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Highly successful in both the critical and commercial departments, these movies helped cement the superhero movie boom by proving that ''Film/{{Blade|1998}}'' and ''Film/XMen1'' before it hadn't been one-time charms. The success of this series led to other similarly-praised efforts, such as ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.

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Highly successful in both the critical (apart from the third) and commercial departments, these movies helped cement the superhero movie boom by proving that ''Film/{{Blade|1998}}'' and ''Film/XMen1'' before it hadn't been one-time charms.flukes. The success of this series led to other similarly-praised efforts, such as ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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** In the comics, Jameson's hatred of Spider-Man has often escalated to truly reprehensibly heights, including funding the creation of a supervillain to take down the Wall-Crawler on more than one occasion. The Jameson in these films never does anything so heinous.

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** In the comics, Jameson's hatred of Spider-Man has often escalated to truly reprehensibly reprehensible heights, including funding the creation of a supervillain to take down the Wall-Crawler on more than one occasion. The Jameson in these films never does anything so heinous.

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** Culturally, the characters seem to be tied in a fifties' time-warp, with very few characters using the Internet, Emo!Peter's idea of cool being based on ''Film/{{Grease}}'', MJ singing at a Jazz-bar and being a struggling actress trying to work on UsefulNotes/{{Broadway|AndTheWestEnd}} rather than avant-garde work or musicals, or off-Broadway work, or experimental films. MJ is a struggling actress ''in New York'' rather than on the West Coast, and being one in the former means a lot of niche-work to make ends meet.

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** Culturally, the characters seem to be tied in a fifties' time-warp, with very few characters using the Internet, Emo!Peter's idea of cool being based on ''Film/{{Grease}}'', MJ singing at a Jazz-bar and being a struggling actress trying to work on UsefulNotes/{{Broadway|AndTheWestEnd}} Platform/{{Broadway|AndTheWestEnd}} rather than avant-garde work or musicals, or off-Broadway work, or experimental films. MJ is a struggling actress ''in New York'' rather than on the West Coast, and being one in the former means a lot of niche-work to make ends meet.



* UsefulNotes/IvyLeague: Although Peter Parker attends the fictional Empire State University (modeled after New York University) in the comics, the Raimi films make him a student at Columbia.



** Spider-Man does wear a red-and-blue costume in this trilogy, but the colors are a little darker and more muted. In addition, the costume emphasizes thick black webline patterns across the red part of his suit (his face and gloves), whereas in the comics, the lines were thinner. The thickness of these web-lines mirrors the thick font of the Spider-Man logo (which later became the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation font). Later versions, such as ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' and ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', went with thinner web-lines on the red area, and those costumes came off as brighter in comparison to the first one.

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** Spider-Man does wear a red-and-blue costume in this trilogy, but the colors are a little darker and more muted. In addition, the costume emphasizes thick black webline patterns across the red part of his suit (his face and gloves), whereas in the comics, the lines were thinner. The thickness of these web-lines mirrors the thick font of the Spider-Man logo (which later became the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation Platform/PlayStation font). Later versions, such as ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' and ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', went with thinner web-lines on the red area, and those costumes came off as brighter in comparison to the first one.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Peter wants Mary Jane.
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** Mary Jane Watson is more or less a CompositeCharacter of several of Peter's girlfriends ([[Characters/SpiderManLoveInterests herself, Liz Allan, and Gwen Stacy]]). She is initially Flash Thompson's and Harry Osborn's girlfriend (much like Liz Allan was) and is an outwardly charming and charismatic girl with aspirations to become an actress while balancing a troubled family background at home (which is MJ's background in the comics). Her overall serious and melancholy nature is very much based on Gwen Stacy rather than the immensely upbeat and snarky MJ of the early comics (who more or less lightened up Peter's mood and that of the overall dark tone of the comics), who was even something of a ManicPixieDreamGirl. She still retains the fundamental elements of MJ in that she loves both Peter and Spider-Man and is comfortable with both his identities unlike Gwen (who loathed and hated Spider-Man in the comics), which, for most of her history, is what set her apart and made her and Peter so compatible.

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** Mary Jane Watson is more or less a CompositeCharacter of several of Peter's girlfriends ([[Characters/SpiderManLoveInterests herself, (herself, Liz Allan, and Gwen Stacy]]).Stacy). She is initially Flash Thompson's and Harry Osborn's girlfriend (much like Liz Allan was) and is an outwardly charming and charismatic girl with aspirations to become an actress while balancing a troubled family background at home (which is MJ's background in the comics). Her overall serious and melancholy nature is very much based on Gwen Stacy rather than the immensely upbeat and snarky MJ of the early comics (who more or less lightened up Peter's mood and that of the overall dark tone of the comics), who was even something of a ManicPixieDreamGirl. She still retains the fundamental elements of MJ in that she loves both Peter and Spider-Man and is comfortable with both his identities unlike Gwen (who loathed and hated Spider-Man in the comics), which, for most of her history, is what set her apart and made her and Peter so compatible.
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A trilogy of SuperHero films based on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]], all directed by Creator/SamRaimi and running from 2002 to 2007. The films starred Creator/TobeyMaguire as the titular web-slinger, Creator/KirstenDunst as [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]], Creator/JamesFranco as Harry Osborn, Creator/RosemaryHarris as May Parker, Creator/JKSimmons as J. Jonah Jameson, and Creator/BruceCampbell in various cameos. The official designation for the reality these films are set in is Earth-96283.

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A trilogy of SuperHero films based on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]], all directed by Creator/SamRaimi and running from 2002 to 2007. The films starred Creator/TobeyMaguire as the titular web-slinger, Creator/KirstenDunst as [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]], Creator/JamesFranco as Harry Osborn, Creator/RosemaryHarris as May Parker, Creator/JKSimmons as [[Characters/MarvelComicsJJonahJameson J. Jonah Jameson, Jameson]], and Creator/BruceCampbell in various cameos. The official designation for the reality these films are set in is Earth-96283.



* '''''Film/SpiderMan3''''' (2007): With his personal and super hero life worked out, Peter is enjoying a high point. Things change as he has to deal with the fallout of the Green Goblin story and his own desire for revenge when a man connected to Uncle Ben's murder, Flint Marko (Creator/ThomasHadenChurch), escapes prison, and is mutated into the powerful Sandman. Adding to this is a rival chasing his heels named [[Characters/VenomEddieBrock Eddie Brock]] (Creator/TopherGrace), and [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} a mysterious black goo]] that attaches itself to Peter, heightening his aggression.

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* '''''Film/SpiderMan3''''' (2007): With his personal and super hero life worked out, Peter is enjoying a high point. Things change as he has to deal with the fallout of the Green Goblin story and his own desire for revenge when a man connected to Uncle Ben's murder, Flint Marko (Creator/ThomasHadenChurch), escapes prison, and is mutated into the powerful Sandman. Adding to this is a rival chasing his heels named [[Characters/VenomEddieBrock [[Characters/MarvelComicsEddieBrock Eddie Brock]] (Creator/TopherGrace), and [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsVenom a mysterious black goo]] that attaches itself to Peter, heightening his aggression.
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** Creator/StanLee protects a little girl in the havoc created by the Green Goblin in the first film. In the second, he pulls a woman out of the way of falling debris while Spider-Man fights Doc Ock; "Look out!" is his only line. In the third, he has a much more substantial cameo as a man who talks to Peter on the street. "Y'know, I guess it's true what they say: one person really can make a difference. [[{{Catchphrase}} 'Nuff said.]]"

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** Creator/StanLee protects a little girl in the havoc created by the Green Goblin in the first film. In the second, he pulls a woman out of the way of falling debris while Spider-Man fights Doc Ock; "Look out!" is his only line. In the third, he has a much more substantial cameo as a man who talks to Peter on the street. "Y'know, I guess it's true what they say: one person really can make a difference. [[{{Catchphrase}} [[CharacterCatchphrase 'Nuff said.]]"
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That only applies to Spider-Man 2, not the entire trilogy. Also MJ's attitude to Peter in that film is understandable when looking at it from her point of view.


* NoSympathy: Mary Jane rather infamously gives this to Peter throughout the second movie. She gives him some WhatTheHellHero treatment for repeatedly missing her play -- sure, she doesn't know that he's Spider-Man [[spoiler:(yet, though at the end she does say she thinks she knew, which actually makes her previous behavior even worse)]]; however, not only does she indeed know that he's borderline impoverished and busy fighting an uphill battle trying to juggle work and college (even one of which, realistically, would make it pretty difficult for anyone to be able to go to such a high-class event), but he actually does manage to make it anyway at one point (only to be denied entry due to being too late to be seated) in front of an usher who could easily verify his whereabouts for MJ.
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After a possible fourth film entered DevelopmentHell, the franchise received a ContinuityReboot with an all-new creative team with ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', with Spider-Man played by Creator/AndrewGarfield. Eventually, '''that''' setting was rebooted when it was announced that the character would be integrated into the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, following an unprecedented deal between Creator/SonyPictures and Creator/MarvelStudios, with Creator/TomHolland as the wall-crawler in the ''Film/SpiderManHomecomingTrilogy''.

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After a possible fourth film entered DevelopmentHell, the franchise received a ContinuityReboot with an all-new creative team with ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', with Spider-Man played by Creator/AndrewGarfield. Eventually, '''that''' setting was rebooted when it was announced that the character would be integrated into the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, following an unprecedented deal between Creator/SonyPictures and Creator/MarvelStudios, with Creator/TomHolland as the wall-crawler in the ''Film/SpiderManHomecomingTrilogy''.
''Film/SpiderManHomeTrilogy''.
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[[caption-width-right:340:''"This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-Man"'']]
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* '''''Film/SpiderMan2''''' (2004): Peter struggles with the responsibility of being Spider-Man as [[HeroWithBadPublicity the people of New York don't trust him]], leading him to consider resigning out of exhaustion and stress [[BroughtDownToNormal making his powers act inconsistently]]. At the same time, scientist [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]] (Creator/AlfredMolina) is gravely injured in an [[FreakLabAccident experiment that grafts mechanic arms to his spine]], with the media calling him Doctor Octopus.

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* '''''Film/SpiderMan2''''' (2004): Peter struggles with the responsibility of being Spider-Man as [[HeroWithBadPublicity the people of New York don't trust him]], leading him to consider resigning out of exhaustion and stress [[BroughtDownToNormal making his powers act inconsistently]]. At the same time, scientist [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]] (Creator/AlfredMolina) is gravely injured in an [[FreakLabAccident experiment that grafts after grafting mechanic arms to his spine]], with the media calling him Doctor Octopus.



Thanks to some shenanigans involving TheMultiverse, the the ''Spider-Man Trilogy'' continuity would reappear, alongside the continuity of ''The Amazing Spider-Man Series'' in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', with both of these worlds' Peter Parkers teaming up with the MCU’s Peter Parker to take on the Trilogy’s iterations of Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and Sandman alongside Electro and the Lizard from ''The Amazing Spider-Man''.

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Thanks to some shenanigans involving TheMultiverse, the the ''Spider-Man Trilogy'' continuity would reappear, alongside the continuity of ''The Amazing Spider-Man Series'' Spider-Man'' in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', with both of these worlds' Peter Parkers teaming up with the MCU’s Peter Parker to take on the Trilogy’s iterations of Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and Sandman alongside Electro and the Lizard from ''The Amazing Spider-Man''.
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* TimeSkip: The first film covers from before Peter's graduation, which is in either May or June, all the way to Thanksgiving, ending in November or possibly early December. The second film is confirmed, through a FreezeFrameBonus on Mary Jane's wedding invite, to be in 2004, and starts a month before the anniversary of Ben's death. This places the first film in 2002 and means the second film is set between January and April 26th. Meanwhile signs on Mary Jane's play confirms that the third film is set after the 2005 Tony awards, which took place in June and likely setting the film in mid to late 2005 or early 2006. So there is a gap of a year and a few months between each film.
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** Raimi's movies [[{{Pun}} spun their own]] tangled webs for later imitators. The idea of Peter Parker having a friend in high school, in the form of Harry Osborn in the trilogy, started softening Peter's high school years from the original comics, where he came from a FriendlessBackground and didn't meet Harry and others until he went to college. This led to changes like ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' having MJ as first his best friend before their RelationshipUpgrade, and then in ''Film/SpidermanHomecoming'' with Ned Leeds as his FatBestFriend. Harry Osborn knowing Peter since childhood or from high school went into comics, some animated adaptations, and games, even if the idea of a rich kid like Harry attending a public school doesn't make much sense. In the comics, they met in college which Peter got in on scholarship while Harry got in via Daddy's money.

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** Raimi's movies [[{{Pun}} spun their own]] tangled webs for later imitators. The idea of Peter Parker having a friend in high school, in the form of Harry Osborn in the trilogy, started softening Peter's high school years from the original comics, where he came from a FriendlessBackground and didn't meet Harry and others until he went to college. This led to changes like ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' having MJ as first his best friend before their RelationshipUpgrade, and then in ''Film/SpidermanHomecoming'' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' with Ned Leeds as his FatBestFriend. Harry Osborn knowing Peter since childhood or from high school went into comics, some animated adaptations, and games, even if the idea of a rich kid like Harry attending a public school doesn't make much sense. In the comics, they met in college which Peter got in on scholarship while Harry got in via Daddy's money.
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After a possible fourth film entered DevelopmentHell, the franchise received a ContinuityReboot with an all-new creative team with ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', with Spider-Man played by Creator/AndrewGarfield. Eventually, '''that''' setting was rebooted when it was announced that the character would be integrated into the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, following an unprecedented deal between Creator/SonyPictures and Creator/MarvelStudios, with Creator/TomHolland as the wall-crawler in the ''Film/MCUSpiderManTrilogy''.

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After a possible fourth film entered DevelopmentHell, the franchise received a ContinuityReboot with an all-new creative team with ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', with Spider-Man played by Creator/AndrewGarfield. Eventually, '''that''' setting was rebooted when it was announced that the character would be integrated into the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, following an unprecedented deal between Creator/SonyPictures and Creator/MarvelStudios, with Creator/TomHolland as the wall-crawler in the ''Film/MCUSpiderManTrilogy''.
''Film/SpiderManHomecomingTrilogy''.
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The continuity of the ''Spider-Man Trilogy'' would reappear, alongside the continuity of ''The Amazing Spider-Man Series'' in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', with this world's Peter Parker teaming up with the MCU’s Peter Parker to take on the former’s Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and Sandman, thanks to some shenanigans involving TheMultiverse.

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The continuity of Thanks to some shenanigans involving TheMultiverse, the the ''Spider-Man Trilogy'' continuity would reappear, alongside the continuity of ''The Amazing Spider-Man Series'' in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', with this world's both of these worlds' Peter Parker Parkers teaming up with the MCU’s Peter Parker to take on the former’s Trilogy’s iterations of Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and Sandman, thanks to some shenanigans involving TheMultiverse.
Sandman alongside Electro and the Lizard from ''The Amazing Spider-Man''.


* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Thanks to a slight and crucial change, Peter's origin qualifies. In ''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumberFifteen'', Peter lets the burglar go out of petty selfishness and indifference. In the movie, Peter's wrestling manager (who did not get robbed in the comic) stiffs him so Peter deliberately lets the burglar escape out of spite and revenge. One can argue that Movie!Spidey is even more petty and jerkish, but painting the wrestling manager as an AssholeVictim arguably explains this action better, since Peter was already quite nice and altruistic in the movies before his transformation unlike ComicBook!Peter who, understandably, had a chip on his shoulder.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Thanks to a slight and crucial change, Peter's origin qualifies. In ''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumberFifteen'', ''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumber15'', Peter lets the burglar go out of petty selfishness and indifference. In the movie, Peter's wrestling manager (who did not get robbed in the comic) stiffs him so Peter deliberately lets the burglar escape out of spite and revenge. One can argue that Movie!Spidey is even more petty and jerkish, but painting the wrestling manager as an AssholeVictim arguably explains this action better, since Peter was already quite nice and altruistic in the movies before his transformation unlike ComicBook!Peter who, understandably, had a chip on his shoulder.

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* PosthumousCharacter: Uncle Ben and Norman Osborn both manage to appear in all three films, despite both being killed off in the first.

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* PosthumousCharacter: Uncle Ben and Norman Osborn both manage to appear in all three films, despite both being killed off in the first.



** "Symbiote Night Fever".
** Shouting "ComicBook/{{Shazam}}!" and "[[{{ComicBook/Superman}} Up, up and away]], web!" in the first movie, which was [[ThrowItIn an ad-lib]] by Maguire.
** In the novelization of the first movie, the wheelchaired and bald Oscorp Board Member, Maximillian Fargas, is compared to the "professor character in that [[Film/XMen1 mutant movie]]."
** Aunt May telling Peter that he's not "Superman."

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** "Symbiote "[[Film/SaturdayNightFever Symbiote Night Fever".
Fever]]".
** Shouting "ComicBook/{{Shazam}}!" and "[[{{ComicBook/Superman}} Up, up and away]], web!" in the first movie, which was [[ThrowItIn an ad-lib]] by Maguire.
** In the novelization of the first movie, the wheelchaired and bald Oscorp Board Member, Maximillian Fargas, is compared to the "professor character in
Maguire. Also, Aunt May tells Peter that [[Film/XMen1 mutant movie]].he's "not Superman."
** Aunt May telling The novelizations of all three films have Peter that he's not "Superman."reference ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyote'' regarding his web-swinging.
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** The film trilogy is perhaps the {{Trope Maker|s}} and TropeCodifier for MarqueeAlterEgo, i.e. making characters known for face-covering masks (Spider-Man and Venom most notably) go without masks in many key-scenes for reasons of "face-time". This was especially prominent in ''Film/SpiderMan2'', most notably in the train sequence where Peter removes his mask before a crowd of civilians who rally to protect his secret. Later writers of comics, inspired by the effect of this scene and driven by a desire to write in a more cinematic style actually brought this in comics, with the result that in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' (where write Brian Michael Bendis openly acknowledged its influence), Peter's secret identity becomes constantly exposed and widely known despite the fact that in the original comics, it was remarkably well-preserved. This carried over in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' and to a slightly lesser extent ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''.

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** The film trilogy is perhaps the {{Trope Maker|s}} and TropeCodifier for MarqueeAlterEgo, i.e. making characters known for face-covering masks (Spider-Man and Venom most notably) go without masks in many key-scenes for reasons of "face-time". This was especially prominent in ''Film/SpiderMan2'', ''Film/SpiderMan2'' (lampshaded by Peter in the novelization), most notably in the train sequence where Peter removes his mask before a crowd of civilians who rally to protect his secret. Later writers of comics, inspired by the effect of this scene and driven by a desire to write in a more cinematic style actually brought this in comics, with the result that in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' (where write Brian Michael Bendis openly acknowledged its influence), Peter's secret identity becomes constantly exposed and widely known despite the fact that in the original comics, it was remarkably well-preserved. This carried over in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' and to a slightly lesser extent ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''.
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* AlliterativeName: Peter Parker, Betty Brant, Robbie Robertson, and J. Jonah Jameson. Green Goblin is an [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal intentional]] example.

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* AlliterativeName: Peter Parker, Betty Brant, Robbie Robertson, Otto Octavius, and J. Jonah Jameson. Green Goblin is an [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal intentional]] example.

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