The Most Powerful MCU Spider-Man Quotes
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Action means more than a thousand words, but in this particular case, he talks as much as he acts. He is known for being a quippy and sarcastic character. Even against the darkest villains, through his darkest times, after losing everything he loves, he still, and always will be, a friendly neighbor. Spider-Man is one of the greatest superheroes out there. Through his long run, 60 years in the comic book world, and 20 years in film history, Spider-Man continues to be the soul and breath of Marvel Comics. Once you see that classic suit in film, cartoon, or comics, you know two things: You will have a few laughs, and something huge is coming.
A few characters can be defined for a couple of quotes. The classic “I am a Jedi, like my father before me” is Luke Skywalker’s motivation and a curse throughout the original Star Wars trilogy. Or “Yes, father, I shall become a bat,” Bruce Wayne’s comic promise to become a Dark Knight for the ages. Spider-Man is an interesting character. He is not just a kid who got bitten by a spider; he uses quips and jokes to tease the villains, to make them look like regular men, with flaws and powerless, instead of these great forces of evil. He also jokes to bring calm and safety to the people he saves. Maybe they can share a laugh or two in this moment of terrifying emotions. Spidey is a character whose words get stuck with him; he nails them to his core. For Spider-Man, words are oaths to himself.
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In 2016, we finally saw our wall-crawler share a screen with other heroes. In his first appearance, Tony Stark approached the young hero to convince him to join the Sokovia Accords and bring Captain America to justice. Stark had always been a guy who worried too much; he didn’t know the difference between saving people and controlling them. Throughout the MCU, we saw Tony Stark make a lot of ultimate sacrifices, but the motivations always felt like Tony was responsible for the world’s mistakes. Meeting Peter Parker gives him the perspective he would need to save half the universe in the coming years. Peter said a few words, and we would later get a more synthesized version:
“When you can do the things that I can, but you don’t, and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you.”.
Tony Stark would give a new meaning to the word “responsibility.” Not as a curse but as a lighter way to help the world. After this, Spider-Man would save Stark from Captain America’s flying shield, a scene we would realize was the beginning of the MCU’s bigger world:
“Hey everyone.”
He says hello to Captain America, Iron Man, and even you and me. Tom Holland’s Peter Parker doesn’t know we had waited too long to see him next to other heroes; when he said those lines, he said them directly at us. A promise.
A crisis of faith is shared during our young years. We doubt our abilities and what we can do. So, when we get a little help, we believe this little push is what makes us great. In Spider-Man’s case, this was in the form of a super-techno-suit. After the Civil War battle, Peter returns home with Stark’s new Spider-Man suit. The Vulture menace was something he had never faced before, so naturally, he believed it was thanks to the new suit. After putting lives in danger to prove himself worthy, Tony Stark asks for the suit back, to which Spidey responds:
“But I’m nothing without this suit!”.
A crisis of faith invades him; he really thinks he is just a kid who got bitten by a spider and nothing else. In his mind, anybody could be Spider-Man with just a fancy suit. He would later understand his mistake after an encounter with the vulture. Spider-Man in his old-pajamas-spidey-suit got stuck under a pile of a rubbish building; he asked and cried for help. Just one hero could help him:
“Come on, Peter. Come on, Spider-Man. Come on, Spider-Man. Come on, Spider-Man. Come on, Spider-Man!”
Because sometimes, Peter Parker also needs to be saved by Spider-Man.
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Spider-Man and Iron Man's relationship was one of the tent poles in the MCU. After losing against Thanos on Titan, the famous Snap send half the universe to inexistence, among them, Spider-Man, who delivers a beautiful fear emotion joined by his classic sense of responsibility after the failure:
“Please, I don’t wanna go. I don’t wanna go. I’m sorry.”
This relationship will save the universe. For some reason, Tony Stark knew that:
“When you can do the things that you can do, but you don’t, and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you.”
Then, in the Time Heist mission, 2014’s Thanos attacked, Hulk snapped, Captain America lifted Mjolnir, and Iron Man snapped one more time to save the universe.
“I’m not Iron Man.”
The weight of the world was put on his shoulders after the dismissal of the Iron Avenger. He needed to understand who he was beyond his relationship with Tony Stark. Sure, both heroes share character traits; they were friends. Iron Man had become a synonym for heroism, but Spider-Man was something else. He could face intergalactic threats, wizards, and vulture-suited villains, but who would save the little old lady and then gift him a churro?
“You can’t be a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man if there’s no neighborhood….”
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Tragedy follows. Mysterio revealed to the world that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. The life of Peter and his friends was turned upside down because they were close to Spider-Man. Dreams were broken, and now they lived in a legal and mediatic nightmare. Peter Parker being Peter Parker, asked a Wizard to use a spell to erase any memory that he is Spider-Man.
“Their futures are ruined just because they know me.”
A sentence he would repeat in the climax battle against the multiverse treats. Doc Ock, The Lizard, Electro, Sandman, and the Green Goblin travel from their universe to MCU’s Peter Parker. Instead of just sending them back to a deathly fate, Spider-Man knows he could save them and restore their lives. A chance to be happy. He knows he has this gift, his genius mind and tremendous heart.
“So the bad thing that will happen to them if he doesn’t help them will happen because of him.”
Green Goblin, Spidey’s archnemesis, will be responsible for the death of Aunt May. He ensures that Spider-Man realizes that his love for the people in the neighborhood is his weakness. With a final word countdown, Aunt May, the person Peter loves the most, mother and friend, says to the young hero:
“With great power, there must also come great responsibility.”
A quote is constant throughout the multiverse.
By the end, everybody forgot who Peter Parker was, friends and family, another great sacrifice for the sake of multiple universes. He wears Aunt May’s last words as an oath to himself and for the greater good. Jumping through the roofs, swinging in the sky of New York, being a friendly human being.
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