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* HotScientist: Judy, Professor Bernardi's assistant.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In an early scene, Italian Spiderman is attacked by a ''cocodrilo'' in his apartment. It holds him at gunpoint and demands he give it a diamond, but he is able to strangle it to death with a phone cord.
->Gesu Christo, un cocodrilo!
->Gesu Christo, un cocodrilo!
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* AdaptationalJerk: Inasmuch as this can be considered a ''Spider-Man'' adaptation. Italian Spiderman is a much bigger jerk than Peter Parker is usually portrayed.
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* BottomlessMagazines: One scene plays it straight and subverts it at the same time: Captain Maximum shoots professor Bernardi with a revolver and fires ''fifteen rounds without reloading'', then the gun clicks empty.
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* BottomlessMagazines: One scene plays it straight and subverts it at the same time: A fairly exaggerated subversion in one scene: Captain Maximum shoots professor Bernardi with a revolver and fires ''fifteen rounds without reloading'', then the gun clicks empty.
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* NonindicativeName: Of all the powers Italian Spiderman displays, a grand total of one has anything to do with spiders (communing with a tarantula).
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Italian Spinderman is, to put it lightly, an absolute pig when it comes to women. [[HypocriticalHumor Hilariously]], he always smacks other men for displaying the same behavior.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Italian Spinderman Spiderman is, to put it lightly, an absolute pig when it comes to women. [[HypocriticalHumor Hilariously]], {{H|ypocriticalHumor}}ilariously, he always smacks other men for displaying the same behavior.
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* RunningGag: Italian Spiderman constantly insults and hits any girl he encounters, often after (or before) [[HypocriticalHumour hitting another character for not respecting women]].
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* KickTheDog: After duplicating a rat and his lab assistant, Bernardi kills the clones of both rat and assistant.
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''Italian Spiderman'' is a [[AffectionateParody parody]] of foreign knockoffs of American superheroes; its name is inspired by existing nicknames for such things as ''[[Film/TheManWhoSavesTheWorld Turkish Star Wars]]'' and ''Italian Batman''. (Though it should be mentioned that in this case, it's accurate. His name is Italian Spiderman.) It began as a [[RealTrailerFakeMovie trailer for a nonexistent film]], made by Australian Creator/DarioRusso for his senior finals. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHhXukovMU&feature=channel_page Uploaded to Youtube in November 2007]], it became a cult hit and was expanded into ten short films.
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''Italian Spiderman'' is a [[AffectionateParody parody]] of foreign knockoffs of American superheroes; its name is inspired by existing nicknames for such things as ''[[Film/TheManWhoSavesTheWorld Turkish Star Wars]]'' and ''Italian Batman''. (Though it should be mentioned that in this case, it's accurate. His name is Italian Spiderman.) It began as a [[RealTrailerFakeMovie trailer for a nonexistent film]], made by Australian Creator/DarioRusso for his senior finals. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHhXukovMU&feature=channel_page Uploaded to Youtube in November 2007]], 2007,]] it became a cult hit and was expanded into ten short films.
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The series can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/profile?user=dariotown&view=videos here]], or as a complete (and uncut!) film [[http://vimeo.com/42254051# here]].
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The series can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/profile?user=dariotown&view=videos here]], here,]] or as a complete (and uncut!) film [[http://vimeo.com/42254051# here]].
here.]]
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* KillerRabbit: Italian Spiderman telepathically goads a harmless tarantula into attacking a guard. Blood goes everywhere.
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** See NeverTrustATrailer: one of them seems to be the ''Goblin'', an enemy shown in the trailer that actually isn't part of the narrative.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Maximum says this to Bernardi before killing him.
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Plans to continue the series on Australian Network {{SBS}} proved unfruitful. Instead a [[SpiritualSuccessor new series]], ''Series/{{Danger 5}}'', was created.
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* InNameOnly: Like many of the genuine foreign rip-offs it parodies, ''Italian Spiderman'' bears absolutely zero similarities to the Marvel comic book hero. The closest thing to any of American Spider-Man's powers is Italian Spiderman's [[spoiler: Aquaman-esue ability to communicate with tarantulas.]]
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* InNameOnly: Like many of the genuine foreign rip-offs it parodies, ''Italian Spiderman'' bears absolutely zero similarities to the Marvel comic book hero. The closest thing to any of American Spider-Man's powers is Italian Spiderman's [[spoiler: Aquaman-esue ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}-esue ability to communicate with tarantulas.]]
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* DesignatedHero: Invoked. Italian Spiderman is a perverted slob and enormous hypocrite who uses women as human shields, brutally murders thugs who pose little to no harm, and goes on capers for pretty much the hell of it, not out of any sense of right and wrong.
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** ThatOtherWiki lists "Uncanny Surfing Skills" and "ferociously overpowering sex appeal" as some of his superpowers.
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* AnimalAssassin: Parodied. Twice. In episode 3, Italian Spiderman faces a crocodile which goes from stock footage to a man in a rubber suit holding a gun. In a later episode, a snake attacks him from the ceiling. He seizes it them and screams [[LargeHam "Who sent you?!?!"]]
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* AnimalAssassin: Parodied. Twice. In episode 3, Italian Spiderman faces a crocodile which goes from stock footage to a man in a rubber suit holding a gun. In a later episode, a snake attacks him from the ceiling. He seizes it them and then screams [[LargeHam "Who sent you?!?!"]]
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''Italian Spiderman'' is a [[AffectionateParody parody]] of foreign knockoffs of American superheroes; its name is inspired by existing nicknames for such things as ''[[Film/TheManWhoSavesTheWorld Turkish Star Wars]]'' and ''Italian Batman''. (Though it should be mentioned that in this case, it's accurate. His name is Italian Spiderman.) It began as a [[RealTrailerFakeMovie trailer for a nonexistent film]], made by Australian Dario Russo Creator/DarioRusso for his senior finals. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHhXukovMU&feature=channel_page Uploaded to Youtube in November 2007]], it became a cult hit and was expanded into ten short films.
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* ExpendableClone: Professor Bernardi casually murders all the clones created by his experiments with the asteroid serum - in front of the originals.
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* HeroicComedicSociopath: Italian Spiderman is an extremely brutal killer of mooks who largely pose no threat to him. At certain points, he even seems to enjoy wasting them.
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* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: A mook breaks a chair across Italian Spiderman's back, which only pisses him off.
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** Neither does Italian Spiderman.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: ''"Penguini!"''
During the surf-off, Captain Maximum sends two mooks to beat up Italian Spiderman, but he has an ace up his sleeve: "I summon ''Penguini!''"
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Shut your mouth, pussycat, e fammi un macchiato! Pronto!"]]
''Italian Spiderman'' is a [[AffectionateParody parody]] of foreign knockoffs of American superheroes; its name is inspired by existing nicknames for such things as ''[[Film/TheManWhoSavesTheWorld Turkish Star Wars]]'' and ''Italian Batman''. (Though it should be mentioned that in this case, it's accurate. His name is Italian Spiderman.) It began as a [[RealTrailerFakeMovie trailer for a nonexistent film]], made by Australian Dario Russo for his senior finals. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHhXukovMU&feature=channel_page Uploaded to Youtube in November 2007]], it became a cult hit and was expanded into ten short films.
The plot involves an asteroid falling to earth. It is experimented on by Professor Bernardi, who develops the [[CloningBlues power of cloning]] from it. He gives it to Italian Spiderman, an overweight [[SmokingIsCool chain smoking]] brute, for safekeeping from the evil Captain Maximum. What follows are a series of chases, brawls, gunfights, and a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking surfing contest]], none of which have much to do with anything.
''Italian Spiderman'' [[{{Retraux}} is shot in 16mm]], similar to {{B movie}}s of the late '60s. The dialogue was [[HongKongDub dubbed sloppily into Italian]] and given English subtitles. Large amounts of {{stock footage}} are used, in completely inappropriate places. As part of its promotion, [[AllThereInTheManual a fictional history of its production company, Alrugo, was created, and placed on its website]].
The series can be viewed [[http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=dariotown&view=videos here]], or as a complete (and uncut!) film [[http://vimeo.com/42254051# here]].
Plans to continue the series on Australian Network {{SBS}} proved unfruitful. Instead a [[SpiritualSuccessor new series]], ''Series/{{Danger 5}}'', was created.
Not to be confused with the Japanese ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Spider-Man]]'', which was a real (officially licensed by Marvel) show, believe it or not.
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!!''Italian Spiderman'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnimalAssassin: Parodied. Twice. In episode 3, Italian Spiderman faces a crocodile which goes from stock footage to a man in a rubber suit holding a gun. In a later episode, a snake attacks him from the ceiling. He seizes it them and screams [[LargeHam "Who sent you?!?!"]]
* {{Animorphism}}: Captain Maximum can turn himself and others into snakes.
* AsideGlance: Professor Bernardi in a suggestive moment between him and his assistant Judy.
* BigBad: Captain Maximum.
* BigNo: Italian Spiderman throws a big one. The shaking head guy as well.
* BloodyHilarious: Whenever Italian Spiderman kills someone with his hands, fountains of transparently fake blood end up everywhere.
* BottomlessMagazines: One scene plays it straight and subverts it at the same time: Captain Maximum shoots professor Bernardi with a revolver and fires ''fifteen rounds without reloading'', then the gun clicks empty.
* DeadUnicornTrope: Foreign knockoffs didn't actually refer to their country of origin.
* DeathGlare: Italian Spiderman's glare can force chickens to hatch cigarettes.
* EarlyBirdCameo: During the motorcycle chase in Episode 5, two guys who fit the FatAndSkinny trope watch Italian Spiderman and Captain Maximum from afar, then run off. [[SubvertedTrope They never appear again]], so we never get to learn their names, or even whose side they're on.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Averted, Italian Spiderman isn't just some random superhero name. [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep ''That is really his name.'']]
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: ''"Penguini!"''
* TheFaceless: Maximum never takes off his mask.
** Neither does Italian Spiderman.
* FunWithSubtitles: In Episode 7, after Professor Bernardi extracts the formula, Italian Spiderman says to him, "Don't worry about it..." The guard reacts by hitting him and saying, "Silence!" In the captions, rather than replace Italian Spiderman's line with the guard's, they just put the latter below the former. Later, after Bernardi injects some of the formula to the guard, Captain Maxmium says, "Hurry up old man!" Bernardi responds, "But?" Again, same deal as Italian Spiderman and the guard.
* GratuitousEnglish: The "Shut your mouth, pussycat!" scene, pictured above.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Complete with EyeScream.
* AHandfulForAnEye: Sand is thrown in the face of a mook who's ''wearing sunglasses''.
* HotScientist: Judy, Professor Bernardi's assistant.
* HumanShield: Italian Spiderman evades gunfire from the crocodile by throwing one of his groupies in the way.
* HypocriticalHumour: Italian Spiderman beat up a pervert who made disparaging comments on a woman, telling him to respect women. Then he beat up the same woman and told her to make him a macchiato.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: The list includes briefcases, penguins and his mustache.
* InNameOnly: Like many of the genuine foreign rip-offs it parodies, ''Italian Spiderman'' bears absolutely zero similarities to the Marvel comic book hero. The closest thing to any of American Spider-Man's powers is Italian Spiderman's [[spoiler: Aquaman-esue ability to communicate with tarantulas.]]
* [[{{Engrish}} Italianglish]]: Also HongKongDub.
* KavorkaMan: Despite being obese and a JerkAss, Italian Spiderman has a sizable harem in his house.
* LeadIn: Episode 1 in its entirety.
* [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Licensed Sexist]]: [[HypocriticalHumor "Respecte la donna!"]]
* MadeOfPlasticine: Italian Spiderman decapitates a mook with a single chop from his hand. He cuts another mook's arm off in the same way.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Maximum does this to himself, Italian Spiderman does this as well to stop him.
* MaleGaze: And hideous male grunting. Oddly enough, also done to the ''male'' Captain Maximum. Though Italian Spiderman was appropriately disgusted when he realized it was him.
* MissingTrailerScene: Most of the footage from the trailer doesn't appear in the movie. Then again, it ''is'' Part 1 we're talking about.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Italian Spiderman has SuperStrength, {{Flight}}, teleportation, mind control, [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguin summoning]], [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever colossal growth]], and can throw his moustache like a boomerang.
** The colossal growth was caused by drinking the formula that clones mooks when they take it intravenously (Why taking it in a different manner causes a different effect is never explained, but then again, neither is anything else in the movie).
** He also can also shrink motor vehicles, carry them around, and restore them to their original size at will.
** His boomerang mustache can explode. Then return to him undamaged.
** ThatOtherWiki lists "Uncanny Surfing Skills" and "ferociously overpowering sex appeal" as some of his superpowers.
* NightmareSequence: Knockout gas induces one of these.
* NoKillLikeOverkill: Captain Maximum shot Bernardi ''fifteen times''. Bernardi still lived a few minutes after that...
* NonindicativeName: Of all the powers Italian Spiderman displays, a grand total of one has anything to do with spiders (communing with a tarantula).
* OverusedRunningGag: The shakey head guy.
* PleaseWakeUp: Italian Spiderman tries to wake Professor Bernardi by ''punching him''.
* ProductPlacement: Il Gallo cigarettes. These don't exist in real life.
* RecurringExtra: A guy who, upon seeing something out of the ordinary, just stands there with a shocked expression on his face and shaking his head wildly. He sometimes points at what he's seeing while he does this.
* RelaxOVision: The start of a love scene cuts away to {{Toku}}.
* {{Retraux}}: For old Italian movies.
* SayMyName: ''"Captain Maximum!"''
** ''"Italian Spiderman!"'' as well.
* [[EightiesHair Sixties Hair]]: Including the {{beehive hairdo}}.
* StockSoundEffects: Snarling is added in many places.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The trailers show Goblin, a character in green wrestler pants and mask. He only appears once in the movie and dissapears completely after his first scene with no explanation.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** He constantly insults and hits any girl he encounters, often after (or before) [[HypocriticalHumour hitting another character for not respecting women]].
** After duplicating a rat and his lab assistant, Bernardi kills the clones of both rat and assistant.
* WouldHitAGirl: Italian Spiderman.
* YourHeadAsplode: The mustache boomerang causes this.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Maximum says this to Bernardi before killing him.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Shut your mouth, pussycat, e fammi un macchiato! Pronto!"]]
''Italian Spiderman'' is a [[AffectionateParody parody]] of foreign knockoffs of American superheroes; its name is inspired by existing nicknames for such things as ''[[Film/TheManWhoSavesTheWorld Turkish Star Wars]]'' and ''Italian Batman''. (Though it should be mentioned that in this case, it's accurate. His name is Italian Spiderman.) It began as a [[RealTrailerFakeMovie trailer for a nonexistent film]], made by Australian Dario Russo for his senior finals. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHhXukovMU&feature=channel_page Uploaded to Youtube in November 2007]], it became a cult hit and was expanded into ten short films.
The plot involves an asteroid falling to earth. It is experimented on by Professor Bernardi, who develops the [[CloningBlues power of cloning]] from it. He gives it to Italian Spiderman, an overweight [[SmokingIsCool chain smoking]] brute, for safekeeping from the evil Captain Maximum. What follows are a series of chases, brawls, gunfights, and a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking surfing contest]], none of which have much to do with anything.
''Italian Spiderman'' [[{{Retraux}} is shot in 16mm]], similar to {{B movie}}s of the late '60s. The dialogue was [[HongKongDub dubbed sloppily into Italian]] and given English subtitles. Large amounts of {{stock footage}} are used, in completely inappropriate places. As part of its promotion, [[AllThereInTheManual a fictional history of its production company, Alrugo, was created, and placed on its website]].
The series can be viewed [[http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=dariotown&view=videos here]], or as a complete (and uncut!) film [[http://vimeo.com/42254051# here]].
Plans to continue the series on Australian Network {{SBS}} proved unfruitful. Instead a [[SpiritualSuccessor new series]], ''Series/{{Danger 5}}'', was created.
Not to be confused with the Japanese ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Spider-Man]]'', which was a real (officially licensed by Marvel) show, believe it or not.
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!!''Italian Spiderman'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnimalAssassin: Parodied. Twice. In episode 3, Italian Spiderman faces a crocodile which goes from stock footage to a man in a rubber suit holding a gun. In a later episode, a snake attacks him from the ceiling. He seizes it them and screams [[LargeHam "Who sent you?!?!"]]
* {{Animorphism}}: Captain Maximum can turn himself and others into snakes.
* AsideGlance: Professor Bernardi in a suggestive moment between him and his assistant Judy.
* BigBad: Captain Maximum.
* BigNo: Italian Spiderman throws a big one. The shaking head guy as well.
* BloodyHilarious: Whenever Italian Spiderman kills someone with his hands, fountains of transparently fake blood end up everywhere.
* BottomlessMagazines: One scene plays it straight and subverts it at the same time: Captain Maximum shoots professor Bernardi with a revolver and fires ''fifteen rounds without reloading'', then the gun clicks empty.
* DeadUnicornTrope: Foreign knockoffs didn't actually refer to their country of origin.
* DeathGlare: Italian Spiderman's glare can force chickens to hatch cigarettes.
* EarlyBirdCameo: During the motorcycle chase in Episode 5, two guys who fit the FatAndSkinny trope watch Italian Spiderman and Captain Maximum from afar, then run off. [[SubvertedTrope They never appear again]], so we never get to learn their names, or even whose side they're on.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Averted, Italian Spiderman isn't just some random superhero name. [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep ''That is really his name.'']]
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: ''"Penguini!"''
* TheFaceless: Maximum never takes off his mask.
** Neither does Italian Spiderman.
* FunWithSubtitles: In Episode 7, after Professor Bernardi extracts the formula, Italian Spiderman says to him, "Don't worry about it..." The guard reacts by hitting him and saying, "Silence!" In the captions, rather than replace Italian Spiderman's line with the guard's, they just put the latter below the former. Later, after Bernardi injects some of the formula to the guard, Captain Maxmium says, "Hurry up old man!" Bernardi responds, "But?" Again, same deal as Italian Spiderman and the guard.
* GratuitousEnglish: The "Shut your mouth, pussycat!" scene, pictured above.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Complete with EyeScream.
* AHandfulForAnEye: Sand is thrown in the face of a mook who's ''wearing sunglasses''.
* HotScientist: Judy, Professor Bernardi's assistant.
* HumanShield: Italian Spiderman evades gunfire from the crocodile by throwing one of his groupies in the way.
* HypocriticalHumour: Italian Spiderman beat up a pervert who made disparaging comments on a woman, telling him to respect women. Then he beat up the same woman and told her to make him a macchiato.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: The list includes briefcases, penguins and his mustache.
* InNameOnly: Like many of the genuine foreign rip-offs it parodies, ''Italian Spiderman'' bears absolutely zero similarities to the Marvel comic book hero. The closest thing to any of American Spider-Man's powers is Italian Spiderman's [[spoiler: Aquaman-esue ability to communicate with tarantulas.]]
* [[{{Engrish}} Italianglish]]: Also HongKongDub.
* KavorkaMan: Despite being obese and a JerkAss, Italian Spiderman has a sizable harem in his house.
* LeadIn: Episode 1 in its entirety.
* [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Licensed Sexist]]: [[HypocriticalHumor "Respecte la donna!"]]
* MadeOfPlasticine: Italian Spiderman decapitates a mook with a single chop from his hand. He cuts another mook's arm off in the same way.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Maximum does this to himself, Italian Spiderman does this as well to stop him.
* MaleGaze: And hideous male grunting. Oddly enough, also done to the ''male'' Captain Maximum. Though Italian Spiderman was appropriately disgusted when he realized it was him.
* MissingTrailerScene: Most of the footage from the trailer doesn't appear in the movie. Then again, it ''is'' Part 1 we're talking about.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Italian Spiderman has SuperStrength, {{Flight}}, teleportation, mind control, [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguin summoning]], [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever colossal growth]], and can throw his moustache like a boomerang.
** The colossal growth was caused by drinking the formula that clones mooks when they take it intravenously (Why taking it in a different manner causes a different effect is never explained, but then again, neither is anything else in the movie).
** He also can also shrink motor vehicles, carry them around, and restore them to their original size at will.
** His boomerang mustache can explode. Then return to him undamaged.
** ThatOtherWiki lists "Uncanny Surfing Skills" and "ferociously overpowering sex appeal" as some of his superpowers.
* NightmareSequence: Knockout gas induces one of these.
* NoKillLikeOverkill: Captain Maximum shot Bernardi ''fifteen times''. Bernardi still lived a few minutes after that...
* NonindicativeName: Of all the powers Italian Spiderman displays, a grand total of one has anything to do with spiders (communing with a tarantula).
* OverusedRunningGag: The shakey head guy.
* PleaseWakeUp: Italian Spiderman tries to wake Professor Bernardi by ''punching him''.
* ProductPlacement: Il Gallo cigarettes. These don't exist in real life.
* RecurringExtra: A guy who, upon seeing something out of the ordinary, just stands there with a shocked expression on his face and shaking his head wildly. He sometimes points at what he's seeing while he does this.
* RelaxOVision: The start of a love scene cuts away to {{Toku}}.
* {{Retraux}}: For old Italian movies.
* SayMyName: ''"Captain Maximum!"''
** ''"Italian Spiderman!"'' as well.
* [[EightiesHair Sixties Hair]]: Including the {{beehive hairdo}}.
* StockSoundEffects: Snarling is added in many places.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The trailers show Goblin, a character in green wrestler pants and mask. He only appears once in the movie and dissapears completely after his first scene with no explanation.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** He constantly insults and hits any girl he encounters, often after (or before) [[HypocriticalHumour hitting another character for not respecting women]].
** After duplicating a rat and his lab assistant, Bernardi kills the clones of both rat and assistant.
* WouldHitAGirl: Italian Spiderman.
* YourHeadAsplode: The mustache boomerang causes this.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Maximum says this to Bernardi before killing him.
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