After the Hobgoblin betrays both Osborn and the Kingpin, as well as takes over the Kingpin's base, the both of them are forced to work together, and enlist the help of Spider-Man.
This episode provides examples of:
- All Your Base Are Belong to Us: A villainous example. The Hobgoblin is briefly able to take over the Kingpin's base of operations before Spider-Man unknowingly helps him get it back.
- Batman Gambit: Norman Osborn manipulates Spider-Man into helping him and the Kingpin, by having him use a secret passage to travel to Crime Central without revealing the Kingpin's identity.
- Be Careful What You Wish For:
- When Spider-Man demands to know where Harry is, Hobgoblin tosses his last razor disc at the rope holding up the cage.Hobgoblin: You want him? You got him! Catch that, wall-crawler!
- While in the elevator, Spider-Man wants it to go faster. Smythe then releases the cable, sending the elevator plummeting down the shaft.
- When Spider-Man demands to know where Harry is, Hobgoblin tosses his last razor disc at the rope holding up the cage.
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: As Norman refuses to fess up to his role in all this, Spider-Man points out his behavior almost got his own son killed.Norman: What do you know? 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 it meant I didn't care about him! It was just a matter of making choices. Maybe I made the wrong ones.
- Deadly Dodging: Unable to out-maneuver the Hobgoblin's wing, Spider-Man gets to the top of an exhaust port and waits for him to fly in close. At the last second, Spider-Man jumps into the port, causing a nasty impact. Hobgoblin is left spiraling out of control into the nearby river.
- Dramatic Irony: At the end of episode Aunt May commends Peter for saving Wilson Fisk's life, saying that Uncle Ben would be proud of him and he did the right thing, with neither of them knowing that Fisk is a ruthless crime lord or that he is an unknown enemy who wants Spider-Man dead.
- I Lied:
- After taking control of Crime Central, the Hobgoblin calls Norman to say he'll only hand over Harry after being given Oscorp.
- After retaking Crime Central, the Kingpin wants Spider-Man eliminated, Norman's son be damned.
- I Warned You: Spider-Man scoffs at Norman cutting a deal with the Hobgoblin and fully expects a double-cross. When that comes to pass, Norman admits Spidey was right.
- Irony: The Kingpin lampshades how Osborn started the entire ordeal with the Hobgoblin by attempting to betray him, and now the Hobgoblin has betrayed Osborn in return.
- Neck Lift: Spider-Man does this when Norman refuses to explain what he was doing with the Hobgoblin.
- Nothing Personal: When the Kingpin shows the recording of the deal with Norman, Hobgoblin says he's just doing business to enrich himself and nothing more.
- Only Sane Man: As Osborn and Smythe go at it over who is responsible for this mess, the Kingpin tells them they have to focus on eliminating the Hobgoblin.
- Pyrrhic Victory: While Spider-Man succeeds at getting the Hobgoblin out of Crime Central, and the Kingpin takes back his base, Smythe mentions how hollow the victory due the damage done to Crime Central. The Kingpin, however, doesn't care, as he believes they can rebuild it and make it better.
- Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: The Hobgoblin tells Norman Osborn that he has destroyed the Kingpin before the latter appears right in front of Osborn and reveals that’s not the case.
- Status Quo Is God: At the end of the episode, Peter returns to living with Aunt May after she decides to he is not ready to live on his own after how messy the apartment was, and he feels she still needs him after she becomes hospitalized.
- Taught by Experience: With the Hobgoblin having been such a problem in the air, Spider-Man covertly webs up his glider before attacking him in Crime Central.
- This Cannot Be!: The Hobgoblin over Spider-Man finding his way into Crime Central.
- We Will Meet Again: The final line of the episode.Hobgoblin: Don't forget me, Spider-Man. I'm not going to forget you.
