Memes / Spider-Man Trilogy

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The Spider-Man Trilogy is known for having a big pile of memes produced from the films. The trilogy has an entire subreddit of memes from this series and Sam Raimi films in general.

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Please add entries in the following format:

• The meme. ^ExplanationThe explanation behind the meme.
  • Further mutations and successor memes, if any.

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Spider-Man

• This◊ image of Peter in his first Spider-Man outfit has become involved in a meme where he is photoshopped in various recent events, typically tragic ones.
• Peter putting on his glasses has become a fairly popular meme typically used to express one's opinion on a certain subject.
• "Hey, freakshow! You're going nowhere! I've got you for three minutes! Three minutes of playtime!" ^Explanation The line Bonesaw first speaks to Peter when he gets locked in the ring. The hammy delivery from Randy Savage virtually guaranteed it traction.
• "You're on the wrong side of history, Spider-Man.◊"
• "You know, I'm something of a scientist myself!" ^ExplanationA line spoken by Willem Dafoe's Norman Osborn when first meeting Peter, it has been used in a variety of ways such as altering its surrounding context or omitting certain letters to alter the message. Often used facetiously to indicate the subject is a Know-Nothing Know-It-All, or just changed to an outright insult ("You know, I'm something of a moron myself!"). This became an Ascended Meme in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
• "I wouldn't wanna fight me neither." ^explanationFlash Thompson challenges Peter to a fight. Usually the punchline to whenever someone expresses a lack of desire to do something...followed by Flash raising his fists and agreeing that he wouldn't either.
• "The ad said 3000." ^ExplanationPeter protests that he was promised $3,000 for defeating Bonesaw in the ring, only for the promoter to point out that it was for lasting three minutes, not winning. This became a meme after Avengers: Endgame came out, with the rise of "I love you 3000" meme. This is usually used as a response from Peter when someone tells him how much they love him.
• "I missed the part where that's my problem." ^ExplanationA very quotable response and Ironic Echo said by Peter Parker in response to the wrestling promoter asking why he let the robber go, which proceeds to bite Peter in the ass as the robber killed Uncle Ben trying to escape. This line has became a very applicable comeback to pretty much everything.
• Peter Parker crying. ^explanationPeter cries after Uncle Ben passes away in his arms. The realistic but Narm-y expression Tobey Maguire pulls made this especially meme-worthy.
  • Peter Parker smiling. ^explanationA smile photoshopped on Peter’s crying face is often paired with the above mentioned crying photo. The crying face is for something bad that happened, followed by the smiling one for something good happening at the same time, for example: “when you realise the weekends are over, and then you remember you are on a vacation”.
• I had to beat an old lady with a stick to get this. ^explanationPeter justifies being late for Thanksgiving dinner by making up a story of how he acquired cranberry sauce from a store. The sauce can be replaced with another belonging.
• "OUT, AM I?" ^explanation Osborn's angry, incredulous reaction to being expelled from Oscorp, used for someone dealing badly with varied forms of rejection.
  • "Oh, you can't do this to me!" ^explanationFrom the same scene, Norman's panicked initial response to his expulsion, used for someone who's just had the rug pulled out from under them.
  • "YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I SACRIFICED!?" ^explanationAlso same scene, Norman's sudden outburst of anger, used for someone protesting at misfortune after a (often comical) perceived sacrifice (e.g being unable to upvote something after going through the trouble of logging in)
• Green Goblin Booty^ExplanationA shot of Goblin chasing Spider-Man at the festival became viral due to it showing how form-fitting the Goblin suit was around Norman's ass.
• "I offered you friendship and you spat in my face!" ^explanation The Goblin pointing out how Spider-Man refused his We Can Rule Together pitch.
  • "You and I are not so different." ^explanationGreen Goblin knows their similarities with Spider-Man.
  • For some reason, an eight-part saga has been made depicting Norman Osborn as utterly obsessed with the McRib, to the point that when McRib production is permanently cancelled he turns himself into the murderous "Riblin" by genetically altering his tastebuds to make everything taste like the McRib, and the source of his and Harry's strained relationship being Harry wanting to eat anything else. Here's a fan dub of the saga.
  "ENJOY A MCRIB WITH A VANILLA MILKSHAKE TODAY AT YA NEAREST MCDONALD'S, HAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
• "How strange. There's nobody here." ^ExplanationAunt May says this when she thinks she hears Peter enter his room, but Peter hides on the ceiling so nobody sees him in his Spider-Man suit. Used in contexts where somebody expects more people to be around, such as going to a movie only to see the theater is completely empty.
• "Tell me the truth... I'm... I'm ready to hear it." ^ExplanationFollowing Norman's funeral at the end of the film, Mary Jane confesses her love for Peter, but he rejects her for her own safety. People use the scene as a three-panel image macro in which she utters the phrase and the truth Mary Jane asks for is something absurd or an unpopular opinion.
• "Fly! Up, up, and away, web! Shazam! Go, web, go!" ^Explanation Peter trying to figure out how to shoot web from his wrists. Often edited to give him telekinetic abilities from his hand movements.
• "Stop lecturing me, please!"
• "Doesn't matter, Uncle Ben; X is better than both of 'em." ^Explanation Originating from a three-panel meme where Uncle Ben asks Peter whether Super Smash Bros. Melee or Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is better and Peter takes a third option by claiming Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is better than both of them. Often used when people claim a third thing is better when given a choice between two things.
• "FINISH IT! FINISH IT!" ^Explanation The scene where the Green Goblin attacks Aunt May in her home has him yelling at her to finish the rest of the Lord's Prayer she was saying beforehand, laughing all the way. While it is a bit of Nightmare Fuel considering the context, Dafoe's Goblin voice ends up making the scene also absolutely hilarious for how sudden it is and how he seems to immediately leave afterwards. One of the most common uses of the clip itself is to demand a continuation of a work that's been Cut Short.

Spider-Man 2

• Whoa.....he stole that guy's PIZZA! Quickly became one of the site's most popular fads, with imaginative re-cuts of films and music videos with Donnell Rawlings, even including the two musical stings right after his line.
• J. Jonah Jameson's laughing face. Many know him as the Aww Yea Guy.
  • The scene it comes from as well, in which he laughs for almost ten seconds when Peter asks to be paid in advance, and then says "You serious?"
  • His wheezing laugh also became a source for YTPMVs.
  • And beforehand, "You're fired! ... Oh right, you're unfired, I need you, c'mere!"
  • The meme has been very popular to use on the thumbnails of many right-wing, "anti-woke" channels.
• "Pizza time!", which has essentially become a catchphrase for Spider-Man in the many Youtube Poop parodies of the films. It's often combined with the music from the pizza delivery missions in the game, which became a meme in its own right in 2016.
• Mr. Aziz yelling, "GOOOoooooooooo!!!" ^note However, in the 2.1 version of the film, he just says a simple "GO!".
• The many facial expressions of agony Peter makes while trying to stop the train, which are quite hilarious when viewed out of context.
• The particularly over-the-top scream that Peter does when he sees a wall falling towards MJ has been a popular source for remixes.
  NYEEEAAA-AAAAAAAAAAA-AAAAUUHH!!!
• Mr. Ditkovich's "rent".
• Toy Biz's Spider-Man Triple Action Web Blaster also became a source for YTPs thanks to Deepercutt's Revenge of the Mad Madman.
• "Carefully, he's a hero."
• "That's pretty good. But it's taken!" ^explanationJameson's response to Hoffman's suggestion of Doctor Strange as a name for the yet-unchristened Doctor Octopus. Adopted to agree that something is interesting and exciting but with a taken name or already done.
• "The real crime would be not to finish what we've started." ^explanationOctavius argues with his tentacles about the way of getting resources and resorting to crime to finish the reactor before finally relenting. It's often used to mock Sunk Cost Fallacy, as well as justify one's attempts to get through with their task, even by shady means.
• "The power of the sun in the palm of my hand."^explanationOtto's awe at his artificial sun gets repurposed for comically exaggerated feelings of power over something (e.g having the chance of upvoting something at 999 likes). Once again, thanks to Spider-Man: No Way Home, this too is also ascended.
• "My back. Ooh, my back!" ^explanationPeter's attempt to return to being Spider-Man while shouting "I'm back! I'm back!" ends with him falling down a building and smacking into a couple of cars, hurting himself. Is often used as an amusing injury in edit videos. It, too became an Ascended Meme in No Way Home, where Tobey's Spider-Man has chronic back pain that Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man helps him out with.
• "Rosie, I love this boy!"
• "Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts." ^ExplanationWhat Octavius says to those present for his reactor's demonstration before starting it up.
• AGARAFILE ^ExplanationMondegreen spelling of "I Gotta Feeling" following the use of the song as a "false memory" of being the background theme of the scene of Otto's Heel–Face Turn and Heroic Sacrifice. Meme created in Brazil in 2023 and inspired by the "Kratos falling to Aerosmith's 'Dream On'". The band eventually retweeted an image of Otto with the Mondegreen caption.

Spider-Man 3

• From the diner scene:
  • "It's so good."
  • "Harry, you don't need to sell it to me."^ExplanationA fake conversation between Peter and Harry where Peter expresses support over something controversial. Harry points out something that makes the subject infamous, to which Peter says is another reason to support it.
• The scene where Peter removes his costume and sand pours out of it (and he spits out sand, after his first fight with the Sandman) is often referred to as a Tom Holland cameo.^ExplanationIn Avengers: Infinity War, half of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Holland's Spider-Man, was snapped into dust by Thanos.
• "They love me!" ^ExplanationPeter's comment as he stands above the celebration event for Spider-Man before putting his mask on and swooping in. Became a response to any show of approval, no matter how small.
• The Symbiote-possessed Peter (also known as Emo Peter or Bully Maguire) is a legitimate Fountain of Memes, creating some amazing moments and spouting some especially memorable lines:
  • Emo Peter dancing down the street.
    • "We don't really talk about this."^ExplanationThe dance got a nod in Into the Spider-Verse, where Peter Parker is shown doing it in his Spider-Man costume, which he considers an Old Shame.
  • Years later, Peter snapping his fingers during the dance scene led to quite a few jokes about "balancing the universe."
  • "You'll get your rent when you fix this damn door!"^ExplanationBully Maguire shouts this when Mr. Ditkovich once again hounds him for his rent.
  • "You're trash, Brock." ^explanationEmo Peter calls out Eddie Brock for his fraud. Eventually just became a bunch of Visual Puns where trash cans are labelled as Eddie.
  • "You want forgiveness? Get religion."
  • "I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye."^ExplanationEmo Peter's reaction upon seeing that Eddie Brock has faked photos of Spider-Man committing crimes. Frequently used as a Pre-Asskicking One-Liner by memers.
  • "I was looking through some old photos, and it looks very... similar."
  • "That all you got?”
  • "Stings, doesn't it?"
  • "Ooh!"
  • "He despised you. You were an embarrassment to him."
  • "Look at little Goblin Jr. Gonna cry?"
  • "See ya, chump."
  • "Find us some shade."
  • "Thanks, hot legs."
  • "Now dig on this."
  • "This one's for you."
  • "You should have thought of that earlier."
  • "This is something else!"^ExplanationPeter's underwhelming-in-context expression of exhilaration after his first use of the black suit sees use as an exploitable for any time a thing is different from another thing, with "When McDonald's gets your order wrong" being the best-known example.
  • "I am really gonna enjoy this."
  • "Good riddance."
  • "You want the shots, I'll take the staff job. Double the money."
• "How'd that get in there?"
  • It's also commonly used to joke about how Sam Raimi will react to being questioned about why he's making Spider-Man 4 instead of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
• Eddie asking God to kill Peter.^Explanation After getting fired from the Daily Bugle, Eddie is seen going to a church and praying for God to kill Peter, who he doesn't know is Spider-Man at this point. Many fans poked fun at the Disproportionate Retribution of the situation and how Eddie took Peter's remark to him (the aforementioned "Get religion" comment) way too seriously.
• "Still got the moves."
• "No, please. Please, don't say that..."
• A goofy face that Tobey Maguire makes in the bloopers became a Rage Face in 2009 used either in response to sexual innuendos or simply as a silly face.

Across the trilogy

• J. Jonah Jameson constantly demanding "PICTURES! PICTURES OF SPIDER-MAN!".
  • Alternately phrased: "I NEED PHOTOS! PHOTOS OF SPIDER-MAN!"
  • A mutation of this meme replaces J. Jonah Jameson with other roles involving J. K. Simmons, most notably Omni-Man.
• Peter's frequent strange or awkward facial expressions (often dubbed "Tobeyface") make for popular reaction image fodder.
• How did Raimi get away with it?/Can't believe Raimi got away with it- It was a different time. ^ExplanationA meme from /tv/ playing up the Values Dissonance displayed in the wrestling match of the first film by joking that the movies are full of off-colour and extremely offensive instances of racial, sexual, or cultural bigotry, usually by making a reference to a scene in the movie that doesn't exist. In the trilogy proper, the most inappropriate remark Spidey makes is a mildly homophobic, but still mostly juvenile, quip that attacks Bonesaw's masculinity. The fact that such a remark would draw a lot more heat if it was made in a movie nowadays sparked the discussion that lead to this meme.
• Bully Maguire, thanks to Aldo Jones's Weird Trailers.
  • Sam Raimi hilariously referenced it in 2022 when he joked that he would only direct a Spider-Man movie with Tobey, otherwise, “he'll break my neck.”
  • In general, editing Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man into the MCU.
    • Ascended, thanks to Spider-Man: No Way Home.