History Awesome / SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse

--> ''[[Determinator I go hard wit' it no matter how dark it is!]]''

-->'' 'Cause I like [[LeeroJenkins high chances that I might lose!]]''

-->'' 'Cause I like [[LeeroJenkins high chances that I might lose!]]
--> I like it [[WallRun all on the edge]] just like you!
--> I like tall buildings [[InASingleBound so I can leap off of 'em!]]
--> [[Determinator I go hard wit' it no matter how dark it is!]]''

** It recreates some famous moments from [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy the Raimi trilogy]]. The upside-down kiss from ''Film/SpiderMan1'' and [[TrainStopping the train scene]] from ''Film/SpiderMan2''. They also did the cafe scene from ''2'' only for Pete to turn around and smack the car away, before conversing back with MJ!

*** Imagine you're one of the New Yorkers who we see pausing and looking up while Miles is doing his leap of faith. You see someone falling from the tallest building in the city, flailing uncontrollably through the air, and your heart leaps into your throat. ''Oh, god, no'' is the thought--you're seeing a suicide, you're certain, and there's no Spider-Man to swing in and rescue them. But then... but THEN, the figure stabilizes, shifting from wild flailing to a controlled dive, and you notice the eyes of the mask. And just as realization hits... ''[[HellYesMoment WEBS]]'' come sailing out of his hands, anchoring him to the building, and he swings away. [[PassingTheTorch The torch has been]] ''[[PassingTheTorch PASSED]]''. There is a Spider-Man of New York again!

--->''Miles walks to the edge of the roof, wind buffeting...and '''LEAPS'''! The camera is '''upside down'''. Miles isn't falling through the frame. He's '''rising'''.''

** One small detail that might have slipped people's notice is that Olivia didn't trigger Peter's Spider-Sense. Either her genuine fascination of him as a science experiment didn't peg her as a threat, or she figured out a way to avoid being detected by Spider-Senses. It gets even better when you realizes it's [[ExperiencedProtagonist Peter B.]], who probably had seen [[AWolfInSheepsClothing many Wolves In Sheep's Clothing]] before and should had seen it, meaning she's this good at hiding her true colors.

--> '''Doctor Olivia Octavius''': My friends actually call me Liv. My ''enemies'' call me Doc Ock.

--->'''May''': Took you long enough.

--->'''Peter B.''': Miles?\\
'''Doc Ock''': ''Spider-Man?''

** Then you have the fact that each Spider is in a different animation style. While Miles, Peter, and Gwen all share a fairly similar cel-shaded look, Peni Parker and Sp//dr [[{{Animesque}} have a more anime aesthetic]], Spider-Ham goes for a more cartoony Looney Tunes style, and Spider-Noir is homage to black-and-white FilmNoir detective movies. Each of them maintains their unique art-style throughout while smoothly interacting with everyone else, both in character moments and fight scenes.

** Then you have the fact that each Spider is in a different animation style. While Miles, Peter, and Gwen all share a fairly similar cel-shaded look, Peni Parker and Sp//dr have a more anime aesthetic, Spider-Ham goes for a more cartoony Looney Tunes style, and Spider-Noir is homage to black-and-white FilmNoir detective movies. Each of them maintains their unique art-style throughout while smoothly interacting with everyone else, both in character moments and fight scenes.

* Miles faces his DarkestHour, abandoned by the other Spiders for his inexperience and basically told by Peter B. Parker that he's just not ready. Webbed up in a chair with his mouth stuck shut, he can only listen to his father's heartfelt talk about being proud of him and thinking there's a spark of greatness inside him. That speech from his father cuts through the doubt and hesitation in Miles' heart. He closes his eyes. . .and Spider-Man opens them.

*** Also powerful in that, in this particular world, super-powered shenanigans seem normal. For example, when Miles and Peter are being dragged along by a train by the web, nobody even looks up. So what, more people with superpowers. But when the new Spider-Man swings by? You better believe they're going to pay their respect by looking at him.

*** Most notable is how ''smooth'' Noir is for a guy that mostly relies on fisticuffs -- he weaves from Tombstone's first two punches and jabs him with body-blows like a seasoned boxer, ducks away from his next two and grabs his hat as it's falling off his head, pushes it into Tombstone's face to temporarily blind him, knocks him down with a right cross, and finally finishes him off by slamming a Model A down on him, webbing away and grabbing his hat in one fluid motion. The entire fight lasts only seven seconds, and he doesn't even throw a kick.

* It's a huge TearJerker, but the fact that it's [[FunnyAnimal Spider-Ham]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness of all the characters]] that provides us with one of the film's poignant lines ("Miles, the hardest thing about this job is... you can't always save everybody.") counts as this. John Mulaney’s sincere delivery of this line is also what clinches it.

** Then you have the fact that each Spider is in a different animation style. While Miles, Peter, and Gwen all share a fairly similar cel-shaded look, Peni Parker and Sp//dr have a more anime aesthetic, Spider-Ham goes for a more cartoony Looney Tunes style, and Spider-Noir is homage to black-and-white noir detective movies. Each of them maintains their unique art-style throughout while smoothly interacting with everyone else, both in character moments and fight scenes.

'''Doc Ock''': ''Spider-Man?''\\
''[Miles decks her in the face]''

* It's a huge TearJerker, but the fact that it's [[FunnyAnimal Spider-Ham]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness of all the characters]] that provides us with one of the film's poignant lines ("Miles, the hardest thing about this job is... you can't always save everybody.") counts as this. John Mulaney’s sincere delivery of this line is also what clinches it.

* It's a huge TearJerker, but the fact that it's [[FunnyAnimal Spider-Ham]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness of all the characters]] that provides us with one of the film's poignant lines ("Miles, the hardest thing about this job is... you can't always save everybody.") counts as this.

* The first time in the Spider Cave when Miles looks at the Spiderman outfit, he's looking at it from below, his eyes filled with a sense of awe and nervousness. But the next time he looks at the suit, he's looking at it with confidence and the eyes of the costume match up with the reflection of Miles' eyes.

* Doc Ock returns from her failed attempt to catch Peter and Miles, and is met by Kingpin and Tombstone. Tombstone pulls his guns on her, and, without looking, she catches him in her tentacle. Then she raises herself up to Kingpin's level, looking him in the eye, and telling him that the presence of three more Spiders is just proof positive that her Collider works. All the while, Tombstone is still trying to aim at her, and she pays him no mind.

* A subtle one from Spider-Man in his origin explanation where he states one of his favorite pastimes is fighting Nazis despite him being from 1933 when hatred for the Nazis was nowhere near as widespread as it would be during World War II. It shows how, despite his own admitted moral ambiguity from the violence of his actions, that his moral center is solid enough to fight Nazis long before it became cool.

** One small detail that might have slipped people's notice is that Olivia didn't trigger Peter's Spider-Sense. Either her genuine fascination of him as a science experiment didn't peg her as a threat, or she figured out a way to avoid being detected by Spider-Senses.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[https://youtu.be/-euUGPQZoHw What's up, danger?]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-dytG5JE-o What's up, danger?]]'']]

* The reveal of Spider-Gwen, [[BigDamnHeroes dropping in at the last second]] to web up Miles and Peter B. to keep them from falling, fighting off Doc Ock AND retrieving the stolen computer ''singlehandedly'', and all without seeming to break a sweat.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-dytG5JE-o What's up, danger?]]'']]

!!Meta
* For fans of [[ComicBook/MilesMorales Miles Morales' Spider-Man]]. Miles Morales ''Spider-Man'' starring in a cinematic movie of his own? As the main character and not a side one? Awesome! Not to mention a long time coming!
* A keen eye can spot the suit from ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'' during the third trailer. The game had been in development while the film was being finished. The [[TitleDrop Spider Verse]] is grand and ready to be explored with other spider-symboled people.
** Although in the movie itself it turns out that this was one of Peter Parker's alternative suits, rather than one belonging to an alternate Spidey.
* Both Awesome and Funny, but they actually released a Christmas album for the movie, not only including "Spidey Bells", but other Christmas songs sung by some of the cast.
* Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation having nerves of steel to feature not only [[SacrificialLion somebody dying on-screen]], but also from a gunshot. It's not every animated film that has that sort of courage, but it's a bold move to enrich the story with a strong sense of loss, rather than simply sensationalizing it.
* The movie has a stunning ''97%'' approval rating on Website/RottenTomatoes, as well as an 8.6/10 Website/IMDb score. It's '''the most acclaimed Spider-Man movie of all time!''' And it's not live-action, doesn't star Peter Parker as the main webhead, and is incredibly self-referential, both to the comics it was based on, and prior movies. Truly a milestone for the franchise!
-->'''Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus:''' ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' matches bold storytelling with striking animation for a purely enjoyable adventure with heart, humor, and plenty of superhero action.
** The film also sits at #53 on [=IMDb=]'s [[https://www.imdb.com/chart/top?ref_=tt_awd Top 250 list]], not only making it not just the highest-rated Marvel film (and second highest superhero film overall after ''Film/TheDarkKnight'') but also the ''third highest-rated animated film of all time'' (after ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing''[[labelnote:*]]at one point, it was also the '''''highest rated animated film on the list'''''[[/labelnote]]), ahead of every other film from Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/StudioGhibli and every film from Creator/{{Pixar}} (and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''!).
** On that note, Internet reviewer WebVideo/AniMat, who is well known for being a CausticCritic [[BiasSteamroller towards]] SPA, gave this film his "Seal of Approval".
* After ''years'' of adaptations pigeonholing Peter in his high-school and college days, this movie manages to fit ''two'' TruerToTheText versions of the character into a film where neither of them is even the lead. Seeing two grown-up Peters, both of them experienced superheroes in love with Mary Jane, is a definite breath of fresh air.
* While many superhero movies fail when they try to use more than two major villains, by failing to balance them or give them time to shine, this movie has THREE interesting and at least moderately well-rounded villains (Kingpin, Prowler, and Doc Ock), with three more that work well as extra muscle (considering that this movie also has three major protagonists in Miles, Peter B, and Gwen, as well as a major supporting protagonist in Jefferson Davis) it shows just how good the writing was that it didn't fall apart as an over-stuffed mess.
** Bonus points for arguably giving us a version of the Sinister Six, even if (at most) only four of them are active together at any given time:
*** BigBad Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin
*** TheDragon Tombstone *(presumably Lonnie Lincoln, though he's never referred to by his real name, and only once by his code name)
*** TheBrute (Green?) Goblin (probably a version of Norman Osborn, since 'Peter A' calls him "Norman" during their fight)
*** Later, the Scorpion takes on the role of 'the brute'
*** TheEvilGenius / TheDarkChick Olivia Octavius/Doc Ock
*** SixthRangerTraitor Aaron Davis/The Prowler (Seeing as he refuses to kill his nephew and dies for it, otherwise he'd probably count as a PsychoForHire)
* And speaking of Doc Ock, in the midst of all the deep cut references to comic characters, they also had the guts to create an ''entirely new'' version of one of Spidey's most popular adversaries (granted that the idea of a female Doc Ock can be traced back to Carolyn Trainor during ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''), who has been nigh-universally embraced as one of the all-time best renditions of the character just based on this film alone.
* The fact that Creator/NicolasCage has voiced both Spider-Man ''and'' [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies Superman]] in the same calendar year also deserves a mention.
* The film won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature -- the first comic book film to win any major (non technical) award from the mainstream film establishment. And against some [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 serious]] [[WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet competition]], to boot!
* As expected, ''Spider-Verse'' got [[https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/01/22/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-oscar-nomination/ nominated for the 2019 Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature]]. And it '''won'''! This makes it the first film to win in seven years that wasn't a Disney or Pixar film since ''Film/{{Rango}}''.[[note]]Putting aside the fact that the movie uses Disney-owned characters and elements, of course, but that's beside the point.[[/note]]
** And keep in mind it was pitted against the likes of Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'', Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', and Fox Searchlight's ''WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs'', and ''it came out on top!'' Not bad for Miles Morales' first film.
** It gets better--it eventually won the Saturn Award for Best Animated Feature. But it wasn't just participating against the above two movies... it also competed, and won, against '''''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'''''. If you managed to beat ''Toy Story'', a franchise with four practically-perfect movies, at an awards ceremony, it basically cements you one of the greatest animated films of all time.
* Not long after the film's release, the production crew's social media began flooding with concept art, explanations behind animation techniques and were even allowed to post ''[[http://origin-flash.sonypictures.com/ist/awards_screenplays/SV_screenplay.pdf the entire screenplay online]]''. With how awesome and unique the film's artstyle and animation is, you just ''know'' that everyone involved understood that enthusiasts and/or aspiring artists/animators were going to be looking to this film for inspiration. And they're kind enough to indulge.
* While it didn't have a huge opening weekend ($35 million), this movie has managed to have incredible legs and quietly go on a box office tear. It managed to surpass ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns''' domestic and worldwide totals despite it opening to $58 million in its first weekend. It stomped ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''[='=]s domestic total by over $50 million but didn't meet its foreign total. The movie managed to stay in the top five domestic movies for seven weeks and eight weekends despite stiff Christmas competition from both the two aforementioned movies and the billion-dollar juggernaut of ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}''. It even managed to "leggier" than ''Aquaman'', Spidey's domestic total was 5.29x its opening weekend while ''Aquaman'' 's total was 4.6x its opening weekend.
* The Utah Film Critics Association chose ''Into the Spider-Verse'' their pick for [[http://utahfilmcritics.com/2018/12/17/utah-film-critics-association-2018-awards-winners/ best film of 2018]]. Not just the Best Animated Film. Best Film, ''period''. The AnimationAgeGhetto is weakening ever so slightly.
* In the 17 years since Spider-Man made his film debut all the way back in 2002, no Spider-Man has ever swung in a completely finished NYC skyline, as the World Trade Center was destroyed in the 9/11 attacks just one year before Spider-Man 1 made its debut. Miles has the honor of being the first ever Spider-Man to swing in a finished NYC skyline in cinema.
* The movie was also nominated for a [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzie Redeemer]] award. Sony Animation goes from releasing [[WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie the first animated film to win the Worst Picture Razzie]] to being nominated for a redemption award!
** The movie in general is a big Awesome Moment for Sony Pictures Animation as a whole. With a [[WesternAnimation/SurfsUp few]] [[WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs exceptions]], SPA for a long time had been one of the most derided producers among critics and animation fans, reaching its apex with the [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible universally reviled]] ''[[WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie Emoji Movie]]''. And then, one year later, this film was released to universal acclaim, receiving some of the highest awards in animation and generally being considered not only one of the greatest animated films of all time, but one of the greatest ''superhero'' films of all time, period, and raising tons of hype for the studio's future projects. Talk about a turnaround.

--> '''Doctor Olivia Octavius''': My friends call me Liv. My ''enemies'' call me Doc Ock.

-->'''May''': Took you long enough.

** The break-in of Alchemax is a particular testament to Peter B.'s competency. In any lesser movie, the downward spiral he's caught himself in would've likely completely destroyed any credibility he'd have as a superhero and turn him into a massive BrokenPedestal. Instead, it's shown that Peter is still quite the competent superhero whose plan only derailed because he had [[UnwantedAssistance Miles]] [[RealityEnsues to take care of]], the unforeseen presence of Doctor Octopus, and [[WorfHadTheFlu an attack of dimension phase glitching]]. And while it's played for laughs, the scene definitely demonstrates how savvy and attentive he is to details, managing to figure out a password despite it being hidden and read off a window reflection. Also adding to this scene is that Peter does it rather casually while Miles is just lost because this is his first time dealing with super villains. All the while Peter picks apart literally everything and makes witty jokes all the while. He may be more cynical and a bit depressed, but there's still some of the class in the Parker we know and love.

* As Miles is finally ready to take up the mantle of Spider-Man, he heads to the Spider-Cave, which opens up for him without him even touching it. As he descends, he sees Aunt May waiting for him: