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Spider-Society

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Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A massive group of Spider-Heroes tasked with defending The Multiverse.


    In General 
  • Adaptational Villainy: As unsavory as some of their members could be in the comics, such gatherings of Spider-People as a whole were never party to what are essentially cosmic assassinations through their enforcement of Canon Events, which includes allowing the death of Officer Jefferson Morales. This is especially glaring given that among their ranks are versions of Peter Parker who work closely with the versions of Miles in their own universe as allies or proteges. Then again, there's the Ambiguously Evil trope below.
  • All for Nothing: At the end of Across the Spider-Verse, Gwen finds out that Miguel's Canon Event theory isn't as binary as he initially believed, as her father managed to avert his predetermined death by resigning as police captain without her universe collapsing. This means that the Spider-People had been enabling the murders of countless people they cared about for nothing. Then again, the actual Canon Event might be the Spider-Hero no longer having a police captain who's close to them.
  • Alliance of Alternates: Even more so than the Spider-Gang. Tons, possibly hundreds, of Spider-People from different universes make up the Society. It's also made clear that while the Spider-Society includes several different people, there are still many versions of Peter Parker who have joined as Gwen at one point says hello to two different group of Peters.
  • Alliterative Name: The Spider-Society. This also applies to the members, who include Scarlet Spider, Pavitr Prabhakar, Peter Parkedcar, Peter Porker, and a lot of Spider-Men named Peter Parker.
  • Alternate Self: It comes with being an Alliance of Alternates.
  • Ambiguously Evil: How many members of the Spider-Society are aware that their goal of keeping the multiverse safe through maintaining Canon Events means they have to allow innocents to die and even prevent Miles from preventing his father's death? Spider-Man India was noticeably Locked Out of the Loop, implying the same could be true for other heroes while only a certain amount were informed of the truth, but that might have been because he was a Naïve Newcomer in comparison to the rest.
  • Animal-Themed Superbeing: Take a wild guess.
  • Became Their Own Antithesis: Their fears of destabilizing the multiverse by interfering with Canon Events has essentially caused them to unknowingly go against everything they stand for as Spider-People. Spider-Man as a character was built on the concept of never knowingly letting another person suffer, even if saving them causes problems later on.
  • Benevolent Conspiracy: Played with. They're a secret army of spider-themed heroes that defend the multiverse, but under Miguel's leadership, they also are meant to safeguard the sanctity of "Canon Events" that supposedly maintain the integrity of time and space.
  • Bizarrchitecture: The Spider HQ located in Nueva York features several nonstandard architecture features that make it extremely inaccessible to anyone who isn't a Spider-Person, likely as an intended security feature:
    • The entrance is accessed by an open platform elevator that's situated upside down, as in it "descends" upward toward the top of the skyscraper where the HQ is located, and the platform itself is featureless. Without the ability to stick to a flat surface, riding said platform would be impossible.
    • The HQ itself consists of an irregular arrangement of rooms and platforms that are connected by elevated walkways all of which are oriented differently relative to the ground like a MC Escher painting, which makes navigating without the web swinging and Wall Crawling extremely difficult. Oddly enough, Miguel doesn't have the Wall Crawl powers most other Spider-Heroes have..
  • Broken Pedestal: The Spider-Gang's attitude towards the Society. Miles feels especially disillusioned with the prospect of joining other Spider-People when he learns that they go against the heroic ideals of being Spider-Man. Doesn't help that the group's leader was very intent on letting Miles's father die (albeit for good intentions) but also finds him to be an "anomaly" and aggressively chases after him.
  • Canon Foreigner: Many, if not most, of the members of the Society were made up for this film, mostly to fill out the large area they reside.
  • Conservation of Ninjutsu: They're a veritable army of Spider-People who are each individually of comparable power to any of our main heroes, yet Miles manages to, with some difficulty, stay one step ahead of all of them during the climactic chase of Across the Spider-Verse. What's more, a single Spider in the form of Miguel gives Miles the most trouble during the climax of the chase once he finally corners him. This is justified by several factors however:
    • While Miles managing to escape is still very impressive, he clearly stands no chance of actually standing his ground against an entire legion of Spiders and has no choice but to desperately flee from the horde as they try to swarm him.
    • Spider-Man is known to hold back even against outright villains, let alone a fellow Spider-Hero, and while there are some exceptions many of the Spider-People don't really want to harm Miles and forgo opportunities to directly attack him in favor of trying to apprehend him by grabbing ahold of him, ordering him to stand down, or giving him a sporting chance. Tellingly Miguel, the Spider who gives Miles the most trouble, is also the one with the least qualms about hurting him.
    • Their approach when chasing Miles was to essentially just to charge after him with little coordination, which caused them to get in each other's way on more than one occasion and give Miles the edge he needed to give them the slip
  • Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To the Spider-Gang, whose six members were brought together by accident and included four variations of Peter Parker while only two were different people. In contrast, the Spider-Society includes seemingly hundreds of different Spider-People and while many are variations of Peter Parker, the members that get the most focus are different people (with the exception of Peter B. Parker).
  • Crapsaccharine World: On the surface, the Spider-Society looks like every Spider-Man's dream, being a highly advanced organization filled with superheroes like them who have a vital responsibility of protecting the multiverse from all threats. But it is revealed to be a borderline-fascist state under Miguel O'Hara's leadership where the Spider-People are all worn down by the tragedies that come with being Spider-Man and perpetuate a system where they let people close to them die as Canon Events supposed to happen lest those universes get destroyed. Their organization as a whole unknowingly goes against everything Spider-Man stood for.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: All of them have experienced some of the "Canon Events" mentioned by Miguel, tragic failures which turned them into the people they are now.
  • Deadpan Snarker: No matter what universe they come from, EVERY Spider is a quipster except Miguel.
  • Death by Origin Story: Countless numbers of Spider-People have at the very least lost Uncle Ben or some equivalent if not other people that were important to them. Even worse is that these events are so formative to who they are as people that Miguel has them labeled as Canon Events, meaning that even the Spider-People who know that someone they're close to is destined to die can't do anything to stop it without threatening the stability of the multiverse.
  • Does This Remind You of Anything?: Some viewers have noted that the Spider-Society seem more apt to a Cult than an organization of superheroes. Many Spider-People, even the ones that would normally be against this kind of thinking such as Spectacular Spider-Man and LEGO Spider-Man, agree collectively with the concept of Canon Events where people close to them must die because that is "supposed" to happen no matter how heartless it seems and try to convince everyone else that it is how it should be. Anyone who dares question this line of thinking such as Gwen gets harshly reprimanded or exiled, no matter their contributions to the group beforehand.
  • Dramatically Missing the Point: The sad truth about the Spider-Society's enforcement of Canon Events is that it demands that they can't step in to stop the deaths of anyone important to each Spider-Person, when the whole mantra of being Spider-Man is to never knowingly allow someone to suffer or die because of inaction. This means that the Spider-Society is going against everything that Spider-Man is supposed to stand for. Miles himself indirectly states this when he says how messed up that is.
  • Dramatic Irony: Tragically, the Spider-People involved with maintaining Canon Events are unknowingly repeating and enforcing the same mistake that got their respective versions of Uncle Ben killed.
  • Hero Antagonist: Their enforcement of Canon Events and antagonism to Miles aside, they're still Spider-People. None of them antagonize Miles when he first arrives until Miguel gives the order to hunt him down, and even then it's shown a good chunk of the Society ignored those orders and went about their business while Miles is chased by those who do.
  • I Let Gwen Stacy Die: Something that unites all Spiders is the tragic death of a loved one, to the point where it's become an unbreakable "Canon Event" that must be enforced.
  • In Spite of a Nail:
    • Despite literally hundreds of different Spider-People existing, it's made clear that there are still many variations of Peter Parker who became Spider-Man.
    • The Spider-Society believe in "Canon Events", moments that define a Spider-Person's life and give them connections across the multiverse. While it appears that not all the events will happen to a Spider-Person, it's made clear by Miguel that he believes that if one does start to occur it has to happen otherwise reality is at risk. The Canon Events shown are:
      • Being bitten (typically by a spider - Spider-Ham was bitten by a pig), the iconic upside down kiss with a love interest and encountering the Venom symbiote.
      • The death of a loved one (typically the Spider-Hero's uncle), which motivates a Spider-Person to become a hero and learn With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility. This is represented by the death of Ben Parker across many different realities.
      • The death of another loved one, typically a Love Interest, due to a fight between the Spider-Hero and a supervillain. This is represented by the death of Gwen Stacy across many different realities.
      • Temporarily giving up their superhero career before returning to it, as shown by an image of Hobie Brown abandoning his Spider-Punk costume.
      • Pushing themselves to their limit to lift a huge amount of rubble pinning them down, as shown by an image of Jessica Drew doing just that.
      • Getting married to their true love, as shown by an image of Peter B. and Mary Jane at their wedding.
      • One is named ASM-90, which is where a police captain close to Spider-Man dies during a battle with a personal enemy of the Spider-Person. It's represented by panels of the Earth-616 Spider-Man and Captain Stacy when the latter died, along with the many variations of this event across the multiverse. This has been shown to happen to many different Spider-People, was supposed to happen to Pavitr with Inspector Singh until Miles interfered, and Miles is horrified when Miguel explains that it must happen to Jefferson at the hands of the Spot.
  • Knight Templar: It turns out they're actually this, or at least they're on their way to becoming this. They are an organization whose members are conditioned to absolutely believe horrible things, both to themselves and innocent lives, must happen for the greater cosmic good, and if anyone rebels, they are punished.
  • Locked Out of the Loop: It's implied that several members, usually newcomers like Pavitr, are unaware of the existence of the Society's agenda and enforcement of Canon Events and just wanted to join the Spider-Society because they wanted to join a club full with fellow Spider-People.
  • Misery Builds Character: This is what the Spider-Society believe is why Canon Events exist and why they must enforce them no matter what. Deconstructed as this also makes them unbelievably miserable and also utterly unsympathetic to anyone who resists this kind of thinking and try to prevent these tragedies from happening.
  • Murder by Inaction: Miguel's enforcement of Canon Events means that they can't step in to stop the deaths of anyone important to each Spider-Person, and they're willing to step in to stop those who are willing to Screw Destiny, albeit with varying levels of reluctance.
  • Mythology Gag: A handful of the members seen walking around in the background of the Lobby are straight from either alternate universe comics, (such as Spider-Monkey, Captain Spider, and Spinneret and Spiderling), from previous adaptations (such as Spider-Man Unlimited and The Spectacular Spider-Man), or call-backs to different costumes Peter has used (Armored Spider-Man, Bombastic Bag-Man.)
  • Point of Divergence:
    • The differences between each Spider-Person can vary from something small like the design of their costume to something drastic like being completely different people or having a different animation style.
    • While Miguel insists that Canon Events occur in every Spider-Person's story, several different Spideys are shown who never experienced these Canon Events implying that it's different for each hero.
  • Reused Character Design: Several different Spider-Men have character designs that are used throughout the Spider-Society HQ, though often with a different animation style. For example, the true Insomniac Spider-Man has his style from the game while several others have the Spider-Verse animation style. An obvious explanation is that these are all examples of Alternate Self.
  • Spider-Sense: They're all versions of Spider-Man, so they naturally have this. The exception is Miguel, who gets crashed into by Vulture.
  • Super-Strength: They're all versions of Spider-Man, so they naturally have this.
  • Take That!: Their adherence to Miguel's Canon Event theory can be seen as a critique of Spider-Man's infamous editorial mandates in the comics, which have been criticized by fans for keeping Peter Parker from settling down and seemingly only focused on making his life more and more miserable.
  • Unexplained Recovery: Tarantula, Spidercide, Last Stand Spider-Man, and Spider-Cat have all died in the comics but have turned up here with no explanation of how they came back to life. They might be alternate versions or, given that one of the Society's members is a member of the Time Police, pulled from the past.
  • The Voiceless: The vast majority of them aren't given any dialogue at all.
  • Wall Crawl: They're all versions of Spider-Man, so they naturally have this. The exception is Miguel.
  • The Worf Effect: Justified. Despite nearly all of the members being experienced heroes, none of them managed to catch Miles, besides slowing him down. This is mainly because none of them were trying to hurt him, some were probably blindsided by Miles' Venom Shock ability, and the fact that, true to the Spider-Man mythos of being a solo act, aren't fully capable of working in teams.
  • You Can't Fight Fate: Most of their members believe, or were conditioned to believe, that the life of every Spider-Person is determined by "Canon Events", events that are destined to happen no matter what. The loss of a loved one, the death of a police captain, and being overtaken by a symbiote; all were bound to happen according to their deterministic view of the multiverse. They believe that should these events be stopped by outside interference, the universe will collapse on itself. They are later proven wrong by the end of Across, as Earth-65B remains intact even after Captain George Stacy resigned from his role as captain, thus avoiding his death. However, Gwen no longer has a police captain close to her, which might be the actual Canon Event.
  • Zerg Rush: Their method of trying to capture Miles is to use their sheer numbers to overwhelm him. Unfortunately, Miles was counting on this as luring all of them out of their base allows him to enter it unmolested and escape Earth-928B using the Go Home Machine.

    Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099 
See his page here.

    Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman 

Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman

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Homeworld: Earth-404

Voiced by: Issa RaeForeign VAs 

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse


A motorcycle-riding crimefighting Spider-Woman pregnant with her first child.


  • Adaptation Distillation: In the comics her pregnancy is the result of artificial insemination, and the identity the father is never revealed. Here she has a husband who is presumably the father.
  • Afro Asskicker: Instead of a mask, Jessica wears Cool Shades and a headband, leaving her voluminous afro free when she fights.
  • Alternate Self: In Into the Spider-Verse, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment where Miles is scrolling through his contacts where you can see Jessica Drew's name listed there, implying that Jess has a counterpart on Earth-1610B.
  • Ambiguous Situation: Towards the end of Across, she learns that her recently-exiled student Gwen is planning to find Miles and go against the wishes of the Spider-Society, yet Jess doesn't take any action to prevent this except watching Gwen leaving for Earth-616B with a sad look on her face. By the time we see Gwen again, she has succeeded in forming her own group of Spider-People that doesn't answer to Miguel. It's left unclear why Jess allowed it to happen and doesn't inform Miguel about it.
  • Badass Biker: She uses a motorcycle to move around in combat and performs quite spectacular stunts while doing so.
  • Car Fu: Her main combat style is grappling people with her webs and then running them over with her motorocyle.
  • Composite Character: She's functionally a combination of three different characters; she has the 616 Jessica's costume from the Dennis Hallum run on Spider-Woman and is pregnant like Jess was in that run, fires webbing from her fingertips like the Ultimate Universe Jessica Drew, and is a Black woman with a design reminiscent of Valerie the Librarian from The Electric Company, who briefly took up the mantle of Spider-Woman in the Spidey Super Stories (making her technically the first Spider-Woman).
  • Cool Bike: Has a custom Spider-Woman colored motorcycle that can apparently stick to walls like she can!
  • Dynamic Entry: Is introduced by ramming Vulture with her bike.
  • Foil: To Peter B. Parker. Both of them are experienced Spider-People who became mentors to a younger Spider-Person. Both of them are new parents, with Peter B. recently having had Mayday and Jess being currently pregnant with her first child. However, Jess is comparatively stricter and more cynical than Peter B., who has regained his idealism after the events of the first film. Ultimately, Jess chooses to side with Miguel over her protege Gwen when their thoughts on how to protect the multiverse differ from each other, while Peter B. eventually chooses to embrace Miles's ideology that their destiny is not set in stone.
  • The Mentor: Serves as one for Gwen the same way Peter B. Parker was to Miles. In fact, it was her idea to recruit Gwen into the Spider-Society to begin with against Miguel's wishes. That being said, she's far stricter than Peter B. when it comes to training Gwen, which is necessary considering the importance of their job of protecting the multiverse. Ultimately, when Gwen made one too many mistakes and ends up getting banished from the Spider-Society by Miguel, Jess doesn't do anything to stop it from happening.
  • Number Two: It's not clear if she's Spider-Society's second-in-command, but in the scenes they have together, Jess is clearly Miguel's right-hand woman, being one of his go-tos when he (reluctantly) calls for assistance and being able to convince Miguel to change his mind about recruiting Gwen.
  • Only Sane Woman: In a world full of over-the-top Spider variants, she's by far the most level-headed hero due to not having Miguel's explosive temper or any notable quirks/gimmicks.
  • Pregnant Badass: She's an active superhero and a member of a multiverse-spanning team while being pregnant.
  • Properly Paranoid: While conferring with Gwen while she's on Earth-1610B, Jessica makes sure to ask if she went to see Miles. While she claims otherwise, Gwen really did go to see Miles (he was actually her first stop).
  • Race Lift: Jessica is White in the comics, but she's Black in the film.
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: When she is introduced, she is supportive of Gwen and sticks up for her, empathizing with her plight. The next time she is seen, Jessica constantly hovers over Gwen, criticizes her constantly, tells her to shut up when she tries to explain herself, and openly insults Peter B.
  • Two First Names: Drew is more common as a first name.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Like Miguel, she is one of the few Spider-People that outright strikes Miles.

    Ben Reilly / Scarlet Spider 

Ben Reilly / Scarlet Spider

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"Perfect pose."

Homeworld: Earth-94B

Voiced by: Andy SambergForeign VAs 

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse


A genetic clone of Peter Parker.


  • '90s Anti-Hero: Parodied. Every word out of his mouth is either about how ripped his muscles are or how much angst he's suffering.
  • Adaptational Wimp: In the comics, Earth-94 Ben Reilly was an incredible example of Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome, having accomplished many of the things 616 Peter Parker did and even succeeded where he failed like saving Marla Jameson. This Ben Reilly is a Butt-Monkey who's treated as a nuisance more than anything and is easily taken out and sent to another dimension by Gwen at the end of the film.
  • Adaptation Personality Change: In the comics, the Ben Reilly of Earth-94 was The Cape who had a firm belief that he could always find a way to save the day and stayed as Spider-Man. This version is an overly angsty Emo Teen and '90s Anti-Hero who opted to continue being the Scarlet Spider.
  • Advertised Extra: Is in every poster of the film, and in the first poster is closer to the front than Jessica, Hobie, Margo, and even Peter B. Parker, all of whom have large roles in the story while Ben is more or less a Joke Character who does very little and ends up easily dispatched.
  • Alliterative Name: Scarlet Spider.
  • Butt-Monkey: As a parody of overly edgy Nineties Anti Heroes, the guy goes through quite a lot of humiliation in the film. His constant Wangst-laden monologues are met with eye rolls from Miguel and Jessica, as well as the Spider-Society in general, rather than being treated with any genuine pathos and his physical performance is similarly underwhelming despite him hyping himself up. Miles smacks him into a building during his escape through Nueva York in the middle of Ben growling that he's got him helplessly restrained with his "well defined musculature", and he's later easily overpowered and tossed into another dimension by Gwen where he'll presumably be stranded until someone comes for him. invoked
  • Civvie Spandex: Wears his iconic blue sleeveless hoodie with a large Spider symbol over his red Spider costume.
  • Color Animal Codename: His codename comes from a shade of red and an animal.
  • Color Character: Scarlet Spider.
  • Drama Queen: He's overdramatic all the time, constantly exaggerating his angst and acting really broody around everyone. Naturally, this makes everyone see him as incredibly grating and obnoxious.
  • Emo Teen: Certainly acts like one, despite being as old as his template's counterparts. He is first seen "crying" because of his Dark and Troubled Past, has a hairstyle that is commonly associated with emos, and sarcastically calls Miguel "dad" when the latter gives him orders, much like an angsty teenager would.
  • Everyone Has Standards: Despite going along with Miguel and Jessica, he doesn't try to outright attack Miles, opting to restrain him or put him in a sleeper hold to knock him out.
  • Flanderization: Is way more angsty and growly than he ever was in the comics.
  • The Friend Nobody Likes: Implied. Despite being allegedly one of their best fighters, his Drama Queen personality makes it hard to deal with him, and Jessica lampshades how she wouldn't have asked for his help if she didn't need to.
    Jessica: Ben, I need—
    Ben: Sorry, I can't talk right now. Thinking about my paaast...
    Jessica: Actually, we need you here for some reason?
    Ben: URGHHH...!! That was a particularly... harrowing... memory...
  • Genre Refugee: Downplayed since he's from the superhero genre, but he's a parody of superhero comics in The '90s in contrast to the more modern heroes in the Spider-Society.
  • Heroic Build: Ben points out how muscular he is while trying to restrain Miles.
  • Identical Stranger: Partly justified due to being a clone of Peter Parker, but his blond hair makes him especially resemble the blond Peter from Miles' Earth-1610B, despite having no relation to this particular variant of Peter.
  • Manchild: Physically-speaking, he's around the age of the Peter of Miles' universe around the time he died but he acts like an Emo Teen instead of a grown man.
  • Mythology Gag: His design pays tribute to the art of Spidey comics from the '90s, in which one of Ben's most iconic (and infamous) story line was created: The Clone Saga.
  • Narrating the Obvious: He has a tendency to narrate every single thought he has out loud, no matter how insignificant it is. Again, this is parodying some of the sophomoric writing found in The Clone Saga.
  • Non-Standard Character Design: His design stands out by incorporating the drawing and inking style of Tom Lyle, one of the artists who worked on The Clone Saga as well as the artist responsible for his iconic blue hoodie and red spandex outfit.
  • Take That!: His Drama Queen personality parodies the excessive angst and overwrought writing of The Clone Saga, the storyline he debuted in. He also talks about his "well-defined muscles" and focuses on finding the "perfect pose", referencing the infamously shaky art of '90s comic books in general.
  • Uncertain Doom: Ben is last seen being tossed into another dimension by Gwen without his watch which she then destroys. Where he went and whether he'll survive there is currently unclear. It is highly unlikely that Gwen would have sent him somewhere inhospitable or doomed him to glitching out of existence in some foreign dimension however, so while it isn't explicit she almost certainly simply stranded him back to his home dimension where he'll likely be picked up by the Spider-Society eventually.

    Spider-Man (Earth-67) 
For tropes related to his original appearance in Spider-Man, see here

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

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"I'm not pointing, you're pointing— I'm just pointing at your pointing, which is different than normal pointing!"

Homeworld: Er... Earth-67

Voiced by: Jorma Taccone Foreign VAs 

Appearances: Spider-Man | Spider-Verse | Into the Spider-Versenote  | Across the Spider-Verse

"How dare you point at me!"


The Spider-Man of a world where it's still The '60s and everything's really stiff. Doesn't like being pointed at.


  • Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: His spoken-word piece on the Very Spidey Christmas EP has him deeply hungover, bitterly mentioning that he got "ten sheets to the wind" at the Bugle Christmas party the previous night and vomited on the EL tracks on 34th Street, which he's very ashamed to admit that some kids saw.
    Spider-Man: [ruefully] Not a good look for Spider-Man!
  • Alternate Self: A weird case. The canonical designation of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon is Earth-6799. Earth-67 is a separate reality that's essentially identical to Earth-6799 which appeared in the Spider-Verse comic.
  • Berserk Button: Do not point at him. He will point back at you with all his might.
  • Broad Strokes: Regardless of his universe designation, he's essentially the same version of the character from the 1967 cartoon.
  • *Crack!* "Oh, My Back!": Crosses over with Bad "Bad Acting" to excuse himself when his Limited Animation prevents him from stopping Miles.
    Spider-Man: I can do anything he canOh! Dang! I pulled something.
  • Heh Heh, You Said "X": While reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, he mutters under his breath that "moon on the breast" is funny.
  • Hero with Bad Publicity: As in his original series, J. Jonah Jameson doesn't seem very fond of him, and on the Very Spidey Christmas album, he regretfully admits that some kids saw him vomit after he got drunk at a Christmas party. "Not a good look for Spider-Man!"
  • Hypocritical Humor: Chastises Miguel for pointing at him when he was the one who pointed first.
  • Limited Animation: As befitting someone who originated from a cheap 1960s television cartoon. Notably, this gets in his way during the climax of Across the Spider-Verse as he attempts to intercept Miles during his escape, but his web-swinging is so slow that Miles just slides past him.
  • Mythology Gag: The scene where he's pointing at Miguel is taken right out of his own show, from the episode "Double Identity".
  • Seinfeldian Conversation: Stuck on the offensive side of one with Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099.
  • Serious Business: Spider-Man's view on the art of pointing fingers. It's probably not just his view, but rather the view of his whole universe due to its Limited Animation.
    Spider-Man: You haven't seen pointing until I'm through with you.
  • Skewed Priorities: He's less concerned about an alternate version of Spider-Man from another dimension appearing in front of him than he is about being pointed at.
  • Stylistic Suck: The animation style of his appearance is based on the Limited Animation that his show had, and all of his dialogue is low-fi and unenthusiastic.
  • Your Magic's No Good Here: Sort of, it's more that his animation style doesn't work outside his own universe. He's from a cartoon created in The '60s, meaning he has Limited Animation, while all the other Spider-People are from a modern animated film, meaning that they move far faster than he can and he pulls a muscle when trying to catch Miles.

    LEGO Spider-Man 
For tropes related to his original appearance in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, see here

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

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Homeworld: Earth-13122

Voiced by: Nic Novicki Foreign VAs 

Appearances: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes | LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 | Across the Spider-Verse


A Spider-Man from a world that's Built with LEGO.
  • Art Shift: Earth-13122 is the designated universe of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, which was a video game animated in the usual smooth style of the LEGO Adaptation Games. In this movie, LEGO Peter is animated in the pseudo-stop motion style of The LEGO Movie.
  • Camera Fiend: This Peter still works as a photographer for the Daily Bugle.
  • Lilliputians: His brief cameo in the Spider-Society shows him to be the size of a real-life LEGO minifigure compared to the other Spider-Men who are human-sized. This is also shown when Spot pops into his universe.
  • Living Toys: He's from a universe where LEGO minifigures are sentient beings.
  • Non-Standard Character Design: He and his entire universe are done in CGI animated to resemble stop motion, just like The LEGO Movie.
  • Odd Friendship: Downplayed since they only interact once, but Miguel calls Peter "one of their best", suggesting that despite how cold he is with the others and Peter being a LEGO minifigure, he gets along rather well with this version of Peter Parker.
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He's a LEGO Spider-Man, which means he's small.
  • Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: In true The LEGO Movie fashion, he says "beep boop" sounds out loud when using his Spider-Society watch to contact Miguel.
  • Shout-Out: Though Earth-13122 is the setting of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, this Peter's animation style and tendency of Saying Sound Effects Out Loud are clear references to The LEGO Movie, which Phil Lord & Chris Miller were the directors of.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: He only shows up in two scenes; one where he goes to warn Miguel of the anomalies that were caused by The Spot and the other where he makes a cameo among the many Spider-People on Earth-928B, the former of which kickstarts the Spider-Society's investigation into Miles' world.
  • Writing Around Trademarks: While obviously using everything about LEGO's branding, the actual word "LEGO" is never used to describe this Peter or his universe.

    Malala Windsor / Spider-UK 

Malala Windsor / Spider-UK

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Homeworld: Earth-835

Voiced by: Sofia Barclay

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A British hijabi Spider-Woman who makes fun of the Spot's name.


  • Adaptational Diversity: This version of Spider-UK is Muslim, as indicated by her hijab.
  • Canon Foreigner: In the comics, there are two versions of Spider-UK: Billy Braddock from Earth-833 and Zarina Zahari from Earth-834. Malala, however, is an original version of the character.
  • Captain Patriotic: The colors of her costume are red, white and blue just like the Union Jack.
  • Decomposite Character: Sort of. Malala is an original character created for the film, but aspects of Spider-UK was given to Spider-Punk.
  • Mythology Gag: The two previous Spider-UKs were from Earth-833 and Earth-834, so this one follows suit by being from Earth-835.
  • Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Her palette and the design of her hijab evoke the colors and shape of the Union Jack.

    Patrick O'Hara / Web-Slinger 

Patrick O'Hara / Web-Slinger

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Homeworld: Earth-31913

Voiced by: Taran Killam Foreign VAs 

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

"On the count of three...draw!"

An Old West vigilante. Both he and his horse, Widow, have spider powers.

    Charlotte Webber / Sun-Spider 

Charlotte Webber / Sun-Spider

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Homeworld: Earth-20023

Voiced by: Danielle Perez

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

"Miles! I'm a huge fan of your work!"

A wheelchair-using Spider-Person.
  • Ascended Fangirl: She's based off Dayn Broder's Spidersona, and her dialogue indicates she's also a big Spider fan.
  • Cane Fu: She has web shooters built into her crutches.
  • Handicapped Badass: She has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome which makes her hyper flexible but also limits her mobility. She still proves to be just as capable as any other Spider-Person through the use of various high-tech mobility aids like her Super Wheelchair, webslinging crutches and joint stabilizers in combination with her spider powers.
  • The Knights Who Say "Squee!": She outright gushes over Miles, even if she has to capture him.
  • Punny Name: Her name is a play on Charlotte's Web.
  • Self-Deprecation:
    Sun-Spider: Do you think Spider-People too often use comedy as a crutch?
    Miles: Uhh...
    Sun-Spider: Get it? Crutch? [smacks him with a crutch]
  • Super Wheelchair: Her wheelchair can shift into a spider-legged mode which allows her to crawl up walls.

    Max Borne / Spider-Man 2211 

Max Borne / Spider-Man

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Homeworld: Earth-9500

Voiced by: Humberto Ramos

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse


A time-traveling Spider-Man.
  • Creator Cameo: He's voiced by Spider-Man comic artist Humberto Ramos.
  • Failed a Spot Check: Is completely oblivious to the alert for Miles Morales and fails to notice he's hanging onto his backpack.
  • Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He wears a backpack with four mechanical arms attached to it, almost reminiscent of Doc Ock.
  • Time Police: He's a Timespinner, an agent for an organization dedicated to preventing disruptions to the time stream.

    Metro Spider-Man 

Metro Spider-Man

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Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: Metro Boomin

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse


A Spider-Person in a black-and-white costume who joins the chase for Miles.


  • Creator Cameo: He's voiced by and is the Spider-sona for Metro Boomin, the creator of Across the Spider-Verse's soundtrack.
  • Don't Celebrate Just Yet: When the Spider-Society appears to have cornered Miles, he exclaims that there's nowhere for him to run. When Miles jumps out the window behind him, Metro is a bit flustered.
    Metro Spider-Man: My bad everybody, there was somewhere to run.

    Spider-Cat 

Spider-Cat

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Homeworld: Earth-999

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse


An orange cat with spider powers.


  • Ambiguous Situation: In the original Spider-Verse comic, Spider-Cat was killed by the Inheritors before he was able to meet any other Spider-People. Here, he's alive, with no explanation to how he was resurrected. It's quite possible this is a different version.
  • Cats Are Mean: Joins the rest of the Spider-Force in chasing after Miles, and scratches him up when he momentarily catches him. He later attacks a Spider-Woman practicing her Crucified Hero Shot for no reason.
  • Hairball Humor: He has the ability to spit web balls out of his mouth like a hairball, as he does to Miles when "fighting" him.
  • Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism: He's not a talking Funny Animal like Spider-Ham was in Into the Spider-Verse, but Spider-Cat does show some degree of intelligence and ability to follow orders, like when he joins the rest of the the Spider-Society in chasing Miles under 2099's orders.
  • The Voiceless: Spider-Cat doesn't have any lines, though it's also unclear whether he can talk.

    Insomniac Spider-Man 
For tropes pertaining to his original appearance, see his page.

Peter Parker / Spider-Man I

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Homeworld: Earth-1048

Voiced by: Yuri LowenthalForeign VAs 

Appearances: Spider-Man | Hostile Takeover | Spider-Geddon | Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Across the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man 2


The Spider-Man of Spider-Man (Insomniac), who has been patrolling the streets of his New York City for eight years.


  • Celebrity Paradox: Played With. In Earth-1610B, he's a Video Game character much like in our reality, but he's later revealed to be an actual Spider-Man from another universe.
  • Early-Bird Cameo:
    • In a sense; this Peter is wearing the Mark II Advanced Suit, which made its official debut in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 later in 2023.
    • Ganke is very briefly seen playing a video game starring him before he shows up as an actual person.
  • In Spite of a Nail: This version of Spider-Man winds up mentoring another version of Miles Morales in his own franchise.
  • Leaning on the Fourth Wall: While walking through the hall of captured villains, Lyla points out two "video game guys" (the Green Goblin from Spider-Man (Atari 2600) and D-list villain Videoman). This version of Spidey replies in confusion, "Are you... talking to me?"
  • Non-Standard Character Design: He's realistically shaded and textured, and animated on ones rather than twos, to match the look of the games he comes from.
  • Reused Character Design: A bunch of other Spider-People have his Advanced Suit. The "generics" are animated in the same style as the rest of the movie, though, while the original article keeps the same style as his source material.

    The Spectacular Spider-Man 
For tropes pertaining to his original appearance, see this page.

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

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"We know it's hard. But it's the truth, Miles."

Homeworld: Earth-26496

Voiced by: Josh Keaton Foreign VAs 

Appearances: The Spectacular Spider-Man | Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)note  | Across the Spider-Verse


A Spider-Man who started up his crime-fighting the summer before his junior year of high school, and had to deal with the progression of ordinary crime into costumed supervillains as a response to his heroics.


  • The Bus Came Back: This movie marks this Spider-Man's first appearance in thirteen years since his show's cancellation.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: It turns out that he failed to save his version of Captain Stacy, which was his "Canon Event", after the conclusion of his series.
  • I Let Gwen Stacy Die: More specifically, he let Captain Stacy die which was his Canon Event.
  • In Spite of a Nail: He has experienced several of the "Canon Events" shown to Miles by Miguel, such as his uncle's death, encountering the Venom symbiote and the death of Captain Stacy.
  • Non-Standard Character Design: On account of coming from a cartoon with a completely different art style, he has a much bigger and more angular head and flatter feet compared to other characters.
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He is noticeably shorter than almost all the other Spider-People, but still has the standard Super-Strength.

    Spider-Man Unlimited 
For tropes pertaining to his original appearance, see this page.

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

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Homeworld: Earth-751263

Voiced by: N/A

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

A Spider-Man who had adventures fighting against the High-Evolutionary on Counter-Earth.


    Mary Jane Watson-Parker / Spinneret 

Mary Jane Watson-Parker / Spinneret

Homeworld: Earth-18119

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows | Across the Spider-Verse

A Mary Jane who is married to Peter Parker and has a daughter named Anna-May. She uses a special suit designed by her husband to act as a superhero alongside her family.


  • Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome: Unlike most variants of Mary Jane she's a crimefighting superhero. She also manages certain feats that Peter himself wasn't capable of, such as dominating the (evil) Venom Symbiote through Heroic Willpower when it tried to possess her.
  • Clothes Make the Superman: Her powers are not derived from a radioactive spider bite like most Spider-People, but rather a special suit designed using Power Copying tech by her husband that lets him share his powers with her.
  • Happily Married: With her universe's Peter Parker, in fact the series she debuts from was specifically created as a response to her mainline comic counterpart's marriage with Peter being undone.
  • Super Family Team: Form a family team of crimefighting superpowered Spiders with her husband and daughter, also known as Spider-Man and Spiderling. Mary and her daughter can also be seen wandering together at the Spider-HQ.
  • The Voiceless: She doesn't have any lines in her brief cameo.

    Anna-May Parker / Spiderling 

Anna-May "Annie" Parker / Spiderling

Homeworld: Earth-18119

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows | Across the Spider-Verse

A daughter of Peter and Mary Jane Parker who inherited her father's spider powers.


  • Age Lift: Annie is currently in her late teens in the comics, but appears as her 8 year old self during her cameo in Across. Assuming she and her mother are the same version from the comics, a likely explanation is that Across takes place before the Time Skip.
  • Alternate Self: Subverted. Annie is specifically not Mayday, who was tragically stillborn in her universe.
  • Superpowerful Genetics: Much like 616B Mayday she inherited her father's superpowers, though hers developed later during childhood rather than infancy.
  • The Voiceless: She doesn't have any lines in her brief cameo.

    Pter Ptarker / Spider-Rex 

Pter Ptarker / Spider-Rex

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"ROAR!!"

Homeworld: Earth-66

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse


Originally a pterodactyl bullied by Norrannosaurman the Tyrannosaurus rex on a dinosaur-riven Earth, being struck by a glowing meteorite that was covered in extraterrestrial spiders somehow caused them to swap bodies, whilst granting Pter (now in a Spider-Man patterned T. rex body) spider powers. Meanwhile Norrannosaurman (now stuck in a Green Goblin-esque pterodactyl body) becomes his Arch-Enemy in seeking for the return of his original body along with the added powers it now possesses.


  • Adaptational Superpower Change: His webbing was originally part of his organic power-set much like Peter Parker from Earth-96823, due to technology having never existed in his Jurassic homeworld. However here he is shown to use wrist-mounted mechanical web-shooters, never mind how he could operate it with only two fingers on each hand.
  • Artistic License – Paleontology: He has two dewclaws (one on each side of the foot, giving him five toes total). Real dinosaurs (and most animals which have a dewclaw) have only one dewclaw on the inside of the foot, and have only four back toes total (this is portrayed accurately in other Spider-Rex media).
  • Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism: Like Spider-Cat, he's not a talking Funny Animal and can only communicate with feral growling befitting his kind. While he's still intelligent enough to follow Miguel's order to try to catch Miles like the other Spideys, his attempts to catch him look more like he's trying to eat Miles. This makes sense, though - he has tiny T-Rex arms and possibly forgot about his web-shooters.
  • Terrifying Tyrannosaur: Natch. There's something quite terrifying about seeing a T.rex in a Spider-Man costume with spider powers jumping and swinging around the place. His attempt to catch Miles Morales is less like actually catching him and more like biting him in his massive mouth.
  • Visual Pun: The Written Sound Effect for his web-slinging is "T-WHIP!"
  • The Voiceless: Unless you count him roaring, he doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

    Anya Corazón / Araña 

Anya Corazón / Araña

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Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A muscular Spider-Girl capable of summoning a suit of Powered Armor in combat.


  • Adaptational Curves: She is much bulkier and more muscular than any other version of Araña in comics or animation, even very athletic Earth-982 version doesn't compare.
  • All There in the Manual: Her name is not disclosed in the movie, but confirmed by one of creators on Twitter.
  • Alternate Self: Other versions of Anya, based on various costumes of 616 Anya, can be seen among members of Spider-Society.
  • Butch Lesbian: Implied, as her design is obviously inspired by butch culture and she is also wearing a carabiner attached to her pants, which was 70's and 80's code for lesbians to recognize each other in public.
  • Composite Character: She clearly shows influence equally from 616 and MC2 versions of Araña.
  • Hammerspace: While played straight with her magically summonnable armor, averted with her rope and grappling hook, which can be seen hanging from her belt. Entirely averted if her armor is nanotech.
  • Instant Armor: She can magically summon her armor at will.
  • Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: While not used in the movie, one of her design artworks reveal her armor's arms can turn into basically a tower shield.
  • Power Tattoo: As her desings reveal, her armor is summonned from tattoos covering her right arm.
  • Powered Armor: Her suit greatly increases her combat abilities.
  • Wall Crawl: Subverted, unlike other Spiders she cannot actually stick to walls and needs to rely on a grappling hook and climbing rope.
  • The Voiceless: She doesn't have any lines in her brief cameo.

    Ezekiel Sims / Spider-Therapist 

Ezekiel Sims / Spider-Therapist

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Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: Mike Rianda

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse


A Spider-Person who acts as the Spider-Society's therapist / grief counselor for Spideys in mourning.


  • Alternate Self: In Into the Spider-Verse, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment where Miles is scrolling through his contacts where you can see the name "EZ Ekiel" listed there, which is implied to be a nickname for Ezekiel Sims which would mean Ezekiel has a counterpart on Earth-1610B.
  • Canon Character All Along: He might seem like another Canon Foreigner gag character at first, but thanks to his diploma, it's revealed he's actually Ezekiel Sims.
  • Freeze-Frame Bonus: Near the end of his brief scene, you can see his psychology diploma on the left side of his office, revealing his name and the university he graduated from (See Mythology Gag below).
  • Freudian Couch: His one scene consists of him consoling a Spider-Man grieving over the death of his uncle. It's implied he does this for any Spider-Person going through something similar due to a Canon Event.
  • Mythology Gag: The university on his diploma is called Ditko University, referencing one of Spider-Man's co-creators.
  • Never Heard That One Before: His dry tone indicates that he's had tons of Spider-People explain their tragic (and very similar) backstories to him and he's a little tired of it.
    Spider-Man: (sobbing) And then... my uncle...
    Spider-Therapist: Uhh, let me guess: he died?

    Peter Parkedcar / Spider-Mobile 

Peter Parkedcar / Spider-Mobile

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Homeworld: Earth-53931

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse


A car version of Peter Parker.


  • Punny Name: His surname is Parkedcar, playing off Parker.
  • Reused Character Design: His design here is recycled from the non-sentient Spider-Mobile that was originally shown in Into as part of Earth-1610B Peter's arsenal.
  • Sentient Vehicle: He's a living version of the Spider-Mobile, seemingly from a universe where everyone is living cars.
  • The Voiceless: He doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

    Spider-Wolf 

Spider-Wolf

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Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse


A werewolf version of Spider-Man from an unknown reality.


  • No-Sell: When they lunge at Miles, Miles blocks their attack by throwing Web-slinger's hat in their face.
  • Our Werewolves Are Different: It's unknown whether they can transmit their condition or possess the common weaknesses of pop cultural werewolves. They can also be seen in the Spider-HQ during midday, indicating that their werewolf form is not dependent on the moon, though it's not clear whether they're permanently a werewolf or can transform at will. Alternatively, as werewolves are magic, it could be the night of the full moon in his reality. After all, Spider-Man Noir's universe is in the 1930s and Earth-67 Spider-Man's universe is in The '60s
  • Primal Stance: They can be spotted wandering the HQ in a bipedal but slouched posture, with their arms hanging low and their head jutting forward. They also drop into a quadrupedal stance during the big chase and attempt to pounce on Miles like a wild animal.
  • The Voiceless: They don't have any lines in their brief cameo.
  • Werewolves Are Dogs: It's brief, but when Miles throws them aside using Web-Slinger's hat, Spider-Wolf can be heard whimpering.

    Tarantula 

Tarantula

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Homeworld: Earth-1610A

Voiced by: N/A

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

A clone of Peter Parker who's more spider than man, from the Ultimate Universe.


  • Ambiguous Situation: He was killed in the Ultimate Spider-Man comics, but appears alive in Across the Spider-Verse. Between his death and this film, his reality was destroyed and resurrected during Secret Wars (2015), with later comics showing this brought back several characters that had been killed previously. So it's possible that the same event is what brought him back to life.
  • The Cameo: Only appears briefly along with Spider-Mobile.
  • The Voiceless: Doesn't have any lines of dialogue.

    Plushie Spider-Man 

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

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Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A plush version of Peter Parker.


  • Little People Are Surreal: His appearance, alongside several other Joke Characters', are to showcase that Miguel was really letting anyone but Miles into the Society.
  • Living Toys: Like his LEGO counterpart, he's a sentient toy. Unlike him though, his limbs seem very limited in articulation, bordering the nigh-immobility, making him rely on being carried by his fellow Spider-People in the chase scene. However, this is not to say he's completely immobile; he's seen moving and even swinging by his own in a few scenes.
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Implied. He is one of the shortest variants of Spidey in the Society, only comparing to the sentient Spider-Man Popsicle and LEGO Spider-Man. But he still makes an effort to go chase after Miles, being enough of a threat to activate his Spider-Sense.
  • Too Important to Walk: Throughout the chase scene in Nueva York, he's seen being carried by several Spider-People to catch on to Miles. Most notably, Spider-Canada carries him on her hockey stick and an unidentified Spider-Person carries him on their shoulder before he falls off after hitting a closing door. One might assume that this is due to being immobile, but he is capable of moving on his own.
  • Uncertain Doom: He's among the many other Spider-People killed by the Spot in his Futureshadowing. It's unknown whether this event can still be stopped or if it's already occurred.
  • The Voiceless: He doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

    Cyborg Spider-Woman 

Cyborg Spider-Woman

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Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A hulking, part-machine powerhouse of a Spider-Woman.


  • Advertised Extra: She's one of the few, if only, notable Spider-Society members not directly connected to Miguel's inner circle to receive two action figures from Hasbro prior to the film's release. However, she's barely featured in Across besides a few crowd scenes, and Miles barely dodges her cannon arm fire in the great chase.
  • All There in the Manual: Her Marvel Legends description cites that she "doesn't have regular powers like everyone else", but her years of experience and cannon arm help her out immensely to keep up.
  • Arm Cannon: Possesses a massive one in place of her right arm, which she uses during the climactic chase of Across to blow through a chute full of giant gears that Miles dives through.
  • Distaff Counterpart: During a Japanese exhibition showing the film's character design art, it's revealed that the familiar Cyborg Spider-Man still exists. Therefore, rather than being a direct feminine swap, Cyborg Spider-Woman is just a similar alternate universe counterpart to him.
  • Tiny-Headed Behemoth: She sports a rather small head, contrasting the massive proportions of the rest of her body.
  • The Voiceless: She doesn't have any lines in her brief cameo.

    Spidercide 

Spidercide

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Homeworld: Earth-616

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Spider-Man | Across the Spider-Verse

Yet another clone of Peter Parker, this one being a violent, hulking monster with shapeshifting powers. He’s from the mainline Marvel Comics universe.


  • Adaptational Nice Guy: Spidercide was a crazed, violent clone bent on proving himself as the real Peter Parker through any means. Here, he seems to be quite fine and willingly works alongside the rest of the Society without issue, even hopping into Peter Parkedcar with fellow clone Tarantula alongside the Last Stand and LEGO Peters.
  • Ambiguous Situation: In his last appearance, Spidercide was killed after a large fall, with his corpse being put into a stasis chamber. How he’s back is never explained due to his minor role, but it’s not impossible that he was resurrected seeing as he has been before.
  • The Voiceless: He doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

    Spider-Canada 

Spider-Canada

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Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A Hockey stick-wielding Canadian Spider-Woman.


    Officer Parker 

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

Homeworld: Earth-9997

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Earth X | Across the Spider-Verse

A Peter Parker from a world full of superhumans and who retired as a superhero to instead become a police officer.


  • The Cameo: Only appears briefly when the entire Spider-Society is introduced.
  • In Spite of a Nail:
    • He encountered the Venom symbiote and married his Mary Jane, which are both Canon Events.
    • Like Peter B. he also had a daughter also named May.
  • Old Superhero: Likely one of the oldest versions of Spider-Man, presumably being older than Peter B. since his daughter is an adult and in the comics has some grey in his hair.
  • Retired Badass: Downplayed. He's retired from active crime fighting, but is still willing to be a hero and join the Spider-Society, wearing his uniform with his Spider-Man mask.
  • The Voiceless: He doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

    Ultimate Spider-Man 
For tropes pertaining to his original appearance, see this page.

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

Homeworld: Earth-12041

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) | Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Avengers Assemble | Spider-Verse | Across the Spider-Verse

A Peter Parker who joined S.H.I.E.L.D along with other teenage heroes.


  • Alternate Self: This Spider-Man has had his own adventures travelling the multiverse, having met several alternate versions of himself while battling the Inheritors and in two separate adventures involving the Siege Perilous.
  • The Cameo: Only appears briefly amongst other Spider-People when confronting Miles.
  • In Spite of a Nail: He encountered the Venom symbiote, which is a Canon Event.
  • The Voiceless: He doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

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