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*** Really, Spider-Man's struggles itself become even harder to watch once factoring in ''Across the Spider-Verse''. [[spoiler: At some point, he witnessed Captain Stacy dying, allowing Miguel to manipulate his grief. Peter always had a hard time in life, especially since almost everyone around him barely helped with said issues. From the one person who may have known his secret identity now dead, Peter was finally pushed over the edge and became a pawn for someone who actually seemed to care.]]
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* UnintentionallySympathetic: Peter getting criticized by Flash in "Intervention" over his [[DrunkOnTheDarkside aggressive attitude]] is supposed to be a case of JerkassHasAPoint. However, considering how shoddy Peter's life can be, with his sole living relative nearly dying from a heart attack, it's not hard to see why he became so upset. Not helping matters is the massive hospital bills that Peter had to pay for. Likewise, most of the people Peter snapped at have either mistreated him in some way or [[BystanderSyndrome ignored his bullies' actions]], causing a fair amount of viewers to see it as a case of TheDogBitesBack.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While hardly anything new in the Spider-Man franchise, a lot of people in Peter's life really can be unreasonable towards him. Not only should most of them be aware of Peter's DarkAndTroubled past as a kid, but the fact that they hardly acknowledge his other hardships (losing his uncle, struggling as the breadwinner for his family, getting constantly bullied) tends to downplay their complaints over Peter's mistakes.

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* UnintentionallySympathetic: Peter getting criticized by Flash in "Intervention" over his [[DrunkOnTheDarkside [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide aggressive attitude]] is supposed to be a case of JerkassHasAPoint. However, considering how shoddy Peter's life can be, with his sole living relative nearly dying from a heart attack, it's not hard to see why he became so upset. Not helping matters is the massive hospital bills that Peter had to pay for. Likewise, most of the people Peter snapped at have either mistreated him in some way or [[BystanderSyndrome ignored his bullies' actions]], causing a fair amount of viewers to see it as a case of TheDogBitesBack.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While hardly anything new in the Spider-Man franchise, a lot of people in Peter's life really can be unreasonable towards him. Not only should most of them be aware of Peter's DarkAndTroubled past DarkAndTroubledPast as a kid, but the fact that they hardly acknowledge his other hardships (losing his uncle, struggling as the breadwinner for his family, getting constantly bullied) tends to downplay their complaints over Peter's mistakes.

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* UnintentionallySympathetic: Peter snapping at his friends while under the effects of the black suit is supposed to be him getting DrunkOnTheDarkside, and Flash calling him out on it is a case of JerkassHasAPoint. While this is all true, it overlooks the fact that Peter has been under a lot of stress recently, especially with his aunt, his sole living relative, having had a heart attack, almost dying and now racking up large hospital bills. While his friends aren't to blame for it, it's not hard to see why he could snap from the pressure, even without the black suit. Plus, while Flash is arguably trying to help in his own way, his attitude comes across as incredibly smug and holier than thou. The fact that he's bullied Peter relentlessly for years and is now trying to claim the moral high ground is pretty mean spirited. In addition to that, his criticism of Peter treating his friends badly is extremely hypocritical when the next season reveals the two used to be friends until Flash became a bully.

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* UnintentionallySympathetic: Peter snapping at getting criticized by Flash in "Intervention" over his friends while under the effects of the black suit [[DrunkOnTheDarkside aggressive attitude]] is supposed to be him getting DrunkOnTheDarkside, and Flash calling him out on it is a case of JerkassHasAPoint. While this is all true, it overlooks the fact that Peter has been under a lot of stress recently, especially However, considering how shoddy Peter's life can be, with his aunt, his sole living relative, having had relative nearly dying from a heart attack, almost dying and now racking up large hospital bills. While his friends aren't to blame for it, it's not hard to see why he could snap from became so upset. Not helping matters is the pressure, even without massive hospital bills that Peter had to pay for. Likewise, most of the black suit. Plus, while Flash is arguably trying to help people Peter snapped at have either mistreated him in some way or [[BystanderSyndrome ignored his own way, bullies' actions]], causing a fair amount of viewers to see it as a case of TheDogBitesBack.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While hardly anything new in the Spider-Man franchise, a lot of people in Peter's life really can be unreasonable towards him. Not only should most of them be aware of Peter's DarkAndTroubled past as a kid, but the fact that they hardly acknowledge
his attitude other hardships (losing his uncle, struggling as the breadwinner for his family, getting constantly bullied) tends to downplay their complaints over Peter's mistakes.
** [[TheBully Flash]] scolding Peter for "mistreating his friends" when Aunt May was hospitalized really
comes across as incredibly smug and holier than thou. The fact hypocritical, especially when it was later revealed that he's bullied Peter relentlessly for years and is now trying to claim the moral high ground is pretty mean spirited. In addition to that, his criticism of Peter treating his friends badly is extremely hypocritical when the next season reveals the two they used to be friends until Flash became a bully.



* WoobieFamily: The Allan siblings get pulled through the wringer in Season 2.
** Liz Allan. Already having to deal with her boyfriend who, from her point of view, keeps standing her up, her brother falls back into his old gambling habits and becomes a supervillain. Peter, preoccupied with his super-heroics, is unable to provide her emotional comfort and breaks up with her. The last we see of her is her breaking down in tears, clearly distraught over Peter breaking up with her. Despite everything he put her through, she really liked him.
** Mark. A guy with a gambling addiction who was at the wrong place at the wrong time when the Green Goblin and Blackie Gaxton rope him into a science experiment just so he could pay off his gambling debts. What he got was [[BlessedWithSuck an armour that turns him into a walking volcano]] and forced to become a supervillain just so he can become normal again. When he fails, the Goblin leaves him to rot in prison.

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* WoobieFamily: The Allan siblings get pulled through the wringer in Season 2. \n That said, they can be considered more or less [[JerkassWoobie Jerkass Woobies]], since neither were exactly "role-models" for younger audiences.
** Liz Allan. Already having to deal with her boyfriend who, from her point of view, keeps standing her up, her brother falls back into his old gambling habits and becomes a supervillain. Peter, preoccupied with his super-heroics, is unable to provide her emotional comfort and breaks up with her. The last we see of her is her breaking down in tears, clearly distraught over Peter breaking up with her. Despite everything he put her through, having mistreated Peter at times, she really liked him.
** Mark. A guy with a gambling addiction who was at the wrong place at the wrong time when the Green Goblin and Blackie Gaxton rope him into a science experiment just so he could pay off his gambling debts. What he got was [[BlessedWithSuck an armour that turns him into a walking volcano]] and forced volcano]], leading to become him becoming a supervillain just so he can become normal again. When he fails, the Goblin leaves him and left to rot in prison. While Mark's short-sighted actions and unreasonable attitude towards Spider-Man were his own fault, he was ultimately just trying to turn back into a normal human being.
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* BrokenBase: While the show has received acclaim from fans, one of its most contentious aspects is its art style. Detractors disliked the simplistic designs and point how inferior it is to previous shows like ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanUnlimited''. The other camp argues that this simplistic art style allows for more fluid animation, especially during its fight scenes, while still giving the show its own unique charm.

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