History Film / SpidermanTrilogy

* AlliterativeName: Betty Brant, J. Jonah Jameson and Peter Parker.

* RousseauWasRight: All the villains in this film trilogy have backstories that make them {{Tragic Villain}}s rather than straight up evil.

* AlternateUniverse: ''No Way Home'' officially establishes these films to be this trope in comparison to the MCU. It's also an AlternateHistory since it's a more grounded world that lacks any other superheroes except for Spider-Man, who debuted around fourteen years earlier, while companies that don't exist in the MCU like Oscorp exist in this universe.

** Mary Jane has some traces of Gwen Stacy, which is flat-out stated by WordOfGod to be the case. Her lively but pained character is based on her comic book counterpart, but her GirlNextDoor exterior is based on Gwen. This Mary Jane also has a strong basis in Liz Allan, being a classmate and longtime crush of Peter's who is [[SingleGuySeeksMostPopularGirl much higher on the social ladder]] and dates Flash Thompson (although comics MJ briefly dated Flash as well, it was after her initial relationship with Peter and didn't last long). The actual similarities that Mary Jane has with her comic book counterpart are her appearance, background as Peter's neighbor and coming from an abusive household, her brief relationship with Harry Osborn, her vivaciousness masking her insecurity and pain, and her aspirations to be an actress.

** 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 covering all 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'', also went with thinner web-lines on the red area, and those costumes came off as brighter in comparison to the first one.

** In ''Film/SpiderMan3'', Harry Osborn is "the New Goblin" is primarily black, with only a few very dark green highlights. Peter's Black Suit is a ''very'' dark grey version of his regular costume, instead of the pitch black suit with big bright white spider on the chest and back from the comics. The same suit transfers to Venom. Averted with Flint Marko/Sandman who wears the classic green pinstriped T-Shirt.

** ''Film/SpiderMan2'': Dr. Otto Octavius is influenced by the artificial intelligence in his mechanical arms to finish his fusion power experiment, despite the fact that it could destroy New York. Harry Osborn hires Octavius as his DragonInChief, sending him to retrieve Spider-Man so he can avenge Norman's "murder."
** ''Film/SpiderMan3'': The Venom symbiote is a corrupting alien parasite that initially bonds to Spider-Man before latching onto ex-photographer Eddie Brock. Seeking revenge after Peter exposes his forged photos, Venom forms a BigBadDuumvirate with Sandman, the criminal truly responsible for the AccidentalMurder of Uncle Ben. Harry Osborn is a secondary threat, taking on the mantle of the Goblin to kill Spider-Man, but decides to help Peter after discovering the true circumstances behind his father's death.

** A mild example. With the exception of Venom, almost all villains are more sympathetic compared to their comic book counterparts, although only ''slightly'' more in the case of the Green Goblin.[[note]]He and Venom are the only villains who just die without redemption, whereas Doc Ock and Harry get RedemptionEqualsDeath and Sandman survives for an implied HeelFaceTurn.[[/note]]

* TragicVillain: Each of the major villains:
** Norman Osborn, before the "Goblin" takes him over completely. He might have been rough and far from a saint but his reaction to finding out he killed people was to be horrified. The way he's been treated seems rather unfair too (even if he brings it on himself at times): A military general switches their funding to a clearly inferior solution because he personally dislikes Norman and the board of directors fires him from the company he built to get more money.

** And Eddie Brock: despite being TheSociopath and a [[SmugSnake slimeball]], his downward spiral into madness that ends up consuming him when he bonds with the Symbiote is just sad, and he did have scenes that were cut that painted him in a more pitiful light. Also Sandman and Harry, who are on the AntiVillain side of things. Really, the only villains without any tragedy to them are Dennis Carradine, the aforementioned "Goblin" SplitPersonality, the ArtificialIntelligence of Ock's "tentacles", and the alien symbiote.

* WhiteAndGreyMorality: With the exception of Venom, the villains in these movies aren't exactly bad people. They start out as genuinely good people who became evil due to situations beyond their control. In most cases, the villains end up undergoing a HeelFaceTurn and/or a HeroicSacrifice.

* PatrioticFervor: Seeing how the first film came out less than a year after 9/11, [[note]] And we'd be remiss not to mention the original trailer where Spidey webs a getaway helicopter [[FunnyAneurysmMoment between the Twin Towers]] [[/note]] the films have scenes of Spidey standing in front of giant American Flags and New Yorkers saying things like "You can't mess with us, this is America!". By ''3'', many critics and audiences felt that the patriotism had become a little excessive.

** Mary Jane has some traces of Gwen Stacy, which is flat-out stated by WordOfGod to be the case. Her lively but pained character is based on her comic book counterpart, but her GirlNextDoor exterior is based on Gwen. This Mary Jane also has a strong basis in Liz Allan, being a classmate and longtime crush of Peter's who is much higher on the social ladder and dates Flash Thompson (although comics MJ briefly dated Flash as well, it was after her initial relationship with Peter and didn't last long). The actual similarities that Mary Jane has with her comic book counterpart are her appearance, background as Peter's neighbor and coming from an abusive household, her brief relationship with Harry Osborn, her vivaciousness masking her insecurity and pain, and her aspirations to be an actress.

A trilogy of SuperHero films based on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero [[Franchise/SpiderMan 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 ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, 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.

[[VideoGame/SpiderManTrilogy Three well-received video games]] (with Maguire, Simmons, and others reprising their roles), several mobile games, three novelizations, various bits of merchandise, and [[RecursiveAdaptation a few comic books]] are spun off from the films and set in their universe, [[AndZoidberg plus a]] [[Pinball/SpiderManStern pinball machine]] and an infamous teaser trailer that was [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents pulled from circulation]] due to UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.

* '''''Film/SpiderMan1''''' (2002): Peter Parker is bitten by a spider and finds himself with unique spider-like powers. He learns that with his newfound strength he has a responsibility to help people in trouble as Spider-Man after Uncle Ben is killed in an incident involving a mugger he could have stopped. Meanwhile, billionaire businessman ComicBook/NormanOsborn (Creator/WillemDafoe) tests a SuperSerum formula [[ProfessorGuineaPig on himself]] to keep the project alive, turning him into the insane Green Goblin, who [[ArchEnemy sets his sights]] on Spider-Man.
* '''''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 [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus 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.
* '''''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 Eddie Brock (Creator/TopherGrace), and [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} a mysterious black goo]] that attaches itself to Peter, heightening his aggression.

Highly successful in both the critical and commercial departments, these movies helped cement the superhero movie boom by proving that ''Film/{{Blade}}'' 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.

** Mary Jane Watson is more or less a CompositeCharacter of several of Peter's girlfriends (herself, Liz Allan, and ComicBook/GwenStacy). 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.

** Mary Jane has some traces of ComicBook/GwenStacy, which is flat-out stated by WordOfGod to be the case. Her lively but pained character is based on her comic book counterpart, but her GirlNextDoor exterior is based on Gwen. This Mary Jane also has a strong basis in Liz Allan, being a classmate and longtime crush of Peter's who is much higher on the social ladder and dates Flash Thompson (although comics MJ briefly dated Flash as well, it was after her initial relationship with Peter and didn't last long). The actual similarities that Mary Jane has with her comic book counterpart are her appearance, background as Peter's neighbor and coming from an abusive household, her brief relationship with Harry Osborn, her vivaciousness masking her insecurity and pain, and her aspirations to be an actress.

* DeathBySecretIdentity: [[spoiler: Green Goblin is impaled soon after he discovers Peter's secret.]] In the second film, a big part of the movie marketing was that Harry would learn Peter's secret, [[spoiler: but Harry's death wouldn't come until he made the full transition to baddie in the third movie. Peter also reveals his identity to Doc Ock. In the final movie, this works against Eddie Brock/Venom, but actually leads to the redemption of the Sandman.]] If this trope is truly in full swing, then [[spoiler: all those people on the subway in ''Spider-Man 2'' better look both ways before crossing the street...]]

** 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 covering all 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'', also went with thinner web-lines on the red area, and those costumes came off as brighter in comparison to the first one.

** Peter opening his shirt like Franchise/{{Superman}}.
** Doc Ock [[KingKongCLimb climbing NY buildings]] like Franchise/KingKong.

** Shouting "ComicBook/{{Shazam}}!" and "[[{{Franchise/Superman}} Up, up and away]], web!" in the first movie, which was [[ThrowItIn an ad-lib]] by Maguire.

* VillainousLegacy: Norman Osborn, posthumously. Although he dies at the end of the first film, his death haunts Harry throughout the rest of the trilogy and [[AvengingTheVillain motivates him to take revenge on Spider-Man.]] [[spoiler: By the third movie, Harry becomes the New Goblin]].

[[VideoGame/SpiderManTrilogy Three well-received video games]] (with Maguire, Simmons, and others reprising their roles), several mobile games, three novelizations, various bits of merchandise, and [[RecursiveAdaptation a few comic books]] are spun off from the films and set in their universe[[note]]officially designated as Earth-96283[[/note]], [[AndZoidberg plus a]] [[Pinball/SpiderManStern pinball machine]] and an infamous teaser trailer that was [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents pulled from circulation]] due to UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.

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.

* DamselInDistress: Mary Jane gets kidnapped by the villain in the climax of all three movies. She's also in distress twice before the climax of the first. In the third film though, she became more of a DamselOutOfDistress.

* AbusiveParents: Mary Jane's father, Phillip Watson, is seen (but more often [[TheVoice heard]]) verbally berating her and arguing with his wife in the [[Film/SpiderMan1 first film]] multiple times, at one point calling MJ and her mother "trash". [[AdaptationalJerkass He's even worse in the official novelization.]] In a later film, she says of a newspaper review critical of her musical debut:

** Mary Jane Watson is more or less a CompositeCharacter of several of Peter's girlfriends (herself, Liz Allan, and ComicBook/GwenStacy). 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.

** Mary Jane has some traces of ComicBook/GwenStacy, which is flat-out stated by WordOfGod to be the case. Her lively but pained character is based on her comic book counterpart, but her GirlNextDoor exterior is based on Gwen. This Mary Jane also has a strong basis in Liz Allan, being a classmate and longtime crush of Peter's who is much higher on the social ladder and dates Flash Thompson (although comics MJ did briefly date Flash as well, it was after her initial relationship with Peter and didn't last long). The actual similarities that Mary Jane has with her comic book counterpart are her appearance, background as Peter's neighbor and coming from an abusive household, her brief relationship with Harry Osborn, her vivaciousness masking her insecurity and pain, and her aspirations to be an actress.

* DamselInDistress: Mary Jane gets kidnapped by the villain in the climax of all three movies. She's also in distress twice before the climax of the first.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold/[[EveryoneHasStandards Everyone Has Standards]]: J. Jonah Jameson, the man who has no problem defaming Spider-Man for the sake of eye-catching headlines, lies to the face of the Green Goblin so as to protect Peter. The novelization looks deeper into his motives: Jameson always protects his sources, and has gone to jail twice for doing so in the past. In the third movie, he's furious that Eddie Brock gave him fake photographs of Spider-Man, commenting that "We haven't printed a retraction in twenty years!" Not only did he fire Brock, but additionally had him shamed on the front page alongside the retraction.

** Mary Jane [[DamselInDistress getting kidnapped]]. In the first film alone she had to be saved thrice.

** Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man/Peter Parker is visually his comic book counterpart during [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko the Lee-Ditko era]]: small, scrawny, and awkward. His friendship with Harry Osborn draws from the Romita years and the concept of Harry being in high school along with Peter, MJ, and Flash and a somewhat exploitative friend comes from ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' (first published in 2000, two years before the movie came out).

* OncePerEpisode: Cameos by Stan Lee and Bruce Campbell, an [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage in-movie performance]] of the 1960s TV show's theme.
* ParentalSubstitute: Uncle Ben is this to Peter Parker.

* ContrivedCoincidence: The series ''runs'' on this, but it gets particularly noticeable in the third movie. The symbiote just happens to crash land near Peter, Uncle Ben happens to have been killed by someone we're only introduced to in this movie and who just happens to have acquired superpowers and become Sandman when Peter wants to confront him, Brock (who wanted to kill Spider-Man) just happens to be right there when the symbiote wants a new host to kill Spider-Man, etc. If one is paying attention, a lethal drinking game can be played by spotting the use of this trope throughout the series.

** Mary Jane Watson is more or less a CompositeCharacter of several of Peter's girlfriends (herself, Liz Allan, and ComicBook/GwenStacy). 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 cheerful 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.

* {{Megane}}: Peter himself before he got his powers and turning back to normal. Doesn't wear glasses in the third movie.

** Mary Jane Watson is more or less a CompositeCharacter of several of Peter's girlfriends (herself, Liz Allan, and ComicBook/GwenStacy). 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 cheerful 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. Likewise, Gwen Stacy, when she appears in the third film, is based on her comic book counterpart’s original appearance during Steve Ditko's run where she was a beauty queen who was a little superficial (or as Peter remarks to MJ about Gwen being in his class in the third film, science is not her best subject) while her role as Eddie Brock's blonde {{Love Interest|s}} has her stand in for Ann Weying.
** Norman Osborn is largely based on how his comic book counterpart was portrayed during the Lee-Romita era (which reinterpreted him as a frustrated businessman and {{Workaholic}}, and a distant but still supportive father of Harry) alongside the idea of the Goblin as a separate personality (rather than Ditko's original interpretation for the character and Bendis' Ultimate version, who were both presented as being two-faced, scheming, and corrupt businessmen without anything good about them to start) being based on the version in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''. Harry Osborn draws elements from the Ultimate version of the character via being a somewhat handsome, cool, and rich friend who Peter looks up to. In the original comics, Harry was a drug-addicted loser who resented Peter as his AlwaysSomeoneBetter, especially for the fact that the girls he dated (Gwen and MJ) dumped him for Peter.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Harry and MJ. Peter and MJ too. She's a literal GirlNextDoor.
* CivvieSpandex: Used in the second and third films. Dr. Octopus wears a trenchcoat and a suit. The Sandman, meanwhile, sticks to a pair of khakis and a green striped shirt while in Flint Marko form.

** Mary Jane has some traces of ComicBook/GwenStacy, which is flat-out stated by WordOfGod to be the case. Her lively but pained character is based on her comic book counterpart, but her GirlNextDoor exterior is based on Gwen. This Mary Jane also has a strong basis in Liz Allan, being a classmate and longtime crush of Peter's who is much higher on the social latter and dates Flash Thompson (although comics MJ did briefly date Flash as well, it was after her initial relationship with Peter and didn't last long). The actual similarities that Mary Jane has with her comic book counterpart are her appearance, background as Peter's neighbor and coming from an abusive household, her brief relationship with Harry Osborn, her vivaciousness masking her insecurity and pain, and her aspirations to be an actress.

** Mary Jane Watson is more or less a CompositeCharacter of several of Peter's girlfriends (herself, Liz Allan, and ComicBook/GwenStacy). 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 cheerful 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. Likewise, Gwen Stacy, when she appears in the third film, is based on her comic book counterpart’s original appearance during Steve Ditko's run where she was a beauty queen who was a little superficial (or as Peter remarks to MJ about Gwen being in his class in the third film, science is not her best subject) while her role as Eddie Brock's blonde {{Love Interest|s}} has her stand in for Ann Weying.

** Mary Jane has some traces of ComicBook/GwenStacy, which is flat-out stated by WordOfGod to be the case. Her lively but pained character is based on her comic book counterpart, but her GirlNextDoor exterior is based on Gwen. This Mary Jane also has a strong basis in Liz Allan, being a classmate and longtime crush of Peter's who is much higher on the social latter and dates Flash Thompson (although comics MJ did briefly date Flash as well, it was after her initial relationship with Peter and didn't last long). The actual similarities that this MJ has with her comic book counterpart are her appearance, background as Peter's neighbor and coming from an abusive household, her brief relationship with Harry Osborn, her vivaciousness masking her insecurity and pain, and her aspirations to be an actress.

* 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 and 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.

** Norman Osborn is largely based on how his comic book counterpart was portrayed during the Lee-Romita era (which reinterpreted him as a frustrated businessman and {{Workaholic}}, and a distant but still supportive father of Harry) alongside the idea of the Goblin as a separate personality (rather than Ditko's original interpretation for the character and Bendis' Ultimate version, who were both presented as being two-faced, scheming, and corrupt businessmen without anything good about them to start) being based on the version in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''. Harry Osborn draws elements from the Ultimate version of the character via being a somewhat handsome, cool, and rich friend who Peter looks up. In the original comics, Harry was a drug-addicted loser who resented Peter as his AlwaysSomeoneBetter and especially for the fact that the girls he dated (Gwen and MJ) dumped him for Peter.

** Peter Parker in this film series is more or less an ExtremeDoormat who [[TheStoic hides his real emotions and feelings]] whereas his comic book counterpart and other versions (while still a NiceGuy) are sarcastic, opinionated, temperamental, and otherwise quite willing to give people a piece of his mind or express displeasure when it bothers him. As Spider-Man, he doesn't quip as much as his comic book counterparts in the Mainstream and the Ultimate Marvel Universes and most versions. Peter having SingleTargetSexuality for Mary Jane is also not true for his comic book counterpart either with her or anyone else.

* CelebrityParadox: ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' is mentioned in the first film. The film was Creator/KirstenDunst's StarMakingRole as a child actress.

* FreakLabAccident: Origin of all villains save Venom.

%%* LightningBruiser: The Spidey in this trilogy seems to be stronger, faster and tougher than the one in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' reboot who is more of a FragileSpeedster.

** Many things from the movies were taken from the [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries 1994 series]] and not the comic books -- Peter officially becoming Spider-Man after high school, Green Goblin being a SplitPersonality of Norman's developed from the Goblin formula and Norman talking to him, the plot point of the Green Goblin going after people who wronged Norman Osborn, Mary Jane having a softer and less charismatic personality as well as being a composite with/replacement of Gwen Stacy, Otto Octavius being someone Peter personally knew, the symbiote augmenting Peter's powers and creating a dark side, Eddie Brock working at the Daily Bugle as a rival photographer and not as a journalist. This stems from the fact that many of the producers of the cartoon carried over into the film, including Avi Arad.
** The scene where Peter wears the black suit for the first time. The alien symbiote climbs on his bed while he sleeps and then he wakes up hanging upside down from a web wearing it, while he sees his reflection on the side of a building. The only thing missing is the nightmare sequence (and even that is hinted at) which was there in the Fox TV Show.
** Raimi's movies [[{{Pun}} spun its 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.

* NiceGuy / NiceGirl: Ben and May Parker are this respectively.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: The second and third movies have [[spoiler: Octavius and Harry realize their mistakes and ultimately sacrifice themselves to repair it. Octavius drowns the proto-star and Harry dies protecting Peter from a fatal strike from Venom]].

* RunningGag: Jameson keeps yelling for '''"HOFFMAN!"''' who keeps appearing faster and faster as the movies progress, much to Jonah's confusion, eventually culminating in Jameson screaming his name while turning around, only to be face to face with Hoffman ''before he finished saying his name''.

* SchizoTech: We have Times Square circa Giuliani era, and old computers but on the other hand the Daily Bugle remains a major influential voice for the Print Media, and we hardly see anyone use the Internet (for instance, Peter in ''Spider-Man 1'' looks up classifieds and old news advertisements to look up prices of cool cars and notices for wrestling). Peter likewise takes "pictures of Spider-Man" with a film camera despite digital and automatic cameras already becoming available at the time. Much of this is GrandfatherClause and AnachronismStew, because a lot of this was classic Spider-Man elements that Sam Raimi [[TheArtifact wanted to retain]] even if it no longer made sense. Notably the later Spider-Man film versions which put more focus on SettingUpdate did away with it.

* SelfDisposingVillain: All three movies remove the villain while [[LoopholeAbuse technically]] keeping the main character's [[ThouShaltNotKill rule against killing]]: [[spoiler: The Green Goblin is {{Hoist By His Own Petard}} (impaled by his own glider as per the comics); Doctor Octopus and Harry Osborn die in a {{Redemption Equals Death}}; and Eddie Brock kills himself by trying to rebond with the symbiote as Peter throws one of Harry's pumpkin bombs to destroy it. The death of the burglar in the first film may also count as this]].

* SnarkKnight: While not making as many jokes as other versions of the character, he does make a few in each movie at his opponents' expense. One of the common criticisms of the trilogy is the lack of combat banter.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Norman after taking a serum, goes from mild-Jerkass to full-Jerkass. Harry Osborn and Mary Jane in the second movie. Peter in the third movie.

** Norman Osborn, before the "Goblin" takes him over completely. He might have been rough and far from a saint but his reaction to finding out he killed people was to be horrified. The way he's been treated seems rather unfair too: A major funder switches their funding to a clearly inferior solution because they personally dislike him and the board of directors fires him from the company he built to get more money.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus. All of the villains in ''Spider-Man 3'' are all in their right minds, though Venom comes the closest to this trope.

* YouKilledMyFather: Averted. Harry thinks that Spider-Man killed his father, but his father really killed himself by mistake. This plays straight with Flint Marko in the third film, as he is revealed to be Uncle Ben's killer. However, circumstances behind it [[AccidentalMurder was complicated.]]

* AbusiveParents: Mary Jane's father is seen (but more often [[TheVoice heard]]) verbally berating her multiple times in the [[Film/SpiderMan1 first film]], at one point calling her "trash". In a later film, she says of a newspaper review critical of her musical debut:

** Mary Jane Watson is more or less a CompositeCharacter of several of Peter's girlfriends (herself, Liz Allan, and ComicBook/GwenStacy). 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 cheerful 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. Likewise, Gwen Stacy, when she appears in the third film, is based on her comic book counterpart’s original appearance during Steve Ditko's run where she was a beauty queen who was a little superficial (or as Peter remarks to MJ about Gwen being in his class in the third film, science is not her best subject) while her role as Eddie Brock's blonde {{Love Interest|s}} has her stand-in for Ann Weying.

** MJ is shown to be far more vulnerable, neurotic, and melancholy than her comic book counterpart, who was a tough-as-nails survivor and generally the most sorted in her life than Peter and his friends. The third film suggests that she had real feelings for Harry. In the comics, she always found him needy and possessive and never once looked back once she started a relationship with Peter[[note]]A later arc in Bendis' ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' revealed that Ultimate MJ had dated Harry for a short while before her romance with Peter, which causes tension in their later relationship albeit MJ still prefers Peter and mostly admits that she had forgotten about Harry by the time she hooked up with Peter[[/note]]. Likewise, during their initial relationship, she was the one who chased after Peter rather than the other way around.

** Mary Jane has some traces of ComicBook/GwenStacy, which is flat-out stated by WordOfGod to be the case. Her lively but pained character is based on her comic book counterpart, but her "girl next door" exterior is based on Gwen. This Mary Jane also has a strong basis in Liz Allan. Just like Allan, MJ in the movies is a classmate and longtime crush of Peter's who is much higher on the social latter and dates Flash Thompson (although MJ did briefly date Flash as well, it didn't last long). The actual similarities that this MJ has with her comic book counterpart are her red hair, her being Peter's neighbor, her coming from an abusive household, her brief relationship with Harry Osborn, her vivaciousness masking her insecurity and pain, and her aspirations to be an actress.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Jameson still hates Spider-Man as much as any other continuity.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Various elements of the Spider-Man mythology are altered to make a more straightforward narrative. The power-giving spider was [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetically altered rather than randomly irradiated]], his web slinging was made into part of his mutation rather than being an advanced mechanical device created by a teenager. Spidey's habit of [[YouFightLikeACow quipping during battle]] was simplified, usually one or two before and one or two after it's over, since it's difficult to use TalkingIsAFreeAction. For sheer longevity Mary Jane was the most well known love interest among casual fans, but incorporated the GirlNextDoor qualities of Gwen Stacy to simplify their history (in the comics MJ showed HiddenDepths by grieving with Peter after Gwen's death, which is what brings them together).

* SpontaneousCrowdFormation: In the first film, they help Spidey by throwing insults and rocks at the Green Goblin. The second film plays on this, by having the crowd stand up to Doctor Octopus, only for him to easily brush them aside, snatch the defeated Spidey and carry him off.

A trilogy of SuperHero films based on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero [[Franchise/SpiderMan 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 ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, Creator/JamesFranco as Harry Osborn, Creator/RosemaryHarris as May Parker, Creator/JKSimmons as J. Jonah Jameson, and Creator/BruceCampbell in various cameos.

** Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man/Peter Parker is visually his comic book counterpart during [[ComicBook/LeeDitkoSpiderMan the Lee-Ditko era]]: small, scrawny, and awkward. His friendship with Harry Osborn draws from the Romita years and the concept of Harry being in high school along with Peter, MJ, and Flash and a somewhat exploitative friend comes from ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' (first published in 2000, two years before the movie came out).

->''Who am I? You sure you want to know? The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale... if somebody told you I was just your average ordinary guy, not a care in the world... somebody lied.''
-->-- '''Peter Parker/Spider-Man'''

-->''"Who am I? I'm Spider-Man."''

* WhiteAndGreyMorality: With the exception of Venom, the villains in these movies aren't exactly bad people. They start out as genuinely good people who became evil due to situations beyond their control. In most cases, the villains end up undergoing either a HeelFaceTurn and/or a HeroicSacrifice.

* WhiteAndGreyMorality: With the exception of Venom, the villains in these movies aren't exactly bad people. They start out as genuinely good people who became evil due to situations beyond their control. In most cases, the villains end up pulling either a HeelFaceTurn and/or a HeroicSacrifice.