from a film
canon event
Meaning
- An unpleasant event that seems fated to happen no matter what you do.
- Used about a personal setback that shaped who you became.
“Getting my heart broken at nineteen was a canon event.”
Where it came from
Coined in the 2023 film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, where a canon event is a fixed moment every version of Spider-Man must live through. Fans applied it to their own lives soon after the film’s June 2023 release.