Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

The first animated superhero movie based on a comic book to be released widely in theaters since Batman: The Killing Joke, the first animated movie based on a Marvel comic book to be released in theaters since Big Hero 6, and the first Spider-Man movie to be made purely by Sony with no input from Disney since The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was released in 2018.

The movie serves as both an origin story for the Miles Morales Spider-Man, and a (very loose) adaptation of Spider-Verse, as Miles not only meets an alternate version of Peter Parker from another universe, but also an alternate universe version of Gwen Stacy, who is not only alive and well, but also the amazing Spider-Woman.

The movie won massive critical and commercial acclaim, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Movie and often heralded as one of the best superhero movies produced.

Two sequels, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, are announced, though the former is released on 2023, and the latter being put on hold despite the 2024 release date.

Tropes used in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse include:

• The Ace: The native Peter Parker was designed to be as competent as possible and was described by Peter B. as "perfect."
• Adaptational Badass:
  • While he's always been a big name, this film's Kingpin is the outright Big Bad and the leader of Spidey's rogue gallery.
  • Aunt May shows Tombstone who's boss.
  • This Prowler is far more deadly than his normal depictions.
• Adaptational Wimp:
  • Tombstone and Scorpion are now disposable Mooks who can be beaten up by Aunt May.
  • While the Green Goblin is much more physically powerful than normal, he's now Dumb Muscle as opposed to a scheming mastermind.
  • In the comics, SP//dr could tank the Scorpion. This one's canopy gets shattered by his tail.
• Ambiguous Disorder: The movie never comes out and says it, but it's heavily implied that Miles has Asperger's Syndrome.
• Alternate Universe: The very concept the film was based on. To give specific examples from Miles' universe, Coca-Cola is renamed "Koca-Soda" and Doc Ock is female.
• Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome: The Gwen Stacy in this movie is not only alive and well, she has spider powers which she uses to fight crime and the forces of evil as Spider-Woman.
• Bad Liar: Miles. His teacher summarizes his problem as him swinging too far in the opposite direction.
• Bunny Ears Lawyer: Peter B. is jaded and bloated but he still has years' worth of training with his Spider powers and world saving antics.
• Crossover Alternate Universe: Played with. The main universe is this, being the sandbox that all the Spider heroes run around in.
• Death By Origin Story: Nearly every one of the Spider-characters has the death of a loved one in their backstory.
• Deliberately Monochrome: Everything from Spider-Man Noir's universe.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: The basis of the Kingpin's motivations.
• Formerly Fit: Peter B. Parker.
• Gender Flip: Doctor Octopus is female in this movie.
• Hartman Hips: Mary Jane Watson, Rio Morales, Octavia (Dr. Octopus), and Gwen Stacy (especially in her spider costume) all have wider hips than the male characters.
• Heroic Build: Spider Gwen has spider powers, of course, and has broad shoulders and toned arm muscles.
• How Do I Shot Web?: Miles at first.
• Hypocrite: The Spider-Man from the '60s cartoon is offended that Miguel O'Hara (Spider-Man 2099) is pointing at him. Doesn't stop him from pointing back.
• I Let Gwen Stacy Die: Gwen Stacy feels guilt about her version of Peter Parker dying.
• Interdimensional Travel Device: What kicks off the plot. Kingpin builds one to try and reunite with a version of his dead family only for Spider-Man to cause it to go haywire, dragging the alternate Spider heroes into their universe.
• It's All About Me: To cope with the loss of his wife and child, Fisk is willing to outright kidnap a pair of Replacement Goldfishes, uncaring of their consent or that such a scheme could risk destroying a whole universe, maybe all of them.
• Lethal Joke Character: Spider-Ham. Not only does he have the standard powers of a Spider-Being but he can also exploit Toon Physics.
• Love Cannot Overcome: Peter B. and Mary Jane's relationship suffered due to the pressures of being Spider-Man. Though the ending shows that maybe love might overcome.
• Luke, I Am Your Father: Prowler is Miles' Uncle Aaron.
• Meaningful Name: Peter B. Parker. "B" as in the second Spider-Man to be introduced and the second-best Spider-Man.
• Medium Blending: Peni (anime) and Spider-Ham (western cartoons) are still animated in such a style, contrasting the uniformity of everyone else.
• Ms. Fanservice: Gwen Stacy aka Spider Gwen. Both played straight and downplayed; but Spider Gwen is very pretty and beautiful and has been noted by fans to be very curvy, thanks to the spandex she wears around her legs, hips and rear being quite form-fitting.
• The Multiverse: The main reality is E-1610 with other various Spider-heroes paying a visit.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Prowler is horrified that he's been fighting his own newphew.
• Mythology Gag: The Peter of E-1610 seems to have a past broadly based on the original Raimi trilogy.
• Non-Standard Character Design: The artstyle is semi-realistic but Kingpin has a highly cartoonish body, being impossibly broad, insanely tall, and doesn't even appear to have a neck.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: Miles tries to pull this to get out of Visions. It doesn't work because his teacher accurately points out that someone getting zero on a true or false quizmeans that they know all the right answers.
• Oh Crap: Peter B. when he learns that the scientist he's talking to is a female Doc Ock.
• Outliving One's Offspring:
  • The native May Paker lost her Peter in the opening scenes.
  • Kingpin's whole motivation is based off the accident that claimed his son's life.
• Rogues Gallery Transplant: A Zigzagged example: Kingpin was originally a Spider-Man villain, but most modern works use him as a Daredevil villain instead.
• Small Role, Big Impact: Vanessa and Richard Fisk. Their deaths kick off Kingpin's plan to build an Interdimensional Travel Device, setting up the whole film.
• Suspiciously Apropos Music: "To the End", which plays during Gwen narrating her backstory, sums up both her in particular  and the movie in general perfectly:

I remember To the end, to the end, to the end I remember, to the end I remember Fight again, fight again, fight again I remember, fight again

• Theme Tune Cameo: Continuing the Once a Spider-Man Movie tradition, the 60s Spider-Man theme appears during Ultimate Peter Parker's narration/exposition.  
• Truer to the Text: In many respects when compared to both the MCU Spider-Man movies and the two preceding Spider-Man TV shows (Ultimate Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man).
• Youthful Freckles: Gwen Stacy has light freckles across her face.