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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

FILM · 2023 · USA

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Directed by
Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Joaquim Dos Santos
Runtime
140 min
Studio
Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Lord Miller

24 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Nov 2026

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.

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24 Interesting Facts About Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Interesting Facts (21)

  1. #001

    The Lego universe sequence set on Earth-13122 was animated by 14-year-old Preston Mutanga, who was hired after Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were impressed by a Twitter video in which he recreated the entire trailer in Lego.

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  2. #002

    Before it is revealed that Miles traveled to the wrong Earth, Earth-42, his mother's eyes can be seen to be green. In his home on Earth-1610, his mother's eyes are brown.

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  3. #003

    The Spot reveals that the spider that bit Miles in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) actually came from another dimension, Earth-42. When the spider first appears in the first film, it glitches like the other characters who are not native to that dimension.

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  4. #004

    Phil Lord and Christopher Miller said they told Sony the sequel would be the same size as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), but that it ended up with the largest animation crew ever assembled, roughly 1,000 people. They added that it features 240 characters and takes place across six universes.

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  5. #005

    When the Spot travels to the Sony Venom universe, he steals a pack of gum called Venomint from Mrs. Chen. Peggy Lu reprises her role as Mrs. Chen from the Venomverse (Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage). This version of the Marvel universe is named Earth-688 on screen, which appears to be taken from the temporary reality number assigned to it in the Marvel database: Earth-TRN688.

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  6. #006

    Spencer Wan, one of the film's animators, used spam emails he received as background textures for the animation of Hobie Brown throughout the film.

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  7. #007

    During the scene where Miles is being chased, one of the spider-people chasing him is the messed up Spider-Popsicle that was mentioned in the first movie.

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  8. #008

    When The Spot is revealing his backstory, there is a brief scene showing Spider 42 being teleported from its original universe. In this scene, Spider 42 was crawling on Miles Morales 42's desk and about to bite him, showing that Miles Morales 42 was supposed to be the Spider-Man of that universe.

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  9. #009

    In the anomaly section of the compound, two pixelated villains appear in tubes. The first is Video-Man, who first appeared in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981) created by Electro as a living arcade game. The second is the Green Goblin from Spider-Man (1982), the very first Spider-Man video game ever produced.

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  10. #010

    Spider-Punk is an alternate-universe blend of both Spider-Man and the original Prowler. The original Hobie Brown was the first Prowler, a small-time thief who turned hero after being saved by Spider-Man. Aaron Davis became the Prowler of the Ultimate Marvel Universe in 2011.

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  11. #011

    When Miles is shown Uncle Ben and Captain Stacy's deaths from the Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Spectacular Spider-Man universes, they show clips from Spider-Man (2002), Intervention (2008), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), but for Uncle Ben's death in Andrew Garfield's universe, they use a clip from the video game version of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).

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  12. #012

    Later in the film, Peter B. Parker's young daughter Mayday Parker can be seen wearing a onesie with small pictures of Spider-Ham, whom the comedian John Mulaney voices in Spider-Man of Earth-8311.

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  13. #013

    Miles is sent by the Go-Home Machine to Earth-42, the "home" universe. The number 42 is one that recurs throughout Miles's life, such as the lottery number that earned him the money to go to Vision Academy, the spider's number, and the train station where Miles is chased by the Prowler.

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  14. #014

    In Miles's room on Earth-42, you can see things that are not present on Earth-1610: a Prowler gauntlet design next to Miles's drawing board, a book on free climbing on the bookshelf, a speed bag by the door, and a Muay Thai trophy in the living room.

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  15. #015

    Margo is shown trying out various hairstyles for her virtual avatar. The designs are taken from the options available for character creation in the video game Cyberpunk 2077 (2020).

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  16. #016

    Miles' father uses the surname Morales instead of Davis for the first time in Marvel history in this film. His first name was also shortened from Jefferson to Jeff, potentially to avoid an association with Confederate president Jefferson Davis.

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  17. #017

    Perfecting Spider-Punk's unique collage-like visual style took two to three years.

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  18. #018

    When Miles goes on a tour with all the spider people, Insomniac's Spider-Man is shown and mentioned on screen with text.

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  19. #019

    When Miles and the Spiders chasing him crash into the Spider-Therapist's office, you can see the therapist's diploma on the left side of the screen; the diploma shows that his name is Ezekiel Sims (the villain of Madame Web) and that he graduated from Ditko University.

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  20. #020

    At the end of Rio's loving conversation with Miles on the water tower, Miles asks her for "Bendición, mami" and follows it with "Que Dios te bendiga." This was an addition requested by the voice actress's own mother, who watched the film's trailer containing the speech and called her to say that "Bendición" was not in the scene; it is a meaningful expression in Latin American circles and essentially means asking for and receiving a parent's blessing. Luna Lauren Velez called the directors and asked whether they could somehow add it to the scene, and they immediately agreed.

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  21. #021

    During the Spider Society chase sequence at the Power and Conditioning facility, Miles escapes and passes through holographic targets of various supervillains, one of whom is Doctor Octopus saying "Hello, Peter" in Alfred Molina's voice.

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Characters & Cast (2)

  1. #022

    As Miles rushes to meet his guidance counselor, he passes his friend Ganke, who is seen in his and Miles's dorm room playing Marvel's Spider-Man 2 on his PlayStation 5. The version of Spider-Man voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in that game also appears as one of the 240 Spider-Man variants seen throughout the film.

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  2. #023

    The inclusion of J. K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson (the character he played in the live-action films) in the voice cast gives this film a direct link not only to the MCU but also to the pre-MCU Tobey Maguire Spider-Man era, which began 21 years earlier with Spider-Man (2002).

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Deeper Meaning (1)

  1. #024

    Miguel O'Hara's theme music resembles the opening theme of Spider-Man Unlimited (1999), which was originally intended to be a Spider-Man 2099 series but was reworked after the premiere of Batman Beyond (1999).

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  • IMDb IMDb title page (trivia)

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