Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse not only nabbed the highest December opening ever for an animated film, it's also just a straight-up triumph of a movie. A neon-colored love letter to comic books, the film introduces the world to Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), as well as a whole host of alt-universe Spideys like Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson), Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), Spider-Man Noir (Nicolas Cage), Peni Parker (Kimiko Glenn), and Spider-Ham (John Mulaney). Directed by Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, and Bob Persichetti, Spider-Verse's acid-trip art style is a blast to just look at, so we completely understand if you missed any of the dozens on dozens of Easter Eggs, comic nods, and shout-outs that pop up over the runtime.

But in case you were still curious, we rounded up all those Easter Eggs we could find. Here's everything we spotted in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. 

*Serious SPOILER warning here. We're talking surprise characters, specific plot points, the after-credits scene, the whole shebang. Thwip out of here if you're not caught up.* 

The Spider-Team

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The host of Spider-People who arrive from different universes aren't exactly a hidden Easter Egg, but they're all fantastically real characters with their own comic book origins and histories. (Except for Peter B. Parker, of course, who is just a rounder, sadder version of the Peter Parker whose been swinging around New York since 1962).

Spider-Gwen

The character of Gwen Stacy has been around since The Amazing Spider-Man #31 in 1965—she is, unfortunately, best known for dying horribly at the hands of the Green Goblin—but the Gwen Stacy of Earth-65, a "What If?" scenario where Gwen was bitten by a radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker, first popped up in Edge of Spider-Verse #2, written by Jason Latour and penciled by Robbi Rodriguez.

Spider-Man Noir

The Spider-Man of Earth-90214 was created by writer David Hine and artist Carmine Di Giandomenico for the series Spider-Man: Noir in 2009. A darker take on the character, Noir's Peter Parker fights crime during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Peni Parker / Sp//dr

First appearing in Edge of Spider-Verse #5 from artist Jake Wyatt and writer Gerard Way, Peni Parker of Earth-14512 adopted the Sp//dr suit—a robotic vehicle powered by a radioactive spider—from her father, who died in an explosion while acting as his universe's Spider-Man.

Spider-Ham

It can get weirder. Real name Peter Porker—because of course it is—Spider-Ham is actually the oldest of the alt-Spideys, first appearing in 1983's Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Mark Armstrong.

Tobey MaGuire's Spider-Man

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Into the Spider-Verse's introduction of the Peter Parker who wears the Spider-Man mask in Miles' universe—voiced by Chris Pine, a well-kept secret—is basically a retread through the greatest hits of director Sam Raimi's three Spider-Man films, all starring Tobey Maguire as the leading webhead. "I saved the city, fell in love, and then I saved the city again. And again. And again," Pine's Spider-Man says. Into the Spider-Verse animates iconic scenes from its live-action counterparts like:

  • The upside kiss between Peter and Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) in the first Spider-Man.
  • The out-of-control train scene from Spider-Man 2.
  • Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina) throwing a New York taxi through the window in Spider-Man 2.
  • Peter Parker's infamous jazz stroll down the street while infected with the Venom symbiote from Spider-Man 3.

Movies, TV, and Music

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One of the beautiful things about animation is the sheer amount of gags you can stick behind the action. On Twitter, director Rodney Rothman noted that the Spider-Verse filmmakers reached out to a handful of creators to ask what they'd be making in an alternate universe. In the Times Square scenes alone, here's what we noticed:

  • From Dusk Till' Shaun, Miles' universe's take on Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead.
  • Hi, Hello, a take on Mulaney and Nick Kroll's stage show, Oh, Hello.
  • Baby Showers, a version of Paul Feig's Bridesmaids.
  • An ad for "Planet Inglewood". (Inglewood is not as nice as Hollywood).
  • An ad for an app called "Picaboo", accompanied by the Snapchat logo.
  • An R&B star named The Kisslnd, a play on our universe's The Weeknd.
  • A poster for Clone College, apparently a sequel to the short-lived Clone High that our universe deserves.
  • A poster of Detroit Pistons power forward Blake Griffin, who apparently now plays baseball for the Boston Red Sox.

Also, as not not confirmed to Collider's Adam Chitwood by producer Phil Lord, Miles' Uncle Aaron is watching Wright's The World's End when we first meet him.

Stan Lee

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Before his death in November, the great Stan Lee filmed his usual Marvel Movie cameo for Into the Spider-Verse, popping up as a cashier who sells Miles' his first bargain-bin Spider-Man costume. But as the film's directors told us, Lee shows up all over the film. After Miles and Peter B. Parker's first wild ride through New York ends up on the city sidewalk, you can see Stan Lee and his dog stepping over them. From there, the Marvel creator apparently appears practically everytime there's a crowd shot:

ROTHMAN: Stan Lee has more than one cameo in the movie.

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PERSICHETTI: The easiest to spot, because you don’t have to stop the film, is when Peter and Miles are on the ground on the sidewalk, after they’d fallen from the train, there’s a dog who smells them with a guy who walks over them. That’s Stan again. On his way home from work. But then I will say, there are many, many train scenes. Subway shots. If you just pause, he’s in a lot of them. That guy is all over New York. He’s a busy man.

Alternate Spider-Man Costumes

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When Aunt May (Lily Tomlin) brings Peter B. Parker, Miles, and Gwen down into Peter Prime's hidden Spider-lair, you can see cases holding alternate Spider-Man costumes that the hero has worn throughout the years. It's tough to see them all, but the eagle-eyed THR has a full list:

  • The "Advanced Suit" from this year's Spider-Man game for the Playstation 4.
  • The caped "Spidey Suit" from What If #19 that imagined a world where Peter Parker stopped Uncle Ben's murder.
  • The "Electro-Proof Suit" from Amazing Spider-Man #425, the perfect deterrent against long-time Spider-Man foe Electro. (Not to be confused with Shocker, although the suit would probably still work.)
  • The bulletproof "MK I Suit" from Amazing Spider-Man #656.
  • The costume that Peter wore during the 2004 Marvel crossover event, Secret War.
  • The "Iron Spider Suit" which originated in Amazing Spider-Man #529 but also made its way to the big-screen on Tom Holland in Avengers: Infinity War.
  • The "Stealth Suit", which, again, first showed up in Amazing Spider-Man #650 but, as we've seen, will make a feature-film appearance in Spider-Man: Far From Home.

 

 

Villains

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Besides the film's Big Bad, the Kingpin of Crime Wilson Fisk (Liev Schreiber), Spider-Verse does a fantastic job of introducing long-time Spider-Man villains that you might not have heard of.

Scorpion

The poison-tailed baddie known as Scorpion has had a few different dudes under the costume since he first showed up in The Amazing Spider-Man #19 in 1964. Into the Spider-Verse's version, voiced by Joaquín Cosio, speaks Spanish like the original and best-known version, Maximus "Mac" Gargan.

Tombstone

Voiced in Spider-Verse by Black Lightning standout Marvin "Krondon" Jones III, Tombstone is one of those wonderful comic book villains that started out as your average crime boss with a gimmick—in this case an albino with sharpened teeth—before eventually gaining super-strength and bulletproof skin.

Prowler

Again, there's been a bunch of Prowlers over the years—the first, Hobie Brown, appearing in 1969—but it wasn't until 2011 that writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli put Miles Morales' uncle, Aaron Davis, under the mask. In Spider-Verse, Davis is voiced by Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali. (Bonus fact! Atlanta creator Donald Glover played the character in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Atlanta breakout Brian Tyree Henry voices Miles' father in Spider-Verse)

Olivia Octavius

Into the Spider-Verse's take on probably the most well-known Spider-Man villain there is, Doctor Octopus, is a completely new character named Olivia Octavius voiced by Kathryn Hahn. But it's not the first woman to take on the tentacles of Doc Ock. Writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Angel Medina introduced Lady Octopus, real name Carolyn Trainer, in 1995's Amazing Spider-Man #406, a student of Otto Octavius who took up the villainous mantle after her mentor's death.

Oh, and if you're wondering why Into the Spider-Verse's Green Goblin is an actual, massive green goblin as opposed to Norman Osborn in a suit, that's ripped from the Ultimate comics, as explained by the film's directors to Collider:

RAMSEY: That actually comes from the Ultimate comics. Miles is from this alternate universe within Marvel, and in Miles’ universe, the Goblin is like this giant creature.

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PERSICHETTI: More goblin than man. Maybe if we had another 20 minutes we could’ve dealt with that a little deeper but it’s like “wow, we got to keep moving and people are either going to buy that’s our version of Green Goblin in Miles’ world or they’re going to ask questions.”

Alchemax

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The mega-company that created the spider who bites Miles Morales is the Alchemax Corporation, an Amazon-Prime-On-Steroids monolith created by Peter David and Rick Leonardi. The company is just Bad News all-around, but it's typically used in stories involving Spider-Man 2099, which sets up...

The After-Credits Scene

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If you weren't distracted by the incredible rendition of Spider-Bells—written by Phil Lord himself—or the shout-out to the classic Dancing Spider-Man video, then you caught the after-credits scene, which introduced us to Spider-Man 2099, aka Miguel O'Hara, voiced by Star Wars actor Oscar Isaac. Created for the Marvel 2099 run by Peter David and Rick Leonardi, the character is a brilliant scientist who lives in Manhattan in, ya guessed it, the year 2099.

O'Hara then universe-hops to yet another world, Earth-67, home of the 1967 Spider-Man animated series, where O'Hara and the local Peter Parker recreate one of the internet's most famous memes.

That's all we got, but it's pretty much guaranteed that we missed a bunch of Easter Eggs and references. Let us know what you spotted in the comments below.

[Note: We posted this article at an earlier date, but with the movie now on Netflix, we decided to repost it for those viewers.]