8 Most Embarrassing Spider-Man Moments

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05/06/2025

The Wall-crawler's least dignified moments.

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00:00Spider-Man sure is a goof, isn't he? I mean, that's kind of the whole appeal of the character.

00:05Given his setup of superpowers not making his life any better, combined with his comedic persona,

00:10it's no wonder that there are some moments where Peter falls flat on his face.

00:14And it's nothing short of hilarious.

00:16With this in mind, I'm Dan from WhatCulture, and here are the 8 most embarrassing Spider-Man moments.

00:22Number 8. The Spider-Mobile.

00:25Amazing Spider-Man number 130.

00:27When Marvel Editorial signed a toy deal for a Spider-Man-themed vehicle,

00:32the writer at the time, Jerry Conway, was all but forced at gunpoint to find a way to incorporate it into the comic itself.

00:39Thus, the Spider-Mobile was born.

00:41This thing had to be one of the most infamously goofy parts of the Conway era.

00:45Looking back, the funny thing about this book is how so much of it is about how this is an obviously terrible idea that was doomed to fail.

00:54I mean, why would Spider-Man need a call?

00:56Just imagine this.

00:58Quick, Spidey.

00:59Hammerhead has 10 hostages at gunpoint and is going to start executing them, so please help us.

01:04Oh, but you're stuck in traffic again?

01:06Well, I guess we'll just die.

01:08It's so absurd, yet so hilarious at the same time.

01:12The Spider-Mobile would quickly exit the story,

01:14as Conway had basically nothing but absolute contempt for the idea.

01:18And frankly, who could blame him?

01:21Number 7. Trying to beat up Superman.

01:23Superman meets the Amazing Spider-Man.

01:26Back when Marvel and DC's rivalry was friendlier,

01:29they decided to make a big crossover between their most iconic characters.

01:33And who wouldn't want to see the Amazing Spider-Man interact with Superman?

01:37So, with the stars aligning like this, it was only natural that DC and Marvel jumped on it.

01:42And it doesn't take long for Spider-Man and Superman to come to blows.

01:46The resulting fight is one of the best hero vs. hero fights out there,

01:50as Spidey is powered by red sun radiation, courtesy of Lex Luthor,

01:55which gives him that extra edge in combat.

01:57But, as Spidey learns, when that radiation goes away,

02:01he's little more than a nuisance to Superman.

02:03As short a moment as it is,

02:05the image of Spidey just wailing uselessly at Superman's indestructible six-pack

02:09is just plain hilarious.

02:11Number 6. Getting stuck in the outer boroughs.

02:15Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man number 14.

02:18As Spider-Man Homecoming so aptly demonstrated,

02:21Peter is hilariously useless the second you take him out of New York City.

02:25And that joke originated in an issue of Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man,

02:29where, whilst trying to catch up with the villain of the week,

02:32Spidey finds himself stuck in the suburbs of the outer boroughs.

02:36With nothing taller than a streetlight to swing from,

02:39Spider-Man has to resort to booking it as fast as humanely possible.

02:43No tall buildings means no web swinging,

02:46and no web swinging means that he's just a weirdo in a red and blue onesie

02:50running through the suburb in the middle of the night.

02:52Spider-Man would, of course, manage to just barely catch up to the villain

02:56that put him in this predicament,

02:58but I imagine he's also very thankful that everyone was asleep for this moment.

03:03Number 5. The Bombastic Bagman.

03:06Amazing Spider-Man number 258.

03:08It really does help to have friends when you're in a tight spot,

03:11but Spidey should really know better than to ask Johnny Storm for help with anything.

03:15Long story short, Spidey lost his clothes,

03:18and had to get home without people saying that Spider-Man is

03:22A. The newspaper photographer Peter Parker

03:24and B. Buck-ass naked.

03:26So, in a lapse of logic so great,

03:29all sympathy for Peter goes out the window,

03:32he turned to his buddy, Johnny Storm,

03:34who offered him one of the Fantastic Four's suits

03:36and a paper bag with some holes in it to hide his face.

03:40So, Spidey had to swing all the way home looking like that,

03:44most likely confusing the hell out of a lot of people

03:46before he got home.

03:48Number 4. Making Web Undies.

03:51Amazing Spider-Man number 2.

03:52One of the most controversial parts of Dan Slott's tenure

03:55as the head writer of Spider-Man

03:57was the superior Spider-Man,

03:59where Spidey's body has his long-time nemesis,

04:02Otto Octavius, in the driver's seat.

04:04Otto, however, uses this opportunity

04:06to improve upon Spider-Man's mission as a hero.

04:09As divisive as it was,

04:11it actually turned out to be one of the best things

04:13Slott ever did with his run on Spider-Man.

04:15However, of course, the status quo beckons

04:18and Peter eventually retook control of his body.

04:21And just to go the extra mile

04:23and to prove that it actually was Peter Parker

04:25back in control,

04:27he's back in the saddle for not even 5 minutes

04:29before he gets all of his clothes zapped off

04:32and has to web himself up some underwear,

04:34failing to realise until it was far, far too late

04:37that Otto had improved his web formula

04:39to make it dissolve significantly slower than normal.

04:42So, when he goes to reunite with the Avengers

04:45and explain his weird behaviour the past few months,

04:48he goes there wearing the pants he had on as Peter

04:50because his web undies have stuck them to his body.

04:53And, to top it all off,

04:54he really has to pee.

04:56Number 3,

04:58Made Black Cat Puke,

04:59Ultimate Spider-Man number 85.

05:01Since Peter was a teenager for longer in the Ultimate Universe

05:05than he was in the 616 continuity,

05:07we get to see him trip up a whole lot more,

05:10one of which is simultaneously one of the funniest

05:12and grossest moments in the comic.

05:15While Peter is a teenager for the entire run,

05:17Black Cat is a grown woman.

05:19At first,

05:20their relationship is about the same as it is in the main universe,

05:24but in issue 85,

05:25Black Cat is made aware of the elephant

05:27she wasn't aware that was in the room.

05:29She offers a kiss,

05:31and for the first time,

05:32Peter takes off his mask in front of her.

05:34Then, Black Cat realises this whole time

05:37that she's been flirting with a teenager,

05:40and promptly pukes up her last 3-4 meals onto the floor,

05:44while Peter watches on awkwardly.

05:46And while it isn't just Peter to blame for this,

05:48Black Cat has to hold some responsibility here.

05:51Because sure,

05:51Peter's suit doesn't give any obvious indicators of age,

05:54but one would think that his voice would really give away

05:57that he's currently going through puberty.

05:59And really,

06:00no one walks away from this situation looking good.

06:03Number 2,

06:04SpiderFail.com

06:06Web of Spider-Man number 8

06:07With how often Spidey screws up on a regular basis,

06:11it was inevitable that the internet would do what the internet does.

06:14J. Jonah Jameson has dedicated his entire career

06:17to tearing down the wall crawler,

06:19always trying to find the perfect proof

06:21that shows Spidey is a menace to society at large.

06:24It's an obsession that's sometimes justified,

06:27and sometimes just played for laughs.

06:28But whichever interpretation of Jameson is your favourite,

06:32this scene would likely please all of them.

06:34Jameson has shown a new site on the internet called SpiderFail.com,

06:39which is exactly what it says on the tin.

06:41An online greatest hits album of Spider-Man's best goofs.

06:45From being terrorised by an old woman and her cat,

06:48to slamming face-first into buildings,

06:50mid-web swing.

06:51It's got it all,

06:52and Jameson, naturally,

06:54reacts to this like a kid on Christmas.

06:56After all,

06:57this is literally everything he's ever wanted.

06:59Seeing as how this site is literally dedicated to how much of a goober Spider-Man is,

07:04the fact that it's probably still around to this day,

07:07means that this moment was pretty much destined to be here on this list.

07:10And number one,

07:12he outed himself to the X-Men.

07:14Ultimate Spider-Man number 44.

07:16Ultimate Peter Parker is probably the biggest screw-up Spider-Man in the multiverse,

07:21and besides making Black Cat violently question her life choices,

07:25he also accidentally gave away his secret identity to quite a few people,

07:29namely the X-Men.

07:30Now, the X-Men are pretty nice.

07:32Well, as nice as anyone can be in the Ultimate Universe.

07:35So, it isn't like Peter was in any danger,

07:37but he still likes to keep his secrets close to the chest.

07:41So, when he wakes up in the X-Men's infirmary,

07:43completely naked and exposed,

07:45he laments the fact that now an entire mansion's worth of people

07:49know that Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker,

07:51only to then be told that they didn't know his name.

07:54Just his forgettable bland face,

07:57that would have likely faded from memory as soon as the mask went back on.

08:00So, Peter essentially outed himself to the entire X-Men for no reason.

08:06Brilliant.

08:06And that's our list.

08:08You can find more videos like this on screen now.

08:11For now though, I've been Dan,

08:13and I'll catch you in the next one.

8 Most Embarrassing Spider-Man Moments

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