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Sinead Butler
Feb 23, 2022
Spider-Man- No Way Home trailer - UK version
YouTube/Sony Pictures Releasing UK
*Spoilers ahead, although you've probably read the headline...*
When it was revealed that Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield would reprise their roles as Spider-Man alongside Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home,we all knew there was one photo opportunity they couldn't pass up.
(Que the finger-pointing).
The Spider-Man pointing at another identical Spider-Man originated from episode 19b of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon, "Double Identity" where the villain disguises himself by impersonating the superhero.
Soon enough, the internet got its hands on the image and in the 2010s quickly became a popular meme that people would use whenever they met someone similar to themselves or had something in common- with, and has also been adapted to include different captions and edited to add even more pointing Spider-Men.
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As a result of the meme's popularity, it was referenced in the post-credits scene of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).
Even more obscurely, the meme mentioned by Dominic Cummings, the former chief adviser to prime minister Boris Johnson during a committee hearing of all places, in an attempt to explain how the government handled the Covid-19 pandemic.
In this most recent recreation, Holland, Maguire and Garfield are sporting their iconic Spider-Man costume - albeit without the masks so fans could recognise them - as they mirror the meme by pointing at each other.
"Of course, we got THE meme," the Spider-Man Movie's official Twitter account tweeted with the photo and also announced the film will be released on Digital March 22 and on 4K UHD and Blu-ray on April 12.
of course, we got THE meme. \n\n#SpiderManNoWayHome swings home on Digital March 22 and on 4K UHD & Blu-ray on April 12! \n\nPre-order now: https://sonypictures.com/movies/spidermannowayhome\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/pOmV6y3lJr— Spider-Man: No Way Home (@Spider-Man: No Way Home) 1645624803
Here is a side-by-side comparison of the two images:
pic.twitter.com/R4Nmf1NKHx— best of tobey (@best of tobey) 1645625655
Since sharing the meme adaptation early today (February 23), the tweet has already received over 110,000 likes, along with 30,000 retweets and the number continues to rise.
Of course, fans of the three generations of Spider-Man expressed their excitement at the stars recreating the classic meme.
Literally everybody https://twitter.com/SpiderManMovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/PESUlCyJYz— Aditya Iyer (@Aditya Iyer) 1645628152
Sorry @SonyPictures but I had to add a little SPICE #SpiderManNoWayHome https://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/tka8SOH2fv— thatsjustjoe (@thatsjustjoe) 1645627991
They\u2019re goated for this. https://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/7TzPkYgWz1— Samir Bhatla (@Samir Bhatla) 1645628159
Okay so this is the most iconic thing I\u2019ve seen in a whilehttps://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— KT | 112 DAYS \ud83c\udf52 (@KT | 112 DAYS \ud83c\udf52) 1645628339
And that, is destiny fulfilled.https://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— \u22c6\u2727JTHEVISONARY\u2727\u22c6 (@\u22c6\u2727JTHEVISONARY\u2727\u22c6) 1645628290
*chef\u2019s kiss*https://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— Clement Bryant (@Clement Bryant) 1645628287
The perfect picture doesn't exis...https://twitter.com/SpiderManMovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— Mj (@Mj) 1645627180
They know what they were doing this whole time through start to finish with this moviehttps://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— CobraTheOne (@CobraTheOne) 1645625431
I still can\u2019t tell if this is a picture or arthttps://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— Alf (@Alf) 1645628748
THEY REALLY DID IT THAT'S SO COOL HAHAAHAHAHAhttps://twitter.com/SpiderManMovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— Kalebe (@Kalebe) 1645626083
This photo should be on display at The Museum of the Moving Image and The Methttps://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— Antonella Pellegrino (@Antonella Pellegrino) 1645626744
wake up babe new favorite picture in the whole world just droppedhttps://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— aspiring phil dunphy (@aspiring phil dunphy) 1645625247
How it started How it's goingpic.twitter.com/GntXSUr2Q2— aMucc (@aMucc) 1645626511
The holy trinity is completepic.twitter.com/I4mT9QBHtg— THE YEAR OF THE GOAT (@THE YEAR OF THE GOAT) 1645625059
While others can't quite believe the image is actually real.
this LOOKS fake it don't FEEL REALhttps://twitter.com/SpiderManMovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— matt reeves' kurt cobain bruce wayne (@matt reeves' kurt cobain bruce wayne) 1645631595
Why does it still look like it was edited or i just can't accept the fact that it really happenedhttps://twitter.com/SpiderManMovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— LALENI MANOBAL (@LALENI MANOBAL) 1645630862
how is this realhttps://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— PatM\u7f8e\u8853 (@PatM\u7f8e\u8853) 1645628727
This is real life https://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— mariela (@mariela) 1645628374
I thought they were toys for a second https://twitter.com/spidermanmovie/status/1496485006759251970\u00a0\u2026— ana (@ana) 1645625040
Given the reaction, this meme will certainly go down in the history books.
Spider-Man: No Way Homeis out in cinemas now.
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