History Film / SpiderMan2

** As a young boy, Peter was apparently wary of May after his mother died. During May's speech about heroes, Peter begins to wonder if she knows his secret. In that same scene, Peter easily carries a heavy desk, which prompts him to try and jump the gap between two buildings, thinking his powers have returned. He doesn't fall on a car though.
** Jameson is stressed about his son's wedding because he had to pull many strings to arrange it not even a few months after John and Mary Jane’s engagement. John is concerned they're moving too fast and tries to probe MJ's motives (with his friends even wondering if she's pregnant). When she rushes out after kissing him upside-down, John connects her refusal to invite Peter, who MJ unknowingly mentioned many times while they were dating, to the wedding and her reaction to his questioning. As a result, he is saddened but ultimately not too surprised when MJ leaves him at the altar.

** Doc Ock's tentacles tapped Peter's phone lines. That was how he knew he'd find Peter at the café with Mary Jane. While saving himself and MJ, Peter uses his newly regained webbing to knock a waitress away from the car Ock hurls through the window. Doc Ock also kidnaps Mary Jane to turn Peter against Spider-Man for failing to save the woman he loves, since Otto blames him for Rosie’s death.

** Aunt Ida, who's name is seen on a wedding invitation in the film, is John’s eccentric gabby maternal aunt.

** Aunt Ida, who's name is seen on a wedding invitation in the film, is John’s eccentric gabby maternal aunt.

* {{Corpsing}}: During the extended-cut scene in which Jameson tries on the Spider-suit, Betty is seen barely containing her laughter. Creator/ElizabethBanks has later admitted she was only supposed to act bemused like Bill Nunn and Ted Raimi, but Creator/JKSimmons was just so hilarious during that scene.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: In the background of the scene where Mary Jane runs through the park in her wedding dress, you can see a man who looks like Creator/ThomasJane wearing a black trench coat.[[note]]Played by one of Thomas Jane's stunt doubles from the Film/ThePunisher2004.[[/note]] According to the DVD Commentary, the intention is that this is indeed supposed to be [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frank]] [[Film/ThePunisher2004 Castle]].

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* MorallyBankruptBanker: On top of denying Aunt May and Peter Parker a loan, the loan officer denies them a coupon for a [[BankToaster free toaster]]. Later on, during the battle in the bank, he tries to swipe one of the gold coins flying around until Aunt May, who could really use it, slaps it out of his hand with a "shame-on-you" look.

** Peter knew May was planning a surprise birthday party for him, just not who the guests were (Harry & MJ). MJ is also home because her mother is ill. Another reason Peter pushes MJ away is because he believes he doesn’t deserve to be happy after causing Uncle Ben’s death, and worries he wouldn’t be able to put her first in his life due to his responsibility as Spider-Man.

** Peter acknowledges his mixed signals towards MJ and is frustrated why he can’t just be happy for her. It also bothers Peter that he always takes pictures of MJ with other men, in the case of John more so, because he hasn't done half of the heroic things Peter has done, yet is celebrated as a hero while Spider-Man is demonized by the press. Peter is also envious of John having a father to boast about his accomplishments when he lost Uncle Ben.

** Shortly before the beginning of the film, John introduces Mary Jane to his father, J. Jonah Jameson, over lunch at Club Ascot. The two end up bonding and have a discussion on Jameson's views of Spider-Man.

** Also this for Mary Jane. She leaves John Jameson, a good and loving man, at the altar to be with Peter, finally resolving their feelings for each other. But the final minutes of the movie indicate she is not only well-aware of the risks she is taking by being close to him, but Peter being unable to give up his dual life will bring just as much danger and heartache to them as before, and foreshadows their relationship struggles in the sequel -- the final shot of the movie is Mary Jane watching Peter as Spider-Man ecstatically swinging away across the city, only for her smile to fade to a look of concern.

*** Jameson claims John [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} “should be able to leap over [traffic] in a single bound!” John says, “I could have if I’d remembered to wear my tights and cape.”]]

*** Jameson compares the symbolism of Peter's picture predicting its subjects' deaths to an Creator/IngridBergman (actress) film, which Peter corrects as Creator/IngmarBergman (director).

*** Peter compares his appeal to MJ to the "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech from ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice''.
*** Upon reading the "Spider-Man No More" article, Octavius likens the ''Bugle'' obtaining Spider-Man's suit without his body to the debunked Piltdown Man and [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]]’s diaries.

*** Peter recalls "The Shoop Shoop Song" lyrics "It's in his kiss" regarding Mary Jane wanting to confirm his feelings for her through a kiss.
*** Peter compares Doctor Octopus' megalomania to UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, and MJ later compares him to the [[SerialKiller Son Of Sam]].

* VillainousBreakdown: He's not a straight-up "villain" at this point, but Harry loses it when the fusion reaction that he funded begins to go wrong. He screams, [[LargeHam “I’M IN CHARGE HERE! IT’S MY MONEY!”]] and even [[PsychopathicManchild stomps his foot]] when demanding Otto turn off the machine. He grows increasingly antagonistic after this disaster.

** Peter and Mary Jane once again have a conversation about their personal lives in their backyards over the fence. This time, MJ tries encouraging Peter to open up about his feelings, showing how much he's drifted away from her.

* AdultFear:
** Both Peter and Aunt May are struggling financially for most of the film and are nearly at risk of being homeless.
** Otto sees his wife die in a FreakLabAccident that he caused.
** One of the worst nightmares for any parent occurs in the burning building scene, where a girl no older than seven is trapped in a wardrobe, surrounded by a raging fire and seemingly no way of getting out. Worse, we see a few shots of her worrying parents as they stand outside helplessly. Luckily, [[BadassBystander Peter was around]], ran inside at great risk to his own life and managed to get her out.
** One passenger on the train Spidey and Doc Ock are battling on has a newborn. She's visibly afraid for her child's safety throughout the battle.

** Also this for Mary Jane. She leaves John Jameson, a good and loving man, at the altar to be with Peter, finally resolving their feelings for each other. But the final minutes of the movie indicate she is not only well-aware of the risks she is taking by being close to him, but Peter being unable to give up his dual life will bring just as much danger and heartache to them as before, and foreshadows their relationship struggles in the sequel - the final shot of the movie is Mary Jane watching Peter as Spider-Man ecstatically swinging away across the city, only for her smile to fade to a look of concern.

** The lift scene initially had Spider-Man sharing it with a whole crowd of people, not just one person. When a man asks about his suit, Peter says he made it himself. In reality, the Flying Dutchman, a rival wrestler of Bonesaw, offered Peter the services of his brother, a tailor, for his costume in gratitude. The tailor created two versions of Peter’s Spider-Man costume for free. The first was destroyed in his FinalBattle with Green Goblin. Peter used the second, updated one afterwards.

** Aunt May begins to blame herself for Uncle Ben's death in the film, but in the novelization, Peter wonders if it's because Ben is haunting her as well, especially now that he's given up Spider-Man. When he confesses his part in Uncle Ben's death, May yells for him to leave instead of just getting up and going to her room in silence. Part of the reason Peter reveals this to May is seeking absolution for his mistake.

** Doc Ock's tentacles tapped Peter's phone lines. That was how he knew he'd find Peter at the café with Mary Jane. While saving himself and MJ, Peter also uses his newly regained webbing to knock a waitress away from the car Ock hurls through the window.

** Doc Ock reveals that he kidnapped Mary Jane to turn Peter against Spider-Man for failing to save the woman he loves, since Otto also blames the hero for Rosie’s death.

** Doc Ock's tentacles tapped Peter's phone lines. That was how he knew he'd find Peter at the café with Mary Jane. Peter uses his newly regained webbing to knock a waitress away from the car Ock hurls through the window while saving himself and MJ. When Doc Ock faces the couple, he recalls his previous poetry love advice to Peter and decides to target MJ.

** Octavius’ assistant, who alerts him to Harry's visit and monitors the fusion reactor's readings, is named Raymond.
** In addition to Harry’s materialism and constant reminders that Oscorp is bankrolling his experiment, Octavius is annoyed by Harry's lack of scientific genius compared to Peter and even Norman (who he also detested and didn't mourn). He is confused by Peter and Harry’s friendship and assumes Peter sees Harry as a charity case.

** In the prologue, Dr. Octavius arrives at Columbia University to speak at Dr. Curtis Connors' class but is kidnapped by Jack All with his {{Mecha}}. Spider-Man, who was on his way to class, attacks the Mecha and makes Jack All release Octavius. When interrogating him, Peter learns Jack All is interested in Octavius' "arms" before the mercenary is killed by his own MatchstickWeapon in a failed escape attempt. Peter initially believes "arms" to mean weaponry, which spurs him to choose Octavius for his research paper.

*** As Octavius ponders Peter's doubts about his machine, he decides "[[Creator/EECummings a little knowledge could be a dangerous thing.”]]

** Harry tells Doc Ock that in order to find Spider-Man he must find Peter first. Doc Ock somehow finds Peter with Mary Jane in a random cafe and throws a car through the window straight at them. Any normal man would've been killed instantly, and Doc Ock doesn't know that Peter is Spider-Man. Given that Peter is his only lead on Spider-Man, it makes no sense that Doc Ock would effectively try to kill him.

*** Peter remembers "The Shoop Shoop Song" lyrics "It's in his kiss" with Mary Jane wanting to confirm his feelings for her through a kiss.

** Doctor Octopus also used his knowledge as a research scientist to break into classified government installations and steal equipment. They couldn't risk exposure so the thefts were covered up. The cybernetics in Doc Ock's tentacles tapped into the pier's power lines and hacked the grid to reactivate its circuits, creating an electricity source for the fusion reactor. Ock knew it would take the power company months to detect it.

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** Peter acknowledges his mixed signals towards MJ and is frustrated that he can’t just be happy for her. It also bothers Peter that he always takes pictures of MJ with other men, in the case of John more so, because he hasn't done half of the heroic things Peter has done, yet is celebrated as a hero while Spider-Man is demonized by the press. Peter is also envious of John having a father to boast about his accomplishments when he lost Uncle Ben.

* BittersweetEnding: Peter and Otto team up to stop Otto's inventions, which kills him. Peter has gotten his powers back and he finally gets together with the girl of his dreams. [[SequelHook Also, there's the whole thing about his (former) best friend finding out Peter is Spider-Man (the man he blames for his father's death) and discovering his father's Green Goblin gear]].

** Peter loses his powers in the same order he discovered them: first, he falls down mid-jumping and webswinging, then can't stick to and climb walls anymore.

** "Well, say something..." is first said by Aunt May to Peter when he walks in on his surprise birthday party. The line is later repeated at the end of the film, this time with ''much'' more emotional significance, when [[spoiler:Mary Jane says it to Peter, after stating that she wants be with him regardless of the potential risks]].

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*** Peter secretly listens to Jameson's eulogy for Spider-Man like in ''Literature/TheAdventuresofTomSawyer'' when the titular character secretly attends his own funeral and hears people who once disliked him now praising him.

*** Before "seeing" Norman, Harry hears him exclaim, "If thou didst ever thy dear father love, revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.", just like in Act I of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' before King Hamlet's ghost appears. Also, Norman’s reflection in the mirror smiles like he "[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland passed through the looking glass into Wonderland]]".

** Peter knew May was planning a surprise birthday party for him, just not who the guests were (Harry & MJ). MJ is also home because her mother is ill.
** Peter also pushes away Mary Jane because he believes he doesn’t deserve to be happy after causing Uncle Ben’s death, and worries he wouldn’t be able to put her first in his life due to his responsibility as Spider-Man.

** [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] is one of the scientists who attends Octavius' demonstration and inquires about the safety of the mechanical arms' artificial intelligence.

** MJ's line "You can't get off if you never got on" sounded suggestive in her mind.

*** [[Comicbook/AntMan Hank Pym]] mentions a cybernetic helmet he designed as an alternative to Octavius’ arms, alluding to his classic suit in the comics. In the chaos of the fusion reactor going critical, he seems to disappear and reappear with no explanation, hunting at his use of Pym particles to shrink and grow. Octavius even notes that Hank is "a giant" in his field while "everyone else was an ant”, referring to two of his comic alter-egos.

* LighterAndSofter: The movie has a lot less blood than the previous film.

* AgelessBirthdayEpisode: Peter is thrown a surprise birthday party without any mention of his age. However, since his aunt May mentioned that [[Film/SpiderMan1 his uncle's murder was 2 years ago]], we can assume that Peter is 19 or 20.

** The coins Doc Ock steals from the bank are 19th-century $20 Saint-Gaudens gold coins recovered from an almost-century-old shipwreck, which he plans to resell to fund his experiment. Peter initially considers approaching Octavius as himself but decides against it. Aunt May assumes that the reason Peter runs away is to call the police, rather than out of cowardice. Peter changes into his suit in the bank's security room.

** Jameson is stressed about his son's wedding because he had to pull many strings to arrange it not even a few months after John and Mary Jane’s engagement. John is concerned they're moving too fast and tries to probe MJ's motives (with his friends even wondering if she's pregnant). When she rushes out after kissing him upside-down, John connects her refusal to invite Peter, who MJ unknowingly mentioned many times to him while they were dating, to the wedding and her reaction to his questioning. As a result, he is saddened but ultimately not too surprised when MJ leaves him at the altar.

** In the scene where Spidey stops the car from hitting the crowd, look closely. All four weblines are attached to the car at four different points trailing away from the car's direction of travel through the air. They're all stretched tight. In reality once the momentum of the car was arrested, the car would have either dropped to the ground if there was enough slack, or swung back and forth like a swing until it slowly came to a stop.

** Octavius when he sees the murder and destruction his tentacles have wreaked while he was unconscious, [[spoiler:and then lets another one out as he is dragged underwater with his overloading fusion machine. The second one manages to be fairly tragic, as he had just made his HeelFaceTurn and his last comment was a pledge not to die a monster, with his "NO!" reaffirming this as he sacrifices his life.]]
** Peter gets his own one later on, when he sees M.J. is about to be flattened.

* BittersweetEnding: Peter and Otto team up to stop Otto's inventions, which kills him. Peter has gotten his powers back and he finally gets together with the girl of his dreams. [[SequelHook Also, there's the whole thing about his (former) best friend finding out he's Spider-Man (the man he blames for his father's death) and discovering his father's Green Goblin gear]].

** Creator/StanLee, [[TheCameo/StanLee as per usual]].

* CasualDangerDialog: In the climax, [[spoiler:as Peter is unmasked and rushes to save MJ from a falling wakk.]]

* DarkestHour: Peter lost his powers and gives up on his job being Spider-Man, Uncle Ben is disappointed in him, Otto becomes Harry's henchman, and JJJ thinks Spider-Man was banished.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Aunt May starts as a DamselInDistress when she is captured by Octavius in the building wall fight. But then, seeing Octavius preparing to skewer Peter with a blade in one of his tentacles, she makes sure he knows that she's not going down without a fight by smashing the end of [[ParasolOfPain her umbrella]] into his face, throwing off his aim enough for Peter to miss.

*** Upon reading the "Spider-Man No More" article, Octavius compares the ''Bugle'' obtaining Spider-Man's suit without his body to the debunked Piltdown Man and [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]]’s diaries.

*** Peter likens him secretly listening to Jameson's eulogy for Spider-Man to [[Literature/TheAdventuresofTomSawyer Tom Sawyer secretly attending his funeral where people who disliked him now him praise.]]

*** Before "seeing" Norman, Harry hears "If thou didst ever thy dear father love, revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.", just like in Act I of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' before King Hamlet's ghost appears. Also, Norman’s reflection in the mirror smiles like he "[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland passed through the looking glass into Wonderland]]".

* VisualGag: A subtle one. In the scene where Peter is [[spoiler:trying to get his powers back]], he tells himself "focus on what you want." After jumping off a building, but then failing and falling to the ground, landing on a car, as he gets up, he is standing next to a parked Ford Focus, with the word Focus clearly in the shot.