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* MyGreatestSecondChance: It is revealed that he got out of prison sometime before the events of ''2'', and is now given another chance to do what he couldn’t do with Jeff, reconcile with the other members of his family. By doing so, he assures Miles that he’s retiring as the Prowler permanently, telling Miles to collect all the suit prototypes in his stashes so no one else can get it. By the time all of them are collected, he has moved to a new apartment with Rio’s help one floor above, finally succeeding in making amends.
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* CompositeCharacter: In ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'', [[spoiler:she gets infected by Her working for J. Jonah Jameson and [[spoiler:becoming the host of a red symbiote that was created from the Venom and (briefly) becomes Scream, Symbiote]] comes from her ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' incarnation. However, unlike ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'',[[spoiler: where the red symbiote she bonded with was the Carnage symbiote, the red symbiote she bonds with here is the Scream symbiote, a villain who had no connection with her in any of her prior incarnations. Additionally, she only becomes the comics]]. Scream symbiote's host very briefly before it gets destroyed, whereas her ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' incarnation became the Carnage symbiote's host permanently.]]
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* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: She gets very upset when Peter interferes during her infiltration at a Sable Base, because she'd already talked her way out of being held at gunpoint by the time Peter inadvertently interrupted [[HisNameIs the person about to tell her important information]]. This reopens an old wound in their relationship: she thinks Peter sees her not as a capable individual but as a DamselInDistress, unable to assist him as everything is 'too dangerous' for her. She realizes this along with her hypocrisy when things reach a head during the Devil's Breath Crisis, and makes amends with Peter.
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* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: She gets very upset when Peter interferes during her infiltration at a Sable Base, because she'd already talked her way out of being held at gunpoint by the time Peter inadvertently interrupted [[HisNameIs the person about to tell her important information]]. This reopens an old wound in their relationship: she thinks Peter sees her not as a capable individual but as a DamselInDistress, unable to assist him as everything is 'too dangerous' for her. She realizes this along with her hypocrisy when things reach a head during the Devil's Breath Crisis, and makes amends with Peter.
* CompositeCharacter: In ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2'', [[spoiler:she gets infected by Venom and (briefly) becomes Scream, a villain who had no connection with her in the comics]].
* CompositeCharacter: In ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2'', [[spoiler:she gets infected by Venom and (briefly) becomes Scream, a villain who had no connection with her in the comics]].
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* PositiveFriendInfluence: By the time of ''2'', Miles establishes himself as this to Peter, which is shown TWICE throughout the game. First is when he was the one who [[spoiler:saved Peter from the influence of the Symbiote]], and also when he encourages Peter to get back on his feet reassuring him that Aunt May's death isn't his fault. Ironically, Venom sees Miles as a ToxicFriendInfluence claiming the latter is separating him and Peter.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Her rant to Spider-Man after he discovers she killed the Maggia enforcer about the fact that the system doesn't work for people like the Maggia is clearly meant to show that she has fully become the Wraith, but it is made very clear that the hitman escaped due to OffOnATechnicality, and much of the Maggia used similar corruption tactics to avoid imprisonment.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Part of the focus of ''Turf Wars'' involves [[spoiler:Yuri's slow falling out with Spider-Man. After their sting operation to bust Hammerhead goes south and results in Yuri having to watch all her men gunned down in front of her, she slowly starts to lose faith in both the system and Spider-Man's ability to bring Hammerhead to justice. And things only get worse when Spider-Man fails to stop Hammerhead from kidnapping the other Dons and his attack on the NYPD precinct. Things get slightly better when Yuri chooses to save Spider-Man instead of chasing after the Flame in the sequel; though their relationship is still frosty, it's left on a much more amiable note than before]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Part of the focus of ''Turf Wars'' involves [[spoiler:Yuri's slow falling out with Spider-Man. After their sting operation to bust Hammerhead goes south and results in Yuri having to watch all her men gunned down in front of her, she slowly starts to lose faith in both the system and Spider-Man's ability to bring Hammerhead to justice. And things only get worse when Spider-Man fails to stop Hammerhead from kidnapping the other Dons and his attack on the NYPD precinct. Things get slightly better when Yuri chooses to save Spider-Man instead of chasing after the Flame in the sequel; though their relationship is still frosty, it's left on a much more amiable note than before]]before.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Part of the focus of ''Turf Wars'' involves [[spoiler:Yuri's slow falling out with Spider-Man. After their sting operation to bust Hammerhead goes south and results in Yuri having to watch all her men gunned down in front of her, she slowly starts to lose faith in both the system and Spider-Man's ability to bring Hammerhead to justice. And things only get worse when Spider-Man fails to stop Hammerhead from kidnapping the other Dons and his attack on the NYPD precinct. Things get slightly better when Yuri chooses to save Spider-Man instead of chasing after the Flame in the sequel; though there relationship is still frosty, it's left on a much more amiable note than before]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Part of the focus of ''Turf Wars'' involves [[spoiler:Yuri's slow falling out with Spider-Man. After their sting operation to bust Hammerhead goes south and results in Yuri having to watch all her men gunned down in front of her, she slowly starts to lose faith in both the system and Spider-Man's ability to bring Hammerhead to justice. And things only get worse when Spider-Man fails to stop Hammerhead from kidnapping the other Dons and his attack on the NYPD precinct. Things get slightly better when Yuri chooses to save Spider-Man instead of chasing after the Flame in the sequel; though there their relationship is still frosty, it's left on a much more amiable note than before]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Part of the focus of ''Turf Wars'' involves [[spoiler:Yuri's slow falling out with Spider-Man. After their sting operation to bust Hammerhead goes south and results in Yuri having to watch all her men gunned down in front of her, she slowly starts to lose faith in both the system and Spider-Man's ability to bring Hammerhead to justice. And things only get worse when Spider-Man fails to stop Hammerhead from kidnapping the other Dons and his attack on the NYPD precinct.]] Things get slightly better when Yuri chooses to save Spider-Man instead of chasing after the Flame in the sequel; though there relationship is still frosty, it's left on a much more amiable note than before]]
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* GetBackHereBoss: The fight with her consists of her leading Spidey on a chase over the city, using gadgets to keep him at bay. Justified, as neither ''actually'' wants to hurt the other.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Nearing the second half of the bar fight, Felicia arrives and helps Spider-Man fight the Maggia. Later on, in an all stealth segment, she helps him pick off the goons.
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other. She does something similar when Miles is trying to track her as well, using the Wand of Watoomb to teleport all over the world.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Nearing the second half of the bar fight, Felicia arrives and helps Spider-Man fight the Maggia. Later on, in an all stealth segment, she helps him pick off the goons. Happens again in the sequel, where she and Miles fight off the Hunters that were gunning for her head.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Nearing the second half of the bar fight, Felicia arrives and helps Spider-Man fight the Maggia. Later on, in an all stealth segment, she helps him pick off the goons. Happens again in the sequel, where she and Miles fight off the Hunters that were gunning for her head.
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* AdaptedOut: Yuri hasn't become the Wraith yet in the first game... at least in the base game. [[spoiler:''Turf Wars'' reveals that Yuri's always had it out for the Maggia, but her official StartOfDarkness begins with her (attempted) murder of Hammerhead. She's put on administrative leave but she outright states that it won't stop her, and still guns for the Maggia. By the time of ''Silver Lining'', she's become a full-fledged vigilante; as she kidnapped a Maggia enforcer, tied him up (with the Wraith's familiar purple straps) and shot him in cold blood, leaving the body behind for Spidey to find. When he does, she gives him a call, openly stating that she ''enjoyed'' killing the enforcer. Spidey pleads with her to turn herself in, before it's too late for her to come back, but Yuri [[IveComeTooFar doesn't want to come back]]. The final message makes it clear that the Yuri of old is gone: she's now the Wraith in all but name and costume. By the sequel, as shown in the Gameplay and Story Trailers, she has donned the costume and mantle of the Wraith.]]
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* AdaptedOut: Yuri hasn't become the Wraith yet in the first game... at least in the base game. [[spoiler:''Turf Wars'' reveals that Yuri's always had it out for the Maggia, but her official StartOfDarkness begins with her (attempted) murder of Hammerhead. She's put on administrative leave but she outright states that it won't stop her, and still guns for the Maggia. By the time of ''Silver Lining'', she's become a full-fledged vigilante; as she kidnapped a Maggia enforcer, tied him up (with the Wraith's familiar purple straps) and shot him in cold blood, leaving the body behind for Spidey to find. When he does, she gives him a call, openly stating that she ''enjoyed'' killing the enforcer. Spidey pleads with her to turn herself in, before it's too late for her to come back, but Yuri [[IveComeTooFar doesn't want to come back]]. The final message makes it clear that that the Yuri of old is gone: gone; she's now the Wraith in all but name and costume. By the sequel, as shown in the Gameplay and Story Trailers, costume, both of which she has donned assumed by the costume and mantle time of the Wraith.''2''.]]
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* AntiVillain: Black Cat is an unrepentant thief who has few if any qualms about manipulating Spider-Man for her own benefit, but she's [[AffablyEvil genuinely charming]] and, by Spidey's own admission, she mostly steals from those who can either afford to lose what she steals, or are criminals themselves. Her appearance in the DLC gives her a [[spoiler:seemingly]] sympathetic motive and sets her up against the far more villainous Hammerhead.
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* AntiVillain: Black Cat is an unrepentant thief who has few if any qualms about manipulating Spider-Man for her own benefit, but she's [[AffablyEvil genuinely charming]] and, by Spidey's own admission, she mostly steals from those who can either afford to lose what she steals, or are criminals themselves. themselves.
** Her appearance in the DLC gives her a[[spoiler:seemingly]] sympathetic motive and sets her up against the far more villainous Hammerhead.Hammerhead. [[spoiler:Or, at least, a seemingly sympathetic motive.]]
** In ''Spider-Man 2'', she steals the Wand of Watoomb, which allows Black Cat to [[ThinkingUpPortals teleport with portals]]. However, Black Cat's doing this in order to find a quick way to get to Paris, since her girlfriend is in trouble. After stealing the wand, [[spoiler:she fights off some Hunters in NYC before getting Miles to help her muster up enough willpower to open a portal to Paris. That done, Black Cat just gives the Wand of Watoomb back to Miles, with a genuine "thank you" as the portal closes]].
** Her appearance in the DLC gives her a
** In ''Spider-Man 2'', she steals the Wand of Watoomb, which allows Black Cat to [[ThinkingUpPortals teleport with portals]]. However, Black Cat's doing this in order to find a quick way to get to Paris, since her girlfriend is in trouble. After stealing the wand, [[spoiler:she fights off some Hunters in NYC before getting Miles to help her muster up enough willpower to open a portal to Paris. That done, Black Cat just gives the Wand of Watoomb back to Miles, with a genuine "thank you" as the portal closes]].
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*TookALevelInBadass: She mentions in the sequel that she's been training with Sable. [[spoiler: That training leads to more actionized gameplay during her playable portions and even escalates to her shooting symbiotes with a modified gun during the finale.]]
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* ActionSurvivor: Mary Jane can't fight, but she can make her way through a variety of hostile situations with her wits alone.
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A flirtatious cat burglar who enjoys her games of cat-and-mouse with Spider-Man. She's absent in the main game itself, merely challenging Spider-Man to find the various cat dolls she's hidden throughout the city, but makes a full appearance in ''The Heist'' DLC.
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* AdaptedOut: Yuri hasn't become the Wraith yet in the first game... at least in the base game. [[spoiler:''Turf Wars'' reveals that Yuri's always had it out for the Maggia, but her official StartOfDarkness begins with her (attempted) murder of Hammerhead. She's put on administrative leave but she outright states that it won't stop her, and still guns for the Maggia. By the time of ''Silver Lining'', she's become a full-fledged vigilante; as she kidnapped a Maggia enforcer, tied him up (with the Wraith's familiar purple straps) and shot him in cold blood, leaving the body behind for Spidey to find. When he does, she gives him a call, openly stating that she ''enjoyed'' killing the enforcer. Spidey pleads with her to turn herself in, before it's too late for her to come back, but Yuri [[IveComeTooFar doesn't want to come back]]. The final message makes it clear that the Yuri of old is gone: she's now the Wraith in all but name and costume. By the sequel, as shown in the Gameplay and Story Trailers, she has donned the costume and mantle of the Wraith.]]
* AntiHero: [[spoiler:What she becomes after her fall into vigilantism. She takes her time showing Spider-Man how many lives [[AssholeVictim the enforcer]] has taken beforehand. She becomes a ruthless vigilante and loses Spider-Man's trust due to her extremist methods, but she at least tries to make it clear she's only going after criminals who've escaped the justice system too much.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Part of the focus of ''Turf Wars'' involves [[spoiler:Yuri's slow falling out with Spider-Man. After their sting operation to bust Hammerhead goes south and results in Yuri having to watch all her men gunned down in front of her, she slowly starts to lose faith in both the system and Spider-Man's ability to bring Hammerhead to justice. And things only get worse when Spider-Man fails to stop Hammerhead from kidnapping the other Dons and his attack on the NYPD precinct.]]
* TheCommissionerGordon: She's Spider-Man's primary ally as a crime-fighter, letting him in on police contacts and info while working with him to bring down crooks that her men can't take alone.
* CowboyCop: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Due to being a Police Captain, Yuri's hands tend to be tied with taking the more direct approach with busting Fisk's thugs. Though thanks to her [[FriendOnTheForce under-the-table alliance with Spider-Man]], she doesn't discourage him from raising a ruckus at Fisk's various bases because they give her a reasonable justification to arrest them. Her backstory also reveals that she dealt with a hostage negotiation in her earlier years by ''body slamming'' the kidnapper. [[spoiler:Played more seriously in the ''Turf Wars'' DLC, being more ruthless and breaking protocol as things escalate with Hammerhead. Furthermore, it's revealed that while Spidey sees the more reserved and measured Yuri throughout the main game, [[BerserkButton she always had a problem going rogue where the Maggia is concerned]] - which he is only seeing now - and is in fact under so many disciplinary hearings that her career was already in danger.]]
* DaChief: Police captain of an unknown precinct in New York.
* DeadpanSnarker: Proves more than capable of matching Spidey's manic wit with dry sarcasm, a necessity when she's stuck playing the StraightMan to him.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** In the DarkestHour just before the FinalBoss, Yuri calls Spider-Man to reveal that [[spoiler:she's been infected by the Devil's Breath and has depressingly accepted that there's no hope left before telling him that she's going to spend whatever time she has left with her equally ill mother. Spidey tries to convince her not to give up, but his efforts are in vain. Thankfully, she and the rest of the infected New Yorkers got better after Spider-Man succeeds in recovering the antidote against all odds (and making a great personal sacrifice doing so as well) and she's back to being her normal self.]]
** Goes through another one during ''Turf Wars''. [[spoiler:It starts off rough with her losing all her men in the raid on Hammerhead's hideout and gets worse when he attacks one of the precincts. She grabs one of the Sable guns and goes after him. She flat out tells Spider-Man that she'll arrest him if he gets in her way when he tries to stop her. By the end, she (seemingly) kills Hammerhead in cold blood in front of Spidey and several officers.]]
* FairCop: She's the captain of one of the NYPD precincts and is a very attractive woman who instantly became one of the most popular characters in the game.
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** To Spider-Man himself come ''Turf Wars''. [[spoiler:She quickly shows exactly what Peter could have become earlier. Like how Peter lost Ben, Yuri's own failures result in all of her officers getting murdered, with the implication Yuri shot the only other survivor herself, and while she keeps up a façade, it's clear the incident has taken a toll on her. Spider-Man's failure to protect the dons sends Yuri off the deep end into a OneWomanArmy, intending to gain justice. But unlike Peter, who recognizes the thin line between seeking justice and simply using it as an excuse to commit murder, Yuri very quickly drops any semblance of justice and goes full blown vigilante executioner.]]
** To Silver Sable. Yuri is a cop who trusts Spider-Man in helping the city while Sable initially distrusts Spider-Man after she meets him. They are both a ReasonableAuthorityFigure when they are on good terms with him. However, [[spoiler:Yuri was Spider-Man's trusted ally before becoming his enemy, while Silver Sable was vice versa.]] Incidentally, both women have bob haircuts.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Her fall into vigilantism occurred because she always saw how the Maggia managed to escape justice, and when they return, the massacre of several of her officers sends her off the deep end. Her grudge against the Maggia even goes further than that as MJ finds out that her father was a DirtyCop on their payroll.]]
* FriendOnTheForce: She and Spider-Man are on good terms with each other. This is at least partly because she's being pragmatic about Spider-Man's appearance. He might be a vigilante, but he's also the only person who can help stop some of the threats the police have trouble with. Plus, Spider-Man is at least trying to cooperate with the cops, so Yuri lets a few things slide.
* FriendshipDenial: Yuri continually reminds Spider-Man on multiple occasions that she doesn't actually ''like'' him, and that she's ''not'' his friend. As far as she's concerned, Spidey helping her catch criminals that she can't handle is simply "payment" for her not arresting him and throwing him in jail for vigilantism, nothing more and nothing less.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' ''[concerning evidence that almost helped to catch Mr. Negative]'' Hey, we're still best-buds, right?\\
'''Yuri:''' We're ''not'' "best-buds."\\
'''Spider-Man:''' ''[clearly hurt]'' Well, ''that'' got dark real-quick!
** It should be noted, however, that a lot of her brusque manner with Spidey seems to be a front, covering genuine affection and concern for his well-being. It could be considered SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.
** And considering that the above exchange happens right after she defended Spider-Man from Sable, it really is.
** Cruelly, the only time she actually refers to him as a friend is during [[spoiler:one of her last calls to him in ''Silver Lining'', after she's become a vigilante.]]
* HellBentForLeather: Her default clothing choice contains a leather jacket.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:After two disastrous operations that resulted in a lot of police dead by Hammerhead and the Maggia's hands, Yuri goes off the deep end and launches a one-woman assault on the Bar With No Name, before going after Hammerhead herself and put a bullet in his head, laws be damned. As of ''Silver Lining'', she's become a vicious killer who hunts down criminals.]]
* HourglassPlot: At the start of the game, she was a by-the-book cop who asked Spider-Man to follow the rules and was exasperated when his activities got her into trouble. By the time of their last conversation in [[spoiler:''Silver Lining'', Peter is the one who calls her out for her fall from grace, to which she tells him that sometimes she has to take the law into her own hands.]]
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Her first reaction after Spidey finishes his Spider-Cop routine is "I need a drink".
* ItsPersonal: Hammmerhead really gets under her skin after he's responsible for killing a lot of police under her command. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that Spider-Man can't seem to make a difference in time, so Yuri decides to arm herself with a Sable gun and goes after Hammerhead and the Maggia herself to avenge her men.]] If you played the Maggia Fronts sidequests around the city, MJ reveals that Yuri has a grudge against the entire Maggia as a whole even before Hammerhead shows up, having gone after and taking down several Maggia operations in her career. [[spoiler:This is due to the fact that her father was a DirtyCop who was on the Maggia's payroll.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite her constant gruffness toward Spidey and more than one FriendshipDenial, Yuri ''does'' seem to have some affection for him, providing an opening for his "Spider-Cop" routine despite her hatred of it to cheer him up, taking him to the hospital after his NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at the hands of the Sinister Six, and trying to convince him to get some more rest after he exits the hospital to continue fighting despite having fourteen broken bones.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: She’s implied to have given this to the only other survivor of the massacre of her officers by the Maggia]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Played for laughs after the main story ends. [[spoiler:She brings back the Spider-Cop joke for a laugh, only to regret it when Spidey goes full throttle with it.]] Also played for drama in the conclusion of the ''Turf Wars'' DLC. [[spoiler:After Yuri shoots Hammerhead dead in cold blood, she turns around and sees Spider-Man and the other police officers staring at her [[BrokenPedestral in disbelief and disappointment]]. The look on her face has a shade of regret as it dawns on her just how far she has fallen in her pursuit of vengeance.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: To Spidey's shock, when he jokes about being Yuri's date to the Police's Ball, she doesn't actually turn down the idea, and she humors his Spider-Cop antics once he get all the Radio Towers operational again. [[spoiler:After Spider-Man saves the city, she even joins in briefly. Spidey's subsequent antics make her quickly regret it.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Though hero is really pushing it at the time, her [[spoiler:execution of Hammerhead not only deprives Spider-Man of a critical ally, but it plays right into Hammerhead's hands, in that had Yuri not killed him, Hammerhead would have been finished then and there, but her execution allowed one of [[TheMole the moles]] he had in the police force to revive him, allowing him to escape and continue his crime spree for several weeks.]]
* OneWomanArmy: Her attack on the Bar with no Name indicates all the damage and casualties were her doing this single handily.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Spidey always calls her Yuri and her first name is always shortened to it. The only time her full first name, Yuriko, comes up is on her business card, which you find in one of Spidey's hidden backpacks.
* OlderSidekick: She's 38, while Peter is 23, a whopping 15 year gap. For the record, Peter became Spider-Man at 15.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Her killing of the Maggia enforcer clearly shows that Yuri crossed the line by committing murder, but given that it is obvious the enforcer is a sociopath, the only person crying for him is Peter.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: In ''Silver Lining'', Spider-Man finds a mysterious set of recordings, which eventually detail a [[spoiler:Maggia attempt on Yuri's life by bribing what seems to be her psychiatrist. He sets off to get more info, getting more and desperate and worried with each new tape. But then you find that it was actually a last ditch plan by Yuri to trap the Maggia even after being suspended, having convinced a fellow cop to go [[CowboyCop cowboy]] with her. But without the support of the rest of the department, the cop is quickly found out and murdered. At which point Yuri snaps completely, finally triggering the completion of her transformation into the Wraith.]]
* RapidFireNo: When Spidey begins his Spider-Cop spiel.
-->'''Spidey:''' You're in luck, Yuri. ''[starts using an intentionally gruff voice]'' Your favorite tough but lovable seen-too-much detective is in town.\\
'''Yuri:''' What? No. No, no, no, no! You ''promised'' you wouldn't do that any—!\\
'''Spidey:''' ''Spider-Cop.''\\
'''Yuri:''' ... [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Please, no.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Yuri has an amicable relationship with Spider-Man, implicitly trusting him and in turn he tends to follow up on the leads that she sends him that she can't act on.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: There really is no other way to describe her actions in the latter-half of ''Turf Wars''. [[spoiler:After being ForcedToWatch Hammerhead slaughter her men and fail to secure the Maggia dons safety, she goes full CowboyCop, completely destroying The Bar With No Name, ''complete'' with the Maggia goons inside as well as her brutal (attempted) murder of Hammerhead himself.]] To hammer it home, the mission involving the former incident is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin literally titled "Yuri's Revenge"]].
* SanitySlippage: As of the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, [[spoiler:Yuri's shattered faith in the law and due process has pushed her from a cop seeking justice to a vigilante out for blood. In her phone call to Spider-Man, she admits unprompted how ''[[EvilFeelsGood good]]'' [[EvilFeelsGood it felt to murder a mob enforcer]].]]
* SciFiBobHaircut: This version sports a bob in a superhero setting.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: She willingly gives Spidey information that she shouldn't since he can use it to try to prevent Mr. Negative and his goons from commenting their crimes when Sable is in charge.
* ShipTease: The banter between her and Spidey occasionally has a flirtatious bent to it[[note]]It helps that their [[Creator/TaraPlatt voice]] [[Creator/YuriLowenthal actors]] [[RealLifeRelative are married in real life]][[/note]], most notably when the latter jokingly offers to take her to the Police Ball and she doesn’t outright reject the idea. It’s very slight, however, and as Peter winds up [[spoiler:getting back with MJ]] and Yuri is MarriedToTheJob, nothing comes of it.
* SmokingIsNotCool: Is said to have once been a smoker but has given it up, probably for health reasons.
* StraightMan: She is often the comedic foil to Spidey's zany quips.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: After Spider-Man becomes a HeroWithBadPublicity during the main story, Spidey, himself, gives her the Lawful option as a suggestion. She chooses good instead, choosing to keep Spidey as her ally.
* {{Tsundere}}: Non-romantic version. Yuri is usually annoyed by Spidey's antics, but there are also times - when she's in a good mood - that she will play along with him, much to Spidey's delight. After that, she's right back being annoyed with him again. Also, despite her gruffness attitude, she does trust Spidey and care for his well-being.
* VigilanteWoman: [[spoiler:What Yuri becomes in the DLC, following her suspension. Unlike Peter, however, she decides to use extreme methods and make them appear like AssholeVictims.]]
* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Her rant to Spider-Man after he discovers she killed the Maggia enforcer about the fact that the system doesn't work for people like the Maggia is clearly meant to show that she has fully become the Wraith, but it is made very clear that the hitman escaped due to OffOnATechnicality, and much of the Maggia used similar corruption tactics to avoid imprisonment.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:As a vigilante. She dedicates herself to instead work [[VigilanteWoman outside the law]] and rid criminals who've hurt and even ''killed'' innocent lives and corrupted the justice system too many times, with or without Spider-Man's approval of her methods.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:In the conclusion of her sidequest in the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, her friendship with Spider-Man is all but dead: Yuri becoming a violent vigilante means Spider-Man has to come after her and take her in whether she likes it or not. Her parting words for Spidey tell him to do what he needs to do while [[IDidWhatIHadToDo she does what she has to do]].]]
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[[folder:Felicia Hardy / Black Cat]]
!![[ComicBook/BlackCat Felicia Hardy / Black Cat II]]
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A flirtatious cat burglar who enjoys her games of cat-and-mouse with Spider-Man. She's absent in the main game itself, merely challenging Spider-Man to find the various cat dolls she's hidden throughout the city, but makes a full appearance in ''The Heist'' DLC.
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* AdaptedOut: Yuri hasn't become the Wraith yet in the first game... at least in the base game. [[spoiler:''Turf Wars'' reveals that Yuri's always had it out for the Maggia, but her official StartOfDarkness begins with her (attempted) murder of Hammerhead. She's put on administrative leave but she outright states that it won't stop her, and still guns for the Maggia. By the time of ''Silver Lining'', she's become a full-fledged vigilante; as she kidnapped a Maggia enforcer, tied him up (with the Wraith's familiar purple straps) and shot him in cold blood, leaving the body behind for Spidey to find. When he does, she gives him a call, openly stating that she ''enjoyed'' killing the enforcer. Spidey pleads with her to turn herself in, before it's too late for her to come back, but Yuri [[IveComeTooFar doesn't want to come back]]. The final message makes it clear that the Yuri of old is gone: she's now the Wraith in all but name and costume. By the sequel, as shown in the Gameplay and Story Trailers, she has donned the costume and mantle of the Wraith.]]
* AntiHero: [[spoiler:What she becomes after her fall into vigilantism. She takes her time showing Spider-Man how many lives [[AssholeVictim the enforcer]] has taken beforehand. She becomes a ruthless vigilante and loses Spider-Man's trust due to her extremist methods, but she at least tries to make it clear she's only going after criminals who've escaped the justice system too much.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Part of the focus of ''Turf Wars'' involves [[spoiler:Yuri's slow falling out with Spider-Man. After their sting operation to bust Hammerhead goes south and results in Yuri having to watch all her men gunned down in front of her, she slowly starts to lose faith in both the system and Spider-Man's ability to bring Hammerhead to justice. And things only get worse when Spider-Man fails to stop Hammerhead from kidnapping the other Dons and his attack on the NYPD precinct.]]
* TheCommissionerGordon: She's Spider-Man's primary ally as a crime-fighter, letting him in on police contacts and info while working with him to bring down crooks that her men can't take alone.
* CowboyCop: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Due to being a Police Captain, Yuri's hands tend to be tied with taking the more direct approach with busting Fisk's thugs. Though thanks to her [[FriendOnTheForce under-the-table alliance with Spider-Man]], she doesn't discourage him from raising a ruckus at Fisk's various bases because they give her a reasonable justification to arrest them. Her backstory also reveals that she dealt with a hostage negotiation in her earlier years by ''body slamming'' the kidnapper. [[spoiler:Played more seriously in the ''Turf Wars'' DLC, being more ruthless and breaking protocol as things escalate with Hammerhead. Furthermore, it's revealed that while Spidey sees the more reserved and measured Yuri throughout the main game, [[BerserkButton she always had a problem going rogue where the Maggia is concerned]] - which he is only seeing now - and is in fact under so many disciplinary hearings that her career was already in danger.]]
* DaChief: Police captain of an unknown precinct in New York.
* DeadpanSnarker: Proves more than capable of matching Spidey's manic wit with dry sarcasm, a necessity when she's stuck playing the StraightMan to him.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** In the DarkestHour just before the FinalBoss, Yuri calls Spider-Man to reveal that [[spoiler:she's been infected by the Devil's Breath and has depressingly accepted that there's no hope left before telling him that she's going to spend whatever time she has left with her equally ill mother. Spidey tries to convince her not to give up, but his efforts are in vain. Thankfully, she and the rest of the infected New Yorkers got better after Spider-Man succeeds in recovering the antidote against all odds (and making a great personal sacrifice doing so as well) and she's back to being her normal self.]]
** Goes through another one during ''Turf Wars''. [[spoiler:It starts off rough with her losing all her men in the raid on Hammerhead's hideout and gets worse when he attacks one of the precincts. She grabs one of the Sable guns and goes after him. She flat out tells Spider-Man that she'll arrest him if he gets in her way when he tries to stop her. By the end, she (seemingly) kills Hammerhead in cold blood in front of Spidey and several officers.]]
* FairCop: She's the captain of one of the NYPD precincts and is a very attractive woman who instantly became one of the most popular characters in the game.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Spider-Man himself come ''Turf Wars''. [[spoiler:She quickly shows exactly what Peter could have become earlier. Like how Peter lost Ben, Yuri's own failures result in all of her officers getting murdered, with the implication Yuri shot the only other survivor herself, and while she keeps up a façade, it's clear the incident has taken a toll on her. Spider-Man's failure to protect the dons sends Yuri off the deep end into a OneWomanArmy, intending to gain justice. But unlike Peter, who recognizes the thin line between seeking justice and simply using it as an excuse to commit murder, Yuri very quickly drops any semblance of justice and goes full blown vigilante executioner.]]
** To Silver Sable. Yuri is a cop who trusts Spider-Man in helping the city while Sable initially distrusts Spider-Man after she meets him. They are both a ReasonableAuthorityFigure when they are on good terms with him. However, [[spoiler:Yuri was Spider-Man's trusted ally before becoming his enemy, while Silver Sable was vice versa.]] Incidentally, both women have bob haircuts.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Her fall into vigilantism occurred because she always saw how the Maggia managed to escape justice, and when they return, the massacre of several of her officers sends her off the deep end. Her grudge against the Maggia even goes further than that as MJ finds out that her father was a DirtyCop on their payroll.]]
* FriendOnTheForce: She and Spider-Man are on good terms with each other. This is at least partly because she's being pragmatic about Spider-Man's appearance. He might be a vigilante, but he's also the only person who can help stop some of the threats the police have trouble with. Plus, Spider-Man is at least trying to cooperate with the cops, so Yuri lets a few things slide.
* FriendshipDenial: Yuri continually reminds Spider-Man on multiple occasions that she doesn't actually ''like'' him, and that she's ''not'' his friend. As far as she's concerned, Spidey helping her catch criminals that she can't handle is simply "payment" for her not arresting him and throwing him in jail for vigilantism, nothing more and nothing less.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' ''[concerning evidence that almost helped to catch Mr. Negative]'' Hey, we're still best-buds, right?\\
'''Yuri:''' We're ''not'' "best-buds."\\
'''Spider-Man:''' ''[clearly hurt]'' Well, ''that'' got dark real-quick!
** It should be noted, however, that a lot of her brusque manner with Spidey seems to be a front, covering genuine affection and concern for his well-being. It could be considered SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.
** And considering that the above exchange happens right after she defended Spider-Man from Sable, it really is.
** Cruelly, the only time she actually refers to him as a friend is during [[spoiler:one of her last calls to him in ''Silver Lining'', after she's become a vigilante.]]
* HellBentForLeather: Her default clothing choice contains a leather jacket.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:After two disastrous operations that resulted in a lot of police dead by Hammerhead and the Maggia's hands, Yuri goes off the deep end and launches a one-woman assault on the Bar With No Name, before going after Hammerhead herself and put a bullet in his head, laws be damned. As of ''Silver Lining'', she's become a vicious killer who hunts down criminals.]]
* HourglassPlot: At the start of the game, she was a by-the-book cop who asked Spider-Man to follow the rules and was exasperated when his activities got her into trouble. By the time of their last conversation in [[spoiler:''Silver Lining'', Peter is the one who calls her out for her fall from grace, to which she tells him that sometimes she has to take the law into her own hands.]]
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Her first reaction after Spidey finishes his Spider-Cop routine is "I need a drink".
* ItsPersonal: Hammmerhead really gets under her skin after he's responsible for killing a lot of police under her command. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that Spider-Man can't seem to make a difference in time, so Yuri decides to arm herself with a Sable gun and goes after Hammerhead and the Maggia herself to avenge her men.]] If you played the Maggia Fronts sidequests around the city, MJ reveals that Yuri has a grudge against the entire Maggia as a whole even before Hammerhead shows up, having gone after and taking down several Maggia operations in her career. [[spoiler:This is due to the fact that her father was a DirtyCop who was on the Maggia's payroll.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite her constant gruffness toward Spidey and more than one FriendshipDenial, Yuri ''does'' seem to have some affection for him, providing an opening for his "Spider-Cop" routine despite her hatred of it to cheer him up, taking him to the hospital after his NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at the hands of the Sinister Six, and trying to convince him to get some more rest after he exits the hospital to continue fighting despite having fourteen broken bones.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: She’s implied to have given this to the only other survivor of the massacre of her officers by the Maggia]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Played for laughs after the main story ends. [[spoiler:She brings back the Spider-Cop joke for a laugh, only to regret it when Spidey goes full throttle with it.]] Also played for drama in the conclusion of the ''Turf Wars'' DLC. [[spoiler:After Yuri shoots Hammerhead dead in cold blood, she turns around and sees Spider-Man and the other police officers staring at her [[BrokenPedestral in disbelief and disappointment]]. The look on her face has a shade of regret as it dawns on her just how far she has fallen in her pursuit of vengeance.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: To Spidey's shock, when he jokes about being Yuri's date to the Police's Ball, she doesn't actually turn down the idea, and she humors his Spider-Cop antics once he get all the Radio Towers operational again. [[spoiler:After Spider-Man saves the city, she even joins in briefly. Spidey's subsequent antics make her quickly regret it.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Though hero is really pushing it at the time, her [[spoiler:execution of Hammerhead not only deprives Spider-Man of a critical ally, but it plays right into Hammerhead's hands, in that had Yuri not killed him, Hammerhead would have been finished then and there, but her execution allowed one of [[TheMole the moles]] he had in the police force to revive him, allowing him to escape and continue his crime spree for several weeks.]]
* OneWomanArmy: Her attack on the Bar with no Name indicates all the damage and casualties were her doing this single handily.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Spidey always calls her Yuri and her first name is always shortened to it. The only time her full first name, Yuriko, comes up is on her business card, which you find in one of Spidey's hidden backpacks.
* OlderSidekick: She's 38, while Peter is 23, a whopping 15 year gap. For the record, Peter became Spider-Man at 15.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Her killing of the Maggia enforcer clearly shows that Yuri crossed the line by committing murder, but given that it is obvious the enforcer is a sociopath, the only person crying for him is Peter.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: In ''Silver Lining'', Spider-Man finds a mysterious set of recordings, which eventually detail a [[spoiler:Maggia attempt on Yuri's life by bribing what seems to be her psychiatrist. He sets off to get more info, getting more and desperate and worried with each new tape. But then you find that it was actually a last ditch plan by Yuri to trap the Maggia even after being suspended, having convinced a fellow cop to go [[CowboyCop cowboy]] with her. But without the support of the rest of the department, the cop is quickly found out and murdered. At which point Yuri snaps completely, finally triggering the completion of her transformation into the Wraith.]]
* RapidFireNo: When Spidey begins his Spider-Cop spiel.
-->'''Spidey:''' You're in luck, Yuri. ''[starts using an intentionally gruff voice]'' Your favorite tough but lovable seen-too-much detective is in town.\\
'''Yuri:''' What? No. No, no, no, no! You ''promised'' you wouldn't do that any—!\\
'''Spidey:''' ''Spider-Cop.''\\
'''Yuri:''' ... [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Please, no.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Yuri has an amicable relationship with Spider-Man, implicitly trusting him and in turn he tends to follow up on the leads that she sends him that she can't act on.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: There really is no other way to describe her actions in the latter-half of ''Turf Wars''. [[spoiler:After being ForcedToWatch Hammerhead slaughter her men and fail to secure the Maggia dons safety, she goes full CowboyCop, completely destroying The Bar With No Name, ''complete'' with the Maggia goons inside as well as her brutal (attempted) murder of Hammerhead himself.]] To hammer it home, the mission involving the former incident is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin literally titled "Yuri's Revenge"]].
* SanitySlippage: As of the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, [[spoiler:Yuri's shattered faith in the law and due process has pushed her from a cop seeking justice to a vigilante out for blood. In her phone call to Spider-Man, she admits unprompted how ''[[EvilFeelsGood good]]'' [[EvilFeelsGood it felt to murder a mob enforcer]].]]
* SciFiBobHaircut: This version sports a bob in a superhero setting.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: She willingly gives Spidey information that she shouldn't since he can use it to try to prevent Mr. Negative and his goons from commenting their crimes when Sable is in charge.
* ShipTease: The banter between her and Spidey occasionally has a flirtatious bent to it[[note]]It helps that their [[Creator/TaraPlatt voice]] [[Creator/YuriLowenthal actors]] [[RealLifeRelative are married in real life]][[/note]], most notably when the latter jokingly offers to take her to the Police Ball and she doesn’t outright reject the idea. It’s very slight, however, and as Peter winds up [[spoiler:getting back with MJ]] and Yuri is MarriedToTheJob, nothing comes of it.
* SmokingIsNotCool: Is said to have once been a smoker but has given it up, probably for health reasons.
* StraightMan: She is often the comedic foil to Spidey's zany quips.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: After Spider-Man becomes a HeroWithBadPublicity during the main story, Spidey, himself, gives her the Lawful option as a suggestion. She chooses good instead, choosing to keep Spidey as her ally.
* {{Tsundere}}: Non-romantic version. Yuri is usually annoyed by Spidey's antics, but there are also times - when she's in a good mood - that she will play along with him, much to Spidey's delight. After that, she's right back being annoyed with him again. Also, despite her gruffness attitude, she does trust Spidey and care for his well-being.
* VigilanteWoman: [[spoiler:What Yuri becomes in the DLC, following her suspension. Unlike Peter, however, she decides to use extreme methods and make them appear like AssholeVictims.]]
* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Her rant to Spider-Man after he discovers she killed the Maggia enforcer about the fact that the system doesn't work for people like the Maggia is clearly meant to show that she has fully become the Wraith, but it is made very clear that the hitman escaped due to OffOnATechnicality, and much of the Maggia used similar corruption tactics to avoid imprisonment.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:As a vigilante. She dedicates herself to instead work [[VigilanteWoman outside the law]] and rid criminals who've hurt and even ''killed'' innocent lives and corrupted the justice system too many times, with or without Spider-Man's approval of her methods.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:In the conclusion of her sidequest in the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, her friendship with Spider-Man is all but dead: Yuri becoming a violent vigilante means Spider-Man has to come after her and take her in whether she likes it or not. Her parting words for Spidey tell him to do what he needs to do while [[IDidWhatIHadToDo she does what she has to do]].]]
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[[folder:Felicia Hardy / Black Cat]]
!![[ComicBook/BlackCat Felicia Hardy / Black Cat II]]
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Spider-Man]]''
A flirtatious cat burglar who enjoys her games of cat-and-mouse with Spider-Man. She's absent in the main game itself, merely challenging Spider-Man to find the various cat dolls she's hidden throughout the city, but makes a full appearance in ''The Heist'' DLC.
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!!The Spider-Team
[[folder:Peter Parker / Spider-Man I]]
!![[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Peter Benjamin Parker / Spider-Man I]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuriLowenthal (English)[[labelnote:Other Languages]] Creator/VictorUgarte (Latin American Spanish), Mario Garcia (European Spanish), Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (Japanese), Ivan Chaban (Russian)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Face model:''' John Bubniak ([=PS4=] Version), Ben Jordan ([=PS5=] Version)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/MarvelsSpiderManHostileTakeover Hostile Takeover]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Spider-Man]]'' | ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' | ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'' | ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' | ''[[VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2 Spider-Man 2]]''
->''"People see me and think they're safer. But it's not really me they're seeing. Probably for the best. Knowing that everything hinges on a guy from Queens sounds as scary as it feels. No pressure, right?"''
Peter Parker was your typical genius student in Midtown High School, but one day, everything changed. During a science exhibition, a little spider was hit by a radioactive ray and before dying, it bit Peter, granting him all its abilities. Peter attempted to use these abilities to get some money for his poor family, but full of resentment towards everyone except his aunt and uncle, he let a burglar escape after one of his shows because it was "not [his] problem," only for this same burglar to kill his Uncle Ben. Following this tragic event, he vowed to dedicate his life to helping innocent people with his powers to atone for his big mistake and to honor his uncle's beliefs in justice and responsibility.
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For tropes related to him, see [[Characters/SpiderManPS4PeterParker his page]].
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[[folder:Mary Jane Watson]]
!![[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane "MJ" Watson]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LauraBailey (English)[[labelnote:Other Languages]] Nallely Solis (Latin American Spanish), Creator/NanakoMori (Japanese), Lina Ivanova (Russian) [[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Face model:''' Stephanie Tyler Jones
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/MarvelsSpiderManHostileTakeover Hostile Takeover]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Spider-Man]]'' | ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' | ''[[VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2 Spider-Man 2]]''
Peter's girlfriend and long-time SecretKeeper. She landed a job at the ''Daily Bugle'' as an investigative reporter, looking into Fisk's holdings after his arrest and serving as a valuable source of information for Peter.
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* AbusiveParents: Not herself, but her late father, who is a downplayed case; although MJ does mention their less than ideal relationship, she also speaks fondly of him at times and resented the Kingpin for causing him to lose his job when she was younger (which is implied to have caused her dad to become bitter).
* ActionSurvivor: Mary Jane can't fight, but she can make her way through a variety of hostile situations with her wits alone.
* AdaptationalContextChange: ''The Black Cat Strikes'' comic [[{{Retcon}} changes]] her reason for breaking up with Peter from feeling he was overprotective to not being able to handle knowing he could die as Spider-Man while she couldn't do anything. Of course these two options aren't mutually exclusive since it's acknowledged that she wanted to be more involved but he wouldn't let her, so it's likely her reason in the game is true but the fight with Scorpion in the comic which caused their breakup was also true.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Her eye colors are blue rather than green as opposed to her Mainstream and Ultimate counterparts. This actually goes back to [[TruerToTheText the eye coloring]] of her original John Romita design, which later became green.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: Kingpin caused her father to lose his job. In the comics, no such connection exists. MJ's father simply quit his successful, high-paying job of his own free will.
* AdaptationalJobChange: Mary Jane's portrayal here is based primarily on her [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate universe]] self; she's been Peter's SecretKeeper since they were in high school and pursued a career in journalism instead of becoming a model or an actress.
* AdaptationalNiceGirl: In ''The Black Cat Strikes'' comic [[spoiler:her response to learning that Peter might have conceived a son with Felicia is far more mature. She reasonably explains how she's more upset that he didn't just tell her since it implies he didn't believe their relationship could handle it. Plus she had noticed he had been acting weird since Felicia's confession and feared he might have cheated on her]].
* AffectionateNickname: "MJ" for those familiar with her, but in particular Peter.
* AlternateSelf: In ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' Peter meets Mary Janes' counterpart from [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows Earth-18119]], who is a [[AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome superhero named Spinneret]].
* AmicableExes: She and Peter broke up by the time the game's story begins and haven't spoken for a full 6 months prior to that. When they meet again, the two are still civil enough to have friendly conversation with each other and eat together, but whilst Peter wants to repair their relationship even if it means they only remain friends, Mary Jane is much more hesitant due to the "baggage" that came from their previous romance. [[spoiler:They gradually fix their relationship over the course of the story, culminating in the two getting back together as a couple, and her final exchange in the DLC, and in the game overall, is telling Peter, "I love you".]]
* BadassNormal: She doesn't have any superpowers like Peter or Miles, but her ingenuity and deduction skills often means she's able to keep the same pace as them figuring out a villain's plan.
* BerserkButton: Inferring that something is too dangerous for her will only increase the likelihood that she will get involved in it anyway, her original breakup with Peter because of his "babying."
* BuffySpeak: Since she and Pete are both millennials in this game, she lapses into this, notably describing Wilson Fisk's crime activity as "[[Film/TheGodfather Godfather-ing]]".
* TheCameo: Makes a small appearance in ''Spider-Geddon''.
* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: She gets very upset when Peter interferes during her infiltration at a Sable Base, because she'd already talked her way out of being held at gunpoint by the time Peter inadvertently interrupted [[HisNameIs the person about to tell her important information]]. This reopens an old wound in their relationship: she thinks Peter sees her not as a capable individual but as a DamselInDistress, unable to assist him as everything is 'too dangerous' for her. She realizes this along with her hypocrisy when things reach a head during the Devil's Breath Crisis, and makes amends with Peter.
* CareerVersusMan: Peter was under the impression that this was why they broke up. In truth, Mary Jane never wanted to stop their relationship, but felt that Peter's overbearing and overprotective nature was hurting it and couldn't get past that frustration.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Peter. They started out as best friends in middle school before becoming a couple during college.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: As Peter's most loyal ally, the second playable character, SecretKeeper, LoveInterest and the main investigator who acts as his MissionControl, unearthing the background lore about Osborn and Martin Li.
* DistressedDamsel: Was one frequently in the past before she and Peter broke up. At one point in the game, she jokingly exaggerates that Peter saved her "eight and a half thousand times". By the present time of course, she has [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]].
* FatalFlaw: Going in hand with Peter's overprotectiveness, MJ has issues with impulsiveness and [[IJustWantToBeBadass a need to be more active]]. She leaps head first into dangerous scenarios involving criminals and supervillains. While she's mostly able to get away from immediate danger, many of her stunts would have left her dead a thousand times over if Spider-Man/Peter hadn't intervened, then hypocritically [[ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike gets mad when he does come to save her]]. Part of her character development is accepting that she's not on Peter's level of invincibility and endangering herself feeds into his overprotective flaw. She focuses on becoming independent, but actively asks Spider-Man for help instead of rushing into danger alone.
* FieryRedhead:
** She's willing to do anything to help Spider-Man, even when the latter strongly warns her not to, such as sneaking into dangerous areas. She also demonstrates that she can display the temper to go with it. After Peter unintentionally screws up one of her attempts at gathering information, she storms back into her apartment after what Peter describes as "maybe the most awkward swing of my life" and ''then'' angrily calls him by phone to berate him about the previous situation and his general overprotective nature.
** [[spoiler:Her reaction to learning Black Cat claims to have a son in ''The Heist'' DLC, and Peter's admittance that if said son does exist, it ''could'' be his, is to make a noise of disgust, then quickly hang on up him before she gets angry. She manages to calm down by the time they next speak.]]
* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Ironically she was close to getting spider powers herself during the game, but instead she accidentally freed the spider that would go onto bite Miles.]]
* GoingForTheBigScoop: At several points in the game, MJ sneaks around villain hideouts to collect evidence for the ''Bugle'' and Spider-Man without even telling Peter, risking getting shot on sight with no way to defend herself. After Peter screws up one of these attempts as previously mentioned, she claims that he treats her like a baby while he retorts that she's the one who unnecessarily throws herself into danger. [[spoiler:When they get back together, she says that part of the reason she does this is because she felt bad about leaving Peter to save New York by himself.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Displays some notable jealousy towards [[spoiler:Black Cat in ''The Heist'' DLC, which is not helped when Peter tells her that Black Cat claims to have a son being held hostage, and that said son could very easily be ''his'' from their past relationship. She's mostly understanding about the situation, but some noticeable insecurities do slip through, such as reminding Peter to ''not'' let Felicia manipulate him again and dreading her own reaction if they find said son and [[StrongFamilyResemblance he happens to look like Peter]].]]
** The comic adaption establishes that her insecurity comes from the fact that [[spoiler:Peter and Felica got together roughly two weeks after she broke up with Peter. It's also implied that she unfairly compares herself to Felicia, which feeds into her fear of Peter cheating on her during the comic. However at the end of the comic they have a confrontation that ends with her accepting that her relationship is much stronger and important than what he had with Felicia, and even admits that she actually likes her a little with Felicia saying the same]].
* HellBentForLeather: She wears a brown leather jacket as her main clothing choice. Though in other scenes, she also wears a pink-purple jacket (most notably during Officer Davis' ceremony).
* HeroesPreferRedheads: As always. Peter still pines for her and is desperate to get back together with her.
* HowWeGotHere: Not long after she is introduced, we flashback 15 minutes to find out what she is doing in the auction house, along with how she found the Devil Breath file. The flashback also doubles as the first sequence where she is the playable character.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** She resents the fact that she is often the DamselInDistress that Peter always has to save and that Peter has taken to treating her like she's fragile, [[BerserkButton often snapping at him whenever he scolds her for this]] and their original breakup because of it. Ignoring the fact that he has powers and she doesn't (and is thus more qualified to be involved in dangerous situations than her), she knowingly gets herself into these dangerous situations and would have died at least ''four'' times in-game if Spider-Man had not come and rescued her. She later apologizes and acknowledges her impulsiveness, actively asking for his help in her last playable mission in the game.
** Initially, she's fine with the idea that Peter had previously dated Felicia, noting that they weren't together at the time and she had also dated other people during that period. However, [[spoiler:Peter mentioning that he might have fathered a son with Felicia prompts an angry reaction from her and she hangs up on him. She later admits that wasn't a terribly mature response to the situation and that the two of them can face the resulting problems of him having a child with another woman together. Ultimately, it comes to nothing as Felicia was (probably) lying about having a son.]]
* IJustWantToBeBadass: She only has her investigative skills and stealth, but MJ really wants to get in on the action Spider-Man faces on a regular basis. Telling her something is too dangerous will only tempt her into it even more.
* IntrepidReporter: Changing the world, one story at a time. With some occasional help from her on-and-off boyfriend.
* LeapOfFaith: Her final mission concludes with [[spoiler:her throwing herself off a roof, [[ThePowerOfTrust confident Peter will catch her before she hits the ground]]. Naturally, he does.]]
* LongHairIsFeminine: The story trailer for ''Spider-Man 2'' shows MJ with her hair down, giving her a greater resemblance to her comic book counterpart.
* MissionControl: She often fulfills this role for Peter, researching things for him using her journalistic know-how and connections. She doesn't like being this, describing it as being "chained to a laptop" rather than "guy in the chair".
* NewOldFlame: She and Peter had been broken up for 6 months before the game begins. Of course, every time they interact, romantic sparks are flying everywhere since it's clear that the two of them are still in love with each other. [[ShipperOnDeck May is especially hopeful]] that they'll get back together.
* NiceGirl: For all her recklessness and hypocrisy, she's a very supportive, kindhearted, and friendly girl.
* OfficialCouple: She and Peter ''used'' to be a couple for about two years before breaking up 6 months prior to the main story. [[spoiler:They get back together 3 months after the main story finishes, and in the DLC, it's revealed that both she and Peter dated on the rebound during their breakup, which both of them need time to get used to. By the final DLC, she and Peter are committed, and when MJ tells Peter she's going to Symkaria to cover a story, Peter flusters about how much he needs her around, and both of them say "I love you" to each other, affirming their bond.]]
* PromotedToPlayable: Playable for the first time in a Spider-Man game.[[note]]Unless you count the Mary Jane skin from the first movie tie-in... [[{{Selfcest}} which was]] [[MoralGuardians removed from]] [[{{Bowdlerize}} some versions anyway.]][[/note]]
* PutOnABus: In the ''Miles Morales'' SpinOff, MJ is only mentioned as she and Peter are visiting Symkaria for the ''Bugle''.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:While infiltrating Norman Osborn's secret lab late in the game, MJ comes across a reverse-engineered genetically-enhanced spider, much like the one that gave Peter his powers. The spider ends up escaping and latching onto MJ. For the uninitiated, it'd be easy to assume the spider would bite MJ. For those familiar with the comics, it came as no surprise that it bit Miles instead.]]
* SecretKeeper: Has known Peter is Spider-Man and assisted him as such since his earliest year of putting on the costume.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In ''Miles Morales'', she's only offhandedly mentioned by Peter a couple times early on in the game, but her taking Peter to Symkaria with her means he isn't present to help Miles throughout the campaign. Had both spiders been on the case, the entire conflict between Roxxon and the Underground likely would have gone very differently.
* StaticStunGun: In one of her missions, she picks up a stun gun which comes in handy for stealth takedowns. She's still holding on to it as of ''The Heist''.
* StealthBasedMission: Her sections require you to stay hidden to finish her objectives.
* ThrowingTheDistraction: Peter gives her small discs that emit a sound to lure guards away from places so she can sneak past and she can also push over things like toolboxes to make a clatter to distract guards as well.
* WorkingWithTheEx: How she becomes involved with Peter again. After they realize they're on the same trail in regards to the Inner Demons, Mary Jane suggests they work together. This causes a few complications, as for her part, MJ feels that Peter isn't treating her as an equal, citing it as the reason they broke up in the first place but in either case, they quickly recover their friendship and obviously enjoy each other's company.
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!![[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Miles Gonzalo Morales / Spider-Man II]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NadjiJeter (English) [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Alberto Bernal (Latin American Spanish), Creator/AnriKatsu (Japanese), Peter Kovrizhnykh (Russian)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Spider-Man]]'' | ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' | ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'' | ''[[VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2 Spider-Man 2]]''
An OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent with a love for all things technological and a fan of Spider-Man. Peter meets Miles at Officer Davis' funeral, prompting him to offer Miles a chance to do some good by working at F.E.A.S.T.. Like Peter, he is eventually bitten by a scientifically modified spider, gains his own set of superpowers, and under Peter's guidance, decides to become a second Spider-Man. He serves as the protagonist and main playable character of the sequel SpinOff, ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales''.
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* ActionSurvivor: Just like Mary Jane, Miles makes it through several dangerous scrapes using stealth and cunning in ''Spider-Man [=PS4=]''. Before he got bitten by a spider, he managed to dodge and evade the Rhino in very close quarters with nothing but his cunning and instinct.
* AdaptationDyeJob: His Venom Strike is orange as opposed to the comics' yellow and [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 other]] [[WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan adaptations']] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse blue]], though he happens to have a new set of Venom abilities in the sequel which produce blue electricity.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Miles' personality here is actually closer to his portrayal in ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'', being a Spider-Man fanboy and rather more gung-ho about super heroics, rather than how he was [[ReluctantHero originally potrayed in the comics]]. He does have his serious side, however.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Peter and Miles usually either don't exist at the same time (or in the same universe), or at the very least don't know each other. Here, Peter becomes his BigBrotherMentor before Miles gets powers of his own and by the time of the DLC, his ParentalSubstitute and mentor, in effect Miles' Uncle Ben, taking over after his father Jefferson died.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: [[spoiler:Miles still has both his parents in the comics, and although his mother was killed by Venom, she was later restored back to life. Here, his father got killed and Miles was affected by it for a while.]]
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the comics, Miles is a bright kid, but isn't good enough with chemistry and technology to make his own gear, requiring hand-me-downs from Peter and needs his best friend Ganke to make his web-fluid, referring to him as the "smart one". This version of Miles is a PlayfulHacker who developed an energy converter in middle school with his friend Phin Mason, earning him a science award that helped get him into Brooklyn Visions. He is also able to take the Underground's tech and combine it with Peter's to create a miniaturized hard-light projection tool that would leave his comic book counterpart speechless.
* AffectionateNickname: Phin playfully mocks him for being a slowpoke by calling him "Molasses".
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''iles '''M'''orales.
* AlternateSelf: In ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' Peter meets Miles' [[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Earth-1610]] counterpart.
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: He's Afro-Latino and the second Spider-Man after Peter Parker.
* AgeLift: Downplayed, in the fact of being 13 when his involvement in the ''Spider-Man'' mythos begins. In the first game, however, he is 15. By his own SpinOff, he's 17.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Like Peter before him, Miles takes up the name Spider-Man, but has a few extra powers at his disposal: paralyzing bio-electric shocks in reference to a spider's venom and a camouflage power similar to how some spiders use mimicry to blend into their surroundings.
* AscendedFanboy: He starts participating in more and more circumstances as he becomes linked loosely to Peter Parker's life, including [[spoiler:having to survive an encounter with The Rhino.]] Given who this is, it's inevitable, and he's gotten his own Spidey powers by the first game's climax and by the end of ''The City that Never Sleeps'' DLC, Miles puts on the Spidey-mask and starts web-swinging under Peter's watch, becoming his sidekick.
* BashBrothers: With Peter Parker, who's somewhat of a surrogate older brother to him.
* BareFistedMonk: In sharp contrast to Peter's capoeira-inspired fighting style, his own fighting style incorporate both punches and kicks in his hand-to-hand arsenal.
* BlackAndNerdy:
** Aside from his fanboy tendencies, he and Ganke created a hacking app that Miles uses throughout the game. In his game, Miles also has an app where people can call on Spider-Man for help with problems as part of his desire to help his neighborhood.
** In middle school, he and his friend Phin shared a dream of becoming groundbreaking scientists whose work would be showcased in museums across the country.
* BreakTheBadass: Repeated slip-ups and mistakes throughout his first solo outing as Spider-Man gradually dampen Miles' enthusiasm and confidence. [[spoiler:After Phin threatens to kill him if she sees him again and Rio finds out he's Spider-Man, Miles admits to his mom that he feels that he's done nothing but make things worse, and that he's worried that she'd hate him too if he told her the truth. It takes a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech from Rio for him to get his head back in the game.]]
* TheCameo: Makes a small appearance in ''Spider-Geddon''.
* CanonImmigrant: This version of Miles exists in the same universe as Peter from the beginning.
* CassandraTruth: He repeatedly tries to tell the Tinkerer that blowing up the Nuform reactor will just destroy Harlem, but [[spoiler:she's too pissed about him lying about his identity and fake-joining the Underground]] to listen, and dismisses his warnings as more lies.
* ChekhovsGunman: Jeff mentions him to Spider-Man quite a few times before his official introduction.
* ChickMagnet: Shaping up to be a bit of one, albeit accidentally.
** When he helps Hailey save C.J. Walker Park, she gives him her scarf and earmuffs and smiles at him as he swings away.
** After taking down the Underground footholds throughout the city, Danika asks him out for coffee... and even sounds a bit flustered as she gets off the phone with him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Though his style of humor seems based more around one-shot zingers rather than Peter's non-stop barrage of wisecracks.
* DestructiveSaviour: Miles' overenthusiasm and lack of forethought cause several bad situations to escalate, chiefly the Rhino's escape and the Braithwaite Bridge incident.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: A recurring problem for Miles in his game is his overenthusiasm and impulsiveness. He's so eager to be Spider-Man that he often overestimates how much he's capable of in the moment or doesn't recognize when he's in over his head. This is shown when he tries and fails to secure the prison convoy over Peter's protests and when [[spoiler:he tries to sabotage the Nuform reactor on his own, destroying Phin's phone and the evidence on it of Rick's murder. Although it was a pretty rotten move for Phin to beat down her best friend and renounce all ties to him, she is justifiably angry for his past screw-ups and calls him out for his impulsiveness, [[{{Hypocrite}} even though Phin's never actually done better herself]].]]
* DivergentCharacterEvolution:
** Miles has fewer gadgets than Peter does, only having his Holo-Drones, Remote Mines, and Gravity Wells. He also has a significantly weaker spider-sense that provides a noticeably tighter dodge window. In exchange, Miles has access to his [[ShockAndAwe electrifying Venom Strike]] as well as his [[{{Invisibility}} camouflage ability]].
** Miles' basic attacks are weaker than Peter's own punch and kicks. Miles, for example, cannot air-launch enemies wielding weapons, while Peter can. Nor can he back attack shield-using foes like Peter could. He also tends to require more hits to take enemies down. To counter this, Miles' Venom Strikes can send entire groups flying, and enemies struck by venom are both stunned, and take increased damage. Most of Miles' venom moves do damage far in excess of what Peter can do, but most of these attacks require venom charges that he must build up.
** They also differ in how they approach problems as Spider-Man. Peter spends his game as a mostly solo act, mainly relying on contacts like Yuri and MJ for information, but never really relying on others in the field. Miles has Ganke constantly looking out for him as his MissionControl, but he doesn't have nearly as many contacts. Peter also has to juggle multiple responsibilities and deal with adult issues like rent, while Miles is still living with his mother and is swinging over winter break, leaving him free to approach his problems with reckless overenthusiasm.
* DivingKick: One of his finishers has him jump into the air while webbing his opponent's arms before yanking them to bring his foot down into their face.
* DramaticUnmask: He unmasks himself before the Tinkerer in a bid to dissuade her from fighting him and continuing her crusade against Roxxon. It doesn't work as well as he hopes.
* ElectricBlackGuy: Per the character norm, he's an Afro-Latino who gains spider-powers which includes having the ability to produce bioelectricity (dubbed Venom Strike).
* EnergyAbsorption: It was revealed that Miles' bioelectric powers allows him to absorb a certain amount of energy and release it, causing damage in proximity. However, when he tries to hold the said energy in (depending on the amount of energy he absorbed), it causes a massive strain on his body until he has little choice but to unleash it to relieve himself of the stress. [[spoiler:He eventually uses that to absorb the reactor that was about to explode, albeit about to cause a massive release in energy. Thankfully, the Tinkerer was able to [[HeroicSacrifice save people from being affected by jumping into the sky so he can release it, at the cost of her own life]].]]
* FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler:Miles is forced to fight his ChildhoodFriend, Phin, after she arms the Underground and prepares to detonate the Nuform reactor as part of her revenge plot against Roxxon for her brother Rick's murder.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Officer Jefferson Davis talks about his son's natural aptitude for tech loosely, setting up the reveal that Miles is actually a bit of a nerd that goes to Robotics Club at school and knows his way around tech. [[spoiler:His skills are proven to be correct as he was able to make his iconic Spider-Man suit with his friend Ganke.]]
** The story focus for this seemingly random kid is to clue newcomers in on his potential major role in this continuity, especially given the radioactive spider bite he gets and the powers he reveals in the ending.
* GadgeteerGenius: Jeff boasts about his son's technological expertise during his introduction, claiming Miles was a ChildProdigy at ''five''. He's also part of his school's robotics club.
* GratuitousSpanish: His dialogue with his mom is peppered with Spanish phrases owing to his Puerto Rican heritage. Gleefully lampshaded when Ganke says that he should start learning ASL since he's already mastered Spanish, prompting Miles to ask, "¿Ah, si? ¿Desde cuando?"[[note]]Oh, really? Since when?[[/note]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Downplayed at first. His reception by the people of New York is more lukewarm than Peter's, with people and thugs referring to Peter as the "real" Spider-Man. After Miles accidentally causes the Nuform to destroy the Braithwaite Bridge, Jameson and Roxxon run a smear campaign against him. Luckily, Ganke’s Friendly Neighbourhood app and Danika’s Danikast helps fix this.
* HeroicRROD: Absorbing too much energy at once overloads Miles, forcing him to release it into his surroundings. He's left exhausted and in pain afterwards, saying that he feels like he'd been dropped from a plane.
* HollywoodHacking: His main way of staying alive in his segments in ''Spider-Man [=PS4=]'' is to hack enemy electronics with his phone.
* HotBlooded: Rather than run away with his mother and other civilians at [[spoiler:the City Hall bombing that his father died at]], Miles immediately opts to rush in instead. Later on, he meets Spider-Man after trying to fight some thugs and needing to be saved, and then not even five minutes later he would rather [[spoiler:jump a Sable security checkpoint fence and risk detainment or execution]] than be late to his new job.
* HowDoIShotWeb: After he gets powers by the end of the main story, Miles' DLC appearances consist of Peter trying to coach him through everything in order to avert this. But in Miles' own game, he develops his Venom Strike and invisibility powers that Peter doesn't have. Not to mention that Peter leaves for Symkaria not long after Miles first demonstrates the first one, forcing Miles to learn these new powers on his own.
* HumblePie: He starts his game overenthusiastic and overconfident in his ability to be Spider-Man, leaping at challenges without thinking and paying dearly for it. By the end of his game, [[CharacterDevelopment his overenthusiasm has been dampened considerably after taking in his past screw-ups, so he slows down and approaches his problems with more maturity as the realities of a superhero's life settle in]].
* ImportantHaircut: His standalone game shows him with a trimmer hairstyle akin to the comics.
* InkSuitActor: Miles' appearance here is modeled after his voice actor, Nadji Jeter.
* {{Invisibility}}: Another part of his spider-powers is the ability to blend into his surroundings to become practically invisible.
* ItsAllMyFault: Miles' mistakes as Spider-Man gradually wear at him, namely his failure to stop the Underground from attacking his mom's rally, the bridge blowing up due to the Nuform interacting with his bio-electricity, and [[spoiler:Phin renouncing him as family and leaving him for dead.]] He admits to [[spoiler:his mom, after she catches him in his costume]], that he feels like he's done nothing but make things worse.
* ItsPersonal: He initially brushes off the Underground as something he has to investigate later. But after they attack and injure Rio at her rally at Roxxon Plaza, Miles becomes fixated on figuring out what the Tinkerer is up to and stopping her plans.
* JumpedAtTheCall:
** During the Demon's Bombing of City Hall, the moment Miles manages to regain consciousness and his bearings, his immediate response is to jump back into the fray to make sure his dad is okay.
** Still has shades of this during ''The Heist'' DLC, trying to talk Pete into giving him training so he can help him fight crime. Peter, having already spent 8 years trying to juggle both his civilian and superhero life (three of which being while he was still in high school), tries his damnedest to talk Miles into staying a civilian for as long as possible.
** During the ''Turf Wars'' DLC, Peter has started giving Miles lessons on using his powers. Miles is itching to get in the field and start fighting crime, but Peter is extremely hesitant because he knows that the kid is taking an overly rosy view on this and blows him off while fighting the Maggia. Later on, he learns that Miles decided to go on without him and tried jumping off a bridge, breaking his toe in the process.
--->'''Peter:''' I have created a monster. A monster of enthusiasm.
** In the opening scene for his game, Miles is overenthusiastic to help and overconfident in his ability to secure an armored convoy, which allows Rhino and a bunch of inmates to escape.
* JuniorCounterpart: He has many similarities to Peter's life, specifically having a deceased father-figure (twice in Peter's case) and gaining spider-powers (though Miles' is more varied). This is one of the main reasons why Peter opts to be Miles' BigBrotherMentor. Crooks will derisively refer to Miles as "Spider-Kid", before he corrects them by saying he's Spider-''Man''.
* KarmicJackpot: Miles' decision to work for F.E.A.S.T. and continue to watch over the facility during [[spoiler:the Sinister Six's and escape convicts' riots]] is what leads to him getting bitten by another of Osborn's spiders and developing powers.
* KidHero: He's only 17 by his first solo outing as Spider-Man before Peter entrusts New York to Miles for a few weeks (although that does make him older than Peter was when he first put on the mask). Also {{deconstructed|trope}}, as his youthful overconfidence and overenthusiasm lead to a lot of problems, as do his reckless attempts to fix them. Peter even offers to come back ASAP to help him out, but Miles' desire to prove himself results in him running headfirst into issues he isn't sure he can handle.
* LegacyCharacter: Miles is the second Spider-Man following his BigBrotherMentor Peter.
* LeParkour: Like Peter, Miles makes extensive use of acrobatics both in and out of combat. He also has ''far'' more Air Tricks at his disposal than Peter, showing his more freeform swinging style and youthful enthusiasm.
* LightningBruiser: Quite literally in this case with his Venom Strike abilities allowing him to move faster and striker much harder than normal. Miles is also shown to be incredibly durable being that he can tank a fall from the sky above the clouds and continue swinging afterward.
* LightningCanDoAnything: In addition to being a powerful tool in combat, Miles' Venom Blasts can also be used to instantly charge electronics as well as propel himself and others through the air.
* MomentKiller: In Act 3, as Spidey and MJ start to apologize to one another for their earlier fight, Miles ends up cutting into their conversation to offer Spidey water.
* MovingBeyondBereavement: [[spoiler: Miles Morales' father is killed in a suicide-bombing arranged by the Demons, leaving Miles grieving for a good chunk of the story that follows. It takes a while - plus a pep-talk from Spider-Man - but he's eventually able to channel his grief into working for F.E.A.S.T. and move on with his life - to the point that when he discovers that Martin Li, the founder of F.E.A.S.T. was behind the attack, he opts not to leave the organization in a quest for revenge and instead chooses to stay and help the homeless.]]
* MundaneUtility: In his own game, he uses his powers to discreetly access the transformer by crawling along the walls before recharging it with his electric powers.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Miles is a lean and fit, but not especially muscular teenager. Aaron is surprised that a "skinny-ass kid" like Miles can punch so hard thanks to his spider-powers.
* NervesOfSteel: If running back into the wreckage after the bombing of City Hall to find his dad doesn't prove this then [[spoiler:Miles sneaking into an encampment of heavily armed escaped convicts and having to elude the Rhino, all for the sake of finding medicine for the sick]] certainly does.
* NiceGuy: Miles proves he's worthy of the Spider-Man name by naturally being just as kind, empathetic, and compassionate as Peter is. While wearing his mask, nothing is too small for him, from helping a civilian find their lost cat to taking a selfie with a fan, truly earning the right to be called a "Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man". In his civilian identity, he's always nice to everyone he comes into contact with and is always looking for ways to help them, whether it be by offering to volunteer at F.E.A.S.T. during winter break or simply helping a stranger load a couch into the back of a truck.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:He initially infiltrates Roxxon to retrieve Phin's phone, both to figure out what turned her towards the Underground and to dig up incriminating evidence on Roxxon. When he finds it, the video of Rick's murder enrages him to the point of purposefully sabotaging the reactor by absorbing the Nuform energy. Unfortunately, he overestimated how much he could absorb, and is forced to release it in a massive electric explosion that fries the phone, and along with it the last piece of physical evidence linking Krieger to Rick's murder.]]
* NomDeMom: Like in the comics, he goes by his mother's last name instead of his father's, but unlike the comics, this isn't because Jefferson took up "Morales" as his last name, instead keeping "Davis".
* NotAMorningPerson: His own game shows him struggling to get up early in the morning during winter break and doesn't get up until Ganke yells at him. Justified by his numerous all-nighters as Spider-Man.
* OhCrap: Actually manages to catch Spider-Man off-guard in a mock moment of brief "training tips", and accidentally right hooks him on the jaw before apologizing profusely. Peter's actually impressed by this and takes it in stride, and after he departs, Miles is left in awe as what he just did dawns on him.
-->'''Miles:''' [[ARareSentence I just punched Spider-Man.]]
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Downplayed compared to Peter, but Miles is a GadgeteerGenius who is also a PlayfulHacker, while also demonstrating some experience with acoustics given his sound sampling hobby.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted regarding his costumed identity. Miles is Spider-Man just like Peter; he uses the term "other Spider-Man" when referring to his mentor.
* OnlyChildSyndrome: He has no siblings, which gives him his parents' undivided attention. That said, Jefferson laments that he and Rio never gave him any brothers or sisters, and were delighted when Miles became so close to Phin that they were practically siblings. Jefferson refers to her as his "almost-daughter" and often took her and Miles on field trips together.
* PlayfulHacker: The very first thing Miles does to test out the hacking app he created with his buddies is to play around with someone's boombox. He then proceeds to start hacking into Silver Sable's drones so that he can skip through her id checks.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: He's as tough as he is strong and his ability to channel huge amounts of bioelectricity means that his body can absorb energy as well as dish it out. [[spoiler:Both of these prove essential in the finale, as he absorbs all of the energy from the Nuform reactor before it can explode and then survives a massive fall from above the clouds.]]
* {{Retcon}}: In the [=PS4=] version of the first game, Miles wears a Midtown High T-shirt, implying that was the school that he attends. The [=PS5=] version replaces it with a Brooklyn Visions Academy T-shirt, with his self-titled spinoff confirming he attends that school.
* SaveTheVillain: When the Tinkerer tries to [[spoiler:murder an incapacitated Rhino for his taunts over her late brother, Miles has to intervene to save him. The Tinkerer gets way too close to killing Rhino before Miles pushes her out of the way.]]
* SecretKeeper: At the end of the first game, he reveals to Peter that he has powers like Spider-Man by jumping and sticking to the ceiling, evidently intending for Peter to be his. Peter then immediately reveals that he ''is'' Spider-Man by doing the same, much to Miles' surprise and delight. By the end of his own game, he has several keepers: his best friend Ganke, his uncle Aaron, [[spoiler:his mother Rio, and numerous citizens of Harlem who saw him unmasked after the Nuform reactor explosion and chose to deny it to the media.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: When he offers Spider-Man water in the MomentKiller scene above, he notices the intimacy and feels bad for accidentally inserting himself. He picks up on Spidey's friendliness to MJ, and when he realizes she has his phone number, enthusiastically asks her if she's Spider-Man's girlfriend.
* ShockAndAwe: Miles' Venom Blast allows him to emit bioelectricity from his body to stun and paralyze his foes. Against weaker foes, he can lift multiple people up into the air with it and shock them all unconscious at once. Against tougher foes, it amplifies his punches enough for him to stagger Rhino, who can take punches from Peter all day long. And thanks to his bioelectricity, Miles shakes off a brief shock from an electrified barrier powered up to almost 300 kilojoules with just an "OW!"
* SketchySuccessor: Part of the conflict in Miles' game is overcoming his feelings of inferiority towards Peter and come into his own as Spider-Man. The Underground says there's no way he can beat them without the ''real'' Spider-Man and one of his first lines after Peter entrusts New York to him is hoping not to screw this up. Ganke even points this out to him, as Miles continues to refer to "the other Spider-Man" as the real one rather than acknowledging that he's also Spider-Man.
* SuperiorSuccessor: While he's not there yet, and Peter still has many advantages over him, by the end of the game Miles is well on his way to becoming the superior Spider-Man. While his extra superpowers are one factor, the story emphasizes Miles already having a much better grasp of how to maintain a healthy balance between his superhero life and his personal life than Peter does, and having people in his life making sure he doesn't follow in his mentor's footsteps in that regard.
* StealthBasedMission: Like Mary Jane, he has to sneak by enemies rather then confront them directly in his playable segments in ''Spider-Man [=PS4=]''.
* StealthPun: Had Miles kept his dad's surname, his name would be Music/MilesDavis.
* StrongerThanTheyLook:
** Once Spider-Man gives him some tips for how to really hold his fists and fight someone head on, he not only hits Spidey with a mean right hook that the web-slinger didn't see coming, he knocks out a grown adult convict later with the same punch. Said convict's companion [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere doesn't test his chances.]]
** After getting bitten by the spider, he now has the proportionate strength of one, letting him take Rhino's punches and stagger him with his Venom Blast. Both Miles himself and his Uncle Aaron lampshade this.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: With Peter in future games following Miles gaining his own spider-powers.
* SuperToughness: Miles fell off a bridge while trying to web-swing unsupervised and only broke his toe, not to mention going toe-to-toe with Rhino, a supervillain able to pummel Peter into submission. [[spoiler:At the end of his game, Phin carries him above the clouds to release the energy from the Nuform reator, and he falls back to Earth unaided. Although he's stunned and disoriented from it, he's able to start swinging away as soon as Rio and Ganke hand him his mask again.]]
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Miles is the Performer to Peter's Technician. Miles relies less on his web-shooters and gadgets than Peter does in favor of his Venom Strike and camouflage abilities, and uses an improvisational fighting style compared to Peter's more straightforward martial arts.
* TeenGenius: His father says Miles is quite a GadgeteerGenius, and Miles creates his own tech during his adventures as Spider-Man, including HardLight projections, electric mines, and gravity wells. Miles is also trilingual, demonstrating fluency in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening:
** Miles' Venom Blast first manifests when Peter is badly hurt and about to be killed by the Rhino; in a furious last-ditch effort to save his mentor, Miles, crackling with energy, charges at Rhino and lands a hit on his jaw hard enough to ''[[MegatonPunch knock the big guy flat]]''.
** Later on, [[spoiler:he discovers his power to [[{{Invisibility}} camouflage himself]] after a group of Roxxon guards aim their guns at him.]]
** Much later, [[spoiler:while being brutally tortured by the guards of Roxxon so they could force Phin to reveal the Nuform's whereabouts, he absorbs the energies in their electric batons and unleashes a Mega Venom Blast which frees himself and Phin from their restraints.]]
* {{Tritagonist}}: He is the third playable character in ''Spider-Man [=PS4=]''. He's eventually promoted as TheProtagonist of his own SpinOff game.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the first game, Miles indeed had potential as he was able to knock an inmate out with his basic fighting skill. 2 years later, his ability was honed enough to the point that he can swing across the city gracefully and fight multiple enemies. [[spoiler:He even managed to face Rhino and defeat him twice in the game.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: Miles is clearly clumsier and less refined in his movements when he traverses than Peter, and it's harder for him to use his finishers when fighting (Peter had a Focus system that could be augmented with skills and equipment, while Miles can only use finishers after sustaining a long combo). He also only has half the number of gadgets that Peter had. However, it can be said that in terms of innate abilities, Miles is stronger, what with his [[ShockAndAwe Venom powers]] which have all sorts of crowd-managing applications and stun effects, and his invisibility to get around or regroup and strike at his enemies in the middle of combat.
* WhatTheHellHero: To an extent as shown in the teased gameplay of the sequel, as while he's not directly calling out Peter's newly aggressive and aloof attitude brought on by the black suit, he is very taken aback when he carelessly tosses aside a civilian that he reluctantly saved.
* WeakButSkilled: He uses the brief fight training Spidey gives him to KO an escaped convict in one hit. The other one, understandably, bolts on out of there.
* WouldHitAGirl: He has no qualms fighting women in the Underground (plus Phin) if it meant protecting New York.
* YoungAndInCharge: By Act 3, [[spoiler:due to Aunt May falling ill to the effects of Devil's Breath, Miles is actually the person keeping F.E.A.S.T.'s shelter afloat.]]
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!![[ComicBook/BlackCat Felicia Hardy / Black Cat II]]
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!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/EricaLindbeck (English)[[labelnote:Other Languages]] Jessica Angeles (Latin American Spanish), Creator/AyahiTakagaki (Japanese), Anastasia Zharkova (Russian)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Spider-Man]]''
A flirtatious cat burglar who enjoys her games of cat-and-mouse with Spider-Man. She's absent in the main game itself, merely challenging Spider-Man to find the various cat dolls she's hidden throughout the city, but makes a full appearance in ''The Heist'' DLC.
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* AdaptationalModesty: Instead of a [[SensualSpandex skintight suit]] with a NavelDeepNeckline, this version wears a more practical, slightly armored suit that covers her up. However, this doesn't stop her from being MsFanservice; the suit is still ''very'' form-fitting, and her body languange is still that of the classic cat.
* AdaptationalKarma: In the ''The Black Cat Strikes'' comic adaptation, she ends up getting arrested after Mary Jane sees through her ploy. Felicia herself doesn't seem particularly broken up about it, and if anything develops a grudging respect for MJ.
* AffablyEvil: A charming and flirtatious thief who genuinely cares for Spider-Man deep down, but has few qualms "[[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord misdirecting]]" him for her own benefit.
* AmbiguousSituation:
** ''The Heist'' DLC never makes it clear whether she knows Peter's real identity or not. If she does, she never refers to him by his real name, and though optional dialogue with Aunt May implies that May knew of Felicia, it's not clear if she actually ''met'' Felicia [[note]]May just refers to her as "that rebound girl"[[/note]] or if Peter just told her about her. [[spoiler: Even though they have been explicitly intimate with each other, its possible that Peter kept his mask on during these moments like they have done in the post-''One More Day'' comics, or her seeing his face was as far as he went with revealing Spider-Man's identity]]. It's entirely likely that she ''does'' know, but like her comic book counterpart, she's in love with ''Spider-Man'', not ''Peter Parker''. ''The Black Cat Strikes'' establishes [[spoiler:that they had an intimate relationship but she apparenly didn't care much for his normal life]].
** Also from ''The Heist'' [[spoiler: whether or not she actually does have a son. She admits she lied to Peter, but her choice of words leaves the potential existence of any offspring up in the air. Additionally, if she ''does'' have a son, is that child Peter's? He definitely seemed to think it was a possibility]].
*** The above example is also a case of the trope being {{invoked|Trope}} by Felicia herself. [[spoiler:She deliberately avoids saying whether her "son" was fathered by Spider-Man or not, even when asked directly by him. Worrying over the ambiguity of it keeps him simultaneously motivated to help her and also distracted enough that he won't pick up on her manipulation of him.]]
*** Even if she does have a [[spoiler: child, there is no guarantee that it's a boy.]]
* AntiHero: During her time as Spider-Man's crime fighting partner she was this, as unlike him she had no problems with using guns or extreme force to take down her enemies, though she didn't kill anyone. She was also only a hero to be in a relationship with him and grew annoyed with how she wasn't even able to enjoy the fame of being a crime fighter, eventually falling back into her thieving ways.
* AntiVillain: Black Cat is an unrepentant thief who has few if any qualms about manipulating Spider-Man for her own benefit, but she's [[AffablyEvil genuinely charming]] and, by Spidey's own admission, she mostly steals from those who can either afford to lose what she steals, or are criminals themselves. Her appearance in the DLC gives her a [[spoiler:seemingly]] sympathetic motive and sets her up against the far more villainous Hammerhead.
* BadassNormal: Has no superpowers and relies on skill, tech, and stealth to accomplish similar feats to Spidey.
* BatmanGambit:
** She counts on Spidey to find her Stakeout locations and report each of her RFID-enabled cat dolls to the police. [[spoiler:When they're all gathered in the evidence locker, they deactivate the system alarms. This allows her steal her old suit and gear, setting up her DLC story. Peter is quite impressed that she'd steal, and then give up, fifty million in priceless valuables just to prove a point.]]
** In ''The Heist'', she enlists Spidey's help in rescuing her son from Hammerhead, banking on his ChronicHeroSyndrome and their past history for him to say yes. [[spoiler:Then she reveals she played him like a fiddle and was after a flash drive that would give her access to the entirety of the Maggia's wealth. While the existence of a son is up in the air, he most certainly was not kidnapped if he does exist.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: In the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, she comes out of hiding to rescue Spidey from Hammerhead.]]
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: She doesn't say she "lied" to Spidey, only misdirected him.
-->'''Felicia:''' "Lie" is such an ugly word. I prefer "misdirection".
* CallingCard: She marks her various Stakeout targets with cat dolls that are always close to a graffiti painting of herself.
* CatsHaveNineLives: She invokes this whenever she's diving into a dangerous situation, [[spoiler:including when her penthouse has been rigged to explode]].
* TheChessmaster: Like in the comics, she's so good at planning it seems like she's just plain bad luck to anyone who gets in her way.
* ColorAnimalCodename: Her alias, the '''Black Cat''', is this as black is a color while a cat is an animal.
* ColorCharacter: '''Black''' Cat.
* CompositeCharacter: This version's costume design has elements from her Ultimate universe incarnation (goggles instead of the domino mask) and her brief "pure crime empress" stint from her main universe incarnation (fully closed catsuit, sans the tacky cat eye designs on her shoulders). An optional conversation with May reveals that she's also older than Peter, like her Ultimate version (implied to be at least a decade) and ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', but Peter quickly states not that much older suggesting the age gap is closer to the latter (where it was only by three years).
* DarkActionGirl: Felicia is pretty skilled at combat and while she isn't evil, she isn't exactly on the side of good either, preferring the life of a thief.
* DatingCatwoman: She has a romantic history with Spidey and is often quite flirtatious with him. [[spoiler: Said history was serious enough that Peter had reason to be believe Felicia's possible son was his when she mentioned it.]]
* DisappearedDad: Her dad drowned in an attempt to escape The Raft. [[spoiler:He's actually in hiding and is the "policeman" who gets Spidey to find his old stolen loot.]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:She seemingly dies in a massive explosion at the end of ''The Heist'' only to show up to save Peter in ''Silver Lining''. More than a few characters (including Felicia herself) point out that her survival was pretty obvious]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Even after she lied and betrayed him, Spider-Man still contacts her to warn her about Hammerhead's plan to kill her by blowing up her penthouse, and tries to convince her that she can be good again. Black Cat says she can't understand him and why he's always so nice to her despite her betrayal. Though that may be self-loathing leaking through the façade.]]
-->'''Felicia:''' [[spoiler:I don't get you, Spider. I just conned the hell out of you and here you are, trying to save me. How can you be so damn ''nice'' all the time?]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:''Silver Lining'' reveals that she had indeed faked her death when her apartment exploded.]]
* FormFittingWardrobe: Done more sensibly than most examples, but her outfit still shows off a considerable amount of her figure, ''especially'' regarding her hips.
* GetBackHereBoss: The fight with her consists of her leading Spidey on a chase over the city, using gadgets to keep him at bay. Justified, as neither ''actually'' wants to hurt the other.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Nearing the second half of the bar fight, Felicia arrives and helps Spider-Man fight the Maggia. Later on, in an all stealth segment, she helps him pick off the goons.
* TheHeavy: Hammerhead is the BigBad of the three-part DLC, leading his faction of the Maggia in taking power from the other families. However, he only gets directly involved starting in the DLC's second chapter. Felicia's alliance with Hammerhead to steal the Maggia's wealth, [[spoiler:her manipulations to get Peter to help her, and her inevitable betrayal to take it all for herself]] subsequently leaves Black Cat as the preeminent main antagonist of the storyline during the events of "The Heist."
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Gets implied by Spidey that he managed to convert her to the straight and narrow for a time but she seems to have fallen back into her old habits. An optional conversation with Aunt May reveals Peter and Felicia were openly dating, and one of Jonah's podcasts has him mentioning her as having been Spider-Man's "sidekick" and then turning out to be a thief.
* ILied: [[spoiler:She lied about being forced to work for Hammerhead, she's stealing because she wants more wealth. She also seemingly lied about having a son in a way that suggested to Spidey he fathered her child, making him act as her unwitting partner. At the very least, such an offspring was never once in danger like she claimed.]]
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:She's actually the second Black Cat; the original was her father]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1VrsV8sItE Black Cat's scenes are often highlighted by a set of strings that play up her mystique]].
* MrsRobinson: As noted under VagueAge, we aren’t sure how old she is, but we do know that Peter is 24. So, depending on when they met, he could’ve ''just'' reached the age of consent when they started their relationship.
* MsFanservice: Even without her traditional NavelDeepNeckline, this version still keeps her skin-tight outfit and puts greater emphasis on [[MaleGaze rear-end shots]].
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:She's last seen consumed by the explosion caused by the trap Hammerhead rigged into her apartment's door. Though judging by her "last words" to Spider-Man, a "blink and you'll miss it" smoke bomb effect before her apartment explodes, and MJ mentioning in the epilogue that the police never found her body, it's heavily implied she's just FakingTheDead. And we learn her father faked his death to escape the exact same crime families Hammerhead is part of, though she doesn't know about it. ''Silver Lining'' proves this to be true, though her involvement in the last third of the DLC plot can be summed up in the PetTheDog moment below.]]
* OnTheRebound: When asking about whether Peter is having relationship troubles with Mary Jane which Peter denies, May asks if instead his troubles are with Felicia instead, referring to her as "that rebound girl".
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:In ''Silver Lining'', she saves Spidey from Hammerhead and gives him the hard drive she stole from Hammerhead in ''The Heist'', rather than keep it for herself as originally intended. Small and ambiguous if it's genuine or not, but she apologizes for conning him in ''The Heist''.]]
* RecruitingTheCriminal: She isn't mentioned by name, but an individual fitting her description (a cat burglar) is listed as an agent of Roxxon in ''Miles Morales''.
* ShaggyDogStory: At the end of Black Cat's missions in the first game, [[spoiler:Spider-Man doesn't actually pinpoint her location. She actually sent him on a wild goose chase to keep him distracted while she stole her gear back from the NYPD.]]
* ShockAndAwe: She uses shock grenades in combat.
* SpyCatsuit: As always. Although this version foregoes the usual deep-V neckline and the white fur accents on her collar, wrists, and shins. The accents have been replaced with white seams and armor pieces. On the other hand, the costume places more emphasis on her HartmanHips and... ''related'' areas.
* TamerAndChaster: One of the very few versions of Felicia where her Black Cat outfit lacks any sort of neckline, and those are exclusively within Spider-Man works aimed at very young audiences, which is contrasting in here considering the game is aimed at older Teens and up, hence why Felicia still acts extremely sexually suggestive despite her new outfit.
* TheTease: Much like her comic book counterpart, she spends quite a bit of time flirting with Spider-Man. This version takes it even further than usual, however, as it is made very clear that her and Peter have been explicitly intimate with each other [[spoiler: and when they meet again, Felicia not only questions his current relationship with Mary Jane, but even claims that she has a son. A son who very easily ''could'' be Peter's based on the timing. She turns out to have made that last part up, but the fact she chose to even ''imply'' he fathered a child with her speaks volumes.]]
* ThrillSeeker: Felicia steals expensive art, partly to fund a luxurious lifestyle, and as per tradition, because it is exciting. Even when she was temporarily Spider-Man's partner, it was mostly to continue having nighttime adventures with the Web Head, not to help people.
* TomboyishPonytail: This version has her hair in one of these, just like her ''VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows'' incarnation, rather than keeping it loose like the rest of her incarnations.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Her father Walter Hardy, the previous Black Cat [[spoiler:aka Detective Mackey]], wishes for her to pursue a different path and not following in his footsteps, only for Felicia to turn out exactly the same as him. [[spoiler:She's even faked her own death to escape the Maggia's retribution just like her own father did before. They both even pull the same trick on Spider-Man in the same DLC, namely pretending to be his ally and manipulating him into doing what they want before disappearing.]]
* VagueAge: Her in-game profile lists her age as "unknown" and it's implied she's undergone plastic surgery at some point. All that is known is that she's older than Peter, but not by much.
* TheVoice: In the first game itself, Black Cat only appears via phone calls, and never physically appears. She makes her actual debut in ''The Heist'' DLC.
* WildCard: Her only true loyalty is to herself. Not only does she string Spider-Man along, it's revealed that [[spoiler:she was trying to get close to Hammerhead as part of a plan to steal the Maggia fortune; this almost results in an attempt on her life, so she goes into hiding for a time before helping Spidey returning in the third DLC to give Spidey the Maggia drive]].
* WolverineClaws: Has retractable claws built into the fingers of her costume. And of course, they're white.
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[[folder:Silver Sablinova / Silver Sable]]
!![[ComicBook/SilverSable Silver Sablinova / Silver Sable]]
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!!! '''Voiced by:''' Nichole Elise (English)[[labelnote:Other Languages]] Xochitl Ugarte (Latin American Spanish), Creator/TakakoHonda (Japanese), Varvara Chaban (Russian)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Spider-Man]]''
The head of Sable International and the princess of the tiny European nation of [[FictionalCountry Symkaria.]] She's tasked with hunting down the Demons at Osborn's behest, butting heads with Spider-Man when he sees her men ready to execute members of the gang. She later turns her sights on the web-slinger himself when [[spoiler:Osborn imposes martial law on the city.]]
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* AdaptationalModesty: In the comics and most animated adaptations, Silver Sable has a very pronounced figure that her [[FormFittingWardrobe tight]] SpyCatsuit generously highlights. In the game, well, the figure is still there, but now she wears more loose-fitting outfits.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed. In the comics, Silver Sable is (eventually) an ally with occasional bits of ShipTease with Spidey when her other associations don't put them on opposite sides by circumstance; antagonistic feelings are never personal, they're just business. This version is far more ruthless in doing her job as her company puts Manhattan under abusive and aggressive lockdown, and her company under Norman has some bad blood and violent distrust for Spider-Man in particular once things really get underway. Pretty much every personal encounter with Spider-Man leads to her trying to arrest/kill him on sight. However, [[spoiler:in the game proper, it's eventually subverted as the climax ''does'' see her pull a HeelFaceTurn, even helping Dr. Michaels ensure that the injured Spidey gets some well-needed medical treatment at F.E.A.S.T. before skipping town. The ''Silver Lining'' DLC revolves around her returning to New York and working with Spider-Man to stop Hammerhead stealing her tech and supplies bound for Symkaria, effectively becoming Spider-Man's mutual ally.]]
* AgeLift: Hinted to be around the same age range as Spidey himself in the main 616 universe. This version is in her late 30s, making her a good decade older.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ilver '''S'''ablinova.
* AntiVillain: She's doing her job as a security contractor under Norman's orders, and after what happened that gets her called in the first place, it makes sense. Too bad about the 'antagonist to Spider-Man' part and draconian approach to locking Manhattan down. [[spoiler:In ''Silver Lining'', she eventually becomes a mutual ally to Spider-Man after learning to trust him and finding common ground, even parting with the webhead on more amicable terms]].
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. She’s easily the best fighter among Sable International, and is their leader. This does not translate to her being a good leader as her men are very corrupt and hopelessly incompetent.
* BadassLongcoat: This incarnation of Sable wears a distinctive coat with her gear.
* BadassNormal: Has no powers, but is skilled enough to take on Spider-Man. The first time Spider-Man attempts to actually fight back against her, she immediately counters and knocks him on the back. In her boss fight at the start of ''Silver Lining'', Silver's reflexes are fast enough that she'll counter attempts to melee her when she's not stunned with a throw that happens so quickly that there isn't even a Spidey-Sense warning or QTE to avoid it.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns for the ''Silver Lining'' DLC.
* CombatStilettos: Wears high-heel boots and is often swinging them into people, Spider-Man included.
* TheComicallySerious: In the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, her stern demeanor contrasting Spidey's usual quips are often used for comedy.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Bringing and leaving Sable tech in New York directly causes the rise of Hammerhead, who she returns to fight in ''Silver Lining''.
* CripplingOverspecialization: As a fighter, she's skilled enough to counter ''Spider-Man'' without him getting a chance to avoid it and tough enough to take a dozen punches from a guy who can lift cars. None of this translates to her actual job of leading Sable International, though. Her company is corrupt and utterly incompetent, to the point that a bunch of mobsters are more effective with her own tech than her highly-trained mercs. She has so little control over her own people that when [[spoiler:she pulls a HeelFaceTurn and leaves town, she can't get any of her troops to follow her.]] Silver is also such a poor tactician that she'll rush into a known trap and need to be rescued. By contrast, it's mentioned in ''Miles Morales'' that when she returned to Symkaria and started tackling the civil war, she ended it so efficiently that Peter never even needed to suit up.
* DarkActionGirl: She frequently opposes Spider-Man and despite not having any superpowers, has the skills to back up her claims. [[spoiler: However, she does perform a HeelFaceTurn near the first game's climax.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: Essentially what she goes through in the ''Silver Lining'' DLC. She starts out as a {{Jerkass}} NeverMyFault leader of a ruthless mercenary organization, but Spider-Man still tries his best to bring out the good side in her. [[spoiler: After he rescues her from the Maggia's ColdBloodedTorture, Silver begins to warm up to him, even responding to his high-five attempt and [[WhenSheSmiles grinning a little afterward]]. After Hammerhead's defeat, they both part away on good terms. She even gives him a lift from her carrier back to New York.]] Granted, she's still as hardass as ever, but she matures into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and learns how to play well with others for once.
* TheDragon: She gets hired by Norman Osborn to deal with the Inner Demons, becoming his chief enforcer in putting New York under martial law and hunting Spider-Man when he decides to blame the hero for all his troubles.
* EveryoneHasStandards: For all the civil rights violations her men commits, she draws the line at outright stealing from citizens. When Spider-Man discovers one of her squads detaining civilians solely to 'confiscate' their property for themselves (and who'd apparently gone rogue at least once before), the response Yuri gets back is 'do what you want to them' and allowing them to be prosecuted for their crimes.
* FatalFlaw: Impatience, which isn't helped by her temper.
* GeneralRipper: While a competent fighter, Sable's impatience and temper lead to her causing far more problems than she actually solves, refusing to compromise and viewing Spider-Man as a nuisance. She cements herself as this in ''Silver Lining'', where she chases Hammerhead down using a fighter jet and has no qualms against actively firing on him in the middle of a crowded street.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, Sable helps Spider-Man fight off Hammerhead's goons after he saves her from their ColdBloodedTorture. In the final boss fight, she assists Spider-Man by using her laser array to burn Hammerhead's heat-sensitive head and dropping bombs to disable his shields, [[spoiler:and eventually ramming the cyborg with her jet]].
* GunsAkimbo: Sable's answer to most problems, including Spider-Man, is to draw her twin pistols and put ''down'' the problem.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:It takes until the end of first game, but she does finally come to realize Spider-Man was the real good guy all along, helps save his life alongside Dr. Michaels, and opts to go back home and do some soul-searching so that she can follow a similar mindset to him in doing the right thing. However, her forces still stick around since Norman still paid for their services.]]
* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:The only one to start pondering about Sable International’s methods concerning New York being put into a state of martial law at the end, while the male soldiers remain the same and some are outright keen on criminal behavior, using their position to apprehend personal belongings like luxury watches. Sable went from being openly antagonistic to Spider-Man, then forming a temporary truce with him, to flat out admiring his determination to help even those whom he should hate by all means, ending with her wishing to meet him again, all in quick uninterrupted succession]].
* {{Irony}}: The revelation that she is the leader of a resistance movement against a local tyrant in her home nation and uses the money her company makes to finance said rebellion becomes a strong irony given that MJ reveals in the first game that most of her previous contracts were dealing with dictatorships. Though to be fair, MJ did say Sable helps the rebellion against the dictatorships in some countries, while suppressing them in others.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, she's pretty cold and humorless, but she ultimately does want to do the right thing.
* KickChick: When she's not shooting her enemies with her twin pistols, she's usually kicking them to the curb.
* LightIsNotGood: Wears a bright outfit, and is the head of a heavy-handed mercenary group.
* NeverMyFault:
** When the Demons succeed in kidnapping Dr. Michaels and ultimately escaping with the Devil's Breath, Sable blames Spider-Man for the incident despite the fact that, as Spidey rightfully points out, Michaels and the Devil's Breath were under ''her'' protection in the first place. [[CantTakeCriticism She responds by pointing her guns at him.]]
** When she returns in the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, she blames Spider-Man for Hammerhead stealing her tech... when her mecenaries left it in Manhattan largely unguarded to begin with. Even though Spidey clears up that he means to stop Hammerhead from doing it, she simply retorts that he's failing and/or possibly working with Hammerhead. After all, she doesn't know enough about Spidey to trust him. So she's going to handle it herself. Either way, it ''is'' pretty much her men's fault more than hers since they continued to operate without her.
* NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler:During the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, Spidey tries to get a high five out of her after they've officially joined forces. After being left hanging for a few minutes, he finally succeeds, and she walks away smirking as he groans about how hard she did it.]]
* OddFriendship: According to a post-game chat in ''Miles Morales'', she warmed up to MJ considerably after she called Silver "cold, calculating, and humorless"; high praise in Symkaria, but [[InsultBackfire not exactly what MJ was going for]]. Peter finds their newfound friendship slightly terrifying, but pretty cool.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler:When she and Spider-Man use a laser to heat up Hammerhead's metal plate to render him vulnerable, and the laser stops working, she asks Spidey to hold Hammerhead in place so she can ram her jet into him at full speed, and finally brings him down.]]
* LaResistance: She's leading the rebel faction in the Symkarian civil war against the local tyrant and is using her mercenary work to finance said rebellion.
* RightfulKingReturns: She is the princess of her nation, by default the rightful queen, and leads the resistance against the local tyrant.
* SciFiBobHaircut: This version sports a bob in the same superhero setting.
* SmugSnake: Sable is a SUPREMELY haughty and confident ArrogantKungFuGirl who treats Spider-Man as an interfering child. However, as noted above under IncompetenceInc and NeverMyFault, she is her own worst enemy, repeatedly ''causing'' more problems than she actually solves. When you're a more DestructiveSaviour than ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Spider-Man]]'', you might want to take a look in the mirror.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: During the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, Sable ends up playing the ComicallySerious foil to Spidey's banter, a role which Yuri had carried up until that point. [[spoiler: Seeing how the DLC cements Yuri's FaceHeelTurn, this may have been intentional]].
* TheUnfought: She's never fought directly in the first game. Averted in the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, where she's the first boss.
%%%% ZCE %%%%% * {{Tsundere}}: Her relationship with Spidey in a nutshell (is what?).
* WarriorPrincess: This version is actually the princess of Symkaria, [[ActionGirl as well as its strongest fighter.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Has silver hair, and while not overly evil, is quite ruthless and very no-nonsense.
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[[folder:Aaron Davis / Prowler]]
!!Aaron Davis / Prowler
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!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkeAmadi (English)[[labelnote:Other Languages]] Shinshu Fuji (Japanese), Dmitry Polyanovsky (Russian)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales''
A retired thief/mercenary, Jefferson Davis' estranged brother, and Miles' uncle who tried to work as a subway conductor until he discovers his nephew's vigilantism and returns to his Prowler suit to protect him.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: This version of Prowler makes a HeelFaceTurn after realizing the cons of his actions late in ''Miles Morales''. His comic book counterpart (despite a change of heart much later), however, was a full-on criminal who didn’t hesitate to manipulate his nephew into helping him get back at a crime boss after realizing that he was the new Spider-Man. Here, everything he does, even [[spoiler:betraying Miles to Roxxon]], was done out of concern for his nephew and his family's safety.
* AntiVillain: Not exactly a villain nor a hero, but Aaron is willing to fight for what he believes is right and to protect his family, [[spoiler:even if he has to make a deal with Simon Krieger to keep his nephew safe from Roxxon (which backfires big time when Simon cuts off their deal). Four weeks later after Phin's death, Aaron ultimately performs a HeelFaceTurn when he willingly turns himself over to the police and confesses all of Simon and Roxxon's crimes, resulting in both Simon's and his own arrests to keep the former off of Miles' back (though it's stated that Aaron will get a reduced sentencing for his confessions)]].
* AwesomeByAnalysis: He determines that the new Spider-Man is Miles simply by the way he moved while watching him take down Rhino on TV, remarking that it's like the old days where he played pickup with Miles and his dad.
* BadassNormal: Has no powers, but is skilled enough to go toe-to-toe with his superhuman nephew.
* BigDamnHeroes: His entrance in the climax consists of him taking out a Roxxon mook that was about to shoot Miles, Rio, Ganke, and some other residents of Harlem.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Briefly becomes this to Miles after he learns that he sold Phin out to Roxxon, which unintentionally gets Miles caught in the crossfire. The pedestal is broken even further when he imprisons Miles in an attempt to keep him safe, even if it means he's selfishly condemning Harlem to die in Roxxon and Underground's EvilVsEvil war. Thankfully, Miles comes to respect Aaron again when he helps fight Roxxon at the climax of ''Miles Morales'', and turns himself in to the police in order to take down Krieger as well.]]
* CantStayNormal: Although he tries to live a normal life as a subway conductor to reconcile with his family, he quickly returns to his Prowler suit after discovering Miles' vigilantism under the original Spider-Man's tutelage.
* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: He serves as one to Black Cat. On one hand, Felicia and Aaron are both BadassNormal thieves whose gadgets and skills allow them to keep up with the likes of the legitimately superhuman Spider-Men, are a [[AntiVillain great deal more gray in terms of morality]] compared to the likes of Hammerhead and Simon Krieger, and have no qualms with lying to Spider-Man in order to reach their goals. The difference is that Felicia was involved with Peter as a fellow crimefighter and romantic fling before the events of her debut (which ended when she began stealing from criminals again), is still active as a criminal to this day, and was willing to make Peter think he was the father of her fake child to get him to help her rob the Maggia blind. Aaron, by contrast, is introduced as trying to start over with a clean slate following his brother's death, and his return to his double-life as the Prowler was motivated by a noble yet misguided effort to ensure his nephew and sister-in-law won't suffer the same fate, becoming something of an EvilMentor to Miles. Furthermore, while Felicia remains unaware to this day of who Peter is under his mask, Aaron managed to figure out Miles is the new Spider-Man relatively early on and becomes a SecretKeeper for his nephew's double-life.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Aaron had a bit of a history with his brother, Jefferson, even way before Miles was born. When Jefferson learned that Aaron was the Prowler, he tried to sever contact with him and keep his family away from him as much as possible. Since then, Aaron tries to live a normal life in hopes of reconnecting with his nephew and sister-in-law.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:He made a deal with Simon to find the Tinkerer, as long as he left Spider-Man (his nephew) alone. However, Simon broke off their deal and captured both vigilantes anyway. Miles calls him out for even making a deal with someone as sociopathic as Simon]].
* DoppelgangerAttack: In the last phase of his boss fight, Prowler summons three hard-light holograms of himself that rush the player. It's easy to lose track of which of the four is the real Aaron and which are the holograms, making it easy to combo a hologram and get blind-sided by Aaron's stronger attacks.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Manipulative thief he may be, he still deeply loves his family and genuinely cares for Miles' safety. [[spoiler:Underestimating Aaron's bond with his nephew is what ultimately proves to be Simon Krieger's undoing.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Aaron loves his family and he genuinely wants to keep his nephew safe from Roxxon and living the life of a vigilante. And even if he was estranged with Jefferson, Aaron was saddened when he heard of his brother's death at the City Hall Bombing and he wants to protect Miles and Rio from suffering the same fate. [[spoiler:The Prowler was even disgusted when Simon Krieger double-crossed their deal about keeping Spider-Man out of harm's way]].
* EvilCounterpart: To Peter. Both are close to Miles and act as mentors and a ParentalSubstitute to him. However, Peter acts as a BigBrotherMentor to Miles and taught him to see the good in others, and he trusted Miles enough to watch over New York while he's in Symkaria for a few weeks. Meanwhile, Aaron posed as a sort of EvilMentor and advised Miles to trick the Tinkerer into recruiting him with the Underground, and he willingly locked him up to prevent him from interfering with Roxxon and the Underground's EvilVsEvil war in Harlem, leaving it to burn (but Aaron eventually [[HeelFaceTurn sees the error of his ways]]).
* EvilMentor: To Miles. Not exactly evil in anyway, but he teaches his nephew how to [[spoiler:manipulate the Tinkerer into joining the Underground and uncover more information about the group]].
* ExpressiveMask: Simmilar to the Spider Men, Aaron's Prowler mask features articulated lenses that shift with his emotions. Most notable during the battle with Miles in the subway, where he is more emotional.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Aaron was the foolish one, Jefferson was the responsible one. Aaron notes he began stealing as a teenager, while Jefferson always wanted to be someone that helps people (doctor, teacher, firefighter, before settling on police officer). Aaron is divided on the issue. Part of him wishes he had done his brother proud and given up his life of crime when his brother first caught him stealing as a teenager, and notes that Jefferson always covered for him. On the other hand, he is bitter that Jefferson cut all ties with him when he found out Aaron was the Prowler [[spoiler:though in Jefferson's audio recording, he believes that Aaron is a good person, despite his flaws, and enough to bring some good influences into Miles' life]].
* ForYourOwnGood: The Prowler kidnaps and locks Miles behind a laser forcefield so he won't risk his life trying to stop Roxxon and the Tinkerer from killing each other and taking Harlem with them. However, he underestimated Miles' determination to fix his past screw-ups, as well as his own abilities, and he quickly breaks out, prompting a boss battle with his own uncle. [[spoiler:Miles calls his Uncle Aaron out about his methods of "surviving," how he was willing to manipulate, kidnap, and even fight his own nephew just for the sake of saving his own skin. Miles even notes how he underestimated both his abilities and determination to protect Harlem from both Roxxon and the Underground. Aaron came to realize that the consequences of his actions nearly caused his family to break contact with him again]].
* GuestStarPartyMember: Teams up with Miles to fight off Roxxon security forces in one section of the game. When Miles performs certain finisher moves on the security guards, Aaron will jump right in to land the final blow.
* HandBlast: One of Aaron's favorite weapons is a laser beam attached to his glove, which he often uses right after deactivating his cloaking device. He starts spamming this in the second phase of his boss fight.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After Miles criticizes his actions and that he had to save people unlike what he told him to do, Aaron decides to jump in the fight alongside Miles and distract Roxxon long enough for him to go after the Tinkerer. In the ending, Aaron turned himself to the police and exposed all the information about Simon and Roxxon, leading to the latter's arrest. Although he would be sent to jail, he would get a reduced sentencing for his confessions.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:Aaron believed that as long as ''Simon Krieger'' of all people would keep his promise of leaving Spider-Man (his nephew) alone, he'll help capture the Tinkerer. He learns the hard way what kind of person Simon really is when he orders his men to brutally torture his nephew. Miles was not happy that he'd even make a deal with such a sadistic, backstabbing man]].
* HumansAreBastards: Never outright says it, but it’s strongly implied Aaron has this mentality.
-->'''Prowler:''' You don’t get how the real world works! Dog eat dog!
* {{Invisibility}}: Like Miles, Aaron can cloak himself, but unlike his nephew, he relies on his tech rather than actual powers.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Miles accuses him of this, and believes even his motivation to protect Miles is because of this.
-->'''Miles:''' You don’t get it! You’ve never fought for anyone but yourself.\\
'''Prowler:''' Maybe that’s why I’m still alive!
* JerkassHasAPoint: As selfish as his motivations of keeping his nephew safe are, Aaron makes some valid points towards him:
** He points out that people get stupid when they care about someone despite Miles' protests that Phin is "too smart" to let him be a member of the Underground. His point rings true when Phin allows Miles to join the Underground after revealing he knows about the death of Rick, allowing Miles to sneak through the Underground hideout to find out the locations of their bases.
** Miles says during his fight that his uncle needs to understand that he's trying to protect New York, Aaron in turn points out that it can't be done if Miles is dead. Hearing about how Jeff died, it's hard not to blame the latter for feeling that way.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A fairly tough critic when it comes to people. He doesn’t seem to like people very much, but he’s a loving family man, and will do anything for his nephew, Miles. After his HeelFaceTurn, he follows in his family’s footsteps to help others, and not only continues to protect Miles from Roxxon, but also helps rescue people out of Harlem.
* MirrorBoss: During his boss fight, Aaron relies on many of the same tricks as Miles does, including invisibility, remote mines, and even hologram minions. The difference is that most of his tricks come from high-tech equipment while Miles uses his superhuman advantages.
* MyGreatestFailure: His estrangement with Jefferson is this. He even mentions to Miles that if he did not reveal his job as the Prowler, then he would still be in contact with his family. Worst of all, Aaron wasn't able to make amends with Jeff prior to the latter's death, and ever since then he's been deeply saddened after hearing about it and has been keen on protecting Miles so he won't lose any more family members.
* PapaWolf: Picks the role up since his brother is no longer there for Miles. [[spoiler:He returns to his Prowler costume after trying to go straight solely to protect Miles, and most of his actions follow that goal. Krieger's greatest mistake is not realizing that Aaron's protective instincts outweighs his own selfishness, and that Aaron is willing to go to jail if it means taking Krieger off of Miles' back.]]
* RetiredBadass: Aaron retired the Prowler identity after falling out with his brother, but once he jumps back into action it's clear that he's every bit as competent as he was in his glory days.
* SecretKeeper: After Aaron determines that Miles is the second Spider-Man, he promises not to tell anyone and tells Miles to give him a call if he's ever in over his head.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Unlike his comic and ''Spider-Verse'' counterparts, he survives the story and is merely arrested after turning himself in to stop Krieger.]]
* TookALevelInIdealism: Aaron spends most of the game as a cynical misanthrope, but after [[spoiler: Miles defeats him, and refuses to be like The Prowler, Aaron decided to support Miles in protecting the city, and follow his family’s example to protect people.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Aaron ends up [[spoiler:selling out Miles to Roxxon unwittingly. Not because he is evil or greedy, but because he is terrified of the thought of his nephew dying in the crossfire of Tinkerer and Krieger's EvilVersusEvil war, and thinks this is the only way to get him ''out'' of said crossfire. Unfortunately, Roxxon is not planning to hold up their end of the bargain.]]
* WolverineClaws: Like Black Cat, he possesses retractable claws built in the fingers of his costume. Only his are green.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Receives this speech from Miles during ''Miles Morales''. [[spoiler:In the epilogue, he mentions that it's what convinced him to turn himself in and spill the beans on Roxxon. Miles convinced him that he had to do what's right by others]].
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[-'''Heroes''' ([[Characters/SpiderManPS4PeterParker Peter Parker]]) | [[Characters/SpiderManPS4SupportingCast Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/SpiderManPS4OttoOctavius Otto Octavius]]) | [[Characters/SpiderManPS4Villains Villains]] | [[Characters/SpiderManPS4Suits Suits]] ([[Characters/SpiderManPS4PeterParkerSuits Peter's suits]]) ([[Characters/SpiderManPS4MilesMoralesSuits Miles's suits]])-]]]]]
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!!The Spider-Team
[[folder:Peter Parker / Spider-Man I]]
!![[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Peter Benjamin Parker / Spider-Man I]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuriLowenthal (English)[[labelnote:Other Languages]] Creator/VictorUgarte (Latin American Spanish), Mario Garcia (European Spanish), Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (Japanese), Ivan Chaban (Russian)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Face model:''' John Bubniak ([=PS4=] Version), Ben Jordan ([=PS5=] Version)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/MarvelsSpiderManHostileTakeover Hostile Takeover]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Spider-Man]]'' | ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' | ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'' | ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' | ''[[VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2 Spider-Man 2]]''
->''"People see me and think they're safer. But it's not really me they're seeing. Probably for the best. Knowing that everything hinges on a guy from Queens sounds as scary as it feels. No pressure, right?"''
Peter Parker was your typical genius student in Midtown High School, but one day, everything changed. During a science exhibition, a little spider was hit by a radioactive ray and before dying, it bit Peter, granting him all its abilities. Peter attempted to use these abilities to get some money for his poor family, but full of resentment towards everyone except his aunt and uncle, he let a burglar escape after one of his shows because it was "not [his] problem," only for this same burglar to kill his Uncle Ben. Following this tragic event, he vowed to dedicate his life to helping innocent people with his powers to atone for his big mistake and to honor his uncle's beliefs in justice and responsibility.
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For tropes related to him, see [[Characters/SpiderManPS4PeterParker his page]].
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[[folder:Mary Jane Watson]]
!![[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane "MJ" Watson]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LauraBailey (English)[[labelnote:Other Languages]] Nallely Solis (Latin American Spanish), Creator/NanakoMori (Japanese), Lina Ivanova (Russian) [[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Face model:''' Stephanie Tyler Jones
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/MarvelsSpiderManHostileTakeover Hostile Takeover]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Spider-Man]]'' | ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' | ''[[VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2 Spider-Man 2]]''
Peter's girlfriend and long-time SecretKeeper. She landed a job at the ''Daily Bugle'' as an investigative reporter, looking into Fisk's holdings after his arrest and serving as a valuable source of information for Peter.
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* AbusiveParents: Not herself, but her late father, who is a downplayed case; although MJ does mention their less than ideal relationship, she also speaks fondly of him at times and resented the Kingpin for causing him to lose his job when she was younger (which is implied to have caused her dad to become bitter).
* ActionSurvivor: Mary Jane can't fight, but she can make her way through a variety of hostile situations with her wits alone.
* AdaptationalContextChange: ''The Black Cat Strikes'' comic [[{{Retcon}} changes]] her reason for breaking up with Peter from feeling he was overprotective to not being able to handle knowing he could die as Spider-Man while she couldn't do anything. Of course these two options aren't mutually exclusive since it's acknowledged that she wanted to be more involved but he wouldn't let her, so it's likely her reason in the game is true but the fight with Scorpion in the comic which caused their breakup was also true.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Her eye colors are blue rather than green as opposed to her Mainstream and Ultimate counterparts. This actually goes back to [[TruerToTheText the eye coloring]] of her original John Romita design, which later became green.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: Kingpin caused her father to lose his job. In the comics, no such connection exists. MJ's father simply quit his successful, high-paying job of his own free will.
* AdaptationalJobChange: Mary Jane's portrayal here is based primarily on her [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate universe]] self; she's been Peter's SecretKeeper since they were in high school and pursued a career in journalism instead of becoming a model or an actress.
* AdaptationalNiceGirl: In ''The Black Cat Strikes'' comic [[spoiler:her response to learning that Peter might have conceived a son with Felicia is far more mature. She reasonably explains how she's more upset that he didn't just tell her since it implies he didn't believe their relationship could handle it. Plus she had noticed he had been acting weird since Felicia's confession and feared he might have cheated on her]].
* AffectionateNickname: "MJ" for those familiar with her, but in particular Peter.
* AlternateSelf: In ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' Peter meets Mary Janes' counterpart from [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows Earth-18119]], who is a [[AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome superhero named Spinneret]].
* AmicableExes: She and Peter broke up by the time the game's story begins and haven't spoken for a full 6 months prior to that. When they meet again, the two are still civil enough to have friendly conversation with each other and eat together, but whilst Peter wants to repair their relationship even if it means they only remain friends, Mary Jane is much more hesitant due to the "baggage" that came from their previous romance. [[spoiler:They gradually fix their relationship over the course of the story, culminating in the two getting back together as a couple, and her final exchange in the DLC, and in the game overall, is telling Peter, "I love you".]]
* BadassNormal: She doesn't have any superpowers like Peter or Miles, but her ingenuity and deduction skills often means she's able to keep the same pace as them figuring out a villain's plan.
* BerserkButton: Inferring that something is too dangerous for her will only increase the likelihood that she will get involved in it anyway, her original breakup with Peter because of his "babying."
* BuffySpeak: Since she and Pete are both millennials in this game, she lapses into this, notably describing Wilson Fisk's crime activity as "[[Film/TheGodfather Godfather-ing]]".
* TheCameo: Makes a small appearance in ''Spider-Geddon''.
* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: She gets very upset when Peter interferes during her infiltration at a Sable Base, because she'd already talked her way out of being held at gunpoint by the time Peter inadvertently interrupted [[HisNameIs the person about to tell her important information]]. This reopens an old wound in their relationship: she thinks Peter sees her not as a capable individual but as a DamselInDistress, unable to assist him as everything is 'too dangerous' for her. She realizes this along with her hypocrisy when things reach a head during the Devil's Breath Crisis, and makes amends with Peter.
* CareerVersusMan: Peter was under the impression that this was why they broke up. In truth, Mary Jane never wanted to stop their relationship, but felt that Peter's overbearing and overprotective nature was hurting it and couldn't get past that frustration.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Peter. They started out as best friends in middle school before becoming a couple during college.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: As Peter's most loyal ally, the second playable character, SecretKeeper, LoveInterest and the main investigator who acts as his MissionControl, unearthing the background lore about Osborn and Martin Li.
* DistressedDamsel: Was one frequently in the past before she and Peter broke up. At one point in the game, she jokingly exaggerates that Peter saved her "eight and a half thousand times". By the present time of course, she has [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]].
* FatalFlaw: Going in hand with Peter's overprotectiveness, MJ has issues with impulsiveness and [[IJustWantToBeBadass a need to be more active]]. She leaps head first into dangerous scenarios involving criminals and supervillains. While she's mostly able to get away from immediate danger, many of her stunts would have left her dead a thousand times over if Spider-Man/Peter hadn't intervened, then hypocritically [[ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike gets mad when he does come to save her]]. Part of her character development is accepting that she's not on Peter's level of invincibility and endangering herself feeds into his overprotective flaw. She focuses on becoming independent, but actively asks Spider-Man for help instead of rushing into danger alone.
* FieryRedhead:
** She's willing to do anything to help Spider-Man, even when the latter strongly warns her not to, such as sneaking into dangerous areas. She also demonstrates that she can display the temper to go with it. After Peter unintentionally screws up one of her attempts at gathering information, she storms back into her apartment after what Peter describes as "maybe the most awkward swing of my life" and ''then'' angrily calls him by phone to berate him about the previous situation and his general overprotective nature.
** [[spoiler:Her reaction to learning Black Cat claims to have a son in ''The Heist'' DLC, and Peter's admittance that if said son does exist, it ''could'' be his, is to make a noise of disgust, then quickly hang on up him before she gets angry. She manages to calm down by the time they next speak.]]
* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Ironically she was close to getting spider powers herself during the game, but instead she accidentally freed the spider that would go onto bite Miles.]]
* GoingForTheBigScoop: At several points in the game, MJ sneaks around villain hideouts to collect evidence for the ''Bugle'' and Spider-Man without even telling Peter, risking getting shot on sight with no way to defend herself. After Peter screws up one of these attempts as previously mentioned, she claims that he treats her like a baby while he retorts that she's the one who unnecessarily throws herself into danger. [[spoiler:When they get back together, she says that part of the reason she does this is because she felt bad about leaving Peter to save New York by himself.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Displays some notable jealousy towards [[spoiler:Black Cat in ''The Heist'' DLC, which is not helped when Peter tells her that Black Cat claims to have a son being held hostage, and that said son could very easily be ''his'' from their past relationship. She's mostly understanding about the situation, but some noticeable insecurities do slip through, such as reminding Peter to ''not'' let Felicia manipulate him again and dreading her own reaction if they find said son and [[StrongFamilyResemblance he happens to look like Peter]].]]
** The comic adaption establishes that her insecurity comes from the fact that [[spoiler:Peter and Felica got together roughly two weeks after she broke up with Peter. It's also implied that she unfairly compares herself to Felicia, which feeds into her fear of Peter cheating on her during the comic. However at the end of the comic they have a confrontation that ends with her accepting that her relationship is much stronger and important than what he had with Felicia, and even admits that she actually likes her a little with Felicia saying the same]].
* HellBentForLeather: She wears a brown leather jacket as her main clothing choice. Though in other scenes, she also wears a pink-purple jacket (most notably during Officer Davis' ceremony).
* HeroesPreferRedheads: As always. Peter still pines for her and is desperate to get back together with her.
* HowWeGotHere: Not long after she is introduced, we flashback 15 minutes to find out what she is doing in the auction house, along with how she found the Devil Breath file. The flashback also doubles as the first sequence where she is the playable character.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** She resents the fact that she is often the DamselInDistress that Peter always has to save and that Peter has taken to treating her like she's fragile, [[BerserkButton often snapping at him whenever he scolds her for this]] and their original breakup because of it. Ignoring the fact that he has powers and she doesn't (and is thus more qualified to be involved in dangerous situations than her), she knowingly gets herself into these dangerous situations and would have died at least ''four'' times in-game if Spider-Man had not come and rescued her. She later apologizes and acknowledges her impulsiveness, actively asking for his help in her last playable mission in the game.
** Initially, she's fine with the idea that Peter had previously dated Felicia, noting that they weren't together at the time and she had also dated other people during that period. However, [[spoiler:Peter mentioning that he might have fathered a son with Felicia prompts an angry reaction from her and she hangs up on him. She later admits that wasn't a terribly mature response to the situation and that the two of them can face the resulting problems of him having a child with another woman together. Ultimately, it comes to nothing as Felicia was (probably) lying about having a son.]]
* IJustWantToBeBadass: She only has her investigative skills and stealth, but MJ really wants to get in on the action Spider-Man faces on a regular basis. Telling her something is too dangerous will only tempt her into it even more.
* IntrepidReporter: Changing the world, one story at a time. With some occasional help from her on-and-off boyfriend.
* LeapOfFaith: Her final mission concludes with [[spoiler:her throwing herself off a roof, [[ThePowerOfTrust confident Peter will catch her before she hits the ground]]. Naturally, he does.]]
* LongHairIsFeminine: The story trailer for ''Spider-Man 2'' shows MJ with her hair down, giving her a greater resemblance to her comic book counterpart.
* MissionControl: She often fulfills this role for Peter, researching things for him using her journalistic know-how and connections. She doesn't like being this, describing it as being "chained to a laptop" rather than "guy in the chair".
* NewOldFlame: She and Peter had been broken up for 6 months before the game begins. Of course, every time they interact, romantic sparks are flying everywhere since it's clear that the two of them are still in love with each other. [[ShipperOnDeck May is especially hopeful]] that they'll get back together.
* NiceGirl: For all her recklessness and hypocrisy, she's a very supportive, kindhearted, and friendly girl.
* OfficialCouple: She and Peter ''used'' to be a couple for about two years before breaking up 6 months prior to the main story. [[spoiler:They get back together 3 months after the main story finishes, and in the DLC, it's revealed that both she and Peter dated on the rebound during their breakup, which both of them need time to get used to. By the final DLC, she and Peter are committed, and when MJ tells Peter she's going to Symkaria to cover a story, Peter flusters about how much he needs her around, and both of them say "I love you" to each other, affirming their bond.]]
* PromotedToPlayable: Playable for the first time in a Spider-Man game.[[note]]Unless you count the Mary Jane skin from the first movie tie-in... [[{{Selfcest}} which was]] [[MoralGuardians removed from]] [[{{Bowdlerize}} some versions anyway.]][[/note]]
* PutOnABus: In the ''Miles Morales'' SpinOff, MJ is only mentioned as she and Peter are visiting Symkaria for the ''Bugle''.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:While infiltrating Norman Osborn's secret lab late in the game, MJ comes across a reverse-engineered genetically-enhanced spider, much like the one that gave Peter his powers. The spider ends up escaping and latching onto MJ. For the uninitiated, it'd be easy to assume the spider would bite MJ. For those familiar with the comics, it came as no surprise that it bit Miles instead.]]
* SecretKeeper: Has known Peter is Spider-Man and assisted him as such since his earliest year of putting on the costume.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In ''Miles Morales'', she's only offhandedly mentioned by Peter a couple times early on in the game, but her taking Peter to Symkaria with her means he isn't present to help Miles throughout the campaign. Had both spiders been on the case, the entire conflict between Roxxon and the Underground likely would have gone very differently.
* StaticStunGun: In one of her missions, she picks up a stun gun which comes in handy for stealth takedowns. She's still holding on to it as of ''The Heist''.
* StealthBasedMission: Her sections require you to stay hidden to finish her objectives.
* ThrowingTheDistraction: Peter gives her small discs that emit a sound to lure guards away from places so she can sneak past and she can also push over things like toolboxes to make a clatter to distract guards as well.
* WorkingWithTheEx: How she becomes involved with Peter again. After they realize they're on the same trail in regards to the Inner Demons, Mary Jane suggests they work together. This causes a few complications, as for her part, MJ feels that Peter isn't treating her as an equal, citing it as the reason they broke up in the first place but in either case, they quickly recover their friendship and obviously enjoy each other's company.
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[[folder:Miles Morales / Spider-Man II]]
!![[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Miles Gonzalo Morales / Spider-Man II]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NadjiJeter (English) [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Alberto Bernal (Latin American Spanish), Creator/AnriKatsu (Japanese), Peter Kovrizhnykh (Russian)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Spider-Man]]'' | ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' | ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'' | ''[[VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2 Spider-Man 2]]''
An OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent with a love for all things technological and a fan of Spider-Man. Peter meets Miles at Officer Davis' funeral, prompting him to offer Miles a chance to do some good by working at F.E.A.S.T.. Like Peter, he is eventually bitten by a scientifically modified spider, gains his own set of superpowers, and under Peter's guidance, decides to become a second Spider-Man. He serves as the protagonist and main playable character of the sequel SpinOff, ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales''.
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* ActionSurvivor: Just like Mary Jane, Miles makes it through several dangerous scrapes using stealth and cunning in ''Spider-Man [=PS4=]''. Before he got bitten by a spider, he managed to dodge and evade the Rhino in very close quarters with nothing but his cunning and instinct.
* AdaptationDyeJob: His Venom Strike is orange as opposed to the comics' yellow and [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 other]] [[WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan adaptations']] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse blue]], though he happens to have a new set of Venom abilities in the sequel which produce blue electricity.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Miles' personality here is actually closer to his portrayal in ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'', being a Spider-Man fanboy and rather more gung-ho about super heroics, rather than how he was [[ReluctantHero originally potrayed in the comics]]. He does have his serious side, however.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Peter and Miles usually either don't exist at the same time (or in the same universe), or at the very least don't know each other. Here, Peter becomes his BigBrotherMentor before Miles gets powers of his own and by the time of the DLC, his ParentalSubstitute and mentor, in effect Miles' Uncle Ben, taking over after his father Jefferson died.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: [[spoiler:Miles still has both his parents in the comics, and although his mother was killed by Venom, she was later restored back to life. Here, his father got killed and Miles was affected by it for a while.]]
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the comics, Miles is a bright kid, but isn't good enough with chemistry and technology to make his own gear, requiring hand-me-downs from Peter and needs his best friend Ganke to make his web-fluid, referring to him as the "smart one". This version of Miles is a PlayfulHacker who developed an energy converter in middle school with his friend Phin Mason, earning him a science award that helped get him into Brooklyn Visions. He is also able to take the Underground's tech and combine it with Peter's to create a miniaturized hard-light projection tool that would leave his comic book counterpart speechless.
* AffectionateNickname: Phin playfully mocks him for being a slowpoke by calling him "Molasses".
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''iles '''M'''orales.
* AlternateSelf: In ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' Peter meets Miles' [[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Earth-1610]] counterpart.
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: He's Afro-Latino and the second Spider-Man after Peter Parker.
* AgeLift: Downplayed, in the fact of being 13 when his involvement in the ''Spider-Man'' mythos begins. In the first game, however, he is 15. By his own SpinOff, he's 17.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Like Peter before him, Miles takes up the name Spider-Man, but has a few extra powers at his disposal: paralyzing bio-electric shocks in reference to a spider's venom and a camouflage power similar to how some spiders use mimicry to blend into their surroundings.
* AscendedFanboy: He starts participating in more and more circumstances as he becomes linked loosely to Peter Parker's life, including [[spoiler:having to survive an encounter with The Rhino.]] Given who this is, it's inevitable, and he's gotten his own Spidey powers by the first game's climax and by the end of ''The City that Never Sleeps'' DLC, Miles puts on the Spidey-mask and starts web-swinging under Peter's watch, becoming his sidekick.
* BashBrothers: With Peter Parker, who's somewhat of a surrogate older brother to him.
* BareFistedMonk: In sharp contrast to Peter's capoeira-inspired fighting style, his own fighting style incorporate both punches and kicks in his hand-to-hand arsenal.
* BlackAndNerdy:
** Aside from his fanboy tendencies, he and Ganke created a hacking app that Miles uses throughout the game. In his game, Miles also has an app where people can call on Spider-Man for help with problems as part of his desire to help his neighborhood.
** In middle school, he and his friend Phin shared a dream of becoming groundbreaking scientists whose work would be showcased in museums across the country.
* BreakTheBadass: Repeated slip-ups and mistakes throughout his first solo outing as Spider-Man gradually dampen Miles' enthusiasm and confidence. [[spoiler:After Phin threatens to kill him if she sees him again and Rio finds out he's Spider-Man, Miles admits to his mom that he feels that he's done nothing but make things worse, and that he's worried that she'd hate him too if he told her the truth. It takes a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech from Rio for him to get his head back in the game.]]
* TheCameo: Makes a small appearance in ''Spider-Geddon''.
* CanonImmigrant: This version of Miles exists in the same universe as Peter from the beginning.
* CassandraTruth: He repeatedly tries to tell the Tinkerer that blowing up the Nuform reactor will just destroy Harlem, but [[spoiler:she's too pissed about him lying about his identity and fake-joining the Underground]] to listen, and dismisses his warnings as more lies.
* ChekhovsGunman: Jeff mentions him to Spider-Man quite a few times before his official introduction.
* ChickMagnet: Shaping up to be a bit of one, albeit accidentally.
** When he helps Hailey save C.J. Walker Park, she gives him her scarf and earmuffs and smiles at him as he swings away.
** After taking down the Underground footholds throughout the city, Danika asks him out for coffee... and even sounds a bit flustered as she gets off the phone with him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Though his style of humor seems based more around one-shot zingers rather than Peter's non-stop barrage of wisecracks.
* DestructiveSaviour: Miles' overenthusiasm and lack of forethought cause several bad situations to escalate, chiefly the Rhino's escape and the Braithwaite Bridge incident.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: A recurring problem for Miles in his game is his overenthusiasm and impulsiveness. He's so eager to be Spider-Man that he often overestimates how much he's capable of in the moment or doesn't recognize when he's in over his head. This is shown when he tries and fails to secure the prison convoy over Peter's protests and when [[spoiler:he tries to sabotage the Nuform reactor on his own, destroying Phin's phone and the evidence on it of Rick's murder. Although it was a pretty rotten move for Phin to beat down her best friend and renounce all ties to him, she is justifiably angry for his past screw-ups and calls him out for his impulsiveness, [[{{Hypocrite}} even though Phin's never actually done better herself]].]]
* DivergentCharacterEvolution:
** Miles has fewer gadgets than Peter does, only having his Holo-Drones, Remote Mines, and Gravity Wells. He also has a significantly weaker spider-sense that provides a noticeably tighter dodge window. In exchange, Miles has access to his [[ShockAndAwe electrifying Venom Strike]] as well as his [[{{Invisibility}} camouflage ability]].
** Miles' basic attacks are weaker than Peter's own punch and kicks. Miles, for example, cannot air-launch enemies wielding weapons, while Peter can. Nor can he back attack shield-using foes like Peter could. He also tends to require more hits to take enemies down. To counter this, Miles' Venom Strikes can send entire groups flying, and enemies struck by venom are both stunned, and take increased damage. Most of Miles' venom moves do damage far in excess of what Peter can do, but most of these attacks require venom charges that he must build up.
** They also differ in how they approach problems as Spider-Man. Peter spends his game as a mostly solo act, mainly relying on contacts like Yuri and MJ for information, but never really relying on others in the field. Miles has Ganke constantly looking out for him as his MissionControl, but he doesn't have nearly as many contacts. Peter also has to juggle multiple responsibilities and deal with adult issues like rent, while Miles is still living with his mother and is swinging over winter break, leaving him free to approach his problems with reckless overenthusiasm.
* DivingKick: One of his finishers has him jump into the air while webbing his opponent's arms before yanking them to bring his foot down into their face.
* DramaticUnmask: He unmasks himself before the Tinkerer in a bid to dissuade her from fighting him and continuing her crusade against Roxxon. It doesn't work as well as he hopes.
* ElectricBlackGuy: Per the character norm, he's an Afro-Latino who gains spider-powers which includes having the ability to produce bioelectricity (dubbed Venom Strike).
* EnergyAbsorption: It was revealed that Miles' bioelectric powers allows him to absorb a certain amount of energy and release it, causing damage in proximity. However, when he tries to hold the said energy in (depending on the amount of energy he absorbed), it causes a massive strain on his body until he has little choice but to unleash it to relieve himself of the stress. [[spoiler:He eventually uses that to absorb the reactor that was about to explode, albeit about to cause a massive release in energy. Thankfully, the Tinkerer was able to [[HeroicSacrifice save people from being affected by jumping into the sky so he can release it, at the cost of her own life]].]]
* FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler:Miles is forced to fight his ChildhoodFriend, Phin, after she arms the Underground and prepares to detonate the Nuform reactor as part of her revenge plot against Roxxon for her brother Rick's murder.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Officer Jefferson Davis talks about his son's natural aptitude for tech loosely, setting up the reveal that Miles is actually a bit of a nerd that goes to Robotics Club at school and knows his way around tech. [[spoiler:His skills are proven to be correct as he was able to make his iconic Spider-Man suit with his friend Ganke.]]
** The story focus for this seemingly random kid is to clue newcomers in on his potential major role in this continuity, especially given the radioactive spider bite he gets and the powers he reveals in the ending.
* GadgeteerGenius: Jeff boasts about his son's technological expertise during his introduction, claiming Miles was a ChildProdigy at ''five''. He's also part of his school's robotics club.
* GratuitousSpanish: His dialogue with his mom is peppered with Spanish phrases owing to his Puerto Rican heritage. Gleefully lampshaded when Ganke says that he should start learning ASL since he's already mastered Spanish, prompting Miles to ask, "¿Ah, si? ¿Desde cuando?"[[note]]Oh, really? Since when?[[/note]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Downplayed at first. His reception by the people of New York is more lukewarm than Peter's, with people and thugs referring to Peter as the "real" Spider-Man. After Miles accidentally causes the Nuform to destroy the Braithwaite Bridge, Jameson and Roxxon run a smear campaign against him. Luckily, Ganke’s Friendly Neighbourhood app and Danika’s Danikast helps fix this.
* HeroicRROD: Absorbing too much energy at once overloads Miles, forcing him to release it into his surroundings. He's left exhausted and in pain afterwards, saying that he feels like he'd been dropped from a plane.
* HollywoodHacking: His main way of staying alive in his segments in ''Spider-Man [=PS4=]'' is to hack enemy electronics with his phone.
* HotBlooded: Rather than run away with his mother and other civilians at [[spoiler:the City Hall bombing that his father died at]], Miles immediately opts to rush in instead. Later on, he meets Spider-Man after trying to fight some thugs and needing to be saved, and then not even five minutes later he would rather [[spoiler:jump a Sable security checkpoint fence and risk detainment or execution]] than be late to his new job.
* HowDoIShotWeb: After he gets powers by the end of the main story, Miles' DLC appearances consist of Peter trying to coach him through everything in order to avert this. But in Miles' own game, he develops his Venom Strike and invisibility powers that Peter doesn't have. Not to mention that Peter leaves for Symkaria not long after Miles first demonstrates the first one, forcing Miles to learn these new powers on his own.
* HumblePie: He starts his game overenthusiastic and overconfident in his ability to be Spider-Man, leaping at challenges without thinking and paying dearly for it. By the end of his game, [[CharacterDevelopment his overenthusiasm has been dampened considerably after taking in his past screw-ups, so he slows down and approaches his problems with more maturity as the realities of a superhero's life settle in]].
* ImportantHaircut: His standalone game shows him with a trimmer hairstyle akin to the comics.
* InkSuitActor: Miles' appearance here is modeled after his voice actor, Nadji Jeter.
* {{Invisibility}}: Another part of his spider-powers is the ability to blend into his surroundings to become practically invisible.
* ItsAllMyFault: Miles' mistakes as Spider-Man gradually wear at him, namely his failure to stop the Underground from attacking his mom's rally, the bridge blowing up due to the Nuform interacting with his bio-electricity, and [[spoiler:Phin renouncing him as family and leaving him for dead.]] He admits to [[spoiler:his mom, after she catches him in his costume]], that he feels like he's done nothing but make things worse.
* ItsPersonal: He initially brushes off the Underground as something he has to investigate later. But after they attack and injure Rio at her rally at Roxxon Plaza, Miles becomes fixated on figuring out what the Tinkerer is up to and stopping her plans.
* JumpedAtTheCall:
** During the Demon's Bombing of City Hall, the moment Miles manages to regain consciousness and his bearings, his immediate response is to jump back into the fray to make sure his dad is okay.
** Still has shades of this during ''The Heist'' DLC, trying to talk Pete into giving him training so he can help him fight crime. Peter, having already spent 8 years trying to juggle both his civilian and superhero life (three of which being while he was still in high school), tries his damnedest to talk Miles into staying a civilian for as long as possible.
** During the ''Turf Wars'' DLC, Peter has started giving Miles lessons on using his powers. Miles is itching to get in the field and start fighting crime, but Peter is extremely hesitant because he knows that the kid is taking an overly rosy view on this and blows him off while fighting the Maggia. Later on, he learns that Miles decided to go on without him and tried jumping off a bridge, breaking his toe in the process.
--->'''Peter:''' I have created a monster. A monster of enthusiasm.
** In the opening scene for his game, Miles is overenthusiastic to help and overconfident in his ability to secure an armored convoy, which allows Rhino and a bunch of inmates to escape.
* JuniorCounterpart: He has many similarities to Peter's life, specifically having a deceased father-figure (twice in Peter's case) and gaining spider-powers (though Miles' is more varied). This is one of the main reasons why Peter opts to be Miles' BigBrotherMentor. Crooks will derisively refer to Miles as "Spider-Kid", before he corrects them by saying he's Spider-''Man''.
* KarmicJackpot: Miles' decision to work for F.E.A.S.T. and continue to watch over the facility during [[spoiler:the Sinister Six's and escape convicts' riots]] is what leads to him getting bitten by another of Osborn's spiders and developing powers.
* KidHero: He's only 17 by his first solo outing as Spider-Man before Peter entrusts New York to Miles for a few weeks (although that does make him older than Peter was when he first put on the mask). Also {{deconstructed|trope}}, as his youthful overconfidence and overenthusiasm lead to a lot of problems, as do his reckless attempts to fix them. Peter even offers to come back ASAP to help him out, but Miles' desire to prove himself results in him running headfirst into issues he isn't sure he can handle.
* LegacyCharacter: Miles is the second Spider-Man following his BigBrotherMentor Peter.
* LeParkour: Like Peter, Miles makes extensive use of acrobatics both in and out of combat. He also has ''far'' more Air Tricks at his disposal than Peter, showing his more freeform swinging style and youthful enthusiasm.
* LightningBruiser: Quite literally in this case with his Venom Strike abilities allowing him to move faster and striker much harder than normal. Miles is also shown to be incredibly durable being that he can tank a fall from the sky above the clouds and continue swinging afterward.
* LightningCanDoAnything: In addition to being a powerful tool in combat, Miles' Venom Blasts can also be used to instantly charge electronics as well as propel himself and others through the air.
* MomentKiller: In Act 3, as Spidey and MJ start to apologize to one another for their earlier fight, Miles ends up cutting into their conversation to offer Spidey water.
* MovingBeyondBereavement: [[spoiler: Miles Morales' father is killed in a suicide-bombing arranged by the Demons, leaving Miles grieving for a good chunk of the story that follows. It takes a while - plus a pep-talk from Spider-Man - but he's eventually able to channel his grief into working for F.E.A.S.T. and move on with his life - to the point that when he discovers that Martin Li, the founder of F.E.A.S.T. was behind the attack, he opts not to leave the organization in a quest for revenge and instead chooses to stay and help the homeless.]]
* MundaneUtility: In his own game, he uses his powers to discreetly access the transformer by crawling along the walls before recharging it with his electric powers.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Miles is a lean and fit, but not especially muscular teenager. Aaron is surprised that a "skinny-ass kid" like Miles can punch so hard thanks to his spider-powers.
* NervesOfSteel: If running back into the wreckage after the bombing of City Hall to find his dad doesn't prove this then [[spoiler:Miles sneaking into an encampment of heavily armed escaped convicts and having to elude the Rhino, all for the sake of finding medicine for the sick]] certainly does.
* NiceGuy: Miles proves he's worthy of the Spider-Man name by naturally being just as kind, empathetic, and compassionate as Peter is. While wearing his mask, nothing is too small for him, from helping a civilian find their lost cat to taking a selfie with a fan, truly earning the right to be called a "Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man". In his civilian identity, he's always nice to everyone he comes into contact with and is always looking for ways to help them, whether it be by offering to volunteer at F.E.A.S.T. during winter break or simply helping a stranger load a couch into the back of a truck.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:He initially infiltrates Roxxon to retrieve Phin's phone, both to figure out what turned her towards the Underground and to dig up incriminating evidence on Roxxon. When he finds it, the video of Rick's murder enrages him to the point of purposefully sabotaging the reactor by absorbing the Nuform energy. Unfortunately, he overestimated how much he could absorb, and is forced to release it in a massive electric explosion that fries the phone, and along with it the last piece of physical evidence linking Krieger to Rick's murder.]]
* NomDeMom: Like in the comics, he goes by his mother's last name instead of his father's, but unlike the comics, this isn't because Jefferson took up "Morales" as his last name, instead keeping "Davis".
* NotAMorningPerson: His own game shows him struggling to get up early in the morning during winter break and doesn't get up until Ganke yells at him. Justified by his numerous all-nighters as Spider-Man.
* OhCrap: Actually manages to catch Spider-Man off-guard in a mock moment of brief "training tips", and accidentally right hooks him on the jaw before apologizing profusely. Peter's actually impressed by this and takes it in stride, and after he departs, Miles is left in awe as what he just did dawns on him.
-->'''Miles:''' [[ARareSentence I just punched Spider-Man.]]
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Downplayed compared to Peter, but Miles is a GadgeteerGenius who is also a PlayfulHacker, while also demonstrating some experience with acoustics given his sound sampling hobby.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted regarding his costumed identity. Miles is Spider-Man just like Peter; he uses the term "other Spider-Man" when referring to his mentor.
* OnlyChildSyndrome: He has no siblings, which gives him his parents' undivided attention. That said, Jefferson laments that he and Rio never gave him any brothers or sisters, and were delighted when Miles became so close to Phin that they were practically siblings. Jefferson refers to her as his "almost-daughter" and often took her and Miles on field trips together.
* PlayfulHacker: The very first thing Miles does to test out the hacking app he created with his buddies is to play around with someone's boombox. He then proceeds to start hacking into Silver Sable's drones so that he can skip through her id checks.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: He's as tough as he is strong and his ability to channel huge amounts of bioelectricity means that his body can absorb energy as well as dish it out. [[spoiler:Both of these prove essential in the finale, as he absorbs all of the energy from the Nuform reactor before it can explode and then survives a massive fall from above the clouds.]]
* {{Retcon}}: In the [=PS4=] version of the first game, Miles wears a Midtown High T-shirt, implying that was the school that he attends. The [=PS5=] version replaces it with a Brooklyn Visions Academy T-shirt, with his self-titled spinoff confirming he attends that school.
* SaveTheVillain: When the Tinkerer tries to [[spoiler:murder an incapacitated Rhino for his taunts over her late brother, Miles has to intervene to save him. The Tinkerer gets way too close to killing Rhino before Miles pushes her out of the way.]]
* SecretKeeper: At the end of the first game, he reveals to Peter that he has powers like Spider-Man by jumping and sticking to the ceiling, evidently intending for Peter to be his. Peter then immediately reveals that he ''is'' Spider-Man by doing the same, much to Miles' surprise and delight. By the end of his own game, he has several keepers: his best friend Ganke, his uncle Aaron, [[spoiler:his mother Rio, and numerous citizens of Harlem who saw him unmasked after the Nuform reactor explosion and chose to deny it to the media.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: When he offers Spider-Man water in the MomentKiller scene above, he notices the intimacy and feels bad for accidentally inserting himself. He picks up on Spidey's friendliness to MJ, and when he realizes she has his phone number, enthusiastically asks her if she's Spider-Man's girlfriend.
* ShockAndAwe: Miles' Venom Blast allows him to emit bioelectricity from his body to stun and paralyze his foes. Against weaker foes, he can lift multiple people up into the air with it and shock them all unconscious at once. Against tougher foes, it amplifies his punches enough for him to stagger Rhino, who can take punches from Peter all day long. And thanks to his bioelectricity, Miles shakes off a brief shock from an electrified barrier powered up to almost 300 kilojoules with just an "OW!"
* SketchySuccessor: Part of the conflict in Miles' game is overcoming his feelings of inferiority towards Peter and come into his own as Spider-Man. The Underground says there's no way he can beat them without the ''real'' Spider-Man and one of his first lines after Peter entrusts New York to him is hoping not to screw this up. Ganke even points this out to him, as Miles continues to refer to "the other Spider-Man" as the real one rather than acknowledging that he's also Spider-Man.
* SuperiorSuccessor: While he's not there yet, and Peter still has many advantages over him, by the end of the game Miles is well on his way to becoming the superior Spider-Man. While his extra superpowers are one factor, the story emphasizes Miles already having a much better grasp of how to maintain a healthy balance between his superhero life and his personal life than Peter does, and having people in his life making sure he doesn't follow in his mentor's footsteps in that regard.
* StealthBasedMission: Like Mary Jane, he has to sneak by enemies rather then confront them directly in his playable segments in ''Spider-Man [=PS4=]''.
* StealthPun: Had Miles kept his dad's surname, his name would be Music/MilesDavis.
* StrongerThanTheyLook:
** Once Spider-Man gives him some tips for how to really hold his fists and fight someone head on, he not only hits Spidey with a mean right hook that the web-slinger didn't see coming, he knocks out a grown adult convict later with the same punch. Said convict's companion [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere doesn't test his chances.]]
** After getting bitten by the spider, he now has the proportionate strength of one, letting him take Rhino's punches and stagger him with his Venom Blast. Both Miles himself and his Uncle Aaron lampshade this.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: With Peter in future games following Miles gaining his own spider-powers.
* SuperToughness: Miles fell off a bridge while trying to web-swing unsupervised and only broke his toe, not to mention going toe-to-toe with Rhino, a supervillain able to pummel Peter into submission. [[spoiler:At the end of his game, Phin carries him above the clouds to release the energy from the Nuform reator, and he falls back to Earth unaided. Although he's stunned and disoriented from it, he's able to start swinging away as soon as Rio and Ganke hand him his mask again.]]
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Miles is the Performer to Peter's Technician. Miles relies less on his web-shooters and gadgets than Peter does in favor of his Venom Strike and camouflage abilities, and uses an improvisational fighting style compared to Peter's more straightforward martial arts.
* TeenGenius: His father says Miles is quite a GadgeteerGenius, and Miles creates his own tech during his adventures as Spider-Man, including HardLight projections, electric mines, and gravity wells. Miles is also trilingual, demonstrating fluency in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening:
** Miles' Venom Blast first manifests when Peter is badly hurt and about to be killed by the Rhino; in a furious last-ditch effort to save his mentor, Miles, crackling with energy, charges at Rhino and lands a hit on his jaw hard enough to ''[[MegatonPunch knock the big guy flat]]''.
** Later on, [[spoiler:he discovers his power to [[{{Invisibility}} camouflage himself]] after a group of Roxxon guards aim their guns at him.]]
** Much later, [[spoiler:while being brutally tortured by the guards of Roxxon so they could force Phin to reveal the Nuform's whereabouts, he absorbs the energies in their electric batons and unleashes a Mega Venom Blast which frees himself and Phin from their restraints.]]
* {{Tritagonist}}: He is the third playable character in ''Spider-Man [=PS4=]''. He's eventually promoted as TheProtagonist of his own SpinOff game.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the first game, Miles indeed had potential as he was able to knock an inmate out with his basic fighting skill. 2 years later, his ability was honed enough to the point that he can swing across the city gracefully and fight multiple enemies. [[spoiler:He even managed to face Rhino and defeat him twice in the game.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: Miles is clearly clumsier and less refined in his movements when he traverses than Peter, and it's harder for him to use his finishers when fighting (Peter had a Focus system that could be augmented with skills and equipment, while Miles can only use finishers after sustaining a long combo). He also only has half the number of gadgets that Peter had. However, it can be said that in terms of innate abilities, Miles is stronger, what with his [[ShockAndAwe Venom powers]] which have all sorts of crowd-managing applications and stun effects, and his invisibility to get around or regroup and strike at his enemies in the middle of combat.
* WhatTheHellHero: To an extent as shown in the teased gameplay of the sequel, as while he's not directly calling out Peter's newly aggressive and aloof attitude brought on by the black suit, he is very taken aback when he carelessly tosses aside a civilian that he reluctantly saved.
* WeakButSkilled: He uses the brief fight training Spidey gives him to KO an escaped convict in one hit. The other one, understandably, bolts on out of there.
* WouldHitAGirl: He has no qualms fighting women in the Underground (plus Phin) if it meant protecting New York.
* YoungAndInCharge: By Act 3, [[spoiler:due to Aunt May falling ill to the effects of Devil's Breath, Miles is actually the person keeping F.E.A.S.T.'s shelter afloat.]]
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!!Allies
[[folder:Felicia Hardy / Black Cat]]
!![[ComicBook/BlackCat Felicia Hardy / Black Cat II]]
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!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/EricaLindbeck (English)[[labelnote:Other Languages]] Jessica Angeles (Latin American Spanish), Creator/AyahiTakagaki (Japanese), Anastasia Zharkova (Russian)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Spider-Man]]''
A flirtatious cat burglar who enjoys her games of cat-and-mouse with Spider-Man. She's absent in the main game itself, merely challenging Spider-Man to find the various cat dolls she's hidden throughout the city, but makes a full appearance in ''The Heist'' DLC.
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* AdaptationalModesty: Instead of a [[SensualSpandex skintight suit]] with a NavelDeepNeckline, this version wears a more practical, slightly armored suit that covers her up. However, this doesn't stop her from being MsFanservice; the suit is still ''very'' form-fitting, and her body languange is still that of the classic cat.
* AdaptationalKarma: In the ''The Black Cat Strikes'' comic adaptation, she ends up getting arrested after Mary Jane sees through her ploy. Felicia herself doesn't seem particularly broken up about it, and if anything develops a grudging respect for MJ.
* AffablyEvil: A charming and flirtatious thief who genuinely cares for Spider-Man deep down, but has few qualms "[[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord misdirecting]]" him for her own benefit.
* AmbiguousSituation:
** ''The Heist'' DLC never makes it clear whether she knows Peter's real identity or not. If she does, she never refers to him by his real name, and though optional dialogue with Aunt May implies that May knew of Felicia, it's not clear if she actually ''met'' Felicia [[note]]May just refers to her as "that rebound girl"[[/note]] or if Peter just told her about her. [[spoiler: Even though they have been explicitly intimate with each other, its possible that Peter kept his mask on during these moments like they have done in the post-''One More Day'' comics, or her seeing his face was as far as he went with revealing Spider-Man's identity]]. It's entirely likely that she ''does'' know, but like her comic book counterpart, she's in love with ''Spider-Man'', not ''Peter Parker''. ''The Black Cat Strikes'' establishes [[spoiler:that they had an intimate relationship but she apparenly didn't care much for his normal life]].
** Also from ''The Heist'' [[spoiler: whether or not she actually does have a son. She admits she lied to Peter, but her choice of words leaves the potential existence of any offspring up in the air. Additionally, if she ''does'' have a son, is that child Peter's? He definitely seemed to think it was a possibility]].
*** The above example is also a case of the trope being {{invoked|Trope}} by Felicia herself. [[spoiler:She deliberately avoids saying whether her "son" was fathered by Spider-Man or not, even when asked directly by him. Worrying over the ambiguity of it keeps him simultaneously motivated to help her and also distracted enough that he won't pick up on her manipulation of him.]]
*** Even if she does have a [[spoiler: child, there is no guarantee that it's a boy.]]
* AntiHero: During her time as Spider-Man's crime fighting partner she was this, as unlike him she had no problems with using guns or extreme force to take down her enemies, though she didn't kill anyone. She was also only a hero to be in a relationship with him and grew annoyed with how she wasn't even able to enjoy the fame of being a crime fighter, eventually falling back into her thieving ways.
* AntiVillain: Black Cat is an unrepentant thief who has few if any qualms about manipulating Spider-Man for her own benefit, but she's [[AffablyEvil genuinely charming]] and, by Spidey's own admission, she mostly steals from those who can either afford to lose what she steals, or are criminals themselves. Her appearance in the DLC gives her a [[spoiler:seemingly]] sympathetic motive and sets her up against the far more villainous Hammerhead.
* BadassNormal: Has no superpowers and relies on skill, tech, and stealth to accomplish similar feats to Spidey.
* BatmanGambit:
** She counts on Spidey to find her Stakeout locations and report each of her RFID-enabled cat dolls to the police. [[spoiler:When they're all gathered in the evidence locker, they deactivate the system alarms. This allows her steal her old suit and gear, setting up her DLC story. Peter is quite impressed that she'd steal, and then give up, fifty million in priceless valuables just to prove a point.]]
** In ''The Heist'', she enlists Spidey's help in rescuing her son from Hammerhead, banking on his ChronicHeroSyndrome and their past history for him to say yes. [[spoiler:Then she reveals she played him like a fiddle and was after a flash drive that would give her access to the entirety of the Maggia's wealth. While the existence of a son is up in the air, he most certainly was not kidnapped if he does exist.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: In the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, she comes out of hiding to rescue Spidey from Hammerhead.]]
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: She doesn't say she "lied" to Spidey, only misdirected him.
-->'''Felicia:''' "Lie" is such an ugly word. I prefer "misdirection".
* CallingCard: She marks her various Stakeout targets with cat dolls that are always close to a graffiti painting of herself.
* CatsHaveNineLives: She invokes this whenever she's diving into a dangerous situation, [[spoiler:including when her penthouse has been rigged to explode]].
* TheChessmaster: Like in the comics, she's so good at planning it seems like she's just plain bad luck to anyone who gets in her way.
* ColorAnimalCodename: Her alias, the '''Black Cat''', is this as black is a color while a cat is an animal.
* ColorCharacter: '''Black''' Cat.
* CompositeCharacter: This version's costume design has elements from her Ultimate universe incarnation (goggles instead of the domino mask) and her brief "pure crime empress" stint from her main universe incarnation (fully closed catsuit, sans the tacky cat eye designs on her shoulders). An optional conversation with May reveals that she's also older than Peter, like her Ultimate version (implied to be at least a decade) and ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', but Peter quickly states not that much older suggesting the age gap is closer to the latter (where it was only by three years).
* DarkActionGirl: Felicia is pretty skilled at combat and while she isn't evil, she isn't exactly on the side of good either, preferring the life of a thief.
* DatingCatwoman: She has a romantic history with Spidey and is often quite flirtatious with him. [[spoiler: Said history was serious enough that Peter had reason to be believe Felicia's possible son was his when she mentioned it.]]
* DisappearedDad: Her dad drowned in an attempt to escape The Raft. [[spoiler:He's actually in hiding and is the "policeman" who gets Spidey to find his old stolen loot.]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:She seemingly dies in a massive explosion at the end of ''The Heist'' only to show up to save Peter in ''Silver Lining''. More than a few characters (including Felicia herself) point out that her survival was pretty obvious]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Even after she lied and betrayed him, Spider-Man still contacts her to warn her about Hammerhead's plan to kill her by blowing up her penthouse, and tries to convince her that she can be good again. Black Cat says she can't understand him and why he's always so nice to her despite her betrayal. Though that may be self-loathing leaking through the façade.]]
-->'''Felicia:''' [[spoiler:I don't get you, Spider. I just conned the hell out of you and here you are, trying to save me. How can you be so damn ''nice'' all the time?]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:''Silver Lining'' reveals that she had indeed faked her death when her apartment exploded.]]
* FormFittingWardrobe: Done more sensibly than most examples, but her outfit still shows off a considerable amount of her figure, ''especially'' regarding her hips.
* GetBackHereBoss: The fight with her consists of her leading Spidey on a chase over the city, using gadgets to keep him at bay. Justified, as neither ''actually'' wants to hurt the other.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Nearing the second half of the bar fight, Felicia arrives and helps Spider-Man fight the Maggia. Later on, in an all stealth segment, she helps him pick off the goons.
* TheHeavy: Hammerhead is the BigBad of the three-part DLC, leading his faction of the Maggia in taking power from the other families. However, he only gets directly involved starting in the DLC's second chapter. Felicia's alliance with Hammerhead to steal the Maggia's wealth, [[spoiler:her manipulations to get Peter to help her, and her inevitable betrayal to take it all for herself]] subsequently leaves Black Cat as the preeminent main antagonist of the storyline during the events of "The Heist."
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Gets implied by Spidey that he managed to convert her to the straight and narrow for a time but she seems to have fallen back into her old habits. An optional conversation with Aunt May reveals Peter and Felicia were openly dating, and one of Jonah's podcasts has him mentioning her as having been Spider-Man's "sidekick" and then turning out to be a thief.
* ILied: [[spoiler:She lied about being forced to work for Hammerhead, she's stealing because she wants more wealth. She also seemingly lied about having a son in a way that suggested to Spidey he fathered her child, making him act as her unwitting partner. At the very least, such an offspring was never once in danger like she claimed.]]
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:She's actually the second Black Cat; the original was her father]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1VrsV8sItE Black Cat's scenes are often highlighted by a set of strings that play up her mystique]].
* MrsRobinson: As noted under VagueAge, we aren’t sure how old she is, but we do know that Peter is 24. So, depending on when they met, he could’ve ''just'' reached the age of consent when they started their relationship.
* MsFanservice: Even without her traditional NavelDeepNeckline, this version still keeps her skin-tight outfit and puts greater emphasis on [[MaleGaze rear-end shots]].
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:She's last seen consumed by the explosion caused by the trap Hammerhead rigged into her apartment's door. Though judging by her "last words" to Spider-Man, a "blink and you'll miss it" smoke bomb effect before her apartment explodes, and MJ mentioning in the epilogue that the police never found her body, it's heavily implied she's just FakingTheDead. And we learn her father faked his death to escape the exact same crime families Hammerhead is part of, though she doesn't know about it. ''Silver Lining'' proves this to be true, though her involvement in the last third of the DLC plot can be summed up in the PetTheDog moment below.]]
* OnTheRebound: When asking about whether Peter is having relationship troubles with Mary Jane which Peter denies, May asks if instead his troubles are with Felicia instead, referring to her as "that rebound girl".
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:In ''Silver Lining'', she saves Spidey from Hammerhead and gives him the hard drive she stole from Hammerhead in ''The Heist'', rather than keep it for herself as originally intended. Small and ambiguous if it's genuine or not, but she apologizes for conning him in ''The Heist''.]]
* RecruitingTheCriminal: She isn't mentioned by name, but an individual fitting her description (a cat burglar) is listed as an agent of Roxxon in ''Miles Morales''.
* ShaggyDogStory: At the end of Black Cat's missions in the first game, [[spoiler:Spider-Man doesn't actually pinpoint her location. She actually sent him on a wild goose chase to keep him distracted while she stole her gear back from the NYPD.]]
* ShockAndAwe: She uses shock grenades in combat.
* SpyCatsuit: As always. Although this version foregoes the usual deep-V neckline and the white fur accents on her collar, wrists, and shins. The accents have been replaced with white seams and armor pieces. On the other hand, the costume places more emphasis on her HartmanHips and... ''related'' areas.
* TamerAndChaster: One of the very few versions of Felicia where her Black Cat outfit lacks any sort of neckline, and those are exclusively within Spider-Man works aimed at very young audiences, which is contrasting in here considering the game is aimed at older Teens and up, hence why Felicia still acts extremely sexually suggestive despite her new outfit.
* TheTease: Much like her comic book counterpart, she spends quite a bit of time flirting with Spider-Man. This version takes it even further than usual, however, as it is made very clear that her and Peter have been explicitly intimate with each other [[spoiler: and when they meet again, Felicia not only questions his current relationship with Mary Jane, but even claims that she has a son. A son who very easily ''could'' be Peter's based on the timing. She turns out to have made that last part up, but the fact she chose to even ''imply'' he fathered a child with her speaks volumes.]]
* ThrillSeeker: Felicia steals expensive art, partly to fund a luxurious lifestyle, and as per tradition, because it is exciting. Even when she was temporarily Spider-Man's partner, it was mostly to continue having nighttime adventures with the Web Head, not to help people.
* TomboyishPonytail: This version has her hair in one of these, just like her ''VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows'' incarnation, rather than keeping it loose like the rest of her incarnations.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Her father Walter Hardy, the previous Black Cat [[spoiler:aka Detective Mackey]], wishes for her to pursue a different path and not following in his footsteps, only for Felicia to turn out exactly the same as him. [[spoiler:She's even faked her own death to escape the Maggia's retribution just like her own father did before. They both even pull the same trick on Spider-Man in the same DLC, namely pretending to be his ally and manipulating him into doing what they want before disappearing.]]
* VagueAge: Her in-game profile lists her age as "unknown" and it's implied she's undergone plastic surgery at some point. All that is known is that she's older than Peter, but not by much.
* TheVoice: In the first game itself, Black Cat only appears via phone calls, and never physically appears. She makes her actual debut in ''The Heist'' DLC.
* WildCard: Her only true loyalty is to herself. Not only does she string Spider-Man along, it's revealed that [[spoiler:she was trying to get close to Hammerhead as part of a plan to steal the Maggia fortune; this almost results in an attempt on her life, so she goes into hiding for a time before helping Spidey returning in the third DLC to give Spidey the Maggia drive]].
* WolverineClaws: Has retractable claws built into the fingers of her costume. And of course, they're white.
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[[folder:Silver Sablinova / Silver Sable]]
!![[ComicBook/SilverSable Silver Sablinova / Silver Sable]]
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!!! '''Voiced by:''' Nichole Elise (English)[[labelnote:Other Languages]] Xochitl Ugarte (Latin American Spanish), Creator/TakakoHonda (Japanese), Varvara Chaban (Russian)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Spider-Man]]''
The head of Sable International and the princess of the tiny European nation of [[FictionalCountry Symkaria.]] She's tasked with hunting down the Demons at Osborn's behest, butting heads with Spider-Man when he sees her men ready to execute members of the gang. She later turns her sights on the web-slinger himself when [[spoiler:Osborn imposes martial law on the city.]]
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* AdaptationalModesty: In the comics and most animated adaptations, Silver Sable has a very pronounced figure that her [[FormFittingWardrobe tight]] SpyCatsuit generously highlights. In the game, well, the figure is still there, but now she wears more loose-fitting outfits.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed. In the comics, Silver Sable is (eventually) an ally with occasional bits of ShipTease with Spidey when her other associations don't put them on opposite sides by circumstance; antagonistic feelings are never personal, they're just business. This version is far more ruthless in doing her job as her company puts Manhattan under abusive and aggressive lockdown, and her company under Norman has some bad blood and violent distrust for Spider-Man in particular once things really get underway. Pretty much every personal encounter with Spider-Man leads to her trying to arrest/kill him on sight. However, [[spoiler:in the game proper, it's eventually subverted as the climax ''does'' see her pull a HeelFaceTurn, even helping Dr. Michaels ensure that the injured Spidey gets some well-needed medical treatment at F.E.A.S.T. before skipping town. The ''Silver Lining'' DLC revolves around her returning to New York and working with Spider-Man to stop Hammerhead stealing her tech and supplies bound for Symkaria, effectively becoming Spider-Man's mutual ally.]]
* AgeLift: Hinted to be around the same age range as Spidey himself in the main 616 universe. This version is in her late 30s, making her a good decade older.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ilver '''S'''ablinova.
* AntiVillain: She's doing her job as a security contractor under Norman's orders, and after what happened that gets her called in the first place, it makes sense. Too bad about the 'antagonist to Spider-Man' part and draconian approach to locking Manhattan down. [[spoiler:In ''Silver Lining'', she eventually becomes a mutual ally to Spider-Man after learning to trust him and finding common ground, even parting with the webhead on more amicable terms]].
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. She’s easily the best fighter among Sable International, and is their leader. This does not translate to her being a good leader as her men are very corrupt and hopelessly incompetent.
* BadassLongcoat: This incarnation of Sable wears a distinctive coat with her gear.
* BadassNormal: Has no powers, but is skilled enough to take on Spider-Man. The first time Spider-Man attempts to actually fight back against her, she immediately counters and knocks him on the back. In her boss fight at the start of ''Silver Lining'', Silver's reflexes are fast enough that she'll counter attempts to melee her when she's not stunned with a throw that happens so quickly that there isn't even a Spidey-Sense warning or QTE to avoid it.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns for the ''Silver Lining'' DLC.
* CombatStilettos: Wears high-heel boots and is often swinging them into people, Spider-Man included.
* TheComicallySerious: In the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, her stern demeanor contrasting Spidey's usual quips are often used for comedy.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Bringing and leaving Sable tech in New York directly causes the rise of Hammerhead, who she returns to fight in ''Silver Lining''.
* CripplingOverspecialization: As a fighter, she's skilled enough to counter ''Spider-Man'' without him getting a chance to avoid it and tough enough to take a dozen punches from a guy who can lift cars. None of this translates to her actual job of leading Sable International, though. Her company is corrupt and utterly incompetent, to the point that a bunch of mobsters are more effective with her own tech than her highly-trained mercs. She has so little control over her own people that when [[spoiler:she pulls a HeelFaceTurn and leaves town, she can't get any of her troops to follow her.]] Silver is also such a poor tactician that she'll rush into a known trap and need to be rescued. By contrast, it's mentioned in ''Miles Morales'' that when she returned to Symkaria and started tackling the civil war, she ended it so efficiently that Peter never even needed to suit up.
* DarkActionGirl: She frequently opposes Spider-Man and despite not having any superpowers, has the skills to back up her claims. [[spoiler: However, she does perform a HeelFaceTurn near the first game's climax.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: Essentially what she goes through in the ''Silver Lining'' DLC. She starts out as a {{Jerkass}} NeverMyFault leader of a ruthless mercenary organization, but Spider-Man still tries his best to bring out the good side in her. [[spoiler: After he rescues her from the Maggia's ColdBloodedTorture, Silver begins to warm up to him, even responding to his high-five attempt and [[WhenSheSmiles grinning a little afterward]]. After Hammerhead's defeat, they both part away on good terms. She even gives him a lift from her carrier back to New York.]] Granted, she's still as hardass as ever, but she matures into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and learns how to play well with others for once.
* TheDragon: She gets hired by Norman Osborn to deal with the Inner Demons, becoming his chief enforcer in putting New York under martial law and hunting Spider-Man when he decides to blame the hero for all his troubles.
* EveryoneHasStandards: For all the civil rights violations her men commits, she draws the line at outright stealing from citizens. When Spider-Man discovers one of her squads detaining civilians solely to 'confiscate' their property for themselves (and who'd apparently gone rogue at least once before), the response Yuri gets back is 'do what you want to them' and allowing them to be prosecuted for their crimes.
* FatalFlaw: Impatience, which isn't helped by her temper.
* GeneralRipper: While a competent fighter, Sable's impatience and temper lead to her causing far more problems than she actually solves, refusing to compromise and viewing Spider-Man as a nuisance. She cements herself as this in ''Silver Lining'', where she chases Hammerhead down using a fighter jet and has no qualms against actively firing on him in the middle of a crowded street.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, Sable helps Spider-Man fight off Hammerhead's goons after he saves her from their ColdBloodedTorture. In the final boss fight, she assists Spider-Man by using her laser array to burn Hammerhead's heat-sensitive head and dropping bombs to disable his shields, [[spoiler:and eventually ramming the cyborg with her jet]].
* GunsAkimbo: Sable's answer to most problems, including Spider-Man, is to draw her twin pistols and put ''down'' the problem.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:It takes until the end of first game, but she does finally come to realize Spider-Man was the real good guy all along, helps save his life alongside Dr. Michaels, and opts to go back home and do some soul-searching so that she can follow a similar mindset to him in doing the right thing. However, her forces still stick around since Norman still paid for their services.]]
* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:The only one to start pondering about Sable International’s methods concerning New York being put into a state of martial law at the end, while the male soldiers remain the same and some are outright keen on criminal behavior, using their position to apprehend personal belongings like luxury watches. Sable went from being openly antagonistic to Spider-Man, then forming a temporary truce with him, to flat out admiring his determination to help even those whom he should hate by all means, ending with her wishing to meet him again, all in quick uninterrupted succession]].
* {{Irony}}: The revelation that she is the leader of a resistance movement against a local tyrant in her home nation and uses the money her company makes to finance said rebellion becomes a strong irony given that MJ reveals in the first game that most of her previous contracts were dealing with dictatorships. Though to be fair, MJ did say Sable helps the rebellion against the dictatorships in some countries, while suppressing them in others.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, she's pretty cold and humorless, but she ultimately does want to do the right thing.
* KickChick: When she's not shooting her enemies with her twin pistols, she's usually kicking them to the curb.
* LightIsNotGood: Wears a bright outfit, and is the head of a heavy-handed mercenary group.
* NeverMyFault:
** When the Demons succeed in kidnapping Dr. Michaels and ultimately escaping with the Devil's Breath, Sable blames Spider-Man for the incident despite the fact that, as Spidey rightfully points out, Michaels and the Devil's Breath were under ''her'' protection in the first place. [[CantTakeCriticism She responds by pointing her guns at him.]]
** When she returns in the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, she blames Spider-Man for Hammerhead stealing her tech... when her mecenaries left it in Manhattan largely unguarded to begin with. Even though Spidey clears up that he means to stop Hammerhead from doing it, she simply retorts that he's failing and/or possibly working with Hammerhead. After all, she doesn't know enough about Spidey to trust him. So she's going to handle it herself. Either way, it ''is'' pretty much her men's fault more than hers since they continued to operate without her.
* NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler:During the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, Spidey tries to get a high five out of her after they've officially joined forces. After being left hanging for a few minutes, he finally succeeds, and she walks away smirking as he groans about how hard she did it.]]
* OddFriendship: According to a post-game chat in ''Miles Morales'', she warmed up to MJ considerably after she called Silver "cold, calculating, and humorless"; high praise in Symkaria, but [[InsultBackfire not exactly what MJ was going for]]. Peter finds their newfound friendship slightly terrifying, but pretty cool.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler:When she and Spider-Man use a laser to heat up Hammerhead's metal plate to render him vulnerable, and the laser stops working, she asks Spidey to hold Hammerhead in place so she can ram her jet into him at full speed, and finally brings him down.]]
* LaResistance: She's leading the rebel faction in the Symkarian civil war against the local tyrant and is using her mercenary work to finance said rebellion.
* RightfulKingReturns: She is the princess of her nation, by default the rightful queen, and leads the resistance against the local tyrant.
* SciFiBobHaircut: This version sports a bob in the same superhero setting.
* SmugSnake: Sable is a SUPREMELY haughty and confident ArrogantKungFuGirl who treats Spider-Man as an interfering child. However, as noted above under IncompetenceInc and NeverMyFault, she is her own worst enemy, repeatedly ''causing'' more problems than she actually solves. When you're a more DestructiveSaviour than ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Spider-Man]]'', you might want to take a look in the mirror.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: During the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, Sable ends up playing the ComicallySerious foil to Spidey's banter, a role which Yuri had carried up until that point. [[spoiler: Seeing how the DLC cements Yuri's FaceHeelTurn, this may have been intentional]].
* TheUnfought: She's never fought directly in the first game. Averted in the ''Silver Lining'' DLC, where she's the first boss.
%%%% ZCE %%%%% * {{Tsundere}}: Her relationship with Spidey in a nutshell (is what?).
* WarriorPrincess: This version is actually the princess of Symkaria, [[ActionGirl as well as its strongest fighter.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Has silver hair, and while not overly evil, is quite ruthless and very no-nonsense.
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[[folder:Aaron Davis / Prowler]]
!!Aaron Davis / Prowler
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!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkeAmadi (English)[[labelnote:Other Languages]] Shinshu Fuji (Japanese), Dmitry Polyanovsky (Russian)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales''
A retired thief/mercenary, Jefferson Davis' estranged brother, and Miles' uncle who tried to work as a subway conductor until he discovers his nephew's vigilantism and returns to his Prowler suit to protect him.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: This version of Prowler makes a HeelFaceTurn after realizing the cons of his actions late in ''Miles Morales''. His comic book counterpart (despite a change of heart much later), however, was a full-on criminal who didn’t hesitate to manipulate his nephew into helping him get back at a crime boss after realizing that he was the new Spider-Man. Here, everything he does, even [[spoiler:betraying Miles to Roxxon]], was done out of concern for his nephew and his family's safety.
* AntiVillain: Not exactly a villain nor a hero, but Aaron is willing to fight for what he believes is right and to protect his family, [[spoiler:even if he has to make a deal with Simon Krieger to keep his nephew safe from Roxxon (which backfires big time when Simon cuts off their deal). Four weeks later after Phin's death, Aaron ultimately performs a HeelFaceTurn when he willingly turns himself over to the police and confesses all of Simon and Roxxon's crimes, resulting in both Simon's and his own arrests to keep the former off of Miles' back (though it's stated that Aaron will get a reduced sentencing for his confessions)]].
* AwesomeByAnalysis: He determines that the new Spider-Man is Miles simply by the way he moved while watching him take down Rhino on TV, remarking that it's like the old days where he played pickup with Miles and his dad.
* BadassNormal: Has no powers, but is skilled enough to go toe-to-toe with his superhuman nephew.
* BigDamnHeroes: His entrance in the climax consists of him taking out a Roxxon mook that was about to shoot Miles, Rio, Ganke, and some other residents of Harlem.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Briefly becomes this to Miles after he learns that he sold Phin out to Roxxon, which unintentionally gets Miles caught in the crossfire. The pedestal is broken even further when he imprisons Miles in an attempt to keep him safe, even if it means he's selfishly condemning Harlem to die in Roxxon and Underground's EvilVsEvil war. Thankfully, Miles comes to respect Aaron again when he helps fight Roxxon at the climax of ''Miles Morales'', and turns himself in to the police in order to take down Krieger as well.]]
* CantStayNormal: Although he tries to live a normal life as a subway conductor to reconcile with his family, he quickly returns to his Prowler suit after discovering Miles' vigilantism under the original Spider-Man's tutelage.
* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: He serves as one to Black Cat. On one hand, Felicia and Aaron are both BadassNormal thieves whose gadgets and skills allow them to keep up with the likes of the legitimately superhuman Spider-Men, are a [[AntiVillain great deal more gray in terms of morality]] compared to the likes of Hammerhead and Simon Krieger, and have no qualms with lying to Spider-Man in order to reach their goals. The difference is that Felicia was involved with Peter as a fellow crimefighter and romantic fling before the events of her debut (which ended when she began stealing from criminals again), is still active as a criminal to this day, and was willing to make Peter think he was the father of her fake child to get him to help her rob the Maggia blind. Aaron, by contrast, is introduced as trying to start over with a clean slate following his brother's death, and his return to his double-life as the Prowler was motivated by a noble yet misguided effort to ensure his nephew and sister-in-law won't suffer the same fate, becoming something of an EvilMentor to Miles. Furthermore, while Felicia remains unaware to this day of who Peter is under his mask, Aaron managed to figure out Miles is the new Spider-Man relatively early on and becomes a SecretKeeper for his nephew's double-life.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Aaron had a bit of a history with his brother, Jefferson, even way before Miles was born. When Jefferson learned that Aaron was the Prowler, he tried to sever contact with him and keep his family away from him as much as possible. Since then, Aaron tries to live a normal life in hopes of reconnecting with his nephew and sister-in-law.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:He made a deal with Simon to find the Tinkerer, as long as he left Spider-Man (his nephew) alone. However, Simon broke off their deal and captured both vigilantes anyway. Miles calls him out for even making a deal with someone as sociopathic as Simon]].
* DoppelgangerAttack: In the last phase of his boss fight, Prowler summons three hard-light holograms of himself that rush the player. It's easy to lose track of which of the four is the real Aaron and which are the holograms, making it easy to combo a hologram and get blind-sided by Aaron's stronger attacks.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Manipulative thief he may be, he still deeply loves his family and genuinely cares for Miles' safety. [[spoiler:Underestimating Aaron's bond with his nephew is what ultimately proves to be Simon Krieger's undoing.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Aaron loves his family and he genuinely wants to keep his nephew safe from Roxxon and living the life of a vigilante. And even if he was estranged with Jefferson, Aaron was saddened when he heard of his brother's death at the City Hall Bombing and he wants to protect Miles and Rio from suffering the same fate. [[spoiler:The Prowler was even disgusted when Simon Krieger double-crossed their deal about keeping Spider-Man out of harm's way]].
* EvilCounterpart: To Peter. Both are close to Miles and act as mentors and a ParentalSubstitute to him. However, Peter acts as a BigBrotherMentor to Miles and taught him to see the good in others, and he trusted Miles enough to watch over New York while he's in Symkaria for a few weeks. Meanwhile, Aaron posed as a sort of EvilMentor and advised Miles to trick the Tinkerer into recruiting him with the Underground, and he willingly locked him up to prevent him from interfering with Roxxon and the Underground's EvilVsEvil war in Harlem, leaving it to burn (but Aaron eventually [[HeelFaceTurn sees the error of his ways]]).
* EvilMentor: To Miles. Not exactly evil in anyway, but he teaches his nephew how to [[spoiler:manipulate the Tinkerer into joining the Underground and uncover more information about the group]].
* ExpressiveMask: Simmilar to the Spider Men, Aaron's Prowler mask features articulated lenses that shift with his emotions. Most notable during the battle with Miles in the subway, where he is more emotional.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Aaron was the foolish one, Jefferson was the responsible one. Aaron notes he began stealing as a teenager, while Jefferson always wanted to be someone that helps people (doctor, teacher, firefighter, before settling on police officer). Aaron is divided on the issue. Part of him wishes he had done his brother proud and given up his life of crime when his brother first caught him stealing as a teenager, and notes that Jefferson always covered for him. On the other hand, he is bitter that Jefferson cut all ties with him when he found out Aaron was the Prowler [[spoiler:though in Jefferson's audio recording, he believes that Aaron is a good person, despite his flaws, and enough to bring some good influences into Miles' life]].
* ForYourOwnGood: The Prowler kidnaps and locks Miles behind a laser forcefield so he won't risk his life trying to stop Roxxon and the Tinkerer from killing each other and taking Harlem with them. However, he underestimated Miles' determination to fix his past screw-ups, as well as his own abilities, and he quickly breaks out, prompting a boss battle with his own uncle. [[spoiler:Miles calls his Uncle Aaron out about his methods of "surviving," how he was willing to manipulate, kidnap, and even fight his own nephew just for the sake of saving his own skin. Miles even notes how he underestimated both his abilities and determination to protect Harlem from both Roxxon and the Underground. Aaron came to realize that the consequences of his actions nearly caused his family to break contact with him again]].
* GuestStarPartyMember: Teams up with Miles to fight off Roxxon security forces in one section of the game. When Miles performs certain finisher moves on the security guards, Aaron will jump right in to land the final blow.
* HandBlast: One of Aaron's favorite weapons is a laser beam attached to his glove, which he often uses right after deactivating his cloaking device. He starts spamming this in the second phase of his boss fight.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After Miles criticizes his actions and that he had to save people unlike what he told him to do, Aaron decides to jump in the fight alongside Miles and distract Roxxon long enough for him to go after the Tinkerer. In the ending, Aaron turned himself to the police and exposed all the information about Simon and Roxxon, leading to the latter's arrest. Although he would be sent to jail, he would get a reduced sentencing for his confessions.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:Aaron believed that as long as ''Simon Krieger'' of all people would keep his promise of leaving Spider-Man (his nephew) alone, he'll help capture the Tinkerer. He learns the hard way what kind of person Simon really is when he orders his men to brutally torture his nephew. Miles was not happy that he'd even make a deal with such a sadistic, backstabbing man]].
* HumansAreBastards: Never outright says it, but it’s strongly implied Aaron has this mentality.
-->'''Prowler:''' You don’t get how the real world works! Dog eat dog!
* {{Invisibility}}: Like Miles, Aaron can cloak himself, but unlike his nephew, he relies on his tech rather than actual powers.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Miles accuses him of this, and believes even his motivation to protect Miles is because of this.
-->'''Miles:''' You don’t get it! You’ve never fought for anyone but yourself.\\
'''Prowler:''' Maybe that’s why I’m still alive!
* JerkassHasAPoint: As selfish as his motivations of keeping his nephew safe are, Aaron makes some valid points towards him:
** He points out that people get stupid when they care about someone despite Miles' protests that Phin is "too smart" to let him be a member of the Underground. His point rings true when Phin allows Miles to join the Underground after revealing he knows about the death of Rick, allowing Miles to sneak through the Underground hideout to find out the locations of their bases.
** Miles says during his fight that his uncle needs to understand that he's trying to protect New York, Aaron in turn points out that it can't be done if Miles is dead. Hearing about how Jeff died, it's hard not to blame the latter for feeling that way.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A fairly tough critic when it comes to people. He doesn’t seem to like people very much, but he’s a loving family man, and will do anything for his nephew, Miles. After his HeelFaceTurn, he follows in his family’s footsteps to help others, and not only continues to protect Miles from Roxxon, but also helps rescue people out of Harlem.
* MirrorBoss: During his boss fight, Aaron relies on many of the same tricks as Miles does, including invisibility, remote mines, and even hologram minions. The difference is that most of his tricks come from high-tech equipment while Miles uses his superhuman advantages.
* MyGreatestFailure: His estrangement with Jefferson is this. He even mentions to Miles that if he did not reveal his job as the Prowler, then he would still be in contact with his family. Worst of all, Aaron wasn't able to make amends with Jeff prior to the latter's death, and ever since then he's been deeply saddened after hearing about it and has been keen on protecting Miles so he won't lose any more family members.
* PapaWolf: Picks the role up since his brother is no longer there for Miles. [[spoiler:He returns to his Prowler costume after trying to go straight solely to protect Miles, and most of his actions follow that goal. Krieger's greatest mistake is not realizing that Aaron's protective instincts outweighs his own selfishness, and that Aaron is willing to go to jail if it means taking Krieger off of Miles' back.]]
* RetiredBadass: Aaron retired the Prowler identity after falling out with his brother, but once he jumps back into action it's clear that he's every bit as competent as he was in his glory days.
* SecretKeeper: After Aaron determines that Miles is the second Spider-Man, he promises not to tell anyone and tells Miles to give him a call if he's ever in over his head.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Unlike his comic and ''Spider-Verse'' counterparts, he survives the story and is merely arrested after turning himself in to stop Krieger.]]
* TookALevelInIdealism: Aaron spends most of the game as a cynical misanthrope, but after [[spoiler: Miles defeats him, and refuses to be like The Prowler, Aaron decided to support Miles in protecting the city, and follow his family’s example to protect people.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Aaron ends up [[spoiler:selling out Miles to Roxxon unwittingly. Not because he is evil or greedy, but because he is terrified of the thought of his nephew dying in the crossfire of Tinkerer and Krieger's EvilVersusEvil war, and thinks this is the only way to get him ''out'' of said crossfire. Unfortunately, Roxxon is not planning to hold up their end of the bargain.]]
* WolverineClaws: Like Black Cat, he possesses retractable claws built in the fingers of his costume. Only his are green.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Receives this speech from Miles during ''Miles Morales''. [[spoiler:In the epilogue, he mentions that it's what convinced him to turn himself in and spill the beans on Roxxon. Miles convinced him that he had to do what's right by others]].
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