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"My name is Peni Parker. I was bitten by a radioactive spider. I'm from New York in the year 3145. I have a psychic link with a spider who lives inside my father's robot. And we're best friends. Forever."
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- - Peni Parker[src]
Peni Parker is a young Japanese-American girl who, with a robot and a spider, protects the inhabitants of New York as SP//dr.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
At one point, Peni was bitten by a spider that allowed them to form a psychic link. The spider was housed inside her late father's robot, and together, they became the crime-fighting unit known an SP//dr.[4]
Collider Crisis[]
- "Well, nice to know we're not alone. Right?"
- ―Peni to the Spider-Gang
In Peni's universe's year 3145, she is among the Spider-People pulled out of their home dimensions by Kingpin's Super-Collider on Earth-1610. She travels to the home of that dimension's Spider-Man's Aunt May in Queens, where she meets five other Spider-People: Peter B. Parker Noir Peter Parker, Peter Porker, Gwen Stacy, and Miles Morales. There, the newly formed team of six agree to work together to gain temporary control of the Super-Collider, a massive particle accelerator responsible for forcing them all to Earth-1610, and bring themselves back home before destroying it to assure their dimensions won't collapse on each other.
During which time, Peni and the gang test Miles's capabilities as a newly made Spider-Man, but their expectations fall short, leading Miles to leave the house for some air. While waiting for Miles to return and using the data from a computer case Peter B., Miles, and Gwen stole from the Super-Collider's creator Olivia Octavius, Peni uses her technical skills to create a new override key, which would not only allow the Spider-Gang to return home, but destroy the Super-Collider once and for all.
Peni then returns to Aunt May's living room where everyone else is to give Peter B the Goober, but immediately witnesses a panicked Miles returning to them. After Miles claims his discovery of his Uncle Aaron's identity as The Prowler, everyone's spidey senses spike and they are suddenly ambushed by villains Scorpion, Tombstone, and Doc Ock. As a brawl ensues, Peni returns into her SP//DR suit and assists in the scuffle. Afterwards she and the rest of the Spider-Gang successfully escape the ambush, but are saddened to hear Miles' Uncle Aaron was killed by Kingpin during the escape. Regrouping with Miles at his school dorm, everyone assures Miles they understand the pain he's going through, as Peni states to Miles of her father's death.
Pretending to have left, Peni and the rest of the Spider-Gang secretly listen in on Peter B. and Miles' heart to heart talk on what it means to be ready for the role of Spider-Man, but after Miles fails to convince him one more, the gang leaves and make their way towards the Super-Collider. Scoping out the building, Peni informs the gang of Kingpin's penthouse containing an elevator that would lead them directly to the Super-Collider. Upon further inspection, the gang is shocked and disgusted to learn Kingpin is holding a memorial service for the now deceased Peter Parker, of whom he killed. Nevertheless, they use this as an opportunity to blend themselves in with the other Spider-Man dressed waiters, with Peni herself acting as a service cart. From there, they follow Kingpin to the elevator and discover the Super-Collider, which has now been re-activated.
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During the final battle, the Spider-Gang is discovered before they can place the Goober in the Collider, leading to a massive number of goons targeting the Spider-Gang and Miles returning to their assistance. SP//DR goes up against Scorpion, but they suffer critical damage to his attacks. Just as Scorpion is about to deal the final blow, Spider-Ham and Spider-Noir arrive as backup, allowing Peni to leave the suit and use one of SP//DR's mechanical arms as the finishing blow to Scorpion. Peni then tearfully retrieves her spider from the suit, before watching SP//DR shut down for good and regrouping with the rest of the Spider-Gang. After Peni states her comfort in knowing they're not alone as Spider-people, she thanks Miles before jumping back into her dimension. Once home, she and the spider work together to rebuild the SP//DR suit.[5]
Canon Event[]
While in her dimension, Peni met Addy Brock and they decided to work together. However, during a battle against the energy-draining kaiju M.O.R.B.I.U.S., the VEN#m Suit stopped following Addy's commands and began assimilating her; informing her that it had always been the one in control.
When May arrived in an attempt to shut it down manually, the VEN#m Suit assimilated her as well, its faceplate opening into a fanged maw with a prehensile green tongue. SP//dr reactivated and engaged VEN#m, but was overwhelmed by the berserk mech's superior strength and firepower. While critically damaged, SP//dr managed to catch VEN#m off-guard with her Web-Trap Mods, though when she pried the mech's entry hatch open there was nothing inside but a mass of green tendrils, indicating that Addy and May have been killed. This traumatized Peni to be more older, dejected and tired.[6][7]
Spider-War[]
Spider-Society[]
Peni calls out to Miles
Within the next year and a half, Peni is recruited by another Spider-Man version Miguel O'Hara to join an elite Spider-Society on Earth-928, whose purpose is to halt dimensional anomalies from altering the "canon events" of another universe. While there, she reunites with her friends Peter B Parker and Gwen Stacy, and months later is made aware of Miles' appearance as he is seen talking to Miguel. Miguel explains to Miles that all of the Spider-People are connected in a "Spider-Verse", that each of their stories contain "canon events", such as the death of a police captain close to Spider-Man, and that straying from those events threatens reality. Miles, however, points out the immorality within Miguel's logic due to the fact his father is about to be sworn in as police captain, implying his "canon event" death will be in a couple days.
In that moment, Peni calls out to Miles from her new SP//DR suit before opening her hatch. Despite her and the rest of the Spider-Society's pleas to Miles that his father's death must happen, Miles escapes nevertheless in an effort to save him. Peni is not seen among the chase for Miles, but it is revealed in the midst of it she, Peter B, and Gwen were aware of Miles' father's impending death prior to Miles visiting the Spider-Society, explaining why they never went to visit Miles again.[7]
Rescuing Miles[]
Parker joins the new gang
- "You want in?"
- ―Gwen Stacy
After her failure to re-capture Miles, Gwen is forcefully kicked out of the Spider-Society and sent back to her dimension. Even so, a recently resigned Spider-Society member Hobie Brown left an alternative version of a Multiversal Gizmo for Gwen in her universe, allowing Gwen to start her search for Miles. In the process, Peni is recruited by Gwen into a reorganized Spider-Gang to rescue Miles and save his father from Spot and the Society. Once everyone is picked up, Peni and her new and old teammates assemble on Peter B. and Mayday Parker's roof. There, they swing through a portal to save their friend.[7]
Personality[]
Peni is extremely intelligent, like most of the versions of Peter Parker, having great abilities in terms of technical skill. She is also brave, friendly, and a generally a happy-go-lucky person. Due to being one of the youngest of the spider-people, she is also very energetic, optimistic, bubbly and peppy as they come, often making magical girl, or idol singer poses, and loves jpop, candy and comics. However, despite her upbeat nature, she is shown to be a somewhat ruthless, tough, aggressive, smug and vain for someone that's optimistic and young, especially when she is in combat.
Despite her bravery, Peni is shown to be emotionally vulnerable, as she was grief-stricken upon SP//dr's destruction and by the reminder of her father's death when operating the SP//dr pilot. Much like the other Spider-People, Peni's initial motivation to become a crime-fighter was the death of a loved one — in her case, her father's.
However, a year and half later, Peni is shown to look more dejected and tired instead of her peppy and rather cheerful demeanor personality she used to have a year ago when she went through her Canon Event. Although she appears to regain her cheerful demeanor when she is with the reformed Spider-Gang.
Powers and Abilities[]
- SP//dr psychic link: As she shares a psychic link with the spider inside her robot, Peni can summon SP//dr at any time to fight and is able to coordinate their attacks to their advantage.
- Spider-Sense: Peni's Spider-Sense allows her to keep a spare set of eyes when it comes to detecting threats, and sense fellow-Spider-People around her.
- Use of spider webs: While inside her robot, Peni has access to spiderweb-like material that the robot can release, which they use to swing through the skies and entrap enemies. (However, it is important to note that this ability is only available to Peni using the SP//dr robot.)
- Technological prowess: Peni is quite intelligent, particularly when it comes to electronics, as she was able to make an override key with the stolen data from Alchemex without difficulty.
- Enhanced Strength: Like most Spidermen, Peni possesses enhanced physical strength, notably while inside her robot. However, even when outside of her robot, Peni has showcased above-average physical capabilities, such as when she swung SP//dr's dismembered arm with enough force to knock Scorpion unconscious, someone who casually shrugged off an anvil falling on his head and even being hit with a wooden hammer.
- Expert combatant: Peni's added strength, through the spider and robot, allows her to fight villains, particularly whilst in her robot SP//dr. Peni is also seen to be skilled, athletic and agile even without the robot.
- Bilingualism: Peni can speak both English and her native Japanese, as seen in her introduction when she says こんにちは はじめまして よろしく (konnichiwa! hajimemashite yoroshiku? lit. "Hello, nice to meet you.")
Equipment[]
- SP//dr Armor : A specialized armor used by Peni Parker to fight crime.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- SP//dr † - Father
Allies[]
- Spider-Gang - Teammates and Close Friends
- Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man - Alternate Self and Ally
- Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman - Ally and Friend
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man Noir - Alternate Self and Ally
- Peter Porker/Spider-Ham - Alternate Self and Ally
- Pavitr Prabhakar/Spider-Man India - Alternate Self and Ally
- Hobie Brown/Spider-Punk - Ally
- Margo Kess/Spider-Byte - Ally
- Miles Morales/Spider-Man - Ally and Friend
- May Parker - Friend and Ally
Enemies[]
- Alchemax
- Spider-Society - Former Teammates
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the comics, Peni was bitten by a radioactive spider so she can take over for Oscorp's SP//dr program after the death of the previous one, her father, as she was the only person genetically compatible with the radioactive spider that made up half of the SP//dr suit's CPU. She was taken in by her Uncle Ben and Aunt May who were also scientists on the SP//dr project and had been the ones to place her in the program.[8]
- Peni and SP//dr's characterization and art style have some visible anime inspirations.
- Peni's dejected and tired appearance is because in the comics/her canon event, she had to witness her fellow pilot and rival, Addy Brock and her Aunt May get eaten by a venomised version of the SP//dr Armor, dubbed Ven#m.[9]
References[]
- ↑ Calculated from Peni being in the year 3145 at age 13 in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
- ↑ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse official website (Archived ver.)
- ↑ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse takes place one year and four months after the events of Into the Spider-Verse. Since Miles and Peni are the same age in the first movie, both being 13, it can be assumed that in the sequel she is the same age as Miles, who is now 15. However, due to placement of birthdays within a year, along with Peni's birthday being unconfirmed, it is possible she is 14 instead.
- ↑ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- ↑ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- ↑ Edge of Spider-Geddon #2
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- ↑ Edge of Spider-Verse Vol 1 Issue #5
- ↑ Edge of Spider-Geddon Vol 1 Issue #2