Slang term originating from the movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. In movie, a canon event is an experience that is shared by all Spider People across the multiverse. These events are what build the personalities and livelihoods of the Spiders, and deviating and/or preventing canon events from happening can have dire consequences, up to and including the destruction of their universe and multiverse.
In real life slang, a canon event is a life experience that is so universally shared that it might as well be fated to happen, part of your real life canon so to speak. Like in the movie, these events make people who they are and more often than not they will grow somehow from it. Fumbling your first crush is often said to be one of the first real life canon events, and deviating from that outcome could have dire consequences...
In real life slang, a canon event is a life experience that is so universally shared that it might as well be fated to happen, part of your real life canon so to speak. Like in the movie, these events make people who they are and more often than not they will grow somehow from it. Fumbling your first crush is often said to be one of the first real life canon events, and deviating from that outcome could have dire consequences...
"I can't believe I just blew my last opportunity to ask her out, now I'll never be able to see her again."
"Its a canon event bro, it happens to all of us. Don't worry you'll get it with the next one."
"Its a canon event bro, it happens to all of us. Don't worry you'll get it with the next one."
by ItchyDonut January 12, 2024
Get the Canon Event mug.A significant moment or event in ones lifetime crucial to their character development. These events can have both good and bad outcomes.
The term originates from the 2023 film "Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse," where several examples include getting bitten by a radioactive spider, Uncle Bens death, the death of a police captain close to Spider-Man, among others.
The term originates from the 2023 film "Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse," where several examples include getting bitten by a radioactive spider, Uncle Bens death, the death of a police captain close to Spider-Man, among others.
by Massacre_All_Furries December 7, 2023
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>drawing comics as a kid
>playing video games with the boys
>fumbling your first crush
>realizing you hate being in school
>fantasizing about saving your crush from some violent entity
>holding the flashlight for your dad
>graffitiing something
>realizing you gotta hit the gym
>wanting to start a YouTube channel
>realizing that you’ll never be good enough at your favorite sport to go professional
>hating your first job
>realizing how badly you need to fix your life at 3 am
>watching your friend group evaporate after HS
>living in an apartment and refusing to decorate it
>wondering if you’d look better bald
>drawing comics as a kid
>playing video games with the boys
>fumbling your first crush
>realizing you hate being in school
>fantasizing about saving your crush from some violent entity
>holding the flashlight for your dad
>graffitiing something
>realizing you gotta hit the gym
>wanting to start a YouTube channel
>realizing that you’ll never be good enough at your favorite sport to go professional
>hating your first job
>realizing how badly you need to fix your life at 3 am
>watching your friend group evaporate after HS
>living in an apartment and refusing to decorate it
>wondering if you’d look better bald
by Shepherd Guy May 8, 2025
Get the Male Canon Event mug.It's a canon event, like how Johnny ate that bagel. It had to happen. Or else the space time continuum will be disturbed.
"Jake why'd you eat the whole box of cereal? that thing was completely full!"
"Nah bro it was a canon event."
"Nah bro it was a canon event."
by epic smartie pants July 19, 2023
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