Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Arachne created blasphemous images of the gods. Furious, Athena destroyed Arachne's work. Devastated, Arachne hanged herself, but Athena took pity on Arachne and transformed her into the world's first spider. Now Arachne is cursed to wander the universe and weave her web for all eternity. After class ends, Peter's ex-best friend Flash Thompson and his gang gleefully torment the straight A student ("Bullying by Numbers"). Peter has a crush on his popular next door neighbor Mary Jane Watson, but they both have unhappy lives: Mary Jane has an abusive father and suffers at home while Peter suffers the torment of
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse from the 2002 film "Spider-Man" was used for a flashback scene involving the character Ben Parker. Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee appears in a posthumous cameo, as a character named "Stan" who gives a Spider-Man costume to Morales. It was important to Lord and Miller to give Lee a bigger moment in the film rather than just a passing cameo because they felt he was "so integral to the spirit of this movie". They described the role as "extra meaningful" following Lee's death in November 2018. Cameos during the film's post-credits scene include Oscar Isaac as Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099