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** Creator/CoreyBurton received his first major voice role here as The Lizard.
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* MorePopularSpinoff: This adaptation of Franchise/SpiderMan has been overshadowed by the more popular ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', which aired concurrently at the time. The fact that the solo series aired in syndication while ''Amazing Friends'' aired as a SaturdayMorningCartoon on [[Creator/{{NBC}} a major network]] may have been a factor, in addition to the fact that ''Amazing Friends'' was referenced in other forms of media (including ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'') and enjoyed occasional reruns into the early-2000s, enough for newer generations to be aware of that series, while this one was ''very'' rarely seen for many years before the advent of Disney+.

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* MorePopularSpinoff: This adaptation of Franchise/SpiderMan ComicBook/SpiderMan has been overshadowed by the more popular ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', which aired concurrently at the time. The fact that the solo series aired in syndication while ''Amazing Friends'' aired as a SaturdayMorningCartoon on [[Creator/{{NBC}} a major network]] may have been a factor, in addition to the fact that ''Amazing Friends'' was referenced in other forms of media (including ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'') and enjoyed occasional reruns into the early-2000s, enough for newer generations to be aware of that series, while this one was ''very'' rarely seen for many years before the advent of Disney+.
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** Spidey not wanting to give blood for fear of the radiation in his veins harming others became this a few years later as it became clear contaminated blood was a major vector for the spread of the AIDS pandemic.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The train wreck in "Revenge of the Green Goblin," where the passenger train Normal Osborn is riding on hits a rockslide, derails and explodes, presumably [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse killing many people]] except Osborn. Fourteen years later, a very similar train wreck caused by a rockslide would happen in real life at Kootenay Lake in Canada, except it was a freight train, but the engineers were still killed and other crew members injured.

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* HarsherInHindsight: The train wreck in "Revenge of the Green Goblin," where the passenger train Normal Norman Osborn is riding on hits a rockslide, derails and explodes, presumably [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse killing many people]] except Osborn. Fourteen years later, a very similar train wreck caused by a rockslide would happen in real life at Kootenay Lake in Canada, except it was a freight train, but the engineers were still killed and other crew members injured.
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** A building reading "Sony" can be seen in the background. Creator/{{Sony}} would later create or be involved with [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy three]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Spider-Man]] [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming film series]], the first of which even featured the Sandman in [[Film/SpiderMan3 its third film]].

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** A building reading "Sony" can be seen in the background. Creator/{{Sony}} would later create or be involved with [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy three]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Spider-Man]] [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming [[Film/MCUSpiderManTrilogy film series]], the first and third of which even featured the Sandman in [[Film/SpiderMan3 its their respective]] [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome third film]].films]].
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The show's rendition of Medusa. Although her time there was brief, I.E. a single episode guest appearance, her romance with Spider-Man was memorably sweet and inspired much fanfiction over the years.
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* {{Narm}}: As pointed out [[https://smallscreenspidey.blogspot.com/2019/10/spider-man-1981-arsenic-and-aunt-may.html here]], the episode ''Arsenic and Aunt May'' is supposed to be full of the dramatic irony of Aunt May attempting to kill Spider-Man, but instead ends up narmy as she comes across as a bit ''too'' bloodthirsty.

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* {{Narm}}: As pointed out [[https://smallscreenspidey.blogspot.com/2019/10/spider-man-1981-arsenic-and-aunt-may.html here]], the episode ''Arsenic and Aunt May'' is supposed to be full of the dramatic irony of Aunt May attempting to kill Spider-Man, but instead ends up narmy as she comes across as a bit ''too'' bloodthirsty.----
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* MorePopularSpinoff: This adaptation of Franchise/SpiderMan has been overshadowed by the more popular ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', which aired concurrently at the time. The fact that the solo series aired in syndication while ''Amazing Friends'' aired as a SaturdayMorningCartoon on [[Creator/{{NBC}} a major network]] may have been a factor.

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* MorePopularSpinoff: This adaptation of Franchise/SpiderMan has been overshadowed by the more popular ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', which aired concurrently at the time. The fact that the solo series aired in syndication while ''Amazing Friends'' aired as a SaturdayMorningCartoon on [[Creator/{{NBC}} a major network]] may have been a factor.factor, in addition to the fact that ''Amazing Friends'' was referenced in other forms of media (including ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'') and enjoyed occasional reruns into the early-2000s, enough for newer generations to be aware of that series, while this one was ''very'' rarely seen for many years before the advent of Disney+.
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* {{Narm}}: As pointed out [[https://smallscreenspidey.blogspot.com/2019/10/spider-man-1981-episode-twenty-two.html here]], the episode ''Arsenic and Aunt May'' is supposed to be full of the dramatic irony of Aunt May attempting to kill Spider-Man, but instead ends up narmy as she comes across as a bit ''too'' bloodthirsty.

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* {{Narm}}: As pointed out [[https://smallscreenspidey.blogspot.com/2019/10/spider-man-1981-episode-twenty-two.com/2019/10/spider-man-1981-arsenic-and-aunt-may.html here]], the episode ''Arsenic and Aunt May'' is supposed to be full of the dramatic irony of Aunt May attempting to kill Spider-Man, but instead ends up narmy as she comes across as a bit ''too'' bloodthirsty.
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* CompleteMonster{ [[YMMV/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends Red Skull]] returns. See that page for details.

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* CompleteMonster{ CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends Red Skull]] returns. See that page for details.
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*CompleteMonster{ [[YMMV/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends Red Skull]] returns. See that page for details.
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* MorePopularSpinoff: This adaptation of Franchise/SpiderMan has been overshadowed by the more popular ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', which aired concurrently at the time. The fact that the solo series aired in syndication while ''Amazing Friends'' aired as a SaturdayMorningCartoon on [[Creator/{{NBC}} a major network]] may have been a factor.

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* MorePopularSpinoff: This adaptation of Franchise/SpiderMan has been overshadowed by the more popular ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', which aired concurrently at the time. The fact that the solo series aired in syndication while ''Amazing Friends'' aired as a SaturdayMorningCartoon on [[Creator/{{NBC}} a major network]] may have been a factor.factor.
* {{Narm}}: As pointed out [[https://smallscreenspidey.blogspot.com/2019/10/spider-man-1981-episode-twenty-two.html here]], the episode ''Arsenic and Aunt May'' is supposed to be full of the dramatic irony of Aunt May attempting to kill Spider-Man, but instead ends up narmy as she comes across as a bit ''too'' bloodthirsty.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The train wreck in "Revenge of the Green Goblin," where the passenger train Normal Osborn is riding on hits a rockslide, derails and explodes, presumably [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse killing many people]] except Osborn. Fourteen years later, a very similar train wreck caused by a rockslide would happen in real life at Kootenay Lake in Canada, except it was a freight train, but the engineers were still killed and other crew members injured.
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* HilariousInHindsight: "The Sandman is Coming" provides two examples.
** A building reading "Sony" can be seen in the background. Creator/{{Sony}} would later create or be involved with [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy three]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Spider-Man]] [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming film series]], the first of which even featured the Sandman in [[Film/SpiderMan3 its third film]].
** After losing his mask, Spidey protects his secret identity by resorting to wearing a BrownBagMask. This was way before he was forced to take on the identity of the Bombastic Bag-Man after rejecting the black suit symbiote in the comics.
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* MorePopularSpinoff: This adaptation of Franchise/SpiderMan has been overshadowed by the more popular ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends', which aired concurrently at the time.

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* MorePopularSpinoff: This adaptation of Franchise/SpiderMan has been overshadowed by the more popular ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', which aired concurrently at the time.time. The fact that the solo series aired in syndication while ''Amazing Friends'' aired as a SaturdayMorningCartoon on [[Creator/{{NBC}} a major network]] may have been a factor.
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* MorePopularSpinoff: This adaptation of Franchise/SpiderMan has been overshadowed by the more popular ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends', which aired concurrently at the time.

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