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Several video games have been titled ''Spider-Man''. You may be looking for:

* ''VideoGame/SpiderManTheMovie''
* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4''

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->''Him da man, him da man, him da - Spider-Man\\
Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man\\
Him da man, him da man, him da - Spider-Man\\
Him-a do whatever a spider can - look '''out'''!''
-->-- Lyrics from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psdl5xRmrZ0 the game's remix]] of the Spider-Man ThemeSong.

''Spider-Man'' is one of numerous video games to feature the eponymous Creator/MarvelComics character. This page is about the game simply bearing ol' web head's name, which came out in 2000 and uses the same game engine as ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater''. The game was developed by Neversoft for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} and UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} and ported to the [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] and PC. For the game that was released as a tie-in to the Creator/SamRaimi [[Film/SpiderMan1 film]], go to ''VideoGame/SpiderManTheMovie''. For UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 game of the same name, see ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4''.

The game begins with the allegedly reformed Dr. Otto Octavius showing off a brand-new project of his at a science expo, when all of a sudden, a familiar hero clad in red-and-blue tights bursts in and steals his invention... except that Peter Parker is in the audience, watching the heist unfold. Spider-Man then finds not just the police on his tail, but every villain in the city is on a simultaneous crime spree, including Venom, after the imposter-Spidey destroyed Eddie Brock's camera and ruined his chances of getting a good shot of Spider-Man red-handed. In addition, all of New York is blanketed by a mysterious fog, and it's up to Spider-Man to sort it all out.

A sequel, titled ''[[VideoGame/SpiderMan2EnterElectro Enter Electro]]'', was released soon after, by Vicarious Visions.

Of course, this is just one of several video games about Spider-Man. See [[Franchise/SpiderMan here]] for a list.

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!!''Spider-Man'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AbandonedWarehouse: The level right after Mysterio takes place in one. Creator/StanLee lampshades it.
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Seriously, Spider-Man can ''web-swing'' inside the sewers. As in "building-to-building" swing on the surface.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Dr. Otto Octavius has reformed as seen in the game's opening, having stopped being Doc Ock and returning to proper science. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope It was just a ruse.]]]]
* AdvancingBossOfDoom: [[spoiler:Monster Ock. He can't be damaged and the base is exploding, so all Spider-Man can do is run.]]
* AlienBlood: During [[spoiler:Carnage]]'s boss fight, he asks Spider-Man what color he bleeds.
* AlienInvasion: PlayedWith. [[spoiler:Ock's plan is to invade New York with Earth-born alien symbiotes.]]
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Unlockable costumes include the symbiotic black suit, the costume from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManUnlimited'', [[ComicBook/ScarletSpider the Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly's Spider-Man costume]], ComicBook/SpiderMan2099, Captain Universe, Peter in civvies, the Bombastic Bag Man, and Quick Change Spidey (Peter in civvies, only with a mask and gloves on). Although most of these costumes are purely cosmetic, some of them gave you slight handicaps or advantages; Quick Change Spidey only let you use two web cartridges, the symbiote suit has infinite webbing, Captain Universe deals double damage and is invincible, etc.
* AnimalMotifs: Rhino [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the recurring animal motifs of Spider-Man RoguesGallery at the end.
-->'''Rhino:''' So... I'm a Rhino, you're a Scorpion, and he's an Octopus... What's a Mysterio?
* AntiVillain: Venom's vendetta and villainous actions against Spider-Man, while largerly rooted in the fact he destroyed Eddie's camera, is at it's core based entirely on the genuine belief Spidey committed a serious crime and needs to pay. Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, Venom and Spidey agree to work together for the time being.
* BadassInDistress: Black Cat is kidnapped by Doc Ock and his men after Spidey defeated Rhino.
* BananaInTheTailpipe: Spidey shuts off the bad guys' fog and compares it to this. In the [[WhatIf What If?]] mode, the tailpipes actually have giant bananas on them.
* BankRobbery: The first few levels concern the Jade Syndicate trying to rob a bank and Spidey having to stop them.
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Dr. Octopus and Carnage.]]
* BigNo: [[spoiler:Mysterio]] gives a particularly long one after being defeated.
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: While it looks realistic enough, [[spoiler:Mysterio]]'s boss arena makes no real sense. It's a round, 4-story building(?) that looks like it's been there since the Roman empire. It's implied to be near (or even ''below'') the Daily Bugle since its entrance is hidden there.
* BizarroEpisode: InUniverse. The WhatIf mode. It takes the base plot and adds tons of silly lines. "Doc Ock has trapped me... and I can't stop dancing".
* BlandNameProduct: A Pork'n'Donuts billboard.
* BlatantBurglar: The Jade Syndicate all wear black full body suits like stereotypical robbers.
* BloodlessCarnage: If the Jade Syndicate shoot and kill any hostages, they just dematerialize as the mission failure screen appears.
* BossArenaIdiocy: For the final two bosses. [[spoiler:Dr. Octopus is protected by DeflectorShields that Spidey has to turn off by hitting switches around him. Carnage is immune to most of Spider-Man's attacks and would likely be impossible if not for the sonic bubble in the arena. The latter case is justified since Dr. Octopus set it up in case Carnage turned on him, and the bubble can hurt Spider-Man, but there is no excuse for the former.]]
* BossOnlyLevel: "Rhino's Rampage" is just the boss fight with the titular villain.
* BraggingRightsReward: The Captain Universe costume. You've beaten Hard Mode, so you probably never even ''needed'' a costume with invulnerability, unlimited webbing, and double damage (the only thing it can't do is turn invisible).
* BullfightBoss: Rhino again. Spidey even shouts "Toro, Toro!"
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler:Monster Ock is the Carnage symbiote bonded to Doctor Octopus]], though the game's packaging promotes this as a new character.
* CanonForeigner: The Jade Syndicate, the criminal group behind the bank heist that Spider-Man busts in the early levels of the game.
** Also, to an extent, [[spoiler:Monster Ock]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Venom. He doesn't realize that it ''can't'' have been the real Spider-Man who raided the expo since he bumped into Peter whilst the heist was going on until Spidey points this out to him (although Eddie didn't even properly recognize Peter at first and needed to seriously think back to that day to realize his error), and when asked for suggestions on who might have wanted the stolen technology, he suggests [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], and ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, [[TheGadfly in an attempt to piss off Spidey.]] Oh, and after the Daily Bugle, Venom is entirely concerned with surfing the Web rather than doing anything useful. After you defeat him in the sewers, he almost immediately becomes comedic relief for most of the rest of the game -- and even then, the chase scene is one giant screwball sequence.
* ContinuityNod: All over the place:
** You can get to the [[Franchise/FantasticFour Baxter Building]] in the first level.
** In the Venom chase scene level, you bypass the [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark Enterprises]] building.
** There is a billboard advertising a ComicBook/CaptainAmerica interview in the police chase level.
** [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes And then he saves you using The Avengers' Quinjet]] at the end]].
* ConvenientEnemyBase: Mysterio enters the plot in Daily Bugle's basement, which has a hidden entrance to what appears to be Mysterio's lair.
* CopKiller: The Jade Syndicate shoot down two police choppers.
* CurbStompBattle: Stopping to fight [[spoiler:Monster Ock]] will result in him beating Spider-Man's face in.
** Spider-Man himself can be this towards only the mooks, police officers, lizard minions and symbiotes if the player chooses the costume of "Spidey Unlimited" which allows him to be invisible and inputting [[spoiler:RUSTCRST and STRUDL in the cheat codes section which grants Invincibility and Infinite Webbing respectively]].
* DamselInDistress: Mary Jane Watson is held captive by Venom and acts as a damsel-in-distress for Spider-Man. Also, Black Cat, as mentioned above.
* DeadpanSnarker: Naturally, Spider-Man, and how.
* DeathByAdaptation: This seems to happen to [[spoiler:Cletus Kasady, who is abandoned by Carnage and shown to still be knocked out from his BossFight]] when things start blowing up. [[spoiler:While Carnage is shown retreating to the shadows after abandoning Otto, Cletus was left inside an [[StuffBlowingUp unstable]] UnderwaterLair that's collapsing and probably flooding by the time Spidey reaches the surface - even if we assume Carnage decided to go back for Cletus, the sheer distance between the two doesn't fare well for him]].
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Venom wants to kill Spider-Man for roughly half the game. Once you beat him, however, he joins you in your mission and even [[spoiler:helps you escape the exploding lab and into the Quinjet.]]
* DevelopersForesight:
** If you actually manage to get out of Venom's line of sight in your first fight with him (usually via exploiting a glitch that puts you ''under'' the arena), he starts yelling, wondering where you are.
** If you fall in the paper machine in the Daily Bugle, [[NonStandardGameOver you actually die]].
** Inputting swear words in the codes screen has Spidey punch it to death. You know it's telling you not to swear because it's different from the "wrong code" effect.
* DrivenToSuicide: In WhatIf mode, in the race to get to the Daily Bugle, if the time expires, instead of being thrown out the window to his death by Scorpion, J. Jonah Jameson will throw ''himself'' out the window and [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled get it over with]].
* EasilyForgiven: Averted, Spider-Man does not forgive Venom for kidnapping Mary Jane after defeating him and swears they'll continue the fight when they are done.
* EasterEgg: Some of the comic locations are located in special areas that aren't necessary to progress. One such example involves the police chase; a detour will allow you to find the Green Goblin's current hideout, complete with some unique dialogue.
* EasyModeMockery: The difficulty level Kid Mode changes the game so it's EasierThanEasy mode; some areas are now automatically completed for the player. A good example is in the one of the sewer levels. The player normally has a path of pipes to navigate, but in Kid Mode, a cutscene is shown where Spider-Man swings towards the pipes, then the camera shows him arriving at the end of the path. Also, instead of X then R2 to swing, the player now has to press X twice.
* EnemyChatter: At the Race to the Bugle level, you can hear some mooks chatting if you go to the right building. Scorpion won't stop walking though.
* EverythingIsSmashableArea: When you fight the Scorpion, you can destroy absolutely everything in Jameson's office. As a matter of fact, destroying everything on the first room is a requirement to get a comic book, and throwing destructible things at the Scorpion is one of the better ways of defeating him.
* EvilIsHammy: [[spoiler:Carnage]]. He is very loud and excited in his boss fight.
* EvilSoundsDeep: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Venom's voice is ''[[GutturalGrowler veeerrrryy]]'' deep, [[spoiler:but is not exactly that evil.]]
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Scorpion has a very raspy voice.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: It's not discussed much, but one throw-away line from [[spoiler:Mysterio]] mentions he and Spidey have been battling for decades - notice the plural. If this Peter started Spidey-ing at 15 like most incarnations, he'd be at least 35, possibly even older depending on when he first fought the spoiler villain. Spidey's deeper-than-usual voice and his marriage to Mary Jane also suggests he's quite a bit older than most versions of the character.
* FauxActionGirl: Black Cat, not only is she one-shotted by Rhino, she's also kidnapped by Doc Ock and his men. And in the What If? mode, [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext she just can't stop dancing...]]
* {{Filler}}: The Scorpion attacking Jameson isn't really linked to the plot; it's just a warm-up boss, though Scorpion still ends up in the main cell at the end. Spidey was already busy being pursued by the police for his alleged role in the Expo heist.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A billboard featuring [[spoiler:Carnage]] is prominently displayed in the first level.
* GameBreakingBug:
** The PC port has issues with more modern computers, often running into some nasty bugs that make progress difficult or even impossible. The most infamous example is when the player chases Venom; near the end of a cutscene, Spider-Man will unavoidably die from falling into the fog, no matter what the player does. Some of these issues can be circumvented through artificially lowering the frame rate, but this generally isn't considered a perfect fix.
** Also in the ''Chase Venom'' level on consoles, there's a point where the stage will transition into a cutscene where Spidey chases Venom through a building complex. An indication of the bug happening is when near the end of the cutscene, a shot showing a window has Spidey fail to appear in it to chase Venom. So once that cutscene ends, Spider-Man will ''immediately'' veer to the right and try to climb up a wall that doesn't exist (what's supposed to happen is that Spidey swings out of the building after Venom, climbing up the wall of the building in front of the one they were in). If you don't haul ass the second that cutscene ends, Venom ''will'' escape, and you have to do the entire stage all over again.
** In the PC version of the Scorpion fight it's possible for Spider-Man not to swing in through the window during the scripted in-level cutscene. This leads to the cutscene being suddenly interrupted by him falling to his death. This can be avoided by skipping the cutscene but breaks the game if you attempt to watch it.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Probably due to console limitations, Spidey can throw mooks off of rooftops despite following the ThouShaltNotKill rule. In some levels, he can do this to ''cops'' without being branded a CopKiller.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: One of the ways to defeat mooks? Toss them into one another.
* GuideDangIt: A number of the collectible comic books, which require backtracking or entering specific areas after activating a trigger. One especially prominent example is the comic at the beginning of the sewer levels: Spider-Man needs to fight the first two lizard mutants, walk far enough down the cavern to say that they must be some of The Lizard's experiments, and then run all the way back down the cavern to collect it.
* HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: Black Cat gives tips during the first level.
* HeadDesk: Doc Ock starts banging his head against the bars of the cell upon realizing that his cellmates are idiots.
* HeroesGoneFishing: We get to see Captain America, Spidey, Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} and ComicBook/ThePunisher chilling out playing cards at the end, while Black Cat and the Human Torch dance.
-->'''The Human Torch:''' Look at me!!! [[{{Pun}} I'm on fire!!!]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Spider-Man, due to being framed by Mysterio for theft and kidnapping. The cops even send attack helicopters armed with machine guns and rockets to bring him in.
* HerrDoctor: Thanks to Creator/EfremZimbalistJr reprising his role from ''Spider-Man: The Animated Series'', Doc Ock has a German accent once again.
* HijackedByGanon: The mastermind behind framing Spider-Man, stealing Dr. Octavius's device, and forming the villains to hunt him down is [[spoiler:Doctor Octopus]]. The game itself doesn't bother to hide it all that much, due to his ''very'' identifiable silhouette and voice, with even Peter not being all that surprised when their identity is revealed.
* HypocriticalHumor: [[spoiler:When Spider-Man says that no one can control the symbiotes, Mysterio is adamant that Doc Ock found a way. Later on, after everyone's in prison, Mysterio says their failure wasn't his fault, and that Doc Ock's plan was horrible, since everyone knows you can't control the symbiotes.]]
* IFoughtTheLawAndTheLawWon: During the Police chase, the helicopter is invulnerable and the cops will keep respawning when defeated. Even if you activate "stealth mode" with Spider-Man Unlimited costume and the cops cannot see you, the helicopter can still see you and proceed to shoot you, so your only option is to run.
* IllKillYou: [[spoiler:Monster Ock]] repeatedly shrieks '''"DIE"''' at the top of its lungs while chasing Spider-Man - and makes good on that promise if he catches up to him.
* ImpactSilhouette: When Venom leaps through a billboard at the end of his race with Spider-Man, even his tongue leaves a silhouette-shaped hole in it.
* ImplacableMan:
** Carnage is immune to most of Spider-Man's attacks, [[spoiler:making the sonic bubble the only reliable way of hurting him.]]
** [[spoiler:Spider-Man is this himself if the RUSTCRST cheat which gives Invincibility is entered or if the Captain Universe suit is used.]]
** [[spoiler:Monster Ock, since he does not have a health bar, is utterly invincible against Spider-Man; the place is also about to explode, leaving Spider-Man no chance to find out about Monster Ock's weakness. The only way to defeat him is to '''never stop running until Spider-Man reach the exit''']].
* ImprovisedWeapon: You can hurl barrels, print copiers, vases, and fellow thugs at enemies.
* InvisibleJerkass:
** Venom is able to become invisible during his boss battles, which makes it difficult to know where he'll spawn and makes it impossible to fight him until he returns.
** The [[AndYourRewardIsClothes "Spider Unlimited" costume]] [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential allows the player to become this]]. Spidey becomes invisible to regular enemies ([[ContractualBossImmunity but not bosses]] and [[BossInMookClothing police attack helicopters]]), allowing him to beat them up without them being able to see him.
* IronicEcho: [[spoiler:Spider-Man tells Mysterio that [[YouFool it's impossible to control the symbiotes]]. When in prison, Mysterio tells everyone how stupid Doctor Octopus's plan is as "no-one can control the symbiotes".]]
* LargeHam: '''''Venom'''''. Many of the levels spent chasing him are peppered with his laughter, silly one-liners and generally ridiculous hijinks, and his [[Creator/DaranNorris voice actor]] has an absolute blast the whole time.
* LaughingMad: Carnage. A lot.
* LevelInBossClothing: The attack helicopter and [[spoiler:Monster Ock]] are too powerful for Spider-Man to take on, so he spends their respective fights running away.
* LizardFolk: Aside from The Lizard himself, various lizard monsters appear as the main enemies in the sewers. They were created by The Lizard in his experiments.
* LuckBasedMission: Unfortunately, the fight against [[spoiler:Mysterio]] turns into this on hard difficulty, as it relies on A) Spidey actually hitting him with impact web because of how fast-paced the fight is B) not running out of web fluid or health during the second phase during his seemingly random attack pattern and C) the awkward camera and arena hitboxes not screwing you over. On lower difficulties the fight is still difficult, but Spidey can at least take more damage which helps with the second phase.
* MasterOfIllusion: Mysterio, as always. [[spoiler:He, in disguise, stole the technology for Dr. Octopus.]] This also allows him to grow in size. Somehow.
* MookMaker: The symbiote generators.
* OminousFog: Much like ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'' before it, this was implemented due to graphical limitations, and likewise {{justified|Trope}}, though in a different way: [[spoiler:The fog is being pumped into the city to make the New York citizens less resistant to symbiotes]].
* OneManArmy: In the first level, Spider-Man takes out a couple dozen Jade Syndicate bank robbers with assault rifles. In the final level, he also infiltrates [[spoiler:Doc Ock's]] secret underwater base, plowing his way through symbiotes and the automated defenses (laser turrets and electrified floors) in the process.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:After defeating Carnage, the symbiote uses Doctor Octopus as its host, resulting in "[[CanonForeigner Monster Ock]]", who can tear through solid steel and support structures with ease, snarling and grunting at Spidey inhumanly as it chases him. Thankfully, the symbiote still retains its [[KillItWithFire traditional weakness]], so the exploding base ends up ripping the symbiote off Octavius.]]
* OwMyBodyPart: In the "Chase Venom" level, Spidey pursues Venom through what appears to be an office building, and randomly says "Ow, my head!" or "Ooh, toe, toe, toe, ow!" while falling down a flight of stairs.
* PoliceAreUseless: Or, at least, they're against Spider-Man for the entirety of the story due to him being framed for stealing a reformed Octavius's device. They deploy heavily armed SWAT teams and attack helicopters to apprehend Spider-Man for theft, but are otherwise always late or getting wrecked by the bad guys.
* ProductPlacement: ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2'' is ''everywhere''.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' [[TheCameo Tony Hawk? Hey, I skated with that guy!]]
* PungeonMaster: Venom is one these from the instant you meet him.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' "We're not going to see Jameson. We're going to use his computer database."
-->'''Venom:''' "Oooh, are [[Main/IncrediblyLamePun we gonna surf the web?]]"
-->'''Spider-Man:''' "Let's just go. Okay?"
* PurpleIsPowerful: The symbiotes are purple and the strongest enemies in the game.
* PutOnAPrisonBus: The first game ends with a scene showing [[spoiler:Rhino, Mysterio, Scorpion, Doc Ock, and a random Mook sharing a prison cell]]. The sequel, ''Spider-Man 2 – Enter: Electro'' has a similar final scene, with [[spoiler:Hammerhead, Shocker, and Electro sharing a cell, with the final shot revealing their cell is right next to the one from the first game]].
* RememberTheNewGuy: In the very first level, Spider-Man is able to immediately identify the Jade Syndicate by name as the group responsible for the bank heist, even though they currently haven't appeared in ''any'' sort of licensed ''Spider-Man'' material [[CanonForeigner before or since this game]].
* SerialEscalation: The first guys you fight are a bunch of {{Mook}} wannabee bank robbers known as the Jade Syndicate. From there you fight Scorpion, who is uninvolved in the plot but is taking advantage of the situation to settle his score with J. Jonah Jameson. After that, you begin to fight more and more serious assailants, until by the end you're facing [[spoiler:a positively nightmarish ''symbiotic Doc Ock'' named "Monster Ock".]]
* ShoutOut: Several, to both other games and various pop culture references.
--> '''Venom:''' [[Film/GroundhogDay Watch that last step, Parker. It's a doozy.]]
** What If? Mode knocks it up a notch, including a vault with the graffiti [[Film/DieHard Hans was here]] and finding [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk The Ark of the Covenant]] in a warehouse box.
* SillinessSwitch: What If? Mode makes a lot of changes to the game that make it more comedic, for example Black Cat being unable to stop dancing while imprisoned, and the gas pumps being blocked with giant bananas.
* StoryDrivenInvulnerability:
** When you race against Venom, you can't damage him at all.
** Nor, when fleeing from [[spoiler:Monster Ock]], can you actually try to fight him off.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Spider-Man instantly drowns if he makes contact with water in the sewers.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Spidey runs into several other NYC-based heroes, but none manage to do anything significant to help him [[spoiler:besides ComicBook/CaptainAmerica doing a JustInTime rescue at the end.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: Normally, in the level with Venom attempting to drown Mary Jane, she begs for help in fright. In WhatIf Mode, she instead only yells "The switch, you idiot! Turn off the switch!"
* {{Troll}}: Both as an enemy and as an ally, Venom just ''loves'' messing with Spidey for the hell of it.
---> '''Venom''' : Hah, Parker hates it when we get the drop on him!
---> '''Spider-Man''': Aargh! I HATE it when he gets the drop on me!
* TurnsRed: [[spoiler:Mysterio does it twice. First, he adds floors that occasionally spark to the stage after you take out the six initial conduits. After you take out two more conduits, his globe will glow, and there will be electric floors moving around.]]
* UngratefulBastard: Spider-Man saves Jameson from being killed by Scorpion, but he assumes it's all a trick and demands the police kill him.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' [[DeadpanSnarker J.J., you are out of the will.]]
* UselessUsefulStealth: The Unlimited Spider-Man unlockable costume allows you to become invisible, except against bosses and attack helicopter.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
** Beating up thugs? Funny enough. Beating up thugs while invisible to the naked eye? ''Oh, yeah''. And if you have unlimited webbing, you can play with them even more. It's really fun doing this to them.
** On some rooftops, you can web throw thugs off the building. If you punch/kick them off, they'll stop in mid-air, stand up, look down, and then fall screaming to their deaths ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' style.
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Complete and utter negligence, in other words letting Scorpion have his way with J. Jonah Jameson and letting Venom drown Mary Jane will result in [[NonStandardGameOver instant failure]]. Doesn't stop Jameson haters and [[DieForOurShip rabid Peter x Gwen or Peter x Felicia shippers]] from trying, though.
* VillainsOutShopping: In the ending, the bad guys all play cards in jail.
-->'''[[TheDitz Rhino]]:''' ''Hey'', I got a Bingo! Ha ha! You guys think you're so smart, but I ''won!'' Ha! Who's your daddy, Doc Ock?!! Ha ha ha! Victory is ''mine!'' You're always laughing at ''me'', but ''who's cryin' now, huh?!!'' Ha ha ha ha, ha...eh...Wait a minute, I think I made a mistake...
* VillainTeamUp: [[spoiler:Carnage, Doctor Octopus, Mysterio, and Rhino team up to take over New York.]] Scorpion has this to say about it after they all get thrown in jail:
-->'''Scorpion:''' You mean to tell me that all of you were working together, and you ''still'' couldn't stop Spider-Man?\\
'''Mysterio:''' It's not ''my'' [[NeverMyFault fault]]. [[spoiler:Doc Ock]]'s plan was horrible!
** It also annoys Spider-Man.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' What is this, the Bad Guy Olympics!?
* WackyWaysideTribe: The Jade Syndicate are just [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal your basic bunch of brutish, bank-robbing baddies to beat up and bust at the beginning of the game]], and otherwise serve no purpose in the overall storyline. [[spoiler:Although one of their members does appear during the ending, playing cards with the other imprisoned villains]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So, did Spider-Man and Venom just decide to leave the Lizard locked-up in the sewers? He's clearly escaped by [[VideoGame/SpiderMan2EnterElectro Enter Electro]].
** Also [[spoiler:Cletus Kasady after losing the symbiote]], did Spider-Man just let him die in the underwater base explosion?
* WhatIf: PlayedForLaughs. A code allows you to change the game to What If mode, showing a lot comedic changes, such as crashing through a skyscraper including a more sequential sequence of gags, [[spoiler:the captured Black Cat ''dancing'' while she's imprisoned and Carnage sounding like a baby]], as well as The Lizard refusing to tell you where to go if you come back to him three times. You also get a few more cameos, such as ComicBook/GhostRider racing down a nearby skyscraper.
* WolverinePublicity: Many of Marvel's major heroes (Human Torch, Captain America, Daredevil, and a few others) appear here. ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} also gets a cameo appearance on a billboard that states they're going to interview him.
* WouldHitAGirl: Rhino has no problem in attacking Black Cat.
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* DummiedOut: Two of Stan Lee's voice clips were removed from the final release. One has him expressing excitement over the inevitable clash between Spider-Man and Venom, while the other is an epilogue cutscene that has him recapping the game's event before signing off. Funny enough, that epilogue made it in the Japanese version of the game.

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: While it looks realistic enough, [[spoiler:Mysterio]]'s boss arena makes no real sense. It's a round, 4-story building(?) that looks like it's been there since the Roman empire. It's implied to be near (or even ''below'') the Daily Bugle since it's entrance is hidden there.

Of course, this is just one of several videogames about Spider-Man. See [[Franchise/SpiderMan here]] for a list.

* CompositeCharacter: Venom is an (at first) (anti-)villainous character bent on revenge against Spider-Man as he was when first introduced, but borrows much of the humor and more noble intentions from the "lethal protector" era of the character even before teaming up with Spider-Man.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Complete and utter negligence, in other words letting Scorpion have his way with J. Jonah Jameson and letting Venom drown Mary Jane will result in [[NonStandardGameOver instant failure]]. Doesn't stop Jameson haters and [[DieForOurShip Gwen Stacy fans]] from trying, though.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Complete and utter neglience, in other words letting Scorpion have his way with J. Jonah Jameson and letting Venom drown Mary Jane will result in [[NonStandardGameOver instant failure]]. Doesn't stop Jameson haters and [[DieForOurShip Gwen Stacy fans]] from trying, though.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment:
** Complete and utter neglience, in other words letting Scorpion have his way with J. Jonah Jameson and letting Venom drown Mary Jane will result in [[NonStandardGameOver instant failure]]. Doesn't stop Jameson haters and [[DieForOurShip Gwen Stacy fans]] from trying, though.

* UselessUsefulStealth: The Unlimited Spider-Man unlockable costume allows you to become invisible, except against bosses.

** [[spoiler:Monster Ock, since he does not have a health bar, is utterly invincible against Spider-Man; the only way to stop him is to ''run and '''never stop'''''.]]

* IFoughtTheLawAndTheLawWon: During the Police chase, the helicopter is invulnerable and the cops will keep respawning when defeated, so your only option is to run. Even if you turn on stealth mode with Spider-Man Unlimited costume, the helicopter can still see you.

* IFoughtTheLawAndTheLawWon: During the Police chase, the helicopter is invulnerable and the cops will keep respawning when defeated, so your only option is to run.

** The [[AndYourRewardIsClothes "Spider Unlimited" costume]] [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential allows the player to become this]]. Spidey becomes invisible to regular enemies [[ContractualBossImmunity (but not bosses)]], allowing him to beat them up without them being able to see him.