History ComicBook / SpiderBoy

* MissingMom: Bailey believes that his mother is not dead, but does not expand on the subject.

* AbusiveParents: Madame Monstrosity does not care that her sons are dead, and there is obvious resentment between her and her daughter, Shannon.

* BadBoss: Madame Monstrosity orders that Mr. Rooster be vivisected after he botches his CockADoodleDawn.
* BadInfluencer: Killionaire posts his crimes on social media for his followers to see, streaming the mayhem Toy Soldier causes at his behest while asking his chat what to turn his toy into next. He then has Toy Soldier beat up Bailey and steal his shoes after Bailey called him the "world's most entitled influencer".
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Killionaire sends his Toy Soldier to drag a dog into the sun for barking at him after the dog was spooked by Toy Soldier flattening a car next to it. After Toy Soldier points out how long that would take, Killionaire decides to throw the dog into the East River instead. This is in contrast to Bailey who rescued a cat earlier that day and saves the dog from drowning.

* CopiedTheMoralsToo: Killionaire's engineers use the hand of the Super-Adaptoid that Taskmaster stole to make an action figure called "Toy Soldier", with the powers of all of the Avengers. Even with its abilities diminished by its size, Toy Soldier is too powerful for Bailey to beat. After Bailey tries and fails to lift its copy of Mjolnir, he manages to talk it into doing some introspection given that it's considered "worthy" to wield Thor's hammer. After concluding that it does have free will, Toy Soldier refuses to continue serving Killionaire, as it has inherited the heart and soul of the Avengers along with their powers. It then flies off to fight evil as the heroes it's imitating would.

* EntitledBastard: Killionaire is a SpoiledBrat who feels entitled to have everything he wants. He throws a tantrum when Taskmaster fails to secure more than the hand of the Super-Adaptoid even as it was guarded by armed soldiers and Captain America. He also feels it's in his right to destroy and take anything that displeases him, ordering Toy Soldier to take Spider-Boy's shoes just because they look nice enough. Lampshaded by Bailey, who mutters that Killionaire believes he decides who owns what things.

* EvilIsPetty: Killionaire has the maturity of a child and the spite of a SpoiledBrat. The first thing he does with Toy Soldier is to destroy a billboard of a band who didn't want their single on one of Killionaire's streams. He then has it flatten a red Ferrari solely because it's red before having it try to drown a dog for being startled and barking at him.

* FightingFingerprint: Taskmaster's PhotographicMemory allows him to instantly peg Bailey's moves as a mix of Daredevil's and Spider-Man's, as both heroes taught Bailey how to fight and get a hang of his powers.
* {{Foil}}: Killionaire is this to Bailey. While Bailey is a HomelessHero in PerpetualPoverty, Killionaire is a SpoiledBrat who abuses his seemingly endless cash for personal entertainment. Bailey is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who asks DudeWheresMyReward but is responsible enough to do the right thing regardless of his money woes, Killionaire uses his money to terrorize others and get out of culpability for his actions via his lawyers. They also share a love of social media, but Bailey uses his to get recognition for his accomplishments, while Killionaire livestreams the mayhem he causes for clicks.

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Hellifino is an elephant-rhino-human hybrid who only wears pants and goes bare-chested. Given his girth, it's unlikely that conventionally-made clothes would fit him at all.
* HeinzHybrid: Hellifino is an elephant-rhino-human hybrid and Madame Monstrosity's first attempt at hybridizing people with more than one animal. He has four eyes and horns on his head as a result.
* HeliumSpeech: Supervillain Professor Emilio Helio has to breathe helium, which gives him a high-pitched and squeaky voice. He [[BerserkButton reacts violently]] when people find it funny.
* HeroismWontPayTheBills: One thing being a superhero doesn't do for Bailey is help him dig his way out of poverty. He was a HomelessHero even before being erased from history and his only worldly possessions are his superhero gear, clothes, and his phone. Then his phone gets stolen by a thief just before Christmas. So when a lady asks if there's anything she can do to repay Spider-Boy for saving her and her cat, he mutters, "Twenty bucks." He tries to justify it by claiming that it's practically nothing compared to her life and health, but she's too offended to even entertain the idea because of the expectation that superheroes work for free.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: The ''Daily Bugle'' runs articles accusing Spider-Boy of being a monster thanks to his venomous fangs that have people speculating that he is a vampire. Spider-Man complains that Spider-Boy hasn't done anything to warrant this kind of treatment, but Robbie stands by his headlines.
* InASingleBound: In the second issue, Bailey catches up to a flying helicopter by leaping at it from a rooftop and sticking to the side of it before forcing his way in.
* InsufferableGenius: Madame Monstrosity is a brilliant MadScientist who specializes in splicing people with animal DNA to turn them into super-strong hybrids. But she's also so arrogant that she readily believes Hellifino's lie that Spider-Boy turned into a bunch of spiders and got away, believing it to be something that she could have done.
-->'''Madame Monstrosity:''' He can do that?!\\
'''Hellifino:''' Don't ask me. You gave him his powers.\\
'''Madame Monstrosity:''' I did, didn't I? I must be better than I thought!
* KidHero: Bailey's already been a hero for three years (even if nobody remembers him) and he's still a child.
* LethalHarmlessPowers: The Balloon Man can manipulate helium gas with his mind. Sounds harmless enough, right? Well, if he mixes said helium with laughing gas and other toxic chemicals, he can pop balloons filled with "attack gasses" to debilitate entire crowds. He also seizes control of the Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons after treating them with a special "Polymer X". This grants the balloons NighInvulnerability, making them indestructible giants that can smash buildings.

* MadScientist: Madame Monstrosity is obsessed with changing people into animal hybrids named Humanimals.

* MuggleBestFriend: Out of desperation to have someone he can talk to, Bailey revealed his SecretIdentity to Christina Xu, a girl he saved from the Inner Demons in ''ComicBook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2023''. They've since formed a fast friendship as she acts as his confidant while also convincing her parents to allow him to stay with them at the F.E.A.S.T. shelter. By the events of ''Spider Boy'' #1, she's willing to throw herself [[GoThroughMe between him and Hellifino to protect Bailey.]]

* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: The Toy Soldier's replica of Mjolnir comes with the same enchantment that prevents any but the worthy from wielding the power of Thor. Bailey realizes this after he fails to pick up the tiny hammer, meaning that there's something about Toy Soldier that makes it worthy of wielding its hammer. He talks it into thinking for itself, leading Toy Soldier to conclude that it CopiedTheMoralsToo, leaving to fight crime just as the heroes it's copying would.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: [[MyLittlePanzer Toy Soldier]] is a superpowered action figure created from the hand of the Super-Adaptoid, a robot capable of obtaining the superpowers of any being it touched. Although not as powerful as the originals due to its size, Toy Soldier is still capable of flattening cars and flying the distance between planets. Bailey is unable to even hit it, much less damage it, due to it possessing the speed and strength of heroes like the Silver Surfer and Thor.

* PowerCopying: Toy Soldier is made from the Super-Adaptoid, which has the abiltiy to copy the superpowers of all the Avengers (and Silver Surfer). While its abilities are diminished on account of its size, it's still more than capable of flattening cars and dragging victims into the sun. Bailey tries to stop it, but it's too fast and strong, for him to beat on his own due to it possessing the powers of Thor, Hulk, and other heavy hitters.

* RedheadsAreUncool: While most people don't know he's a redhead under the mask, once the photo of Spider-Boy with his fangs bared during the fight with Electro is published in the ''Bugle'', civilians start reacting with fear toward him. Joked about by Christina when Bailey is venting to her about people thinking he's "some weird bloodsucking vampire kid."
-->'''Bailey:''' C'mon. Would you and your family have taken me in if the first time you saw me I had all my fangs and extra eyes out?\\
'''Christina:''' Please. You unmasked in front of me... and showed me you were a ''ginger''. That's ''way'' worse than a vampire!

* RuleOfCool: In the ShowWithinAShow ''Fast Car Family'', two cars are racing over the faces of an Egyptian pyramid. Of course, the pyramids do not have a flat, smooth surface, but the movie series the scene lampoons has [[ArtisticLicensePhysics tossed Physics out of the window]].

* SecretKeeper: The first issue re-establishes that, apart from Peter Parker, Christina Xu is another person who knows Spider-Boy's identity. Peter is unimpressed that Bailey's already told someone else.
-->'''Peter:''' You've gotta do better than that!\\
'''Bailey:''' Better? You mean like asking Doctor Strange [[MythologyGag to do a spell to make everyone forget?]]\\
'''Peter:''' [[{{Touche}} Fair point.]]

* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Toy Soldier has a default form that's a mish-mash of all of the Avengers' appearances. But when it's using their powers, it transforms into a scale model of them.

* SpoiledBrat: Killionaire is a boy around Bailey's age with too much money on his hands and is implied to be the heir to a major conglomerate. He uses his funds to hire Taskmaster to steal the Super-Adaptoid and throws a tantrum when Taskmaster fails to acquire more than a hand. Killionaire's employees then turn it into an action figure under Killionaire's control, which he happily uses to terrorize anything he dislikes.
* StillBelievesInSanta: Bailey waves to Santa Claus at the Thanksgiving Day Parade, showing that Bailey still believes in Santa on account of his age. Given the existence of literal gods like Thor and the fact that Santa Claus is shown to exist in some Marvel comics, Bailey's belief is not unwarranted.

* UnknownRival: Bailey has in-depth knowledge of his rogues due to having years of experience fighting them. However, due to his RetGone situation, none of them remember him, leaving them confused about why he knows so much about them.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: Although Bailey doesn't realize it at the time, Santa refers to Bailey by name while teaming up to defeat the Helium Man despite Bailey being RetGone from memory and record. [[spoiler:Bailey finds a picture of himself and his mom under the Christmas tree at the end of the issue, proving that Santa knows exactly who Bailey is and somehow produced a picture that was erased by cosmic retcon.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Does... ''some of the things'' a spider can]]

--> '''"Dirk":''' Our cars don't need nitrous... [[ThePowerOfFamily they run on '''''family!''''']]

--> '''"Dirk":''' Our cars don't need nitrous... they run on '''''family!'''''

* AnimalsSeeInMonochrome: When Madame Monstrosity complains about Mr. Muttman getting the colors of Boy-Spider's outfit wrong, the dog man meekly points out that he can only see in black and white, an explanation which Madame Monstrosity takes surprisingly, quipping, "Ah. You're right. That's on me."
* AngelUnaware: The Santa Claus who is participating in the New York City Thanksgiving Day Parade turns out to be the actual Santa.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Taskmaster's sword cuts cleanly through a metal robot without any noticeable resistance. The only thing shown to stop it is Captain America's shield.

* ArtificialHybrid: Madame Monstrosity is a MadScientist who developed a process to merge humans with animals, making bizarre creatures named "Humanimals". She uses them as minions and muscle in her various schemes. [[KidHero Bailey]] was one of her victims, but was rescued by Spider-Man before she could bend Bailey to her will.

* PowerCopying: Toy Soldier is made from the Super-Adaptoid, which has the abiltiy to copy the superpowers of all the Avengers (and Silver Surfer). While its abilities are diminished on account of its size, it's still more than capable of flattening cars and dragging victims into the sun. Bailey tries to stop it, but it's too fast, strong, for him to beat on his own due to it possessing the powers of Thor, Hulk, and other heavy hitters.

* {{Touche}}: Peter is unimpressed when Bailey tells him that Christina knows Spider-Boy's SecretIdentity. He tells Bailey to do better than that. Bailey retorts that Peter once had Doctor Strange wipe everyone's memories of Spider-Man's identity in the past. Peter replies, "Fair point."
* UnknownRival: Bailey has in-depth knowledge of his rogues due to having years of experience fighting them. However, due to his RetGone situation, none of them remember him, leaving them confused about why he knows so much about that.

* OnlyTheWorthyMayWield: The Toy Soldier's replica of Mjolnir comes with the same enchantment that prevents any but the worthy from wielding the power of Thor. Bailey realizes this after he fails to pick up the tiny hammer, meaning that there's something about Toy Soldier that makes it worthy of wielding its hammer. He talks it into thinking for itself, leading Toy Soldier to conclude that it CopiedTheMoralsToo, leaving to fight crime just as the heroes it's copying would.

* TeamUpSeries: The first two issues of the comic feature Bailey teaming up with another popular Marvel character. The backup story features Bailey working with Squirrel Girl to stop the Helium Man's attempt to terrorize the New York City Thanksgiving Day Parade. The second issue has Bailey fighting Taskmaster alongside Captain America while the backup story has Santa Claus join in Bailey's and Squirrel Girl's efforts to save Thanksgiving.