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In General
- Alternate Self: Pretty much everyone on this list has an alternate counterpart on some other universe. Especially important ones even have several counterparts of themselves. The most commonly reoccurring ones are tied to Canon Events that happen to every Spider-Man in every universe.
- Doomed by Canon: Some of them are most likely fated to die as canon events according to Miguel, particularly those who are the "Uncle Bens", "Captain George Stacys", or "Gwen Stacys" of their respective universes.
Earth-1610B
Jefferson Morales
Jefferson Morales (né Davis)
"With great ability comes great accountability."
Voiced By: Brian Tyree Henry Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse | Across the Spider-Verse | The Spider Within
"Spider-Man swings in once a day, zip, zap, zop in his little mask and answers to no one."
Miles's father. He's a police officer, and disapproves of Spider-Man.
- Adaptational Curves: He is beefier than his comics counterpart.
- Adaptational Nice Guy:
- In the comics, Jefferson is a SHIELD agent who is distant and aloof to his son out of necessity. Here he's a cop and clearly affectionate to Miles (though sometimes to Amazingly Embarrassing Parents degrees as shown below).
- His dislike of Spider-Man is more down to the superhero being a vigilante who hides his identity and deflects the responsibility of law enforcement rather than a disdain of superpowers in general like in the comics. Best shown when, just like the rest of New York, he's shocked to learn of Peter Parker's death as the first Spider-Man.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: He embarrasses Miles twice while dropping him off at Visions Academy. First by giving him a ride in the back of his police cruiser, causing some of Miles' old schoolmates to see and taunt him, and then again by using the car's loudspeaker to tell Miles to say "I love you." back to him, right in front of the crowd at his new school.
- Archnemesis Dad: Subverted. When Jefferson sees a costumed Miles standing over the corpse of his brother, he mistakes Miles as Aaron's murderer, and calls in an APB for the new Spider-Man. It starts to look like Miles's story will involve Jefferson hunting him down, but it's subverted near the end when Jefferson sees Spider-Man heroically battling Kingpin all by himself. This is enough to convince him that Spider-Man was not the true murderer.
- Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: A rare girlfriend-blocking dad example. In Across, he doesn't quite approve of "Gwanda", Miles's apparent crush, and worries that she might get Miles in trouble. His wife also worries about her but is comparatively more open-minded than her husband.
- Big Brother Instinct: It's not made clear who actually is the big brother between him and Aaron, but when he thinks that the second Spider-Man has killed him (it was actually Kingpin), he immediately calls an APB on the web-slinger before sobbing over his brother's corpse.
- By-the-Book Cop: Doesn't approve of Spider-Man's extra-legal antics. He doesn't even run red lights, much to Miles's chagrin.
- The Commissioner Gordon: Implied that he'll take on this role further down Miles's Spider-Man career when the latter tells him he looks forward to working with him in the future. This is proven true in Across, which took place a year and a few months later, where he and Miles's Spider-Man are working closely on a daily basis to arrest criminals and supervillains, and Spidey usually acts as his confidant when he opens up about his issues at home, not knowing he's talking about Miles to Miles.
- Cool Shades: Wears these while he's on the job.
- Doomed by Canon: Taken to the extreme. According to Miguel O'Hara, most Spiders have to lose a police captain figure who's their close ally at some point in their careers since it's a canon event that causes them to better themselves as heroes. Jefferson is about to be promoted to Captain himself and, as Miles finds out during a melding of minds with the villain, he's destined to be killed by the Spot exactly on the day of his official promotion.
- Education Papa: Jefferson is the more compassionate variant of one. He makes Miles attend Visions Academy because he wants Miles to get a good education and believes he'll be brilliant there. Jefferson always checks if Miles did his homework and encourages him to do better.
- Everyone Has Standards: Even though he disapproves of Spider-Man's vigilantism, Jefferson is notably shocked upon hearing of Peter Parker's death. He also comes to tolerate the new Spider-Man when he offers to work more closely with the NYPD, unaware that it's his own son Miles.
- Fair Cop: He's a muscular and good-looking police officer.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible one, to Aaron's foolish one. According to Aaron, the two of them used to tag buildings in their youth, but then they became estranged after Jeff decided to join the police. Jeff similarly expresses concern about Aaron being involved in shady activity though he only learns that his brother is the Prowler after he died.
- The Gadfly: He seems to have no qualms about, and even enjoys embarrassing his son in front of his new school.
- Good Parents: For the most part. He teases his son and can be a bit too hard on him but he deeply loves him and wants Miles to have a good life.
- Heroic Build: He's a hardworking, By-the-Book Cop who happens to be built like a brickhouse to contrast his comparatively lanky-looking brother who's working as an enforcer for the criminal Kingpin.
- Innocently Insensitive: He has a habit of telling Miles what he really thinks rather than what Miles needs to hear, and is ready to send him back to the dorms when Miles returns home, obviously distressed after Peter Parker's death. He also reaffirms his dislike of Spider-Man for his vigilante ways when Miles asks if he really hates Spider-Man whilst trying to come to terms with witnessing his murder.
- It's Personal: Feels this after mistakenly believing that Spider-Man killed his brother. To the point of calling out an APB for anyone dressed like Spider-Man.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's tough on Miles and is not exactly the most sympathetic or understanding parent but that doesn't mean he has no love for him. He's hard on him but is still an affectionate, caring, and well-meaning father.
- Manly Tears: He's very clearly trying very hard not to break down crying after he finds Aaron dead in an alleyway.
- Little "No": His reaction up on finding his brother's corpse in the alley after Miles vanishes.
- My Greatest Failure: During his speech to Miles before the climax, his biggest regret in life was never reconciling with Aaron before he died.
- Never Got to Say Goodbye: He's estranged from his brother Aaron Davis as a result of their opposing lifestyles. Aaron's death because of Kingpin means that the two brothers never had a chance to patch up their differences, something that clearly hurts Jefferson very deeply when he attempts to break the news outside Miles's dorm (not knowing that Miles was there when Aaron died).
- Papa Wolf: When he joins Spider-Man's fight against The Spot at the start of Across the Spider-verse, Jeff chews both of them out for fighting right outside Visions Academy, yelling that his son goes there.
- Parents as People: Jeff is, for the most part, a good parent and dearly loves his son. However, he recognizes that there are times when he pushes Miles too hard because he wants Miles to live up to his potential. He does get better near the end of the movie.
- Please, Don't Leave Me: As Miles is busy with figuring out how to Spider-Man, his aloofness and failure to update his parents on his whereabouts leads to Jefferson worrying that his son might be drifting away from him thanks to his disapproval of his activities, interests and fondness of Aaron. After Aaron dies and he Never Got to Say Goodbye, Jefferson heads to Miles's dorm room and tearfully pleads with his son to not be estranged from him like Aaron was.
- Rank Up: By the second film, his role in arresting the Kingpin makes him in line to be promoted to Captain. This is actually a very bad thing, as according to Miguel, a "Captain" figure who's a close ally of Spidey dying is considered to be a canon event that cannot be altered, which means Jefferson's fate is seemingly sealed when he's promoted to Captain, and he's destined to be killed by the Spot according to Miguel.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The more muscular and tough police officer manly man to Mile's more compassionate and artistic sensitive guy.
- Sudden Name Change: Unlike in the comics, that Jefferson Took the Wife's Name between the first two movies isn't explained or remarked on. We just see the banner at his party is for "Captain Morales".
- This Is Gonna Suck: Played for Laughs. Much as he loves his wife, his reaction to seeing her about to start giving a speech is quiet horror, because Rio? Absolutely sucks at making toasts, and they both know it.
- Two First Names: Both "Jefferson" and "Davis" can also be used as given names.
- Unfortunate Names: Averted due to how he Took the Wife's Name - "Jefferson Davis" was the name of the president of the Confederate States of America, which is a remarkably unfortunate name for a black man to have. With that in mind, it's hard to blame him for taking his wife's surname.
Rio Morales
Rio Morales
Voiced By: Luna Lauren Velez Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse | Across the Spider-Verse
"Our family doesn't run from things, Miles."
Miles's mother. She seems to dote on her son and works at a hospital.
- Ascended Extra: While she has scenes in the first movie, she wasn’t as prominent a character as Miles or Jeff. In the sequel, she has much more screen time and her relationship with Miles is greatly fleshed out into one of the emotional cores of the movie.
- Almighty Mom: She can easily manage Jefferson with a stern look and a few gentle words. When he's about to go on a rant about how much he dislikes Spider-Man, Rio gives him a small "mi amor" and quietly ushers him out of Miles's room.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Not to the extent of her husband, but she still squishes Miles's cheeks and kisses them for too long on in public to his embarrassment.
- Berserk Button: Despite Miles getting A pluses in his other classes, Rio defends Miles when she hears he’s gotten an A in English, saying his teacher is a tough grader. Rio gets very cross with Miles when she learns he only has a B in Spanish class despite having been raised bilingual. And finding out he’s skipped 6 Spanish classes causes her to very calmly, and hilariously, tell him, “You’re dead.”
- Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: A doubly rare girlfriend blocking mom variant. While Jeff doesn’t approve of Miles relationship with Gwen either, to an arguably even greater degree, Rio is more proactive and vocal with her displeasure, inserting herself between the two when they’re trying to enjoy time alone. Among her concerns are the age difference with Rio thinking Gwen’s old enough to vote, doubting Gwen speaks Spanish, and being just as annoyed as Jeff when Gwen refers to them by their first names. Downplayed as after a heart-to-heart talk with Miles, she allows him to go after Gwen even though he’s still grounded.
- Doting Parent: She showers her son with kisses when he's about to head off to boarding school.
- Good Parents: Loves her son and worries about him. She quickly shoos her husband out of the room when Miles comes home distraught and sees that Jefferson isn't helping the situation.Rio: Miles, we gotta go.
Miles: In a minute.
Rio: Gotta go!
Miles: In a minute!
Miles: [being smushed by his mother's kisses] Mom, I gotta go!
Rio: [giddily stopping her kisses] Mmmmwah! In a minute! - Gratuitous Spanish: She mixes Spanish phrases and sentences into her speech often. In the Latin American Spanish dub of the first film, however, she speaks with a heavy Puerto Rican accent.
- Ironic Echo: When Miles is procrastinating on going to school, he says "In a minute!" When Miles gets embarrassed by Rio kissing him as he's heading out the door, she trolls him by saying "In a minute!"
- Limited Wardrobe: Wears a nurse uniform in all her scenes in the first movie, even at home. Across gives her more variety, however.
- The Maiden Name Debate: Like the comics, Rio keeps her surname while married to Jefferson.
- Mama Bear: Despite having arguments with Miles over his constant disappearances, Rio Morales truly does love her son and is distrustful towards Gwen due to this trope. The fact that Gwen is a year older than Miles probably wouldn't help her case.
- Misplaced Accent: Also overlapping with Inconsistent Dub in the Latin American Spanish dub of Across the Spider-Verse: For some unexplained reason, Rio speaks with a Cuban accent, while in the first film she did spoke with a Puerto Rican accent.note
- Motherly Side Plait: She wears her hair in a braid that's draped over her shoulder, fitting her characterization as a loving mother towards Miles.
- My Beloved Smother: She doesn’t want Miles going to college at Princeton because she considers New Jersey to be too far away from New York. There’s also her concerns about Miles’s relationship with Gwen. Rio does have valid reasons to be concerned given she knows Miles is keeping secrets from her and, to her credit, admits she’s protective because she still views him as her little boy that she doesn’t want to let go of but realizes she has to for his own good, just making him promise when he comes back home, he brings that same little boy back with him.
- Parents as People: She can be overprotective of Miles and not want him to grow up out of fear of losing her little boy, but she’s still presented very sympathetically and she admits to him it’s not fair to try to stop him from living his life and growing up.
- Speaking Like Totally Teen: In Across The Spider-Verse, when attempting to smooth things over with Miles after intruding on his moment with Gwen, she tries a little too hard.Rio: I, uh... hope I didn't "ice" your "game", man...
Miles: [wearily] No one my age says those words in that order, Mom.
Aaron Davis
Aaron Davis
"You know 'bout the shoulder touch?"
Voiced By: Mahershala Ali Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse
"Yo, I can't have no nephew of mine on the streets with no game!"
Miles' paternal uncle. A cheerful, easygoing sort who fondly encourages his nephew's artistic endeavors.
- Affably Evil: In spite of vague allusions by Jefferson to him being a criminal, he's one of the coolest and most chill guys you'd ever meet.
- The Casanova: Implied when he teaches Miles how to win over Gwanda with a simple hand on the shoulder and claims that it's a "proved science."
- Cool Uncle: To Miles, who loves to hang with him whenever he can. When Miles visits him after a stressful day at his new school, Aaron gives him some genuine girl advice, the two sharing a good laugh and a playful rib. Aaron can easily tell something is troubling Miles and brings him to an abandoned subway station to spray paint one of the walls, knowing that it'll make Miles feel better. Aaron also encourages Miles to not drift apart from Jefferson.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish one, to Jefferson's responsible one. According to Aaron, the two of them used to tag buildings in their youth, but then they became estranged after Jeff became a cop. And Jeff states that Aaron is into some shady activities.
- Genius Bruiser: He seems to work as a freelance engineer, going by his off-handily mention "engineering job" to Miles. Although we don't see him fight, Aaron does seem to be a practitioner in Muay Thai going by the training equipment in his apartment and is capable of parkour by jumping over the fence. This becomes a foreshadowing of his secret identity as the Prowler.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Mahershala Ali was one of the first voice actors cast for the film and his physical appearance so intrigued the character designers that much of his facial structure and physique ended up in the final character design.
- Likes Clark Kent, Hates Superman: Is a loving and supportive uncle to Miles, but is a dangerous enemy to Miles' Spider-Man persona as the Prowler. When he discovers that Miles is Spider-Man, his love for his nephew wins out.
- Parental Substitute: Miles seems to enjoy spending more time with Aaron than he does with his actual father. Aaron himself laments that he simply wanted Miles to be proud of him.
- Secret Identity: It's implied throughout the film that Aaron is some kind of criminal and is later revealed to be the Prowler, Kingpin's chief enforcer.
- Shared Family Quirks: He jokes that he knew he and Miles were related based on Miles trying to fence hop and falling, but still getting up as if nothing happened. On a darker example, his secret identity as the Prowler has him wearing a Badass Cape despite the obvious disadvantage it could have in a fight.
- Shipper on Deck: He encourages Miles to pursue Gwen (or Gwanda) when Miles tells him about her.
- Two First Names: "Aaron" and "Davis" can both be used as first names.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Taking Miles to the abandoned subway tracks leads to Miles getting bitten by the spider that will give him powers. This causes Miles to go back and investigate where he then witnesses Blond Peter's death. This then makes him a target for The Prowler whose dogged persistence in tracking him eventually leads to their rooftop confrontation and Aaron being shot to death by Kingpin when he decides not to kill Miles.
- "Well Done, Dad!" Guy: At the end, Aaron laments on how he wanted Miles to be proud of him.
Spider-Man I (Unmarked Spoilers)
Peter Parker / Spider-Man I
"Promise me you'll do this."
Voiced By: Chris Pine Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse
"The only thing standing between this city and oblivion... is me. There's only one Spider-Man. And you're looking at him."
The Spider-Man of Miles' universe, a beloved icon of New York City and wildly successful superhero. Unfortunately, his luck ran out when he was fatally injured trying to destroy the Super-Collider, forcing him to entrust the city's safety to Miles Morales.
- The Ace: Is meant to be as competent as possible according to
Word of God and is described by his alternate self as "perfect." - Adaptation Dye-Job: Peter Parker is usually depicted with brown hair and eyes. This version is blond-haired and blue-eyed.
- Adaptational Job Change: Zigzagged. While most versions of Peter Parker are traditionally photographers like this one, the Peter Parker of the original Ultimate Marvel universe, Miles's home universe, was the ''Daily Bugle's website designer.
- Age Lift: The events of the original Ultimate Peter's Comic Book Death happened while he was a teenager, whereas here, this Peter dies as an adult.
- Alternate Self: From the perspective of the alternate universe Peter Parker he's this. Peter B. Parker is rather surprised to find out that not only is he dead in this universe, but also blond.
- Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome: While technically the Spider-Man of the "main" universe, he serves as this to Peter B. Parker because he is able to maintain a healthy marriage and is implied to have made lots of money from licensing Spider-Man merchandise, becoming an outright celebrity in his universe. He is even able to maintain a Batcave-esque lair beneath Aunt May's house, where he has suits, vehicles, and gadgets for any kind of occasion. He's also this to every version of Peter Parker, being the best possibly version seen so due to having achieved so much within only a ten year career.
- Birds of a Feather: When he and Miles first meet and their Spider-Sense goes off at the same time, he immediately realizes that Miles is someone just like him, and is thrilled at the possibility of not being the only one.
- Boring, but Practical: Much of the Spider-Man merchandise in his universe is very basic, using his likeness for things like foodstuffs, comics, and costumes, most of which are generally safe investments that allowed him to amass a good amount of money.
- Broken Ace: There are small but notable hints that that he's cracking under the pressure that comes along with being Spider-Man. Halfway through “Spidey Bells,” he goes on a long meltdown over how much of a Sell-Out he has become and, during his fight in the movie, he notes “I am so tired” to himself with a weary tone that implies the entire superhero life is getting to him.
- The Cape: Portrayed as the "ideal" version of Spider-Man, right down to having his own secret hideout similar to the Fortress of Solitude and the Batcave.
- Celebrity Superhero: Peter has licensed his identity as Spider-Man much the same way the intellectual property has been used in real life, including comics, costumes, a Christmas album, and a "so-so popsicle".
- Composite Character: He combines the Peter Parker from Ultimate Marvel who was killed before Miles took over as Spider-Man, has some experiences of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man and the older modern day Peter who was married to Mary-Jane Watson. He is also blond like Ben Reily, only presumably a natural one.
- Creator Breakdown: Played for Laughs in his In-Universe Christmas single, "Spidey-Bells
". Midway during the song he begins questioning how he became such a Sell-Out and how the public only sees the perfect side of him... before segueing into the final joyous chorus. - Cruel and Unusual Death: He is smashed by a rage-filled Kingpin while pinned under debris and already critically wounded. He is struck by so much force, the floor beneath him cracks.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: He serves as this to the other versions of himself, except for the Peter of Gwen's universe who died after becoming the Lizard.
- Deadpan Snarker: Wouldn't be Spider-Man if he wasn't one. His final fight against the Green Goblin is full of quips. When Prowler attacks him, he sarcastically asks him "Are you mad at me? I feel like you're mad at me!" In fact, when he realises he is probably going to die, he stops quipping, indicating that something is seriously wrong.
- Deathly Unmasking: Just before delivering the killing blow to a near-dead Spider-Man early in the film, Kingpin unmasks him, exposing his secret identity.
- Decoy Protagonist: He starts off narrating the movie, and a portion of the first thirty minutes of the film involves him, but he ends up killed in action, setting up Miles's heroics later, and the alternate Peter's entrance in the plot.
- Defiant to the End: Shows no fear in the face of Kingpin even when he expects not to survive the encounter, and even tries to reason with him that his experiment won't bring his family back.
- Determinator: He doggedly continues to try and shut down the Super-Collider even when the odds are stacked against him with Kingpin aware of his presence and both the Green Goblin and Prowler working against him.
- Elaborate Underground Base: Has a Bat-Cave style base full of equipment, costumes and vehicles hidden underneath Aunt Mary's garden shed.
- Experienced Protagonist: He's been Spider-Man for ten years by the time the film takes place.
- Extreme Mêlée Revenge: He's killed by Kingpin delivering him a massive double-fisted punch to the chest.
- Face Death with Dignity: He never loses his cool, even in his final moments when he knows his death is imminent.
- Family-Unfriendly Death: Getting smashed to death surely is wickedly brutal for a PG-Rated film.
- Fiction 500: It's heavily implied that he got rich off of licensing deals for Spider-Man merchandise, using his resulting fortune to fund his crime-fighting career.
- Greater-Scope Paragon: He dies near the beginning of the film, and Miles's promise to him that he'd destroy the Super-Collider is one of his initial driving forces.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Compared to the more traditional brunette of his alternate selves, he is blond-haired and blue-eyed, and much nicer and more idealistic by comparison.
- Happily Married: Married to his universe's Mary Jane Watson at the time of death, with the two of them being obviously very close to one another and MJ still devoted to his memory.
- Hero of Another Story: He has had his own adventures as Spider-Man in the same dimension as Miles Morales.
- Homage: While clearly the best possible Spider-Man, he also invokes a nod to Batman, complete with a secret cave that stores high-tech gadgets and souvenirs, a huge assortment of Spider suits tailored to specific situations, an older parental figure who knows of their secret identity and actively helps out with the gadgets, and an instant willingness to take on a protege. He even has a song that is suspiciously similar to the Joker's.
- Hope Bringer: His widow notes that Spider-Man had the quality of making everyone believe that they had powers or could be special.
- Inciting Incident: Allegedly. Across the Spider-Verse implies that encountering Miles when the latter accidentally stumbled upon the supercollider in the midst of seeking the origins of his newfound powers became a Spanner in the Works as it led to Peter pulling a Heroic Sacrifice just to keep Miles and the override key he entrusted to the latter safe. Otherwise, he allegedly would have saved the day and survived the incident just fine.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Blue eyes to match his heroic, idealistic, Nice Guy personality.
- Leitmotif: His action theme begins with a dynamic percussion and soaring strings accompanied by rising brass instruments. It's played when he leaves Miles on the scaffold to do the amazing swing up to the roof of the Super-Collider note . Interestingly, this theme also plays when Miles first attempts to mimic Blond Peter's heroic action by jumping from a tall building which is quickly abandoned for a shorter building note . However, this version does not carry over to Miles.
- The Lost Lenore: For his wife, Mary Jane, as they had a close marriage and his death was devastating to her.
- Loved by All: He is highly beloved in his New York. Even the police and The Daily Bugle speak highly of him.
- Magnetic Hero: As opposed to Spider-Man's typical relationship with the public, this version of Spider-Man is a beloved icon, with the police's distaste for him seemingly toned down and even The Daily Bugle writing about how he's kept the city safe for years. Even in death he continues to inspire the citizens of New York.
- Mentor Archetype: Offers to teach Miles what he knows about being Spider-Man when he has the chance. Subverted in that he dies a few minutes later trying to shut down the Super-Collider.
- Mythology Gag: Seems to be one for Iron Spider-Man from Spider-Man: The Animated Series who was an alternate version of Spider-Man portrayed as being The Ace who never failed at whatever he tried to do while also doing much better than the main version financially and in his social life.
- Nice Guy: He doesn't have a lot of screen time, but it's enough to establish that he's every bit as heroic and idealistic as his comics counterpart.
- Old Shame: In-Universe. His Spider-Man 3 style dancing moment seems to be seen as this by him. He also doesn't seem to be overly fond of the Christmas album he performed either.
- The Paragon: Lord and Miller noted that this Peter was intended to be "as competent as possible" and fulfill the superheroic ideal to deliberately build up his tragic death and contrast him with the Older Peter who comes later.
- Sympathy for the Devil: When meeting Fisk, he expresses sympathy for his reasons for seeking out his family, insisting that they are gone and will not come back. Given what we know of Peter, it's likely that he feels guilty about the deaths of Vanessa and Richard even if it was an accident and not really his fault.
- Too Happy to Live: Blond Peter is an intentional inversion of the typical Spider-Man mythos. He's rich, happy, enjoys being Spider-Man, is beloved by the city and even highly regarded by The Daily Bugle. So, of course, such a well balanced character can't survive the first act.
- The Unmasking: After his demise, his secret identity is revealed to the public.
- Walking Spoiler: It's impossible to talk about the Peter of Miles' universe without mentioning his death.
- Worf Had the Flu: Between rounds with the Goblin and Prowler, Peter remarks he is "so tired," suggesting a less-exhausted Spidey could have won the fight.
- You Fight Like a Cow: While every member of the Spider-Gang gets funny moments, for the most part they remain focused on their mission instead of trading witty banter with baddies. The original Spidey of Miles's universe, on the other hand, spends all of his fights with Green Goblin and Prowler dishing out his trademark quips.
May Parker
May Parker
"Took you long enough!"
Voiced By: Lily Tomlin Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse | Across the Spider-Verse
The aunt of Peter Parker.
- Adaptational Badass: This version of May requests that Kingpin's men take the fight outside when they arrive there for Miles. When the fight breaks out between them and the Spider-Gang, she repeats her request much more firmly with a baseball bat to the midsection of Tombstone.Aunt May: I said: Take it outside!!
- Adaptational Intelligence: Much more tech-savvy than most other versions of Aunt May. She's smart enough to not only keep her nephew's lair operational and hidden after his death, but also builds Miles a pair of web shooters when he finally gains control over his abilities and decides to step up as the new Spider-Man.
- Alternate Self: Manages to be this from the perspective of the alternate Peter Parker. To him, she's a still-living version of his deceased aunt. To her, he's an older, less-fit version of her deceased nephew. Also to May Porker from Spider-Ham's reality, who appears briefly when he explains his origin.
- Badass Normal: When the supervillains arrive at Aunt May's house, she asks if they would mind taking it outside which is promptly ignored. After the collateral damage begins to rack up, Aunt May grabs a baseball bat and knocks Tombstone out the door onto the front yard.
- Batter Up!: Uses a baseball bat on Tombstone to reinforce her demand that they take the fight outside.
- The Cameo: Appears briefly in Across just to establish that she's now moved to Florida.
- Casting Gag: Lily Tomlin voicing a tech-savvy older woman who helps develop super-gadgets for a group of youngsters. Now that sounds familiar.
- Cool Old Lady: May is a kind, compassionate woman who can lay on the snark as well as her nephew, and knew all along about Peter's double life. She believed Miles would step up and take the mantle of Spider-Man and join the rest of the Spider-Gang because she built him webshooters for the climax and was waiting for him to return to Spider-Base. When her house is under attack by supervillains, she takes up a baseball bat and beats Tombstone with it.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: Her counterpart from Earth-616B is dead.
- Disappointed in You: She expresses this mildly on seeing Peter B. noting how old and tired he looks and the fact that he's wearing sweatpants.
- Never Mess with Granny: Aunt May might be old, she's not afraid to use a baseball bat.
- Nice Girl: She's always polite.
- Outliving One's Offspring: She raised Peter like a son, only for him to be killed courtesy of the Kingpin.
- Parental Substitute: Although not confirmed by what's shown in the film, the assumption is that Blond Peter's relationship with Aunt May is similar to their relationship in the other dimensions even though Aunt May also plays the role of Alfred to Blond Peter's Spider-Man.
- Put on a Bus: Miles reveals that she moved to Florida before the events of Across the Spider-Verse while recalling the events that happened during and after the first film.
- Secret-Keeper:
- She knows her nephew was Spider-Man and functions as Alfred to his Batman, housing his secret underground lair where he kept his costumes and equipment in her backyard. She is apparently aware of his investigations as she knew that Fisk was a villain and had prior knowledge of Olivia Octavius.
- By movie's end, she knows Miles is the city's new Spider-Man giving him her blessing to take up Blond Peter's mantle by supplying him with his costume and first web shooters that she built herself.
- Seen It All: Though initially a little taken aback when Miles, Gwen and especially the alternate Peter show up at her door, she overcomes that pretty quickly, mostly because they aren't the first or even the strangest alternate universe Spiders to have sought her out.
- Taking the Fight Outside: She asks everyone to take the fight out of her house after Fisk's thugs arrive in pursuit of Miles. Once the fight starts and the collateral damage accumulates, she uses a baseball bat to force Tombstone out.
- The Team Benefactor: Aunt May was shown to be "Alfred" to Blond Peter. She was aware of Blond Peter's double-life, harbors the "spider-cave" beneath her back yard, and knows how to make a custom set of web-shooters for Miles. Given that Blond Peter was rich from his commercial endorsements, it stands to reason that Aunt May has access to those funds and will help finance Miles as he continues to take on the mantle of Spider-Man on Earth 1610.
- Team Mom: She acts as the caretaker for the Spider-Gang when they seek shelter at her home.
- Unfazed Everyman: May's not at all concerned by the fact a bunch of supervillains are threatening her superpowered house guests. However she is concerned with the immense damage being done to her house.
Mary Jane Watson-Parker
Mary Jane Watson-Parker
Voiced By: Zoë Kravitz Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse
"We all have powers of our own, in one way or another. We are all Spider-Man. And we're all counting on you."
The wife of Peter Parker in Miles's home dimension.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: Mary Jane is known in comics for being a Green-Eyed Redhead, but here she has blue eyes (which is actually close to how she looked in her first appearance by John Romita Sr.).
- Age Lift: Much like Peter Parker of the Ultimate Spider-Man comics, Ultimate MJ was a teenager when the events that caused Miles to replace Ultimate Peter happen. Here, she's an adult.
- Alternate Self: She's this when viewed from the perspective of the alternate universe Peter B. She's the same person as his wife, and aside from the age difference, looks almost identical to her as well.
- Big Damn Kiss: She kisses Spider-Man while hanging upside down from a ladder, an inversion of their most famous moment in Spider-Man.
- Composite Character: In her 20s and married to Peter Parker like the 616 Mary Jane Watson was in the comics and also gets the tragedy of him dying leaving her to mourn his death like the Ultimate Mary Jane.
- Happily Married: Her and the Peter Parker of her universe, at least before his death.
- The Mourning After: She gives a eulogy speech at Peter's funeral, with the death hitting her extremely hard.
- Precious Photo: Peter kept a photo of her at his workstation in his spider lair.
- Secret-Keeper: She, of course, knew about her husband's double life as Spider-Man.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Unlike Aunt May - who’s mentioned by Miles to have moved to Florida during the Time Skip, it’s not revealed what happened to Mary Jane after the events of the first film.
Ben Parker
Ben Parker
Voiced By: Cliff Robertson Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse
The late, beloved uncle of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Miles's home dimension.
- Alternate Self: Peter B. and Noir also had Uncle Bens in their home dimensions (though the latter called him Uncle Benjamin), and like this one, they died and were the first person Spider-Man failed to save.
- Comes Great Responsibility: He teaches this wisdom to Peter in which he uses as inspiration to become Spider-Man.
- Composite Character: While Earth-1610B is otherwise based on the Ultimate Spider-Man universe, he has the voice and appearance of Uncle Ben from the Spider-Man Trilogy.
- Ink-Suit Actor: He's clearly modeled after the late Cliff Robertson, and through archive audio, is voiced by him as well.
- In Spite of a Nail: Every version of him in the multiverse died as part of his nephew's origin story.
- Killed Offscreen: How and why he died is obvious, but his death is never seen.
- Nephewism: Peter is his brother's son. What exactly happened to his brother and sister-in-law to leave Peter under his and May's care is not mentioned.
- Parental Substitute: He was essentially Peter's father figure.
- Posthumous Character: He's dead prior to the film's story.
- Stock Footage: Well, audio. His voice is directly taken from Spider-Man 2.
Ganke Lee
Ganke Lee
Voiced By: Peter Sohn
Appearances: Into the Spider-Versenote | Across the Spider-Verse
Miles's friend and roommate, who's also a fan of Spider-Man.
- Adaptational Curves: He's noticeably less fat than his comic counterpart. He's seen to be pretty muscular in fact in Across the Spider-Verse when we see him in a sleeveless shirt and shorts.
- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: In the comics him and Miles were already close friends, but in this version they meet for the first time at Brooklyn Visions Academy and don't become friends until the end of the film. The sequel also reveals that unlike his other counterparts that are generally excited to be Miles' sidekick, this Ganke wants absolutely nothing to do with Miles' Spider-Man adventures, preferring to just play video games.
- Advertised Extra: Is prominently featured in some of the trailers, but he only appears in a few scenes and doesn't even have a single line in the first film. He gets a speaking part in Across the Spider-Verse but is still a minor character.
- Asian and Nerdy: He is a student in a prestigious school and quite a Workaholic. He is also an avid Spider-Man fan and reads comic books and plays video games about him.
- Bystander Syndrome: As seen in Across the Spider-Verse, he wants no part in Miles' superhero antics. He explicitly does not want to be the "guy in the chair" and won't even call the police to where Miles strung up the Spot because he doesn't want it to become a recurring duty for him, much to Miles's annoyance.
- Demoted to Extra: Ganke's a big part of Miles's mythology, but he's relegated to a non-speaking role in Into the Spider-Verse and only appears twice in Across the Spider-verse (in which he also explicitly refuses to get involved in Miles' superhero antics). This is due to a combination of pacing issues and the writers being afraid that Ganke would be mistaken by less informed fans for a knock-off of Ned Leeds, whom he was composited with in the MCU. The similarities to Ned are lampshaded in Across, where Ganke outright says that he doesn't want to become Miles' "guy in the chair".note
- Handshake Substitute: Ganke and Miles fist bump after Miles reveals to him that he's Spider-Man, and as the sound effect above the bump says "Best Buds" it implies that Miles and Ganke's friendship will blossom like it does in the comics.
- Irony: He's seen reading a Spider-Man comic of the possibilities of different dimensions of other Spider-Men existing.
- Secret-Keeper: Ganke sees the unmasked Spider-Gang, including his roommate Miles, clinging to a wall in his room. He immediately passes out and they tuck him into bed. In the epilogue narrated by Miles, he shows that he unmasked himself to Ganke, revealing his secret identity rather than trying to pass it off as a dream. After May moves to Florida in the sequel, he becomes the only person around Miles to know he's Spider-Man.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: Wears glasses and attends a prestigious school.
- Suddenly Speaking: He has a small speaking role in the sequel, while he had no lines in the first film.
- Take That!: Explicitly avoids getting involved with Miles' crimefighting, stating that he doesn't want to become his guy in a chair.
- The Voiceless: Ganke can talk, but he has no lines during the first movie. Subverted in the second film where he finally talks.
Fisk Family (Unmarked Spoilers)
Vanessa Marianna Fisk and Richard Fisk
Vanessa voiced by: Lake Bell Foreign VAs
Richard voiced by: Unknown Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse
"Wilson? What are you doing?"
The deceased wife and son of Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin.
- Adaptational Heroism: While Vanessa in the comics disapproved of Wilson being a crime boss, she still stayed with him for some time. Here, Vanessa leaves Fisk immediately after finding out he's a criminal.
- Due to dying when still a child, Richard never becomes the criminal Rose in this continuity.
- Age Lift: Richard was an adult in the main 616 continuity, as well as most other versions. This incarnation is a child, much like his appearance in The Punisher MAX.
- Composite Character: Kingpin being led to investigate The Multiverse in search for alternate, alive versions of his family mirrors what 616-Miles Morales goes through in Spider-Men II with Fisk's family playing the part of Miles' beloved wife Barbara.
- Death by Adaptation: Compared to both of their 616 selves as they died earlier and given the story is set in a universe where Miles replaces a dead Peter, Vanessa's Ultimate self was merely in a coma.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: Inverted in their case; they are dead in the "main" universe, so Fisk wants to replace them with living alternate counterparts.
- Death of a Child: Richard died in the same accident which killed his mother and was only a child when it happened.
- Driver Faces Passenger: Vanessa is too focused on comforting Richard while fleeing from Fisk that she didn't even realize she drove into an oncoming car, which cost them both their lives.
- Hero-Worshipper: According to Wilson's monologue at the gala "honoring" Peter Parker, Richard Fisk loved Spider-Man. Given that the discovery of his father being a crime boss who fought Spider-Man leaves him stunned and upset, there's good chance that Fisk is being honest about that.
- Locked Out of the Loop: It seems like in this depiction, neither Vanessa nor Richard were aware of Fisk's identity as a ruthless crime lord and enemy of Spider-Man. They discover this when they walk in on Fisk during an attempt to kill Spider-Man years ago, and are so shocked at what they see that Vanessa takes Richard and immediately flees... only to drive into a collision which costs them both their lives.
- Morality Pet: They were enough of one each that when they discover Fisk's true nature, Fisk is horrified at what they saw him doing and immediately takes to pleading with them not to leave. When the Super-Collider starts folding universes on top of one another and Fisk starts seeing images of Vanessa and Richard from alternate realities, he begs for them to recognise him and not be afraid.
- Mythology Gag: One of the Alternate Universe versions of his son that get glimpsed at appears to be a young Matthew Murdock. One What If? story saw Wilson Fisk adopt Murdock after the death of his father.
- Posthumous Character: Both are long dead by the time the events of the film take place. However, in Spider-Man's lair, we briefly see an image of what appears to be The Rose, Richard Fisk's villainous alter-ego from the comics, which could be an intentional hint that Richard survived the crash.
- Replacement Goldfish: Invoked. Fisk is attempting to search The Multiverse for alternate still-living versions of them so that he can have his family back.
- Small Role, Big Impact: They are the entire reason the plot of the film kicks off. If they hadn't died, Fisk would never have commissioned the building of the Super-Collider, which would mean that the Peter Parker of his universe never would have tried to stop him due to the potential damage it could do to the world, Fisk never would have killed Parker, thus ensuring Miles's desire to live up to his legacy, and the other Spiders never would have been pulled from their realities.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: As seen in comparison to the photo, Vanessa is normally built and quite attractive compared to her massive, egg-shaped husband.
Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Voiced By: Stan Lee Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse
A costume shop owner.
- Ambiguous Situation:
- Stan tells Miles that he was friends with Peter after he died, and his photograph can be seen in Peter's lair which supports that idea. It's left unclear whether he knew Peter was Spider-Man however, or if he only found out after his death.
- The Spider-Verse films take place in the same multiverse as Sony's Spider-Man Universe, the Sam Raimi and Marc Webb Spider-Man films, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which all featured Stan Lee making a Creator Cameo. The latter even implied all his cameos were him as the same person known as the Watcher Informant, making it possible that this Stan Lee is the Informant travelling to a different universe. Alternatively Lee might simply be an Alternate Self of the Informant.
- The Cameo: Makes three appearances in Into the Spider-Verse: first he meets Miles when he buys a costume, later walks pass Miles and Peter B. while on his phone, and his photograph later appears in his Peter's lair.
- Creator Cameo: He's voiced, and modelled after, the creator of Spider-Man.
- Secret-Keeper: He might have known that Peter was Spider-Man before his death, which would make him this.
Miles' Contacts
William Braddock, Cindy Moon, EZ Ekiel, Jessica Drew, Karn, Monica Change, Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli, Rayshaun Lucas, Jason Reynolds
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse
A list of names that appeared in Miles' contact list on his phone.
- Adaptational Species Change: Karn in the comics was one of the Inheritors, but that is presumably just a nickname for a normal human that Miles knows.
- Adaptational Wimp: William, Cindy, EZ Ekiel and Jessica all have spider themed abilities in the comics, Karn is one of the semi-immortal vampires known as the Inheritors, Monica Change is a SHIELD agent, and Rayshaun Lucas is the superhero Patriot. Since they appear to be close to a teenager, they are presumably normal people and potentially around Miles' age.
- Alternate Self: Two of the names are Jessica Drew and Ez Ekiel, implied to be Ezekiel Sims. Versions of these characters appear in Across as members of the Spider-Society.
- The Cameo: Only appear as part of a Freeze-Frame Bonus.
- Creator Cameo: Sort of, but Bendis and Pichelli are the co-creator of Miles Morales. Meanwhile Jason Reynolds wrote the 2017 novel Miles Morales: Spider-Man.
Earth-616B
Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane Watson
Voiced By: Melissa Sturm Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Versenote | Across the Spider-Verse
"She wanted kids and... and it scared me. I'm pretty sure I broke her heart."
—Peter B. Parker
The wife of Peter B. Parker. The two were divorced for a time prior to the events of Into the Spider-Verse, but patched things up in the year since, and now have a daughter.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: She has blue eyes instead of green here just like Kirsten Dunst's portrayal of Mary Jane.
- Age Lift: Much like her universe's Peter, she would be at least in her late 30s by now (if the same age as her Peter, at least 38), making her the oldest depiction of Mary Jane outside of the Spider-Girl comics.
- Alternate Self:
- To the Mary Jane Watson of Miles's universe. Despite being older, the two women look almost identical and have lived similar life experiences to a point.
- Her Earth-18119 counterpart briefly appears as a member of the Spider-Society.
- Ambiguously Jewish: Either Peter was Jewish, he married her according to her customs, or they included a Jewish tradition for another reason.
- Deadpan Snarker: Just like her husband; during a conversation between them in Across the Spider-Verse, Peter wonders aloud if he's suited for fatherhood, prompting Mary Jane to quip "you're asking that now?", as he's asking himself that question about six months after their child was born.
- Happily Married: Double subverted. She and Peter B start off as a strong, married couple but over time their relationship became testy which was not helped by bad financial investments, Aunt May dying, and a mid-life crisis over his reluctance to have kids. This led to them divorcing. By the end of the film, he's determined to give their relationship another chance and not make the same mistakes he did earlier. It works; in Across the Spider-Verse, she and Peter are shown to have a great home life with their daughter Mayday.
- Identical Twin ID Tag: The main distinguishing factor between the Mary Janes of Earth-1610B and Earth-616B is that 1610B Mary Jane has orange hair while this Mary Jane has cherry red hair.
- Love Cannot Overcome: She loved Peter but he wasn't always there for her, and his fear of having children led to a depressive spiral that ended their marriage. However, the epilogue between the two implies that she still cares for him, and upon opening the door and seeing Peter with flowers her face shows a hopeful smile. By the time of Across the Spider-Verse, love has overcome after all and they are married again with a young daughter.
- One True Love: Although divorced, Peter still loves her and the feeling that he permanently messed it up factors into his decision to be the one to destroy the Super-Collider and remain stranded in Miles's universe. Miles stepping up as the new Spider-Man, allowing him to return safely, gives him the opportunity to go back and have another chance at a life with her.
- The Voiceless: She appears in Peter B.'s introductory montage and again when he returns to his universe but never says a word. Subverted in Across the Spider-Verse where she does have lines.
Earth-65B
Peter Parker / The Lizard
Peter Parker / The Lizard
Voiced By: Jack Quaid Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Versenote | Across the Spider-Verse
The Peter Parker from Gwen Stacy's reality, he became a creature known only as the Lizard and died during a battle with his friend.
- Accidental Suicide: While the first film implied that Gwen accidentally killed him by striking him too hard, the second film reveals that he effectively brought about his own end when the damage from him rampaging around as he fought Gwen causes the roof of their school gymnasium to cave in and crush him.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: A mild instance. While he was still willing in his desperation to take physical revenge on his bullies, Gwen possibly having a romantic relationship with Harry Osborn isn't included, and thus, unlike the comics, there are no hints that Peter may have felt "betrayed" by Harry dating Gwen when he himself still hadn't confessed his feelings.
- Alternate Self: A teenage Peter Parker who never became Spider-Man and instead turned himself into the Lizard before dying.
- Bullied into Depression: He was the frequent target of bullying from his universe's Ned Leeds. Because he was unable to defend himself and had to rely on Gwen to do so, he developed serious self-esteem issues that led him to create the Lizard Serum to get stronger, which ultimately resulted in his death.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: Like the Peter of Miles' universe, he is this to his counterparts.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference:
- In the first movie, he uses the same model as the other Peter Parkers, looking quite a bit older than Gwen. In the second movie, he still has the same general face and hairstyle as the other Peters, but he looks closer to Gwen's age and resembles the typical pre-spider bite design; he has a scrawny and gangly build and wears round glasses.
- The silhouette of his Lizard form is also much more humanoid in Into the Spider-Verse, while the more detailed flashback in Across the Spider-Verse depicts him as a much more animalistic, quadrupedal beast resembling a giant Komodo Dragon. This also re-contextualizes the tragedy of his battle with Gwen, as she had no reasonable way of knowing that he was even a person, let alone her best friend, and thus made no attempt to save him when the roof of their gymnasium collapsed on him.
- Face Death with Dignity: He's remarkably composed in his last moments, spending his last breaths trying to reassure a grief-stricken Gwen.
- Geek Physique: With Gwen being bitten by the radioactive spider and becoming the Spider-Woman of her universe instead of Peter, he retains the traditional, physically scrawny design of pre-bite Peter.
- I Just Want to Be Special: His motivation for drinking the serum that turned him into the Lizard. He envied Gwen's spider powers and wanted a taste of the same power to get back at his bullies.
- I Let Gwen Stacy Die: Or rather, Gwen Stacy let him die. His death is why Gwen is so closed off to people.
- Implied Love Interest: It is never made explicitly clear whether Peter and Gwen were in a relationship, with Captain Stacy posthumously referring to him as his daughter's best friend. However, they were extremely close and were even going to their high school prom together. Peter's death shut Gwen off from making any kind of friends until she met Miles, who she has similar vaguely romantic feelings for. This is somewhat akin to their actual relationship from the comics, albeit tweaked; Peter was romantically attracted to Gwen, whereas she saw him primarily as a close platonic friend and never came around to realizing he liked her well until his death.
- Like a Son to Me: George Stacy is very fond of him and he takes Peter's death quite personally. This is why he's hellbent on stopping Spider-Woman when he mistakenly believes that she's the one who killed Peter.
- Lizard Folk: In this universe, he drinks a serum that transforms him into a mindless lizard monster.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: His Lizard form in Across the Spider-Verse is essentially a giant Komodo Dragon with the skin of a green anaconda.
- Posthumous Character: He’s been dead for around two years before the start of Into the Spider-Verse.
- Secret Secret-Keeper: Gwen's flashback to his death has Peter call Spider-Woman "Gwen" to her face, revealing that he knew her secret identity mere moments before taking it to his grave.
- Self-Disposing Villain: As noted in Accidental Suicide, he caused his own demise by rampaging until the school gym's roof dropped on him.
- This Was His True Form: When the Lizard was fatally injured in his fight with Gwen, he reverted back into his original human form, at which point Gwen discovered, with horror, that the Lizard was not only a human, but her best friend Peter.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: He was a victim of bullying and envied Spider-Woman's strength, so he developed and took the serum that transformed him into the Lizard, causing him to attack his high school prom where he would have killed his bully if Gwen hadn't intervened. For bonus Woobie points, Across revealed that Gwen was meant to be his date for the night.
George Stacy
George Stacy
Click here to see George’s appearance in Into the Spider-Verse
Voiced By: Shea WhighamForeign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Versenote | Across the Spider-Verse
Gwen's father and a police captain leading the manhunt against Spider-Woman.
- Action Dad: He's a police officer so it's implied he is this, though his only appearance shows Gwen saving his life.
- Age Lift: He's a lot younger than he was in the comics.
- Alternate Self: He has a counterpart on Earth-50101B as Inspector Singh, who is of Indian descent and has a daughter who is the girlfriend of Spider-Man. The Captain Stacy of Earth-26496 also briefly appears as a hologram showing him dying in Spider-Man's arms.
- Ascended Extra: He appears only as a cameo in the first film but is given a lot more characterization and plays an important role in Gwen's character development in the second film.
- By-the-Book Cop: As Gwen says, a big part of why George became a police officer is because he knew if he didn't wear a badge, someone unworthy of it would. When he and Gwen meet again in the third act of Across the Spider-Verse, the only objection George can really raise to Gwen's vigilantism is that he raised her to do the right thing "by the book", though Gwen successfully argues that it's often not that simple.
- Doomed by Canon: Literally. As a police captain who's a close ally of a Spider-person, he's fated to die one way or another according to Miguel's perspective on "canon events". He almost died to a bullet in a flashback in the first film, and he's almost killed by a falling helicopter in the second. It's ultimately defied, however, as Gwen's decision to reveal her secret identity to her father affects him so much that he decides to quit the force, essentially 'changing' his supposedly inevitable fate.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He appears in Gwen's flashback in Into the Spider-Verse while he gets a speaking role in Across the Spider-Verse.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: His brief appearance during Gwen's flashback in Into the Spider-Verse depicts him as a middle-aged mustached man. In Across the Spider-Verse, he looks younger and fitter.
- Hero Antagonist: Even as he's out to arrest Spider-Woman for the supposed murder of Peter Parker, George is an honest cop, something his daughter acknowledges.
- Inspector Javert: George is utterly convinced that Spider-Woman murdered Peter Parker and leads a relentless manhunt for her, this is despite the constant and public exploits of her battling supervillains and saving lives, including his own on at least two separate occasions. Even after learning that he's been hunting down his own daughter this whole time he still initially tries to go through with arresting her, albeit with visible hesitation and pain.
- Internal Reformist: It's implied that he's one to the NYPD as Gwen reveals that he puts on his badge so that a Dirty Cop won't be able to.
- It's Personal: The Parkers were very close family friends, to the point of essentially being family. This fuels his vendetta against Spider-Woman, as his grief at losing Peter blinds him to any and all evidence that she didn't murder him in cold blood. It takes the equally personal revelation that he's been gunning after his own daughter this whole time to make him reevaluate.
- Likes Clark Kent, Hates Superman: He sees Spider-Woman as a fugitive whom he has been hunting relentlessly for years for the murder of Peter Parker, no matter how much good she seems to be doing. Of course, he has no clue that Spider-Woman is his daughter, whom he loves and cares for. When she's forced to unmask herself in front of him, it obviously results in an incredibly conflicted initial reaction, although he eventually accepts it after having several months to think about it (presumably in part because he knows there's no way his own daughter would have purposefully killed Peter).
- Mirror Character: He shares many parallels with Earth-1610B's Jefferson Davis. He and Jeff are both police officers and the fathers of their respective universe's Spidey. They both are also initially hostile to their children's alter ego due to believing that both Spideys had murdered people close to them. However while Jeff was able to quickly realize his mistake and made amends with Miles without finding out his true identity, it takes Gwen to unmask herself and go missing for months before George was finally able to let go of his grudge and reconcile with her, quitting the police force in the process.
- Officer O'Hara: He offhandedly mentions that he's Irish-American when Yuri asks him if he speaks Italian.
- Parents as People: His poor reaction to Gwen coming out as Spider-Woman is revealed to be a case of this, with him still going through the motions of arresting her over her desperate attempts to reason with him and even recoiling in fear when she tries to physically reach out. It's implied that in the shock and stress of the moment he defaulted to trying to deal with the situation by simply being a cop, as he couldn't handle processing the full ramifications of Gwen being Spider-Woman, since after being given a long time alone to process everything, he performs an about-face and quits the force after deciding that he can't turn on his daughter, and further doesn't flinch from Gwen even when she fires her webbing at him.
- Small Role, Big Impact: George Stacy has maybe a few minutes at most in Across the Spider-Verse but him quitting the police force due to his conflicting feelings towards Gwen's Secret Identity reveal and his duty is what proves to be the biggest proof to Gwen that you can Screw Destiny and alter canon events for the better in spite of Miguel's proclamations, which convinces Gwen to help Miles save his dad.
- Take a Third Option: He cannot reconcile his duty as a cop with Spider-Woman's extra-legal activities, even after she comes clean and reveals herself to be his daughter. When they meet again in the third act, he's presented with the ultimatum to let her go or to arrest her. He reveals that he already quit being a police officer entirely, in order to support his daughter without conflicting duties.
- To Be Lawful or Good: His moral dilemma once he finds out that his daughter is the Spider-Woman he's been chasing after all along. He initially chooses to be lawful and decides to bring Gwen in, but is stopped by Miguel and Jessica before he does so. By the time Gwen returns to her universe, enough time has passed for George to reconsider his choices and deciding to quit the force entirely, and he and Gwen finally reconcile with each other.
- Two First Names: "George" and "Stacy" are both common first names.
- Ungrateful Bastard: He's convinced Spider-Woman is a coldblooded murderer, despite her clearly working to protect people and saving his life twice. To be fair, the matter is complicated by the fact that one of the supervillains she seemingly killed was his family friend Peter Parker, and he doesn't seem to realize that it was an accident. He gets over it after Gwen runs away.
- The Voiceless: He has no lines in the first movie. Subverted in the second movie where he has dialogue and is an important part of Gwen's story.
Yuriko Watanabe
Yuriko 'Yuri' Watanabe
Voiced By: Atsuko Okatsuka
Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse
A police lieutenant who's the Number Two to Earth-65B's Captain George Stacy.
- Number Two: She reports directly to Captain George Stacy and is almost always seen with him in the brief time she appears during the Reinassance Vulture's rampage.
- Seen It All: When asked by George how the Vulture — with his massive wings and fancy costume — could get into the Guggenheim Museum without anyone noticing, she just shrugs and says it's New York City. She also doesn't seem very fazed when she got webbed to a police cruiser by Spider-Woman when she arrives on the scene.
Ned Leeds
Ned Leeds
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse
Peter Parker's high school bully.
- Age Lift: He's a teenager here while his comic self was an adult.
- The Bully: Established to be Peter's high school bully who'd frequently physically assault him until Gwen interposed herself between him and his victim.
- Composite Character: With Flash Thompson.
- Mugging the Monster: Twofold.
- Whenever he started pushing Peter around, Gwen would often show up to stand up to Ned and defend Peter. Given that she's a Spider-Person strong enough to hurl cargo containers several dozen meters and smash concrete into rubble with her bare hands it was only her self-restraint stopping her from putting him in a hospital.
- Peter himself may not be physically imposing in this universe, but he's still a Teen Genius and when Ned eventually managed to push him too far he ended up creating the Lizard Serum which transformed him into a giant monster that promptly zeroed in on Ned with the intent to rip him apart.
May and Ben Parker
May and Ben Parker
Voiced By: Elizabeth Parkins (May), N/A (Ben)
Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse
Peter Parker's aunt and uncle.
- Alternate Self:
- Another version of May, with her counterpart on Earth-1610B and Maya Prabhakar from Earth-50101B also appearing in ''Across'.
- Another version of Ben with the distinction of being the only one seen still living
- In Spite of a Nail: Both this May and her Earth-1610B self have outlived their nephews.
The Mary Janes
Em Jay Watson, Glory Grant and Betty Brant
Voiced By: Ayo Edebiri (Glory), Nicole Delaney (Em Jay), and Antonia Lentini (Betty)
Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse
A band that Gwen temporarily joins before quitting.
- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: Her close friends and bandmates in the comic, while Gwen appears to have only recently tried forming a band with them in the film. Though they can be seen greeting her in a friendly manner during her prom night flashback, implying that she was still friends with them in this universe as well, albeit with a strained relationship in the wake of Peter's death.
- Alternate Self: Em Jay is a teenage version of the Mary Jane from Earth-616B who also appears in Across.
- The Cameo: Appear in only a couple scenes of the prologue.
Earth-8311B
May Porker
May Porker
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse
An alternate version of aunt May as a pig from a World of Funny Animals.
- Alternate Self: To the May Parker of the main universe and their Dead Alternate Counterpart from Peter B. Parker's dimension.
- The Cameo: Only appears briefly when Spider-Ham explains his origin, and isn't even identified as his adopted aunt.
- The Voiceless: Has no lines.
Earth-67
J. Jonah Jameson
For tropes related to his original appearance in Spider-Man (1967), see here
J. Jonah Jameson
Voiced By: Adam Brown Foreign VAs
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse
The editor-in-chief of The Daily Bugle in Earth-67 who is skeptical of Spider-Man.
- Creator Cameo: His voice actor happens to be the film's Associate Production Manager. For quite a long time, it was believed that he had been voiced by Stan Lee himself before one of the film's writers publicly corrected this.
- Good Hair, Evil Hair: He spouts a Hitler-toothbrush mustache, and he's quick to accuse Spider-Man of pointing first.note
- Mathematician's Answer: When the police officer asks Jameson which of the two Spider-Men pointed first, Jameson replies "Spider-Man, obviously!"
- The Resenter: He despises Spider-Man for whatever reason.
Earth-50101B
Maya Prabhakar
Maya Prabhakar
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse
The aunt of Pavitr Prabhakar, who protects Mumbattan as Spider-Man.
- Alternate Self: She's an Indian version of May Parker, with her Earth-1610B counterpart making a small cameo in Across.
- The Cameo: Appears briefly when Pavitr explains his backstory.
- The Voiceless: Has no lines of dialogue.
Gayatri Singh
Gayatri Singh
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse
The girlfriend of Pavitr Prabhakar and the daughter of the Mumbattan Police Inspector.
- Alternate Self: She's pretty much the Gwen Stacy of Pavitr Prabhakar's universe, albeit she's of Indian descent rather than Caucasian and is brunette instead of blonde. It's unclear whether the Gwen of Earth-65B is aware of this or not, though she does seem to recognise that Inspector Singh is an equivalent to her father as a police captain in Spider-Man's life.
- Canon Foreigner: Gwen Stacy didn't have an Indian counterpart in the Spider-Man: India comics. Pavitr's Love Interest and eventual girlfriend was an alternate version of Mary Jane, named Meera Jain.
- Head-Turning Beauty: She's a pretty young lady and is even featured on numerous billboards across Mumbattan, suggesting that she's quite a popular figure.
- Locked Out of the Loop: She's unaware that she's dating Spider-Man.
Inspector Singh
Inspector Singh
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse
Gayatri Singh's father and the police inspector of Mumbattan.
- Alternate Self: An equivalent of Captain George Stacy in his universe, with his Earth-65B counterpart also appearing in Across. He even has a daughter who is Spider-Man's girlfriend. It's unclear whether the Gwen of Earth-65B is aware of this or not, though she does seem to recognise that he is an equivalent to her father as a police captain in Spider-Man's life. The Captain Stacy of Earth-26496 also briefly appears as a hologram showing him dying in Spider-Man's arms.
- Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: Implied. During Spider-Man India's introduction scene, Pavitr is shown flirting with Gayatri, only for her father to walk up behind them with a stern look, causing the two of them to immediately part and pretend that they don't know each other.
- Canon Foreigner: George Stacy didn't have an Indian equivalent in the Spider-Man: India comics.
- Doomed by Canon: He tries to save a kid from the debris of the Alchemax building on a bridge, which would have ended with him killed as a "canon event" of Pavitr Prabhakar's universe. Thankfully, he's saved by Miles's intervention, though this ends up causing a dimensional rift that threatens Mumbattan, forcing the Spider-Force to arrive and try to contain the damages.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He shows no hesitation running head first toward a hail storm of debris in order to save a small child, an act that would have cost him his life if Miles hadn't intervened.
- Not His Sled: In-universe. He was supposed to die protecting a small child from a collapsing building, but because Miles was there to save both of them, when he shouldn't have been, he was able to survive his destined death.
- The Stoic: After Miles saves his life, having seen Spider-Man India saving his daughter, he gives the latter a firm handshake and a short, terse thanks, which according to his daughter is a shocking display of affection for him.Gayatri: I've never seen him so emotional!
Earth-42
Warning: Due to the nature of this dimension and its inhabitants, all spoilers are unmarked! Rio Morales
Rio Morales
Voiced By: Luna Lauren Velez Foreign VAs
Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse
"Who's Spider-Man?"
Miles's mother.
- Five-Second Foreshadowing: If one were to take a closer look at her eye color before the The Reveal, then it serves as a glaring clue that Miles had landed in the wrong universe. Even then, the fact that Rio mentions "Comic-Con" and knows what it is, compared to Miles' confusion about the event in the first movie (and still does in Across), which should also extend to everyone else, should raise a flag.
- In Spite of a Nail: Except for eye color, she's overall the same physically as the main Rio.
- Locked Out of the Loop: It's implied that she's not aware of her son being the Prowler and an accomplice to her brother-in-law's crimes.
- The Maiden Name Debate: Like the comics, Rio keeps her surname while married to Jefferson.
- Relative Button: Her husband's death still weighs heavily on her mind to the point that Miles (who has yet to realize that he's in the wrong universe) repeatedly mentioning Jefferson causes Rio to go from a lightheartedly confused "I'm okay" and concerned "Miles..." to a more tense and serious "Miles, please. I have you to look after, I have me to look after".
- Small Role, Big Impact: Her appearance's only purpose is to make the main Miles realize he landed in the wrong universe.
- Struggling Single Mother: Her brief scene has Aaron loaning her money while Rio talks about taking extra shifts, implying that she's struggling financially since her husband's death.
- Walking Spoiler: Discussing her would spoil the Twist Ending of Across the Spider-Verse.
Jefferson Morales
Jefferson Morales
Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse
Miles's late father. Much like the main version, he's a police officer.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: He's the Jeff Davis of Earth-42, who died fighting crime.
- Death by Origin Story: It's heavily implied that his death is what started Miles' path to becoming The Prowler of his universe.
- Disappeared Dad: He was Earth-42 Miles' late father.
- In Spite of a Nail: A police officer like his Earth-1610B counterpart.
- Posthumous Character: He's long dead by the time the main Miles arrives on Earth-42.
- Walking Spoiler: Discussing about him would spoil the Twist Ending of Across the Spider-Verse.
The Spider
The Spider
Appearances: Into the Spider-Verse | Across the Spider-Verse
The spider whose bite gives Miles his powers.
- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Its default coloration is glowing neon blue with orange highlights. Additionally, it can shift its coloration to that of whatever surface it's standing on.
- Chameleon Camouflage: One of its abilities is to adopt the color of whatever surface it's on.
- Foreshadowing:
- It has "ALCHEMAX 42" printed on the underside of its abdomen, hinting at which universe it's originally from.
- As it approaches Miles, it visibly glitches out. Native inhabitants of a dimension do not suffer from glitches, but unprotected travelers from another dimension do.
- Sentient Phlebotinum: Like basically all versions of the source of a Spider-Person's powers, it's a living genetic anomaly whose bite can transfer unique spider-like abilities to the bitee.
- Small Role, Big Impact: As the origin of Spider-Man (specifically for Miles Morales) despite being but a humble spider, this is par for the course. However, this specific spider's anomalous nature has major ramifications on Miles's nature in Across the Spider-Verse, making it even more impactful than any other spider.
- Undignified Death: Miles casually slaps the spider after it bites him (and thus turns him into Spider-Man), with all the gravitas of slapping any regular bug.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Had this spider bit the Miles Morales of its world like it was supposed to, then Earth-1610B's Peter Parker would still be alive, and Earth-42 wouldn't have been the Crapsack World as it is today.
- Walking Spoiler: Expansions on its true nature in Across the Spider-Verse make it near-impossible to discuss without spoiling the movie's Twist Ending.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Miles kills it immediately after it bites him.
Unknown Earths
Alternate Nueva York
Alternate Nueva York
Appearances: Across the Spider-Verse
A Nueva York home to a Miguel O'Hara who had a family. After his death, Earth-928's Miguel O'Hara took his place. However, this allegedly resulted in the destruction of the entire dimension.
- Ambiguous Situation: Miguel believes this dimension was destroyed because him taking the place of its deceased Miguel violated a Canon Event. However, the manner of the world's destruction is unlike how Mumbattan was nearly destroyed. Additionally, there are universes, namely Earth-1610B and Earth-42, that have significant deviations from "canon" and are still standing, leaving it in the air why exactly this Earth was erased.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: The Miguel O'Hara of this universe died trying to stop a robbery. Apparently, in this world, he wasn't Spider-Man, as he was in plain clothes when he died.
- Expendable Alternate Universe: An entire dimension is wiped as an example of what happens when you violate a Canon Event.
- Gender Flip: Within the comics, Miguel has a son with Tempest Monroe named Gabri O'Hara. Within this universe however, this character has their gender switched as Gabrielle O'Hara.
- I Let Gwen Stacy Die: The entire dimension is this to Miguel. By taking the place of his dead alternate counterpart, he apparently violated a Canon Event, resulting in the entire dimension destablizing.
- Missing Mom: This world's Miguel O'Hara had a family; however, only the daughter is seen.
- No Name Given: The universe is not given a designation.
- Too Happy to Live: This world's Miguel O'Hara had a much better life than the one who became Spider-Man and was a loving father to his daughter. Of course, nothing really stays good for long in the Marvel Multiverse, so he was shot by a robber one night and died in the street.
