History Film / TheAmazingSpiderman2

** The final battle with Electro shares many similarities with the final battle with Electro/Hyper-Electro in the 2001 UsefulNotes/PlayStation game ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2EnterElectro'', from the battle taking place amongst a field of electrical towers right down to the AGodAmI dialogue.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** When Electro makes his way to Times Square, it catches the eye of a street cop. Instead of trying to be a lone hero, he immediately and discreetly requests backup and SWAT support and begins to usher bystanders to the side and out of the way until he can clear a line of sight between himself and Electro.
** When Peter goes to reconcile with Gwen, he slowly walks across the road with soft music playing in the background in a classic romantic scene, while cars suddenly stop to avoid hitting him with brakes screeching and a motorist yelling "Hey moron, get out of the road".
** [[spoiler:Gwen's death.]] No matter how BadassNormal they are, if an unarmed [[spoiler:young woman]] is caught in the middle of a fight between two superhumans, one of them completely insane, in an old and structurally unsound clocktower, they are going to get killed.

** Peter has a picture of rapper/actor Creator/DonaldGlover in his bedroom. Glover famously campaigned to play Peter Parker in the [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan previous movie]], which ignited a firestorm of controversy and partially led to the creation of Comicbook/MilesMorales.

->''"Ah... there's no place like home!"''

* SoapOperaDisease: The vaguely-defined-but-lethal genetic condition both Osborns have progresses at the speed of plot: Norman says it starts with shaky hands at about Harry's age, but he lived to age 64 with it (we see his birth and death year on the news). Harry, on the other hand, looks like he's at death's door only a few ''days'' after being told that it's hereditary.

** An internet ad for the Blu-Ray release of the movie casually reveals a major plot spoiler for the alternate ending: [[spoiler:Peter meets his father after Gwen dies]]. Of course, given that this is an alternate ending, it probably isn't going to reflect anything canonical in the series.

** The Man in the Shadows from TheStinger of the previous film returns, and he's revealed as [[spoiler:Mr. Fiers - the Gentleman from the ''Literature/SinisterSixTrilogy'' of novels.]]

* TeenGenius: Gwen's runner-up in getting the Oxford scholarship is a fourteen-year-old.

** The "Vengeance" TV spot makes [[spoiler:what happens to Gwen]] obvious (though admittedly among comic fans it's an ItWasHiSled moment; ''no one'' who follows comics doesn't know what's supposed to happen to [[spoiler:her]]).

** The "Vengeance" TV spot makes [[spoiler:what happens to Gwen]] obvious.

** Gwen wears an outfit that's very similar to [[spoiler:what she was wearing [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied when she died in the comics]]. [[ItWasHisSled Guess what happens]]]].

*** In a DeletedScene, Aunt May outright warns Peter that no one has forever and even taps her watch when urging him to [[RaceForYourLove tell Gwen how much he loves her before she goes to England]].

*** In a DeletedScene, Aunt May outright warns Peter no one has forever and even taps her watch when urging him to tell Gwen how much he loves her before she goes to England.

* ArcSymbol: The film gives lots of focus on clocks coinciding with the film's theme of time and how it affects people or how they use them.

** The first shot of the film is Richard's watch, highlighting the race against time he faces in destroying the genetically altered spiders, sending the Oscorp evidence to Roosevelt, relocating Peter to his aunt and uncle, along with escaping the country with his wife. [[spoiler:He successfully fulfils the first three duties, but fails on the last]]. He even alludes to this in his recorded confession:

* HesBack: [[spoiler:After the aformentioned HeroicBSOD, Peter finally watches Gwen's graduation speech, and it inspires him to return to being Spider-Man.]]

** Aleksei Sytsevich is introduced with him laughing maniacally as he plows his truck through traffic. He literally bellows "SAY HELLO TO ALEKSEI SYTSEVICH!"

** [[spoiler:Gwen's death]], no matter how BadassNormal they are, if an unarmed [[spoiler:young woman]] runs into the middle of a fight between two superhumans, one of them completely insane, in an old and structurally unsound clocktower, they are going to get you killed.

* {{Troll}}: In the climactic battle, Electro begins zapping between pylons to the tune of "Itsy Bitsy Spider" for no other reason than to taunt Spidey. Or perhaps [[ItAmusedMe he thought it clever as an jab]].

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Actually averted; [[spoiler:during the final tussle with Electro, Peter and Gwen work out a plan to stop him out loud: Peter will reconnect the cables while Gwen flips the back-up switch, thus overcharging Electro and taking him out of the fight. The plan works perfectly, with the only hitches being Gwen having to prise a padlock key out of a corpse's hand and Peter getting thrown back by another electric blast.]]

** It's unclear what happens to Felicia after [[spoiler:Menken pins Oscorp's crimes on Harry and uses it as excuse to fire him]].

** Creator/ChrisCooper is [[Film/TheMuppets once again]] a CorruptCorporateExecutive.

** [[spoiler:Gwen Stacy, in a similar manner as the comics. Except, instead of catching her wrong and snapping her neck, he catches her too late and her head hits the ground.]]

Andrew Garfield and Jamie Foxx reprise their roles in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.

* CentralTheme: The concept of time, and how quickly it can run out, is emphasized in many scenes.

** When Harry enters the film, he finds out that his father, Norman, is suffering from a genetic disease. Eventually, [[spoiler:Norman dies]], which kicks off Harry's subplot: dealing with the side-effects of his disease and his attempts to find a cure, worried that he's not long for this world now. [[spoiler:Eventually, by believing that genetically altered spider venom is the cure, administering it only worsens his condition, turning him into a near-dying Green Goblin. Luckily, he finds and puts on an [[PoweredArmor Oscorp EXO-suit]] nearby, healing and granting himself more time to live]].
** Electro absorbing the electricity in the Oscorp power plant shuts off ATC communications and hospital power supplies, sending the two groups in a desperate scramble to save the lives they are responsible for. One of the ATC workers even has to activate a stopwatch to gauge the time left before two Boeing 747s are set to collide with each other. [[spoiler:Despite these setbacks, Spider-Man defeats Electro and restores the power, saving these innocent people in the nick of time]].
** Finally, there is the main relationship between Peter and Gwen. [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan The previous film had Peter seemingly breaking Captain Stacy's promise to keep Gwen safe by continuing his relationship with her, despite being Spider-Man.]] Because of this, Peter starts to see Captain Stacy's ghost at various moments, hinting at the potential fate that Gwen could share with her father. So he breaks up with her to ensure her safety for the rest of her life. However, their next meeting reveals that Gwen will be going to England, meaning that the amount of time Peter can spend with her has substantially reduced. Eventually, Peter happily decides to go with Gwen to England, hoping that their relationship can survive as long as it can. But the threats of Electro and [[spoiler:and the Green Goblin proceed to grind this to a halt, culminating with the final fight in the clock tower. With Spider-Man attempting to hang on a web strand holding Gwen and fighting back the Green Goblin at the same time, his attacks only shift gears closer to the web strand, possibly cutting it. He forces a foot between the gears, literally holding back time to save Gwen's life, but the gears finally break and cut the web strand, causing Gwen to fall to her death. In other words, Peter's indecisiveness about his relationship with Gwen caused time to run out for her]].

* UnhandThemVillain: Peter tells [[spoiler:Harry]] this concerning Gwen, to which he complies. He manages to catch her. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, where they landed led to her eventual death, anyway.]]