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The [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|arachnid-powered]] [[Superhero]] was relatively new to [[Marvel Universe|Marvel Comics]] when he made his TV animation debut in 1967. Peter Parker, a high school student and freelance news photographer, acquired his powers from a radioactive spider bite. As the web-slinging, wall-crawling Spider-Man, Peter fights crime while trying to keep his identity secret from his widowed Aunt May and from the public at large. The show's main contribution is the [[Theme Song]] ("Spider-Man, Spider-Man/Does whatever a spider can...") which has become a popular standard.
In the 1970s, a silent costumed actor played Spider-Man on ''[[The Electric Company]]'', who only spoke in word balloons viewers were expected to read. Subsequent [[Animated Series]] teamed Spider-Man with other heroes, such as Firestar and Iceman. This period saw the beginning of the long-running newspaper comic ''[[Spider
''Spider-Man'' was also featured in a short-lived 1970's live-action series (which was pulled when the network noticed that they were running an awful lot of superhero shows at the same time -- ''Spider-Man'' was a contemporary of ''[[Wonder Woman]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'' and ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'').
A [[Japanese Spider
In 2002, Sony Pictures released the first in a series of ''[[Spider-Man (
A [[The Musical|Broadway Musical]] based on the characters started production in 2010, called ''[[
See also ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' for the comics character, ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' for the retooled comic, ''[[Spider-Man:
Has a [[Spider-Man
== [[Comics]] (Marvel Universe) ==
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* ''Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man'' - A side series published from ''[[Bat Family Crossover|The Other]]'' to the events of ''[[One More Day]]''. Written by [[Peter David]], the series focused on Peter's life as a school teacher.
* ''Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' - A more mature book than the other Spider-Man titles. Was renamed to ''The Sensational Spider-Man'' during ''The Other'' and canceled following ''[[One More Day]]''.
* ''Marvel Team-Up'' - [[Exactly What It Says
* ''Peter Parker: Spider-Man''
* ''The Sensational Spider-Man'' - Replaced ''Amazing Spider-Man'' as the main title when Ben Reily took over as Spider-Man during the [[Clone Saga]].
* ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' - The second/third (If you consider ''Marvel Team-Up'' a Spider-Man title) Spider-Man series launched by Marvel.
* ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' - An anthology series, where various creative teams not usually associated with Spider-Man (usually creators who had previously worked for alternative or Vertigo comics) could display their take on the character.
* ''[[Untold Tales of Spider Man]]'' - A series that did [[Exactly What It Says
* ''Web of Spider-Man'' - The third series to feature Spidey as the title character. Notable for the first appearance of [[Venom (Comic Book)|Venom]], who wouldn't officially debut until a few years later.
* ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' - Spidey has been an Avenger since the ''Avengers Disassembled'' event.
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* ''[[Brand New Day]]''
* ''[[One Moment in Time]]''
* ''[[
* ''Spider-Men'': A [[Crossover]] event with the Ultimate universe, where the original Peter Parker meets his successor, Miles Morales. This will also mark the first time ([[Spider
== Alternate Continuity ==
* ''[[Spider-Girl]]'' - A series set in the [[Marvel Comics 2|MC2]] continuity, which focused on Peter's daughter following in her father's update. Span-off from a "What if" issue which looked at what would have happened if Peter and Mary Jane had raised their child from the ''[[Clone Saga]]''.
* ''[[Spider
* ''Spider-Man 2099'' - Set in the [[Marvel 2099]] continuity, which featured a radical new take on Spider-Man and several of his [[Rogues Gallery]].
* ''[[Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane]]'' - A series following [[Love Interests]] Mary Jane Watson as a teenager. More of a Teen Drama with some superhero stuff.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Spider-Man (
* ''[[
* Unofficial Turkish movie ''[[
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' - A short-lived 1970's live-action series, [[Screwed
== Theatre ==
* ''Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark'' - A Broadway Musical that started production in 2010 and features music written by [[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Spider-Man (
* ''Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro'' - Developed by Trearch and a sequel to the above game, released in 2001.
* A trilogy of tie-in games for the [[Sam Raimi]] [[Spider-Man (
* ''[[Spider-Man Edge of Time]]'' - A forthcoming game which features the Spider-Men of the present day and 2099 trying to prevent the death of Peter Parker and the resulting [[Butterfly Effect]] creating a [[Crapsack World]].
* ''[[Spider-Man Friend or Foe]]'' - A 2007 game that used the same character designs as the [[Spider-Man (
* ''[[Spider
* ''[[Spider-Man: Web of Shadows]]'' - A 2008 game, once again developed by Treyarch, which featured Spider-Man trying to stop Venom and a symbiote army from taking over New York. However, Spider-Man has also been infected with a symbiote, and can either stop Venom or take over the symbiote army himself.
* ''[[Ultimate Spider
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Spider
* ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]'' - Aired between 1981 and 1983 on NBC; a Superfriends-like Spider-Man cartoon that had him teaming up with [[X-Men|Iceman]] and [[Canon Immigrant|Firestar]].
* ''[[Spider
* ''[[Spider
* ''[[Spider
* ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]:'' A new series that goes back to the basics with [[Greg Weisman]] of ''[[
* ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (
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* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Peter got bullied in high school because he was a nerd, meanwhile Spider-Man gets treated like a criminal by the same media that worships all of the other super-heroes and in the case of J. Jonah Jameson, him treating mutants (the feared and hated minority of the Marvel Universe) better than he does Spider-Man.
* [[All Webbed Up]]
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Liz Allan started as one of these, before she was [[Put
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Subverted with Gwen Stacy in "The Night Gwen Stacy Died".
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Spidey and a fair portion of his [[Rogues Gallery]]. Sometimes [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]].
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* [[Art Evolution]]: Spidey is almost never depicted as the original "boy in a Lucha costume" after [[Spawn|Todd McFarlane's]] run.
* [[Artistic License Physics]]: During the first Sinister Six fight, Spidey grounds himself to make himself immune to Electro's electricity blasts. This actually would make him much ''more vulnerable'' to them.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: [[Clothes Make the Superman|Flash Thompson is the current host of Venom,]] [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|since S.H.I.E.L.D. decided that just the Venom symbiote EXISTING]] [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Author Avatar]]: [[Stan Lee]] has said that Spider-Man was something of this for him. He also created J. Jonah Jameson based on other peoples' view of him.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Carnage, Venom to an extent.
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* [[Badass Damsel]]: Go ahead and try to kidnap Mary Jane...call us when you stop hurting from the smackdown she'll give you.
* [[Badbutt]]: Venom and Carnage in the '90s cartoon, so so much... ([[Narm Charm|... but they]] ''[[Narm Charm|still]]'' [[Narm Charm|manage to be]] [[Nightmare Fuel]].)
{{quote| '''Cletus Kassidy:''' [[Never Say "Die"|I'd eat you for breakfast.]]<br />
'''Eddie Brock:''' [[Threat Backfire|Oh yeah,]] [[Regret Eating Me|well, I'd give you indigestion...]] [[Lame Comeback|man.]] }}
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: The infamous "With great power comes great responsibility" quote from one of the early issues is usually attributed to Uncle Ben. While it wasn't long before it was [[Retcon|retconned]] to be from him, the actual first appearance of the quote was in a narration box.
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* [[Cloning Blues]]: Dear lord, where do we start...
** [[Shaped Like Itself|With the]] [[Clone Saga]]?
* [[Close
* [[Clothes Make the Legend]]: Even the black suit retained the form.
* [[Clothes Make the Superman]]: The Vulture, Shocker, The Rhino, Mysterio, technically Doctor Octopus. Spider-Man's black costume (and subsequently, Venom and the other symbiotes).
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* [[Crapsack World]]: This has been a hallmark of Peter Parker's life for a very long time, although it's perhaps a little more realistic than most depictions when Peter occasionally catches a break every now and again. [[Character Development]] would later show that life was no picnic for many of Peter's supporting cast members and even some of his villains.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: While Spider-Man's actually on the low end of superhuman physical power in the Marvel universe (he can lift about ten tons, while a lot of other 'strong guys' are in the 50-100 ton range), he rarely uses his full strength, due to most of his [[Rogues Gallery]] not being in the same ballpark as him, powers-wise. In particular, the Kingpin was able to hold his own with Peter on multiple occasions due to his mastery of fighting skills and Peter's being unwilling to cut loose. But in the ''Back In Black'' storyline, when Aunt May is shot and nearly killed, Peter [[Berserk Button|loses it big time]] and tracks down the responsible party. When it turns out to be the Kingpin, Peter effortlessly and quite savagely ''beats the living shit'' out of him, then informs the battered, broken Kingpin that if May dies, so will he.
* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin, the Shocker, and Mysterio all invent remarkable inventions that could have earned them large fortunes if they'd used them legitimately. Later subverted by the Sandman, who becomes sick of crime and tries to go straight. He eventually wound up using his powers working for the government of [[Ruritania|Symkaria]] under Silver Sable. Spider-Man himself would also end up working for Sable for a little while after she offered him $1,000 a day to do so. Also subverted when Spider-Man actually tries to sell his web formula to a chemical company, only for the executives to reject the offer. Further subverted when Spider-Man saves a banker/stock-broker who cuts [[Born Lucky|Spider-Man]] a check -- only for a bank-teller to deny the check since [[Spanner in
** Well, Goblin ''did'' try to use his powers to take over New York's criminal underworld before becoming single-mindedly focused on Spider-Man. Plus, he's batshit crazy.
** Not to mention he's already filthy rich, being the CEO/owner of Oscorp (and many other things [[Dark Reign (
** Osborn is still a very good example of this trope, as it is often lampshaded--most notably by the Hobgoblin--that he could be several magnitudes wealthier if he just marketed his stuff, which would give him a lot of the power he is after anyway. It's explained and [[Justified Trope]] by the fact that Osborn is, well, crazy.
* [[Da Editor]]: J. Jonah Jameson.
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* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Literally, with the Black Cat becoming Spider-Man's girlfriend for a couple of years before he married Mary Jane.
** It was only a few years in real time, as Mary Jane was only out of Peter's life for a few months in Marvel continuity.
* [[A Day in
** Gerry Conway's late 1980's, early 1990's ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' run was built upon the concept of "A Day In the Limelight", as far as his run centering around the Joe Robertson, a longtime supporting cast member of Spider-Man. Similarly, the only Spider-Man stories by loathed writer Howard Mackie that are liked by fans are the ones that had Howard focusing on the supporting cast members.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Our dashing hero.
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* [[Deceased Parents Are the Best]]: Peter's parents were agents of [[Nick Fury|S.H.I.E.L.D.]] and once saved [[Wolverine]]'s life.
* [[Determinator]]: [[wikipedia:Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut|Nothing Can Stop The Juggernaut]] [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|There's a reason that Scott McCloud, Brian Michael Bendis, and David Michelinie claim this as one of the best stories in the History of Comics, it was also one of the first comics admitted to The Library of Congress, and some of the original art panels sit in The Smithsonian.]]
* [[Did Mom Just Have Tea
** Venom visited them both, although Mary Jane knew who and what he was and spent a long time terrified of him. He visited Aunt May as "a friend of Pete's".
** Norman Osborn did this a lot, obviously since he was one of the first villains to learn of Peter's secret identity.
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* [[Entitled Bastard]]: J. Jonah Jameson.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Back in the original 1960's comics, J. Jonah Jameson would often support all kinds of reactionary politics -- ''except racism''.
** Doesn't quite count; from the beginning, Jameson was never portrayed as evil, [[Jerkass|just an asshole]]. In fact, he was a relatively ''[[Jerk
*** Except of course [[Depending
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Venom is often positioned as an evil Spider-Man, making Brock similar to Peter but not accepting Great Responsibility. Currently in the comics, the latest Hobgoblin ({{spoiler|Phil Urich}}) is being made into one.
* [[Failure Hero]]: This is a slowly growing sentiment, particularly amongst long-time readers who can't fail to notice that any good things that happen to Spidey invariably set him up for a painful fall. He can't even escape it in other [[Marvel Comics]]; take one appearance in ''[[She Hulk]]'', where he managed to take Jameson to court for libel, but had to call the whole proceeding off because if Jameson went down, Peter Parker would have to go next, as he had supplied Jameson with the pictures the Daily Bugle had used for their slanderous stories.
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* [[First Girl Wins]]: Averted. Spider-Man's earliest love interest Betty Brant DIDN'T become his long term love and the two characters have basically settled into being "best friends". Some try to use this fact in the "MJ vs. Gwen" debates to argue that Gwen was Peter's first "true" love or his "one" true love, but the books weren't as simple as that.
* [[Fix Fic]]: After ''[[One More Day]]'' showed up, there were plenty of these out there. In-universe this has happened several times to help [[Retcon]] certain parts of the comic's less than well-received issues.
* [[Follow the Leader]] / [[Older Than They Think]] / [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: The plots of the first three Spider-Man films follow closely those of the first three [[Superman (
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Several villains were revealed to have these in their backstories. The trope is applied literally in the cases of Doctor Octopus and Electro, who had coddling and stifling mothers, respectively.
* [[Friends
* [[From a Single Cell]]: Several.
* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]: Modern versions of the story typically have the spider that bites Peter be genetically engineered rather than radioactive.
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*** {{spoiler|Except Morlun returned in a case of ''[[Back From the Dead]]''.}}
** Both played straight and subverted in the [[Crossover]] with the [[Transformers]]. Straight with Megatron, who captures Spidey and uses his radioactive blood to form a special isotope that can supercharge transformers. Subverted with Spidey, who was the one [[Strapped to An Operating Table]] as the Decepticons stole his blood. [[Bloody Hilarious|Spidey still manages to crack a few jokes.]]
* [[Informed Ability]]: Some [[All There in the Manual|Marvel Databooks]] states that Spidey can lift and support the weight of around 10 tons, and yet [[Depending
* [[Irrational Hatred]]: Jameson for Spider-Man.
* [[It Got Worse]]: ''Always''. The one thing which you can count on from a Spider-Man story is that things can--and usually will--get a ''lot'' worse at any point.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Various other heroes outrank Spidey in combat skill, intelligence, speed, reach or strength, but he's got enough skill in all these areas to handle most situations and bad guys.
* [[Jerk Jock]]: Flash Thompson. Later subverted in that he smartened up and returned from his overseas military service a much better man. Then Green Goblin put him in a coma and he developed amnesia and lost all memories from the point that he entered the service. Luckily, he reverted back when he rejoined up and lost his legs.
* [[Jerk
* [[Kayfabe]]: The comics treated the fight between Peter and the wrestler as real; [[Grandfather Clause]] meant that the first movie followed this as well, though it was explained in issue #14 of ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' that Crusher Hogan was actually a "shoot" wrestler--in which the outcome of the match is not scripted.
* [[Keeping Secrets Sucks]]
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* [[Perpetual Tourist]]: In one story, Mysterio's ultimate goal when he takes over the Maggia is to grab as much money as he can, and "buy an island in the tropics where I can sit under palm trees and drink things out of coconuts".
* [[Phlegmings]]: Just about every time Venom or some other symbiote-based character appears.
* [[Pick
* [[Plot-Driven Breakdown]]: "I'm out of Web Fluid!"
* [[Popularity Power]]: How Spidey gets to beat the ''really'' tough villains and heroes.
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* [[Psycho Electro]]: [[Trope Namer|Trope Namer?]]
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Carnage (only in the '90s cartoon, [[Ax Crazy|take out the "For Hire" part and you've got it.]])
* [[Put
* [[The Ramones]]: Covered his [[Theme Song]]. And it was awesome.
* [[Reality Subtext]]: Carlie Cooper is named for [[Joe Quesada]]'s daughter.
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* [[Sanctuary of Solitude]]: Venom's origin story: Eddie Brock, down-on-his-luck reporter, [[media:Venom_origin_in_church.jpg|is contemplating suicide in a church]] while Spider-Man is trying to escape from the Symbiote. After he successfully drives it off, it bonds with Eddie, and Venom is born.
* [[Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up]]: Subverted in that Flash Thompson matured and became a much nicer guy after he graduated from high school and enlisted in the army. His tour of duty made him a much more intelligent and introspective character.
* [[Science Marches On]]: Now that we know more about the dangers of radiation, modern versions of the story typically have the spider be genetically engineered rather than radioactive. The radiation, [[Grandfather Clause|still the source of his powers in the main continuity]] (well, that [[JMS Spider
** At one point, Aunt May needed a blood transfusion, and Peter donated his blood... only for his aunt to become incredibly ill from it soon after, because he hadn't taken into account the fact that his blood is radioactive.
* [[Screens Are Cameras]]: The earliest versions of the Spider-Slayer robots worked this way. The robots, piloted remotely by J. Jonah Jameson, would seem to have no technological need to project JJJ's face onto a TV screen mounted on the robot's "head," but that's exactly what they do.
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** [[Older Than They Think|He did?]]<ref>''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' premiered in 1970; J. Jonah Jameson first appeared in ''Amazing Spider-Man #1'' in 1963.</ref>
* [[Spider Limbs]]
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: [[Exactly What It Says
** [http://www.comicvine.com/36036-stunner/105-339003/ She] [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/90634-44091-stunner_super.jpg also] [http://www.comicvine.com/120990-stunner/105-90632/ crosses] [http://www.comicvine.com/stunner_2/105-1500086/ it] [http://www.comicvine.com/stunnerspidey3/105-825758/ with] [[Amazonian Beauty]]. Unfortunately, this is not Angelina Brancale's real form; it's a [[Inside a Computer System|virtual reality construct]] that assumes an ideal, more beautiful version of herself. She [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/3/35698/825755-stunnerspidey5_super.jpg actually appears] as an [[Fat Girl|overweight woman]].
* [[Status Quo Is God]]: Ever since Peter and Mary Jane wed, writers have been trying to backpedal and make Peter single again.
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* [[Useless Spleen]]: In the novel ''The Venom Factor'', Venom states that when he finds whoever is responsible for the murders (that Venom is being wrongly accused of) he will eat his spleen. Spider-Man comments that this is an odd choice of organ to target and that Venom likely doesn't even know where someone's spleen is.
* [[Villain Takes an Interest]]: The Green Goblin, especially since he's disappointed in the offspring.
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save
* [[Walking Wasteland]]: Carrion and Styx.
* [[Wall Crawl]]
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