Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a 2018 computer-animated superhero film based on the Spider-Man franchise, with Shameik Moore as Miles Morales, Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker and Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy. It is considered one of the best animated films of the 2010s and is the first Sony Pictures Animation film to win Best Animated Feature at the Oscars. It received unanimous praise for its stylized animation, music, plot and characters. It is set to have a sequel in 2022 as well as some spin-offs.[please verify]
Miles Morales is a New-Yorker afro-latin genius teen that resents being placed in a genius school, and would prefer to do graffiti with his uncle. During one of those graffiti scapades, he is bitten by a strange spider than gave him spider powers. Returning to the site for clues on how that happen, Miles involutarily witness infamous criminal Kingpin do an experiment to open doors to other dimensions, and then murder Spider-Man when the hero tried to stop him. While escaping from thedangerous Kingpin sidekicks, Miles is recued by Spider-Man, or more acurately, by Peter B. Parker, the Spider-Man of another dimension. Recognizing another Spider-Man in the making, Peter B. allies with Miles to stop Kingpin before he ruins more universes, but when their first attempt goes wrong, they are saved by another Spider-hero, Spider-Girl a.k.a Gwen Stacy, who also came from another universe and posed as an student in Miles' school. And turns out that she and Peter B. aren't the only Spider-People on town, which means that stopping Kingpin from destroying reality becomes more imperative by the minute...
- Animesque: Peni's art style is reminiscent of that type of cartoon style like Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi.
- Big Bad: Wilson Fisk/Kingpin.
- The Cameo: Stan Lee appears as the owner of a Spider-Man store. He gives Miles a non-refundable costume.
- Darker and Edgier: Compared to other Spider-Man cartoons, there is notably more violence and dark themes.
- Evil Uncle: The dramatic irony is that Uncle Aaron/Prowler doesn't know that Miles is Spider-Man.
- Family-Unfriendly Death: The deaths of Miles' Peter Parker and Uncle Aaron by Kingpin are surprisingly brutal.
- Funny Animal: Peter Porker or Spider-Ham is a spider bitten by a radioactive pig.
- Gratuitous Japanese: Peni Parker starts speaking Japanese when introducing herself.
- Mythology Gag: There are plenty of references to other Spider-Man media.
- In the beginning, you see Miles' Peter Parker dancing in the street just like in Spider-Man 3. Peter says "We don't talk about this."
- Split Screen: The film uses this to simulate comic panels.
- The Stinger: Miguel O'Hara (Spider-Man 2099) shows up in the 1960s cartoon.
