Ultimate Spider-Man/Characters

Character sheet for the ever-expanding, colorful cast of Spider-Man's ultimate reincarnation.

Needs a few more images.

Peter Benjamin Parker/Spider-Man


Bitten by a genetically-enhanced spider and given powers as a result, Peter went on to utilize his new abilities as a show wrestler. After letting a burglar escape in a moment of spite, eventually resulting in the death of his beloved uncle Ben, Peter took a vow to use his powers to protect and defend the innocent as Spider-man.

The Ultimate version of Peter Parker is a still growing young teenager, unlike his current 616 counterpart, facing many of the mainstream version's foes while still in high-school. As a result, he is smaller and weaker than 616-Peter, but stands out in the Marvel Universe for his good (if naive) heart and pure intentions, as well as his utter determination to do the right thing.

Tropes:
"Teacher: Excuse me, Mr. Parker where are you going?
 * Adorkable
 * Alliterative Name
 * Always Save the Girl
 * Animal Motifs
 * Anti-Hero: In general Spidey's attitude and difficulties with authority make him come off as a Type I or Type II anti-hero, but when the chips are really down, his selflessness and sheer heroism are quite possibly second to none. He stands out in a world of Darker and Edgier heroes and villains categorically stating that Good Is Dumb as one of the few purely heroic characters, despite his superficially negative qualities.
 * The Atoner
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Berserk Button: Outside of messing with his family, the thing that really ticks Peter off is when you're an authority figure who tries to withhold information from him.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: You DO NOT want to threaten his loved ones. The results will not be good for you.
 * Big Damn Heroes
 * Breakout Character: To explain, Ultimate Spider-Man was originally just suppose to be a Mini-Series; a modern reinterpretation of the Spider-Man Origin. Similar to Spider Girl, sales were so phenominal that Marvel decided to create an entire new universe. For while as well, sales of Ultimate Spider-Man completely eclipsed the sales of Amazing Spider-Man (the actual Flagship Title.)
 * Brilliant but Lazy: Summed up perfectly here.

Peter Parker: Bathroom.

Teacher: You sit down right this--

Peter Parker: Or what? You'll fail me? I could teach this class."


 * Brooklyn Rage: The quintessential New York superhero.
 * Butt Monkey
 * Building Swing
 * Car Fu:
 * Clark Kenting: Absolutely averted. Just about every major villain in his rogue gallery learns who he is at some point in the story. Nearly everyone in his supporting cast (save for Flash Thompson) learns as well.
 * Clueless Chick Magnet
 * Comes Great Responsibility
 * Cursed With Awesome
 * Deadpan Snarker: And how.
 * Deconstruction: Shares this aspect with the original's early days. Ultimate Pete learns a lot about the realities of being a teen hero, especially when Government-sponsored heroes are nearby and could easily track him down.
 * Determinator
 * Dork Knight
 * Doom Magnet
 * Dude, Where's My Respect?: Are you kidding? He's arguably Marvel's definitive example of this trope.
 * Expressive Mask
 * Failure Hero: Can happen a lot.
 * Fire-Forged Friends: With most of the other teenage superheroes.
 * Genius Bruiser:
 * Hero With Bad Publicity: Until.
 * Hollywood Dateless: Averted - If you were to pick up a random issue of the series, chances are Peter will have a girlfriend.
 * Hot-Blooded: Peter, when stressed out or angry, tends to act extremely impulsively.
 * Lightning Bruiser: Less so than the mainstream version, but he's just as agile and can still hit like a truck.
 * The Messiah: Arguably of the Ultimate Marvel Universe. In a world full of anti-heroes and Heroic Neutrals, Spider-Man is perhaps the only hero who does good for the sake of good. This gets lampshaded during Ultimatum and outright confirmed in Ultimate Fallout.
 * Motor Mouth: Doesn't pause his mid-fight quipping to breathe.
 * Nerds Are Sexy: He's quite the Chick Magnet considering he's a complete dork.
 * Ordinary High School Student
 * Parental Abandonment: Leaving him with Ben and May. Interestingly, we're given conflicting accounts of how it happened; either Mary & Richard died when Peter was a baby, or in a plane crash with Eddie Brock's parents when Peter was a boy. Marvel Wikia maintains that the latter is just a cover, though the video game treated that supposed cover story as real and used it as a plot point.
 * Sad Clown
 * Superpower Lottery
 * All Webbed Up: Spiderwebs make a return, of course, though he doesn't get to be quite as creative with them as the 616 version.
 * Healing Factor
 * Made of Iron: He has been electrocuted and thrown off a building on one occasion, and being good to fight soon after.
 * Spider Sense: Notably less effective than the 616 version, though still very serviceable in a fight.
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Speed
 * Super Strength: Though he is smaller and weaker than his 616 counterpart, with most estimates putting him as only half as strong.
 * Superhuman Agility and Dexterity
 * Wall Crawl
 * Teen Genius:
 * Tranquil Fury
 * Trickster Archetype: Especially with the Kingpin.
 * True Companions: By the time of The Death of Spider-Man, Peter has built up a small circle of Secret Keepers and fellow teen heroes that qualify as this.
 * Unlucky Everydude
 * Unpopular Popular Character: In Universe example. Spider-Man is almost consistently feared and distrusted by the masses..
 * Same with Peter Parker. For much of the series, he literally has no friends.
 * Vindicated By History: Zig-zagged In Universe, but Spider-man is eventually consistently well-liked
 * Would Hit a Girl
 * Yiddish As a Second Language: Here moreso than other versions.
 * You Fight Like a Cow: The master of this trope.
 * Same with Peter Parker. For much of the series, he literally has no friends.
 * Vindicated By History: Zig-zagged In Universe, but Spider-man is eventually consistently well-liked
 * Would Hit a Girl
 * Yiddish As a Second Language: Here moreso than other versions.
 * You Fight Like a Cow: The master of this trope.

May Parker



 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Granny Classic: She has the looks, but unlike her mainstream counterpart is tech savvy.
 * Mama Bear: She busted a cap in Electro's ass.
 * Never Mess With Auntie
 * Parental Substitute: For Peter, and later Gwen Stacy, Johnny Storm, and Bobby Drake as well.

Mary Jane Watson/Demogoblin



 * Composite Character: She has shades of both 616!Mary Jane and 616!Gwen Stacy's personalities. Norman Osborn even threw her over a bridge at one point.
 * Meganekko: At times.
 * Secret Keeper: She finds out Peter is Spider-Man early in the series.
 * She Cleans Up Nicely
 * Super-Powered Evil Side: After being pumped full of OZ by one of the Spider-Man clones.

Harry Osborn/The Hobgoblin



 * Hulking Out
 * Killed Off for Real: By his own father.
 * Odd Friendship: Peter helps him with his homework; Harry keeps Flash Thomson off his back.
 * Playing With Fire
 * Wreathed in Flames
 * Super-Powered Evil Side
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy

Kenny "King Kong" McFarlane



 * Acrofatic: Enough to body slam an FBI agent who was about to arrest his girlfriend.
 * The Dragon: To Flash initially, until he realizes who Spider-Man really is.
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Is dating Kitty Pride, and while he's not tall, he's bulky.
 * Original Generation: granting his Canon Immigrant status in The Spectacular Spider Man.

Fred "Flash" Thompson



 * The Bully
 * Bullying a Dragon
 * Jerk Jock: As usual, and unlike the mainstream Flash Thompson, he doesn't really care about Spider-Man.

Liz Allan



 * Boomerang Bigot
 * Ms. Fanservice: see the image.
 * Playing With Fire: Is the Ultimate version of Firestar.

Gwen Stacy



 * Axes At School
 * Broken Bird
 * Cool Big Sister:
 * New Transfer Student
 * Shipper On Deck
 * New Transfer Student
 * Shipper On Deck
 * New Transfer Student
 * Shipper On Deck

Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat/The Shroud



 * All-Encompassing Mantle
 * All the Other Reindeer: Is discriminated against by many of the other students for being a mutant.
 * Author Appeal: For Brian Bendis.
 * Intangible Woman: Acquired post-Ultimatum.
 * In the Hood
 * Megaton Punch She can also ramp up her density enough to deck Spider-Man with one.
 * Nerds Are Sexy
 * Romantic False Lead: Dates Spider-Man before settling with Kenny.
 * Violently Protective Girlfriend

Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman


A female clone of Peter Parker, Jessica Drew was the only clone to survive the Clone Saga, and occasionally teams up with her "big brother". She is apparently dating Johnny Storm, but Johnny himself made that proclamation and nothing has come of it since. After, she joined S.H.I.E.L.D, and was tasked with showing Miles Morales the ropes.

Tropes:

 * Action Girl
 * Berserk Button: Wearing a replica of Peter's costume really was in bad taste, Miles.
 * Opposite Sex Clone: Of Peter Parker.
 * Clone Team: With the original Spider-Man.
 * Brother-Sister Team
 * Dynamic Entry: How she "introduces" herself to Miles.
 * Secret Agent
 * Ship Tease: With Johnny Storm, much to Peter's disgust.
 * Superpower Lottery: Same as Peter's, with a few differences.
 * All Webbed Up: She shoots them from her fingertips rather than her wrists.
 * Healing Factor
 * Made of Iron:
 * Spider Sense:
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Speed
 * Super Strength
 * Superhuman Agility and Dexterity
 * Wall Crawl

Volume 3 *Spoilers Within*
Characters within are principally introduced in the third volume of the series, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Volume 2.

Unmarked spoilers from the first two volumes from here on out.

Miles Morales/Spider-Man II


Bitten by another genetically-enhanced spider, 13-year-old Miles was given powers similar to Peter before him, to his dismay. The death of Spider-Man, soon publicly revealed to be the young Peter Parker, shocked Morales out of apathy. Morales convinced himself that acting earlier and revealing himself as an ally to Peter could have spared New York's hero. Finding the will to act, Morales dons a makeshift suit to help fill in the void Spidey left.

Miles Morales is the principal protagonist after Peter Parker's death.

Tropes:

 * Ascended Fanboy: Averted and possibly Inverted. He didn't seem to know much about Spider-Man before he got his powers. Even then, the only things he saw worth mentioning were the parts where Spidey was beaten up and thrown around.
 * And Now for Someone Completely Different
 * Blue Oni: Thematically, to Peter. Where Peter was hot-headed and a bit of a spazz in addition to being courageous and outspoken in his values, Miles is fearful, worrisome, and more terse and to the point when dealing with villains and disaster.
 * Character Tic: He has an amusing habit of using his Venom Strike by poking his foe with two fingers. Particularly when it gets dramatic action shots which make it look like he's about land a grievous blow before switching to a delicate two fingered Venom poke at the last second.
 * Chaste Hero: He's surprised by Ganke's sudden interest in the opposite sex. Miles is only 13, of course, an age where chastity isn't entirely uncommon.
 * Child Prodigy: He's a gifted student, at any rate, but it's the more realistic kind (compared to, say, young Mr. Fantastic)
 * Combat Pragmatist: He's not above stunning someone and then hitting them when they're down. The whole concept of his Venom Strike and invisibility powers lends itself to this, as he frequently begins and end battles by hopping up to enemies and letting loose, and he has no problem sneaking up to enemies and clocking them from behind.
 * Constantly Curious: He gets curious in the middle of pitched battles. Electro trying to fry him didn't even put a damper on it.
 * Conveniently an Orphan: Averted. Unlike Peter, who was set apart by his tragedies, Miles is a little bit more relate-able to the audience because he actually has parents who are still involved in his life. See also Reconstruction below.
 * Cowardly Lion: Miles gets frightened easily and tends to worry or focus on the negative. Nevertheless, when he's needed, he'll jump right into the superheroics, if only to vomit his guts out in terror afterwards.
 * David And Goliath: Playing David, obviously, to Goliath in most his fights: the Kangaroo, Omega Red, and especially The Scorpion.
 * Deadpan Snarker: More deadpan than Peter, but he's not as much of a motor mouth.
 * Dork Knight: Arguably more so than Peter.
 * The Fettered: The mainstream and ultimate versions of Peter Parker have to consciously hold back or risk killing people outright. Miles, however, instinctively holds back, allowing himself to be thrown around by unprepared Badass Normals, for example. This is best seen in an early fight with the Kangaroo, where he takes hits up to and including a car to the face unfazed, and yet could barely damage Kangaroo without his venom strike.
 * Genre Blind: Poor Miles doesn't get how desensitized most New Yorkers are to superheroes.
 * How Do I Shot Web?: He barely knows what he's doing, to start with. When testing his powers, he realizes that he's still very susceptible to vertigo and high altitude winds. As he clings to the outside of one of the top floors of a skyscraper/apartment complex.
 * I Let Peter Parker Die: The main reason why Miles decide to become Spidey is because he feels partly responsible for Peter's death since he wasn't there to help him.
 * Innocent Prodigy
 * Kid Hero: 13 years old--two years younger than Peter when he got his powers--and a lot smaller. When incarcerated by The Ultimates, Nick Fury instinctively holds his hand while escorting him around the premises.
 * Legacy Character: More so than most.
 * Loves My Alter Ego: Inverted. Miles is a bit upset that his dad hates Spider-Man or the new Spider-Man because his dad isn't too trusting of mutants after what happened in Ultimatum. Mom is a fan, however.
 * Motor Mouth: He has a habit of spouting walls of text in between panels, usually indicating less than a second going by.
 * Nerves of Steel: The very first time he does anything in costume, he gets surprised, beaten up, and thrown around by a villain a lot bigger than him. While Miles' is still amateurish regarding heroics, he never once loses his composure. Keeping in mind that Miles almost always avoids confrontation and is in general a timid mess.
 * His reaction to being completely immobilized and surrounded by hostile cops? To sit down, take a load off.
 * Miles is virtually immune to pain, as he consistently takes massive blows before popping right back up to fight again.
 * Not So Stoic: The Prowler is eventually able to incite him to anger, at which time Miles is borderline deranged with fury.
 * Personality Powers: He's withdrawn and timid, complemented by a camouflage ability.
 * Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He's absolutely tiny. Peter was already probably one of the more petite superheroes in the area, and Miles is even smaller than that.
 * Reconstruction: Of The Paragon and Legacy Character. A more thorough one than the Spider-Man series intended to be. Unlike Peter, Miles dons the suit because he feels like it is his fault that Peter, someone he has never met and wasn't ever close to, died while Peter dons the suit because his father figure was killed indirectly because of him. Miles wasn't motivated by dead parents or a tragic past, he was inspired by Peter's example to do something selfless. Miles is an example of how a superhero can do good by becoming a symbol, and not just by punching villains in the face.
 * Refused the Call --> You Can't Fight Fate: Miles was adamant about not becoming a superhero after gaining powers. And then Peter died.
 * Superpower Lottery: He has a few more powers than the original, but the classic web-shooters haven't shown up.
 * Healing Factor
 * Made of Iron: Getting smashed through walls and glass does nothing to him. The only thing that even fazes him is Scorpion punching him really hard in the face, and that just makes him dizzy.
 * Spider Sense: According to Bendis, Miles' Spider-Sense is weaker than Peter's, registering only as a buzz.
 * He might have, however, had a prophetic dream, which the mainline Peter Parker also had as part of his version of the Spider Sense, and his evil-clone Kaine had as part of his amplified Spider Sense.
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Speed
 * Super Strength: According to Bendis, about the same as Peter's, although Miles is smaller then Peter and probably can't put quite as much weight behind his punches.
 * Superhuman Agility and Dexterity
 * Wall Crawl
 * Invisibility: Well, technically camouflage, but it amounts to the same thing.
 * "Venom Strike": Another new power, stunning or knocking enemies out by touch (it also sends Lego's flying). Morales can use it to add stopping power to his already superpowered punches. The shock is time delayed by a few seconds, and still works through thick leather and toughened skin, both at the same time.
 * Unskilled but Strong: Word of God notes that Peter was a much more polished fighter, while Miles is a bit clumsier and awkward. However, his extra powers make ending fights so much easier.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: Half the people who see him think he's the original Spider-man while the more cynical onlookers just think his suit is "in bad taste". Spider-Woman agrees. Vehemently.
 * She eventually starts backing off once she gets to know him however.
 * When All You Have Is a Hammer: His venom strike has so far never failed.
 * White Sheep: His Uncle Aaron is also the Prowler.

Ganke
Miles' best friend. A self-confessed LEGO geek and like Miles, a borderline Child Prodigy.

Tropes:

 * Aerith and Bob: Asian or not, "Ganke" is just a plain weird name.
 * Ascended Fanboy: Averted, as with Miles. Neither of them seem to be more than passingly familiar with Spider-man. However, Ganke gets into it quick enough, and thoroughly researches his history to get some context about Miles' own powers.
 * Asian and Nerdy: Yep.
 * Big Fun: Is much more laid-back than Miles, and seemingly more outgoing. It's implied that he can be a bit of a shut-in, though.
 * Child Prodigy: Possibly more so than Miles, who had to get into his (highly competitive) charter-school on a lottery rather than on merit like Ganke. Miles says at one point that he needs Ganke for his brain.
 * Dare to Be Badass: Ganke was rather enthusiastic when Miles gained his powers and pushed him to be a superhero when Miles didn't want to.
 * Fat Best Friend: Almost exactly a Type A as described on the trope page (gregarious and laid-back).
 * Fun T-Shirt
 * Genre Savvy: Very much so, compared to Miles. Instead of letting Miles learn haphazard while on patrol, he buys some readily available live footage of Peter as Spiderman, to crib off of. He also makes the rather gloomy call that Miles needs to get better than the original fast. If all Peter's experience couldn't keep him alive, what could Miles hope to do?
 * The Smart Guy: Miles goes to Ganke specifically for his brain. With few clues to go on, Ganke does some impressive cross-referencing, unearthing some obscure news articles linking genetically enhanced spiders to Spidey's own origin.

Jefferson Morales, né Davis
Born Jefferson Davis, Mile's father has a shady past that he left behind him before he met Miles' mother, Rio. Although occasionally gruff and outspoken, he is nevertheless a gentle man proud and supportive of his son. Unfortunately, those same feelings are not directed towards Spider-man, or indeed all those other filthy mutants making trouble and getting people hurt.

Tropes:

 * Grumpy Old Man: Not that old, but he sure acts like it.
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Good Parents
 * Hidden Depths: The fact that Rio saw these is why they got married.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Nice Guy: Is apparently a very gentle person, opinions and attitude aside, and put aside his criminal past long before he married Rio.
 * Noble Bigot: He believes mutants and other empowered humans are destructive, dangerous, and need to go. Since this is the Ultimate Marvel universe, his argument has more weight than in most books. It is this attitude that discourages Miles from confiding in his father.
 * That Man Is Dead: He changed his last name to his wife's instead of the other way around, which is very rare in the US. Given his attitude towards his background, it was likely an effort to separate himself from his past.

Rio Morales
Miles' mother, who married Jefferson after he had put his criminal past to rest. Like Jefferson, she is proud of and caring to Miles, always willing to listen to his problems. She is more open-minded than her husband, and finds heroes like that new Spider-Man to be very cool.

Tropes:

 * Hot Mom
 * Good Parents
 * Open-Minded Parent: Unlike her husband, she likes the idea of superheroes and thinks they're pretty awesome in and of themselves.

Captain Frank Quaid
Police Captain Quaid is a gruff and overbearing officer, but one who is capable and experienced in dealing with superhumans. His motivations are a mystery, but he has so far acted to Spider-Man's benefit.

Tropes:

 * Jerkass/Jerk With a Heart of Gold: It's hard to tell which, since his motivations may be more sinister than they seem, and he has a penchant for playing heroes like fools. He nonetheless thanks Miles for helping out, then, upon deducing that he's a little kid, scares him away rather than being overtly hostile (the rest of the cops, for context, had already drawn on Miles and really wanted to shoot him).
 * Manipulative Bastard: So far as he's been seen, which is what calls into question his seemingly helpful attitude towards Spider-Man.
 * Noble Bigot: He's not all that nice and his use of the term "idiot" towards criminals makes it seem a lot more offensive than it should be.

Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
Father of Peter's best friend Harry, and CEO of OsCorp; Norman Osborn is a corrupt industrialist and scientist who is trying to perfect the Super Soldier drug for S.H.I.E.L.D., an obsession that leads to the neglect of his wife and son. Theorizing that if the OZ serum combined with spider DNA gave Spider-Man the abilities of a spider, then if Norman were to receive OZ combined with his own DNA, he could become a heightened version of himself.

Norman, however, is transformed into a muscular, grotesque, demonic-looking monster, granting him superhuman strength, reflexes, stamina and durability, and enabling him to leap great distances. He also has the ability to throw flaming balls of destructive power.

Tropes:

 * Arch Enemy: Peter's. Norman Osborn brings about the beginning of Peter Parker as Spider-Man, . Can't get more "Arch" than that.
 * Big Bad: Of the Ultimate Six
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive
 * Death Is Cheap: Norman simply refuses to stay dead.
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom
 * Hulking Out
 * I Know Your True Name: Knows Spider-Man is Peter Parker (but then, so do most of the other villains)
 * Joker Immunity: Between this an S.H.I.E.L.D.'s increasingly cardboardy Cardboard Prison, it really got rather ridiculous towards the end. Supposing that was the end, which is really really really really unlikely.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Mission From God: Believes he's on one to kill Spider-Man in The Death of Spider-Man.
 * Mutual Kill: Dies (or so it seems) shortly before  does.
 * My God, What Have I Done?:.
 * Playing With Fire
 * Playing With Fire

Dr. Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus
Dr. Otto Octavius is introduced as a scientist at OsCorp and secretly a corporate spy for Norman Osborn's business rival, Justin Hammer. He is caught in a lab accident (the same one that turns Norman into the Green Goblin), grafting his traditional metal arms onto his body.

After this incident, he is able to communicate with these mechanical arms via telepathy, and Octavius modifies his arms to have the power to morph into different shapes. It is later revealed that rather than being able to just control his mechanical arms, Otto is able to control all metal.

Tropes:

 * Big Bad:
 * Evil Genius
 * Extra Ore Dinary: The reveal of the Clone Saga; Octavius can control metal in general, but preferred to use it in the form of his four tentacular arms.
 * : After.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Multi-Armed and Dangerous
 * Multi-Armed and Dangerous

Maxwell Dillon/Electro
A thug given electrical powers in order to combat Spider-Man.

Tropes

 * Bald of Evil
 * Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke: Rather than being an electrician struck by lightning, he was experimented on by Justin Hammer.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars
 * Hell-Bent for Leather
 * Psycho Electro
 * Shock and Awe
 * Super Mode: When supercharged he turns blue and burns his clothes off.

R.H.I.N.O/Alex O'Hirn

 * Giant Mecha
 * Powered Armor
 * Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
 * The Short Guy With Glasses

Shocker/Herman Schultz
A young inventor who turned to crime as a result of not being able to market his inventions.

Tropes

 * Butt Monkey: Until he Took a Level In Badass
 * Cardboard Prison: He simply rebuilds his gauntlets using the prison's shop station and uses them to escape.
 * The Chew Toy
 * Clothes Make the Superman: His "Vibroshock Gauntlets", which project concentrated blasts of air that has been vibrated at an intense frequency.
 * Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Subverted as he initially tried to sell his equipment.
 * Embarrassing First Name: Spider-Man thought it was hilarious.
 * Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
 * Lethal Joke Character

Eddie Brock Jr./Venom
Eddie Brock was Peter's childhood friend, as their fathers were colleagues. After his parents died in the same accident that killed Peter's, Eddie was shuffled around from foster home to foster home. He was reunited with Peter as a college student, and showed Peter a sample of their fathers' life's-work: the Venom Project, a theoretical cure for cancer that doubled as a living costume. That night, Eddie caught a glimpse of Spider-Man in a black costume he recognized as the Venom Suit, and confronted Peter, who confessed to being Spider-Man and warned Eddie that the suit was dangerous, taking the sample and destroying it. Eddie ignored Peter's warning and used a second sample on himself, becoming a horrendous monstrosity that had to consume other living creatures to prevent the suit from devouring him.

Tropes:

 * Badass Longcoat: Wears a brown trench coat.
 * Big Eater: ...of people.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Body Horror
 * Clingy Costume: Subverted as the original Venom suit leaves Eddie to return to Spider-Man.
 * Combat Tentacles
 * Deadly Upgrade: The suit is devouring Eddie from the inside out, forcing him to satiate its ravenous hunger to stay alive.
 * Evil Counterpart: To Spider-Man
 * Evil Former Friend
 * Fangs Are Evil
 * Horror Hunger: Eddie must consume living creatures to keep the Venom Suit from devouring him.
 * I'm a Humanitarian: And anything else he can grab.
 * Kill It With Electricity
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Lovecraftian Superpower
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family
 * No Sell: Peter did this to bullets and to Shocker's vibroshock blasts while wearing the Venom Suit.
 * One-Winged Angel: After consuming the Carnage symbiote, Venom Hulks Out and gets Red Eyes, Take Warning.
 * Overly Long Tongue
 * Power Nullifier: Inverted from the mainstream version regarding Peter's spider-sense: instead of cancelling it out, Venom overloads it, giving Peter crippling migraines whenever he's near and rendering his Spider-Sense useless either way.
 * Puppeteer Parasite
 * Rival Turned Evil
 * Shadow Archetype: Eddie to Peter, and Venom to Spider-Man
 * Shout-Out: The War of the Symbiotes arc has one to Forrest Gump.
 * Super-Powered Evil Side: While Peter has more control over the Venom suit than Eddie due to it being synced with Richard Parker's DNA, it almost caused him to eat a bank robber that reminded him of the crook who killed his uncle.
 * Unstoppable Rage: The Black Suit inflicted this on Peter.

Carnage
A protoplasmic life form created by Dr. Curt Connors using a sample of Peter's blood (which contained traces of the Venom Suit) and his own blood (which contained traces of the Lizard Formula), Carnage quickly mutated into a vampiric creature that drained its victims of body fluids in order to compensate for its unstable genetic structure. Spider-Man seemingly killed it, but it returned in the form of its last victim,, possessing all of her memories and believing itself to be her. It was absorbed by Venom in the War of the Symbiotes arc, leaving a perfectly healthy  behind.

Tropes:

 * Back From the Dead: As.
 * Biological Mashup: Of Spider-Man, Venom, and the Lizard.
 * Bioluminescence Is Cool: Has a glowing yellow patch in the middle of its chest.
 * Blood Lust: Initially needed to drain the body fluids out of its victims to survive.
 * Building Swing
 * Combat Tentacles
 * Fangs Are Evil
 * Horror Hunger
 * Lightning Bruiser: In the video-game and Shattered Dimensions.
 * Lovecraftian Superpower
 * Our Vampires Are Different
 * Red And Black And Hungry All Over

Aaron Davis/The Prowler
Miles' uncle, estranged from his father. Aaron was a small time thief with Miles father in his youth. While Miles' father got out of the trade before he met Miles' mother, Aaron never went straight, eventually becoming the high-tech super-criminal known as the Prowler.

Tropes:

 * Badass Abnormal: It's clear that the Prowler is a very skilled fighter, being able take Spider-Man hand-to-hand. He's also very fit and skilled, being able to adapt to and use a wide range of mechanics and devices that require large amounts of athleticism.
 * Badass Longcoat: Which he wears over his skin tight suit, for no real reason as far as can be told.
 * Black Sheep: His brother (Mile's dad) went straight a long time ago and his nephew is Spider-Man.
 * Clothes Make the Superman: His work clothes, which include at least finger lasers. He'll also slip into any powered armor, etc. that's handy.
 * Combat Pragmatist: He uses lasers in a fist fight, and is not above electrocuting and shredding enemies with a mass-razor launcher in order to facilitate an escape.
 * Did Not See That Coming: Turns out Scorpion has impenetrable skin. That whole "revenge stabbing" thing was not a good idea, in hindsight.
 * Evil Mentor: Decides that his nephew needs guidance--so that he'll be ready to take out the Scorpion, who stands in the Prowler's way.
 * Genre Blind
 * Honor Before Reason: For a certain value of "Honor". After the Scorpion's goons got a little too up-close-and-personal with him during their business transaction, he tries to kill the Scorpion in revenge once the Scorpion calls them off, instead of just finishing their business.
 * Hot-Blooded: He makes some stupid decisions as a result. Trying to use a hold-out device as a regular weapon (it's one-use, hence the "hold-out" part), and threatening the Tinkerer when it doesn't work (he had specified that it was a "getaway jacket" and nothing else), and then immediately killing Tinkerer, the guy who makes his equipment because the Tinkerer gave him some generic information regarding Spider-man's origins and Aaron apparently thought it was too sensitive to let him live.
 * Jerkass
 * Morality Pet: He and Miles actually get along very well, Miles hanging out at his place when he needs to get away from his parents. For his part, Aaron makes sure to keep his criminal activities out of sight and is otherwise a doting uncle. That gets thrown out the window early on once he finds out Miles is the new Spiderman, at which point he quickly makes plans to exploit him.
 * Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: While robbing Oscorp, a genetically engineered spider, very similar to the one that bit Peter, snuck out of its holding chamber and into his bag, later biting Miles when he came over to visit and creating the second Spider-Man.
 * Oh Crap: The Scorpion provides an extended one for him, once it becomes more and more apparent just how dangerous he is. Eventually he's just plain terrified of Scorpion.
 * Poisonous Friend: He claims that he's just trying to train Miles out of familial care, but he's manipulative and cruel about it, blackmailing Miles and maintaining that Miles owes him for the powers. It's also clear that Miles is at least in part a tool to get rid of the Scorpion.
 * Stern Teacher: Once he starts trying to get Miles to fulfill his potential. Which he does so by intimidating him and beating him up, though granted Aaron was planning on Miles' powers to make this backfire on himself.
 * Teach Him Anger: He tries to get Miles to stop holding back as Spider-Man this way.
 * Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?: From the the Tinkerer, of course. Unfortunately, he kills the Tinkerer early on, forcing him pilfer the Tinkerer's stash.

Maximus Gargan/The Scorpion
A Mexican crime lord who followed The Prowler up to New York for revenge for a double-cross. Once there, he decided the city needed a new Kingpin, and set out to consolidate his territory and terrorize The Prowler. Possesses nigh impenetrable skin and wields a fearsome chained flail similar to a scorpion's tail.

Tropes:

 * Awesome McCoolname: Maximus Gargan.
 * Brought to You By The Letter "S": He has the word "Scorpion" tattooed across the front of his neck. Since he's a huge guy with a bull neck, it's really prominent in any frontal shots.
 * The Brute: Although a fairly eloquent and intelligent example. He has the cleverness and ambition to (try to) assemble a criminal empire. However, his anger issues tend to turn anyone who bothers him into paste, though this isn't necessarily a hindrance.
 * Epic Flail: He can demolish entire large rooms filled with equipment and containers in just a couple swings.
 * Implacable Man
 * Inexplicably Awesome: Though an explanation may be forthcoming, the hints given so far about his strength and resilience are incredibly vague, and he is otherwise just another crime lord. Even when in FBI custody sometime in the past, they were unable to confirm whether or not he was superhuman, and rumors of his powers likewise travel in criminal circles without any confirmation. The Scorpion implies that his impenetrable skin has something to do with where he came from.
 * Made of Iron: Can take electrical shocks and blunt force trauma pretty well, in addition to his tough skin, though it's unclear as to whether it's actually Super Toughness or not.
 * Mission From God: Once he sees how pathetic criminals in New York were, he realizes that God could only have sent him to New York to turn things around.
 * Mood Swinger: When he loses his temper, he really loses his temper.
 * Mythology Gag: Mac Gargan --> Maximus Gargan, and of course the scorpion flail.
 * Nigh Invulnerable: Overlaps with Made of Iron. Sufficiently sharp blades or razors can become embedded in his skin, but not pierce completely through. The pain can incapacitate him, though.
 * Race Lift: Once his connection to the mainstream Scorpion was solidified, we have the Scorpion going from caucasian to Mexican.
 * Visionary Villain: Comes to believe that the crime element of New York is both unorganized and weak; he wants to take back control of crime and bring some class to the criminal underworld.
 * You Can't Fight Fate: Probably related to his belief in his Mission From God, he sees fate as the series of challenges life presents you; you either bow before them or fight through them--either way, there's only one possible outcome based on who you are.

Peter Parker/Spider-Man

 * Actor Allusion: Drake Bell voices Peter/Spidey, a role he previously parodied.
 * Animal-Themed Superbeing: Spider, as usual.
 * Ascended Fanboy: He's a big fan of Iron Man.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Butt Monkey
 * Comes Great Responsibility
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Ditzy Genius: Considering the number of Imagine Spots he have each episode, he falls into this.
 * Fourth Wall Observer
 * Fun Personified
 * The Hero
 * I Shall Taunt You / You Fight Like a Cow: Spidey's preferred tactic. This also
 * I Work Alone: This version of Spider-man is almost fanatically averse to being part of a team at the start. It's also clear that he feels threatened by the presence of other heroes in his normal life. Possibly a Mythology Gag to the mainstream version's notoriously bad record with teamwork early in his career.
 * Mr. Imagination
 * Rookie Red Ranger: Toyed with. Spidey is the newest member of S.H.I.E.L.D and lacks the others' discipline, but he's been a hero longer and has first hand experience in how to act when fighting threats. The first few episodes make it clear that he's generally more competent than the rest, but that his laissez-faire attitude is in itself a threat that the rest of the team curbs.
 * Sad Clown:
 * Street Smart: One of the reasons why Fury integrated him to the team; he felt that unlike the others, Spider-Man had actual experience and as such, was suited to complete the team.
 * The Trickster:
 * Troll: An In Universe example. Judging from Spidey's inner thoughts, he's willingly dumbing himself down with his jokes, refusing to correct others when they insult his intelligence. On at least one occasion, he lets things escalate wildly (up to his team invading a foreign country without provocation, preparation, or support), turning down multiple chances to mitigate the damage, seemingly for kicks. Likewise, he's a capable leader, but refuses to act the part in favor of playing the clown.
 * This may be partly to alleviate the tension between himself and Nova. And also because people take him less seriously, then are surprised when he shows what he's really capable of.
 * Wall Crawling
 * Wild Card: Agent Coulson calls Spidey this in an attempt to keep Fury from signing Spidey up; Fury says that's he's training Spider-Man to be one of the greats.

Nick Fury

 * Badass Normal: Spidey refers to him as a "Super-Spy".
 * Bald Black Leader Guy
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Da Chief
 * The Mentor: To Spider-Man and his team.
 * Stealth Hi Bye: Does this in his first appearance.

Danny Rand/Iron Fist

 * Arrogant Kung Fu Guy: Averted hard; he is actually the least presumptuous male in the team.
 * Bash Brothers: With Luke Cage, according to Word of God.
 * Martial Pacifist
 * Power Glows: His chi punch.
 * The Smart Guy: In the philosophical sense;
 * The Stoic: He might be the only one in the team who never looses his cool.

Ava Ayala/White Tiger

 * Action Girl
 * Animal-Themed Superbeing: The white tiger, obviously.
 * Ascended Fangirl: Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * By-The-Book Cop: She is clearly annoyed by Spider-Man's habit to skip training and work alone, believing more in SHIELD's practices.
 * Catgirl
 * The Chick: White Tiger often plays (rather reluctantly) the Team Mom role for the group, especially when Nova and Spider-Man butt heads.
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Team Mom
 * Women Are Wiser: When the others attempt to go capture Dr. Doom, she is the only one trying to stop them. (Spidey was partially aware of it, but chose to still go anyway).

Luke Cage/Power Man

 * Bash Brothers: With Iron Fist, according to Word of God.
 * The Big Guy
 * The Heart

Sam Alexander/Nova

 * Deadpan Snarker
 * The Lancer: Shares the role with White Tiger.
 * Power Glows: His hands have this when he's in flight mode.
 * The Rival: To Spider-Man. They keep arguing with each other about who should lead the team and clearly don't appreciate each others much.

Harry Osborn

 * Green-Eyed Monster: Played both the same as usual with him angry that his father seems to pay more attention to someone else, in this case Spider-Man, and differently when he feels neglected because Peter's hanging out with his "detention buddies" not than Harry. The emphasis on the latter in episode 4 helped make him a very sympathetic character.
 * He appears in a later episode
 * Spoiled Sweet: Even though he's a rich kid, Harry's one of Peter's best friends. He's actually the nicest version of Harry Osborn in all animated adaptations of Spider-Man.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: As usual.
 * Green-Eyed Monster: Played both the same as usual with him angry that his father seems to pay more attention to someone else, in this case Spider-Man, and differently when he feels neglected because Peter's hanging out with his "detention buddies" not than Harry. The emphasis on the latter in episode 4 helped make him a very sympathetic character.
 * He appears in a later episode
 * Spoiled Sweet: Even though he's a rich kid, Harry's one of Peter's best friends. He's actually the nicest version of Harry Osborn in all animated adaptations of Spider-Man.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: As usual.
 * He appears in a later episode
 * Spoiled Sweet: Even though he's a rich kid, Harry's one of Peter's best friends. He's actually the nicest version of Harry Osborn in all animated adaptations of Spider-Man.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: As usual.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: As usual.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: As usual.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: As usual.

Mary Jane Watson

 * Badass Bystander
 * Childhood Friend: To Peter.
 * Childhood Friend Romance: Played for Laughs: She and Pete jumped the gun when they were young and ended up being grossed out at the prospect of dating.
 * Hot Scoop: Aspires to become this.

Norman Osborn

 * Big Bad: So far, he appears to be this.
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: When interacting with Harry and Peter, he actually acts like a pretty nice guy. Behind closed doors, however...
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: When the Frightful Four attack his son's school, he is genuinely worried.
 * Parental Neglect: Unlike most versions of Osborn, he doesn't appear to have any Abusive Parent traits, but he's still neglecting Harry because of his work.
 * Villain Takes an Interest: For Spider-Man, as usual. Though amplified here, since he actually wants to get Spider-Man in order to create a whole super-soldier program from his DNA.
 * You Have Failed Me: Once threatened Octavius with this after the Frightful Four failed to get Spider-Man (though it's possible he was merely threatening to fire him rather than kill him). Fortunately for him, Octavius was able to get a sample of Spider-Man's DNA in the next episode and used it to create Venom, a result Norman found satisfying enough to keep Octavius.

Otto Octavius/Dr Octopus

 * Badass Long Hair
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * The Dragon: To Norman Osborn.
 * The Starscream: Hinted by both the producers and his actions in the show.
 * Evil Cripple: Because of an accident, he lost the use of his limbs. He uses his metal arms to work, fight, and move around. He's still menacing and looks rather creepy.
 * Evil Genius
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Hidden Agenda Villain:
 * Mad Scientist: Wouldn't be Doc Ock if he wasn't.
 * Not So Stoic:
 * Spider Limbs: His tentacles, as usual.

Flash Thompson

 * The Bully
 * Bullying a Dragon: Though to be fair, he is unaware of who Peter is.
 * Dirty Coward: Most versions of Flash are rather hot-headed and brave, but this one, when facing Venom, was so scared that he had no problem with trying to offer Peter as a snack to save himself. Similarly, when Taskmaster trapped him and Harry inside the school, he had no scrupple leaving a trapped Harry behind.
 * Jerk Jock: Even more so than any of his other incarnations, as he still has yet to show any redeeming qualities besides being a Spider-Man fan. He is actually such a jerk that, when Spidey goes through a Good Angel, Bad Angel case, even the Good Angel was in favor of leaving him to die.

Taskmaster

 * Awesomeness By Analysis
 * Badass
 * Badass Normal: If you exclude his photographic memory, he is just a regular man with a lot of equipment. Doesn't prevent him from easily defeating Iron Fist in hand-to-hand combat. Even Spider-Man and White Tiger had trouble against him and had to get him in the dark to defeat him.
 * Bounty Hunter
 * Cool Mask
 * Crazy Prepared: Someone saw his face behind the mask? Turns out that it was a mask as well.
 * Evil Sounds Deep: He is voiced by Clancy Brown.
 * In the Hood
 * Skull for A Head: Well, skull for a mask, really.
 * Villain Takes an Interest: toward Spider-Man; he considers Spider-Man to have potential and would like to take him as his apprentice.
 * We Can Rule Together: Made this offer to Spider-Man. The webslinger refused.
 * Unknown Rival: To Norman Osborn, since both share an interest in Spider-Man. Notably, Taskmaster is unknown on purpose, since he voluntarily hid his interest.

Doctor Doom

 * Actually a Doombot: The Dr. Doom Spider-Man and the others captured turns out to be several Doombots nested inside each other -
 * A King I Am: Ruler of Latveria
 * Badass Cape
 * Cool Mask
 * Doomy Dooms of Doom
 * Evil Mask
 * Frickin' Laser Beams
 * Hand Blast
 * In the Hood
 * Powered Armor
 * Third Person Person
 * Xanatos Gambit:

Thor

 * Baleful Polymorph:
 * Crowning Moment of Funny:
 * Drop the Hammer: His hammer Mjolnir
 * Fatal Flaw: Pride
 * Shock and Awe: He's the God of Thunder.

Loki

 * Fatal Flaw: Like his brother Loki is pretty arrogant himself.
 * Irony:
 * The Trickster

Eitri

 * Dude, Where's My Respect?: Not happy about how little respect he gets from Thor.
 * Fatal Flaw: Not himself, but seems to be able to see the flaws in others.
 * The Blacksmith: He made Thor's Hammer.