History WesternAnimation / SpidermanAndHisAmazingFriends

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the original comics, Thunderbird just has super strength, super stamina and denser skin. Here, he can channel powers of animals related to Native Americans.
* AdaptationDyeJob: The comic books' Iceman is brunet, but he's rendered blond for the show because it was believed viewers wouldn't be able to tell Bobby from Peter if both were brunet. They also gave Flash a different shade of blonde, since Bobby resembles Flash.
* AdaptationNameChange: Sunfire's uncle had his named changed from Tomo to Jin Ju.

** Firestar wears [[LeotardOfPower a very form-fitting body suit]] that showcases her entire body shape and physique as being very curvy and voluptuous, and that she's [[BuxomIsBetter well-endowed]]. Firestar was so hot (pun intended) that she actually had to be censored as the seasons went on. Rick Hoberg said, in an interview, that [[https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-490/2/ her butt was altered in seasons 2 and 3]] to show less and less of a crack line as possible.

* MaleGaze: We occasionally get camera shots of Firestar that present her nicely toned body, especially her buttocks. Same for Monica in "Attack of the Arachnoid".

* MsFanservice: Firestar wears [[LeotardOfPower a very form-fitting unitard]] that showcases her entire body shape and physique as being very curvy and voluptuous, and that she's [[BuxomIsBetter well-endowed]]. To a lesser extent, Monica in "Attack of the Arachnoid". Firestar was so "hot" (pun intended) that she actually had to be censored as the seasons went on. Rick Hoberg said, in an interview, that [[https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-490/2/ her butt was altered in seasons 2 and 3]] to show less and less of a crack line as possible.

* BackForTheDead: The team makes their comic book debut in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 3 #7... where they are killed off-panel by Morlun. Notably, the backlash to the mean-spirited deaths (the writer is known for [[TrollingCreator Twitter antics]] and deliberately trying to rile people up, his case not helped by his [[CriticalResearchFailure claims that ''Spider-Man and the Amazing Friends'' was a]] LighterAndSofter [[CriticalResearchFailure show with no life-or-death stakes]]) was so severe that Marvel stepped in and clarified that the Spider-Friends who were murdered are from an ExpendableAlternateUniverse.

* HeelFaceTurn: Monica ends up switching sides and turning against Dr. Zoltan Amadeus in "Attack of the Arachnoid".

* TheJuggernaut: Fittingly, Characters/{{Juggernaut}} himself.

** In "Seven Little Superheroes", the Chameleon gathers the Spider-Friends and four other heroes for a revenge plot. He uses his disguises and traps to impersonate them in hopes of them turning on each other and take out the rest. Thanks to Aunt May sending her dog Ms. Lion with Peter and his friends (who tell her they are going to a house party), they are soon able track down the Chameleon.

* SpannerInTheWorks: The Hulk unintentionally ruins [[Characters/SpiderManCentralRoguesGallery Mysterio]]'s attempts at killing the Spider-Friends in "Spidey Goes Hollywood".

* RecycledPremise: The plot of "Attack of the Arachnoid" is basically an adaptation of "The Web of Nephilia" from the [[SpiderMan1981 previous series]]. The big differences are the plan works for awhile, and the girlfriend is ''against'' the experiment instead of being a driving force behind it.

** Angelica develops a crush on [[Characters/SpiderManCentralRoguesGallery Kraven the Hunter]], much to Peter and Bobby's displeasure, though she quickly realizes that he's a creep and defeats him.

* BackForTheDead: The team makes their comic book debut in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 3 #7... where they are killed off-panel by Morlun. Notably, the backlash to the mean-spirited deaths (the writer is known for [[TrollingCreator Twitter antics]] and deliberately trying to rile people up, his case not helped by his [[CriticalResearchFailure claims that ''Spider-Man and the Amazing Friends'' was a LighterAndSofter show with no life-or-death stakes]]) was so severe that Marvel stepped in and clarified that the Spider-Friends who were murdered are from an ExpendableAlternateUniverse.

* JekyllAndHyde: In the comics, the Green Goblin is just a costumed identity that Norman Osborn assumes. In the series opener, Osborn physically transforms into a green-skinned creature. (No, not [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk that one]].)

* TheJuggernaut: Fittingly, ComicBook/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}} himself.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: In "The X-Men Adventure", [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Kitty Pryde]]'s design is ''very'' different here as she wears a one-piece leotard, gloves, boots and a black mask with an "X" on the forehead rather than the black and yellow "training" uniform.

->''"Tonight, I, Electro, master of electricity itself, will let loose upon the world my greatest creation: Video Man, the creature from the game."''

** In "A Firestar is Born", when Angel introduces Firestar and Iceman to new member [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], Iceman is struck by her beauty. From his point-of-view, we get a good look at her body from bottom to top.

* EasyAmnesia: In "Video-Man", Flash Thompson figures out that Angelica Jones is Firestar. [[ATApOnTheHead A bump on the head]] makes him forget it.

* EasyAmnesia: In "Video-Man", Flash Thompson figures out that Angelica Jones is Firestar. A bump on the head makes him forget it.

%%* LemonyNarrator: Stan Lee himself.

* MsFanservice: Firestar wears a very form-fitting jumpsuit that showcases her entire body shape and physique as being very curvy and voluptuous, and that she's well endowed. To a lesser extent, Monica in "Attack of the Arachnoid". Firestar was so "hot" (pun intended) that she actually had to be censored as the seasons went on. Rick Hoberg said, in an interview, that [[https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-490/2/ her butt was altered in seasons 2 and 3]] to show less and less of a crack line as possible.

* NightmareFuel: In-universe in "Spider-Man: Unmasked!". After the Sandman reveals to Peter that he knows he is also Spider-Man and threatens to go to the media with his findings, a shaken Peter has nightmares about what would happen if Sandman makes good on his threats. In addition to losing his job and family (mentioned elsewhere), Peter worries that he would be sent to prison as a menace to society.

** Bobby covers himself in a block of ice, and then breaks free of it.
** Angelica turns on her powers, envelops herself in a glow, and then turns it off, having somehow done an InstantCostumeChange in the process.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the original comics, Thunderbird just had super strength, super stamina and denser skin. Here, he can channel powers of animals related to Native Americans.
* AdaptationDyeJob: The comic books' Iceman is brunet, but he was rendered blond for the show because it was believed viewers wouldn't be able to tell Bobby from Peter if both were brunet. They also gave Flash a different shade of blonde, since Bobby resembles Flash.

** Angelica developed a crush on [[Characters/SpiderManCentralRoguesGallery Kraven the Hunter]], much to Peter and Bobby's displeasure, though she quickly realized he's a creep and defeats him.

* BackForTheDead: The team makes their comic book debut in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 3 #7... where they are killed off-panel by Morlun. Notably, the backlash to the mean-spirited deaths (the writer is known for [[TrollingCreator Twitter antics]] and deliberately trying to rile people up, his case not helped by his [[CriticalResearchFailure claims that "Spider-Man and the Amazing Friends" was a LighterAndSofter show with no life-or-death stakes]]) was so severe Marvel stepped in and clarified the Spider-Friends who were murdered are from an ExpendableAlternateUniverse.
* {{Backstory}}: The origin for each member of the PowerTrio got an episode, and an episode of how they became a team.

* TheCameo: Heroes who didn't really appear otherwise made a few quick appearances here and there- ie. ComicBook/IronMan. In "The Origin of the Spider-Friends" (which featured Tony Stark in a major role) Iceman wonders where the heck Iron Man is- after all, he's supposed to be protecting Stark International (which is under attack by the Beetle). Cut to space, where IM is, per Stan Lee's narration, "on a secret government mission" (specifically blasting away asteroids from the Space Shuttle).

** Firestar was created for the series but migrated into the comics.

* DistaffCounterpart: The series creators originally wanted to use the [[Characters/FantasticFourTheFantasticFour Human Torch]] (who is, after all, Spidey's main superhero friend in the comics) but [[ExiledFromContinuity rights issues]] led them to create Firestar as a CaptainErsatz.

'''Peter:''' You sure are... I'm Peter Piper... Uh, P-Parker... Uh, Parker Peter-

* EasyAmnesia: In "Video-Man", Flash Thompson figured out Angelica Jones is Firestar. A bump on the head made him forget it.

* FieryRedhead: Taken almost as literally as one possibly can with Firestar, though she has brown hair in her everyday identity. However, it's more reddish than Peter's dark brown hair, so her normal hair color could be auburn.
** In "The Quest of the Red Skull", the Spider-Friends are travelling through a South American jungle in pursuit of the Skull. Spidey being Spidey is having a blast, doing his best Tarzan impression to the annoyance of Iceman and Firestar. Firestar threatens, "If he says, "Me Spider-Man, you hot-stuff!" '''one more time''', I'm going to melt his webs!" Inevitably, he does, and she does.

* FreezeRay: Freeze rays were often used to incapacitate Firestar.

** The original (late 80's) Mexican dub inserted tons of jokes (inside ones such as substituting Stan Lee with his 'granddaddy' when that voice actor was unavailable), hamming villain with silly phrases (Magneto has never been funnier) and tons of adlibbed extra lines. Just the translations of the names of some characters could crack you open, you have "Dynamic Needle" and "Draco Dragoon" instead of Wolverine and Daredevil... but somehow you still have Juggernaut untranslated.

* GottaGetYourHeadTogether: "The Fantastic Frump" and "The X-Men Adventure".

* [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]]: Bobby and Angelica address May as such, and she often tends to them the same way she does Peter.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: It's anyone's guess why Mr. Frump saw fit to immediately trust ''Characters/DoctorDoom'', somebody whom it's impossible to take seriously as anything but the cartoon supervillain he is, and unquestioningly believe his lies about ''the city's three biggest superheroes''.

** Chameleon--for "Seven Little Superheroes," no less.

** Similarly, Dr. Zoltan Amadeus uses science to replicate Spider-Man's powers, then dresses up as him to commit crimes that Spider-Man is then blamed for. Unfortunately for Zoltan, the formula he used to gain those powers is unstable and [[GoneHorriblyWrong winds up mutating him into something more spider than man]]. Eventually he doesn't even care since he's become very powerful.

* ImplacableMan: The Juggernaut during his appearance in "A Firestar is Born."

* JekyllAndHyde: In the comics, the Green Goblin is just a costumed identity that Norman Osborn assumes; in the series opener, Osborn physically transforms into a green-skinned creature. (No, not [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk that one]].)

* KidsAreCruel: Firestar flashbacks to her childhood where the above-mentioned AlphaBitch and her friends loved to tease Angelica. By high school though Bonnie is the only one who still tries to make Angelica's life hell as her friends are all ''really'' tired of Bonnie's childish name-calling and antics.
* ALadyOnEachArm: During the WholeEpisodeFlashback "Along Came Spidey," a teen-aged Flash Thompson is at the beach with two beautiful young women, showing off his muscular build. He sees Peter Parker, walks over to him with one girl on each arm, taunts him and calls him "Puny," and kicks sand in his face before walking off cackling evily, the girls giggling and thinking Flash is cute and funny.

** Bobby had a tune for when he turned into Iceman.
** Ms. Lion had her own tune.
** Aunt May had a tune.
** There was a 'heroic' tune for anytime a guest star from the Franchise/MarvelUniverse at large showed up.
** Angelica had one for when she turned into Firestar.
** There was a tune for when the villain was starting to do menacing things.
** There was a variation of the show's ThemeTune for when something sad happened.
** There was another variation of the show's ThemeTune for when romance was onscreen.

** There is a bit of music specifically for the IdiosyncraticWipes for scene changes.
* LemonyNarrator: Stan Lee himself.
* LivingLieDetector: Ms. Lion, in "Seven Little Superheroes". Her sense of smell allowed her to distinguish the Chameleon and his drones from the others when under disguise, completely blowing up his plans to kill off the superheroes.

* MasterOfDisguise: The Chameleon, of course. He uses hologram technology in this series to disguise himself.

* MonsterMash: The episode "The Bride of Dracula!" has the Spider-Friends encounter Count {{Dracula}}, a robotic FrankensteinsMonster, and a butler transformed into a [[WolfMan "Wolf Thing"]].
* MsFanservice: Firestar wears a very form-fitting jumpsuit that showcases her entire body shape and physique as being very curvy and voluptuous, and that she's well endowed. To a lesser extent, Monica in "Attack of the Arachnoid".
** Firestar was so "hot" (pun intended) that she actually had to be censored as the seasons went on. Rick Hoberg said, in an interview, that [[https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-490/2/ her butt was altered in seasons 2 and 3]] to show less and less of a crack line as possible.

* NeverSayDie: Subverted. In TheEighties, it hadn't yet become unfashionable. Not only did the word "kill" get used, but a scene implied onscreen that Spider-Man had been killed in battle before pulling a "gotcha!" on the viewer.

* NoSwastikas: Averted with the episode of "Quest of the [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]]", in which the heroes team up with Franchise/IndianaJones expy/American Indian shaman "Hiawatha" Smith to stop the Red Skull and a pair of German-accented minions from finding a horde of Nazi plunder and secret superweapons in the South American jungle. A shadow-casting stone swastika is even the key to finding the entrance to the stash. Smith gets pretty {{Anvilicious}} about the evils of the Third Reich. Of course, it is the Nazis he's talking about. A bone is thrown to the pre-Nazi history of the swastika when one of the Skull's minions mistakes a Native American tapestry design for a swastika. He gives it a "Heil Hitler" upon seeing it, though is corrected by the other minion immediately.
* OnTheMoney: The episode "Spidey Goes Hollywood" has Spidey agreeing to act in a movie for the exact amount Aunt May needs to pay the mortgage this month, as opposed to say, enough to pay off the ''whole mortgage''; then again, unless Peter is willing to tell Aunt May he's Spidey, he'd probably have to come up with some excuse to justify suddenly having that much money, though of course there's nothing preventing him from holding onto all the money, and taking over the monthly payments for her ("I got a new job, Aunt May!").

* OriginsEpisode: The series had a total of four episodes devoted to explaining origins.
** "The Origin of the Iceman" explained how Iceman started developing his powers and also shows his first encounters with Professor X and Spider-Man.

* PowerGlows: Having heat-based powers, Firestar is able to glow very brightly.
* PowerTrio: Spider-Man, Iceman, Firestar

* PsychoSerum: The serum Dr Zoltan uses to duplicate Spider-Man's powers turns out to be this, as the instability drives him mad (not that he was all that stable to begin with) before mutating him further into a [[BodyHorror half-man, half-spider hybrid]].

* SequelSeries: Some consider this a sequel to the 1981 ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1981 Spider-Man]]'' series. The only hint to confirm this is in "The Prison Plot", which has a flashback sequence that depicts a scene from the 1981 series episode "When Magneto Speaks...People Listen".

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: The thumbnail on Netflix has a full-body shot of Spidey, but Firestar and Iceman got cropped out except for a few of their limbs.
* SnowMeansCold: Spidey and Iceman first met during a LetsYouAndHimFight situation. Iceman got Spider-Man's attention by causing a freak blizzard during the summer. Iceman wasn't seen actually throwing snow around to do it, but appeared to be just willing it to happen.

* TeamPet: Ms. Lion

* ThereWasADoor: ("Swarm")

** Bobby would cover himself in a block of ice, then break free of it.
** Angelica would turn on her powers, envelop herself in a glow, then turn it off, having somehow done an InstantCostumeChange in the process.
** Spidey, naturally, often [[LampshadeHanging comments on]] the fact that he has to suit up manually. "(to Firestar) Promise you'll show me how to do that someday?"

* VillainByProxyFallacy: In the episode "Spidey Goes Hollywood", director Sam Blockbuster is turned over to the police by Spidey for aiding Mysterio. Blockbuster wasn't exactly on friendly terms with said supervillain; he was working for him under duress. It is hard to say no to a supervillain, [[AppealToForce especially one that threatens you]] with a robotic duplicate of the Incredible Hulk! Though he does still feel a little guilty about going through with it anyway, which is probably why he's okay with getting arrested.
* [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]]: A different supervillain every week. More than a few were enemies of other superheroes, such as Magneto, the Red Skull and Doctor Doom.

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

* LoveTriangle: Between the three Spider-Friends; both Peter and Bobby admitted to being attracted to Angelica, flavored with IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy on Spidey's part. Whether she returned it for either of them wasn't really explored until near the end of the series, when Peter and Angelica had gone on at least a few dates.

* SuperMultiPurposeRoom: Aunt May's living room.

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

Bobby Drake ([[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Iceman]]) and [[ComicBook/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 (ComicBook/IronMan), their living space contained a SuperMultiPurposeRoom complete with crime lab. They also had a pet dog named Ms. Lion. Thirty-one years later, the team made their comic book debut in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 3 #7.

In the Marvel Multiverse, it was originally listed as Earth-8107 before being retconned to Earth-1983, in reference to the year the show ended. A subsequent re-retcon gave the universe its old designation and turned Earth-1983 into a spinoff.

* TheJuggernaut: Fittingly, Characters/{{Juggernaut}} himself.

Bobby Drake ([[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]]) and [[ComicBook/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 (ComicBook/IronMan), their living space contained a SuperMultiPurposeRoom complete with crime lab. They also had a pet dog named Ms. Lion. Thirty-one years later, the team made their comic book debut in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 3 #7.

** Angelica developed a crush on [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]], much to Peter and Bobby's displeasure, though she quickly realized he's a creep and defeats him.

* BackForTheDead: The team makes their comic book debut in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 3 #7... where they are killed off-panel by Morlun.
** Notably, the backlash to the mean-spirited deaths (the writer is known for [[TrollingCreator Twitter antics]] and deliberately trying to rile people up, his case not helped by his [[CriticalResearchFailure claims that "Spider-Man and the Amazing Friends" was a LighterAndSofter show with no life-or-death stakes]]) was so severe Marvel stepped in and clarified the Spider-Friends who were murdered are from an ExpendableAlternateUniverse.

* BlatantLies: In "The Quest of the Red Skull", Spidey asks why Angelica and Bobby happened to be walking Ms Lion nearby a professor's house (where Peter Parker had been attending a party). Iceman claims his "special Iceman sense" warned him there was trouble (in truth, Angelica suggested they go for a walk when she learned [[ClingyJealousGirl that his date to the party was Mona Osborne]]).

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: It's anyone's guess why Mr. Frump saw fit to immediately trust ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]]'', somebody whom it's impossible to take seriously as anything but the cartoon supervillain he is, and unquestioningly believe his lies about ''the city's three biggest superheroes''.

* JekyllAndHyde: In the comics, the Green Goblin is just a costumed identity that Norman Osborn assumes; in the series opener, Osborn physically transforms into a green-skinned creature. (No, not [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk that one]].)

* TheJuggernaut: Fittingly, [[ComicBook/TheJuggernaut Juggernaut]] himself.

* SpannerInTheWorks: The Hulk unintentionally ruins [[Characters/MarvelComicsMysterio Mysterio]]'s attempts at killing the Spider-Friends in "Spidey Goes Hollywood".

* TenLittleMurderVictims: "Seven Little Superheroes," wherein the Chameleon lures the Spider Friends, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/DoctorStrange, [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], and ComicBook/ShannaTheSheDevil to Wolf Island, intending to kill them off. The Chameleon doesn't count on Miss Lion foiling his plans.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: In "The X-Men Adventure", [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]]'s design is ''very'' different here as she wears a one-piece leotard, gloves, boots and a black mask with an "X" on the forehead rather than the black and yellow "training" uniform.

* TenLittleMurderVictims: "Seven Little Superheroes," wherein the Chameleon lures the Spider Friends, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/DoctorStrange, [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], and [[Characters/TheSavageLand Shanna the She-Devil]] to Wolf Island, intending to kill them off. The Chameleon doesn't count on Miss Lion foiling his plans.

** She was so "hot" (pun intended) that she actually had to be censored as the seasons went on. Rick Hoberg said, in an interview, that [[https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-490/2/ her butt was altered in seasons 2 and 3]] to show less and less of a crack line as possible.

* HatesMyAlterEgo: As usual, Aunt May adores her nephew Peter but hates "that awful Spider-Man".
** This also apparently extends to Spider-Woman too, as she wonders why Angelica would dress as "that awful Spider-Woman" for a costume party. Angelica tells her it's a private joke between her and Peter. To be fair, the concurrently running Spider-Woman cartoon had her as a HeroWithBadPublicity.

* ReplacedWithReplica: The Spider-Friends find themselves compelled to trust Doctor Doom with their pieces of a mystic amulet that can bestow godlike powers upon its bearer. These powers already reside in a social misfit named Mister Frump, and Frump is told that he must repeat an incantation to sustain his powers. While setting up a lightning attractor, Doom covertly molds a control knob into a rough replica of the amulet, which he gives to Frump. Though Frump doesn't detect the switcheroo, Spider Man does, and a battle for control of the real mystic amulet ensues.