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Emil Nicholas
Dr. Emil Nicholas
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): N/A
Portrayed By: Jared Harris
Appearances: Morbius
A scientist and surrogate father to Michael and Milo.
- Adaptation Name Change: His surname was Nikos in the comics.
- Adaptational Nationality: Greek in the comics, but American in this film.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the comics Emil was Michael's age and they were best friends in university. Here he is older by a few decades and was a father figure to Michael.
- Age Lift: He's the same age as Morbius in the comics, but is a few decades older in the film (though there is only a ten-year age difference between the actors).
- Decomposite Character: His role in turning Michael into a vampire is given to Martine, while his role as Michael's best friend was given to Milo.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: He is killed by Milo instead of Michael, and while he was eventually resurrected in the comics, there's little evidence the same will happen to him in this version.
- In Name Only: He's very different from his comic counterpart, and in fact Milo has more in common with Emil's comic self, since he's Michael's best friend.
- Parental Substitute: He was this to Michael and Milo.
- Two First Names: "Nicholas" is more common as a given name.
Julia Cornwall
Julia Cornwall
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Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): N/A
Portrayed By: Sydney Sweeney
Appearances: Madame Web
A young woman being hunted by Ezekiel Sims.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Julia's mother had a nervous breakdown after her dad left her and is currently committed, forcing Julia to move in with her father and new step-mom and brother. However, despite seemingly willing to put the effort in to connect with her new family, she feels like they don't want her around (which is probably true, given her father's reluctance to take her in to see her stepmother at the hospital and having her stepbrother's happy family drawing to Cassie not include her) which makes her decide to run away.
- Adaptational Wimp: She doesn't have any powers like her comic counterpart, which is justified since she hasn't become a superhero yet.
- Adaptation Name Change: Averted. Her surname in the film is Cornwall, which is her maiden name in the comics, rather than her comic self's more well known surname Carpenter, which was her married name that she kept even after her divorce, something not applicable to her film counterpart who is still a teenager.
- Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: Although we see her in-costume in the future, we never hear her called any of her codenames from the comics: Spider-Woman, Arachne and Madame Web.
- Decomposite Character: In the comics, she became the second Madame Web, and her appearance in the comics has seemingly been given to Cassandra while Julia retains the Spider-Woman aspect of her comic self.
- Future Badass: Like Anya and Mattie, she's destined to become a superhero at some point in the future, with the film showing her in her black and white costume in visions.
- Freudian Trio: The Superego to Anya's Ego and Mattie's Id. Despite being The Runaway, she tends to follow others and follow the rules even when these things are objectively the wrong thing to do.
- I Just Want to Be Loved: It's implied that with her mother being institutionalised and her stepmother wanting nothing to do with her, she latches onto Cassie as a Parental Substitute in an effort to get some kind of attention and affection. She's notably much keener than the other two to gain Cassie's approval and looks crushed when the older woman tears them all a new one after escaping from the diner.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: She's quicker than the other two to try and talk about their shared experience at first, and looks saddened when Mattie keeps making fun of her. Later, she's visibly overjoyed when they all start bonding in the diner.
- The Runaway: She was planning on leaving New York because she felt unloved by her family.
Mattie Franklin
Martha "Mattie" Franklin
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Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): N/A
Portrayed By: Celeste O'Connor
Appearances: Madame Web
A young woman being hunted by Ezekiel Sims.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Mattie's parents are incredibly negligent and are often in different countries, leaving her feeling that she can't call them for help when Ezekiel starts hunting her.
- Adaptational Wimp: She doesn't have any powers like her comic counterpart, which is justified since she hasn't become a superhero yet.
- Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: Her Spider-Woman codename from the comics never gets said.
- Deadpan Snarker: The most likely of the three future Spider-Women to offer a snarky quip on their insane situation, or to disbelieve Cassie.
- Future Badass: Like Julia and Anya, she's destined to become a superhero at some point in the future, with the film showing her in a blue and red costume in visions.
- Freudian Trio: The Id to Julia's Superego and Anya's Ego. She's much more driven by her emotions than the other two and rebellious.
- Lonely Rich Kid: Her parents are very wealthy, but they spend all their time abroad without her, leaving the job of raising her to the maid. Mattie even doubts they would come back from China if someone was trying to kill her.
- Primary-Color Champion: Her costume is blue and red.
- Race Lift: White in the comics, but is black here.
- Two First Names: Franklin is pretty common as a male first name.
Anya Corazon
Anya Corazon
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Species: Human
Citizenship: Mexican
Affiliation(s): N/A
Portrayed By: Isabela Merced
Appearances: Madame Web
A young woman being hunted by Ezekiel Sims who also lives in the same apartment building as Cassandra Webb.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Anya's mother died when she was five years old and her father has been deported, leaving Anya terrified of being found out and also being deported or forced into the foster system.
- Adaptational Wimp: She doesn't have any powers like her comic counterpart, which is justified since she hasn't become a superhero yet.
- Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: Her Araña and Spider-Girl codenames from the comics never get mentioned.
- Freudian Trio: The Ego to Julia's Superego and Mattie's Id. Interestingly she's actually The Smart Guy of the group instead of Julia, but while Julia and Mattie for different reasons tend to get distracted from the current issue more Anya is able to keep her focus.
- Future Badass: Like Julia and Mattie, she's destined to become a superhero at some point in the future, with the film showing her in a silver and black costume in visions.
- The Smart Guy: While Julia has a bookish nerd look, it's Anya who fits this trope. She's able to (accurately) describe how Ezekiel's wall-crawling ability actually works and later works out the time until Mary's next contraction in her head, something Ben comments on as being impressive.
Mary Parker
Mary Parker
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): N/A
Portrayed By: Emma Roberts
Appearances: Madame Web
Ben's sister-in-law.
- Adaptational Wimp: Doesn't seem to be a spy like in the comics.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Brown hair in the comics, blonde here.
- Doomed by Canon: Subverted. She's still alive by the end of the film, but Cassie's comment to Mattie seems to suggest that like her comic self she and Richard will die in the future, leaving Ben to become Peter's Parental Substitute.
- Imperiled in Pregnancy: She goes into labor during the film's climax, and is nearly caught in an explosion when Ezekiel tries to bomb the car she and the girls are riding in.
Spider-Man
Peter Parker
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Species: Enhanced Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliations: N/A
Portrayed By: N/A
Appearances: Madame Web
A superhero from New York who has recently gone missing.
- Adaptational Late Appearance: Because of his Age Lift making him far younger than Cassie, Anya, Julia and Mattie, he debuts as Spider-Man sometime after they become superheroes themselves.
- Adaptation Origin Connection: Downplayed. The circumstances of his birth make him a peripheral figure in Madame Webb's origin story, a connection not present in the original comics.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: His connection with Eddie Brock and Venom is removed in this version.
- Age Lift: Madame Web features the youngest depiction of the character ever, being a newborn when he appears at the end of the film. This makes him much younger than Julia Cornwall, Mattie Franklin and Anya Corazon, when in the comics the former is roughly the same age as him while the latter two are teenagers when he's an adult. He's also roughly 25 years younger than Eddie Brock, while in the comics it's assumed the latter is only a couple years older.
- All in the Manual: The newspapers in Morbius were eventually released to be sold, which revealed more information about this Spider-Man. All that is known is that after being spotted in Europe, he went missing and hasn't returned to New York.
- Alternate Self: On Earth-199999, Earth-616B and Earth-1610B.
- Animal-Themed Superbeing: He does whatever a spider can, in case you couldn't tell from his name.
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Deleted Role: The scene of his mural was only filmed for the Morbius trailer without the director. However, the director has said that Spider-Man still exists in the SSU and the newspapers in Morbius also confirm his existence, which is further supported by how Morbius seems familiar with the name when Vulture mentions him. He can be presumed to be Peter Parker as well, who's birth in Madame Web which is set in 2003 would make him old enough to have become Spider-Man by the present day of the SSU. - Iconic Sequel Character: Played With. Madame Web takes places before any of the other films in the franchise, but for a franchise named after the character, Peter Parker doesn't make his debut in Sony's Spider-Man Universe until the fourth film of the franchise.
- In Spite of a Nail: Like the Spider-Man of Earth-199999, he has been to Europe and accused of murder.
- Minor Major Character: Just like most versions of the character, he is a very well-known superhero who stops crimes across New York. However, his only real appearance in the SSU was as a newborn in Madame Web.
- No Name Given: He is never referred to directly by name in Madame Web.
- Primary-Color Champion: If the poster is accurate, he wears a red and blue costume.
Amaria
Amaria
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): N/A
Portrayed By: Zosia Mamet
Appearances: Madame Web
A hacker working for Ezekiel Sims.
- Canon Foreigner: Has no comic counterpart.
- Karma Houdini: Despite being complicit in attempting to murder three teenage girls, she seemingly gets away with it.
- No Full Name Given: Her last name is never revealed.
Walter Cornwall
Walter Cornwall
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): N/A
Portrayed By: Josh Drennen
Appearances: Madame Web
Julia's father.
- Abusive Parent: More negligent and distant, but he doesn't seem to want Julia around and acts distant around her which is why she decides to run away.
- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: In the comics Walter remained married to Julia's mother Elizabeth, but here he divorced her and has married someone else. He also has a terrible relationship with his daughter, unlike in the comics where they are reasonably close.
- The Cameo: Only appears at the hospital with Julia and his step-son.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After the hospital scene he's never seen again and it's never explained how he reacted to his daughter seemingly being kidnapped for a week and being attacked by a masked superhuman.
Jonah
J. Jonah Jameson
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliations: N/A
Portrayed By: N/A
Mentioned In: Madame Web
Mattie Franklin's uncle and the father of John Jameson.
- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-199999.
- Ambiguous Situation: It's unclear whether he has any connection to the Daily Bugle like in the comics.
- The Ghost: Has yet to appear, but his son briefly appeared in Venom while his niece appears in Madame Web.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Assuming he's still alive by 2018, then he outlived his son John.
Fire Department of New York
Ben Parker
Ben Parker
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): Fire Department of New York
Portrayed By: Adam Scott
Appearances: Madame Web
A paramedic who works with Cassie Webb.
- Adaptational Badass: Ben is a former soldier in this version, though he doesn't really show off any impressive skills.
- Adaptational Intelligence: Given he has medical knowledge in this version, that makes him much smarter than his comic self.
- Adaptational Job Change: In the comics, Ben was a textile worker before retiring, while in this version Ben is a paramedic and former soldier.
- Adaptational Skill: He has medical knowledge which his comic self never had.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Ben never met Cassie, Mattie, Julia or Anya in the comics, having been dead for years before they appear in the comics. Here, he's Cassie's closest friend and helps protect the girls from Ezekiel.
- Nice Guy: As always with the character, but shown in some new ways. He's a good friend to Cassie, is endlessly tolerant of her spikier personality, checks on her when she's devastated by he coworker's death at the explosives warehouse and takes care of Anya, Julia and Mattie on her word alone.
- The Not-Love Interest: Ben is Cassie's closest friend and he mentions that he's recently met someone (presumably May), though there are some moments which suggest that the two have unexplored romantic feelings for each other.
- Parental Substitute: Averted, as Peter is born during Madame Web with both of his parents still alive. However, Cassie's comment at the end after Mattie says being a uncle means having all the fun with none of the responsibility seems to suggest that he will become this in the future like in the comics.
O'Neil
O'Neil
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): Fire Department of New York
Portrayed By: Mike Epps
Appearances: Madame Web
A friend and co-worker of Cassie and Ben.
- Canon Foreigner: Has no comic counterpart.
- No Full Name Given: His first name is never revealed.
- Sacrificial Lamb: He is killed in a car crash to prove that Cassie isn't having delusions or deja vu, she's having legitimate prophetic visions.
Horizon Labs
Martine Bancroft
Dr. Martine Bancroft
Species: Human (formerly), Vampire
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): Horizon Labs
Portrayed By: Adria Arjona
Appearances: Morbius
A scientist who works with Michael Morbius.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Blond in the comics, but has black hair in the film.
- Adaptational Intelligence: Since she's a scientist instead of a secretary like in the comics, this applies.
- Adaptational Job Change: In the comics, Martine was Michael's secretary, while here she is a scientist like him.
- Adaptational Personality Change: In the comics she has an Opposites Attract dynamic with Morbius, being described as "an out and about society girl". This version is more serious and professional.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Unlike in the comics, she and Michael aren't engaged and have never even dated, though during the film they do admit their feelings for one another.
- Composite Character: As a scientist, she takes a more active role in turning Michael into a vampire, essentially replacing Michael's assistant in the comics, Emil Nikos.
- Emergency Transformation: An unintentional example as Morbius believes her to be dead at the end of the film, but accidentally ingesting his blood turns her into a vampire.
- Satellite Love Interest: Her role consists of supporting Michael.
- Race Lift: White in the comics, but played by the Puerto Rican Adria Arjona in the film.
Kristen Sutton
Kristen Sutton
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): Horizon Labs
Portrayed By: Joanna Burnett
Appearances: Morbius
A nurse at Horizon Labs.
- Red Shirt: She only exists to be killed by Milo.
Anna
Anna
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): Horizon Labs
Portrayed By: Zaris-Angel Hator
Appearances: Morbius
A patient at Horizon Labs.
- Uncertain Doom: While he intentionally put her in a coma to save her life, since she's never mentioned again it's unclear whether she recovered or is still in the coma.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After Morbius placed her in a coma to save her life, she's never mentioned again.
