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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** A visual variation. When the fight breaks out in Aunt May's house, the scene shifts to a four-panel composition with each panel sequentially showing a glimpse of the ensuing destruction and May's reaction to it. The first three show the typical collateral damage expected during a super-hero/super-villain fight but the last panel shows Spider-Ham, all alone and intentionally breaking a plate over his own head. Bonus points [[FreezeFrameBonus in that we see]] Spider-Ham keeps hold of a plate shard [[BewareTheSillyOnes in his hand like a shiv.]]
** During the split-screen presentation of the merged origin-stories of Spider-Man:Noir, SP//dr and Spider-Ham, there's a break in the expected dialog of ''"I was bitten by a radioactive spider"'' where Peter Porker's narration comes a split-second behind with ''"PIG"''. The last frame actually shows a radioactive pig biting a spider, and both Noir and Peni pause to give a puzzled look at his frame.
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** The film itself opens with the various production and sponsorship logos (Columbia Pictures, Marvel, Sony Pictures Animation, and Pascal Pictures) glitching out and undergoing RealityBleed, showing what they look like in different universes, with the Columbia Pictures glitches including [[ProductionThrowback past versions of the logo]]. One of the Sony logos is tagged with a Miles graffiti nametag. After the production logos is a [[TakeThat stamp of "approval"]] from the long-gone [[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode Comics Code]].

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** The film itself opens with the various production and sponsorship logos (Columbia Pictures, Marvel, Sony Pictures Animation, and Pascal Pictures) glitching out and undergoing RealityBleed, showing what they look like in different universes, with the Columbia Pictures glitches including [[ProductionThrowback past versions of the logo]]. One of the Sony logos is tagged with a Miles graffiti nametag. After the production logos is a [[TakeThat stamp of "approval"]] from the long-gone [[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode [[MediaNotes/TheComicsCode Comics Code]].



** The opening of the movie mockingly assures us that it's approved by [[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode The Comics Code Authority]], a.k.a. the CensorshipBureau that was seriously challenged for the first time by a handful of Spider-Man issues in the early 1970s that forced the CCA to lighten its stance, and by 2001 Marvel had abandoned it completely. Needless to say, much of the film's content would not pass CCA restrictions. [[note]]Including but not limited to: causing the audience to feel any sympathy toward a villain, having the villain brutally kill a hero, having the hero divorce his wife, and profanity.[[/note]]

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** The opening of the movie mockingly assures us that it's approved by [[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode [[MediaNotes/TheComicsCode The Comics Code Authority]], a.k.a. the CensorshipBureau that was seriously challenged for the first time by a handful of Spider-Man issues in the early 1970s that forced the CCA to lighten its stance, and by 2001 Marvel had abandoned it completely. Needless to say, much of the film's content would not pass CCA restrictions. [[note]]Including but not limited to: causing the audience to feel any sympathy toward a villain, having the villain brutally kill a hero, having the hero divorce his wife, and profanity.[[/note]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** As the Peter Parker of Miles' universe goes over his back-story at the start of the film, he has distinctly ''blond hair and blue eyes''. In addition, it shows Blond Peter doing the infamous dance scene from ''Film/SpiderMan3'' but doing it in full costume instead of his street clothes. These, plus additional altered details -- MJ being the one upside-down during the kiss; Spidey's reaction when Doctor Octopus throws a car at his head in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' -- let the audience know that this universe isn't ''exactly'' the one we're familiar with.
** During Miles' walk to Brooklyn Visions at the start, one of his friends mentions an earthquake that Miles had slept through. A few days later, after Kingpin has run his super-collider, there's mention of another earthquake. This indicates that he's run the super-collider at least once before Spider-Man's intervention, explaining the origins of the "glitching" spider that gives Miles his powers.
** The cover of Miles's copy of ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' features Pip being grabbed by Magwitch in a cemetery, foreshadowing Miles and Peter B's first encounter in a cemetery later on.
** When the spider that will bite Miles is crawling over the spray cans, its color shifts to match the lids it is on, foreshadowing Miles' power to turn invisible.
** When Miles accidentally starts sticking to Gwen's hair with his new powers and can't unstick, she tells him that he needs to relax. [[spoiler:It's the same advice that Peter B. gives him later. That along with her green ballet shoes and expertly executed judo-throw clue you in that Gwen is an alternate universe Spider-person who is a lot tougher than she looks.]]
** After Miles bumps into Gwen at Visions Academy, he notes that she's new here and that they both "got that in common." Gwen agrees, noting "Yeah. That's one thing." We later learn Gwen had been stalking Miles and has spider-powers like him.
** Aaron mentions he worked on a recent engineering job near the subway. [[spoiler:This foreshadows his involvement in Fisk's Super-Collider project, being constructed just a few tunnels away.]]
** When Miles flees in a panic from the Collider with Prowler hot on his heels, he passes by the mural he painted with Aaron in the tunnels earlier, the camera giving it a MeaningfulLook, [[spoiler:as a subtle hint as to who his purser is]]. A brief POVShot from Prowler has him using thermal goggles built into his mask to keep track of Miles in the darkness, able to make out his moving silhouette to chase down. [[spoiler:As shown at Aunt May's house, Aaron's reaction would have been ''very'' different if he'd been able to make out the unmasked Miles he was chasing down]].
** When gearing up to infiltrate the Alchemax lab, Miles tries to add a Superman-esque cape to his hero costume, defending his choice to Peter B that he thinks it looks cool. [[spoiler:Amongst all of Kingpin's enforcers, the only one who wears a BadassCape is the Prowler, [[NotSoAboveItAll showing that]] it's a SharedFamilyQuirk]].
** Two for the "Bicycle Lady": [[spoiler:during the video shown in Miles' class, we can see early on that her name is "Olivia O-", with the majority of her last name blocked by Miles. Couple that with her ''oct''agonal glasses frames, and the aforementioned tentacles seen in her lab, and an eagle-eyed viewer can easily guess her identity early on.]]
** The inclusion of Alchemax, instead of more well-known corporations of the Spider-Man mythos like Oscorp or Roxxon, teases [[spoiler:the appearance of Miguel O'Hara (aka Spider-Man 2099) in the post-credits scene.]]
** Sneaking into Liv's office, Miles knocks a model of the supercollider offscreen, breaking it.
** Sharp-eyed viewers will notice how The Prowler and [[spoiler:Uncle Aaron]] share the same distinctively [[LeanAndMean tall, lanky silhouette]]. Additionally, [[spoiler:the scene in his apartment with Miles shows that Uncle Aaron literally has a painting of a panther with the word PROWLER above his couch and he's wearing a t-shirt from the Brooklyn Muay Thai club with a panther on it. Also, after Prowler enters the film, Uncle Aaron becomes incommunicado with all attempts to reach him getting his voice mail stating "I'll be out of town for a few days."]]
** While Peter is "[[SinkOrSwimMentor teaching]]" Miles how to web-swing, Miles complains that "I run better than I swing!" [[spoiler:When Miles finally takes the Spider-Man identity for his own, his web-swinging incorporates aspects of LeParkour to create a sort of webbing-assisted free-running.]]
** Several examples of foreshadowing set up in this film and paying off in ''Across'':
*** [[spoiler:When Miles meets his world's Spider-Man, his Spider-Sense is initially colored purple and green before transitioning to red and blue. The second movie reveals that the spider that bit Miles came from another universe, Earth-42, in which he has taken the mantle of The Prowler. His Spider-Sense changing colors symbolizes that him meeting Spider-Man is what diverted him from the path of villainy he was destined to head down.]]
*** [[spoiler:Blonde Peter tells Miles that the only thing standing between oblivion and stability is him. Even as he takes up the mantle of Spider-Man and protects his universe, the second movie reveals that the very spider that gave him his powers was transported from a universe where Miles was meant to be Spider-Man, robbing the universe from him and making it into a CrapsackWorld.]]
*** [[spoiler:During the sequence when Miles gets his superpowers, the radioactive spider was glitching and labelled as Alchemax 42. In ''Across'', it pays off as it's revealed that the spider actually came from Earth-42 (and was glitching because it came from another universe), and it was a result of the Alchemax experiments as indeed, their former scientist Jonathan Ohnn said that he was working behind the experiments when he accidentally brought the spider over to Miles's universe.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** As the Peter Parker of Miles' universe goes over his back-story at the start of the film, he has distinctly ''blond hair and blue eyes''. In addition, it shows Blond Peter doing the infamous dance scene from ''Film/SpiderMan3'' but doing it in full costume instead of his street clothes. These, plus additional altered details -- MJ being the one upside-down during the kiss; Spidey's reaction when Doctor Octopus throws a car at his head in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' -- let the audience know that this universe isn't ''exactly'' the one we're familiar with.
** During Miles' walk to Brooklyn Visions at the start, one of his friends mentions an earthquake that Miles had slept through. A few days later, after Kingpin has run his super-collider, there's mention of another earthquake. This indicates that he's run the super-collider at least once before Spider-Man's intervention, explaining the origins of the "glitching" spider that gives Miles his powers.
** The cover of Miles's copy of ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' features Pip being grabbed by Magwitch in a cemetery, foreshadowing Miles and Peter B's first encounter in a cemetery later on.
** When the spider that will bite Miles is crawling over the spray cans,
{{Foreshadowing}}: [[Foreshadowing/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse Has its color shifts to match the lids it is on, foreshadowing Miles' power to turn invisible.
** When Miles accidentally starts sticking to Gwen's hair with his new powers and can't unstick, she tells him that he needs to relax. [[spoiler:It's the same advice that Peter B. gives him later. That along with her green ballet shoes and expertly executed judo-throw clue you in that Gwen is an alternate universe Spider-person who is a lot tougher than she looks.]]
** After Miles bumps into Gwen at Visions Academy, he notes that she's new here and that they both "got that in common." Gwen agrees, noting "Yeah. That's one thing." We later learn Gwen had been stalking Miles and has spider-powers like him.
** Aaron mentions he worked on a recent engineering job near the subway. [[spoiler:This foreshadows his involvement in Fisk's Super-Collider project, being constructed just a few tunnels away.]]
** When Miles flees in a panic from the Collider with Prowler hot on his heels, he passes by the mural he painted with Aaron in the tunnels earlier, the camera giving it a MeaningfulLook, [[spoiler:as a subtle hint as to who his purser is]]. A brief POVShot from Prowler has him using thermal goggles built into his mask to keep track of Miles in the darkness, able to make out his moving silhouette to chase down. [[spoiler:As shown at Aunt May's house, Aaron's reaction would have been ''very'' different if he'd been able to make out the unmasked Miles he was chasing down]].
** When gearing up to infiltrate the Alchemax lab, Miles tries to add a Superman-esque cape to his hero costume, defending his choice to Peter B that he thinks it looks cool. [[spoiler:Amongst all of Kingpin's enforcers, the only one who wears a BadassCape is the Prowler, [[NotSoAboveItAll showing that]] it's a SharedFamilyQuirk]].
** Two for the "Bicycle Lady": [[spoiler:during the video shown in Miles' class, we can see early on that her name is "Olivia O-", with the majority of her last name blocked by Miles. Couple that with her ''oct''agonal glasses frames, and the aforementioned tentacles seen in her lab, and an eagle-eyed viewer can easily guess her identity early on.]]
** The inclusion of Alchemax, instead of more well-known corporations of the Spider-Man mythos like Oscorp or Roxxon, teases [[spoiler:the appearance of Miguel O'Hara (aka Spider-Man 2099) in the post-credits scene.]]
** Sneaking into Liv's office, Miles knocks a model of the supercollider offscreen, breaking it.
** Sharp-eyed viewers will notice how The Prowler and [[spoiler:Uncle Aaron]] share the same distinctively [[LeanAndMean tall, lanky silhouette]]. Additionally, [[spoiler:the scene in his apartment with Miles shows that Uncle Aaron literally has a painting of a panther with the word PROWLER above his couch and he's wearing a t-shirt from the Brooklyn Muay Thai club with a panther on it. Also, after Prowler enters the film, Uncle Aaron becomes incommunicado with all attempts to reach him getting his voice mail stating "I'll be out of town for a few days."]]
** While Peter is "[[SinkOrSwimMentor teaching]]" Miles how to web-swing, Miles complains that "I run better than I swing!" [[spoiler:When Miles finally takes the Spider-Man identity for his own, his web-swinging incorporates aspects of LeParkour to create a sort of webbing-assisted free-running.]]
** Several examples of foreshadowing set up in this film and paying off in ''Across'':
*** [[spoiler:When Miles meets his world's Spider-Man, his Spider-Sense is initially colored purple and green before transitioning to red and blue. The second movie reveals that the spider that bit Miles came from another universe, Earth-42, in which he has taken the mantle of The Prowler. His Spider-Sense changing colors symbolizes that him meeting Spider-Man is what diverted him from the path of villainy he was destined to head down.]]
*** [[spoiler:Blonde Peter tells Miles that the only thing standing between oblivion and stability is him. Even as he takes up the mantle of Spider-Man and protects his universe, the second movie reveals that the very spider that gave him his powers was transported from a universe where Miles was meant to be Spider-Man, robbing the universe from him and making it into a CrapsackWorld.]]
*** [[spoiler:During the sequence when Miles gets his superpowers, the radioactive spider was glitching and labelled as Alchemax 42. In ''Across'', it pays off as it's revealed that the spider actually came from Earth-42 (and was glitching because it came from another universe), and it was a result of the Alchemax experiments as indeed, their former scientist Jonathan Ohnn said that he was working behind the experiments when he accidentally brought the spider over to Miles's universe.]]
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* FreezeFrameBonus:
** Miles has a poster of [[Franchise/{{Superman}} a heroic-looking figure in blue tights, red boots, and a cape]], alongside a smaller poster of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} a silhouetted figure with pointy ears and glowing eyes]].
** When Miles is looking at a dead genetically-altered spider, it briefly phases into a green version with [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 the Alchemax logo]] on it.
** When we see Miles' attempt at deliberately failing a true-or-false test, not only did he get every question wrong on purpose, but he also wrote the date as ''Decembruary'' 2, 2018. We later see on a poster in Miles' dorm that his universe has normal months, so it means that he tried so hard to fail he even wrote a nonexistent date.
** A scene from the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E01Anthropology101 Anthropology 101]]", featuring Troy in a Spider-Man costume, can be spotted playing on the television of Aaron's apartment. This shot was one of the main inspirations for Miles Morales' ''existence'', as fan reaction to it -- not to mention the fact that Glover was pushed on Twitter for the lead role in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' -- showed Marvel that there was both room and desire for a black Spider-Man. It's also a reference to a joke in Donald Glover's stand-up routine, "Weirdo".
** After Kingpin kills Spider-Man, he commands ''"Get rid of the body"''. In a blink-and-miss-it moment when Miles first approaches Peter's grave, there's a copy of the Daily Bugle lying among the memorial offerings and the headline reads ''"Spider-Man Dead. Peter Parker, 27, kept New York safe for years. Found Dead in front of Daily Bugle"''.
** When Fisk is seeing alternate versions of his family flickering into reality in the train in the climax, his son briefly transforms into what appears to be a young [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]].
** As the Super-Collider is destroying itself, the FLDSMDFR from ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' can be seen, a film the producers and studio also worked on.
** Jefferson Davis' phone when he tries to call Miles mid-way through the movie show that he has the name "Steve Ditko" in his contacts list.
** Miles' contact list includes his creators [[Creator/BrianMichaelBendis Brian Bendis]] and Sara Pichelli, but also numerous Spider-related characters, such as [[ComicBook/{{Silk}} Cindy Moon]], [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew]], [[ComicBook/SpiderVerse Billy Braddock, Karn]], [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski Ezekiel Sims]], and [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Monica Chang.]]
** An advertisement for a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'', called ''Clone College'', can be seen in a few scenes.
** The advertisements seen in the background contain a treasure trove by themselves. At one point in the newscast about Spider-Man's death the running line "Bitcoin hits new high" is immediately followed by "Bitcoin hits new low".
** In the scene where Ganke and Miles fist bump [[spoiler:after Miles reveals to him that he's Spider-Man]], the sound effect above the bump says ''"Best Buds"'' implying that Miles and Ganke's friendship will blossom like it does in the comics.
** Peter B's "one last time" recap shows him being clobbered by a city bus being ''driven by Tombstone''.
** The Daily Bugle's highly unfavorable review of "TGI Spideys" reveals that some of its menu items include "spider-web nachos", a "spider-burger" and the house drink called "web-fluid" that is reminiscent of a cucumber-creamsicle.
** After Miles' does his walk around the outside of the school building, he stumbles into his dorm room and a copy of "True Life Tales of Spider-Man" lands on him. On the rear cover is an "advertisement" for the "Vignali Reader Program". Marcel Vignali is the artist who created the comic in the style of Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr and the top of the page asks "Do you know at least 10 people?" and underneath is a series of caricatures of the various writers and producers of the movie. Going from left to right there's: ''TBD, Rodney Rothman, Avri Arad, Christina Steinberg, TBD, Phil Lord, Chis Miller, TBD, Peter Ramsey, and Bob Persichetti''.
** When Miles accidentally electrifies Peter B. Parker in the cemetery, it momentarily shows an outline of his nervous system (rather than the more commonplace [[XRaySparks skeleton outline]]).
** As a despondent Miles walks to his uncle's apartment, he passes by two businesses named after Spider-Man creatives: "Bendis' Used Books" and "Romita Ramen". John Romita, Sr. is a classic Spider-Man artist, while Creator/BrianMichaelBendis is a longtime Spider-Man writer and the co-creator of the Miles Morales character.
** During the final battle, when Miles delivers his shoulder touch, you can see the [[KirbyDots Kirby Crackle]] behind him coalesces to spell out "Hey" just as he delivers this as his PreAssKickingOneLiner.
** On the living room mantle in Aunt May's house is a triangular veteran's case displaying the American Flag along with three silver stars, medals, and a small photo of a man in uniform implying that Uncle Ben was a veteran. Although knocked off the mantle by Tombstone during the fight at May's house, it can be seen on the floor, apparently unbroken, when Miles is chased by The Prowler through the living room after the rest of the fight spills out into the street.
** The PC desktop of [[spoiler:Olivia Octavius]] is... less than organized. While most of the images and folders are named "Untitled" or "Untitled Folder", some are ''slightly'' more organized like: several labeled "Test Results", "Old Plans", "Secret Plans", "New Plans", "New Beakers", "Dinner Plans"; some for "Tree Pictures", "Fish Pictures", "Cute Animals", "2016 cow pics", "Pics From Toronto Trip"; some for "Fantasy League", a file name ending in the classic convention of "final final FINAL", an image of ''"Best sandwiches"'', an image of "SPA ART", oh, and several folders of "Evil Plans", and one file named "doomsday". Also the folder "alt dimensions" is right below the folder for "[=SPIDer=] man"... near the folder marked "pool party".
** When infiltrating Alchemax, Miles gets stuck on the lights in the lead scientist's office. Just as he frees himself and his head drops out of frame, one single frame shows his bugged-out eyes still floating in mid-air right before the rest of his body falls.
** In the mother of all freeze-frame moments, Stan Lee has a final cameo as a passenger on the train Miles-as-Spider-Man bounces off of during his "once last time" recap at the end of the film. Stan is on screen for literally a single frame but when you catch it right, you can see him clearly through the train window [[note]] Right around time-code 1:44:51 [[/note]]

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* FreezeFrameBonus:
** Miles has a poster of [[Franchise/{{Superman}} a heroic-looking figure in blue tights, red boots, and a cape]], alongside a smaller poster of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} a silhouetted figure with pointy ears and glowing eyes]].
** When Miles is looking at a dead genetically-altered spider, it briefly phases into a green version with [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 the Alchemax logo]] on it.
** When we see Miles' attempt at deliberately failing a true-or-false test, not only did he get every question wrong on purpose, but he also wrote the date as ''Decembruary'' 2, 2018. We later see on a poster in Miles' dorm that his universe has normal months, so it means that he tried so hard to fail he even wrote a nonexistent date.
** A scene from the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E01Anthropology101 Anthropology 101]]", featuring Troy in a Spider-Man costume, can be spotted playing on the television of Aaron's apartment. This shot was one of the main inspirations for Miles Morales' ''existence'', as fan reaction to it -- not to mention the fact that Glover was pushed on Twitter for the lead role in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' -- showed Marvel that there was both room and desire for a black Spider-Man. It's also a reference to a joke in Donald Glover's stand-up routine, "Weirdo".
** After Kingpin kills Spider-Man, he commands ''"Get rid of the body"''. In a blink-and-miss-it moment when Miles first approaches Peter's grave, there's a copy of the Daily Bugle lying among the memorial offerings and the headline reads ''"Spider-Man Dead. Peter Parker, 27, kept New York safe for years. Found Dead in front of Daily Bugle"''.
** When Fisk is seeing alternate versions of his family flickering into reality in the train in the climax, his son briefly transforms into what appears to be a young [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]].
** As the Super-Collider is destroying itself, the FLDSMDFR from ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' can be seen, a film the producers and studio also worked on.
** Jefferson Davis' phone when he tries to call Miles mid-way through the movie show that he has the name "Steve Ditko" in his contacts list.
** Miles' contact list includes his creators [[Creator/BrianMichaelBendis Brian Bendis]] and Sara Pichelli, but also numerous Spider-related characters, such as [[ComicBook/{{Silk}} Cindy Moon]], [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew]], [[ComicBook/SpiderVerse Billy Braddock, Karn]], [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski Ezekiel Sims]], and [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Monica Chang.]]
** An advertisement for a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'', called ''Clone College'', can be seen in a few scenes.
** The advertisements seen in the background contain a treasure trove by themselves. At one point in the newscast about Spider-Man's death the running line "Bitcoin hits new high" is immediately followed by "Bitcoin hits new low".
** In the scene where Ganke and Miles fist bump [[spoiler:after Miles reveals to him that he's Spider-Man]], the sound effect above the bump says ''"Best Buds"'' implying that Miles and Ganke's friendship will blossom like it does in the comics.
** Peter B's "one last time" recap shows him being clobbered by a city bus being ''driven by Tombstone''.
** The Daily Bugle's highly unfavorable review of "TGI Spideys" reveals that some of
FreezeFrameBonus: [[FreezeFrameBonus/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse Has its menu items include "spider-web nachos", a "spider-burger" and the house drink called "web-fluid" that is reminiscent of a cucumber-creamsicle.
** After Miles' does his walk around the outside of the school building, he stumbles into his dorm room and a copy of "True Life Tales of Spider-Man" lands on him. On the rear cover is an "advertisement" for the "Vignali Reader Program". Marcel Vignali is the artist who created the comic in the style of Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr and the top of the page asks "Do you know at least 10 people?" and underneath is a series of caricatures of the various writers and producers of the movie. Going from left to right there's: ''TBD, Rodney Rothman, Avri Arad, Christina Steinberg, TBD, Phil Lord, Chis Miller, TBD, Peter Ramsey, and Bob Persichetti''.
** When Miles accidentally electrifies Peter B. Parker in the cemetery, it momentarily shows an outline of his nervous system (rather than the more commonplace [[XRaySparks skeleton outline]]).
** As a despondent Miles walks to his uncle's apartment, he passes by two businesses named after Spider-Man creatives: "Bendis' Used Books" and "Romita Ramen". John Romita, Sr. is a classic Spider-Man artist, while Creator/BrianMichaelBendis is a longtime Spider-Man writer and the co-creator of the Miles Morales character.
** During the final battle, when Miles delivers his shoulder touch, you can see the [[KirbyDots Kirby Crackle]] behind him coalesces to spell out "Hey" just as he delivers this as his PreAssKickingOneLiner.
** On the living room mantle in Aunt May's house is a triangular veteran's case displaying the American Flag along with three silver stars, medals, and a small photo of a man in uniform implying that Uncle Ben was a veteran. Although knocked off the mantle by Tombstone during the fight at May's house, it can be seen on the floor, apparently unbroken, when Miles is chased by The Prowler through the living room after the rest of the fight spills out into the street.
** The PC desktop of [[spoiler:Olivia Octavius]] is... less than organized. While most of the images and folders are named "Untitled" or "Untitled Folder", some are ''slightly'' more organized like: several labeled "Test Results", "Old Plans", "Secret Plans", "New Plans", "New Beakers", "Dinner Plans"; some for "Tree Pictures", "Fish Pictures", "Cute Animals", "2016 cow pics", "Pics From Toronto Trip"; some for "Fantasy League", a file name ending in the classic convention of "final final FINAL", an image of ''"Best sandwiches"'', an image of "SPA ART", oh, and several folders of "Evil Plans", and one file named "doomsday". Also the folder "alt dimensions" is right below the folder for "[=SPIDer=] man"... near the folder marked "pool party".
** When infiltrating Alchemax, Miles gets stuck on the lights in the lead scientist's office. Just as he frees himself and his head drops out of frame, one single frame shows his bugged-out eyes still floating in mid-air right before the rest of his body falls.
** In the mother of all freeze-frame moments, Stan Lee has a final cameo as a passenger on the train Miles-as-Spider-Man bounces off of during his "once last time" recap at the end of the film. Stan is on screen for literally a single frame but when you catch it right, you can see him clearly through the train window [[note]] Right around time-code 1:44:51 [[/note]]
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* AlternateUniverse: The entire concept revolves around this, with each universe having its own Spider-Person. Indeed, Miles' own universe has quite a few differences from our own:
** The various {{Bland Name Product}}s are demonstrated outright to be alternate universe equivalents to real brands. For example, a "Koca-Soda" ad in Miles' world is [[ProductPlacement an actual Coca-Cola ad]] in Peter B.'s universe.
** Similarly, near the end of the film, we see that Spider-Ham's universe has ''[[{{Pun}} Porka]]''-Cola.
** New York City's police department is given the acronym PDNY (Police Department of New York) instead of NYPD (New York Police Department). Conversely, the real-life FDNY (Fire Department of the City of New York) is instead called the NYFD (New York Fire Department).
** Police vehicles aren't exempt from wearing registration plates, as seen on Miles' dad's police cruiser.
** The lights on police cruisers flash in red and blue instead of red and white.
** Snapchat is still called Picaboo, and Google is still called Backrub.
** The Blue Man Group is called the Red Man Group.
** T-Mobile is instead C-Mobile.
** A poster in Miles' dorm room shows [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_the_Rapper Chance the Rapper]] wearing a cap with the number "4" on it, instead of his signature "3".
** An ad shows Music/TheWeeknd's "Starboy" cover design, but with his old persona's haircut.
** Taxicabs use the "NYC Taxi" livery design introduced in 2007 instead of the current black circle with a negative-space "T". In addition, taxis and police cars are made to resemble the older second-generation Ford Crown Victoria, an increasingly rare sight as both since the model's discontinuation in 2011, but still a popular prop in film and television for its surplus availability.
** The current black-and-yellow "Empire Gold" license plate design issued since 2010 and the previous white-and-blue "Empire State" issued from 2001 to 2010 are used simultaneously on some cars, also as seen on Miles' dad's police cruiser.
** New York is shown to be much larger in Miles' universe. In the first scene of the teaser trailer, much of the Manhattan skyline is taller than the Empire State Building, currently the fourth tallest building in New York. Some of these skyscrapers are lit with projected advertisements.
** Miles doesn't know what Comic-Con is, suggesting it either doesn't exist in his world or it has a different name.
** Zastava Automobiles' "Yugo" line of hatchback cars was a success in both Miles' and Peter B's universe, with modern models advertised alongside the slogan: ''"Wherever Yugo, I go. It'll get you from A to B"''.
** [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Golden State Warriors]] basketball legend UsefulNotes/StephenCurry is instead a golf pro in Miles' universe, with a billboard touting him as "The Golden Boy" of the sport. (TruthInTelevision, as Curry is an avid and talented golfer in the off-season.)
** A Times Square billboard shows that NBA star Blake Griffin is instead an MLB player in Miles' universe (again, TruthInTelevision, as Griffin also played baseball before choosing to focus on basketball). The team he plays for is the New York Red Sox; in RealLife, that's Boston's team name, a nod to the notorious Red Sox/Yankees [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankees–Red_Sox_rivalry fanbase rivalry]].
** Pop culture as Miles knows it is very, very different; on Spider-Man's arrival alone, we see advertisements for a horse-racing comedy starring Creator/SethRogen called ''Hold Your Horses'', Creator/JohnMulaney and Nick Kroll star in ''Hi, Hello'' instead of ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oh,_Hello_Show Oh, Hello]]'', the proposed ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' sequel ''From Dusk Til Shaun'' was actually produced, there's a ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' movie, and ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'' has a sequel titled "Baby Showers".
** [[spoiler:Doctor Octopus]] is [[GenderFlip a woman]] in Miles' universe, here named [[spoiler:''Olivia'' Octavius.]]
** The approval stamps on Miles' "True Life Tales of Spider-Man" comics are from the "Cabin Fever Production Code" rather than [[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode the Comics Code Authority.]]
** The Planet Hollywood restaurant and resort chain is called "Planet Inglewood." This also implies that in Miles' universe, Inglewood is the heart of the American film industry.
** One of the posters you can see in the background is for EA Sports' latest ''Water Polo'' game. EA Sports is a real publisher (best known for the likes of FIFA and NBA licensed sports games), but they don't (at the time of writing) make a water polo game.

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* AlternateUniverse: The entire concept revolves around this, with each universe having [[AlternateUniverse/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse Has its own Spider-Person. Indeed, Miles' own universe has quite a few differences from our own:
** The various {{Bland Name Product}}s are demonstrated outright to be alternate universe equivalents to real brands. For example, a "Koca-Soda" ad in Miles' world is [[ProductPlacement an actual Coca-Cola ad]] in Peter B.'s universe.
** Similarly, near the end of the film, we see that Spider-Ham's universe has ''[[{{Pun}} Porka]]''-Cola.
** New York City's police department is given the acronym PDNY (Police Department of New York) instead of NYPD (New York Police Department). Conversely, the real-life FDNY (Fire Department of the City of New York) is instead called the NYFD (New York Fire Department).
** Police vehicles aren't exempt from wearing registration plates, as seen on Miles' dad's police cruiser.
** The lights on police cruisers flash in red and blue instead of red and white.
** Snapchat is still called Picaboo, and Google is still called Backrub.
** The Blue Man Group is called the Red Man Group.
** T-Mobile is instead C-Mobile.
** A poster in Miles' dorm room shows [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_the_Rapper Chance the Rapper]] wearing a cap with the number "4" on it, instead of his signature "3".
** An ad shows Music/TheWeeknd's "Starboy" cover design, but with his old persona's haircut.
** Taxicabs use the "NYC Taxi" livery design introduced in 2007 instead of the current black circle with a negative-space "T". In addition, taxis and police cars are made to resemble the older second-generation Ford Crown Victoria, an increasingly rare sight as both since the model's discontinuation in 2011, but still a popular prop in film and television for its surplus availability.
** The current black-and-yellow "Empire Gold" license plate design issued since 2010 and the previous white-and-blue "Empire State" issued from 2001 to 2010 are used simultaneously on some cars, also as seen on Miles' dad's police cruiser.
** New York is shown to be much larger in Miles' universe. In the first scene of the teaser trailer, much of the Manhattan skyline is taller than the Empire State Building, currently the fourth tallest building in New York. Some of these skyscrapers are lit with projected advertisements.
** Miles doesn't know what Comic-Con is, suggesting it either doesn't exist in his world or it has a different name.
** Zastava Automobiles' "Yugo" line of hatchback cars was a success in both Miles' and Peter B's universe, with modern models advertised alongside the slogan: ''"Wherever Yugo, I go. It'll get you from A to B"''.
** [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Golden State Warriors]] basketball legend UsefulNotes/StephenCurry is instead a golf pro in Miles' universe, with a billboard touting him as "The Golden Boy" of the sport. (TruthInTelevision, as Curry is an avid and talented golfer in the off-season.)
** A Times Square billboard shows that NBA star Blake Griffin is instead an MLB player in Miles' universe (again, TruthInTelevision, as Griffin also played baseball before choosing to focus on basketball). The team he plays for is the New York Red Sox; in RealLife, that's Boston's team name, a nod to the notorious Red Sox/Yankees [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankees–Red_Sox_rivalry fanbase rivalry]].
** Pop culture as Miles knows it is very, very different; on Spider-Man's arrival alone, we see advertisements for a horse-racing comedy starring Creator/SethRogen called ''Hold Your Horses'', Creator/JohnMulaney and Nick Kroll star in ''Hi, Hello'' instead of ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oh,_Hello_Show Oh, Hello]]'', the proposed ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' sequel ''From Dusk Til Shaun'' was actually produced, there's a ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' movie, and ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'' has a sequel titled "Baby Showers".
** [[spoiler:Doctor Octopus]] is [[GenderFlip a woman]] in Miles' universe, here named [[spoiler:''Olivia'' Octavius.]]
** The approval stamps on Miles' "True Life Tales of Spider-Man" comics are from the "Cabin Fever Production Code" rather than [[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode the Comics Code Authority.]]
** The Planet Hollywood restaurant and resort chain is called "Planet Inglewood." This also implies that in Miles' universe, Inglewood is the heart of the American film industry.
** One of the posters you can see in the background is for EA Sports' latest ''Water Polo'' game. EA Sports is a real publisher (best known for the likes of FIFA and NBA licensed sports games), but they don't (at the time of writing) make a water polo game.
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* AnAesop:
** Self-improvement doesn't have to come at the expense of identity. You can still be "you", and resolve to be a better person, at the same time.
** You will always have doubts and fears, and waiting for them to go away entirely means never accomplishing anything. The only way to know when you are ready is to take a leap of faith.
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** When Peter B. Parker introduces himself, he mentions he got clocked in the face by a drone. [[spoiler:At the end, when Miles summarizes his origin story, he mentions he got clocked in the face by a drone.]]
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* JokersLoveJunkFood: Peter B. Parker, Spider-Man for Earth 616, is shown eating leftover pizza in his apartment when he gets snatched by the dimensional rift, and has a "hearty burger breakfast" while discussing their plan with Miles. He's also overweight, though still capable in his own right. His ButtMonkey status on the team is firmly established when Miles causes him to be knocked unconscious on his counterpart's gravestone, webbed to a moving train, and then banged, bruised, and beaten by various obstacles through the city.
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* DataDriveMacGuffin: Miles goes to a lab where he met Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man. He gives Miles a flash drive which can be used to shut down a dimension opening machine.

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* NeverMyFault: Fisk nearly beating Spider-Man (Peter A) to death with his bare hands drove Vanessa to run away with their son, driving through a red light, and getting t-boned by a semi. He then builds the super-collider to kidnap an alternate version of his wife and son only for them to run away in terror on seeing him beating Spider-Man (Miles) to death with his bare hands. His response? "You took my family from me!"

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* CreatorCameo: [[spoiler:J. Jonah Jameson in TheStinger]] is voiced by the film's Associate Production Manager Adam Brown.

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** Creator/StanLee gets another cameo as the guy who sells Miles a Spider-Man costume and tells him "It always fits. Eventually.".
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* AsYouKnow: The movie opens with a yada yada yada of Peter Parker's origin story, then we get the same thing from every other spider-person we meet as a RunningGag.



* ObjectCeilingCling: When Peter B. is pulled from his dimension through the ceiling, the pizza slide he was about to eat remains behind stuck to the ceiling.

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* ObjectCeilingCling: When Peter B. is pulled from his dimension through the ceiling, the pizza slide slice he was about to eat remains behind stuck to the ceiling.


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* OldShame: InUniverse, Peter A acknowledges that the street strut from ''Film/SpiderMan3'' was cringe. Also, the spider-man popsicles were cthulhu-esque horrors.
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The film won the 2019 UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature, being the first non-Creator/{{Disney}}[=/=]Creator/{{Pixar}} film to do so since ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' in 2011. Its success would eventually lead to the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'' trilogy being developed, with a sequel, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', released on June 2nd, 2023, and a third film, ''Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'', currently with no release date.

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The film won the 2019 UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature, MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature, being the first non-Creator/{{Disney}}[=/=]Creator/{{Pixar}} film to do so since ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' in 2011. Its success would eventually lead to the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'' trilogy being developed, with a sequel, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', released on June 2nd, 2023, and a third film, ''Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'', currently with no release date.



** Spider-Ham is drawn and animated in a style reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and other fare from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: TheStinger shows [[spoiler:Spider-Man 2099 on Earth-67]] conforming to the universe's artstyle; in this case, [[spoiler:becoming a flat-shaded character with LimitedAnimation]]. While implied to be due to making a controlled universe leap, rather than an accidental one like the other Spideys, this never happens again even with controlled leaps in [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse the sequel]], which instead plays heavily into the ArtStyleClash of each Spider-Person retaining the style of their home universe.

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TheStinger shows [[spoiler:Spider-Man 2099 on Earth-67]] conforming to the universe's artstyle; in this case, [[spoiler:becoming a flat-shaded character with LimitedAnimation]]. While implied to be due to making a controlled universe leap, rather than an accidental one like the other Spideys, this never happens again even with controlled leaps in [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse the sequel]], which instead plays heavily into the ArtStyleClash of each Spider-Person retaining the style of their home universe.universe.
** The introduction montage we get for Spider-Gwen has some inconsistencies with what we later see in the sequel. For starters, her universe isn't quite as stylized as it would later be. Then theres the split second shot of Captain Stacy. While he's really only a shadowy silhouette, he doesn't look anything like he does in Across, having a much smaller build. Finally, she's shown fighting Peter in some sort of industrial setting instead of the school dance hall seen in the expanded flashback.
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The Super-Collider inadvertently brings other Spider-People into Miles' universe. They include: Peter B. Parker (Creator/JakeJohnson), a middle-aged Spider-Man going through hard times; [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwen Stacy]] (Creator/HaileeSteinfeld), a teenager who was bitten by a spider instead of her best friend Peter; [[ComicBook/SpiderManNoir Spider-Man Noir]] (Creator/NicolasCage), a hard-boiled detective version of Peter Parker from the 1930s; Peni Parker (Creator/KimikoGlenn), a cheerful girl from the far future who fights inside SP//dr, a mecha-spider; and [[ComicBook/SpiderHam Peter Porker]] (Creator/JohnMulaney), an anthropomorphic cartoon pig.

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The Super-Collider inadvertently brings other Spider-People into Miles' universe. They include: Peter B. Parker (Creator/JakeJohnson), a middle-aged Spider-Man going through hard times; [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwen Stacy]] (Creator/HaileeSteinfeld), a teenager who was bitten by a spider instead of her best friend Peter; [[ComicBook/SpiderManNoir Spider-Man Noir]] (Creator/NicolasCage), a hard-boiled detective version of Peter Parker from the 1930s; TheThirties; Peni Parker (Creator/KimikoGlenn), a cheerful girl from the far future who fights inside SP//dr, a mecha-spider; and [[ComicBook/SpiderHam Peter Porker]] (Creator/JohnMulaney), an anthropomorphic cartoon pig.
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* NextSundayAD: In the sequel ''WesternAnimation/AcrossTheSpiderVerse'' (which takes place a year after this film), a security camera marks the date as being 2023. That means the events of ''Into the Spider-Verse'' take place in 2022, about four years after the year the film was released.

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* NextSundayAD: In the sequel ''WesternAnimation/AcrossTheSpiderVerse'' ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' (which takes place a year after this film), a security camera marks the date as being 2023. That means the events of ''Into the Spider-Verse'' take place in 2022, about four years after the year the film was released.
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* NextSundayAD: In the sequel ''WesternAnimation/AcrossTheSpiderVerse'' (which takes place a year after this film), a security camera marks the date as being 2023. That means the events of ''Into the Spider-Verse'' take place in 2022, about four years after the year the film was released.
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* AscendedMeme: Several shots in Peter B.'s origin flashbacks and the CreativeClosingCredits homage the infamously memetic poses and screenshots from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967'', [[https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/marvel/278172/spider-man-2099-into-the-spider-verse-post-credits-scene-explained including]] a recreation of the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/masturbating-spider-man "And I'm just sitting here" meme]], albeit without the usual masturbation joke. In particular, TheStinger recreates [[spoiler:the "Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man" meme]].

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* AscendedMeme: Several shots in Peter B.'s origin flashbacks and the CreativeClosingCredits homage the infamously memetic poses and screenshots from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967'', 1967's ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Spider-Man]]'', [[https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/marvel/278172/spider-man-2099-into-the-spider-verse-post-credits-scene-explained including]] a recreation of the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/masturbating-spider-man "And I'm just sitting here" meme]], albeit without the usual masturbation joke. In particular, TheStinger recreates [[spoiler:the "Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man" meme]].



* BabyFeverTrigger: One of Peter B. Parker's reasons for separating from Mary Jane Watson was because she wanted children and he didn't, largely due to his own fear of losing his loved ones. After meeting Miles, however, he realizes he might actually want kids after all, and reconciles with Mary Jane upon returning to his universe. In [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse the next film]], Peter has a toddler named Mayday, and tells Miles he's the reason Peter had her to [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre convince Miles of his worth]].
-->'''Peter''': ''[to Miles]'' I love you! I'm so proud of you! ...Do I want kids?

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* BabyFeverTrigger: One of Peter B. Parker's reasons for separating from Mary Jane Watson was because she wanted children and he didn't, largely due to his own fear of losing his loved ones. After meeting Miles, however, he realizes he might actually want kids after all, and reconciles with Mary Jane upon returning to his universe. In [[spoiler:In [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse the next film]], Peter has a toddler named Mayday, and tells Miles he's the reason Peter had her to [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre convince Miles of his worth]].
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-->'''Peter''': ''[to Miles]'' I love you! I'm so proud of you! ...Do I want kids?

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