History YMMV / SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse

** Congratulations, you now read Miles Morales in Creator/ShameikMoore's voice, Spider-Gwen in Creator/HaileeSteinfeld's, Spider-Ham in Creator/JohnMulaney's, and Spider-Man Noir in [[Creator/NicolasCage Nic Cage]]'s.

* CatharsisFactor:
** Seeing Miles perform and succeed at his ''Leap of Faith'' after so many failures, such as being laughed at by his classmates and having the other Web-Slingers doubt him, is not only awesome, but also satisfying and well-earned.
** For some, seeing the Web Slingers, and also, Peter B. Parker, get ambushed and demolished in the first round of the final battle by [[spoiler:Doc Ock]], Scorpion, and Tombstone can be satisfying given how hard they were on Miles, given how they challenged him to difficult fights and how they forced him to stay behind and stopped him from [[spoiler:avenging his uncle Aaron]].

** Seeing Miles perform and succeed at his ''Leap of Faith'' after so many failures, such as being laughed at by his classmates and failing to impress the other Web-Slingers from doubting him, is not only awesome, but also satisfying and well-earned.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: While Peni's depiction received plenty of love from the many members of the Western fandom (yes, even the Otakus love her), her popularity in Japan exploded to the point that she gets more fan art than the other five Spider-People combined, for obvious reasons because Japanese entertainment love to include Moe-ish Girls.
* {{Moe}}: Considering she's deliberately designed to be a cute anime schoolgirl, Peni Parker ends up being this. [[CutenessProximity And plenty of people welcome it]].

* GrowingTheBeard: Widely seen as Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation's attempt at this, seeing as the majority of their previous productions save for ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' garner critical and audience reception that ranges from decent to terrible, with the previous year's ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' putting the studio in a very poor light. Ultimately, said attempt was a roaring success, with the end product receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and fans alike, and is widely seen as the best movie Sony Animation has ever made (and one of the best ''Spider-Man'' films period, even going on to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature).[[labelnote:*]]This movie is not only the second highest ranking comic book movie on IMDB’s 250 list (only behind ''Film/TheDarkKnight''), but also the third highest animated movie (only behind ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'') and the highest rated film from either [[Creator/SonyPictures Sony]] or Creator/ColumbiaPictures on the same list as well. (''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' and ''Film/LeonTheProfessional'' both were distribution only efforts despite technically being higher on the list; the former is currently owned by Creator/WarnerBros, while the latter was only distributed by Sony in North America.)[[/labelnote]] SPA's subsequent releases, including ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Vivo}}'' and especially ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'', have also garnered wide critical and audience acclaim, proving ''Spider-Verse'' wasn't a one-off and rehabilitating the studio's reputation.

* AwardSnub: Despite being considered to be one of the most influential animated films of all time, it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture. It did at least leave with the Oscar for Best Animated Feature amidst heavy competition, namely the mega-blockbuster ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' and Wes Anderson's ''WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs''.

** The Japanese version dials it up to eleven with [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Giorno Giovanna]] as [[Creator/KenshoOno Miles]], [[Anime/ZombieLandSaga Kotaro Tatsumi]] as [[Creator/MamoruMiyano Peter]], [[VideoGame/Persona5 Futaba Sakura]] as [[Creator/AoiYuuki Gwen]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Solf J. Kimbee]] as [[Creator/HiroyukiYoshino Spider-Ham]], [[Literature/KonoSuba Megumin]] as [[Creator/RieTakahashi Peni]], and [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] as [[Creator/AkioOtsuka Spider-Man Noir]].

* SignatureScene: The Leap of Faith scene, known for its [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt stunning visuals]], [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic fantastic music]] in the form of "What's Up, Danger", great choreography, and the [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome cathartic moment]] of Miles finally becoming Spider-Man. The entire movie was literally built around this scene, with the animators being shown a rough version of it to get an idea of what the directors wanted, almost all of which made it into the final version intact.

** Some think that Aunt May and [[spoiler:Doc Ock]] had more than just a friendly relationship in reference to how May calls [[spoiler: Doc Ock "Liv"]] and how the mainline version of the two [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjrHUT7EFtk actually dated]] in the comics.]]
** Olivia [[spoiler: seemingly doesn't set off Peter B. Parker's Spider-Sense in the lab scene. Is she [[ConsummateLiar that good at hiding hostile intentions]], or is she so volatile that she genuinely didn't feel like attacking Peter until the moment that she did?]]

** The main villain's desire [[spoiler: to find alternate versions of their lost family in TheMultiverse, only for said family members to reject them out of fear and render their actions AllForNothing,]] is explored again in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''. However, [[spoiler:Scarlet Witch goes even further there by explicitly wanting to travel the multiverse in order to KillAndReplace one of her counterparts. While unlike Kingpin, she ultimately has a HeelRealization, it's only after leaving a MUCH bloodier trail of death and destruction in her wake, making her seemingly DrivenToSuicide]].

** The ending scene of the movie where Gwen visits Miles becomes a bit sad as of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', [[spoiler: Gwen visiting Miles’ dimension mostly to track the Spot, occurring after Miles’ parents grounded him.]]

** When this movie came out, a lot of fans [[{{Fanon}} came up with the fan theory that]] the blonde Peter (who gets killed) is the Creator/AndrewGarfield incarnation of Spider-Man, while Peter B. Parker is the Creator/TobeyMaguire incarnation of Spider-Man (presumably because of their respective ages). [[spoiler: ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' ended up reversing this: Maguire’s version is [[IdealHero far more successful in his life]], and is in a (complicated) relationship with MJ and is a [[OlderAndWiser wise older brother like figure]] towards the other two [[AlternateSelf Peters]] and in the end, gets stabbed in a big fight (though he survives). On the other hand, Garfield’s incarnation has lost his love (though the reason is far more [[ILetGwenStacyDie tragic]] than Peter B. Parker’s), is treated with [[NoRespectGuy lesser respect]] by MJ, Ned’s lola and [[HeroicSelfDeprecation himself]] and is [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking very snarky]] compared to the others.]]

** During the emotional climax of the film [[spoiler: where the Spider-Gang talk to Miles about the death of his uncle and how they can relate,]] the usually loony ''Spider-Ham'' delivers a powerful line about the sacrifices needed to be a Spider-Man. And it somehow ''works'' thanks to Mulaney's powerful delivery of the line and the circumstances surrounding it.

** A [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1126597-captain-hydra-captain-america-hail-hydra-edits "Hail Hydra" edit of Spider-Man going against responsibility]] actually ends up being real as Peter B. Parker actually had a financial irresponsibility in his flashback, and Peter B. himself became sick of the said sentence.

** [[spoiler:Doc Ock]] is as witty, menacing, and brilliant as ever, combining an ingenious mind with [[GeniusBruiser lethal fighting skills]], and is [[EvilIsSexy quite a bit hotter]] than most people were expecting from the character.

* EvilIsSexy: This film's [[spoiler:Doc Ock]] transforms from a cute, geeky scientist into [[spoiler:a woman in lots of shiny, tight black clothes who also has tentacles... and a restraint chair. In her ''office''. And certainly appears quirkily [[HotterAndSexier prettier]] than the character usually is, even putting aside the gender-flip.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Jefferson, Miles' father and a police officer, says he hates Spider-Man's methods and initially blames him for [[spoiler:the death of Aaron, which might have been a source of conflict and a burden for Miles to bear]]. But Jefferson later recognizes he was wrong and comes to "agree to disagree" terms with Miles' Spider-Man before anything comes of this.

* RainbowLens: While many have read the basic storyline of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' as queer, with hiding a part of your identity from those around you, this film takes it up to eleven, with Miles initially trying to ignore his new abilities being eerily similar to the denial and internalized hate many queer people feel, the spider-people sensing others like them as an allusion to 'gaydar,' and Miles asking his father if he really hates Spider-Man, just like queer people often ask their families how they really feel about LGBTQ+ people and issues before coming out. [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse The sequel]] would notably expand on these themes, with Gwen Stacy having heavy transgender coding; [[spoiler:her revealing to her father that she's Spider-Woman is played much like a trans teen coming out to a parent]].

* {{Fanon}}: The popular theory that the movie's version of Aunt May is bisexual, and was previously in a some kind of relationship with [[spoiler:Dr. Olivia Octavius]]. Olivia makes a point of explaining early in the movie that her friends call her "Liv" (while her enemies call her [[spoiler:Doc Ock]]). Later in the movie, after she busts into May's house, May says, with some exasperation, "Oh great it's '''Liv'''", which some have taken to indicate a relationship. It helps that [[spoiler:Aunt May and the male Doc Ock ''nearly'' got married at one point in the comics]], possibly making the line a MythologyGag or something of a SequelHook.

*** Shippers are generally having a field day pairing Spider-Ham with any FunnyAnimal character that comes to mind. [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Isabelle]] and [[Anime/{{Aggretsuko}} Retsuko]] are especially common.

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** Congratulations, you now read Miles Morales in Creator/ShameikMoore's voice, Spider-Ham in Creator/JohnMulaney's, and Spider-Man Noir in [[Creator/NicolasCage Nic Cage]]'s.

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: The film has the recurring phrase "Anyone can wear the mask" and the commonly accepted interpretation for this Aesop is that anyone can do heroic things and gender, race, or age are not barriers to performing acts of heroism. This interpretation says that if a person gets spider-powers and if that person is willing to guide themselves more or less by the mantra "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" and they adhere to the belief that no matter how many times they are knocked down, they will always get back up, then it doesn't matter what face is under that mask... a young white blond male, a middle-aged man, an Afro-Latino teenager, a girl of Japanese descent or even an anthropomorphic pig. Any gender, age, race, or species can wear that mask and bear the mantle of Spider-Man.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/DanielaMelchior, who would later go on to play Cleo Cazo/Ratcatcher 2 in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', voiced Spider-Gwen in this film's Porteguese dub.