22 Times "Spider-Man" Movies Decided To Add A Tiny, Genius Detail
I can't believe how many comic references I missed!
1. Martin Starr plays both a teacher in the MCU Spider-Man movies and a college student in The Incredible Hulk.
The college student in the Incredible Hulk (2008) is also Peter Parker’s teacher in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) from MovieDetails
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2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Miles's spidey sense goes off later than Gwen's and Peter's.
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), before meeting the other spider-people, Miles spider-sense goes off a split second later than both Gwen and Peter. from MovieDetails
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3. Spider-Man: Homecoming: The floor and ceiling of the bank come off as Peter tries to stick to them.
In Spider-man Homecoming's bank fight scene, Peter's grippy hands remove the flooring as he tries to avoid getting thrown around. He then grips onto the underlying concrete and resists the pull. from MovieDetails
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4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: there is a poster for a _Shaun of the Dead _sequel called From Dusk Till Shaun.
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), you can see a poster for “From Dusk Till Shaun”, a sequel to Shaun of the Dead (2004). This was a real pitch written (as a joke) by Simon Pegg. from MovieDetails
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5. Also Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Seth Rogen is on a billboard.
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6. The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Gwen Stacey dies at 1:21, and she dies in Issue 121 of the The Amazing Spider-Man comics.
In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, something important happens in this clock tower showing a time of around 0120. In the comics, the same event takes place in issue 121. from MovieDetails
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7. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: one person chooses to do absolutely nothing about the heist.
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) during the lab heist scene, all the workers are getting out their guns except one of them, who decides not to do anything about the problem. from MovieDetails
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8. Spider-Man: Far From Home: Paul Greengrass apparently directed a movie called "The Snap."
In Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) one of the movies available for Peter in flight is "The Snap" directed by Paul Greengrass. Paul Greengrass is a real life director responsible for "United 93", "Captain Phillips", "Bloody Sunday" among a few other dramatized films based on real world events from MovieDetails
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9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Peter B. Parker's nervous system is illuminated when he gets electrocuted.
In Spider_Man: Into The Spider-Verse, when Miles Morales electrocutes Peter B. Parker, it illuminates his nervous system instead of the usual cartoon trope of his skeleton. Being much more scientifically accurate. from MovieDetails
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10. Spider-Man: Homecoming: Howard Stark, Tony Stark's dad, is on a mural of great science minds.
In Spider-Man Homecoming (2017) Howard Stark can be seen painted on a mural celebrating great scientists and inventors from MovieDetails
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11. Also Spider-Man: Homecoming: and a picture of Bruce Banner, the Hulk, is in Peter's classroom.
In Spider-Man: Homecoming Bruce Banner's face is alongside the other "famous scientists" on the wall of Peter Parker's physics class. from MovieDetails
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12. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: there is a month called "Decembruary."
In 'Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse' the month written on Miles's test paper is Decembruary from MovieDetails
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13. The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Electro's birthday cake is essentially the same colors as his costumes in the comic books.
In The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Jamie Foxx's character (Electro) has a birthday cake which bears the same color scheme as his character's costume in the comics. from MovieDetails
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14. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Miles changes the lyrics to a "Sunflower."
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse (2018) opens with Miles trying to sing along to “Sunflower.” He conveniently gets one of the lines wrong, saying “she wanna drive me-“ instead of the recorded lyric “she wanna ride me like a cruise,” narrowly eliminating a sexual double entendre in this PG film. from MovieDetails
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15. Spider-Man: Homecoming: Michelle reads a book about an orphan who moves in with his aunt and uncle.
In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Michelle (MJ) is reading a book titled "Of Human Bondage", a story of an orphan boy sent to live with his aunt and uncle. from MovieDetails
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16. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Gwen's Peter is subtly a lizard.
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Gwen's origin story shows subtle, blue traces of scales on the body of her universe's Peter. This is a reference to the comics, in which Peter turned himself into the Lizard. from MovieDetails
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17. Spider-Man: Homecoming: Peter checks in about Natasha.
In 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' (2017), Peter wanted to see how Natasha was doing after the events of 'Civil War' from MovieDetails
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18. Spider-Man: Far From Home: Mysterio misremembers a pivotal moment from another movie.
In Captain America: Civil War (2016), the audience is silent during Tony Stark’s B.A.R.F. presentation. But in the flashback to that same scene in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), the audience is laughing, implying that Mysterio remembers this moment as a lot more humiliating than it actually was. from MovieDetails
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19. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Uncle Aaron and Jefferson have pictures of each other on their phones.
In Spider-man Into the Spider-verse (2018), Uncle Aaron has a picture of his brother as the lock screen on his phone, while Jefferson has as a picture of Aaron as caller ID. This shows that despite their current bad relationship, they still care about one another. from MovieDetails
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20. Spider-Man: Homecoming: Mark Bagley, a comic book artist, is subtly referenced.
In Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), you can see the name "Bagley" behind Spider-man. This is a reference to comic book artist Mark Bagley, who worked on Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-man. from MovieDetails
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21. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Someone gets a "Bagel!!" graphic.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) has a blink-and-you-miss-in joke - when Miles throws a bagel at the Alchemax employee the word "BAGEL!!!" appears above the worker's head, instead of "POW!!!" or "BLAM!!!". from MovieDetails
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22. And in Spider-Man: Homecoming: the license plate on Miles Morales's uncle Aaron's car is a reference to Miles Morales's comic book series.
In Spider-Man Homecoming (2017), Miles Morales' Uncle Aaron's car has the license plate UCS-M01, for "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1", the series Miles Morales starred in. They even got the hyphen right! from MovieDetails
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