History Fridge / SpiderManPS4

[[folder: Fridge Logic]]
* How can Spider-Man have so many backpacks webbed up around the city if his webbing only lasts for one hour?
** How can ordinary thugs break Spidey's webs if he can use them to stop cars and hold up cranes? Unfortunately, the answer is, "it's a video game".
*** Alternately, he uses different settings on his webbings, having to use quicker 'blast' webbings, as opposed to the more string-like normal webbings. After all, he canonically has 'impact blast' webbings. Side effect of just webbing a little at a time is that there are openings to burst through.
*** When on a sidequest that temporarily disables his main, swinging-related web cartridges, Spidey's Web Zip still works and he [[DevelopersForesight exclaims]] that ''those'' cartridges are fine. Presumably, those webs can't withstand the twisting strain of swinging - in any case, using different cartridges for different purposes like that means he can switch between them ''very'' fast.
** Various sources have had Spider-Man use webbing that lasts longer than the traditional hour; These backpacks could just be other examples of this.
*** The issue is the webbing is known to last for a few hours but these things lasted for years exposed to the elements. Seriously Peter is sitting on a gold mine if he's developed a material stronger then titanium, within the budget of a poor man, and is light as a feather. Oh, and it lasts for years.
*** It's implied the very reason Peter hasn't been able to make money off his web formula is specifically because he ''couldn't'' find a way to make it long-lasting.
*** There's also no way for Peter to patent the formula without outing himself as Spider-Man
** Peter probably uses more durable web when leaving behind his personal belongings, just to prevent them from falling from the places he webs them to. After all, he doesn't know how long his heroics will take. And considering how many he has left forgotten around the city, those were probably some prolonged Spidey events.
** The backpacks are also intended to double as mobile resupply points, even if some of them date to several years prior, so it stands to reason that Peter would make sure they're wrapped with the good stuff.
* How did Aunt May afford so many backpacks?
** It's pointed out in one of the many backpack collectables that Peter won a science competition sponsored by Wilson Fisk, and one of the bonuses was a lifetime supply of backpacks (and a check he never cashed).
* Why wasn't Shocker part of the Six? He doesn't even have a station in Doc's evil lair, so it doesn't look like Otto even tried to get him to join.
** Maybe after his second escape the police got a clue and took his suit apart instead of leaving it in one spot to be easily reclaimed.
** The other supervillains recruited into the Six have personal vendettas against Osborn or Spider-Man, are promised something they really want by Otto, and are pretty viciously amoral. Mac is 'just' offered money and a clean criminal record but he's a complete CardCarryingVillain who might well have contributed for free; the others are less broadly AxCrazy but either can accept or outright don't care about massive loss of life. Members of the Six whose grudges may be less important to them are counterbalanced by wanting something enough.
*** In contrast, Herman's motivations seem to be money and not getting killed by Mr. Li, and fight dialogue suggests that he and Spider-Man sometimes talk science. He's far from harmless but is still closer to a PunchClockVillain than any of the Six. It's very possible that if he was in on the whole scheme he would have at worst [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere just escaped in the chaos]], at best decided that EvenEvilHasStandards. Otto couldn't control him with {{Revenge}} or greed and so just left him out of his plans. If he was let out in the general upset and escaped on his own then he probably decided to lie low until the plot was over.
** Remember, Herman is the poster boy for PragmaticVillainy; he only commits crimes for his own benefit, and avoids doing anything beyond bank robberies to avoid catching the attention of Punisher. Even if Otto had approached Herman, he'd likely have taken one look at Otto's plot that ''begins'' with an act of bio-terrorism and he'd immediately want nothing to do with it.
** This is addressed in the game. After he's arrested and sent to the raft, Spider-man gets a message that Shocker is being placed in protective custody. At that point it is known he is being coerced, and Spidey figured out it was the Demons and told Yuri. Shocker KNOWS that if he leaves protective custody, the Demons will kill him. It's in his best interest to stay put, even if the prison is blown wide open.
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* [[LoveInterest Mary Jane Watson and Felicia Hardy]] intentionally contrast each other; Mary Jane is friendly and approachable, and looks like the GirlNextDoor. Felicia is standoffish, teasing, and a manipulator. Her hair is silver - probably dyed like in 616 - and it [[https://cdn1-www.gamerevolution.com/assets/uploads/2018/09/Spider-Man-PS4-Black-Cat.jpg sometimes]] looks kind of like she's had some plastic surgery done. Even their clothing contrasts; MJ wears natural fabrics - notably her signature brown leather jacket - while Felicia wears a fancy high-tech suit. On the other side of the {{foil}} setup, both women wear their hair in a high ponytail, with some of it coming down over their face.

*** '''FearItself''': This is also the result of collaboration between Spider-Man and Iron Man, particularly based on designs for the "Bleeding Edge" Iron Man Armor. Most likely to handle stronger opponents like Rhino or Tombstone.

* It is noted that [="ESURhinoBro"=] [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom played a role in the death of Dr Delaney]] by delaying Peter when he finally got to the dance floor, but there's someone else who shoulders blame; Dr. Stratton, who dressed as Mysterio at the party. When Peter finds her in the mirror maze, beyond the display of gymnastic prowess he blatantly used a web line to yank her helmet off, and yet she fails to note this and brushes him off when he asks about Delaney; if she had so much as simply noted that he was dressed as Lizard, Spidey could've saved at least a minuite, which theoretically could've allowed him to get Delaney away from the Demons, saving his life.

* Frequently, random crimes pop up just when you've reached something you want to do, a mission, a science lab etc, showcasing exactly why spidey is always late for everything in an in game way. You could skip those tasks, but they you wouldn't be behaving like Spider-Man!

* Frequently, random crimes pop up just when you've reached something you want to do, a mission, a science lab etc, showcasing exactly why spidey is always late for everything in an in game way. You could skip those tasks, but they you wouldn't be behaving like spider-man!

*** It's actually mentioned by Peter when photographing the Avengers Tower landmark that he thinks the Avengers are "somewhere on the West Coast", supporting the idea that maybe the other heroes are just all busy with their own thing at the moment.

* In hindsight, it makes sense that Dr Issac Delany was dressed as the Lizard over Vulture and Mysterio. Delany was part of the Devil's Breath project, a bio-engineering project that was intended as a cure but had side effects that did more harm than good, a description that could equally be used to describe Curt Connors' efforts to 'cure' limb loss through the use of Lizard DNA, and therefore fits Delany's role in the story far better than Vulture and Mysterio.

* It is noted that [="ESURhinoBro"=] [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom played a role in the death of Dr Delany]] by delaying Peter when he finally got to the dance floor, but their's someone else who shoulders blame; Dr. Stratton (or possibly Dr Hagen,whichever one dressed as Mysterio at the Halloween Party, this Troper cannot recall which is which right now and neither the Marvel Wiki, nor the game's wiki has clarified); when Peter finds her in the mirror maze, beyond the display of gymnastic prowess he blatantly used a web line to yank her helmet off, and yet she fails to note this and brushes him off when he asks about Delany; if she had so much as simply noted that he was dressed as Lizard Spidey could've saved at least a minuite, which theoretically could've allowed him to get Delany away from the Demons, saving his life.