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The Prowlers

A series of non-powered but athletically-gifted and technologically resourceful supervillains who regularly clash with Spider-Men across The Multiverse.

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General

• Adaptational Badass: While the comic versions of the Prowler are no pushovers, the ones in Earth-1610B and Earth-43 are hands down the deadliest versions yet.
• Badass Normal: None of them have any superpowers, but with some MMA training and home-brewed gadgets, they can hold their own against actual superheroes.
• Evil Counterpart: To the various Spider-Men. Their masks are similar, as are their emblems (the emblem on Prowler's chest resembles the mandibles of a spider), Prowler's purple coloration is a darkened combo of the common Spider-Men's red/blue. Each rely on wrist gadgets and lightning reflexes and all came from humble backgrounds. And in various corners of the Spider-Verse, certain individuals like Miles Morales or Hobie Brown may become one or the other.
• Evil Sounds Deep: At least two different versions of the Prowler wear masks that electronically modify their voices to make them sound much deeper, which highlights their menace.
• Nice, Mean, and In-Between: E-1610B Prowler is a Nice Guy who just so happens to be a villain. E-42 Prowler is downright heartless, sucker-punching Miles on sight and implicitly threatening him. The captured Prowler sits in the middle, being dangerous enough to warrant being incarcerated by the Spider-Society, yet chilled enough to not hold it against Miles.
• Parkour: Due to not possessing any superpowers, the Prowlers trained in such an art so as to maintain their edge against superpowered individuals.
• Power Fist: Their gauntlets have built-in hydraulics that engage whenever they throw a punch. Said gauntlets are also clawed and the knuckles are spiked for extra lethality.
• Predator Pastiche: The Prowler's main role in the films is as a relentless hunter after Miles, and they have the ability to see in multiple light spectrums.
  • There are even several scenes where the audience sees through E-1610B Prowler's eyes, and it's much the same as how the Predator sees through his mask.
  • Earth-42 Prowler ups the resemblance by wearing a higher-tech mask and he styled his hair into dreadlocks.
• Purple Is Powerful: They're all incredibly deadly and efficient assassins who wear purple costumes.
• Purple Is the New Black: They've all got some black on their outfits, but the main color scheme is purple.
• Rocket Boots: The soles of the Prowlers' boots have small rocket engines, allowing them limited flight and small boosts to enhance their ground mobility. They also use these to boost their pounce attacks.
• Scary Black Man: All Prowlers seen so far are African-American with one of them being Afro-Latino and carry themselves with an air of danger.
• Secondary Color Nemesis: Prowlers have a magenta and violet color scheme to distinguish them from Spider-Man's reds and blues.
• Secret Identity: Two of the Prowlers are set up as faceless assassins. When their masks come off, it's played for gasps.
• Tron Lines: Downplayed. Their suits and accessories glow with a purple neon light, leaving streaks in the air as they strike and move. E-1610B Prowler's motorcycle has some subtle ones as well.
• Utility Belt: The Prowlers all wear one, although it's not exactly known what they contain.
• Walking Spoiler:
  • invoked His identity is held back for an Internal Reveal more than halfway through the movie. While fans of Miles's comic adventures should be well aware of who he is from past experience, it still constitutes a heavy, heavy spoiler.
  • The captured Prowler either resembles or is the same Aaron Davis that appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which constitues a Late-Arrival Spoiler depending on whether one watched Into the Spider-Verse before Spider-Man: Homecoming or not.
• Wolverine Claws: Standard for any incarnation, the Prowler's primary weapons are their giant, mechanical gloves with razor sharp claws on the fingers.

Earth- 1610 B

For tropes applying to his appearance in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, see here

Earth-1610B Prowler / Aaron Davis

"You know me, sir. I don't ever quit."

Voiced By: Mahershala Ali ^{Foreign VAs} Daniel del Roble (Latin American Spanish), David Lenneman (Swedish), Tetsu Inada (Japanese), Matti Klemm (German)

Appearances: Venom^note In The Stinger | Into the Spider-Verse | Across the Spider-Verse^note archive footage

"I'm sorry. I wanted you to look up to me. I let you down, man. I let you down."

Miles' paternal uncle. A cheerful, easygoing sort who fondly encourages his nephew's artistic endeavors. He laso leads a double-life as an enforcer to the Kingpin.

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• Adaptational Nice Guy: Unlike his original counterpart from the Ultimate comics (who is a remorseless criminal who ultimately saw his nephew as someone to exploit and manipulate for his own personal gain upon discovering his secret identity as the new Spider-Man), this Prowler genuinely cared for his nephew, so much so that, upon discovering Miles is the new Spider-Man, was visibly horrified that he nearly killed him on several occasions. Furthermore, while Ultimate Prowler was fatally injured during an argument with Miles and died cursing him, this Prowler was killed for refusing to harm his nephew and spent his final moments telling Miles how proud he is of him.
• Affably Evil: In spite of vague allusions by Jefferson to him being a criminal, he's one of the coolest and most chill guys you'd ever meet. His Earth-42 counterpart on the other hand is a Scary Black Man who exhibits none of his appeal.
• Alas, Poor Villain: He's the Kingpin's top enforcer, but when he finds out the boy he's been hunting is his beloved nephew, he spares his life even as Kingpin urges him to "finish it". Immediately afterwards his boss shoots him In the Back; Aaron survives just long enough to tell Miles that he's the best member of their family and encourages him to keep going. His death is deeply mourned by both Miles and Jefferson.
• Animal Motif: Big predatory cats.
  • During their first encounter, his wild assault even has him crashing into a wall, much like an ambush predator who just barely missed its prey would.
  • Many of his attacks are feline-esque swipes with his clawed gauntlets, and his opening attack tends to be a feline like pounce at his target.
  • When Miles managed to escape him the first time, Prowler watches him flee while perched atop a building in a cat-like pose.
  • During Miles visit to his apartment, he is shown wearing a faded t-shirt depicting a panther, and has a large poster of a purple neon tiger hanging over his sofa.
• Badass Biker: He's a lethal assassin who uses a motorcycle to chase his targets on the road.
• Badass Cape: A long purple one.
• Broken Pedestal: Learning that his uncle is the Prowler and working for the Kingpin, and as such is an accomplice to the death of Spider-Man, shatters Miles's image of him, while also confirming that his father was right about him. This changes when Aaron finds out about Miles's true identity and outright defies Kingpin's order to kill him and then dies in his arms, restoring him in his nephew's eyes.
• The Casanova: Implied when he teaches Miles how to win over "Gwanda" with a simple hand on the shoulder and claims that it's a "proved science."
• Character Death: He's murdered by Fisk when he refuses to kill Miles.
• Chekhov's Gun: He teaches Miles that placing a hand on someone's shoulder is the best way to disarm someone. Miles uses it to defeat Fisk, who has massive shoulders.
• Co-Dragons: With Tombstone and Doc Ock, he is sent by Kingpin to find and kill the new Spider-Man, and is one of the most dangerous and competent of the crime lord's supervillain employees.
• Composite Character: While his role in the story and identity as Miles's uncle are based on the Ultimate Prowler, his costume, gadgets, engineering skills (per the artbook), and his Heel–Face Turn are all closer to the Hobie Brown version of the character.
• Consummate Professional: Prowler is presented as this throughout the film. He doesn't banter and is almost completely silent in all of his appearances, ambushing his foes and trying to tear them to pieces as quickly as possible. Once he's given a target, he won't quit. Ultimately, it's subverted, as he refuses to kill Miles and instead backs away, which gets Aaron killed by Kingpin.
• Cool Bike: His main mode of transportation.
• Cool Mask: His mask lets him see into multiple spectrums of light as well as thermal imaging, which allows him to track the otherwise invisible Miles. It also modifies his voice to make it virtually unrecognizable.
• Cool Uncle: To Miles, who loves to hang with him whenever he can. When Miles visits him after a stressful day at his new school, Aaron gives him some genuine girl advice, the two sharing a good laugh and a playful rib. Aaron can easily tell something is troubling Miles and brings him to an abandoned subway station to spray paint one of the walls, knowing that it'll make Miles feel better. Aaron also encourages Miles to not drift apart from Jefferson.
• Dead Alternate Counterpart: In Across the Spider-Verse, he serves as this to the live-action Prowler who was captured by the Spider-Society and the Earth-42 Aaron Davis.
• Death by Adaptation: He is currently alive in the main comics being back from the dead, while here his death actually sticks.
• Death by Origin Story: While the original Spider-Man's death had already set Miles on the path to becoming a hero, Aaron's murder at the hands of the Kingpin is the catalyst for Miles changing into a hero in his own right instead of just copying his universe's Spider-Man. The rest of the Spider-Gang even comfort him by sharing the losses of their own loved ones.
• Determinator: Villainous version. Whenever he picks up Miles's trail, he pursues him relentlessly. So much so that all Miles can do is flee and just barely stay out of his reach.
• Died in Your Arms Tonight: After being fatally shot by Kingpin, he dies from his injuries in his nephew's arms.
• The Dreaded: He's shown throughout the movie to be one of Kingpin's most relentless enforcers, and the one that Miles fears above all. Sensing his arrival is enough to make Blond Peter pause to give out a resigned "Oh, Boy". It gets even worse for Miles when he learns that it's his beloved Uncle Aaron under the mask.
• Dynamic Entry: He's introduced in the film by tackling blond Peter from the other side of the Super-Collider.
• Even Evil Can Be Loved: In addition to being loved by his nephew, Miles, his estranged brother still loves him and breaks down crying when he finds Aaron dead in an alley. During the epilogue, Miles and Jefferson spray paint a memorial dedicated to Aaron at the police station Jefferson works at.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones:
  • He and Miles have a very good relationship, with Miles able to tell Aaron things he's uncomfortable talking to his own dad about. When Aaron finds out the person he's sent to kill is his nephew, he refuses even though he knows it'll mean his own death.
  • He and his brother Jefferson were incredibly close as kids before the different paths they took as adults caused them to drift apart. Even after their estrangement, Aaron has a picture of himself and his brother when they were younger as his phone’s wallpaper, he still fondly reflects on making graffiti with Jeff like he now does with Miles, and expresses regret they’ve grown so distant.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He may be unquestioningly willing to kill a child on the orders of the Kingpin, but he draws the line at harming his nephew.
• Evil Counterpart:
  • He's this to the Peter Parkers. The fact that Miles was originally destined to follow in his Uncle's footsteps as a super villain before he received the spider bite and the associated role of Spider-Man from it furthers this even more.
    • Like Blond Peter, Miles put him on a pedestal and he genuinely cares about the boy, encouraging him to use his talents for good. Both are also murdered by the Kingpin, put their faith in Miles just before they die, and serve as a motivational force for Miles to become a hero.
    • Like Peter B., he doesn't live up to Miles's image of him as a flawless cool guy, but nonetheless has his good side. Both also teach Miles the techniques he uses to defeat the Kingpin and save the day.
  • He's also this to Uncle Ben, being a Spider's Cool Uncle who's fatally shot, but not before imparting an inspirational message to their respective nephews.
• Evil Parents Want Good Kids: Well, "Evil Uncle Wants Good Nephew" but the context is still played straight as despite his unethical acts, he genuinely wants his nephew Miles to grow up to be a good kid. Even in his final moments, he encourages Miles to never stop being good.
• Evil Uncle: A masked criminal who fights both Spider-Men, including his nephew Miles. Though when he finally realises this, he's horrified at what he came so close to doing and defies Kingpin's orders to kill Miles. This gets him killed.
• Expressive Mask: His mask is expressive, but it's fixed into a scowl for most the film until he realizes that he's been hunting his nephew for days, turning the narrowed slits into wide eyes of horror.
• Foil:
  • To Peter B. Parker, as he and Prowler have similar, yet reversed roles in Miles's life. Miles started by admiring Peter B., then thought less of him, before coming to admire him again, all the while Peter B. (reluctantly) teaching him to become a hero (in his own way). While Miles initially adored his uncle, then feared him once he found out Aaron is the Prowler (the villain actively trying to murder him), then came to respect him again when Prowler sacrificed himself rather than hurt Miles. This enhances Peter B.'s image as a true role model, despite being a "janky, old, hobo".
  • To his brother Jefferson. Jefferson is all about law and order and is an embarrassing father, while Aaron works for the Kingpin and is a cool uncle.
  • To Miles himself. While Miles begins the film running from his concerns, the Prowler runs into fights. Where Miles used his knowledge and abilities to avoid the pressures of his new school, Aaron challenged him to use outside context creative abilities to make his school experience better.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish one, to Jefferson's responsible one. According to Aaron, the two of them used to tag buildings in their youth, but then they became estranged after Jeff became a cop. And Jeff states that Aaron is into some shady activities.
• Foreshadowing: Several clues in the movie hint the reveal that Aaron is the Prowler.
  • He takes Miles down into the subway near the where Kingpin is testing his dimensional portal, and mentions that he worked on a secret project there. He also demonstrates a very unusual amount of dexterity leaping over a grate beforehand, and the Prowler does a similar maneuver when chasing Miles out of the subway. The camera noticeably includes a shot of the "expectations" graffiti art Aaron helped Miles paint as he rushes past it as a hint towards who's pursuing him.
  • When fighting Spider-Man (his universe's Peter Parker), he demonstrates several Muay Thai fighting techniques. In Aaron's apartment, he is shown to be a Muay Thai practitioner, with shirts, posters, and training gear around his apartment.
  • When Miles is using his punching bag, a poster of Aaron wearing purple Muay Thai gear can be seen.
  • A neon-glow poster of a purple tiger in mid pounce hangs over his sofa.
  • He is shown wearing a shirt featuring a panther, over a purple undershirt.
  • He's conspicuously absent after the Prowler appears in the story, leaving a message that he's out of town because of work despite Miles and Jefferson's best attempts to get through to him.
  • When pursuing Miles out of the Subway, the film pointedly includes a P.O.V. Shot from Prowler's perspective that shows his mask has high-tech goggles in it that allow him to keep track of his target even in the darkness of the tunnels, able to make out Miles' silhouette enough to chase him, but not much more. As shown during the fight at Aunt May's house, there's a reason why the film highlighted Aaron couldn't see the unmasked Miles well enough to recognise him.
  • Miles tries to include a cape in his superhero costume when infiltrating the Alchemax lab, on the basis that he thinks it's a cool look. Amongst all of kingpin's forces, Prowler is the only one whose costume includes a dramatic yet apparently unnecessary cape as part of his look, suggesting that Aaron likewise thinks that.
• Gadgeteer Genius: According to the artbook, Aaron put together most of his own equipment, including his motorcycle.
• Genius Bruiser: He seems to work as a freelance engineer, going by his off-handily mention "engineering job" to Miles. Although we don't see him fight, Aaron does seem to be a practitioner in Muay Thai going by the training equipment in his apartment and is capable of parkour by jumping over the fence. This becomes a foreshadowing of his secret identity as the Prowler.
• Heel–Face Door-Slam: While it's unclear if he would've stopped working for Fisk had he lived longer, he does prove he still has good in him when he spares his nephew's life... and is promptly shot in the back for his trouble. He dies in Miles's arms, apologizing for not being a better man when he had the chance.
• Hitman with a Heart: He's a ruthless enforcer, but he's a loving uncle off the clock and his loyalty to the Kingpin is overthrown when he discovers his target is his nephew Miles. His Earth-42 counterpart doesn't share such sentimentality, setting up Earth-1610B Miles for an ambush by Earth-42 Miles, whome he'd trained to be his own personal attack dog.
• In a Single Bound: His rocket-thruster equipped boots give him enhanced leaping ability.
• Ink-Suit Actor: Mahershala Ali was one of the first voice actors cast for the film and his physical appearance so intrigued the character designers that much of his facial structure and physique ended up in the final character design.
• In the Back: Is fatally shot in the back by the Kingpin after he refuses to murder Miles.
• Jump Scare: His first on-screen appearance has him pouncing straight at Spider-man from his POV with zero prior warning, appearing to leap straight at the camera, punctuated by his Scare Chord to emphasise how serious and dangerous an opponent he is. He repeats this when looking around for Miles in costume inside his own apartment, swiftly looking behind his hiding place for the intruder, again seen from Miles' perspective, only for his Invisibility to hide him from view.
• Knight of Cerebus: Whenever he appears in the movie as The Prowler, the tone becomes much darker and more foreboding, with the reveal of his secret identity and later death being major turning points.
• Last Words: "You're the best of all of us, Miles. You're on your way. Just... just keep going. Just keep going..."
• Lean and Mean: As the Prowler, Aaron is leanly built and taller than most of the cast. He's also a cold-blooded killer who never stops chasing his prey.
• Leitmotif: A hellish, animalistic screech is played whenever he's on screen (the screeching was actually created from a modified elephant's roar).
• Lightning Bruiser: He is strong enough to clock Peter Parker into a nearby wall and overpower Miles in a struggle, both of whom have Super-Strength; fast enough to go toe to toe with Peter Parker in a fight and keep up with Miles in a chase; and tough enough to take hits from Parker without missing a beat.
• Likes Clark Kent, Hates Superman: Is a loving and supportive uncle to Miles, but is a dangerous enemy to Miles' Spider-Man persona as the Prowler. When he discovers that Miles is Spider-Man, his love for his nephew wins out.
• My God, What Have I Done?: When he realizes that working for the Kingpin almost led him to murder his own beloved nephew.
  Aaron: I wanted you to look up to me. I let you down, man. I let you down.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: If Aaron had never taken Miles to the secret spot near the Super-Collider to spray paint his art, Miles would never have been bitten by the altered spider and become the next Spider-Man.
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: He spares Spider-Man's life after finding out Spidey is his beloved nephew, so Kingpin kills him for his disobedience.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: In stark contrast to Doc Ock, the Prowler does not trade barbs with the heroes. He attacks quickly and relentlessly, giving almost no time for his targets to react. If he's sent to kill you, he'll do everything in his power to do it.
• Papa Wolf: He cares a lot about Miles, despite only being his uncle, and ultimately takes a bullet for him.
• Parental Substitute: Miles seems to enjoy spending more time with Aaron than he does with his actual father. Aaron himself laments that he simply wanted Miles to be proud of him.
• Professional Killer: Implied to be his usual role when he isn't hunting Spider-Men, as he tells Fisk that he doesn't quit when given a target.
• Punch-Clock Villain: On the job, he's a terrifying, relentless killer, but off the clock, he's a loving uncle and a pretty chill guy overall. Given Peter warned Miles that Kingpin's influence was too strong for him to be contested, it's ambiguous if Aaron serves him because he enjoys being a villain or just out of necessity.
• Rapid-Fire "No!": His response to realizing he's about to murder his nephew is to freeze in place and repeatedly mutter "no".
• Rebuilt Pedestal: Miles's image of Aaron is repaired when Aaron outright defies Kingpin's orders to kill him at the cost of his life, and apologizes for his actions as he lay dying in Miles's arms, while encouraging him to keep doing good, calling him "the best of all of us". Later on, during the epilogue, Miles spray paints a memorial dedicated to Aaron at the police station Jefferson works at, with Jefferson's aid.
• Redemption Equals Death: Immediately stops his attempt at killing Miles when he discovers his nephew is underneath the mask. He then defies Kingpin's direct order to finish him off, a defiance which costs him his life. In his dying words, when Miles apologizes to him for his death, Aaron dismisses it, and insists that it's his fault and his responsibility, and he apologizes to Miles for not being as good as he should have been.
• Scare Chord: Used a few times to accentuate his lightning-quick moments as well as emphasising how terrifying his presence is, especially in scenes where he's pursuing the untrained Miles who is desperately doing everything he's capable of to keep away from him. It is the modified trumpeting of an african elephant, hinting at his identity underneath the mask, and once that's revealed to Miles, it becomes part of his Leitmotif.
• Secret Identity: It's implied throughout the film that Aaron is some kind of criminal and is later revealed to be the Prowler, Kingpin's chief enforcer.
• Shared Family Quirks:
  • He jokes that he knew he and Miles were related based on Miles trying to fence hop and falling, but still getting up as if nothing happened.
  • On a darker example, his secret identity as the Prowler has him wearing a Badass Cape despite the obvious disadvantage it could have in a fight. When suiting up to infiltrate the Alchemax labs, Miles includes a cape in his own costume because he thinks it's a cool look, before Peter B vetoes the idea. Presumably Aaron shares a matching sentiment to his nephew.
• Shipper on Deck: He encourages Miles to pursue Gwen (or Gwanda) when Miles tells him about her.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: Aaron moonlights as a supervillain for a crime boss while his brother, Jefferson, is a responsible By-the-Book Cop. Though Jefferson doesn't know the exact specifics of his brother's actions, he's suspicious enough of him that the two have become estranged.
• So Proud of You: Aaron's final words to Miles are telling him that [Miles] is the best of both the Davis and the Morales, encouraging Miles to keep going.
• Spikes of Villainy: His collar and cape consist of prominent spikes, and then there's those flashy, claw-like gauntlets of his.
• Starter Villain: For Miles. Every time the Prowler pursues him, Miles is shown to have improved his abilities a little more. This, combined with his dad's inspiration, is what helps him to finally become the new Spider-Man.
• Super-Strength: Implied. While not directly stated, he lands a punch that even sends the superpowered Spider-Man (his universe's Peter Parker) flying across the room, and he was able to overpower Miles during their final confrontation (despite Miles showing that super strength is one of his powers).
• Thicker Than Water: As coldblooded as Aaron is while on the job, he draws the line at hurting his nephew. After Miles reveals that he's the kid that Aaron has been chasing after, Aaron immediately tries to let Miles escape, even as Kingpin is staring him down.
• Two First Names: "Aaron" and "Davis" can both be used as first names.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Taking Miles to the abandoned subway tracks leads to Miles getting bitten by the spider that will give him powers. This causes Miles to go back and investigate where he then witnesses Blond Peter's death. This then makes him a target for The Prowler whose dogged persistence in tracking him eventually leads to their rooftop confrontation and Aaron being shot to death by Kingpin when he decides not to kill Miles.
• Villainous BSoD: He's horrified when he finds out that he was unknowingly trying to murder his own nephew.
• Villains Out Shopping: After his identity is revealed, it becomes clear retroactively that the stone-cold killing machine Prowler spends his downtime being his nephew's cool uncle.
• The Voiceless: To hide the reveal of his identity more and emphasising how professional and serious he is whilst on the job, the Prowler never speaks prior to Miles discovering who he is at his apartment. When he does talk through the mask, it's with an electronic filter that is still recognisably Aaron's voice. At the final confrontation at the Parker house, he speaks more openly, though plainly out of frustration with Miles continually evading him and trying to convince him to just give up the USB key to resolve matters quickly.
• Wall Run: Seems to be able to do this when he's chasing Miles on foot.
• "Well Done, Dad!" Guy: Aaron admits to Miles in his final moments that he wanted his nephew to look up to him and remorsefully laments that he let him down.
• Wipe the Floor with You: While chasing after Miles at the Parker household, he dives and grabs Miles by the scruff of his shirt, dragging him along the shingles until they reach the end of the roof.
• Would Hurt a Child:
  • He attempts to murder a (so far as he knows) random teenaged witness on the Kingpin's orders.
  • Later he makes several attempts to kill the new Spider-Man while fully aware that he's targeting a child before realizing the young boy is his beloved nephew.
• You Have Failed Me: The Kingpin fatally shoots him in the back the second Aaron refuses to kill his nephew on the boss' orders.

Earth- 42

Earth-42 Prowler / Miles G. Morales

"I'm Miles Morales, but you... you can call me the Prowler."

Voiced By: Jharrel Jerome

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

"Please...you have to let me go."
"Why would I do that?"

Earth-42's version of the Prowler, who is not Aaron, but in fact Miles who runs a crime organisation with him.

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• Alliterative Name: Miles Morales.
• All There in the Manual: In the artbook from Across the Spider-Verse, he is christened Miles G. Morales, differentiating him from his Earth-1610B counterpart the same way that Earth-616B's Peter B. Parker is differentiated from Earth-1610B's Peter Parker.
• Alternate Self: The first alternate version of Miles introduced in a Spider-Verse film, living in the universe where the spider that bit Miles originated from.
• Ambiguously Evil: He's apparently an established criminal supervillain in his home universe, but not enough of his character and situation is shown to conclusively say whether or not he is genuinely evil at heart. On the one hand, he has apparently pulled up several "jobs" with his Uncle Aaron's guidance, has no problem ambushing Miles with a sneak attack, and is overall callous towards his situation or the fact that an alternative version of his own father will be killed by keeping Miles trapped. However, he apparently genuinely loved his own version of Jefferson, as shown by the "Rest in Power" memorial graffiti, he seems to care about his mother, and it's implied the crimes he's pulling off with Aaron as necessary to keep them financially stable. It's unclear if he's an Anti-Villain or a Justified Criminal, but he was originally supposed to become the heroic figure of Spider-Man for his home universe, so he did have the potential to do good in him before his spider was dimensionally displaced. The artbook names him as a "vigilante" as opposed to a criminal, suggesting that he is closer to an Anti-Hero than the 1610B version of Prowler.
• Badass Cape: Averted. Instead, the tail straps of his backpack create this effect.
• Beware the Quiet Ones: He's The Stoic in contrast to Miles' dynamic personality, and despite not sharing Miles' spider powers, he's clearly someone to be careful of as the Prowler.
• Braids of Action: One of the most visible ways to distinguish Prowler Miles and Spider-Man Miles is that the former wears his hair like this while the latter's hair is an afro. His brief cameo while The Spot is explaining his origin story shows that he had them even before the event where he was supposed to get bitten by the spider.
• Brick Joke: Earlier in the movie, Miles back in Earth-1610B attempts to deflect rumors of Spider-Man being Puerto Rican (after Rio brings it up) by claiming he's Dominican instead. While Earth-42 Miles is still Puerto Rican, he is voiced by Jharrel Jerome, who is of Dominican descent.
• Collapsible Helmet: He wears a mask that can fold into the back of his head if he decides to stop using it.
• Daddy's Little Villain: Or rather, Uncle's Little Villain. It's implied he took up the mantle of The Prowler from his uncle, who is a Retired Badass.
• Doppelgänger Gets Same Sentiment: Averted. This Miles was heavily impacted by the loss of his father, but he is apathetic about Earth-1610B's Miles losing his own.
• Dull Surprise: He's remarkably blasé about meeting a version of himself from an alternate dimension, merely asking whether 1610B-Miles' father is still alive and reacting with a simple "huh..." when given an affirmative. It helps characterize him as cold and unemotional, in contrast to the more empathetic and sensitive Miles the audience is familiar with.
• Early-Bird Cameo: He is briefly seen during the Spot's backstory monologue.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite his cold exterior and lack of compassion, he seems to have remained on friendly terms with his mother, as she still loves him and is mostly unfazed by his appearance in their home. He also seemed to love his late father, as it's implied he and his uncle painted a mural of him in his honor similar to how Earth-1610B Miles and his dad did for their Aaron. Notably, this doesn't extend to alternate versions of his father, as he refuses to set "our" Miles free when he's informed that Jefferson will die otherwise.
• Evil Counterpart: This version of Miles is basically what happens if he never got bitten and his Uncle had too much influence over him - a cold, violent criminal. Ironically, the brief shot of him seen in the Spot's recollection indicates he was originally supposed to be Miles' Good Counterpart instead, studying in a classroom when his spider prepared to bite him, contrasted against 1610B Miles receiving the bite instead whilst he was blowing off his assigned homework to make graffiti art with his Uncle.
• Evil Doppelgänger: Serves as this to our Miles, showing what he could possibly end up as had he not been bitten by the radioactive spider and become Spider-Man.
• Evil Evolves: His Prowler suit is more advanced than 1610B Aaron's suit. Justified since it's been a year since the events of Into the Spider-Verse.
• Foil: To Hobie Brown. While the Prowler that first appeared in the comics was Hobie instead of Aaron, here he's a variant of Miles while another Hobie variant became Spider-Punk. While Hobie was a bit of a loose cannon, he was otherwise a friendly guy, while E-42 Miles serves as his uncle's lackey and has a very cold demeanor.
• Five-Second Foreshadowing: His true identity is hinted at when we get a look at his shoelaces. Just like his 1610B counterpart, they're untied.
• Hero Antagonist: The artbook states he's more of a vigilante rather than a criminal. Meaning he's only trapping Earth-1610B Miles to make sure he isn't a trap.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: He has a different hairdo and voice compared to the protagonist Miles, which helps distinguish them out of costume. He also has a Puerto Rican accent, which is noticeable in how he pronounces "Morales."
• In a Single Bound: He's capable of leaping across buildings thanks to his rocket-thruster-equipped shoes.
• Irony: Of the cosmic variety. The brief shot of him in the Spot's recollection of dimensionally displacing his spider shows it was apparently about to bite him whilst he was studying in a classroom, implying that he was once an aspiring and driven student aiming to better himself. Said spider would then find another version of Miles in the process of blowing off his own homework assignment to make graffito art with his criminal uncle and bite him instead. This negated 1610B Miles' "fated" destiny of eventually becoming a Super Villain in the same vein as his Uncle, and transformed him into the heroic figure of Spider Man instead. Meanwhile, as a result of there being no Spider Man on Earth-42, the studious 42 Miles who was supposed to receive that destiny apparently became pushed into the criminal lifestyle of the Prowler in order to provide for his family as his dimension became a Crapsack World.
• It Began with a Twist of Fate: He was supposed to be the Spider-Man of Earth-42, but the spider that was supposed to bite him was sent to another universe, leading to a sequence of events that resulted in Miles becoming something else entirely.
• Lack of Empathy: Gives Earth-1610B Miles absolutely No Sympathy, dismissing his desperation to return home to save his father with apathy and threatening him for no real reason.
• Legacy Character: It's heavily implied that he inherited the Prowler mantle from his uncle Aaron.
• Leitmotif: His theme if played in reverse is Earth-1610B Miles' theme.
• Mirror Character: To the Peter Parker of Earth 65-B. Both are examples of how Spider-Man could have turnd to villainy if he Missed the Call.
• Missed the Call: He was potentially destined to become the Spider-Man of Earth-42 but the spider that would have bit him got sent to Earth-1610B where it bit our Miles. This left Earth-42 without a Spider-Man and he ended up going down a darker path as the Prowler.
• Mythology Gag: This is not the first time that Miles Morales has faced off against an Evil Counterpart of himself. It is near impossible not to compare him to Ultimatum from the mainstream comics.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: Much like his Earth-1610B counterpart's uncle, he doesn't play around as the Prowler and straight up ambushes Miles before he could even register his presence.
• No-Sell: Miles' Spider-Sense utterly fails to warn him of his counterpart's incoming ambush, and when he awakens, he likewise fails to sense him lurking in the rafters above until Aaron draws attention towards him as the new Prowler. It's implied this is because of him technically being Miles, thus rendering him immune to being sensed by him in a capacity not unlike that of Venom, one of Spider-Man's most famous Evil Counterparts.
• No Sympathy: When the Miles of Earth-1610B tells him that their father is about to die unless he saves him, Earth-42 Miles coldly retorts that Jefferson is his dad, not theirs.
• Perpetual Frowner: Unlike Miles, he doesn't smile at all due to his more tragic and harden personality.
• The Stoic: Emphasized in contrast to Earth-1610B Miles Morales. While that Miles is an extremely facially expressive person, as part of his general personality as a sensitive artist, this Miles never breaks his cold, neutral facial expression and reacts to news that his lost father is alive in another world with a simple grunt. It shows how life as a supercriminal without the positive influence of Jefferson has hardened him.
• Teens Are Monsters: He's a young teenager like the 1610B Miles, but is a ruthless criminal rather than an idealistic superhero.
• Tricked-Out Shoes: His Jordans are modified to have rocket thrusters built in them.
• Truer to the Text: Prowler-Miles has more in common with the Hobie Brown Prowler from the original Spider-Man comics. He's a teenager with high aptitudes living in a world where his gifts are overlooked, so he turned to a life of crime.

The Captured Prowler

For tropes related to his original appearance, see this page

Earth-199999 Prowler / Aaron Davis

"Hey."

Played By: Donald Glover

Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

"It's rude to stare."

A version of Miles' uncle captured by the Spider-Society after he was displaced to another dimension.

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• Affably Evil: He has a very laid-back disposition despite getting captured and held in an alternate dimension. When Miles meets up with him, Aaron doesn't seem to bear any hostility to this version of Spider-Man, likely sensing that he's a newcomer and even more likely recognizing this kid as a variant of his own nephew. The worst he does is tell Miles not to gawk at him and even then he's charmingly coy about it.
• Ambiguous Situation:
  • Is he the MCU version of Aaron Davis, having become a supervillain like his comic self, or is he a different live-action version portrayed by Glover? Concept art has him referred to as "MCU Prowler", implying that it's the former.
  • Given the MCU Vulture went through dimensional displacement at the end of Morbius, are these two incidents somehow related? Miguel O'Hara does speak disdainfully about a variant of Doctor Strange and a "little nerd" having something to do with the shaky state of the multiverse.
• The Cameo: He only appears in the prison along with other villains, briefly meeting Miles and later booing the Spider-Society as they chase Miles.
• Celebrity Paradox: Played With. In the first film, the Aaron Davis of Earth-1610B is seen watching Community, specifically the opening to the season two premiere Anthropology 101, where the character Troy is wearing his Spider-Man pyjamas. Donald Glover plays both Troy and this version of Aaron Davis.
• Noodle Incident: According to them, Hobie and Gwen are the ones who captured him at some point before Miles's arrival. According to Aaron, he slipped.
• Roger Rabbit Effect: Inverted, he's a live-action character in an animated reality.
• Something Only They Would Say: He says "Hey" in the same tone of voice as E-1610B Aaron.
• Took a Level in Badass: He's come a long way from being a low-level crook looking to buy a gun from Vulture's gang, now having officially become the Prowler and a supervillain of his own right. While it's unclear exactly what happened, it took two members of the Spider-Society to capture him which is a big implication that this Prowler is now a real threat.

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