In the meme-based milieu of 2018, the original Spider-Man animated series has proven to be a rich resource. The show was cheap, repeated footage constantly, and Spider-Man himself wasn't the most articulated character ever. There was the catchy theme song of course, but nothing has managed to stop Spider-Man from becoming a veritable goldmine of internet-based memery over the last decade.
So, in comes the post-credits sequence for Into the Spider-Verse. Miguel O'Hara unlocks the ability to hop through dimensions and travel through time, and decides to go back "to the beginning", which in this case turns out to be 1967 - the time the original Spider-Man cartoon aired.
What ensues makes for one of the film's most hilarious sequences, whereby both Spider-Men engage in a pointing match with the other. The audio's all old and crackly, the animation is completely stilted, and it's absolutely wonderful.
You won't find a post-credits scene that's better.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
