History Film / TheAmazingSpiderman2

* AdultFear: The epilogue sees [[spoiler: Rhino rampaging through Midtown in a heavily armored suit.]] To make things worse [[spoiler: Spider-Man has been gone for ''months'' so there is ''no reason to assume he would come back now''.]] Then to make things even '''worse''' [[spoiler: a little boy in a Spider-Man costume runs out in front of Rhino. You don't need to consider his mother's terror because you can see it.]] [[spoiler: [[HesBack Thank god Peter watched that video.]]]]

* FourLinesAllWaiting: See the PlotThreads description below.

* ActionGirl: Gwen Stacy actually is the main one to defeat Electro, rather than Spider-Man, and saves his life when Electro is about to kill him, [spoiler:even though she does get killed in the end for getting involved.]]

* ActionGirl: Gwen Stacy actually is the main one to defeat Electro, rather than Spider-Man, and saves his life when Electro is about to kill him. [[spoiler:Even though she does get killed in the end for getting involved.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Gwen dies and [[ILetGwenStacyDie Spider-Man]] [[HeroicBSOD suffers from]] GuiltComplex for five months until he listens to Gwen Stacy's speech (which he missed at the beginning of the film due to being busy fighting crime) giving him the HeroicSecondWind.]]

** When Harry enters the film, he finds out that his father, Norman, is now at death's door, dying 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 now running out of time. [[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]].

** 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, time finally ran out for Gwen]].

* ChekhovsGunman: Aleksei Sytsevich is a nameless, seemingly generic villain who appears to be present at the beginning of the film (with the rest of his thugs) just so Spidey can kick his ass in a nice opening action scene. After the fight ends and he's restrained by Spider-Man's webbing, he shouts "IT'S NOT OVER, SPIDER!", as Peter walks away, ignoring the threat. [[spoiler:Guess who breaks out of prison and is given control of the Rhino mecha-suit after the climax?]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The movie blatantly displays Dr. Octopus' robotic arms and the Vulture's wings among the weapons technology at Oscorp. This ''would'' be a spoiler if they didn't slowly pan the camera to give both of them a good showing before zooming in on the Rhino's suit.
** [[spoiler:Gwen Stacy's entire graduation speech is about how teenagers like to think that they are immortal, but that death is inevitable.]]
** [[spoiler: One of the pictures Peter tapes to the wall when he tries to solve the Roosevelt mystery is Gwen's, with a note saying "Do I have to lose you too??" pinned below that. The lyrics of the song that plays during this scene that follow the shot of the picture are "Baby, I'm not moving on/I'll love you long after you're gone".]]
** [[spoiler:Also, Captain Stacy's appearance when Gwen shows up during the Electro fight pretty heavily implies the outcome.]]

* JustPlaneWrong

* PsychoSerum: Used in an interesting way. Because of the way [[spoiler:Richard Parker made it -- using his blood -- the venom of the genetically enhanced spiders ''only'' has perfect regenerative and enhancing qualities when used on people of his bloodline, hence why Peter became Spider-Man. Their venom is dangerous when used by anyone else, and when Harry takes it to cure himself it ends up turning him into a giggling, violent psychopath.]]

!!''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' provides examples of:

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* MickeyMousing: Electro's Theme contains a lot of Dubstep, which usually cannot be heard by the characters in the movie themselves; however, during the final standoff between Spidey and Electro, the latter converts himself into his energy form and starts jumping between the coils of the power plant and punching Spidey in between. Everytime he switches from one coil to another, he makes them emit one tone at a time, creating a Tesla-coil rendition of "Itsy-Bitsy Spider". Spidey himself isn't particularly thrilled.

Months after [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan the Lizard's attack on Manhattan]], life seems to be going well for Peter Parker - he's graduated at the top of his class, he has a happy romantic relationship with ComicBook/GwenStacy (Creator/EmmaStone), and still has time to help the police deal with crime running rampant in the city. Things take an unexpected turn, however, when Oscorp technician Max Dillon (Creator/JamieFoxx) gets into an accident that transforms him into an electricity-powered freak of nature that quickly becomes Spider-Man's most powerful opponent yet. In addition, there's the matter of the unexpected return of Peter's old friend, Harry Osborn (Creator/DaneDeHaan), who has an infatuation with the web-slinger and is slated to take control of Oscorp as his father ComicBook/{{Norman|Osborn}} (Creator/ChrisCooper) becomes increasingly ill. Unfortunately, Peter learns a truth about his parents that will test his friendship with Harry and transform the world around him as he is posed to fight his greatest battle.

* BrokenAesop: As in the previous film, Gwen criticizes Peter for trying to prevent her from getting involved in his superheroics because her decisions are not his to make, and the film wants us to agree with her that he's being overprotective and controlling. However, the events of the film prove him ''absolutely right'' to try to keep his {{muggle}} girlfriend well away from superpowered fighting. [[spoiler:Her technical skill and knowledge of the electrical grid do help him take down Electro, but when the Green Goblin targets her in his grudge match with Spider-Man, the latter has to divide his attention between protecting her and fighting Harry, and ultimately she is killed.]]

The movie was envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. After the film came below Sony's financial expectations and there were multiple behind-the-scenes issues with the further development of the planned franchise, Sony instead signed a deal that allowed Spider-Man to appear in the MCU, via another reboot. Tom Holland appears as Peter Parker in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and from there stars in [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming his]] [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome own]] [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome trilogy]], with appearances in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.

** Spider-Man's initial confrontation with Electro is different from what the trailers portray. In the trailer, Max seems to be attacking people and flips out simply [[DisproportionateRetribution because Spidey doesn't remember his name on spot]]. In the films, he is confused but less unstable and only flips out after the police tries sniping him, just when Spidey was calming him down.

** [[spoiler:When Gwen meets up with Peter, there is a store called Forever 21 behind her. This is both foreshadowing she's not getting any older, and a reference to The Amazing Spider-Man #121, the issue of comic Gwen's death. Of course, it's also just a major fashion retail chain, so it may be a coincidence.]]

Two years after [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan the Lizard's attack on Manhattan]], life seems to be going well for Peter Parker - he's graduated at the top of his class, he has a happy romantic relationship with ComicBook/GwenStacy (Creator/EmmaStone), and still has time to help the police deal with crime running rampant in the city. Things take an unexpected turn, however, when Oscorp technician Max Dillon (Creator/JamieFoxx) gets into an accident that transforms him into an electricity-powered freak of nature that quickly becomes Spider-Man's most powerful opponent yet. In addition, there's the matter of the unexpected return of Peter's old friend, Harry Osborn (Creator/DaneDeHaan), who has an infatuation with the web-slinger and is slated to take control of Oscorp as his father ComicBook/{{Norman|Osborn}} (Creator/ChrisCooper) becomes increasingly ill. Unfortunately, Peter learns a truth about his parents that will test his friendship with Harry and transform the world around him as he is posed to fight his greatest battle.

* HarmlessElectrocution: Zig-zagged. Spidey gets zapped so much it borders on ridiculous, but just walks it off. At one point he's literally connected to the city's primary hydroelectric power planet and is only sent flying and stunned for a minute. It's possible his rubberized suit shielded him, as a couple of eyewitnesses to his first battle speculate, and he has SuperToughness and HealingFactor for an additional handwave. Averted with all the other humans Electro zaps, who tend to die immediately.

* KickTheDog: Max's life is just a series of these moments. His power plant designs are used without giving him an once of credit. Alistair Smythe casually orders Max to stay behind at work on his birthday and repair a problem, ignoring Max's blustering, even throwing in a knife-twisting "Happy Birthday." Finally, the technician refuses to cut the power to the circuitry before Max repairs said problem simply because he's clocking out and doesn't feel like it, completely ignoring Max's protests about the danger.

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

** Harry breaks into Oscorp with Electro's help, Electro kills one guard with ease after materializing out of nowhere and the two holds Donald Menken hostage. After seeing all this, Menken decides it's a good idea to talk down to the two guys when one of them can kill him with a gesture. As the result he very nearly does die from Electro's spark and only survives because Electro resuscitates him MagicalDefibrillator style.

--> '''Electro''': Soon, everyone in this city will know how it feels to live in my world... a world without power... without mercy... a world without Spider-Man. They will see me for who I truly am... Don't you know? I'm Electro.

* [[OncePerEpisode Once Per Movie]]: A dark version. At the end of each movie so far [[spoiler: a Stacy has died]].

** Downplayed with the character of Alexei Sytsevich (Rhino). He's the least advertised of the movie's villains, and he's also the one that gets the least amount of screentime. [[spoiler:Technically speaking, he doesn't even become the Rhino until the last few minutes of the movie.]] Downplayed because again, he ''was'' the least advertised, and his appearance ends up being [[spoiler:a clear SequelHook as Harry is building the Sinister Six]]. Alexei acts as the film's narrative bookends.

* EnvironmentalSymbolism: [[spoiler: Gwen's death is moved to a clock tower, because she had previously given a speech about how fleeting life and time are. The location shift makes her death more tragic and ironic, given her emphasis on time in her graduation speech.]]

* FutileHandReach: Taken to absurd symbolism when [[spoiler:Peter's ''web line'' forms a hand fruitlessly reaching out to Gwen Stacy.]]

* 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!!!"

* {{Leitmotif}}: All the major characters have one.

** Electro, appropriately, has an electronic theme of synthesised instruments, containing many whispering voices ("He lied to me, he shot at me, he hates on me, afraid of me, he's dead to me"), seemingly representing his own paranoia. Conversely, Max's is an understated, woodwind-based arrangement, fitting of his tendency to be overlooked. (It's worth noting that it gets a very dark, almost horrific reprise with full EtherealChoir participation, twice later in the movie: [[spoiler: once in his terrifying transformation sequence, and another at his defeat by Spider-Man and Gwen.]]

* SmugSnake: Alistair Smythe.
* 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.

*** This got a lot of people thinking that ''Days of Future Past'' would be a Spider-Man crossover. It was not to be.
** A more unconventional stinger can be found by using the Shazam smartphone app during the credits. Doing so reveals a couple extreme close-up images hinting at the line-up for the Sinister Six. [[spoiler:Green Goblin, Doc Ock, Rhino, Vulture, Kraven and Mysterio.]]

* ActionGirl: Gwen Stacy actually is the main one to defeat Electro, rather than Spider-Man, and saves his life when Electro is about to kill him. [[spoiler:Even though she does get herself killed in the end for getting involved.]]

Jamie Foxx would return as Electro in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', which also serves as a successor to this movie in concluding this Peter's arc.

The movie was envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. After the film came below Sony's financial expectations and there were multiple behind-the-scenes issues with the further development of the planned franchise, Sony instead signed a deal that allowed Spider-Man to appear in the MCU, via another reboot. Tom Holland appears as Peter Parker in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and from there stars in [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming his]] [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome own]] [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome trilogy]], with appearances in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. Jamie Foxx would later end up reprising the role of Electro in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Gwen dies and [[ILetGwenStacyDie Spider-Man]] [[HeroicBSOD suffers from]] GuiltComplex for five months until he listens to Gwen Stacy's speech (which he missed at the beginning of the film due to being busy fighting crime) giving him the HeroicSecondWind. But even then, Peter is very clearly not the same crime-fighter he was before he lost Gwen, and the brokenness in his voice as he tries to [[DeadpanSnarker snark off Rhino]] implies [[BolivianArmyEnding his fate won't be a good one]].