History Characters / SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries

* [[Characters/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeriesSupportingCast Supporting Cast]] [[note]]
Felicia Hardy / Black Cat, Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard, Harry Osborn / Green Goblin II, J. Jonah Jameson, Joseph "Robbie" Robertson, Anna Watson, Flash Thompson, Terri Lee, Debra Whitman, Liz Allan, Anastatia Hardy, Farley Stillwell, Taina, Gwen Stacy[[/note]]

[[Characters/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeriesMainCharacters Main Characters]] [[note]]Peter Parker / Spider-Man, May Parker, Mary Jane Watson[[/note]]

[[Characters/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeriesSupportingCast Supporting Cast]] [[note]]

[[Characters/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeriesVillains Villains]] [[note]]Wilson Fisk / The Kingpin, Spencer Smythe, Alistair Smythe, Herbert Landon, Dr. Otto Octavius / Dr. Octopus, Mac Gargan / The Scorpion, The Rhino, The Shocker, Quentin Beck / Mysterio, Adrian Toomes / The Vulture, The Chameleon, Eddie Brock / Venom, Cletus Kasady / Carnage, The Hobgoblin, Norman Osborn / The Green Goblin, Silvio "Silvermane" Mafredi, Alisa Silver / Alisa Silvermane, Hammerhead, Lonnie Lincoln / Tombstone, Morrie Bench / Hydro-Man, Baron Mordo, Dormammu, Miles Warren, Rheinholt Kragov / Electro, The Red Skull, Victor Von Doom / Doctor Doom, Miriam, Dr. Jonathan Ohnn / The Spot, Prowler / Hobie Brown, Richard Fisk, Susan Choi[[/note]]

[[Characters/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeriesOtherHeroes Allies And Other Heroes]] [[note]]Madame Web, Michael Morbius, Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter, Dr. Mariah Crawford, Silver Sable, The Fantastic Four, Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange, Blade, Abraham Whistler, The Punisher / Frank Castle, Nick Fury, Tony Stark / Iron Man, James Rhodes / War Machine, Matt Murdock / Daredevil, Steve Rogers / Captain America, The X-Men, The Beyonder, The American Six[[/note]]

[[Characters/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeriesAlternateSpiderMen Alternate Spider-Men]] [[note]]Iron Spider-Man, Six Armed Spider-Man, Mechanical Armed Spider-Man, Unknown Spider-Man, Ben Reilly / The Scarlet Spider, Spider-Carnage[[/note]]

!! Main Character
[[folder:Peter Parker / Spider-Man]]
!![[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker / Spider-Man]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes, Warren Sroka (as a child), Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (as Man-Spider), Peter Mark Richman (as an old man)

->''"It's not nice to steal in Mister Spider-Man's neighborhood. Can you say 'I'm going to jail now?'"''

Our hero. Peter Parker, also known as Spider-Man, is a famed superhero based in New York City. Despite the shaky public image that he has (which has been caused by the publisher of a tabloid newspaper company that he works for as Peter Parker), Spider-Man is one of the most recognized heroes in the world, having performed numerous acts of courage. He lives by his late Uncle Ben's motto, "With great power comes great responsibility."

* AbledInTheAdaptation: A downplayed and zigzagged example. Traditionally, Peter needed glasses prior to being bitten by the spider, but in most of the flashbacks to before he was bitten here, the glasses are noticeably absent, except for one scene where Flash Thompson is bullying him.
* ActionHero: Just like his comic book counterpart and most versions.
* AdaptationalCurves: Unlike in the comics where Spider-Man is depicted with a leaner muscular physique, this version is portrayed with a LanternJawOfJustice and a [[HeroicBuild heavier muscular stature]] akin to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. In fact, he is so muscular that even [[JerkJock Flash Thompson]] doesn't look much physically intimidating next to him, except for being slightly taller.
** This is actually used as a plot point as unlike other [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan animated]] [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 incarnations]], when Flash dresses up as Spider-Man, he doesn't look like a bodybuilder badly cosplaying as Spidey, and the Spider-Slayer actually mistakes him for the real deal.
* 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 on 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 by 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, using his foes' strength against them, primarily of swinging kicks, or incapacitate them through his webbing]].
* AdaptationalWimp: [[{{Zigzagging|Trope}} Zigzagged]]. Relatively speaking, this version of Spider-Man doesn't physically fight as much and prefers a "brain over brawn" approach to conflicts. While it's justified due to the heavy censorship the show was under (as Peter [[ExtremityExtremist only]] throws a ''single punch'' throughout the whole series), in moments of desperation, frustration, ''or'' being influenced by the symbiote, Peter can get aggressive in a fight to the point where he can beat his foes with his superhuman abilities alone.
* AgeLift: In the comics and most versions, Peter usually becomes Spider-Man during the middle of his high school years. In this adaptation, Peter officially becomes Spider-Man towards the end of his high school years.
* AlliterativeName: '''P'''eter '''P'''arker.
* AllLovingHero: Consistently devoted to his friends and family, keeps performing good deeds in spite of almost always getting grief, and he can never make good on his desire to quit being Spider-Man because he knows someone will always need his help. He was selected to lead the Alternate Spider-Men in their mission because his compassion for others and devotion to responsibility run so deep.
* AlternateSelf: He has four who he meets in the ''Spider Wars'' story arc, along with a clone of one of his counterparts named Ben Reilly ([[AmbiguousSituation who might actually be him]]).
* AmazonChaser: His attraction to Black Cat has shades of this.
* TheAtoner: It's not played up as much as in some other versions of the character, but the motivation is still there.
* BadassBookworm: As with most versions of the character, he usually ends up going into the lab or under a microscope pretty often.
* BeingGoodSucks: Peter often hates his superhero identity due to what it does to his personal life and how he [[HeroWithBadPublicity rarely if ever gets any gratitude or respect for his actions]]. More than once, he's [[IJustWantToBeNormal tried to quit]], but every time, he remembers his [[MyGreatestFailure uncle's death]] and gets back into the game.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a nice guy as Peter Parker and a snarky comedian as Spider-Man... until someone endangers his beloved Aunt May or a certain [[ArchEnemy Goblin]] made him think he killed Mary Jane Watson; in the latter case, the only other time we've seen Spider-Man that angry is when he was [[ADarkerMe controlled]] by the Venom symbiote. He gets into it as his civilian self in "The Return of Hydro-Man, Part 1", after putting up with Anna Watson's IrrationalHatred of him for the entire series, he finally snaps when she accuses him of not caring about Mary Jane and rightfully tells her off.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' [[RageBreakingPoint You think this is a game, Osborn?!!]] [[UnstoppableRage IT'S NOT!!!]] [[BerserkButton THAT WAS THE WOMAN I LOVE]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEARN WHAT THAT MEANS!!!!]]
* TheCape: In his continuity, Spider-Man is considered one of the most important heroes in the world, as other heroes like Captain America or Thor aren't as prominent.
* ChewingTheScenery: Falls into this while wearing the symbiote suit.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' GET BACK HERE, SHOCKER!!! SHOOOCKEEEERR!!! YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME!!! I'LL CHASE YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EEEEEAAAAAAAARRRTH!!!
* ChickMagnet: He manages to attract the affections of both Mary Jane Watson, a beautiful every-girl type who goes on to become a famous actress, and the wealthy and beautiful Felicia Hardy. Additionally, during the ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' crossover, ComicBook/{{Rogue}} can barely keep her hands off him, to Gambit's chagrin.
* ClothesMakeTheManiac: He had a bad run-in with an alien [[TheSymbiote symbiote]] that nearly drove him over the edge.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: An accidental example. He looks very similar to Nicholas Hammond, who played him in the '70s live action TV series. Except [[WordOfGod John Semper has said]] that it was coincidental.
* CompanionCube: Spider-Man occasionally talks with Bruce, the gargoyle. While Peter is well aware that the gargoyle is not alive, he talks to him as if he is since he's the one individual who Peter can open up to fully.
* CoolLoser: Peter Parker is (to the viewer) a handsome, highly intelligent, funny guy, ChickMagnet and a hero. Though he's all but completely ostracized from his peers because... well... he's [[ThisLoserIsYou Peter Parker]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Especially towards enemies to make them pissed-off.
* TheDreaded: Pretty much to the entire criminal underworld. Spidey's such a danger that he has managed to become a singular threat to the Kingpin's entire global operation, necessitating the crime lord to engage in various schemes just to eliminate him.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: All the time. He's constantly targeted by people who think he's a villain, in addition to real villains themselves, a sizeable portion of the public (including his own aunt) hate him as Spider-Man, and he gets little to no respect in his civilian life either. He even gripes about it during the ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' crossover, upon finding out that Professor X can't cure his mutation disease.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' It's always the same. I can save the world ten times over, but when I need help? I'm on my own. Thanks... for nothing.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the end, Spider-Man defeated Spider-Carnage, and Madame Web carried out her promise that they would find Mary Jane and rescue her from limbo.
* ExpressiveMask: The shape of the eye lenses changes to match his facial expressions.
* ExtremityExtremist: Justified due to the heavy censorship of the show being run, as Spider-Man only throws a single punch throughout the entire series, since he either restrains his foes with webs, uses kicks, or dissolves the conflict through his wits or [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre words of encouragement]].
* FormFittingWardrobe: As per usual, he wears a form-fitting, red and blue spider-based costume.
* GuileHero: Of course. And with the heavy censorship that the show was under, Spidey could rarely take on foes head-to-head, so he'd usually outsmart them instead.
* GutturalGrowler: When he starts succumbing to the Black Suit, his voice drops an octave and becomes raspy. It's particularly noticeable during his rematch with the Rhino.
* TheHero: Of the series, as always.
* HeroicBSOD: Hits it hard when he thought Mary Jane had suffered the same fate as TASM's [[ILetGwenStacyDie Gwen Stacy]].
* HeroicBuild: He is a costumed superhero with powers and a physique that is very similar to that of a bodybuilder.
* HeroicHost: Just like in the comics, Spider-Man was the first host of the Venom symbiote.
* HeroesWantRedheads: As always, his main love interest is a red-haired woman named Mary Jane Watson.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: It isn't as extreme as in most of the comics, but yeah, the ''Daily Bugle'' is far from Spider-Man's best friend.
* ItsAllMyFault: As always, Peter is very hard on himself when things go wrong. It gets to the point of being a borderline GuiltComplex.
* KickChick: A male example. Whenever he does engage in a physical fight as Spider-Man, Peter is always seen using kicks in fighting style, but most of the time it's performed by web-swinging into the opponent.
* LanternJawOfJustice: He has a square jawline, and is very much a heroic individual.
* LargeHam: When emotional, he ''really'' gets like this compared to most versions.
** And as the symbiote influenced him more and more, it really [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWRjsqoSWTI ramped up his hamminess.]]
* TheLeader: In "Secret Wars" arc, he becomes this to a superhero team. It is revealed the this was merely a SecretTest for Spider-Man to see how ready for the real challenge he would be when he would have to lead Spider-Men from other dimensions to stop an insane Spider-Man villain known as Spider-Carnage from destroying all of reality.
* MartialPacifist: Justified and enforced due to the kid-friendly nature of the series, as Spider-Man will only resort to a physical fight if it's truly necessary (even then, he mainly uses kicks and has only thrown a punch ''once'' in the entire series) and prefers to use his head to outsmart his foes rather than counter them with his own superhuman abilities.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: He's never had a single relationship where this didn't factor in some way.
* MyGreatestFailure: Not saving Uncle Ben of course.
* NiceGuy: This is pretty much his defining character trait. He's such a nice guy that most other heroes will go out of their way to help him in times of crisis (such as in the ''Secret Wars'' arc).
* 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.
* RageAgainstTheMentor: In "Turning Point," he, in a blind rage over the fact that Madame Web can't/won't bring back Mary Jane, ''explodes'' on her and screams at her to get out of his life. She obliges, only returning come Secret Wars.
-->'''Madame Web:''' This is the path you chose for yourself. To do things on your own. Once that decision is made there is no turning back. It is yet another thing that you have to learn.\\
'''Spider-Man:''' Learn?! I am ''tired'' of you... and your riddles. And your ''lessons'' And your SUPREME ARROGANCE! Don't you ever, EVER enter my life again! Do you hear me? DO YOU HEAR ME!?
* SpiderSense: Here's a game -- every time Peter says "Spider-Sense; Danger!" take a shot.
* SuperReflexes: Around 40x those of an Olympic athlete.
* SuperStrength: He can lift approximately 10 tons (which might seem small, but a car is roughly 1 and a half-ton so he can lift about six of them) and punch through steel and concrete effortlessly.
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Upon becoming Venom, Eddie Brock launches a campaign of psychological warfare against Spider-Man in-between beating him up, stalking Mary Jane, trying to publicly unmask him, and going so far as to show up at Peter's house to charm his Aunt May. Spidey ultimately defeats Venom by using his own tactics against him, exploiting Brock's anger and bitterness at being fired from the ''Daily Bugle'' to lure him to a shuttle launch, with the roar of the rocket forcing the symbiote off Eddie and leaving him powerless.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' He'll never stop torturing me! I've got to fight... and I know just the way to do it.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Has tried to quit for a variety of reasons (a really big screw-up, being presumed dead, his powers failing him, etc.), but it never sticks because he just can't ignore when people need help.
* TrackingDevice: Like in the comics, he uses this to track down people.
* WallCrawl: One of his powers and trademarks.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Peter strangely both fails and succeeds in this. When the Green Goblin had seemingly killed Mary Jane, an enraged Spider-Man actually pushes him towards an unstable portal that was sucking everything in through it's gravitational pull. However, despite his hatred for the Goblin he regrets his choice and attempts to save him when he asks.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Said word for word almost every other episode. It becomes a plot point during the confrontations with Doctor Doom and Spider-Carnage.
* YouFightLikeACow: A signature of Spider-Man regardless of the medium is making wisecracks while fighting.
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!!Supporting Cast
[[folder:May Parker]]
!!May Parker
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LindaGary (Season 1 to 3) Creator/JulieBennett (Season 4 and 5)

Aunt May is Peter Parker's doting aunt, loving him as if he were her own son. May has a bad habit of trying to set Peter up on blind dates.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: May has short, blonde hair instead of the grey or white hair usually tied in a bun that she has in the comics and most adaptations.
* DotingParent: May does try to spoil Peter, but he's just too nice to take advantage of her generosity.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She utterly fears and despises Spider-Man, despite his heroism, and both Eddie Brock and Doctor Octopus are able to get on her good side by pouring on some fake charm.
* MamaBear: While she's not Peter's actual mother, trying to harm him in front of her is ''not'' a good idea.
* MyBelovedSmother: Not ''too'' much, but it's there.
* ParentalSubstitute: May treats Peter like he was her own son.
* ParentsAsPeople: In this version.
* ShipperOnDeck: As in the comics, she supports Peter and Mary Jane's relationship.
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[[folder:Mary Jane Watson]]
!!ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaraBallantine

->''"Face it, Tiger, you just hit the '''jackpot'''."''

Mary Jane lost her parents at a young age, and she was mostly brought up by her Aunt Anna. Mary Jane and Peter Parker met through a blind date and afterwards, began a relationship.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the comics, Mary Jane has green eyes. Here, her eyes are blue.
* BareYourMidriff: While MJ was exercising at the beginning of the episode “The Menace of Mysterio”, she wore an outfit that showed off her toned stomach.
%%* BettyAndVeronica: She is the Betty to Felicia's Veronica.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: She has a very buxom, which often leaves Peter [[DistractedByTheSexy distracted]], such as when he saw her modeling in a leopard-print dress.
* BlindDate: Her introduction into the series, just like in the comics.
* CharacterDeath: Not MJ herself, but her clone created by Miles Warren [[note]] who was believed to be the real thing throughout Seasons 4 & 5 [[/note]] perishes due to her unstable genetics.
* CompositeCharacter:
** She has MJ's appearance, backstory, and career but her GirlNextDoor personality and being Peter's main LoveInterest from the beginning are more in-line with Gwen Stacy (who doesn't appear until the final episode in an alternate reality).
** This extends to her role in narrative; like comics MJ, she is involved with a LoveTriangle with Peter and Harry before eventually marrying Peter, but she also replaces Gwen in a child-friendly variant of ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied'' [[note]] she's thrown into a dimensional rift instead of being murdered [[/note]], and her "returning" afterward as a clone created by Miles Warren mirrors the clone of Gwen from [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga the original Clone Saga.]]
* DamselInDistress: A frequent target of kidnapping due to her LoveInterest status.
* DamselOutOfDistress: She gets attacked and kidnapped ''a lot'', but don't go underestimating her.
* FashionModel: She's shown modeling in her college years.
* FauxActionGirl: After her run-in with Hydro-Man, she says she took self-defense classes to defeat a {{Mook}}. These skills don't appear in later episodes.
* FieryRedhead: Played with. She's not very temperamental, just has a lot of exuberance and a strong sense of determination.
* GirlyBruiser: She tries to be this (without much success given the number of times she's kidnapped).
* HeadTurningBeauty: Pretty much what happens the first time Peter sees her. It's a direct adaptation from the comics, right down to MJ's most iconic line as quoted above.
* HeroesWantRedheads: She is the principal LoveInterest of Peter.
* MsFanservice: As per usual for the character. MJ is a fairly tall, very beautiful red-haired woman who tends to wear outfits (which include either a yellow sweater with a pair of blue skin tight jeans and red cowgirl boots, a form-fitting SpyCatSuit, or a black dress) that highlight her [[BuxomBeautyStandard bust]] and long shapely legs.
* OutGambitted: She defeats Hydro-Man not by fighting him, but by fleeing and luring him to a coal plant. The heat soon wore Hydro-Man out and led him away from the water that fed his powers.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her [[AbusiveParents father]] bailed when she was young. It still affects her in her adolescent years. [[PathOfInspiration This was taken advantage of by]] [[EvilSorcerer Baron Mordo]] [[LotusEaterMachine once]]. Her mother, meanwhile, only ever appeared in flashbacks, hinting that she died or abandoned Mary Jane too.
* PluckyGirl: Only Hydro-Man has ever really shaken her, and even then she'd still stand up to him.
* PutOnABus: In a weird sort of way. After the battle with Norman's Green Goblin, she gets thrown into a dimension portal and sent flying through it, with Spider-Man unaware of any of this. She suddenly returns out of the blue with no memory of what happened. Things carry on from where they left off as normal, with Peter and Mary Jane getting married. However, it's eventually revealed that the returned Mary Jane was a water clone created by Miles Warren who was still in love with Peter, meaning the ''real'' Mary Jane was still stuck in limbo. Eventually, the clone evaporated due to her unstable genetics, and we never see the real MJ again, even though the series ends with Spider-Man and Madame Web going to find her.
* SweaterGirl: She wears yellow ones, and it somehow [[FormFittingWardrobe accentuates her figure]].
%%* WeirdnessMagnet: Which she lampshades in "Goblin War!"
* WillNotBeAVictim: The reason for the self-defense classes. Unfortunately, this didn't stop the kidnappings.
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[[folder:Anna Watson]]
!!Anna Watson
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MajelBarrettRoddenberry.

Mary Jane's aunt and friend of the Parkers. Isn't a fan of Peter.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Anna Watson has red hair instead of the grey hair that she has in the comics and other versions.
* AdaptationalJerkass: She's bad-tempered, arrogant and condescending, treating Peter like yesterday's garbage even though he's never anything but polite to her. In the comics on the other hand, she was a sweet lady much like Aunt May, who supported MJ's relationship with Peter and even developed a very positive opinion of Spider-Man after he saved her from a Spider-Slayer.
* {{Foil}}: For J. Jonah Jameson, as while the former distrusts Spider-Man, Anna dislikes Peter. Also, while Jameson has a love-hate relationship with Peter, Anna doesn't regard Spider-Man in any way.
* TheGhost: Until her appearance in the third season, Anna was mentioned by both Mary Jane and May.
* GrumpyOldMan: Or woman at least. She sees Peter as a slacker and thinks MJ is too good for him.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She flat out despises Peter and tries to sabotage his relationship with Mary Jane, while describing [[WellDoneSonGuy Harry]] [[StalkerWithACrush Osborn]] as "responsible" and thinking he would be a better match for her niece.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: A RunningGag throughout the series was that she didn't like Peter dating MJ and constantly looked for any fault in anything and everything Peter said or did, no matter how friendly he was to her. The act mentioned below on UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom happened because she just happened to believe Peter was ''somehow'' to blame for MJ's disappearance (and really had no good reason to other than just disliking him in general). Even when MJ returned and Peter's name was cleared, she still didn't like it when Peter proposed to MJ, using the excuse of being too soon.
-->'''May:''' ''[happy to hear about their engagement]'' Isn't this amazing, Anna?\\
'''Anna:''' ''[annoyed]'' That's one way of putting it.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: In "The Return of Hydro-Man (Part 1)", she was so mad at Peter for MJ's kidnapping[[note]]for saying that he didn't want to "waste time" calling the police since he tried to find her himself[[/note]] that she raised her voice at her friend May to not defend her nephew this time.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Mary Jane after her father just up and left her.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Harry and Mary Jane.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: When Mary Jane went missing and Anna was visiting her "grave", she ran into the Punisher and vented her suspicions about Peter being involved in her niece's disappearance, inadvertently ''putting a hit on Peter''.
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[[folder:Felicia Hardy / Black Cat]]
!![[ComicBook/BlackCat Felicia Hardy / Black Cat]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JenniferHale

Felicia Hardy is Peter's first LoveInterest on the show. Her life becomes a lot more interesting after the Kingpin uses her as a test subject in an experiment involving the original SuperSoldier SuperSerum that created ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. She becomes the Black Cat, a vigilante who is an ally to Spider-Man.
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* ActionGirl: After her transformation into Black Cat.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the comics Felicia's father Walter Hardy was a world renown cat burgular and she grew up with a similar financial backgorund to Peter. This version comes from an incredibly wealthy family while her father is named John Hardesky and lacks his comic self's backgorund.
* AdaptationalBadass: Comic Black Cat usually has no powers. Here, the Black Cat has taken the Captain America SuperSerum, which vastly boosts her strength, agility, and endurance.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Comic Black Cat was a cat burglar who flirted with heroism because of her relationship with Peter and has a history flipping between ally and antagonist (but always remaining unrepentant about being a thief). Here, she was forced to become a thief and spends the rest of the show as a heroine once she's free from Kingpin's control.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comics, the Black Cat was simply a well-trained human woman before undergoing an experiment that granted her [[WindsOfDestinyChange the ability to manipulate probability]]. She lost these powers for a while, but gained enhanced physical stats of strength, speed and agility. In this series, Felicia has a variant of her second powerset.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Subverted. She starts out as blonde, but her hair turns white like her comic book counterpart whenever she transforms.
* AdaptationOriginConnection:
** In this adaptation, her family has ties to Otto Octavius due to her family's company funding him before he became evil. The two never had much of a connection in the comics.
** She also has connections to Captain America and the Red Skull thanks to her father knowing the Super Soldier Serum, which is also the source of her powers in this show. In the comics, Black Cat never had any ties with Captain America or the Red Skull, and her powers have no connection with the Super Soldier Serum.
** While Kingpin was responsible for giving Felicia her [[WindsOfDestinyChange "bad luck"]] powers in the comics, she was already the Black Cat before she met him. In this series, Kingpin is the reason she becomes the Black Cat in the first place due to him kidnapping her father and blackmailing her into undergoing an experiment to create super soldiers.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the comics, Felicia and Peter met as Spider-Man and the Black Cat originally and had no connection to each other prior to that. In this series, she and Peter are classmates before she becomes the Black Cat. She also wants to know Spider-Man's true identity despite the comics version of the Black Cat initially not being interested in who Spider-Man was behind the mask. Also, she and Peter never learn each other's true identities in this continuity unlike in the comics.
* AmazonianBeauty: Black Cat has a very strong and muscular body in addition to being tall and very beautiful.
* AdrenalineMakeover: As Black Cat, she becomes more flirtatious, wears a very form-fitting catsuit, her body becomes very muscular, and her hair turns white.
* AntiHero: Type II. Unlike her comic book counterpart, she's a truly altruistic good guy. Although, compared with Spidey, she plays looser with the law.
* BettyAndVeronica: She's the Veronica to MJ's Betty.
* BigDamnKiss: Every kiss she and Peter have shared has been very passionate.
* BreakTheCutie: She is terrorized by Dr. Octopus twice, her boyfriend turns into a vampire and leaves her, her fiancé is revealed to be a supervillain, she learns that her father is a thief and she is forced into becoming a thief for the Kingpin. At one point she tells Spider-Man, a man whose face she has never actually seen, that he is the only good thing left in her life.
* BreastExpansion: Her bust become larger whenever she morphs into Black Cat.
* BoobsOfSteel: Black Cat is very buxom and able to fight against most of the super villains that she encounters.
* BuxomIsBetter: Felicia has an average, if not slightly well-endowed, bust. As the Black Cat, however, she's the most buxom female character in the entire show (other than Mary Jane of course).
* {{Chickification}}: Black Cat was very awesome during the arc "Partners in Danger", which introduced her. She leaves near the end, but puts in one more guest appearance in which she's as cool as ever. Unfortunately, when she returns again for "Secret Wars", her role in the story is to fall off of things, scream, and be caught by Captain America while Spider-Man looks on with jealousy.
* ClassyCatBurglar: She plays up this theme.
* CompositeCharacter: Before becoming Black Cat, she's essentially the Ditko-era Gwen Stacy in regards to her financial background and relationship with Peter as well as her tendency to get captured by villains.
* ContraltoOfDanger: Her voice deepens when she transforms into the Black Cat, becoming breathier whenever she goes into [[TheTease seductive mode]] around Spidey.
* DaddyIssues: It's implied that the reason she goes for mysterious men like Morbius, Jason and Spider-Man is because of her issues with her missing father.
* DatingCatwoman: She plays this with Spider-Man. She constantly teases him and flirts with him during their encounters, including sharing a few kisses. Spider-Man slowly becomes protective of her and begins to think he is falling in love with her, but he can't commit to a full relationship with her because he feels he would be betraying Mary Jane (even when she's believed to be dead). Eventually, their relationship comes to an end when Black Cat leaves to join Blade and Morbius towards the end of "Partners in Danger", just as he was ready to move on.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Becomes this briefly after assuming the Black Cat identity. Most episodes during the "Partners In Danger" saga revolve around Felicia in some manner, fleshing out her family background, relationships with the men in her life and learning the hardships of being a superhero.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Gender-reversed example with her and Spider-Man. After she knocks out Spider-Man when he first meets her as Black Cat, using some KnockOutGas on him, she unmasks him halfway and gives him a quick peck on the lips.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: In addition to Peter, Felicia is viewed as desirable by Flash Thompson, Michael Morbius, Captain America and Jason Philips.
* FatalAttractor: It's shown throughout the show how unlucky Felicia is when it comes to men, especially since she has a strong attraction to the mysterious type. If her failed relationships with Flash Thompson, her ex-fiancé Jason Philips ([[spoiler:who was actually the Hobgoblin]]) and Michael Morbius (who turned into a vampire) say anything, it's that the girl is just plain unlucky in love. She even tried to start a relationship with Spider-Man since he was the only stable man in her life, which also ended up failing miserably.
-->'''Spider Man:''' [[spoiler:Jason Philips]] was the Hobgoblin?! Poor Felicia. She sure knows how to pick'em.
* FormFittingWardrobe: As always, Black Cat wears a very form-fitting, black colored catsuit.
* GirlyBruiser: Black Cat is this (with the exceptions of the times where she is either captured or placed in danger).
* GrowingMusclesSequence: She quickly develops muscles during her {{TransformationSequence}}s into Black Cat.
* HasAType: She seems to be drawn to "mysterious men who are wrapped in the dark blanket of the night".
* HellBentForLeather: She wears a black catsuit that is made out leather as her costume.
* HeroicBuild: Black Cat is tall and has a very strong muscular body in addition to being an ActionHeroine and one of Spider-Man's allies.
* HonorBeforeReason: She is in love with Spider-Man and wants to know who he really is. After first becoming Black Cat, she finally gets her chance to learn who he is and begins unmasking him after knocking him out. She stops halfway though, deciding it will be more "rewarding" for Spider-Man to reveal who he is to her willingly. After they start their partnership, she tries to get him to take off his mask by offering to take hers off first, but Spider-Man turns her offer down, saying that it would be too dangerous to share their identities.
* ImpossibleHourGlassFigure: Black Cat’s costume highlights her impressive hourglass figure as well as her very muscular body and bust.
* InstantExpert: She became an expert thief and combatant after being taught by her father in just a number of days. Her receiving a variant of the SuperSerum that created Captain America might have something to do with it.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Felicia starts out as an AlphaBitch, but transitions to this over the course of the show.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Played with. She likes Peter as Felicia, and even dated him before MJ was introduced, until [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife Spidey's heroics predictably put the kibosh on that]], and loves Spider-Man as both Felicia and Black Cat. Unlike her comic book counterpart, she doesn't know they are one and the same.
* MaleGaze: Black Cat tends to get subjected to these, mainly through shots that present her bust, legs and toned buttocks.
* MoodSwinger: In one of the "Secret Wars" episodes, Black Cat was angry at Spider-Man for bringing her to the planet while she was helping Blade and Morbius. Throughout the episode, she called him "selfish" and refuses to talk to him. But by the end, she's back to flirting with him again. We guess she can't stay mad at him.
* MostCommonSuperPower: Black Cat has a very large bust.
* MsFanservice: Felicia is a very attractive blonde who has a slender yet slightly petite body and wears short skirts with her shirts or beautiful dresses. Thanks to a SuperSoldier serum similar to the one used in the creation of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, Felicia gains the ability to morph into a taller, very beautiful woman called the Black Cat (complete with white hair along with a huskier and more sultry voice and [[AdrenalineMakeover a personality change into that of a self-confident]] FemmeFatale in addition to increased human [[SuperReflexes reflexes]] and [[SuperStrength strength]]) and wears a very form-fitting black SpyCatsuit that highlights her newly developed large bust, muscular body, toned buttocks, and long muscular legs.
* PowerDyesYourHair: Her blonde hair turns white when she transforms.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Felicia's voice becomes deeper whenever she turns into the Black Cat.
* RescueRomance: She falls for Spider-Man after he repeatedly saves her life and because she believes [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan he's the only reliable man in her life]].
* RichBitch: Although, she grows less bitchy as the show goes on.
* SpoiledSweet: Although we're introduced to Felicia as a haughty, upper crust type, as the show progresses we see she's ultimately a kindhearted, dependable person.
* SpyCatsuit: Black Cat wears a very form-fitting catsuit, unsurprisingly.
* StatuesqueStunner: Black Cat is tall, very muscular, and beautiful.
* SuperPoweredAlterEgo: Not as polarized as most, though her personality alters slightly upon changing. While Black Cat proudly boasts about her initial robbery, Felicia is immediately disgusted upon changing back.
* SuperSerum: She was exposed to some of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's SuperSoldier serum, granting her [[SuperStrength superhuman strength]] and [[SuperReflexes reflexes]].
* TakeThatKiss: After first becoming the Black Cat, she lures Spider-Man to the bank she robs to test herself against him. She easily knocks him out and almost unmasks him, but decides not to and gives him a quick kiss instead. Though this is downplayed, since it was not to mock Spider-Man for beating him and seemed more like to show her romantic interest in him.
* TheTease: She's always been one and takes it even further as Black Cat.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Felicia is a girly girl in contrast to her Black Cat persona, who is an impulsive brawler.
* ToughSpikesAndStuds: She wears a spiked collar and is an ActionGirl.
* VampireHunter: She is allies with Morbius and Blade to wipe out the vampires that plague the latter's life.
* {{Xenafication}}: She begin as a normal girl and became a superhero thanks to some of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's SuperSoldier serum.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After knocking out Spider-Man in their first encounter she starts to unmask him. She stops halfway, deciding it will be more rewarding to have Spider-Man willingly reveal his identity to her himself than to learn it by unmasking him while he's unconscious.
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[[folder:Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard]]
!!Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard
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[[caption-width-right:320:as "The Lizard"]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Joseph Campanella

A friend of both Peter and Spider-Man, Connors is the victim of a failed experiment that causes him to change into a human/lizard hybrid at various intervals.
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* AlliterativeName: '''C'''urt '''C'''onnors.
* BadassLongcoat: He wears a long, shredded, hanging-open lab coat that emulates this style.
* TheBerserker: One possible explanation for how his personality as the Lizard varies is that his transformation has afflicted him with extremely strong aggressive instincts that he struggles to control. As such, when he's calm, he can express himself articulately and come up with long-term plans... but once he's directly angered, he turns into a feral beast. This is shown in his first episode, where he swings from an articulate, reasoning individual attempting to persuade his wife to assist him into a savage animal on the attack within moments of being enraged by first her refusal and then Spider-Man's appearance.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The Lizard's personality varies between appearances. In some, he has a cunning intelligence. In others, he acts more like a wild animal, snarling instead of speaking, and lashing out viciously.
* {{Expy}}: Due to the show not being able to use the Incredible Hulk, the Lizard receives his role as the green GeniusBruiser for the Secret Wars adaptation.
* GeniusBruiser: The Lizard is far from stupid, although he does wrestle with violent rages. And then there's that time during Secret Wars when Connors' mind was conscious within the Lizard's body.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: He tried to regrow his arm. While he managed to regrow his arm, he ended up getting turned into a psychotic reptile.
* LEGOGenetics: His transformation is the result of experimenting with "Neogenics", a new genetic science that essentially used ray guns and magic radiation to create LEGO Genetics. The idea was that splicing himself with lizard [=DNA=] would imbue him with a HealingFactor that could regrow his severed arm. Unfortunately, he continued to mutate into a humanoid lizard.
* LightningBruiser: Is stronger and faster than Spider-Man as the Lizard.
* MadDoctor: Has many of these traits as the Lizard.
* MentorArchetype: He is one of Peter's biggest inspirations and, as Mary Jane mentions once, like a father to him. The fact that he and Peter have such a close relationship is why more so than anything else, he strives to help him when he becomes the Lizard. Connors also plays this role with Debra Whitman.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Whilst the Lizard's original plan for transmuting humans into LizardFolk was portrayed as [[WellIntentionedExtremist a crazy but well-meaning]] plan to alleviate pain and suffering, later episodes show the Lizard as wanting to do it more out of contempt for humanity as a species.
* MoralityPet: His wife and son.
* TheProfessor: As Connors, he often assists Spider-Man when he needs scientific advice.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Lizard's burning red eyes are a clear warning of its hostility, and are so striking that part of the {{foreshadowing}} of his first appearance is a traumatized subway worker [[MadnessMantra who can only babble about "the red eyes"]].
* SplitPersonality: The Lizard is essentially Bruce Banner-lite; a brilliant and benevolent scientist in one persona, an aggressive and violent beast in the other.
* StarterVillain: Unless you count his Connors persona, the Lizard is the first villain that Spider-Man fights in the series.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: As always in most versions, Curt Connors and the Lizard are often portrayed this way.
* SuperStrength: As the Lizard, he has this as one of his powers.
* TailSlap: He can use his tail as a weapon. In his first appearance, it was able to smash a brick wall with one swing.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: After first 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.
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[[folder:Harry Osborn / Green Goblin II]]
!!Harry Osborn / Green Goblin II
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GaryImhoff

A classmate of Peter's, Harry eventually becomes his roommate and closest friend. Unfortunately, his breakup with Mary Jane and subsequent jealousy over her relationship with Peter, coupled with the revelation that his father, Norman, was the original Green Goblin unbalance his mind, leading him to adopt the identity for himself.
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* AvengingTheVillain[=/=]YouKilledMyFather: The visions of his father had him take the Green Goblin serum and exact revenge on Spider-Man, with the Green Goblin promising to allow Harry to see his presumed deceased father.
* AxCrazy: When he became the Goblin.
* DrivenByEnvy: He was in love with MJ and become jealous of Peter.
* FaceHeelTurn: From Peter's friend, he became the new Goblin.
* FreudianExcuse: He's a WellDoneSonGuy who suffered from ParentalNeglect before the Green Goblin started hassling him.
* GigglingVillain: After turning into the second Green Goblin, he starts cackling a lot; even when he's unmasked, he makes really creepy high-pitched giggles.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Harry declares the friendship between him and Peter over because Peter "stole" his girlfriend and no friend would date another friend's ex-girlfriend. Considering Mary Jane had broken up with Peter ''before'' she and Harry ever became an item, if Harry really respected this, he'd never have dated her in the first place.
* IfICantHaveYou: He resumes the identity of the Green Goblin one last time to crash Peter and Mary Jane's wedding, aided by Alistair Smythe, and force MJ to marry him instead, or he'll blow up the chapel with everyone inside. Eventually, when the attack goes awry, MJ attempts to talk him down, explaining that while she's not in love with Harry, it doesn't mean she doesn't care about him. It almost didn't work, until Liz convinces him to stop, and expresses her own love for him. With that, Harry finally calms down, and walks away with Liz peacefully, asking her to take him back to Ravencroft Mental Hospital.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: This is the main reason why he becomes a villain. His father was always busy and hence absent from his life, Mary Jane only hooked up with him because she was OnTheRebound and he felt betrayed by Peter, who, he thought, stole MJ from him. The final straw was when MJ herself told him she was getting married to Peter. Once Liz reveals she was in love with him, he decides to check himself back in Ravencroft so that he can be cured and the two can have a future together.
* InformedAbility: Norman mentions that he had to miss many of Harry's baseball games as he was growing up. Harry has never been shown playing baseball, or any kind of sport, though since Norman mentions this in passing, he probably gave them up.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: After seemingly recovering from his mental breakdown upon Mary Jane's return, he seems to have forgotten that Peter is Spider-Man.
* LegacyCharacter: He became the second Green Goblin.
* LonelyRichKid: He has a sizable peer group, but it's implied that much of his popularity was helped by his father's wealth, and he is still very insecure.
* LoveRedeems: Liz certainly hopes so. Given that his problems can be boiled down to "nobody loves me", she has a shot.
* TheMentallyIll: He suffers from persecution paranoia, feelings of isolation, and serious DaddyIssues. As in Norman's case, it is played seriously and tragically.
* MissingMom: Unlike most versions, Harry's mother divorced from Norman prior to the events of the series.
* MoodSwinger: After being driven insane, he becomes really unpredictable and erratic in his emotions.
* ParentalNeglect: A major factor in his FreudianExcuse.
* ParentPreferredSuitor: Anna Watson doesn't hide it from Peter she'd rather Mary Jane be with Harry... the same Harry who tried force Mary Jane to marry him in the season five premiere.
* PutOnTheBus: After being assured by Liz Allan that he was loved in the fifth season premiere, Harry walked away with her peacefully from the wedding back into the Ravencroft Mental Hospital and never appeared again for the rest of the season. A version of him from an alternate reality where Spider-Man never experienced failure makes an appearance in the GrandFinale.
* SkySurfing: Like father, like son.
* SplitPersonality: Subverted. The other characters think he's talking to a voice in his head, but the viewer can see he's somehow communicating with the original Green Goblin.
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards MJ post-FaceHeelTurn.
* TragicVillain: Creepy as he is after assuming the [[LegacyCharacter Green Goblin mantle]] Harry remains a pitiable, emotionally unstable wreck.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Even though Norman was a considerably better person on this show, Harry still had some of these issues, though to a lesser degree compared to most versions of the character.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:J. Jonah Jameson]]
!!J. Jonah Jameson
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EdwardAsner

The publisher of the ''Daily Bugle'', Jameson is Peter's boss and makes a living harassing Spider-Man in the newspaper.
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* AdaptationalSympathy: This version of Jonah's hatred of Spider-Man is motivated due to losing his wife to a masked gunman. Additionally, while still prone to sensationalism, he will posts retractions if he's proven wrong.
* AlliterativeName: His name is '''J'''. '''J'''onah "'''J'''igsaw" '''J'''ameson.
* CoolOldGuy: As always with most versions.
* DaEditor: As with most versions, He is the editor-in-chief of the ''Daily Bugle''.
* DotingParent: To his son, John.
* EveryoneHasStandards: In "The Alien Costume", he was thrilled when he thought he had evidence of Spider-Man robbing the shuttle, but then he learned Eddie lied about it. He immediately turned on Brock in a fury for playing on his prejudice to make him commit libel, firing him before publicly announcing his mistake and retracting the reward he offered for Spider-Man's capture.
-->'''Jameson:''' I can't have someone who works for me coloring the truth and leaving out facts! It's against everything I stand for. You're history, Brock; outta here; fired!
** Likewise, when Spider-Man rescues him and other "tormentors" of Norman Osborn from the Green Goblin, he's aghast when Wilson Fisk tries to blow both Spidey and the Goblin up; even if he does distrust the vigilante, he's not ''that'' ungrateful.
** Helps Spider-Man against Scorpion. He admits that as much as he hates Spider-Man, Scorpion is worse.
* FreudianExcuse: His opposition of Spider-Man, or any masked vigilante for that matter, comes from his wife being killed by a masked gunman in a botched hit that was meant for him. This has led him to distrust anyone who hides their identities and tries to go above the law.
* GreenEyedMonster: As always, it's toward Spider-Man. However, Jonah's dislike of Spider-Man in this series is based less on his powers and deeds and more to his hiding his identity behind a mask, as his wife Julia was killed by a masked gunman in this continuity.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Jonah wouldn't let Matt Murdock tell Peter that he was paying the legal bills in "Framed" and "The Man Without Fear".
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Jameson hates and mistrusts men who hide behind masks and think they are above the law. He created the Scorpion, a masked easily less trustworthy than Spider-Man. Robbie even calls him out on it (though to be fair Jonah is sincerely remorseful about what he did).
--->'''Jameson:''' I've sworn to keep this city safe from people who hide behind masks and think that they're above the law.\\
'''Robbie:''' That's ''exactly'' what your creation is doing!
** He also says he hates it when people color the truth and leave out facts, which is what he does every time he accuses Spider-Man of committing a crime or working with a villain. To boot, he ''fired'' Eddie Brock (and indirectly led to Brock's transformation into Venom) for doing just this. To be fair, Jonah's reasoning was a response to his wife's murder from a masked criminal, whereas Brock framed Spider-Man for the theft of a rare mineral [[ItsAllAboutMe purely to get his job back]].
* IntrepidReporter: "Framed" showed he was this in his youth, with the nickname "Jigsaw Jameson." He's still got it, too, unraveling a major part of the conspiracy to frame Robbie.
* {{Irony}}: The Green Goblin inaccurately accuses Anastasia Hardy of creating Dr. Octopus (Octavius became Dr. Octopus ''after'' he lost funding from the Hardy Foundation). Jameson on the other hand, ''is'' guilty of creating a supervillain but the Green Goblin doesn't know this.
* {{Jerkass}}: As always, JJJ is a jerk who "hates Spider-Man and has no use for Peter Parker". Although, it's not as bad as most versions of the character.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As unpleasant as he is, he does have his good side. One notable example takes place when Peter is framed by the Kingpin. Jameson pays for Peter's court bills, even after Peter quit right to his face (and insulted him to boot).
* KarmaHoudini: No one ever does call Jameson out for his constant slandering of Spider-Man (although offscreen, Robbie has apparently tried to explain to Jameson that Spider-Man makes the city safer), nor his involvement in the creation of the Scorpion.
* LetsGetDangerous: In ''Framed'', although he still needs to be rescued by Spider-Man, he shows he still has the ability to be a very effective investigative reporter, making substantial progress towards unraveling the conspiracy that framed Robbie.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction after the Scorpion, whose creation he funded, goes on a rampage and ends up being far worse of a menace than he claimed Spider-Man ever was.
* SeriousBusiness: He takes journalistic ethics ''very'' seriously, even if it means letting Spider-Man off the hook. He flat-out fired Eddie Brock for lying about Spidey robbing the space shuttle. He also had no trouble writing about Oscorp developing chemical weapons, even though he's on the Oscorp Board of Directors. When Norman Osborn confronted him about the latter, he replied he was a journalist first and board member second.
* UngratefulBastard: As usual, even when Spidey saves his life, he still wants to expose and bring him down.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Joseph "Robbie" Robertson]]
!!Joseph "Robbie" Robertson
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Rodney Saulsberry

He is Jonah's right-hand man at the ''Daily Bugle'', and one of the few to consistently give Spider-Man the benefit of the doubt.
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* AlliterativeName: '''R'''obbie '''R'''obertson.
* BreakTheCutie: In the Spider-Carnage universe, he hates Spider-Man as much as Jonah, as a result of Spider-Carnage going on the rampage and massacring people with the help of the Goblins.
* ADayInTheLimelight: He had episodes about his family and life in the Season 3 episode "Tombstone" and "Guilty".
* DisappointedInYou:
** When Spider-Man bungles up a hostage situation with Dr. Octopus, Robbie tells Spidey that he's starting to wonder if Spider-man really is a villain. Peter actually comments that that hurt coming from him. Of course, Spidey manages to regain his favor by handling the situation better the second time.
** He hates Spider-Man as much as Jonah in the Spider-Carnage universe after Spider-Carnage destroyed New York.
* ForWantOfANail: When his and Lonnie's attempt to rob a grocery store went awry, Robbie was able to escape while Lonnie was arrested. Robbie remarks that back in those days one strike was enough to ruin your life. While Robbie would go on to be a successful reporter and family man, Lonnie would become a career criminal and eventually a mutated supervillain. Robbie always wondered what would have happened if he had been the one caught instead of Lonnie.
* NumberTwo: The highest authority figure in the ''Bugle'' after Jonah.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In the Spider-Carnage universe, when "our" Spider-Man saves Robbie from a certain death, Robbie, a good-hearted man who always defends Spider-Man from Jameson, tries to punch Spidey and says how much he hates him. Considering what Spider-Carnage did to New York, it's not hard to see why he would react like that.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Just like in the comics, Robbie is often Jonah's voice of reason.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: During a confrontation with Lonnie Lincoln, Lonnie tripped on a catwalk over a chemical vat. Robbie tried to save him, but the glove slipped off and gravity took effect. Robbie thought Lonnie was done for, but he later emerged as Tombstone.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Flash Thompson]]
!!Flash Thompson
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Patrick Labyorteaux

A football jock at ESU who has an interest in Felicia and is a big Spider-Man fan.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed. This version of Flash doesn't ''physically'' bully Peter (aside from a flashback, before Peter gained his Spider powers, he is seen shoving the then skinny, bespectacled Peter into a puddle of water) but he does insult him a great deal.
* AdaptedOut: His military career in the comics.
* BadassBystander: In one episode he actually comes to Spider-Man's rescue, much to the wallcrawler's embarrassment.
* CharacterDevelopment: He starts showing his kinder side through his relationship with Debra Whitman.
* CowardlyLion: He dresses up as Spider-Man to intimidate Peter but is terrified when a Spider-Slayer attacks him, mistaking him for the real deal. Later episodes do show him displaying more courage in the face of supervillains.
* DumbJock: His stunt of dressing up as Spider-Man to play a prank on Peter. Ignoring that this led to him being attacked by a Spider-Slayer, Flash knows that J. Jonah Jameson loves any story that would make Spider-Man look bad and Spider-Man supposedly attacking one of their employees would only be giving him more ammo. Felicia even flat-out calls Flash an idiot for doing so.
* GiveGeeksAChance: A rare gender inverted version: Flash, the jock ends up falling for the science nerd Debra Whitman.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He wasn't wrong to point out that Peter showing up at Harry's birthday party with MJ wasn't exactly a smart idea.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Perhaps the best example of this is when he comforts Debra after she's had her youth drained by the Vulture.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Terri Lee]]
!!Terri Lee
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Dawnn Lewis

An NYC detective and ally to Spider-Man.
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* ActionGirl: She's a high ranking detective who is not one to back down from confrontation, even when the person she's up against is armed or a super-powered being. She also has some decent grappling ability as demonstrated when she defeats Susan Choi.
* {{Expy}}: She's based on Jean [=DeWolff=] from the comics.
* FairCop: She's very attractive and very brave.
* {{Foil}}: Gets one of these in the episode "The Man Without Fear" in the form of Susan Choi, her EvilCounterpart who worked with Richard Fisk and the Kingpin in a plot to frame Peter Parker. Both are members of government run institutions who hold a position of authority, and they initially worked together to arrest Peter when it was believed he was guilty. However, Lee takes the need to gather all the evidence and perspectives of a situation first before rash action very seriously, and ends up confronting Choi over her decision to hunt Peter before finding anything else out. Of course, Choi's reason for hunting Parker without searching for more information is obvious, as she's really a plant working for Fisk. Also, while Choi just loved pushing Lee around verbally and brushing her off, when it came to a physical altercation, Lee made short work of Choi.
* FriendOnTheForce: She's one of the more trustworthy cops on the force and has Spidey's back. Her first appearance has her realizing that Mysterio is framing Spider-Man and being the only one to believe in his innocence. Though she admits to Peter that she's always been suspicious of Spider-Man for a while, but by her first appearance she truly believes that Spider-Man ''is'' a hero.
* LegFocus: Due to wearing a skirt that reaches mid-thighs.
* MsFanservice: She has a beautiful body and legs.
* PluckyGirl: Terri is obviously heartbroken over not being able to begin a relationship with Blade but puts on a brave, snarky front nonetheless and doesn't let it stop her from doing her job.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite the fact that most of the New York police are hostile towards Spider-Man, she believes he has good intentions and even works with him on several occasions.
* StarCrossedLovers: She and Blade share a mutual attraction, but coming from two different worlds prevents them from being together.
* TomboyishPonytail: Sports one of these and is a tough, no nonsense, confrontational member of the force.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: A badass [[ActionGirl detective of the force]] with a no nonsense, confrontational attitude with decent fighting ability and [[TomboyishPonytail action hair to match]]. She also wears a skirt and high heels, as well as earrings and a little make-up, even when on the job.
* {{UST}}: She has an obvious attraction to Blade, but aside from a very brief kiss they don't act on it due to coming from two very different worlds.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Debra Whitman]]
!!Debra Whitman
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Liz Georges

A fellow student of Peter Parker's at Empire State University.
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* AdaptationalBadass: A {{Downplayed}} example. Debra in the [[Characters/SpiderManLoveInterests comics]] was a ShrinkingViolet and ExtremeDoormat who went from being unthinkingly treated like dirt by Peter to trapped in an abusive marriage. ''This'' Debra is a strong, confident woman who is one of Peter's academic rivals, and actually beats him to some plum assignments thanks to the distractions caused by Peter's life as Spider-Man.
* AdaptationalNameChange: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but in the comics she was married to a man named Mark Whitman and her maiden name was unknown. Here she isn't married meaning that Whitman is her actual surname.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She has a crush on Michael Morbius but he is in love with Felicia. Averted with Flash Thompson whom she develops feelings for and who has a mutual attraction to her.
* CompositeCharacter: She ultimately shares some character traits with Liz Allan, mainly the fact that she becomes a BetaCouple with Flash Thompson.
* OppositesAttract: Season 2 reveals she's got a crush on Flash Thompson, who is dumbfounded when Peter points this out to him, but reciprocates. The attraction may have been born of his trying to protect her from Morbius a few episodes earlier.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted; comics!Debra was one of Peter's lesser girlfriends, this version of Debra has a relationship with Peter that is a mixture of LikeBrotherAndSister and FriendlyRivalry.
-->'''Peter Parker:''' Debra Whitman. The little sister I never had... or wanted.
** Played straight with the fact that the character that she eventually has a romantic relationship is Flash Thompson instead, who is someone she had never had a relationship with in the comics.
* SheCleansUpNicely: She's quite the looker when we see her with her hair loose and in a party dress. Ironically, Flash prefers the nerdy girl she usually appears as.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Inverted. Despite having no idea of either Peter's status as Spidey or the greater troubles Spider-Man is involved in, Debra provides some unwitting but essential help to Peter on several occasions, such as finding the Lizard and the Vulture.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Liz Allan]]
!!Elizabeth "Liz" Allan
-->'''Voiced by:''' Marla Rubinoff

Mary Jane's best friend.
----
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Unlike in the comics, Liz never develops feelings for Peter since he seemed to became Spider-Man in college instead of high school, meaning they had gone their separate ways prior to his CharacterDevelopment into a more confident person. So she treats him with the same disdain she had before, made worse due to how he often abandons Mary Jane to fight villains.
* AmicableExes: It appears that she dated Flash before Peter got his powers, but they broke up by the start of the show.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Anastatia Hardy]]
!!Anastatia Hardy
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Rue [=McClanahan=] (season 1), Dimitra Arliss (season 3), Nita Talbot (season 4)

Felicia's mother and the head of the Hardy Foundation. She is also an Oscorp stockholder and the husband to John Hardeski, a thief known as the Cat.
----
* AdaptationNameChange: Her name is Lydia Hardy in the comics.
* DarkSecret: In season 4, Octavius blackmails her with knowledge that her husband is the infamous thief known as the Cat.
* HappilyMarried: Even after many years of separation Anastasia and John still love each other dearly, the couple sharing a tender moment together before he was to leave again.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks like an aged up version of her daughter.
* UngratefulBastard: Spider-Man comes to her rescue from Dr. Octopus on more than one occasion, but she still acts dismissive towards him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Farley Stillwell]]
!!Farley Stillwell
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Rye

The creator of neogenics. Jameson hires him to transform Mac Gargan into the Scorpion.
----
* AdaptationOriginConnection: A flashback in "Make a Wish" shows Peter attending a demonstration of Stillwell's neogenics research. When Stillwell activated the Neogenic Recombinator, a spider dropped into the blast and then bit Peter. The rest is history.
* TheAtoner: After seeing all the trouble his research has caused, Stillwell decides to destroy the Neogenic Recombinator and disappears, taking with him the only true knowledge of neogenics so it can never be abused by malicious forces again.
* ButNowIMustGo: After destroying the Recombinator, Stillwell goes into hiding to keep the knowledge of neogenics from being abused in the future and is never seen again in the series.
* DrivenToMadness: Stillwell ended up in a mental hospital after being attacked by the Scorpion. No one took his protests the Scorpion was coming after him until the villain abducted him.
* ForScience: Stillwell genuinely believed that neogenics was a great contribution to the scientific world despite warnings from his colleague Dr. Connors about the ethical implications. It wasn't until he saw the Scorpion and a mutated Vulture that Stillwell realizes just how dangerous his research truly is.
%% * {{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.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In addition to being the one who transformed Gargan into the Scorpion, Stillwell also unintentionally and unknowingly caused the creation of Spider-Man. He's also why the Vulture was mutated.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the comics, Stillwell was ultimately killed by the Scorpion. Here, he successfully goes into hiding.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Taina]]
!!Maria Taina Elizando
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Stephanie Eustase

A young girl who is Spider-Man's biggest fan, she gets to meet her hero and goes web-slinging with him. Taina gets caught up in a grand adventure when Spider-Man loses his memory and she is the only one who can restore it.
----
* AscendedFanboy: Spider-Man's biggest fan.
* {{Expy}}: She's basically the {{Gender Flip}}ped version of Timmy from the ''Spider-Man'' story "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man". Interestingly, she mentions having a friend named Timmy.
* LittleMissBadass: She manages to rescue Spider-Man, and even uses Doctor Octopus' own "Octo-Bot" against him in the process.
* SecretKeeper: Peter eventually reveals his identity to her, and she swears never to tell anyone. [[spoiler:As she is terminally ill, she will keep her promise by default.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Taina only appears in a two-parter, but she is able to help Spider-Man overcome a crisis of faith and even restore his mind when he is struck with memory loss.
[[/folder]]

!!Allies
[[folder:Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange]]
!![[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnVernon

A master of the mystic arts, he alongside his butler Wong, help Spider-Man rescue Mary Jane from a dangerous cult led by his nemesis Baron Mordo.
----
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''tephen '''S'''trange.
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: The Eye of Agamotto.
* AstralProjection: One of his trademark powers.
* KungFuWizard: His spellcasting gestures tend to be very physically involved.
* MagicalGesture: His iconic "I Love You/Metal Horns"-esque handsigns.
* MagicalIncantation: Usually, but not always, required for him to work magic. More complicated spells seem to require longer incantations, which often rhyme.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: At the end of his guest appearance, he notices that his actions were being watched by a powerful entity (Madame Web).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Michael Morbius]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Morbius}} Michael Morbius]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:in human form]]
[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/34342242.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:320:"living vampire" form]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:"giant bat" mutated form]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Nick Jameson

A schoolmate of Peter's and one of Felicia Hardy's love interests who becomes what's basically a vampire after getting bit by a neogenetically modified vampire bat he accidentally created. His accent and appearance are based on those of Creator/BelaLugosi.

----
* AbledInTheAdaptation: In both the cartoon and the comics, Morbius' vampirism came about due to his attempt to cure a disease. The difference is the cartoon Morbius didn't have it, whereas the comic character did.
* AgeLift: This version is a college student. His comic book counterpart already had a doctorate.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: His human form in the comics is explicitly stated to be ugly, here before he’s changed he’s a good looking guy who dates Felicia Hardy.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Because censorship rules meant he couldn't drink blood with his fangs like in the comics, he now drinks plasma through these leech-like suckers on his hands, which many fans believe is actually even more horrifying.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: His transformation is caused by using a sample of Spider-Man's blood.
* AntiVillain: He did not intend on becoming an evil, plasma-draining monster, and is in constant anguish about what he is forced to do in order to survive.
* ArcVillain: He serves the main antagonist of most of the "Neogenic Nightmare" of season 2, before he reforms, due [[LoveRedeems his love for Felicia]].
* BadassLongcoat: He wears this even before he turns into the Living Vampire.
* BodyHorror: His transformation into the Living Vampire elongates his ears, causes his nose to upturn into a rather gonky snout, makes his skin turn pale, colors his eyes red, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick gives him pulsating leech-mouth suckers all over the palms of his hands]].
* EvilFeelsGood: For a short while after transforming, Morbius hated what he'd become, especially having to prey on others. But eventually, he started to enjoy his new life, namely the strength and invulnerability it provided. [[LoveRedeems He later walks this back, though.]]
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: He eventually teams up with the {{dhampyr}} Blade to hunt down other vampires.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Introduced this way - he is arrogant and condescending toward Peter, but also brave and noble enough to attack a thief to recover what he'd stolen from Felicia. Later on, he himself steals something from Peter's locker, but it's for the purpose of ultimately saving his home country from a plague.
** You also see more of his tender side the deeper his love for Felicia gets. When Debra does her AnguishedDeclarationOfLove to him, Morbius politely turns her down, saying he's flattered but that he's in love with someone else.
* LoveRedeems: His love for Felicia/Black Cat drove him to embrace his good side once more.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: He's a scientifically created vampire born from an accident with a vampire bat that was unintentionally exposed to neogenic radiation as it fed on Spider-Man's blood. As a result, he's not as vulnerable to Blade's arsenal, which is based on "ordinary" magical vampires. Furthermore, he feeds using suckers on his hands despite having traditional vampire-style fangs.
* SuperStrength: One of the abilities granted by his transformation. The more people he feeds on, the stronger he becomes; During one of his encounters with Blade, he gloated that he had fed well enough that night to make him stronger than the vampire hunter and Spider-Man combined.
* TragicMonster: He was studying vampire bats in order to cure a bat-borne plague in his home village. An accident in his lab ended up turning him into a pseudo-vampire.
* VampiricDraining: He drains "plasma" out of people through suckers on his palms.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: After being restored to his more humanoid appearance, he resumes wearing his previous attire, trench coat included, but notably lacks a shirt this time.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter]]
!!Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GreggBerger

A big-game hunter who, thanks to a potion made from strange jungle herbs, has been granted great strength, stamina, and an animalistic knack for hunting. Initially one of Spider-Man's enemies, Kraven eventually becomes one of his strongest allies.
----
* AdaptationalHeroism: He's ''much'' nicer and more heroic than his comic book counterpart, who is a villain through-and-through. Here, he's only villainous in his introductory episode and that's only due to his jealousy and a misunderstanding; every appearance afterward has him acting as an ally to Spider-Man.
* BeardOfEvil: When he starts off as an antagonist, at least.
* BroughtDownToNormal: It's ambiguous, but it's implied in his second appearance that the cure he was given in his first appearance has stolen away a lot of the bestial super-powers he initially developed from it -- at the very least, he's lost some of his strength.
* CrazyJealousGuy: While under the influence of the serum.
* CulturedBadass: He quotes Solzhenitsyn and Francis Bacon. Spidey begs to differ as to how cultured this makes him, however.
-->'''Kraven:''' I know fears and delights, the silver of the Prussian moon's the crimson of the Prussian nights.\\
'''Spidey:''' [[ShutUpHannibal Quoting Solzhenitsyn doesn't make you human!]]
* EgomaniacHunter: Actually averted; while this version of Kraven is still a skilled hunter, he never tries to hunt Spider-Man and the only times that he is a villain are due to being driven mad by an experimental SuperSerum and his love for Calypso. In fact, it's stated that he ''used'' to be a professional big game hunter in Africa but easily gave that up to be a safari guide instead after hunting was outlawed in that country, rather than illegally hunting endangered animals like most Egomaniac Hunters would.
* EmergencyTransformation: His wife gave him the wonder-drug that turned him into Kraven the Hunter after he was mortally wounded protecting her from a pride of lions.
* HeelFaceTurn: He's a hostile character in his first appearance, but this is because he's been driven mad by an experimental SuperSerum. At the end of the episode, a refined version restores his sanity, and from there on out becomes an ally.
* MoralityPet: Dr. Mariah Crawford, his estranged wife.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The plot of "The Return of Kraven" would have been much shorter if Kraven had simply told Spider-Man that the monster stalking the streets of New York was a transformed Mariah. Instead he states that the creature [[MetaphoricallyTrue killed Mariah and he was the one who created it]]. If not for Black Cat's arrival with information about who the creature really was, Spider-Man - who was still mourning Mary Jane - would have ended up killing Mariah in grief not knowing she was actually his friend who had been turned into a monster.
* SuperStrength: He's basically a mix between a human and a lion, so naturally his strength is a lot higher than a human's.
* SuperSenses: He has a ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}-esque increase in his abilities to hear and smell; even after being cured, when tracking down the Man-Spider, he's able to pinpoint the Man-Spider's lair because the gravel caught in its webbing still smells like gunpowder to him.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: He isn't the half-brother of the Chameleon here.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Mariah Crawford]]
!!Dr. Mariah Crawford
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[[caption-width-right:320:Serum-mutated]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SusanBeaubain

A kindly research scientist and the lover of Sergei Kravinoff. When Kravinoff was injured protecting her, she gave him a serum created by her mentor which gave Sergei super powers. Unfortunately, this also made him hostile and possessive. She becomes a friend and ally to Spider-Man after he helps her cure Sergei.
----
* AdaptationNameChange: Her comic book counterpart is named Calypso Ezili. Here she is named Mariah Crawford. Kraven does refer to her as "Calypso" as an AffectionateNickname.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Calypso was a sadist who enjoyed fueling Kraven's murderous tendencies and hatred for Spider-Man. In this series, Mariah is a kind scientist who only sought to save Sergei from death and his becoming Kraven the Hunter was an accident. After Spider-Man helps her, she becomes a friend and ally to him.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has an [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent indiscernible accent]] and has darker skin than the white characters. Her comic book counterpart is of Haitian descent but it is not known if this applies to Mariah.
* BeastMan: "The Return of Kraven" reveals that Mariah contracted the fatal disease she was trying to cure in Africa. Sergei used the PsychoSerum to cure her but also transformed her into a feral, lion-like beast. Dr. Curt Connors is able to reverse most of the effects but she maintains the darker skin tone and longer hair.
* BirdsOfAFeather: She says that her new beast-like form makes her feel closer to Sergei than ever before.
* NervesOfSteel: You'd need these to get between Man-Spider and the ''Punisher''.
* NiceGirl: It is easy to see why Spider-Man considers her a friend and why Kraven loves her so much.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:After being cured of her mutation, she and Kraven run off together.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Blade]]
!!ComicBook/{{Blade}}
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-->'''Voiced by:''' J.D. Hall

A fierce vampire hunter who is himself part-vampire, rendering him immune to their bites as well as their weaknesses.
----
* AntiHero: He's so focused on killing vampires that he doesn't care about the long term effects of killing Morbius rather than curing him of his vampirism.
* {{Dhampyr}}: As in the comics, Blade is half-human and half-vampire -- though here, it's the result of his mother entering a relationship with a vampire and him being born out of it rather than his mother being bitten while pregnant with him.
* HalfHumanHybrid: A change from the comic origin. In this series, Blade was born out of a relationship between a vampire and a woman.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Blade wanted to kill Morbius, believing there was no chance of curing him. When Blade discovers his own mother is a vampire, he tries to save her and repeatedly thwarts any attempts by the heroes to kill her. To his credit, he eventually realizes that his mother is BeyondRedemption, and fights her as fiercely as any other vampire.
* LargeHam: Definitely more dramatic than his counterpart in the [[Film/BladeTrilogy film series by New Line Cinema]].
* StarCrossedLovers: He and Terri share a mutual attraction, but their being from two different worlds prevents them from being together.
* SuperStrength: Thanks to being partially a vampire, he's much stronger than a normal human.
* ToughSpikesAndStuds: Blade wears a leather jacket adorned with three spikes on one shoulder.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Abraham Whistler]]
!!Abraham Whistler
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MalcolmMcDowell (season 2), Oliver Muirhead (season 4)

Blade's mentor who took him in and trained him to hunt vampires.
----
* GadgeteerGenius: Responsible for the wide array of specialized weapons Blade implements in his war on the undead.
* HandicappedBadass: He notably walks with a limp.
* OnlySaneMan: he tries to talk Blade out of his more hasty and knee-jerk actions.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Punisher / Frank Castle]]
!![[ComicBook/ThePunisher The Punisher / Frank Castle]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' John Beck

A lonesome vigilante who, driven by dark memories of losing his family in a crossfire, utilizes advanced weaponry to punish those who hurt the innocent.
----
* AntiHero: As Robbie puts it, 'He's known for using lethal force, he shoots first and never asks questions'.
* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: He chases Spider-Man down just as the latter is succumbing to his mutation disease. When Spider-Man becomes Man-Spider, Frank goes from confidently marching towards his quarry to ''running for his life''.
* BadassNormal: For a man without superpowers, he puts on quite a fight.
* BadassLongcoat: This was based on the early '90s comics, so of course he sports one.
* {{Badbutt}}: He's toned down greatly from his comic book counterpart, but is still established to be a force to be reckoned with against the criminal underworld.
* BountyHunter: Tries to apprehend Spider-Man who is mistakenly believed to have kidnapped Michael Morbius. In his case, it's not for money, but to clean up his reputation.
* CoolCar: His battle van is packed with tons of equipment and weapons including remote control, lasers and missiles.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: And ''how''.
* {{Determinator}}: He will stop at nothing to get his target. Even if it's a hulking superpowered monstrosity.
* EntertaininglyWrong: Frank comes to the incorrect conclusion that Peter is actually the Green Goblin. His evidence? Peter has a map leading to Green Goblin hideouts throughout the city, was seen by Frank at one of said hideouts, uses Goblin technology to fight off Frank, is shown to be rather agile while riding a Goblin Glider and, according to the aunt of the missing Mary Jane Watson, is known to be rather secretive.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He first appears blowing up a hole in the wall and proceeding to take down a gang of kidnappers. When the last of them surrenders, Frank says that there are no prisoners in this war. The arrival of police forces him to retreat, but he takes time to cut the hostage free.
* HeelRealization: Has one after Dr. Crawford explains that he's been trying to kill an innocent man.
* {{Jetpack}}: Uses one when dealing with [[BuildingSwing Spider-Man]].
* LighterAndSofter: In this series, he was restricted from using proper firearms and doesn't kill anyone.
** However, the series does rather heavily imply that he has done so in the past (his partner convinces him to use the nonlethal ordinance for once) and he looks like he's about ready to off a crook in his first appearance, but the crook jumps out the window and ran to the police himself instead.
* MissionControl: He has one in the form of his sidekick Microchip.
* MuggingTheMonster: Quite literally on the 'monster' part. He did very well against Spider-Man[[note]]although that was at least partially due to Spider-Man being distracted and plagued by pain from his ongoing mutation[[/note]], but him turning into Man-Spider wasn't something Punisher accounted for. He barely escaped with his life.
* NarratingThePresent: To make entries in his war journal.
* OhCrap: When he faces Man-Spider.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: When he spots Peter Parker at the warehouse with the Green Goblin's tech in "The Return of the Green Goblin", Frank suspects Peter is the Green Goblin and was the reason for Mary Jane's absence. While he is technically right in some way (Peter was responsible for the Green Goblin and Mary Jane vanishing into another dimension), Frank is incorrect that Peter is the Goblin.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: When he rescues and returns Mary Jane, he describes the gratitude he experiences as feeling human again showing the audience that he is fundamentally a good man that wishes to help others.
* WouldHitAGirl: 'Hit' is too strong a word here, but during his introductory scene he does throw a female thug into a pile of boxes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nick Fury]]
!!ComicBook/NickFury
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Philip Abbot, Jack Angel

The leader of the top secret world-protecting organization S.H.I.E.L.D..
----
* EyepatchOfPower: Naturally. A patch on the wrong eye is what allows Spider-Man to identify Chameleon as an impostor.
* OlderAndWiser: Has more decades under his belt than you'd readily believe, but is still one of the most capable (and dangerous) fighters on Earth.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite being the head of an international espionage organization, he trusts Spider-Man and is grateful for his help.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tony Stark / Iron Man]]
!![[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark / Iron Man]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Robert Hays

A billionaire scientist with a double-identity, Iron Man aids Spider-Man against Venom and Carnage when they try to rob one of his labs.
----
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: His PoweredArmor.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Most of the time, Tony's morally upstanding in his business.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: While it wasn't his intention, after the events with Venom and Carnage, he shut down the dimensional portal project which caused a DisasterDominoes of tragedies. From creating The Spot, to losing the tech to The Hobgoblin and The Green Goblin. The latter of which made Spider-Man almost lose Mary Jane.
* PoweredArmor: The most famous example.
* PowerPalms: The repulsor rays in his hands are perhaps his most iconic weapons.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:James Rhodes / War Machine]]
!![[ComicBook/WarMachine James Rhodes / War Machine]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JamesAvery

Tony Stark's chief of security, James Rhodes is also Iron Man's crimefighting partner War Machine.
----
* MoreDakka: When you're wearing an armored battlesuit packing all the standard weaponry of the Iron Man suit ''in addition'' to two big-ass [[ShoulderCannon shoulder cannons]], this will be your default attack more often than not.
* PoweredArmor: The "Variable Threat Response Battlesuit", a.k.a. the War Machine armor.
* ShoulderCannon: Has two of them (a rocket launcher and a chain machine gun), and they are his signature weapons.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Matt Murdock / Daredevil]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock / Daredevil]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"There'll be the Devil to pay for this!"'']]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Edward Laurence Albert Jr.

A blind attorney who represents Peter during his trial for treason, Matt Murdock's father was murdered on orders from the Kingpin. He maintains a double-life as the vigilante, Daredevil, and helps Spider-Man discover the truth about the Kingpin's identity.
----
* AdaptationalDyeJob: This version of Daredevil is blonde while most versions are redheaded.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: [[spoiler:Matt Murdock's father, Jack Murdock, was a boxer, but to support his young son after his wife died, he became a crook working for a mobster. Shortly after Matt discovered his father’s criminal status, Matt was accidentally bombarded by radiation from canisters of radioactive waste materials, which were being illegally transported through the city on behalf of the Kingpin. As a result, Matt was blinded, and Jack sought revenge on the Kingpin, but whilst collecting evidence of his crimes, he was caught by the Kingpin, who had him killed.]]
* AlliterativeName: ''M''att ''M''urdock.
* BadassBookworm: He's a professional lawyer who spends his free time fighting the criminal world.
* CoolShades: Almost always wears his sunglasses when not fighting crime.
* DisabilitySuperpower: The same accident that blinded him also heightened all his other senses to superhuman levels.
* GoodLawyersGoodClients: It is not surprising that completely innocent and all-around hero Peter Parker gets Matt Murdock as his lawyer
* HandicappedBadass: In spite of his blindness, Daredevil developed his other senses and he successfully brings criminals to justice through force.
* LivingLieDetector: Which lets him see through most of the Chameleon's bluffs. But it somehow didn't help him realize sooner that Spidey was framed and also that the Federal Agent asking for the evidence clearing Peter was TheMole.
* SecretKeeper: When they seemingly capture the Kingpin, Spider-Man gloats that they finally have him, while Daredevil tells them that he was a decoy, and the real Kingpin escaped, exposing the captured decoy as the Chameleon, and explains to Spidey that he can 'see' through costumes. Spider-Man gets a little uncomfortable after hearing this fact and asks if he knows his secret identity and Daredevil responds by saying "No. I respected your right to privacy. I'm a big believer in the Constitution and the law."
* SuperSenses: Has a form of 'radar' to help him navigate around places to compensate for his loss of sight. Peter outright states this radar sense is actually more formidable than his own Spider-Sense.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Steve Rogers / Captain America]]
!![[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers / Captain America]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidHayter

A WWII supersoldier, and leader of the American Six, he was trapped in a vortex alongside his archnemesis The Red Skull at the end of the war.
----
* TheAce: He is portrayed as a highly competent, skilled, and respected hero.
* AmazonChaser: Takes a shine to the Black Cat.
* ArchEnemy: He is the archfoe of The Red Skull.
* BigGood: During [=WWII=], he was the most important hero. It's ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, for crying out loud.
* TheCape: He is probably Marvel's best capeless Cape. Cap makes it clear on numerous occasions that he doesn't stand for America as a nation specifically, but for "the Dream", to the point where he's willing to fight and die for his beliefs against his own government.
* ChekhovsGunman: He first appears briefly in a flashback in an early episode of Season Four ("Partners in Danger") that deals with Black Cat's origin, before later showing up in person in the "Six Forgotten Warriors" and "Secret Wars" arcs in the final season.
* TheHero: He is the leader and most important member of the American Six.
* TheLeader: He led the American Six.
* NiceGuy: As in the comics, Cap is nice and altruistic.
* SealedGoodInACan: Captain America sacrificed himself again, and both he and The Red Skull were placed in the vortex. Two times!
* ShipTease: Crushes a little bit on the Black Cat when they meet, accidentally calling her a "beautiful woman."
* SuperReflexes: Not only can Cap always position his shield to block attacks, nothing can prevent him from reflexively moving his shield arm to block attacks with his shield.
* SuperSoldier: Classic example. His origin involved being a test subject for a project to create super-powered soldiers.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Silver Sable]]
!!ComicBook/SilverSable
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Mira Furlan

The leader of a team of mercenaries called the Wild Pack, Silver makes her living hunting war criminals. She crosses paths with Spider-Man and Robbie when she is hired by Rheinholt Kragov to capture the German scientist Wolfgang Groitzig. Upon Kragov revealing himself as the son of the Red Skull and Spider-Man saving her life, she aids him in battle.
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* ActionGirl: Goes without saying.
* AntiHero: She only does mercenary work on the side for extra cash but the true goal of the Wild Pack is to hunt down war criminals who have escaped justice. Even then, she was only working for Kragov because she didn't know he was helping the Red Skull.
* BadassNormal
* JetPack: She and her Wild Pack use them.
* MsFanservice: Very attractive, snow haired vixen.
* NaziHunter: Her Wild Pack specializes in hunting down Nazi war criminals.
* PunchClockHero: Whilst she may do good, it's ultimately a job, and so she mostly goes after targets whom she's paid to defeat.
* SensualSpandex: Her catsuit is very skin-tight and shiny.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gwen Stacy]]
!!ComicBook/GwenStacy
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaryKayBergman

The girlfriend of an AlternateUniverse's Peter Parker, she aids Spider-Man against Spider-Carnage in the last episode.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: She was an established character and love interest to Spider-Man in the earlier comics, while this incarnation of Gwen Stacy (albeit one from an alternate dimension) doesn't appear until the final episode of the series.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's modeled after the Ditko and early Romita Gwen, who had this trait [[CharacterizationMarchesOn before it was lost entirely]].
* DecompositeCharacter: Gwen was unable to appear as a regular character in the series because she was destined to die just like her comic book counterpart. So instead, the writers gave her Ditko-era characterization as LovableAlphaBitch of Peter's college and character design to pre-Black Cat Felicia Hardy and her sweet wholesome girl next door characterization to Mary Jane Watson.
* DistressedDamsel: Is kidnapped by Spider-Carnage. She does get major points though for firing a sonic rifle at him earlier.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: She is introduced in the final episode of the series.
* PluckyGirl: She takes no crap from her [[MrViceGuy egomaniac boyfriend]], realizes that Spider-Carnage is a fake and saves our Spider-Man, and then helps drive off Spider-Carnage by opening up on him with a sonic rifle. If it weren't for her kidnapping and five minute appearance she might be a full-on ActionGirl.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: By virtue of being from a parallel universe [[note]] furthermore, considering she hails from a universe where everything always goes right for Peter, it makes sense she wouldn't have suffered the same fate as her comic book counterpart [[/note]].
* SpotTheImpostor: She instantly recognizes Spider-Carnage as a fake. She also seems to have figured out that our Spider-Man isn't hers, although she still recognizes him as a hero.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' How'd you know that the Peter Parker downstairs wasn't me?\\
'''Gwen Stacy:''' He's as nutty as a fruitcake. A girlfriend notices little things like that.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Madame Web]]
!!Madame Web
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"One day you will yearn for the wisdom of Madame Web!"'']]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Joan Lee

A mysterious woman who takes it upon herself to be Spidey's mentor, preparing him for "the ultimate battle".
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics, she's "merely" a blind old lady [[{{Seers}} with precognitive abilities]]. Here, she's a near-omnipotent RealityWarper with [[TheOmniscient virtual omniscience]].
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the comics, Madame Web was a mutant named Cassandra Webb. This Madame Web is a cosmic entity like the Beyonder.
* AllPowerfulBystander: She is a powerful cosmic being. She is the assistant to the Beyonder. Spider-Man chews her out for the "bystander" bit when she refuses [[spoiler:to bring back Mary Jane and Norman Osborn/Green Goblin when they were trapped in an interdimensional limbo.]]
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: When Spider-Man was going to quit in the third season finale (like usual), Web warned him that the two-headed monster will rise above from the underworld. What Web meant by that was that his enemy, the Green Goblin, would figure out his secret identity, and Spider-Man knew the Goblin was Norman Osborn, and the two identities would clash.
* CoolShades: She wears always black glasses.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Her clothing may make her come off as looking like and witch and having yellow creepy glowing eyes under her shades, but she serves as a heroic mentor to Spider-Man.
* DeadpanSnarker: Towards Peter/Spider-Man.
* FigureItOutYourself: She gives Spidey cryptic warnings, and then disappears, leaving him to come to his own conclusions about what she meant.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She insults Spider-Man a lot, but she really does care about him and is trying to help him learn what he needs to know. Though she has no love for Iron Spider-Man, for obvious reasons.
* TheMentor: Her role was typically to act as cryptic adviser to Spider-Man, offering him strange clues and riddles that would ultimately help him.
* TheOmniscient: She gives this impression, at least, though it may have something to do with the fact that she's allied to the Beyonder, and in fact the events of the series have already happened once from her perspective; they had to "roll back" time after Spider-Carnage set off his multiverse-annihilating bomb and are now using their memories to help ensure he can be stopped this time.
* RealityWarper: Part of her power.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The X-Men]]
!![[ComicBook/XMen The X-Men]]
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A team of mutants trained by the telepathic Professor Charles Xavier to use their abilities for good. Being as these characters originate from their own separate show, more info can be found [[Characters/XMenTheAnimatedSeries here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Beyonder]]
!!The Beyonder
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EarlBoen

An extradimensional being whom Madame Web serves. He pits Spider-Man along with six other heroes against six super-villains in his "Secret Wars", with an alien world as the battlefield. Later turns out to be testing Spider-Man all along, and chose him as a leader of a team of alternate Spider-Men to fight another insane Peter Parker now known as Spider-Carnage, tasking them with saving the multiverse.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: While the comics Beyonder wasn't exactly malevolent, he tended to lash out when his curiosity wasn't abated to his satisfaction, and had no qualms messing with the lives of mortals. This version is actually out to save all of reality.
* AdaptationalWimp: Justified since his powers have limits outside of his dimension. On the other hand, in the comics when Doctor Doom stole his powers, he largely had control over them. In this series Doom never had any real control and was only able to use the Beyonder's powers because he allowed it.
* BigGood: Of the entire series, though he'd probably disagree that he is "good". It was him who tasked Madame Web with training a champion to one day save the multiverse. The result was our Spider-Man taking up the charge.
* 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. It's implied the whole war was just a formality for the sake of [[SecretTestOfCharacter testing Spider-Man]].
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Both himself and Madame Web assume humanlike forms to interact with Spider-Man. They're really something closer to EnergyBeings.
* FusionDance: With Doctor Doom. The thing is, he himself could have broken it any time he wanted, but he wished to observe the heroes' actions.
* TheOmnipotent: He is able to do anything and everything. While being outside his home dimension limits his power, there is still nothing you can do to him unless he ''allows it to happen'' (looking at you, Doctor Doom...).
* PhysicalGod: Perhaps the most obvious in all of fiction. Everything we see him do is at a ''[[WorfHadTheFlu mere fraction]]'' [[WorfHadTheFlu of his full power]]. He in fact expended most of it reversing time ''on the entire multiverse'' to save it from being annihilated by Spider-Carnage.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: The Secret Wars was a rather roundabout way of doing this to Spider-Man, having him go through days of battle on a hostile alien world leading a team of heroes, to ensure that he can do the same against alternate counterparts of himself against Spider-Carnage.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The American Six]]
!!The American Six
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Roy Dotrice (Destroyer, present day), Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (Destroyer, past), Kathy Garver (Miss America), Hansford Rowe (Thunderer, present day), Brett King (Thunderer, past), Paul Winfield (Black Marvel), Walker Edmiston (Whizzer, present day), Cain [=DeVore=] (Whizzer, past)

A band of five heroes from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, created as part of a series of experiments to recreate the original formula that produced ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. The result was a partial success; each American Warrior gained superpowers, but theirs were all unique. Furthermore, their powers were inherently unstable, and so they used special rings to activate and deactivate their powered state, much like the Black Cat would do later. They served under Captain America during the war, and after he fell, they continued to operate for a time under the leadership of the Destroyer, until their dwindling powers caused them to retire and disband. The American Warriors return as part of a plot that makes up the first half of the fifth and final season, helping Spider-Man battle a Hydra plot to retrieve the Red Skull.

The American Warriors consist of:
* Destroyer: Real name Keene Marlow, bestowed with superhuman strength and agility.
* Miss America: Real name Madeline Joyce Frank, able to manipulate density in order to make herself super-strong and tough or lighter than air.
* Thunderer: Real name Jerry Carstairs, imbued with the ability to project powerful shockwaves through his vocal chords.
* Black Marvel: Real name Omar Mosley, the closest of the group to a true re-creation of Captain America with enhanced strength, durability and agility. African-American, he was the chauffeur to Dan Lyons, whose father forbid him from undergoing the experiment, but who was used as the "true" identity of Black Marvel.
* Whizzer: Real name Robert Frank, a super-speedster who took his name from the buzzing noise he made when moving at hyper-speeds.
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* DecompositeCharacter: In the comics, Dan Lyons wasn't a decoy, but really was the Black Marvel. As noted above, here, that isn't the case.
* GetTheeToANunnery: Whizzer's name gets a fair bit of InUniverse mockery, due to alterations in slang; at the time, it was a fair reference to the whizzing noise he made when moving super-fast, but in modern times, it's a slang term for urination. Not helped by his yellow outfit.
* MakeMeWannaShout: The Thunderer's unique super power allows him to howl with such fury that he can shatter concrete and send mooks flying.
* RaceLift: Thanks to the the use of DecompositeCharacter, as noted above, Black Marvel is now an African-American man. Dan Lyons, who was Black Marvel in the comics, was white in both.
* SuperReflexes: The Destroyer and Black Marvel both possess greater-than-human agility and reflexes.
* SuperSpeed: Whizzer's unique super power is to run at incredible speeds.
* SuperStrength: The Destroyer and Black Marvel are all far stronger than any normal human being, whilst Miss America can mimic the effects in terms of hitting power by altering her molecular density.
* SuperToughness: Only Black Marvel possesses this particular superpower, although Miss America can emulate it by making her own molecules super-dense.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Whizzer and Miss America were originally killed in the comics, but are shown here as having lived to old age.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Fantastic Four]]
!!ComicBook/FantasticFour
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"It's clobberin' time!"'']]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CamClarke (ComicBook/MisterFantastic), Gail Matthius (ComicBook/InvisibleWoman), Creator/QuintonFlynn (ComicBook/HumanTorch), Patrick Pinney (ComicBook/TheThing)

Four people who gained super powers after being exposed to cosmic rays on an outer space mission. They are among the heroes recruited by Spider-Man in the "Secret Wars" three-parter.
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* BarrierWarrior: The Invisible Woman can project force fields and uses them to try and keep the villains from attacking.
* HeroicSacrifice: The Thing is lured over to Doctor Doom's side because of a device that enables him to change into his human form Ben Grimm and into the Thing at will. In the end, he gives up the ability to become Ben Grimm again in order to stop Doom.
* RubberMan: Mr. Fantastic has stretching powers.
* WreathedInFlames: The Human Torch can surround his body with flames.
[[/folder]]

!!Enemies
[[folder:Wilson Fisk / The Kingpin]]
!![[ComicBook/TheKingpin Wilson Fisk / The Kingpin]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Roscoe Lee Browne

The main villain of the series, the Kingpin operates a criminal empire with its headquarters in New York City. He is TheManBehindTheMan to many of the villains in the series, including all the incarnations of the Insidious Six and the Spider-Slayers.
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* AbusiveParents: He both had an abusive dad and is one. His father let him take the blame for one of his robberies, and Fisk later repeats this with his own son Richard.
* AdaptationNameChange: While he, like in the comics, is still named Wilson Fisk, his real surname, Moriarty, is original to the cartoon.
* AdaptationalBadass: This version of the Kingpin had SuperStrength. When the Kingpin, Rhino, Spider-Man, and others could be restrained by bonds they couldn't break out of, Kingpin could.
* AdaptationalSympathy: While he still loses them due to his being a crime boss, this version of Fisk is legitimately upset to lose Vanessa and Richard.
* AmoralAttorney: Not the main Kingpin (who pretends to be a businessman and philanthropist), but the version of Fisk in the Iron Spider-Man's world definitely qualifies.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' The Kingpin is my lawyer?
* ArchEnemy: While this role is usually given to the Green Goblin or Doctor Octopus, Kingpin serves as the most recurring villain of the series, with most of his plots having either attracted Spidey's attention or tried to take him out. Once Peter becomes aware of Fisk's criminal activities, he becomes much more involved in trying to stop his schemes.
* BadBoss: Fisk has a tendency to execute henchmen who have screwed up or slighted him in some way. He also repays Peter Parker for saving his life by hiring him to a very well-paying job, only to frame him.
* BadassBaritone: The deep cultured tones of Roscoe Lee Browne.
* BadassNormal: Bordering on CharlesAtlasSuperpower. This is an unpowered human who can swallow blows from Spider-Man and topple giant robots with only his raw brute strength.
* BaldOfEvil: His clean-shaven pate is intended to sign of his malevolent nature.
* BeingEvilSucks: As a result of his obsession with running his criminal empire and maintaining his status as the Kingpin, his wife Vanessa ended up leaving him after being kidnapped in a revenge scheme by Silvermane and his son Richard ended up taking the fall for a botched crime operation and going to prison like Fisk did for his father. Fisk sadly recounted how long the vicious cycle would take before his son would come back to kill him like Fisk did to his father.
* BerserkButton: When Daredevil mentions that the police has his son, he flies in a rage.
-->'''Daredevil:''' I'm taking your family. The police have your son, and I have you!\\
'''Fisk:''' '''''My son?!'''''
* BigBad: As the man behind the Crime Cartel and the Insidious Six, he features as the main villain of numerous individual arcs, and the show itself, even though he's not personally fought by Spider-Man until around Season 3.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Fisk doesn't have any superpowers, yet he is capable of easily crushing Spider-Man with his bear hug and lift up Red Skull's [[HumongousMecha Humongous Mechas]] because of his "650 pounds of muscles".
* TheChessmaster: He's always this, but in his prime in particular, he controlled nearly all organized crime on the East Coast and even had a general in his pocket.
* CompositeCharacter: In this series, he is the man who has Daredevil's father killed. In the comics, that role belonged to Roscoe Sweeney aka The Fixer. He also takes Jameson's role from the comics as the one who funds the creation of the Spider-Slayers.
* DiabolicalMastermind: He occasionally lurches into this archetype.
* TheDreaded: Overlaps with BadBoss; everyone from super-powered goons like the Rhino to common gunmen are too terrified to reveal anything about him, even under interrogation or threat.
* EnemyMine: When an OmnicidalManiac or someone who harms Kingpin's business interests shows up, Kingpin can allow himself to side with Spider-Man.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His wife Vanessa and son Richard. Though that didn't stop him from making the latter take the fall for his own crimes.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is willing to help Spider-Man if the planet is in danger.
-->'''Landon:''' Why would you help them?\\
'''Kingpin:''' There is no profit to be made in the destruction of the planet, it's very bad for business.
** Even before he learned what Spider-Carnage's [[OmnicidalManiac plan was]] he was still disturbed by him and said he was more evil than anybody he had ever worked with.
* EvilBrit: He has a very British accent, even though he's self-admittedly a native New Yorker.
* EvilGenius: In the episode detailing his origins, he mentions that he has a "mastery of technology" that allows him to effortlessly [[HollywoodHacking hack]] into any computer system. He's also extremely clever in terms of cooking up schemes, and possesses the social intelligence to know how to manipulate everyone around him, even villains with superpowers. It's [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] somewhat in that he always has a MadScientist on hand to develop new tech for him to use, but that seems to be a case of PragmaticVillainy--if there are people genuinely smarter than him, he'd rather have them on his staff than as a rival.
* EvilerThanThou: He knows how to establish the pecking order, even against villains with more impressive abilities. Some of them don't like working for him, but almost all of them know better than to openly cross him.
-->'''Kingpin:''' Your choice, Octavius: either fall in line or fall ''70 stories''. ''[activates the plane's trap door]''
* FatBastard: Subverted; he appears to be this, and apparently weighs around 650 pounds, but all that extra mass is actually ''muscle'', not fat.
* FreudianExcuse: As a child, he was ostracized and bullied for his weight, and his father was a small-time crook who neglected him. Eventually, he joined his father's gang to finally get acceptance, only for his father let him take the heat for a botched robbery and let him get sent to prison. Both this and his experiences in prison left him the hardened, ruthless criminal he is today.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He started out as the overweight son of a small-time crook. Now, he is one of the most powerful crime lords on the planet.
* GreaterScopeVillain: From personally commissioning the creation of the Insidious Six and the three original Spider Slayers, pushing Alistar Smythe into villainy, tormenting Norman Osborn leading to him becoming the Green Goblin (which led to Harry becoming the second Green Goblin and Mary Jane's disappearance as well as everything that happened because of those two events), killing Matt Murdock's and tormenting Felicia Hardy's fathers (which led to them becoming Daredevil and Black Cat), his gang war with Silvermane causing ''him'' to adopt more destructive and fantastic schemes to gain more power, his abuse of Smythe causing him to ally with Silvermane (which ties in with the "Return of Hydro Man" arc), it's hard to find some major event in the series that Kingpin ''wasn't'' a part of in some way, directly or indirectly.
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: Once an overweight boy who tried to earn his father's acceptance, Kingpin gained his ambitions and skills necessary for becoming a criminal lord in prison.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: While Fisk isn't a good piece of work himself, he fails to understand Spider-Carnage's [[OmnicidalManiac omnicidal]] agenda in ''two'' alternate universes and thinks that he is a trustworthy character.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Summed up in his very first appearance, when Norman Osborn gives him a report about their latest criminal enterprise:
-->'''Kingpin:''' Does anyone suspect ''I'' am involved?
-->'''Osborn:''' No. No one at all.
-->'''Kingpin:''' Good. That is how it ''should'' be.
** Seasons later, he has no problem throwing his ''own son'' to the wolves so that he can escape.
* KarmaHoudini: He is this for the longest time due to his high status and power. [[spoiler:He's finally brought to justice at the end of the "Six Forgotten Warriors", although it's doubtful he'd stay locked up for very long.]]
* {{Kevlard}}: Going by the sheer amount of damage he's able to NoSell, yes.
* KickTheMoralityPet: Despite loving his son Richard, at the end of "The Man Without Fear" Fisk made Richard take the fall for his crimes.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Is all but stated to have had his father killed. Given his father was an AbusiveParent who let Fisk take the fall for his actions, it's hard to feel bad for him.
* KillerBearHug: His go-to move when brought to the level of fisticuffs, mostly due to the show's brutal censorship mandate. It's ''not'' a laughing matter, either; at one occasion, Spider-Man's internal monologue has him legitimately afraid that Fisk is going to break him in two.
* KingpinInHisGym: As befits The TropeNamer, at least one scene in the series shows his effortlessly kicking the shit out of multiple sparring partners.
* LargeAndInCharge: He stands taller and wider than the Rhino.
* LightningBruiser: Looking at him would cause you to believe that he'd be a MightyGlacier, but he physically catches the very quick and agile Spider-Man and Daredevil with his own bare hands a LOT.
* LightIsNotGood: His white clothes invokes this.
* MadeOfIron: He can tank a massive amount of punishment for someone who's officially not super-powered.
* TheManBehindTheMan: He's the BigBad to the Insidious Six, the Crime Cartel, and almost every other major supervillain on the show, but he keeps to the shadows and Spider-Man does not meet him face-to-face until the third season.
* MoralityPet: His son Richard, whom he deeply loves.
* NeverMyFault: Blames Smythe for Richard ending up in prison, even though Fisk was the one who made him take the fall for his crimes in the first place.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Kingpin was so successful at hiding his hand that Spider-Man had no idea that he even existed for three seasons. Then Fisk enacted a scheme to frame Peter, which inadvertendly caused his identity to beceome known to Spider-Man. After that point, Spider-Man became a far more potent threat to Fisk's operation, which was already severly crippled by Spidey's mere presence.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: You can clearly see how Vanessa's leaving affected Kingpin when he rejects to take the Tablet of Time from Hammerhead, in spite how valuable it is, even if seeking profit is his main purpose.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: A very justified example. While the Kingpin is shown to easily match Spider-Man in a fair fight, he takes great care to limit his exposure so as not to incriminate himself with the authorities. Fisk is so successful at this that Spider-Man *had no idea that he even existed* until the third season.
* PapaWolf: He totally loses it when Daredevil taunts him with his son's arrest. In "Ultimate Slayer", the following episode, he finishes his rant at Smythe by pointing out how his "bungling" got Richard put in prison.
* PercussiveTherapy: He wrecks electronic devices around him when he's angry or wants to demonstrate determination to crush an enemy.
-->'''Kingpin:''' Spider-Man is ''[punches the screen displaying Spider-Man]'' FINISHED!
* PragmaticVillainy: Shows this when he helps Spider-Man often when the alternative would be letting New York (or the world) be destroyed. As he tells Landon:
-->'''Kingpin:''' There is no profit to be made in the destruction of the planet. It is very bad for business.
* SelfMadeOrphan: He is as strongly implied to be this as the censors would allow. After being left for the police by his father in a robbery gone south, he [[HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook walked out of prison with the physical strength, connections and mentality needed to build his empire]]. Even Smythe is shocked that even he could be so ruthless.
* ShoutOut: His previous surname was [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Moriarty]].
* TheSocialDarwinist: That which is weak is worthless, as his father taught him long ago.
* StoutStrength: One of the largest, heaviest, and most physically imposing people in the series, as well as one of the strongest. He claims to only be 2% body fat, making a BadassBoast about showing Spider-Man what "350 pounds of muscle" can do. Considering how fast he moves, he's probably not lying.
* TheSyndicate: He's the leader.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Would love to do so, although he's fairly practical about it, focusing more on spreading his influence than crazed schemes -- although he certainly has a few of those up his sleeves.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' World domination? [[SelfDeprecation Kingpin, now you sound like a Saturday morning cartoon villain.]]
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: He ended up taking the fall for his father after he ditched him. Years later after becoming the Kingpin, he kills his own father to both remove evidence of his own existence and as payback, repeating what his father said ("Sacrifices must be made."). Later in life, he forced his son to take the fall for him, while repeating the line. Now he fears his son will one day pay him back like he did his own father.
* UngratefulBastard:
** Peter Parker saved Fisk's life from an assassination attempt by the Hobgoblin. That didn't stop Fisk from framing Peter for selling government secrets. Somewhat subverted when he apologizes to Peter for the "misunderstanding" and pays for his wedding to Mary Jane though he claims he's only doing it for the good publicity.
** Spider-Man saves Fisk and other Oscorp stockholders from the Green Goblin. Fisk still tries to kill Spider-Man and the Goblin. Note that at this point Spidey doesn't even know Fisk is the Kingpin.
** Hobie Brown saved Richard Fisk from one of Kingpin's enemies while they were both doing time. At first it seems like Fisk will avert this trope for once when he gives Hobie the Prowler suit so he can take revenge on his former boss Iceberg. However, it turns out that Fisk was taking advantage of Hobie to remove Iceberg as a rival and the suit is actually wired to shock or kill Hobie if he disobeys Fisk.
* UnknownRival: Up until the third season, Spider-Man never knew who the Kingpin was or that he was unknowingly interfering with his criminal empire. However, once Spider-Man finally becomes aware of him, he becomes a much bigger threat as Spider-Man makes his goal to take the Kingpin down.
* UnwittingPawn: Two of his counterparts wind up being this to Spider-Carnage. The first of these doubles knew not to blindly trust Spider-Carnage, but he had no idea [[OmnicidalManiac how far his "ally" intended to go]].
-->'''Kingpin's second counterpart:''' Destroy us all?!\\
'''Spider-Man:''' You were tricked, Fisk! And not for the first time!
* VillainInAWhiteSuit: A crime lord who is almost always seen wearing a white business suit.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's the president and owner of a number of legitimate businesses and appears to the public as a successful businessman and philanthropist.
* WellDoneSonGuy: In the backstory. He is pleased that his relationship with his son is nothing like the one he had with his father.
* WhoDares:
-->'''Daredevil:''' Right here, Kingpin. And the name is Daredevil.\\
'''Fisk:''' You'd have to be a daredevil, to dare to challenge me!
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no problem using his KillerBearHug to try and squeeze the life out of Black Cat.
* XanatosGambit: Part of his EstablishingCharacterMoment in his first appearance. Because Norman Osborn fell in debt to the Kingpin while funding the Spider Slayers, he has to conclude a deal that either Black Widows kill Spider-Man or Fisk takes control over Oscorp. Needless to say, both options would be favorable to the Kingpin.
* YouHaveFailedMe:
** Midway through the third season, in the episode "Ultimate Slayer", he turns on Alistair Smythe for having not only repeatedly failed to defeat Spider-Man, but having been involved in ploys that both exposed the Kingpin's existence to Spidey ''and'' got Fisk's son imprisoned as a traitor. He promptly recruits Herbert Landon as his new MadScientist and has Smythe mutated into the titular Ultimate Spider-Slayer.
** When Hammerhead switched sides, Kingpin was willing to give him a chance, but he threatened to send him back to Silvermane in pieces in the event of failure. Luckily for Hammerhead, he did well-enough to stay on Kingpin's good side.
* YouKilledMyFather: Killed Daredevil's father ''and'', technically, Alistair Smythe's father too.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Spencer Smythe]]
!!Spencer Smythe
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Edward Mulhare

An inventor who was forced to build the original Spider-Slayers for the Kingpin.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Zig-zagged. In the comics, Spencer started out as a concerned citizen who built the Spider-Slayers to bring the "menace" of Spider-Man to justice. It was the repeated defeats (and the realization that he was dying) that ended up pushing him over the edge, into full-blown villainy. This version of Spencer has no real problem with Spider-Man, only going after him at Norman Osborn's behest.
* AdaptationalSympathy: He is more sympathetic than his comic book counterpart and only wants to help his son, even if it meant working for Norman Osborn.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''pencer '''S'''mythe.
* AntiVillain: He only went after Spider-Man so he could afford to build his son a high-tech wheelchair.
* DemotedToExtra: Plays a far more prominent role in the comics.
* DecompositeCharacter: Due to his role being reduced for the show, his son Alistair received his prominence and enacted some of his plans from the comics. Notably, attaching a bomb to both Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jameson was something his father did in the original comic story.
* EvilGenius: Spencer specializes in robotics, and built a variety of machines designed to kill Spider-Man.
* EvilOldFolks: Well, you can argue about whether he's "evil" because all he really wants is to build a hoverchair to help his crippled son, but he ''is'' willing to try and kill Spider-Man in order to get the funds he needs.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Works for Norman Osborn in hopes of gaining enough resources to build the hoverchair he has designed for his son.
* MadScientist: A remarkably sympathetic one.
* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself for the accident that crippled Alistair.
* NeverFoundTheBody: He's never found in Osborn's factory after the explosion that apparently claims his life. [[spoiler:That's because Kingpin has him and he's still alive, though in suspended animation.]]
* PunchClockVillain: He doesn't personally hate Spider-Man, but he works for Osborn to gets funds for building an advanced wheelchair for his son.
* RobotMaster: Built the original Black Widow Spider-Slayer.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Averted, which is why he was put into suspended animation. Kingpin knew Spencer would never willingly work for him, but he still recognized that "a genius is a terrible thing to waste" and that the guy would be a useful bargaining chip to use on Alistair if need be.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alistair Smythe]]
!!Alistair Smythe
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[[caption-width-right:320:as the "Ultimate Slayer"]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaxwellCaulfield

Spencer Smythe's wheelchair-bound son, Alistair becomes the Kingpin's right-hand man for much of the show, serving as his chief inventor and confidante. He is later transformed into a living Spider-Slayer by the Kingpin and Landon.
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* AntiVillain: At first, he's being played by the Kingpin; later he's trying to save his father.
* AscendedExtra: In the comics Alistair is a fairly minor villain. In TAS he's an EvilGenius-for-hire whose inventions play a vital role in the schemes of half the crime lords in New York.
* AvengingTheVillain: Seeks revenge for Spencer Smythe's apparent death.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: By Landon, in "Ultimate Slayer", although he eventually manages to break his programming.
* CompositeCharacter: Since Spencer's role is reduced in the show, Alistair was given more prominence and even enacted some of his father's plans from the comics. Notably, attaching a bomb to both Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jameson was something his father did in the original comic story.
* {{Cybernetics Eat Your Soul}}: Well, technically he's a bio-borg mutate and not a cyborg, but he's still noticeably colder and more ruthless after his upgrade.
* {{Cyborg}}: Technically, when he becomes the Ultimate Slayer, although it's rather ambiguous; Landon's specialty is genetic mutation and he comments on how "metal is the way of the past" and "flesh, remolded, restructured and enhanced, holds the key to the future" before altering Smythe, which suggests that the Ultimate Slayer is a mutate or bio-borg rather than the cyborg of the comics. However, he does have retractile "screens" in his eyes after his transformation, which do display a typical "robotic screen vision" when seen through EyeCam, so there's arguably some mechanical components in him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Particularly towards the Kingpin.
* DisabledSnarker: Being paraplegic in no way impedes his taste for sarcastic quips on the ineptitude of those around him.
* TheDragon: He's the closest thing the Kingpin has to one until Landon replaces him.
* EvilFeelsGood: It didn't take long for him to start enjoying his position as the Kingpin's lieutenant, to the point where he actually showed jealousy when the Hobgoblin seemed to be gaining Fisk's favor.
* EnemyMine: In the Secret Wars arc in the final half of season 5, he surrenders to Spider-Man's heroes and joins forces with them, because he knows that the Red Skull and Doctor Doom will happily spend eternity waging war over this planet, whilst all he wants to do is get back to Earth.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: All of the evil he does is to avenge his beloved father.
* EvilBrit: Like the Kingpin, he has a very British accent.
* EvilCripple: He was unable to walk and wheelchair-bound. Averted after his transformation, when he becomes able to walk.
* TheEvilGenius: Fills this role for The Kingpin, Silvermane, Harry Osborn, The Red Skull, and anyone else who will fund his attempts to save his father.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Alistair's voice is already pretty low. As the Ultimate Slayer it drops another octave and gains mechanical distortion.
* GeniusBruiser: Post-upgrade, he retains all of his formidable intelligence, but is now a super-strong bruiser to go with it.
* GeniusCripple: Alistair is a [[RobotMaster genius robot inventor]] who has leg paralysis after an accident. This stops to be an issue when he becomes the Ultimate Slayer.
* HiredGuns: Will work for anyone so long as they are willing to provide him with the technology he needs to avenge [[spoiler:and then save]] his father.
* {{Hypocrite}}: During his battle with Scorpion in "Partners", Alistair called his opponent a "freak of nature". Spider-man is quick to call him out on this.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' Great line coming from a {{Cyborg}}!
* {{Irony}}: The RobotMaster is forced to become a {{cyborg}}.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: In a non-romantic sense. His entire criminal career is motivated first by revenge and later by the desire to save his father Spencer.
* MadScientist: Just like his father, Alistair is a brilliant engineer, roboticist and physicist.
* PragmaticVillainy: After learning that [[spoiler:his father is alive but sealed in cryo-stasis]], he loses interest in trying to destroy Spider-Man for revenge.
* RobotMaster: Repairs the Black Widow and constructs a variety of other Spider-Slayers and robots to use against Spider-Man.
* ServileSnarker: Again towards Kingpin.
* ShoulderCannon: As the Ultimate Slayer, he mounts a laser on each shoulder.
* SuperStrength: As the Ultimate Slayer.
* SuperWheelChair: His hoverchair. He continues to use it for transportation even after his legs are fixed by Landon.
* TookALevelInBadass: Forcibly takes one at the hands of Landon and the Kingpin.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Alistair's failure resulted in Richard Fisk's imprisonment and reveal of his identity to Spider-Man, Kingpin fully dismissed Smythe and turned him into a cyborg.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Herbert Landon]]
!!Herbert Landon
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidWarner

A fanatical scientist with an anti-mutant agenda, he is later transformed into a freak of nature by one of his own experiments. He eventually replaces Alistair Smythe as the Kingpin's NumberTwo.
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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Here, his mutated form can absorb and fire electricity. In the comic miniseries he debuted in, ''Spider-Man: The Mutant Agenda'', his mutated form was a super-strong rock creature more akin to ComicBook/TheThing and [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk Korg]].
* AscendedExtra: In the comics, he's an extremely obscure comic villain who only appeared in a Beast/Spider-Man team-up miniseries. In TAS, he was made into a re-occurring villain that works for the Kingpin after the two-part adaptation of said miniseries.
* CombatTentacles: In OneWingedAngel form.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: He ends up being exposed to his own mutant-destroying chemical and mutates into a monstrous-looking half-human/half-lizard creature. As Beast points out, Landon was so fixated on making a formula toxic to mutants that he never stopped to think about the effect it would have on ordinary humans.
* TheDragon: Takes Smythe's place as the Kingpin's right-hand man.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In "The Spot", he openly questions why the Kingpin would engage in an EnemyMine with Spider-Man, even to stop TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* EvilFormerFriend: To Hank [=McCoy=]/Beast of the X-Men.
* EvilGenius: He's easily as smart as Smythe, just focused on biology over robotics.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: He's a brilliant geneticist with a specialization in genetic mutation. Initially, he wants to use this to engineer a murderous "cure" for all mutants on Earth, but after being mutated himself, he seems more interested in genetically engineering new life forms.
* FantasticRacism: Towards mutants, including his old partner, Hank [=McCoy=].
* FinalSolution: His chemical concoction destroys mutant cells, ultimately killing the victims. He plans to use it on every mutant in the world, killing them all.
* {{Irony}}: Exposure to his own chemicals transforms him into one of the very mutants he so despises.
* {{Kaiju}}: The best way to describe his OneWingedAngel form. Its a towering monster with PsychoElectro powers and CombatTentacles.
* KarmicTransformation: He gets transformed by his own chemicals into the one creature he hates the most: a mutant.
* {{Mutant}}: Ironically turned into one, given that he despised mutants.
* OneWingedAngel: Transforms into a rampaging monster after exposure to his own chemicals; the aftermath leaves him permanently TwoFaced.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Of the FantasticRacism variety, but still, he's a man whose racism leads him to try and commit ''genocide'', all under the marketing of a cure for mutation.
* PsychoElectro: Briefly, following his mutation: he absorbs electricity, has an insatiable hunger for it, and can expel blasts of electrical energy at anything that angers him.
* TheSociopath: One of the biggest in the series, rivaling Carnage. He's a remorseless and genocidal mad scientist. After his failed attempt to wipe out all mutants, he became the Kingpin's henchman and willingly engaged in such atrocious actions as turning Alistair into a cyborg and performing experiments on Felicia Hardy. He even seems worse than his boss in a certain regard, as he questioned why the Kingpin would help Spider-Man even in an apocalyptic scenario.
* TwoFaced: Post-mutation, his body is split vertically down the middle between his original body and a more grotesque form akin to his fully mutated state, with a wide, yellow eye, sickly gray-green skin, and inhumanly clawed digits.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Otto Octavius / Dr. Octopus]]
!![[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus Dr. Otto Octavius / Dr. Octopus]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EfremZimbalistJr.

->''"Science is all that matters."''

Once a respected scientist, Dr. Otto Octavius was Peter Parker's mentor at a science camp when he was ten. Following an accident that bonded his tentacles to his body, Octavius has become a criminal mastermind, though he still has a soft spot for his former students. He is a core member of the Insidious Six and acts as their field leader.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Octavius in the comics is a fat, ugly man with a bad haircut. This version retains the bad haircut and square face, but has the physique of a body builder.
* AdaptationalNationality: This version of Doctor Octopus is German as opposed to his comic book counterpart and other versions (who are usually portrayed as being American).
* AdaptationalWimp: If not in terms of ability then definitely in terms of status. In the comics, Doc Ock is up there with Green Goblin as one of Spidey's all-time greatest enemies and is feared and/or respected by much of New York's criminal element, with the Kingpin once preferring to relocate his entire operation rather than deal with him. Here he is a B-tier bad guy and TheDragon for Fisk instead.
* AdaptationOriginConnection:
** Both Doc Ock and Peter knew each other as he was a mentor to Parker at a science camp when they were younger. In the comics, they never knew each other until Octavius became Doctor Octopus.
** He also has a vendetta towards the Hardys 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.
* AffablyEvil: He is very polite and friendly towards Peter and Aunt May.
* AlliterativeName: ''O''tto ''O''ctavius.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: As his moniker suggests, octopi.
* BadassBookworm: Despite being a nuclear physicist, he's surprisingly adept at combat.
* BadassTeacher: Badass ex-Teacher actually, as he was a mentor of Peter.
* BrokenPedestal: To Peter; Doctor Octavius was Peter's science teacher and hugely instrumental in shaping Peter's own love of science, but when he turned into a maniac willing to risk destroying New York to prove his theories are correct, Peter lost all respect for him.
* CombatTentacles: Four of them, each ending in crushing pincers.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: The accident that welded his tentacles to his spine drove him more than a little nuts.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: His gigantic ego and sense of entitlement cause him to lose it when he thinks he isn't getting his due credit for being such a brilliant scientist.
* ForScience: Even before he went crazy, Octavius firmly believed that scientific advancement was its own justification.
* HerrDoktor: While most versions of Octavius are American, this version has a classic mad scientist’s German accent.
* InsufferableGenius: Octavius never misses an opportunity to remind people of his intelligence or put down others for (what he perceives to be) their stupidity. When Scorpion wants to seek out Peter Parker because he might be able to locate Spider-Man, Octavius takes over the plan and decides to go to the Parker home himself, saying that it was a job too delicate for Scorpion to handle, despite it being Scorpion's idea in the first place.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Heaven help those who stand in the way of him being recognized for his contributions to science. In one episode he tries to steal a machine called the Argon-Matrix Laser which could revolutionize medicine and one that he and a Hardy Foundation scientist worked on together. That the machine could save lives was irrelevant to Octavius who was angry that he got no credit for it. Judging by his words to a young Peter, there was a time when Octavius truly believed in using science solely to benefit mankind but after the accident that resulted from his funding by the Hardy Foundation being cut, he only seeks to be known for his greatness.
* MadeOfIron: Octavius can take a beating from the likes of Spider-Man, despite not having superpowers and nor a protective costume.
* MadScientist: Octavius just wants to expand the frontiers of science. If that ends up hurting people in the process, or requires him to commit robbery to attain needed equipment and materials, so be it.
* RetCanon: The AdaptationOriginConnection of him being a mentor-figure to Peter has since been incorporated in a number of future ''Spider-Man'' comics and adaptations.
* {{Revenge}}: The Hardy Foundation promised him grant money and then reneged on the deal. He's not real happy about this, and takes it out on Felicia.
* SinisterShades: He constantly wears thick, squared-off, tinted classes. They likely double as light-filters for when he's working on his energy-related experiments.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mac Gargan / The Scorpion]]
!![[ComicBook/MacGargan Mac Gargan / The Scorpion]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MartinLandau (Season 1 and 2), Creator/RichardMoll (Season 4 and 5)

->''"I wanna be plain old Mac Gargan again."''

A former private investigator who went mad after Jameson had him transformed into a weapon to use against Spider-Man. He alternates between working as a mercenary for the Kingpin and other crime lords (most notably Silvermane) and wanting to return to normal. A member of both incarnations of the Insidious Six.
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* AcidAttack: He can shoot acid from his tail.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Scorpions, obviously.
* 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 [[RadiationInducedSuperpowers 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.
* BerserkButton: Spidey quickly learns that calling him names and making fun of him is a good way to make him start fighting more carelessly.
* BewareMyStingerTail: It sprays HollywoodAcid and can be used to [[CombatTentacles smash, pummel, constrict and squeeze things]].
* BodyHorror: In Gargan's first episode, he starts to spontaneously mutate further. His upper torso swells (in a manner that is implied to be very painful) with muscle until he looks ridiculously top-heavy, he grows to be about twelve feet tall, he develops green skin and yellow eyes, and his fingers start forming into claws. In subsequent appearances, he looks like his pre-mutation form (a tall, muscular but normal man in his trademark costume).
* TheBrute: Shares this role with The Rhino as a member of the Insidious Six.
* ChronicVillainy: No matter how hard he tries, or what he promises Sarah, Mac just can't seem to keep out of the underworld, inevitably falling back into crime whenever he is short of cash.
* DumbMuscle: He's not out and out stupid like The Rhino, but Mac is still hot-tempered, impulsive, and dangerously short-sighted.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Yells at Spider-Man about not dragging his mother into things when the latter cracks a "your mom" joke. This is especially notable, because Spidey had tried to press his BerserkButton (as above) in the process, but it's only the comment about his mother that riled him up. In the past, just insulting him would have been enough on its own.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Later episodes reveal he has a fiancée named Sarah, who he loves and who helps hide him from the law, and he wants to go back to being Mac Gargan so he can get married to her.
* EvilCounterpart: Created through the same process that made Spider-Man what he is, and is also based upon an arachnid in terms of both costume, name and abilities.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Courtesy of Jameson. He goes from weaselly private eye to bulky thug in a matter of minutes.
* HairTriggerTemper: Scorpion goes berserk very easily, which usually brings about his downfall.
* HellishPupils: His pupils become vertical slits as his mutation progresses.
* HeroKiller: {{Subverted}}. He's dangerous certainly, but despite the build-up, isn't significantly more threatening than other members of the Six (and less so than some).
* IJustWantToBeBadass[=/=]IJustWantToBeNormal: Starts out as the former, but progresses to the latter. It's implied the change-over has something to do with the painful body-warping freak-out he undergoes in his first episode, but he reverts back to his "normal" Scorpion form afterwards (which, honestly, is better looking than his human form) and never seems to be at risk of mutation afterwards.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He was a private eye with poor self-esteem who was manipulated into undergoing an illegal science experiment. Even after his transformation, being insulted is still a sore spot for him and by the end of his debut episode he just wants his old life back and suffers setback after setback in regaining it. About the only other villains who have it as bad or worse than him are the Prowler and Venom.
* KillerBearHug: He tried to crush Spider-Man this way in his first appearance. Spidey was only saved by Jameson's intervention.
* MoralityPet: His girlfriend, Sarah, in her only appearance.
* SaveTheVillain: One of the few occasions Spidey did it ''knowing'' he was saving a villain.
* ScaryScorpions: Chosen for the symbolism; Scorpion was created to defeat Spider-Man, and scorpions are natural predators of spiders.
* SuperReflexes: As Spider-Man's evil counterpart, he can move and react with great speed; in his first appearance, he actually claims (and is shown to be) faster than Spidey -- however, he lacks Spider-Man's precognitive Spider-Sense.
* SuperStrength: Officially stronger than Spider-Man is.
* VillainDecay: In his first appearance, he easily overpowered Spider-Man. While later appearances still depict him as a threat, he never comes close to achieving such a victory again.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Rhino]]
!!The Rhino
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DonStark

->''"[[TheHero You]] should have stayed in black, because I'm gonna dirty you up bad."''

A supervillain-for-hire his motivations and past are never explained. He frequently works for the Kingpin and provides the Insidious Six with their heaviest muscle.
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: As always, he's a super villain named after a rhinoceros.
* TheBrute: Plays this role in the Insidious Six, being the most physically powerful yet incredible stupid member.
* EvilDuo: Forms one with The Shocker in one episode, nearly defeating Spider-Man before Venom intervenes.
* HiredGuns: The Rhino is a mercenary who works for anyone who can pay money.
* ImmuneToBullets: Well, given the nature of the series, it's technically "Immune to [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms Lasers]]", but the effect is similar.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: No name other than the Rhino is ever provided, while in the comics, his name was Aleksei Sytsevich.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The Rhino only cares about doing stuff because it gets him paid. There's nothing personal about it.
* RhinoRampage: A mob-owned super-enforcer with a rhino theme to his costume and powers.
* SuperStrength: The Rhino is far stronger than Spider-Man, and uses this to his advantage.
* UseYourHead: Does an amazing impression of a BatteringRam.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: The massive horn on the top of his costume.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Shocker]]
!!The Shocker
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}}

->''"This time it's maximum voltage at minimum range."''

A mercenary in the Kingpin's employ, Shocker fires vibrational waves from his gauntlets. He is a member of the Insidious Six and tangles with Spider-Man as part of the group and on his own.
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* AchillesHeel: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Water can cause his gauntlets to short out, but it's only a serious problem for him if his insulated suit is also damaged. This convenient alignment of factors happens once in the entire show.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics, Shocker is treated as a joke, regardless of his (not unimpressive) track record. This version managed to give the black-suited Spider-Man a run for his money and is given the appropriate amount of respect.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comics he uses "vibro-smashers" that fire high pressure air blasts. Here's his powers are more Electro-lite.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: His insulated suit allows him to channel his attacks and conduct electricity safely.
* DarkChick: Of the Insidious Six.
* EvilDuo: Forms one with The Rhino in one episode. During the "Forgotten Warriors" arc he and Scorpion form one within the Insidious Six. In both cases, he's the calm and collected one.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has a very deep, growly voice.
* TheFaceless: He's never shown without his mask. Even in jail he's apparently allowed to keep it on.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Revealed in one episode where he had to remove his short-circuiting suit before it exploded.
* GutturalGrowler: Courtesy of Jim Cummings.
* HandBlast: His gauntlets can function as either this or PowerFist, depending on the situation.
* HiredGuns: Like Rhino, he works for anyone who's willing to pay for his talents and has little interest in committing crimes on his own initiative.
* NoNameGiven: He's the Shocker. No other name is ever provided. In the comics and most versions, his real name is Herman Shultz.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Even if he has any personal name, he is only called the Shocker in the cartoon.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Easily the most professional member of the Six.
* ProfessionalKiller: Smythe and the Kingpin use him for kidnappings and assassinations -- the kind of jobs they wouldn't trust [[DumbMuscle The Rhino]] to do.
* PsychoElectro: Fires concentric rings of electricity from his gauntlets.
* PungeonMaster: Makes at least one pun related to the word 'Shock', in EVERY episode he appears in.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Generally speaks in a quiet tone, even when he's threatening someone.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Quentin Beck / Mysterio]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} Quentin Beck / Mysterio]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GreggBerger

->''"Time for me to resume my leading role as Mysterio!"''

A former Hollywood stuntman turned illusionist and thief, Mysterio serves as a member of the Insidious Six before being seemingly killed in a fire.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's far better-looking than his comic book counterpart, whose looks prevented him from getting leading roles in movies.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the comics, he had black hair. Here, he's a blonde.
* BadassCape: Deliberately invoked in his super-villain costume.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Most of his illusions are concealed within his suit.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He very clearly cares about his girlfriend Miranda, regardless of her appearance.
* EvilGenius: He may not be a scientist like Doctor Octopus, but a man who can create super-realistic hologram projectors and conceal them in capsules the size of 6-sided dice clearly knows a thing or two about special effects.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He chooses to stay by Miranda's side and die in an explosion rather than leave her.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Commits suicide with his girlfriend in his final episode.]]
* LargeHam: He's certainly quite theatrical.
* TheLoad: He temporarily becomes a villainous example in the VillainTeamUp. He has no powers to contribute to anything, only crates of stuff their quarry can knock down to block the villains' way when they are chasing a de-powered Spider-Man.
* MasterOfIllusion: To the point that he can flat out make virtual reality projections.
* NeverMyFault: His careless use of explosives caused a big accident and got him one year in prison, but he blames it all on Spider-Man because the web-head intervened and caught him. If anything, Spidey saving people from the explosion prevented Beck from serving a larger prison term.
-->'''Mysterio:''' It's payback time.\\
'''Spider-Man:''' Payback? For what? You did it all to yourself.\\
'''Mysterio:''' Yes, that's what my psychiatrist said, but you know what? His sessions never made me feel this good.
* RivalsTeamUp: He ended up teaming with Spidey in his last appearance to save Mary Jane.
%%* SmallNameBigEgo:
* TogetherInDeath: He died with Miranda Wilson as he still wanted to be with her, regardless of her appearance.
* UnholyMatrimony: Eventually develops a crush on a badly disfigured (and totally unhinged) actress. It ends... tragically.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Adrian Toomes / The Vulture]]
!!Adrian Toomes / The Vulture
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[[caption-width-right:320:Youthful form]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Eddie Albert/Allen Johnson (young)

A failed businessman with a grudge against Norman Osborn, the Vulture is an old man who eventually develops a way to feed off of his victims' youth in order to temporarily become young again. By stealing the rejuvenated Silvermane's youth he is able to make the process permanent; he then joins the Insidious Six as Mysterio's replacement.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Vulture was Spider-Man's second villain, but shows up later in season 2 after the likes of Shocker and Venom appear.
* AmbiguousSituation: In the season two finale, he was given the Man-Spider mutation and was under the burning building. But it was later revealed he was rescued by Scorpion and was held hostage at his apartment. The only thing that was never explained is how he recovered from the mutation.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Obviously, the vulture.
* AssimilationBackfire: At one point, he absorbed Spider-Man's youth to rejuvenate himself. In the process, he also ended up absorbing Spider-Man's Man-Spider mutation.
* BaldOfEvil: In his old form.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Without his flight suit, Toomes is a nobody.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Ran Toomes Aerodynamics into the ground researching antigravity and ways to turn back aging, and doesn't mind killing people to prevent them from taking over his company.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: The idea of showing the results of his antigravity research to the executives to persuade them not to let Norman Osborn take over has never been discussed in-universe. His comic book counterpart would feel disappointed.
* EvilRedhead: As a young man.
* EvilOldFolks: He's somewhere in his eighties.
* FinalBoss: After he uses the Tablet of Time to create his Vulture suit, becomes the last main threat of ''Neogenic Nightmare'' arc.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Toomes drains Spider-Man's youth and gains his super powers as a bonus. Unfortunately, Spider-Man was suffering from a disease that was [[BodyHorror mutating him beyond human]] at the time and Toomes contracted it as well.
* LargeHam: His younger self is this.
* LiquidAssets: Drains the youth from his victims.
* MadScientist: To the point his research on antigravity and youth rejuvenation has nearly bankrupted his company.
* OlderThanTheyLook: His youthened form is still technically a very elderly man, it just has the appearance and physical capabilities of a young man.
* PoweredArmor: His flight suit.
* PowerParasite: Steals youth and strength from his victims.
* RazorWings: They can slice through trees.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Osborn was attempting to buy out Toomes Aerodynamics by claiming that Toomes' research was never going to pay off and that it'd bleed the company dry. Toomes could have just ''shown off'' the fully functional anti-gravity personal flight suit he'd developed, thus proving his research was a success, humiliating Osborn, and attracting wealthy buyers who'd soon have the corporation rolling in money -- and all of it achieved legally. Instead, he took his working prototype suit and tried to assassinate Osborn instead, resulting in him losing everything.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: For a while his power was on the fritz, causing him to shift between old and young at the drop of a hat. He eventually managed to freeze himself at young by stealing Silvermane's newly acquired youth.
* SixthRanger: To the Insidious Six, after Mysterio dies.
* UnexplainedRecovery: It's never explained how he recovered from his Man-Spider mutation he absorbed from Spider-Man between those appearnces.
* VillainousCheekbones: Especially in his younger form.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Chameleon]]
!!The Chameleon
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (grunts in "The Price of Heroism", uncredited)

A nameless, faceless, shapeshifting spy, found most often in the Kingpin's employ. He is later revealed to be The Red Skull's foster son and his mole within the Kingpin's organization.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Chameleon was Spider-Man's first villain, but shows up later in the season 1 finale after Spider-Man dealt with Venom and Hobgoblin.
* BaldOfEvil: In his true form, he's completely hairless.
* TheBlank: In his native form, his face is pretty much non-existent; he has eyes and a mouth, and a hint of a nose, but they're vague and undefined, emphasizing his ability to appear as anyone.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: His illusion belt. Averted later in the series, where the Kingpin had him "modified" so he could look like others without the belt.
* {{Cyborg}}: What he becomes after the Kingpin's modifications.
* EvilGloating: Does it a lot, but only when in morph.
* MasterOfDisguise: His illusion belt helps.
* TheMole: Is a spy for the Red Skull in the Insidious Six and turns on them when times is right.
* NoNameGiven: He is never referred to by his real name from the comics, which is Dmitri Smerdyakov.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the series, he's now the adoptive son of the Red Skull, while unlike his comic book counterpart he has no familial ties with Kraven the Hunter.
* RetCanon: The ability to change on his own, without a belt, was created for the series but adapted into the comics.
* SiblingsInCrime: With his foster brother Rheinholt Schmidt.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Being Red Skull's stepson, it's a given.
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Red Skull.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: While he's now related to the Red Skull and Electro, he's no longer Kraven's half-brother.
* TheVoiceless: Only ever speaks while in morph, though he does make some grunts while being beaten in "The Price of Heroism".
* VoiceChangeling: Whenever he's in disguise, he'll change his voice to match that person.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Eddie Brock / Venom]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock / Venom]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria

->''"From now on, we're poison to you, Spider-Man! That's why we call ourselves VENOM!"''

A washed-out ''Daily Bugle'' reporter turned violent criminal, Eddie Brock becomes Venom after bonding with the alien symbiote that was once bonded to Spider-Man.
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* AchillesHeel: Sonics and intense heat. Only the former is ever used against him, though.
* AdaptationDyeJob: This version of Eddie has brown hair instead of the comics' blond. [[Film/Venom2018 He won't be the last.]]
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the comics, Eddie's grudge against Spider-Man was caused when he published an article incriminating a man he thought was the serial killer Sin-Eater, only for Spider-Man to catch the real culprit. This publicly shamed Eddie, causing his company to fire him, his father to disown him, and his wife to leave him. Here, Eddie screws himself over by outright lying to Jonah about the theft of Prometheum X from John Jameson's shuttle, claiming that Spider-Man was the thief when it was actually the Rhino, and Spider-Man's actual role in the event was fighting the Rhino to save both; Eddie saw the whole thing but deliberately withheld the Rhino's presence and took advantage of Jonah's hatred of Spidey to get his job back, making his grudge against Peter Parker much [[EvilIsPetty pettier]] as a result.
* ArcVillain: Of The Alien Costume arc in Season 1, with Venom as the FinalBoss.
* BerserkButton: Being reminded of being fired. Spidey pushes this button in order to lure Venom into his trap.
* BrooklynRage: In human form.
* CassandraTruth: While in prison, Eddie kept talking about Venom and how he would one day be reunited with the symbiote. Dr. Ashley Kafka thought it was in his head.
-->'''Venom:''' Do you believe us ''now'', Doctor?
* ClingyCostume: The symbiote does ''not'' like letting go of a host, and in fact the reason it hates Spider-Man so much is because of how close they came to being permanently bonded before he rejected it and forced them apart.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The symbiote can bestow superpowers on mundane hosts, mainly patterned after Spider-Man's due to its absorption of his DNA, and can also drastically boost the powers of superpowered hosts.
* ClothesMakeTheManiac: Sharing a mind with the wrathful symbiote really didn't help Brock's already-tenuous sanity.
* CurbStompBattle:
** His first act as Venom is to mop the floor with Rhino and Shocker to have Spider-Man all to himself.
** Virtually every time he and Spidey fight directly, Spidey gets clobbered.
* DeadpanSnarker: Part of being Peter's EvilCounterpart.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' Brock, the more you hate me, the more the symbiote can control you!\\
'''Venom:''' Who said we hate you? Fact is, we're your biggest ''[[IncrediblyLamePun fan!]]''\\
''[Venom throws a fan blade at Spider-Man, who dodges it and shoots a web at Venom]''\\
'''Venom:''' Look, streamers! Now this ''IS'' a party!
* EnemyMine: With Spider-Man, following Carnage's kidnapping of the doctor he has a crush on.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He sincerely loves and cares for Ashley. [[EvenEvilCanBeLoved The feeling is mutual.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Peter Parker.
* EvilIsPetty: Everything he does is because he unfairly blames Spider-Man for his failed career as a journalist, ignoring the fact that it happened because he took advantage of Jonah's hatred of Spider-Man to frame him for the theft of a rare mineral to get his job back; when it comes down to it, Eddie's downfall was entirely his own damn fault.
* EvilSoundsDeep: As Venom, he has an extremely deep, reverberating tone.
* FangsAreEvil: Even with no host, the symbiote often manifests a [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily huge maw full of fangs]].
* FightingFromTheInside: When Eddie grows to care about someone other than himself and starts fighting its impulses, the symbiote tries to [[PuppeteerParasite take him over]]. He manages to suppress it long enough for Dr. Connors to remove it.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from a lame reporter who couldn't even pay his own rent to a frightening badass capable of easily overpowering Spider-Man in a fight.
** In his introduction, he beat up [[TheWorfEffect both Rhino and the Shocker]] [[CurbStompBattle in less than a minute]].
* GeneticMemory: When he first fights Spider-Man, Venom states bonding with the symbiote has given him access to memories dating back eons.
* HeelFaceTurn: After he makes his return, thanks to Ashley.
* HellishPupils: Venom's eyes are drawn so that they have black pupil-like slits, a look which was briefly adapted into his appearance in the mainstream comics' 1995 ChristmasSpecial ''The Venom Claus''.
* HeroicSacrifice: When Carnage attempts to drag Dr. Kafka through the portal, Venom sacrifices himself to rescue her and take Cletus out once and for all.
* IAmLegion: Always uses plural pronouns, because both he and the symbiote have their own minds.
* ImmoralJournalist: He's a sleazy hack, plain and simple. Not only was Eddie fully prepared to expose Curt Connors as the Lizard and ruin his life to benefit his career, he also takes advantage of Jonah's hatred of Spider-Man to frame him for the theft of a rare mineral in order to get his job at the ''Daily Bugle'' back; this bit him in the ass when Jonah's son woke up and confirmed Spidey's story that it was the Rhino who attacked him and stole the mineral.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Eddie's selfishness and arrogance are what cost him his livelihood, but he fails to see this.
* LightningBruiser: He's faster and stronger than Spider-Man thanks to the symbiote.
* LossOfIdentity: Given that he's last seen falling into another dimension with no way of suppressing the symbiote, he will almost certainly suffer this.
* LoveRedeems: Eddie falls in love with Dr. Ashley Kafka, enabling him to pull a HeelFaceTurn.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Eddie has the classic gaping maw full of fangs.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: He chose the name Venom to invoke this trope.
* NeverMyFault: Eddie Brock blames Spider-Man for his failed career as a journalist. Sure, Brock may blame Spidey for being unable to expose Curt Connors as The Lizard, but it's not Spidey's fault that he mistakenly exposed Flash Thompson as Spider-Man; lost a recently-gotten job as a result of a spider slayer attacking him; or that he destroyed his reputation by framing Spidey with the theft of a rare mineral.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: He even invokes it during his first battle with Spider-Man.
-->'''Venom:''' You know nothing about us, but we know everything about you. You'll see us every where, even in your nightmares!
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He beats up both Rhino and Shocker when they go after Spider-Man, and later personally intervenes when Carnage has Spidey at his mercy, all because ''he'' wants to be the one to take down Spider-Man.
-->'''Venom:''' Spider-Man is ours, and ours alone!
* OverlyLongTongue: As Venom, he has a prehensile serpentine tongue.
* PowerNullifier: He's immune to Spider-Man's Spider-Sense. This is a problem.
* RetCanon: In the original comics, the Venom symbiote did not affect Peter's personality at all; it just made him tired because it took his body out crime-fighting while he was asleep, and Peter [[KickTheDog simply tried to kill the symbiote when he found out that it was alive and trying to bond with him]]. This series introduced the idea of the Venom symbiote [[ADarkerMe slowly corrupting Peter and making him more aggressive and violent]], thus giving Peter a more legitimate reason to want to get rid of it, and this was adapted into the comics; all subsequent adaptations have followed suit. That said, it was shown in a ComicBook/WhatIf issue in 1989 (5 years before the premiere of the animated series) that if Spider-Man had kept the venom symbiote, it would have possessed him mentally and physically, and eventually would have killed Peter.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In addition to Spider-Man, he also once took a shot at Jonah for firing him.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Venom saves the Dr. Kafka by sacrificing himself to stop Carnage.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After retrieving the portal device, Venom ditches Baron Mordu and Carnage to resume his quest for vengeance. [[PsychoSupporter Carnage]] was not impressed.
* SlasherSmile: As Venom.
* SuperReflexes: Inherited from the Spider-Man DNA patterning in the symbiote; Venom is roughly as agile as the far smaller and less bulky Spider-Man.
* SuperStrength: Inherited from the Spider-Man DNA patterning in the symbiote; Venom is significantly stronger than Spider-Man, though, perhaps because of Brock's greater size or his weight-lifting hobby.
* TheSymbiote: Arguably the TropeNamer, and certainly the TropeCodifier.
* TalkingToThemself: We! Are! Venom!
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Eddie took an instant dislike towards Cletus Kasady that only escalated when they were Venom and Carnage, despite them both working for Dormammu.
* ThatManIsDead: "Stop calling us [Brock]! We are Venom now!"
* UnreliableNarrator: When describing his troubles to Dr. Kafka, he makes it sound like he's a crusader for justice and that Spider-Man was the bad guy.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: As Venom.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Neither member of Venom was all too sane to begin with, of course, but combining increased both their madness and their ability to hurt those around them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cletus Kasady / Carnage]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Carnage}} Cletus Kasady / Carnage]]

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Scott Cleverdon

->''"Come on! What are [[TheSymbiote you]] waiting for? I'm yours, [[VerbalTic man]]! [[AxCrazy Together, we're gonna wreak glorious Carnage throughout the land]]!"''

A criminal lunatic, Kasady had the cell next to Eddie Brock. Baron Mordo offered him the chance to gain the same kind of power that Brock had, granting him one of Venom's offspring as a gift and transforming him into Carnage.
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* AchillesHeel: Sonics and intense heat, but Spidey never has the chance to actually use either.
* AdaptationalWimp: While by no means weak, being a match for Venom, Carnage in the comics is all but unstoppable, to the point where Spider-Man and Venom can barely handle him while working together.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: The comic version of Carnage has no affiliation with either Baron Mordo or Dormammu.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Not initially, as Carnage didn't mind teaming with Venom during the fight against Spider-Man and War Machine. However, when Venom [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou prevented him from killing Spider-Man]], Carnage grew to hate his "dad" and wanted to tear him apart as well.
* AxCrazy: Even before becoming Carnage, Cletus was a deranged madman who was willing to blow himself up with a suicide bomb for kicks. After becoming Carnage, he took great delight in terrorizing people.
* BeenThereShapedHistory:[[spoiler: If Season 6 had been produced, WordOfGod is that a time-displaced Cletus would have been revealed to have been Jack The Ripper.]]
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Carnage could transform his arms into scythe-like blades and an axe.
* TheBrute: While Baron Mordo is preparing the ritual to summon Dormammu, Kasady is left to do the grunt work in gathering the needed life force. [[AxCrazy Not that he minds, anyway.]]
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Kasady's super-powers all extend from being melded with the symbiote, and if he were stripped of it, it'd revert him to a normal lunatic.
* ClothesMakeTheManiac: Well, they make him more dangerous anyway.
* CombatTentacles: Often extends his symbiote to make these.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Cletus Kasady held off the NYPD and Spider-Man using his own cunning and liberal doses of high-explosives. Needless to say, he becomes an even more serious problem after he turns into Carnage and completely averts FromNobodyToNightmare. When it's discovered that it's Kasady behind Carnage's mask, everyone becomes ''more'' frightened.
* EvilCounterpart: He's an AxCrazy SerialKiller who is Venom's Eviler Counterpart. Think about that for a minute.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: As Carnage, Cletus would occasionally crack sadistic jokes and snark at Eddie's expense.
-->'''Carnage:''' We've done our job, but we want a bonus. [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Daaaaaad]]... heh heh... ready for some father-son quality time?
* EvilIsVisceral: While all symbiotes are slimy amorphous masses that turn their hosts into fanged reptilian monsters with flailing tongues, Carnage takes it an extra step further by looking like a flayed human body.
* EvilLaugh: His psychotic giggle sounds unhinged even before the symbiote's vocal scrambling makes him sound more menacing.
* EvilRedhead: He has red hair and he's evil. Nuff said.
* FangsAreEvil: Even more so than Venom; his "face" is more skull-like, permanently exposing his serrated teeth.
* ForTheEvulz: He was an AxCrazy murderer before he became a supervillain. After he became Carnage, he happily agrees to help bring Dormammu into the universe because he wants to see the destruction that he will unleash.
* GigglingVillain: Cletus was already prone to random fits of creepy giggles but he really indulges himself as Carnage.
* TheHyena: A villainous character who's constantly laughing.
* InterdimensionalTravelDevice: He steals one from Stark Enterprises on Baron Mordo's orders in order to free Dormammu. He is later sucked through the portal along with Venom.
* JaggedMouth: Carnage's teeth are black, blending in with his mask.
* LackOfEmpathy: Kasady doesn't care about ''anyone'', even himself.
* LaughingMad: Said fits of giggles highlight how disturbed he was, and graduate to full blown maniacal cackles after he becomes Carnage.
* LeanAndMean: As both Kasady and Carnage.
* LegacyCharacter: After Carnage is sucked through an inter-dimensional portal, the symbiote ditches Cletus and bonds to a nihilistic version of Peter Parker to form Spider-Carnage, the series' final antagonist.
* LightningBruiser: Carnage may lack Venom's bulk, but he moves as fast or faster and hits just as hard.
* LighterAndSofter: This is mostly the reason why he was brought in as part of a Mordo/Dormammu plot so that he would spend his time "draining life energy" from his victims rather than going AxCrazy on them in a more... direct manner. Didn't make him any less creepy and, credit to the writers, they kept that aspect of his character as close as they could for children's TV show.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Initially to a greater degree than Venom, as it enables its hosts to freely transform their limbs into weapons.
* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Kasady's a murderous criminal lunatic who ''loves'' his "job".
* MadBomber: As Kasady. He was willing to blow up an entire city block, himself included, just for kicks.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Baron Mordo states that Cletus' hatred of humanity makes him a worthy host for the Carnage symbiote.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Like "father" like "son".
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Dude calls himself Carnage, and lives up to it.
* OmnicidalManiac: His loyalty to Dormammu appears to be less about gratitude for the symbiote and more because he knows exactly what will happen when Dormammu is freed from the Dark Dimension.
* PsychoForHire: While in the employ of Baron Mordo.
* PsychoSupporter: Cletus swore fealty to Dormammu in exchange for a symbiote, and kept his oath with a surprising display of loyalty, partially out of genuine gratitude for giving him the symbiote, and mostly because he wanted to watch Dormammu burn the world.
-->'''Baron Mordo:''' Do you dare go back on your word?\\
'''Carnage:''' ''[snarls]'' The heck with my word, man! I'm gonna bring this back. I can't wait to see the horrors Dormammu's gonna commit when he gets here! Hehehehahahaha!
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: When fighting, Carnage was prone to fits of maniacal laughter.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: As Carnage, Cletus was red with black markings and stripes, and like usual he was a deranged maniac.
* TheRival: Cletus and Eddie butted heads the moment they met, and that rivalry only intensifies after he becomes Carnage.
-->'''Eddie:''' Hey, you! SHUT UP!\\
'''Cletus:''' Hey, man... ''[giggles]'' I could eat you for breakfast!\\
'''Eddie:''' Oh yeah? I'd give you indigestion, ''man!''
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Attempts this on Spider-Man before Venom intervened. He later drains the life-force out of Detective Terri Lee for arresting him, but she ultimately got better.
* RoyalWe: Initially, Carnage refers to himself using the first-person plural, though he later began referring to himself as "I", meaning Kasady and the Symbiote have bonded so well, they're effectively one and the same.
* ShapeShifterWeapon: Frequently stretches out his symbiote or turns his hands into weapons.
* SlasherSmile: Frequently shows one as Kasady; gains a permanent one as Carnage.
* TheSociopath: The clearest-cut example on the show. Kasady likes to hurt people, has a HairTriggerTemper, expresses no remorse for his actions, and has no regard whatsoever for human life, his own included.
* SoulJar: For Dormammu, in a certain way: the power Dormammu gave Carnage prevents the portal to his universe from being closed as long as Carnage is around. Venom sacrifices himself to knock Carnage into the portal, thus enabling Spider-Man to close it and trapping them both in the interstice between worlds.
* SpikeShooter: Carnage could fire his claws like bullets.
* SuperReflexes: Inherent with the symbiote, courtesy of inheriting some of Spider-Man's DNA.
* SuperStrength: Inherent with the symbiote, courtesy of inheriting some of Spider-Man's DNA.
* TheSymbiote: The Carnage symbiote is the offspring of the Venom symbiote, and is even more vicious than its progenitor.
* TakingYouWithMe: When his link to Dormammu pulls him through the portal, Carnage grabs Dr. Kafka, intending to drag her with him, but Venom sacrifices himself to save her.
* TalkingToThemself: Averted. Kasady and the Carnage symbiote are so closely linked that he refers to himself as "I."
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Carnage and Venom did not get along, with Cletus dismissing Eddie as a "sentimental old fool" due to his attraction towards Ashley Kafka.
-->'''Carnage:''' ''[to Venom after Mordo breaks up a fight]'' You were lucky this time... Mordo won't always be around to save your hide...
* ThatManIsDead: "Kasady is gone, there is only '''''Carnage'''''!"
* TotallyRadical: Cletus liberally seasoned his sentences with 1990's slang, often ending his sentences with "man".
* TranshumanTreachery: Cletus eagerly embraced the symbiote.
-->'''Cletus:''' Come on! What are you waiting for!? I am yours, man! We're gonna wreak glorious carnage throughout the land!
* VampiricDraining: Setting him apart from other versions of Carnage, Dormammu bestowed Carnage with the ability to drain LifeEnergy via physical contact.
* VerbalTic: "Yeah, man!"
* VoiceOfTheLegion: As Carnage.
* WillingChanneler: Kasady is eager to receive the power of Carnage from the beginning.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Averted. Kasady was batshit insane long before he got his hands on the symbiote.
* YourSoulIsMine: Gains this power while working for Dormammu.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Hobgoblin]]
!!The Hobgoblin / [[spoiler:Jason Phillip Macendale]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarkHamill

A killer created and retained by Norman Osborn for the purposes of assassinating the Kingpin, the Hobgoblin eventually turned freelance criminal. Who was behind his mask remained a mystery for much of the show; [[spoiler:it was eventually revealed to be Jason Phillip, Felicia Hardy's fiancé]].
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Whereas the Hobgoblin in the comics was a BigBadWannabe imitator of the earlier introduced Green Goblin, in this TV series, Hobgoblin was introduced before the longtime Comicbook/SpiderMan archenemy Norman Osborn took up the identity of the Green Goblin. The reason for Green Goblin's later appearance in the show was that he, and also Sandman and Electro, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen were considered for being featured in a Spider-Man film that never got made]] by Creator/JamesCameron and the creators of the show [[ExiledFromContinuity were denied by Marvel executives from being able to use the Green Goblin]]. Hobgoblin was used for the TV show in his place. Showrunner, John Semper, who hated the character, has stated he was forced to include the Hobgoblin due to previous toy contracts set up by his predecessor.
* AdaptationalBadass: The series had him to be far more formidable and fearsome, since he basically took over the role of Roderick Kingsley (who didn't exist in that show). He even was the first Goblin in that continuity, long before Norman became the Green Goblin.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: While the Hobgoblin is made to be connection with the Green Goblin, the tech made for Hobgoblin in the show was done by Osborn directly, rather than being found in a secret lair like in the comics while Norman was dead for a while.
* AdaptationalWimp: Played with. He's one of the pre-eminent threats to Spider-Man in the early part of the series due to being a BadassNormal (and Norman's supply of weaponry), but this Hobgoblin lacks the SuperSerum the Kingsley Hobgoblin had in the comics or the formal military training the comics version of Macendale had, and is thus a lot more strategic about battling Spider-Man, as he can't hang with him in a one-on-one fight. He manages to be a major thorn in Spidey's side, but ends up thoroughly outclassed when the [[Comicbook/NormanOsborn Green Goblin]] finally makes his debut, PsychoSerum and all.
* BadassCape: Which also includes a [[InTheHood sinister hood]].
* BadassNormal: He has no any superpowers, in contrast to the Green Goblin.
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Blackmails Landon after he discovers the latter's genocidal intentions.
* CardCarryingVillain: He makes no bones of the fact that he's a ruthless crook.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He backstabs Norman Osborn, The Kingpin, Landon, and anyone else who crosses his path over the course of the show. Special note should go to his introductory two-parter. He doesn't just double-cross, he doesn't just triple-cross, he goes for the very rare ''quadruple-cross.''
* CompositeCharacter: His character mixes in elements from multiple Hobgoblins from the comics, such as having his identity be a mystery like Roderick Kingsley as well as Kingsley's [[spoiler:high society life.]] He also has [[spoiler:Jason Macendale's]] identity and [[spoiler:work as a mercenary.]] Additionally, he has traits of the comic Hobgoblin's dupes: [[spoiler: he started life as a petty crook like Lefty Donovan, and had a similar revelation scene to Felicia as Ned Leeds did to Betty Brant.]]
* EvilLaugh: Does this more frequently than his comic book counterpart, if only in large part as something of an ActorAllusion to Hamill's role as ComicBook/TheJoker in the ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'' (beginning with ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'').
* EvilSoundsRaspy: He speaks in a low-pitched rasp when in his Goblin persona. [[spoiler:Without his mask, he uses a smooth, pretentious tone of voice.]]
* EvilerThanThou: With the Kingpin and the Green Goblin.
* TheFaceless: Invoked in his first appearance when the viewer sees him put on his mask from behind.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was a petty street thug and legbreaker before Osborn got his hands on him. Now he's a PsychoForHire who is a genuine threat to the likes of Spider-Man and the Kingpin.
* {{Greed}}: His main motivator is money.
* GoldDigger: [[spoiler:Plans to marry Felicia for her money.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Resentful that he isn't rewarded for Harry's kidnapping when he wants to, the Hobgoblin calls Kingpin a double-crosser... exactly what he proves himself to be.
-->'''The Hobgoblin:''' The Kingpin's a double-crossing snake.\\
'''Osborn:''' You're a lying opportunist!\\
'''The Hobgoblin:''' [[HypocrisyNod Naturally.]]
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Is about to try this on Felicia when [[spoiler:the Green Goblin crashes the party.]]
* InTheHood: Sports a medieval-esque orange hood and cape over his goblin mask.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The only thing he truly cares about is money, and so all his schemes, from {{BlackMail}} to [[TheStarscream taking control of Fisk's criminal empire]], boil down to him trying to turn a profit. Downplayed though, since he's [[PsychoForHire clearly having fun along the way]].
* PsychoForHire: He's in it for the money, but is clearly getting a kick out of blowing up anything that's even remotely explodable.
* PutOnABus: After his true identity is revealed in the third season, he is sent to prison and doesn't return for the rest of the series. A version of him from an alternate reality makes an appearance in the GrandFinale though.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: On his mask.
* SkySurfing: Set the standard for all Goblins by flying the very first bat-themed one-man power-glider.
* TheSociopath: He's a money-obsessed psycho who sees everyone else as disposable pawns. [[spoiler:Hammered in when Felicia asks if he ever really loved her; Jason is genuinely unsure and replies that he loves superficial things about her, such as her wealth and beauty.]]
* SmugSnake: When revealed [[spoiler:as Jason.]]
* TheStarscream: To Kingpin in his introductory two-parter.
* [[SuperheroPackingHeat Supervillain Packing Heat]]: Always keeps at least one laser pistol on him.
* VillainDecay: He was revealed to be nothing more than a petty crook in his last appearance, and he turns into a wuss when face-to-face with The Green Goblin.
* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler:Felicia asks him this, and if he ever really loved her, after he's unmasked and captured. With nothing to lose, he answers honestly, that he isn't sure, that there were things ''about'' her he loved: her wealth, beauty, and refinement. Felicia quickly decides that that definitely wasn't love.]]
* YouDontLookLikeYou: When the Hobgoblin first appeared unmasked [[spoiler:before revealing his identity to Felicia]], he was depicted bald, in contrast to his later appearance.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Norman Osborn / The Green Goblin]]
!![[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Norman Osborn / The Green Goblin]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Goblin plays for keeps!"'']]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NeilRoss

The father of Peter's friend Harry, Norman is a crooked businessman who starts the show almost completely under the thumb of the Kingpin. A lab accident eventually results in him developing a split personality; donning an altered version of the Hobgoblin's gear he becomes the Green Goblin and seeks revenge on everyone who has ever made his life difficult.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: Osborn already had connections with the Hobgoblin in the comics, but it was only someone found his tech after his death and tried to replicate it. In the show, he was alive and made the equipment for the Hobgoblin to kill Wilson Fisk, only to triplecross over Osborn. In fact, the Green Goblin states that his costume was actually the Hobgoblin's, but was formed from the gas explosion that also created him.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Usually one of Spider-Man's earliest foes, it took Norman three seasons to finally become the Green Goblin, with the Hobgoblin debuting before the Green Goblin.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He's by far the most sympathetic version of Norman in any media, more a victim of circumstance than the brutal monster of the comics. He's also merely an absentee father to Harry (something he's shown to regret), rather than being outright [[AbusiveParents abusive]] like in the comics.
-->'''Norman:''' You think I don't care about Harry? The fact is I do. But my work was all consuming. I was always away. Do you know what that's like? Missing his birthday parties, his baseball games, never being there when he was sick and needed me. But none of that meant I didn't care about him. It was just a matter of making choices. Maybe, I made the wrong ones.
* AdaptationalSympathy: Related to the above "Adaptational Nice Guy", the show presents Norman as someone who regrets his neglect of Harry, a pawn under the thumb of the Kingpin, and the circumstances of his becoming the Green Goblin being the result of the stress of working for Fisk (and initially, the backlash of working on a project for Fisk) finally getting to him.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To the Hobgoblin. Green Goblin not only has a more devastating arsenal, but is also much stronger and more ruthless than the Hobgoblin ever was.
* AntiVillain: Norman's a fairly nice, if weak-willed guy who's in way over his head with the Kingpin. Even the Green Goblin persona can be seen as something of a KnightTemplar rather than the AxCrazy loon he's normally portrayed as.
* ArcVillain: He serves the main threat of the ''The Sins of the Fathers'' arc of season 3.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: The Green Goblin may seem goofy, between his appearance, his Halloween-themed arsenal and his constant maniacal laughter, but he's incredibly dangerous.
* BigBadSlippage: Beginning as a ruthless corporate executive involved in shady business right from the start, he gradually loses control of his life as his illegal dealings catch up with him, and finally becomes a supervillain when cracking under the pressure resulting from this.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: More sympathetic than most.
* CrazyPrepared: After giving the Hobgoblin his gear, he kept his identity stored on a computer as leverage so that if anything happened to him, Hobgoblin's secret identity would be released to the public.
* CurbStompBattle: Against the Hobgoblin, whom he beats into the ground in a matter of minutes.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The Green Goblin wants to hurt anyone who he thinks has hurt Norman, and is quite willing to dish out lethal punishment for even minor offenses.
* EvilLaugh: Higher-pitched than the Hobgoblin's, and even ''more'' effective.
* EvilMentor: The Goblin persona to Harry.
** An alternate version of him is something of a mentor of the Hobgoblin's counterpart, vowing to make "a real goblin" out of him.
* EvilerThanThou: To the Hobgoblin, which he considers an upstart unworthy of the title of Goblin. Given that the Green Goblin has superior technology, superpowers and the "sincerity" and "freedom" of madness on his side, he proves it in practice.
* {{Foil}}: The KnightTemplar Green Goblin persona is a foil to both Norman (whose desires it embodies) and the Hobgoblin, who cares only about himself.
* GigglingVillain: The Green Goblin has a surprisingly high-pitched laugh.
* HandBlast: The Green Goblin fires lasers from the fingertips of his gloves.
* TheHyena: Even more so than the Hobgoblin, the Green Goblin is constantly laughing uproariously at his own evil.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In contrast to his evil JerkAss comic book counterpart, Norman was this for two seasons before [[SanitySlippage going off the deep end.]]
* KnightTemplar: The Green Goblin will attack anyone who has ever made Norman's life difficult.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: The accident that turned him into The Green Goblin happened because he rushed to get an experiment done after Kingpin threatened his life and Harry's. Later, while he's struggling to control his Goblin side, he learns that Peter is Spider-Man and believes that he only became friends with Harry to get to him and accuses him of hurting both him and his son.
* TheManBehindTheMan: He supplied the Hobgoblin with his first batch of weapons.
* TheMentallyIll: Played for tragedy. Norman's descent into villainy is played as a man who inadvertently gives his own worst demon and said demon ultimately consumes him, leaving a cruel, vindictive shell of the man he once was.
* MoralityPet: Harry to Norman, Norman to the Green Goblin persona.
* PretenderDiss: The Green Goblin regards the Hobgoblin as an impostor of a goblin and himself as the real deal.
->'''Hobgoblin''': How did you lift that?\\
'''Green Goblin''': Because I’m the real deal you cheap imitation!
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: While firing the Hobgoblin for failing to assassinate Fisk, Norman points out that he became a supervillain only because of the equipment ''he'' provided. He also says that he can bring the Hobgoblin down with the knowledge of his true identity. When Norman becomes the Green Goblin a second time, he defeats and captures the Hobgoblin with his knowledge and modified Goblin equipment.
-->'''The Hobgoblin:''' You can't talk to me like I'm some punk!\\
'''Osborn:''' Before the wing and the weapons, you ''were'' just a punk! An ambitious hood in a mask. I made you the Hobgoblin, and now I'm ''unmaking'' you. Don't forget; I know your real identity, and I've stored it where it will come out if anything happens to me!
* RightForTheWrongReasons:
** The Green Goblin calls Jameson a hypocrite for claiming to be Norman's friend while writing an expose on Oscorp creating chemical weapons. Ignoring that it is Jameson's job as a journalist to inform the public of such things, the real reason Jameson should be considered a hypocrite is because he created the Scorpion and neither confessed to it nor faced any legal consequences for it. Jameson is a hypocrite not because he exposed Norman's illegal dealings but because Jameson refused to air his own dirty laundry.
** The Goblin also accuses Anastatia Hardy of hypocrisy by claiming that she was the one who funded Dr. Octopus. However, Otto became Dr. Octopus ''after'' Anastatia stopped funding his legal experiments. Anastatia is later revealed to be the wife of the notorious thief knows as the Cat which would bring a great deal of embarrassment to her family and company if it became public... kind of like how Norman's reputation suffered when knowledge of his creating chemical weapons became public.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: A big part of his initial appearance, as the Goblin personality aims to get back an anyone who's ever crossed Norman, regardless of whether they deserve it or not.
* SanitySlippage: Over the course of several seasons, until he develops his split personality and becomes the Green Goblin, who then takes over Norman completely.
* SealedEvilInACan: Becomes trapped in one of Ohn's vortices in "Turning Point" and never gets out.
* SkySurfing: With his Goblin Glider.
* SmugSnake: Quite an arrogant and unpleasant individual, once he turns into the Goblin.
* SourSupporter: The Green Goblin persona hates Osborn's "weakness", but dedicates himself to destroying anyone who threatens him, and even states that his goal is to "make a man" out of Osborn.
* SplitPersonality: Big time. The Green Goblin persona in this version of the story is a protector personality who seeks to protect Norman from anyone who has ever done him wrong.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The Green Goblin. Duh.
* SuperReflexes: Not quite as much as Spider-Man, but he's a lot more agile than the ordinary human.
* SuperStrength: The gas that turned him into the Green Goblin gave him tremendous physical strength.
* ThatManIsDead:
** When Spider-Man unmasks him in "Enter the Green Goblin", the goblin says that Norman was [[NeverSayDie destroyed]] in the explosion that created the Green Goblin.
** He also declares that Osborn is dead during his final confrontation with Peter.
-->'''Green Goblin:''' There's no Osborn anymore, Parker! There is only the Green Goblin!"
* TookALevelInKindness: As the series progressed he became a more pleasant individual... Then he became the Green Goblin.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The gas that gave him super-powers also seems to have been the final push Norman Osborn's fragile mind needed to snap.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Silvio "Silvermane" Mafredi]]
!!Silvio "Silvermane" Manfredi
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Jeff Corey (Silvermane as an old man), Townsend Colesman (young man), Cannon Young (as a kid)

A member of the Crime Cartel and a rival of Wilson Fisk's, Silvermane is governed by two obsessions -- to seize control of the cartel from the Kingpin, and to regain his lost youth.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wished to be young again, but was then turned into a baby. In his final appearance, he wished to regain his adult body--and was aged to an even older state than beforehand by [[LiquidAssets The Vulture]]. Feel free to laugh.
* ButtMonkey: He gets screwed over by Fisk, The Scorpion, and The Vulture (not to mention Spider-Man), and all of his schemes backfire horribly. You'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't such a dick.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: When he regains his youth, he's able to beat up ''The Lizard'' with his bare hands.
* TheDon: Head of the Silvermane branch of the Maggia.
* EnfanteTerrible: PlayedForLaughs when his anti-aging magic backfires, leaving him as an infant.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His daughter supports his endeavours to regain his youth. When the Tablet of Time backfires she escapes with baby Manfredi, and [[NeverMyFault tries to destroy everyone in the lair to avenge him]].
* EvilOldFolks: Despite being as old as Toomes, at the least, he's still a ruthless mobster out to dethrone Fisk as the Kingpin of Crime.
* LightIsNotGood: As Spidey observed, he seems like a sweet old man on the surface.
* TheStarscream: He's not exactly discreet in his belief that he could run the cartel better than Fisk.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Manfredi and his daughter, hasty to make him young again, force Dr. Connors to activate the Tablet of Time and then throw him off the project despite it being incomplete, dismissing all his warnings as stall tactics. Naturally Manfredi's daughter inflicts a tall order NeverMyFault when the tablet expectedly does backfire.
* UngratefulBastard: Still tries to kill Spider-Man after the latter saved him from the Insidious Six. Spidey says to himself that had he known who Silvermane truly was he'd have handed him over to the Six wrapped up in a bow.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Successfully pulls one on Spider-Man when he's attacked by the Insidious Six.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alisa Silver / Alisa Silvermane]]
!!Alisa Silver / Alisa Silvermane
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LeighAllynBaker

Silvermane's daughter and the only person in the world he cares about besides himself. She is aware of her father's criminal career and aids him in it.
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* CanonForeigner: She was created for the show. The closest thing to a comic book counterpart she has is Joseph Manfredi aka Blackwing who is Silvermane's son making her something of a GenderFlip as well.
* DaddysLittleVillain: She takes to running her father's criminal empire while he is turned into a baby.
* DatingCatwoman: Averted. She and Peter initially have a mutual attraction to each other but after he learns who she really is any interest he had in her is gone.
* {{Foil}}: To Felicia Hardy. Both are love interests to Peter who are the daughters of criminals. However, they diverge in a few ways. Felicia's father disappeared when she was a child and she never knew he was a criminal until she was an adult; Alisa was raised by her father as DaddysLittleVillain. Whereas Alisa aided her father's crimes knowingly and willingly, Felicia was only a crook because of Kingpin holding her father hostage and ceased being his lackey once her father was out of danger. Alisa was attracted to [[LovesMyAlterEgo Peter Parker but despised Spider-Man]]; Felicia was attracted to both Peter and Spider-Man, though the latter more than the former.
** She can also be viewed as one to Vanessa Fisk. Both are [[MoralityPet morality pets]] to otherwise ruthless crime lords, with Alisa being Silvermane's daughter while Vanessa is Kingpin's wife. However, while Alisa is loyal to her father and aids in his career of crime, Vanessa wants Kingpin to abandon his life of crime. Vanessa ultimately leaves Kingpin after his feud with Silverman puts her in danger while Alisa remains loyal to her father. That Alisa basically looks like a younger version of Vanessa without the skunk stripe is probably not a coincidence.
* NeverMyFault: Tries to destroy the lair with Spider-Man and Curt Connors inside to avenge her father being de-aged into a baby despite Connors begging her to convince her father not to go through with the de-aging procedure.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hammerhead]]
!!Hammerhead
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Nicky Blair

Another member of the Crime Cartel, Hammerhead is initially one of Silvermane's henchmen, before defecting to Fisk.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Always dresses up in a very nice suit, but can still kick ass.
* TheDogBitesBack: Silvermane chews him out for failing to get the Tablet of Time, even deriding him as a pathetic joke. Hammerhead immediately went to work for Kingpin and got in his good graces by kidnapping Silvermane's daughter.
* TheDragon: To Silvermane. Initially.
* DumbMuscle: He's very strong, but he's not very bright.
* HotBlooded: Has a rather short temper.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Tries to conduct himself this way.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He is never referred to by his real name from the comics, Joesph.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He sells the Tablet of Time to one Adrian Toomes, who uses it to create his youth-draining technology.
* UseYourHead: Thanks to his adamantium skull, Hammerhead favors headbutting and head-first ramming as his attacks of choice.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lonnie Lincoln / Tombstone ]]
!!Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DorianHarewood

->'''Robbie Robertson:''' Lonnie...? [[NeverSayDie I thought you were...]]\\
'''Tombstone:''' [[TheUndead Don't be so sure I'm not]].

A childhood friend of Robbie Robertson's, Lonnie Lincoln was forever changed following a mishap at a chemical plant. He now operates as an underworld hitman, taking jobs for the likes of Silvermane and Richard Fisk.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Originally in the comics, Tombstone was just a shrewd criminal mastermind and later was written to have some degree of SuperStrength. Here, he's TheBrute for Silvermane, but is portrayed as much stronger than Spider-Man and [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] him twice.
* AlliterativeName: '''L'''onnie '''L'''incoln.
* CompositeCharacter: This portrayal of Tombstone is much closer to minor Spidey villain Man Mountain Marko, especially since Tombstone in the show was primarily Silvermane's lieutenant (just like Marko was in the comics) instead of being of a crime lord just like his comic book counterpart. Gets a LampshadeHanging in one episode where Tombstone is referred to as a "mountain man."
* {{Delinquents}}: Was one as a child and leads a gang of them later on.
* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: To Robbie.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He's a violent criminal with a deep voice, though this was he fell into the vat of chemicals.
* FangsAreEvil: His transformation also made his teeth turn into fangs.
* HiredGuns: He's a muscleman, criminal, and killer for hire.
* ImplacableMan: One of the few characters that give Spidey a run for his money.
* TheJuggernaut: Not particularly fast, but there's basically nothing that Spidey can do to him in a straight fight.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: He may just be a human mutate or he may actually be some sort of [[RevenantZombie revenant]]. While the show strongly hints at the latter, it never makes a definitive statement one way or the other.
* MightyGlacier: He's superhumanly strong but not quite agile.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His transformation also made his eyes red.
* {{Revenge}}: When they were kids, Robbie left Lonnie in the lurch following a corner store robbery; Lonnie went to juvie. As an adult he tried to frame Robbie for a crime he didn't commit in order to get back at him.
* RevengeByProxy: Following his transformation into Tombstone, Lonnie tries to frame Robbie's son in order to get back at him.
* SuperStrength: Easily in the running for strongest character in the show. Madame Web has to point out to Spider-Man how futile it is to fight him hand-to-hand.
* TheUndead: Very, very heavily implied.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Morrie Bench / Hydro-Man]]
!!Morrie Bench / Hydro-Man
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobPaulsen

An ex-boyfriend of Mary Jane's who later gained the power to manipulate water. Defeated by Spider-Man and MJ, he evaporates. A clone of him later returns to cause havoc in his place.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: He was Mary Jane's high school ex-boyfriend, one she regretted because of how terrible he was. [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint Thinking she left him because he had "nothing"]], once he got powers, Morrie thought he could use them to finally give Mary Jane everything she ever wanted. Unfortunately, this made him even more unappealing for her, especially when she realized he was robbing banks for her.
* AdaptationalBadass: He is far more of a threat here than in the comics (mostly due to his single-minded obsession with Mary Jane).
* AdaptationalJerkass: He was a normal person before getting his powers in the comics. Prior to his transformation, this Morrie Bench was Mary Jane's unstable ex-boyfriend and a troubled kid who got expelled from school. His parents made him enlist in the Navy in hopes of straightening him out, [[{{Understatement}} which didn't work out]].
* CloningBlues: Miles Warren create a clone of him.
* CloneDegeneration: The clone dissolves into nothingness after its defeat.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Despite insisting that he doesn't want to own Mary Jane, his exact words wen Spider-Man comes to save her is that she ''belongs'' to him.
* {{Expy}}: Due to rights issues at the time with an unfilmed James Cameron Spider-Man film, he was used in place of Sandman as the shapeshifting villain made of a non-organic material of the series.
* MakingASplash: He has the power to manipulate water.
* NeverMyFault: Thinks Mary Jane broke up with him because he was loser with no money or car. Even after she explains how he was an awful person who didn't care about her feelings, he refuses to see his attitude was a problem.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Willing to flood New York if it means Mary Jane will be his, despite her repeated refusals.
* StalkerWithACrush: The guy only ever shows up to chase Mary Jane around. He was so obsessed over her that after his [[spoiler: clone heard she may have died, he forced Dr. Miles Warren to create a clone of her based upon his abilities. Didn't really work out for him; as she still loved Peter and they both died anyway.]]
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Mary Jane wonders if him evaporating means he's dead, though Spidey says that isn't necessarily true given how H₂O works. However, since what was thought to be him later in the show's run was in fact a clone, it's possible the real Hydro-Man really is dead.]]
* UnwittingPawn: The clone is an unwitting pawn of Miles Warren. He knew he was a clone, but he didn't know Miles was testing the process with him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Baron Mordo]]
!!Baron Mordo
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TonyJay

An evil sorcerer with ties to the netherworld, Baron Mordo works tirelessly to free his master, the dread Dormammu from his extradimensional prison. To that end he has brainwashed innocent people, stolen souls, and even conspired with Venom and Carnage.
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* BastardUnderstudy: Was once a student of the Ancient One, whom he tried to kill.
* BeardOfEvil: Sports a full black beard.
* TheDragon: To Dormammu.
* EvilCounterpart: To Dr. Strange.
* EvilSorcerer: Uses his magical powers for evil.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Courtesy of none other than Tony Jay.
* KarmaHoudini: His VillainExitStageLeft is the last we see of him.
%%* ManipulativeBastard
* MoreThanMindControl: His powers allow him to brainwash the members of his sect.
* VillainExitStageLeft: After Dormammu and Carnage are trapped in the Dark Dimension, Mordo quietly flees.
* YourSoulIsMine: Can grant this power to others, most notably, Carnage.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dormammu]]
!!Dormammu
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Ed Gilbert

An evil entity imprisoned in another world, Dormammu seeks his freedom--and the souls of everyone in the world.
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* EldritchAbomination: A human shaped variety.
* FlamingHair: His head is covered in flames.
%%* PlayingWithFire
* SealedEvilInACan: Is trapped in an extradimension prison. He enlists Baron Mordo to help release him.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: In his first appearance, where he changed into Mary Jane's father, and a dragon.
* YourSoulIsMine: He can drain souls to power himself.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Miles Warren]]
!!Miles Warren
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JonathanHarris

A biologist with a penchant for clones, Warren causes a lot of trouble in both our Spider-Man's world, and the alternate reality belonging to Spider-Carnage and the Scarlet Spider.
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%%* EvilGenius
%%* EvilOldFolks
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Is a master of genetics, and doesn't seem to have much regard for whether or not his experiments should even be realized.
* KarmaHoudini: Our Warren never receives any comeuppance for performing cloning experiments that were banned by the government. However, whether the alternate!Warren perished in the apocalypse triggered by Spider-Carnage is left unanswered.
* MadScientist: Is definitely sniffing around the periphery of this, if he's not already there...
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rheinholt Kragov / Electro]]
!!Rheinholt Kragov / Electro
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Philip Proctor

The son of the Red Skull, Schmidt spent most of his life trying to free his father from the vortex. Manipulating the Kingpin and Silver Sable into doing his bidding, Kragov ultimately freed his father who "rewarded" him by transforming him into his ultimate weapon, Electro.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Technically, zigzagged. In the comics, Electro is actually a huge powerhouse... but he's so psychologically screwed up that he continuously thwarts himself, which has even been lampshaded in the comics. This version of Electro has all of the power and ''none'' of the psychological hang-ups. He brings down all of S.H.I.E.L.D. with a gesture, and is too powerful for Spider-Man to confront directly. It probably helped that the cartoon version was literally a different person from the comics incarnation.
* AdaptationNameChange: His name is Max Dillon in the comics. Here, he is named Rheinholt Kragov.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Electro in the comics was notably one of the first villains Spider-Man faced, while this incarnation doesn't show up until the fifth and final season.
* AdaptationalNationality: The TAS version of Electro is the Russian-born son of the German Red Skull, rather than the American Max Dillon as in the comics.
* AxCrazy: Given the man wanted to bring back the Red Skull and conquer the world with him, this goes without saying. Post powerup, it becomes even more prominent, as he realizes his immense powers means that global conquest as solo project is now within his grasp.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Let's be honest; the costume, with its star-shaped facial mask and stylized "lightning bolt" gloves and boots, looks absolutely ridiculous. It does ''not'' make him any less of a world-shaking threat.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: While he has a few nods to some minor comic villains, he seems to be an otherwise original creation who's the son of the Red Skull. Then it turns out he's the cartoon's incarnation of Electro.
* CommieNazis: Downplayed; he's a Russian-born villain with Nazi roots/beliefs, due to being the son of the Red Skull.
* CompositeCharacter: While his costume comes from Max Dillion, his origin as a Russian agent who was in an experiment to battle Captain America is influenced by the second Electro, named Ivan Kronov. He also has much of the character of Albert Malik, by being a Russian agent masquerading as the real Red Skull and has involvement with the cover-up of what happened to Peter's parents, though he wasn't directly responsible for their deaths like Malik was.
* DirtyCop: Initially worked as a police chief in Moscow. Later we find out he's intent on releasing one of the world's worst war criminals.
* TheDragon: Was intended to be his father's, but ultimately betrays him.
* InNameOnly: Literally the only things that this Electro has in common with his comic book counterpart are the super-villain alias, PsychoElectro powers, and the costume -- and the costume itself has been out of vogue for some time. The comics version of Electro is an Average Joe American named Maxwell Dillon, who got his powers through a freak accident where [[LightningCanDoAnything lightning struck him whilst he was working on an electrical high-wire]]. This version of Electro is a Russian-German named Rheinholt Kragov, son of the Red Skull, who was deliberately experimented upon by his father to turn him into a living doomsday weapon.
* PsychoElectro: Has the ability to control immeasurable amounts of electrical energy, including controlling machines with his mind, flight and hurling electrical blasts.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Unlike the comic book incarnation of Electro, this version of Electro is related to the Red Skull and Chameleon.
* SiblingsInCrime: With his foster brother, The Chameleon.
* TheStarscream: He ultimately betrays his father when he grows sick of his father's arrogant cruelty and realizes that his father was willing to use the empowering machine on him despite knowing it could have killed Rheinholt.
* SuperSoldier: The device that empowered him and turned him into Electro was a creation of the Red Skull's intended to turn a loyal Nazi soldier into a world-conquering super weapon.
* ThoseWackyNazis: The son of the Red Skull and loyal to his father's cause... at least, at first.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Truly loved his father and worked for years in order to free him from his extradimensional prison. Even allowed his father to use an untested empowering device on him. Downplayed in that when he realizes his father neither knew if the machine would work nor cared if Rheinholt died in it, he turns on his father.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Red Skull]]
!![[ComicBook/RedSkull The Red Skull]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidWarner ("The Cat", uncredited), Earl Boen ("Six Forgotten Warriors" and "Secret Wars" arcs)

->''"Do not despair, Chameleon. The Red Skull anticipates everything."''

A Nazi spymaster, and archfoe of Captain America and the American Six, The Red Skull was trapped in the vortex alongside Cap. He is eventually released by his son, Rheinholt, whom he transforms into Electro; following Electro's betrayal, he and Cap are once again trapped in the vortex.
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* ArcVillain: Of "Six Forgotten Warriors" arc of Season 5.
* ArchEnemy: He is the main enemy Captain America.
* BaldOfEvil: No denying that this crimson chrome-dome is evil.
* TheChessmaster: He plans for everything, a fact that is acknowledged by Captain America.
* CrazyPrepared: Had the vortex built as a safety measure in case Electro turned on him.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: He's a Nazi spymaster, his foster son is a MasterOfDisguise, and his real son is a Nazi sympathizer turned supervillain.
* ManipulativeBastard: As always with the Red Skull, he manipulates people to get his way.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Being trapped in the vortex kept him from aging so he looks as young as he did in the 1940s.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Unlike the comics, This Red Skull is related to Electro and The Chameleon.
* SealedEvilInACan: He was trapped in a time vortex for several decades.
* SealedEvilInADuel: He spent those decades imprisoned in a time vortex fighting Captain America.
* SkullForAHead: His skull-like head is pretty much where he gets his name from.
* TheSpymaster: He has trained several agents to further his agenda.
* SuperReflexes: He has quick reflexes.
* SuperStrength: A physical match for Captain America. Kingpin himself even implied that the Red Skull would've broken out of a bearhug from him, unlike his impostor, Rheinholdt (his son).
* ThoseWackyNazis: He's a high-ranking Nazi, and even masterminded projects where his men would infiltrate the US, and develop [[StupidJetpackHitler massive war machines]] right in the heart of New York, to better conquer America with.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Victor Von Doom / Doctor Doom]]
!![[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Victor Von Doom / Doctor Doom]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomKane

->''"This is what I have always wanted -- absolute power and control!"''

The brutal ruler of the tiny nation of Latveria, Dr. Doom is the archfoe of the Fantastic Four, and a major antagonist during the Secret Wars arc. Combining local technology with his own genius, he carves out an empire for himself, and plots to steal the Beyonder's powers for his own.
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%%* AmbitionIsEvil
%%* ArchEnemy: Of the Fantastic Four.
* BadassCape: One of the most famous villainous versions.
* BigBad: Of the Secret Wars arc where he is the last villain standing.
* BigBadWannabe: In the greater scope of the series. Doom steals the power of the Beyonder, but has no real control over them. After the arc, it is revealed that even if Doom did manage to control that power, he would have ultimately doomed the multiverse, since using up the Beyonder's power would have exhausted it and allowed Spider Carnage to destroy virtually all of reality.
* TheChessmaster: While most of the other villains are busy playing EvilOverlord and turning their portions of the planet they find themselves on into brutal [[CrapsackWorld crapsack]] [[TheEmpire empires,]] feuding over their land like mad dogs, Doom spends his time wisely: Doom easily creates a utopia for his own isolated corner of the world where his subjects actually ''want'' to worship him because he saved them from the other villains, and makes himself out to be a BigGood. When the heroes show up, rather than start a fight with them he uses traps, trickery and false promises that either remove or totally placate them before they become problems. If not for attempting to bite off more than he could chew by stealing the Beyonder's power, the heroes might never have been able to wrest control from him.
* EvilerThanThou: With The Red Skull, Dr. Octopus, and the rest of the villains the Beyonder brought to the planet.
* EvilOverlord: Though he for a time pretends not to be.
%%* EvilSorcerer
* TheFaceless: Subverted. He's able to use the alien's technology to repair his ruined face and so promptly ditches his concealing mask.
* FacialHorror: Zigzagged. As he's clearly supposed to be the same Doctor Doom from ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'', 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.
* AGodAmI: He is worshipped as a benevolent god during the Secret Wars arc.
* InTheHood: As per usual, Doom has a hood that is part of his costume.
%%* MadScientist
%%* ManipulativeBastard
* PhysicalGod: Briefly during the Secret Wars arc. He plans to steal the powers of the Beyonder and partially succeeds.
* PowerIncontinence: After seizing control of the Beyonder's power. As smart as he is, Doom simply isn't equipped to control the strength of a veritable god.
* PoweredArmour: The armor that he wears.
* {{Ruritania}}: He rules over one of these in the form of his homeland of Latveria.
%%* SorcerousOverlord
%%* TinTyrant: Played with; see The Faceless above.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Maybe. Given how good a liar he is it's hard to tell.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: He's the ArchEnemy of the Fantastic Four, but in this series he's just an ArcVillain.
%%* VisionaryVillain
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: It's arguable just how sane he was to begin with, but after stealing the Beyonder's powers, it ''really'' comes back to bite him, as his own nightmares and subconscious fears spring to life as living demons that begin destroying his kingdom.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Miriam]]
!! Miriam
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NichelleNichols

A.K.A. the Vampire Queen. She's Blade's mother who was turned into a vampire not long after giving birth to him.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, Blade's mother was originally Tara Cross, but had her name legally changed to Vanessa Brooks.
* EvilMatriarch: In this series, she's virtually Blade's arch nemesis.
* IndustrializedEvil: She is a normal, supernatural vampire rather than the genetically engineered type Morbius unwittingly created, but uses his procedure to create large armies of {{mook}} vampires more easily and efficiently than she could on her own.
* PsychicPowers: She can hypnotize people, uses telekinesis and read the minds of other vampires.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the comics Vanessa died without becoming a vampire. She was brought back as a vampire ''after'' Miriam was introduced, but was destroyed soon after.
* TranshumanTreachery: Initially had gave away Blade to keep him from the vampire lifestyle. However, when he sees her again after having grown into an adult, she flat out states she loves being a vampire.
* UndeathlyPallor: Despite being dark skinned, she's very pale.
* VampireMonarch: Supposedly. She tries to create a coven using the Neogenic Recombinator to make vampires, but was foiled and forced to flee. Next time we briefly see her, it seems she went back to making vampires the old fashioned way.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Really wants this with Blade to rule the night as mother and son. But she sees his human half as a hindrance.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Jonathan Ohnn / The Spot]]
!!Dr. Jonathan Ohnn / The Spot
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Oliver Muirhead

A scientist who created the Time Dilation Portal technology whilst working for Tony Stark. When this technology was nearly stolen by Venom and Carnage, Stark shut down the project, outraging Ohnn, who took his tech and went to work for the Kingpin. During his first test under the Kingpin, he was accidentally sucked into the portal and found himself in the interstial dimension, where he became bonded to portals. Now able to generate portals at will, he sought to free himself from the Kingpin's control, but things don't work out as he'd hoped.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Stupid name aside, the Spot has actually always been a pretty potent threat in potential. But the comics version of the Spot is a D-lister due to never using his portals inventively. This version of the Spot, despite not wanting to hurt anyone, shows just how dangerous he can be by adeptly managing to outmaneuver Spidey through all of their initial encounters despite having no real combat skill.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The Spot here was recast as a PunchClockVillain whose episode shows him going through a HeelFaceTurn after committing a few ill-advised bank robberies. His comic book counterpart, by contrast, is an unrepentant petty criminal with a sideline in contract killing.
* BarrierWarrior: A variant -- the Spot can use his portals to intercept enemy attacks, either trapping the attack in the interstitial dimension or letting it back out again. Right against the original attacker, if he feels like it.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: The Spot may sound goofy, and InUniverse even Spidey notes he's having a hard time taking him seriously, but he's a potentially ''very'' dangerous foe.
* BigBadWannaBe: When the Spot realizes his abilities made him all powerful, he decides to upstage the Kingpin: "I am the new Kingpin now!". [[IHaveYourWife Until the next scene where his girlfriend is held hostage]] and the Kingpin order him to go after Spider-man again.
* ConfusionFu: The Spot's typical approach to combat; creating a swirling cascade of portals around a victim, from which he can completely or partially manifest himself as he sees fit. This means the victim, shy incredible luck or precognitive power, finds fists or feet flying out of nowhere at seemingly completely random intervals and positions. For added measure, if he wants, the Spot can even knock a victim into a portal, spitting them out anywhere he wants.
* DimensionLord: After bonding with the portals inside of the VoidBetweenTheWorlds, Jonathan can control the portals in any manner that he likes, allowing him to exploit its unique abilities for any purpose he can imagine.
* ExtradimensionalShortcut: This is how the Spot's portals work; they use an interstitial dimension to link two spots in this dimension irregardless of the conventional space and time differential, creating black swirling vortexes that act as linked doors.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ends up leaping into the "super-portal" he accidentally created in order to close it down, apparently casting himself through time and space to an unknown location in the process.]]
* PortalNetwork: The Spot can create these, linking up multiple different portals to anywhere he pleases.
* PunnyName: His name not only references the general turn of phrase "on the spot", but the specific term [[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Johnny-on-the-spot "Johnny on the spot"]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite the man himself only appearing in a single episode, his portal device becomes a major factor in the remainder of the third season, as the Green Goblin used it for crime and ended up sucking both himself and Mary Jane into the other dimensions. This also counts for his Spider-Carnage counterpart, as that incarnation uses Ohnn's device to destroy all reality.
* TeleportSpam: As he can create any number of portals in any configuration he desires, it goes without saying that the Spot's main approach to combat involves teleporting all over the place.
* ThinkingUpPortals: What makes the Spot's power so unique and dangerous; he doesn't need to rely on outside sources for his portals, he can make use of them at will.
* WeaponizedTeleportation: Beyond using portals to empower his ConfusionFu or let him serve as a BarrierWarrior, the Spot can easily use his portals to teleport people away and potentially into danger.
* WillfullyWeak: In his episode, it's shown that the Spot could easily use his powers in lethal ways -- for example, creating a portal under you that then drops you into the open sky... a couple of miles straight up. However, comments he makes, and confirmed by later episodes, shows he's also capable of creating {{Portal Cut}}s by opening and closing portals with particular speed. Meaning that, if he wasn't such a nice guy, he could effortlessly conjure a portal around your head and then slam it shut, decapitating you with a thought...
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Prowler / Hobie Brown]]
!!Prowler / Hobie Brown
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TimRuss

A small time crook with dreams of becoming a major crime boss. Hobie becomes the Prowler to overthrow his former boss, Iceberg and avenge a defeat at the hands of Spider-Man. However, Kingpin, whom he thought was helping him, betrays him and Hobie turns to Spider-Man for help.
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* AdaptationalBadass: The Prowler in the comics is a BadassNormal GadgeteerGenius. Prowler in the cartoon was granted all sorts of super abilities from his costume, including SuperStrength, flight, and power blasts, and easily handed Spidey his rear the first time they fought.
* AdaptationalDumbass: The Prowler suit was entirely an invention of Hobie's in the comics. In this series, it was created by Kingpin's scientists and this version of Hobie shows no skill in engineering at all.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, Hobie stole items in his Prowler persona and returned them as Hobie Brown to accept rewards but never did anything excessively evil. The Hobie of this show was a career criminal even before he became the Prowler and had ambitions of becoming a major crime lord. That said, he still pulls a HeelFaceTurn like his comic book counterpart.
* BeingEvilSucks: Let's count the ways. Hobie's boss Iceberg discovers he is stealing from him and tries to have him killed. His life of crime has taken a strain on his relationship with his girlfriend Angela. He makes the unfortunate mistake of mugging Mary Jane Watson which pisses off Spider-Man and gets Hobie sent to prison for violating his parole. He thinks he's caught a break when Kingpin gives him the Prowler suit and he defeats Spider-Man and overthrows Iceberg, only for Kingpin to reveal that the suit needs to be recharged frequently by Kingpin and is rigged to shock Hobie or explode if he doesn't follow Kingpin's orders. Finally, when he turns to Angela for help she reveals that she moved on with another man while he was in jail.
* BigBadWannabe: Hobie has dreams of attaining power but lacks the cunning to hold on to it. Kingpin's betrayal is a very brutal wake-up call to him.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His ex-girlfriend Angela.
* FatalFlaw: Hobie has ambition but his lack of cunning frequently gets him in danger.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Subverted. He wanted to rise up in the criminal underworld but accepting a gift from Kingpin only results in him being put under the thumb of another ruthless crime boss.
* HeelFaceTurn: Hobie swears off crime completely after his experiences with Kingpin.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He saved Wilson Fisk's son from one of Fisk's enemies while in jail. Fisk does reward him the power to take revenge on Spider-Man and Iceberg but still uses the opportunity to put Hobie under his thumb and reveals he was only using Hobie to get rid of a rival.
* TheStarscream: Is this to Iceberg who ironically was a Starscream to Kingpin. When Kingpin heard of Hobie's desire to take down Iceberg, Kingpin saw it as an opportunity to remove a dangerous rival.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Richard Fisk]]
!!Richard Fisk
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Nick Jameson

Richard Fisk is the son of Wilson Fisk and a criminal mastermind in his own right. He was in charge of the company Fisktronics. He gets involved in a scheme with his father to frame Peter Parker for treason.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, Richard was initially unaware of his father's criminal activities, and upon learning the truth, tried to bring down his entire empire. Here, Richard is well aware of what his father is, and gladly goes along with it.
* AdaptedOut: His masked identities from the comics (The Schemer and Rose) are absent here. However, in the Rose's case, it's actually an example of WhatCouldHaveBeen, as, according to WordOfGod, Richard would have returned as the Rose to seek vengeance on his father in the unproduced Season 6.
* AntagonisticOffspring: What Wilson fears his son will become to him after the events of "The Man Without Fear". Wilson himself took revenge on his father for leaving him to rot in prison, and he appreciates the cyclical turn of events that caused his own son to do the same for him.
* BattleCouple: Inverted with him and Susan Choi. They work together, and even fight against the heroes together, but there are no hints at all that they are a couple.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he first meets Peter, he appears to be kind, polite and friendly. This is all merely a charade to cover up the fact that he is evil, cunning and deceitful.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Much like his father, Richard is the head of his own company, Fisktronics. Also like his father, he is an evil and malevolent man.
* OverlordJr: What he turns out to be, being just like his crime-lord father.
* ParentalBetrayal: Continuing the cycle in the family, the Kingpin betrays his son to save his own skin.
* SilentScapegoat: A villainous example. Richard willingly keeps his mouth shut by order of his dad and takes the fall for the whole business involving Peter being framed and Daredevil. He doesn't reveal Kingpin's involvement in any of it despite the judge promising an easier sentence if he did.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Susan Choi]]
!!Susan Choi
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Amy Hill

Susan Choi is a federal agent of the United States of America. She secretly used her position to help the criminal Richard Fisk.
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* BattleCouple: Inverted with her and Richard Fisk. They work together, and even fight against the heroes together, but there are no hints at all that they are a couple.
* CanonForeigner: Was created exclusively for the show.
* DarkChick: She's essentially this in "Framed" and "The Man Without Fear" amongst Wilson and Richard's alliance. She's the only female among them but despite her military status, she isn't all that useful when the fighting starts.
* DoubleAgent: She's a federal agent for the United States, but is working as a mole for the Fisks in a plan to sell secrets of to the enemies of their country.
* EvilCounterpart: To Terri Lee.
* FauxActionGirl: She wears a soldier's uniform, she talks tough and she handles a firearm, but she doesn't prove to be all that good in a physical altercation, being quickly overpowered and defeated in a fight with Terri Lee.
* MagicSkirt: This happens briefly when Lee flips her across the room in their brief scuffle.
* PaletteSwap: When in her casual wear, she basically wears the same clothes as Terri Lee, but they're yellow and red instead of purple.
* TheSquadette: She's a female federal agent.
[[/folder]]

!!Alternate Spider-Men
[[folder:General]]
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A group of Spider-Men from alternate universes.
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* AllInTheManual: The designations of their universes are on the Marvel wiki.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Except for the powerless Spider-Man, they were all trained by Madame Web and subjected to various lessons. Each was ultimately tested with the Secret Wars to see how they'd perform as leader.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: They are introduced in the GrandFinale of the series, where they assist Mainstream Spider-Man to stop Spider-Carnage from destroying the universe.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Peter Parker / Iron Spider-Man]]
!!Peter Parker / Iron Spider-Man
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes

->''"In my world I'm a multi-billionaire. Aren't you?"''

The Spider-Man of Earth-31198 which is a world where Uncle Ben didn't die, the public accepts him, J. Jonah Jameson is his godfather, and he's a multi-billionaire. Also a raging ego trip.
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* TheAce: A wealthy, well-respected superhero with high tech weapons. He's dating Gwen Stacy and Jameson likes him. Naturally, he has the confidence to match (read: insufferable).
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: While other Peters usually have to deal with a lot of emotional baggage (with one of them even falling into desperation and becoming a supervillain) and try to keep a low profile in order to preserve their SecretIdentity, this Spider-Man never experienced a significant loss in his life and achieved fame among the public (with even ''J. Jonah Jameson'' admiring him!), becoming a multi-billionaire and a hi-tech magnate in his world. Of course, all of this comes at price of [[{{Pride}} overly high self-confidence]], which proves to be his downfall during his mission in the Spider-Carnage world.
* BornLucky: One suspects he got all of the other Spider-Men's luck, especially Scarlet-Spider and Spider-Carnage's.
* CompositeCharacter: He's loosely based on a version of Spider-Man from ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' vol. 1 #19, who also [[spoiler:didn't lose his Uncle Ben]], ended up becoming a multi-billionaire, has a public superhero identity, and has a massive ego problem, but he fights crime in PoweredArmor, which combined with his wealth and arrogance makes him very similar to ComicBOok/IronMan, leading to his nickname "Iron Spider-Man".
* {{Expy}}: Of [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]].
* FatalFlaw: His ego leads him to being defeated.
* {{Foil}}: He contrasts Spider-Carnage the most out of all the Spider-Men. While he is TheAce who was BornLucky and has never failed, therefore leading him to become arrogant and overconfident, Spider-Carnage was BornUnlucky and suffered failure after failure as well as a tragic case of CloningBlues that led him to becoming a supervillain. Iron Spider-Man also uses advanced technology he invented using his incredible wealth, while Spider-Carnage uses an alien symbiote to make himself more powerful.
* ForWantOfANail: He's what would've happened if Peter had never had his ego deflated after gaining his powers. Which itself leads to a EurekaMoment for regular Spider-Man, as he realizes [[spoiler:this probably means his Uncle Ben is still alive.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Everything has always gone his way. Of course he's a jackass. Our Spider-Man lampshades this.
* HiddenDepths: As much of an ass he is, even with Uncle Ben still alive, and everything going his way, he's ''still'' a superhero. The Uncle Ben bit is notable because our Pete had to be spurred on by his death to actually start his superhero career. Also, it's heavily implied he and Gwen Stacy are very much in love with each other, since the latter immediately figured that our Pete and Spider-Carnage respectively weren't her boyfriend.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He has Kingpin, of all people, as his lawyer.
* HumongousMecha: Owns a giant-spider robot.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's completely insensitive, acts like he's God's gift to the world, and has no regard for his teammates' lives. Most of this stems from never having lost before.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Whatever else you might say about him, he's still a superhero, is still dedicated to doing the right thing, and honestly seems to care about his world and his girlfriend, Gwen Stacy.
* LethallyStupid: Everything has always worked out for him, which makes him highly reckless during the attack on Kingpin's base.
-->'''Prime Spider-Man:''' That foolhardy nut! It's as if he doesn't even ''consider'' failure!
* MrViceGuy: He's a hero who also happens to be a bit of a narcissistic jerk.
* MythologyGag: On multiple levels:
** His basic concept homages a version of Spider-Man from ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' vol. 1 #19.
** The PoweredArmor he wears is styled after a special bullet-proof armored costume that Spidey used to defeat villains called the New Enforcers in "Web of Spider-Man" issue #100.
** He has a voice-commanded HumongousMecha styled after himself, which homages the [[Series/SpiderManJapan 1978 Japanese]] {{toku}} series, where Spider-Man piloted a HumongousMecha named Leopardon.
* PoweredArmor: After becoming a billionaire, he left his old costume and acquired a powered armor similar to those of Iron Man.
* {{Pride}}: The Armored Spider-Man is very arrogant, loves to brag about his achievements in his world and doesn't believe that he can experience a failure. His overconfidence and disregard for his companions ends up making him [[FriendlyFire hit]] the Octopus Spider-Man along with the Hobgoblin with a gas missile and his rash behavior during the fight with the Green Goblin leads to him being paralyzed, leaving him out of the game.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Man-Spider / Six Armed Spider-Man]]
!!Man-Spider/Six Armed Spider-Man
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes, Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (as Man-Spider, uncredited)

->''"I'm having a little mutation problem right now."''

Like the main universe Spider-Man, the Spider-Man of Earth-39811 suffered from a mutation that gave him four his extra arms. Instead of trying to undo the mutation he decided on giving them web shooters. However, when he joined the Spider-Men he mutated further into the Man-Spider beast, attacking the others. He was returned to his own dimension and as such unable to help the others any further.
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* {{Animorphism}}: Par the course, part-man part-spider.
* TheBigGuy: He's this for TheTeam, thanks to his extra arms and extra web shooters.
* HopeSpot: He's about to take down Spider-Carnage with some sonic grenades, but then his mutation disease flares up.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Like his main universe counterpart, he eventually turns into the Man-Spider. He already had the extra limbs by the time Spidey met him.
* MultiarmedAndDangerous: He has four arms because of his mutation problem.
* MythologyGag: Besides being a CallBack to Spider-Man's mutation issue and trnsformation into Man-Spider in season 2, he also references ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' volume 2, issue #42, which presents a universe were Spidey never cured himself of his six arms, but instead embraced them and became a fighter for mutant rights.
* OutsideContextProblem: His Man-Spider mutation takes Scarlet Spider completely by surprise. Evidently, the Spider-Man of this world never experienced the Neogenic Nightmare that our Spider-Man did.
* PainfulTransformation: His transformation into Man-Spider is pretty agonizing for him.
* SuperStrength: Once he fully transforms into the Man-Spider Beast his strength increases ten fold.
* UnstoppableRage: Once he's fully transformed, he goes into a rage and attacks all around him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He is last seen in his Man-Spider form, being teleported away by the Beyonder. What became of him after is unknown.
%%* YouFightLikeACow
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Peter Parker / Mechanical Armed Spider-Man]]
!!Peter Parker / Mechanical Armed Spider-Man
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes

->''"Don't let these (''mechanical arms'') worry you, Pete, they're just a little souvenir from my last fight with Doc Ock."''

The Spider-Man of Earth-11983 defeated his universe's Doctor Octopus and took his arms. He also built a visor so that he could control the arms.
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* TheCameo: This character, or at least a version of him, can be seen in the background of a panel in the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' comic. He's actually the only one of the alternate Spider-Men to appear in the comic, as the write Dan Slott had considered having the team appear but decided that Six Armed Spider-Man and Iron Spider-Man would cause confusion as similar versions were shown to have been killed previously.
* CombatPragmatist: Not above stealing his enemies' tech, as Doc Ock would no doubt attest.
* CombatTentacles: He wields a wearable harness that sports four tentacle-like mechanical limbs, whih he explains was stolen from Doc Ock.
* CoolShades: Sports a large, tinted-glass visor as part of the control mechanism for his cyber-harness.
* GadgeteerGenius: Must be in order to get those mechanical arms to work.
* MultiarmedAndDangerous: Like Six-Armed Spider-Man, he possesses multiple limbs, although he uses a cybernetic harness outfitted with CombatTentacles stolen from Doctor Octopus rather than having mutated his own extra arms.
* MythologyGag: He is actually based on a 4-issue mini-series called "Funeral for an Octopus", which spun off of "The Spectacular Spider-Man", Volume #1, Issue #221, during the Clone Saga. During this arc, Spider-Man temporarily gains control of Doctor Octopus' last set of tentacles after the Doctor is killed, only to have to destroy them when the control unit was blasted and they went berserk.
* OutOfFocus: Compared to the other Spider-Men he got the least amount of screen time.
* TentacleRope: One of his primary tactics is to grapple and ensnare victims with his CombatTentacles.
* WeAreTeamCannonFodder: He's the first of Team Spider-Men to fall before being rescued by the Beyonder, though in all fairness it was Iron Spider-Man's fault.
%%* YouFightLikeACow
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Unknown / Spider-Man]]
!!Unknown / Spider-Man Actor
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes

->''"I'm the actor who plays you on T.V."''

This Spider-Man is a completely powerless mundane human from Earth-38119, and as such has no powers of his own. In his world Spider-Man is a creation of Creator/StanLee and this man is simply an actor who plays Spider-Man. Though the other Spider-Men asked him to stay behind, he was later able to help stop the destruction of the multiverse.
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%%* AlmightyJanitor
* BadassNormal: He is the only Spider-Man to lack any sort of power and yet he was still recruited for TheTeam that is trying to save the universe from supernatural evil.
* TheEveryman: The most normal member of the Spider-Men team, what with being an actor and all.
* TheFaceless: He is never seen unmasked (possibly because he doesn't share Peter's face as the others do).
* GuileHero: He managed to fool both Spider-Carnage and Kingpin into believing he was the real Spider-Man, even if it was only for a few moments.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: While a bit overwhelmed at first, he never hesitated in offering to help his fellow Spider-Men. [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Which goes a long way into explaining why he was one of the chosen in the first place.]]
* NiceGuy: Very polite and soft-spoken for an actor.
* NoNameGiven: We never learn about his real name or who he is behind the mask of his Spider-Man costume.
* NonActionGuy: Due to his lack of Super Powers, [[YouFightLikeACow though being an actor still allows him to snark with the best of Spider-Men when he has too]].
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Justified since he's a normal person without power.
* TheTeamNormal: He's the only Spider-Man on the team without any superpowers.
%%* ThrowTheDogABone
%%* WeakButSkilled
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[[folder:Ben Reilly / The Scarlet Spider]]
!![[ComicBook/ScarletSpider Ben Reilly / The Scarlet Spider]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes

->''"My name is Ben Reilly. I'm related to this reality's Peter Parker. I'm his clone - or maybe he's my clone. We're not sure."''

Coming from Earth-98311 he is a clone of his universe's Spider-Man (maybe) created by Doctor Miles Warren, and he eventually changed his name to Ben Reilly and pursued his own career as a superhero known as the Scarlet Spider.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Whether or not he's actually the clone is left in the air, though it's worth noting that in the comics while Ben was led to believe he was the original it was eventually revealed he was in fact a clone.
* CainAndAbel: Abel to Spider-Carnage's Cain.
* 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]]. He also appeared in the ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' adaption of ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast', revealing that in that BadFuture to the main universe he would have eventually been created.
* ClonesArePeopleToo: Whether he is a clone or not, he doesn't have problems with acknowledging this fact and got used to his new identity as Ben Reilly.
* CloningBlues: He's honestly not sure which of them is the clone. He's coping a lot better than Spider-Carnage is though.
* DeadpanSnarker: All of the Spidey's are
* GoodCounterpart: To Spider-Carnage; they're genetically identical individuals with the exact same memories of trauma and suffering, but whereas Spider-Carnage became an OmnicidalManiac throwing a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum, Scarlet Spider remained a hero dedicated to protecting others.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Being either a clone or even the real Peter Parker, the Scarlet Spider doesn't doesn't sport a natural blond haircut, but it still fits his kind nature.
* TheLancer: Acts as one to our Spider-Man throughout the arc.
* NiceGuy: The Scarlet Spider has a friendly and well mannered attitude, which is rather remarkable considering how his counterpart ended up under the same circumstances.
* TraumaCongaLine: Has been through the same hell that Spider-Carnage has. Although unlike Spider-Carnage, it didn't drive Ben insane.
%%* YouFightLikeACow
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[[folder:Peter Parker / Spider-Carnage]]
!!Peter Parker / Spider-Carnage
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes

->''"Ever since that spider bit me, the world has misunderstood me and tormented me. But now, it's ''my'' turn. I'm gonna obliterate you all!"''

The Spider-Man of Earth-98311, he lost both Aunt May and Uncle Ben at an early age. His rivalry with the Scarlet Spider (whom he believed to be his clone) only worsened his tenuous grip on reality, and the revelation that he himself might actually be the clone drove him into a homicidal rage. Following his subsequent possession by the Carnage symbiote he now actively seeks to end all life in the multiverse.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Whether he is really Peter Parker or a clone, though it's worth noting that in the comics while Peter at one point did believe he was the clone it was eventually revealed he was the original.
* ApocalypseHow: Class Z. Plans to combine portal technology with explosives to destroy not only Earth, not only the universe, but the totality of reality. When this plan fails he rants that he will destroy every universe in existence if he has to do it one dimension at a time.
* ArcVillain: Of the show's final two episodes.
* AxCrazy: He is badly, badly unhinged.
%%* BadassBookworm
* BetaTestBaddie: Whether he's the clone or not, Spider-Carnage clearly feels deeply insecure about his identity, which only contributes to his mental instability.
* BornUnlucky: More than just about any other Spider-Man ever. He not only suffered the same personal tragedies and bad publicity as most of his counterparts, but he also lost his Aunt May and was driven off the deep end by possibly being a clone.
* CainAndAbel: With all the Spider-Men, but especially Scarlet Spider.
* CloningBlues: Whether he's the clone or not, the simple fact that one exists has unbalanced his mind.
* CombatTentacles: He is capable of using parts of his symbiote as combat tentacles.
* CompositeCharacter: Spider-Carnage is created when the Carnage symbiote merges with an alternate universe version of Peter Parker, unlike in the comics, where Spider-Carnage was the result of a merger between the symbiote and Ben Reilly.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: The only Spider-Man with no sense of humor whatsoever.
* EvilKnockoff: How he views all the other Spider-Men. "And now, my ''dear'' clone..."
* EvilTwin: He's our Spider-Man with just a little more rotten luck and a bad case of CloningBlues. "I'm more you, than you'll ever admit!"
* FinalBoss: Of the series thanks to it being cancelled.
* {{Foil}}: He's an EvilCounterpart to all the Spider-Men, but he contrasts the Iron Spider-Man the most. While he is TheAce who was BornLucky and has never failed, therefore leading him to become arrogant and overconfident, Spider-Carnage was BornUnlucky and suffered failure after failure as well as a tragic case of CloningBlues that led him to becoming a supervillain. Iron Spider-Man also uses advanced technology he invented using his incredible wealth, while Spider-Carnage uses an alien symbiote to make himself more powerful.
* FreudianExcuse: Have you read this entry? He has ''several'': his parents dying, his ''substitute'' parents dying, spider power alienating himself, identity issues due to the cloning thing, the ''symbiote''.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Take one unstable kid. Give him Spider-Man's powers. Throw in the Carnage symbiote for good measure. Run.
* GigglingVillain: His high-pitched nervous laugh is horrifically disturbing.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He is the "horror beyond belief" that Madame Web occasionally alludes to when she begins mentoring and training the regular Spider-Man in Season 3. Spidey doesn't have the slightest idea who or what that is until the penultimate episode of the series, but all the advice from Madame Web and the Secret Wars test were to prepare him for this guy.
* HeroicSacrifice: He undergoes a HeelRealization, comes to the conclusion that he cannot fight the symbiote off, and rather than letting it take control of him again, decides that suicide is the best option, and disintegrates himself by leaping into an unstable vortex.
* TheHyena: His laugh.
* LargeHam: Are you surprised?
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Suffers from self-loathing, misplaced envy, and suicidal depression, coupled with aggression issues and a need to lash out at the world. It isn't pretty and is played entirely for tragedy.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Not surprising considering the fact that he is bonded to a version of the Carnage Symbiote.
* MotiveRant: Gets a pretty epic one near the end.
* MultiversalConqueror: Towards the end of the show, he goes psycho and tries to destroy all the Universes. It's up to a group of alternate-Peter-Parkers to stop him.
* NearVillainVictory:
** Unbelievably near. Only an intervention from an alternate universe Uncle Ben stops him.
** Even before that, he actually ''succeeded'' in detonating his reality-destroying bomb. Only the intervention of the Beyonder (who had no choice but to roll back time) was able to save the multiverse.
* OmnicidalManiac: "I'm gonna destroy all reality!"
* OutsideContextProblem: The way Ben Reilly describes the Carnage symbiote (such as noting it "somehow" bonded with Peter) implies that in their world, Spider-Man never encountered any symbiotes before, or at least any equivalent to Carnage.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Realizes what he has become, and kills himself and the symbiote rather than letting it go through with the EvilPlan.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Like the original Carnage, he's able to morph his symbiote into a wide variety of weaponry, including extendable claws, CombatTentacles, axes, and a shield.
* SpotTheImpostor: According to Gwen Stacy this was easy. "He's nutty as a fruitcake."
* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: He obviously wants to die, but everybody else is going first.
* TheSymbiote: He's possessed by the Carnage symbiote.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Done successfully to him by Iron Spider-Man's Uncle Ben.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Likes to use faux-affectionate terms and a sinisterly sweet tone of voice when talking to his clones.
* ThatManIsDead: His attitude towards the old Peter Parker.
* TraumaCongaLine: His entire life is a mess of pain.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Comes with being bonded with a symbiote.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: His Spider-powers, coupled with his already severe emotional fragility and the Carnage symbiote have pushed him totally around the bend.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He watched first Uncle Ben, and then Aunt May die in rapid succession. The creation of his {{clon|ingBlues}}e, Ben Reilly, only worsened his mental stability, and the revelation that he, and not Ben, might be the clone drove him almost completely over the edge, leading to an attempt on the latter's life. What firmly pushes him into this trope though, is what happens following his possession by an alternate version of the [[SerialKiller Carnage]] [[PuppeteerParasite symbiote]]. Driven out of his mind, Spider-Carnage combines the Spot's portal technology with a disintegration bomb that will [[OmnicidalManiac destroy not only his own world, and not only the Universe, but the]] ''[[OmnicidalManiac totality of the multiverse]]''. As he puts it: "I'm gonna destroy all reality!"
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* BettyAndVeronica: She is the Betty to Felicia's Veronica.
* BuxomIsBetter: She is very buxom. This is best shown in "Turning Point" when she's being kidnapped by the Green Goblin.

** She has MJ's appearance, backstory, and career but her GirlNextDoor personality and being Peter's main love interest from the beginning are more in-line with Gwen Stacy (who doesn't appear until the final episode in an alternate reality).
** This extends to her role in narrative; like comics MJ, she is involved with a love triangle with Peter and Harry before eventually marrying Peter, but she also replaces Gwen in a child-friendly variant of ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied'' [[note]] she's thrown into a dimensional rift instead of being murdered [[/note]], and her "returning" afterward as a clone created by Miles Warren mirrors the clone of Gwen from [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga the original Clone Saga.]]

* MsFanservice: As per usual for the character. MJ is a fairly tall, very beautiful red-haired woman who tends to wear outfits (which include either a yellow sweater with a pair of blue skin tight jeans and red cowgirl boots, a form-fitting SpyCatSuit, or a black dress) that highlight her [[BuxomIsBetter bust]] and long shapely legs.

* WeirdnessMagnet: Which she lampshades in "Goblin War!"

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MajelBarrett-Roddenberry.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Susan Beaubain

-->'''Voiced by:''' Earl Boen

-->'''Voiced by:''' Maxwell Caulfield

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: His cover story.

* VampireMonarch: Supposedly. She tries to create a coven using the Neogenic Recombinator to make vampires, but was foiled and forced to flee. Next time we briefly see her, it seems she had went back to making vampires the old fashioned way.

Felicia's mother and the head of the Hardy Foundation. She is also an Oscorp stockholder and the husband to Walter Hardeski, a thief known as the Cat.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Comic Black Cat was a cat burglar who flirted with heroism because of her relationship with Peter and has a history flipping between ally and antagonist. Here, she was forced to become a thief and spends the rest of the show as a heroine once she's free from Kingpin's control.

* OutGambitted: She defeats Hydro-Man not by fighting him, but by running away. Doing so wore Hydro-Man out and led him away from the water that fed his powers.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her [[AbusiveParents father]] bailed when she was young. It still affects her in her adolescent years. [[PathOfInspiration This was taken advantage of by]] [[EvilSorcerer Baron Mordo]] [[LotusEaterMachine once]]. Her mother, meanwhile, only ever appeared in flashback, hinting that she died or abandoned Mary Jane too.

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: In addition to Peter, Felicia is viewed as desirable by Flash Thompson, Michael Morbius and Jason Philips.

%%* ActionGirl

** Even before he learned what Spider-Carnage's plan was he still stated disturbed by him and said he was more evil than anybody he had ever worked with.

* OppositesAttract: Season 3 reveals she's got a crush on Flash Thompson, who is dumbfounded when Peter points this out to him, but reciprocates. The attraction may have been born of his trying to protect her from Morbius in the previous season.

* NoodleIncident: Except for the powerless Spider-Man, they were all trained by Madame Web and subjected to various lessons. Each was ultimately tested with the Secret Wars to see how they'd perform as leader.

!!Taina

* AlphaBitch --> LovableAlphaBitch: Felicia makes this transition over the course of the show.

* RetCanon: In the original comics, the Venom symbiote did not affect Peter's personality at all; it just made him tired because it took his body out crime-fighting while he was asleep, and Peter [[KickTheDog simply tried to kill the symbiote when he found out that it was alive and trying to bond with him]]. This series introduced the idea of the Venom symbiote [[ADarkerMe slowly corrupting Peter and making him more aggressive and violent]], thus giving Peter a more legitimate reason to want to get rid of it, and this was adapted into the comics; all subsequent adaptations have followed suit. That said it was shown in a ComicBook/WhatIf issue in 1989 (5 years before the premiere of the animated series) that if Spider-Man kept the venom symbiote it would have possessed him mentally and physically, and eventually would have killed Peter.

* RetCanon: In the original comics, the Venom symbiote did not affect Peter's personality at all; it just made him tired because it took his body out crime-fighting while he was asleep, and Peter [[KickTheDog simply tried to kill the symbiote when he found out that it was alive and trying to bond with him]]. This series introduced the idea of the Venom symbiote [[ADarkerMe slowly corrupting Peter and making him more aggressive and violent]], thus giving Peter a more legitimate reason to want to get rid of it, and this was adapted into the comics; all subsequent adaptations have followed suit.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Comic Black Cat was a cat burglar who turned good for her relationship with Spider-Man. Here, she was forced to become a thief and immediately tries to be a heroine once she's free from Kingpin's control.

** She also has connections to Captain America and the Red Skull thanks to her father knowing the Super Soldier Serum. In the comics, Black Cat never had any ties with them.
** While Kingpin was responsible for giving Felicia her [[WindsOfDestinyChange "bad luck"]] powers, she was already the Black Cat before she met him. In this series, Kingpin is the reason she becomes the Black Cat in the first place due to him kidnapping her father and blackmailing her into undergoing an experiment to create super soldiers.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Daredevil has suffered more on a personal level from Kingpin’s actions in this incarnation than most and was essentially created by the Kingpin’s wrongdoings. [[spoiler:Matt Murdock's father, Jack Murdock, was a boxer, but to support his young son after his wife died, he became a crook working for a mobster. Shortly after Matt discovered his father’s criminal status, Matt was accidentally bombarded by radiation from canisters of radioactive waste materials, which were being illegally transported through the city on behalf of the Kingpin. As a result, Matt was blinded, and Jack sought revenge on the Kingpin, but whilst collecting evidence of his crimes, he was caught by the Kingpin, who had him killed.]]

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

* AnAxeToGrind: Seems to be his weapon.
-->'''Carnage:''' Guess I could say you [[{{Pun}} axed]] for this, Web-Man.

* AnAxeToGrind: He forms one of his hands into an axe while trying to kill the mainstream Spider-Man.
-->'''Spider-Carnage:''' Soon, my dear clone, you'll be nothing more than a bad memory.

* HotScientist: She's a very intelligent and competent scientist, but also quite attractive.

* HotScientist: Yet another brilliant but beautiful female scientist in this series.

* ShesGotLegs: MJ has long toned legs that are highlighted through the outfits (such as skintight jeans or dresses) that she wears.

* ShesGotLegs: Black Cat wears a very form-fitting catsuit that highlights her long muscular legs.
** Also, Felicia in her normal blond haired form tends to wear short skirts or dresses that display her pretty legs.

* AnAxeToGrind: Seems to be his WeaponOfChoice.

* ShesGotLegs: Due to wearing a skirt that reaches mid-thighs.