History Characters / SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries

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* UnknownRival: Up until the third season, Spider-Man never knew who the Kingpin was or that was unknowingly interfering with his criminal empire.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: It's implied that he always wanted to be a "big shot" and this is what Jameson used to convince him to go along with the idea of using [[ILoveNuclearPower neogenic radiation]] to [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke splice scorpion DNA into his own]]. Then it turns out the powers come with mutating into a form he loathes, and he wants to be normal again.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Peter started off as a 15-year-old high school student with an understandable chip-on-his-shoulder attitude that was caused by his peers bullying him for his nerdy behavior. This leads to Peter craving for validation and becoming an AttentionWhore after capitalizing his newfound powers as Spider-Man, which leads him into ''not'' intervening against the robber since it's not his problem. This ends up costing Uncle Ben's life, but the guilt of being indirectly responsible doesn't affect Peter as much and he doesn't truly grasp the idea of WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility and is still quite self-centered as Spider-Man during the ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' run. While the events of Peter's origin in the animated series are still played out quite similarly, Uncle Ben's death truly has a profound effect on Peter's conscience and he became the AllLovingHero as Spider-Man to make-up for the mistake.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Compared to his comic book counterpart, who was still motivated through selfish desires and is rather HotBlooded to the point of usually resolving conflicts with violence first, this version is an AllLovingHero who will always put the needs of others before himself and would always try to resolve conflicts non-violently and only engaging in a fight if necessary, but even then, [[MartialPacifist his fighting style focuses a lot on dodging and using his foes' strength against them or incapacitate them through his webbing]].

* TheParagon: The Secret Wars three parter essentially positions the Spider-Man of this continuity as one of the greatest heroes of all time. Especially impressive as he is being judged against the likes of Captain America, Iron Man and the Fantastic Four. When he says he needs their help, they all fall in line behind him.

* FacialHorror: Zigzagged. As he's clearly supposed to be the same Doctor Doom from the WesternAnimation/FantasticFour animated series, he normally would have a hideously deformed face between the explosion that ruined it and putting on his mask whilst it was still ''red-hot''. However, during his appearance in this show, he's able to use alien super-tech to repair all the damage to his face.

* IllGirl: [[spoiler: It's revealed at the end of the two-parter that she is terminally ill. It's never revealed with what but it does explain why Madame Web was insistent that Peter visit Taina.]]

** He also has a vendetta towards the Hardy's as they stopped the funding for his science research, which caused his accident to be infused with his tentacles. Both Doc Ock and Black Cat hardly knew each other in the comics.

** Both Doc Ock and Peter knew each other as he was a mentor to Parker as a mentor at a science camp when they were younger. In the comics, they never knew each other until much later in life.

* {{Jerkass}}: During the flashback in "Make a Wish". While Peter was feeling the effects of the spider bite, Stillwell mockingly claimed that the experiment was too much for him.

* TheCameo: Before this show, he made a quick cameo in a season 2 episode of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries''[[note]]which Marvel has clarified as taking place on a separate Earth[[/note]].

* AmbiguousSituation: Whether or not he's actually the clone is left in the air.
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* TransformationTrinket: While Felicia has powers within her body, she can only turn on her superpowers when she wears her Black Cat mask.

* TheWorfEffect: When she first becomes Black Cat she lures Spider-Man to a bank she robs to test herself against him. She quickly overpowers him and knocks him out and could have easily unmasked him. Instead, she just [[TakeThatKiss gives him a goodbye kiss on the lips]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: After becoming the Lizard, he became obsessed with the idea of transforming other humans into LizardFolk like himself. He justified this as an act of mercy, since it would imbue humanity with a HealingFactor like his own, granting them heightened recovery abilities and resistance to disease.

* AntiHero: As Robbie puts it, 'He is known for using lethal force, he shoots first and never asks questions'.

* {{Badbutt}}: He's toned down greatly from his comic book counterpart, but is still established to be a forced to be reckoned with against the criminal underworld.

* BigDamnKiss: Every kiss she and Peter shared have been very passionate.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed. This version of Flash doesn't ''physically'' bully Peter but he does insult him a great deal.

** She also has connections to Captain America and the Red Skull thanks to her father knowing the Super Solider Serum. In the comics, Black Cat never had any ties with them.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The entire "Secret Wars" was him trying to explore the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil, and which side would eventually overcome the other. He deliberately has an extraterrestrial civilization which had achieved [[{{Utopia}} the ideal society]] nearly ruined when he sends six super-villains over to their planet, arranging it so that Spider-Man and his team of heroes materialize there only ''after'' the villains have had a whole year of stomping around to their heart's content. Spider-Man is horrified by the callousness of his actions, but to his credit, the Beyonder pushes the ResetButton when all is said and done, which makes Spidey confused as to what the entire point of the battle was.[[labelnote:note]]It's also implied the whole war was just a formality for the sake of testing Spider-Man.[[/labelnote]]

* TheCameo: Before this show, he made a quick cameo in a season 2 episode of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour''[[note]]which Marvel has clarified as taking place on a separate Earth[[/note]].

* CompositeCharacter: Before becoming Black Cat, she's essentially the Ditko-era Gwen Stacy.