Line #19 Trivia/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse


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2	* ActingForTwo:
3	** The various versions of J. Jonah Jameson throughout the multiverse are all voiced by Creator/JKSimmons.
4	** Jorma Taccone reprises the role of the 1967 "Animated Meme" Spider-Man from the previous movie, and also voices Vulture.
5	** The end of the film sees [[spoiler:Miles stranded in a darker version of his own world. The counterparts of his family are all voiced by the same actors as their main versions, though Miles himself is voiced by a different actor]].
6	* ActorSharedBackground:
7	** In the Japanese dub, Spider-Punk is voiced by Creator/SubaruKimura, who is also a professional singer and musician by his own right. The only difference is that, while the former is a punk rocker, the latter sings rap.
8	** Similarly in the Norwegian dub, Spider-Punk is voiced by Fela, a hip hop and rap-artist.
9	* ActorInspiredElement: At the end of Rio's loving speech to Miles at the water tower, he asks her ''"Bendición, mami"'', which she follows with ''"Que Dios te bendiga"''. This was an addition requested by Rio's voice actress' own mother, who had watched the trailer for the movie that included her speech and called her to say that ''"Bendición"'' was missing from the scene, which is a meaningful phrase in Latin-American circles, basically meaning to ask a parent for their blessing to leave and receiving it. Luna Lauren called the directors to ask in doubt if they could add it in the scene somehow, which they immediately agreed to do.
10	* ApprovalOfGod:
11	** Creator/TomHolland has said that he's pleased with the animated movie and mentioned that he's willing to voice an MCU Peter Parker cameo if asked.
12	** The creator of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' — Creator/GregWeisman — has given his [[https://twitter.com/greg_weisman/status/1605294887087542273?s=61&t=MZaSVkj_gYZj91Ll5uYChA thumbs up]] to the inclusion of the show's Spider-Man on the film's poster.
13	** Nilah Magruder, who wrote and created Spider-Byte in ''Vault of Spiders #1'', was [[https://twitter.com/nilahmagruder/status/1643282576423960577 elated]] to see the character debut in this film on Twitter. She details her gratitude for having a relatively small contribution in Marvel comics get a major feature animation debut, contrasting her humble decade-long work working for animation.
14	** Everybody involved in the film was highly approving of Preston Mutanga's recreation of the trailer in 3D LEGO. So much so that they [[PromotedFanboy hired him to animate some shots on Earth-13122, the universe made entirely out of LEGO]].
15	* AscendedFanon: The Marvel Database wiki gave the Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse the unofficial placeholder universe designation of Earth-[=TRN688=].[[note]]TRN standing for "Temporary Reality Number"[[/note]] In this film, the SSU is given the designation of Earth-688.[[note]]Which was already taken by a completely unrelated universe in the comics.[[/note]]
16	* BannedInChina: The film was banned in certain Middle East countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, due to the "protect trans kids" banner in Gwen's bedroom.
17	* {{Blooper}}:
18	** While Miles is at his dad's party, there are a few instances where the neck part of his Spider-suit appears and disappears between shots.
19	** When Gwen is leaning her shoulder on Miles, she's sitting much closer than she did a moment before without the animation to suggest she scooted closer. This might have been a deliberate "cheat" in the composition of the scene.
20	** When Miles leans down to pick up his sketchbook from the floor, there's a brief shot where the sleeves on his arms are missing. This was likely a result of the shot originating from an earlier version of the scene (i.e. the one seen in trailers) where Miles wore a sleeve-less shirt, that they forgot to correct for the final film.
21	** It's very brief, but when Gwen [[spoiler:returns home to get the polaroid of her and Miles,]] the two of them switch places in the picture when she takes it. Presumably the shot was animated the other way around and then mirrored, and they forgot to correct the picture when doing so.
22	** Similarly, when Miles is running on [[spoiler:Earth 42, there's a very brief shot where the tears on his suit suddenly switch sides,]] which was possibly another mirror mistake.
23	* ContentLeak: On October 14th, the film's title was accidentally leaked by the [=LinkedIn=] page of one of Creator/SonyPicturesImageworks' CFX supervisors. It was quickly corrected on the same day, though it didn't reveal that film would actually be a MovieMultipack (since reformatted into another sequel).
24	* CreatorCameo:
25	** In a roundabout sense; Miguel's comic book cover seen during his introduction was drawn by Rick Leonardi, the original artist of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099'' (it's even a reprise of the cover of issue 1).
26	** Web-Slinger is voiced by Creator/TaranKillam. Although Killam did not create the character, he wrote his appearance in ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' (2019) #4 which established his current characterization.
27	** Cheekily, Preston Mutanga managed to [[https://twitter.com/FG_Artist/status/1699177541263642951?s=20 sneak a minifig of himself]] into the LEGO sequence.
28	* DevelopmentGag: [[https://twitter.com/DanSlott/status/1664984990638039044 As mentioned by comic writer Dan Slott,]] the design that became ComicBook/SpiderPunk was originally intended for Spider-UK but was revamped into a separate character, in the process making him American rather than British. In this film, Spider-Punk is British and takes aspects from Spider-UK's role in the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' comic story.
29	* DisownedAdaptation: While Creator/GregWeisman did love the film, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlk1ispzTZQ did not agree]] with the portrayal of his [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan version of Spider-Man]], believing that [[spoiler:supporting Miguel's theory of letting certain people die]] was out of character for the Peter Parker of his show.
30	* DVDCommentary: The Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray release features one by directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson alongside producers and writers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
31	* EarlyDraftTieIn:
32	** Some of TheMerch still has the "Part One" in the film's title from back when the film and ''Beyond the Spider-Verse'' were planned to be a [[MovieMultipack two-parter]], before Sony decided to make them separate films.
33	** Funko released a [[https://funko.com/pop-spyder-byte/65728.htm Pop figure]] of Spider-Byte, but it used an [[https://twitter.com/MaximilanMarvel/status/1669001249398685697 earlier look]] by character designer Mauro Belfiore that differs from her finalized look.
34	* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example that worked out in the end. Similar to Venom in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', Avi Arad was the one who requested the film's BigBad -- this time, the Spot. After going over his powerset, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller went with Arad's suggestion. Spot's inclusion as the main antagonist of the film has gained a lot of positive attention and critical reception.
35	* FlipFlopOfGod: Phil Lord said in direct messages that Hobie is 15 (which would justify the apparent love triangle amongst him, Gwen, and Miles), but other crew members said he was 19-20. This is apparently due to Hobie, in early concept art, being conceptualized as around 19-20.
36	* FoilerFootage: For some reason, some promotional material featuring the shot where Miles and a bunch of Spider-People chasing him burst into Therapist Spider-Man's office has Miles without gloves or shoes on. The first teaser trailer also has Miles wearing his mask while being chased through Spider-Society HQ.
37	* HeAlsoDid: Aymeric Kevin is a production designer for this film. They've also worked on other bombastic animated projects such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'', ''Manga/PingPong: The Animation'', ''Anime/SpaceDandy'', and ''VideoGame/RaymanLegends''.
38	* InspirationForTheWork:
39	** According to one of the production designers for the film, Patrick O'Keefe, the scene where Gwen and Miles hang out and swing around the city drew inspiration from his first date with his wife, where the two of them had been "driving around Toronto, climbing buildings and trees, doing graffiti, getting into all sort of mess" etc. and "most of all, the feeling of falling in love" during it. Gwen and Miles' city swing was thus partly inspired by this, and O'Keefe added that it's when the two are "discovering their feelings for each other."
40	** [[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/movies/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-influences.html This article]] reveals a few more inspirations for various scenes.
41	*** The scene of Miles being chased by the Spider-Society drew inspiration from the foot chase scene in the 1991 action film ''Film/PointBreak''. It was also inspired by ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'', where Miles is able to fight back and "get some licks in" during the chase sequence despite the odds against him, similarly to Llewelyn Moss versus the hitman Anton Chigurh in said movie.
42	*** Gwen and Miles' romance drew inspiration from the 1989 teen romance movie ''Film/SayAnything'', where Gwen is told by her mentor figures to stay away from Miles similarly to how the main female character in said movie is told by a disapproving father to stay away from her LoveInterest.
43	*** The shifting colors of Gwen's world that behaves like a 'mood ring' around her is inspired by Disney's 1950's ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''. Spesifically, co-director Justin K. Thompson was fascinated as a kid by the scene where the colors change around Cinderella when the evil stepsisters rips her dress apart and used that as reference for Gwen's 'mood ring' world.
44	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: During the theatrical run, two slightly different versions of the movies were playing in theaters, featuring various minor differences in animation, dialogue, music and even credits. One of those has become the "official" version with the home media and digital release while the other now only exists in camrip quality on illegal filesharing sites.
45	* KidsMealToy: Burger King sold a set of six papercraft buildings in their kids' meals.
46	* MissingTrailerScene:
47	** The teasers showing the scene of Gwen visiting Miles' room had some different versions, such as Miles hiding even more stuff when Gwen arrives, including floating underwear, and becoming even more embarrassed at her seeing his drawings.
48	** The trailer released in late 2022 featured a scene of a side view of Miles being chased by multiple Spider-People and sliding under the legs of Captain Spider that doesn't appear in the movie.
49	** Very minor, but the trailer that showed Miles being introduced to the Spider society had Gwen smiling and nudging him as she did so. In the film proper, the smile and nudge is gone and Gwen introduces him in a more nervous manner which becomes fitting in the context of the film as Gwen is aware [[spoiler:Miles is not really welcome there.]]
50	* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The film includes Sun-Spider from ''Spider-Verse'' (Vol. 3) and ''ComicBook/EndOfTheSpiderVerse''. She was created as a Spider-Sona in the wake of the original movie, when Marvel asked fans to submit their original characters to be featured in the comics.
51	* TheOtherDarrin:
52	** The LEGO universe is stated to be Earth-13122, which is the same official universe name for ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperHeroes''. Neither Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor nor Creator/MartinSherman reprise the role of LEGO Peter Parker, who is instead played by Nic Novicki.
53	** In the European French dub, Creator/ShirineBoutella replaces Camélia Jordana as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen.
54	** In the European Portuguese dub, Laura Dutra replaces Creator/DanielaMelchior as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen, most likely due to the latter having gained fame as Cleo Cazo/Ratcatcher 2 in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' and afterwards starting a career in the U.S. in the years since ''Into the Spider-Verse'' was released.[[note]]Melchior would also have starring roles in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' and ''Film/FastX'', both of which were released one month prior to ''Across the Spider-Verse''.[[/note]]
55	* PromotedFanboy: 14-year-old animator Preston Mutanga [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc4jx4PugHI produced a LEGO version of the film's first full trailer]] and was subsequently hired to direct the movie's short foray into its own LEGO universe.
56	* RealitySubtext: The climatic fight/argument between Miles and Miguel on the side of the speeding bullet train has more than a few likely intentional overlaps with how Miles' character was initially disliked for replacing one of the most beloved superheroes ever, [[spoiler:as Miguel sees Miles as a "fake" who stole the destiny of becoming a superhero from Earth-42's native reality, due to being empowered by a dimensionally-displaced spider and depriving that world of its "native" Spider-Man. This makes Miles' ShutUpHannibal comeback even more of a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, as he affirms that he ''is'' Spider-Man and a hero regardless of what his "destiny" was supposed to be]].
57	* RealLifeRelative: Miles' aunt and Rio's sister briefly shows up at Jeff's party, whose voice is given by Rio's voice actress' twin sister in real life, Lorraine Velez.
58	* RefittedForSequel: The MythologyGag line "The power of the multiverse, in the palm of my hand..." spoken by Spot in this movie was originally said by Liv Octavius in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' before she jumps into the supercollider, but that scene was cut from the final movie.
59	* ReleaseDateChange: ''Across the Spider-Verse'' was originally slated to release on April 8, 2022. However, the film was caught in the crossfire of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, prompting the shift to October 7 of that same year. Then on April 20, 2022, it was announced that ''Across'' was delayed again to June 2, 2023, this time to allow the filmmakers to have more time to work on it. As a result, ''Beyond the Spider-Verse'' was delayed to March 29, 2024. The release of ''Beyond'' has since been indefinitely postponed due to several factors; the official reason is the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, while the animation staff have also spoken out about poor working conditions on ''Across'' and a lack of any of real progress on ''Beyond'' making it infeasible to complete by the original scheduled date.
60	* RoleReprise: A few voice actors who've voiced Spider-Man in previous media reprise as their versions, such as Yuri Lowenthal as [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Insomniac Spider-Man]] and Josh Keaton as [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan Spectacular Spider-Man]].
61	** In the Brazilian dub, the same was done, as well as bringing back other former Spider-Man voice actors to dub different versions (in a cross with ActorAllusion), such as Mauro Eduardo from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' as Cowboy Spider-Man and Manolo Rey from the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' (and other media) as [=LEGO=] Spider-Man. In a curious case, Fábio Lucindo from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' is present in the dub but voices Peter Parker from Spider-Gwen's universe, while Spectacular Spider-Man is voiced by Sérgio Cantú from ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' (it's possible this was a mistake caused by "Amazing Spider-Man" and "Spectacular Spider-Man" both being localized as ''"Espetacular Homem-Aranha"'' in Brazil, leading to the casting director confusing the two).
62	** J.K. Simmons reprises his role as multiple variants of J. Jonah Jameson, through both archived footage and new recordings.
63	** [[spoiler:Creator/DonaldGlover reprises his role as the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU's]] Aaron Davis, and is portrayed in live-action.]]
64	** In the Japanese dub, Manabu Ino reprise his role as Spidey from the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', through he does with ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' one instead. Likewise, Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu does the same with the [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Insomniac Spider-Man]].
65	* ThrowItIn:
66	** Editor Andy Leviton added Chris Miller's [[https://twitter.com/AlliterAndy/status/1667737416432758784 coughing]] from ''Film/TwentyTwoJumpStreet'' at the very beginning of the movie as well as an onomatopoeia at the corner of the screen to draw attention to it as a joke. For about three years of production, Leviton kept adding it to every iteration of the film to see if anybody would notice and/or eventually tell him to stop, but Chris Miller told him that he and Phil Lord loved it the first time they saw it, resulting in artist Jeffrey Thompson upgrading the cough sound effect to something more visually interesting and keeping it in the final film.
67	** Preston Mutanga's LEGO recreation of the theatrical trailer impressed Lord and Miller so much that they hired him five months before release to animate the Earth-13122 scene.
68	* TroubledProduction: The film’s production was allegedly plagued by poor working conditions for the animators. [[https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/spider-verse-animation-four-artists-on-making-the-sequel.html Vulture reported]] that approximately 100 staff members quit over the course of production due to the crunch culture. Animated films are known to both take a long time to produce and be subject to extensive reworking, the former is usually done before any animation is started. However, the people Vulture talked to alleged that story and art changes were ordered by Phil Lord after scenes were completed. Although the film was ostensibly delayed out of its original spring 2022 release due to COVID-19, animators who were hired in the first quarter of 2021 allegedly sat around for six months or so with nothing to do while the story was being tweaked. In order to make up for lost time, some animators were working up to 11 hours a day. Allegedly the ending [[spoiler:where Gwen gets the gang back together to rescue Miles]] was changed a mere six weeks before release. While ''Beyond'' was also ostensibly delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA strikes, it had been rumored long before the delay was officially announced that one was coming to avoid another situation like this.
69	* UncreditedRole: Creator/MichelleRuff confirmed on Facebook months after the fact that she was the voice of Mayday Parker. It was possibly a mix of performances as one of the producers also revealed his own toddler daughter to have voiced Mayday.
70	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/SpiderMan See here.]]
71	* WordOfGod:
72	** The creators have [[https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1656695870262321157 compared]] the ending of the film to the ending of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
73	** The directors confirmed in [[https://youtu.be/hmTfAyBtZT8?t=137 an interview]] that Miguel and many of the characters in the film calling Miles "not a ''real'' Spider-Man", constantly forcing him to adhere to canon and limiting the actions that he should be allowed to make, was them commenting on the negative backlash Morales got after becoming Spider-Man; in particular the vocal minority who refuse to see him as worthy of inheriting the mantle and insist on the status quo.
74	** Kris Anka, who was the character designer in the film, [[https://twitter.com/kristaferanka/status/1676624192849207298 posted this]] on Twitter which seemingly confirms that [[spoiler:Donald Glover was reprising his role as the MCU Aaron Davis from ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'']].
75	* WordOfSaintPaul:
76	** While the LoveTriangle aspect between Miles, Gwen, and Hobie was ultimately open-ended within the film itself, Creator/DanielKaluuya does think that "something was happening", noting the whole fact that Gwen is staying at Hobie's place and Hobie is tolerating the Spider-Society for her sake. In the end, Kaluuya thinks whatever's going on is ultimately between only them.
77	** Josh Keaton [[https://twitter.com/7Spideycomics/status/1665460566922608640 suggested his theory]] that [[spoiler:the death of Captain Stacy, and the loss of another male role model in his life, made Spectacular Spider-Man vulnerable enough so that when Miguel arrived and basically told him that all his tragedies are part of a bigger plan, he willingly went along with his plans for the Spider-Society despite that meaning they should let people die]].
78	** While he is not involved with the film, ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' creator Creator/GregWeisman [[https://youtu.be/Wlk1ispzTZQ?si=7QF9kJaw8YomOON6 suggested the idea]] that [[spoiler:the version of Spectacular Spider-Man who cameos in the film is not the same one from the show, but an AlternateSelf from an [[AlternateContinuity identical, but different universe]] to the main ''Spectacular'' universe, pointing out that the show's Peter would not be on Miguel's side.]]
79	* WriterConflictsWithCanon: [[https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a43884356/spider-man-across-spiderverse-mcu-crossover/ The co-director Kemp Powers said this movie is not connected to the MCU, and that the "don't even get me started on Doctor Strange and that little nerd on Earth 199999" joke is a tongue-in-cheek way of acknowledging the history of the character]]. In the actual movie however, there are numerous points like [[Film/Venom2018 Mrs.]] [[Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage Chen's]] cameo (given the MCU Peter appeared in TheStinger of ''Let There Be Carnage'' while Eddie Brock himself appeared in TheStinger of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''), the cameos by Creator/TobeyMaguire, Creator/AndrewGarfield (who also appeared in ''No Way Home'') and Creator/DonaldGlover's cameos (though he could be an AlternateSelf of the MCU's version of Aaron Davis), that contradict this statement.

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