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The Spectacular Spider-Man
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The Spectacular Spider-Man is a short-lived animated series based on the Marvel Comics' web-slinging superhero and developed for television by Greg Weisman of Gargoyles fame. The series features Peter Parker as a geeky Ordinary High-School Student who was bitten by a genetically-altered spider and gained spider powers during the previous school year and spent all summer as Spider-Man.The series is based on the early comic stories by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko, although it also draws from the film series, Ultimate Spider-Man, more recent comics, and even Spider-Man: The Animated Series. It is also the first animated Spider-Man series to focus on his time as a teenager in high school, as it was originally in the comics, rather than portray him in college and beyond like in all of the previous shows. Combined with fluid animation thanks to the simple art style of artist Sean "Cheeks" Galloway, sharp dialogue, interwoven character origins, and a pleasing lack of censorship that crippled one of its predecessors, it was a composite adaptation of all sorts, that managed to combine all these aspects yet somehow managed to feel like its own universe.note And indeed it is. It is officially designated as Earth-26496 according to the Official Handbook of the Marvel UniverseUnfortunately, Sony returned the rights for TV adaptations of Spider-Man and the staff couldn't continue, leaving the series on a majorly bittersweet cliffhanger.note In the first place, Sony returned their animation rights to focus on the films. But after The Amazing Spider-Man 2 underperformed and left the franchise's future in question, Sony ended up letting Spider-Man appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, although they retain all the profits from Spidey's solo MCU films. After Disney's acquisition of Marvel, the latter went on to create a new animated series in Disney XD's Ultimate Spider-Man.For those who either miss or missed out on watching this show on TV, it has become one of the few Spider-Man TV shows to have all its episodes released on DVD, and the first one to receive a Blu-ray release.This Spider-Man reappears in the 2023 movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, complete with Josh Keaton voicing him again. | |
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Secret Identity | |
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Secret Identity: Spider-Man, Green Goblin, and other characters. | |
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The Gambling Addict | |
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The Gambling Addict: Mark Allan. | |
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Electricity is also the catalyst for the subdermal silicon armor that resulted in the creation of the Sandman and later Molten Man. | |
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The Millstone | |
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The Millstone: Doc Ock should stop having Electro on his team. | |
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Abnormal Ammo | |
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Abnormal Ammo: Bazookas and machine guns that fire metal slugs which sprout tiny spikes, and giant staple guns complete with giant staples make the best of the show's prohibition on actual bullets. | |
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My Friends... and Zoidberg | |
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My Friends... and Zoidberg: "Yes, gentlemen... and Rhino." | |
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Card-Carrying Villain | |
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Card-Carrying Villain: Doc Ock drinks out of an "Evil Genius" coffee mug. | |
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Scenery Censor | |
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Scenery Censor: Flint Marko is depicted as nude when serving as an experimental subject in "Competition", but clever blocking conceals anything below waist level. The photo of a young Flash Thompson streaking across the meadow seen in "Growing Pains" has his rear covered by a flower in the foreground. | |
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Rescue Romance | |
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Rescue Romance: Spidey saves a guy and a girl by webbing them together. For them it's Love at First Sight. In a Continuity Nod, we see this guy propose to the same girl in "Gangland". | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything? | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything?: The symbiote making Peter push his friends away so that it can have Peter all to itself, along with Peter acknowledging that the symbiote sees him as its "first love," is reminiscent of an abusive partner attempting to isolate their victim from family and friends. | |
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Title Sequence Replacement | |
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Title Sequence Replacement: Disney XD airings boast a trimmed version of the theme song. | |
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Tempting Fate | |
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Tempting Fate: At the beginning of "Natural Selection": "Looks like I'm finally making all the right decisions... all the right choices." The very first episode has "Tell me there's something better. Go ahead, try." | |
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Evil Sounds Deep | |
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Evil Sounds Deep: Tombstone, Mysterio, Hammerhead, and the Rhino. | |
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Villain Team-Up | |
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Villain Team-Up: The Sinister Six in "Group Therapy" and "Reinforcements". | |
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Exactly What I Aimed At | |
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Exactly What I Aimed At: Pulled on Spider-Man by the Rhino, of all people. | |
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Terrible Trio | |
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Terrible Trio: Chameleon, Beck, and Mason start out as one, with the somewhat unusual detail that all three are the Evil Genius type of villain. The Enforcerers: Fancy Dan, Montana, and The Ox, with Tombstone as their superior (they later get Powered Armor, becoming Richochet, Shocker and... Still Ox). | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy: Harry Osborn. When he accomplishes something, he even brushes off his girlfriend congratulating him to call his dad. | |
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Candid Camera Prank | |
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Candid Camera Prank: When Ned asks Aunt May if Peter is Spider-Man, she looks for a hidden camera and asks if she's being "Punked". Stan the Dockworker has a similar line when Mysterio first appears. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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Similarly, Black Cat is apparently 19 years old in this series as opposed to Peter being 16. This is similar to Black Cat in the Ultimate universe (Though in that case the age gap was bigger and she threw up when she found up how young he was). | |
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The Trickster | |
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The Trickster: Spider-Man, Black Cat. | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: Spider-Man is referred to specifically as "The Spectacular Spider-Man" during his introduction as a wrestler in "Intervention". And even earlier in the first scene of the first episode. Played with in "The Uncertainty Principle", when Flash, after seeing Peter in a Spider-Man costume on Halloween, points and exclaims, "Look! It's the Spectacular Spider-Geek". | |
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And This Is for... | |
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And This Is for...: Spider-Man delivers a particularly violent kick to the Green Goblin for "making [him] protect Tombstone." In a later episode, while Flash is in the hospital with a football injury, he gives Kraven a particularly powerful blow with "That's for Flash!" (Beat) "I can't believe I just thought that". | |
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Diegetic Soundtrack Usage | |
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Diegetic Soundtrack Usage: In the season 2 episode "Probable Cause", Ox starts humming the show's theme tune while he and the other Enforcers are riding down an elevator. When Shocker and Ricochet look at him incredulously he responds ... | |
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Death by Origin Story | |
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Death by Origin Story: As usual, Peter Parker uses his spider powers to fight crime as Spider-Man because he feels guilty for failing to use them to prevent his Uncle Ben from being shot. | |
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Adaptational Friendship | |
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Adaptational Friendship: In most incarnations, Eddie Brock hates both Peter Parker (as they're rivals at work) and Spider-Man. Here, Peter, Eddie, and Gwen were childhood friends who stayed close even after Eddie started attending college, with Eddie and Peter casually calling each other "bro". Unfortunately, it's slowly revealed over the course of the first season that Eddie has harbored jealousy towards Peter for a long time, which eventually causes him to hate Peter (and then Spider-Man). His hatred is strong enough to attract the symbiote, turning him into Venom. It's implied that Eddie was friends with Max Dillon before his accident, although this isn't touched on much. | |
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The Brute | |
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The Brute: Hammerhead, the Sandman, the Rhino, and Ox are all villains whose greatest asset is their strength. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Stan Lee as "Stan" the Dockworker in Season 2. Character Designer Sean Galloway also appears at a DJ at the dance in Season 1. | |
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Kid Amid the Chaos | |
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Kid Amid the Chaos: Inverted. The child's mother pushes her out of harm's way, but remains in danger herself until Spider-Man swings to the rescue. | |
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Freak Lab Accident | |
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Doc Ock, especially the first time he speaks after his "Freak Lab Accident": "Silence, you imperious moron!!!" He later gets scenery-chewing lines like "Arachniiiiid!", "TREACHERYYYYYYYYYY!!!", and ""L. Thompson Lincoln is WEAK!!!" | |
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Villain Ball: It is grabbed very jarringly by Venom. | |
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Playing with Fire | |
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Playing with Fire: Mark Allan/Molten Man. | |
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Green-Eyed Monster | |
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Green-Eyed Monster: As per usual, Harry is this towards Peter through the fact that he resents Peter for earning his father's approval, which Harry has never been able to do. Peter still is aware of it and tries to avoid it so Harry will end up better, but this doesn't end well. There is also the fact that Jameson really hates Spider-Man, as always. Liz gets jealous whenever she sees Peter and Gwen hanging out together (after she's warmed up to Peter), and she tends to find a means of getting Peter all to herself. | |
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The Quiet One | |
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The Quiet One: Ox of the Enforcers rarely speaks. | |
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Laugh of Love | |
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Laugh of Love: Liz tends to do this when she's with Peter: In "Reaction", Peter and Liz tend to laugh around each other as they grow close to one another. In "Blueprints", Peter chuckles nervously and blushes when Liz hits on him by offering to help him stay warm after he complains about feeling really cold. In "Destructive Testing", Liz giggles after hugging Peter, right before a football match she's cheering for is about to start. | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: In "Probable Cause", Ox hums the tune of the show's theme song, prompting glares from Shocker and Ricochet. Green Goblin also sometimes makes a comment in a way that may or may not be directed at the audience. Later, he comments that he has decided to speak in rhyme. He might be talking to the audience or he might just be talking to himself. | |
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Stealth Pun | |
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Stealth Pun: In "First Steps", Sandman is hired to steal "The Urn of Morpheus". Morpheus is the God of Dreams and is also known as "The Sandman". | |
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Scary Shiny Glasses | |
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Scary Shiny Glasses: Actually they're goggles, but Doc Ock wears them. | |
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Artificial Limbs | |
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Artificial Limbs: Curt Connors' elaborate prosthetic arm and Doctor Octopus' robotic arms. | |
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High-Altitude Interrogation | |
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High-Altitude Interrogation: In the episode "Shear Strength," Gwen is being held hostage by The Master Planner, and Spidey attempts to get information out of the captured Tinkerer by dangling him off a building. Tinkerer wisely calls his bluff (Spidey doesn't kill after all), and Spidey really does drop him, only to save him with a webline at the last minute so he'll talk. | |
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Punch-Clock Villain | |
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Punch-Clock Villain: The reluctant Otto Octavius before his Freak Out. Also, the Sandman is generally only in it for a "big score," hates revenge, and is kind to children. | |
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It Only Works Once | |
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It Only Works Once: Doc Ock explicitly mentions that none of the previous methods Spider-Man has used to beat the members of the Sinister Six will work again. He has an alternate power source, Vulture has an armored control unit, Electro can now control his powers in water, and Rhino is no longer dumb enough to enter closed spaces. | |
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Adaptational Villainy | |
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Adaptational Villainy: Silver Sable in the comics is a mercenary and an Anti-Hero. Here she is Silvermane's daughter and a straight-up bad guy (though Word of God says that that would have changed had the show continued). Ricochet is a member of the Enforcers (Fancy Dan) rather than a teen vigilante or an adult Peter Parker who was the first to use the name like in the comics. | |
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Failed a Spot Check | |
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Failed a Spot Check: In "Group Therapy", Peter doesn't know the Sinister Six have escaped despite it being the number one item in the news. Aunt May's absence also eludes him. This also happens in "Identity crisis when two thugs see Flash dressed up as Spider-Man wearing a cast and decide to beat the stuffing out of him... In front of about fifty reporters. | |
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Alpha Bitch | |
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Alpha Bitch: Liz Allan was introduced as one, mocking Peter as much as everyone else, until seeing him in a different light a gave her boost of Character Development and turned her into his love interest. Liz initially did not want to be around Peter Parker because of their social standings, but she eventually warmed up to Peter and dated him, becoming a Lovable Alpha Bitch. Sally, who acts as though her entire life revolves around maintaining the high school popularity hierarchy. It's to the point where she gets upset whenever her boyfriend doesn't act like a Jerk Jock. Gradually, she becomes just a little nicer. She was angry at Peter because she blames him for Flash and Liz breaking up. She's not happy with Flash dating someone else and Liz dating Peter. She blames Peter for messing up the school hierarchy. She was pleased that Liz "breaks up" with Peter. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Connors' formula, seen in the first episode, and later, the gene cleanser antidote Peter hides in his room. The latter was a subversion, as he eventually decides to just pour it down the drain. The last one is played straight again later, as Venom attempts to use the Gene Cleanser to strip Spider-Man of his powers, only for Spider-Man to turn it back around, using the formula to weaken the symbiote and force it off of Brock. | |
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Ordinary High-School Student | |
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Ordinary High-School Student: Peter Parker. | |
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Aborted Arc | |
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Aborted Arc: With the show's cancellation after only two seasons, plot threads that were set up for Season 3 were left unresolved. Some stand-out examples were Miles Warren taking over ESU's science department and experimenting with human-animal hybrids setting up him becoming the Jackal; and Eddie Brock's forced separation from the Venom symbiote, subsequent mental breakdown, and incarceration, which when combined with a brief cameo of Cletus Kasady in Ravencroft set up the appearance of Carnage. | |
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Multi-Armed and Dangerous | |
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Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Doctor Octopus, of course. | |
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Unwanted Assistance | |
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Unwanted Assistance: Doc Ock should really think about kicking Electro out of the Sinister Six... | |
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Cardboard Prison | |
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Cardboard Prison: Played with and added with shades of The Alcatraz and Tailor-Made Prison thrown in. Each major break-out is done only thanks to outside help indicating a more realistic view of prisons even for Supervillains. The cells at the first jail are designed to exploit the weakness of a super-powered criminal. Only Mysterio is shown to break out easily on his own, and that's only because that particular Mysterio turned out to be a Doombot. | |
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In Medias Res | |
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In Medias Res: "Subtext" has this beginning. | |
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Iconic Attribute Adoption Moment | |
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Iconic Attribute Adoption Moment: The Symbiote initially looks like a black version of Spider-Man's original costume like it did in Spider-Man 3, but gradually shifts into a more comics-accurate version as it takes over more and more of Peter's mind. | |
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Power Echoes | |
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Power Echoes: In Electro's debut episode, when Spider-Man took off his protective mask, his first words outside the mask echoed eerily. Interestingly enough, his voice doesn't echo at all after that. | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: The series has its own page. | |
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Alliterative Title | |
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Alliterative Title: The Spectacular Spider-Man | |
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She Cleans Up Nicely | |
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She Cleans Up Nicely: Gwen shows up to her date with Harry sans glasses and in a dress and heels. | |
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Laser Hallway | |
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Laser Hallway: It peculiarly appears in the ESU genetics lab to deter theft of the "ooze." And when Black Cat encounters another such trap while stealing from the Big Man, she remarks "Lasers, how original." | |
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Promotion to Opening Titles | |
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Promotion to Opening Titles: Played straight, then Zig-Zagged. The theme from the first few episodes showcased Peter, Gwen and Harry, plus J. Jonah Jameson. In episode 10, Mary Jane replaced Harry's spot and since then, Peter, along with the three other characters most important to the episode's story are used in the credits. | |
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Evil Power Vacuum | |
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Evil Power Vacuum: Season 2's Gang War story. "And nature abhors a vacuum..." | |
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Oblivious to Love | |
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Oblivious to Love: Peter. Gwen nervously tries to ask him to the Fall formal. He fails to take the hint. MJ later advises her to step up their relationship as "Pete's not likely to wise up". Black Cat flirts with him outrageously, but he still reacts with surprise when she eventually kisses him: "Wow Cat! I had no idea you felt that way!" | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen: Cheerleader Liz Allan warms up to Peter. | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
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Bilingual Bonus: Knowledge of Latin allows you to know that some of Mysterio's ominous intonations are actually hilarious (but very well translated) non sequiturs. He also quotes The Rolling Stones once. | |
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Post-Kiss Catatonia | |
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Post-Kiss Catatonia: Peter after Gwen kisses him in the season 1 finale. It's turned into a running gag, what with Black Cat kissing him in "Persona", and then Liz Allan kissing him in "Shear Strength". Same reaction every time (Though he said the kiss from Gwen was a lot more shocking to him than the one from Black Cat) | |
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Former Friend of Alpha Bitch | |
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Former Friend of Alpha Bitch: Gender Flipped; Peter and Flash were best friends when they were younger. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Miles Warren actually lampshades (or justifies, depending on your point of view) this by saying that the only way to get the gene-altering formula to work is to catalyze it with a big dose of electricity. | |
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Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor | |
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Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: Type 2 with the Green Goblin. He had some pretty sadistic jokes. | |
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Fantastic Drug | |
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Fantastic Drug: Impressively, Harry's Globulin Green addiction manages to evoke steroid, Ritalin and heroin abuse all at once. | |
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She Is All Grown Up | |
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She Is All Grown Up: Hammerhead says this about Silver Sable. | |
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Two Guys and a Girl | |
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Two Guys and a Girl: Peter, Gwen, and Harry have been best friends for at least 4 years. Harry's dark side is to be growing. | |
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Guilt-Tripping | |
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Guilt-Tripping: In the episode Final Curtain, Harry does a subtle version by disguising it as Oblivious Guilt Slinging. He knows Gwen intends to break up with him, but he pretends otherwise and says it's a good thing she's with him after what happened with his father, or he'd lapse back into addiction. As intended, this guilts Gwen into not breaking up with him. | |
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Come Alone | |
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Come Alone: Green Goblin's warning when baiting Tombstone into a Death Course. | |
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Enemy Within | |
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Enemy Within: The Symbiote in "Intervention". After it fuses with Eddie Brock at the end of the same episode, they become... | |
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Scary Black Man | |
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Scary Black Man: Tombstone...no, really. Also, all his mooks. Except for the albino thing. Oh, and a few of those mooks are Scary Black Women. | |
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Strange Minds Think Alike | |
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Strange Minds Think Alike: Both Aunt May and Stan the Dockworker respond to an odd situation by asking if they are being punked. Early in the series (before he met Mary Jane), Aunt May would try to get Peter to meet Mary Jane, saying she had a wonderful personality and Peter would shudder (interpreting wonderful personality as a synonym for "ugly"). Later in the series, the Green Goblin comments on the Master Planner's "wonderful personality" and does an identical shudder. | |
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Cursed with Awesome | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_309b8806 | comment |
Cursed with Awesome: How some of the villains in the show view their powers: Flint Marko was coerced into an unethical science experiment that left him a sentient pile of sand. While he was horrified at first, he quickly grew to like his new body. Alex O'Hirn, aka Rhino, is covered in a titanium-resin armor that's permanently fused to his skin and makes it nearly impossible to cool off if he over exerts himself (something Spider-Man exploited in their first fight). Despite this, he never once says anything negative about the suit, and even ruins any possibility of people making more Rhinos. The process that turned Otto Octavius into Dr. Octopus was incredibly painful (and most likely resulted in brain damage). That said, he clearly loves himself and his arms, and wouldn't change a thing. | |
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Supervillain Lair | |
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Supervillain Lair: The Master Planner's Underwater Base, complete with Hacker Cave and Self-Destruct Mechanism that causes it to collapse. Also, The Green Goblin's secret headquarters | |
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Chest Insignia | |
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Chest Insignia: Spider-Man's and Venom's spider symbols. | |
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Godwin's Law of Facial Hair | |
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Godwin's Law of Facial Hair: Like in the comics, J. Jonah Jameson is the easily angered and verbally abusive boss of Peter Parker in the Daily Bugle but his mustache is altered slightly to add a soul patch to his toothbrush mustache, making it resemble an exclamation mark. | |
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Previously on… | |
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Previously on…: Suprisingly averted, even with all the subplots that take place on the show. It might be case case of Viewers Are Geniuses that they'd read up on what happened with something they missed. | |
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Hero with Bad Publicity | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_313e9485 | comment |
Hero with Bad Publicity: As usual for a Spider-Man series. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: Doc Ock politely asks and waits for Aunt May and Anna Watson to excuse themselves from the upcoming brawl between the Sinister Six and Spidey, even halting Rhino as he tries to charge through them. It may be a nod to a brief storyline where Doc Ock tried to marry Aunt May in the comics. Before this, Dr. Octavius was always the one most uncomfortable with the Big Man's unethical experiments, as one nearly killed the test subject (Marko). Tombstone helps stop Green Goblin's first attack on innocent people, although he never does anything to jeopardize his flawless reputation. | |
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Shipper on Deck | |
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Shipper on Deck: Mary Jane is a Peter/Gwen shipper all the way. Liz even calls her out on it. Also, Aunt May is quite supportive of Peter/Mary Jane in early episodes. | |
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Super Window Jump | |
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There is a big one in "Growing Pains" when Venom bursts through the window of the Daily Bugle and tells Jameson (and in front of Pete): | |
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Lovable Alpha Bitch | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_3287773c | comment |
Lovable Alpha Bitch: Liz. She becomes this via Character Development, going from stuck-up in the second episode to eventually dating dorky Peter. | |
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Evolving Credits | |
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Evolving Credits: Once Mary Jane Watson becomes a regular character, she is added to the opening sequence. | |
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Compilation Movie | |
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Compilation Movie: The first DVD release "Attack of the Lizard", contains the first three episodes, but it is advertised as a movie. The other arcs were originally supposed to follow suit, but this idea was eventually scrapped. | |
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Adapted Out | |
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Adapted Out: Herman Schultz, the usual bearer of the Shocker identity, doesn't appear in this adaptation and Montana of the Enforcers used the identity instead. The series had Walter Hardy, the father of Black Cat, as Uncle Ben's killer. In the original comics and most other adaptations, Ben's killer was just a generic burglar. Due to licensing issues, The Kingpin was one of the few big name Spider-Man villains who never appeared in the show. This led to the writers turning Tombstone into a Suspiciously Similar Substitute of sorts, having him inherit the Kingpin's Villain with Good Publicity and The Man Behind the Man traits. While Cletus Kasady does appear, Carnage, the symbiote who bonds with him, does not. | |
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Gender Flip | |
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Gender Flip: Mayor Waters is a female version of the male mayor with the same name in the comic "Spider-Man: Reign" | |
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Mad Scientist | |
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Mad Scientist: Doctor Octopus. | |
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Plummet Perspective | |
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Plummet Perspective: "Shear Strength" When Spidey has The Tinkerer perched on top a tall building we get to see Tinkerer's glasses fall and shatter on the street below. | |
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Out-Gambitted | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_362bdb30 | comment |
Season 2: The Master Planner (AKA Doctor Octopus) is the main antagonist of episodes 1-4, being responsible for the creation of a supervillain empire. When Eddie recovers the Symbiote, Venom picks up the reins for episodes 5-7. Tombstone, Silvermane, and Doctor Octopus all share the position as a gang war looms for episodes 8-10, ending with all three leaders being Out-Gambitted by Green Goblin, who becomes the final Big Bad for episodes 11-13. | |
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Ascended Meme | |
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Ascended Meme: "Identity Crisis" has Spider-Man do the "How Do I Shot Web?" pose briefly.◊ | |
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Who Is Driving? | |
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Who Is Driving?: Sandman asks Spidey this question in "Competition". | |
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Heavy Sleeper | |
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Heavy Sleeper: In "Group Therapy", Peter or rather the symbiote using Peter's body while he's asleep, fights AND defeats the Sinister Six. | |
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Embarrassing Old Photo | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_383fe1b8 | comment |
Embarrassing Old Photo: It is revealed in "Growing Pains" that Flash earned his nickname when he was four, and it wasn't just because he was fast. The picture shows him running with no pants on. | |
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Face Death with Dignity | |
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Face Death with Dignity: Kraven advises that Spidey do this. Of course, he doesn't and breaks the headlock. | |
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Fourth-Wall Observer | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_3a3489f | comment |
Since Gobbie was the only character present in both scenes, it seems he can only be addressing the viewer here — but then we also know he's fond of Talking to Themself (even if he doesn't explicitly have a Split Personality as in the Raimi film). | |
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Character Development | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_3b113b7 | comment |
Character Development: A significant amount of the characters featured in this adaptation receive this. An example can be how viewers are able to see Eddie Brock's slow descent into anger and insanity long before the symbiote shows up. | |
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Blessed with Suck | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_3c3f28a5 | comment |
Electro is in pursuit of a cure for his powers (although it's rather temporary in his case). | |
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Super-Powered Evil Side | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_3cb17a19 | comment |
Superpowered Evil Side: The Green Goblin appears to be this for Harry. Subverted when it turns out Norman has been the Goblin all along, and he claims to have been in total control of his actions. Goblin's wacky personality was presumably just another part of the disguise. Naturally, with the addition of the alien symbiote, Spider-Man gets his very own. At first, it simply made him slightly more ruthless and convinced him to lie to protect it. But apparently, it took over completely during his second confrontation with the Sinister Six, given that he doesn't remember the battle afterwards, he didn't make a single quip during it, and he nearly killed Doc Ock before Captain Stacy told him not to. | |
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Powered Armor | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_3d59c9a0 | comment |
The Enforcerers: Fancy Dan, Montana, and The Ox, with Tombstone as their superior (they later get Powered Armor, becoming Richochet, Shocker and... Still Ox). | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle: Tombstone's first encounter with Spidey. Also Spider-Man manages to pull one against the Sinister Six in "Group Therapy" after he got the symbiote, but with a twist he was asleep the whole time. | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_3ed23024 | comment |
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Peter has a tough time trying to take a photograph of himself as Spider-Man since his low-budget camera cannot capture motion effectively. The few good pictures that he does get are still criticized for their low quality by the Daily Bugle's editor who tells him to invest in a better camera. Captain Stacy easily sees through Eddie Brock's attempts to frame Spidey by dressing up as him. While Stacy may not know who the real Spider-Man is, the difference in body language is enough to tell him that the one in Brock's photos is an imposter. Similarly, when the Chameleon disguised as Spider-Man robs a yacht during a party onboard that Stacy is attending, Stacy quickly realizes that he is an imposter because despite his mastery of impersonation, the Chameleon is noticeably taller than the real Spider-Man. When Venom tries to expose Peter Parker as Spider-Man, almost nobody believes him. Anyone who knows Peter has trouble imagining someone so mild-mannered is a superhero, an image Peter works hard to maintain. What credibility would a crazed supervillain like Venom have anyway? Kraven may be skilled and strong enough to take on wild animals with his bare hands, but he is still only human and thus way out of his league when he tries to "hunt" Spider-Man—at least before he gets his powers. When Sandman successfully pulls off a job for Hammerhead in First Steps, he's disappointed to discover that after the Big Man and Doctor Octopus have taken their cuts, it's hardly the big score he was hoping for. As it turns out, being a hired thug, even one with powers, doesn't mean you're the one who gets most of the money. Peter takes a photo of the Lizard while fighting him as Spider-Man...and his friends are promptly disgusted at him, thinking that he ran away from a serious crisis to make some money at the expense of his boss' transformation. | |
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Super Hero Origin | |
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Super Hero Origin: Presented in flashback during "Intervention". | |
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Adaptational Heroism | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_3f45f1e6 | comment |
Adaptational Heroism: Frederick Foswell, who in the comics was the villain Big Man, but that name went to Tombstone in this adaptation, leaving Foswell as a regular reporter. In the comics, Sha Shan Nguyen started off as a Spider-Man villain named Sister Sun. In this adaptation, she was a normal high school student and Flash Thompson's Replacement Goldfish. | |
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Bouncing Battler | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_40634d30 | comment |
Bouncing Battler: Ricochet, who tucks himself into a ball and becomes a living Pinball Projectile once he gets a super suit. | |
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Blatant Lies | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_40bb59d0 | comment |
Sandman helps a little girl at the beach. Hammerhead calls him out on "going soft", and he insists he was doing it to terrify the teens. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_40cc0c7e | comment |
Bittersweet Ending: Season 2's ending took the adaptation’s directive to screw Peter over at every turn and ran with it so fast it mocked The Flash. Congratulations, Spider-Man, you finally defeated the biggest baddie of them all. Only a) you had to traumatize your best friend to do it and black spot Spider-Man forever for him as a result (Which will likely drive him into becoming the new Green Goblin), b) You don't have a girlfriend to show for it (and on top of that, Gwen is going to be utterly miserable as a result of feeling sorry for the manipulative Harry), and c) You didn't really defeat the Goblin because Norman Osborn is still alive. | |
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Damsel in Distress | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_4160410d | comment |
Mary Jane Watson's physical appearance and personality as an aloof and noncommittal, but genuinely warm and loyal friend for both Peter and Gwen are true to how she was originally portrayed in the comics. Likewise, for being the only friend in Peter's circle who doesn't have baggage and is more or less on good terms with everyone. She also doesn't end up very often as a Damsel in Distress and is a hero in her own right when she comes to rescue Gwen from Venom in the finale of Season 1, getting the rest of M-Cube to use the parade float as a giant cushion for her fall. | |
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Marilyn Maneuver | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_41aebb4a | comment |
Marilyn Maneuver: Spidey uses a web slingshot that causes a breeze that causes a nearby woman to experience this in "Reaction". | |
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Story Arc | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_42008602 | comment |
Story Arc: There are multiple storylines that overlap one another, each named after an education subject. They consist of three episodes unless stated otherwise: Season 1: Biology (The Lizard), Economics (The Big Man), Chemistry (Green Goblin), and Psychology (The Symbiote). Season 2: Engineering (Master Planner), Human Development (Venom Strikes Back), Criminology (Gang War), and Drama (Return of the Green Goblin). | |
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Smart Ball | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_420a8323 | comment |
Smart Ball: Rhino may be portrayed as fairly unintelligent in this series, but he was the only one to connect Peter Parker to Spider-Man completely on his own. In Season 2, as noted above, he also manages to turn Spider-Man's signature Deadly Dodging against him, being one of the few (if not the only) villains in this series to do so. | |
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Bat Signal | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_429732d8 | comment |
Bat Signal: Inverted. As in the Lee-Ditko run, Spider-Man uses the Spider-Signal to announce his arrival. It also serves as a handy flash bang as when he attacks Doctor Octopus at Coney Island). | |
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2D Visuals, 3D Effects | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_42cfbfc6 | comment |
2D Visuals, 3D Effects: The 3-D black helicopters tend to stick out against the backgrounds and characters. | |
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Stripperific | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_430e15e1 | comment |
Stripperific: Mary Jane's vampire Halloween costume shows off a lot of skin. Which is odd, considering they're in New York, which gets pretty cold around October/November. | |
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You Fight Like a Cow | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_43844bd7 | comment |
You Fight Like a Cow: Spider-Man's famous battle patter. Averted in "Group Therapy" since in the second battle, he takes down the Sinister Six without a word because he's asleep. Octopus even says that he knew Spidey was getting serious when he stopped quipping. | |
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Annoying Arrows | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_43f2f606 | comment |
Annoying Arrows: Tombstone takes three of Green Goblin's razor bats in the back and just looks annoyed. Although this is mostly due to his power set, as Spider-Man can't afford a single hit. Spider-Man's web bullets to most of his enemies. Venom's, however, are definitely not. | |
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Professor Guinea Pig | |
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Professor Guinea Pig: Curt Connors doses himself with his own formula. | |
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Hostage Situation | |
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Hostage Situation: Played straight when Electro holds the genetics lab staff hostage to force them to develop a cure for his condition. | |
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Love Dodecahedron | |
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Love Dodecahedron: The dynamics of the Midtown High group are enormously complicated, but succinctly - Gwen and Liz both like Peter, Peter likes Gwen & Liz and also MJ, MJ flirts with Flash but also comes to really like Mark Allen (and would have came to love Peter had the series continued), Liz has lingering feelings for ex-boyfriend Flash, who finds MJ attractive but then focuses on Sha-Shan, Gwen dates Harry, who previously dated Glory, who left him somewhat inexplicably for Kenny, and I'm sure there are others in there. | |
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What Could Have Been | |
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Season two featured Roderick Kingsley aka Hobgoblin, Morris Bench aka Hydro-Man, and Cletus Kassady aka Carnage who would have likely assumed their identities from the comics...... if the show had continued. | |
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Record Needle Scratch | |
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Record Needle Scratch: This accompanies cheerleader Sally Avril's blunt rejection of Peter when he asks her out in the first episode. | |
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Fun Personified | |
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Fun Personified: Mary Jane Watson. | |
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Latex Perfection | |
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Latex Perfection: Master of Disguise the Chameleon wears this type of mask over his own full-face mask. | |
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Electricity Knocks You Out | |
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Electricity Knocks You Out: Electro zaps Gwen Stacy into unconsciousness so that the Vulture could take her to his lair for the Master Planner. | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: J. Jonah Jameson, the irascible, gruff publisher who make smear campaigns that are defaming Spider-Man for the sake of eye-catching headlines, lies to the face of the Rhino so as to protect Peter. Dramatically but more consistently, he's also a proud and loving father, putting him in marked contrast to Norman Osborn). Also, Flash Thompson is slightly this by the time of season 2, as he starts to give up his bullying ways and become a better person. | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Jerk | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Norman Osborn and primarily J. Jonah Jameson. | |
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Is This a Joke? | |
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Is This a Joke?: Stan Lee, funnily enough, provides the same explanation for the surrounding weirdness that he gave to the citizens of the Marvel Universe when he was writing back in the Silver Age. Aunt May asks the same thing when questioned if her nephew is Spider-Man. | |
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I Just Want to Be Normal | |
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I Just Want to Be Normal: Peter briefly considers taking a Power Nullifier and tries to quit the superhero gig. Electro is in pursuit of a cure for his powers (although it's rather temporary in his case). Molten Man is seeking this as well. | |
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Traintop Battle | |
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Traintop Battle: Spider-Man fights the Lizard atop and inside a subway car. Sound familiar? | |
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Destined Bystander | |
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Destined Bystander: Harry and Norman Osborn, as per the comics. | |
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Leaning on the Fourth Wall | |
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Leaning on the Fourth Wall: One of the first shots of the intro is of a Daily Bugle headline declaring "He's Back!". The previous animated Spider-Man series last aired five years before Spectacular. So yeah, Spidey is back and it is kind of a big deal. The Green Goblin claims that he possesses incriminating evidence against Tombstone which he's prepared to relinquish for a price: Since Gobbie was the only character present in both scenes, it seems he can only be addressing the viewer here — but then we also know he's fond of Talking to Themself (even if he doesn't explicitly have a Split Personality as in the Raimi film). | |
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Friendless Background | |
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Friendless Background | |
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Animorphism | |
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Black Cat presumably and George Stacy. Season 2 gives us Kraven the Hunter (before his transformation) and Silver Sable. | |
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Laughing Mad | |
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Laughing Mad: As per usual, the Green Goblin. Harry Osborn on Globulin Green. He gets better when he stops taking the stuff. | |
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Exact Eavesdropping | |
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Exact Eavesdropping: In the season two finale, Harry overhears Peter and Gwen finally admitting their true feelings to each other... as well as their realization that they have to break up with their current significant others to be able to actually do anything. Guess who Gwen is dating? | |
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Kansas City Shuffle | |
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Kansas City Shuffle: "It's all about misdirection", and boy is it ever... | |
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Girl Next Door | |
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Girl Next Door: Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane. | |
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Socially Awkward Hero | |
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Socially Awkward Hero: Spider-Man, of course. Especially when he is Peter Parker. | |
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All of the Other Reindeer | |
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All of the Other Reindeer: Peter Parker/Spider-Man in flashbacks and in high-school. | |
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Acquired Situational Narcissism | |
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Acquired Situational Narcissism: Pete in the first episode suffers from this, riding high on his new-found confidence as Spider-Man. He doesn't snub his friends or anything, but he does try to ask Sally Avril out. This goes very badly. Harry Osborn snubs his old friends once he's In with the In Crowd. He gets better after his temporary absence, though. | |
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Blasting It Out of Their Hands | |
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Blasting It Out of Their Hands: The Green Goblin's mooks shoot a laser rifle out of Heroic Bystander John Jameson's hands. | |
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Check, Please! | |
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Check, Please!: Said by Doc Ock, to a waiter who, fortunately for the latter, knows better than to respond with anything other than "It's on the house". | |
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Roofhopping | |
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Roofhopping: Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus, Black Cat, and Colonel Jupiter tend to do this. | |
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It's Always Spring | |
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It's Always Spring: Averted. Time passes realistically, with Season 1 going from September to November and Season 2 from December to March. | |
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Downer Ending | |
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To expand on the spoiler above, the last scene of the last episode features Norman Osborn taking his vacation and rubbing his Houdininess directly in the viewer's face. Downer Ending indeed. | |
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules! | |
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: Tombstone offers to buy Spider-Man's services in exchange for looking the other way now and then, but he declines. Though he takes the deal when fused with the Symbiote, once it's gone, he rejects the offer again. | |
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Wham Line | |
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Wham Line: At the end of "Growing Pains:" | |
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The Atoner | |
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The Atoner: Spider-Man's main motivation for doing good is that no one will have to suffer like he did when he inadvertently got his Uncle killed. | |
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Huge Guy, Tiny Girl | |
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Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Kenny and Glory, though she's actually a normal height. It's just that any girl would look tiny compared to him. (In "Gangland", they danced without her feet even touching the ground.) | |
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Smug Snake | |
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Smug Snake: Miles Warren (who admittedly seems perfectly content as right-hand-man to real Magnificent Bastard Norman Osborn), Hammerhead (in the Gang War arc, when he turns against Tombstone only to become the Goblin's pawn). | |
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Trap Is the Only Option | |
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Trap Is the Only Option: The Green Goblin sets an extremely obvious trap for both Tombstone and Spider-Man, which fool neither but which he baits too well for them to ignore. When they show up together, they both know it's a trap and Goblin even lampshades it when - surprise surprise - the bait turns out to be completely fake. | |
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Do I Really Sound Like That? | |
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Do I Really Sound Like That?: "Persona". | |
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Auction of Evil | |
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Auction of Evil: "Accomplices" sees the local crime syndicates bid on a disk drive containing the technology to replicate Rhino's armor. | |
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We Used to Be Friends | |
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We Used to Be Friends: Peter and Eddie. It's revealed towards the end of season one that Eddie's been secretly jealous of Peter for years, mostly because Peter had his aunt and uncle after his parents died, while Eddie was left with no family. This hatred is fully embraced when the symbiote reveals to him that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, leading to Eddie becoming Venom, one of Spider-Man's most dangerous enemies. Peter and Flash. When they were little kids, the two were actually friends. As they got older and Flash started to get in with the popular crowd, he left Peter behind and became his biggest bully. By season two, though, it's starting to look like they're becoming friends again. Peter and Harry. After everything that's happened with Norman Osborn/Green Goblin and Peter Parker/Spider-Man, it looks like nothing will ever be the same between Peter and Harry. The fact that Harry is manipulating Gwen into staying with him certainly isn't helping his friendship with Peter. | |
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Motive Decay | |
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Motive Decay: Averted in "Group Therapy", where after the first go at fighting Spider-Man, the Sinister Six nearly break up because most of them view fighting Spider-Man as a distraction from their personal goals. In Venom's second appearance, he can't seem to decide if he wants to ruin Peter's life, or just end it. Peter calls him out on this. Green Goblin went from wanting to take over New York's criminal underworld to being obsessed with killing Spider-Man. | |
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Significant Anagram | |
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Significant Anagram: Of course a criminal named O'Hirn would be called the Rhino. | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: The first episode has this: "Tell me there's something better. Go ahead, try". | |
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Flashback | |
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Flash Back: "Intervention" features this. | |
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The Dragon | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_53f5119f | comment |
Two examples in "Accomplices", where Silver Sable and Hammerhead (both The Dragon to feuding rival crime bosses) briefly team up to take out Spidey, who keeps butting into their battle. Later on there's a reluctant team-up between Spidey and Rhino to destroy what Silver Sable and Hammerhead were after, a flash drive containing specs on how to equip multiple mercenaries with Rhino armor. The second this objective is completed, Rhino tries to smash Spidey. | |
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This Is Unforgivable! | |
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This Is Unforgivable!: Black Cat tells Spider-Man this after he successfully convinced her Dad to stay in prison. | |
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Le Parkour | |
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Le Parkour: Just like in the comics and the films, Spider-Man doesn't just Wall Crawl, he wall runs, too. Black Cat pulls it off as well. | |
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Just Think of the Potential! | |
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Just Think of the Potential!: Connors' rationalization for developing his formula. | |
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Irrational Hatred | |
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Irrational Hatred: Jameson has one for Spider-Man, as per usual. | |
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Grenade Tropes | |
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Grenade Tropes: The Green Goblin tosses up a Pumpkin Bomb in the Billiard Room that gets tossed from person to person until it blows up a pool table. | |
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Likes Older Women | |
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Likes Older Women: Peter very publicly proclaims his interest in twenty-year-old Betty Brant, and plays the Dogged Nice Guy to pressure her to be his date for the High-School Dance, only to be thwarted by Aunt May. Similarly, Black Cat is apparently 19 years old in this series as opposed to Peter being 16. This is similar to Black Cat in the Ultimate universe (Though in that case the age gap was bigger and she threw up when she found up how young he was). | |
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Power Incontinence | |
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Power Incontinence: Electro. | |
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Meta Twist | |
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Meta Twist: The Green Goblin’s unmasking reveal. Both of them. A more obscure one. In the comics, Foswell was a reporter who used the inside information he gained to make sure his alias "The Big Man" was untouchable. Many people thought we would see Foswell return to that role. | |
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Stumbling in the New Form | |
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Stumbling in the New Form: John Jameson has trouble maintaining his balance as he grows in mass and strength due to alien spores in his system, which results in him plowing through a wall. Mark Allan flails around in surprise upon his transformation into the Molten Man, and falls backward into a table, demolishing it. | |
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Journey to the Center of the Mind | |
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Journey to the Center of the Mind: Spider-Man is forced into one of these by the symbiote. | |
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Enemy Mine | |
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Enemy Mine: In season 1, Tombstone and Spidey team up against the Green Goblin with both saving the other's lives. Things return to normal between them afterwards though. Two examples in "Accomplices", where Silver Sable and Hammerhead (both The Dragon to feuding rival crime bosses) briefly team up to take out Spidey, who keeps butting into their battle. Later on there's a reluctant team-up between Spidey and Rhino to destroy what Silver Sable and Hammerhead were after, a flash drive containing specs on how to equip multiple mercenaries with Rhino armor. The second this objective is completed, Rhino tries to smash Spidey. Tombstone also does this when caught out in public with Doctor Octopus and Silvermane in a cybernetic exoskeleton, seeing as he's a Villain with Good Publicity he has to fight alongside Spider-Man until the cameras are no longer pointed at him.. | |
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Creator Thumbprint | |
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Creator Thumbprint: Anyone who's seen Gargoyles knows that Weisman loves his Shakespeare; and it's worked its way into Spidey's season 2 as well. Especially "Growing Pains" and "Opening Night", which use the play's auditions and performance, respectively, to throw in appropriate quotes whenever possible: "Opening Night" especially, constantly throwing out connections between the play and Spider-Man's current situation. The Green Goblin starts quoting Puck's lines himself eventually. | |
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Adaptation Distillation | |
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Adaptation Distillation: The series is already well thought of by comic fans. It's more or so a retelling of the Lee-Ditko era, but with some elements from the Spider-Man Trilogy (the origin of Spider-Man is transferred almost shot-for-shot from the Raimi films, and likewise, the Daily Bugle is in the Flatiron Building), Ultimate Spider-Man (Kong, Eddie Brock's backstory and role albeit Venom is more or less the 616 Version, i.e. an alien symbiote from outer space), and even Spider-Man: Chapter One (Norman Osborn as the Greater-Scope Villain who converts mooks into supervillains). | |
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Hellish Pupils | |
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Hellish Pupils: The Vulture/Adrian Toomes has comma-shaped pupils, which look particularly odd when he's out of costume. | |
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It's All My Fault | |
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It's All My Fault: As per usual, Spidey blames himself for his uncle's death. | |
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Air-Vent Passageway | |
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Air-Vent Passageway: Black Cat uses it as an entrance. | |
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Required Secondary Powers | |
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Required Secondary Powers: It’s mentioned with regularity. Notably, the Shocker can take tons of punishment for the same reason that he is unharmed by his own weaponry. On the other hand, the Rhino has the incredible strength that allows him to move around wearing a few tons of plate armor. | |
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Instant Sedation | |
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Instant Sedation: Knockout gas. | |
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Eyepatch of Power | |
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Eyepatch of Power: Patch wears an eyepatch, as the name may suggest. | |
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Civvie Spandex | |
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Civvie Spandex: Doctor Octopus tops his harness and jumpsuit with an ordinary trenchcoat. Or a tuxedo. | |
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You Could Have Used Your Powers for Good! | |
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You Could Have Used Your Powers for Good!: In "First Steps", Spider-Man asks the Sandman why he chooses to do evil when he could just as easily be a superhero. At the end of the episode, Sandman ends up changing sides and making a Heroic Sacrifice. | |
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Central Theme | |
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Central Theme: With great power comes great responsibility; what it means to have power and to use it in a socially and morally responsible way. This theme can be said to apply, to varying degrees, to almost any superhero story in some shape or form. With Spider-Man, it's being a hero even when there is no reward for being one, it won't get bills paid, it won't help your love life and it won't get you fame and respect. | |
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Just Friends | |
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Just Friends: This frustrates Gwen, because she doesn't want to risk their friendship by telling Peter that she wants to be more than just friends. | |
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X-Ray Sparks | |
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X-Ray Sparks: Otto Octavius, during the radiation fuses his mechanical arms with his spinal column. | |
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Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke | |
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Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke: Spider-Man, Electro, The Lizard, Kraven. | |
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Intrepid Reporter | |
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Intrepid Reporter: Both the Daily Bugle's publisher, J. Jonah Jameson, and its editor-in-chief, Joseph Robertson, had aspects of this. As did photographer Peter Parker (who is secretly Spider-Man.) Daily Bugle reporter Ned Lee is investigating Spider-Man and the Green Goblin. Fredrick Foswell fits this trope as well, if not more so. | |
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Compassionate Critic | |
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Compassionate Critic: Norman Osborn is this towards his son. | |
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Big Eater | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_5fcedca | comment |
Big Eater: Kenny Kong has a voracious appetite. | |
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Spanner in the Works | |
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During the opera house fight, Doc Ock proposes that he, Tombstone and Silvermane can share control of all of Manhattan... as soon as Spidey's out of the way. | |
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Pragmatic Adaptation | |
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Pragmatic Adaptation: An unusual case. Due to Marvel classifying the Kingpin as a Darvedevil villain and Sony not having the rights to the character, he was replaced by someone else in Spidey's rogues gallery and this is where the unusualness of this case comes in. Rather than using another crime lord the Web-Head has famously gone up against, the creators used Tombstone, a hit-man rather than a crime lord and elevated him to a status he'd never had before. | |
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Something Only They Would Say | |
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Something Only They Would Say: An interesting variation occurs during a Spot the Imposter scene between Spidey and the Chameleon, as the proof is not just what's said but how it's reacted to. During their battle in "Nature vs. Nurture", Venom mockingly calls Spider-Man "Bro", which makes him realize just who the symbiote bonded with. | |
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Uniqueness Decay | |
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Uniqueness Decay: When he's informed that a hard drive with instructions to recreate the process that created him is up for sale, The Rhino moves to destroy it to maintain his status as the only Rhino going so far as to ally with Spider-Man. | |
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In with the In Crowd | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_60985aa7 | comment |
Harry Osborn snubs his old friends once he's In with the In Crowd. He gets better after his temporary absence, though. | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Tombstone, Venom. Peter even lampshades it: "You mean the guy calling himself 'Venom'? Does that name inspire trust?" | |
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TheCollectorOfTheStrange | |
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The Collector of the Strange: Norman Osborn collects masks and other such antiquities. Spidey even briefly considers that his strange collection might be evidence of Norman being the Green Goblin. | |
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Heel–Face Turn | |
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Interestingly this starts Sandman in a pat of Heel–Face Turn ing | |
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Death Glare | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_627264e0 | comment |
Death Glare: Gwen has "The Look", which has the same general effect. | |
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Freeze-Frame Bonus | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_62f9d08e | comment |
Freeze-Frame Bonus: In some episodes, the articles from the Daily Bugle aren't just gibberish or scribbles. They can be read when in focus on relevant events throughout each episode. Combined with Rewatch Bonus, after the twist in "First Steps" comes in that Eddie's been fooling Peter all along to trick him into revealing where the symbiote is, pause the screen anytime "Venom" appears for a bit second. It turns out it really is Eddie in his makeshift Venom costume the entire time. | |
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Villainous Friendship | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_63b12059 | comment |
Villainous Friendship: Even before they got their powers, Flint Marko and Alex O'Hirn were best friends who often worked together on their crimes. After becoming Sandman and Rhino respectively, they still work well together. | |
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_63d861f8 | comment |
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite everything that happens to them in the series, Flint Marko/Sandman and Alex O'Hirn/Rhino maintained a strong Villainous Friendship. Mark Allan wasn't intentionally evil, though he did consent to killing Spider-Man in exchange for getting the remote that controls his flaming skin. Inverted with Eddie Brock; there are still plenty of people who care about him (Peter, Gwen, the Doctors Connors, etc), but he believes himself to be hated and alone because of the symbiote's influence. | |
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BadassNormal | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_6411dac8 | comment |
Badass Normal: Black Cat presumably and George Stacy. Season 2 gives us Kraven the Hunter (before his transformation) and Silver Sable. Hammerhead's limo driver is pretty determined and tough. Hammerhead himself counts as well. The metal plate in his head gives him a nasty headbutt, but other than that he's an average joe. Shocker also fits the bill. Other than his gauntlets, he's a normal guy. | |
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Replacement Goldfish | |
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In the comics, Sha Shan Nguyen started off as a Spider-Man villain named Sister Sun. In this adaptation, she was a normal high school student and Flash Thompson's Replacement Goldfish. | |
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Heroic Sacrifice | |
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Heroic Sacrifice: Sandman, sort of. A variation in "Opening Night", as the Cat Burglar decides to unleash the tranquilizer gas on the escaped prisoners, leading to him being knocked out as well, and going back to prison. | |
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But for Me, It Was Tuesday | |
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But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Mysterio is disappointed that Spider-Man doesn't remember him. | |
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Lightning Can Do Anything | |
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Lightning Can Do Anything: Electric and bioelectric shocks grant Electro superpowers, which catalyze a gene-altering formula. Miles Warren actually lampshades (or justifies, depending on your point of view) this by saying that the only way to get the gene-altering formula to work is to catalyze it with a big dose of electricity. Electricity is also the catalyst for the subdermal silicon armor that resulted in the creation of the Sandman and later Molten Man. | |
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Cannot Spit It Out | |
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Cannot Spit It Out: Gwen's crush on Peter is a secret to him, and almost everybody else, except Mary Jane and the audience (if they've read the comics). | |
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He Knows Too Much | |
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He Knows Too Much: The motivation behind the Green Goblin's attempted murder of Otto Octavius. | |
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School Play | |
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School Play: The production of A Midsummer Night's Dream becomes a major subplot in Season 2. | |
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Brought Down to Normal | |
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The last one is played straight again later, as Venom attempts to use the Gene Cleanser to strip Spider-Man of his powers, only for Spider-Man to turn it back around, using the formula to weaken the symbiote and force it off of Brock. | |
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Secret Secret-Keeper | |
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Secret Secret-Keeper: George Stacy keeps hinting that he knows that Peter Parker is secretly Spider-Man. Word of God confirmed that Mary Jane Watson has known Peter's secret since before they met. | |
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Battle in the Center of the Mind | |
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Battle in the Center of the Mind: Peter versus the symbiote, naturally, with Peter getting a little help from Uncle Ben. | |
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Evil Laugh | |
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Evil Laugh: A few villains exhibit this behavior; namely Green Goblin (psychotic version), Mysterio (dramatic version), and Venom (really creepy version). | |
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Punctuated Pounding | |
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Punctuated Pounding: GLIB! DOES NOT! EQUATE! WITH CLEVER! | |
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Ironic Nickname | |
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Ironic Nickname: Spidey likes to call J. Jonah Jameson "Jolly" Jameson. | |
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Improbable Weapon User | |
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Improbable Weapon User: Silver Sable wields a giant staple gun. | |
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Expressive Mask | |
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The Chameleon's real face is concealed behind a featureless white full-head mask. | |
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The Power of Love | |
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The Power of Love: How Spider-Man defeats Venom in "Nature vs. Nurture". | |
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Shockingly Expensive Bill | |
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Shockingly Expensive Bill: Aunt May's hospital bill in "Intervention". | |
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Take Over the City | |
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Take Over the City: Only one villain tries to take over the entire world. The rest war over New York City. | |
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Jerkass Has a Point | |
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Jerkass Has a Point: Lampshade by Spider-Man in regards to Flash in one episode: "OK, if Flash Thompson is making sense, something must be seriously wrong." | |
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Parody Magic Spell | |
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Parody Magic Spell: Take the time to translate Mysterio's longer spells from Latin, this is what you get. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: Patch. As Spidey sarcastically quips, "Did your parents have foresight or what?" Justified as it's a cover identity for Fredrick Foswell. | |
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Two Words: Added Emphasis | |
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Two Words: Added Emphasis: | |
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Oblivious Janitor Cut | |
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Oblivious Janitor Cut: "Nature Vs. Nuture", Spidey stops a helicopter from crashing into an office building, and the janitor doesn't even turn around. | |
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Fantastic Aesop | |
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Fantastic Aesop: Green Goblin, Harry, Venom, Electro, and Colonel Jupiter teach us the extremely applicable life lesson that With Great Power Comes Great Insanity. | |
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Christmas Episode | |
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Christmas Episode: The season two episode "Reinforcements". It even features the destruction of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, of course. | |
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New Transfer Student | |
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New Transfer Student: Mary Jane Watson. | |
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Deducing the Secret Identity | |
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Deducing the Secret Identity: While it's never outright stated, it's heavily implied throughout season two that Captain George Stacy has figured out that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, and has known for some time. He begins implying to Peter that he knows, and helps Spider-Man a few times during the gang war arc (i.e. taking down Rhino with knockout gas, arresting Tombstone when Spidey said he was the Big Man, offering advice and a listening ear when Spider-Man needed to vent, etc). note Which makes the revelation that Captain Stacy is eventually KIA in this dimension so much sadder. Word of God says that Mary Jane Watson figured out that Peter was Spider-Man some time before they met, and has kept it to herself. This is fairly obvious when one rewatches episodes where she and Peter appear, as she's always the first one to trust Spider-Man in a dangerous situation or to forgive Peter for missing something due to Spider-Man business (like when he had to leave her at the school dance to go fight Goblin). Sadly, we never get to see her tell Peter that she knows or learn how she figured it out. | |
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Villain Has a Point | |
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Villain Has a Point: Despite his Sanity Slippage, Eddie Brock isn't entirely wrong to blame Peter Parker and Spider-Man for all his troubles. Between selling pictures of the mutated Doctor Conners to the tabloids and causing the lose of the symbiote specimen, Peter and his alter-ego were a huge factor in the lab shutting down and Brock losing his job. | |
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Good Feels Good | |
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Good Feels Good: An interesting use in Flash's case. After trying and failing to get Sha Shan to go out with him for quite some time, he finally (and unintentionally) gets her attention by doing the right thing and reporting Harry's use of performance enhancers during football games, at the cost of the team's recently-won championship. | |
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Swiss-Cheese Security | |
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Swiss-Cheese Security: Tombstone's office, lampshaded by the man himself. | |
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Big Bad Ensemble | |
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Big Bad Ensemble: Depending on the Story Arc, the role of Big Bad alternates between Tombstone, Doctor Octopus, Venom/The Symbiote, and Green Goblin. Season 1: Tombstone takes center stage as the Big Bad for episodes 1-6, being the Man Behind the Man for several of Spidey's villains, like the Enforcers, Shocker, Sandman, and Rhino. The Green Goblin steals the title for episodes 7-9, until he's Put on a Bus. The Symbiote becomes the major threat for episodes 10-13, with Venom as the Final Boss. Season 2: The Master Planner (AKA Doctor Octopus) is the main antagonist of episodes 1-4, being responsible for the creation of a supervillain empire. When Eddie recovers the Symbiote, Venom picks up the reins for episodes 5-7. Tombstone, Silvermane, and Doctor Octopus all share the position as a gang war looms for episodes 8-10, ending with all three leaders being Out-Gambitted by Green Goblin, who becomes the final Big Bad for episodes 11-13. | |
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LEGO Genetics | |
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LEGO Genetics: Spider-Man, the Lizard, Kraven. | |
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Secret Identity Change Trick | |
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Secret Identity Change Trick: This is used often. At one point, this backfires on Peter when it looks as though he lied about where he was going in order to take pictures of Spider-Man. | |
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Spared by the Adaptation | |
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Spared by the Adaptation: Word of God says they wouldn't be killing Gwen during the course of the show. Sally Avril as well as she died while Peter was still in high school. Emily Osborn is also alive and well whereas other incarnations had her die not long after Harry was born. Though only at the time, as Go Down Swinging revealed that Emma, the nanny of Normie and Stanley, was really Emily and she'd faked her death to get away from Norman upon realizing he was a monster. Joan Jameson is also alive and well, despite dying in the comics well before Peter became Spider-Man. Fredrick Foswell is also still alive and well by the end of the series, as opposed to his comic counterpart who died saving Jonah from the Kingpin. | |
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Orphaned Punchline | |
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Orphaned Punchline: "...making this the third time the singer's baby was found driving her car." | |
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Put on a Bus | |
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Put on a Bus: Harry Osborn was sent on a trip to rehab for multiple episodes. | |
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Elevator Floor Announcement | |
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Elevator Floor Announcement: In "Reinforcements". | |
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Combat Tentacles | |
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Combat Tentacles: Doctor Octopus' four super strong arms are used for battering and throwing and the claws can rotate like miniature sawblades. | |
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Out-of-Character Alert | |
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Out-of-Character Alert: "Norman Osborn never apologizes!" The fact that Norman apologizes in the finale is one of the tip-offs that he's being impersonated by the Chameleon. | |
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Amusing Injuries | |
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Amusing Injuries: Largely averted. Most of the hits Spider-Man takes are clearly painful, with him occasionally sporting visible injuries after some fights (i.e. the Lizard busted his hand, his fight with Kraven left him with a black eye, his fight on New Years Eve left him with a sore back, etc). The one time this was played straight was when Peter burned his tongue on hot chocolate, causing Spider-Man to talk in a barely comprehensible lisp. | |
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Look Ma, No Plane! | |
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Look Ma, No Plane!: Spider-Man swings by helicopters all the time | |
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Chewbacca Defense | |
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Chewbacca Defense: Venom's attempt to out Spidey as Peter Parker in "Identity Crisis". The reporters get in on it, stating if Spider-Man is not Peter Parker, there's no reason he shouldn't take off his mask, ignoring that it would reveal whoever he actually is. | |
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Brooklyn Rage | |
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Brooklyn Rage: Sally Avril speaks with a Brooklyn accent note She's one of the only recurring characters to do so, despite the series taking place in New York City, and is easily the most abrasive of the teens at Peter's school. | |
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The Faceless | |
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A running gag is that Hobie Brown, one of Flash's gang, never says anything onscreen. Doesn't stop him from trying. He finally gets to speak, as Puck of A Midsummer Night's Dream, in "Final Curtain"... but not with his real face! | |
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ShoutOutToShakespeare | |
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Shout-Out to Shakespeare: The first battle with the Sinister Six in "Group Therapy" takes place outside of a theatre advertising a production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. The school play is A Midsummer Night's Dream. Green Goblin even quotes a few of Puck's lines. Oh, did we mention the guy writing this episode is Greg Weisman? Weisman loves this trope so much he actually used it for foreshadowing. In the school play, Harry Osborn was to play the role of Puck, and was one of the big suspects for being the Green Goblin. At the time of the play, Harry was absent (which forced them to use the understudy) and the Goblin was off doing evil and quoting Puck. Turned out to be a Red Herring, but excellent touch. "Growing Pains" features the auditions for the play with quotes that tie into the episode from Henry IV, Part 2, Macbeth, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Richard III, and Othello. | |
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All Guys Want Cheerleaders | |
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All Guys Want Cheerleaders: Peter asks the Alpha Bitch Sally out, and later dates Liz. Ultimately averted as his true feelings are for Gwen and he also had a crush on Mary Jane for a while until she told him that she wants to be friends and isn't ready for any relationship. | |
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Hearing Voices | |
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Hearing Voices: When Spider-Man's bonded to the symbiote, it speaks to him in his head using a voice only slightly different from his own. Spider-Man doesn't realize that the voice isn't part of his own thoughts until it's almost too late. | |
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Obviously Evil | |
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Note that Tombstone manages to pull this off despite having white skin, an incredibly gravelly voice, and sharpened teeth that all make him look Obviously Evil. That is some good publicity. Lampshaded even: "L. Thomson Lincoln? He looks a little strange but is a good man." | |
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Road Trip Across the Street | |
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Road Trip Across the Street: Justified by Harry insisting on driving Peter to his date, and not realizing they lived on the same street. | |
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THeUnfavorite | |
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The Unfavorite: Harry Osborn, as in the films and Ultimate comics. | |
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Dating Catwoman | |
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Dating Catwoman: Spider-Man and the Black Cat. | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech: After stealing the credit for the Vulture's flight technology, Norman Osborn drops his Faux Affably Evil act and lays into the old man. Flash Thompson delivers one of these to Peter in "Intervention". For more, see What the Hell, Hero?. | |
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Obligatory Joke | |
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Obligatory Joke: "Oh, I'm sorry, Hammerhead can't come to the phone right now. He's a bit 'tied up'. Heh, you gotta love the classics." | |
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Animation Bump | |
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Animation Bump: The fights tend to look really good. | |
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Almost Kiss | |
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Almost Kiss: Peter and Gwen do this in "Identity Crisis". And again, as of "Final Curtain." They stop just in time to not betray their current significant others till they break-up with them. Hammerhead and Silver Sable in "Probable Cause" and again in "Gangland." | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Peter wasn't responsible for Electro's descent into darkness, but he sure helped push him over the edge. Peter is mortified once he realizes this and tries to apologize, but it's too little, too late. | |
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Freak Out | |
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Freak Out: Electro snaps, unable to cope with his loss of humanity. Doctor Octopus suffers traumatic the radiation fusing his mechanical arms with his spinal column, and goes from meek to megalomaniacal. | |
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How We Got Here | |
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How We Got Here: "Catalysts" and "First Steps" have this beginning. | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: | |
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Left Hanging | |
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Left Hanging: As of the second season finale, there are a few unresolved plot threads, such as Miles Warren taking control of Connors' old lab and using it to perform illegal experiments to create super soldiers. | |
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Dramatic Drop | |
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Dramatic Drop: Gwen Stacy drops her books in shock at finding Harry Osborn passed out cold on the ground. | |
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He's Back! | |
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One of the first shots of the intro is of a Daily Bugle headline declaring "He's Back!". The previous animated Spider-Man series last aired five years before Spectacular. So yeah, Spidey is back and it is kind of a big deal. | |
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Large Ham | |
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Large Ham: Specifically, Evil Is Hammy: "We're VENOM!!" Eddie. Doc Ock, especially the first time he speaks after his "Freak Lab Accident": "Silence, you imperious moron!!!" He later gets scenery-chewing lines like "Arachniiiiid!", "TREACHERYYYYYYYYYY!!!", and ""L. Thompson Lincoln is WEAK!!!" The Green Goblin. 'Nuff said. "Behold, I am Mysterio!" The Vulture seems to have No Indoor Voice. | |
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ConservationOfNinjitsu | |
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Conservation of Ninjutsu: In "Group Therapy" Spider-Man defeats the Sinister Six in battle towards the end despite being outmatched by them at the beginning. This is justified in that it wasn't Peter Parker doing the fighting that night, but the symbiote piloting his body to defeat them. | |
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BFG | |
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BFG: Silver Sable uses a large firearm. | |
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Artistic License – Law | |
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Artistic License – Law: Averted. A police officer in the first episode points out that most of the crooks Spider-Man captures get let off. Roping up a criminal and leaving them outside a police station is a bad way to get them convicted. Spidey redeems himself later on by focusing on apprehending super villains who are very publicly wreaking havoc, in view of witnesses or engaged by police. note Arguably, even before then, he was doing some good; according to Tombstone, the rumors of a giant spider roping up crooks was scaring his underlings off the street. | |
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Oblivious Guilt Slinging | |
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Oblivious Guilt Slinging: Invoked, by Harry pretending to be oblivious but really being a Manipulative Bastard. | |
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Nerd Glasses | |
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Nerd Glasses: As per usual, Peter Parker used to wear these during the time that he was an ordinary high school student before he was bitten by the radioactive spider. | |
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Saved by the Church Bell | |
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Saved by the Church Bell: The first season adapts the famous, but brief scene of Peter using church bells to get rid of the Venom symbiote into an entire episode. It takes place in a Battle in the Center of the Mind where the symbiote acts as a devil on his shoulder tempting Peter to evil, only for Peter to be reminded of his loved ones and reject the symbiote as the ringing drives it off. | |
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Grappling-Hook Pistol | |
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Grappling-Hook Pistol: Spider-Man's webshooters and Black Cat's rope shooter. | |
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Lampshaded Double Entendre | |
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Lampshaded Double Entendre: Peter and Harry both know what "nice personality" usually means, and the viewers are expected to as well. | |
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Psycho Serum | |
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Psycho Serum: Globulin Green, an addictive steroid, causes blackouts and gives its user a Superpowered Evil Side. It's a handy way to adapt the comic book Harry's famous drug addiction for Saturday morning cartoons. | |
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Hopeless Suitor | |
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Hopeless Suitor: Liz Allan verges on this with Peter in the second season, even when they actually are dating. Despite being completely empathetic and nice to him, Peter is preoccupied with Gwen for most of the time, to the point that when leaving in the middle of a date, he apologizes to Gwen who is double-dating with Harry and ignores Liz. | |
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Jerk Jock | |
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Jerk Jock: Flash Thompson (as always), Kenny "King" Kong. Flash is kind of softening up, though; He's the one who brought Pete back down to earth and clued him in on the way he was acting while bonded to the symbiote. | |
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Bait-and-Switch | |
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Bait-and-Switch: Kingsley does this in "Accomplices". He even uses the phrase. The Green Goblin's identity is also handled in such a manner. | |
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Villain with Good Publicity | |
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Villain with Good Publicity: The Corrupt Corporate Executive Norman Osborn and The Big Man, L. Thompson Lincoln, who is the philanthropic public face of crimelord Tombstone. Note that Tombstone manages to pull this off despite having white skin, an incredibly gravelly voice, and sharpened teeth that all make him look Obviously Evil. That is some good publicity. Lampshaded even: "L. Thomson Lincoln? He looks a little strange but is a good man." | |
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Deadly Dodging | |
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Deadly Dodging: Spider-Man does this to cause Shocker to destroy a building and again to get the Rhino to rupture sewer pipes. And constantly during the Sinister Six fights. Lampshaded in the first season finale when he tricks Venom into punching a float, causing it to slowly descend: Subverted in the second season when THE RHINO, of all people, manages to make this backfire on him. | |
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Absurdly Spacious Sewer | |
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Absurdly Spacious Sewer: The New York sewer system is marvelously cavernous, which is convenient for Spider-Man and his Rogues Gallery's fights. | |
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That Man Is Dead | |
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"Don't call me Max! The name is Electro! ELECTRO, I TELL YOU!" | |
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Stiff Upper Lip | |
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Stiff Upper Lip: The Osborns' oh-so-English butler greets Spider-Man with the same blasé tone of voice that he does Norman and Harry. | |
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Abhorrent Admirer | |
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Abhorrent Admirer: Peter shudders every time Aunt May brings up Mary Jane's "wonderful personality" until he actually meets her, likely assuming that she wouldn't be as great as Aunt May says. He was dead wrong. | |
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New Year Has Come | |
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New Year Has Come: "Shear Strength". Features plenty of date anxiety as Mary Jane schemes for Peter and Gwen to be together at midnight. When the ball drops, there's a Relationship Upgrade, that's for sure... but with Liz. | |
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Flaw Exploitation | |
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Flaw Exploitation: This is Spider-Man's standard MO for defeating villains. Doctor Octopus attempts to do this with a Hostage for MacGuffin. | |
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Stalker with a Crush | |
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The Venom we see here is more or less based on how the character was originally conceived (albeit with Eddie Brock having the backstory and role of the Ultimate version), complete with the suit having a Stalker with a Crush affection for Spider-Man himself, and likewise fighting with Spider-Man sleepwalking. The series also emphasized that the Symbiote has a real personality and drive on its own. Likewise, the fact that it sees Eddie Brock as a weak substitute for Peter Parker is also true to how the character was conceived. | |
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Hit Flash | |
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Hit Flash: In a shocker for an action cartoon series, this trope is almost completely averted; the only time it's used is for the first-person perspective punches. | |
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Third-Person Person | |
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Third-Person Person: Mysterio and Kraven. Venom, on the other hand, refers to himself in the first-person plural. Doc Ock and Green Goblin do this sometimes as well. And sometimes Electro. | |
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No One Could Survive That! | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_8c96ae78 | comment |
No One Could Survive That!: In the season 2 finale, the Green Goblin, a.k.a. Norman Osborn, atop his trademark flyer sails right into a roof-mounted pumpkin-bomb launcher—which proceeds to go boom with gusto. At the end of the episode, we see a newly blond and facial-hair-sporting Norman Osborn boarding a flight to the Cayman island. | |
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Green and Mean | |
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Green and Mean: The Green Goblin, of course. Doc Ock, The Lizard, and Mysterio fit as well. | |
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Took a Level in Jerkass | |
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Took a Level in Jerkass: After Doc Ock's tentacle harness fuses to him due to the lab accident, he goes from a meek, nervous little man into an Evil Genius and Large Ham thanks to the brain damage that he suffers from. | |
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The Good Captain | |
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The Good Captain: Captain George Stacy and Colonel Jupiter. | |
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Wham Episode | |
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Wham Episode: "The Uncertainty Principle", "Identity Crisis", and "Final Curtain" are these types of episodes. | |
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Revisiting the Roots | |
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Revisiting the Roots: While John Jameson returning from space with a transformative "condition" is a recurring plot in various adaptations, this marks the first one to use the alien spores his comic self came into contact with once, rather than the traditional magic werewolf moon amulet. | |
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The Voiceless | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_8ec0abf | comment |
The Voiceless: A running gag is that Hobie Brown, one of Flash's gang, never says anything onscreen. Doesn't stop him from trying. He finally gets to speak, as Puck of A Midsummer Night's Dream, in "Final Curtain"... but not with his real face! Also, Emily Osborn does not have any lines. | |
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Pint-Sized Powerhouse | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_8f1450ba | comment |
Pintsized Powerhouse: According to Spidey himself in a season 1 episode, he's only 5'6. | |
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Lies to Children | |
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Lies to Children: When Venom webs up Gwen to a Thankgiving parade balloon and a little boy notices, his mother nervously says "She's so lifelike!" | |
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Yawn and Reach | |
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Yawn and Reach: Flash tries it on Mary Jane at one point. | |
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Cliff Hanger | |
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Cliffhanger: There is a big one in "Growing Pains" when Venom bursts through the window of the Daily Bugle and tells Jameson (and in front of Pete): And of course, there's the infamous 'Norman Osborn is alive' series ending. | |
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Evil Genius | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_90769dd0 | comment |
Chameleon, Beck, and Mason start out as one, with the somewhat unusual detail that all three are the Evil Genius type of villain. | |
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Femme Fatale | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_90b66e22 | comment |
Femme Fatale: The Black Cat. | |
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Our Goblins Are Different | |
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Our Goblins Are Different: They're green and they throw exploding pumpkins. | |
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Rule of Symbolism | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_916c72b3 | comment |
Rule of Symbolism: Eddie Brock gives Mary Jane a ride on his motorcycle, whilst he tells about his (strained) friendship with Peter. She doesn't know at first, but this ride is a telling look into Brock's true nature. Initially, he's driving smoothly, even while mentioning how he and Peter were childhood friends who were orphaned. But when he starts resentfully rattling off all of Peter's mishaps from the past season, his driving grows reckless and even dangerous. Seeing this as a red flag of Brock's bitter nature (and irresponsible driving), Mary Jane demands she get off. | |
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From a Single Cell | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_92eb3e7c | comment |
From a Single Cell: Several. | |
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| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_93773e14 | type |
TransformationTrauma | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_93773e14 | comment |
Transformation Trauma: Again, Connors' transformation into the Lizard. Flint Marko's transformation into the Sandman, a painful process that culminates when he explodes into sand. | |
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Betty and Veronica | |
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Betty and Veronica: Gwen fills the role of Betty, but curiously enough, the role of Veronica is zigzagged between his other love interests at different times. This would include Liz (his major crush with Gwen), Black Cat and Mary Jane (which is short-lived in this adaptation due to its cancellation). | |
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Dynamic Entry | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_950329d8 | comment |
Dynamic Entry: Venom performs this on Spider-Man several times. Not to mention Gobby's window-smashing entry into Tombstone's gala. | |
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Villainous Breakdown | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_957e5fc2 | comment |
Villainous Breakdown: Dr. Octopus suffers a rather calm breakdown in Shear Strength. Eddie Brock suffers one in Season 2. "Don't know anyone named Max! The name's Electro! ELECTRO, I TELL YOU!" | |
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Faux Affably Evil | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_95b7c400 | comment |
After stealing the credit for the Vulture's flight technology, Norman Osborn drops his Faux Affably Evil act and lays into the old man. | |
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Badass Bystander | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_9633f14b | comment |
Badass Bystander: When the Lizard is about to bite Spidey's head off in a subway train, some old lady hits him (the Lizard) on the head with her purse. For emphasis: The Lizard is seven or so feet tall, built like a truck, and has many, many sharp, pointy teeth that he has shown no compunction about using. This old woman saved Spider-Man's life with a handbag. | |
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*Drool* Hello | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_969bc7d9 | comment |
*Drool* Hello: A bystander attempts to hide from the Lizard's rampage through a subway station by ducking into an alcove. Cue the drips of saliva falling on her head. | |
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Adaptational Diversity | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_970b51b6 | comment |
Adaptational Diversity: The series features a Gwen Stacy and an Aunt May who require glasses, a Hispanic Liz Allan and Molten Man, an Asian version of Kenny "King Kong" McFarlane (renamed "Kenny Kong"), a Native American Jean DeWolff, a black Nicholas Bromwell and Roderick Kingsley and a Korean Ned Leeds (renamed "Ned Lee"). | |
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Big Bad | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_970c790a | comment |
Though a lot of these were the result of the machinations of one or more of the show's three Big Bads - Tombstone, Doc Ock, or Norman Osborn, rather than isolated encounters. What's really interesting is the show's justification for why there are so many supervillains running around: The Big Bads had them created to keep Spider-Man busy and thus unable to interfere with their standard criminal operations. | |
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Safety in Muggles | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_973ba076 | comment |
Safety in Muggles: Tombstone won't fight Spidey in public. | |
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Never My Fault | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_973d220f | comment |
Never My Fault: The people at fault dump blame on poor ol' Peter and Spider-Man all the time. Epitomized by Max/Electro. His condition came as a direct result of his own carelessness (placing a power screw driver on top of the server rack he's working on, trying to force the server out of it's casing, and disregarding electrical safety, all while in a lab full of volatile experiments and hyper electric eels) but the way he talks about it, all blame falls on Doc Connors. | |
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Rewatch Bonus | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_97926168 | comment |
Rewatch Bonus: The twist that Norman Osborn was the Green Goblin all along and set it up to look like Harry was is done amazingly well, with everything being carefully laid out in advance to the point that both the audience and Spider-Man believed the ruse for a while. According to Word of God, Mary Jane had figured out that Peter was Spider-Man before they met. This explains why she's so forgiving of Peter missing things or suddenly running off (the very thing that can make his relationships so hard). Had the series been continued, it likely would have been revealed in the third season. | |
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Throw the Dog a Bone | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_98576799 | comment |
Throw the Dog a Bone: Hobie Brown is given the role of Puck in "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" after having previously been interrupted every time he opens his mouth in the show. | |
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Master of Illusion | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_985d6d7f | comment |
Master of Illusion: Beck, the Chameleon's special effects wizard, who, in season 2, dons the guise of Mysterio. | |
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Falling Chandelier of Doom | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_98c4ea5f | comment |
Falling Chandelier of Doom: "Gangland" features one. | |
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Meta Origin | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_995ad130 | comment |
Meta Origin: Oscorp and the ESU lab bring together many origin stories that are unconnected in the comics. | |
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Hand Blast | |
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Hand Blast: Shocker, Electro, and Green Goblin. Goblin combines this with Finger Gun. | |
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Heroic Bystander | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_9a2aee13 | comment |
Heroic Bystander: Eddie Brock defends his friends from Electro, and helps Spider-Man fight the Lizard. John Jameson helps Spidey find a timebomb. Flash Thompson subverts this, putting himself in harm's way several times, but other times plays it straight to help Spidey out (such as when he and MJ rallied the football team to help save Gwen at the Thanksgiving parade). | |
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HA HA HA—No | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_9aaad071 | comment |
HA HA HA—No: Inverted by the Rhino in "Accomplices," when he agrees to team up with Spider-Man to destroy the schematics behind his suit. | |
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Evil Counterpart | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_9b54d536 | comment |
Spider-Man's web bullets to most of his enemies. Venom's, however, are definitely not. | |
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Evolutionary Levels | |
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Evolutionary Levels: "Lizard DNA is more primitive than human". | |
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Took a Level in Badass | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: Eddie Brock returns in the second season with what seems to be his own mechanical webshooters, and, more importantly, enough ninja skills to reliably track Spidey across the city and mislead him into thinking that Venom is back before actually reuniting with the symbiote. Justified since Eddie is a Genius Bruiser plus his temporary fusion with the symbiote gave him access to Peter's experiences and knowledge, including how to make the web shooters and Spider-Man's usual patrolling routes. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_9bcd82c0 | |
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Spot the Imposter | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_9c6da41b | comment |
An interesting variation occurs during a Spot the Imposter scene between Spidey and the Chameleon, as the proof is not just what's said but how it's reacted to. | |
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Heroic Fire Rescue | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_9ca24902 | comment |
Heroic Fire Rescue: Colonel Jupiter's first attempt at heroics. | |
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Evil Costume Switch | |
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Evil Costume Switch: Doctor Octopus changes his wardrobe after becoming evil. Spider-Man's black suit symbiote could technically count as this, given that he becomes more prone to making questionable choices while under the symbiote's influence. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: While virtually every Chekhov's Gunman could qualify, Season 2 earns mention when Harry literally casts the Goblin's shadow. | |
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Made of Iron | |
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Made of Iron: Doctor Octopus's abilities reside solely in his Combat Tentacles, with his being a fairly unathletic middle-aged scientist meaning he doesn't really have any physical abilities of his own to speak of. Despite this, he can somehow takes hits at least as well as any other character in the show. | |
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This Is Reality | |
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This Is Reality: Spider-Man tries to use bowling balls to make Rhino trip and failing: | |
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Continuity Nod | |
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In a Continuity Nod, we see this guy propose to the same girl in "Gangland". | |
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This Is Gonna Suck | |
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This Is Gonna Suck: Spidey says this line (substituting "hurt" for "suck") in "Accomplices". During a fight near a frozen river, Spidey jumps onto the icy surface and beckons the Rhino to follow him. He does, only to realize that he's gonna go under when the Webhead tosses him the oxygen tank he was holding and gives us this gem: | |
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Flight | |
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Flight: The Vulture's magnetic air transport system and the Green Goblin's Tech-Flight glider allow them to fly. | |
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis! | |
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Venom (after Spider-Man bashes a bat against lockers, creating soundwaves that weaken him): And Doc Ock (extenuating each word by slamming Spidey around): | |
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Indulgent Fantasy Segue | |
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Indulgent Fantasy Segue: Otto Octavius fantasizes about attacking his domineering boss Norman Osborn mere minutes before his mechanical tentacles harness fuse to his spine during a Freak Lab Accident, after which he does it for real. | |
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Elite Mooks | |
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Elite Mooks: Tombstone's bodyguards. | |
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Leitmotif | |
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Leitmotif: Snippets from the 1960's and 1990's series can be heard in the background music. Several of the characters have melodies associated with them as well or failing that have some kind of instrument that accompanies them - the most notable of these is Rhino, whose menacing fanfare tends to take over the soundtrack whenever he's on a rampage. | |
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Not Now, Kiddo | |
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Not Now, Kiddo: Shocker dismisses O'Hirn this way when fighting Spider-Man. J. Jonah Jameson dismisses Peter this way... while waiting for the guy with the Spider-Man photos. | |
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Cut Lex Luthor a Check | |
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Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Inverted. Norman Osborn and the Big Man turn a profit by antagonizing Spider-Man. One gets research funding, while the other keeps Spidey too distracted by Supervillains to bother with him. Mysterio and Tinker play it straight, though. Those Ridiculously Human Robots must cost a ton of money, and they would likely make them tons of profit legitimately. Green Goblin's squad of hover-tanks would also revolutionize warfare if he sold them to the government instead of giving them to gang-bangers. Sort of. Given Norman Osborn's history of screwing genius inventors out of their ideas, creating Ridiculously Human Robots and using them for petty crime might be the only near-viable course of action available. | |
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First Kiss | |
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First Kiss: Peter's first kiss was actually given to him by Black Cat at the end of "Persona". It was a classic Spider-Man Upside Down Kiss. | |
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Rogues Gallery | |
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Rogues Gallery: The Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Electro, the Sandman, and Venom are among the most frequently recurring foes. | |
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Lizard Folk | |
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Lizard Folk: Well, The Lizard. | |
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The Dog Was the Mastermind | |
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The Dog Was the Mastermind: Discussed by Norman and Harry in the final episode, where Harry brings up the possibility of his mother being the Green Goblin. Norman just shrugs in response with a confused look. | |
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Mean Boss | |
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Mean Boss: Norman Osborn and J. Jonah Jameson are both this. | |
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Dumb Muscle | |
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Subverted in the second season when THE RHINO, of all people, manages to make this backfire on him. | |
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Benevolent Boss | |
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Benevolent Boss: Tombstone goes out of his way to save Hammerhead. | |
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Dogged Nice Guy | |
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Dogged Nice Guy: Subverted when Betty Brant turns down Peter's advances after a talk with Aunt May. | |
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-0.3 | |
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Adaptation Dye-Job | |
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Adaptation Dye-Job: Sally goes from being a brunette in the comics to a blonde here. Also, Liz Allan, who was originally blonde, becomes a brunette (though, this change is not restricted to hair color in her case). | |
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The Notable Numeral | |
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The Notable Numeral: The Sinister Six, as always. | |
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Niceness Denial | |
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Niceness Denial: In "First Steps", Flint Marko uses his power to construct a sandcastle big enough to stand inside for a little girl after some older kids tease her for struggling to build a small sandcastle on her own. Seeing this, Hammerhead taunts him for seemingly going soft, but Flint insists he was only doing it to scare those teenagers, not for her - an excuse which falls a bit flat given that he even made sure to give the girl her shovel and bucket back afterwards and told her not to stay out too late. | |
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Chic and Awe | |
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Chic and Awe: In one episode, Peter has no one to go to prom with and moans as his aunt tells him she set him up with a friend's niece. He mentions all the red flags he's about this girl and shudders as he goes to open the door... only to trip over his words as he sees a cute red-head, Mary-Jane Watson, for the first time. | |
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Animated Adaptation | |
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Animated Adaptation: This show is widely considered an Adaptation Distillation of the Spider-Man mythos. While the show does stay true to the comics (through being based on the early comic stories by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko; the show brought in characters, story lines, and plot elements with a similar balance of action, drama and comedy as well as a high school setting), it also tends to utilize material from all eras of the comic's run and other sources such as the more recent ones, the Ultimate Spider-Man comics, and the Sam Raimi movies, making a Spider-Man cartoon that is recognizable to both older and younger fans. | |
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Joker Immunity | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_a6cbef9a | comment |
Joker Immunity: The show definitely likes to bring back old villains. | |
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Karma Houdini | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: Black Cat, but thankfully not her dad, who murdered Uncle Ben and stays in prison despite Black Cat's break out attempt. Flash receives NO comeuppance whatsoever for his acts of bullying and stealing towards Peter. In fact, he's never even called out on it. Also, Norman Osborn, Chameleon, Silver Sable, Hammerhead, Vulture, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, Sandman, Tombstone and the Symbiote. To expand on the spoiler above, the last scene of the last episode features Norman Osborn taking his vacation and rubbing his Houdininess directly in the viewer's face. Downer Ending indeed. | |
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Imagine Spot | |
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Imagine Spot: When asked to try out for the football team with Harry, Peter has a brief, absurdist fantasy of making touchdowns while in costume and wearing a football helmet. | |
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy | |
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: The Vulture clearly attended before he added lasers to his harness. | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity: Surprisingly, Rhino. He not only gets the idea to find Peter Parker to get close to Spider-Man, but also outsmarts Spider-Man in a one on one fight. | |
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Your Approval Fills Me with Shame | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_a7e47a11 | comment |
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: In "Catalysts", Spidey manages to get rid of a Time Bomb of Green Goblin's dropped off at a party held by Tombstone just in time, earning his applause. | |
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Meet Cute | |
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Meet Cute: Spidey facilitates this when he saves two passers-by from a runaway sports car by webbing them up together. | |
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Super-Strength | |
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The superstrong Rhino's costume is tough, but fused to his skin, so he only perspires from his exposed face. Spider-Man traps him in a sewer steam-tunnel, which causes Rhino to overheat and collapse. | |
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Motifs | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_aa2cd0c9 | comment |
Motifs: Speakspeare Quotes, The Opera, A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
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1.0 | |
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Totally Radical | |
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Totally Radical: Averted with the usage of common slang, such as "Don't go emo on me, bro." | |
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-1.0 | |
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EvilVsEvil | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_aac2244a | comment |
Evil vs. Evil: In season one, we have the Green Goblin vs. Tombstone and his gang. In season two, we have Dr. Ock and the Sinister Six vs. Silvermane and his gang vs. Tombstone and his gang (with Hammerhead as The Starscream). And then the Green Goblin came back and outplayed them all. | |
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Undercover When Alone | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ab3ecc1d | comment |
Undercover When Alone: The Green Goblin in the penultimate episode. | |
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1.0 | |
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Dramatic Irony | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ab5eea65 | comment |
Dramatic Irony: Peter sees Jameson is calling him and doesn't pick up his phone, presuming that he's just going to yell about not getting pictures. Instead, he's calling to let Peter know Aunt May had a heart attack. | |
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Closer to Earth | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ab9311f0 | comment |
Closer to Earth: Among the friend trio of Peter, Gwen and Harry, it is Gwen who is most observant and concerned for Harry. | |
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1.0 | |
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Soundtrack Dissonance | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_abad35b4 | comment |
Soundtrack Dissonance: "Gangland" has a three-way (four after Spidey joins the fray) fight between Tombstone, Silvermane, and Doc Ock set to opera music. Justified in that an opera show was playing at the time. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_abad35b4 | |
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Wolf Man | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_abf92023 | comment |
Wolf Man: Spidey refers to mutant Kraven as one of these, even though there's no evidence of wolf DNA in his change. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_abf92023 | |
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming | |
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: The episode titles are all derived from scientific terminology, grouped by field: Weisman has referred to the season 1 groups as "Biology 101", "Economics 101", "Chemistry 101", and "Psychology 101". Season 2 has "Engineering 101", "Pediatrics 101", "Criminology 101" and finally, "Theatrics 101". | |
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De-power | |
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De-power: Curt Connors, John Jameson, and Eddie Brock are reverted to normal humans by Spider-Man, the former two only having powers for one episode each. Although given their main continuity history, it's highly unlikely they would've remained normal for very long. | |
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Save the Villain | |
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Save the Villain: Spider-Man, to his dismay, saves Electro from Master Planner's Collapsing Lair. In the Rhino's (technical) introduction episode, Spider-Man tries to save him from falling twenty stories to the street, but he's so heavy that his webs snap. Luckily, his armor is so think that the Rhino says the fall was no more damaging that a thrill ride. The first episode has Spider-Man saving Norman Osborn, who's already a Corrupt Corporate Executive and will soon become his Arch-Enemy. | |
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Aesop Collateral Damage | |
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Aesop Collateral Damage: The origin of Spider-Man is all about this: he refuses to stop a fleeing criminal and Uncle Ben is subsequently killed by that criminal, teaching our hero that valuable lesson that With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility. | |
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The Masochism Tango | |
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The Masochism Tango: Randy Robertson/Sally Avril; seriously, Rand, why? | |
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Knockout Gas | |
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Knockout Gas: One of the Green Goblin's tools. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: As always, Spider-Man is the king of deadpan snarking. Although, some of the other characters have some moments of being this as well. An example would be Professor Warren: A special mention also goes to John Jameson, who reacts to his growing twice his size and having to wear a containment suit with snarking. | |
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Expository Theme Tune | |
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Expository Theme Tune: The theme song boasts about how Spider-Man is an awesome hero who fights criminals to defend the city. | |
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Face–Heel Turn | |
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Face–Heel Turn: Eddie Brock was originally Peter's childhood friend (as in the Ultimate Spider-Man comics) at the start of season one, but over time he developed a burning hatred for Peter Parker AND Spider-Man. After he bonds with the symbiote, he learns that they're the same person and becomes Venom. | |
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Setting Update | |
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Just like in the comics, Peter is a loner hero who solves his problems on his own without adult mentors or sidekicks and he balances his school and superhero life himself. Of course, the series still provides some setting updates and changes, but it maintained that core of Peter as a non-sidekick teenage hero far more faithfully than any other version of the character (who tended to take an Adaptation Distillation approach). | |
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Be Careful What You Wish For | |
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Be Careful What You Wish For: In "Group Therapy", just before going to sleep, Peter remarks, "I wish I could just wake up tomorrow, with Doc and his merry morons back in jail." Oh, he gets his wish alright, but at the cost of losing himself to the symbiote, waking up exhausted, and being out of the loop for a whole day that his aunt has had a heart attack. | |
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Abusive Parents | |
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Abusive Parents: Norman Osborn barely conceals his contempt for his son Harry, from snide criticisms to parental neglect and blatant displays of favoritism towards Harry's best friend Peter. Harry's mother barely acknowledges him. Osborn takes this to a whole new level after revealing that he was the Green Goblin. Not only did he accuse his son of being the Green Goblin, but he faked a limp and then injured his own son's leg in order to make it look more believable. The creepiest part is that, after all this, Norman claims it was all out of love for Harry, claiming that "he never would have learned to become a man" without it. Wow... what a psycho. It gets much worse when you realize, due to Harry's angst at the end of that episode, that it worked. | |
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Could Have Been Messy | |
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Could Have Been Messy: Spider-Man constantly engages in nick-of-time Deadly Dodging, otherwise he'd have been pulped into a fine mist before the first episode ended. (Justified in that he has Spider-Sense and super reflexes for just that reason, which is to avoid getting hit.) | |
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Bottomless Magazines | |
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Bottomless Magazines: The spike-ball guns used by the mooks in the Batman Cold Open in "Nature Vs. Nurture." | |
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Playing Cyrano | |
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Playing Cyrano: Flash Thompson tries to get Peter to help him impress a girl immune to his Jerk Jock charms. | |
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No OSHA Compliance | |
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No OSHA Compliance: The refinery Death Course Green Goblin sets for Spider-Man and Tombstone. | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: "Don't get all emo on me, bro." | |
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Truer to the Text | |
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Truer to the Text: The Spectacular Spider-Man is the most faithful adaptation of the Spider-Man comics (along with his mythos, supporting cast, allies, rogues gallery, etc) in comparison to most of the Spider-Man adaptations that have been created before the show: Just like in the comics, Peter is a loner hero who solves his problems on his own without adult mentors or sidekicks and he balances his school and superhero life himself. Of course, the series still provides some setting updates and changes, but it maintained that core of Peter as a non-sidekick teenage hero far more faithfully than any other version of the character (who tended to take an Adaptation Distillation approach). This version of the Green Goblin is much more faithful to his comic book counterpart than most versions (particularly the Fox animated and Spider-Man Trilogy versions) since they argued that Norman was a flawed but decent man turned evil. In this adaptation, Norman is the Green Goblin, "a bad man turned worse" and his psychopathic, manipulative, abusive Mad Bomber aesthetic, as well as his Gaslighting of his own son, is Norman Osborn in all his ugliness. Likewise, the Goblin's personality and plans for the two seasons, i.e. take over New York's underworld and killing Spider-Man, are faithful to how Steve Ditko depicted him in the comics, as are his great athleticism and flexibility. The Venom we see here is more or less based on how the character was originally conceived (albeit with Eddie Brock having the backstory and role of the Ultimate version), complete with the suit having a Stalker with a Crush affection for Spider-Man himself, and likewise fighting with Spider-Man sleepwalking. The series also emphasized that the Symbiote has a real personality and drive on its own. Likewise, the fact that it sees Eddie Brock as a weak substitute for Peter Parker is also true to how the character was conceived. Mary Jane Watson's physical appearance and personality as an aloof and noncommittal, but genuinely warm and loyal friend for both Peter and Gwen are true to how she was originally portrayed in the comics. Likewise, for being the only friend in Peter's circle who doesn't have baggage and is more or less on good terms with everyone. She also doesn't end up very often as a Damsel in Distress and is a hero in her own right when she comes to rescue Gwen from Venom in the finale of Season 1, getting the rest of M-Cube to use the parade float as a giant cushion for her fall. | |
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Too Dumb to Live | |
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Too Dumb to Live: When Spidey apparently walks right into an ambush and gets pounded, Shocker uses these exact words to describe him. He's wrong though. | |
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Face Framed in Shadow | |
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Face Framed in Shadow: Walter Hardy, in "Opening Night". | |
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Briar Patching | |
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Briar Patching: This was used and referenced during one of Spidey's fights with the Shocker. | |
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Operation: Jealousy | |
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Operation: Jealousy: Peter's smug arm-fold after accepting a date with Liz right after MJ claimed they were Just Friends indicates that he probably has this at least slightly in mind. Given how Gwen glances over at Peter and Liz before saying yes to dating Harry, it seems she had this in mind too | |
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Institutional Apparel | |
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Institutional Apparel: The Vault's inmates are all in the orange jumpsuits. | |
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Love Triangle | |
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Love Triangle: A fairly straightforward one as of the end of season 2 between Harry, Gwen and Peter. complicated by the fact that Harry is aware of Peter and Gwen's mutual attraction, but they are unaware that he knows. | |
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HollywoodCyborg | |
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Hollywood Cyborg: Doctor Octopus. | |
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Glowing Eyes of Doom | |
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Glowing Eyes of Doom: Electro and Molten Man. Although since that their powers are energy-based, it's expected. | |
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Color Motif | |
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Color Motif: Greg Weisman deliberately used color to denote different aspects of Peter's life. They appear to break down as such: Blue represents Peter's personal identity, between his blue bedroom, blue shirt, and the blue on the Spider-Man costume. Yellow seems to represent safety, friendship and family: yellow house, yellow school and biology classroom (his best subject), Gwen and Eddie both have blonde hair (No longer visible on Eddie after he becomes Venom), Aunt May dresses in yellow and feeds Peter banana-cream pie, even Jameson, Peter's source of employment, dresses in yellow. Green represents danger: many of the villains dress in green (And the main villain even has "Green" in his name), even down to Doc Ock wearing green goggles and jumpsuit, and the Osborns all wear green, while Oscorp is largely lit with green light. Colonel Jupiter has a green and yellow costume, denoting him as an apparent ally who becomes an enemy. Red may represent new things in Peter's life which could be good or bad: MJ and Harry have red hair, Vulture (the first of a trend of supervillains) has red armor, and the red on Spider-Man's costume. This might be reaching a bit, but Black may represent moral ambiguity: Black Cat is an obvious example, while Venom eventually becomes more anti-heroic in the comics, something which may have eventually happened on the show as well, had it not been cancelled. Further, Tombstone dresses in a black suit: he's definitely a bad guy, but doesn't want to make war with Spider-Man if he doesn't have to. | |
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Ink-Suit Actor | |
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Ink-Suit Actor: Adrian Toomes is a caricature of Robert England. | |
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How Much More Can He Take? | |
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How Much More Can He Take?: This is arguable one of the show's flaws. After taking five minutes of pounding from a supervillain without slowing down at all, it can get hard to care. | |
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Power Nullifier | |
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Power Nullifier: The "gene cleanser" antidote for Curt Connors' transformation, a tube of which Peter considers taking himself, and later washes down the sink, as an affirmation that Spider-Man is "his destiny". | |
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Ironic Echo Cut | |
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Ironic Echo Cut: "Intervention" Tombstone says "That's the deal." Cut to Martha Connors saying "That's the deal." | |
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The Gimmick | |
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The Gimmick: Spider-Man possesses several: The Spider theme, the quick wit, and, out of universe, One of Us. | |
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Fiery Redhead | |
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Fiery Redhead: Mary Jane Watson. | |
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I Shall Taunt You | |
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I Shall Taunt You: Spidey's preferred method of fighting the bad guys is to quip until they get so pissed off that they lose focus. It doesn't work very well against Green Goblin, who matches him taunt for taunt. Spider-Man even compliments him on his banter. | |
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Genius Bruiser | |
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Genius Bruiser: As always, Spider-Man is both intelligent and strong. Tombstone, Hammerhead, Kraven. Venom qualifies as well; in the show, Eddie Brock is Dr Connors' assistant. | |
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Mirror Scare | |
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Mirror Scare: Octavius discovers the Green Goblin in this way. It's also inverted when the viewer sees Harry's face reflected as the Green Goblin. | |
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Costume Copycat | |
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Costume Copycat: Chameleon disguises himself as Spider-Man to perform a series of robberies. | |
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So Proud of You | |
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So Proud of You: Norman Osborn, after revealed to be the real Green Goblin, says he's never been so proud of Harry in the second season finale. A shame poor Harry probably didn't hear him... | |
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Clear My Name | |
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Clear My Name: It happens on quite a few occasions. Also, Jameson tends to blame Spider-Man for crimes in a lot of episodes, sometimes accusing him of working with the villain even when Spider-Man was clearly trying to stop them. | |
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Berserk Button | |
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Berserk Button: "Don't call me Max! The name is Electro! ELECTRO, I TELL YOU!" Let's just say that Doc Ock doesn't appreciate witty banter. | |
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Villain Reveals the Secret | |
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Villain Reveals the Secret: Venom reveals Peter's secret to the Daily Bugle. Subverted in a Surprisingly Realistic Outcome when the Bugle decides that a supervillain is not a reliable source, investigates, and concludes there is not enough evidence. | |
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Idiosyncratic Wipes | |
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Idiosyncratic Wipes: Spider hordes, symbiote pseudopods, and pumpkin bombs. | |
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Brief Accent Imitation | |
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Brief Accent Imitation: Spider-Man mocks Shocker in this way. | |
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Superhero Paradox | |
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Super Hero Paradox: Invoked: some supervillains are created on Tombstone's orders to distract Spider-Man from his organization's more orthodox criminal efforts. Lampshaded in "Group Therapy:" | |
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Comical Coffee Cup | |
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Comical Coffee Cup: Doctor Octopus drinks from an "Evil Genius" mug at one point. | |
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When All You Have Is a Hammer… | |
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When All You Have Is a Hammer…: Sandman gets progressively more creative with the ability to turn into sand. By the time of season 2, he's using his sand-shifting with a finesse that would impress Sir Crocodile. | |
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Blonde, Brunette, Redhead | |
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Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Peter (Brunette), Harry (Redhead) and Gwen (Blonde). Mary Jane joined the group after Harry temporarily left the main cast. With Peter's love interests there's Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane and Liz Allen. | |
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Subverted Trope | |
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Flash Thompson subverts this, putting himself in harm's way several times, but other times plays it straight to help Spidey out (such as when he and MJ rallied the football team to help save Gwen at the Thanksgiving parade). | |
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Win Her a Prize | |
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Win Her a Prize: Peter did this for Liz in one episode. Naturally, the carnival was attacked by supervillains soon afterward. | |
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UnluckyChildhoodFriend | |
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Unlucky Childhood Friend: Gwen has this problem when trying to get Peter to notice her. Even after she kissed him, Pete is... "easily distracted," as MJ put it, and falls for the much more direct Liz Allen. Their UST finally headed for a resolution in the second finale only for a Love Triangle with Harry to put the hurt on again. | |
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Big "NO!" | |
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Venom does love it. He does a Big "NO!" of his own after being force-fed gene-cleanser and seeing the symbiote slowly separate from him. | |
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Car Fu | |
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Car Fu: Hammerhead's driver likes to practice it against Silver Sable. | |
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Irony | |
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When Mysterio is revealed to be another duplicate in "Opening Night", Spidey grimaces "I KNEW he was a bot" after making sure the one he put in jail wasn't, well, a bot. That's irony. | |
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Badass Bookworm | |
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Badass Bookworm: Peter Parker/Spider-Man is this, just like his comic book counterpart; As Peter, he is a geeky nerd who can solve your hardest algebra problems before breakfast is over. As Spider-Man, he is able to hand criminals their asses using his superhuman combat skills. | |
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Stepping Stones in the Sky | |
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Stepping Stones in the Sky: At the beginning of "Shear Strength". | |
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We Can Rule Together | |
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We Can Rule Together: Tombstone offers to pay Spidey to keep doing what he's doing already, with the caveat that he looks the other way whenever Tombstone says so. The Green Goblin makes a similar offer, declaring that he and Spider-Man could rule New York. During the opera house fight, Doc Ock proposes that he, Tombstone and Silvermane can share control of all of Manhattan... as soon as Spidey's out of the way. The Symbiote also makes this offer to Peter: "Join with us! Make our bond permanent. Together, nothing can stop us. And everything we ever wanted will be ours." | |
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Academy of Adventure | |
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Academy of Adventure: Midtown High, more so in Season 2 than in Season 1. Also, Empire State University (although, the fact that it's a school in addition to having a research lab is barely brought up). | |
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Yank the Dog's Chain | |
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Yank the Dog's Chain: Well, it is Spider-Man. Hey, look, someone else gets superpowers and decides to use them for good! Not. | |
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Non-Standard Character Design | |
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Non-Standard Character Design: Hammerhead is the only character with pupils. | |
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Insane Troll Logic | |
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Insane Troll Logic: Dr. Octopus hates Spider-Man as much as he hates Osborn because (before his accident) he'd been worried about Spider-Man tracing the Rhino and Sandman to him and coming for him. When he found Spider-Man at the scene when he woke up after the lab accident, he (based on his previous fear and the fact that Spider-Man was nearby) decides that Spider-Man was responsible for the attempt on his life and becomes his mortal enemy. | |
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All-Cheering All the Time | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_c617ae0e | comment |
All-Cheering All the Time: One episode has the supporting cast quoting Shakespeare passages in auditioning for the school play. Sally turns hers into a cheer. Needless to say, she doesn't get a part. | |
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Fallen Hero | |
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Fallen Hero: Peter Parker came VERY close when he gained the symbiote. However Eddie Brock didn't fare so well, though not a superhero he did pull some pretty courageous moves at the start of the season. Also, John Jameson when the spores begin to affect his mind. He kind of got better and sadly will stay that way since there is no season 3. | |
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Mêlée à Trois | |
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Mêlée à Trois: The massive battle between Silvermane, Tombstone, Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man in "Gangland". And a couple episodes earlier (in "Accomplices") with everyone's lieutenants: Silver Sable, Hammerhead, the Rhino, and Spidey. | |
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Enemy Without | |
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Enemy Without: Venom, as always. | |
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Collapsing Lair | |
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Spider-Man, to his dismay, saves Electro from Master Planner's Collapsing Lair. | |
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Dating Do-Si-Do | |
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Dating Do-Si-Do: Where to begin! Peter and Liz, Flash and Liz, Flash and Sha Shan, Gwen and Harry, Glory and Harry, Glory and Kenny, MJ and Peter, MJ and Mark, and so on... Wouldn't it be more interesting to start from one of them, then branch off and see how they are all connected? - Such as: MJ and Mark, MJ and Peter, Peter and Liz, Peter and Gwen, Gwen and Harry, Harry and Glory, Glory and Kenny...Somehow fit Flash and Liz in there to keep the connection going. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: It has its own page. | |
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On the Rebound | |
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On the Rebound: None of the female characters in Midtown High have any interest in this. When Liz's brother Mark believes Peter is taking interest in Gwen in the middle of their relationship, he warns Peter that she's too good to be "second choice" and Peter himself. Flash Thompson spends the second season trying to form a relationship with Sha Shan Nguyen after he and Liz broke up, but manages to do so when his attitude improves. | |
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Large and in Charge | |
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Large and in Charge: Tombstone. | |
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Open the Iris | |
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Open the Iris: In particular, Harry's irises shrink to pinpricks when he's angered under the influence of Globulin Green. | |
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Troperiffic | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_c89f0472 | comment |
Troperiffic: If you've made it this far, you know it is. Don't worry, you're almost to the end. | |
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Necro Cam | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_c9e7f2b | comment |
Necro Cam: The camera dives into Peter's bloodstream after the spider bites him in the opening theme. Also when we see Dr. Octopus' harness merge with his spine. | |
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ComesGreatInsanity | |
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Comes Great Insanity: Electro, Doctor Octopus, and Green Goblin. There is also a heroic example: John Jameson/"Colonel Jupiter" | |
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Damned by Faint Praise | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_cbe3d017 | comment |
Damned by Faint Praise: Subverted, when Aunt May sets Peter up with MJ, saying she has a "wonderful personality." Cue shudder from Peter... until he meets her. | |
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Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_cbe687ab | comment |
The Corrupt Corporate Executive Norman Osborn and The Big Man, L. Thompson Lincoln, who is the philanthropic public face of crimelord Tombstone. | |
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Non-Action Guy | |
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Non-Action Guy: Tinkerer, confirmed by Mysterio. | |
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Goofy Print Underwear | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_cc3c365f | comment |
Goofy Print Underwear: "Okay, the thermals with the hearts were half-price and in no way reflect my very high macho quotient!" | |
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Word of God | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_cc4b45f6 | comment |
Word of God says they wouldn't be killing Gwen during the course of the show. | |
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MacGuffin Melee | |
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MacGuffin Melee: Spidey, Hammerhead, Silver Sable, and eventually the Rhino, all throwdown over a disk with technology that will allow the wielder to create their own Rhino-like henchman. Spider-Man and Rhino team up since they don't want that (Spidey does not want more Rhino's, and Rhino likes being the only game in town), allowing them to break the stalemate. | |
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Incoming Ham | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ceabe589 | comment |
Incoming Ham: Doc Ock's first words after becoming a supervillain: "SILENCE, YOU IMPERIOUS MORON!!!" | |
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Actually Quite Catchy | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ceee5c14 | comment |
Actually Quite Catchy: Spider-Man's enemies Shocker, Ox, and Ricochet are riding an elevator, and Ox starts to hum the show's (and by extension, the titular character's) theme song, prompting the other two to stare at him. "What? It's catchy." | |
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Badass Longcoat | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d01cffbc | comment |
Badass Longcoat: Doctor Octopus wears an overcoat in this adaptation just like in Spider-Man 2. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Deliberately Monochrome | |
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Deliberately Monochrome: The scenes in the Journey to the Center of the Mind in "Intervention", including the Super Hero Origin Flash Back. | |
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Amusement Park | |
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Amusement Park: Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus duke it out in the middle of Coney Island, causing chaos amongst the fairgoers. | |
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Everybody Lives | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d1b4f0ef | comment |
Everybody Lives: Aside from Uncle Ben's usual fate of getting shot by a burglar to motivate Peter to use his powers responsibly, no one dies in this series. Even Norman Osborn is revealed to have faked his death at end of the second season finale. | |
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Hunting the Most Dangerous Game | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d2566b32 | comment |
Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: As per usual, Kraven decides to do this with Spider-Man... and loses because he's simply a Badass Normal. He pulls this again after getting superpowers. | |
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Nature Versus Nurture | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d29e9f65 | comment |
Nature Versus Nurture: The title of the season one finale. It concerns the different upbringings between Peter Parker and Eddie Brock. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: Peter gets this during the Biology arc since he has to ditch the crisis to change into Spider-Man, only for photos of the fight show up in the Daily Bugle. How are his friends not supposed to think that he turned tail and ran because of fear and greed? Flash Thompson of all people calls Peter out on how rude he's been to his friend's who've just been trying to help him. This ends up causing Peter to eventually give up the symbiote. | |
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Morally Ambiguous Doctorate | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d3aad64a | comment |
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Doctor Octopus. | |
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1.0 | |
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Comes Great Responsibility | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d581ba71 | comment |
Comes Great Responsibility: Spider-Man. The phrase itself is uttered multiple times throughout the series, which is expected since it's near synonymous with the franchise. Sometimes, it's even subverted: Interestingly this starts Sandman in a pat of Heel–Face Turn ing | |
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Dark Action Girl | |
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Dark Action Girl: Black Cat, Silver Sable. | |
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Achilles' Heel | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d7639dba | comment |
Achilles' Heel: A lot of Spider-Man's enemies have one of these, which he is really good at using to his advantage: The superstrong Rhino's costume is tough, but fused to his skin, so he only perspires from his exposed face. Spider-Man traps him in a sewer steam-tunnel, which causes Rhino to overheat and collapse. Doctor Octopus's arms are powered by a large battery system on the front of his suit. The symbiote does not like the vibrations caused by loud noises. They are "unpleasant". Initially, Vulture's wing's wouldn't withstand a punch to their power pack on the Vulture's back. This is fixed by the time of his second appearance. | |
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Race Lift | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d7c3ba61 | comment |
Race Lift: Used heavily. Liz Allan is now Latina. Ned Leeds is now Asian, and re-named Ned Lee. Kenny "King Kong" McFarlane is now Kenny "King" Kong, also Asian. Jean DeWolff is Native American, Debra Whitman and Roderick Kingsley are African-American, and the Warren brothers are of Arab descent. Also, Fancy Dan is African-American and Ox is Hispanic. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d7c3ba61 | |
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Right Hand Versus Left Hand | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d833090a | comment |
Right Hand Versus Left Hand: From a few obscure lines, you'd think that the Sinister Six were going to tear themselves apart through arguments, which is what Spider-Man has invoked in other adaptations. Instead they stayed relatively cool with each other, but their individual attacks would accidentally take out other teammates. | |
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| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d83f3588 | type |
Depending on the Artist | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d83f3588 | comment |
Depending on the Artist: Occasional examples throughout the series. According to Word of God, the animation was inconsistent. | |
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Kick the Morality Pet | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d86fcde6 | comment |
Kick the Morality Pet: Dr. Octopus attacks Spider-Man on the wrong accusation that he tried to kill him because the doc thought Spider-Man figured out he "created" Sandman and Rhino; it was actually Green Goblin behind the accident. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d86fcde6 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d8b146b0 | type |
Barrier Warrior | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d8b146b0 | comment |
Barrier Warrior: This is a secondary function of Shocker's costume, which enables him to survive a building's collapse. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_d8b146b0 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_da6a88f8 | type |
Blindfolded Vision | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_da6a88f8 | comment |
Blindfolded Vision: This is used by Spidey in his first fight with Mysterio in order to tell apart what was real and what were illusions with his Spider-Sense, and it was awesome. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_da6a88f8 | |
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Hijacked by Ganon | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_da76b18 | comment |
Hijacked by Ganon: The Master Planner turns out to be Doctor Octopus. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_da76b18 | |
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Exiled from Continuity | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dad134b4 | comment |
Due to licensing issues, The Kingpin was one of the few big name Spider-Man villains who never appeared in the show. This led to the writers turning Tombstone into a Suspiciously Similar Substitute of sorts, having him inherit the Kingpin's Villain with Good Publicity and The Man Behind the Man traits. | |
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Red Herring | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dbca2c99 | comment |
Weisman loves this trope so much he actually used it for foreshadowing. In the school play, Harry Osborn was to play the role of Puck, and was one of the big suspects for being the Green Goblin. At the time of the play, Harry was absent (which forced them to use the understudy) and the Goblin was off doing evil and quoting Puck. Turned out to be a Red Herring, but excellent touch. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dbca2c99 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dc057cf3 | type |
Adaptation Name Change | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dc057cf3 | comment |
Adaptation Name Change: Silver Sable's real name, due to being Silvermane's daughter here, is Sable Mandfredi, not Silver Sablinova. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dc057cf3 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dc9e682b | type |
Color Character | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dc9e682b | comment |
Color Character: Green Goblin, Black Cat, Silver Sable, and Silvermane. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dc9e682b | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dca70c44 | type |
Reasonable Authority Figure | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dca70c44 | comment |
Reasonable Authority Figure: Captain Stacy as usual. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dca70c44 | |
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Legion of Doom | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dcb2305f | comment |
Legion of Doom: The Sinister Six. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dcb2305f | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dcb9c541 | type |
Ship Tease | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dcb9c541 | comment |
Ship Tease: Where do we even begin? | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dcb9c541 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dcbe8a6e | type |
Chekhov's Gunman | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dcbe8a6e | comment |
Chekhov's Gunman: Most of the series early bird cameos function this way, as ostensibly tertiary characters soon become very important. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dcbe8a6e | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_de0db2aa | type |
Crush Blush | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_de0db2aa | comment |
In "Blueprints", Peter chuckles nervously and blushes when Liz hits on him by offering to help him stay warm after he complains about feeling really cold. | |
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Drugs Are Bad | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_de7b7cbf | comment |
Drugs Are Bad: The Globulin Green formula that Harry abuses is made into an analogy for steroids and other drugs. The aesop about drugs is so strong that Flash Thompson gets livid when Harry mentions he played for the team while juiced and reports it to the school authorities even if it means that they would have to return the trophy and have their statistical victories expunged. | |
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For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_df33a778 | comment |
Played with in "The Uncertainty Principle", when Flash, after seeing Peter in a Spider-Man costume on Halloween, points and exclaims, "Look! It's the Spectacular Spider-Geek". | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_df33a778 | |
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Casual Danger Dialogue | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_df41acb | comment |
Casual Danger Dialogue: Spider-Man and his Rogues Gallery engage in this whenever they aren't bantering wittily or trading insults. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_df41acb | |
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Male Gaze | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dfb71617 | comment |
Male Gaze: Black Cat + Tight Air Vent. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dfb71617 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dfbd69d5 | type |
Underwater Base | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dfbd69d5 | comment |
Underwater Base: Master Planner's HQ. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_dfbd69d5 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e0113647 | type |
Decon-Recon Switch | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e0113647 | comment |
Decon-Recon Switch: Throughout the series Peter’s Secret Identity as Spider-Man is deconstructed, as it causes him to put strains on his relationships with his loved ones, but it also gets reconstructed as things manage to work out for him, and it is the only way protect himself and them from the supervillains and other criminals he fights on regular basis, something Captain Stacy has made a note of. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e0113647 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e029366d | type |
Toyota Tripwire | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e029366d | comment |
Toyota Tripwire: In "The Uncertainty Principle," after the Green Goblin overturns Hammerhead's car, Hammerhead opens the door at just the right time to knock the Goblin off his glider. Later, in "Accomplices", Hammerhead's chauffeur hits Silver Sable in the face with the same car door in order to stop her from getting away with the drive containing the Rhino armor specs. | |
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| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e031b7ef | type |
Slave to PR | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e031b7ef | comment |
Slave to PR: To preserve his public image, Tombstone refuses to do or say anything villainous when civilians that could incriminate him are around. | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e031b7ef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e031b7ef | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e069fae8 | type |
Bad Guy Bar | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e069fae8 | comment |
Bad Guy Bar: Montana's Big Sky Billard Room. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e069fae8 | |
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Chair Reveal | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e08f3fed | comment |
Chair Reveal: Tombstone tends to do this. Green Goblin pulls this on Tombstone in Tombstone's office | |
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| The Spectacular Spider-Man | hasFeature |
The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e08f3fed | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e154ff08 | type |
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e154ff08 | comment |
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Spidey does this with The Tinkerer in "Shear Strength". | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e154ff08 | |
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Hard Head | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e280b250 | comment |
Hard Head: Hammerhead. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e280b250 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e38abd0f | type |
Embarrassing Ringtone | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e38abd0f | comment |
Embarrassing Ringtone: A minor Running Gag was Peter's cell phone going off at inconvenient times. One memorable instance had it go off in the middle of Spider-Man's fight with Electro...to the tune of Itsy Bitsy Spider. It was Peter's designated "Aunt May Alert". | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e38abd0f | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e3d5ba34 | type |
Slippery Skid | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e3d5ba34 | comment |
Slippery Skid: Spidey uses bowling balls to try and stop The Rhino | |
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1.0 | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e3d5ba34 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e431c24c | type |
Not Quite Dead | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e431c24c | comment |
Sandman, sort of. | |
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1.0 | |
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| The Spectacular Spider-Man | hasFeature |
The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e431c24c | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e462893a | type |
Artistic License – Sports | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e462893a | comment |
Artistic License – Sports: New York City has its own Public Schools Athletic League separate from the rest of the state, and, as such, Midtown High wouldn't play in a state championship game. | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e462893a | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man | hasFeature |
The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e462893a | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e466ae41 | type |
Family-Friendly Firearms | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e466ae41 | comment |
Family-Friendly Firearms: While the guns most people carry are supposed to be realistic "shoot bullets" ones, they sound more like lasers or silenced shots. High-tech villains such as the Green Goblin, however, are all about shooting beams. There's also a couple of instances of Abnormal Ammo, although these are rarer. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e466ae41 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e4900915 | type |
Ridiculously Human Robots | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e4900915 | comment |
Ridiculously Human Robots: Mysterio has many to disguise himself with, fitting his illusionist persona. | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e4900915 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e4900915 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man | hasFeature |
The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e4900915 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e4965307 | type |
Composite Character | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e4965307 | comment |
Composite Character: Montana of the Enforcers and the Shocker (originally Herman Schultz in the comics) are now a single character. Tombstone takes the role of the Kingpin from the comics. Quite possibly because the Kingpin couldn't be used on the show. For that matter, People call him the Big Man on the show while Big Man was a completely different character in the comics. Sable Manfredi is a combination of Silver Sable (appearance and fighting skills) and Alisha Silver (via being the daughter of Silvermane) from the 90s Spider-Man cartoon. The Burglar on this show is a combination of Uncle Ben's killer and Black Cat's father, which in turn makes Black Cat one with Jessica Caradine. Mark Allan is one of himself and Betty's brother Bennett, who also had gambling problems which didn't work too well for him. | |
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Reconstruction | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e50987a9 | comment |
Reconstruction: This show reconstructs the Secret Identity. While Peter’s double life as Spider-Man puts strains on his relationships with the people he cares about, as Captain Stacy has noted, keeping his identity secret is the only way he can keep them safe from the supervillains and other criminals he fights. | |
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He Who Must Not Be Seen | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e52a0cac | comment |
He Who Must Not Be Seen: Master Planner. | |
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Death Course | |
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Death Course: Green Goblin sets up one of these for both Tombstone and Spider-Man at a refinery with No OSHA Compliance. | |
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Beat | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e5406b1b | comment |
In a later episode, while Flash is in the hospital with a football injury, he gives Kraven a particularly powerful blow with "That's for Flash!" (Beat) "I can't believe I just thought that". | |
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Shadow Discretion Shot | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e602b55b | comment |
Shadow Discretion Shot: The first time the Lizard appears, the horror of the transformation is depicted in shadows and the reactions of Mrs. Connors, Peter Parker, Eddie Brock, and Gwen Stacy. | |
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Clothing Damage | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e61d9a3c | comment |
Clothing Damage: Spider-Man's suit receives more rips and tears per episode than in any other adaptation. Despite the strong continuity of the series, it's always good as new by the next battle. Although Pete has noted that garbage stink and smoke smell are hard to remove. | |
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Something Person | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e6c6d3ea | comment |
Something Person: Spider-Man, Sandman, and Molten Man. | |
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Wake Up, Go to School & Save the World | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e75d4959 | comment |
Wake Up, Go to School & Save the World: As always, Peter has constant struggles to keep his life on track while fighting crime as Spider-Man. | |
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Clingy Costume | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e7bfbb3b | comment |
Clingy Costume: Due to a Freak Lab Accident, Max Dillon/Electro was turned into an energy being with Power Incontinence, and needs to wear a suit with restraints in order to touch anything/not fry any electrical equipment in the near vicinity. Even with the suit, he cannot eat and is deprived of most normal human interaction, so it's no wonder he became Ax-Crazy pretty quickly. Other examples include the Rhino, Dr. Octopus (only when it came to his mechanical arms), Venom, and Molten Man. Even Spidey himself had this when he had the symbiote. | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e83f211c | comment |
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: While Peter is under the influence of the symbiote, Flash smugly points out what a jerk he's becoming if he's pushing away his close friends like this. Not too long after, Peter reflects on this and realizes: if Flash is the voice of reason here, then the symbiote really is changing Peter for the worse and he has to get rid of it. In "Uncertainty Principle", Jolly Jonah J. is uncharacteristically quiet and sober about his son's dangerous shuttle landing. Right up until John lands safely. He takes a second to celebrate, then gets right back to his usual self. He's a lot more cheerful around John, just in general. | |
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The Plan | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e851b5 | comment |
The Plan: Norman Osborn is the undisputed master of this, though it borders on Gambit Roulette, although if you want to be generous most of it can be written off as very quick improvising and later claiming credit. | |
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Space Whale Aesop | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e8760868 | comment |
Space Whale Aesop: Some of these pop up: Don't do drugs/steroids, or else you'll end up be gaslighted by your father and framed as the Green Goblin. Don't gamble, or else your bookie and a crazy green man will blackmail you into putting on a flaming suit that you can never take off. | |
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Steven Ulysses Perhero | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e8a56ee7 | comment |
Steven Ulysses Perhero: Otto Octavius = Doctor Octopus. | |
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Freudian Slip | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e8ca5cb3 | comment |
Freudian Slip: Pete says Gwen's name instead of Liz's in an inner monologue. When Silvermane, Tombstone, and Doc Ock meet, Silvermane refers to it as the Valentine's Day Massac-...Summit. | |
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Adaptation Origin Connection | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e8dca77c | comment |
Adaptation Origin Connection: The spider that bites Peter was from a laboratory run by Curt Conners AKA The Lizard and funded by Oscorp. Also, Uncle Ben was killed by Black Cat's father. | |
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Aside Glance | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e8e3807 | comment |
Aside Glance: After Spider-Man repeats Tombstone's dialogue verbatim, Green Goblin turns to the camera and quips, "Anyone else getting deja vu? Oh well, let's run with it!" and then repeats his response. | |
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Monster of the Week | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e9604359 | comment |
Monster of the Week: The show has Spider-Man fight a Supervillain of the week. Though a lot of these were the result of the machinations of one or more of the show's three Big Bads - Tombstone, Doc Ock, or Norman Osborn, rather than isolated encounters. What's really interesting is the show's justification for why there are so many supervillains running around: The Big Bads had them created to keep Spider-Man busy and thus unable to interfere with their standard criminal operations. | |
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| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e9f517e1 | type |
Artistic License – Geography | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_e9f517e1 | comment |
Artistic License – Geography: In the episode where Doctor Octopus chases Spider-Man and the two end up in Coney Island after duking it out across Manhattan, it is fairly improbable, mostly because Coney Island is in Brooklyn and Spider-Man is implied to have swung there. | |
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All Just a Dream | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ea85d6ea | comment |
All Just a Dream: The fight with Venom at the start of "Blueprints". | |
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Walking Armory | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ead7e42e | comment |
Walking Armory: When Kraven first confronts Spider-Man, he attacks with a bow and arrow. When that doesn't work, he pulls out a pair of huge knives. When those doesn't work, he pulls out a boomerange, then bolos, a blow dart, a spear, and finally, resorts to using his bare hands. | |
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Why Are You Not My Son? | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_eb584221 | comment |
Why Are You Not My Son?: Norman Osborn rather viciously approves of Peter far more than his own son. | |
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Jerkass | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: As always, J. Jonah Jameson is a jerk obsessed with proving his prejudiced belief that Spider-Man is a menace, no matter how much good the web-slinger does. | |
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Cain and Abel | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_eba6a077 | comment |
Cain and Abel: Peter and Eddie, though not blood relatives, fit this nonetheless. | |
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Disco Dan | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ebe5d89c | comment |
Disco Dan: Hammerhead is a walking throwback to Al Capone-era gangsterism, from his accent to his vintage car. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ebe5d89c | |
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Second Year Protagonist | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ebfb3448 | comment |
Second Year Protagonist: Subverted; the show began with Peter Parker's first day of junior year. Justified because it was intended to only be a 65-Episode Series that would have ended with him and his classmates Graduating from the Story. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ebfb3448 | |
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Conspicuous Trenchcoat | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ecedfef7 | comment |
Conspicuous Trenchcoat: Green Goblin in "Subtext". | |
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Friendship Bribe | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ed8d31dd | comment |
Friendship Bribe: When Harry starts using Globulin Green, he becomes a part of the popular crowd. However, it's shown fairly quickly that the popular kids are only including Harry (except for Glory Grant, who's actually a decent person) because he's letting them ride in his limo and buying them things. Once he leaves for Europe to get clean of his addiction, none of the popular kids seem too upset about seeing him gone. | |
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Wall Crawl | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ed98f038 | comment |
Wall Crawl: Spider-Man, The Lizard, and Venom. Black Cat to an extent. | |
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The Glasses Gotta Go | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_eed6d1c3 | comment |
The Glasses Gotta Go: Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_eed6d1c3 | |
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The Starscream | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_eedee4d | comment |
The Starscream: Everyone's Dragon in the gang war arc, especially Hammerhead, which is surprising because he seemed to be extremely faithful toward his leader. However, he is understandably fired by said boss shortly after they (or at least the boss) were arrested. | |
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Dictionary Opening | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ef6e5c9d | comment |
Dictionary Opening: The episode "Catalysts" opens with Spidey narrating the dictionary definition of defenestration, "the act of throwing a person or thing out a window," before himself being thrown through a window. | |
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Homage Shot | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_efa2d938 | comment |
There's also a Homage Shot to the second Spider-Man movie in the intro (Spidey landing on a train), and various Homage Shots to the first film during "Intervention", when Peter sees the Burglar's face. | |
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Early-Bird Cameo | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f0089082 | comment |
Early-Bird Cameo: So very many. The first episode alone introduces nearly a dozen pre-villainy supervillains. It seems like every named character are based off the comics. Word of God confirms there were no "original" characters in this series. The actor who runs the school play in season 2 was the one who called in May's heart attack in season 1. Black Cat can be seen at the Halloween party in "The Uncertainty Principle," carrying a bag of money. It seems Peter wasn't the only one taking advantage of already having a costume. Quintin Beck aka Mysterio and Phineas Mason aka the Tinker show up as the Chameleon's henchmen a season before they assume their villainous identities. Season two featured Roderick Kingsley aka Hobgoblin, Morris Bench aka Hydro-Man, and Cletus Kassady aka Carnage who would have likely assumed their identities from the comics...... if the show had continued. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f0089082 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f0508c08 | type |
Decomposite Character | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f0508c08 | comment |
Decomposite Character: Fredrick Forswell isn't the Big Man in this adaptation. Instead, Foswell’s role of being the Big Man is given to Tombstone. In the comic, Peter created four secret identity after Spider-Man was framed for murder. One of them was Ricochet. In this adaptation, Peter never used this identity and Ricochet is an name used by one of his enemies | |
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High-School Dance | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f0fc8518 | comment |
High-School Dance: The fall formal is the subject of much agonizing as Peter tries to find a suitable date. | |
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Redemption Equals Death | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f1492605 | comment |
Redemption Equals Death: Sandman...but not really. | |
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1.0 | |
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NO INDOOR VOICE | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f15c2859 | comment |
No Indoor Voice: Colonel Jupiter when the spores really start affecting him. Also JJJ 80 percent of the time, it runs in the family. Sally Avril is also pretty loud. The Vulture. | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f15c2859 | |
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Spider-Sense | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f1c860c4 | comment |
Spider-Sense: Spider-Man has this as one of his powers, of course. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f1c860c4 | |
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Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f1d3f0c9 | comment |
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Doctor Octopus. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f1d3f0c9 | |
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Unskilled, but Strong | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_f25b1ae6 | comment |
Unskilled, but Strong: Sandman and the Rhino. They're both stronger than the villains that contend for the show's Big Bad position, but they aren't very smart. Despite this, Spider-Man still always requires some sort of plot device or trick to beat them and Spider-Man once needed to get rescued from the Rhino when he had nothing around he could use to beat him. | |
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IncrediblyLamePun | |
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Incredibly Lame Pun: The Goblin reports to Tombstone that Hammerhead "can't come to the phone right now. He's a bit tied up!", and chuckles. "You gotta love the classics." | |
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Psycho Electro | |
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Psycho Electro: Electro, in his debut episode, provides a perfect example of this trope, essentially running around in a panic and discharging voltage uncontrollably. Unfortunately for him, it doesn't get much better; if anything, he's gotten worse. | |
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Evil Brit | |
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Evil Brit: In his faux-sorcerer act, Mysterio has a British accent, although Quentin Beck himself does not. | |
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True Meaning of Christmas | |
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True Meaning of Christmas: Spidey tries appealing to seasonal spirit to stop the new Sinister Six. No such luck. | |
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Glad I Thought of It | |
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Glad I Thought of It: J. Jonah Jameson does this with Peter Parker's idea to take pictures of Spider-Man in order to defame him. | |
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HostageForMcGuffin | |
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Hostage for MacGuffin: Doctor Octopus takes Liz Allan hostage to force Spider-Man to fork over desired Applied Phlebotinum. The Master Planner also takes Gwen hostage so that Captain Stacy can get him Homeland Security Defense Codes. The Doc/ Planner is very fond of this tactic. | |
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Ceiling Cling | |
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Ceiling Cling: Spider-Man, Black Cat, Venom. Even Doc Ock gets a little. Subverted when the hero is fighting Venom at the school, they eventually end in the gym. Once Venom realizes Spider-Man is no where to be seen, the first thing he does is look at the ceiling. | |
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Anger Born of Worry | |
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Anger Born of Worry: Gwen has this towards Peter. | |
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Never Say "Die" | |
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Never Say "Die": The occasional "destroy" still gets dropped, but so do actual terms like murder and die. However, one could argue that the Implied Death Threats and Deadly Euphemisms are scarier than if a character simply said someone was going to die. Largely averted with this rather bloodthirsty line in "Group Therapy"... | |
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Ignored Vital News Reports | |
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Ignored Vital News Reports: The Sinister Six's breakout in "Group Therapy". | |
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Da Editor | |
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Da Editor: "Jolly" J. Jonah Jameson. | |
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Everything Is Online | |
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Everything Is Online: Played straight, then subverted in the Engineering arc when Master Planner's telepathic microchip link-up can force traffic lights, cash registers, and even coffee makers to go haywire, but then requires the assistance of Captain Stacy to get the Homeland Security codes he needs, as they are on a closed network. | |
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Dude, Where's My Respect? | |
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Dude, Where's My Respect?: Well, whose show did you think this was? | |
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Economy Cast | |
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Economy Cast: If an episode needs cops bursting into a scene, it's going to be Jean DeWolff and Stan Carter—a bit surprising, considering the show's surprisingly large cast. | |
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Love Makes You Crazy | |
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Love Makes You Crazy: Eddie Brock's love for... the Symbiote. | |
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Faking the Dead | |
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Faking the Dead: Norman Osborn (Green Goblin) in the season 2 finale. He even changes his appearance and leaves on a plane. | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: Gwen gives her friends "the look" when angry. Hobie Brown being interrupted every time he attempts to say something. "Am I being punked?" The "wonderful personality" gag was even carried with Green Goblin in season 2. | |
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Don't Explain the Joke | |
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Don't Explain the Joke: "Reinforcements". | |
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The Power of Friendship | |
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The Power of Friendship: How Peter fights against the Symbiote for control of his body. | |
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Rhymes on a Dime | |
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Rhymes on a Dime: While his isn't usually an example, the Green Goblin does this in "Opening Night". Not only is it lampshaded, but it's also partially justified: several of his lines are quotes from Shakespeare's verse. It also acts as a clue to the Goblin's identity: Harry Osborn, the prime suspect behind the mask, was supposed to be playing Puck in a school play, and all of the Shakespeare lines are Puck quotes. Turned out to be a Red Herring, but nice touch... | |
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The Dog Bites Back | |
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The Dog Bites Back: Dr. Octopus turning on Norman Osborn after his transformation. | |
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Gadgeteer Genius | |
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Gadgeteer Genius: The Vulture invented his flight-capable Powered Armor, Norman Osborn secretly invented the technology that he needed for his Green Goblin persona after he was presumably driven insane from the Green Goblin formula. Mason creates all the Chameleon's Shoe Phone technology. also, Otto Octavius created his mechanical tentacles. | |
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Foe Romance Subtext | |
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Foe Romance Subtext: The entire Symbiote arc. Venom—or more accurately, the symbiote itself—acts like a spurned ex/stalker towards Peter Parker. Eddie Brock doesn't seem to have much issue with this either, judging by all of those unsettling leers aimed at the web-head. Of course, that could just be the symbiote's influence, but it's certainly there regardless. The symbiote doesn't seem to have any problem going on about how much it just wants to be with Spider-Man. Spidey even refers to himself (albeit somewhat ironically) as its "first love" at the end of "Nature vs Nurture". Venom seems to hate Spider-Man just as much as it wants him back/to itself. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Spider-Man is a nice guy, but he can be very frightening when the villains push him too far and put too many people in danger. When he stops making jokes, you know you're in for a world of hurt. | |
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Skyward Scream | |
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Skyward Scream: A minor version in the season finale. After Venom ties Spider-Man up and threatens to destroy everything in his life, the camera pulls out just a little bit as Spidey lets out a fairly low-grade Big "NO!". | |
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Master of Disguise | |
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Master of Disguise: The Chameleon, Mysterio, and Fredrick Foswell | |
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Evil Is Hammy | |
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Evil Is Hammy: True of most of the villains. Notably Mysterio, who does it on purpose. Otto Octavius also deserves a special mention as he was incredibly mild mannered before he turned to villainy, and only loses to Mysterio in hamminess once he does turn. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: A subtle one. In "Reaction", Spidey webs up a nerdy guy and a pretty girl to keep them out of the way of a runaway car. In "Gangland", which is set a season later, the same two characters show up when she accepts his proposal on Valentine's Day note Considering the events of the show take place over the course of one school year, that must have been one whirlwind romance | |
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Eating Lunch Alone | |
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Eating Lunch Alone: Gwen in "Intervention". | |
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Cross-Referenced Titles | |
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Cross-Referenced Titles: All of the story arcs are linked by episode titles referring to various high school subjects. | |
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Talking Is a Free Action | |
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Talking Is a Free Action: Subverted. When Spider-Man takes the time to say "Woah! My Spider-Sense is tingli—!" he is caught in a net before he can finish. Afterwards, he never announces his spider-sense in the heat of battle again. During Venom's Thanksgiving fight with Spider-Man (Spidey cannot sense Venom thanks to his "quality time" spent with the symbiote), Venom says "What's the matter? Spider-sense didn't... tingle?" | |
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Pet the Dog | |
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Pet the Dog: Sandman helps a little girl at the beach. Hammerhead calls him out on "going soft", and he insists he was doing it to terrify the teens. In the episode "Shear Strength" Norman shows legitimate concern for Peter's safety. When Aunt May has a heart attack, J. Jonah Jameson is visibly concerned for Peter, and insists on being the one to break the news to him. This backfires, but he was trying. | |
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Evil Duo | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man / int_ff933645 | comment |
Evil Duo: Flint Marko and Alex O'Hirn before they became Supervillains; they team up again in "Reinforcements" as the second tier of Sinister Six members. | |
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Cut Short | |
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Cut Short: Due to the show's sudden cancellation, many questions were left unanswered: The season two finale had Norman Osborn surviving his fight with Spider-Man and escaping the country, as well as having Gwen be forced to stay with Harry out of pity leaving more romantic tension to be resolved later. There was also the Miles Warren angle, likely setting up an adaptation of The Clone Saga. There's also the symbiote still being at large. To a lesser extent, there was the question of whether Spider-Man and Black Cat would ever reconcile after their last meeting ended on a bitter note, in addition to set-up for several villains such as Carnage, Hydro-Man, Hobgoblin, and Scorpion. In a meta way, after this Spider-Man's appearance in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, you can't help but wonder if there would have been an episode dedicated to other versions of Spider-Man (Miles Morales, Spider-Woman, etc) coming to his New York. | |
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Heart Symbol | |
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Heart Symbol: Peter and Gwen hide from reporters behind a sculpture with a heart shaped window that frames their faces. | |
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Perpetual Poverty | |
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Perpetual Poverty: Like most incarnations of the character, Peter and May are fairly poor. The main reason he gets a job as a photographer for the Bugle is so he can help his aunt pay the bills. Part of the reason why the symbiote is able to take further control of Peter is because he's stressed out trying to find a way to pay May's medical bills (although she reveals at the end of "Nature vs Nurture" that she's become a published author and that the money she made from her first book covered the hospital bill). Even when they aren't having money troubles, Peter does things to save money, such as buying half-price thermals for winter crime-fighting. | |
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Death Seeker | |
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Death Seeker: Word of God says Eddie Brock is, hence why he's charging at villains like Electro and The Lizard early on and does some dangerous cycling later in the season. | |
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