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- “Look, bad things are gonna happen. It makes us who we are. But good things happen too, y'know? Like you happened... and she happened.”
- ―Peter B. Parker[src]
Peter Benjamin Parker, sometimes referred to as Peter B. Parker, is the deuteragonist of the 2018 film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and a supporting character in its 2023 sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. He is Miles' mentor and one of five Spider-People pulled out of their universes by Kingpin's collider.
Background[]
Peter Benjamin Parker was an orphaned teenage boy who lived in Queens, New York with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben. After being bitten by a radioactive spider at 15 after those events Peter spider-like powers with super strength and reflexes. He also had a “spider-sense” alerting him to danger. Initially seeking to capitalize on his new abilities, his life would changed forever once he blithely ignores the chance to stop a fleeing thief, thing which end up the murder of his uncle Ben, after noticing that the killer was the same person he refused to stop, Peter became the superhero known as Spider-Man as a way to make up his mistake as a hero.
The life of Peter as a superhero was rough even though he began to save the city and sometimes he even get praised by the citizens Peter life turned out to worse, Peter began to lose many people in his life. As Spider-Man fight against villains such as Doctor Octopus, Scorpion, Green Goblin, Tombstone and others Peter would loose so many people closed to him such as the Police Captain George Stacy he would eventually get married with Mary Jane Watson.
However since Peter had no idea how to perfectly balance his life, he began to save the city too much as he tried to jump-start a food franchise called "TGI Spidey's" in order to keep himself afloat, but this backfired when the restaurant was shut down. Aunt May eventually died which led of he being scared of committing to the idea of starting a family with Mary Jane which would ultimately make their marriage fell apart with them finally divorcing since Peter couldn't stand loosing another people. Peter began to enter into depression and began to get a gut not even his web slinging could get rid of but still Peter continued to save the city as Spider-Man even tough he became tried and annoy of cared for everyone else.
One day, Peter was relaxing in his apartment, eating pizza (or as he put it, working out), when a strange portal opened up above him and he was sucked in. He flew across dimensions and upon landing in another one similar to his own, the legs of his costume were tattered and destroyed and he found himself in a dimension where he was blond haired, blue-eyed and dead. Needless to say, Peter was confused and he was forced to find sweatpants a trench coat and shoes that ended up being mismatched. He wandered into the graveyard where he was buried and found a young boy in a cheap Halloween Spider-Man costume. The young boy ended up being Miles Morales and he accidentally scared him into zapping him with his venom blast. Peter was unconscious, but Miles was not going to leave him and thus was forced to drag and carry him away from the approaching police. Miles flew through the city using Peter's web-shooters and managed to outrun the cops, though both were tired and badly bruised.
Personality[]
Having been Spider-Man for over 20 years, with various setbacks in his life, Peter is left emotionally crippled and jaded as a result. He apparently copes with his problems with excessive eating as he put on some noticeable weight. Still, while initially reluctant, Peter still decides to take the young Miles Morales under his wing to teach him how to be a good Spider-Man. As Peter told Miles, being Spider-Man is not something that comes easy, but is rather something that comes from abandoning doubt and taking a leap of faith. This shows that despite all his setbacks, he is still as selfless in his "superhero work", willing to accept the responsibilities to the point of sacrifice himself to the sake for others.
Physical appearance[]
Peter has been Spider-Man for over 22 years and appears to be roughly into his late 30's and has gained a gut after his divorce with Mary Jane, but still is slight muscular. His brown hair has started graying.
Powers and Abilities[]
Appearances[]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse[]
One day after work, in his apartment, the Kingpin of a different dimension activated the Super Collider, a machine that could open portals to other dimensions. During a battle with the Green Goblin of that dimension, the alternate Spider-Man was thrust into the energies of the Collider, and his molecules ended up causing the Collider to hone in on the older Peter's universe, opening a portal in his bedroom. Pulled into the portal, Peter was transported into an alternate Earth, smacking face first into a screen. He discovered his counterpart from this dimension was younger, blonde-haired, and had recently been murdered by the Kingpin. Overwhelmed by the strange events, Peter resolved to return to his own dimension.
He eventually came across a graveyard, finding a young boy named Miles Morales, who had recently been bitten by another spider and had received similar powers. As Miles was voicing his troubles to the deceased Peter's grave, the older Peter approached him, but spooked Miles, causing him to accidentally electrocute Peter with his newfound Venom blast, knocking him out. Miles was surprised that the man resembled the deceased hero he'd watched die, but was interrupted by two police officers who spotted him trespassing. Miles attempted to flee, but due to having accidentally been webbed by Peter, ended up dragging the unconscious man with him. Getting webbed to a monorail, Miles and Peter were hurled throughout Manhattan, before finally coming to a stop. Upon finally regaining consciousness, the older Peter found himself tied to a punching bag, realizing Miles was like him. Miles questioned Peter, asking why he wasn't dead, blonde, and was slightly fat, which annoyed Peter. However, after guessing he was from another dimension, Peter explained the quantum theory, and Miles told him that he'd promised the deceased Peter that he'd destroy the Collider before it caused further damage to the multiverse
Peter at first refused claiming he only wanted to return to his own dimension. However, as he is in a foreign universe, his atoms are very slowly, but painfully deteriorating, causing him to "glitch" painfully. Miles is frustrated at Peter's uncaring attitude towards the crisis, but eventually Peter relents to his urging and agrees to help Miles.
They stop the super villain known as Doctor Octopus. As they attempted to escape they were assisted and rescued by Gwen Stacy another spider hero with the name Spider-Woman. Making their way to the May Parker of Miles world she introduced them to Spider-Noir, a version of Peter Parker from the 1930s, Peni Parker and her robot armor SP//DR are from an alternate future, and Spider-Ham, a version of Peter Parker as a pig. The group then discusses how they are going to shut down the Collider and get back to their own universes as they will eventually “glitch out” and die if they stay in Miles world for to long. Miles opts to be the one who will stay behind and shut the Collider off. While Peter and Gwen show faith in Miles abilities the others are not sure Miles is ready and when they try to test him the pressure overwhelms Miles and he leaves. Later at Mays house Pete and the others are attacked by Kingpin, Prowler, Doctor Octopus, Tombstone, and Scorpion when they follow Miles to their location. A fight ensues and Miles uncle Aaron (who is revealed to be Prowler) is shot and fatally wounded by Kingpin when he refuses to kill Miles.
At Miles school in his room Peter and the others try to comfort and console Miles and Peter reveals that he has decided to be the one who will deactivate the Collider and stay behind even though it will result in his death. Taking the USB drive that will shut down the Collider from Miles, Peter then webs him to a seat to keep him safe and out of the way while the others go to the Collider. Infiltrating the base they are confronted by the Kingpin and his henchmen again. Miles then arrives having escaped and manages to help Peter and Gwen defeat Olivia Octavious. Miles then sends the others home with Peter being the last as he does not want Miles to possibly lose his life fighting Kingpin. Miles however uses the same move Peter used on him and assures Peter that he will be fine and encourages him to fix things with Mary Jane. Peter agrees, proud and impressed by Miles' growth as Spider-Man. Returning to his own universe, Peter knocks on Mary Jane's door, determined to try and fix their relationship.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse[]
Peter only has a small role unlike the first film but he reveals he remarried Mary Jane and now has a daughter name Mayday. Sometimes between the sixteen months, Peter was recruited by Miguel O'Hara while being disappointed that he is the only Spiderman who doesn't have a sense of humor like most of his variants. Peter was reunited with Miles when the latter has arrived at the Spider Society. Miguel explained canon events to him while asking him to join Spider-Society to protect the multiverse which Peter agreed to.
Later during the chase Peter tries to convince Miles about facing a sacrifice for his father who's about to become a police captain that would soon lead him to his death (like George Stacy). Later at the end he was recruited by Gwen to help her find Miles who is now trapped at Earth-42.
Relationships[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Peter B. Parker is most likely based on Spider-Man from the main Marvel comic series, due to the fact that when the Collider is mapping the worlds, we see that Peter's world is designated Earth 616, which is the Prime Marvel Universe. Though he also was considered by the creators (Christopher Miller and Phil Lord) to be an amalgam of several versions of Peter Parker without being directly associated to a specific one. They aged him older than the popular mainstream versions and placed him in "a situation that [he] hasn't been in before" — in this case, becoming a somewhat ineffective mentor.[1]
- Peter dislikes the phrase "With great power, comes great responsibility", as seen when he stopped Miles from completing it. It also can be a reference of how nothing good ever happen to Peter since he became Spider-Man.
- Peter wore sweat pants with his costume, though after finding his counterpart's base, he appears to have changed costumes.
- Peter was born in 1980 and became Spider-Man in 1996.
- According to some trailers of the film and Jake Johnson, this version of Peter is the main/prime version of Peter Parker in the Spider-Verse animated trilogy.[2][3][4]
- Tobey Maguire was considered for this role but the idea was shelved to avoid confusion.[5]
References[]
- ↑ Interview: 'Into the Spider-Verse' Producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller Talk Spider-Man, Stan Lee and Reinventing the Comic Book Movie | Fandango
- ↑ Jake Johnson & Shameik Moore Discuss Their Roles In "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse"
- ↑ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Trailer
- ↑ Yes, Spider-Verse's Old Peter is The TRUE Spider-Man | ScreenRant
- ↑ Tobey Maguire Was Considered for ‘Spider-Verse’s Peter Parker - ScreenCrush
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