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Midtown School of Science and Technology
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming | Avengers: Infinity War | Avengers: Endgame | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Spider-Man: No Way Home |
"Midtown High - Where we shape heroes."
— Julius Dell
A high school in New York City established in 1962.
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In General
- Adaptation Distillation: Membership includes students from all over the place, including early members (Peter, Flash, Seymour, Tiny, Jason, Charles, Liz, and Sally), later members (Cindy), and newcomers (Ned, Abe, Betty, and Michelle).
- Adaptational Intelligence: Nearly every student who originally appeared in the comics gets this as the school has been reimagined as a magnet high school catering to academically gifted teenagers.
- Adapted Out: Jessica Jones, due to an Age Lift and the school itself being Exiled from Continuity until after her show entered development, was never a member of this school unlike the comics.
- Furthermore, apart from explicit appearances of Spider-Man, MCU properties do not mention locations or characters from the Spider-Man movies, so it's likely due to legal restrictions that Jessica cannot even be retconned to have gone to Midtown.
- Adaptation Name Change: In the comics, the school was simply named Midtown High School.
- Contrived Coincidence: It's admittedly a pretty big coincidence that all of Peter's closest friends and bully happened to be on the bad end of a cosmic coin-flip alongside him. However, several of Peter's other classmates admittedly survived and graduated.
- First-Name Basis: In the credits, the students (with the exception of Peter Parker) are listed by their first names only. Most of their surnames either come from supplementary material or are educated guesses based on their counterparts in the comics.
- In Spite of a Nail: While not as prominent, the version of the school on Earth-120703 is still a science school named Midtown Science High. However on Earth-96283, it is just a regular public school named Midtown High.
- Killed Offscreen: Ned, Michelle, Flash, Betty, Jason, and various unnamed characters were killed by Thanos' Snap offscreen alongside Peter, and return in Far From Home after Bruce restored the victims with another Snap in Endgame.
- Mythology Gag: It's established that Midtown was founded in 1962 – the year of Spider-Man's debut.
- Older Than They Look: On a technicality, Peter, Ned, Michelle, Flash, Betty, and Jason are all at least 16 years old biologically and legally, but chronologically 21, due to them not aging after being brought back from the Snap.
- Reimagining the Artifact: In one sense as a group. Most of Spider-Man's initial supporting cast were originally portrayed as white due to artistic conventions of the time. Many of the MCU incarnations of these characters have been given Race Lifts to reflect the modern understanding that given New York's status as a cultural melting-pot with several immigrant communities, it's just more realistic that way.
Faculty
Principal Morita
Principal Morita
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Kenneth Choi
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming
"Parker! My office."
The principal of Midtown School of Science and Technology. Grandson of Jim Morita.
- Canon Foreigner: Jim Morita never had a son – let alone a grandson – in the comic books, making this an original character. Not only that, but Morita replaces Mr. Harrington as the principal of the school.
- Famous Ancestor: His grandfather is Jim Morita from Captain America: The First Avenger. Jim's photograph and war medals are even on display in his office.
- Identical Grandson: He looks exactly like Jim Morita. They are both played by the same actor.
- Pet the Dog: It's heavily implied that the reason Principal Morita keeps using the Captain America educational videos, even after he became a fugitive, is out of respect for the Captain saving his grandfather's life.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Inheriting the noble traits of his grandfather Jim, he's genuinely concerned about Peter when he starts acting out by doing things like ditching class and skipping detention (completely unaware that Peter's Spider-Man) and tries talking it out with him rather than just expelling him from school.
Roger Harrington
Roger Harrington
"Did I tell you how my wife pretended to Blip out? Turns out she ran off with a guy in her hiking group. We had a fake funeral for her and everything."
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Martin Starr
Voiced By: Christian Strempler (Latin-American Spanish), Hércules Franco (Brazilian Portuguese), Renaud Paradis (Canadian French)
Appearances: The Incredible Hulknote | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Spider-Man: No Way Home
"As you know, we made it out alive. And that's the important thing. I couldn't bear to lose a student on a school trip. Not again."
The coach for the academic decathlon team.
- Adaptational Job Change: While still in the field of academics and working at Midtown, this version of Harrington is a teacher, with his usual role as the principal now taken by Canon Foreigner Morita.
- Adaptation Origin Connection: A minor example, but Harrington in the comics has never even met Bruce Banner. Here, he allows Bruce to use his computer in exchange for pizza, and debuts in the movie a whole nine years before he returned as a teacher in the Spider-Man movies.
- Age Lift: His comic counterpart is much older, which befits an experienced principal. Here, he's a lot younger and less experienced, hence his Adaptational Job Change to a teacher.
- All There in the Manual: Subverted. The novelization of The Incredible Hulk claimed that "Computer Nerd" was actually Amadeus Cho. However, once "Computer Nerd's" actor became Mr. Harrington, they were confirmed as the same character, rendering this as untrue.
- The Bus Came Back: 9 years passed between his debut in The Incredible Hulk and return in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- Butt-Monkey: He doesn't exactly have the best luck. His students have no respect for him, his wife pretended to be snapped so she could run away with another man, and every school trip he organizes seems to end in disaster, with him implying that at least one student has died on his watch.
- Canon Character All Along: That random Culver University student who helped Bruce Banner turned out to be Roger Harrington, a key player in Spider-Man's high school life.
- Cool Teacher: At least he tries to be, and he really cares about his students and motivates them at every turn. His students like him well enough, but don't respect him much.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Implied, rather comically, when he states that he couldn't stand to lose a student on a field trip... again.
- Decomposite Character: His role of being the principal of Midtown High from the comics is given to Canon Foreigner Morita.
- Demoted to Extra: After being Peter's most prominent teacher in the first two films of the trilogy, he only makes a single brief appearance in No Way Home.
- Distressed Dude: Is stuck in the Washington Monument elevator with his students when the Chitauri core blows, requiring a rescue from Spider-Man. And again in London when he, Mr. Dell, and the students are led into a trap by Mysterio's partners and abandoned on a double-decker bus on the middle of the Tower Bridge, right in the middle of the kill zone for Mysterio's illusion.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Harrington is played by Martin Starr, who played "Computer Nerd" in The Incredible Hulk. Kevin Feige eventually confirmed that they are the same character.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: He suffers from this, as his students don't respect him and blame him for whenever things go wrong, and fellow teacher Dell tries his best to distance himself from him in those cases by playing the Cool Teacher.
- In No Way Home, however, he gets along well with Dell and they both agree that Peter as Spider-Man is a hero. Andre Wilson, on the other hand, disagrees.
- Genocide Survivor: He survived the Snap, as he recalls a story of how his wife pretended to have perished from it to run away with another man in Far From Home.
- Nice Guy: He tries his best to be a good teacher, welcomes Peter back to the academic decathlon team with open arms despite his flakiness, and even sets up a shrine to Peter in the school to welcome him when he finds out that Peter is Spider-Man, not believing for a second that he could have murdered Mysterio.
- Noodle Incident: Something happened during a previous school field trip that resulted in the loss of a student. Enough to give him a Thousand-Yard Stare.
- The Obi-Wannabe: His attempts to provide comfort or personal insight to the students often fall flat, and he seems a little aware of this, as when Peter says he and Ned don't need any counseling after the Elemental attack in Venice, Mr. Dell admits that despite his offer, he doesn't have the certifications to give any anyway.
- One Degree of Separation: Harrington briefly met Bruce Banner, though he was unaware of who he was, and is Peter's teacher. Peter presumably met Banner off-screen during Tony Stark's funeral in Endgame, but prior to that Peter had been close with Tony and had met many of the other Avengers.
- Only Sane Man: Has shown to be calm under pressure, most of the time anyway. Compared to Dell who seems to panic at any given moment when something terrible is happening.
- Tastes Like Friendship: He let Bruce Banner use some technical resources at Culver University after he offered him free pizza.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: It's pretty obvious him and Dell don't like each other, but as the two teachers responsible for the students' safety and well-being on the vacation, they must work together.
- Trademark Favorite Food: He seems to like pizza.
Andre Wilson
Andre Wilson
"Why are you here? You don't even have detention."
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Hannibal Buress
Voiced By: Roberto Mendiola (Latin-American Spanish), Márcio Aguena (Brazilian Portuguese)
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming | Spider-Man: No Way Home
"Thank you, Captain. Pretty sure this guy's a war criminal now, but, whatever. I have to show you this video; it's required by the state."
The gym teacher for Midtown. He also runs detention.
- All There in the Manual: The Daily Bugle ARG shows that he was one of the victims of the Snap, though he is as apathetic to this fact as he is to everything else. It also reveals his first name, which is never spoken in the films.
- Apathetic Teacher: He's clearly only there to do the bare minimum. As long as his students aren't causing any trouble, he'll leave them alone.
- Back from the Dead: In Avengers: Endgame, he is one of many characters who are brought back from being dusted by Hulk reversing Thanos' deadly fingersnap from Avengers: Infinity War.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Shows shades of this as a Conspiracy Theorist supporting Mysterio, claiming things like how he believes Justin Timberlake was never actually in *NSYNC.
- Deadpan Snarker: Hannibal Buress gets some memorable comedic lines.
- Demoted to Extra: After missing Far From Home he only appears once in No Way Home.
- Gym Class Hell: Averted. Coach Wilson really doesn't seem all that interested in teaching. Even in detention, when Peter leaves, he barely notices.
- Jerkass: Has taught Peter for three years up to No Way Home and should know his character by that point, yet still labels him a murderer after Mysterio frames him. Harrington explains Wilson is a Conspiracy Theorist, yet the similarly eccentric Dell welcomes Peter back with open arms so he has little real excuse to be so judgmental.
- Kick the Dog: Unlike Harrington and Dell, who think Peter is a hero, he is a supporter of Mysterio and calls Peter a murderer.
- Killed Offscreen: He's one of the many people killed by the Snap and brought back to life by the Blip five years later.
- Named by the Adaptation: Supplemental material for Far from Home gives him the first name Andre, while his comic self's first name was never revealed.
- Race Lift: In the comics, "Whiz" Wilson was white.
- Shout-Out: His first name may be a reference to one of Hannibal Buress' other well-known roles.
- Two First Names: Wilson is a very common given name.
Monica Warren
Monica Warren
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Selenis Leyva
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Another one of Peter's teachers at Midtown.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: She was shown to be blond in the comics but has black hair here as a result of having a Race Lift.
- Race Lift: Monica Warren was white in the comics but is black in the MCU.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Is alive in the film while she's a Posthumous Character in the comics.
- Two First Names: Warren is a pretty common first names.
Julius Dell
Julius Dell
"Y'know, being a man of science... witches."
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: J.B. Smoove
Voiced By: Louis-Olivier Mauffette (Canadian French)
Appearances: Spider-Man: Far From Home | Spider-Man: No Way Home
"We came for science. We're leaving because of witches. Welcome to the new Dark Ages."
A teacher who attends the field trip and leads the class alongside Roger Harrington.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Dell here is rather handsome courtesy of J. B. Smoove, whereas his comic counterpart is visibly overweight.
- Adaptational Curves: He's much fitter than his comic counterpart, who's overweight.
- Adaptation Name Change: His comics counterpart is a science teacher named Hugh Del (with a single L).
- Casting Gag: His character is a bit of a composite of several past characters J. B. Smoove has played, from the chill Leon Black to the incredibly weird Dr. Ray De Angelo Harris.
- Cloudcuckoolander: He's an... odd fellow, to say the least. When speaking, he has a tendency to go off on random tangents. Not to mention his bizarre obsession with witches.
- Cool Teacher: He passes himself off that way, mainly to shift the blame entirely to Harrington when things go wrong.
- Demoted to Extra: Only has a single appearance in No Way Home after having been a prominent supporting character in the previous film.
- Dumbass Has a Point: His claim that as a "man of science", he believes witches are responsible for the Elementals may seem like a completely oxymoronic and idiotic statement, but in a universe where magic and aliens are demonstrably real and half the universe was just wiped out for five years by a genocidal purple madman from another planet, can he really be blamed for drawing such a conclusion?
- Hypocritical Humor: He claims to be a "man of science," but the moment that the Elementals show up he blames it on witchcraft and encourages his students to do the same.
- Nervous Wreck: Not as bad as some, but Dell does seem to panic more than anyone else and Screams Like a Little Girl when he is panicked.
- Only Sane Man: His welcoming back to school of Peter in No Way Home is far from perfect but it's a far better attempt to make Peter feel comfortable than Harrington's sycophantic hero worshipping and Coach Wilson's blunt hostility.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Being a quite literal one of Andre Wilson from the previous movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: It's pretty obvious him and Harrington don't like each other, but as the two teachers responsible for the students' safety and well-being on the vacation, they must work together.
- In No Way Home, however, he gets along well with Harrington and they both agree that Peter as Spider-Man is a hero. Andre Wilson, on the other hand, disagrees. Dell even tells Harrington he did a great job with the school shrine dedicated to Peter, calling the latter a great hero.
- Two First Names: Dell can also be used as a first name.
- Witch Hunt: His attitude towards the Water Elemental attack in Venice is that it was the work of witches. Later on the bus, he's seen researching ''A History of Witchcraft''.
Students
Current Students
Peter Parker
See his page.
Ned Leeds
Michelle Jones
See her page.
Eugene "Flash" Thompson
Eugene "Flash" Thompson
"Spider-Man... Spider-Man follows me? I saved us, guys!"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Tony Revolori
Voiced By: Tasuku Hatanaka (Japanese), Miguel Ángel Leal (Latin-American Spanish), João Cappelli (Brazilian Portuguese), Charles Sirard-Blouin (Canadian French)
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Spider-Man: No Way Home
"What? He's just awesome, okay? He protects the neighborhood and, you know, he's inspiring. He inspires me to be a better man." [Peter walks in] "'Sup, dickwad? Thought you drowned."
The resident smartass of Peter's classes. In contrast to his other versions, Flash is an academic rival to Peter Parker, and comes from a substantially wealthier family.
- Abandoned Catchphrase: While having no shortage of insults for Peter, he no longer uses the especially immature "Penis Parker" insult in Far From Home.
- Accidental Hero: He ends up being this in Far From Home. As he laments that he's a useless person that makes livestreams to feel loved, Happy tells him that those livestreams are the reason he was able to find the class and save them.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Blonde in the comics, black-haired in the MCU as a result of a Race Lift... until he bleaches his hair blonde in No Way Home.
- Adaptational Intelligence: Zig-Zagged. This version is an academic rival to Peter while his comic counterpart was never smart enough to be considered Peter's equal intellectually and certainly couldn't operate a DJ rig. However, while he may be smarter he's certainly not wiser, and tends to be too quick to answer a question to answer it correctly, if he knows the answer at all.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Zig-zagged.
- In Homecoming; while comics Flash had a Freudian Excuse for his bullyingnote , this Flash is just petty, rude, spoiled, and has no problem throwing his peers under the bus in his first appearance. In a sense, he kind of has more in common with the Ultimate Marvel version of Flash than the original version (personality-wise).
- Far From Home subverts this by revealing that he does have a neglectful family (giving him a Freudian Excuse in-line with the comics), and Flash himself is making an effort to be less of an asshole to his peers.
- Then again, in No Way Home, he's back to being a Jerkass (though not quite on Homecoming-level). He uses Peter's status as Spider-Man and knowing Peter for his own popularity and money, and even basically blackmails Peter in exchange for helping him. The respect he had for Spider-Man seems to have faded as soon as he learned "Penis Parker" is in fact his hero.
- Adaptational Wealth: He comes from a much wealthier background than his comic book counterpart.
- Adaptational Wimp: The Flash of the comics was taller and more muscular than Peter and was pretty good at football, in keeping with being a walking bully stereotype. This Flash is about the same height and build as Peter, and doesn't seem to be any stronger or faster than his build suggests, in keeping with his reimagining as a fellow nerd. This even applies to his perception by Peter, who sees him as more of an annoyance than a true bully.
- Adaptation Personality Change: In the comics, he's a Jerk Jock who physically bullies and humiliates the nerdy Peter Parker because he can. Here, because Midtown is a science school, he's a wealthy, academic-minded Nerdy Bully who resents that Peter is smarter than he is and constantly tries to one-up him.
- Alternate Self: Has variants on Earth-96283 and Earth-120703.
- Always Second Best: To Peter, which fuels his animosity.
- Appropriated Appelation: Throwaway dialogue in Homecoming suggests that the "Flash" nickname apparently stems from his desire to answer first – even if he does so incorrectly at times. He prefers it over his actual first name.
- Asshole Victim: Was a Hate Sink at the time as one of the victims of Thanos' Badass Fingersnap in Infinity War. After getting resurrected as a result of Endgame, he probably realized he was this in-universe that doomed him as one of the victims and led him to Took a Level in Kindness the next time he made an appearance in Far From Home.
- Back from the Dead: He was one of the victims of Thanos' Badass Fingersnap in Infinity War and then resurrected as a result of Endgame. This means that even though he's chronologically 21 years old, he's not allowed to drink alcohol on the flight to Europe because he's still physically underage, much to his annoyance.
- Butt-Monkey: Nothing goes right for him.
- In Homecoming, he's constantly one-upped by Peter and eventually gets his dad's Audi "borrowed" by Spider-Man, who proceeds to crash it during the climax.
- In his first scene in Far From Home, MJ gets a flight stewardess to confiscate his martini and characters roll their eyes at his obsessive live-streaming throughout the trip.
- In No Way Home, absolutely nobody buys his claims of being Peter's best friend and don't believe his blatantly untrue autobiography about it.
- Catchphrase Insult: "Penis Parker" in Homecoming. It disappears in later films.
- Character Development: Pre-Snap, he's an obnoxious, arrogant, self-aggrandizing douchebag and Spoiled Brat who constantly talks shit about Peter Parker and antagonizes and mocks him at every opportunity. Post-Blip, he's still more than a bit of a prick, but he's significantly nicer and nowhere near as gratuitously awful, and the implications about his home life (namely, that he barely even knows his parents and they just throw money at him as a substitute for any sort of actual relationship with them, and he's thus a self-absorbed jerk who loves to rip others down because he's so desperate for attention of any sort that he's going with the easiest way to gain it) put a lot of things into context. By No Way Home, he's still not a great person by any stretch of the imagination, but the loudmouthed braggart and shameless clout-chaser on display at the end is still a vast improvement over the world-class asshole he was at the start of the trilogy.
- Composite Character: As a rich classmate of Peter's with neglectful parents, he's implicitly adopted traits of Harry Osborn. He's also similar to his Earth-96283 counterpart in being a spoiled rich kid who shows off his wealth by driving a luxury convertible.
- Demoted to Extra: In No Way Home, he only has a few brief scenes near the start and minor plot relevance before disappearing from the film.
- Dirty Coward: Puts his own safety above his classmates'.
- Embarrassing Nickname: He's called "Flash" because he's always rushing to be the first to answer but is usually wrong. He's so full of himself, however, that he's taken on the moniker for himself.
- Everyone Has Standards: As much as he likes humiliating Peter, he thinks that Brad attempting to do so by taking a picture of him in the bathroom is just weird.
- False Friend: Has shades of this in No Way Home, where he takes advantage of Peter's situation to become famous whereas Ned and MJ help Peter cope with it. Ned outright tells Flash that he and MJ are Peter's true friends.
- Fanboy: Of Spider-Man – as revealed in Far From Home – but not Peter.
- Freudian Excuse: Far From Home indicates that Flash's parents are neglectful towards him, as evidenced first when he texts his mother saying he hasn't heard from her or his father in days and second when he's visibly disappointed that his butler came to pick him up from the airport instead of his parents (considering he spent five years dead and other students had their families calling Mr. Harrington to end the trip earlier, and it begs the question of if his parents even noticed he was gone), and he consequently acts out to get attention. When he and the others are cornered by Beck's drones, Flash admits that he posts stupid videos on the Internet so people will like him.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: No one seems to particularly like him – Abe in particular enjoys poking fun at him – and Mr. Harrington is more than happy to welcome Peter back onto the academic decathlon team when he asks to despite Flash pointing out how selfish that is, and immediately bump Flash back down to substitute. The film hints that other people merely tolerate being around him because his father is incredibly wealthy. In a deleted scene, Abe flat out tells Flash that everyone prefers Peter to him. Far From Home shows he's aware of this and his livestream videos are an effort to get people to like him. In No Way Home, MJ and Ned explain that the reason he got into MIT and they didn't is because they're actually Peter's friends.
- Groin Attack: At the receiving end of one in Far From Home, courtesy of one of his classmates interested in taking him down a peg as he livestreams from "Saint Marco Polo".
- Hate Sink: In Homecoming, where he's just a mean-spirited, petty, spoiled, and selfish Jerkass with no redeeming qualities. Even Toomes is shown to have a family and crew that he looks after. However, by the time of Far From Home, he's undergone a degree of Character Development and has grown out of this. While he's still a tool to his friends (mostly Peter), it's revealed that his family is neglectful to him, which actually makes him sympathetic. Furthermore, he states that his admiration of Spider-Man is making him reevaluate his life, so he can become a better person by following his hero's example. By No Way Home, he's only a fraction of the jerk that he used to be.
- Hero Stole My Bike: Spider-Man steals his dad's Audi to catch up to the Vulture towards the end of the film. It ends up getting wrecked. Flash gapes at the sight of this and squeaks.
- Hidden Depths:
- While he ends up not being the smartest kid in class, Flash appears to have some skill as a DJ who can successfully invoke Audience Participation. He's so good at it, in fact, that he successfully uses it to make the whole crowd chant "Penis Parker".
- In Far From Home, it's revealed that a big reason why he's an Attention Whore – in class, at parties, and online – stems from being neglected by his family.
- In Spite of a Nail: As No Way Home connects the Raimi and Webb Spider-Man film to the MCU, Flash is the only character who was a classmate of Peter in all three universes.
- Insult Comic: Improvises himself as one during the party at Liz's home while also DJing there, with Peter "Penis" Parker as his target, of course.
- It's All About Me: At the Washington Memorial, he pushes Ned and Liz aside to be rescued first out of the elevator, showing more concern for the decathlon contest trophy than his classmates. In No Way Home, Flash tries to take advantage of Peter's outing to sell a book and gain more social media presence, claiming he's always been Peter's best friend.
- Jerkass: In Homecoming, he's a petty rich kid who picks on Peter. He also shows no concern for the lives of his classmates when in a dangerous situation, just himself and a trophy he didn't even earn.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Peter quit the decathlon team and then came back, expecting to be welcomed back. Flash points out that you can't just quit a team and then come back like nothing's happened, which is a pretty fair observation. Subverted when the teacher did welcome Peter back, so it was less about quitting the team and more about denying Peter a chance to be part of the team again.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold:
- In Far From Home, he starts making efforts to be less of a dick to everyone in order to be more like his hero, Spider-Man. He's got a long way to go, given that his idea of complimenting Peter on his new glasses (left to him by Tony Stark) is to express disbelief that he was able to afford such a high-end pair, but hey, it's a start!
- He's barely a jerk in No Way Home, aside from using his personal exploits with Spider-Man to write a book, and actually tries helping Peter when he asks for it, though only after getting a favor out of it. He even genuinely tries to celebrate getting into MIT with Peter, Ned and MJ, but when he realizes they were rejected, he actually awkwardly apologizes and leaves them alone.
- Kick the Dog: The speed and degree of relentlessness he shows to insult and belittle Peter at every turn is nothing short of awfully amazing.
- Killed Offscreen: He was one of the many casualties of the Snap in Infinity War before returning back to life five years later in Endgame.
- Lonely Rich Kid: Far From Home indicates that he's very insecure and has a distant relationship with his too-busy parents.
- Loves My Alter Ego: As is traditional for the character, a platonic version with Peter; he greatly admires Spider-Man despite having no respect for Peter himself.
- Nerdy Bully: He's a physically nonthreatening faux-intellectual who verbally bullies Peter Parker by calling him names and putting him down in front of their classmates.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Out of the three versions of Flash that appear in The Multiverse, he is the in-between to his mean Earth-96823 and nice Earth-120703 counterparts. While he goes through Character Development that makes him nicer between films and retains his comic self's admiration of Spider-Man and Hidden Depths, he never stops being a Spoiled Brat and even after learning Peter is Spider-Man, he only really cares about benefiting from the situation instead of trying to apologize to Peter for how he treated him.
- Opportunistic Bastard: After Peter is outed as Spider-Man in No Way Home, Flash starts claiming he is Spider-Man's best friend and gets a book published based on his version of events.
- Pet the Dog:
- While Flash is always a Jerkass to Peter, at one point in Far From Home, he snatches away the EDITH glasses and tries to give a genuine compliment to Peter after realizing how cool the glasses look. However, Peter accidentally knocks him out while trying to get them back.
- In No Way Home when he realises that Ned, MJ and Peter didn't get into MIT like he did, he actually feels awkward about it, having genuinely wanted to celebrate getting into college with the trio.
- Phoneaholic Teenager: In Far From Home, he's always live-streaming something to post online. He later admits that he makes these videos to get people's attention so that they will like him, and it's through the live stream that Spider-Man realizes where his classmates are so he can save them. He's thrilled when he hears that his hero watches his videos.
- Plucky Comic Relief: He's maybe still a jerk, but he's become a comedic jerk in Far From Home.
- Properly Paranoid: He's the first to suspect that something is up with Mysterio and calls him out for stealing Spider-Man's thunder, but everyone thinks it's because of his weird obsession with Spider-Man. It turns out he pegged Mysterio's intentions to steal other heroes' thunder by feigning disaster perfectly!
- Race Lift: Flash is a white blond in the comics, but is Latino in the film.
- Reimagining the Artifact: The original Flash started as a collection of old-timey ideas of how The Bully looked and acted — a stereotypical blonde-haired, white-skinned, underwear-yanking meathead of a Jerk Jock. Making Flash a dark-skinned Nerdy Bully with rich parents reflects new understandings of how bullies look and operate, as well as the understanding that they can come from any walk of life. Plus, given that Flash and Peter both attend a school specializing in science, an academic bully would make more sense than an athletic one.
- Rich Bastard: This version of the character comes from a wealthy family and mocks Peter for his middle-class upbringing.
- Skewed Priorities: Has a few that show how much of a jerk he is. First, during the Washington Monument incident, he shoves his classmates out of the way and brings the decathlon trophy with him so they can be rescued first. Next, when Spider-Man saves the class, he asks him whether he really knows Peter instead of thanking him like everyone else.
- Smug Snake: While he's a lot smarter than he is in the comic books, he's still arrogant and deludes himself into thinking he's better than Peter.
- Social Media Before Reason: In keeping with being a live stream-obsessed Phoneaholic Teenager in Far From Home, he's even live streaming being trapped in a museum vault and being chased by deadly drones. Happy is unimpressed.
- Spoiled Brat: At the start of the trilogy, he's a world-class prick who can't help but show off his substantial wealth at every opportunity (and he mercilessly jeers at Peter Parker's own lower-middle-class background). It's eventually deconstructed somewhat, as Far From Home makes it clear that he has almost no relationship with his parents and barely seems to know who or where they are, and they just throw money at him and leave everyone else to raise him. Thus, much of his behavior likely stems from his extreme insecurity and desperate desire for attention of any sort.
- Stealing the Credit: After it was revealed that Peter is Spider-Man, Flash published an autobiography claiming that he is Peter's best friend and Spider-Man's closest ally.
- Took a Level in Kindness:
- Not by much, but in Far From Home, he shows likable traits compared to him having none in Homecoming. The first is that he's a Fanboy of Spider-Man like in the comics, being unimpressed by this so-called "Mysterio". Second, even Flash is weirded out by Brad taking a picture of Peter in the bathroom with him looking like a pervert. Also, he's revealed to have neglectful parents, gaining him a degree of sympathy.
- In No Way Home, he's barely a jerk at all to Peter or his friends after Spider-Man's secret identity is exposed, although he still tries to selfishly take advantage of the situation on the side.
- Unskilled, but Strong: An unusual academic-decathlon version. He can give answers quicker than his peers, but doesn't have the patience to find the right ones.
- Upper-Class Twit: He's a preening jerk who's relying on his father's money to try and build his reputation at school, to mixed results.
Betty Brant
Elizabeth "Betty" Brant
"Go get 'em, tiger! Or, should I say, spider."
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): The Daily Bugle
Portrayed By: Angourie Rice
Voiced By: Inori Minase (Japanese), Itzel Mendoza (Latin-American Spanish), Erika Menezes (Brazilian Portuguese), Ludivine Reding (Canadian French)
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming | Spider-Man: Far From Home | TheDailyBugle.Net | Spider-Man: No Way Home
"Rise and shine, Midtown Science and Technology, I'm Betty Brant."
A classmate of Peter Parker's who is the co-anchor of the school news program.
- Adaptational Job Change: In the comics, Betty works at the Daily Bugle to support her family after dropping out of school in Philadelphia. It should be noted she's the same age as Peter there, too, meaning she was a secretary there at fifteen. Here, she attends school with Peter, most likely because the comics version is rather improbable in today's world. Her job in the comics is nodded towards by her work as a reporter for the school's news program. She does later on work for the Daily Bugle as one of their news reporters in No Way Home.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Has blonde hair and blue eyes as opposed to comic Betty's brunette hair and brown eyes.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
- Betty never dates Peter here, and instead is a Shipper on Deck of Liz's relationship with him, and later, his relationship with MJ.
- Speaking of Liz, they shared a mutual jealousy in the comics for years due to each other's relationship with Peter, while in Homecoming, they are depicted as being fairly close friends.
- Adaptational Hairstyle Change: Has long hair instead of a page cut.
- Alliterative Name: Betty Brant.
- Alternate Self: Has a variant on Earth-96283.
- Amicable Exes: She and Ned break up by the end of the trip, but they're still on very good terms afterwards.
- Ascended Extra:
- While not a main character in Far From Home, Betty is more prominently seen here than in Homecoming due to becoming Ned's girlfriend.
- While she has minimal screen time in No Way Home, the "More Fun Stuff Version" adds more scenes of her reporting on Peter's situation for the student news program. She also has the honor of capping off the film in The Stinger.
- Back from the Dead: She explicitly states she was one of the victims of Thanos' Badass Fingersnap in Infinity War who was resurrected as a result of Endgame, and she is none too happy about having to redo the entire school year when, from her perspective, she had just completed midterms.
- Characterization Marches On: She starts off as a one-note character who, alongside Jason Ionello, does a very mediocre job at being a student news reporter. As of Far From Home, they've both matured from shy kids who can barely read the teleprompter to committed anchors with much higher energy.
- Composite Character: She appears to be a mix of two of Peter's Love Interests from the comics.
- From Betty Brant, the personal secretary and later reporter working for J. Jonah Jameson, she gets her name, connection to journalism, and romance with Ned Leeds.
- From Gwen Stacy, she gets her physical appearance (long blonde hair with a black headband) and attending the same school as Peter Parker.
- Crack Ship: In-Universe, Peter is utterly baffled by the relationship Ned and Betty formed over the course of a transatlantic flight.
- Decomposite Character: In the comics, Betty was Peter's first girlfriend (and first friend, ever). This role instead went to Liz.
- Demoted to Extra: Only has a single brief scene in No Way Home after a prominent role in the previous film. This could be due to the stacked nature of the movie, as well as Angourie Rice's commitments to Mare of Easttown. This is alleviated in "More Fun Stuff Version" where she appears in many more scenes.
- Girl Posse: She seems to hang around with Liz.
- Give Geeks a Chance: In Far From Home, she starts a relationship with Ned of all people. Peter is completely shocked by this development.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has long, blonde hair and is a nice, friendly girl.
- Hidden Depths: Far From Home shows her to be more capable in a life-or-death situation than one might expect. With a little quick thinking, she distracts Mysterio's drone by shoving over a suit of armor, giving MJ an opening to take it out.
- In Spite of a Nail: She works for J. Jonah Jameson and the Daily Bugle like her Earth-96283 counterpart.
- Internal Reformist: During the events of No Way Home, she becomes an unpaid intern for the Daily Bugle, being the star of their TikTok page. It becomes clear that Betty took the job to try and clear Peter's name, but Jameson isn't having any of that, often having to call her in the middle of recordings to remind her to sling mud at Spider-Man's public image, which she reluctantly complies with.
- Minor with Fake I.D.: During the climax of Far From Home, Betty admits she has a fake I.D. but has never actually used it for anything.
- Mythology Gag:
- Her romance with Ned in Far From Home alludes to the relationship between their counterparts in the comics, who are married.
- She's a news anchor for Midtown's student news program; in the comics, she's a prominent employee at the Daily Bugle.
- Nice Girl: Is a loving girlfriend to Ned, friendly with Peter, and even her break-up with Ned is civil.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted with Elizabeth Allan, but downplayed as they're Only Known by Their Nickname with both Betty and Liz being equally applicable shortenings of the name.
- Pet the Dog:
- At the end of Homecoming when Liz is forced to move away, Betty hugs her goodbye and says she'll miss her, showing she stuck by her friend even after The Reveal of Liz's father being a supervillain.
- Despite working for the Daily Bugle and receiving orders from J. Jonah Jameson to slander Peter Parker and Spider-Man, Betty tries to spin her coverage on him into something positive. She even says MJ's catchphrase, "Go get 'em, tiger!" during her sole scene in No Way Home.
- School Newspaper News Hound: She's the co-anchor of the school's closed-circuited TV news program, and is much more invested in the presentation than her co-anchor Jason.
- Shipper on Deck:
- She immediately catches on that Liz likes Spider-Man.
- She also remarks that Peter and MJ make a cute couple.
- Sickeningly Sweethearts: She and Ned go all in on the lovey-dovey stuff in Far From Home.
Jason Ionello
Jason Ionello
"Spider-Man mania is sweeping the school. How can you show your spider spirit?"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Jorge Lendeborg Jr
Voiced By: Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese), José Antonio Toledano (Latin-American Spanish), Ícaro Amado (Brazilian Portuguese)
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Spider-Man: No Way Home
"And pray nothing crazy happens again. Because are the Avengers even like a thing anymore? Does anyone even have a plan?"
A classmate of Peter's who is the other co-anchor of the school news program.
- Abhorrent Admirer: Tries asking Betty out to the homecoming dance during their news broadcast, which creeps her out.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the comics, he's one of the students in Midtown who bullied Peter Parker. None of this is implied in the movies.
- Back from the Dead: He explicitly states he is one of the victims of Thanos' Badass Fingersnap in Infinity War who was resurrected as a result of Endgame, and finds it quite weird that his chronologically younger brother is now biologically older than him.
- Big Little Brother: In Far From Home, he reveals that his younger brother is now older than him due to him being blipped from existence and his brother aging over the course of five years afterward.
- Captain Obvious: He annoys Betty with his observation that his younger brother is now older than him; she points out that of course that's the case since his brother didn't blip.
- Demoted to Extra: Downplayed, but while a noticeable presence throughout the first movie, in the second he only has one news broadcast with Betty at the beginning (although it is a memorable one) and then fades out of the picture due to not being on the class trip to Europe.
- Only Sane Man: In the eight months between Endgame and Far From Home, everyone has more-or-less adjusted to the new status quo except for him. He's weirded out by the fact that his kid brother grew up during his own temporary death, and derails the morning announcements to freak out about something like the Blip happening again.Jason: Does anyone even have a plan?!
- Race Lift: White in the comics, Black/Hispanic in the movie.
Brad Davis
Brad Davis
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Remy Hii
Voiced By: Xavier Dolan (Canadian French)
Appearances: Spider-Man: Far From Home
A newer student of Midtown who acts as a rival to Peter for Michelle's affections.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: As a result of a Race Lift, he has black hair instead of blonde here.
- Adaptation Origin Connection: Brad Davis wasn't Peter's classmate in the comics.
- Age Lift: He's younger than his comic self in order to make him Peter's classmate, though if Peter hadn't been Snapped, then Brad would actually be five years younger than him.
- Ascended Extra: While not a main character in the movie, Brad's comic counterpart appeared in a single issue in a minor role. Here, he's a secondary antagonist for Peter who poses much less threat than the Elementals but still tries to make Peter's life more difficult.
- Asian Rudeness: He's half-Chinese and a Jerk Jock.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He starts out as a seemingly nice Lovable Jock, Ned even classifying him as such, always has a pleasant smile on his face, and no real animosity towards Peter. After he makes it clear to Peter that he likes MJ too and fully intends on winning her over, he begins sinking to some serious lows to discredit and humiliate Peter.
- Chick Magnet: Possibly. Ned remarks that Brad has all the girls swarming him, but it's never actually shown.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: After Far From Home, he's nowhere to be seen in No Way Home apart from a photo of him in a yearbook and some archive footage in The Stinger.
- Composite Character: He takes up Flash's role in the comics as a Jerk Jock towards Peter, while Flash is a Nerdy Bully in the films.
- Didn't Think This Through: He tried to humiliate Peter with the photo he took of him in the bathroom with a woman (she was an agent giving him his new Spider-suit), but Peter manages to delete the photo. When Brad tries to oust him without the photo, he ends up embarrassing himself and ends up becoming The Friend Nobody Likes.
- Flipping the Bird: Does this to Peter before taking the opportunity to sit with MJ. His victory doesn't last though as MJ leaves the theater to chase after Peter.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: He ends up as this by the end of Far From Home. When he tries to humiliate Peter with an embarrassing photo of him in the bathroom, everyone is weirded out at the idea of Brad taking a personal photo without consent. Even goddamn Flash expresses disapproval of him.
- Genocide Survivor: He survived the Snap as revealed in the beginning of the film where pictures of him before the Snap and after the Blip are shown.
- Hate Sink: He's basically Flash without the funny and entertaining qualities or Freudian Excuse. He might be even worse considering how even Flash himself is appalled by him. Even the Faux Affably Evil Beck is presented as more of a
Love to Hate villain than Brad's slimy, superficial Nice Guy charm. - He Is All Grown Up: Prior to the Blip, he was an awkward-looking kid, but after puberty, he's a Hunk.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: He takes a picture of what seems to be Peter in the bathroom with a prostitute. When he reveals this information to the entire class (although without the photo itself, as Peter had erased it beforehand), they all believe he's a pervert who takes secret pictures of people in the bathroom, including Flash.
- Hopeless Suitor: He likes MJ, but she only sees him as a friend as she's pining for Peter. Even when Peter has been forgotten by everybody as a result of Doctor Strange's spell, he still doesn't end up with MJ.
- Informed Attribute: Ned says that all the girls swoon for him. In the actual movie, this isn't shown. Michelle isn't nearly as interested in him as she is in Peter, none of the other girls seem to want to date him, he reveals himself to be petty and self-centered when he tries to reveal a picture taken out of context where Peter seems to be with a prostitute, and everyone (women and Flash included) are disgusted when Brad tells them this for coming across as both a liar and a creep. If anything, he's The Friend Nobody Likes.
- Jerkass Has a Point: While needlessly antagonistic towards Peter, Brad is justified in voicing his concerns over Peter's inexplicable behavior.
- Jerk Jock: He's a basketball-playing asshole who antagonizes Peter, tries to reveal an embarrassing photo out of context, and in general comes across as being petty. When even Flash thinks this of you, you know you're a dick.
- Logical Latecomer: Due to being one of the few students that didn't get snapped, he's not used to Peter's constant tendency to disappear while most of the other students who did get snapped along with Peter are used to it and don't question it.
- Mythology Gag: In the comics, Brad was a fling of Mary Jane Watson's during a time she had broken up with Peter; Here, he has romantic inclinations towards Michelle, who has Mary Jane's nickname and also acts as a love interest to Peter.
- Nice Guy: Deconstructed. When he is introduced he seems to tick all the boxes of the archetype, being friendly and charismatic to everyone in the group and seemingly oblivious to Peter's dislike of him. After he takes the photo of Peter in the bathroom this is revealed to be a ruse he's intentionally invoking to charm girls and that he's fully intending to embarrass Peter to have MJ for himself.
- Only Sane Man: By the climax of the film, Brad believes himself to be this, asking why nobody is acknowledging Peter's odd behavior and constant disappearances. In reality, he's the only one who cares, and MJ's subsequent call-out of his behavior makes him look less than sane to his classmates. This is partially justified in the fact that Brad wasn't snapped away while most of the other named characters were, so he lacks the context for Peter's actions (being a Secret-Keeper in Ned and MJ's case and nice, but perpetually flaky for everyone else). This leaves him completely flabbergasted at the fact that no one else cares about Peter's tendency to disappear.
- Properly Paranoid: He's actually right that something fishy is going on with Peter due to his strange and constant disappearances. Too bad no one would believe him because he unintentionally revealed his true Jerkass behavior at the same time and he lacked the proper evidence to prove it.
- Race Lift: He's fully white in the comics, while here he's presumably half Chinese like his actor.
- Replacement Flat Character: Brad in Far From Home is essentially what Flash was back in Homecoming, who had no redeeming traits. Contrasting Flash in Far From Home, who is not only a little more likable and sympathetic this time, but even he was disgusted by the idea of Brad taking pictures of Peter in the bathroom.
- Rightly Self-Righteous: Downplayed. When he photographs Peter with his pants down in front of a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent, he assumes that Peter is pursuing MJ for selfish reasons. A potentially noble sentiment even if Brad is doing it to sabotage his rival. Though by movie's end, intentions or not, nobody's particularly happy that Brad took a photograph of Peter in the bathroom without his consent, including Flash.
- The Rival: He spends Far From Home as Peter's primary romantic rival for MJ's affections.
- Unknown Rival: At first, he seems to be a Nice Guy who's oblivious to Peter's worries about him possibly wooing over Michelle. Ultimately Subverted, as he reveals to Peter that he's well aware of what a threat he sees Brad as, and starts acting spiteful to Peter from then on.
Zoha
Zoha
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Zoha Rahman
Appearances: Spider-Man: Far From Home
A classmate of Peter's. Tyler Corbyn
Tyler Corbyn
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Tyler Luke Cunningham
Appearances: Spider-Man: Far From Home
A classmate of Peter's.- Two First Names: Corbyn can also be used as a first name.
Zach Cooper
Zach Cooper
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Zach Barack
Appearances: Spider-Man: Far From Home
A classmate of Peter's.- Two First Names: Cooper is also applicable as a given name.
Yasmin Monette
Yasmin Monette
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Yasmin Mwanza
Appearances: Spider-Man: Far From Home
A classmate of Peter's. Sebastian
Sebastian
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Sebastian Viveros
Appearances: Spider-Man: Far From Home
A classmate of Peter's. Josh Scarino
Josh Scarino
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Joshua Sinclair-Evans
Appearances: Spider-Man: Far From Home
A classmate of Peter's.Alumni
Liz Allan
Elizabeth "Liz" Allan (née Toomes)
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Laura Harrier
Voiced By: Jessica Ángeles (Latin-American Spanish), Karen Miyama (Japanese), Bruna Laynes (Brazilian Portuguese), Geneviève Bédard (Canadian French)
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming
A classmate and former crush of Peter Parker.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: She has black hair and brown eyes instead of blonde hair and blue eyes as a result of a Race Lift.
- Adaptational Nice Girl: In the comics, Liz was an Alpha Bitch who made fun of Peter Parker as much as Flash did, before she warmed up to Peter and gained a crush on him. Here, she's a Nice Girl who's always kind to Peter and gains an interest in him sooner.
- Adaptation Name Change: Possibly. While she's an adaptation of the comic character Liz Allan, no one ever actually mentions her last name in the movie or promotional material, in order to hide The Reveal that she's the Vulture's daughter. Even after that, though, the movie doesn't ever refer to her as "Liz Toomes". However, a Freeze-Frame Bonus in No Way Home identifies her as Liz Allan.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
- In the comics, she was Flash Thompson's high school girlfriend and long-time friend who initially joined him in picking on Peter. Here, they don't have any relationship outside of being academic decathlon teammates. In fact, Liz isn't too fond of Flash (like most of her classmates) and prefers Peter from the start.
- She and Betty shared a mutual jealousy in the comics for most of their history due to competing for Peter's affections, while in Homecoming, they are depicted as being fairly close friends.
- Affectionate Nickname: Her devoted father calls her "Gumdrop".
- Age Lift: Downplayed, but unlike her comic book counterpart, who was in Peter's grade, Liz is in her senior year of high school while Peter is a sophomore.
- Alternate Self: Has a variant on Earth-96283.
- Ambiguous Situation: Her interview with People in the third film indicates that she has become a celebrity in her own right since leaving Midtown, but no comment is made on it since she's long gone and it's only a Freeze-Frame Bonus.
- Brainy Brunette: Dark-haired and the captain of the academic decathlon team.
- Break the Cutie: Sweet, lovely Liz is devastated when, in quick succession, she's stood up at the school dance, learns her father is a supervillain, and says goodbye to her friends as she and her mother move to Oregon.
- Broken Pedestal: She was once fond of both Peter and Spider-Man. Come Spider-Man: No Way Home after Peter is outed as Spider-Man and framed by Mysterio, Liz slandersnote him further in an interview with People magazine as a liar.
- Class Princess: Liz is the head of the academic decathlon team and homecoming committee, has a small crowd of followers, and hosts lots of parties at her house. She's also hardworking, affable, and protective of her fellow students whenever any of them are in danger.
- Composite Character: She's primarily based on Liz Allan of Earth-616 (a rich popular girl at school and Peter's first crush, who admires Spider-Man before turning against him after his identity is revealed due to his vigilantism affecting her family), along with Valeria Toomes (the Vulture's daughter in the 616 universe), the Liz Allan of the Ultimate Universe (who also had a super-villainous father that supported her family from afar), and Betty Brant (Peter's first canonical girlfriend). She also has some traits in common with Katie Bishop, the ex-girlfriend of Miles Morales, since like Ultimate Liz, Ultimate Katie had connections to a supervillain.
- Dating What Daddy Hates: Played with. Her father turns out to be grateful to Peter for saving her life, and encourages him to have a good time with her at homecoming... It's Spider-Man that he doesn't like, though still a lot of respect for.
- Disappeared Dad: Following the events of Morbius, her father is nowhere to be found due to being somehow summoned into another universe by Doctor Strange's spell.
- Hidden Depths: At first glance, Liz looks to be nothing more than the attractive popular girl. However, she's also the captain of the academic decathlon team at a magnet school for gifted students, a role that she takes very seriously.
- Huge Schoolgirl: At 5'9 1/4" (176 cm), she towers over every other student in the school other than Michelle and is One Head Taller than her best friend Betty.
- Loves My Alter Ego: Liz is a Spider-Man fangirl and has a crush on him. A downplayed example since she later goes out with Peter without realizing that they are the same person.
- Nice Girl: Even after being constantly ditched by Peter throughout the film, she still wishes him the best.
- Nom de Mom: Subverted as she's never actually referred to as "Liz Allan" anywhere, and her name is actually "Liz Toomes", which would make her a Walking Spoiler. However, the third film's Freeze-Frame Bonus lists her as "Liz Allan".
- One-Steve Limit: Averted with Elizabeth Brant, but downplayed as they're Only Known by Their Nickname with both Liz and Betty being equally applicable shortenings of the name.
- Pink Means Feminine: She wears a dark pink dress for the Homecoming dance.
- Promoted to Love Interest: Liz had a crush on Peter in the comics, but nothing really came of it.
- Put on a Bus: By the end of the film, she and her mother move away to Oregon after her father's arrest.
- Race Lift: A white blonde in the comics but half-black, half-white brunette in the movie.
- Related in the Adaptation:
- Adrian Toomes is her father in this adaptation.
- Doris Allan is also her biological mother while in the comics, she's Liz's stepmother.
- Romantic False Lead: She's set up as Spider-Man's love interest, even attending the titular homecoming dance with him - but her dad's arrest forces her to end things with him and leave town. Michelle also later reveals that her nickname is MJ, setting her up as Peter's true love interest in the future films.
- Shed the Family Name: It's implied that she changed her surname to Allan in Spider-Man: No Way Home to dissociate herself from her father's criminal activities.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: In one of her first scenes, she outright says she has a crush on Spider-Man because he's a good person who helps people. It's then revealed later that despite his constant flaking, Liz does reciprocate Peter's crush on her and agrees to go out with him.
- Slow-Motion Pass-By: In her introductory scene, she passes Peter in the hallway to this effect, establishing Peter's infatuation with her.
- Spoiled Sweet: Liz is the most popular girl at Midtown, surrounded by friends and admirers, and is very well-off, living in a Big Fancy House and able to throw lavish parties thanks to her dad Adrian's lucrative weapons cabal. She doesn't show a hint of malice and is always a genuinely sweet and kind girl.
- True Blue Femininity: She wears a few blue tops and skirts throughout the film.
- Truer to the Text: While this Liz is a case of Adaptational Nice Girl which gives her a different relationship to Peter, Flash, and Betty, and is related to a different supervillain than in the comics, she is far more accurate than the version from Spider-Man, who was only confirmed to be Liz in the novelization.
- Uncertain Doom: Unlike the half of her classmates who briefly were turned to dust by Thanos' fingersnap during the events of Avengers: Infinity War up until Avengers: Endgame, Liz's fate was left unclear. As Homecoming took place during her senior year anyway, she's no longer a part of anyone's Midtown-related life.
- Uptown Girl: Liz is from a much wealthier family than Peter, which is clearly established through their contrasting living situations: he lives in a small apartment in the city while she lives in a swanky modern house in the suburbs.
- We Used to Be Friends: Peter leaving her at the homecoming dance definitely hurt her, but she was still cordial to him before she moved to Oregon. However, after she learns Spider-Man's secret identity in No Way Home, Liz discusses her involvement with Peter on the front cover of People, calling him a liar, presumably showing that her feelings about him have soured.
Sally Avril
Sally Avril
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Isabella Amara
Voiced By: Valentina Souza (Latin-American Spanish), Hannah Buttel (Brazilian Portuguese)
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming | Avengers: Infinity War
A classmate of Peter's.
- Adaptational Wimp: She was a gymnast in the comics and eventually became a hero under the moniker Bluebird. This is zigzagged though, given her great intelligence in this version.
- Alternate Self: Has a variant on Earth-120703.
- Big Beautiful Woman: Chubbiest portrayal of the character.
- Race Lift: Downplayed. She's white both in the comics and movie, but the comics make no mention of her ethnicity while she's Latina in the movie.
- Two First Names: Avril is also used as a given name.
Abe Brown
Abraham "Abe" Brown
Species: Human
Citizenship: Ghanaian
Portrayed By: Abraham Attah
Voiced By: Yūki Kaji (Japanese), Abraham Vega (Latin-American Spanish), Yan Gesteira (Brazilian Portuguese)
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming | WandaVisionnote
"Flash is wrong!"
A classmate of Peter's.
- Adaptational Nationality: In the comics, he's an African-American from Harlem. Here, he's a Ghanaian who is living in the United States. Truth in Television as NYC has a sizable African immigrant community.
- Black and Nerdy: A member of the academic decathlon team.
- The Cameo: Credited as the director of the first in-universe "episode" of WandaVision. It's unclear, though admittedly unlikely, if he actually has anything to do with the Westview situation.
- The Gadfly: Enjoys using the decathlon buzzer for comedic purposes, which Mr. Harrington has had to ask him not to do. Also takes the opportunity to poke fun at Flash for Peter replacing him.
- Put on a Bus: A prominent character in the first film, but absent from the sequel, like the other survivors of the Finger Snap.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: He really doesn't like Flash. A deleted scene has him flat out tell Flash that everyone on the decathlon team prefers Peter to him.
Seymour O'Reilly
Seymour O'Reilly
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Josie Totahnote
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming
A classmate of Peter's. He was part of Liz's clique of friends.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Was one of Flash's Jerk Jock gang in the comics, while here he hangs out with Liz's group.
- Ambiguously Gay: He has some stereotypically gay characteristics, but they're mostly superficial.
Cindy Moon
Cindy Moon
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Tiffany Espensen
Voiced By: Nycolle González
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming | Avengers: Infinity War
A classmate of Peter's.
- Adaptational Wimp: It's apparent that she doesn't have spider powers like Peter does and is just a mere civilian student.
- Adaptation Origin Connection: Played with. In the comics, she was bitten by the same spider as Peter, but beyond that, they didn't interact with one another until they were adults. Here, she's a schoolmate of his and member of the same academic decathlon team, with no indication that she actually has superpowers.
- Alternate Self: Another Cindy Moon will get her own TV series set on an undesignated Earth.
- Asian and Nerdy: A member of the academic decathlon team.
- Rapid-Fire "No!": When she finds out that Peter isn't going to Washington for the Nationals.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Whilst she was shown in Infinity War on a bus trip, she is not shown to be one of the people were Snapped. Moon was one of the survivors of the Snap and had graduated from Midtown School of Science and Technology by 2023.
Charles Murphy
Charles Murphy
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Michael Barbieri
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming | Avengers: Infinity War
A classmate of Peter's and a member of the academic decathlon team.
- Genocide Survivor: He survived the Snap as he's absent in Far From Home while those who didn't are still Peter's classmates.
- Hidden Depths: His interview with the Midtown Science news program about the Washington Monument incident suggests that he's a Bon Jovi fan.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: He wears them in most of his scenes.
Tiny McKeever
Brian "Tiny" McKeever
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Ethan Dizon
Appearances: Spider-Man: Homecoming | Avengers: Infinity War
A classmate of Peter's.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: A downplayed example. In the comics, Tiny bullied Peter alongside Flash, but grew out of it after Peter helped him in school, partly to cope with his abusive father's treatment of him. Here, there is no such relationship to begin with, meaning this Tiny never picks on Peter.
- Race Lift: White in the comics, Asian (Specifically Chinese and Filipino if going by Dizon's background).
- Smart People Play Chess: All of the students at Midtown are smart by default, and his most significant appearance shows him playing chess.
- Social Media Before Reason: Downplayed, but a deleted scene has him posting a social media picture of himself posing with a gauntlet he stole from the incapacitated Shocker.
