Peter Parker
Character » appears in 124 games
After being bitten by a radioactive spider during a science exhibit unrelated to school, timid teenager Peter Parker becomes the Amazing Spider-Man. Armed with the ability to climb walls and enhanced strength, Spider-Man uses his powers to fight evil and protect the innocent.
Do you find Spider-Man funny?
So I really like the Spider-Mans sense of humour, always have since young watching his cartoons and reading his comics. The new Spidy game also has him cracking jokes, my dad walked in and Spider-Man said something I thought was funny but my dads response was "Was that supposed to be a joke?"
So do you find him funny or just really REALLY bad?
It depends. Like, when it was Tobey Maguire delivering the wisecracks, it was more cheesy (in a good way) than funny. But I find the jokes and banter that Bendis' writes for Spider-Man (especially in Ultimate Spider-Man) hilarious and amusing.
@TheFreeMan said:
It depends. Like, when it was Tobey Maguire delivering the wisecracks, it was more cheesy (in a good way) than funny. But I find the jokes and banter that Bendis' writes for Spider-Man (especially in Ultimate Spider-Man) hilarious and amusing.
One of the reasons I disliked those movies was that I felt Spider-Man never made any wisecracks during a fight scene, which is what Spider-Man is known for.
@Hizang said:
@TheFreeMan said:
It depends. Like, when it was Tobey Maguire delivering the wisecracks, it was more cheesy (in a good way) than funny. But I find the jokes and banter that Bendis' writes for Spider-Man (especially in Ultimate Spider-Man) hilarious and amusing.
One of the reasons I disliked those movies was that I felt Spider-Man never made any wisecracks during a fight scene, which is what Spider-Man is known for.
Yeah, I really can't remember many wisecracks from those movies, although, to be fair, the majority of the fights were, like, during hostage situations or the stakes were always really high or something so any jokes coulda came across as a little jarring, tone-wise.
What I mean to say is that in those movies, jokes were kind of only appropriate in the low-tension stuff, like beating up muggers or rescuing kids from car accidents. It's a legitimate complaint but not something that I had a problem with.
I know everyones been complaining about the new Spiderman coming out too soon after 3, but if you compare this with Batman Begins that came out 7 years after Batman and Robin its really about the same time frame.
Spiderman is my favorite wise-cracking super hero (sorry JLA cartoon Flash, though he is firmly second). My favorite superheroes other than Spiderman is Batman and Ironman. Though is probably Spider Jerusalem is my favorite non-superhero comic character (can't think of any that would top him off the top of my head).
While he does occasionally say something funny, he's mostly just kind of corny and annoying. But then again, that's kind of the point: Peter Parker is a huge dork who thinks awful jokes are funny, and whenever he makes wisecracks to villains, it's usually just to rile them up and taunt them away from civilians.
I've never read the comics, besides a few issues of the Ultimate series, but I always assumed his sense of humour was supposed to be corny and kind of bad, that's part of the charm. It's one thing I think the new movie actually seems to be doing better than the originals.
He can be funny, but I more appreciate the humour because it is a battle tactic typically reserved for villains; that is, shit-talking and getting in your opponent's head.
Funny for a teenage Spider-Man YES, but as an adult Spidey NOPE, more like a tool. Makes me think why the Avengers or the X-men want him on their team. I could see Wolverine/Hulk beating the crap out of him
It's kind of a weird question, so I have a weird answer. I don't think Spider-Man is funny, but I love that he cracks wise. My favorite version of Spider-Man is from the Silver Age comics and, in those comics, his life is a mess. Everyone is either scared of or angry at him as Spider-Man, he barely has time to study or make friends at school, and he has to help Aunt May pay the mortgage/rent on the house. The jokes are his way of coping with all of his frustrations in life. Most of them aren't laugh-out-loud funny, but I smile when I read them. It's a reminder that you should tackle life's frustrations with a smile rather than a frown.
@Anwar said:
Yes, Spidey is funny.
That second scan was the only time I've ever laughed out loud while reading a comic. It just keeps going. Theres a few more panels on the next page even.
Think of Spider-Man as an internet troll. It's not him that's funny, it's the reactions he provokes out of others.
It can be amusing but I never laughed at anything Spider-man related. Although I love how in one of those Marvel Zombies comics books he says it's more of a defence mechanism to help him deal with horrible things he has to face on the daily basis. It makes sense and gives more of a human side to the character.
I don't suppose you could explain what happens after Spidey activates the device on the last scan?
He's often cheesy, but I like the fact that he's beating the shit out of people and then cracking one-liners about how lame they are. Even when it's corny, he's like a douchebag you can cheer for.
Most of the other comics I've read the hero is always so serious/angry/brooding. Ol Web Head is a nice change from all that. Sure it doesn't always hit the mark but it just adds to his character.
From the comics? Not particularly, but at least he's less annoying than Deadpool. I never understood his attraction, but "sez each his own."
The Tony Stark one and the last one are incredible.@TheFreeMan: I'm not familiar with Spider-Man except for Ultimate. The court scene is from She-Hulk iirc and the Galactus stuff is from a Marvel Adventures comic, but I'm not sure about that.
More comics for the humor god.
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