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!![[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You have a choice between saving one person, and saving an entire world, '''every''' world. To me, that's an obvious choice."'']]
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!!!'''Homeworld:''' Earth-928B
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/OscarIsaac [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]José Luis Rivera (Latin American Spanish), Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese), Mathieu Kassovitz (French), Danilo Bejarano (Swedish), Björn Schalla (German) [[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse Into the Spider-Verse]]''[[note]]In TheStinger[[/note]] | ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse Across the Spider-Verse]]''
->''"I don't always like what I have to do. But I know I have to be the one to do it. [[IveComeTooFar I've given up too much to stop now.]]"''
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The Spider-Man of a futuristic Nueva York. He has a very unique background compared to most Spider-People; rather than being bitten by a radioactive spider, his genetic code was modified, which gave him enhanced speed and strength, fangs, and claws (at the cost of lacking SpiderSense or the natural ability to stick to surfaces and create webs).
Miguel recently developed reliable multiverse travel with the help of his AI assistant, Lyla. After disastrous events brought about by his use of this technology, however, he was left traumatized. He theorizes that these events were caused by his disruption of the timeline, so he recruits Spider-People from various dimensions to help patch anomalies.
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: One of his features, and something Miles takes notice of.
-->'''Miles:''' What, are those claws? Dude, are you sure you're even Spider-Man?
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: DoubleSubverted, when Miles refers to the connections the Spider-people share throughout the multiverse the "[[TitleDrop Spider-Verse]]", Miguel seems bemused for a moment before calling it a stupid name, and instead addresses it as the "Arachno-Humanoid Poly-Multiverse"... [[SelfDeprecation which he admits in hindsight]] is ''just'' as stupid as Miles's suggestion.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Let's just say that in the comics, Miguel would not call inventions "goobers" or waste time arguing about the semantics of pointing at someone like Miguel in the first movie does. This is subverted, however, in the second film, where Miguel is ''significantly'' [[DarkerAndEdgier more grim, aggressive, and serious-minded]].
* AdaptationalCurves: Normally, Miguel is depicted as having the same athletic yet slender build as other Spider-Men. Here, he is much more muscular than the rest of the cast, to help him look more menacing and authoritative.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange:
** Miguel's comic counterpart has organic spinnerets in his wrists, much like the Peter Parker of [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Earth-96283]]. Here, his webs are made of HardLight. Similarly, his suit is also made of hard light, while his comic counterpart's suits are made of unstable molecules.
** In addition, his powers seem to derive on continuous injections of some sort Spider modification serum.
* AntiVillain: Although he's ultimately an antagonist to Miles in ''Across the Spider-Verse'', Miguel has genuinely good intentions and deep, serious pain driving his actions, leading him to the extremes he takes in the film. [[spoiler:His belief that disrupting "canon events" leads to calamity, a belief bolstered by the loss of the homeworld and family he adopted as his own, which [[AmbiguousSituation may have]] been caused by his own actions, drives him to enforce certain events in the lives of other Spider-People, such as the deaths of police captains they're close to, to stop such an event from happening again. That this means innocent people like Captain Singh or Miles' father have to die is something Miguel accepts, even if he's clearly far from happy about it.]]
* ArtShift: Miguel is the only Spider-Person to not retain his art style after traveling to another dimension. He is subjected to LimitedAnimation and low-fi voice acting like all denizens of Earth-67. Presumably doing a controlled dimension jump with his gizmo has something to do with it.
* BadassCape: When he first appears in ''Across'', the red parts of his suit are extended into a long cape that trails behind him, making him look even more imposing than usual.
* BeingGoodSucks:
** More than ''any'' other Spider-Man arguably as being the ''only one'' willing to be the WellIntentionedExtremist that can ''make'' the SadisticChoice to protect the multiverse, regardless of the cost to himself and others... but he admits repeatedly to himself and others that it is ''not'' a life he enjoys—''at all''.
--->'''Miguel O'Hara:''' You have a choice between saving one person and saving an entire world, every world [...] Being Spider-Man is a ''sacrifice''. That's the job. That's what ''you'' signed up for.
** It's also a {{Deconstruction}} as he's ''so'' committed to this trope being a cold, hard fact that it's closed him off to the possibility of TakeAThirdOption or thinking outside the box and likely makes him a less effective hero than he would be otherwise.
* BerserkButton: He reacts poorly to any Spider-Person trying to invoke a multidimensional crossover. It's played for laughs when he brings up the trouble that [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome Dr. Strange and another Spider-Man caused]]. It's decidedly less funny [[spoiler:when he lashes out at Miles for being the unwitting product of a crossover between universes]].
* BigBadEnsemble: With the Spot for ''Across the Spider-Verse''. [[spoiler:While he's not evil and seeks to prevent a worse calamity, his refusal to risk that canon events can be changed safely and insistence on allowing the 1610B Jefferson to die makes him almost as much of a threat to Miles as the Spot, leaving him the main antagonist for the climax of ''Across the Spider-Verse''.]]
* BrokenPedestal: By end of ''Across'', [[spoiler:it is clear that, at the very least, Gwen, Peter B., Peni, and Pavitr have lost their respect for him, seeing as they form their own gang away from Miguel after his HiddenDisdainReveal]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Overlapping with TruerToTheText, his brief cameo in TheStinger of the first movie presents him as a bit more goofy and snarky than Miguel tends to be in the comics, as he deems his universe-hopping device a "goober" and gets into a childish argument with Earth-67 Spider-Man. The second film changes him to be much more of a dour, angry, and no-nonsense AntiHero. [[spoiler:The discrepancy is implied to be a result of him witnessing the destruction of a universe, and erasure of his own daughter, as a consequence of his meddling with the multiverse.]]
* TheComicallySerious: His no-nonsense demeanor greatly contrasts with the occasional wackiness that the other spiders exhibit. While the Spider-Society respects his authority (especially since he was the one that founded it) and his [[YouCantFightFate "Fixed Canon" Theory]], they clearly don't take his stoic, angsty attitude seriously on their off-hours. Peter B. Parker even lambasts him as the one Spider-Man with NoSenseOfHumor.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Kingpin from ''Into the Spider-Verse''. [[spoiler:Kingpin's whole motivation for messing with other universes is to forcibly obtain a ReplacementGoldfish for his dead family without considering the potential consequences for doing so. Miguel's StartOfDarkness happens due to him successfully integrating himself as a replacement for another universe Miguel's family after ''their Miguel'' had died, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone suffering the apparent consequence for it]], driving him to make sure all other universes are undisrupted to prevent another accident like his. Another thing that differentiates them is that Kingpin was just a natural villain even before he lost his family, while Miguel is a tragic HeroAntagonist who only got set on his path after a tragic cosmic accident.]]
* ControlFreak: He is completely uncompromising in maintaining the status quo of each universe he oversees. In his mind, there is only one way anyone's story should play out [[spoiler:due to seemingly witnessing first-hand the consequences of interfering with a universe's canon events]], and he gets incredibly aggravated when there's deviations. [[spoiler:It fuels his vendetta against Miles, who unintentionally became Spider-Man at the expense of another universe because the spider that bit him had come from the other universe.]]
* TheCorruptor: Likely unintentionally [[TheoryTunnelVision considering how lost in his own head he gets]], but he did convince a disconcerting number of Spider-People to let alternate versions of their loved ones die.
* CostumeEvolution: Along with getting a redesign that gives him a different build [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference from his first appearance]], the red markings on his suit change pattern and texture between ''Into'' and ''Across''.
* CynicismCatalyst: Implied to be the reason for his change in attitude between films. His cameo in ''Into'' features him making snarky quips and getting into a childish argument with 1967 Spider-Man, while in ''Across'' he's TheComicallySerious at best, likely due to [[spoiler:losing his family after he disrupted the canon of the universe where he was supposed to die]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: {{Implied|Trope}}; while Miguel doesn't give any details, he describes a variant of himself as "happy" in a tone that strongly suggests that his own life has ''not'' been. [[spoiler:After this variant dies, Miguel is willing to take his place and his role as a husband and father, something that ultimately broke him when he lost this new world and everyone in it because of his disruption to its "canon."]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: He wears a dark blue suit [[note]] it was supposed to be black in his debut comic, but a coloring error turned it dark blue and the color stuck for subsequent adaptations [[/note]] with a red skull-like spider symbol and a menacing mask to match, but he is still a heroic Spider, though downplayed in that he plays the role of HeroAntagonist to Miles in ''Across the Spider-Verse''.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: He impersonated [[spoiler:a DeadAlternateCounterpart of his and took in the alternate Miguel's family as his own. He believes that doing so is what led to the destruction of that universe and loss of the alternate Miguel's family, which is where his Canon Event theory sprung up from]].
* DidntThinkThisThrough: PlayedForLaughs; [[spoiler:when Miles flees from the Spider-Society, Miguel angrily puts out a call for everyone to pursue "Spider-Man", momentarily forgetting that ''everyone'' there is Spider-Man. Everyone who wasn't in the room when Miles ran is immediately confused and Miguel briefly kicks himself before specifying ''which'' Spider-Man he wants everyone to go after. It gets less funny (for Miguel, anyway), when Miles reveals that Miguel ordering everyone to pursue him leaves the Society's base wide open, allowing Miles to escape, [[BatmanGambit just as Miles had planned]].]]
* DimensionalTraveler: Miguel and Lyla create a "gizmo" that lets Miguel travel to alternate Earths at will.
* DiscoveringYourOwnDeadBody: [[spoiler:He sees an alternate version of himself get killed by a mugger and promptly portals himself to that location after the act. He then decided to take his deceased counterpart's place in that universe and took his family as his own, which seemingly led to that universe's destruction]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: His treatment and attitude towards Miles, specifically his [[spoiler:refusal to recognize him as a "true" Spider-Man, telling him that he was the reason why Earth-1610B's Peter Parker died in the first place, and overall hatred for him for breaking the established canon]] were specifically tailored to [[TakeThatCritics mirror racist fans' reaction and subsequent treatment of the character]].
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In TheStinger for ''Into the Spider-Verse'', his design is lean and wiry like most depictions of Spider-Man[[note]]Though, given the last second nature of TheStinger it could be inferred that his design in ''Into the Spider-Verse'' was simply a PaletteSwap of the standard Peter Parker Spider-Man model to save on production time of a whole ''new model'' that would only show up for, realistically, three seconds before a sequel was truly greenlit[[/note]]. He was redesigned for ''Across the Spider-Verse'' — presumably to help him stand out more physically — being given a more imposing, [[TopHeavyGuy top-heavy, and muscular build]] akin to a powerlifter, along with the logo for his suit being changed.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In his first meeting with a Spider-Person, he becomes quickly flustered and sidetracked by their shenanigans, establishing how his no-nonsense demeanor is really fragile and easy to crack.
** A more dramatic example happens when we see him post-prologue in ''Across the Spider-Verse'', where we see him watching old home videos of him happily playing with his daughter. The video ends with a shot of his happy smile only to turn off to reveal present Miguel's ''very'' broken and tired face. This is a man who's lost ''everything'' and regardless of whether the audience agrees with his actions or not, we understand why he's like this.
* EvilIsBigger: While he is not evil, he ''is'' the HeroAntagonist of the movie and is much more [[HeroicBuild muscular and physically intimidating]] than your average Spider-Person.
* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: Again, "evil" might be a stretch, but when he makes it clear that he's the antagonist of the story and starts gunning for Miles, his appearance will emphasize his more sinister traits (his {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}, his {{fangs|AreEvil}}, his claws, etc.), their chase through Neuva York making his hair unkempt and his suit damaged.
* FangsAreEvil: Well, he’s more of an AntiHero than actual evil, either way the fangs still count as he has fangs that can paralyze an opponent for a few moments.
* FatalFlaw:
** His refusal to compromise. [[spoiler:Due to a prior traumatic incident]], he stubbornly holds to the belief that the status quo of every universe has to be maintained above all else, even though it ends up hindering his ability to actually be a hero. [[spoiler:His hostility towards Miles ends up alienating several members of the Spider-Society, fracturing the alliance he tried to maintain for the sake of protecting the multiverse.]]
* TheFatalist: Miguel believes that tragedies experienced by Spider-People are inevitable and preventing them would only destabilize their universe, to point of causing causing that universe's utter destruction.
* FightingIrish: He's part-Irish, as his surname indicates, and is shown to be incredibly vicious and violent when pushed.
* {{Foil}}:
** A shockingly exact one for Miles:
*** They're both multi-ethnic, bilingual Spider-Men with Spanish and English as their main languages and finger-based "extra" powers, but Miles is a young man with a lean figure vs. Miguel being a matured and imposingly muscular figure.
*** Both are very particular in relation to the members of the Spider-Society, since Miguel is their leader and Miles is seemingly the only Spider-Man forbidden from joining them.
*** Both are heroes, but whereas Miles is TheCape, Miguel has become TheCowl, and Miles ends up with a ScrewDestiny motivation vs. Miguel's YouCantFightFate belief.
*** Both of them have blue/black suits with red details and no belt. Miguel's patterns are some kind of geometric tech patterns (originally used for a Dia de Muertos celebration in the comics), while Miles has much simpler self-designed patterns (that people keep making fun of).
*** Finally, as the film reveals [[spoiler:both became "anomalies" to their timelines that threaten the multi-verse, but whereas Miles was involuntarily bitten by a spider from another universe released by the same machine he would destroy and in the process accidentally create The Spot, Miguel chose to replace a murdered counterpart to become the father of his now orphaned child, which meant it was his own initiative that doomed his murdered counterpart's universe. Assuming that his conjecture about "canon" is actually correct]].
** Despite being the leader of the Spider-Society, he's also one for the more traditional Spider-People as well:
*** Miguel lacks much of the traditional power set of a typical Spider-Person; as noted below, he uses HardLight beams instead of web-shooters or spinnerets, he climbs walls using talons on his fingertips rather than an innate stickiness, and he's caught off-guard several times over due to his lack of [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling Spider-Sense]]. Few other Spiders use arm blades or have fangs, too.
*** Miguel's somber, humorless and aggressive personality contrasts hard with the [[DeadpanSnarker relentless quippiness]] of a typical Spider-Person, and what little wise he does crack is caustic and cutting. Peter B. even says to him that "we're supposed to be funny."
*** The circumstances that pushed him to become a hero are markedly different than other Spiders; if his comics origin is still in keeping here, he wasn't even bitten by a spider when he got his powers.
*** And, most notably of all... he wears a cape. [[BrickJoke Spider-Man doesn't wear a cape]].
** To a lesser extent, Miguel is one to Peter B.:
*** Both of them were subjected to tragedies involving their personal lives, with Peter B. having to deal with Aunt May's death before divorcing Mary Jane (to say nothing about all the injuries he got over the years coupled with several bad financial decisions that left him living in a crummy apartment after moving out), while Miguel [[spoiler:lost the wife and daughter of his DeadAlternateCounterpart along with the entire universe he had come to see as home]].
*** Both of them became incredibly cynical as a result of their experiences, but while Peter B. became a JadedWashout who was content to wallow in his own misery before meeting Miles, Miguel became more of a KnightTemplar who stepped up and started the Spider-Society to defend the multiverse.
*** Both of them also differ with how they treat Miles. Peter B. serves as TheMentor for Miles while he was still struggling to get used to his powers, and when it seemed like Miles wasn't ready for the raid on the Super-Collider, he webbed Miles up as a way to keep him safe until Miles mastered his powers through his "leap of faith", and Miles doing so seems to be enough to motivate Peter B. to clean up his act. Miguel also serves as a mentor who wants to help Miles adjust to everything he's learning about the Multiverse, but his theory about "canon events" causes him to believe that [[spoiler:Miles' father has to die]], ultimately leading to him turning against Miles.
* ForeignLanguageTirade: Has a habit of dropping some Spanish when he gets extremely frustrated. [[ForeignCurseWord He even manages to slip in an "Ay, coño!"]][[note]]Literally [[CountryMatters "Oh, cunt"]], but more often has a meaning more akin to "Oh damnit" or "Oh for fuck's sake" in Latin-American Spanish[[/note]] when [[spoiler:ordering the rest of the Spider Society to chase after Miles.]]
* FreudianExcuse: The reason why he's so adamant about the status quo being maintained [[spoiler:is that he witnessed several of his loved ones, including his daughter, get erased from existence because he had disrupted the canon of a universe.]]
* GenreSavvy: When Miguel tells Gwen he'll handle a situation, she sees the EnemyRisingBehind and goes, "Okay. [[DoubleEntendre Knock yourself out]]." By this point, Miguel has dealt with enough Spiders to go, "Why are you saying it like tha-"
* GoodIsNotNice: Similar to his comic book counterpart, he is incredibly dour and aggressive despite being ostensibly a hero like the other Spider-Heroes. He also plays the role of hostile HeroAntagonist to Miles in ''Across the Spider-Verse''.
* GoodIsNotSoft:
** When he's away from the other Spiders and grappling with the Vulture, he voluntarily unmasks to bare his fangs, which horrifies the Vulture; since they're both interrupted by a police helicopter, it's left up in the air if Miguel did it just to intimidate the villain, or if he really was prepared to ''bite him in the face'' if need be.
** He's ruthless in the pursuit of threats to the integrity of the multiverse; beating rogue villains senseless, imprisoning them, and forcibly teleporting them back to where they came from is the merciful option as far as he's concerned. [[spoiler:This makes it especially intimidating when Miles is forced to flee him, as Miguel is so brutal and ferocious that it seems he really ''will'' force himself to kill Miles if he can't manage to take him down alive.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: Once he had a HiddenDisdainReveal for Miles Morales, Miguel was in an outright fury as he was taking his aggression out on the latter. Even before that, Miguel gets easily agitated over most of Spider-Men's antics with the Spider Society.
* HardLight: Unlike the majority of the Spider-Society, Miguel's suit and webbing are hard light constructs, providing him a measure of versatility the others lack. The suit can shift to create blades, claws, and a wingsuit, and the webbing isn't affected by outside forces in the same way physical webbing is (for example, strong winds and gravity). Unfortunately for him, it also means Miles can drain his suit away through physical contact, which he can't do with the other Spiders.
* TheHeavy: The Spot is the primary threat of ''Across'', but the majority of the conflict stems from Miguel's creation of the Spider-Society. [[spoiler:Deeming Miles an anomaly prevents Gwen from reuniting with him, a major source of the personal discord in the first half of the film, while his refusal to allow Miles to save his dad catapults him into the main antagonist of the film's climax after the Spot makes his escape.]]
* HeroAntagonist: Miguel actively considers himself one of the "good guys," and is the leader of a large organization of interdimensional Spider-Heroes, some of whom have demonstrated their heroism time and again in [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan their]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManUnlimited own]] [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 stories]]. However, he's also intensely hostile towards Miles, the protagonist, belittling him, leaving him out of the loop, and eventually pursuing him and facing him down in a brutal battle across Nueva York. When he fails to stop Miles, his immediate reaction is to hunt him down rather than dealing with say, the Spot, who poses an even greater threat to the Multiverse. While he is genuinely well-intentioned, he's so dogmatic that even the Spiders who side with him seem unnerved by his calculating methods.
* HeroicBuild: He has made some serious gains in the second movie.
* HeroOfAnotherStory:
** He's been too busy with something else to do anything about what's been happening in Miles's universe, which he's had Lyla monitor for about two hours.
** Between the events of ''Into'' and ''Across'', Miguel had been spending over a year of Miles's universe's time forming an army of at least two hundred Spider-People to protect the Multiverse.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: His adamant refusal to reconsider his “Canon Events” theory and determination to enforce it [[WellIntentionedExtremist at any cost]] effectively make him closer to a supervillain than an incarnation of Spider-Man. This is especially noticeable in the climax, where his viciousness and ReasonYouSuckSpeech where he reveals his [[HiddenDisdainReveal hidden contempt]] for Miles makes him come across as unhinged and menacing as a genuine supervillain.]] The worst part is that, [[spoiler:with his conversation to Lyla about if his determination to stop Miles is the right thing, his SunkCostFallacy has him admit that [[IveComeTooFar he's invested far too much to ''ever'' stop]]; meaning that he knows full well ''this'' trope is in effect, but he cannot stop being a bastard for the sake of a greater good he believes is the ''only'' potential reality or else it will AllForNothing.]]
* HiddenDisdainReveal: [[spoiler:Despite his initial hostility, Miguel shows a lot of sympathy for Miles and his situation - specifically using gentle and non-threatening body language when he explains canon-events to him. Once Miles flees containment and the chase ensues, Miguel corners him and lets slip his disdain for Miles' anomalous nature and wrongly blames him for getting bit, letting his own Peter Parker die, and allowing the Kingpin cause damage to the multiverse - ''None'' of which Miles had ''any'' control over at the time.]]
* HourOfPower: From the number of syringes filled with modified Spider DNA seen in his second appearance, it's heavily implied that Miguel's powers are temporary and he needs to keep injecting himself whenever the effects of the previous use wears off.
* {{Hunk}}: He's a very good-looking man who has a chiseled, athletic build that looks like it came out of Greek mythology and his skintight suit just highlights it.
* ImplacableMan: Miguel is both one of the most persistent Spideys chasing Miles and one of the most durable. He takes a point-blank Venom Sting supercherged from Miles [[EnergyAbsorption absorbing the energy]] from Miguel's HardLight nanosuit, is promptly sent flying off a speeding bullet train straight into an archway at full speed and then pinballs off the train and painfully crashes through several Spider-People before finally regaining his grip. This does not slow Miguel down by much, as he is seen getting back to the chase immediately and nearly stops Miles' escape were it not for outside factors.
* InkSuitActor: His design in ''Across the Spider-Verse'' has been reworked to resemble Creator/OscarIsaac.
* {{Irony}}: Miguel founded the Spider-Society to preserve the Multiverse, and his pursuit of Miles is with this intent of preventing a greater calamity in the disruption of a Canon Event. However, in doing so, they're enabling said calamity in the form of The Spot growing powerful enough to threaten the entire multiverse, to the point he likely won't stop at just Miles' universe and has grown far too powerful for even the Society's members to deal with.
* ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself for [[spoiler:accidentally blowing up a universe by trying to take the place of his dead alternate counterpart]]. While there are hints that his understanding of the situation is flawed, or at least incomplete, there's no doubt that his self-loathing over the incident is what drives his entire worldview and all of his actions in the second half of ''Across the Spider-Verse''.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** It's [[AmbiguousSituation unclear]] if [[spoiler:Miguel's theory about Canon Events is totally accurate, but several other Spider-People, including Peter B., acknowledge that he's right about certain traumatic events being vital to Spider-Man's existence, with Peter B. even pointing out that if Uncle Ben hadn't died, most of the Spider-people present never would have become Spider-Man in the first place.]]
** While his hatred for Miles is ultimately [[MisplacedRetribution misplaced]], he ''does'' have a point regarding how Miles being a Spider-Man at all is an "abnormality" and a ''mistake''. [[spoiler:The spider that bit Miles was from Earth-42, was sent to Miles as a result of the super-collider, and died before it could be sent back.]] Miles was never ''supposed'' to be bit in the first place, meaning not only did this result in Earth-1610B briefly having ''two'' Spider-Men before Blond Peter died after saving Miles, [[spoiler:Earth-42 never ''had'' a Spider-Man as a result, leaving it a CrapsackWorld where that universe's Miles became the Prowler.]] By all accounts, [[TheUnchosenOne Miles Morales of Earth-1610B should]] ''[[TheUnchosenOne not]]'' [[TheUnchosenOne be a Spider-Man]], rather [[ExperiencedProtagonist the much more competent]] Blond Peter should still be alive acting as the Spider-Man of Earth-1610B, and more than likely [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot could have been able to stop the super-collider incident, and the mess with The Spot, from ever happening at all.]]
--->'''Miguel:''' ''[to Miles]'' You're a ''mistake!'' If you hadn't been bit, your Peter Parker would've lived. Instead he died saving ''you''. He would've stopped the collider before it ever went off. Spot wouldn't exist. ''And none of this would've happened.''
** As we know from [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse previous]] [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome films]], meddling with the stability of space-time is indeed -- no matter the reason -- extremely dangerous to TheMultiverse. Miguel is very right to be cautious of it, and his desire to suppress such efforts is completely understandable. The issue is with the methods he pushes being antithetical to Spider-Man's ethos of always helping those in need.
** [[spoiler:Miguel is furious with Gwen for Miles coming to Spider-Society and especially for Miles' subsequent escape with the intent of disrupting Canon, but he's right that, if she hadn't gone to see him after promising she wouldn't, Miles would never have left his dimension (which he did right under Gwen's nose). Jess agrees with him about it, and, while none of the other Spiders are pleased with [[KickTheDog how he punishes her for it]], none of them try to argue about his point.]]
* JerkassToOne: While he is always aloof and serious-minded, he does show he cares about the other Spider-People in his own way. That is, with the exception of Miles, who he treats with thinly-veiled contempt before turning outright violent when Miles decides not to play ball with the rest of the Spider-Society [[spoiler:due to Miguel seeing Miles as an inter-dimensional anomaly whose very existence threatens the stability of the multiverse, even though Miles became such through events outside of his control or knowledge.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Miguel may be a ruthless, joyless and humourless man with little sense of reason and nothing in the way of an open mind, but he is still a Spider-Man; he genuinely wants to protect people, keep TheMultiverse safe and his soft side does occasionally make itself known. The heart of gold is buried underneath a layer of trauma, stress, misery and pain, but it ''is'' still there.
* KickTheDog:
** While pursuing Miles and trying to stop him from [[spoiler:saving his father and disrupting the canon]] is understandable, calling him a "mistake" and telling him that he doesn't belong and shouldn't be Spider-Man is unnecessarily cruel.
** [[spoiler:After he blames Gwen for failing to prevent Miles from escaping the Spider-Society HQ and letting him get involved in the Spider-Society in the first place after he told her not to, he sends Gwen back to her home dimension despite knowing she's considered a wanted fugitive by her own father.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: The goofiness of the Spider-Society immediately drops when Miguel appears onscreen. He shows little to none of the snark of the rest of the Spiders and is perfectly willing to stop Miles from saving his family for the good of the universe, no matter how ruthless he needs to become.
* KnightTemplar: Though not really a villain, Miguel's antagonism comes from his uncompromising belief in his Canon Event Theory and his utter refusal to even question it. And, as the leader of the Spider Society, he expects all of its members to be fully onboard with his views. Miguel does show ''some'' doubt in the morality of his actions, but doesn't let it dissuade him.
* LargeAndInCharge: The leader of the Spider-Society and according to supplementary material, stands at 6'9"/roughly 206cm tall[[note]]Making him quite taller than his comic self's 5'10"/178cm[[/note]].
* LickedByTheDog: Mayday playing with him shows that he isn’t a BAD guy and at his core is still Spider-Man.
* MeanBoss: He is leader of the Spider Society and and is very grim, unfriendly and authoritarian, fully expecting the other Spider-People to follow his ideals to a T. At the same time he isn't really evil and is kept from being a BadBoss by showing a great deal of respect and professionalism towards his underlings (such as LEGO Spider-Man). Though [[spoiler: his punishment of Gwen for failing to stop Miles was overly harsh.]]
* MisplacedRetribution:
** He holds Miles in contempt for [[spoiler:having been bitten by the spider that was taken from another universe, resulting in that universe not having a Spider-Man and him becoming Spider-Man against "canon". However, Miles had absolutely nothing to do with that and it was actually the Spot that brought the spider over. He also unfairly blames Miles for the deaths of his universe's Peter Parker, for not being able to stop the super-collider in time and essentially sees him as the cause of the multiverse's current instability by proxy of things beyond his control. If anything, he should be mad at Wilson Fisk for spearheading and funding the Super Collider and Olivia Octavius for being the head scientist that built it.]]
** [[spoiler:When Miles escapes via the Go Home Machine, he accuses Gwen of letting him escape, labels her a liability because of her feelings for him, then forcibly sends her back to her home dimension whilst locking her out of the dimensional jump system, effectively stranding her. All of this ignores the fact that none of the other Spider-people, including Miguel himself, did any better in stopping Miles.]]
* MultiEthnicName: Because he's Mexican-Irish; Miguel is a name that originates from Spain and Portugal while O'Hara is from Ireland.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Becoming a ReplacementGoldfish for a FamilyMan Miguel from another universe who had passed away allegedly resulted in that entire universe collapsing and him losing the family he had forcibly adopted and came to care for as his own. The SurvivorGuilt from this sparked his "Canon Event" theory and his insistence to keep universes intact and undisrupted to avoid another accident much like what happened to him.]]
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Averted. Miguel is uniquely one of the only known Spiders to ''lack'' a traditional SpiderSense as shown during his encounter with the Renaissance Vulture ending up with him caught repeatedly off guard in ways other Spiders wouldn't. [[spoiler:It is also PlayedForDrama as it's implied significantly that his lack of SpiderSense sends his paranoia and ControlFreak nature through the roof to compensate for his inability to predict danger, worsening his extremism in the process.]]
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: [[spoiler:He's willing to let a few people close to Spider-Man die because they are fated to due to how if their fates are changed, the universe they're in gets destroyed. It's implied that he's not completely correct about this by the end of the film, the Captain Stacy of Gwen's universe manages to ScrewDestiny by quitting the police force and her universe remained despite it.]]
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Unlike other Spider People, Miguel doesn't partake in the usual antics and is focused ''hard'' on the mission of preserving the multiverse [[WellIntentionedExtremist at any cost]]; which earns him some ire from others due to his [[NoSenseOfHumor no-nonsense attitude]] not meshing with the more down-to-earth Spider-Men like [[FunPersonified Peter B.]] [[spoiler:or fundamentally disagrees with the Spider-Men with [[ScrewDestiny conflicting philosophies]] like Miles and Hobie]]. His commitment to the mission however [[spoiler:[[HiddenDisdainReveal blinds him with resentment]] towards Miles as being a "non-canon" Spider-Man whose very existence "threatens" the multiverse in his mind, and also prevents him from understanding that [[TheStationsOfTheCanon the issue of canon is far more complicated]] than he is believing it to be.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: He's ultimately more childish than he cares to admit, sometimes even coming across as an overly intense playground bully.
** He is quickly distracted by the finger-pointing squabble with Earth-67 Spider-Man in TheStinger of the first film, and he even throws a childish temper tantrum when the argument isn't going in his favor.
** He also seems to have a bit of flair for drama. As he descends down an elevator to meet Miles in the Spider-Society HQ, his elevator moves so hilariously slow to the point that Gwen lampshades it, before adding to Miles that it's his style.
** Miguel scoffs that Miles's naming of the multiverse as the "[[TitleDrop Spider-Verse]]" is stupid, but then fumbles and admits that his preferred "Arachno-Humanoid Poly-Multiverse" is also pretty stupid-sounding.
* NotSoStoic:
** Gets quickly flustered by Earth-67 Spider-Man's insistence that Miguel [[SeriousBusiness pointed at him first]].
** His introductory scene in ''Across'' neatly shows how easily his cool exterior can crack; after making a cool entrance and attempting to act mysterious, his backstory spiel gets interrupted by Gwen, then he's caught off-guard by Vulture, and then Lyla [[TheGadfly screws with him]] when he attempts to call for backup, causing him to lose his temper.
** When Miles' evasion of Miguel and the Spider-Society wears out what little patience Miguel had, Miguel flies into a rage, brutally thrashing the teenager and [[spoiler:[[HiddenDisdainReveal revealing the depths of his contempt for Miles]], ranting at him for being the "original" anomaly and blaming him for the original Peter's death and the state of the Spider-Man-less Earth-42. Miguel's rage shocks, at minimum, Peter B. and Gwen and it's implied to shake the faith of many others in the Spider-Society.]]
* ObliviouslyEvil: Downplayed as he's more of an AntiHero, but Miguel's PrinciplesZealot nature means that [[spoiler:he's frighteningly blind to the possibility of looking at the magnitude of his (and the Society's) actions as horribly misinformed about how the multiverse ''actually'' works, meaning his continuous need of enforcing the SadisticChoice of "preserving" the canon events inches towards being an AllForNothing case.]]
* OddFriendship: He's generally pretty angry and short with people, the only real exceptions being Lyla and Jessica. Which makes it pretty surprising that he seems to have a pretty positive working relationship with LEGO Spider-Man, who he calls one of their best. Of course it's possible that the situation in ''Across'' made him more tense than usual, and he instead has a pretty good working relationship with most people in the Spider-Society.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Miguel has a massive one when he realizes not only he's been played by Miles [[OutGambitted the entire time]] but that Miles's EnergyAbsorption abilities essentially make Miles a ManOfKryptonite for his suit's tech and thus, when Miles has him distracted, Miguel's utterly powerless to escape Miles's grip before he gets blasted off the SpaceElevator full-force.]]
* PetTheDog:
** Despite his [[spoiler:disdain for Miles that comes full circle later on, he does genuinely sympathize with him and tries to reason with him before it becomes clear that Miles will try to stop his father from dying. Even after he tries to imprison him, he genuinely apologizes to him for what's about to happen]].
** He may be a humorless hardass but he’s also incredibly gentle dealing with Mayday: he not only allows her to freely crawl on him without fussing, he is also paying enough attention to catch her when she falls and carefully turn her right side up.
* PrinciplesZealot: He's utterly persistent in his belief that [[spoiler:canon events should never be prevented and must happen and cannot be convinced by others that it might be possible to do so. It's proven near the end of the film that he's not completely correct about this when the Captain Stacy of Earth-65B unwittingly manages to ScrewDestiny by quitting the police force and thus averting his own death, but he's yet to find out about this]].
* PsychologicalProjection: It's implied that part of the reason why Miguel [[spoiler:unjustifiably shifts so much blame onto Miles is because Miles' flagrant push to ScrewDestiny reminds him too much of himself when he was exploring the multiverse for the first time. His ReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Miles at the end sounds like he's really berating a younger version of himself for being so irresponsible.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Gives an absolutely savage one to Miles upon his HiddenDisdainReveal after declaring he was the "original" anomaly in the multiverse — stating that if it wasn't for him getting bitten by the spider from Earth-42, two universes would have had their Spider Men (including Miles's original Spider Man) and the Spot ''wouldn't'' exist — affirming that Miles is a know-nothing kid who is threatening the entirety of existence with his recklessness and that he was a mistake that should have never existed. [[DownplayedTrope It doesn't quite]] [[{{Pun}} bite]] as while Miles is clearly hurt by Miguel's words (and the subsequent BrokenPedestal moment of realizing everyone including Peter B. and Gwen ''knew'' the truth the entire time), Miles is quick to gather his bearings and deliver an equally poignant ShutUpHannibal right back at Miguel before blindsiding him in a way ''[[OutGambitted no one]]'' expected as Miles makes his escape.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Downplayed, as in the comics. He's a sour and aggressive HeroAntagonist with red eyes thanks to his half-spider genetic engineering. Normally they're dark and subdued enough to mistake for brown, but when he's chasing Miles they turn bright red.
* RiskingTheKing: There are hundreds of Spider-People available to round up villains who'd stumbled into the wrong canons, but Miguel goes out himself after the version of the Vulture who'd incurred on Gwen's canon, only calling for backup after trying to secure him himself - and the backup who comes is his second in command.
* RunningOnAllFours: During the chase at the climax of ''Across'', he runs with a noticeable lean forward, so he briefly gets on all fours whenever he needs a running start. When he and Miles are ascending the SpaceElevator, he's forced to scale it with his claws (while Miles is able to run like normal), creating a similar effect.
* SeinfeldianConversation: Stuck on the defensive side of one with Earth-67 Spider-Man.
* SelfMadeSuperpowers: He introduces himself in his first scene much like the other Spiders, only he describes himself as different from them, which is shown later on by his "radioactive spider" being a syringe of serum that gives him his powers. Furthermore, he has to continuously inject himself in order for his powers to work.
* SkewedPriorities: While he does he make a reasonable argument about [[spoiler: how Miles trying to save his father would lead to the disruption of a Canon Event that would cause the destruction of his universe.]] This does not track when Miguel wastes all his forces on [[spoiler: stopping Miles and completely ignores the Spot who has become a CosmicFlaw who has enough power to destroy the Multiverse itself.]]
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Much like the alternate Peter Parkers, Miguel refers to his invention as a "goober".
* SunkCostFallacy: When Lyla questioned him whether he has gone too far with how he is leading the Spider-Society and [[spoiler: preventing Miles Morales from saving his father]], he states that he has invested too much to stop now. This is also why he absolutely hates Miles and rejects the possibility that there is another way he could become Spider-Man while still keeping their loved ones. Because if that possibility exists, then that would mean everything he and the Spider-Society have done to enforce Canon events by letting their loved ones die would be AllForNothing and they have actually fallen short of what it means to be Spider-Man.
* SurvivorGuilt: The "fixed canon" theory he pushes on the other Spider-People is the result [[spoiler:of him watching a universe and his daughter get erased from existence. He blames himself for what happened, as he links the cataclysm that occurred to him deciding to take the place of the Miguel that had died in that universe, even though later evidence indicates that the connection he made was tenuous at best.]]
* TheoryTunnelVision: [[spoiler:As ''Across'' goes on, it becomes clear that his grasp on how the Multiverse works and his "Fixed Canon" Theory is less concrete than he thinks. It's this belief that results in his dislike towards Miles, the Spider-Society labelling him as a fugitive and working to ensure his father's death out of a belief that it's supposed to happen. All of this goes on while they ignore the bigger threat The Spot possess.]]
* TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: [[spoiler:Blames Miles for the death of Earth-1610B's Peter Parker since he was never meant to become a Spider-Man in the first place, [[MisplacedRetribution completely ignoring that Miles had no control over the spider coming to his universe]].]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: The most mean-spirited and ruthless of all the Spider-Society. While he is nominally a hero, [[spoiler:his one-track mind to upholding canon events means that he knowingly lets people die]]. The fact that he's the founder and leader makes it much worse.
* TopHeavyGuy: His design is updated for ''ATSV'', changing his rather slim physique for massive shoulders and arms.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jessica says that Miguel really likes the empanadas from the Spider-Society's food court. Miles brings him one, but it's an early sign that they're not on good terms when he [[DefiedTrope angrily tosses it away.]]
* TragicHero: Or TragicVillain, depending on your viewpoint. [[spoiler:Miguel founded the Spider-Society after an alternate version of his whole world, along with his adopted alternate family get erased from existence ([[AmbiguousSituation seemingly]]) because of his own actions and it seems he's still a moral person who genuinely wants to be the good guy and stop a tragedy like that from happening again. However, his utter refusal to compromise, his tunnel vision towards his goals and his own personal grudges lead him to become an unstable extremist who cannot see or listen to reason even when there is proof right in front of him. Nothing he does is out of malice or outright hatred (though there is a little [[HiddenDisdainReveal prejudice]] on his part), it is all out of a desire to keep the Multiverse safe, something that has caused him no amount of trauma and heartbreak that has clearly made him paranoid, uncompromising and violent, to the point his more loyal society members (i.e. Jessica) begin to disagree with his actions. Ultimately, he's a broken and desperate man sincerely trying to do what he believes is right even if no one else thinks it is.]]
* TronLines: In ''Across'', subtle circuit lines are visible within the red parts of his suit; they become more visible while glowing, like when he opens the "information explaining thing". Fitting with his Mexican heritage, the patterns are [[https://twitter.com/kristaferanka/status/1667210729966153731 inspired by]] Mesoamerican textiles.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:His fatal flaw in judging Miles, [[ControlFreak beyond being uncompromising in his personal beliefs of protecting the status quo no matter what]], is also believing that he is also too irresponsible and stubborn to be ''effective'' — this ends up costing him big time in their final confrontation in ''Across The Spider-Verse'' as while he is Miles's physical superior, Miguel's own stubbornness means that he's [[OutGambitted entirely blindsided]] when Miles uses his Venom Strike at the most opportune moment when the SpaceElevator reaches its apex to cut off him and the rest of the Spider-Society from chasing Miles altogether.]]
* VocalEvolution: He has a slightly deeper voice and a more pronounced Mexican accent in ''Across'' compared to ''Into''.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Miguel's goals are noble, he wants to safeguard the multiverse from being disrupted, the threat against which is [[CessationOfExistence provably real]]. The issue is that he's completely uncompromising in his belief that the ''only'' way to do so is to force every Spider-Person to strictly adhere to a list of "Canon Events", even if [[TheNeedsOfTheMany they involve innocents and loved ones dying]].
-->'''Gwen:''' [[WhatTheHellHero We are supposed to be the good guys]].\\
'''Miguel:''' We ''are''... ''[weakly]'' We are.
* WouldHurtAChild: He pretty badly brutalizes a teenaged Miles after Miles's constant evasion finally wears out his patience, and that's not also getting to the implications that he was going to ''kill'' him when trying to stop the machine from sending Miles home, as seen with Miles' SpiderSense flaring up for the first time. [[spoiler:It causes him to lose the trust of several Spider-People by the end of ''Across the Spider-Verse''.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:After Miles escapes from Spider-Society intent on disrupting a Canon Event, Miguel, rather unreasonably, blames Gwen for not stopping him as well as, [[JerkassHasAPoint less unreasonably]] getting Miles involved in the first place, kicking her out of the Spider-Society on the spot and sending her back to her own dimension, [[KickTheDog knowing that she's a fugitive there]].]]
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[[folder:Lyla]]
!!Lyla
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GretaLee [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Leyla Rangel (Latin American Spanish), Cecilia von der Esch (Swedish), Creator/MaayaSakamoto (Japanese), Creator/FranciskaFriede (German)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse Into the Spider-Verse]]''[[note]]In TheStinger[[/note]] | ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse Across the Spider-Verse]]''
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Miguel's AI companion who assists him in his dimensional travels.
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* AdaptationalModesty: Lyla's comic counterpart originally dressed like Creator/MarilynMonroe, SexyBacklessOutfit included. Here, though she still has a Monroe-esque outfit, it's a concealing jacket and pants.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Comic Lyla is an all-yellow hologram. While still visibly holographic with a yellow tint here, she's otherwise colored like a regular woman. She also has short, brunette hair rather than her comic counterpart's long, light hair.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Lyla is sassier and snarkier than her comic version.
* BenevolentAI: Miguel has a cheery and helpful AI, Lyla, act as his assistant in keeping the multiverse intact.
* TheGadfly: Lyla loves to mess with and tease Miguel due to him being TheComicallySerious. When he asks for backup, she makes him say "please", which aggravates him. What aggravates him more is that she already called for backup and just wanted to see him flustered.
* HologramProjectionImperfection: To reflect her being a holographic AI, she has a choppier framerate than most characters and '"fizzles" from pose to pose.
* InkSuitActor: Like Miguel, her design was tweaked in ''Across'' to better resemble her voice actress, Creator/GretaLee.
* InsistentTerminology: When presenting Miguel with the first dimensional travel watch, Lyla insists that it's actually a "gizmo" when Miguel calls it a "[[StrangeMindsThinkAlike goober]]".
* MakingASpectacleOfYourself: She wears huge, pink, heart-shaped shades.
* MsExposition: She helps Miguel explain the concept of the multiverse to Miles. It's also lampshaded a bit.
-->'''Miguel:''' Lyla, do the thing.\\
'''Lyla:''' Huh? What thing?\\
'''Miguel:''' Wha-whaddya mean, what thing? The information explaining thing!
* SatelliteCharacter: She essentially serves as an extension of Miguel rather than a full character in her own right.
* ServileSnarker: Lyla apparently has a tendency to call out her creator Miguel for his shortcomings. It really bums him out.
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[[folder:Miguel O'Hara]]
!![[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You have a choice between saving one person, and saving an entire world, '''every''' world. To me, that's an obvious choice."'']]
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!!!'''Homeworld:''' Earth-928B
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/OscarIsaac [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]José Luis Rivera (Latin American Spanish), Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese), Mathieu Kassovitz (French), Danilo Bejarano (Swedish), Björn Schalla (German) [[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse Into the Spider-Verse]]''[[note]]In TheStinger[[/note]] | ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse Across the Spider-Verse]]''
->''"I don't always like what I have to do. But I know I have to be the one to do it. [[IveComeTooFar I've given up too much to stop now.]]"''
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The Spider-Man of a futuristic Nueva York. He has a very unique background compared to most Spider-People; rather than being bitten by a radioactive spider, his genetic code was modified, which gave him enhanced speed and strength, fangs, and claws (at the cost of lacking SpiderSense or the natural ability to stick to surfaces and create webs).
Miguel recently developed reliable multiverse travel with the help of his AI assistant, Lyla. After disastrous events brought about by his use of this technology, however, he was left traumatized. He theorizes that these events were caused by his disruption of the timeline, so he recruits Spider-People from various dimensions to help patch anomalies.
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: One of his features, and something Miles takes notice of.
-->'''Miles:''' What, are those claws? Dude, are you sure you're even Spider-Man?
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: DoubleSubverted, when Miles refers to the connections the Spider-people share throughout the multiverse the "[[TitleDrop Spider-Verse]]", Miguel seems bemused for a moment before calling it a stupid name, and instead addresses it as the "Arachno-Humanoid Poly-Multiverse"... [[SelfDeprecation which he admits in hindsight]] is ''just'' as stupid as Miles's suggestion.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Let's just say that in the comics, Miguel would not call inventions "goobers" or waste time arguing about the semantics of pointing at someone like Miguel in the first movie does. This is subverted, however, in the second film, where Miguel is ''significantly'' [[DarkerAndEdgier more grim, aggressive, and serious-minded]].
* AdaptationalCurves: Normally, Miguel is depicted as having the same athletic yet slender build as other Spider-Men. Here, he is much more muscular than the rest of the cast, to help him look more menacing and authoritative.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange:
** Miguel's comic counterpart has organic spinnerets in his wrists, much like the Peter Parker of [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Earth-96283]]. Here, his webs are made of HardLight. Similarly, his suit is also made of hard light, while his comic counterpart's suits are made of unstable molecules.
** In addition, his powers seem to derive on continuous injections of some sort Spider modification serum.
* AntiVillain: Although he's ultimately an antagonist to Miles in ''Across the Spider-Verse'', Miguel has genuinely good intentions and deep, serious pain driving his actions, leading him to the extremes he takes in the film. [[spoiler:His belief that disrupting "canon events" leads to calamity, a belief bolstered by the loss of the homeworld and family he adopted as his own, which [[AmbiguousSituation may have]] been caused by his own actions, drives him to enforce certain events in the lives of other Spider-People, such as the deaths of police captains they're close to, to stop such an event from happening again. That this means innocent people like Captain Singh or Miles' father have to die is something Miguel accepts, even if he's clearly far from happy about it.]]
* ArtShift: Miguel is the only Spider-Person to not retain his art style after traveling to another dimension. He is subjected to LimitedAnimation and low-fi voice acting like all denizens of Earth-67. Presumably doing a controlled dimension jump with his gizmo has something to do with it.
* BadassCape: When he first appears in ''Across'', the red parts of his suit are extended into a long cape that trails behind him, making him look even more imposing than usual.
* BeingGoodSucks:
** More than ''any'' other Spider-Man arguably as being the ''only one'' willing to be the WellIntentionedExtremist that can ''make'' the SadisticChoice to protect the multiverse, regardless of the cost to himself and others... but he admits repeatedly to himself and others that it is ''not'' a life he enjoys—''at all''.
--->'''Miguel O'Hara:''' You have a choice between saving one person and saving an entire world, every world [...] Being Spider-Man is a ''sacrifice''. That's the job. That's what ''you'' signed up for.
** It's also a {{Deconstruction}} as he's ''so'' committed to this trope being a cold, hard fact that it's closed him off to the possibility of TakeAThirdOption or thinking outside the box and likely makes him a less effective hero than he would be otherwise.
* BerserkButton: He reacts poorly to any Spider-Person trying to invoke a multidimensional crossover. It's played for laughs when he brings up the trouble that [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome Dr. Strange and another Spider-Man caused]]. It's decidedly less funny [[spoiler:when he lashes out at Miles for being the unwitting product of a crossover between universes]].
* BigBadEnsemble: With the Spot for ''Across the Spider-Verse''. [[spoiler:While he's not evil and seeks to prevent a worse calamity, his refusal to risk that canon events can be changed safely and insistence on allowing the 1610B Jefferson to die makes him almost as much of a threat to Miles as the Spot, leaving him the main antagonist for the climax of ''Across the Spider-Verse''.]]
* BrokenPedestal: By end of ''Across'', [[spoiler:it is clear that, at the very least, Gwen, Peter B., Peni, and Pavitr have lost their respect for him, seeing as they form their own gang away from Miguel after his HiddenDisdainReveal]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Overlapping with TruerToTheText, his brief cameo in TheStinger of the first movie presents him as a bit more goofy and snarky than Miguel tends to be in the comics, as he deems his universe-hopping device a "goober" and gets into a childish argument with Earth-67 Spider-Man. The second film changes him to be much more of a dour, angry, and no-nonsense AntiHero. [[spoiler:The discrepancy is implied to be a result of him witnessing the destruction of a universe, and erasure of his own daughter, as a consequence of his meddling with the multiverse.]]
* TheComicallySerious: His no-nonsense demeanor greatly contrasts with the occasional wackiness that the other spiders exhibit. While the Spider-Society respects his authority (especially since he was the one that founded it) and his [[YouCantFightFate "Fixed Canon" Theory]], they clearly don't take his stoic, angsty attitude seriously on their off-hours. Peter B. Parker even lambasts him as the one Spider-Man with NoSenseOfHumor.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Kingpin from ''Into the Spider-Verse''. [[spoiler:Kingpin's whole motivation for messing with other universes is to forcibly obtain a ReplacementGoldfish for his dead family without considering the potential consequences for doing so. Miguel's StartOfDarkness happens due to him successfully integrating himself as a replacement for another universe Miguel's family after ''their Miguel'' had died, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone suffering the apparent consequence for it]], driving him to make sure all other universes are undisrupted to prevent another accident like his. Another thing that differentiates them is that Kingpin was just a natural villain even before he lost his family, while Miguel is a tragic HeroAntagonist who only got set on his path after a tragic cosmic accident.]]
* ControlFreak: He is completely uncompromising in maintaining the status quo of each universe he oversees. In his mind, there is only one way anyone's story should play out [[spoiler:due to seemingly witnessing first-hand the consequences of interfering with a universe's canon events]], and he gets incredibly aggravated when there's deviations. [[spoiler:It fuels his vendetta against Miles, who unintentionally became Spider-Man at the expense of another universe because the spider that bit him had come from the other universe.]]
* TheCorruptor: Likely unintentionally [[TheoryTunnelVision considering how lost in his own head he gets]], but he did convince a disconcerting number of Spider-People to let alternate versions of their loved ones die.
* CostumeEvolution: Along with getting a redesign that gives him a different build [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference from his first appearance]], the red markings on his suit change pattern and texture between ''Into'' and ''Across''.
* CynicismCatalyst: Implied to be the reason for his change in attitude between films. His cameo in ''Into'' features him making snarky quips and getting into a childish argument with 1967 Spider-Man, while in ''Across'' he's TheComicallySerious at best, likely due to [[spoiler:losing his family after he disrupted the canon of the universe where he was supposed to die]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: {{Implied|Trope}}; while Miguel doesn't give any details, he describes a variant of himself as "happy" in a tone that strongly suggests that his own life has ''not'' been. [[spoiler:After this variant dies, Miguel is willing to take his place and his role as a husband and father, something that ultimately broke him when he lost this new world and everyone in it because of his disruption to its "canon."]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: He wears a dark blue suit [[note]] it was supposed to be black in his debut comic, but a coloring error turned it dark blue and the color stuck for subsequent adaptations [[/note]] with a red skull-like spider symbol and a menacing mask to match, but he is still a heroic Spider, though downplayed in that he plays the role of HeroAntagonist to Miles in ''Across the Spider-Verse''.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: He impersonated [[spoiler:a DeadAlternateCounterpart of his and took in the alternate Miguel's family as his own. He believes that doing so is what led to the destruction of that universe and loss of the alternate Miguel's family, which is where his Canon Event theory sprung up from]].
* DidntThinkThisThrough: PlayedForLaughs; [[spoiler:when Miles flees from the Spider-Society, Miguel angrily puts out a call for everyone to pursue "Spider-Man", momentarily forgetting that ''everyone'' there is Spider-Man. Everyone who wasn't in the room when Miles ran is immediately confused and Miguel briefly kicks himself before specifying ''which'' Spider-Man he wants everyone to go after. It gets less funny (for Miguel, anyway), when Miles reveals that Miguel ordering everyone to pursue him leaves the Society's base wide open, allowing Miles to escape, [[BatmanGambit just as Miles had planned]].]]
* DimensionalTraveler: Miguel and Lyla create a "gizmo" that lets Miguel travel to alternate Earths at will.
* DiscoveringYourOwnDeadBody: [[spoiler:He sees an alternate version of himself get killed by a mugger and promptly portals himself to that location after the act. He then decided to take his deceased counterpart's place in that universe and took his family as his own, which seemingly led to that universe's destruction]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: His treatment and attitude towards Miles, specifically his [[spoiler:refusal to recognize him as a "true" Spider-Man, telling him that he was the reason why Earth-1610B's Peter Parker died in the first place, and overall hatred for him for breaking the established canon]] were specifically tailored to [[TakeThatCritics mirror racist fans' reaction and subsequent treatment of the character]].
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In TheStinger for ''Into the Spider-Verse'', his design is lean and wiry like most depictions of Spider-Man[[note]]Though, given the last second nature of TheStinger it could be inferred that his design in ''Into the Spider-Verse'' was simply a PaletteSwap of the standard Peter Parker Spider-Man model to save on production time of a whole ''new model'' that would only show up for, realistically, three seconds before a sequel was truly greenlit[[/note]]. He was redesigned for ''Across the Spider-Verse'' — presumably to help him stand out more physically — being given a more imposing, [[TopHeavyGuy top-heavy, and muscular build]] akin to a powerlifter, along with the logo for his suit being changed.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In his first meeting with a Spider-Person, he becomes quickly flustered and sidetracked by their shenanigans, establishing how his no-nonsense demeanor is really fragile and easy to crack.
** A more dramatic example happens when we see him post-prologue in ''Across the Spider-Verse'', where we see him watching old home videos of him happily playing with his daughter. The video ends with a shot of his happy smile only to turn off to reveal present Miguel's ''very'' broken and tired face. This is a man who's lost ''everything'' and regardless of whether the audience agrees with his actions or not, we understand why he's like this.
* EvilIsBigger: While he is not evil, he ''is'' the HeroAntagonist of the movie and is much more [[HeroicBuild muscular and physically intimidating]] than your average Spider-Person.
* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: Again, "evil" might be a stretch, but when he makes it clear that he's the antagonist of the story and starts gunning for Miles, his appearance will emphasize his more sinister traits (his {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}, his {{fangs|AreEvil}}, his claws, etc.), their chase through Neuva York making his hair unkempt and his suit damaged.
* FangsAreEvil: Well, he’s more of an AntiHero than actual evil, either way the fangs still count as he has fangs that can paralyze an opponent for a few moments.
* FatalFlaw:
** His refusal to compromise. [[spoiler:Due to a prior traumatic incident]], he stubbornly holds to the belief that the status quo of every universe has to be maintained above all else, even though it ends up hindering his ability to actually be a hero. [[spoiler:His hostility towards Miles ends up alienating several members of the Spider-Society, fracturing the alliance he tried to maintain for the sake of protecting the multiverse.]]
* TheFatalist: Miguel believes that tragedies experienced by Spider-People are inevitable and preventing them would only destabilize their universe, to point of causing causing that universe's utter destruction.
* FightingIrish: He's part-Irish, as his surname indicates, and is shown to be incredibly vicious and violent when pushed.
* {{Foil}}:
** A shockingly exact one for Miles:
*** They're both multi-ethnic, bilingual Spider-Men with Spanish and English as their main languages and finger-based "extra" powers, but Miles is a young man with a lean figure vs. Miguel being a matured and imposingly muscular figure.
*** Both are very particular in relation to the members of the Spider-Society, since Miguel is their leader and Miles is seemingly the only Spider-Man forbidden from joining them.
*** Both are heroes, but whereas Miles is TheCape, Miguel has become TheCowl, and Miles ends up with a ScrewDestiny motivation vs. Miguel's YouCantFightFate belief.
*** Both of them have blue/black suits with red details and no belt. Miguel's patterns are some kind of geometric tech patterns (originally used for a Dia de Muertos celebration in the comics), while Miles has much simpler self-designed patterns (that people keep making fun of).
*** Finally, as the film reveals [[spoiler:both became "anomalies" to their timelines that threaten the multi-verse, but whereas Miles was involuntarily bitten by a spider from another universe released by the same machine he would destroy and in the process accidentally create The Spot, Miguel chose to replace a murdered counterpart to become the father of his now orphaned child, which meant it was his own initiative that doomed his murdered counterpart's universe. Assuming that his conjecture about "canon" is actually correct]].
** Despite being the leader of the Spider-Society, he's also one for the more traditional Spider-People as well:
*** Miguel lacks much of the traditional power set of a typical Spider-Person; as noted below, he uses HardLight beams instead of web-shooters or spinnerets, he climbs walls using talons on his fingertips rather than an innate stickiness, and he's caught off-guard several times over due to his lack of [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling Spider-Sense]]. Few other Spiders use arm blades or have fangs, too.
*** Miguel's somber, humorless and aggressive personality contrasts hard with the [[DeadpanSnarker relentless quippiness]] of a typical Spider-Person, and what little wise he does crack is caustic and cutting. Peter B. even says to him that "we're supposed to be funny."
*** The circumstances that pushed him to become a hero are markedly different than other Spiders; if his comics origin is still in keeping here, he wasn't even bitten by a spider when he got his powers.
*** And, most notably of all... he wears a cape. [[BrickJoke Spider-Man doesn't wear a cape]].
** To a lesser extent, Miguel is one to Peter B.:
*** Both of them were subjected to tragedies involving their personal lives, with Peter B. having to deal with Aunt May's death before divorcing Mary Jane (to say nothing about all the injuries he got over the years coupled with several bad financial decisions that left him living in a crummy apartment after moving out), while Miguel [[spoiler:lost the wife and daughter of his DeadAlternateCounterpart along with the entire universe he had come to see as home]].
*** Both of them became incredibly cynical as a result of their experiences, but while Peter B. became a JadedWashout who was content to wallow in his own misery before meeting Miles, Miguel became more of a KnightTemplar who stepped up and started the Spider-Society to defend the multiverse.
*** Both of them also differ with how they treat Miles. Peter B. serves as TheMentor for Miles while he was still struggling to get used to his powers, and when it seemed like Miles wasn't ready for the raid on the Super-Collider, he webbed Miles up as a way to keep him safe until Miles mastered his powers through his "leap of faith", and Miles doing so seems to be enough to motivate Peter B. to clean up his act. Miguel also serves as a mentor who wants to help Miles adjust to everything he's learning about the Multiverse, but his theory about "canon events" causes him to believe that [[spoiler:Miles' father has to die]], ultimately leading to him turning against Miles.
* ForeignLanguageTirade: Has a habit of dropping some Spanish when he gets extremely frustrated. [[ForeignCurseWord He even manages to slip in an "Ay, coño!"]][[note]]Literally [[CountryMatters "Oh, cunt"]], but more often has a meaning more akin to "Oh damnit" or "Oh for fuck's sake" in Latin-American Spanish[[/note]] when [[spoiler:ordering the rest of the Spider Society to chase after Miles.]]
* FreudianExcuse: The reason why he's so adamant about the status quo being maintained [[spoiler:is that he witnessed several of his loved ones, including his daughter, get erased from existence because he had disrupted the canon of a universe.]]
* GenreSavvy: When Miguel tells Gwen he'll handle a situation, she sees the EnemyRisingBehind and goes, "Okay. [[DoubleEntendre Knock yourself out]]." By this point, Miguel has dealt with enough Spiders to go, "Why are you saying it like tha-"
* GoodIsNotNice: Similar to his comic book counterpart, he is incredibly dour and aggressive despite being ostensibly a hero like the other Spider-Heroes. He also plays the role of hostile HeroAntagonist to Miles in ''Across the Spider-Verse''.
* GoodIsNotSoft:
** When he's away from the other Spiders and grappling with the Vulture, he voluntarily unmasks to bare his fangs, which horrifies the Vulture; since they're both interrupted by a police helicopter, it's left up in the air if Miguel did it just to intimidate the villain, or if he really was prepared to ''bite him in the face'' if need be.
** He's ruthless in the pursuit of threats to the integrity of the multiverse; beating rogue villains senseless, imprisoning them, and forcibly teleporting them back to where they came from is the merciful option as far as he's concerned. [[spoiler:This makes it especially intimidating when Miles is forced to flee him, as Miguel is so brutal and ferocious that it seems he really ''will'' force himself to kill Miles if he can't manage to take him down alive.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: Once he had a HiddenDisdainReveal for Miles Morales, Miguel was in an outright fury as he was taking his aggression out on the latter. Even before that, Miguel gets easily agitated over most of Spider-Men's antics with the Spider Society.
* HardLight: Unlike the majority of the Spider-Society, Miguel's suit and webbing are hard light constructs, providing him a measure of versatility the others lack. The suit can shift to create blades, claws, and a wingsuit, and the webbing isn't affected by outside forces in the same way physical webbing is (for example, strong winds and gravity). Unfortunately for him, it also means Miles can drain his suit away through physical contact, which he can't do with the other Spiders.
* TheHeavy: The Spot is the primary threat of ''Across'', but the majority of the conflict stems from Miguel's creation of the Spider-Society. [[spoiler:Deeming Miles an anomaly prevents Gwen from reuniting with him, a major source of the personal discord in the first half of the film, while his refusal to allow Miles to save his dad catapults him into the main antagonist of the film's climax after the Spot makes his escape.]]
* HeroAntagonist: Miguel actively considers himself one of the "good guys," and is the leader of a large organization of interdimensional Spider-Heroes, some of whom have demonstrated their heroism time and again in [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan their]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManUnlimited own]] [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 stories]]. However, he's also intensely hostile towards Miles, the protagonist, belittling him, leaving him out of the loop, and eventually pursuing him and facing him down in a brutal battle across Nueva York. When he fails to stop Miles, his immediate reaction is to hunt him down rather than dealing with say, the Spot, who poses an even greater threat to the Multiverse. While he is genuinely well-intentioned, he's so dogmatic that even the Spiders who side with him seem unnerved by his calculating methods.
* HeroicBuild: He has made some serious gains in the second movie.
* HeroOfAnotherStory:
** He's been too busy with something else to do anything about what's been happening in Miles's universe, which he's had Lyla monitor for about two hours.
** Between the events of ''Into'' and ''Across'', Miguel had been spending over a year of Miles's universe's time forming an army of at least two hundred Spider-People to protect the Multiverse.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: His adamant refusal to reconsider his “Canon Events” theory and determination to enforce it [[WellIntentionedExtremist at any cost]] effectively make him closer to a supervillain than an incarnation of Spider-Man. This is especially noticeable in the climax, where his viciousness and ReasonYouSuckSpeech where he reveals his [[HiddenDisdainReveal hidden contempt]] for Miles makes him come across as unhinged and menacing as a genuine supervillain.]] The worst part is that, [[spoiler:with his conversation to Lyla about if his determination to stop Miles is the right thing, his SunkCostFallacy has him admit that [[IveComeTooFar he's invested far too much to ''ever'' stop]]; meaning that he knows full well ''this'' trope is in effect, but he cannot stop being a bastard for the sake of a greater good he believes is the ''only'' potential reality or else it will AllForNothing.]]
* HiddenDisdainReveal: [[spoiler:Despite his initial hostility, Miguel shows a lot of sympathy for Miles and his situation - specifically using gentle and non-threatening body language when he explains canon-events to him. Once Miles flees containment and the chase ensues, Miguel corners him and lets slip his disdain for Miles' anomalous nature and wrongly blames him for getting bit, letting his own Peter Parker die, and allowing the Kingpin cause damage to the multiverse - ''None'' of which Miles had ''any'' control over at the time.]]
* HourOfPower: From the number of syringes filled with modified Spider DNA seen in his second appearance, it's heavily implied that Miguel's powers are temporary and he needs to keep injecting himself whenever the effects of the previous use wears off.
* {{Hunk}}: He's a very good-looking man who has a chiseled, athletic build that looks like it came out of Greek mythology and his skintight suit just highlights it.
* ImplacableMan: Miguel is both one of the most persistent Spideys chasing Miles and one of the most durable. He takes a point-blank Venom Sting supercherged from Miles [[EnergyAbsorption absorbing the energy]] from Miguel's HardLight nanosuit, is promptly sent flying off a speeding bullet train straight into an archway at full speed and then pinballs off the train and painfully crashes through several Spider-People before finally regaining his grip. This does not slow Miguel down by much, as he is seen getting back to the chase immediately and nearly stops Miles' escape were it not for outside factors.
* InkSuitActor: His design in ''Across the Spider-Verse'' has been reworked to resemble Creator/OscarIsaac.
* {{Irony}}: Miguel founded the Spider-Society to preserve the Multiverse, and his pursuit of Miles is with this intent of preventing a greater calamity in the disruption of a Canon Event. However, in doing so, they're enabling said calamity in the form of The Spot growing powerful enough to threaten the entire multiverse, to the point he likely won't stop at just Miles' universe and has grown far too powerful for even the Society's members to deal with.
* ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself for [[spoiler:accidentally blowing up a universe by trying to take the place of his dead alternate counterpart]]. While there are hints that his understanding of the situation is flawed, or at least incomplete, there's no doubt that his self-loathing over the incident is what drives his entire worldview and all of his actions in the second half of ''Across the Spider-Verse''.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** It's [[AmbiguousSituation unclear]] if [[spoiler:Miguel's theory about Canon Events is totally accurate, but several other Spider-People, including Peter B., acknowledge that he's right about certain traumatic events being vital to Spider-Man's existence, with Peter B. even pointing out that if Uncle Ben hadn't died, most of the Spider-people present never would have become Spider-Man in the first place.]]
** While his hatred for Miles is ultimately [[MisplacedRetribution misplaced]], he ''does'' have a point regarding how Miles being a Spider-Man at all is an "abnormality" and a ''mistake''. [[spoiler:The spider that bit Miles was from Earth-42, was sent to Miles as a result of the super-collider, and died before it could be sent back.]] Miles was never ''supposed'' to be bit in the first place, meaning not only did this result in Earth-1610B briefly having ''two'' Spider-Men before Blond Peter died after saving Miles, [[spoiler:Earth-42 never ''had'' a Spider-Man as a result, leaving it a CrapsackWorld where that universe's Miles became the Prowler.]] By all accounts, [[TheUnchosenOne Miles Morales of Earth-1610B should]] ''[[TheUnchosenOne not]]'' [[TheUnchosenOne be a Spider-Man]], rather [[ExperiencedProtagonist the much more competent]] Blond Peter should still be alive acting as the Spider-Man of Earth-1610B, and more than likely [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot could have been able to stop the super-collider incident, and the mess with The Spot, from ever happening at all.]]
--->'''Miguel:''' ''[to Miles]'' You're a ''mistake!'' If you hadn't been bit, your Peter Parker would've lived. Instead he died saving ''you''. He would've stopped the collider before it ever went off. Spot wouldn't exist. ''And none of this would've happened.''
** As we know from [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse previous]] [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome films]], meddling with the stability of space-time is indeed -- no matter the reason -- extremely dangerous to TheMultiverse. Miguel is very right to be cautious of it, and his desire to suppress such efforts is completely understandable. The issue is with the methods he pushes being antithetical to Spider-Man's ethos of always helping those in need.
** [[spoiler:Miguel is furious with Gwen for Miles coming to Spider-Society and especially for Miles' subsequent escape with the intent of disrupting Canon, but he's right that, if she hadn't gone to see him after promising she wouldn't, Miles would never have left his dimension (which he did right under Gwen's nose). Jess agrees with him about it, and, while none of the other Spiders are pleased with [[KickTheDog how he punishes her for it]], none of them try to argue about his point.]]
* JerkassToOne: While he is always aloof and serious-minded, he does show he cares about the other Spider-People in his own way. That is, with the exception of Miles, who he treats with thinly-veiled contempt before turning outright violent when Miles decides not to play ball with the rest of the Spider-Society [[spoiler:due to Miguel seeing Miles as an inter-dimensional anomaly whose very existence threatens the stability of the multiverse, even though Miles became such through events outside of his control or knowledge.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Miguel may be a ruthless, joyless and humourless man with little sense of reason and nothing in the way of an open mind, but he is still a Spider-Man; he genuinely wants to protect people, keep TheMultiverse safe and his soft side does occasionally make itself known. The heart of gold is buried underneath a layer of trauma, stress, misery and pain, but it ''is'' still there.
* KickTheDog:
** While pursuing Miles and trying to stop him from [[spoiler:saving his father and disrupting the canon]] is understandable, calling him a "mistake" and telling him that he doesn't belong and shouldn't be Spider-Man is unnecessarily cruel.
** [[spoiler:After he blames Gwen for failing to prevent Miles from escaping the Spider-Society HQ and letting him get involved in the Spider-Society in the first place after he told her not to, he sends Gwen back to her home dimension despite knowing she's considered a wanted fugitive by her own father.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: The goofiness of the Spider-Society immediately drops when Miguel appears onscreen. He shows little to none of the snark of the rest of the Spiders and is perfectly willing to stop Miles from saving his family for the good of the universe, no matter how ruthless he needs to become.
* KnightTemplar: Though not really a villain, Miguel's antagonism comes from his uncompromising belief in his Canon Event Theory and his utter refusal to even question it. And, as the leader of the Spider Society, he expects all of its members to be fully onboard with his views. Miguel does show ''some'' doubt in the morality of his actions, but doesn't let it dissuade him.
* LargeAndInCharge: The leader of the Spider-Society and according to supplementary material, stands at 6'9"/roughly 206cm tall[[note]]Making him quite taller than his comic self's 5'10"/178cm[[/note]].
* LickedByTheDog: Mayday playing with him shows that he isn’t a BAD guy and at his core is still Spider-Man.
* MeanBoss: He is leader of the Spider Society and and is very grim, unfriendly and authoritarian, fully expecting the other Spider-People to follow his ideals to a T. At the same time he isn't really evil and is kept from being a BadBoss by showing a great deal of respect and professionalism towards his underlings (such as LEGO Spider-Man). Though [[spoiler: his punishment of Gwen for failing to stop Miles was overly harsh.]]
* MisplacedRetribution:
** He holds Miles in contempt for [[spoiler:having been bitten by the spider that was taken from another universe, resulting in that universe not having a Spider-Man and him becoming Spider-Man against "canon". However, Miles had absolutely nothing to do with that and it was actually the Spot that brought the spider over. He also unfairly blames Miles for the deaths of his universe's Peter Parker, for not being able to stop the super-collider in time and essentially sees him as the cause of the multiverse's current instability by proxy of things beyond his control. If anything, he should be mad at Wilson Fisk for spearheading and funding the Super Collider and Olivia Octavius for being the head scientist that built it.]]
** [[spoiler:When Miles escapes via the Go Home Machine, he accuses Gwen of letting him escape, labels her a liability because of her feelings for him, then forcibly sends her back to her home dimension whilst locking her out of the dimensional jump system, effectively stranding her. All of this ignores the fact that none of the other Spider-people, including Miguel himself, did any better in stopping Miles.]]
* MultiEthnicName: Because he's Mexican-Irish; Miguel is a name that originates from Spain and Portugal while O'Hara is from Ireland.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Becoming a ReplacementGoldfish for a FamilyMan Miguel from another universe who had passed away allegedly resulted in that entire universe collapsing and him losing the family he had forcibly adopted and came to care for as his own. The SurvivorGuilt from this sparked his "Canon Event" theory and his insistence to keep universes intact and undisrupted to avoid another accident much like what happened to him.]]
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Averted. Miguel is uniquely one of the only known Spiders to ''lack'' a traditional SpiderSense as shown during his encounter with the Renaissance Vulture ending up with him caught repeatedly off guard in ways other Spiders wouldn't. [[spoiler:It is also PlayedForDrama as it's implied significantly that his lack of SpiderSense sends his paranoia and ControlFreak nature through the roof to compensate for his inability to predict danger, worsening his extremism in the process.]]
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: [[spoiler:He's willing to let a few people close to Spider-Man die because they are fated to due to how if their fates are changed, the universe they're in gets destroyed. It's implied that he's not completely correct about this by the end of the film, the Captain Stacy of Gwen's universe manages to ScrewDestiny by quitting the police force and her universe remained despite it.]]
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Unlike other Spider People, Miguel doesn't partake in the usual antics and is focused ''hard'' on the mission of preserving the multiverse [[WellIntentionedExtremist at any cost]]; which earns him some ire from others due to his [[NoSenseOfHumor no-nonsense attitude]] not meshing with the more down-to-earth Spider-Men like [[FunPersonified Peter B.]] [[spoiler:or fundamentally disagrees with the Spider-Men with [[ScrewDestiny conflicting philosophies]] like Miles and Hobie]]. His commitment to the mission however [[spoiler:[[HiddenDisdainReveal blinds him with resentment]] towards Miles as being a "non-canon" Spider-Man whose very existence "threatens" the multiverse in his mind, and also prevents him from understanding that [[TheStationsOfTheCanon the issue of canon is far more complicated]] than he is believing it to be.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: He's ultimately more childish than he cares to admit, sometimes even coming across as an overly intense playground bully.
** He is quickly distracted by the finger-pointing squabble with Earth-67 Spider-Man in TheStinger of the first film, and he even throws a childish temper tantrum when the argument isn't going in his favor.
** He also seems to have a bit of flair for drama. As he descends down an elevator to meet Miles in the Spider-Society HQ, his elevator moves so hilariously slow to the point that Gwen lampshades it, before adding to Miles that it's his style.
** Miguel scoffs that Miles's naming of the multiverse as the "[[TitleDrop Spider-Verse]]" is stupid, but then fumbles and admits that his preferred "Arachno-Humanoid Poly-Multiverse" is also pretty stupid-sounding.
* NotSoStoic:
** Gets quickly flustered by Earth-67 Spider-Man's insistence that Miguel [[SeriousBusiness pointed at him first]].
** His introductory scene in ''Across'' neatly shows how easily his cool exterior can crack; after making a cool entrance and attempting to act mysterious, his backstory spiel gets interrupted by Gwen, then he's caught off-guard by Vulture, and then Lyla [[TheGadfly screws with him]] when he attempts to call for backup, causing him to lose his temper.
** When Miles' evasion of Miguel and the Spider-Society wears out what little patience Miguel had, Miguel flies into a rage, brutally thrashing the teenager and [[spoiler:[[HiddenDisdainReveal revealing the depths of his contempt for Miles]], ranting at him for being the "original" anomaly and blaming him for the original Peter's death and the state of the Spider-Man-less Earth-42. Miguel's rage shocks, at minimum, Peter B. and Gwen and it's implied to shake the faith of many others in the Spider-Society.]]
* ObliviouslyEvil: Downplayed as he's more of an AntiHero, but Miguel's PrinciplesZealot nature means that [[spoiler:he's frighteningly blind to the possibility of looking at the magnitude of his (and the Society's) actions as horribly misinformed about how the multiverse ''actually'' works, meaning his continuous need of enforcing the SadisticChoice of "preserving" the canon events inches towards being an AllForNothing case.]]
* OddFriendship: He's generally pretty angry and short with people, the only real exceptions being Lyla and Jessica. Which makes it pretty surprising that he seems to have a pretty positive working relationship with LEGO Spider-Man, who he calls one of their best. Of course it's possible that the situation in ''Across'' made him more tense than usual, and he instead has a pretty good working relationship with most people in the Spider-Society.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Miguel has a massive one when he realizes not only he's been played by Miles [[OutGambitted the entire time]] but that Miles's EnergyAbsorption abilities essentially make Miles a ManOfKryptonite for his suit's tech and thus, when Miles has him distracted, Miguel's utterly powerless to escape Miles's grip before he gets blasted off the SpaceElevator full-force.]]
* PetTheDog:
** Despite his [[spoiler:disdain for Miles that comes full circle later on, he does genuinely sympathize with him and tries to reason with him before it becomes clear that Miles will try to stop his father from dying. Even after he tries to imprison him, he genuinely apologizes to him for what's about to happen]].
** He may be a humorless hardass but he’s also incredibly gentle dealing with Mayday: he not only allows her to freely crawl on him without fussing, he is also paying enough attention to catch her when she falls and carefully turn her right side up.
* PrinciplesZealot: He's utterly persistent in his belief that [[spoiler:canon events should never be prevented and must happen and cannot be convinced by others that it might be possible to do so. It's proven near the end of the film that he's not completely correct about this when the Captain Stacy of Earth-65B unwittingly manages to ScrewDestiny by quitting the police force and thus averting his own death, but he's yet to find out about this]].
* PsychologicalProjection: It's implied that part of the reason why Miguel [[spoiler:unjustifiably shifts so much blame onto Miles is because Miles' flagrant push to ScrewDestiny reminds him too much of himself when he was exploring the multiverse for the first time. His ReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Miles at the end sounds like he's really berating a younger version of himself for being so irresponsible.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Gives an absolutely savage one to Miles upon his HiddenDisdainReveal after declaring he was the "original" anomaly in the multiverse — stating that if it wasn't for him getting bitten by the spider from Earth-42, two universes would have had their Spider Men (including Miles's original Spider Man) and the Spot ''wouldn't'' exist — affirming that Miles is a know-nothing kid who is threatening the entirety of existence with his recklessness and that he was a mistake that should have never existed. [[DownplayedTrope It doesn't quite]] [[{{Pun}} bite]] as while Miles is clearly hurt by Miguel's words (and the subsequent BrokenPedestal moment of realizing everyone including Peter B. and Gwen ''knew'' the truth the entire time), Miles is quick to gather his bearings and deliver an equally poignant ShutUpHannibal right back at Miguel before blindsiding him in a way ''[[OutGambitted no one]]'' expected as Miles makes his escape.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Downplayed, as in the comics. He's a sour and aggressive HeroAntagonist with red eyes thanks to his half-spider genetic engineering. Normally they're dark and subdued enough to mistake for brown, but when he's chasing Miles they turn bright red.
* RiskingTheKing: There are hundreds of Spider-People available to round up villains who'd stumbled into the wrong canons, but Miguel goes out himself after the version of the Vulture who'd incurred on Gwen's canon, only calling for backup after trying to secure him himself - and the backup who comes is his second in command.
* RunningOnAllFours: During the chase at the climax of ''Across'', he runs with a noticeable lean forward, so he briefly gets on all fours whenever he needs a running start. When he and Miles are ascending the SpaceElevator, he's forced to scale it with his claws (while Miles is able to run like normal), creating a similar effect.
* SeinfeldianConversation: Stuck on the defensive side of one with Earth-67 Spider-Man.
* SelfMadeSuperpowers: He introduces himself in his first scene much like the other Spiders, only he describes himself as different from them, which is shown later on by his "radioactive spider" being a syringe of serum that gives him his powers. Furthermore, he has to continuously inject himself in order for his powers to work.
* SkewedPriorities: While he does he make a reasonable argument about [[spoiler: how Miles trying to save his father would lead to the disruption of a Canon Event that would cause the destruction of his universe.]] This does not track when Miguel wastes all his forces on [[spoiler: stopping Miles and completely ignores the Spot who has become a CosmicFlaw who has enough power to destroy the Multiverse itself.]]
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Much like the alternate Peter Parkers, Miguel refers to his invention as a "goober".
* SunkCostFallacy: When Lyla questioned him whether he has gone too far with how he is leading the Spider-Society and [[spoiler: preventing Miles Morales from saving his father]], he states that he has invested too much to stop now. This is also why he absolutely hates Miles and rejects the possibility that there is another way he could become Spider-Man while still keeping their loved ones. Because if that possibility exists, then that would mean everything he and the Spider-Society have done to enforce Canon events by letting their loved ones die would be AllForNothing and they have actually fallen short of what it means to be Spider-Man.
* SurvivorGuilt: The "fixed canon" theory he pushes on the other Spider-People is the result [[spoiler:of him watching a universe and his daughter get erased from existence. He blames himself for what happened, as he links the cataclysm that occurred to him deciding to take the place of the Miguel that had died in that universe, even though later evidence indicates that the connection he made was tenuous at best.]]
* TheoryTunnelVision: [[spoiler:As ''Across'' goes on, it becomes clear that his grasp on how the Multiverse works and his "Fixed Canon" Theory is less concrete than he thinks. It's this belief that results in his dislike towards Miles, the Spider-Society labelling him as a fugitive and working to ensure his father's death out of a belief that it's supposed to happen. All of this goes on while they ignore the bigger threat The Spot possess.]]
* TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: [[spoiler:Blames Miles for the death of Earth-1610B's Peter Parker since he was never meant to become a Spider-Man in the first place, [[MisplacedRetribution completely ignoring that Miles had no control over the spider coming to his universe]].]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: The most mean-spirited and ruthless of all the Spider-Society. While he is nominally a hero, [[spoiler:his one-track mind to upholding canon events means that he knowingly lets people die]]. The fact that he's the founder and leader makes it much worse.
* TopHeavyGuy: His design is updated for ''ATSV'', changing his rather slim physique for massive shoulders and arms.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jessica says that Miguel really likes the empanadas from the Spider-Society's food court. Miles brings him one, but it's an early sign that they're not on good terms when he [[DefiedTrope angrily tosses it away.]]
* TragicHero: Or TragicVillain, depending on your viewpoint. [[spoiler:Miguel founded the Spider-Society after an alternate version of his whole world, along with his adopted alternate family get erased from existence ([[AmbiguousSituation seemingly]]) because of his own actions and it seems he's still a moral person who genuinely wants to be the good guy and stop a tragedy like that from happening again. However, his utter refusal to compromise, his tunnel vision towards his goals and his own personal grudges lead him to become an unstable extremist who cannot see or listen to reason even when there is proof right in front of him. Nothing he does is out of malice or outright hatred (though there is a little [[HiddenDisdainReveal prejudice]] on his part), it is all out of a desire to keep the Multiverse safe, something that has caused him no amount of trauma and heartbreak that has clearly made him paranoid, uncompromising and violent, to the point his more loyal society members (i.e. Jessica) begin to disagree with his actions. Ultimately, he's a broken and desperate man sincerely trying to do what he believes is right even if no one else thinks it is.]]
* TronLines: In ''Across'', subtle circuit lines are visible within the red parts of his suit; they become more visible while glowing, like when he opens the "information explaining thing". Fitting with his Mexican heritage, the patterns are [[https://twitter.com/kristaferanka/status/1667210729966153731 inspired by]] Mesoamerican textiles.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:His fatal flaw in judging Miles, [[ControlFreak beyond being uncompromising in his personal beliefs of protecting the status quo no matter what]], is also believing that he is also too irresponsible and stubborn to be ''effective'' — this ends up costing him big time in their final confrontation in ''Across The Spider-Verse'' as while he is Miles's physical superior, Miguel's own stubbornness means that he's [[OutGambitted entirely blindsided]] when Miles uses his Venom Strike at the most opportune moment when the SpaceElevator reaches its apex to cut off him and the rest of the Spider-Society from chasing Miles altogether.]]
* VocalEvolution: He has a slightly deeper voice and a more pronounced Mexican accent in ''Across'' compared to ''Into''.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Miguel's goals are noble, he wants to safeguard the multiverse from being disrupted, the threat against which is [[CessationOfExistence provably real]]. The issue is that he's completely uncompromising in his belief that the ''only'' way to do so is to force every Spider-Person to strictly adhere to a list of "Canon Events", even if [[TheNeedsOfTheMany they involve innocents and loved ones dying]].
-->'''Gwen:''' [[WhatTheHellHero We are supposed to be the good guys]].\\
'''Miguel:''' We ''are''... ''[weakly]'' We are.
* WouldHurtAChild: He pretty badly brutalizes a teenaged Miles after Miles's constant evasion finally wears out his patience, and that's not also getting to the implications that he was going to ''kill'' him when trying to stop the machine from sending Miles home, as seen with Miles' SpiderSense flaring up for the first time. [[spoiler:It causes him to lose the trust of several Spider-People by the end of ''Across the Spider-Verse''.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:After Miles escapes from Spider-Society intent on disrupting a Canon Event, Miguel, rather unreasonably, blames Gwen for not stopping him as well as, [[JerkassHasAPoint less unreasonably]] getting Miles involved in the first place, kicking her out of the Spider-Society on the spot and sending her back to her own dimension, [[KickTheDog knowing that she's a fugitive there]].]]
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[[folder:Lyla]]
!!Lyla
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GretaLee [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Leyla Rangel (Latin American Spanish), Cecilia von der Esch (Swedish), Creator/MaayaSakamoto (Japanese), Creator/FranciskaFriede (German)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse Into the Spider-Verse]]''[[note]]In TheStinger[[/note]] | ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse Across the Spider-Verse]]''
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Miguel's AI companion who assists him in his dimensional travels.
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* AdaptationalModesty: Lyla's comic counterpart originally dressed like Creator/MarilynMonroe, SexyBacklessOutfit included. Here, though she still has a Monroe-esque outfit, it's a concealing jacket and pants.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Comic Lyla is an all-yellow hologram. While still visibly holographic with a yellow tint here, she's otherwise colored like a regular woman. She also has short, brunette hair rather than her comic counterpart's long, light hair.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Lyla is sassier and snarkier than her comic version.
* BenevolentAI: Miguel has a cheery and helpful AI, Lyla, act as his assistant in keeping the multiverse intact.
* TheGadfly: Lyla loves to mess with and tease Miguel due to him being TheComicallySerious. When he asks for backup, she makes him say "please", which aggravates him. What aggravates him more is that she already called for backup and just wanted to see him flustered.
* HologramProjectionImperfection: To reflect her being a holographic AI, she has a choppier framerate than most characters and '"fizzles" from pose to pose.
* InkSuitActor: Like Miguel, her design was tweaked in ''Across'' to better resemble her voice actress, Creator/GretaLee.
* InsistentTerminology: When presenting Miguel with the first dimensional travel watch, Lyla insists that it's actually a "gizmo" when Miguel calls it a "[[StrangeMindsThinkAlike goober]]".
* MakingASpectacleOfYourself: She wears huge, pink, heart-shaped shades.
* MsExposition: She helps Miguel explain the concept of the multiverse to Miles. It's also lampshaded a bit.
-->'''Miguel:''' Lyla, do the thing.\\
'''Lyla:''' Huh? What thing?\\
'''Miguel:''' Wha-whaddya mean, what thing? The information explaining thing!
* SatelliteCharacter: She essentially serves as an extension of Miguel rather than a full character in her own right.
* ServileSnarker: Lyla apparently has a tendency to call out her creator Miguel for his shortcomings. It really bums him out.
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