over having lost parents and being respective outcasts among their peers, Harry being the LonelyRichKid and Peter being a HollywoodNerd.
** Harry also implies in the second film
* OhCrap: Or in Osborn's case: "Oh."
** Also the look on Dr. Stromm's face when, after turning around, he finds a single hand clenched around his face and
* OpeningMonologue: "Who am I? You sure you want to know? The story of my life is not for the faint of heart..."
* TheParagon: Spider-Man's efforts got ordinary citizens to help in the climax.
* PartingWordsRegret
* PetTheDog: New Yorkers are generally giant jerks to Spider-Man until the scene where Green Goblin tries to kill a bunch of children, then stop Spider-Man from saving them. The assorted crowd on the bridge throw pipes and
* ProWrestlingIsReal: The first film depicted wrestling as real as a direct adaptation of his origin story. In that world, Spider-Man beat a wrestler named ''Bonesaw [=McGraw=]'', played by the late Randy "Macho-Man" Savage.
* RainOfBlood
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The film was delayed thanks to the need to remove an extended scene involving the World Trade Center [[TooSoon judged inappropriate]] after the 9/11 attacks. The reaction to these was also responsible for adding the aforementioned scene in which New York citizens rally together to verbally attack the Goblin.
* RoofHopping: The scene is so iconic, even ''KickAss'' used the same set as a direct homage.
* RousseauWasRight: The moment when the citizens of New York prove the Green Goblin wrong once and for all by not turning against Spider-Man was the true dramatic climax of the film. After that point, the final fight with the Goblin was pretty much all a ForegoneConclusion.
* SadisticChoice: Goblin. The TropeNamer.
* SaveTheDayTurnAway ends on a really textbook example of one
* ScareChord: A scene with Norman talking to the Goblin's spirit features a chord that's rather jarring in its loudness.
** Also when Harry finds his dad slumped over in the living room and is trying to help him figure out what had happened the night before [[spoiler:(it being, of course, Norman as the Goblin killing General Slocum and others trying to drive him out of business)]]. The chord in question is used as part of a JumpScare, accompanied by a split-second shot of Norman seizing during the experiment that gave him his powers.
--->'''Norman''': ...last night I was -- \\
''['''[[JumpScare QUICK SHOT]]''']''\\
'''Harry''': ...what?\\
'''Norman''': ...I don't remember...
* SplitPersonalityMakeover: Norman Osborn and the Green Goblin. The difference between the two is huge, but it's done entirely with facial expression, vocal mannerisms, and body language!
* StaringKid: The kid gawking at falling debris that Spidey had to save during his fight with the Green Goblin.
* StrippedToTheBone
* SwordLimbo
* TakeAThirdOption: The bridge scene. The Goblin tells Spider-Man to make a choice - save Mary Jane, or passengers on the Roosevelt Island Tramway. He makes a move that saves both.
* TalentDouble
* TalkingToThemself: Norman talks to his alternate personality in a mirror.
* ThematicThemeTune: "Hero", written by [[{{Nickelback}} Chad Kroeger]] and sung by him and Josey Scott.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck
* TooDumbToLive: The kid at the Festival, who stands like a DeerInTheHeadlights as the large globe falls towards him. Even Peter shows irritation that he's not running.
--> '''Peter''': C'mon, move kid!
* WeCanRuleTogether: "Join me!" says the Goblin. Spider-Man takes a pass.
* WetSariScene
* WeWillMeetAgain
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To The Spider]]: After Peter gets bitten, he flicks it away and we see it crawl under some cabinets. While in the background, we hear Mary-Jane inform them that it's missing, we never do find out what happened, or if there is a random genetically altered Spider that can give people super-powers still at large in New York City?
* WhiteGangBangers: The AttemptedRape scene.
* YoureNotMyFather
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