Not Bad, Kid

Editor's Note: This entry contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; read at your own caution.

About

"Not Bad, Kid" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Peter Parker in the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Online, people have used a screen capture from the scene to express agreement and pride in another's accomplishments, both sincerely and sarcastically.

Origin

On December 14th, 2018, the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was released in the United States. Towards the film's conclusion, when characters Peter Parker and Miles Morales (voiced by Jake Johnson and Shameik Moore) open a portal to another dimension, Parker enters the portal and says the line to Morales.^[1]

On February 26th, 2019, ticketing website Fandango's movie clips YouTube channel posted the clip on the website. The post received more than 1.4 million views in two months (shown below).

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On March 15th DeviantArt ^[2] user SUP-FAN posted a screenshot of the scene (shown below, left).

The following month, on April 19th, Redditor ^[3] Allonsy_11 posted the screenshot with the caption "When you use your younger sibling's phone and see two calculators." The post received more than 4,900 points (98% upvoted) and 80 comments (shown below, center).

Several days later, on April 25th, Redditor^[4] FlubbyPuppy posted a variation with the caption "When you use your little brother's laptop and you see Minecraft instead of Fortnite. The post received more than 24,000 points (95% upvoted) and 110 comments in four days (shown below, right).

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