History Fanfic / TheSpectacularSpiderManLostInGotham

** To keep Bruce from escaping his room after he's injured, Peter begins webbing his door shut.

* EmbarrassingNickname: After being introduced to/adopted into the Bat family, Nightwing reveals to Peter that his name is Richard Grayson, or Dick for short. Peter is surprised, and immediately concludes that it's worse than what his old bullies called him ("Puny Parker"). Dick, being [[TooKinkyToTorture impossible to embarrass]], doesn't seem upset at Peter's reaction.

* IShallTauntYou: Spider-Man (as usual) pulls this on every villain he fights. [[spoiler:It proves to be Joker's BerserkButton]].

* MythologyGag:
** There are ''numerous'' references throughout the fic to bits of Batman or Spider-Man mythos.

** [[spoiler:To punish him for the Rainbow Batsuit prank, Batman forces Spider-Man to go out into the field dressed as the Bombastic Bag-Man.]]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Spider-Man's ChronicHeroSyndrome led to him saving Robin and later the monorail. The first save put him on the Bats' radar, while the second left him hurt and exhausted enough that Nightwing, Hood, Red Robin, and Signal were able to easily kidnap him. [[SubvertedTrope Luckily, this worked out for him]].

* SecretIdentity: Like in the [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan series]], Spider-Man is very good at keeping his secret identity hidden. The only reason that the Bats found out his identity was because he told Oracle that he'd looked at some very specific books at the library earlier that day. Oracle, aka librarian Barbara Gordon, figures it out from there.

** The fact that Peter is from another dimension doesn't shock anyone in the Bat family or Justice League. Most of them only address the fact that he can't return to it, and don't treat him any differently for it.

** Zig-zagged with Damian. When Spider-Man saves him from falling off a building (which is also how he first makes his presence in Gotham known), Robin V's first response after they land is to pull his katanas on Spidey and try to interrogate him. A few chapters later, however, Robin sincerely thanks Spider-Man for saving him... then pulls his katana out again and tells Spider-Man to [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain never tell anyone that he thanked him]].

Written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/WeirdScribe95/pseuds/WeirdScribe95 WeirdScribe95]], ''The Spectacular Spider-Man: Lost in Gotham'' is a crossover fic between ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' and ''WebComic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures''. It explores what would happen if Spectacular's Peter Parker wound up in Gotham. The fic is completed as of January 2024. It can be read on Archive of Our Own right [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/52157122/chapters/131922466 here]].

** Implied with Spider-Man. When he sees the people of Gotham singing his praises for stopping the monorail crash, he's shocked [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness into silence]], having dealt with bad press from Jameson for so long that people thanking/praising him is a practically a foreign concept.

* BecomingTheMask: Superman's grown so used to doing silly things as Clark to maintain the latter's image as a clumsy average citizen that he sometimes does them without thinking, even when he doesn't need to (such as [[spoiler:accidentally leaving his phone in Gotham when he went to pick up Peter for a visit to Smallville, resulting three missed calls from Lois and an amused Superboy]]).

* ITasteDelicious: Bat Burger, once Spider-Man become a well-known/liked figure in Gotham, introduced the Spider-Shake to its menu. Peter thinks it's actually pretty good (while Jason thinks it's really funny).

* ObfuscatingStupidy: Jason notes in Chapter 15 that it's easy to forget how smart some of the Bat family's members are (as he expresses surprise that Peter had figured out on his own that Jason was killed and brought back to life before remembering that Peter's IQ is only ten points behind Einstein's).

* GildedCage: Barbara's clock tower has a spare room that the Bats use as a holding cell whenever necessary. While it's definitely a cell,

* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Peter tells Gwen as he's going through the portal that he loves her.

** Red Hood, though he doesn't want to admit it, becomes pretty fond of Spider-Man pretty fast.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Numerous moments are mentioned in the fic but never shown (see above). However, one noteworthy moment is [[spoiler: Ghost Spider's first fight with the Vulture.]]

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: All of the Bat kids like eating at Bat Burger, and the entire family loves Alfred's [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood award-winning cookies]].

!!Tropes:

* BigEater: Peter's superhuman metabolism is brought up a few times.

* PapaWolf: Batman. Spider-Man wins points in his book when he saves Robin's life, and he's concerned enough about the teen's safety to bring him to the Bat Cave when he passes out after stopping the monorail. Upon his adoption of Peter, he tells the Justice League enough about Spider-Man to keep them informed, but also makes it clear that he doesn't want any of them meeting Peter until he's adapted to living in a new dimension. Halfway through the fic, when Peter talks about how [[CallBack Venom tried to remove his powers and expose his identity]], Bruce is both furious that someone would do something like that and horrified that Peter went through that [[HarmfulToMinors despite only being sixteen]]. [[spoiler:When Rupert Thorne makes the mistake of trying to kill Commissioner Gordon ''and'' Spider-Man, Batman ''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown lets him have it]].'']]

--> '''Duke''': Don't say it, don't say it...
--> '''Peter''': (running past) On your right!
--> '''Duke''': Dang it!

* [[spoiler:In a [[PlayedForDrama serious example]], Doctor Fate tells Peter he can never safely return to his home dimension because, due to the unstable portal he traveled through, any more dimension-hopping will result in Peter dying of cellular degradation. This is a problem faced by every Spider stuck in another dimension in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''.]]

* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler:Thanks to J'onn's telepathic/dreamwalker abilities, Peter reunites in the dream world with both Aunt May and Gwen Stacy]].

* DidntSeeThatComing: The Bats (and Gotham) knew very little about Spider-Man when he first appeared. So seeing him stop a runaway train with nothing but his webs and strength is this trope for pretty much everyone.

* PapaWolf: Batman. Spider-Man wins points in his book when he saves Robin's life, and he's concerned enough about the teen's safety to bring him to the Bat Cave when he passes out after stopping the monorail. Upon his adoption of Peter, he tells the Justice League enough about Spider-Man to keep them informed, but also makes it clear that he doesn't want any of them meeting Peter until he's adapted to living in a new dimension. Halfway through the fic, when Peter talks about how [[CallBack Venom tried to remove his powers and expose his identity]], Bruce is both furious that someone would do something like that and horrified that Peter went through that [[HarmfulToMinors despite only being sixteen]].

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Numerous moments are mentioned in the fic but never shown (see above). However, one noteworthy moment is [[spoiler: Ghost Spider's first fight with the Vulture.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; when Peter brings up Flash (as in the school bully from his old dimension), Jason momentarily thinks that he's talking about one of the Speed Force users in the Justice League. Peter quickly explains.

* HappilyAdopted: While it came as a bit of a surprise, Peter adjusts pretty quickly to being a member of the Bat family. Likewise, the Bats quickly accept him as one of their own.

* ICanStillFight: As usual, Batman tries to go on a mission despite having gotten his foot crushed in [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome a fight with Bane]].

* SeenItAll: The fact that Peter is from another dimension doesn't shock anyone in the Bat family or Justice League. Most of them only address the fact that he can't return to it, and don't treat him any differently for it.

* PapaWolf: Batman. Spider-Man wins points in his book when he saves Robin's life, and he's concerned enough about the teen's safety to bring him to the Bat Cave when he passes out after stopping the monorail. Upon his adoption of Peter, he tells the Justice League enough about Spider-Man to keep them informed, but also makes it clear that he doesn't want any of them meeting Peter until he's adapted to living in a new dimension. Halfway through the fic, when Peter talks about how [[CallBack Venom tried to remove his powers and expose his identity]], Bruce is both furious that someone would do something like that and horrified that Peter went through that despite only being sixteen.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: [[WordOfGod The author]] has confirmed that Peter sees Stephanie and Cassandra this way, and Peter admits to himself in "Crush(ed)" that after all the relationship drama he's been through in the last year, he wants to take a small break from romance (something he's even more dead set on when he learns how the Bats react to one of their own getting a boy/girlfriend).

* MoodWhiplash: In "R&R", the chapter starts out serious as Bruce is found severely injured after a fight, then funny when the Bat family try to keep him in bed. It turns serious once again when Peter asks Bruce why his refusing to let himself recover hurts the people around him, [[spoiler:ending with him telling Bruce that he's already lost four parental figures in his life, and he's not ready to lose another one.]]

* SayMyName: What Gwen does in Chapter One.
* SecretIdentity: Like in the [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan series]], Spider-Man is very good at keeping his secret identity hidden. The only reason that the Bats found out his identity was because he told Oracle that he'd looked at some very specific books at the library earlier that day. Oracle, aka librarian Barbara Gordon, figures it out from there. Much like in his old universe, Peter takes a job as a photographer (only this time for the police department) so he can hear about crimes as they happen and make his own money (although now that he's Bruce Wayne's ward, he doesn't need to worry about that anymore).

* TakingUpTheMantle: [[spoiler:After Spider-Man disappeared, Gwen Stacy was accidentally bitten by the same spider that bit Peter, and developed the same powers. She decided to fight back against the Sinister Six when they started wreaking havoc on the city. During [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome her first fight with Vulture]], people said that watching Spider-Man's ghost. [[AppropriatedAppellation Thus the press started calling her Ghost Spider, and she ended up adopting it as her alias]].]] The new Spider is given Peter's blessing to carry on his legacy.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When an unconscious Spider-Man is brought to the Bat Cave, it's briefly debated whether or not they should unmask him (so they can make sure he's breathing regularly). Seeing as how he's unconscious, they could take it off, see his face, and put it back on without him ever knowing). After Duke points out that they wouldn't want anyone to do that to them if they were in such a position, the family decides to simply pull his mask up to his nose, allowing him to breathe while preserving his identity.

Written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/WeirdScribe95/pseuds/WeirdScribe95 WeirdScribe95]], ''The Spectacular Spider-Man: Lost in Gotham'' is a crossover fic between ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' and ''WebComic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures''. It explores what would happen if Spectacular's Peter Parker wound up in Gotham. The fic is ongoing, and regularly updated. It can be read on Archive of Our Own right [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/52157122/chapters/131922466 here]].