- “You can't be a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man if there's no neighborhood”
- ―Peter Parker
Spider-Man (real name: Peter Benjamin Parker) is one of the main protagonists of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As a teenager, Peter was bitten by radioactive spider and use his powers to protect New York City. He was primarily raised by his aunt May after the loss of his uncle Ben, and his parents, Richard and Mary.
Over the years, Peter has also been a member of the Avengers and one of the protégés of Tony Stark who he had come to see as a father figure, only to lose him during the Infinity War. However, everyone has forgotten Peter due to a spell being cast by Doctor Strange to make everyone forget who Peter Parker was in order to protect himself and his loved ones from further harm.
Role
Peter Parker is a supporting character in Iron Man 2 and Captain America: Civil War, the titular main protagonist of Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far from Home and Spider-Man: No Way Home, one of the main characters in Avengers: Infinity War and a minor character in Avengers: Endgame.
Personality
Peter has a strict moral code, as he does not want to kill people. For an example, he yells for Karen to not hit the Instant Kill on his suit. However he did successfully use it during the battle of Earth in the final confrontation with Thanos' army.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Background
Peter Parker was born in Queens, New York on August 10th, 2001 to Mary and Richard Parker. At a young age Peter lost his parents and was adopted by his father's brother Ben and his wife, May. Peter and his family lived in a small apartment. Being raised by his aunt and uncle name them the closest thing to an uncle he had. Unfortunately, an unknown tragedy caused Peter to lose his uncle, and also inherit Ben's briefcase. After the incident at Stark Expo in 2010, Peter developed a deep admiration for Iron Man and other superheroes such as Captain America and Thor.
Iron Man 2
In 2010, Peter visited Stark Expo, acquiring toy replicas of Iron Man's helmet adn glove and Tony Stark's autograph. During the second visit, Hammer Drones attacked the Expo sent by Ivan Vanko. One of them landed in front fo Peter, who instead, helped his hands up in defiance. He left the kid completely awestruck, as Iron Man destroyed the drone, he thanked Peter for his work. It was one of the reasons why Peter would one day become a superhero
In Between Films
In his teens, Peter attended Midtown High School with Ned Leeds, who he quickly became best friends with. Peter and Michelle Jones also grew acquainted with one another and later harbored romantic feelings for each other. He was also friends with Betty Brant and developed a crush on Liz Allan while endured bullying from Flash Thompson. At age fourteen, Parker was bitten by a spider that died shortly afterwards. Heacquired superhuman powers, including strength and speed proportional to that of a spider and an uncanny ability to adhere to walls. He used these newfound powers to rid crime and help those in need. He kept his identity a secret through an amateur suit and became the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man of Queens, New York.
Captain America: Civil War
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame
Five years after the Decimation, Hulk snapped his fingers with the Infinity Stones and the Stark Gauntlet, thus resurrecting Peter, the Guardians, and Doctor Strange. Upon returning to Earth, Tony Stark hugged Parker, knowing he was safe. During the Battle, Peter uses instant kill on most of Thanos' forces. He nearly falls but is saved by Valkyrie on her Winged Horse at the last minute. In conclusion of the battle, after Stark used the infinity Stones to wipe out Thanos' army and Thanos himself, Peter was by Tony's side as he died, as well as Pepper Potts and War Machine. He and his aunt, May, attended Stark's funeral and returned back to Queens, where Peter was reunited with Ned and his other friends.\]
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Peter returns to his normal life on Earth, going on a school fieldtrip in Europe with his friends. However, Parker is interrupted when Nick Fury (Talos in disguise) comes to Parker in need of his help with a new type of villains called the Elementals.
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Alternate Versions
What If....?
Zombies
When Hank Pym rescued his wife Janet Van Dyne, he brought an infected Janet with a terrible quantum illness that brought about a zombie apocalypse. This version of Peter Parker is one of the survivors left standing who has lost his aunt May, uncle Ben and Happy. He works with his friends and fellow teammates in finding a way to end the zombie apocalypse.
Spider-Man: Freshman Year
The origins of this version of Peter Parker will be seen, where he will be mentored by Norman Osborn (instead of Tony Stark) during his freshman and sophomore year of high school
Relationships
Tony Stark/Iron Man
Trivia
- Unlike comic book Peter Parker, this version of Peter learned the "with great power comes great responsibility" motto from his aunt May rather than his uncle Ben.
- Peter's red and blue hoodie that appears in the Third Captain America film resembles the Scarlet Spider costume.
- Tom Holland performed his own stunts due to his history in dance and gymnastics,
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the fourth live-action incarnation of the character, following incarnations portrayed by Nicholas Hammond, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.
- For Civil War, Tom Holland was only twenty years old when he first portrayed Peter Parker. Of his three counterparts, Holland is younger than both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield when they first played Spider-Man. Maguire was 27 and Garfield was 29.
- Tom Holland has agreed to do another trilogy of Spider-Man films. This marks the first time a version of Spider-Man is going to appear in more than three films (Not counting Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's appearances in No Way Home).
- The films show Peter is a fan of The Star Wars franchise, in contrast to his actor.
- When Parker met the Guardians, he revealed that he is not a fan of Kevin Bacon or Footloose.
- When Peter was in control of Doctor Octavius's actuators, their lights turned blue.
- Along with Maguire and Garfield, Tom Holland's Peter Parker was planned to make a cameo in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, where he would have greeted Miles Morales while walking through the background. However, the scene was cut.
- Parker's birthday being August 10th is a reference to Amazing Fantasy Vol. 1 #15, where Spider-Man made his first appearance and was released on August 10, 1962.
- Peter's S.H.I.E.L.D. AKA "Night Monkey" suit resembles a similar appearance to Parker's Spider-Man Noir counterpart.
- Tony Stark calls Peter by the wrong aliases, including Spiderling.
- Parker is a fan of the indie rock bands Alt-J and Led Zeppelin, and the New York Mets.
- Peter's school locker number at Midtown High is #1184
- Peter is the second main protagonist to have his solo film released after his debut, Iron Man 2, followed by Black Panther and Black Widow. Additionally, Peter is the second hero whose films were released in the same phase, followed by his mentor Iron Man.
- Peter's relationships with Harry Osborn, Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy do not exist in the series. Instead MCU Peter Parker's best friend is Ned Leeds and his girlfriend's name is Michelle Jones-Watson and the first girl Peter crosses on is Liz Allan instead of Gwen.
- Had Peter not been blipped, he would have graduated high school in instead he was set to graduate in 2025 after returning to life.
- The Hulk, Ant-Man, and Spider-Man are the only main protagonists to defeat the villain by themselves.
- Until the release of The Kang Dynasty, by the time of Infinity War, Peter was the second-youngest member of the Avengers, with Vision being the youngest that only 3 years old.
- Peter has made appearances outside of the MCU before:
- This version of the character is featured in the post-credit scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage which ties into the ending of Spider-Man: Far From Home. He was also mentioned in the post-credit scene of Morbius which ties into the ending of Spider-Man: No Way Home. He would have made an appearance in Venom before Sony Pictures cut his cameo.
- A similar version of this Peter Parker was also present in the comics crossover event Spider-Geddon (2018), implied to be the MCU version of Spider-Man. This version also potentially appears in The third volume of the second Spider-Verse event.
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References
- ↑ Translated from German: The Amazing Sticky Boy
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