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Spider-Society

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A massive group of Spider-Heroes tasked with defending The Multiverse.

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In General

• Adaptational Villainy: As unsavory as some of their members could be in the comics, such gatherings of Spider-People as a whole were never party to what are essentially cosmic assassinations through their enforcement of Canon Events, which includes allowing the death of Officer Jefferson Morales. This is especially glaring given that among their ranks are versions of Peter Parker who work closely with the versions of Miles in their own universe as allies or proteges.
• All for Nothing: At the end of Across the Spider-Verse, Gwen finds out that Miguel's Canon Event theory isn't as binary as he initially believed, as her father managed to avert his predetermined death by resigning as police captain without her universe collapsing. This means that the Spider-People had been enabling the murders of countless people they cared about for nothing.
• Alliance of Alternates: Even more so than the Spider-Gang. Tons, possibly hundreds, of Spider-People from different universes make up the Society.^*Word of God said that there are 280 different Spider-People in Across The Spider-Verse. It's also made clear that while the Spider-Society includes several different people, there are still many versions of Peter Parker who have joined as Gwen at one point says hello to two different group of Peters.
• Alliterative Name: The Spider-Society.
• Ambiguous Situation: How many members of the Spider-Society are aware that their goal of keeping the multiverse safe through maintaining Canon Events means they have to allow innocents to die and even prevent Miles from preventing his father's death? Spider-Man India was noticeably Locked Out of the Loop, implying the same could be true for other heroes while only a certain amount were informed of the truth, but that might have been because he was a Naïve Newcomer in comparison to the rest.
• Animal-Themed Superbeing: Take a wild guess.
• Became Their Own Antithesis: Their fears of destabilizing the multiverse by interfering with Canon Events has essentially caused them to unknowingly go against everything they stand for as Spider-People. Spider-Man as a character was built on the concept of never knowingly letting another person suffer, even if saving them causes problems later on.
• Benevolent Conspiracy: Played with. They're a secret army of spider-themed heroes that defend the Multiverse, but under Miguel's leadership, they also are meant to safeguard the sanctity of "Canon Events" that supposedly maintain the integrity of time and space.
• Bizarrchitecture: The Spider HQ located in Nueva York features several nonstandard architecture features that make it extremely inaccessible to anyone who isn't a Spider-Person, likely as an intended security feature:
  • The entrance is accessed by an open platform elevator that's situated upside down, as in it "descends" upward toward the top of the skyscraper where the HQ is located, and the platform itself is featureless. Without the ability to stick to a flat surface riding said platform would be impossible.
  • The HQ itself consists of an irregular arrangement of rooms and platforms that are connected by elevated walkways all of which are oriented differently relative to the ground like a MC Escher painting, which makes navigating without the web swinging and Wall Crawling extremely difficult.
• Broken Pedestal: The Spider-Gang's attitude towards the Society. Miles feels especially disillusioned with the prospect of joining other Spider-People when he learns that they go against the heroic ideals of being Spider-Man. Doesn't help that the group's leader was very intent on letting Miles's father die (albeit for good intentions) but also finds him to be an "anomaly" and aggressively chases after him.
• Canon Foreigner: Many, if not most, of the members of the Society were made up for this film, mostly to fill out the large area they reside.
• Conservation of Ninjutsu: They're a veritable army of Spider-Persons who are each individually of comparable power to any of our main heroes, yet Miles manages to, with some difficulty, stay one step ahead of all of them during the climatic chase of Across the Spider-Verse. What's more, a single Spider in the form of Miguel gives Miles the most trouble during the climax of the chase once he finally corners him. This is justified by several factors however.
  • While Miles managing to escape is still very impressive, he clearly stands no chance of actually standing his ground against an entire legion of Spiders and has no choice but to desperately flee from the horde as they try to swarm him.
  • Spider-Man is known to hold back even against outright villains, let alone a fellow Spider-Hero, and while there are some exceptions many of the Spider-People don't really want to harm Miles and forgo opportunities to directly attack him in favor of trying to apprehend him by grabbing ahold of him, ordering him to stand down, or giving him a sporting chance. Tellingly Miguel, the Spider who gives Miles the most trouble, is also the one with the least qualms about hurting him.
  • Their approach when chasing Miles was to essentially just to charge after him with little coordination, which caused them to get in each other's way on more than one occasion and give Miles the edge he needed to give them the slip.
  • Lastly, the Spider-Sense protects its wielder against oncoming danger, so Miles’s sense is doing more for him compared to the others, who are on offense.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: To Kingpin's gang. They were a group consisting of some of the most well-known members of Spider-Man's Rogues Gallery but not quite as we remember them. This group are all different variations of Spider-Man himself, some more familiar than others.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To the Spider-Gang, whose six members were brought together by accident and included four variations of Peter Parker while only two were different people. In contrast, the Spider-Society includes seemingly hundreds of different Spider-People and while many are variations of Peter Parker, the members that get the most focus are different people.
• Crapsaccharine World: On the surface, the Spider-Society looks like every Spider-Man's dream, being a highly advanced organization filled with superheroes like them who have a vital responsibility of protecting the multiverse from all threats. But it is revealed to be a borderline-fascist state under Miguel O'Hara's leadership where the Spider-People are all worn down by the tragedies that come with being Spider-Man and perpetuate a system where they let people close to them die as Canon Events supposed to happen lest those universes get destroyed. Their organization as a whole unknowingly goes against everything Spider-Man stood for.
• Dark and Troubled Past: All of them have experienced some of the "Canon Events" mentioned by Miguel, tragic failures which turned them into the people they are now.
• Deadpan Snarker: No matter what universe they come from, EVERY Spider is a quipster.
• Death by Origin Story: Countless numbers of Spider-People have at the very least lost Uncle Ben or some equivalent if not other people that were important to them. Even worse is that these events are so formative to who they are as people that Miguel has them labeled as Canon Events, meaning that even the Spider-People who know that someone they're close to is destined to die can't do anything to stop it without threatening the stability of the multiverse.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: Some viewers have noted that the Spider-Society seem more apt to a Cult than an organization of superheroes. Many Spider-People, even the ones that would normally be against this kind of thinking such as Spectacular Spider-Man and Lego Spider-Man, agree collectively with the concept of Canon events where people close to them must die because that is "supposed" to happen no matter how heartless it seems and try to convince everyone else that it is how it should be. Anyone who dares question this line of thinking such as Gwen gets harshly reprimanded or exiled, no matter their contributions to the group beforehand.
• Dramatically Missing the Point: The sad truth about the Spider-Society's enforcement of Canon Events is that it demands that they can't step in to stop the deaths of anyone important to each Spider-Person, when the whole mantra of being Spider-Man is to never knowingly allow someone to suffer or die because of inaction. This means that the Spider-Society is going against everything that Spider-Man is supposed to stand for. Miles himself indirectly states this when he says how messed up that is.
• Dramatic Irony: Tragically, the Spider-People involved with maintaining Canon Events are unknowingly repeating and enforcing the same mistake that got their respective versions of Uncle Ben killed.
• Hero Antagonist: Their enforcement of Canon Events and antagonism to Miles aside, they're still Spider-People. None of them antagonize Miles when he first arrives until Miguel gives the order to hunt him down, and even then it's shown a good chunk of the Society ignored those orders and went about their business while Miles' is chased by those who do.
• I Let Gwen Stacy Die: Something that unites all Spiders is the tragic death of a loved one, to the point where it's become an unbreakable "Canon Event" that must be enforced.
• In Spite of a Nail:
  • Despite literally hundreds of different Spider-People existing, it's made clear that there are still many variations of Peter Parker who became Spider-Man.
  • The Spider-Society believe in "Canon Events", moments that define a Spider-Person's life and give them connections across the multiverse. While it appears that not all the events will happen to a Spider-Person, it's made clear by Miguel that he believes that if one does start to occur it has to happen otherwise reality is at risk. The Canon Events shown are:
    • Being bitten by a spider, the iconic upside down kiss with a love interest and encountering the Venom symbiote.
    • The death of a loved one, which motivates a Spider-Person to become a hero and learn With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility. This is represented by the death of Ben Parker across many different realities.
    • Temporarily giving up their superhero career before returning to it, as shown by an image of Hobie Brown abandoning his Spider-Punk costume.
    • Pushing themselves to their limit to lift a huge amount of rubble pinning them down like in If This Be My Destiny...!, as shown by an image of Jessica Drew doing just that.
    • Getting married to their true love, as shown by an image of Peter B. and Mary Jane at their wedding.
    • Being buried alive and forced to dig themselves out of their graves like in Kraven's Last Hunt, as shown by an image of Gwen Stacy doing exactly that.
    • One is named ASM-90, which is where a police captain close to Spider-Man dies during a battle with a personal enemy of the Spider-Person. It's represented by panels of the Earth-616 Spider-Man and Captain Stacy when the latter died, along with the many variations of this event across the multiverse. This has been shown to happen to many different Spider-People, was supposed to happen to Pavitr with Inspector Singh until Miles interfered, and Miles is horrified when Miguel explains that it must happen to Jefferson at the hands of the Spot.
• Knight Templar: It turns out they're actually this, or at least they're on their way to becoming this. They are an organization whose members are conditioned to absolutely believe horrible things, both to themselves and innocent lives, must happen for the greater cosmic good, and if anyone rebels, they are punished.
• Locked Out of the Loop: It's implied that several members, usually newcomers like Pavitr, are unaware of the existence of the Society's agenda and enforcement of Canon Events and just wanted to join the Spider-Society because they wanted to join a club full with fellow Spider-People.
• Misery Builds Character: This is what the Spider-Society believe is why Canon events exist and why they must enforce them no matter what. Deconstructed as this also makes them unbelievably miserable and also utterly unsympathetic to anyone who resists this kind of thinking and try to prevent these tragedies from happening.
• Murder by Inaction: Miguel's enforcement of Canon Events means that they can't step in to stop the deaths of anyone important to each Spider-Person, and they're willing to step in to stop those who are willing to Screw Destiny, albeit with varying levels of reluctance.
• Mythology Gag: A handful of the members seen walking around in the background of the Lobby are straight from either alternate universe comics, (such as Spider-Monkey, Captain Spider, and Spinneret and Spiderling), from previous adaptations (such as Spider-Man Unlimited and The Spectacular Spider-Man), or call-backs to different costumes Peter has used (Armored Spider-Man, Bombastic Bag-Man.)
• Point of Divergence:
  • The differences between each Spider-Person can vary from something small like the design of their costume to something drastic like being completely different people or having a different animation style.
  • While Miguel insists that Canon Events occur in every Spider-Person's story, several different Spideys are shown who never experienced these Canon Events implying that it's different for each hero.
• Reused Character Design: Several different Spider-Men have character designs that are used throughout the Spider-Society HQ, though often with a different animation style. For example, the true Insomniac Spider-Man has his style from the game while several others have the Spider-Verse animation style. An obvious explanation is that these are all examples of Alternate Self.
• Take That!: Their adherence to Miguel's Canon Event theory can be seen as a critique of Spider-Man's infamous editorial mandates in the comics, which have been criticized by fans for keeping Peter Parker from settling down and seemingly only focused on making his life more and more miserable.
• Unexplained Recovery: Tarantula, Spidercide, Last Stand Spider-Man and Spider-Cat have all died in the comics but have turned up here with no explanation of how they came back to life.
• The Voiceless: The vast majority of them aren't given any dialogue at all.
• The Worf Effect: Justified. Despite nearly all of the members being experienced heroes, none of them managed to catch Miles, besides slowing him down. This is mainly because none of them were trying to hurt him, some were probably blindsided by Miles' Venom Shock ability, and the fact that, true to the Spider-Man mythos of being a solo act, aren't fully capable of working in teams.
• You Can't Fight Fate: Most of their members believe, or were conditioned to believe, that the life of every Spider-Person is determined by "Canon Events", events that are destined to happen no matter what. The loss of a loved one, the death of a police captain, and being overtaken by a symbiote; all were bound to happen according to their deterministic view of the multiverse. They believe that should these events be stopped by outside interference, the universe will collapse on itself. They are later proven wrong by the end of Across, as Earth-65B remains intact even after Captain George Stacy resigned from his role as captain, thus avoiding his death.
• Zerg Rush: Their method of trying to capture Miles is to use their sheer numbers to overwhelm him. Unfortunately, Miles was counting on this as luring all of them out of their base allows him to enter it unmolested and escape Earth-928B using the Go Home Machine.

Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099

Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099

"You have a choice between saving one person, and saving an entire world, every world."

Homeworld: Earth-928B

Voiced by: Oscar Isaac ^{Foreign VAs}José Luis Rivera (Latin American Spanish), Tomokazu Seki (Japanese), Mathieu Kassovitz (French), Danilo Bejarano (Swedish), Björn Schalla (German)

Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse^note In The Stinger | Across the Spider-Verse

"I don't always like what I have to do. But I know I have to be the one to do it. I've given up too much to stop now."

The Spider-Man of a futuristic Nueva York. He has a very unique background compared to most Spider-People; rather than being bitten by a radioactive spider, his genetic code was modified, which gave him enhanced speed and strength, fangs, and claws (at the cost of lacking Spider-Sense or the natural ability to stick to surfaces and create webs).

Miguel recently developed reliable multiverse travel with the help of his AI assistant, Lyla. After disastrous events brought about by his use of this technology, however, he was left traumatized. He theorizes that these events were caused by his disruption of the timeline, so he recruits Spider-People from various dimensions to help patch anomalies.

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• Absurdly Sharp Claws: One of his features, and something Miles takes notice of.
  Miles: What, are those claws? Dude, are you sure you're even Spider-Man?
• Actually Pretty Funny: Double Subverted, when Miles refers to the connections the Spider-people share throughout the multiverse the "Spider-Verse", Miguel seems bemused for a moment before calling it a stupid name, and instead addresses it as the "Arachno-Humanoid Poly-Multiverse"... which he admits in hindsight is just as stupid as Miles's suggestion.
• Adaptation Personality Change: Let's just say that in the comics, Miguel would not call inventions "goobers" or waste time arguing about the semantics of pointing at someone like Miguel in the first movie does. This is subverted, however, in the second film, where Miguel is significantly more grim, aggressive, and serious-minded.
• Adaptational Curves: Normally, Miguel is depicted as having the same athletic yet slender build as other Spider-Men. Here, he is much more muscular than the rest of the cast, to help him look more menacing and authoritative.
• Adaptational Superpower Change:
  • Miguel's comic counterpart has organic spinnerets in his wrists. Here, his webs are made of Hard Light. Similarly, his suit is also made of hard light, while his comic counterpart's suits are made of unstable molecules.
  • In addition, his powers seem to derive on continuous injections of some sort Spider modification serum.
• Anti-Villain: Although he's ultimately an antagonist to Miles in Across the Spider-Verse, Miguel has genuinely good intentions and deep, serious pain driving his actions, leading him to the extremes he takes in the film. His belief that disrupting "canon events" leads to calamity, a belief bolstered by the loss of the homeworld and family he adopted as his own, which may have been caused by his own actions, drives him to enforce certain events in the lives of other Spider-People, such as the deaths of police captains they're close to, to stop such an event from happening again. That this means innocent people like Captain Singh or Miles' father have to die is something Miguel accepts, even if he's clearly far from happy about it.
• Art Shift: Miguel is the only Spider-Person to not retain his art style after traveling to another dimension. He is subjected to Limited Animation and low-fi voice acting like all denizens of Earth-67. Presumably doing a controlled dimension jump with his gizmo has something to do with it.
• Badass Cape: When he first appears in Across, the red parts of his suit are extended into a long cape that trails behind him, making him look even more imposing than usual.
• Because Destiny Says So: He's a firm believer of this mantra and claims his mission to make sure that every Spider-Person in the universe has to go through the same traumatic events to make sure every universe works fine. This is the reason he created the Spider-Society in the first place.
• Being Good Sucks:
  • More than any other Spider-Man arguably as being the only one willing to be the Well-Intentioned Extremist that can make the Sadistic Choice to protect the multiverse, regardless of the cost to himself and others... but he admits repeatedly to himself and others that it is not a life he enjoys—at all.
    Miguel O'Hara: You have a choice between saving one person and saving an entire world, every world [...] Being Spider-Man is a sacrifice. That's the job. That's what you signed up for.
  • It's also a Deconstruction as he's so committed to this trope being a cold, hard fact that it's closed him off to the possibility of Take a Third Option or thinking outside the box and likely makes him a less effective hero than he would be otherwise.
• Berserk Button: He reacts poorly to any Spider-Person trying to invoke a multidimensional crossover. It's played for laughs when he brings up the trouble that Dr. Strange and another Spider-Man caused. It's decidedly less funny when he lashes out at Miles for being the unwitting product of a crossover between universes.
• Big Bad Ensemble: With the Spot for Across the Spider-Verse. While he's not evil and seeks to prevent a worse calamity, his refusal to risk that canon events can be changed safely and insistence on allowing the 1610B Jefferson to die makes him almost as much of a threat to Miles as the Spot, leaving him the main antagonist for the climax of Across the Spider-Verse.
• Broken Pedestal: By end of Across, it is clear that, at the very least, Gwen, Peter B., Peni, and Pavitr have lost their respect for him, seeing as they form their own gang away from Miguel after his Hidden Disdain Reveal.
• Characterization Marches On: Overlapping with Truer to the Text, his brief cameo in The Stinger of the first movie presents him as a bit more goofy and snarky than Miguel tends to be in the comics, as he deems his universe-hopping device a "goober" and gets into a childish argument with Earth-67 Spider-Man. The second film changes him to be much more of a dour, angry, and no-nonsense Anti-Hero. The discrepancy is implied to be a result of him witnessing the destruction of a universe, and erasure of his own daughter, as a consequence of his meddling with the multiverse.
• The Comically Serious: His no-nonsense demeanor greatly contrasts with the occasional wackiness that the other spiders exhibit. While the Spider-Society respects his authority (especially since he was the one that founded it) and his "Fixed Canon" Theory, they clearly don't take his stoic, angsty attitude seriously on their off-hours. Peter B. Parker even lambasts him as the one Spider-Man with No Sense of Humor.
• Composite Character: With Spider-UK and The Superior Spider-Man, who were both The Leader of teams of Spider-Men in the comics. Like Spider-UK he's a seasoned Dimensional Traveller who commands a a huge army of Spider-Heroes, provides them with dimensional- travel watches and guards the Web of Life and Destiny, however his abrasive and controlling personality, dismissive attitude towards The Hero and the fact that he ends up being as much an antagonist as the villain are all traits of the Superior Spider-Man.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: To Kingpin from Into the Spider-Verse. Kingpin's whole motivation for messing with other universes is to forcibly obtain a Replacement Goldfish for his dead family without considering the potential consequences for doing so. Miguel's Start of Darkness happens due to him successfully integrating himself as a replacement for another universe Miguel's family after their Miguel had died, and suffering the apparent consequence for it, driving him to make sure all other universes are undisrupted to prevent another accident like his. Another thing that differentiates them is that Kingpin was just a natural villain even before he lost his family, while Miguel is a tragic Hero Antagonist who only got set on his path after a tragic cosmic accident.
• Control Freak: He is completely uncompromising in maintaining the status quo of each universe he oversees. In his mind, there is only one way anyone's story should play out due to seemingly witnessing first-hand the consequences of interfering with a universe's canon events, and he gets incredibly aggravated when there's deviations. It fuels his vendetta against Miles, who unintentionally became Spider-Man at the expense of another universe because the spider that bit him had come from the other universe.
• The Corruptor: Likely unintentionally considering how lost in his own head he gets, but he did convince a disconcerting number of Spider-People to let alternate versions of their loved ones die.
• Costume Evolution: Along with getting a redesign that gives him a different build from his first appearance, the red markings on his suit change pattern and texture between Into and Across.
• Cynicism Catalyst: Implied to be the reason for his change in attitude between films. His cameo in Into features him making snarky quips and getting into a childish argument with 1967 Spider-Man, while in Across he's The Comically Serious at best, likely due to losing his family after he disrupted the canon of the universe where he was supposed to die.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Implied; while Miguel doesn't give any details, he describes a variant of himself as "happy" in a tone that strongly suggests that his own life has not been. After this variant dies, Miguel is willing to take his place and his role as a husband and father, something that ultimately broke him when he lost this new world and everyone in it because of his disruption to its "canon."
• Dark Is Not Evil: He wears a dark blue suit ^note  it was supposed to be black in his debut comic, but a coloring error turned it dark blue and the color stuck for subsequent adaptations with a red skull-like spider symbol and a menacing mask to match, but he is still a heroic Spider, though downplayed in that he plays the role of Hero Antagonist to Miles in Across the Spider-Verse.
  Miguel: You gotta trust me, I'm a good guy.
  Earth-65 Police officer: You don't look like a good guy!
• Dead Person Impersonation: He impersonated a Dead Alternate Counterpart of his and took in the alternate Miguel's family as his own. He believes that doing so is what led to the destruction of that universe and loss of the alternate Miguel's family, which is where his Canon Event theory sprung up from.
• Didn't Think This Through: Played for Laughs; when Miles flees from the Spider-Society, Miguel angrily puts out a call for everyone to pursue "Spider-Man", momentarily forgetting that everyone there is Spider-Man. Everyone who wasn't in the room when Miles ran is immediately confused and Miguel briefly kicks himself before specifying which Spider-Man he wants everyone to go after. It gets less funny (for Miguel, anyway), when Miles reveals that Miguel ordering everyone to pursue him leaves the Society's base wide open, allowing Miles to escape, just as Miles had planned.
• Dimensional Traveler: Miguel and Lyla create a "gizmo" that lets Miguel travel to alternate Earths at will.
• Discovering Your Own Dead Body: He sees an alternate version of himself get killed by a mugger and promptly portals himself to that location after the act. He then decided to take his deceased counterpart's place in that universe and took his family as his own, which seemingly led to that universe's destruction.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: His treatment and attitude towards Miles, specifically his refusal to recognize him as a "true" Spider-Man, telling him that he was the reason why Earth-1610B's Peter Parker died in the first place, and overall hatred for him for breaking the established canon were specifically tailored to mirror racist fans' reaction and subsequent treatment of the character.
• Early Installment Character-Design Difference: In The Stinger for Into the Spider-Verse, his design is lean and wiry like most depictions of Spider-Man^note Though, given the last second nature of The Stinger it could be inferred that his design in Into the Spider-Verse was simply a Palette Swap of the standard Peter Parker Spider-Man model to save on production time of a whole new model that would only show up for, realistically, three seconds before a sequel was truly greenlit. He was redesigned for Across the Spider-Verse — presumably to help him stand out more physically — being given a more imposing, top-heavy, and muscular build akin to a powerlifter, along with the logo for his suit being changed.
• Establishing Character Moment:
  • In his first meeting with a Spider-Person, he becomes quickly flustered and sidetracked by their shenanigans, establishing how his no-nonsense demeanor is really fragile and easy to crack.
  • A more dramatic example happens when we see him post-prologue in Across the Spider-Verse, where we see him watching old home videos of him happily playing with his daughter. The video ends with a shot of his happy smile only to turn off to reveal present Miguel's very broken and tired face. This is a man who's lost everything and regardless of whether the audience agrees with his actions or not, we understand why he's like this.
• Evil Is Bigger: While he is not evil, he is the Hero Antagonist of the movie and is much more muscular and physically intimidating than your average Spider-Person.
• Evil Makes You Monstrous: Again, "evil" might be a stretch, but when he makes it clear that he's the antagonist of the story and starts gunning for Miles, his appearance will emphasize his more sinister traits (his red eyes, his fangs, his claws, etc.), their chase through Neuva York making his hair unkempt and his suit damaged.
• Fangs Are Evil: Well, he’s more of an Anti-Hero than actual evil, either way the fangs still count as he has fangs that can paralyze an opponent for a few moments.
• Fatal Flaw: His refusal to compromise. Due to a prior traumatic incident, he stubbornly holds to the belief that the status quo of every universe has to be maintained above all else, even though it ends up hindering his ability to actually be a hero. His hostility towards Miles ends up alienating several members of the Spider-Society, fracturing the alliance he tried to maintain for the sake of protecting the multiverse.
• The Fatalist: Miguel believes that tragedies experienced by Spider-People are inevitable and preventing them would only destabilize their universe, to point of causing causing that universe's utter destruction. Miles being an "anomaly" because he was bitten by a spider that wasn't from his own universe is why Miguel dislikes Miles, despite the fact that it wasn't Miles who caused this to happen. Also, the movie implies that Miguel's theory about tragedy being necessary for "canon events" to stay on course is flawed.
• Fighting Irish: He's part-Irish, as his surname indicates, and is shown to be incredibly vicious and violent when pushed.
• Foil:
  • A shockingly exact one for Miles:
    • They're both multi-ethnic, bilingual Spider-Men with Spanish and English as their main languages and finger-based "extra" powers, but Miles is a young man with a lean figure vs. Miguel being a matured and imposingly muscular figure.
    • Both are very particular in relation to the members of the Spider-Society, since Miguel is their leader and Miles is seemingly the only Spider-Man forbidden from joining them.
    • Both are heroes, but whereas Miles is The Cape, Miguel has become The Cowl, and Miles ends up with a Screw Destiny motivation vs. Miguel's You Can't Fight Fate belief.
    • Both of them have blue/black suits with red details and no belt. Miguel's patterns are some kind of geometric tech patterns (originally used for a Dia de Muertos celebration in the comics), while Miles has much simpler self-designed patterns (that people keep making fun of).
    • Finally, as the film reveals both became "anomalies" to their timelines that threaten the multi-verse, but whereas Miles was involuntarily bitten by a spider from another universe released by the same machine he would destroy and in the process accidentally create The Spot, Miguel chose to replace a murdered counterpart to become the father of his now orphaned child, which meant it was his own initiative that doomed his murdered counterpart's universe. Assuming that his conjecture about "canon" is actually correct.
  • Despite being the leader of the Spider-Society, he's also one for the more traditional Spider-People as well:
    • Miguel lacks much of the traditional power set of a typical Spider-Person; as noted below, he uses Hard Light beams instead of web-shooters or spinnerets, he climbs walls using talons on his fingertips rather than an innate stickiness, and he's caught off-guard several times over due to his lack of Spider-Sense. Few other Spiders use arm blades or have fangs, too.
    • Miguel's somber, humorless and aggressive personality contrasts hard with the relentless quippiness of a typical Spider-Person, and what little wise he does crack is caustic and cutting. Peter B. even says to him that "we're supposed to be funny."
    • The circumstances that pushed him to become a hero are markedly different than other Spiders; if his comics origin is still in keeping here, he wasn't even bitten by a spider when he got his powers.
    • And, most notably of all... he wears a cape. Spider-Man doesn't wear a cape.
  • To a lesser extent, Miguel is one to Peter B.:
    • Both of them were subjected to tragedies involving their personal lives, with Peter B. having to deal with Aunt May's death before divorcing Mary Jane (to say nothing about all the injuries he got over the years coupled with several bad financial decisions that left him living in a crummy apartment after moving out), while Miguel lost the wife and daughter of his Dead Alternate Counterpart along with the entire universe he had come to see as home.
    • Both of them became incredibly cynical as a result of their experiences, but while Peter B. became a Jaded Washout who was content to wallow in his own misery before meeting Miles, Miguel became more of a Knight Templar who stepped up and started the Spider-Society to defend the multiverse.
    • Both of them also differ with how they treat Miles. Peter B. serves as The Mentor for Miles while he was still struggling to get used to his powers, and when it seemed like Miles wasn't ready for the raid on the Super-Collider, he webbed Miles up as a way to keep him safe until Miles mastered his powers through his "leap of faith", and Miles doing so seems to be enough to motivate Peter B. to clean up his act. Miguel also serves as a mentor who wants to help Miles adjust to everything he's learning about the Multiverse, but his theory about "canon events" causes him to believe that Miles' father has to die, ultimately leading to him turning against Miles.
• Foreign-Language Tirade: Has a habit of dropping some Spanish when he gets extremely frustrated. He even manages to slip in an "Ay, coño!"^note Literally "Oh, cunt", but more often has a meaning more akin to "Oh damnit" or "Oh for fuck's sake" in Latin-American Spanish when ordering the rest of the Spider Society to chase after Miles.
• Freudian Excuse: The reason why he's so adamant about the status quo being maintained is that he witnessed several of his loved ones, including his daughter, get erased from existence because he had disrupted the canon of a universe.
• Genre Savvy: When Miguel tells Gwen he'll handle a situation, she sees the Enemy Rising Behind and goes, "Okay. Knock yourself out." By this point, Miguel has dealt with enough Spiders to go, "Why are you saying it like tha-"
• Good Is Not Nice: Similar to his comic book counterpart, he is incredibly dour and aggressive despite being ostensibly a hero like the other Spider-Heroes. He also plays the role of hostile Hero Antagonist to Miles in Across the Spider-Verse.
• Good Is Not Soft:
  • When he's away from the other Spiders and grappling with the Vulture, he voluntarily unmasks to bare his fangs, which horrifies the Vulture; since they're both interrupted by a police helicopter, it's left up in the air if Miguel did it just to intimidate the villain, or if he really was prepared to bite him in the face if need be.
  • He's ruthless in the pursuit of threats to the integrity of the multiverse; beating rogue villains senseless, imprisoning them, and forcibly teleporting them back to where they came from is the merciful option as far as he's concerned. This makes it especially intimidating when Miles is forced to flee him, as Miguel is so brutal and ferocious that it seems he really will force himself to kill Miles if he can't manage to take him down alive.
• Guardian of the Multiverse: Styles himself as one, wanting to protect the "canon" of the multiverse so that what happened to his own world doesn't happen to anyone else's world. Once Miles flees containment and the chase ensues, Miguel corners him and lets slip his disdain for Miles' anomalous nature and wrongly blames him for getting bit, letting his own Peter Parker die, and allowing the Kingpin cause damage to the multiverse; none of this is Miles' fault. And what's worse, the movie implies that his "canon events" theory is wrong, meaning Miguel is doing more harm than good with his efforts.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Once he gets his Hidden Disdain Reveal for Miles Morales, Miguel is in an outright fury as he takes his aggression out on the latter. Even before that, Miguel gets easily agitated over most of Spider-Men's antics with the Spider Society.
• Hard Light: Unlike the majority of the Spider-Society, Miguel's suit and webbing are hard light constructs, providing him a measure of versatility the others lack. The suit can shift to create blades, claws, and a wingsuit, and the webbing isn't affected by outside forces in the same way physical webbing is (for example, strong winds and gravity). Unfortunately for him, it also means Miles can drain his suit away through physical contact, which he can't do with the other Spiders.
• The Heavy: The Spot is the primary threat of Across, but the majority of the conflict stems from Miguel's creation of the Spider-Society. Deeming Miles an anomaly prevents Gwen from reuniting with him, a major source of the personal discord in the first half of the film, while his refusal to allow Miles to save his dad catapults him into the main antagonist of the film's climax after the Spot makes his escape.
• Hero Antagonist: Miguel actively considers himself one of the "good guys," and is the leader of a large organization of interdimensional Spider-Heroes, some of whom have demonstrated their heroism time and again in their own stories. However, he's also intensely hostile towards Miles, the protagonist, belittling him, leaving him out of the loop, and eventually pursuing him and facing him down in a brutal battle across Nueva York. When he fails to stop Miles, his immediate reaction is to hunt him down rather than dealing with say, the Spot, who poses an even greater threat to the Multiverse. While he is genuinely well-intentioned, he's so dogmatic that even the Spiders who side with him seem unnerved by his calculating methods.
• Heroic Build: He has made some serious gains in the second movie.
• Hero of Another Story:
  • He's been too busy with something else to do anything about what's been happening in Miles's universe, which he's had Lyla monitor for about two hours.
  • Between the events of Into and Across, Miguel had been spending over a year of Miles's universe's time forming an army of at least two hundred Spider-People to protect the Multiverse.
• He Who Fights Monsters: His adamant refusal to reconsider his “Canon Events” theory and determination to enforce it at any cost effectively make him closer to a supervillain than an incarnation of Spider-Man. This is especially noticeable in the climax, where his viciousness and "The Reason You Suck" Speech where he reveals his hidden contempt for Miles makes him come across as unhinged and menacing as a genuine supervillain. The worst part is that, with his conversation to Lyla about if his determination to stop Miles is the right thing, his Sunk Cost Fallacy has him admit that he's invested far too much to ever stop; meaning that he knows full well this trope is in effect, but he cannot stop being a bastard for the sake of a greater good he believes is the only potential reality or else it will All for Nothing.
• Hidden Disdain Reveal: Despite his initial hostility, Miguel shows a lot of sympathy for Miles and his situation - specifically using gentle and non-threatening body language when he explains canon-events to him. Once Miles flees containment and the chase ensues, Miguel corners him and lets slip his disdain for Miles' anomalous nature and wrongly blames him for getting bit, letting his own Peter Parker die, and allowing the Kingpin cause damage to the multiverse - None of which Miles had any control over at the time.
• Hour of Power: From the number of syringes filled with modified Spider DNA seen in his second appearance, it's heavily implied that Miguel's powers are temporary and he needs to keep injecting himself whenever the effects of the previous use wears off.
• Hunk: He's a very good-looking man who has a chiseled, athletic build that looks like it came out of Greek mythology and his skintight suit just highlights it.
• Implacable Man: Miguel is both one of the most persistent Spideys chasing Miles and one of the most durable. He takes a point-blank Venom Sting supercherged from Miles absorbing the energy from Miguel's Hard Light nanosuit, is promptly sent flying off a speeding bullet train straight into an archway at full speed and then pinballs off the train and painfully crashes through several Spider-People before finally regaining his grip. This does not slow Miguel down by much, as he is seen getting back to the chase immediately and nearly stops Miles' escape were it not for outside factors.
• Ink-Suit Actor: His design in Across the Spider-Verse has been reworked to resemble Oscar Isaac.
• Irony: Miguel founded the Spider-Society to preserve the Multiverse, and his pursuit of Miles is with this intent of preventing a greater calamity in the disruption of a Canon Event. However, in doing so, they're enabling said calamity in the form of The Spot growing powerful enough to threaten the entire multiverse, to the point he likely won't stop at just Miles' universe and has grown far too powerful for even the Society's members to deal with.
• It's All My Fault: He blames himself for accidentally blowing up a universe by trying to take the place of his dead alternate counterpart. While there are hints that his understanding of the situation is flawed, or at least incomplete, there's no doubt that his self-loathing over the incident is what drives his entire worldview and all of his actions in the second half of Across the Spider-Verse.
• Jerkass Has a Point:
  • It's unclear if Miguel's theory about Canon Events is totally accurate, but several other Spider-People, including Peter B., acknowledge that he's right about certain traumatic events being vital to Spider-Man's existence, with Peter B. even pointing out that if Uncle Ben hadn't died, most of the Spider-people present never would have become Spider-Man in the first place.
  • While his hatred for Miles is ultimately misplaced, he does have a point regarding how Miles being a Spider-Man at all is an "abnormality" and a mistake. The spider that bit Miles was from Earth-42, was sent to Miles as a result of the super-collider, and died before it could be sent back. Miles was never supposed to be bit in the first place, meaning not only did this result in Earth-1610B briefly having two Spider-Men before Blond Peter died after saving Miles, Earth-42 never had a Spider-Man as a result, leaving it a Crapsack World where that universe's Miles became the Prowler. By all accounts, Miles Morales of Earth-1610B should not be a Spider-Man, rather the much more competent Blond Peter should still be alive acting as the Spider-Man of Earth-1610B, and more than likely could have been able to stop the super-collider incident, and the mess with The Spot, from ever happening at all.
    Miguel: [to Miles] You're a mistake! If you hadn't been bit, your Peter Parker would've lived. Instead he died saving you. He would've stopped the collider before it ever went off. Spot wouldn't exist. And none of this would've happened.
  • As we know from previous films, meddling with the stability of space-time is indeed — no matter the reason — extremely dangerous to The Multiverse. Miguel is very right to be cautious of it, and his desire to suppress such efforts is completely understandable. The issue is with the methods he pushes being antithetical to Spider-Man's ethos of always helping those in need.
  • Miguel is furious with Gwen for Miles coming to Spider-Society and especially for Miles' subsequent escape with the intent of disrupting Canon, but he's right that, if she hadn't gone to see him after promising she wouldn't, Miles would never have left his dimension (which he did right under Gwen's nose). Jess agrees with him about it, and, while none of the other Spiders are pleased with how he punishes her for it, none of them try to argue about his point.
• Jerkass to One: While he is always aloof and serious-minded, he does show he cares about the other Spider-People in his own way. That is, with the exception of Miles, who he treats with thinly-veiled contempt before turning outright violent when Miles decides not to play ball with the rest of the Spider-Society due to Miguel seeing Miles as an inter-dimensional anomaly whose very existence threatens the stability of the multiverse, even though Miles became such through events outside of his control or knowledge.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Miguel may be a ruthless, joyless and humourless man with little sense of reason and nothing in the way of an open mind, but he is still a Spider-Man; he genuinely wants to protect people, keep The Multiverse safe and his soft side does occasionally make itself known. The heart of gold is buried underneath a layer of trauma, stress, misery and pain, but it is still there. He even lets baby May literally crawl around him, and move his arms out of her way, catches her when she falls, and hands her back to Peter B, all while still wearing the same dour expression.
• Kick the Dog:
  • While pursuing Miles and trying to stop him from saving his father and disrupting the canon is understandable, calling him a "mistake" and telling him that he doesn't belong and shouldn't be Spider-Man is unnecessarily cruel.
  • After he blames Gwen for failing to prevent Miles from escaping the Spider-Society HQ and letting him get involved in the Spider-Society in the first place after he told her not to, he sends Gwen back to her home dimension despite knowing she's considered a wanted fugitive by her own father.
• Knight of Cerebus: The goofiness of the Spider-Society immediately drops when Miguel appears onscreen. He shows little to none of the snark of the rest of the Spiders and is perfectly willing to stop Miles from saving his family for the good of the universe, no matter how ruthless he needs to become.
• Knight Templar: Though not really a villain, Miguel's antagonism comes from his uncompromising belief in his Canon Event Theory and his utter refusal to even question it. And, as the leader of the Spider Society, he expects all of its members to be fully onboard with his views. Miguel does show some doubt in the morality of his actions, but doesn't let it dissuade him.
• Large and in Charge: The leader of the Spider-Society and according to supplementary material, stands at 6'9"/roughly 206cm tall^note Making him quite taller than his comic self's 5'10"/178cm.
• Licked by the Dog: Mayday playing with him shows that he isn’t a BAD guy and at his core is still Spider-Man.
• Mean Boss: He is leader of the Spider Society and and is very grim, unfriendly and authoritarian, fully expecting the other Spider-People to follow his ideals to a T. At the same time he isn't really evil and is kept from being a Bad Boss by showing a great deal of respect and professionalism towards his underlings (such as LEGO Spider-Man). Though his punishment of Gwen for failing to stop Miles was overly harsh.
• Misplaced Retribution:
  • He holds Miles in contempt for having been bitten by the spider that was taken from another universe, resulting in that universe not having a Spider-Man and him becoming Spider-Man against "canon". However, Miles had absolutely nothing to do with that and it was actually the Spot that brought the spider over. He also unfairly blames Miles for the deaths of his universe's Peter Parker, for not being able to stop the super-collider in time and essentially sees him as the cause of the multiverse's current instability by proxy of things beyond his control. If anything, he should be mad at Wilson Fisk for spearheading and funding the Super Collider and Olivia Octavius for being the head scientist that built it.
  • When Miles escapes via the Go Home Machine, he accuses Gwen of letting him escape, labels her a liability because of her feelings for him, then forcibly sends her back to her home dimension whilst locking her out of the dimensional jump system, effectively stranding her. All of this ignores the fact that none of the other Spider-people, including Miguel himself, did any better in stopping Miles.
• My Greatest Failure: Becoming a Replacement Goldfish for a Family Man Miguel from another universe who had passed away allegedly resulted in that entire universe collapsing and him losing the family he had forcibly adopted and came to care for as his own. The Survivor Guilt from this sparked his "Canon Event" theory and his insistence to keep universes intact and undisrupted to avoid another accident much like what happened to him.
• My Significance Sense Is Tingling: Averted. Miguel is uniquely one of the only known Spiders to lack a traditional Spider-Sense, as shown during his encounter with the Renaissance Vulture ending up with him caught repeatedly off guard in ways other Spiders wouldn't. It is also Played for Drama as it's implied significantly that his lack of Spider-Sense sends his paranoia and Control Freak nature through the roof to compensate for his inability to predict danger, worsening his extremism in the process.
• The Needs of the Many: He's willing to let a few people close to Spider-Man die because they are fated to due to how if their fates are changed, the universe they're in gets destroyed. It's implied that he's not completely correct about this by the end of the film, the Captain Stacy of Gwen's universe manages to Screw Destiny by quitting the police force and her universe remained despite it.
• Never My Fault: Anytime something he perceives as bad happens, whether by man or random chance, it's always someone else's fault. Except the loss of his family, for that he blames himself.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: Unlike other Spider People, Miguel doesn't partake in the usual antics and is focused hard on the mission of preserving the multiverse at any cost; which earns him some ire from others due to his no-nonsense attitude not meshing with the more down-to-earth Spider-Men like Peter B. or fundamentally disagrees with the Spider-Men with conflicting philosophies like Miles and Hobie. His commitment to the mission however blinds him with resentment towards Miles as being a "non-canon" Spider-Man whose very existence "threatens" the multiverse in his mind, and also prevents him from understanding that the issue of canon is far more complicated than he is believing it to be.
• Not So Above It All: He's ultimately more childish than he cares to admit, sometimes even coming across as an overly intense playground bully.
  • He is quickly distracted by the finger-pointing squabble with Earth-67 Spider-Man in The Stinger of the first film, and he even throws a childish temper tantrum when the argument isn't going in his favor.
  • He also seems to have a bit of flair for drama. As he descends down an elevator to meet Miles in the Spider-Society HQ, his elevator moves so hilariously slow to the point that Gwen lampshades it, before adding to Miles that it's his style.
  • Miguel scoffs that Miles's naming of the multiverse as the "Spider-Verse" is stupid, but then fumbles and admits that his preferred "Arachno-Humanoid Poly-Multiverse" is also pretty stupid-sounding.
• Not So Stoic:
  • Gets quickly flustered by Earth-67 Spider-Man's insistence that Miguel pointed at him first.
  • His introductory scene in Across neatly shows how easily his cool exterior can crack; after making a cool entrance and attempting to act mysterious, his backstory spiel gets interrupted by Gwen, then he's caught off-guard by Vulture, and then Lyla screws with him when he attempts to call for backup, causing him to lose his temper.
  • When Miles' evasion of Miguel and the Spider-Society wears out what little patience Miguel had, Miguel flies into a rage, brutally thrashing the teenager and revealing the depths of his contempt for Miles, ranting at him for being the "original" anomaly and blaming him for the original Peter's death and the state of the Spider-Man-less Earth-42. Miguel's rage shocks, at minimum, Peter B. and Gwen and it's implied to shake the faith of many others in the Spider-Society.
• Obliviously Evil: Downplayed as he's more of an Anti-Hero, but Miguel's Principles Zealot nature means that he's frighteningly blind to the possibility of looking at the magnitude of his (and the Society's) actions as horribly misinformed about how the multiverse actually works, meaning his continuous need of enforcing the Sadistic Choice of "preserving" the canon events inches towards being an All for Nothing case.
• Odd Friendship: He's generally pretty angry and short with people, the only real exceptions being Lyla and Jessica. Which makes it pretty surprising that he seems to have a pretty positive working relationship with LEGO Spider-Man, who he calls one of their best. Of course it's possible that the situation in Across made him more tense than usual, and he instead has a pretty good working relationship with most people in the Spider-Society.
• Oh, Crap!: Miguel has a massive one when he realizes not only he's been played by Miles the entire time but that Miles's Energy Absorption abilities essentially make Miles a Man of Kryptonite for his suit's tech and thus, when Miles has him distracted, Miguel's utterly powerless to escape Miles's grip before he gets blasted off the Space Elevator full-force.
• Pet the Dog:
  • Despite his disdain for Miles that comes full circle later on, he does genuinely sympathize with him and tries to reason with him before it becomes clear that Miles will try to stop his father from dying. Even after he tries to imprison him, he genuinely apologizes to him for what's about to happen.
  • He may be a humorless hardass but he’s also incredibly gentle in dealing with Mayday: he not only allows her to freely crawl on him without fussing, he is also paying enough attention to catch her when she falls and carefully turn her right side up.
• Principles Zealot: He's utterly persistent in his belief that canon events should never be prevented and must happen and cannot be convinced by others that it might be possible to do so. It's proven near the end of the film that he's not completely correct about this when the Captain Stacy of Earth-65B unwittingly manages to Screw Destiny by quitting the police force and thus averting his own death, but he's yet to find out about this.
• Psychological Projection: It's implied that part of the reason why Miguel unjustifiably shifts so much blame onto Miles is because Miles' flagrant push to Screw Destiny reminds him too much of himself when he was exploring the multiverse for the first time. His "The Reason You Suck" Speech towards Miles at the end sounds like he's really berating a younger version of himself for being so irresponsible.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives an absolutely savage one to Miles upon his Hidden Disdain Reveal after declaring he was the "original" anomaly in the multiverse — stating that if it wasn't for him getting bitten by the spider from Earth-42, two universes would have had their Spider Men (including Miles's original Spider Man) and the Spot wouldn't exist — affirming that Miles is a know-nothing kid who is threatening the entirety of existence with his recklessness and that he was a mistake that should have never existed. It doesn't quite bite as while Miles is clearly hurt by Miguel's words (and the subsequent Broken Pedestal moment of realizing everyone including Peter B. and Gwen knew the truth the entire time), Miles is quick to gather his bearings and deliver an equally poignant Shut Up, Hannibal! right back at Miguel before blindsiding him in a way no one expected as Miles makes his escape.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Downplayed, as in the comics. He's a sour and aggressive Hero Antagonist with red eyes thanks to his half-spider genetic engineering. Normally they're dark and subdued enough to mistake for brown, but when he's chasing Miles they turn bright red.
• Risking the King: There are hundreds of Spider-People available to round up villains who'd stumbled into the wrong canons, but Miguel goes out himself after the version of the Vulture who'd incurred on Gwen's canon, only calling for backup after trying to secure him himself - and the backup who comes is his second in command.
• Running on All Fours: During the chase at the climax of Across, he runs with a noticeable lean forward, so he briefly gets on all fours whenever he needs a running start. When he and Miles are ascending the Space Elevator, he's forced to scale it with his claws (while Miles is able to run like normal), creating a similar effect.
• Seinfeldian Conversation: Stuck on the defensive side of one with Earth-67 Spider-Man.
• Self-Made Superpowers: He introduces himself in his first scene much like the other Spiders, only he describes himself as different from them, which is shown later on by his "radioactive spider" being a syringe of serum that gives him his powers. Furthermore, he has to continuously inject himself in order for his powers to work.
• Skewed Priorities: While he does he make a reasonable argument about how Miles trying to save his father would lead to the disruption of a Canon Event that would cause the destruction of his universe. This does not track when Miguel wastes all his forces on stopping Miles and completely ignores the Spot who has become a Cosmic Flaw who has enough power to destroy the Multiverse itself.
• Strange Minds Think Alike: Much like the alternate Peter Parkers, Miguel refers to his invention as a "goober".
• Sunk Cost Fallacy: When Lyla questions him whether he has gone too far with how he is leading the Spider-Society and preventing Miles Morales from saving his father, he states that he has invested too much to stop now. This is also why he absolutely hates Miles and rejects the possibility that there is another way he could become Spider-Man while still keeping their loved ones. Because if that possibility exists, then that would mean everything he and the Spider-Society have done to enforce Canon events by letting their loved ones die would be All for Nothing and they have actually fallen short of what it means to be Spider-Man.
• Survivor Guilt: The "fixed canon" theory he pushes on the other Spider-People is the result of him watching a universe and his daughter get erased from existence. He blames himself for what happened, as he links the cataclysm that occurred to him deciding to take the place of the Miguel that had died in that universe, even though later evidence indicates that the connection he made was tenuous at best.
• Tantrum Throwing: On his first meeting with Miles, he initially appears calmly disinterested in what Miles is saying, before immediately losing him temper, grabbing a nearby piece of machinery and hurling it in his direction.
• Theory Tunnel Vision: As Across goes on, it becomes clear that his grasp on how the Multiverse works and his "Fixed Canon" Theory is less concrete than he thinks. It's this belief that results in his dislike towards Miles, the Spider-Society labelling him as a fugitive and working to ensure his father's death out of a belief that it's supposed to happen. All of this goes on while they ignore the bigger threat The Spot possess.
• They Died Because of You: Blames Miles for the death of Earth-1610B's Peter Parker since he was never meant to become a Spider-Man in the first place, completely ignoring that Miles had no control over the spider coming to his universe.
• Token Evil Teammate: The most mean-spirited and ruthless of all the Spider-Society. While he is nominally a hero, his one-track mind to upholding canon events means that he knowingly lets people die. The fact that he's the founder and leader makes it much worse.
• Top-Heavy Guy: His design is updated for ATSV, changing his rather slim physique for massive shoulders and arms.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Jessica says that Miguel really likes the empanadas from the Spider-Society's food court. Miles brings him one, but it's an early sign that they're not on good terms when he angrily tosses it away.
• Tragic Hero: Miguel founded the Spider-Society after an alternate version of his whole world, along with his adopted alternate family, got erased from existence (seemingly) because of his own actions, and it seems he's still a moral person who genuinely wants to be the good guy and stop a tragedy like that from happening again. However, his utter refusal to compromise, his tunnel vision towards his goals and his own personal grudges lead him to become an unstable extremist who cannot see or listen to reason even when there is proof right in front of him. Nothing he does is out of malice or outright hatred (though there is a little prejudice on his part), it is all out of a desire to keep the Multiverse safe, something that has caused him no amount of trauma and heartbreak that has clearly made him paranoid, uncompromising and violent, to the point his more loyal society members (i.e. Jessica) begin to disagree with his actions. Ultimately, he's a broken and desperate man sincerely trying to do what he believes is right even if no one else thinks it is.
• Tron Lines: In Across, subtle circuit lines are visible within the red parts of his suit; they become more visible while glowing, like when he opens the "information explaining thing". Fitting with his Mexican heritage, the patterns are inspired by Mesoamerican textiles.
• Underestimating Badassery: His fatal flaw in judging Miles, beyond being uncompromising in his personal beliefs of protecting the status quo no matter what, is also believing that he is also too irresponsible and stubborn to be effective — this ends up costing him big time in their final confrontation in Across The Spider-Verse as while he is Miles's physical superior, Miguel's own stubbornness means that he's entirely blindsided when Miles uses his Venom Strike at the most opportune moment when the Space Elevator reaches its apex to cut off him and the rest of the Spider-Society from chasing Miles altogether.
• Vocal Evolution: He has a slightly deeper voice and a more pronounced Mexican accent in Across compared to Into.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Miguel's goals are noble, he wants to safeguard the multiverse from being disrupted, the threat against which is provably real. The issue is that he's completely uncompromising in his belief that the only way to do so is to force every Spider-Person to strictly adhere to a list of "Canon Events", even if they involve innocents and loved ones dying.
  Gwen: We are supposed to be the good guys.
  Miguel: We are... [weakly] We are.
• Would Hurt a Child: He pretty badly brutalizes a teenaged Miles after Miles's constant evasion finally wears out his patience, and that's not also getting to the implications that he was going to kill him when trying to stop the machine from sending Miles home, as seen with Miles' Spider-Sense flaring up for the first time. It causes him to lose the trust of several Spider-People by the end of Across the Spider-Verse.
• You Have Failed Me: After Miles escapes from Spider-Society intent on disrupting a Canon Event, Miguel, rather unreasonably, blames Gwen for not stopping him as well as, less unreasonably getting Miles involved in the first place, kicking her out of the Spider-Society on the spot and sending her back to her own dimension, knowing that she's a fugitive there.

Lyla

Lyla

Voiced by: Greta Lee ^{Foreign VAs}Leyla Rangel (Latin American Spanish), Cecilia von der Esch (Swedish), Maaya Sakamoto (Japanese), Franciska Friede (German)

Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse^note In The Stinger | Across the Spider-Verse

Miguel's AI companion who assists him in his dimensional travels.

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• Adaptational Modesty: Lyla's comic counterpart originally dressed like Marilyn Monroe, Sexy Backless Outfit included. Here, though she still has a Monroe-esque outfit, it's a concealing jacket and pants.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: Comic Lyla is an all-yellow hologram. While still visibly holographic with a yellow tint here, she's otherwise colored like a regular woman. She also has short, brunette hair rather than her comic counterpart's long, light hair.
• Adaptation Personality Change: Lyla is sassier and snarkier than her comic version.
• Benevolent A.I.: Miguel has a cheery and helpful AI, Lyla, act as his assistant in keeping the multiverse intact.
• The Gadfly: Lyla loves to mess with and tease Miguel due to him being The Comically Serious. When he asks for backup, she makes him say "please", which aggravates him. What aggravates him more is that she already called for backup and just wanted to see him flustered.
• Hologram Projection Imperfection: To reflect her being a holographic AI, she has a choppier framerate than most characters and '"fizzles" from pose to pose.
• Ink-Suit Actor: Like Miguel, her design was tweaked in Across to better resemble her voice actress, Greta Lee.
• Insistent Terminology: When presenting Miguel with the first dimensional travel watch, Lyla insists that it's actually a "gizmo" when Miguel calls it a "goober".
• Making a Spectacle of Yourself: She wears huge, pink, heart-shaped shades.
• Ms. Exposition: She helps Miguel explain the concept of the multiverse to Miles. It's also lampshaded a bit.
  Miguel: Lyla, do the thing.
  Lyla: Huh? What thing?
  Miguel: Wha-whaddya mean, what thing? The information explaining thing!
• Satellite Character: She essentially serves as an extension of Miguel rather than a full character in her own right.
• Servile Snarker: Lyla apparently has a tendency to call out her creator Miguel for his shortcomings. It really bums him out.

Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman

Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman

Homeworld: Earth-332

Voiced by: Issa Rae^{Foreign VAs}Nadja Halid (Swedish), Mutsumi Tamura (Japanese), Nurcan Özdemir (German)

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A motorcycle-riding crimefighting Spider-Woman pregnant with her first child.

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• Adaptation Distillation: In the comics her pregnancy is the result of artificial insemination, and the identity of the father is never revealed. Here she has a husband who is presumably the father.
• Adaptational Superpower Change Jessica can fire webbing from her fingertips, similar to her Ultimate Marvel incarnation. The mainline comic version of Jessica does not possess the ability to spin webs, nor does she use mechanical web-shooters like Peter Parker.
• Afro Asskicker: Instead of a mask, Jessica wears Cool Shades and a headband, leaving her voluminous afro free when she fights.
• Alternate Self: In Into the Spider-Verse, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment where Miles is scrolling through his contacts where you can see Jessica Drew's name listed there, implying that Jess has a counterpart on Earth-1610B.
• Ambiguous Situation: Towards the end of Across, she learns that her recently-exiled student Gwen is planning to find Miles and go against the wishes of the Spider-Society, yet Jess doesn't take any action to prevent this except watching Gwen leaving for Earth-616B with a sad look on her face. By the time we see Gwen again, she has succeeded in forming her own group of Spider-people that doesn't answer to Miguel. It's left unclear why Jess allowed it to happen and doesn't inform Miguel about it.
• Badass Biker: She uses a motorcycle to move around in combat and performs quite spectacular stunts while doing so.
• Car Fu: Her main combat style is grappling people with her webs and then running them over with her motorocyle.
• Composite Character: She's functionally a combination of three different characters; she has the 616 Jessica's costume from the Dennis Hallum run on Spider-Woman and is pregnant like Jess was in that run, fires webbing from her fingertips like the Ultimate Universe Jessica Drew, and is a Black woman with a design reminiscent of Valerie the Librarian from The Electric Company, who briefly took up the mantle of Spider-Woman in the Spidey Super Stories (making her technically the first Spider-Woman).
• Cool Bike: Has a custom Spider-Woman colored motorcyle that can apparently stick to walls like she can!
• Disappeared Dad: Her child’s father, AKA her husband, hasn’t been seen nor mentioned. It’s possible that she just doesn’t have enough time to be with him. It’s also possible he may have died at some point, considering the nature of canon events. The way she phrases how she "got over it" implies the case.
• Dynamic Entry: Is introduced by ramming Vulture with her bike.
• Foil: To Peter B. Parker. Both of them are experienced Spider-people who became mentors to a younger Spider-person. Both of them are parents, with Peter B. recently having Mayday and Jess is currently pregnant with her first child. However, Jess is comparatively stricter and more cynical than Peter B., who has regained his idealism after the events of the first film. Ultimately, Jess chooses to side with Miguel over her protege Gwen when their thoughts on how to protect the multiverse differ from each other, while Peter B. eventually chooses to embrace Miles's ideology that their destiny is not set in stone.
• The Mentor: Serves as one for Gwen the same way Peter B. Parker was to Miles. In fact, it was her idea to recruit Gwen into the Spider-Society to begin with against Miguel's wishes. That being said, she's far stricter than Peter B. when it comes to training Gwen, which is necessary considering the importance of their job of protecting the multiverse. Ultimately, when Gwen made one too many mistakes and ends up getting banished from the Spider-Society by Miguel, Jess doesn't do anything to stop it from happening.
• Number Two: It's not clear if she's Spider-Society's second-in-command, but in the scenes they have together, Jess is clearly Miguel's right-hand woman, being one of his go-tos when he (reluctantly) calls for assistance and being able to convince Miguel to change his mind about recruiting Gwen.
• Only Sane Woman: In a world full of over-the-top Spider variants, she's by far the most levelheaded hero due to not having Miguel's explosive temper or any notable quirks/gimmicks.
• Pregnant Badass: She's an active superhero and a member of a multiverse-spanning team while being pregnant.
• Properly Paranoid: While conferring with Gwen while she's on Earth-1610B, Jessica makes sure to ask if she went to see Miles. While she claims otherwise, Gwen really did go to see Miles (he was actually her first stop).
• Race Lift: Jessica is White in the comics, but she's Black in the film.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: When she is introduced, she is supportive of Gwen and sticks up for her, empathizing with her plight. The next time she is seen, Jessica constantly hovers over Gwen, criticizes her constantly, tells her to shut up when she tries to explain herself, and openly insults Peter B.
• Two First Names: Drew is more common as a first name.
• Would Hurt a Child: Like Miguel, she is one of the few Spider-People that outright strikes Miles.

Ben Reilly / Scarlet Spider

Ben Reilly / Scarlet Spider

"Perfect pose."

Homeworld: Earth-94B

Voiced by: Andy Samberg^{Foreign VAs}Takuya Eguchi (Japanese), Dennis Herrmann (German), Jonas Kruse (Swedish)

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A genetic clone of Peter Parker.

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• '90s Anti-Hero: Parodied. Every word out of his mouth is either about how ripped his muscles are or how much angst he's suffering.
• Adaptational Wimp: In the comics, Earth-94 Ben Reilly was an incredible example of Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome, having accomplished many of the things 616 Peter Parker did and even succeeded where he failed like saving Marla Jameson. This Ben Reilly is a Butt-Monkey who's treated as a nuisance more than anything and is easily taken out and sent to another dimension by Gwen at the end of the film.
• Adaptation Personality Change: In the comics, the Ben Reilly of Earth-94 was The Cape who had a firm belief that he could always find a way to save the day and stayed as Spider-Man. This version is an overly angsty Emo Teen and '90s Anti-Hero who opted to continue being the Scarlet Spider.
• Advertised Extra: Is in every poster of the film, and in the first poster◊ is closer to the front than Jessica, Hobie, Margo, and even Peter B. Parker, all of whom have large roles in the story while Ben is more or less a Joke Character who does very little and ends up easily dispatched.
• Alliterative Name: Scarlet Spider.
• Butt-Monkey: As a parody of overly edgy Nineties Anti Heroes, the guy goes through quite a lot of humiliation in the film. His constant Wangst-laden monologues are met with eye rolls from Miguel and Jessica, as well as the Spider-Society in general, rather than being treated with any genuine pathos and his physical performance is similarly underwhelming despite him hyping himself up. Miles smacks him into a building during his escape through Nueva York in the middle of Ben growling that he's got him helplessly restrained with his "well defined musculature", and he's later easily overpowered and tossed into another dimension by Gwen where he'll presumably be stranded until someone comes for him. invoked
• Civvie Spandex: Wears his iconic blue sleeveless hoodie with a large Spider symbol over his red Spider costume.
• Color Animal Codename: His codename comes from a shade of red and an animal.
• Color Character: Scarlet Spider.
• Drama Queen: He's overdramatic all the time, constantly exaggerating his angst and acting really broody around everyone. Naturally, this makes everyone see him as incredibly grating and obnoxious.
• Emo Teen: Certainly acts like one, despite being as old as his template's counterparts. He is first seen "crying" because of his Dark and Troubled Past, has a hairstyle that is commonly associated with emos, and sarcastically calls Miguel "dad" when the latter gives him orders, much like an angsty teenager would.
• Everyone Has Standards: Despite going along with Miguel and Jessica, he doesn't try to outright attack Miles, opting to restrain him or put him in a sleeper hold to knock him out.
• Flanderization: Is way more angsty and growly than he ever was in the comics.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Implied. Despite being allegedly one of their best fighters, his Drama Queen personality makes it hard to deal with him, and Jessica lampshades how she wouldn't have asked for his help if she didn't need to.
  Jessica: Ben, I need—
  Ben: Sorry, I can't talk right now. Thinking about my paaast...
  Jessica: Actually, we need you here for some reason?
  Ben: URGHHH...!! That was a particularly... harrowing... memory...
• Genre Refugee: Downplayed since he's from the superhero genre, but he's a parody of superhero comics in The '90s in contrast to the more modern heroes in the Spider-Society.
• Heroic Build: Ben points out how muscular he is while trying to restrain Miles.
• Identical Stranger: Partly justified due to being a clone of Peter Parker, but his blond hair makes him especially resemble the blond Peter from Miles' Earth-1610B, despite having no relation to this particular variant of Peter.
• Manchild: Physically-speaking, he's around the age of the Peter of Miles' universe around the time he died but he acts like an Emo Teen instead of a grown man.
• Mythology Gag: His design pays tribute to the art of Spidey comics from the '90s, in which one of Ben's most iconic (and infamous) story line was created: The Clone Saga.
• Narrating the Obvious: He has a tendency to narrate every single thought he has out loud, no matter how insignificant it is. Again, this is parodying some of the sophomoric writing found in The Clone Saga.
• Non-Standard Character Design: His design stands out by incorporating the drawing and inking style of Tom Lyle, one of the artists who worked on The Clone Saga as well as the artist responsible for his iconic blue hoodie and red spandex outfit.
• Take That!: His Drama Queen personality parodies the excessive angst and overwrought writing of The Clone Saga, the storyline he debuted in. He also talks about his "well-defined muscles" and focuses on finding the "perfect pose", referencing the infamously shaky art of '90s comic books in general.
• Uncertain Doom: Ben is last seen being tossed into another dimension by Gwen without his watch which she then destroys. Where he went and whether he'll survive there is currently unclear. It is highly unlikely that Gwen would have sent him somewhere inhospitable or doomed him to glitching out of existence in some foreign dimension however, so while it isn't explicit she almost certainly simply stranded him back to his home dimension where he'll likely be picked up by the Spider-Society eventually.

Spider-Man (Earth-67)

For tropes related to his original appearance in Spider-Man, see here

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

"I'm not pointing, you're pointing— I'm just pointing at your pointing, which is different than normal pointing!"

Homeworld: Er... Earth-67

Voiced by: Jorma Taccone ^{Foreign VAs}Raúl Anaya (Latin American Spanish), Tetsu Inada (Japanese)

Appearances: Spider-Man | Spider-Verse | Into the Spider-Verse^note In The Stinger | Across the Spider-Verse

"How dare you point at me!"

The Spider-Man of a world where it's still The '60s and everything's really stiff. Doesn't like being pointed at.

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• Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: His spoken-word piece on the Very Spidey Christmas EP has him deeply hungover, bitterly mentioning that he got "ten sheets to the wind" at the Bugle Christmas party the previous night and vomited on the EL tracks on 34th Street, which he's very ashamed to admit that some kids saw.
  Spider-Man: [ruefully] Not a good look for Spider-Man!
• Alternate Self: A weird case. The canonical designation of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon is Earth-6799. Earth-67 is a separate reality that's essentially identical to Earth-6799 which appeared in the Spider-Verse comic.
• Berserk Button: Do not point at him. He will point back at you with all his might.
• Broad Strokes: Regardless of his universe designation, he's essentially the same version of the character from the 1967 cartoon.
• *Crack!* "Oh, My Back!": Crosses over with Bad "Bad Acting" to excuse himself when his Limited Animation prevents him from stopping Miles.
  Spider-Man: I can do anything he can — Oh! Dang! I pulled something.
• Heh Heh, You Said "X": While reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, he mutters under his breath that "moon on the breast" is funny.
• Hero with Bad Publicity: As in his original series, J. Jonah Jameson doesn't seem very fond of him, and on the Very Spidey Christmas album, he regretfully admits that some kids saw him vomit after he got drunk at a Christmas party. "Not a good look for Spider-Man!"
• Hypocritical Humor: Chastises Miguel for pointing at him when he was the one who pointed first.
• Limited Animation: As befitting someone who originated from a cheap 1960s television cartoon. Notably, this gets in his way during the climax of Across the Spider-Verse as he attempts to intercept Miles during his escape, but his web-swinging is so slow that Miles just slides past him.
• Mythology Gag: The scene where he's pointing at Miguel is taken right out of his own show, from the episode "Double Identity".
• Seinfeldian Conversation: Stuck on the offensive side of one with Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099.
• Serious Business: Spider-Man's view on the art of pointing fingers.
  Spider-Man: You haven't seen pointing until I'm through with you.
• Skewed Priorities: He's less concerned about an alternate version of Spider-Man from another dimension appearing in front of him than he is about being pointed at.
• Stylistic Suck: The animation style of his appearance is based on the Limited Animation that his show had, and all of his dialogue is low-fi and unenthusiastic.
• Your Magic's No Good Here: Sort of, it's more that his animation style doesn't work outside his own universe. He's from a cartoon created in The '60s, meaning he has Limited Animation, while all the other Spider-People are from a modern animated film, meaning that they move far faster than he can and he pulls a muscle when trying to catch Miles.

LEGO Spider-Man

For tropes related to his original appearance in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, see here

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

Homeworld: Earth-13122

Voiced by: Nic Novicki ^{Foreign VAs}Andrés Navy (Latin American Spanish)

Appearances: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes | LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 | Across the Spider-Verse

A Spider-Man from a world that's Built with LEGO.

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• Art Shift: Earth-13122 is the designated universe of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, which was a video game animated in the usual smooth style of the LEGO Adaptation Games. In this movie, LEGO Peter is animated in the pseudo-stop motion style of The LEGO Movie.
• Camera Fiend: This Peter still works as a photographer for the Daily Bugle.
• Lilliputians: His brief cameo in the Spider-Society shows him to be the size of a real-life LEGO minifigure compared to the other Spider-Men who are human-sized.
• Living Toys: He's from a universe where LEGO minifigures are sentient beings.
• Non-Standard Character Design: He and his entire universe are done in CGI animated to resemble stop motion, just like The LEGO Movie.
• Odd Friendship: Downplayed since they only interact once, but Miguel calls Peter "one of their best", suggesting that despite how cold he is with the others and Peter being a LEGO figure, he gets along rather well with this version of Peter Parker.
• Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: In true The LEGO Movie fashion, he says "beep boop" sounds out loud when using his Spider-Society watch to contact Miguel.
• Shout-Out: Though Earth-13122 is the setting of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, this Peter's animation style and tendency of Saying Sound Effects Out Loud are clear references to The LEGO Movie, which Phil Lord & Chris Miller were the directors of.
• Small Role, Big Impact: He only shows up in two scenes; one where he goes to warn Miguel of the anomalies that were caused by The Spot and the other where he makes a cameo among the many Spider-People on Earth-928B, the former of which kickstarts the Spider-Society's investigation into Miles' world.
• Writing Around Trademarks: While obviously using everything about LEGO's branding, the actual word "LEGO" is never used to describe this Peter or his universe.

Malala Windsor / Spider-UK

Malala Windsor / Spider-UK

Homeworld: Earth-835

Voiced by: Sofia Barclay

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A British hijabi Spider-Woman who makes fun of the Spot's name.

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• Adaptational Diversity: This version of Spider-UK is Muslim, as indicated by her hijab.
• Canon Foreigner: In the comics, there are two versions of Spider-UK: Billy Braddock from Earth-833 and Zarina Zahari from Earth-834. Malala, however, is an original version of the character.
• Captain Patriotic: The colors of her costume are red, white and blue just like the Union Jack.
• Decomposite Character: Sort of. Malala is an original character created for the film, but aspects of Spider-UK was given to Spider-Punk.
• Famous-Named Foreigner: Shares her first name with Malala Yousafzai and her last name with The House of Windsor
• Hurricane of Puns: Spider-Woman asking her about Spot leads her into cracking a pun about "spotting Spot", which all the other nearby Spiders join in on.
• Mythology Gag: The two previous Spider-UKs were from Earth-833 and Earth-834, so this one follows suit by being from Earth-835.
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Her palette and the design of her hijab evoke the colors and shape of the Union Jack.

Patrick O'Hara / Web-Slinger

Patrick O'Hara / Web-Slinger

Homeworld: Earth-31913

Voiced by: Taran Killam ^{Foreign VAs} Rojstar (Latin American Spanish

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

"On the count of three...draw!"

An Old West vigilante. Both he and his horse, Widow, have spider powers.

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• Abnormal Ammo: His gun shoots web bullets.
• Ask a Stupid Question...: Miles asks why his horse needs a mask. Web-Slinger simply replies "to conceal her identity".
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Web-Slinger's model is Peter Parker with the facial features of Pedro Pascal, though his face is never visible under his mask, and he's voiced by Taran Killam.
• Cool Horse: Never seen without his horse, Widow, who also has spider powers.
• Genre Refugee: He's from The Western genre, and acts accordingly by telling Miles to "draw" their webshooters on the count of three. However, Miles is from a normal superhero genre and doesn't care about immediately shooting him with his web.
• The Gunslinger: As expected from a cowboy-themed Spider-Man, he has a shotgun that fires webs.
• Honor Before Reason: He tells Miles to draw their web-shooters on the count of three. When Miles attacks him immediately, Web-Slinger is genuinely appalled.
  Web-slinger: You didn't wait till three!
• One-Steve Limit: Averted. Like Miguel, his last name is also O’Hara which might hint at having Irish heritage as well.
• Quick Draw: He attempts to have a traditional draw with Miles, who just ignores the countdown and webs him.
• Shotguns Are Just Better: Instead of having a pair of web pistols, he opts for a double-barreled shotgun.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: When he has Miles dead-to-rights, he challenges Miles to have a good old-fashioned "web duel" after counting to three. Miles just says "three" and shoots Web-Slinger immediately.

Charlotte Webber / Sun-Spider

Charlotte Webber / Sun-Spider

Homeworld: Earth-20023

Voiced by: Danielle Perez

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

"Miles! I'm a huge fan of your work!"

A wheelchair-using Spider-person.

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• Adaptational Personality Change: Much more cheerful than her typically sour comics incarnation.
• Ascended Fangirl: She's based off Dayn Broder's Spidersona, and her dialogue indicates she's also a big Spider fan.
• Cane Fu: She has web shooters built into her crutches.
• Handicapped Badass: She has Ehlers-Danyos Syndrome which makes her hyper flexible but also limits her mobility. She still proves to be just as capable as any other Spider-Person through the use of various high-tech mobility aids like her Super Wheelchair, webslinging crutches and joint stabilizers in combination with her spider powers.
• Kibbles and Bits: When her Super Wheelchair transforms into a spider-mech, its wheels form the spider's opisthosoma.
• The Knights Who Say "Squee!": She outright gushes over Miles, even if she has to capture him.
• Punny Name: Her name is a play on Charlotte's Web.
• Self-Deprecation: She's not adverse to poking at her own disability when making quips.
  Sun-Spider: Do you think Spider-People too often use comedy as a crutch?
  Miles: Uhh...
  Sun Spider: Get it? Crutch? [smacks him with a crutch]
• Super Wheelchair: Her wheelchair can shift into a spider-legged mode which allows her to crawl up walls.

Max Borne / Spider-Man 2211

Max Borne / Spider-Man

Homeworld: Earth-9500

Voiced by: Humberto Ramos

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A time-traveling Spider-Man.

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• Creator Cameo: He's voiced by Spider-Man comic artist Humberto Ramos.
• Failed a Spot Check: Is completely oblivious to the alert for Miles Morales and fails to notice he's hanging onto his backpack.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He wears a backpack with four mechanical arms attached to it, almost reminiscent of Doc Ock.
• Time Police: He's a Timespinner, an agent for an organization dedicated to preventing disruptions to the time stream.

Metro Spider-Man

Metro Spider-Man

Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: Metro Boomin

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A Spider-person in a black-and-white costume who joins the chase for Miles.

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• Creator Cameo: He's voiced by and is the Spider-sona for Metro Boomin, the creator of Across the Spider-Verse's soundtrack.
• Don't Celebrate Just Yet: When the Spider-Society appears to have cornered Miles, he exclaims that there's nowhere for him to run. When Miles jumps out the window behind him, Metro is a bit flustered.
  Metro Spider-Man: My bad everybody, there was somewhere to run.

Spider-Cat

Spider-Cat

Homeworld: Earth-999

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

An orange cat with spider powers.

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• Ambiguous Situation: In the original Spider-Verse comic, Spider-Cat was killed by the Inheritors before he was able to meet any other Spider people. Here, he's alive, with no explanation to how he was resurrected. It's also possible he's the "Earth-999B" version of Spider-Cat.
• Cats Are Mean: Joins the rest of the Spider-Force in chasing after Miles, and scratches him up when he momentarily catches him. He later attacks a Spider-Woman practicing her Crucified Hero Shot for no reason.
• Hairball Humor: He has the ability to spit web balls out of his mouth like a hairball, as he does to Miles when "fighting" him.
• Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism: He's not a talking Funny Animal like Spider-Ham was in Into the Spider-Verse, but Spider-Cat does show some degree of intelligence and ability to follow orders, like when he joins the rest of the the Spider-Society in chasing Miles under 2099's orders.
• The Voiceless: Spider-Cat doesn't have any lines, though it's also unclear whether he can talk.

Insomniac Spider-Man

For tropes pertaining to his original appearance, see his page.

Peter Parker / Spider-Man I

Homeworld: Earth-1048

Voiced by: Yuri Lowenthal^{Foreign VAs}Kazuyuki Okitsu (Japanese)

Appearances: Spider-Man | Hostile Takeover | Spider-Geddon | Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Across the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man 2

The Spider-Man of Spider-Man (Insomniac), who has been patrolling the streets of his New York City for eight years.

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• Celebrity Paradox: Played With. In Earth-1610B, he's a Video Game character much like in our reality, but he's later revealed to be an actual Spider-Man from another universe.
• Early-Bird Cameo:
  • In a sense; this Peter is wearing the Mark II Advanced Suit, which is set to make its official debut in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 later in 2023.
  • Ganke is very briefly seen playing a video game starring him before he shows up as an actual person.
• In Spite of a Nail: This version of Spider-Man winds up mentoring another version of Miles Morales in his own franchise.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: While walking through the hall of captured villains, Lyla points out two "video game guys" (the Green Goblin from Spider-Man (Atari 2600) and D-list villain Videoman). This version of Spidey replies in confusion, "Are you... talking to me?"
• Non-Standard Character Design: He's realistically shaded and textured, and animated on ones rather than twos, to match the look of the games he comes from.
• Reused Character Design: A bunch of other Spider-People have his Advanced Suit. The "generics" are animated in the same style as the rest of the movie, though, while the original article keeps the same style as his source material.

The Spectacular Spider-Man

For tropes pertaining to his original appearance, see this page.

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

"We know it's hard. But it's the truth, Miles."

Homeworld: Earth-26496

Voiced by: Josh Keaton ^{Foreign VAs} Juan Guarnizo (Latin American Spanish), Marius Clarén (German), Manabu Ino (Japanese)

Appearances: The Spectacular Spider-Man | Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)^note non-speaking | Across the Spider-Verse

A Spider-Man who started up his crime-fighting the summer before his junior year of high school, and had to deal with the progression of ordinary crime into costumed supervillains as a response to his heroics.

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• The Bus Came Back: This movie marks this Spider-Man's first appearance in thirteen years since his show's cancellation.
• Dark and Troubled Past: It turns out that he failed to save his version of Captain Stacy, which was his "Canon Event", after the conclusion of his series.
• I Let Gwen Stacy Die: More specifically, he let Captain Stacy die which was his Canon Event.
• In Spite of a Nail: He has experienced several of the "Canon Events" shown to Miles by Miguel, such as his uncle's death, encountering the Venom symbiote and the death of Captain Stacy.
• Non-Standard Character Design: On account of coming from a cartoon with a completely different art style, he has a much bigger and more angular head and flatter feet compared to other characters.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He is noticeably shorter than almost all the other Spider-People, but still has the standard Super-Strength.

Spider-Man Unlimited

For tropes pertaining to his original appearance, see this page.

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

Homeworld: Earth-751263

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Spider-Man Unlimited | Across the Spider-Verse

A Spider-Man who had adventures fighting against the High-Evolutionary on Counter-Earth.

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• For Want Of A Nail: While he has a similar background to other versions of Peter Parker, his life drastically diverged when John Jameson went to Counter-Earth which led Peter to experience adventures that no other Peter Parker has lived.
• In Spite of a Nail: One of his Canon Events was encountering the Venom symbiote.
• Reused Character Design: Multiple Spider-People have his design.
• The Voiceless: He has no lines in the movie.

Mary Jane Watson-Parker / Spinneret

Mary Jane Watson-Parker / Spinneret

Homeworld: Earth-18119

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows | Across the Spider-Verse

A Mary Jane who is married to Peter Parker and has a daughter named Anna-May. She uses a special suit designed by her husband to act as a superhero alongside her family.

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• Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome: Unlike most variants of Mary Jane she's a crimefighting superhero. She also manages certain feats that Peter himself wasn't capable of, such as dominating the (evil) Venom Symbiote through Heroic Willpower when it tried to possess her.
• Clothes Make the Superman: Her powers are not derived from a radioactive spider bite like most Spider-People, but rather a special suit designed using Power Copying tech by her husband that lets him share his powers with her.
• Happily Married: With her universe's Peter Parker, in fact the series she debuts from was specifically created as a response to her mainline comic counterpart's marriage with Peter being undone.
• Super Family Team: Form a family team of crimefighting superpowered Spiders with her husband and daughter, also known as Spider-Man and Spiderling. Mary and her daughter can also be seen wandering together at the Spider-HQ.
• The Voiceless: She doesn't have any lines in her brief cameo.

Anna-May Parker / Spiderling

Anna-May "Annie" Parker / Spiderling

Homeworld: Earth-18119

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows | Across the Spider-Verse

A daughter of Peter and Mary Jane Parker who inherited her father's Spider powers.

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• Age Lift: Annie is currently in her late teens in the comics, but appears as her 8 year old self during her cameo in Across. Assuming she and her mother are the same version from the comics, a likely explanation is that Across takes place before the Time Skip.
• Alternate Self: Subverted. Annie is specifically not Mayday, who was tragically stillborn in her universe.
• Superpowerful Genetics: Much like 616B Mayday she inherited her father's superpowers, though hers developed later during childhood rather than infancy.
• The Voiceless: She doesn't have any lines in her brief cameo.

Pter Ptarker / Spider-Rex

Pter Ptarker / Spider-Rex

"ROAR!!"

Homeworld: Earth-66

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

Originally a pterodactyl bullied by Norrannosaurman the Tyrannosaurus rex on a dinosaur-riven Earth, being struck by a glowing meteorite that was covered in extraterrestrial spiders somehow caused them to swap bodies, whilst granting Pter (now in a Spider-Man patterned T. rex body) spider powers. Meanwhile Norrannosaurman (now stuck in a Green Goblin-esque pterodactyl body) becomes his Arch-Enemy in seeking for the return of his original body along with the added powers it now possesses.

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• Adaptational Superpower Change: His webbing was originally part of his organic power-set much like Peter Parker from Earth-96823, due to technology having never existed in his Jurassic homeworld. However here he is shown to use wrist-mounted mechanical web-shooters, never mind how he could operate it with only two fingers on each hand.
• Artistic License – Paleontology: He has two dewclaws (one on each side of the foot, giving him five toes total). Real dinosaurs (and most animals which have a dewclaw) have only one dewclaw on the inside of the foot, and have only four back toes total (this is portrayed accurately in other Spider-Rex media).
• Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism: Like Spider-Cat, he's not a talking Funny Animal and can only communicate with feral growling befitting his kind. While he's still intelligent enough to follow Miguel's order to try to catch Miles like the other Spideys, his attempts to catch him look more like he's trying to eat Miles.
• Terrifying Tyrannosaur: Natch. There's something quite terrifying about seeing a T.rex in a Spider-Man costume with spider powers jumping and swinging around the place. His attempt to catch Miles Morales is less like actually catching him and more like biting him in his massive mouth.
• Visual Pun: The Written Sound Effect for his web-slinging is "T-WHIP!"
• The Voiceless: Unless you count him roaring, he doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

Anya Corazón / Araña

Anya Corazón / Araña

Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A muscular Spider-Girl capable of summoning suit of Powered Armor in combat.

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• Adaptational Curves: She is much bulkier and more muscular than any other version of Araña in comics or animation, even very athletic Earth-982 version doesn't compare.
• All There in the Manual: Her name is not disclosed in the movie, but confirmed by one of creators on Twitter.
• Alternate Self: Other versions of Anya, based on various costumes of 616 Anya, can be seen among members of Spider-Society.
• Butch Lesbian: Implied, as her design is obviously inspired by butch culture and she is also wearing a carabiner attached to her pants, which was 70's and 80's code for lesbians to recognize each other in public.
• Composite Character: She clearly shows influence equally from 616 and MC2 versions of Araña.
• Hammerspace: While played straight with her magically summonnable armor, averted with her rope and grappling hook, which can be seen hanging from her belt.
• Instant Armor: She can magically summon her armor at will.
• Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: While not used in the movie, one of her design artworks reveal her armor's arms can turn into basically a tower shield.
• Power Tattoo: As her desings reveal, her armor is summonned from tattoos covering her right arm.
• Powered Armor: Her suit greatly increases her combat abilities.
• Wall Crawl: Subverted, unlike other Spiders she cannot actually stick to walls and needs to rely on a grappling hook and climbing rope.
• The Voiceless: She doesn't have any lines in her brief cameo.

Ezekiel Sims / Spider-Therapist

Ezekiel Sims / Spider-Therapist

Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: Mike Rianda

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A Spider-Person who acts as the Spider-Society's therapist / grief counselor for Spideys in mourning.

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• Alternate Self: In Into the Spider-Verse, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment where Miles is scrolling through his contacts where you can see the name "EZ Ekiel" listed there, which is implied to be a nickname for Ezekiel Sims which would mean Ezekiel has a counterpart on Earth-1610B.
• Canon Character All Along: He might seem like another Canon Foreigner gag character at first, but thanks to his diploma, it's revealed he's actually Ezekiel Sims.
• Freeze-Frame Bonus: Near the end of his brief scene, you can see his psychology diploma on the left side of his office, revealing his name and the university he graduated from (See Mythology Gag below).
• Freudian Couch: His one scene consists of him consoling a Spider-Man grieving over the death of his uncle. It's implied he does this for any Spider-Person going through something similar due to a Canon Event.
• Mythology Gag: The university on his diploma is called Ditko University, referencing one of Spider-Man's co-creators.
• Never Heard That One Before: His dry tone indicates that he's had tons of Spider-People explain their tragic (and very similar) backstories to him and he's a little tired of it.
  Spider-Man: (sobbing) And then... my uncle...
  Spider-Therapist: Uhh, let me guess: he died?

Peter Parkedcar / Spider-Mobile

Peter Parkedcar / Spider-Mobile

Homeworld: Earth-53931

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A car version of Peter Parker.

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• Punny Name: His surname is Parkedcar, playing off Parker.
• Reused Character Design: His design here is recycled from the non-sentient Spider-Mobile that was originally shown in Into as part of Earth-1610B Peter's arsenal.
• Sentient Vehicle: He's a living version of the Spider Mobile, seemingly from a universe where everyone is living cars.
• The Voiceless: He doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

Spider-Wolf

Spider-Wolf

Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A werewolf version of Spider-Man from an unknown reality.

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• No-Sell: When they lunge at Miles, Miles blocks their attack by throwing Web-slinger's hat in their face.
• Our Werewolves Are Different: They can be seen in the Spider-HQ during midday, indicating that their werewolf form is not dependent on the moon, though it's not clear whether they're permanently a werewolf or can transform at will. It's also unknown whether they can transmit their condition or possess the common weaknesses of pop cultural werewolves.
• Primal Stance: They can be spotted wandering the HQ in a bipedal but slouched posture, with their arms hanging low and their head jutting forward. They also drop into a quadrupedal stance during the big chase and attempt to pounce on Miles like a wild animal.
• The Voiceless: He doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.
• Werewolves Are Dogs: It's brief, but when Miles throws them aside using Web-Slinger's hat, Spider-Wolf can be heard whimpering.

Tarantula

Tarantula

Homeworld: Earth-1610A

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Ultimate Spider-Man | Across the Spider-Verse

A clone of Peter Parker who's more spider than man, from the Ultimate Universe.

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• Ambiguous Situation: He was killed in the Ultimate Spider-Man comics, but appears alive in Across the Spider-Verse. Between his death and this film, his reality was destroyed and resurrected during Secret Wars, with later comics showing this brought back several characters that had been killed previously. So it's possible that the same event is what brought him back to life.
• The Cameo: Only appears briefly along with Spider-Mobile.
• The Voiceless: Doesn't have any lines of dialogue.

Plushie Spider-Man

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A plush version of Peter Parker.

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• Little People Are Surreal: His appearance, alongside several other Joke Characters', are to showcase that Miguel was really letting anyone but Miles into the Society.
• Living Toys: Like his LEGO counterpart, he's a sentient toy. Unlike him though, his limbs seem very limited in articulation, bordering the nigh-immobility, making him rely on being carried by his fellow Spider-People in the chase scene. However, this is not to say he's completely immobile; he's seen moving and even swinging by his own in a few scenes.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Implied. He is one of the shortest variants of Spidey in the Society, only comparing to the sentient Spider-Man Popsicle and LEGO Spider-Man. But he still makes an effort to go chase after Miles, being enough of a threat to activate his Spider-Sense.
• Too Important to Walk: Throughout the chase scene in Nueva York, he's seen being carried by several Spider-People to catch on to Miles. Most notably, Spider-Canada carries him on her hockey stick and an unidentified Spider-Person carries him on their shoulder before he falls off after hitting a closing door. One might assume that this is due to being immobile, but he is capable of moving on his own.
• Uncertain Doom: He's among the many other Spider-People killed by the Spot in his Futureshadowing. It's unknown whether this event can still be stopped or if it's already occurred.
• The Voiceless: He doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

Cyborg Spider-Woman

Cyborg Spider-Woman

Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A hulking, part-machine powerhouse of a Spider-Woman.

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• '90s Anti-Hero: Aesthetically at least; she looks like if Rob Liefeld was given free rein to completely redesign Spider-Man.
• Advertised Extra: She's one of the few, if only, notable Spider-Society members not directly connected to Miguel's inner circle to receive two action figures from Hasbro prior to the film's release. However, she's barely featured in Across besides a few crowd scenes, and Miles barely dodges her cannon arm fire in the great chase.
• All There in the Manual: Her Marvel Legends description cites that she "doesn't have regular powers like everyone else", but her years of experience and cannon arm help her out immensely to keep up.
• Arm Cannon: Possesses a massive one in place of her right arm, which she uses during the climactic chase of Across to blow through a chute full of giant gears that Miles dives through.
• Distaff Counterpart: During a Japanese exhibition showing the film's character design art, it's revealed that the familiar Cyborg Spider-Man still exists. Therefore, rather than being a direct feminine swap, Cyborg Spider-Woman is just a similar alternate universe counterpart to him.
• Lady Looks Like A Dude: The fact that she's called Spider-Woman is the only real indicator that she's not a guy.
• Tiny-Headed Behemoth: She sports a rather small head, contrasting the massive proportions of the rest of her body.
• The Voiceless: She doesn't have any lines in her brief cameo.

Spidercide

Spidercide

Homeworld: Earth-616

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Spider-Man | Across the Spider-Verse

Yet another clone of Peter Parker, this one being a violent, hulking monster with shapeshifting powers. He's from the mainline Marvel Comics universe.

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• Adaptational Nice Guy: Spidercide was a crazed, violent clone bent on proving himself as the real Peter Parker through any means. Here, he seems to be quite fine and willingly works alongside the rest of the Society without issue, even hopping into Peter Parkedcar with fellow clone Tarantula alongside the Last Stand and LEGO Peters.
• Ambiguous Situation: In his last appearance, Spidercide was killed after a large fall, with his corpse being into a stasis chamber. How he's back is never explained due to his minor role, but it’s not impossible that he was resurrected seeing as he has been before.
• The Voiceless: He doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

Spider-Canada

Spider-Canada

Homeworld: Unknown

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse

A Hockey stick-wielding Canadian Spider-Woman.

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• Brought to You by the Letter "S": Or by the letter "C" in her case.
• Canadian Equals Hockey Fan: She's a Canada-themed Spider-Woman and her main weapon is a Hockey stick. Go figure.
• Canon Foreigner: She was created exclusively for the movie.
• Captain Patriotic: Her costume is red and white and incorporates a maple leaf-like shape too, evoking the Canadian flag.
• Shout-Out: Her suit is based on the uniform worn by Team Canada◊ in the 1972 Summit Series.
• Stylish Protection Gear: Her hood and boots have white fur lining.
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: A platonic example. She carries the Plushie Spider-Man with her hockey stick for a bit in the chase scene, the latter's steady pose implying that they've done this before.
• The Voiceless: She has zero lines.
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Her red-and-white color scheme, hockey stick, and overall outfit design are all derivative of Canada.

Officer Parker

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

Homeworld: Earth-9997

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Earth X | Across the Spider-Verse

A Peter Parker from a world full of superhumans and who retired as a superhero to instead become a police officer.

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• The Cameo: Only appears briefly when the entire Spider-Society is introduced.
• For Want Of A Nail: While he has a very similar background to most versions of Peter Parker, his life goes in a unique direction as his identity ends up exposed and the rest of the world is mutated to have powers.
• In Spite of a Nail:
  • He encountered the Venom symbiote and married his Mary Jane, which are both Canon Events.
  • Like Peter B. he also had a daughter also named May.
• Old Superhero: Likely one of the oldest versions of Spider-Man, presumably being older than Peter B. since his daughter is an adult and in the comics has some grey in his hair.
• Retired Badass: Downplayed. He's retired from active crime fighting, but is still willing to be a hero and join the Spider-Society, wearing his uniform with his Spider-Man mask.
• The Voiceless: He doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

Ultimate Spider-Man

For tropes pertaining to his original appearance, see this page.

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

Homeworld: Earth-12041

Voiced by: N/A

Appearances: Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) | Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Avengers Assemble | Spider-Verse | Across the Spider-Verse

A Peter Parker who joined S.H.I.E.L.D along with other teenage heroes.

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• Alternate Self: This Spider-Man has had his own adventures travelling the multiverse, having met several alternate versions of himself while battling the Inheritors and in two separate adventures involving the Siege Perilous.
• The Cameo: Only appears briefly amongst other Spider-People when confronting Miles.
• In Spite of a Nail: He encountered the Venom symbiote, which is a Canon Event.
• The Voiceless: He doesn't have any lines in his brief cameo.

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