History Film / SpiderMan

* [[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?

* AdaptationalCurves: The spider bite gave Peter an instant buff-up, something that didn't happen in the comics.

* AwesomeButImpractical: General Slocum clearly wants to sign a contract between the United States Army and Quest Aerospace for their obviously incredibly cumbersome flightsuit (which doesn't even look very practical or look like something that's going to catch on) over Oscorp Industries' much more practical Human Performance Enhancers, streamling aero flightsuits, and gliders. Norman, as the Goblin, destroys his rival's technology by blowing up the bunker during a testing session before it can be put to market.

* BillBillJunkBill: Jameson's opinion of Peter's photos is: "Crap... Crap... Megacrap."

* 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.

** Wrestling/RandySavage, arguably the greatest ham-slicer in wrestling history, as Bonesaw: BONESAWWWW IS RRRRREADYYYYYY!

->''[[{{Tagline}} "Get Ready For The Ultimate Spin."]]''

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* CelebrityParadox: Aunt May briefly tells Peter "You're not {{Superman}}, you know!", and Peter half-jokingly yells out "ComicBook/{{Shazam}}!" and [[{{Franchise/Superman}} "Up, up, and away!"]] when he's trying to figure out how to fire his web. This seems to imply that Creator/DCComics exists in the movie's universe--but it makes you wonder what it would look like in a world without 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 Creator/StanLee and Ceator/JackKirby ever get into the comics business? If not, did DC ever publish ''NewGods''?
** Y'know, [[MST3KMantra there's a trope for this...]]

--> '''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. (Cleverly, it is J. Jonah Jameson who gives the Green Goblin his moniker, to sensationalize their battle and sell papers.)

--> '''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*

-->'''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]])

** Which is still rather funny. In an early scene, Robbie Robertson mentions how a photographer named "Eddie" has been "on it"-- trying to get Spidey pics-- all week. But in Spiderman 3 Eddie is mentioned as the new guy.

--> '''Ring Announcer''': "The Human Spider", that's it, that's the best you got?
--> '''Peter Parker''': Yeah.
--> '''Ring Announcer''': Oh, that sucks...

** 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?"

* IronicNurseryRhyme: The Itsy Bitsy Spider

** RandySavage, arguably the greatest ham-slicer in wrestling history, as Bonesaw: BONESAWWWW IS RRRRREADYYYYYY!

* WetSariScene: The famous kiss scene, where Kirsten Dunst's shirt is fairly sheer, and very wet.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Sort of. Mary Jane never died in the comics, [[ILetGwenStacy but the girlfriend that got thrown off the bridge by the Green Goblin]], which MJ takes on the role of, did.

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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 "Macho Man" Wrestling/RandySavage. Furthermore "The Disciplinarian" Kristen Davidson and "Jungle Grrl" played Bonesaw's managers, throwing him weapons to hit Spider-man with to try and keep him from lasting to the time limit. This is actually a(n unrealistic) depiction of "hooking", in which a wrestler would challenge local competitors to last a certain amount of time in the ring with him, beating them handily while making it look like they actually stood a chance of lasting to the time limit so more contestants would put up money to try. If the wrestler might actually be in danger of losing he would "cheat" (hence the managers). Hooking only worked because it happened in the age when people bought into kayfabe, which was long exposed by the time of this movies release (and steel cages were not involved).

* 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 "Macho Man" Wrestling/RandySavage. Furthermore "The Disciplinarian" Kristen Davidson and "Jungle Grrl" played Bonesaw's managers, throwing him weapons to hit Spider-man with to try and keep him from lasting to the time limit.

* 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 "Macho Man" Wrestling/RandySavage.

** 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.

* SparedByTheAdaption: Sort of. Mary Jane never died in the comics, [[ILetGwenStacy but the girlfriend that got thrown off the bridge by the Green Goblin]], which MJ takes on the role of, did.

* ActorAllusion: The novelization features a part with Mary Jane and Harry discussing the book ''Literature/InterviewWithTheVampire'', where MJ remarks that she "saw [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire the movie]]. The little kid in it creeped me out." KirstenDunst, of course, was that little kid.

** In nearly every version of Spidey's origin, the spider dies after biting him. Even with the change from radioactive contamination to genetic engineering, it's reasonable to assume the spider never made it out of Oscorp.

* 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 more Elfman music.

* 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.

** 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.

--> '''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?

* CardCarryingVillain: A somewhat...[[{{Narm}} jarring]] variant where the Green Goblin makes Aunt May finish the Lord's Prayer.

* 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. [[FridgeBrilliance Considering he's raised by two elderly people]], his whole 'gee shucks' thing kind of makes sense.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[NormanOsborn Green Goblin]] ''"Peter... don't tell Harry."''