History WesternAnimation / SpidermanAndHisAmazingFriends

* AllLoveIsUnrequited - Bobby and Peter both have romantic interest in Angelica. Whether she returns it for either of them is not really explored.
** Bobby and Peter did discuss this in one episode: Bobby said fire and ice don't mix while Peter was worried that if he made a pass at her and got rebuffed, it would mean the end of the Spider-Friends.
*** Near the end of the series, Peter and Angelica had gone on a few dates. She was also visibly heartbroken in an episode where Peter falls hard for, and elects to go home with, a woman from the future whom he'd basically just met.
* AnimationBump - The three-episode second season was animated by Toei, and the animation and character models became more detailed and fuller, with a greater use of {{underlighting}} special effects. Incidentally, all three episodes deal with Iceman's, Firestar's, and Spidey' origins

* IdentityImpersonator - Chameleon

** Then they probably should have taken into account that Firestar looked strikingly like Mary Jane, something that no doubt baffled children for quite a while trying to watch the series.
*** Not really. Many of the children viewers only knew Spidey from his appearances on ''Series/TheElectricCompany'' and had no idea until some years later that there even was a character named Mary Jane Watson.
*** Mary-Jane never appeared in a single episode. So its not like kids in the 80's who didn't read comics would have a clue of who she was.

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* HeyItsThatVoice - Spidey is voiced by the same actor who voiced [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1 Bumblebee]]. Creator/FrankWelker voiced Bobby Drake and [[JerkJock Flash Thompson]]. Peter Cullen also provided [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner/The Hulk]]'s voice.

This animated series, which ran from 1981-1983, was the second Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}} SaturdayMorningKidsShow, and in the post-70s, the Marvel creative team decided to add new characters and send Spidey up against more than his own, regular RoguesGallery.

[[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} Robert "Bobby" Drake (Iceman)]] and [[NewWarriors Angelica Jones (Firestar)]] were college students who lived with their friend Peter Parker (Spider-Man) in his Aunt May's home, which she was using as a boarding house. Thanks to a contribution from Tony Stark (IronMan), their living space contained a SuperMultiPurposeRoom complete with crime lab. They also had a pet dog named Ms. Lion.

[[GagDub Humorously]] [[{{Redubbing}} redubbed]] footage of the show has been used in the ''WesternAnimation/MarvelMashUp''' shorts that air on DisneyXD's WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse block.

* AlphaBitch - Bonnie, the girl who gave Angelica her "Miss Angelica Jinx" nickname in "A Fire-Star is born".

* DramaticUnmask - The episode featuring an explanation of how the Spider-Friends formed has Spidey taking off his mask to reveal his true identity to Angelica and Bobby since Peter figured out they were Firestar and Iceman, respectively.

** Just the translations of the names of some chracters could crack you open, you have Dinamyc needle and Draco Dragoon instead of Wolverine and Daredevil...but somehow you still have Juggernaut untranslated.

* HeyItsThatVoice - Spidey is voiced by the same actor who voiced [[TransformersGeneration1 G1 Bumblebee]]. Creator/FrankWelker voiced Bobby Drake and [[JerkJock Flash Thompson]]. Peter Cullen also provided [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner/The Hulk]]'s voice.
** And JuneForay as Aunt May.

** There was a 'heroic' tune for anytime a guest star from the MarvelUniverse at large showed up.

* LivingLieDetector (Ms. Lion, in "Seven Little Superheroes". Her sense of smell allowed her to distinguish the Chameleon from the others when under disguise)

* OriginsEpisode: "The Origin of the Iceman," "Along Came Spidey" and "A Fire-Star Is Born" for each of our PowerTrio. "The Origin of the Spider-Friends," meanwhile, unsurprisingly explains how they met and formed their team.

* StanLee - narrated the series. "Excelsior!!" (Though many of his narrations were not on the masters used for the ABC Family showings and the masters were kept for the later Disney XD airings and Netflix release.)

** Spidey, naturally, once had to [[{{Lampshaded}} comment on]] the fact that he had to suit up manually.

*** Not really. Many of the children viewers only knew Spidey from his appearances on ''TheElectricCompany'' and had no idea until some years later that there even was a character named Mary Jane Watson.

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[[GagDub Humorously]] [[{{Redubbing}} redubbed]] footage of the show has recently been used in the ''[[WesternAnimation/MarvelMashUp Marvel Mash-Up]]'' shorts that air on DisneyXD's WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse block.

[[GagDub Humorously redubbed]] footage of the show has recently been used in the ''Marvel Mash-Up'' shorts that air on DisneyXD's WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse block.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Spider-Friends, go for it!"[[hottip:*:From left to right: Firestar, Spider-Man, and Iceman]]]]

-->'''Electro''', preparing to create the most memorable villain from the series, which ran during the '80s videogame craze

* HeyItsThatVoice - Spidey is voiced by the same actor who voiced [[TransformersGeneration1 G1 Bumblebee]]. FrankWelker voiced Bobby Drake and [[JerkJock Flash Thompson]]. Peter Cullen also provided [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner/The Hulk]]'s voice.

* DistaffCounterpart - The series creators originally wanted to use the [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Human Torch]] but rights issues led them to create Firestar as a CaptainErsatz.

* AnimationBump - The three-episode second season was animated by Toei, and the animation and character models became more detailed and fuller, with a greater use of underlighting special effects. Incidentally, all three episodes deal with Iceman's, Firestar's, and Spidey' origins

* AnimationBump - The three-episode second season was animated by Toei, and the animation and character models became more detailed and fuller. Incidentally, all three episodes deal with Iceman's, Firestar's, and Spidey' origins

--->'''Angelica''' (referring to Ms. Lion): Well, somebody's found a friend.
--->'''Peter''': You can say that again!
--->'''Angelica''': Her name is Ms. Lion. I'm Angelica.
--->'''Peter''': You sure are... I'm Peter Piper... Uh, P-Parker... Uh, Parker Peter-

--->'''Original Line - Angelica:''' Hey! There's that jungle bunny who was chasing after Peter!
--->'''Edited Line - Angelica:''' Hey! There's that jungle rabbit who was chasing after Peter!

[[caption-width-right:350:"Spider-Friends, go for it!" (From left to right: Firestar, Spider-Man, and Iceman)]]

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=] - Spidey is voiced by the same actor who voiced [[TransformersGeneration1 G1 Bumblebee]]. FrankWelker voiced Bobby Drake and [[JerkJock Flash Thompson]]. Peter Cullen also provided [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner/The Hulk]]'s voice.

* {{Nakama}}

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes It has yet to be released onto DVD in America.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes

[[caption-width-right:350:"Spider-Friends, go for it!"]]

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This show provides examples of:

** Angelica would turn on her powers, envelop herself in a glow, then turn it off.