History Characters / SpiderManTrilogySpiderMan

** After getting stiffed out of $3,000 despite risking serious injury, Peter lets an armed robber get away to spite the manager. Granted, [[KIckTheSonOfABitch the guy had it coming]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Whenever Peter lays a smackdown on someone when he's acting out of darker emotions or being symbiote-influenced, odds are they've earned it. Flash Thompson tried to punch him in the back of the head. The wrestling manager swindled him out of some prize money. Dennis Carradine stole Ben's car after committing robbery. Harry sabotaged Peter's already-shaky love life. Eddie Brock tried to defame Spider-Man.

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/SpiderMan1967 Earth-67]], [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf Earth-89521]], [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesSpiderMan Earth-120703]], [[Characters/MCUSpiderMan Earth-199999]], and [[Characters/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse in several other realities]]. He [[AmbiguousSituation possibly]] has another on [[Characters/SonysSpiderManUniverse an undesignated Earth]].

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/SpiderMan1967 Earth-67]], [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf Earth-89521]], [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesSpiderMan Earth-120703]], [[Characters/MCUSpiderMan Earth-199999]] and [[Characters/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse in several other realities]]. He [[AmbiguousSituation possibly]] has another on [[Characters/SonysSpiderManUniverse an undesignated Earth]].

* AscendedFanboy: The novelisation reveals that as a child he was a fan of ''Captain America'' comics, who's status as a real person is [[AmbiguousSituation questionable]], and he then grew up to become a superhero himself. Whether or not this is canon to the movies is unknown as he neither shows any reaction to the Cap's shield [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome being added to the MCU's Statue of Liberty]], nor has he ever heard of the Avengers. That said, in ''Spider-Man 2'' he does mention collecting comic books in the past, and makes a few DC Comic references in he first and third movies.

* AscendedFanboy: The novelisation reveals that as a child he was a fan of ''Captain America'' comics, who's status as a real person is [[AmbiguousSituation questionable]], and he then grew up to become a superhero himself. Whether or not this is canon to the movies is unknown as he neither shows any reaction to the Cap's shield [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome being added to the MCU's Statue of Liberty]], nor has he ever heard of the Avengers.

* AscendedFanboy: The novelisation reveals that as a child he was a fan of ''Captain America'' comics, who's status as a real person is [[AmbiguousSituation questionable]], and he then grew up to become a superhero himself.

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf Earth-89521]], [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesSpiderMan Earth-120703]], [[Characters/MCUSpiderMan Earth-199999]] and another on [[Characters/SonysSpiderManUniverse an undesignated Earth]].

* AccidentalMurder: Throughout the entire trilogy, only three villains (Dennis Carradine, Green Goblin, Eddie Brock) died in a direct battle against Spider-Man, but their deaths were never intentional by Peter's hand, making Peter only legally guilty of Negligent homicide, involuntary manslaughter, and assistant suicide. Carradine, frightened when Peter broke his hand, tripped and fell to his death, the Goblin was impaled on his own glider when Peter dodged it, and Eddie was killed along with the symbiote after Peter threw a pumpkin bomb at it.

* AccidentalMurder: Throughout the entire trilogy, only three villains (Dennis Carradine, Green Goblin, Eddie Brock) died in a direct battle against Spider-Man, but their deaths were never intentional by Peter's hand, making Peter, ''at best'', legally guilty of Negligent homicide, involuntary manslaughter, and assistant suicide. Carradine, frightened when Peter broke his hand, tripped and fell to his death, the Goblin was impaled on his own glider when Peter dodged it, and Eddie was killed along with the symbiote after Peter threw a pumpkin bomb at it.

* AccidentalMurder: Throughout the entire trilogy, only three villains (Dennis Carradine, Green Goblin, Eddie Brock) died in a direct battle against Spider-Man, but their deaths were never intentional by Peter's hand. Carradine, frightened when Peter broke his hand, tripped and fell to his death, the Goblin was impaled on his own glider when Peter dodged it, and Eddie was killed along with the symbiote after Peter threw a pumpkin bomb at it.

* AccidentalMurder: Throughout the entire trilogy, only three villains (Dennis Carradine, Green Goblin, Eddie Brock) died in a direct battle against Spider-Man, but their deaths were never intentional by Peter's hand.

* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: His comic self famously suffered from a case of ILetGwenStacyDie, while here he and the TropeNamer aren't as close as they were in the comics and only go on one date. As a result that is not a tragedy this iteration of the character experienced. ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' reveals that he does suffer from a mild case of "I let Norman Osborn die".

** Downplayed, since this version of Peter is still a scientific genius like in the comics, but some of the choices he makes really tends to shine out some idiocy on his part. Particularly in the second movie where he tries to win Mary Jane over by quoting poetry to her, even though he now knows she's in a relationship with John Jameson, and later tries to test to see if he has his powers again by jumping off a tall building and nearly killing himself.

* TragicBromance: His friendship with Harry Osborn was this, as the trilogy shows them develop from being each other's OnlyFriend in high school to becoming enemies in the third before Harry's redemption and death. In the first film, the two have an OddFriendship due to their different financial backgrounds and interests, but cracks in their friendship appear due to their LoveTriangle with Mary Jane which enhances Harry's insecurities about Peter's closeness with Mary Jane and his relationship with his father. In the second film, while they appear at first to still be close with Harry even introducing him to Otto Octavius, Harry carries huge resentment towards Peter who he sees as having stolen Mary Jane from him and is protecting his father's murderer. This culminates in him telling Doc Ock to use Peter to capture Spider-Man for him in return for the material he needs for his experiment despite the dangers it poses, only to be horrified when he learns that his best friend is Spider-Man. In the third film, Harry becomes the New Goblin and tries to kill Peter, only to suffer from amnesia due to an injury caused by the fight which allows the two to be friends again like in the first film. However, once his memory returns he starts getting revenge on Peter again, which leads to a fight between them which Peter wins, and due to the symbiote, he belittles Harry over his relationship with Norman. At the end of the third film, however, Harry learns the truth about Norman's death and ultimately comes to realize how much he loves Peter and Mary Jane, choosing to join Peter in the fight against Venom and Sandman. He then gives his life saving Peter, with both of them forgiving each other for their mistakes before Harry dies. In ''No Way Home'', it turns out that even years after Harry's death, Peter never developed a friendship as close or as meaningful as the one he had with Harry.

** One departure from the comics (both original and modern) and the other versions is that this Peter, out-of-costume, is an ExtremeDoormat, allowing Harry to treat him like crap (such as letting him slap him repeatedly at a party in public, though some of that is likely due to him blaming himself for Norman's death and agreeing with Harry) and being a LoveMartyr with SingleTargetSexuality for MJ and barely raising his voice against Jameson (until he starts becoming more confident in the next movies). In retrospect, this helps explain Peter's "evil", less-repressed side in ''Spider-Man 3'' where he's under the control of the symbiote but it's very different from the comics and most versions, where Peter was never shy of expressing his disdain for Flash, for Harry Osborn (on their first meeting), and even saw MJ as a flake for her constant flip-flops. In the comics, Peter and Harry started off as enemies at college since Peter could never stand Harry's snobbish attitude while the latter ironically finds Peter's cold and aloof attitude to be "snobbish" as well.
** The novelizations however reveal that he is indeed still TheResenter, and struggles with resisting the impulse to get back at people. The novels also reveal that while not outspoken about it, he's more religious than his comic book counterpart, likely because May herself is shown to be more religious.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: One departure from the comics (both original and modern) and the other versions is that this Peter, out-of-costume, is an ExtremeDoormat, allowing Harry to treat him like crap (such as letting him slap him repeatedly at a party in public, though some of that is likely due to him blaming himself for Norman's death and agreeing with Harry) and being a LoveMartyr with SingleTargetSexuality for MJ and barely raising his voice against Jameson (until he starts becoming more confident in the next movies). In retrospect, this helps explain Peter's "evil", less-repressed side in ''Spider-Man 3'' where he's under the control of the symbiote but it's very different from the comics and most versions, where Peter was never shy of expressing his disdain for Flash, for Harry Osborn (on their first meeting), and even saw MJ as a flake for her constant flip-flops. In the comics, Peter and Harry started off as enemies at college since Peter could never stand Harry's snobbish attitude while the latter ironically finds Peter's cold and aloof attitude to be "snobbish" as well.

* TragicBromance: His friendship with Harry Osborn was this, as the trilogy shows them develop from being each other's OnlyFriend in high school to becoming enemies in the third before Harry's redemption and death. In the first film, the two have an OddFriendship due to their different financial backgrounds and interests, but cracks in their friendship appear due to their LoveTriangle with Mary Jane which enhances Harry's insecurities about Peter's closeness with Mary Jane and his relationship with his father. In the second film, while they appear at first to still be close with Harry even introducing him to Otto Octavius, Harry carries huge resentment towards Peter who he sees as having stolen Mary Jane from him and is protecting his father's murderer. This culminates in him telling Doc Ock to use Peter to capture Spider-Man for him in return for the material he needs for his experiment despite the dangers it poses, only to be horrified when he learns that his best friend is Spider-Man. In the third film, Harry becomes the New Goblin and tries to kill Peter, only to suffer from amnesia due to an injury caused by the fight which allows the two to be friends again like in the first film. However, once his memory returns he starts getting revenge on Peter again, which leads to a fight between them which Peter wins, and due to the symbiote he belittles Harry over his relationship with Norman. At the end of the third film, however, Harry learns the truth about Norman's death and ultimately comes to realize how much he loves Peter and Mary Jane, choosing to join Peter in the fight against Venom and Sandman. He then gives his life saving Peter, with both of them forgiving each other for their mistakes before Harry dies. In ''No Way Home'', it turns out that even years after Harry's death, Peter never developed a friendship as close or as meaningful as the one he had with Harry.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In his original comics debut in ''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumberFifteen'', Peter is portrayed as a bullied nerd with an understandable chip-on-his-shoulder. However, upon gaining his powers from the spider bite, he immediately took this as an opportunity to become famous and rich, and became a huge AttentionWhore as a public sensation, leading him to not intervene against the robber from escaping, [[ItsAllAboutMe since it's not his problem]]. Furthermore, in the ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' run, Peter always has a [[AesopAmnesia hard time]] grasping the lesson of [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility responsibility]], with most of his heroics still being motivated by self-centeredness, and he even acts like a bully himself whenever he gets provoked ([[HotBlooded which is something that's really easy to achieve]]) or if he gets a ''mild'' suspicion of someone being guilty. In the films, Peter was less motivated in becoming famous but still took the wrestling gig as a one-time gig in order to afford a used car to impress MJ. While he still let the robber get away, he only did it because he got stiffed by the sleazy manager. After losing Uncle Ben, however, he took the man's lessons very seriously and avoided doing any frivolous activities as Spider-Man, no matter how tempted he felt when hitting rock bottom.

* CompositeCharacter: His overall backstory is like his original comic book counterpart. His friendship with Harry and his love interest from high school being Mary Jane is similar to [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan his Ultimate Marvel universe counterpart]]. And the fact that as Spider-Man, he makes a lot less snarky quips than most versions is more in line with [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]].

* SingleTargetSexuality: Mary Jane is the only person he truly loved. Which is a sharp departure from the comics where he secretly harbored a crush on Liz Allan (which she reciprocated too late), and initially dated Betty Brant and Gwen Stacy. Also, he and MJ in the comics had a long on-and-off romance owing to their own individual neurotic natures.

* TragicBromance: His friendship with Harry Osborn was this, as the trilogy shows them develop from being each other's OnlyFriend in high school to becoming enemies in the third before Harry's redemption and death. In the first film, the two have an OddFriendship due to their different financial backgrounds and interests, but cracks in their friendship appear due to their LoveTriangle with Mary Jane which enhances Harry's insecurities about Peter's closeness with Mary Jane and his relationship with his father. In the second film, while they appear at first to still be close with Harry even introducing him to Otto Octavius, Harry carries huge resentment towards Peter who he sees as having stolen Mary Jane from him and is protecting his father's murderer. This culminates in him telling Doc Ock to use Peter to capture Spider-Man for him in return for the material he needs for his experiment despite the dangers it poses, only to be horrified when he learns that his best friend is Spider-Man. In the third film, Harry becomes the New Goblin and tries to kill Peter, only to suffer from amnesia due to an injury caused by the fight which allows the two to be friends again like in the first film. However, once his memory returns he starts getting revenge on Peter again, which leads to a fight between them which Peter wins, and due to the symbiote he belittles Harry over his relationship with Norman. At the end of the third film, however, Harry learns the truth about Norman's death and ultimately comes to realize how much he loves Peter and Mary Jane, choosing to join Peter in the fight against Venom and Sandman. He then gives his life saving Peter and dies, with both of them forgiving each other for their mistakes. In ''No Way Home'', it turns out that even years after Harry's death, Peter never developed a friendship as close or as meaningful as the one he had with Harry.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Easily overlooked, but in the first film, while fighting against Bonesaw [=McGraw=], Peter taunts him by complimenting his outfit and asking Bonesaw in a mocking tone if his husband made it for him. That said, this doesn't confirm Peter is homophobic, as he could have said this just to tease the masculine Bonesaw for his bravado and society's culture at the time the film was released means that realistically he wouldn't have seen any reason not to use it as an insult.
* PrecisionFStrike: He does one of these whiles under the influence of the black suit in response to Mr. Ditkovich once again demanding rent from him.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Mary Jane is the only person he truly loved. Which is a sharp departure from the comics where Peter initially dated Betty Brant, while secretly being a crush on Liz Allan, and then Gwen Stacy, and where he and MJ in the comics had a long on-and-off romance owing to their own individual neurotic nature.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Implied as at his graduation he and some other students are told to say chess while posing for a picture, so if taken literally it's possible he was part of a chess club in high school.
* SociallyAwkwardHero: Peter is introverted and socially awkward, which made him unpopular in high school but doesn't stop him from winning MJ's heart with his kind and heroic nature. He gains confidence over the course of the trilogy, but he never loses his signature nerdiness, i.e. his shy timid, and passive nature.

* StealthHiBye: Thanks to his SuperReflexes, Peter can slip in places in and out quickly before people notice he's gone. However, only a few supervillains are able to detect his presence.
* StereotypicalNerd: Before getting his powers he was a very socially awkward person with glasses who was bullied by the entire school, was part of the chess club, and was hunched by habit which makes him seem less tall and attractive. He grows out of this over time.

* StrongAndSkilled: Due to his many battles against the Green Goblin and Doc Ock ([[BroadStrokes and possibly]] [[VideoGame/SpiderManTrilogy Shocker, Vulture, Scorpion, Rhino, and Mysterio]]), he's this by the third film. Notably, despite having the same powers and weaponry as his father (who had Peter on the backfoot constantly when they fought in the first film), [[UnskilledButStrong Harry]] is quickly defeated by Peter in their first fight, even though Peter was caught off guard and deliberately not trying to hurt him.

* TragicBromance: His friendship with Harry Osborn was this, as the trilogy shows them develop from being each other's OnlyFriend in high school to becoming enemies in the third before Harry's redemption and death. In the first film, the two have an OddFriendship due to their different financial backgrounds and interests, but cracks in their friendship appear due to their LoveTriangle with Mary Jane which enhances Harry's insecurities about Peter's closeness with Mary Jane and his relationship with his father. In the second film, while they appear at first to still be close with Harry even introducing him to Otto Octavius, Harry carries huge resentment towards Peter who he sees as having stolen Mary Jane from him and is protecting his father's murderer. This culminates in him telling Doc Ock to use Peter to capture Spider-Man for him in return for the material he needs for his experiment despite the dangers it poses, only to be horrified when he learns that his best friend is Spider-Man. In the third film, Harry becomes the New Goblin and tries to kill Peter, only to suffer from amnesia due to an injury caused by the fight which allows the two to be friends again like in the first film. However, once his memory returns he starts getting revenge on Peter again, which leads to a fight between them which Peter wins, and due to the symbiote he belittles Harry over his relationship with Norman. At the end of the third film, however, Harry learns the truth about Norman's death and ultimately comes to realize how much he loves Peter and Mary Jane, choosing to join Peter in the fight against Venom and Sandman. He then gives his life-saving Peter and he dies with both of them forgiving each other for their mistakes. In ''No Way Home'' it turns out that even years after Harry's death, Peter never developed a friendship as close or as meaningful as the one he had with Harry.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness: He started out as a [[GeekPhysiques skinny]] bespectacled nerd who was bullied and shunned by everyone, including [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards fellow geeks]]. Post spider bite, he has a HeroicBuild (though he hides it under [[ClarkKentOutfit baggy clothes)]], his vision is corrected, allowing him to [[TheGlassesGottaGo get rid of his glasses]] and causing MJ to notice his [[WhatBeautifulEyes beautiful blue eyes]], and by the end of the trilogy, he has [[ChickMagnet no less than three women interested in him romantically]], [[CluelessChickMagnet (although he doesn’t seem to notice it until much later)]].

* PrecisionFStrike: He does one of these while under the influence of the black suit in response to Mr. Ditkovich once again demanding rent from him.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Mary Jane is the only person he truly loved. Which is a sharp departure from the comics where Peter initially dated Betty Brant, while secretly being a crush to Liz Allan, and then Gwen Stacy, and where he and MJ in the comics had a long on-and-off romance owing to their own individual neurotic nature.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Implied as at his graduation him and some other students are told to say chess while posing for a picture, so if taken literally it's possible he was part of a chess club in high school.

* StereotypicalNerd: Before getting his powers he was a very socially awkward person with glasses who was bullied by the entire school, was part of the chess club, and hunches by habit which makes him seem less tall and attractive. He grows out of this over time.

* SuperReflexes: Peter is incredibly speedy and agile, able to dodge incoming punches and projectiles as an effect of his mutation.

* SuperToughness: There's at least one moment in all three movies where he's able to put up a strong fight even after having been given a powerful beatdown from his enemies. Peter's most impressive feat in the trilogy is being able to stop an out-of-control train with only a few webs and his body as the strain threatens to tear him apart.

* TragicBromance: His friendship with Harry Osborn was this, as the trilogy shows them develop from being each other's OnlyFriend in high school to becoming enemies in the third before Harry's redemption and death. In the first film the two have an OddFriendship due to their different financial backgrounds and interests, but cracks in their friendship appear due to their LoveTriangle with Mary Jane which enhance Harry's insecurities about Peter's closeness with Mary Jane and his relationship with his father. In the second film while they appear at first to still be close wiith Harry even introducing him to Otto Octavius, Harry carries huge resentment towards Peter who he sees as having stolen Mary Jane from him and is protecting his father's murderer. This culminates in him telling Doc Ock to use Peter to capture Spider-Man for him in return for the material he needs for his experiment despite the dangers it poses, only to be horrified when he learns that his best friend is Spider-Man. In the third film Harry become the New Goblin and tries to kill Peter, only to suffer from amnesia due to an injury caused from the fight which allows the two to be friends again like in the first film. However once his memory returns he starts getting revenge on Peter again, which leads to a fight between them which Peter wins and due to the symbiote he belittles Harry over his relationship with Norman. At the end of the third film however Harry learns the truth about Norman's death and ultimately comes to realise how much he loves Peter and Mary Jane, choosing to join Peter in the fight against Venom and Sandman. He then gives his life saving Peter and he dies with both of them forgiving each other for their mistakes. In ''No Way Home'' it turns out that even years after Harry's death, Peter never developed a friendship as close or as meaningful as the one he had with Harry.

* UnstoppableRage: Green Goblin, Dennis Carradine, and Sandman [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown learn the hard way]] what happens if Spider-Man is pissed off at you.

* WallCrawl: Thanks to small hairs on his fingertips.

* TheAdjectivalSuperhero: In the first film he refers to himself as "your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" in his note to the police and after saving Mary Jane. After ''No Way Home'', this becomes his official title according to Marvel to seperate him from his MCU and Webb-Verse counterparts.

* AgeLift: In the comics and most versions, Peter usually becomes Spider-Man during the middle of his high school years. Here, he officially becomes Spider-Man after graduating from high school like in the [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries animated series]]. Thanks to the novelisation confirming his birthday is in August and that he was four years old when his parents died (the narration noting his birthday was in the previous August), as well as other details such as the last act of the film being a few days after Thanksgiving and Harry mentioning that Norman got them a place to move into in the fall, it can be presumed that while Peter got his powers at 17, he didn't officially become Spider-Man until he turned 18.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LuisDanielRamirez (Latin-American Spanish dub), Roger Pera (European Spanish dub), Manabu Ino (Japanese dub), Damien Witecka (European French dub), Creator/HugolinChevretteLandesque (Canadian French dub), Evgeny Ivanov (Russian dub)

* AgeLift: In the comics and most versions, Peter usually becomes Spider-Man during the middle of his high school years. Here, he officially becomes Spider-Man after graduating from high school like in the [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries animated series]]. Thanks to the novelisation confirming his birthday is in August and that he was four years old when his parents died (the narration noting his birthday was in the previous August), as well as other details such as the last act of the film being a few days after Thanksgiving and Harry mentioning that Norman got them a place to move into in the fall, it can be presumed that while Peter got his powers at 18, he didn't officially become Spider-Man until he turned 19.

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: A minor one but according to the novelization, Peter originally lived in Wisconsin until he was four when his parents died. His comic self was born in Queens and therefore always lived in the state of New York. That said, whether or not this is true for the movie counterpart is debatable, as in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', he refers to himself as "a nerdy kid from Queens", though given he was raised there pretty much his whole life it would make sense for him to call himself that.

** His web-shooters are natural. Prior to that, the comics had him use gadgets, while the Venom suit gave him unlimited webbing as a power, an effect which is lost in ''Spider-Man 3'' when Peter gets the black suit and doesn't seem to get special advantages from the symbiote. While the original concept art and an early trailer shows Peter creating the mechanical web-shooters, the idea was scrapped in official movie release due to the trilogy being more grounded in realism, with [[WordOfGod Sam Raimi]] stating that something as sophisticated as the mechanical web-shooters would be unrealistic for a high school teenager to create on a budget. However [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan later]] [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse iterations]] of Spider-Man would run with it anyway, most likely to clarify that they're in separate continuities, which leads to a humorous moment in ''No Way Home'' where it's acknowledged that he's the only Spider-Man with organic webs which his counterparts are jealous of.

* AgeLift: In the comics and most versions, Peter usually becomes Spider-Man during the middle of his high school years. Here, he officially becomes Spider-Man after graduating from high school like in the [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries animated series]]. Thanks to the novelisation confirming his birthday is in August and that he was four years old when his parents died (the narration noting his birthday was in the previous August), as well as other details such as the last act of the film being a few days after Thanksgiving and Harry mentioning that Norman got them a place to move into in the fall, it can be presumed that while Peter got his powers at eighteen, he didn't officially become Spider-Man until he turned nineteen.

* GrewASpine: Bonding with the symbiote makes him incredibly assertive and unafraid to stand up to anyone. He shouts at Mr. Ditkovich for constantly pestering him to pay rent, acts more confident and smug around Jameson, and stands up to Harry's poor treatment and constant ridicule by beating the crap out of him.

* BeingEvilSucks: Under the symbiote's influence, he becomes much more egotistical and cruel. But it isn't until he hits MJ that he realizes what he has become and tries to take off the new suit at any cost.
** On the flip side, his personality when under the symbiote's influence gives him the confidence to make Jameson give him a staff job with a generous pay rise.