History Characters / SpiderManTrilogySpiderMan

* AdaptationalCurves: Traditionally, Spider-Man is usually depicted as lean-muscled. Just like in the [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries the 1990s cartoon]], this version is more [[HeroicBuild heavy-muscled]].

* 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 film version 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.

* 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 quite loses his signature nerdiness, i.e. his shy and passive nature.

* AscendedExtra: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While films stars the iconic TitleCharacter as TheHero, Spider-Man's civilian identity as Peter Parker are often the main focus compare to his heroic persona. On a meta level, fans regarded this iteration of character to be the best "Peter Parker", and in [[spoiler: ''No Way Home'', he's credited as the ''Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man".]]

** He makes a brief appearance in ''Across the Spider-Verse'' through archive footage when Miguel is explaining the multiverse to Miles Morales, with the film featuring several [[Characters/SpiderManSpiderVerse different variants]] of himself such as one from [[Characters/SpiderMan1967 Earth-67]], [[Characters/SpiderManPS4PeterParker Earth-1048]], [[VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes Earth-13122]], [[Characters/TheSpectacularSpiderMan Earth-26496]] and [[Characters/SpiderManUnlimited Earth-751263]].

[[caption-width-right:330:''"It's the choices that make us who we are... and we can always choose to do what's right."'']]

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Both Avi Arad and Sam Raimi believe that Peter is Jewish, and in ''Spider-Man 3'' Peter at one point says shalom. However May is implied to be Protestant and the novelisations imply that Peter's more of a Christian with no mention to any Jewish heritage.

** Peter having a much nicer, if submissive, personality, a HeroicBuild, and becoming Spider-Man as a young adult makes him similar to his WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries 1990s cartoon self]].

* CompositeCharacter: His overall backstory is like his original comic book counterpart. His friendship with Harry and his love interest from high school 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, and his powers are the result of gene-splicing (produces organic webbing instead of using mechanical web-shooters, growing "barbed" like material for WallCrawling, etc.) instead of radioactive is more in line with [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]].

* FirstLove: While he's not MJ's first boyfriend, he is the first person she's really in love with.

* OneTrueLove: He and Mary Jane never had such a deep love and connection with anyone as each other, and no matter how much they tried, it was ultimately impossible for either of them to move on from their feelings or let the other go. [[spoiler:Sure enough, Peter reveals in ''No Way Home'' that he and MJ remained together no matter what they endured over the years.]]

** He has two that are intertwined -- a primal, determined, and heroic theme for his Spider-Man persona and a quieter, introspective, and noble theme for his true identity as Peter Parker, symbolizing his heroic heart and his relationship with his Uncle Ben. WordOfGod from Music/DannyElfman is that he felt like Peter needed two leitmotifs, to capture both halves of his personality as a clever daredevil and a troubled teen. There are numerous variations on Spider-Man and Peter Parker's themes throughout the trilogy, but the two of them are established in full in the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qcJS_e2_hY Main Titles]]" suite from the first film.
** He also shares a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGib1zwIw0g tender, humble, and earnest love theme]] with Mary Jane that underscores many of their scenes together throughout the trilogy; growing progressively stronger in the first film as they create a genuine bond. It's most prominent during their iconic alleyway kiss, their second kiss after [[spoiler:Norman's funeral]], the climax of the second film when Peter sends her to be with John, and the stargazing scene early in the third film.

* PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage: In the second film, Peter loses his powers after being guilt-ridden from Norman's death and the stress from balancing his superhero and civilian life.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Infamously dons the [[PeekABangs "emo hair"]] during the height of the symbiote's influence.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Peter in the comics pre-spider bite was a loner and kind of a jerk who was only concerned about himself. Here, he seems a pretty decent person before that. Also, he's given a better reason for not stopping the burglar than in in the comics where it is a simple "I don't care!"-reaction while here, he felt wronged before the incident. However, the outcome is still the same and he feels guilty nonetheless.

** 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 gain 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 the 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.
** The first film establishes that his wall crawling ability is the result of his skin growing small but sharp "barbed" like material. This is different from the comics where the spider-bite essentially gave Peter the power to control electrostatic force to cling to surfaces.

* 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 and produces organic webbing instead of using mechanical web-shooters are more in line with [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]].

** His appearance in ''No Way Home'' has him meet his counterparts from [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesSpiderMan Earth-120703]] and [[Characters/MCUPeterParker Earth-199999]].

** He makes a brief appearance in ''Across the Spider-Verse'' through archive footage when Miguel is explaining the multiverse to Miles Morales, with the film featuring several [[Characters/SpiderManSpiderVerse different variants]] of himself such as one from [[Characters/SpiderMan1967 Earth-67]], [[Characters/SpiderManPS4PeterParker Earth-1048]], [[Characters/TheSpectacularSpiderMan Earth-26496]] and [[Characters/SpiderManUnlimited Earth-751263]].

** His appearance in ''No Way Home'' has him meet his counterparts from [[Characters/MCUPeterParker Earth-199999]] and [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesSpiderMan Earth-120703]].

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/SpiderMan1967 Earth-67]], [[Characters/SpiderManPS4PeterParker Earth-1048]], [[Characters/TheSpectacularSpiderMan Earth-26496]], [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 Earth-89521]], [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesSpiderMan Earth-120703]], [[Characters/MCUPeterParker Earth-199999]], [[Characters/SpiderManUnlimited Earth-751263]] and [[Characters/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse in several other realities]]. He [[AmbiguousSituation possibly]] has another on [[Characters/SonysSpiderManUniverse an undesignated Earth]].

** [[spoiler: He becomes this again to his [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesSpiderMan Earth-120703]] and [[Characters/MCUSpiderMan Earth-199999]] counterparts in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.]]

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' | ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderverse'' [[note]]Archive footage from ''Film/SpiderMan1''[[/note]]

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/SpiderMan1967 Earth-67]], [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 Earth-89521]], [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesSpiderMan Earth-120703]], [[Characters/MCUPeterParker Earth-199999]], and [[Characters/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse in several other realities]]. He [[AmbiguousSituation possibly]] has another on [[Characters/SonysSpiderManUniverse an undesignated Earth]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: In his original comics debut (''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumber15''), 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.

* 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.

** Downplayed, since this version of Peter is still a scientific genius like in the comics, but some of the choices he makes really tend 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.

* AscendedFanboy: The first 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 the first and third movies.

* VillainProtagonist: Of a sort in ''3'', since he ''is'' still the titular character, but as the symbiote's influence continues to grow on him he becomes more and more antagonistic and unhinged. Even ''while'' Sandman is still an active player, Peter is still the main one causing most of the conflict in the film, and after their fight where the black suit's influence leads him to neutralize Sandman in a particularly brutal way (he genuinely thought he ''killed'' him and wasn't remotely bothered by it,) he more or less serves as the main antagonist of the film before he finally separates from the suit.

* YouKilledMyFather: Peter wants to kill Flint Marko for the death of Uncle Ben. [[spoiler:He eventually lets go of his hatred and forgives Marko.]]

** While Peter and Mary Jane were neighbours in the comics, they only met when they were teenagers and Mary Jane moved in with her aunt Anna and while he found her attractive at the time Peter was in love with Gwen Stacy. Here they've known each other since they were children with Peter always having a crush on her which she remains oblivious to through most of the first film, while in the comics Mary Jane secretly admired Peter due to knowing he was Spider-Man. Another change is their dynamic while as a couple, since in the comics Mary Jane's issues from her childhood cause them to break up several time with Peter often voicing how angry it makes him while here they are both to blame for the complications in their relationship though Mary Jane voices her anger over his decisions.

** In the comics Gwen Stacy was Peter's FirstLove, as while he dated prior to meeting her he never had a relationship that meant that much to him, and her death [[ILetGwenStacyDie became a moment that haunted him for the rest of his life]]. Here they only go on one date which ends badly when Peter tries to use her to make Mary Jane jealous, and he actually saves her in this version. Not only that but Gwen actually hated Spider-Man and blamed him for her father's death, while here she's grateful for him saving her.

* 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]]. Since the second film shows him celebrating his birthday a month before the anniversary of Ben's death, which happened before he graduated in the first film, that means Peter gained his powers and became Spider-Man when he was eighteen.

* AdaptationalCurves: Traditionally, Spider-Man should be lean-muscled. Just like in the [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries the 1990s cartoon]], this version is more [[HeroicBuild heavy-muscled]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: In his original comics debut in ''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumber15'', 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.

!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''

* AdaptationalCurves: Traditionally, Spider-Man should be lean-muscled. This version, along with [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries the '90s cartoon]], is one of the more [[HeroicBuild heavy-muscled]] depictions of the character.

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/SpiderMan1967 Earth-67]], [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 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]].