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Spider-Man's cinematic history has been somewhat of a complicated one. This is how I'd piece together all of the theatrical Spider-Man films into one coherent film franchise. Hence the title. Except the last two films are made up, by me, just because that's how I would choose to tie together a Spider-Man film series. Also, as such, a lot of these plots will just be slightly edited versions of the actual films' plots, though as they continue further there will be more and more changes.

FILMS

SPIDER-MAN

High-school senior Peter Parker lives with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and is a school outcast and bully victim. On a school field trip, he visits a genetics laboratory with his friend Harry Osborn and unwitting love interest Gwen Stacy. There, Peter is bitten by a genetically engineered "super spider." Shortly after arriving home, he becomes ill and falls unconscious.


Meanwhile, Harry's father, scientist Norman Osborn, owner of Oscorp, is trying to secure an important military weapons contract. He experiments on himself with an unstable performance-enhancing chemical. After absorbing the chemical, he goes insane, kills his assistant, and destroys the laboratory. The next morning, Peter finds that he is no longer near-sighted, and his body has metamorphosized into a more muscular physique.


At school, he finds that his body can produce webs from the wrists, and his quickened reflexes let him avoid injury during a confrontation with Flash Thompson. Peter discovers he has developed superhuman speed, strength, the ability to stick to surfaces, and a heightened ability to sense danger. Brushing off Ben's advice that "with great power comes great responsibility," Peter considers impressing Gwen with a car. He enters an underground wrestling tournament and wins his first match, but the promoter cheats him out of his prize money. When a thief suddenly raids the promoter's office, Peter allows him to escape in revenge. Moments later, he discovers that Ben has been carjacked and shot, dying in Peter's arms.


Overcome with anger and vengeance, Peter corners, subdues and tries to kill the carjacker, but hesitates when he sees it is the thief that he let escape. The thief attempts to flee, but trips and falls out a window to his death instead. Meanwhile, a crazed Norman interrupts a military experiment and, using weaponry from his research, kills several scientists and the military's General Slocum. Upon graduating, Peter begins using his abilities to fight crime, donning a costume and the persona of Spider-Man. J. Jonah Jameson, a newspaper chief editor, hires Peter as a freelance photographer, since he is the only person providing clear images of Spider-Man. Norman, upon learning Oscorp's board members plan to sell the company, attacks them at the World Unity Fair; though Peter intervenes as Spider-Man, Norman still kills the board members. Jameson quickly dubs the mysterious killer the Green Goblin. The Green Goblin offers Spider-Man a place at his side, but Spider-Man refuses. They fight, and Spider-Man is wounded.


At Thanksgiving dinner, May invites Gwen and the Osborns. During the dinner, Norman sees the wound on Peter and realizes he is Spider-Man. Shortly after he leaves, Green Goblin attacks and hospitalizes May. Gwen admits to Peter she is infatuated with Spider-Man, who has rescued her on numerous occasions, and asks Peter whether Spider-Man ever asked about her. Harry, who loves Gwen, arrives and interprets that she has feelings for Peter. Defeated, Harry laments to his father that Peter loves Gwen Stacy, unintentionally revealing Spider-Man's weakness.


The Green Goblin kidnaps and holds Gwen hostage alongside the Queensboro Bridge, challenging Spider-Man to another confrontation. He taunts Spider-Man, and drops Gwen. Spider-Man catches Gwen with a web, but her neck snaps, and she dies regardless. Green Goblin is then pelted and heckled by civilians who have sided with Spider-Man. Green Goblin redirects the fight into an abandoned building where they engage in a lengthy and brutal battle. When Spider-Man manages to overpower Green Goblin, Norman reveals himself to halt the fight. He begs for forgiveness, but at the same time programs his glider to impale his foe from behind. Sensing the danger, Spider-Man instinctively dodges, and the glider impales Green Goblin. As he dies, Norman asks Spider-Man not to tell Harry of the Green Goblin's identity. Spider-Man takes Norman's body back to his house. Harry arrives to find Spider-Man standing over his father's body and incorrectly believes him to have murdered his father.


At Norman’s funeral, Harry swears vengeance toward Spider-Man, and asserts that Peter is all the family he has left. As Peter leaves the funeral, he recalls Ben's words, and accepts his new responsibility as Spider-Man.

          

SPIDER-MAN 2

Peter Parker struggles to balance his crime-fighting duties as Spider-Man with the demands of his normal life. Estranged from best friend Harry Osborn, Peter additionally discovers his Aunt May is facing eviction. Mary Jane Watson, the niece of May's friend Anna May Watson, frequently visits May to help her out, and hits it off with Peter, who develops a crush on her.


Harry, now head of Oscorp's research division, is sponsoring brilliant nuclear scientist Otto Octavius' fusion power project, who befriends Peter and offers him life advice. While handling hazardous materials, Octavius wears a harness of powerful robotic tentacle arms. During a public demonstration, in which Peter and Harry attend, a power spike causes the fusion reactor to destabilize. Octavius refuses to shut down the reactor, which goes critical, killing his wife and fusing the harness to his spine. Spider-Man arrives and shuts down the experiment, destroying it. Because of the incident, Peter gets back to May's house late, dissapointing Mary Jane, who believes Peter is irresponsible and doesn't want to take care of his aunt.


At a hospital, doctors prepare to surgically remove Octavius's harness, only for the tentacles to suddenly attack the crew. Upon regaining consciousness and seeing the carnage, Octavius escapes and takes refuge at a harbour. Driven mad, Octavius hears the voice of his deceased wife, telling him to finish the experiment, so Octavius robs a bank that Peter and May are coincidentally visiting in order to fund a second experiment. Octavius takes May hostage but she is rescued by Peter as Spider-Man, although Octavius is able to flee with the money. The Daily Bugle subsequently dubs Octavius "Doctor Octopus."


Mary Jane becomes engaged to astronaut John Jameson, son of Bugle chief J. Jonah Jameson. Peter suffers an emotional breakdown and temporarily loses his powers. He abandons his Spider-Man identity, returns to his normal life, and tries to reconcile with Mary Jane. A garbageman brings Spider-Man's costume to Jameson, who takes credit for driving Spider-Man into hiding. Peter decides to tell Aunt May the truth behind Uncle Ben's death and how he is responsible. May forgives him, but the rise in New York City crime rate worries Peter.


Octavius, requiring the isotope tritium to fuel his reactor, visits Harry to demand it. Harry agrees in exchange for Spider-Man's life. He tells Octavius to seek Peter, who is supposedly good friends with Spider-Man, but requests Octavius not to harm him. Octavius locates Peter, tells him to find Spider-Man, and captures Mary Jane. Motivated now more than ever, Peter's powers return and, just as Jameson admits he was wrong about Spider-Man, he steals back his costume from the Bugle and goes after Octavius.


As Spider-Man battles Octavius, they fall onto a rapid transit R train. Octavius sabotages the controls and leaves Spider-Man to save the passengers, which he does at a great physical toll. Fainting from exhaustion, the grateful passengers save him from falling and bring him into the car. Octavius returns for Peter and captures him, despite the efforts of the passengers to protect him. Octavius delivers Spider-Man to Harry.


After giving Octavius the tritium, Harry prepares to kill Spider-Man, only to be shocked to find Peter under the mask. Prioritising stopping Octavius over their feud, Peter convinces Harry to direct him to Octavius' lair. Spider-Man arrives at the doctor's waterfront laboratory, attempting to rescue Mary Jane discreetly. Octavius discovers him and they fight once again as the nuclear reaction swells in size. Spider-Man ultimately subdues Octavius, reveals his identity, and persuades Octavius to let go of his dream for the greater good. Octavius finally comes to his senses, and seemingly gives his life to destroy the experiment, telling Spider-Man "this isn't over" before he falls into the water below. Mary Jane sees Spider-Man's true identity and feelings, realizing his struggle to help May while protecting the city. Spider-Man returns Mary Jane to John, and leaves.  


Harry is visited by a vision of his father, pleading for Harry to avenge his death. Refusing to hurt Peter, Harry shatters the mirror, unintentionally revealing a secret room containing the Green Goblin's equipment. On her wedding day, Mary Jane abandons John at the altar and runs to Peter's apartment. After they kiss, they hear police sirens, and Mary Jane encourages him to the rescue. In one final scene, Octavius pulls himself out of the water and onto a buoy, looking back upon New York and grinning.

SPIDER-MAN 3

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: ENTER ELECTRO

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: SINISTER SIX

THE DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN

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