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17[[center:[-[[Characters/MarvelCinematicUniverse Main Character Index]] > Other Individuals and Organizations > [[Characters/MCUCitizens Citizens]] > [[Characters/MCUUnitedStatesCitizens United States Citizens]] > [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewJersey New Jersey]] | [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCity New York City, New York]] > [[Characters/MCUCitizensNYPD New York City Police Department]] | '''Midtown School of Science and Technology'''-]]]
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19!!{{Spoiler}}s for all works set prior to ''Avengers: Infinity War'' and ''Avengers: Endgame'' are unmarked.
20
21!!''Midtown School of Science and Technology''
22[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/da271eb3_45a3_4d81_b9d5_ec1b42321f84.png]]
23!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' |
24
25->''"Midtown High - Where we shape heroes."''
26-->-- '''Julius Dell'''
27
28A high school in New York City established in 1962.
29----
30
31[[foldercontrol]]
32
33[[folder:In General]]
34* AdaptationDistillation: Membership includes students from all over the place, including early members (Peter, Flash, Seymour, Tiny, Jason, Charles, Liz, and Sally), later members (Cindy), and newcomers (Ned, Abe, Betty, and Michelle).
35* AdaptationalIntelligence: Nearly every student who originally appeared in the comics gets this as the school has been reimagined as a magnet high school catering to academically gifted teenagers.
36* AdaptedOut: Jessica Jones, due to an AgeLift and the school itself being ExiledFromContinuity until after her show entered development, was never a member of this school unlike the comics.[[invoked]]
37** Furthermore, apart from explicit appearances of Spider-Man, MCU properties do not mention locations or characters from the Spider-Man movies, so it's likely due to legal restrictions that Jessica cannot even be retconned to have gone to Midtown.
38* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, the school was simply named Midtown High School.
39* ContrivedCoincidence: It's admittedly a pretty big coincidence that all of Peter's closest friends and bully happened to be on the bad end of a cosmic coin-flip alongside him. However, several of Peter's other classmates admittedly survived and graduated.
40* FirstNameBasis: In the credits, the students (with the exception of Peter Parker) are listed by their first names only. Most of their surnames either come from [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary material]] or are educated guesses based on their counterparts in the comics.
41* InSpiteOfANail: While not as prominent, the version of the school on [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]] is still a science school named Midtown Science High. However on [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Earth-96283]], it is just a regular public school named Midtown High.
42* KilledOffscreen: Ned, Michelle, Flash, Betty, Jason, and various unnamed characters were killed by Thanos' Snap offscreen alongside Peter, and return in ''Far From Home'' after Bruce restored the victims with another Snap in ''Endgame''.
43* MythologyGag: It's established that Midtown was founded in 1962 – the year of Spider-Man's debut.
44* OlderThanTheyLook: On a technicality, Peter, Ned, Michelle, Flash, Betty, and Jason are all at least 16 years old biologically and legally, but chronologically 21, due to them not aging after being brought back from the Snap.
45* ReimaginingTheArtifact: In one sense as a group. Most of ComicBook/SpiderMan's initial supporting cast were originally portrayed as white due to artistic conventions of the time. Many of the MCU incarnations of these characters have been given {{Race Lift}}s to reflect the modern understanding that given New York's status as a cultural melting-pot with several immigrant communities, it's just more realistic that way.
46[[/folder]]
47
48!!Faculty
49[[folder:Principal Morita]]
50!!''Principal Morita''
51[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9be7761e_5bb9_45dd_b77d_0412b9ef778b_8.png]]
52!!!'''Species:''' Human
53!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
54!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KennethChoi
55!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''
56
57->''"Parker! My office."''
58
59The principal of Midtown School of Science and Technology. Grandson of Jim Morita.
60----
61* CanonForeigner: Jim Morita never had a son – let alone a grandson – in the comic books, making this an original character. Not only that, but Morita replaces Mr. Harrington as the principal of the school.
62* FamousAncestor: His grandfather is Jim Morita from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''. Jim's photograph and war medals are even on display in his office.
63* IdenticalGrandson: He looks exactly like Jim Morita. They are both played by the same actor.
64* PetTheDog: It's heavily implied that the reason Principal Morita keeps using the Captain America educational videos, even after he became a fugitive, is out of respect for the Captain saving his grandfather's life.
65* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Inheriting the noble traits of his grandfather Jim, he's genuinely concerned about Peter when he starts acting out by doing things like ditching class and skipping detention (completely unaware that Peter's Spider-Man) and tries talking it out with him rather than just expelling him from school.
66[[/folder]]
67
68[[folder:Roger Harrington]]
69!!''Roger Harrington''
70[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4f450aea_9832_43a4_b76a_822a1514a803_7.png]]
71[[caption-width-right:300:''"Did I tell you how my wife pretended to Blip out? Turns out she ran off with a guy in her hiking group. We had a fake funeral for her and everything."'']]
72!!!'''Species:''' Human
73!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
74!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MartinStarr
75!!!'''Voiced By:''' Christian Strempler (Latin-American Spanish), Hércules Franco (Brazilian Portuguese), Renaud Paradis (Canadian French)
76!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}''[[note]]confirmed retroactively[[/note]] | ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
77
78->''"As you know, we made it out alive. And that's the important thing. I couldn't bear to lose a student on a school trip. [[NoodleIncident Not again.]]"''
79
80The coach for the academic decathlon team.
81----
82* AdaptationalJobChange: While still in the field of academics and working at Midtown, this version of Harrington is a teacher, with his usual role as the principal now taken by CanonForeigner Morita.
83* AdaptationOriginConnection: A minor example, but Harrington in the comics has never even ''met'' Bruce Banner. Here, he allows Bruce to use his computer in exchange for pizza, and debuts in the movie a whole ''nine years'' before he returned as a teacher in the ''Spider-Man'' movies.
84* AgeLift: His comic counterpart is much older, which befits an experienced principal. Here, he's a lot younger and less experienced, hence his AdaptationalJobChange to a teacher.
85* AllThereInTheManual: {{Subverted|Trope}}. The novelization of ''The Incredible Hulk'' claimed that "Computer Nerd" was actually Amadeus Cho. However, once "Computer Nerd's" actor became Mr. Harrington, they were confirmed as the same character, rendering this as untrue.
86* TheBusCameBack: 9 years passed between his debut in ''The Incredible Hulk'' and return in ''Spider-Man: Homecoming''.
87* ButtMonkey: He doesn't exactly have the best luck. His students have no respect for him, his wife [[FakingTheDead pretended to be]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar snapped]] so she could run away with another man, and every school trip he organizes seems to end in disaster, with him implying that at least one student has ''died'' on his watch.
88* CanonCharacterAllAlong: That random Culver University student who helped Bruce Banner turned out to be Roger Harrington, a key player in Spider-Man's high school life.
89* CoolTeacher: At least he tries to be, and he really cares about his students and motivates them at every turn. His students like him well enough, but don't respect him much.
90* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied, [[BlackComedy rather comically]], when he states that he couldn't stand to lose a student on a field trip... ''again''.
91* DecompositeCharacter: His role of being the principal of Midtown High from the comics is given to CanonForeigner Morita.
92* DemotedToExtra: After being Peter's most prominent teacher in the first two films of the trilogy, he only makes a single brief appearance in ''No Way Home''.
93* DistressedDude: Is stuck in the Washington Monument elevator with his students when the Chitauri core blows, requiring a rescue from Spider-Man. And again in London when he, Mr. Dell, and the students are led into a trap by Mysterio's partners and abandoned on a double-decker bus on the middle of the Tower Bridge, right in the middle of the kill zone for Mysterio's illusion.
94* EarlyBirdCameo: Harrington is played by Martin Starr, who played "Computer Nerd" in ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}''. Creator/KevinFeige eventually confirmed that they are the same character.
95* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He suffers from this, as his students don't respect him and blame him for whenever things go wrong, and fellow teacher Dell tries his best to distance himself from him in those cases by playing the CoolTeacher.
96** In ''No Way Home'', however, he gets along well with Dell and they both agree that Peter as Spider-Man is a hero. Andre Wilson, on the other hand, disagrees.
97* GenocideSurvivor: He survived the Snap, as he recalls a story of how his wife pretended to have perished from it to run away with another man in ''Far From Home''.
98* NiceGuy: He tries his best to be a good teacher, welcomes Peter back to the academic decathlon team with open arms despite his flakiness, and even sets up a shrine to Peter in the school to welcome him when he finds out that Peter is Spider-Man, not believing for a second that he could have murdered Mysterio.
99* NoodleIncident: ''Something'' happened during a previous school field trip that resulted in the loss of a student. Enough to give him a ThousandYardStare.
100* TheObiWannabe: His attempts to provide comfort or personal insight to the students often fall flat, and he seems a little aware of this, as when Peter says he and Ned don't need any counseling after the Elemental attack in Venice, Mr. Dell admits that despite his offer, he doesn't have the certifications to give any anyway.
101* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Harrington briefly met Bruce Banner, though he was unaware of who he was, and is Peter's teacher. Peter presumably met Banner off-screen during Tony Stark's funeral in ''Endgame'', but prior to that Peter had been close with Tony and had met many of the other Avengers.
102* OnlySaneMan: Has shown to be calm under pressure, most of the time anyway. Compared to Dell who seems to [[NervousWreck panic]] at any given moment when something terrible is happening.
103* TastesLikeFriendship: He let Bruce Banner use some technical resources at Culver University after he offered him free pizza.
104* TeethClenchedTeamwork: It's pretty obvious him and Dell don't like each other, but as the two teachers responsible for the students' safety and well-being on the vacation, they must work together.
105* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He seems to like pizza.
106[[/folder]]
107
108[[folder:Andre Wilson]]
109!!''Andre Wilson''
110[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bf2d20f8_a6ec_43d6_a6c9_d594c8b1db69.jpeg]]
111[[caption-width-right:300:''"Why are you here? You don't even have detention."'']]
112!!!'''Species:''' Human
113!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
114!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HannibalBuress
115!!!'''Voiced By:''' Roberto Mendiola (Latin-American Spanish), Márcio Aguena (Brazilian Portuguese)
116!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
117
118->''"Thank you, Captain. Pretty sure this guy's a [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar war criminal now]], but, whatever. I have to show you this video; it's required by the state."''
119
120The gym teacher for Midtown. He also runs detention.
121----
122* AllThereInTheManual: The Daily Bugle ARG shows that he was one of the victims of the Snap, though he is as apathetic to this fact as he is to everything else. It also reveals his first name, which is never spoken in the films.
123* ApatheticTeacher: He's clearly only there to do the bare minimum. As long as his students aren't causing any trouble, he'll leave them alone.
124* BackFromTheDead: In ''Avengers: Endgame'', he is one of many characters who are brought back from being dusted by Hulk reversing Thanos' deadly fingersnap from ''Avengers: Infinity War''.
125* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Shows shades of this as a ConspiracyTheorist supporting Mysterio, claiming things like how he believes Music/JustinTimberlake was never actually in {{Music/NSYNC}}.
126* DeadpanSnarker: Hannibal Buress gets some memorable comedic lines.
127* DemotedToExtra: After missing ''Far From Home'' he only appears once in ''No Way Home''.
128* GymClassHell: Averted. Coach Wilson really doesn't seem all that interested in teaching. Even in detention, when Peter leaves, he barely notices.
129* {{Jerkass}}: Has taught Peter for three years up to ''No Way Home'' and should know his character by that point, yet still labels him a murderer after Mysterio frames him. Harrington explains Wilson is a ConspiracyTheorist, yet the similarly eccentric Dell welcomes Peter back with open arms so he has little real excuse to be so judgmental.
130* KickTheDog: Unlike Harrington and Dell, who think Peter is a hero, he is a supporter of Mysterio and calls Peter a murderer.
131* KilledOffscreen: He's one of the many people killed by the Snap and brought back to life by the Blip five years later.
132* NamedByTheAdaptation: Supplemental material for ''Far from Home'' gives him the first name Andre, while his comic self's first name was never revealed.
133* RaceLift: In the comics, "Whiz" Wilson was white.
134* ShoutOut: His first name may be a reference to [[Series/TheEricAndreShow one of Hannibal Buress' other well-known roles]].
135* TwoFirstNames: Wilson is a very common given name.
136[[/folder]]
137
138[[folder:Monica Warren]]
139!!''Monica Warren''
140[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_8489.png]]
141!!!'''Species:''' Human
142!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
143!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SelenisLeyva
144!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''
145
146Another one of Peter's teachers at Midtown.
147----
148* AdaptationalDyeJob: She was shown to be blond in the comics but has black hair here as a result of having a RaceLift.
149* RaceLift: Monica Warren was white in the comics but is black in the MCU.
150* SparedByTheAdaptation: Is alive in the film while she's a PosthumousCharacter in the comics.
151* TwoFirstNames: Warren is a pretty common first names.
152[[/folder]]
153
154[[folder:Julius Dell]]
155!!''Julius Dell''
156[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f76824be_376e_4ddd_88fe_9ab29a199e28.jpeg]]
157[[caption-width-right:300:''"Y'know, being a man of science... witches."'']]
158!!!'''Species:''' Human
159!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
160!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JBSmoove
161!!!'''Voiced By:''' Louis-Olivier Mauffette (Canadian French)
162!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
163
164->''"We came for science. We're leaving because of witches. Welcome to the new Dark Ages."''
165
166A teacher who attends the field trip and leads the class alongside Roger Harrington.
167----
168* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Dell here is rather handsome courtesy of J. B. Smoove, whereas his comic counterpart is visibly overweight.
169* AdaptationalCurves: He's much fitter than his comic counterpart, who's overweight.
170* AdaptationNameChange: His comics counterpart is a science teacher named ''Hugh'' Del (with a single L).
171* CastingGag: His character is a bit of a composite of several past characters J. B. Smoove has played, from the chill [[Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm Leon Black]] to the incredibly weird [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Dr. Ray De Angelo Harris]].
172* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's an... odd fellow, to say the least. When speaking, he has a tendency to go off on random tangents. Not to mention his bizarre obsession with witches.
173* CoolTeacher: He passes himself off that way, mainly to shift the blame entirely to Harrington when things go wrong.
174* DemotedToExtra: Only has a single appearance in ''No Way Home'' after having been a prominent supporting character in the previous film.
175* DumbassHasAPoint: His claim that as a "man of science", he believes witches are responsible for the Elementals may seem like a completely oxymoronic and idiotic statement, but in a universe where magic and aliens are demonstrably real and half the universe was just wiped out for five years by a genocidal purple madman from another planet, can he really be blamed for drawing such a conclusion?
176* HypocriticalHumor: He claims to be a "man of science," but the ''moment'' that the Elementals show up he blames it on witchcraft and encourages his students to do the same.
177* NervousWreck: Not as bad as some, but Dell does seem to panic more than anyone else and ScreamsLikeALittleGirl when he is panicked.
178* OnlySaneMan: His welcoming back to school of Peter in ''No Way Home'' is far from perfect but it's a far better attempt to make Peter feel comfortable than Harrington's sycophantic [[HeroWorshipper hero worshipping]] and Coach Wilson's blunt hostility.
179* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Being a quite literal one of Andre Wilson from the previous movie, ''Spider-Man: Homecoming''.
180* TeethClenchedTeamwork: It's pretty obvious him and Harrington don't like each other, but as the two teachers responsible for the students' safety and well-being on the vacation, they must work together.
181** In ''No Way Home'', however, he gets along well with Harrington and they both agree that Peter as Spider-Man is a hero. Andre Wilson, on the other hand, disagrees. Dell even tells Harrington he did a great job with the school shrine dedicated to Peter, calling the latter a great hero.
182* TwoFirstNames: Dell can also be used as a first name.
183* WitchHunt: His attitude towards the Water Elemental attack in Venice is that [[InsaneTrollLogic it was the work of witches]]. Later on the bus, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent he's seen researching ''A History of Witchcraft'']].
184[[/folder]]
185
186!!Students
187!!!Current Students
188
189[[folder:Peter Parker]]
190->See [[Characters/MCUPeterParker his page]].
191[[/folder]]
192
193[[folder:Ned Leeds]]
194->See [[Characters/MCUAvengersAllies Peter Parker's Allies]]
195[[/folder]]
196
197[[folder:Michelle Jones]]
198->See [[Characters/MCUMichelleJones her page]].
199[[/folder]]
200
201[[folder:Eugene "Flash" Thompson]]
202!!''[[Characters/MarvelComicsFlashThompson Eugene "Flash" Thompson]]''
203[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_8490.png]]
204[[caption-width-right:300:''"Spider-Man... Spider-Man follows me? I saved us, guys!"'']]
205!!!'''Species:''' Human
206!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
207!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TonyRevolori
208!!!'''Voiced By: '''Creator/TasukuHatanaka (Japanese), Miguel Ángel Leal (Latin-American Spanish), João Cappelli (Brazilian Portuguese), Charles Sirard-Blouin (Canadian French)
209!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
210
211->''"What? He's just awesome, okay? He protects the neighborhood and, you know, he's inspiring. [[LovesMyAlterEgo He inspires me to be a better man.]]"'' ''[[[Characters/MCUSpiderMan Peter]] walks in]'' ''"[[DramaticIrony 'Sup, dickwad?]] Thought you drowned."''
212
213The resident smartass of Peter's classes. In contrast to his other versions, Flash is an academic rival to Peter Parker, and comes from a substantially wealthier family.
214----
215* AbandonedCatchphrase: While having no shortage of insults for Peter, he no longer uses the especially immature "Penis Parker" insult in ''Far From Home''.
216* AccidentalHero: He ends up being this in ''Far From Home''. As he laments that he's a useless person that makes livestreams to feel loved, [[spoiler:Happy tells him that those livestreams are the reason he was able to find the class and save them.]]
217* AdaptationDyeJob: Blonde in the comics, black-haired in the MCU as a result of a RaceLift... until he bleaches his hair blonde in ''No Way Home''.
218* AdaptationalIntelligence: Zig-Zagged. This version is an academic rival to Peter while his comic counterpart was never smart enough to be considered Peter's equal intellectually and certainly couldn't operate a DJ rig. However, while he may be smarter he's certainly not wiser, and tends to be too quick to answer a question to answer it correctly, if he knows the answer at all.
219* AdaptationalJerkass: Zig-zagged.
220** In ''Homecoming''; while comics Flash had a FreudianExcuse for his bullying[[note]]His dad was an alcoholic who abused him.[[/note]], this Flash is just petty, rude, spoiled, and has no problem throwing his peers under the bus in his first appearance. In a sense, he kind of has more in common with the Ultimate Marvel version of Flash than the original version (personality-wise).
221** ''Far From Home'' subverts this by revealing that he '''does''' have a neglectful family (giving him a FreudianExcuse in-line with the comics), and Flash himself is [[TookALevelInKindness making an effort to be less of an asshole to his peers]].
222** Then again, in ''No Way Home'', he's back to being a {{Jerkass}} (though not quite on ''Homecoming''-level). He uses Peter's status as Spider-Man and knowing Peter for his own popularity and money, and even basically blackmails Peter in exchange for helping him. The respect he had for Spider-Man seems to have faded as soon as he learned "Penis Parker" is in fact his hero.
223* AdaptationalWealth: He comes from a much wealthier background than his comic book counterpart.
224* AdaptationalWimp: The Flash of the comics was taller and more muscular than Peter and was pretty good at football, in keeping with being a walking bully stereotype. This Flash is about the same height and build as Peter, and doesn't seem to be any stronger or faster than his build suggests, in keeping with his reimagining as a fellow nerd. This even applies to his perception by Peter, who sees him as more of an annoyance than a true bully.
225* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the comics, he's a JerkJock who physically bullies and humiliates the nerdy Peter Parker because he can. Here, because Midtown is a science school, he's a wealthy, academic-minded NerdyBully who resents that Peter is smarter than he is and constantly tries to one-up him.
226* AlternateSelf: Has variants on [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOthers Earth-96283]] and [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesOthers Earth-120703]].
227* AlwaysSecondBest: To Peter, which fuels his animosity.
228* AppropriatedAppelation: Throwaway dialogue in ''Homecoming'' suggests that the "Flash" nickname apparently stems from his desire to answer first – even if he does so incorrectly at times. He prefers it over his actual first name.
229* AssholeVictim: Was a HateSink at the time as one of the victims of Thanos' BadassFingersnap in ''Infinity War''. After getting resurrected as a result of ''Endgame'', he probably [[JerkassRealization realized]] he was this in-universe that doomed him as one of the victims and led him to TookALevelInKindness the next time he made an appearance in ''Far From Home''.
230* BackFromTheDead: He was one of the victims of Thanos' BadassFingersnap in ''Infinity War'' and then resurrected as a result of ''Endgame''. This means that even though he's chronologically 21 years old, he's not allowed to drink alcohol on the flight to Europe because he's still physically underage, much to his annoyance.
231* ButtMonkey: Nothing goes right for him.
232** In ''Homecoming'', he's constantly one-upped by Peter and eventually gets his dad's Audi "borrowed" by Spider-Man, who proceeds to crash it during the climax.
233** In his first scene in ''Far From Home'', MJ gets a flight stewardess to confiscate his martini and characters roll their eyes at his [[PhoneaholicTeenager obsessive live-streaming]] throughout the trip.
234** In ''No Way Home'', absolutely ''nobody'' buys his claims of being Peter's best friend and don't believe his blatantly untrue autobiography about it.
235* CatchphraseInsult: "Penis Parker" in ''Homecoming''. It disappears in later films.
236* CharacterDevelopment: Pre-Snap, he's an obnoxious, arrogant, self-aggrandizing douchebag and SpoiledBrat who constantly talks shit about Peter Parker and antagonizes and mocks him at every opportunity. Post-Blip, he's still more than a bit of a prick, but he's significantly nicer and nowhere near as gratuitously awful, and the implications about his home life (namely, that he barely even knows his parents and they just throw money at him as a substitute for any sort of actual relationship with them, and he's thus a self-absorbed jerk who loves to rip others down because he's so desperate for attention of any sort that he's going with the easiest way to gain it) put a lot of things into context. By ''No Way Home'', he's still not a great person by any stretch of the imagination, but the loudmouthed braggart and shameless clout-chaser on display at the end is still a ''vast'' improvement over the world-class asshole he was at the start of the trilogy.
237* CompositeCharacter: As a rich classmate of Peter's with neglectful parents, he's implicitly adopted traits of Harry Osborn. He's also similar to his [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOthers Earth-96283 counterpart]] in being a spoiled rich kid who shows off his wealth by driving a luxury convertible.
238* DemotedToExtra: In ''No Way Home'', he only has a few brief scenes near the start and minor plot relevance before disappearing from the film.
239* DirtyCoward: Puts his own safety above his classmates'.
240* EmbarrassingNickname: He's called "Flash" because he's always rushing to be the first to answer but is usually wrong. He's so full of himself, however, [[AppropriatedAppellation that he's taken on the moniker for himself]].
241* EveryoneHasStandards: As much as he likes humiliating Peter, he thinks that Brad attempting to do so by taking a picture of him in the bathroom is just weird.
242* FalseFriend: Has shades of this in ''No Way Home'', where he takes advantage of Peter's situation to become famous whereas Ned and MJ help Peter cope with it. Ned outright tells Flash that he and MJ are Peter's true friends.
243* {{Fanboy}}: Of Spider-Man – as revealed in ''Far From Home'' – [[LovesMyAlterEgo but not Peter]].
244* FreudianExcuse: ''Far From Home'' indicates that Flash's parents are [[ParentalNeglect neglectful towards him]], as evidenced first when he texts his mother saying he hasn't heard from her or his father in days and second when he's visibly disappointed that his butler came to pick him up from the airport instead of his parents (considering he spent five years ''dead'' and other students had their families calling Mr. Harrington to end the trip earlier, and it begs the question of if his parents even noticed he was gone), and he consequently acts out to get attention. When [[spoiler:he and the others are cornered by Beck's drones]], Flash admits that he posts stupid videos on the Internet so people will like him.
245* TheFriendNobodyLikes: No one seems to particularly like him – Abe in particular enjoys poking fun at him – and Mr. Harrington is more than happy to welcome Peter back onto the academic decathlon team when he asks to despite Flash pointing out how selfish that is, and immediately bump Flash back down to substitute. The film hints that other people merely tolerate being around him because his father is incredibly wealthy. In a deleted scene, Abe flat out tells Flash that everyone prefers Peter to him. ''Far From Home'' shows he's aware of this and his livestream videos are an effort to get people to like him. In ''No Way Home'', MJ and Ned explain that the reason he got into MIT and they didn't is because they're '''actually''' Peter's friends.
246* GroinAttack: At the receiving end of one in ''Far From Home'', courtesy of one of his classmates interested in taking him down a peg as he livestreams from "Saint Marco Polo".
247* HateSink: In ''Homecoming'', where he's just a mean-spirited, petty, spoiled, and selfish {{Jerkass}} with no redeeming qualities. Even ''Toomes'' is shown to have a family and crew that he looks after. However, by the time of ''Far From Home'', he's undergone a degree of CharacterDevelopment and has grown out of this. While he's still a tool to his friends (mostly Peter), it's revealed that [[FreudianExcuse his family is neglectful to him]], which actually makes him sympathetic. Furthermore, he states that his admiration of Spider-Man is making him reevaluate his life, so he can become [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a better person]] by following his hero's example. By ''No Way Home'', he's only a fraction of the jerk that he used to be.
248* HeroStoleMyBike: Spider-Man steals his dad's Audi to catch up to the Vulture towards the end of the film. It ends up getting wrecked. Flash [[EyeTake gapes at the sight of this]] and squeaks.
249* HiddenDepths:
250** While he ends up not being the smartest kid in class, Flash appears to have some skill as a DJ who can successfully invoke AudienceParticipation. He's so good at it, in fact, that he successfully uses it to make the whole crowd chant "Penis Parker".
251** In ''Far From Home'', it's revealed that a big reason why he's an AttentionWhore – in class, at parties, and online – stems from being neglected by his family.
252* InSpiteOfANail: As ''No Way Home'' connects the Raimi and Webb Spider-Man film to the MCU, Flash is the only character who was a classmate of Peter in all three universes.
253* InsultComic: Improvises himself as one during the party at Liz's home while also [=DJing=] there, with Peter "Penis" Parker as his target, of course.
254* ItsAllAboutMe: At the Washington Memorial, he pushes Ned and Liz aside to be rescued first out of the elevator, showing more concern for the decathlon contest trophy than his classmates. In ''No Way Home'', Flash tries to take advantage of Peter's outing to sell a book and gain more social media presence, claiming he's always been Peter's best friend.
255* {{Jerkass}}: In ''Homecoming'', he's a petty rich kid who picks on Peter. He also shows no concern for the lives of his classmates when in a dangerous situation, just himself and a trophy he didn't even earn.
256* JerkassHasAPoint: Peter quit the decathlon team and then came back, expecting to be welcomed back. Flash points out that you can't just quit a team and then come back like nothing's happened, which is a pretty fair observation. Subverted when the teacher did welcome Peter back, so it was less about quitting the team and more about denying Peter a chance to be part of the team again.
257* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
258** In ''Far From Home'', he starts making efforts to be less of a dick to everyone in order to be more like his hero, Spider-Man. He's got a ''long'' way to go, given that his idea of complimenting Peter on his new glasses (left to him by Tony Stark) is to express disbelief that he was able to afford such a high-end pair, but hey, it's a start!
259** He's barely a jerk in ''No Way Home'', aside from using his personal exploits with Spider-Man to write a book, and actually tries helping Peter when he asks for it, though only after getting a favor out of it. He even genuinely tries to celebrate getting into MIT with Peter, Ned and MJ, but when he realizes they were rejected, he actually awkwardly apologizes and leaves them alone.
260* KickTheDog: The speed and degree of relentlessness he shows to insult and belittle Peter at every turn is nothing short of awfully amazing.
261* KilledOffscreen: He was one of the many casualties of the Snap in ''Infinity War'' before returning back to life five years later in ''Endgame''.
262* LonelyRichKid: ''Far From Home'' indicates that he's very insecure and has a distant relationship with his too-busy parents.
263* LovesMyAlterEgo: As is traditional for the character, a platonic version with Peter; he greatly admires Spider-Man despite having no respect for Peter himself.
264* NerdyBully: He's a physically nonthreatening faux-intellectual who verbally bullies Peter Parker by calling him names and putting him down in front of their classmates.
265* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Out of the three versions of Flash that appear in TheMultiverse, he is the in-between to his mean Earth-96823 and nice Earth-120703 counterparts. While he goes through CharacterDevelopment that makes him nicer between films and retains his comic self's admiration of Spider-Man and HiddenDepths, he never stops being a SpoiledBrat and even after learning Peter is Spider-Man, he only really cares about benefiting from the situation instead of trying to apologize to Peter for how he treated him.
266* OpportunisticBastard: After Peter is outed as Spider-Man in ''No Way Home'', Flash starts claiming he is Spider-Man's best friend and gets a book published based on his version of events.
267* PetTheDog:
268** While Flash is always a {{Jerkass}} to Peter, at one point in ''Far From Home'', he snatches away the EDITH glasses and tries to give a genuine compliment to Peter after realizing how cool the glasses look. However, [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Peter accidentally knocks him out while trying to get them back]].
269** In ''No Way Home'' when he realises that Ned, MJ and Peter didn't get into MIT like he did, he actually feels awkward about it, having genuinely wanted to celebrate getting into college with the trio.
270* PhoneaholicTeenager: In ''Far From Home'', he's always live-streaming ''something'' to post online. He later admits that he makes these videos to get people's attention so that they will like him, and [[spoiler:it's through the live stream that Spider-Man realizes where his classmates are so he can save them. He's ''thrilled'' when he hears that his hero watches his videos.]]
271* PluckyComicRelief: He's maybe still a jerk, but he's become a comedic jerk in ''Far From Home''.
272* ProperlyParanoid: He's the first to suspect that something is up with Mysterio and calls him out for stealing Spider-Man's thunder, but everyone thinks it's because of his weird obsession with Spider-Man. [[spoiler:It turns out he pegged Mysterio's intentions to steal other heroes' thunder by feigning disaster perfectly!]]
273* RaceLift: Flash is a white blond in the comics, but is Latino in the film.
274* ReimaginingTheArtifact: The original Flash started as a collection of old-timey ideas of how TheBully looked and acted -- a stereotypical blonde-haired, white-skinned, underwear-yanking meathead of a JerkJock. Making Flash a dark-skinned NerdyBully with rich parents reflects new understandings of how bullies look and operate, as well as the understanding that they can come from any walk of life. Plus, given that Flash and Peter both attend a school specializing in science, an academic bully would make more sense than an athletic one.
275* RichBastard: This version of the character comes from a wealthy family and mocks Peter for his middle-class upbringing.
276* SkewedPriorities: Has a few that show how much of a jerk he is. First, during the Washington Monument incident, he shoves his classmates out of the way and brings the decathlon trophy with him so they can be rescued first. Next, when Spider-Man saves the class, he asks him whether he really knows Peter instead of thanking him like everyone else.
277* SmugSnake: While he's a lot smarter than he is in the comic books, he's still arrogant and deludes himself into thinking he's better than Peter.
278* SocialMediaBeforeReason: In keeping with being a live stream-obsessed PhoneaholicTeenager in ''Far From Home'', he's even live streaming being [[spoiler:trapped in a museum vault and being chased by deadly drones.]] Happy is unimpressed.
279* SpoiledBrat: At the start of the trilogy, he's a world-class prick who can't help but show off his substantial wealth at every opportunity (and he mercilessly jeers at Peter Parker's own lower-middle-class background). It's eventually deconstructed somewhat, as ''Far From Home'' makes it clear that he has almost no relationship with his parents and barely seems to know who or where they are, and they just throw money at him and leave everyone else to raise him. Thus, much of his behavior likely stems from his extreme insecurity and desperate desire for attention of any sort.
280* StealingTheCredit: After it was revealed that Peter is Spider-Man, Flash published an autobiography claiming that ''he'' is Peter's best friend and Spider-Man's closest ally.
281* TookALevelInKindness:
282** Not by much, but in ''Far From Home'', he shows likable traits compared to him [[HateSink having none]] in ''Homecoming''. The first is that he's a {{Fanboy}} of Spider-Man like in the comics, being unimpressed by this so-called "Mysterio". Second, even ''[[EveryoneHasStandards Flash]]'' is weirded out by Brad taking a picture of Peter in the bathroom with him looking like a pervert. Also, he's revealed to have neglectful parents, gaining him a degree of sympathy.
283** In ''No Way Home'', he's barely a jerk at all to Peter or his friends after [[spoiler:Spider-Man's secret identity is exposed]], although he still tries to selfishly take advantage of the situation on the side.
284* UnskilledButStrong: An unusual academic-decathlon version. He can give answers quicker than his peers, but doesn't have the patience to find the right ones.
285* UpperClassTwit: He's a preening jerk who's relying on his father's money to try and build his reputation at school, to mixed results.
286[[/folder]]
287
288[[folder:Betty Brant]]
289!!''Elizabeth "Betty" Brant''
290[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_8491.png]]
291[[caption-width-right:300:''"Go get 'em, tiger! Or, should I say, spider."'']]
292!!!'''Species:''' Human
293!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
294!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' The Daily Bugle
295!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AngourieRice
296!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/InoriMinase (Japanese), Itzel Mendoza (Latin-American Spanish), Erika Menezes (Brazilian Portuguese), Creator/LudivineReding (Canadian French)
297!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' | ''[=TheDailyBugle=].Net'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
298
299->''"Rise and shine, Midtown Science and Technology, I'm Betty Brant."''
300
301A classmate of Peter Parker's who is the co-anchor of the school news program.
302----
303* AdaptationalJobChange: In the comics, Betty works at the Daily Bugle to support her family after dropping out of school in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}. It should be noted she's the same age as Peter there, too, meaning she was a secretary there at ''fifteen''. Here, she attends school with Peter, most likely because the comics version is rather improbable in today's world. Her job in the comics is nodded towards by her work as a reporter for the school's news program. She does later on work for the Daily Bugle as one of their news reporters in ''No Way Home''.
304* AdaptationDyeJob: Has blonde hair and blue eyes as opposed to comic Betty's brunette hair and brown eyes.
305* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
306** Betty never dates Peter here, and instead is a ShipperOnDeck of Liz's relationship with him, and later, [[spoiler:his relationship with MJ.]]
307** Speaking of Liz, they shared a mutual jealousy in the comics for years due to each other's relationship with Peter, while in ''Homecoming'', they are depicted as being fairly close friends.
308* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: Has long hair instead of a page cut.
309* AlliterativeName: '''B'''etty '''B'''rant.
310* AlternateSelf: Has a variant on [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyMainCharacters Earth-96283]].
311* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:She and Ned break up by the end of the trip, but they're still on very good terms afterwards.]]
312* AscendedExtra:
313** While not a ''main'' character in ''Far From Home'', Betty is more prominently seen here than in ''Homecoming'' due to becoming Ned's girlfriend.
314** While she has minimal screen time in ''No Way Home'', the "More Fun Stuff Version" adds more scenes of her reporting on Peter's situation for the student news program. She also has the honor of [[spoiler:capping off the film in TheStinger.]]
315* BackFromTheDead: She explicitly states she was one of the victims of Thanos' BadassFingersnap in ''Infinity War'' who was resurrected as a result of ''Endgame'', and she is none too happy about having to redo the entire school year when, from her perspective, she had just completed midterms.
316* CharacterizationMarchesOn: She starts off as a one-note character who, alongside Jason Ionello, does a very mediocre job at being a student news reporter. As of ''Far From Home'', they've both matured from shy kids who can barely read the teleprompter to committed anchors with ''much'' higher energy.
317* CompositeCharacter: She appears to be a mix of two of Peter's LoveInterests from the comics.
318** From Betty Brant, the personal secretary and later reporter working for J. Jonah Jameson, she gets her name, connection to journalism, and romance with Ned Leeds.
319** From Gwen Stacy, she gets her physical appearance (long blonde hair with a black headband) and attending the same school as Peter Parker.
320* CrackShip: InUniverse, Peter is utterly baffled by the relationship Ned and Betty formed over the course of a transatlantic flight.
321* DecompositeCharacter: In the comics, Betty was Peter's first girlfriend ([[FriendlessBackground and first friend, ever]]). This role instead went to Liz.
322* DemotedToExtra: Only has a single brief scene in ''No Way Home'' after a prominent role in the previous film. This could be due to the stacked nature of the movie, as well as Angourie Rice's commitments to ''Series/MareOfEasttown''. This is alleviated in "More Fun Stuff Version" where she appears in many more scenes.
323* GirlPosse: She seems to hang around with Liz.
324* GiveGeeksAChance: In ''Far From Home'', she starts a relationship with ''Ned'' of all people. Peter is completely shocked by this development.
325* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has long, blonde hair and is a nice, friendly girl.
326* HiddenDepths: ''Far From Home'' shows her to be more capable in a life-or-death situation than one might expect. With a little quick thinking, she distracts [[spoiler:Mysterio's]] drone by shoving over a suit of armor, giving MJ an opening to take it out.
327* InSpiteOfANail: She works for J. Jonah Jameson and the Daily Bugle like her [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Earth-96283 counterpart]].
328* InternalReformist: During the events of ''No Way Home'', she becomes an unpaid intern for the Daily Bugle, being the star of their [=TikTok=] page. It becomes clear that Betty took the job to try and clear Peter's name, but Jameson isn't having any of that, often having to call her in the middle of recordings to remind her to sling mud at Spider-Man's public image, which she reluctantly complies with.
329* MinorWithFakeID: During the climax of ''Far From Home'', Betty admits she has a fake I.D. but has never actually used it for anything.
330* MythologyGag:
331** Her romance with Ned in ''Far From Home'' alludes to the relationship between their counterparts in the comics, who are married.
332** She's a news anchor for Midtown's student news program; in the comics, she's a prominent employee at the Daily Bugle.
333* NiceGirl: Is a loving girlfriend to Ned, friendly with Peter, and even [[spoiler:her break-up with Ned is [[AmicableExes civil]].]]
334* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Elizabeth Allan, but downplayed as they're OnlyKnownByTheirNickname with both Betty and Liz being equally applicable shortenings of the name.
335* PetTheDog:
336** At the end of ''Homecoming'' when Liz is forced to move away, Betty hugs her goodbye and says she'll miss her, showing she stuck by her friend even after TheReveal of Liz's father being a supervillain.
337** Despite working for the Daily Bugle and receiving orders from J. Jonah Jameson to slander Peter Parker and Spider-Man, Betty tries to spin her coverage on him into something positive. She even says MJ's catchphrase, "Go get 'em, tiger!" during her sole scene in ''No Way Home''.
338* SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: She's the co-anchor of the school's closed-circuited TV news program, and is much more invested in the presentation than her co-anchor Jason.
339* ShipperOnDeck:
340** She immediately catches on that Liz likes Spider-Man.
341** [[spoiler:She also remarks that Peter and MJ make a cute couple.]]
342* SickeninglySweethearts: She and Ned go ''all in'' on the lovey-dovey stuff in ''Far From Home''.
343[[/folder]]
344
345[[folder:Jason Ionello]]
346!!''Jason Ionello''
347[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jason_ionello.png]]
348[[caption-width-right:300:''"Spider-Man mania is sweeping the school. How can you show your spider spirit?"'']]
349!!!'''Species:''' Human
350!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
351!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JorgeLendeborgJr
352!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (Japanese), José Antonio Toledano (Latin-American Spanish), Ícaro Amado (Brazilian Portuguese)
353!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
354
355->''"And pray nothing crazy happens again. Because are the Avengers even like a thing anymore? Does anyone even have a plan?"''
356
357A classmate of Peter's who is the other co-anchor of the school news program.
358----
359* AbhorrentAdmirer: Tries asking Betty out to the homecoming dance during their news broadcast, which creeps her out.
360* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the comics, he's one of the students in Midtown who bullied Peter Parker. None of this is implied in the movies.
361* BackFromTheDead: He explicitly states he is one of the victims of Thanos' BadassFingersnap in ''Infinity War'' who was resurrected as a result of ''Endgame'', and finds it quite weird that his chronologically younger brother is now biologically older than him.
362* BigLittleBrother: In ''Far From Home'', he reveals that his younger brother is now older than him due to him being blipped from existence and his brother aging over the course of five years afterward.
363* CaptainObvious: He annoys Betty with his observation that his younger brother is now older than him; she points out that of course that's the case since his brother didn't [[DeadlyEuphemism blip]].
364* DemotedToExtra: Downplayed, but while a noticeable presence throughout the first movie, in the second he only has one news broadcast with Betty at the beginning (although it is a memorable one) and then fades out of the picture due to not being on the class trip to Europe.
365* OnlySaneMan: In the eight months between ''Endgame'' and ''Far From Home'', everyone has more-or-less adjusted to the new status quo except for him. He's weirded out by the fact that his kid brother grew up during his own temporary death, and derails the morning announcements to freak out about something like the Blip happening again.
366-->'''Jason:''' Does ''anyone'' even have a plan?!
367* RaceLift: White in the comics, Black/Hispanic in the movie.
368[[/folder]]
369
370[[folder:Brad Davis]]
371!!''Brad Davis''
372[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mcu_brad_davis.png]]
373!!!'''Species:''' Human
374!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
375!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RemyHii
376!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/XavierDolan (Canadian French)
377!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''
378
379A newer student of Midtown who acts as a rival to Peter for Michelle's affections.
380----
381* AdaptationDyeJob: As a result of a RaceLift, he has black hair instead of blonde here.
382* AdaptationOriginConnection: Brad Davis wasn't Peter's classmate in the comics.
383* AgeLift: He's younger than his comic self in order to make him Peter's classmate, though if Peter hadn't been Snapped, then Brad would actually be five years ''younger'' than him.
384* AscendedExtra: While not a ''main'' character in the movie, Brad's comic counterpart appeared in a single issue in a minor role. Here, he's a secondary antagonist for Peter who poses much less threat than the Elementals but still tries to make Peter's life more difficult.
385* AsianRudeness: He's half-Chinese and a JerkJock.
386* BitchInSheepsClothing: He starts out as a seemingly nice LovableJock, Ned even classifying him as such, always has a pleasant smile on his face, and no real animosity towards Peter. After he makes it clear to Peter that he likes MJ too and fully intends on winning her over, he begins sinking to some serious lows to discredit and humiliate Peter.
387* ChickMagnet: Possibly. Ned remarks that Brad has all the girls swarming him, but it's never actually shown.
388* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After ''Far From Home'', he's nowhere to be seen in ''No Way Home'' apart from a photo of him in a yearbook and some archive footage in TheStinger.
389* CompositeCharacter: He takes up Flash's role in the comics as a JerkJock towards Peter, while Flash is a NerdyBully in the films.
390* DidntThinkThisThrough: He tried to humiliate Peter with the photo he took of him in the bathroom with a woman (she was an agent giving him his new Spider-suit), but Peter manages to delete the photo. When Brad tries to oust him without the photo, he ends up embarrassing himself and ends up becoming TheFriendNobodyLikes.
391* FlippingTheBird: Does this to Peter before taking the opportunity to sit with MJ. His victory doesn't last though as MJ leaves the theater to chase after Peter.
392* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He ends up as this by the end of ''Far From Home''. When he tries to humiliate Peter with an embarrassing photo of him in the bathroom, everyone is weirded out at the idea of Brad taking a personal photo without consent. Even goddamn ''Flash'' expresses disapproval of him.
393* GenocideSurvivor: He survived the Snap as revealed in the beginning of the film where pictures of him before the Snap and after the Blip are shown.
394* HateSink: He's basically Flash without the funny and entertaining qualities or FreudianExcuse. He might be even ''worse'' considering how even ''Flash himself'' is appalled by him. Even the FauxAffablyEvil Beck is presented as more of a LoveToHate villain than Brad's slimy, superficial NiceGuy charm.
395* HeIsAllGrownUp: Prior to the Blip, he was an awkward-looking kid, but after puberty, he's a {{Hunk}}.
396* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He takes a picture of [[NotWhatItLooksLike what seems to be Peter in the bathroom with a prostitute]]. When he reveals this information to the entire class (although without the photo itself, as Peter had erased it beforehand), they all believe he's a pervert who takes secret pictures of people in the bathroom, including Flash.
397* HopelessSuitor: He likes MJ, but she only sees him as a friend as she's pining for Peter. [[spoiler:Even when Peter has been forgotten by everybody as a result of Doctor Strange's spell, he still doesn't end up with MJ.]]
398* InformedAttribute: Ned says that [[ChickMagnet all the girls swoon for him]]. In the actual movie, this isn't shown. Michelle isn't nearly as interested in him as she is in Peter, none of the other girls seem to want to date him, he reveals himself to be petty and self-centered when he tries to reveal a picture taken out of context where Peter seems to be with a prostitute, and everyone (women and Flash included) are disgusted when Brad tells them this for coming across as both a liar and a creep. If anything, he's TheFriendNobodyLikes.
399* JerkassHasAPoint: While needlessly antagonistic towards Peter, Brad is justified in voicing his concerns over Peter's inexplicable behavior.
400* JerkJock: He's a basketball-playing asshole who antagonizes Peter, tries to reveal an [[NotWhatItLooksLike embarrassing photo out of context]], and in general comes across as being petty. When even ''Flash'' thinks this of you, you know you're a dick.
401* LogicalLatecomer: Due to being one of the few students that didn't get snapped, he's not used to Peter's constant tendency to disappear while most of the other students who did get snapped along with Peter are used to it and don't question it.
402* MythologyGag: In the comics, Brad was a fling of Mary Jane Watson's during a time she had broken up with Peter; Here, he has romantic inclinations towards Michelle, who has Mary Jane's nickname and also acts as a love interest to Peter.
403* NiceGuy: Deconstructed. When he is introduced he seems to tick all the boxes of the archetype, being friendly and charismatic to everyone in the group and seemingly oblivious to Peter's dislike of him. After he takes the photo of Peter in the bathroom this is revealed to be a ruse he's intentionally invoking to charm girls and that he's fully intending to embarrass Peter to have MJ for himself.
404* OnlySaneMan: By the climax of the film, Brad believes himself to be this, asking why nobody is acknowledging Peter's odd behavior and constant disappearances. In reality, he's the only one who ''cares'', and MJ's subsequent call-out of his behavior makes him look less than sane to his classmates. This is [[JustifiedTrope partially justified]] in the fact that Brad wasn't snapped away while most of the other named characters were, so he lacks the context for Peter's actions (being a SecretKeeper in Ned and MJ's case and [[BrilliantButLazy nice, but perpetually flaky]] for everyone else). This leaves him completely flabbergasted at the fact that no one else ''cares'' about Peter's tendency to disappear.
405* ProperlyParanoid: He's actually right that something fishy is going on with Peter due to his strange and constant disappearances. Too bad no one would believe him because he unintentionally revealed his true {{Jerkass}} behavior at the same time and he lacked the proper evidence to prove it.
406* RaceLift: He's fully white in the comics, while here he's presumably half Chinese like his actor.
407* ReplacementFlatCharacter: Brad in ''Far From Home'' is essentially what Flash was back in ''Homecoming'', who had no redeeming traits. Contrasting Flash in ''Far From Home'', who is not only a little more likable and sympathetic this time, but even ''[[EveryoneHasStandards he]]'' was disgusted by the idea of Brad taking pictures of Peter in the bathroom.
408* RightlySelfRighteous: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. When he photographs Peter with his pants down in front of a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent, he assumes that Peter is pursuing MJ for selfish reasons. A potentially noble sentiment even if Brad ''is'' doing it to sabotage his rival. Though by movie's end, intentions or not, nobody's particularly happy that Brad took a photograph of Peter in the bathroom without his consent, including Flash.
409* TheRival: He spends ''Far From Home'' as Peter's primary romantic rival for MJ's affections.
410* UnknownRival: At first, he seems to be a NiceGuy who's oblivious to Peter's worries about him possibly wooing over Michelle. Ultimately {{Subverted}}, as he reveals to Peter that he's well aware of what a threat he sees Brad as, and starts acting spiteful to Peter from then on.
411[[/folder]]
412
413[[folder:Zoha]]
414!!''Zoha''
415!!!'''Species:''' Human
416!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
417!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Zoha Rahman
418!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''
419A classmate of Peter's.
420----
421[[/folder]]
422
423[[folder:Tyler Corbyn]]
424!!''Tyler Corbyn''
425!!!'''Species:''' Human
426!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
427!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Tyler Luke Cunningham
428!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''
429A classmate of Peter's.
430----
431* TwoFirstNames: Corbyn can also be used as a first name.
432[[/folder]]
433
434[[folder:Zach Cooper]]
435!!''Zach Cooper''
436!!!'''Species:''' Human
437!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
438!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Zach Barack
439!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''
440A classmate of Peter's.
441----
442* TwoFirstNames: Cooper is also applicable as a given name.
443[[/folder]]
444
445[[folder:Yasmin Monette]]
446!!''Yasmin Monette''
447!!!'''Species:''' Human
448!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
449!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Yasmin Mwanza
450!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''
451A classmate of Peter's.
452----
453[[/folder]]
454
455[[folder:Sebastian]]
456!!''Sebastian''
457!!!'''Species:''' Human
458!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
459!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Sebastian Viveros
460!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''
461A classmate of Peter's.
462----
463[[/folder]]
464
465[[folder:Josh Scarino]]
466!!''Josh Scarino''
467!!!'''Species:''' Human
468!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
469!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Joshua Sinclair-Evans
470!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''
471A classmate of Peter's.
472----
473[[/folder]]
474
475!!!Alumni
476[[folder:Liz Allan]]
477!!''Elizabeth "Liz" Allan (née Toomes)''
478[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c9d2569f_f133_41cd_9819_7588ce7c6dc2.png]]
479!!!'''Species:''' Human
480!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
481!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LauraHarrier
482!!!'''Voiced By:''' Jessica Ángeles (Latin-American Spanish), Karen Miyama (Japanese), Bruna Laynes (Brazilian Portuguese), Geneviève Bédard (Canadian French)
483!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''
484
485A classmate and former crush of Peter Parker.
486----
487* AdaptationDyeJob: She has black hair and brown eyes instead of blonde hair and blue eyes as a result of a RaceLift.
488* AdaptationalNiceGirl: In the comics, Liz was an AlphaBitch who made fun of Peter Parker as much as Flash did, before she warmed up to Peter and gained a crush on him. Here, she's a NiceGirl who's always kind to Peter and gains an interest in him sooner.
489* AdaptationNameChange: ''Possibly.'' While she's an adaptation of the comic character Liz Allan, no one ever actually mentions her last name in the movie or promotional material, in order to hide TheReveal that she's the Vulture's daughter. Even after that, though, the movie doesn't ever refer to her as "Liz Toomes". However, a FreezeFrameBonus in ''No Way Home'' identifies her as Liz Allan.
490* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
491** In the comics, she was Flash Thompson's high school girlfriend and long-time friend who initially joined him in picking on Peter. Here, they don't have any relationship outside of being academic decathlon teammates. In fact, Liz isn't too fond of Flash (like most of her classmates) and prefers Peter from the start.
492** She and Betty shared a mutual jealousy in the comics for most of their history due to competing for Peter's affections, while in ''Homecoming'', they are depicted as being fairly close friends.
493* AffectionateNickname: Her devoted father calls her "Gumdrop".
494* AgeLift: Downplayed, but unlike her comic book counterpart, who was in Peter's grade, Liz is in her senior year of high school while Peter is a sophomore.
495* AlternateSelf: Has a variant on [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOthers Earth-96283]].
496* AmbiguousSituation: Her interview with ''People'' in the third film indicates that she has become a celebrity in her own right since leaving Midtown, but no comment is made on it since she's long gone and it's only a FreezeFrameBonus.
497* BrainyBrunette: Dark-haired and the captain of the academic decathlon team.
498* BreakTheCutie: Sweet, lovely Liz is devastated when, in quick succession, she's stood up at the school dance, learns her father is a supervillain, and says goodbye to her friends as she and her mother move to Oregon.
499* BrokenPedestal: She was once fond of both Peter and Spider-Man. Come ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' after Peter is outed as Spider-Man and framed by Mysterio, Liz slanders[[note]][[Film/SpiderMan1 or libels]][[/note]] him further in an interview with ''People'' magazine as a liar.
500* ClassPrincess: Liz is the head of the academic decathlon team and homecoming committee, has a small crowd of followers, and hosts lots of parties at her house. She's also hardworking, affable, and protective of her fellow students whenever any of them are in danger.
501* CompositeCharacter: She's primarily based on Liz Allan of Earth-616 (a rich popular girl at school and Peter's first crush, who admires Spider-Man before turning against him after his identity is revealed due to his vigilantism affecting her family), along with Valeria Toomes (the Vulture's daughter in the 616 universe), the Liz Allan of the Ultimate Universe (who also had a super-villainous father that supported her family from afar), and Betty Brant (Peter's first canonical girlfriend). She also has some traits in common with Katie Bishop, the ex-girlfriend of Miles Morales, since like Ultimate Liz, Ultimate Katie had connections to a supervillain.
502* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Played with. Her father turns out to be grateful to Peter for saving her life, and encourages him to have a good time with her at homecoming... It's ''Spider-Man'' that he doesn't like, [[VillainRespect though still a lot of respect for]].
503* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Following the events of ''{{Film/Morbius|2022}}'', her father is nowhere to be found due to being somehow summoned into [[Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse another universe]] by Doctor Strange's spell.]]
504* HiddenDepths: At first glance, Liz looks to be nothing more than the attractive popular girl. However, she's also the captain of the academic decathlon team at a magnet school for gifted students, a role that she takes very seriously.
505* HugeSchoolgirl: At 5'9 1/4" (176 cm), she towers over every other student in the school other than Michelle and is OneHeadTaller than her best friend Betty.
506* LovesMyAlterEgo: Liz is a Spider-Man fangirl and has a crush on him. A downplayed example since she later goes out with Peter without realizing that they are the same person.
507* NiceGirl: Even after being constantly ditched by Peter throughout the film, she still wishes him the best.
508* NomDeMom: Subverted as she's never actually referred to as "Liz Allan" anywhere, and her name is actually "Liz ''Toomes''", which would make her a WalkingSpoiler. However, the third film's FreezeFrameBonus lists her as "Liz Allan".
509* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Elizabeth Brant, but downplayed as they're OnlyKnownByTheirNickname with both Liz and Betty being equally applicable shortenings of the name.
510* PinkMeansFeminine: She wears a dark pink dress for the Homecoming dance.
511* PromotedToLoveInterest: Liz had a crush on Peter in the comics, but nothing really came of it.
512* PutOnABus: By the end of the film, she and her mother move away to Oregon after her father's arrest.
513* RaceLift: A white blonde in the comics but half-black, half-white brunette in the movie.
514* RelatedInTheAdaptation:
515** Adrian Toomes is her father in this adaptation.
516** Doris Allan is also her biological mother while in the comics, she's Liz's stepmother.
517* RomanticFalseLead: She's set up as Spider-Man's love interest, even attending the titular homecoming dance with him - but her dad's arrest forces her to end things with him and leave town. Michelle also later reveals that her nickname is [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson MJ]], setting her up as Peter's true love interest in the future films.
518* ShedTheFamilyName: It's implied that she changed her surname to Allan in ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' to dissociate herself from her father's criminal activities.
519* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In one of her first scenes, she outright says she has a crush on Spider-Man because he's a good person who helps people. It's then revealed later that despite his constant flaking, Liz does reciprocate Peter's crush on her and agrees to go out with him.
520* SlowMotionPassBy: In her introductory scene, she passes Peter in the hallway to this effect, establishing Peter's infatuation with her.
521* SpoiledSweet: Liz is the most popular girl at Midtown, surrounded by friends and admirers, and is very well-off, living in a BigFancyHouse and able to throw lavish parties thanks to her dad Adrian's lucrative weapons cabal. She doesn't show a hint of malice and is always a genuinely sweet and kind girl.
522* TrueBlueFemininity: She wears a few blue tops and skirts throughout the film.
523* TruerToTheText: While this Liz is a case of AdaptationalNiceGirl which gives her a [[AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul different relationship]] to Peter, Flash, and Betty, and is related to a [[RelatedInTheAdaptation different supervillain]] than in the comics, she is far more accurate than the version from ''Film/SpiderMan1'', who was only confirmed to be Liz in the novelization.
524* UncertainDoom: Unlike the half of her classmates who briefly were turned to dust by Thanos' fingersnap during the events of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' up until ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Liz's fate was left unclear. As ''Homecoming'' took place during her senior year anyway, she's no longer a part of anyone's Midtown-related life.
525* UptownGirl: Liz is from a much wealthier family than Peter, which is clearly established through their contrasting living situations: he lives in a small apartment in the city while she lives in a swanky modern house in the suburbs.
526* WeUsedToBeFriends: Peter leaving her at the homecoming dance definitely hurt her, but she was still cordial to him before she moved to Oregon. However, after she learns Spider-Man's secret identity in ''No Way Home'', Liz discusses her involvement with Peter on the front cover of ''People'', calling him a liar, presumably showing that her feelings about him have soured.
527[[/folder]]
528
529[[folder:Sally Avril]]
530!!''Sally Avril''
531!!!'''Species:''' Human
532!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
533!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Isabella Amara
534!!!'''Voiced By:''' Valentina Souza (Latin-American Spanish), Hannah Buttel (Brazilian Portuguese)
535!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''
536
537A classmate of Peter's.
538----
539* AdaptationalWimp: She was a gymnast in the comics and eventually became a hero under the moniker Bluebird. This is zigzagged though, given her great intelligence in this version.
540* AlternateSelf: Has a variant on [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesOthers Earth-120703]].
541* BigBeautifulWoman: Chubbiest portrayal of the character.
542* RaceLift: Downplayed. She's white both in the comics and movie, but the comics make no mention of her ethnicity while she's Latina in the movie.
543* TwoFirstNames: Avril is also used as a given name.
544[[/folder]]
545
546[[folder:Abe Brown]]
547!!''Abraham "Abe" Brown''
548[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2229dbb6_f46f_4f37_a546_a2c4c5d0ed48.png]]
549!!!'''Species:''' Human
550!!!'''Citizenship:''' Ghanaian
551!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Abraham Attah
552!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/YuukiKaji (Japanese), Abraham Vega (Latin-American Spanish), Yan Gesteira (Brazilian Portuguese)
553!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Series/WandaVision''[[note]]Mentioned only[[/note]]
554
555->''"[[SitcomArchNemesis Flash]] is wrong!"''
556
557A classmate of Peter's.
558----
559* AdaptationalNationality: In the comics, he's an African-American from Harlem. Here, he's a Ghanaian who is living in the United States. TruthInTelevision as NYC has a sizable African immigrant community.
560* BlackAndNerdy: A member of the academic decathlon team.
561* TheCameo: Credited as the director of the first in-universe "episode" of ''Series/WandaVision''. It's unclear, though admittedly unlikely, if he actually has anything to do with the Westview situation.
562* TheGadfly: Enjoys using the decathlon buzzer for comedic purposes, which Mr. Harrington has had to ask him not to do. Also takes the opportunity to poke fun at Flash for Peter replacing him.
563* PutOnABus: A prominent character in the first film, but absent from the sequel, like the other survivors of the Finger Snap.
564* SitcomArchNemesis: He really doesn't like Flash. A deleted scene has him flat out tell Flash that everyone on the decathlon team prefers Peter to him.
565[[/folder]]
566
567[[folder:Seymour O'Reilly]]
568!!''Seymour O'Reilly''
569!!!'''Species:''' Human
570!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
571!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JosieTotah[[note]]credited as JJ Totah[[/note]]
572!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''
573
574A classmate of Peter's. He was part of Liz's clique of friends.
575----
576* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Was one of Flash's JerkJock gang in the comics, while here he hangs out with Liz's group.
577* AmbiguouslyGay: He has some stereotypically gay characteristics, but they're mostly superficial.
578[[/folder]]
579
580[[folder:Cindy Moon]]
581!!''[[ComicBook/{{Silk}} Cindy Moon]]''
582[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/df0271da_b21e_47ac_8ea3_b8ea56e91bcb.png]]
583!!!'''Species:''' Human
584!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
585
586!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TiffanyEspensen
587!!!'''Voiced By:''' Nycolle González
588!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''
589
590A classmate of Peter's.
591----
592* AdaptationalWimp: It's apparent that she ''doesn't'' have spider powers like Peter does and is just a mere civilian student.
593* AdaptationOriginConnection: Played with. In the comics, she was bitten by the same spider as Peter, but beyond that, they didn't interact with one another until they were adults. Here, she's a schoolmate of his and member of the same academic decathlon team, with no indication that she actually has superpowers.
594* AlternateSelf: Another Cindy Moon will get her own TV series set on [[Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse an undesignated Earth]].
595* AsianAndNerdy: A member of the academic decathlon team.
596* RapidFireNo: When she finds out that Peter isn't going to Washington for the Nationals.
597* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Whilst she was shown in ''Infinity War'' on a bus trip, she is not shown to be one of the people were Snapped. Moon was one of the survivors of the Snap and had graduated from Midtown School of Science and Technology by 2023.
598[[/folder]]
599
600[[folder:Charles Murphy]]
601!!''Charles Murphy''
602!!!'''Species:''' Human
603!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
604!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Michael Barbieri
605!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''
606
607A classmate of Peter's and a member of the academic decathlon team.
608----
609* GenocideSurvivor: He survived the Snap as he's absent in ''Far From Home'' while those who didn't are still Peter's classmates.
610* HiddenDepths: His interview with the Midtown Science news program about the Washington Monument incident suggests that he's a Music/BonJovi fan.
611* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He wears them in most of his scenes.
612[[/folder]]
613
614[[folder:Tiny [=McKeever=]]]
615!!''Brian "Tiny" [=McKeever=]''
616!!!'''Species:''' Human
617!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
618!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Ethan Dizon
619!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''
620
621A classmate of Peter's.
622----
623* AdaptationalNiceGuy: A downplayed example. In the comics, Tiny bullied Peter alongside Flash, but grew out of it after Peter helped him in school, partly to cope with his abusive father's treatment of him. Here, there is no such relationship to begin with, meaning this Tiny never picks on Peter.
624* RaceLift: White in the comics, Asian (Specifically Chinese and Filipino if going by Dizon's background).
625* SmartPeoplePlayChess: All of the students at Midtown are smart by default, and his most significant appearance shows him playing chess.
626* SocialMediaBeforeReason: Downplayed, but a deleted scene has him posting a social media picture of himself posing with [[spoiler:a gauntlet he stole from the incapacitated Shocker.]]
627[[/folder]]

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