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"Do you seriously think I'm a cop, dressed in a skin-tight red and blue suit?"


The Amazing Spider-Man is the 2012 Live-Action Film starring Andrew Garfield as the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man. The film is directed by Marc Webb, the director of Five Hundred Days of Summer, and is a Continuity Reboot of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy. Once again telling Spider-Man's origins, this time the film will focus on Peter as he develops his powers in high school. It received a sequel in 2014.

The film also stars Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Martin Sheen and Sally Field as Peter's Uncle Ben and Aunt May, Denis Leary as Capt. George Stacy, and Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard.

The film was released on July 3rd, 2012. The initial teaser trailer can be viewed here, and the full trailer can be viewed here.

It has a character sheet that is currently under construction.

Tropes used in The Amazing Spider-Man include:


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  Peter: I have to stop him, because I created him.

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  • Darker and Edgier: To the previous trilogy. For example, Spider-Man being pursued by police appears to be more seriously treated here, while in the previous films this was played for laughs.
  • Dawson Casting: Like Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield is playing a teenager despite being in his late twenties. In fact, Maguire first played him at 27 and Garfield is 28, so he's actually older than he was, even though this Spidey actually spends the majority of the movie as a high-school student, and not just the first act. It seems to work, though, as Garfield certainly doesn't look like he's pushing 30.
  • Deadpan Snarker: The fandom rejoiced when this version of Peter was revealed to be one, similar to his comics counterpart.
    • And from the looks of things, George Stacy is getting in on the act too:
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  George Stacy: [After Peter escapes Police Custody] Thirty-eight of New York's finest, versus one guy in a unitard.

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 (Spider-Man stops a car from plummeting into the East River)

Man: Help! My son's in there!

(car bursts into flames)

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  • It's All My Fault: Peter blames himself for Dr. Connors becoming the Lizard, as he helps him with the Lizard formula.
  • Jekyll and Hyde: Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard.
  • Jerkass: Ratha.
  • Jerk Jock: Flash Thompson.
  • Le Parkour: At the end of the first trailer, a first person sequence features Spider-Man running along a few rooftops in a manner very similar to parkour, with a good dose of spider powers thrown in for good measure.
  • One Degree of Separation: Spider-Man is being hunted by the police, led by Captain George Stacy; Captain Stacy's daughter Gwen is an intern at Oscorp and working with Dr. Curt Connors; Dr. Connors used to work with Richard Parker; Richard's son Peter is High School Sweethearts with Gwen Stacy; Gwen's father is leading the police in their hunt of Spider-Man, who just happens to be Peter Parker.
  • Ordinary High School Student: Unlike the previous film franchise, it's been confirmed that the bulk of this film will take place during Peter's days in high school.
  • Parental Abandonment: Once again, Peter is raised by his Aunt and Uncle. However, taking a page from the Ultimate universe, Peter knew his parents for several years before their deaths, and both Richard and Mary Parker appear on screen.
  • The Snark Knight/You Fight Like a Cow: Confirmed - The Comic Con showreel includes a scene with Spider-Man coming across a car thief who asks if he's a cop. Spidey sarcastically mocks him for thinking cops wear red and blue spandex, and when the thief pulls a knife on him, he falls to to the ground pleading for his life, before webbing the guy.
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 You found my one weakness! Really small knives!

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  • Steven Ulysses Perhero: Ladies and gentlemen, the director of The Amazing Spider-Man; Marc Webb.
  • Troll: Garfield invoked internet trolls who get the feeling of power from their anonymity to describe the dorky, insecure Peter's transformation into the wise-ass masked vigilante Spider-Man. Peter is also all too happy to repeatedly test his webshooters on the car thief in the scene described above.
  • Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?: Peter's web shooters are created by his father before his death, or adapted from one of his father's inventions; Peter just happens to find them around the time he gets his powers.