History WesternAnimation / SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse

[[caption-width-right:350:''"We all have powers of one kind or another. But in our own way, we are all Spider-Man."''[[note]]From center-clockwise: [[TheHero Miles Morales]], [[MentorArchetype Peter B. Parker]], [[MiniMecha Peni Parker]], [[DarkerAndEdgier Noir Universe Peter Parker]], [[ActionGirl Gwen]] [[DanceBattler Stacy]]. Not pictured: [[FunnyAnimal Peter Porker]].[[/note]]]]

** The various {{BlandName 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.

''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' is a 2018 [[AllCGICartoon computer-animated]] {{superhero}} film directed by Creator/PeterRamsey (''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians''), Bob Persichetti (''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Prince|2015}}'') and Rodney Rothman, and produced by Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller (''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''), with the screenplay written by Lord and Rothman. A co-production between Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation and [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel Entertainment]], the film is the seventh consecutive entry in the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' film series, and the first animated entry in the franchise. The movie itself is a loose adaptation of the ''ComicBook/SpiderMen'' and ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' storylines, with elements from the former's sequel integrated into the story.

''Into the Spider-Verse'' boasts a rather [[AllStarCast high-profile voice cast]]; in addition to those listed above, it also stars Creator/BrianTyreeHenry and Luna Lauren Velez as Miles' parents Jefferson and Rio Morales, Creator/MahershalaAli as Miles' uncle Aaron Davis, Creator/ChrisPine as Miles' universe's original Spider-Man, Creator/ZoeKravitz as Mary Jane Watson-Parker, Creator/LilyTomlin as Aunt May, Creator/KathrynHahn as Dr. Olivia Octavius, Creator/JoaquinCosio as the Scorpion, [[Music/TheLonelyIsland Jorma Taccone]] as the Green Goblin, and Marvin "Krondon" Jones III as Tombstone.

''Into the Spider-Verse'' boasts a rather [[AllStarCast high-profile voice cast]], including Creator/ShameikMoore as Miles Morales, Creator/JakeJohnson as Peter B. Parker, Creator/HaileeSteinfeld as Gwen Stacy, Creator/NicolasCage as Spider-Man Noir, Creator/KimikoGlenn as Peni Parker, Creator/JohnMulaney as Spider-Ham, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry and Luna Lauren Velez as Miles' parents Jefferson and Rio Morales, Creator/MahershalaAli as Miles' uncle Aaron Davis, Creator/ChrisPine as Miles' universe's original Spider-Man, Creator/ZoeKravitz as Mary Jane Watson-Parker, Creator/LilyTomlin as Aunt May, Creator/LievSchreiber as Wilson Fisk, Creator/KathrynHahn as Dr. Olivia Octavius, Creator/JoaquinCosio as the Scorpion, [[Music/TheLonelyIsland Jorma Taccone]] as the Green Goblin, and Marvin "Krondon" Jones III as Tombstone.

** The first trailer has scenes with Peter B. Parker teaching Miles to "save one person" as opposed to "save the world" and advising "don't do it like me, do it like you" implying he's an OlderAndWiser mentor-type in a movie that would be ''Film/TheKarateKid'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets Spider-Man]]. This is the ''opposite'' of Peter B.'s character, as in the film proper he's too jaded to do any heroism, much less tutoring until the stakes of the matter become more apparent.
** Zig-zagged in that the trailers state that if Kingpin's plan goes through, all of the various universes will be destroyed. However, in the actual movie, the stated threat is the multiverse device opening a black hole, which would destroy the planet, but not the entire universe and much less any other universe. However, the events in the stinger then reaffirm that the multiverse could, in fact, have collapsed due to the events of the finale.

The movie introduces the audience to ComicBook/MilesMorales and the concept of the Spider-Verse. Recently bitten by a radioactive spider, Miles witnesses the murder of his universe's Spider-Man and takes on the responsibility of stopping the Kingpin, Wilson Fisk, from using his Super-Collider to jeopardize the city and perhaps the Multiverse as a whole.

The Super-Collider inadvertently brings other Spider-People into Miles' universe. They include: Peter B. Parker, a middle-aged Spider-Man going through hard times; [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwen Stacy]], a teenager who was bitten by a spider instead of her best friend Peter; [[ComicBook/SpiderManNoir Spider-Man Noir]], a hard-boiled detective version of Peter Parker from the 1930s; Peni Parker, a cheerful girl from the far future who fights inside SP//dr, a mecha-spider; and [[ComicBook/SpiderHam Peter Porker]], an anthropomorphic cartoon pig.

[[caption-width-right:350:[-'''Miles Morales:''' When do I ''know'' I'm Spider-Man?\\
'''Peter Parker:''' You won't. That's all it is, Miles, a leap of faith.-][[note]]From center-clockwise: [[TheHero Miles Morales]], [[MentorArchetype Peter B. Parker]], [[MiniMecha Peni Parker]], [[DarkerAndEdgier Noir Universe Peter Parker]], [[ActionGirl Gwen]] [[DanceBattler Stacy]]. Not pictured: [[FunnyAnimal Peter Porker]].[[/note]]]]

->''"We all have powers of one kind or another. But in our own way, we are all Spider-Man."''
-->-- '''[[ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Parker]]'''

* EnemyEatsYourLunch: During the Alchemax escape, Peter B. takes some time out of his busy schedule to swipe a bagel from the cafeteria. He ends up passing it off to Miles, who chucks it at some seemingly unimportant scientist. [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse He isn't unimportant for long.]]]]

* EnemyEatsYourLunch: During the Alchemax escape, Peter B. takes some time out of his busy schedule to swipe a bagel from the cafeteria. He ends up passing it off to Miles, who chucks it at some unimportant scientist.

''Into the Spider-Verse'' boasts a rather [[AllStarCast high-profile voice cast]], including Creator/ShameikMoore as Miles Morales, Creator/JakeJohnson as Peter B. Parker, Creator/HaileeSteinfeld as Gwen Stacy, Creator/NicolasCage as Spider-Man Noir, Creator/KimikoGlenn as Peni Parker, Creator/JohnMulaney as Spider-Ham, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry and Luna Lauren Velez as Miles' parents Jefferson and Rio Morales, Creator/MahershalaAli as Miles' uncle Aaron Davis, Creator/ChrisPine as Miles' universe's original Spider-Man, Creator/ZoeKravitz as Mary Jane Watson-Parker, Creator/LilyTomlin as Aunt May, Creator/LievSchreiber as Wilson Fisk, Creator/KathrynHahn as Dr. Olivia Octavius, Creator/JoaquinCosio as the Scorpion, Jorma Taccone as the Green Goblin, and Marvin "Krondon" Jones III as Tombstone.

The movie introduces the audience to ComicBook/MilesMorales and the concept of the Spider-Verse. Recently bitten by a radioactive spider, Miles witnesses the murder of his universe's Spider-Man and takes on the responsibility of stopping the Kingpin, Wilson Fisk from using his Super-Collider to jeopardize the city and perhaps the Multiverse as a whole.

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'', set to be released on March 29th, 2024.

* 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.

* AntiInterferenceLockUp: Miles is determined to accompany the Spider-Gang as they go to destroy the Super-Collider because of what Kingpin did to his uncle and to fulfill his promise to Blond Peter. However, the Spider-Gang are concerned that Miles' inexperience will be a liability in the field and get him killed so Peter B. webs him to a chair in his dorm room to keep him safe. Downplayed in that Peter B. gives Miles every chance to demonstrate control of his powers before webbing him.

* AnticlimaxCut: When Miles goes up to the roof of a building to try a leap of faith, heroic music swells, he braces himself... and the next shot is Miles going back down the stairwell, having chickened out.

* BookEnds:

* BuildingSwing: As the movie is a love-letter to the Spider-Man mythos, it's a given that all the members of the Spider-Gang swing from building to building - even the heavy SP//dr mech.

%%** "It's a leap of faith."

** The Prowler when he unknowingly removes his to reveal his true identity to Miles.

* 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.

* FatFlex: Peter B. Parker, in his post-midlife crisis, gains a huge gut with all the ComfortFood he gets addicted to, but when he wears his suit, he looks as muscular as any other Franchise/SpiderMan would.

** 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".

%%** Watch out for the weird smiley kid in a few shots of Visions Academy.

** Peter B. arrives in Miles' dimension [[ComingInHot at high speed]]. He gets slammed into a billboard where he remains motionless for three seconds before falling down.

** The ''animation'' itself is gorgeous -- however some scenes have an intentionally low framerate to give the movie a "Comic Book" feeling of movement.

The movie introduces the audience to ComicBook/MilesMorales and the concept of the Spider-Verse. Recently bitten by a radioactive spider, Miles witnesses the murder of his universe's Spider-Man and takes on the responsibility of stopping Kingpin's Super-Collider before it can jeopardize the city and perhaps the Multiverse as a whole.

** 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 hie 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]].

** In the first movie when Miles meets his world's Spider-Man his spider-sense was colored purple and green, but then it started to transitioning to red and blue, symbolizing from a beginning that this is the moment where Miles started his path of becoming Spider-man and avoiding to follow [[EvilUncle his uncle]] mistakes.[[spoiler: This bites hard later in SpidermanAcrosstheSpiderverse with the reveal that the spider that bite came from a another universe in which he has taken the mantle of The Prowler.]]

* ProductionForeshadowing: Well before the first trailers came out, a Marvel Legends wave of Spider-Man-centric figures included classic characters like Doc Ock and a Build-a-Figure of something much more recent... SP//dr (in its comic appearance, since this time a proper figure line for this movie, including movie-appearance SP//dr, was later released.)

** 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 how Gwen is in Miles' universe before the other-dimensional foreigners, as well as the origins of the "glitching" spider that gives Miles his powers.

** In a surprise cameo, Creator/OscarIsaac as [[spoiler:Miguel O'Hara, better known as Spider-Man 2099]].

** In the scene where Miles gets bitten by the spider that gives him his powers, there's a very dramatic build up as we see it coming down from the ceiling, landing on his clothes as he's spray painting an underground tunnel, and then it ultimately crawls out onto his hand and bites him, which leads to a multi-panel expansion showing the venom entering his bloodstream complete with dramatic music. Cut to Miles just staring at it for a second then swats it off his hand and goes home. It's not until the next morning that he starts to experience any changes.

The film won the 2019 UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature, being the first non-Creator/{{Disney}}[=/=]Creator/{{Pixar}} film to do so since ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' in 2011. It's success would eventually lead to the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'' trilogy to be developed, with a sequel, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', released on June 2nd, 2023, and a third film, ''Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse'', set to be released on March 29th, 2024.

The film won the 2019 UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature, being the first non-Creator/{{Disney}}[=/=]Creator/{{Pixar}} film to do so since ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' in 2011. It's success would eventually lead to the WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse trilogy to be developed, with a sequel, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', released on June 2nd, 2023, and a third film, ''Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse'', set to be released on March 29th, 2024.

The film won the 2019 UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature, being the first non-Creator/{{Disney}}[=/=]Creator/{{Pixar}} film to do so since ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' in 2011.

A sequel, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', is set to release on June 2nd, 2023, while the third film, ''Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse'', is set to release on March 29th, 2024.