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* [[Action Series]]
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: In the [[Sam Raimi]] films, Spider-Man's webbing is organic, Gwen Stacy showed up ''after'' he started dating Mary Jane (both of whom have personalities that are closer to each other's comic book interpretations) and there have been a few costume changes (most obviously is the Green Goblin who went from torn purple robes and a rubber mask to a full body green battle suit). However, fans love the movies (''1'' and ''2'', anyway; ''3'' definitely flies into [[Love It or Hate It]] territory) despite the changes.
* [[Adaptational Personality Adjustment]]: The original version of Peter Parker was a well-meaning teenager, but dealing with puberty, being raised by an elderly aunt and uncle, and being bullied for being the school outcast. As a result, he's a bit more irritable and immediately jumps on the idea of using his new spider powers to make money as a wrestler while letting a robber go because the police are supposed to handle dangerous criminals. As a result, he suffers a massive [[Break the Haughty]] after that same robber kills Uncle Ben. More modern incarnations of Peter Parker tend to lean towards [[Adorkable]] and being nicer; Uncle Ben's death is played up as his [[Moment of Weakness]] the ''one'' time he tries to be selfish.
* [[Alertness Blink]]: Most times the spider-sense activates.
* [[Alliterative Name]]: [[Stan Lee]], Spidey's creator, was the [[Trope Codifier]] for the trend, because he found names easier to keep track of if he used alliteration as a mnemonic. Examples include: Betty Brant, Curt Connors, Spencer Smythe, Glory Grant, J. Jonah Jameson, John Jameson, Kenny "King" Kong, Otto Octavius, Peter Parker, Randy Robertson. Randy's father Joe might also count, since his nickname is "Robbie".
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* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]: See above.
* [[Animated Adaptation]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Subverted, in that whenever Peter
** When he was originally introduced, however, he fit the [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type]] [[This Loser Is You|I]] characterization fairly well. He hasn't changed all that much, but the world has; [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|flaws and problems in a hero were big news when Spider-Man first put on his suit, but now they're expected of every character.]]
** Venom is more this trope played straight. He was initially introduced as a villain, but was shown to only harbor violent emotions towards Spider-Man, and actually fought crime on occasions when he wasn't hunting Spider-Man. He even got a spin-off comic that was all about his actions of taking down bad guys.
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