Line #26 YMMV/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse


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4	!!The following have their own pages:
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6	* [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse Alternative Character Interpretation]]
7	* [[AwesomeMusic/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse Awesome Music]]
8	* [[Memes/SpiderManSpiderVerse Memetic Mutation]]
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11	!!Other examples:
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16	* {{Adorkable}}:
17	** Miles falls into GibberishOfLove as he realizes that Gwen is back in his universe, and [[CringeComedy in his messy room]]. He tries to clean up at a rapid pace and fumbles his words when she talks to him.
18	** Gwen herself is hit with this even more than the first film. She likewise acts nervous when reuniting with Miles, bumps his arm to compliment his "growth spurt" and cringes at herself. Later she meets Miles' parents and does nothing but fumble, excitedly calling them by their first names, awkwardly salutes Jeff and excuses herself by saying she forgot to walk her steps in with a nervous laugh and dance.
19	** The Spot is an interesting example in that when he's not interacting with his ArchEnemy Miles Morales, he routinely displays a bumbling and goofy personality that makes him come off as all the more endearing for his ineptitude. [[spoiler:Of course, this goes out the window as he gets more dangerous.]]
20	* AmericansHateTingle: Rio is a bit more divisive among Latin American audiences than in the rest of the world thanks to the rather exaggerated Puerto Rican accent the actress gave her in the dub which a lot of fans felt [[{{Narm}} it took them out of the movie in her scenes]].
21	* {{Anvilicious}}: Miguel dismissing Miles as not being worthy to carry the mantle of Spider-Man, with Miles then affirming that no one gets to decide that but him, is obviously aimed at the VocalMinority who think Miles shouldn't have the title of Spider-Man.
22	* AwardSnub:
23	** Many fans were upset that the movie's score by Daniel Pemberton was not nominated for Best Original Score. The soundtrack for both ''Across'' and its predecessor were really well received by audiences, in part because of how unorthodox they were compared to most movie soundtracks, with a heavy use of electronic music instead of the more traditional orchestra.
24	** Just like its [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse original predecessor]], it was also not nominated for Best Picture. Many fans feel they deserved at least a nomination, as in addition to just being really great movies, they were both groundbreaking for the animation industry. It doesn't help that the divide between Best Animated Feature and Best Picture has been contentious for years.
25	** The film also managed to make it to the shortlist in the categories for Best Visual Effects and Best Original Song ("Am I Dreaming?"), but neither managed to get nominated.
26	** Best Animated Feature was largely seen as ''Across the Spider-Verse'''s to win, given its widespread acclaim, the first film having previously won the award in 2019, and most of the competition ranging from obscure (''WesternAnimation/RobotDreams''), to divisive (''WesternAnimation/{{Elemental}}''), to never having a real chance due to being ScrewedByTheNetwork (''WesternAnimation/{{Nimona}}''). Suffice it to say, many were shocked when Ghibli's ''Anime/TheBoyAndTheHeron'' swiped the award. While some (such as co-producer Christopher Miller) gracefully accepted the loss and were happy to see the film win due to it being Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's first Oscar win since ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' in 2003, it being only the second 2D animated film to win, and it being the first PG-13-rated animated film to win, others (including Miles' voice actor Creator/ShameikMoore) felt ''Across'' was robbed, arguing that Miyazaki didn't deserve the award this time and that he [[ConsolationAward only got it because of his history of being snubbed in the past]]. As a result, this quickly caused a FandomRivalry to form between ''Spider-Verse'' fans and Ghibli fans over who deserved the award more.
27	* BrokenBase:
28	** One of the biggest arguments that permeates the fanbase is whether or not Miles or Miguel is in the right. It usually goes one of three ways:
29	*** Those who side with Miles say that everything that caused him to be Spider-Man was completely out of his control, and that he shouldn't have to hold responsibility for circumstances that he never directly caused. They believe that Gwen's dad quitting the police at the end disproves Miguel's canon events theory, and that any evidence for it was shaky at best to begin with, meaning that Jefferson doesn't need, let alone deserve, to die. They also think that Miguel's extremist behavior goes against the Spider-Man moral code of refusing to let innocents die out of neglect or necessity.
30	*** Those who side with Miguel argue that his backstory of taking his alternate self's life before that alternate self's universe collapsed is definitive proof of canon events, and that he's the only one who understands the need to abide by TheNeedsOfTheMany. These fans often say that Miles is acting irresponsibly by choosing his father's life over the entire multiverse, and want Miguel's stance to be validated by the events of ''Beyond'' to show Miles the ramifications of his actions.
31	*** A [[TakeAThirdOption third group]] says that Miles and Miguel are ''both'' [[BothSidesHaveAPoint right in different aspects]]. These fans believe that Miles has every right to be defensive over his dad due to how the character of Spider-Man has been characterized in almost every installment made about him, while also acknowledging that Miguel has a leg to stand on with the canon events theory due to what happened to his alternate self's universe, and overall believe the situation to not nearly be as [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black-and-white]] as the rest of the fanbase seems to view it as.
32	** While the new portrayal of Peni Parker has become extremely popular upon her appearance, there are still some fans of her who preferred her portrayal from [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse the first movie]].
33	* CantUnHearIt:
34	** Creator/OscarIsaac's intense performance has resulted in many fans considering him to be ''the'' voice of Miguel O'Hara.
35	** Thanks to his equal parts hilarious and genuinely menacing performance, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who ''doesn't'' read the Spot's lines in Creator/JasonSchwartzman's voice when going back to the comics.
36	* CommonKnowledge:
37	** Many fans consider a "canon event" to be a specific tragic incident in a Spider-Person's life, usually [[ILetGwenStacyDie the preventable death of a loved one]], to the extent that "what was their canon event?" became a popular meme shortly after the movie was released. It's more accurate to say that a canon event is something that happens to many Spider-People across universes and ties them together. It can be bad or good; getting bitten, hanging up the mask (as in "The End of Spider-Man!"), and marrying a "Mary Jane" are also examples of canon events. It's also explicit that a Spider-Person can have ''more than one'' canon event, and the specific events can be different for each one. The constant emphasis on the bad ones, particularly the DeathByOriginStory and ILetGwenStacyDie canon events, overshadowed the barely-mentioned good ones and resulted in this perception. In fact, [[LampshadeHanging this is even mentioned by Peter B. himself]] when he tries to convince Miles to accept what's going to happen despite how horrible it is ''because'' there's an equal amount of good in "following the canon", which allowed the existence of Mayday to come and be in Peter B.'s life.
38	** Due to how popular the "Bagel Effect" meme has already become shortly after the film came out, a portion of the fanbase assumes that, in a very extreme ButterflyOfDoom, Miles throwing a bagel at the Spot kickstarted a butterfly effect leading to the latter mutating into a supervillain [[spoiler: and later becoming a multiversal threat]], when in reality, the Spot got his powers from Miles destroying Kingpin's collider, an event completely unrelated to the Bagel incident, and became a villain due to society rejecting him for his new appearance and Miles dismissing him as a joke. The bagel incident is simply an unrelated event Spot brings up so Miles understands who he is and when they've "met" before, not his actual catalyst into supervillainy.
39	** Miguel calling Miles an anomaly has left some wondering how he feels about the Miles variants that appeared in other Spider-Man continuities which cameod in this film. As a brief instance in the Spot's exposition shows, the displaced spider actually was meant to bite a version of Miles Morales, just not this one.
40	* ConfirmationBias: There's a lot left to be explained about the "Canon Theory" by the end of the film, but it's clear that its proponents do rely on this bias to some extent. For instance, not one member of the Spider-Society is shown to question the idea that [[spoiler:Mumbattan began instantly falling into a void because [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Miles Morales saved a man who was fated to die]]. Even Gwen and Peter B. "defend" Miles by saying that he didn't know what he was doing... seemingly [[SkewedPriorities dismissing]] the dimension-traveling supervillain who had activated a supercollider to absorb dark matter shortly before said void appeared.]]
41	* ContestedSequel: It was just as critically well received and commercially successful as the previous film, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', but opinions are more mixed when it comes to the comparison between them. While the visuals and the attention to the ''Spider-Man'' mythos are acclaimed, its story and pacing necessitated by TwoPartTrilogy were met with confusion from some critics, who found it a comedown from the previous movie that worked fine as a standalone work.
42	* ContinuityLockout: The plot of the film is perfectly coherent as long as you've watched ''Into the Spider-Verse'', but it also relies heavily on a familiarity with the ''Spider-Man'' mythos -- alleviated somewhat by the franchise being such a famous cultural institution that most people are familiar with at least the basic plot beats. Beyond that, this film is absolutely ''loaded'' with references to previous ''Spider-Man'' movies, comics, video games and cartoons -- which you won't be able to appreciate if you're not a voracious consumer of all things ''Spider-Man''. Miguel's explanation of "canon events", in particular, will likely mean much more to you depending on how much ''Spider-Man'' material you're familiar with.
43	* CrackPairing:
44	** Following the release of the film, some fanfics have been written pairing Miguel with LEGO Peter Parker, seemingly because he's one of the few characters in the film that Miguel appears to actually like. It even has a PortmanteauCoupleName, "lego99".
45	** Fanfic has been written about Miguel in a polyamorous relationship with Peter B., Mary Jane, and Gwen of all characters.
46	* CrossesTheLineTwice: Pavitr giving a tour of Mumbhattan, which just amounts to him showing off countless traffic jams... and also [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the museum filled with all the Indian treasures and artifacts that the British stole.]] And he's just so cheery the whole way through!
47	-->'''Pavitr:''' This is where the traffic is, this is where the traffic is, this is also where the traffic is, [[OverlyLongGag there's traffic here too]], and this is where the British stole all of our stuff!
48	* CrossoverShip:
49	** Edits of Miles being shipped with [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Marinette Dupain-Cheng]] have sprung up on [=TikTok=] after this film's release.
50	** Some people have [[CrackShip jokingly]] taken to shipping Miguel with [[TheShrink Takuto Maruki]] from ''[[VideoGame/Persona5 Persona 5 Royal]]''. Reasons range from Maruki giving Miguel some [[DarkAndTroubledPast much-needed]] therapy, to [[spoiler: fighting for their [[WellIntentionedExtremist extreme]] yet polar opposite ideologies (Miguel adheres to his [[YouCantFightFate Canon Event]] theory, while Maruki creates a LotusEaterMachine in order to [[ForHappiness prevent people from ever getting hurt again]]).]]
51	** During the film's release, it became pretty popular to ship Miles with the ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' version of [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Michelangelo]].
52	* DracoInLeatherPants:
53	** A combination of his good looks, genuinely tortured backstory, and understandable circumstances has led many fans to interpret [[WellIntentionedExtremist Miguel]] as ''completely'' in the right and that his hardline stance on enforcing canon is the correct take, despite a plethora of evidence in the film as well as [[WordOfGod creator commentary]] suggesting that his worldview is, if not entirely incorrect, then at least an overly-narrow misunderstanding of things.
54	** There are plenty of fans who portray the Spot as an [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} endearingly goofy]] and mostly harmless NiceGuy who just desires friends to help cope with his condition. This is in spite of the fact that [[TookALevelInBadass he later goes out of his way]] to prove that he is ''not'' an IneffectualSympatheticVillain and he [[EvilIsPetty plans to destroy everything Miles loves]] due to wrongfully blaming him for his accident.
55	* EndingFatigue: [[spoiler:The action climax of the movie is Miles being chased by all of the various Spider-People through Miguel's world. He successfully shakes them off and teleports back to his world... and then the movie continues for about 15-20 minutes as Gwen's plotline with her father is resolved and Miles realizes he didn't return to ''his'' world but the world of the spider that bit him, which turns out to be a world where no Spider-Man ever came to be. Not only that, but his father died instead of his uncle, and he himself instead became that world's Prowler. And then finally, Gwen gathers up a team of sympathetic Spider-People to go rescue Miles and stop Spot. All to set up the sequel movie.]]
56	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
57	** Hobie Brown, a.k.a. Spider-Punk, was a massive hit with fans thanks to his cool design, endearing attitude, and funny personality, along with the fact that, contrary to what's foreshadowed, he turns out to be a pretty nice guy who [[spoiler: is Miles' only supporter when Miles decides to escape the Spider-Society]].
58	** Despite his brief screentime, Pavitr has also gained quite a few fans, thanks to his cheerful and friendly personality, some memorably funny moments, and his awesome redesign being a massive improvement over his comic counterpart.
59	** The [[spoiler: Prowler of Earth-42]] quickly became a fan-favorite thanks to the massive role said character plays in one of the movie's biggest twists, a great design, serving as the return of a beloved element, and [[spoiler: being an evil Miles Morales]].
60	* EpilepticTrees:
61	** One of the canon events being the death of a police officer close to the spider-person, fans quickly took note of Spider-Punk’s blue shoelaces and their old meaning for punks who killed a cop; Theories include from Hobie being [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone traumatized after taking the life of a cop]], going the other direction and [[GoodIsNotSoft realizing that he has to take up the responsibility of killing someone if it's necessary]], or [[ItsAllMyFault blaming himself for a cop's death]], regardless of whether or not he ''actually'' killed them.
62	** There's a theory that Lyla is a Beyonder, as she wears bright retro style of clothing, and that she's manipulating Miguel into causing Incursions (based off of the idea that Miguel got a universe destroyed by an Incursion rather than breaking a Canon Event), which [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 the Beyonders engineered in the comics]].
63	* EvilIsCool:
64	** The Spot going from IneffectualSympatheticVillain to [[spoiler: a nightmarish HumanoidAbomination]] across the film, combined with his unique powers and cool design, won him plenty of fans. There are even some people who believe the ''Spiderverse'' trilogy will do to the Spot what ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' did to Mr. Freeze and will establish a new, much more badass idea of who the Spot is in overall pop culture.
65	** While not ''evil'' per se, being a HeroAntagonist, Miguel O'Hara nonetheless plays the role of a major obstacle to Miles and has an "evil" aesthetic that Gwen even compares to a vampire. He's also an absolute {{Determinator}} who would chase Miles across literal universes to achieve his goals.
66	** While [[spoiler:the Prowler of Earth-42]] is a small role who has very little screentime, the combination of awesome design and [[spoiler:being an EvilCounterpart to Miles himself mentored by Aaron]] ''instantly'' made waves in the fandom.
67	* FandomRivalry:
68	** ''Across the Spider-Verse'' shared fairly one-sided rivalries and comparisons to both ''WesternAnimation/{{Elemental\|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{The Flash\|2023}}'' (being an animated film ''and'' superhero film with an emphasis on the multiverse, respectively), with the majority of support being in ''Spider-Verse's'' favor due to [[WesternAnimation/Elemental2023 the former]] being from rival studio Creator/{{Pixar}} and [[Film/TheFlash2023 the latter]] suffering from middling reviews and [[TroubledProduction controversies surrounding]] [[Creator/EzraMiller the film's lead.]] Things only got more vitriolic and swayed in ''Spider-Verse's'' favor when ''The Flash'' [[BoxOfficeBomb severely under-performed at the box office]] while ''Spider-Verse'' made nearly $700 million worldwide. It didn't help that ''Spider-Verse'' and ''The Flash'' turned out to have diametrically opposed themes of ScrewDestiny vs. YouCantFightFate, the latter of which has been argued to be tone-deaf in the cultural zeitgeist ''The Flash'' was released in and handled far less competently than ''Spider-Verse's'' themes.
69	** Thanks to the 2024 Awards season, a rivalry sprang up between Across the Spider-Verse and The Boy and The Heron. They were largely the frontrunners for many awards ceremonies, and while Across won the Annie award, Boy and the Heron won at the BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and the Oscars. While many did have a Graceful Loser attitude, including Christopher Miller, seeing Boy and The Heron as a Worthy Opponent and equally deserving of the win in it's own right. There are also many who genuinely feel that Across the Spider-Verse was the superior film that deserved to win due to the high quality of its animation, art style, music score, and compelling personal but socially relevant story. While they do not believe that Boy and The Heron is lacking in these areas and generally recognize it as an excellent film, they also thought this was an attempt to award Hayao Miyazaki in recognition of his entire career and contribution to the animation industry. As a result of these intentions, Across the Spider-Verse was forced to compete against the legacy of Miyazaki as opposed to simply Boy and The Heron, resulting in a stacked deck that robbed it of a deserving victory. Although it should again be noted that this rivalry is a byproduct of the Awards Season, outside of this one arena, there are many who have no problem with loving both films.
70	* FanficFuel: Due to their similar ages and demonstrating great teamwork and chemistry together during the sequence in Mumbattan, lots of fanwork popped up depicting Miles, Gwen, Hobie and Pavitr being especially close knit with each other and doing all sorts of activities together, from playing in a band together, movie nights/sleepovers in each others' dimensions, all four of them babysitting Mayday together and so on.
71	* FanNickname:
72	** For a while, Pavitr Prabhakar had been christened "Spider-Man without depression" by fans who noticed that he seems to be a rare Spider-Man who hadn't suffered any tragedy or at least was handling it better than most. [[spoiler:Of course, this ended up incidentally HilariousInHindsight when it turns out that Pavitr's lack of angst was a major plot point.]]
73	** To distinguish between Miles and [[spoiler:his Earth-42 variant, who is the Prowler of that world]], some fans call the latter "[[PunnyName Kilometers Immorales]]". Others call him "Miles G." (G standing for Gonzalo, Miles' middle name, in the same vein as "Peter B. Parker"); this turned out to be [[AllThereInTheManual his official designation in the production art book.]]
74	* FanPreferredCouple: Thanks to their status as [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan favorites]], Hobie/Pavitr is extremely popular pairing, despite them barely interacting. Even Pavitr's canon crush on Gayatri hasn't killed the popularity of this pairing.
75	* FanPreferredCutContent:
76	** While Mayday's heterochromia eyes from the concept art had been replaced by InnocentBlueEyes (akin to her comic counterpart) by the second trailer, there are some fans who wished she kept them, since heterochromia isn't commonly represented in Western Animation and many felt it made her more unique.
77	** As [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwr-5xdqr0o this video]] points out, there are many who prefer the theatrical version where Gwen panics out loud when Miles is trapped under rubble in Mumbattan, versus the digital version where her panicking has been muted instead.
78	* {{Fanon}}:
79	** While the film never calls the destruction of universes caused by breaking Canon Events "[[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Glossary:Incursion Incursions]]", that's what a lot of viewers have taken to calling it, especially since it falls pretty close to how ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' defined it, and more evidence for this is that the Multiverse image Miguel shows Miles later on is strikingly similar to what's established on ''Series/Loki2021''.
80	** It's pretty common to speculate that the reason why Noir, Ham, or other certain, popular Spider-People aren't seen as part of the Spider-Society is because [[spoiler:they would vehemently oppose Miguel's maintenance of "Canon Events", so Miguel either failed to convince them or Miguel correctly predicted that they would not be on board and didn't bother. Some people think that if he met the likes of [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Tobey's Spider-Man]], [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries the '90s cartoon Spider-Man]], or ''especially'' the one from ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManEdgeOfTime Edge of Time]]'' (that version of Peter Parker directly chewed out his Miguel for this kind of thinking), he would not survive the philosophical debate.]] This is also commonly thought to be the reason why [[Series/SpiderManJapan Takuya Yamashiro]] isn't present; he's such a non-traditional Spider-Man that [[spoiler:his mere existence blows a hole in Miguel's theory about canon events]].
81	** [[spoiler:Peni looks absolutely ''miserable'' in her short appearance among the Spider-Society. It's widely agreed that she had suffered her comic counterpart's traumatic event in ''[[ComicBook/SpiderGeddon Edge of Spider-Geddon]]'' where the Ven#m suit killed Addy Brock and her May.]]
82	** It's assumed that Canon Events are the same as [[Recap/WhatIfS1E4WhatIfDoctorStrangeLostHisHeartInsteadOfHisHands Absolute Points]], or at least closely related.
83	** Despite the dramatic cliffhanger of Miles [[spoiler:being captured and threatened by [[EvilDoppelganger his alternate self]], acting as the Prowler in his universe, it didn't take long for theories and fanwork to depict the two Miles as getting along together, having "twin energy" between them, alternatively "stoic big brother and unruly younger brother energy". The artbook apparently reveals that Earth 42 Miles and Aaron are indeed acting as vigilantes and not villains, which further fuelled the belief that Miles and Miles G. will end up as friends, at the very least on good terms with each other.]]
84	* FanonDiscontinuity: Some fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' would rather ignore that the crossover elements with this film [[spoiler:lead to the death of the much-beloved version of Captain Stacy from that show just for the sake of setting up the Canon Events debate. Granted, showrunner Creator/GregWeisman alluded that Captain Stacy may have not been spared if the show continued though the death is still upsetting regardless]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlk1ispzTZQ Weisman himself]] considers it merely a "next door neighbor" universe's Spider-Man rather then his own.
85	* FriendlyFandoms:
86	** With ''Film/{{Blue Beetle\|2023}}'' as both films sport Latino bug-themed superheroes starring in their own movies (along with ''Spider-Verse'' having Creator/OscarIsaac as another Latino joining the cast). When ''Blue Beetle''[='s=] trailer dropped the day before the second trailer, many ''Spider-Verse'' fans expressed their excitement over both films.
87	** With ''Series/{{Moon Knight\|2022}}'' naturally, as both are Marvel properties that feature Creator/OscarIsaac in a leading role as an emotionally-tortured AntiHero figure who believes it's his responsibility to ShootTheDog and [[spoiler:who has an alternate self who lived a much happier and "normal" life that he felt he couldn't achieve]].
88	** Also with ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'' given how both films explore the multiverse concept and have their major inciting incidents linked to a bagel. The film even includes a direct ShoutOut to it above Spot's apartment: "All of It, Always, All Over the Place".
89	** With the Franchise/{{Godzilla}} fandom, shockingly. Namely because, like Spider-Man, Godzilla (and his top five co-stars, Kong, Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, and Mechagodzilla) have had many different incarnations throughout the history of the character, with the only through-lines being basic design and a few general backstory/personality traits. Fans who saw this movie immediately jumped on the idea of multiversal shenanigans with the different version of the kaiju, inspired by both ITSP and ATSP.
90	** With ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', due to both the film and the show sharing very similar villains in the form of The Spot and Rob. Both are villains who [[spoiler:are originally background characters and treated as jokes by the protagonists, get disfigured because of said protagonists, get powerful enough to actually be a threat, and threaten the loved ones of the protagonists]].
91	** With ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'', as both similarly blended 2D and 3D-based animation techniques to create a finished product with a painterly look, and ''Arcane'' character designer Evan Monteiro did work on ''Spider-Verse'' including Spider-Punk's design. Likewise, Miguel's design has been jokingly likened to as if Jayce and Viktor had a baby together. Hailee Steinfeld herself is in ''Arcane'', voicing none other than Vi, the main character.
92	* GeniusBonus: The version of the Vulture from an universe based on the Italian Renaissance fought in the prologue is actually very fitting: not only was the very first version of the Vulture in ''ComicBook/{{Human Torch\|1939}}'', Isidoro Scarlotti, an Italian inventor, UsefulNotes/LeonardoDaVinci also famously studied flight through many years and based several of his invention ideas on that, sketching ornithopters and wingsuits. Furthermore, the Vulture's gadgets are references to Leonardo's own sketches and books: he is often surrounded by notes written in reverse, just like what Leonardo did to his annotations, and his bombs are directly based on Leonardo's aerial screw sketch.
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96	* HarsherInHindsight: The release of the film, in which [[spoiler:the death of Capt. Stacy]] is explicitly identified as a major event that has a parallel in every stable timeline, was timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied'', but as it happens, the release ''also'' came in the wake of [[spoiler:the death of Kamala Khan, comics' most prominent Pakistani-American heroine,]] in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan2022'', an event that was explicitly intended as a homage to the 1973 story, and which is widely believed to have been done because Marvel felt that Peter "needed" ''another'' tragic death on his hands (The other common theory is that it was a brute-force method to soft reboot her origin to be more in line with the MCU[[note]]more complicated than just that, but not a discussion for this page[[/note]], which... ''isn't better'').
97	* HilariousInHindsight: The trip into Spider-Man India's world leads up to a brief joke about a museum where "the British stole all of our stuff". In the months after the release of this movie, the actual British Museum has been suffering blow after blow, from thefts alleged to be an inside job to the resignation of the director.
98	* HoYay: The end scene of [[spoiler:Miles being stared down intensely by his EvilCounterpart from Earth-42 looks suggestive and enough like a case of ScrewYourself out-of-context that it's become a minor meme to edit the scene to increase the implications, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq0rb5mVv8k here]]]].
99	* HypeBacklash: The movie has been massively well received by both critics and audiences alike, with many calling it an EvenBetterSequel, and some critics have even named it "The best Spider-Man movie ever made." This has led to this trope for some who found the runtime to be too long, filled with too many characters and/or disliking that it ends on the huge cliffhanger it does, and preferring the first movie for being a complete story and easier to follow.
100	* IdiosyncraticShipNaming:
101	** The pairing of Miguel O'Hara and Peter B. Parker is called Spiderdads.
102	** Miles Morales/Hobie Brown is known as punkflower.
103	** Miles Morales/Gwen Stacy is ghostflower.
104	** Hobie Brown/Gwen Stacy is ghostpunk.
105	** Hobie Brown/Pavitr Prabhakar is chaipunk.
106	* IKnewIt:
107	** Most have theorized that [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]] would play a larger role in the sequel thanks to TheStinger at the end of the first film, which the preview confirms.
108	** A number of fans have theorized that The Spot would appear as a villain in the film, due to how potentially cool his ability to summon portals out of his body would be in the film. Sure enough, [[https://twitter.com/spiderverse/status/1536324894216146945?s=21 the film's Twitter account would confirm that this would be the case]].
109	** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28615194?view_full_work=true A fanfic for]] ''Into the Spider-Verse'' on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn featured Peter B. Parker as the father of ComicBook/SpiderGirl Mayday Parker. Despite the story being otherwise [[{{Jossed}} incompatible with the movie's canon]], ''Across'' '''has''' identified Peter B's daughter as Mayday rather than [[ComicBook/RenewYourVows Anna-May]].
110	** When the film was announced, [[Creator/NicolasCage Spider-Man Noir]], [[Creator/KimikoGlenn Peni]] and [[Creator/JohnMulaney Spider-Ham]] were all conspicuously absent from any cast lists, which led to some hoping and predicting that ''Across'' would nevertheless setup the characters for a return in ''Beyond''. [[spoiler:Peni has a brief cameo partway through, with both her clothing and mech now being comic-accurate, and ''all three'' are part of Gwen's Spider-Society alongside the Indian Spider-Man, Peter B. Parker, Mayday, Spider-Byte, and Spider-Punk at the end of the film.]]
111	* JerkassWoobie:
112	** Miguel O'Hara turns out to be both a massive HeroAntagonist and a remarkably tragic character. Despite constantly simmering with anger, Miguel reveals to Miles that [[spoiler:he went into another universe where he was a family man, only for a dimension-wiping catastrophe that he blames on himself being an anomaly to wipe out the whole universe, including Miguel having to ''watch his daughter die in his arms'']], alongside him feeling the responsibility to run the entire Spider-Society. While his actions are beyond extreme, it's hard not to feel bad for him. This is even called out on ''by'' himself during his EstablishingCharacterMoment at the Spider-Society headquarters, where he understands he's ''not'' [[GoodIsNotNice a nice guy]] and he teeters [[GreyAndGrayMorality the line of being a good guy]], he firmly lives in the belief that he's the only one there willing to make the hardest choices that none of the other Spiders [[SadisticChoice want to attempt]] to protect the multiverse.
113	** The Spot. While he ''did'' work for Kingpin in the first film, there isn't really much to suggest that he was more than just a PunchClockVillain, which can make the accident that turned him into a HumanoidAbomination and caused him to be outcasted by society feel undeserved. Even though he [[NeverMyFault wrongfully blames]] Miles for this and desires to get revenge on him, he's mocked and dismissed as little more than a VillainOfTheWeek who [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain can't even use his own powers properly]], something that deeply upsets him. [[spoiler: It's significantly lessened in that he becomes a [[NotSoHarmlessVillain genuine threat]] by the end of the film and threatens to destroy ''[[OmnicidalManiac entire dimensions]]'' just to [[EvilIsPetty take away everything Miles loves.]]]]
114	* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Thanks to the film's more apparent implied romance, Miles has been shipped with pretty much almost everyone in the main cast (which also popularized the "Miles got the rizz" meme), from [[ImpliedLoveInterest Gwen]], [[ShipTease Margo]], [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Peni]], [[HoYay Hobie, Pavitr]], [[MentorShip Peter]], [[FoeYayShipping Miguel, the Spot]], and even [[spoiler:his {{alternate self\|shipping}}]].
115	* LGBTFanbase:
116	** Gwen scores a pretty substantial one with the presence of the transgender flag, with the words "protect trans kids" on it, in her room and her conversation with her father being read as a coming out allegory.
117	** Miguel O'Hara is extremely popular with gay and bisexual men due to his BaraGenre-friendly design, courtesy of the openly-bisexual Kris Anka. Helpfully, [[spoiler:while another version of him was shown to have a happy family and a child, no mention is made of his spouse's gender or if he even had one, making it easy for queer men to relate to him and interpret him as potentially one of them]].
118	* MemeticBadass:
119	** [[NotSoHarmlessVillain The Spot]] was bound to get his treatment, as he started off as a geeky scientist who [[MinorInjuryOverreaction was defeated by a bagel]], became a joke villain who couldn't even rob a bodega, but then, through practice, scientific know-how and [[ThePowerOfHate sheer spite]] [[spoiler: turned into a threat to the Multiverse at large in a matter of In-Universe hours.]] Some have even jokingly defined his arc as "inspiring".
120	** Of all characters, if you can even call them one, the baby [[PregnantBadass Jessica]] is expecting gets this. Due to her baby apparently being completely fine inside the womb despite all the extreme stunts she pulls, many have commented that Jessica's baby must be "built different" and will probably be even more stronger than Mayday Parker when it's finally born.
121	** LEGO Spider-Man has seen this treatment due to Miguel referring to him as one of the Spider Society's best, despite [[PintSizedPowerhouse his small size]]. Of course, that also led to the two [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight being shipped]].
122	** Although Miles is also listed as a MemeticLoser as detailed below, the one thing that most fans agree is his ability to "[[ChickMagnet rizz someone up]]" effortlessly, with jokes about how Miles is so charming that he's able to "rizz up" anyone he meets, with Gwen and Margo (Spider-Byte) being two in-story examples, and more and more fan art portrays him and Peni Parker as a couple (much to Gwen's chagrin). Some even go as far as saying that Miles's game is so powerful, [[spoiler:[[ScrewYourself he can rizz up]] ''himself'', as explained in MemeticMutation below]].
123	** Although he only appears briefly [[spoiler:and was [[DoomedByCanon slated to die]] due to it being a [[BecauseDestinySaidSo Canon Event]],]] Inspector Singh has become one largely due to his introductory scene having him give Pavitr and his daughter Gayatri [[BoyfriendBlockingDad an intimidating glare]] and triggering Pavitr's Spider-Sense, causing fans to joke that Inspector Singh could easily mop the floor with Spider-Man if he really wanted to.
124	** As Miguel became more and more hostile towards Miles, [[AlmightyMom it's become common to half-joke that Miguel would absolutely be]] ''[[AlmightyMom destroyed]]'' if [[MamaBear Rio Morales]] ever learned what he'd been doing to her beloved son.
125	* MemeticLoser: You think Miles' "Spider-Luck" is bad in the film? In the memes, he can't catch a single break: over and over again, he gets beaten to a pulp by Miguel [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero for being Black]], is told by the latter that he's an anomaly that shouldn't exist and [[SuicideDare should kill himself]], has to face invincible Spider-People such as [[MemeticBadass LEGO Spider-Man]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gets his Jordans ruined by the Spot]].
126	* MemeticPsychopath:
127	** [[spoiler:Miguel O'Hara is a HeroAntagonist who believes that all Spider-People need to suffer a "canon event" by losing a loved one. However, memes extrapolate this motivation to him stopping time-travelers from preventing world-changing, historical tragedies, ultimately condemning countless people to suffer under the pretense of it being a "canon event", such as the Trans-Atlantic slave trade or the Holocaust. This can also extend to him stopping people from preventing the deaths of fan favorite characters. Some jokes take it even further to have Miguel state that the victims ''deserved'' to be killed and/or oppressed.]]
128	** To a lesser extent, Peni Parker, of all people, is often portrayed in fan art as a stereotypical {{Yandere}} who takes advantage of Miles' misunderstanding that Gwen is dating Hobie to keep Miles to herself and does everything in her power to make Gwen jealous and [[EmasculatedCuckold regret not confessing to Miles earlier]]. This is despite Miles and Peni [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight not even being shown to have any romantic interest in each other]] across two films.
129	** Jefferson Morales is surprisingly a complete psychopath in Spider-Man memes, [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fIkyKl1Dz7s encouraging Miles to slaughter the Spot's family in one meme]] and [[BlackComedyRape telling him to rape]], [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat up]] and then [[GroinAttack twist his]] [[BarbieDollAnatomy (nonexistent)]] [[GroinAttack dick]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9ZeT__UfX8 in another]], freaking out both Miles and the Spot with how brutal and uncalled for it is.
130	* MemeticTroll:
131	** Because of how much of a ServileSnarker she is, fanart has gone forward with portraying Lyla as an insufferable thorn in Miguel's side, constantly undermining him and belittling him for his dramatics.
132	** Playing off his in-universe desire to become Miles' "true" archenemy, the Spot is commonly portrayed in memes as pulling diabolical pranks on Miles, such as [[PokeThePoodle creasing his J's]].
133	* MisaimedFandom: As noted under CommonKnowledge, people have started referring to any tragic moment for superheroes in media as a “Canon Event”, even though it’s noted in the movie by the one proposing the theory that canon events aren’t necessarily tragic. The movie itself also points out that the whole theory is fundamentally flawed, as Earth-42 has experienced no canon events and remains intact, while Gwen and Pavitr are able to avert the “death of the Police Captain” with no issues to their world. Not to mention the theory being posited by an individual who is trying to rationalize a personal tragedy rather than an impartial consensus.
134	* {{Moe}}: Peter B.'s toddler daughter Mayday is downright adorable, gleefully climbing around Spider-Man HQ and taking all of her dad's crazy antics in stride whenever he brings her along. It's very easy to see why Peter B. dotes on her so much.
135	* OlderThanTheyThink: The idea of [[spoiler:an alternate evil Miles Morales who is not Spider-Man is not an entirely new concept, as ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII'' did a similar concept with Miles' Earth 616 counterpart, who in contrast to his Earth-1610 counterpart, is a villain who is Fisk's best friend, a member of a crime family, and the supervillain Ultimatum.]]
136	* OneSceneWonder:
137	** The Italian-Renaissance era Vulture. He's not in the movie for long, but he definitely makes the most of it with his unique sketchbook style design, his creative ClockPunk arsenal, and the funny confused banter he has fighting Gwen, Jessica, and Miguel. According to some of the movie's artists, the opening battle against the Renaissance Vulture was one of, if not ''the'' hardest scene to do in the movie because of how much is going on in it.
138	** [[spoiler:WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan's single speaking line, complete with the return of Creator/JoshKeaton's voice. Hearing such a beloved adaptation of Spider-Man once again was a huge highlight for several fans.]]
139	** The [[TookALevelInCynic new version of Peni Parker]], despite only appearing in two brief shots, has become extremely popular, with many eagerly awaiting her involvement in the sequel.
140	* ParanoiaFuel: The Spot has an obsession with Miles due to the two of them crossing paths, but Miles doesn't even remember him. Feeling invalidated, the Spot is consumed with rage and decides to give Miles a whole world of grief for this. The similarities to any number of stalkers is pretty clear, but the fact that such an inconsequential background character could end up ruining someone's life can leave you wondering what kinds of enemies you've made without even realizing it.
141	* RainbowLens: Gwen's sideplot, in which her father disowns her for coming out as Spider-Woman, followed by him reconciling with her when he realizes to accept his daughter for who she is, resonates with many trans viewers who can relate to particularly rocky coming-outs. Her bedroom has a sign reading "protect trans kids" and the scene in which George Stacy accepts his daughter is lit with the colors of the trans flag. Part of her arc also revolves around rejecting the binary options of Miguel's rhetoric. To an extent, Miles feeling conflicted over whether or not he should tell his parents that he's the new Spider-Man also has shades of "coming out".
142	* RealismInducedHorror: As more people are pointing out how Spider-Society operates like [[spoiler:a cult, it can be pretty horrifying to see a beloved character like Spider-Man, especially versions people got to know and love, like Spectacular, Unlimited, or Insomniac, faring no better than an average person against being recruited and then falling into cult mentality. Especially if you are already afraid of it happening to you or your loved ones]].
143	* RonTheDeathEater:
144	** There are those who claim Gwen is an awful person for [[spoiler:unwillingly betraying Miles in the film, accusing her of not really caring about him or that she should have "known better" than to believe in Miguel and "Canon Events", ignoring how the movie depicts her as a 16-year-old TroubledTeen who fell under Miguel's indoctrination and was given absolutely no proof of him being wrong beforehand (including the implication that she's been shown the "Canon Event" of other Gwen Stacys dying tragic deaths over and over again, which would only strengthen her belief in them). She would thus have been led to believe that her choices were to either side with Miles, or risk the multiverse with ''billions of lives'' collapsing, ''including'' Miles' life (meanwhile, Miles has no way of knowing himself that Miguel is wrong and rejects the canon events presumably on the ''hunch'' he has that it's wrong so he can save his dad). Even as the movie quite literally ends with Gwen breaking down in front of her father on how she deeply hurt Miles and then later realizing that Miguel's belief was flawed after all, having promised his parents back in his home dimension that she will bring him back home safe and sound, and gathered her own Spider-Team to rescue Miles, there is still a minority of voices claiming that she messed up too bad and that Miles should never forgive her.]]
145	** Although Miguel is a major antagonist, he's not evil or willfully cruel so much as a misguided WellIntentionedExtremist who is [[IDidWhatIHadToDo genuinely trying to what he thinks is the best for everyone]]. Interpretations of him as a straightforwardly evil BigBad became widespread enough that the creators had to step in to clarify their intent for him to be seen as a morally-gray figure.
146	** Likewise, some fans claim Miguel is racist because of his hatred of Miles, which is meant to be [[{{Applicability}} analogized]] to the behavior displayed by a certain type of VocalMinority on the Internet in real life, ''some'' of whom have engaged in racist behavior... except the movie makes it abundantly clear that in-universe he hates Miles because [[spoiler:the spider that gave Miles his powers was intended for another universe (meaning that universe has no Spider-Man) and, from Miguel's perspective, Miles is going to risk the lives of everyone in his universe to save one guy.]] Also, Miguel has no problem with the various non-white Spider-People in the Spider Society, with a Black woman even being his implied NumberTwo.
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150	* SalvagedStory: While Peni's portrayal in the first film was fairly popular, it's also gained quite a few detractors over the intervening years due to it being a complete tonal flip from her comic book self -- a somber, contemplative and introverted young girl (very clearly inspired by ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''), considered a refreshingly non-stereotypical take on a Japanese character as written by a Western author -- to a ''very'' stereotypical GenkiGirl who's mainly there for comic relief. SP//dr's design was also changed to look less like an Eva and more cutesy, playing into this shift. Here, though she gets very little screentime, she's very clearly [[CharacterDevelopment grown out of that phase]] through the TraumaCongaLine of being a Spider-Woman, and she's upgraded SP//dr into its original Eva-esque design, both of which make her much more accurate to the comics.
151	* SelfFanservice: While Miguel is already a [[HeroicBuild well-built]] {{hunk}} in a skin-tight HardLight suit, several pieces of fanart tend to further exaggerate his figure to MrFanservice levels, most notably in the [[FemaleGaze rear-end]].
152	* ShallowParody: Ben Reilly is mostly used to mock [[MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks the '90s comic book edginess]] by making him an EmoTeen full of {{Wangst}}. When he debuted in the ''Clone Saga'', Ben was much less prone to angsting and was more light-hearted than Peter.
153	* ShipMates: It's common for Miles/Gwen shippers to also ship Hobie/Pavitr, usually building off of their devil-may-care attitudes and their mutual disdain for the British Empire.
154	* ShipsThatPassInTheNight:
155	** LEGO Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2099 is a popular CrackPairing due to Miguel [[TheComicallySerious being uncharacteristically nice in praising the former as one of his best men]].
156	** Spider-Canada and Plushie Spider-Man shared a ''couple of frames'' and eagle-eyed fans have already drawn art of the two together.
157	** While Miles/Peni has its fair share of fans back when the first movie is released, it got a surge in popularity comes this film, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff especially among Hispanic viewers]], with numerous fan art created featuring both of them despite Miles and Peni sharing only a ''single'' scene together in this film with Peni speaking only one line to him.
158	* SignatureScene:
159	** The scene with Miles and Gwen sitting next to each other watching the New York City skyline while upside-down under a clocktower made for one of the most iconic images in the movie.
160	** The entire big chase in the third act [[spoiler:where ''all of Spider-Society'' tries to capture Miles Morales as he desperately tries to go back home. The whole sequence reportedly took ''four years'' to develop, and the result is more than worth it.]]
161	* SpiritualAdaptation:
162	** A {{metafiction}}al story about a society of pre-existing superheroes from different genres, medias and demographics that come together to fight a supervillain who acquires a cosmic power that could doom entire worlds? While made by Marvel, this might also double as an adaptation of ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity''.
163	** Speaking of Creator/GrantMorrison, the Spot brings to mind [[ComicBook/TheInvisibles the demon Orlando]]: Both are [[VillainInAWhiteSuit white]] {{Humanoid Abomination}} with an obsession to beat one of the main characters and whose natural appearance has visible sketch lines. Their personalities, however, [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain couldn't be]] [[PsychoForHire more different.]]
164	* SpiritualSuccessor: Miguel's "Fixed Canon" Theory and the literal universe-shattering ramifications of averting the life-defining tragedy in a hero's backstory sounds an awful lot like the plot of the ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' episode "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E4WhatIfDoctorStrangeLostHisHeartInsteadOfHisHands What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?]]", where a variant of [[Characters/MCUStephenStrange Earth-199999 Doctor Strange]] tried to avert the tragic death of his love-interest, only for this to result in a RealityBreakingParadox that destroys the universe. Considering the nature of the Spider-Verse, this may have actually happened within the ''Across the Spider-Verse's'' established multiverse, Strange Supreme's destroyed universe being used as an example of what could happen if the Spider-Society doesn't uphold canon.
165	* TaintedByThePreview:
166	** While many are excited about the Spider-Verse being featured in its full glory after only a tiny glimpse was shown in the first film, there were some concerns from the trailers that the film could potentially be too cluttered, leading to it being unbalanced and dragged down by too much fanservice at the expense of further developing Miles and his story, which wasn't as much of a concern in the first film due to its smaller, tightly knit cast.
167	** Many fans were disappointed at the lack of marketing presence for the alternate Spider-folks from the first film (Spider-Man Noir, Peter Porker/Spider-Ham, and Peni Parker/SP//dr), especially since they are major [[EnsembleDarkHorse fan favorites]], and one of the biggest complaints that the first film got was their [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter lack of focus]] compared to Miles, Gwen, and Peter. This led some to conclude that they were seemingly not returning to this film at all. [[spoiler:However, Peni Parker is revealed to be part of Miguel's alliance during the film (with a new and now comic-accurate SP//dr to boot), and at the end Gwen's ensemble also includes Peni, Spider-Ham, and Spider-Man Noir. So while barely present in this movie, they'll likely play a bigger role in the third part.]]
168	** Before the film was released, the [[https://comicbook.com/movies/news/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-miles-morales-gwen-stacy-love-story/ confirmation]] that there will be a romance between Gwen and Miles turned off some fans who would rather have the two stay strictly as friends as was mostly the case in the first film, outside of some brief ShipTease. This was also a result of Gwen/Miles being a [[BrokenBase controversial pairing]] in the comics due to Gwen being Peter's dead girlfriend in the 616 continuity, as well as being older than Miles [[note]]even though they are the same age in the film[[/note]]. Some fans also mistakenly believed that there would be a LoveTriangle subplot based on director's commentary that Miles would be jealous of Gwen's closeness with Hobie, and were concerned that it would [[RomanticPlotTumor bring down the rest of the film]]. In the film proper, however, there isn't really a love triangle to speak of. Gwen and Hobie are close but neither appears to be interested romantically in the other, there are only a few instances of mild jealousy which are PlayedForLaughs and quickly dropped, and Miles and Hobie end up being on very good terms. Gwen and Miles ironically became a very popular pairing following the release of the film where they're given believable chemistry and a well-written slow-burn romance (they're also given a good amount of angst and a cliffhanger separation, which became [[TrueArtIsAngsty part of the appeal]] [[UnresolvedSexualTension to many]]), and their dynamic have little in common with the comics.
169	** The second trailer revealing Miguel would apparently be an antagonist in the film, seeking to hunt down Miles and attacking him, turned off a lot of fans of the character who weren't happy to see an established hero being turned into a violent {{Jerkass}}. This is TruerToTheText, however, as there have been many instances of Miguel being quite violent and abrasive in the comics and other continuities, often focusing on TheNeedsOfTheMany. In fact, [[VideoGame/SpiderManEdgeOfTime one game]] where the story is considered quite good has Miguel willing to leave Mary Jane to die, and he only ends up saving her once Peter convinces him. That said, later trailers implied that while Miguel is a major HeroAntagonist, he is only a DiscOneFinalBoss to a larger existential threat to the entire multiverse to be seen in ''Beyond the Spider-Verse''. [[spoiler:In the film itself, his antagonism is given much more nuance. It is made abundantly clear that the weight of the "WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility" creed all the Spider-People share ended up getting amplified for him due to him seeing firsthand just what could happen if the status quo of the multiverse was ever disrupted. Even though he has to let innocent people die just to maintain this stability, the anxiety of having to choose between innocent lives and the multiverse itself weighs on him ''greatly'', making it more understandable why he'd fly off the handle at Miles's own insistence that he can ScrewDestiny when Miguel has ''seen'' evidence of YouCantFightFate ([[SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate even if it is far more complicated than even he understands]]). [[MisplacedRetribution Aside from his own grievances of Miles's anomalous nature aside]], Miguel genuinely ''pities'' the kid for the SadisticChoice he's forced to live with and doesn't want him to live with regret like he does over causing so much death due to his own mistakes.]]
170	** Latin American viewers expressed significant backlash over the dubbing cast chosen by Sony. The decision to cast social media influencers, [=TikTokers=], and Twitch streamers for crucial roles, rather than well-known and respected voice actors from the region, was widely criticized. Numerous people stated that they would not watch the movie in theaters, while others planned to purchase tickets for the subbed version or even watch the Castillan Spanish dub to avoid supporting such an unpopular decision.
171	** Taiwanese viewers expressed their criticism of Sony's choices of the dubbing cast, including casting a lot of [=YouTubers=] instead of professional voice actors, [[TheOtherDarrin replacing Miles's and Gwen's voice actors from the first film]] with celebrities who have few voice acting experiences, and only listing the celebrities in dubbed promos, not the regular voice actors. Some people stated that due to this approach, they would watch the subbed version instead.
172	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: [[Characters/MarvelComicsScarletSpider Ben Reilly]] makes an appearance with the rest of the Spider-Society, [[spoiler:and later forms part of the team Miguel sends to track down Miles]]. However, some fans were not pleased by how the film depicts him, as pretty much all of his lines and scenes are devoted to lampooning the NinetiesAntiHero tropes that were prevalent at the time of his introduction to the comics, and little is explored with his canonical characterization or backstory. Making it even worse is that he barely displayed any of those traits in his run. In fact, he (and by extension the Clone Saga as a whole) were created because ''Peter'' [[DarkerAndEdgier was exhibiting them]]. The movie also identifies him as coming from Earth-94 in an apparent reference to the prominent role Ben Reilly of Earth-94 takes in [[ComicBook/SpiderVerse the comic event]]. The comics version was notable for being particularly upbeat and averting major negative events that happened in most other universes. While keeping the latter part intact wouldn't mesh with the film's plot, the complete personality inversion still stands out.
173	* TransAudienceInterpretation:
174	** Gwen Stacy has been interpreted by a large section of the film's viewership as being trans-coded, if not being outright transgender. She has a trans pride flag hanging in her room, and later in the movie, when she [[spoiler:finally has a conversation with her father and yells at him about having to hide part of herself in case he didn't accept her]], she is bathed in bright blue, pink, and white light (the colors of the trans pride flag). While these are the usual colors of Gwen's costume, and the art style of her universe in general uses pastel colors, this specific moment solidified the implications to many that her arc is an analog to those in the transgender community coming out to their loved ones.
175	** An alternative theory is that the Peter Parker from Gwen Stacy's dimension is the one who is trans, due to his somewhat scrawny and weak physical appearance; his desire to "get stronger" using the lizard serum can be seen as a parallel to gender dysphoria and the need to conform to society's expectations of masculinity. Likewise, Gwen's "protect trans kids" flag can be interpreted in this context as a declaration of solidarity with a transgender Peter.
176	* UnexpectedCharacter:
177	** Among the enormous gathering of Spider-People, there are many recognizable variants from comics and other media. The Spider-Man from the [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 PS4 game]] appears and [[https://twitter.com/YuriLowenthal/status/1664416515788267520?s=20 is voiced by]] Creator/YuriLowenthal. [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManUnlimited Spider-Man Unlimited]], [[Manga/MarvelMangaverse Mangaverse Spider-Man]], and the Bombtastic Bag-man also appear.
178	** Similarly, the other "video game guy" near Insomniac Spider-Man isn't just a random 8-bit sprite -- he's the Green Goblin from the [[VideoGame/SpiderManAtari2600 Atari 2600 Spider-Man game]], which was the first-ever Spider-Man game.
179	** The reveal of Peter's daughter, [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl Mayday Parker]], and the cameo of Anna-May "Annie" Parker from ''ComicBook/RenewYourVows'', was a massive shock for fans, especially since Marvel has historically been reluctant to give Peter kids and acknowledge the likes of Mayday and Annie in the comics (outside of alternate continuities or ''Spider-Verse'') and adaptations due to their desire to not have Peter Parker [[NotAllowedToGrowUp grow up]].
180	** The first poster reveals other Spiders showing up including Julia Carpenter's Spider-Woman, Doppelganger from ''ComicBook/TheInfinityWar'', and even '''''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'''''. The latter was especially seen as a surprise, given that the show hasn't been acknowledged by Marvel or Sony since its cancellation in 2009 (aside from home video and streaming re-releases). [[spoiler:Not only that, but Creator/JoshKeaton returns to give him a couple of speaking lines!]]
181	** Spider-Byte is an '''extremely''' obscure character, appearing in just two comic issues and only having lines in one of those. Not only does she get lines in the film, she becomes one of the principal supporting characters [[spoiler:by helping Miles and joining Gwen's new team in the cliffhanger]]. Ditto for Sun-Spider, a [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent Fan Creation]] who only appeared as non-speaking background cameo in her debut issue. She only received some spotlight in the ''ComicBook/EndOfTheSpiderVerse'' mere months before this film's release.
182	** The Spot [[spoiler:travels to the Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse and ends up robbing [[Characters/SSUCivilians Mrs. Chen]], who is less than enthused.]]
183	** The Peter Parker and Uncle Ben from [[spoiler: ''[[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan The Amazing]]'' ''[[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 Spider-Man]]'' video games]] make a brief cameo as Miguel explains Canon Events to Miles.
184	** The criminals captured in the wrong dimensions by the Spider-Society include Variants of the traditional Spider-Man villains such as Vulture, Rhino, Mysterio, Kraven, Doc Ock... and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Typeface]].
185	** Also among the apprehended is [[spoiler: Creator/DonaldGlover's live-action incarnation of the [[Characters/MCUCriminalsTerroristsVulturesGang Prowler]], now a costumed supervillain. He even gets to chat with Miles, paying homage to how the character of Miles was partly inspired by Glover himself, as well as him being the first person to voice [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 an animated version of Miles]].]]
186	** When the film became available on home video, frame-by-frame examination of captured anomalies revealed many more D-list Spidey villains, such as Big Wheel, Clam, Gog and even Swiss Miss from the infamous ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark''.
187	** Although it is only a FreezeFrameBonus in the background, two newspapers with headlines about Quake from ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E22Ascension Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' are seen on the wall of Miles' and Ganke's dorm room, making it the first nod to the show's existence in all of Marvel films.
188	* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Even if you miss that the Go Home Machine clearly says "Earth-42" before Miles takes off, it's clear to the audience that Miles hasn't been sent to his proper universe well before Miles himself realizes it. However, in a case of Administrivia/TropesAreTools, this only creates a sense of dread in the audience as they slowly realize just how screwed Miles is.]]
189	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: In addition to more of the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt gorgeous animation]] from the first film, some scenes notably stick out:
190	** Gwen's scenes in her own universe distinctly stand out animation-wise from the rest of the movie, as the backgrounds are more abstract pastel paintings, with the palette changing throughout each scene to match the characters' moods and dialogue.
191	** The Spot in his normal form has subtle but visible pencil construction lines, as if he's an incomplete drawing. Which transitions beautifully into...
192	** When the Spot [[OneWingedAngel reaches his]] [[HumanoidAbomination full power]], his color scheme [[PaletteSwap inverts]] and he becomes a [[DarkIsEvil shadowy array of black ink-like lines]] that warps the area around him into psychedelic distortions. The design is so alien that it's even reminiscent of how [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann the Anti-Spiral]] is animated, causing the Spot to have a big NonstandardCharacterDesign at this point, showing just how powerful he's become.
193	** The film's take on the Vulture is also pretty incredible, appearing as a ''moving da Vinci-esque linework/schematic on yellowed paper'' that is seamlessly worked into Gwen's universe and interacts perfectly with the differently-styled other characters.
194	** Spider-Punk's cutout zine aesthetic is another mind-blowing standout--not only for perfectly capturing the essence of punk in a character, but the way his color palette and the border around him constantly change from scene to scene--especially given that animating Hobie took two to three ''years''. An artist went into [[https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/randomnoteforfuturereference/719263671491215360 more detail on Twitter]], revealing that they had (ironically) very specific rules governing his chaotic animation and in fact created special tools just to streamline the process.
195	** [[spoiler:The LEGO Spider-Man world]] appears only briefly in the film but is rich in detail... and is all the more impressive considering it was [[https://gizmodo.com/spider-man-spider-verse-lego-teen-preston-mutanga-1850506037 directed by 14-year-old Preston Mutanga]], who was hired less than five months before the film's theatrical release after the creators saw [[PromotedFanboy an adaptation he made of the film's trailer]].
196	** The CreativeClosingCredits that show Miles' journey throughout the film are rendered in a beautifully painterly and surreal way, almost like a ''Spider-Verse'' version of a ''Franchise/JamesBond'' opening.
197	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The movie's only rated PG, but definitely leans into a "hard" PG (in contrast to a lot of the AvoidTheDreadedGRating animated fare), even moreso than its predecessor. In addition to having mild cuss words (with plenty of uses of "ass" and "hell"), there's all the eldritch horror surrounding the Spot's descent into villainy, the whole discussion of how every [[spoiler:Spider-Person must face some kind of major personal tragedy that cannot be averted]] with Miles' very understandable shock and existential dread over the fact as [[spoiler:his own father is up next]], and the dark [[spoiler:AlternateUniverse where Miles himself has descended into villainy]]. There's also Miguel's whole backstory, in which we get to see [[spoiler:[[DeathOfAChild his own alternate daughter]] (and the rest of that universe) get erased from existence on-screen!]].
198	* {{Woolseyism}}:
199	** Miles' quip in the first fight with the Spot ("Why do people say 'ATM machine'? The 'M' stands for 'machine'.") is translated differently in other dubs. For instance, in the Latin American Spanish dub he asks why the machine is called an "automatic teller" when one still has to tell it what they want which isn't automatic. In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, Miles muses about the gender of the terms used, asking why it's called a "caixa eletrônico" instead of a "caixa eletrônica".
200	** In the French dub, the Spot is translated as "''la Tache''". It is a directed translation, but the term is also schoolyard slang for a loser, which aptly describes the Spot as this point, making Miles' snicker upon hearing it very justified.
201	* WTHCostumingDepartment: Jessica Drew's design isn't considered bad by any stretch of the imagination (quite the opposite in fact, with many regarding it as an improvement on the costume it's inspired by), but quite a few fans have expressed disappointment that it's based off the redesigned outfit from the Creator/DennisHallum run instead of Jessica's iconic original costume. Her being pregnant like in said run has also baffled some fans.
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