Then Pixy Stix came out…
Andrew Garfield was also bitten by a genetically altered spider, developed by Curt Connors, and originally worked on by his father as well. His spider didn’t give him natural web-shooters like Toby’s did though.
Tom Holland’s origin isn’t covered in the movies. Wikipedia claims it was a radioactive spider, but their cite doesn’t mention that at all.
I’m recalling the episode in The Good Place where Jason was hoping MRI plus spider would give him super powers.
Nitpick: It was a play first (1904) long before the book was officially published (1929). Barrie kept tweaking the story and was reluctant to publish it until he was satisfied. The added pixie dust was one of the first changes.
Peter and Ned discussed it in Homecoming, where Peter mentioned being bit by a spider.
Here is the exchange:
Ned: You got bit by a spider? Can it bite me? Well, it probably would’ve hurt, right? You know what? Whatever. Even if it did hurt, I’d let it bite me. Maybe. How much did it hurt?
Peter: The spider’s dead, Ned.
No, you’re still Liberty Mutual’s dumbass weirdo, Doug.
Personal observation: I just did a short stint of jury duty (we spent so much time in the jury room while they argued, I guess, about procedure and admissibility that it was almost like party town in there) and at one point I happened to look at the flags in the courtroom. Gold fringe on 3 edges. Made me wonder whether they do that just in case they ever have to deal with some Sov-Cits.
Ah thanks, I had forgotten that exchange. But there was no indication why that spider was capable of giving Holland his powers, right? We don’t know if it was radioactive, genetically altered, on psychoactive medications, or simply a Lovecraftian eldritch horror.
Sometimes the headline says it all.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-survives-stabbed-head-flagpole-police-102002805
“The pole entered the victim’s head beneath his jaw and exited the other side of his head near his right temple area,” police said. “The American Flag was still attached the pole at the time.”
I’m not sure, but I think that may violate the Flag Code.
Though, I’m not sure getting stabbed by a flagpole makes one a stupid MFer, unless he stabbed himself
Not to victim blame but these things don’t happen in a vacuum.
Have you tried stabbing anybody in a vacuum? It really sucks!
ETA: Oh, and that’s totally victim blaming. Getting stabbed through the head by a flagpole may mean one is a complete asshole that deserves it but probably does not make one a stupid MFer
No, I don’t think it was ever stated explicitly. But it’s only logical to assume that it was a radioactive spider since that is such an iconic part of the canon and legend of the character.
“And when I feel a bit naughty, I run it up the flagpole and see who salutes, but no one ever does.”
Well, he could be one for the rest of his life, depending how the treatment goes.
Fair enough. Though the article says it entered under the left jaw and out near the right temple. He’ll lose an eye but it sounds like it didn’t hit cerebrum.
I mean, they can. Are you suggesting the victim provoked it? It’s not like unprovoked attacks don’t happen.
There’s a local news story here about a man that punched someone for no reason other than the fact that he had tattoos. The victim died a few weeks later.
And I’ll bet there’s more. I’m almost entirely sure people have been stabbed, maybe not with a flagpole, but stabbed none the less for literally no reason other than being black or gay.
But I’m sure you’re right and these things don’t happen in a vacuum. I’m probably missing the part where they played some part in their own attack.
Richie Cunningham would no longer be able to recognize Waukesha.
Not-So-Happy Days
wasn’t a flag pole, but stabbed due to dancing, being black and gay.