Exact Moment Every Character Knew Peter Parker Was Spider-Man

19. Spider-Man 2 - A Train Full Of People

Spider Man 2 Tobey Maguire
Sony Pictures

One of the most memorable scenes of arguably Spidey's greatest cinematic outing to date, Spider-Man 2 saw an exhausted, maskless Peter Parker looked after by a group of people on a New York City subway train.

This all came after a battle with Doctor Octopus, where Ock purposely derailed said train in order to distract and weaken his rival. While these civilians didn't get to learn Peter's name, they all clearly got a prolonged look at the kid who was under the mask.

18. Spider-Man 2 - Harry Osborn

Spider-Man 2 Harry Osborn James Franco
Columbia Pictures

For James Franco's Harry Osborn, the revelation that Peter Parker and Spider-Man were one and the same was bittersweet.

At this point, Harry blamed Spider-Man for the death of his father in the prior movie, and thus he tasked Doctor Octopus with bringing him the Web-slinger. Upon Otto indeed coming through on that request, it was here that a knife-wielding Harry shockingly saw his best pal under the famed mask.

Advertisement
Senior Writer
Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.