History YMMV / SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends

** Electro's costume is colored blue instead of familiar green, like [[ComicBook/SpiderManChapterOne in]] [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel later]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 interpretations]].

* MorePopularSpinoff - On purpose. ''Amazing Friends'' came about after ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1981'' (which was actually quite good, for what it's worth) produced largely to get the big networks' attention. It worked.

** The imposter Spider-Man's InvoluntaryTransformation into the Arachnoid.
** Juggernaut might count for some as well. Most of the episode consists of him doing his ImplacableMan impression, wading through everything the heroes throw at him, even when Firestar, the last thing standing between the Juggernaut and his target Prof. X, created a wall of fire to stop him. The Juggernaut walks right into the fire, creating this large silhouette in the flame as his voice echoes, "I'M COMING FOR YOU, CHARLES XAVIER!" The utter look of fear and helplessness on Prof. X's face as the Juggernaut gets closer really sells it, and if Spider-Man hadn't pulled the Professor out of the way at the last second, they make it clear that the Juggernaut would have carried out his threat and killed Charles right there.

** Videoman's third appearance involves a malfunctioning arcade machine giving a complete dweeb the ability to transform into a superpowered alternate self and back. In other words, it's almost the exact same concept as ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''.

** The episode in which Videoman appears and traps Iceman and J. Jonah Jameson in a video game, knowing that when the plug is pulled they'll vanish totally from existence.

* FairForItsDay: Given the show was made in the early 80s there are several aspects that were arguably progressive by the standards of the time but have not aged well from the perspective of the viewers. One notable episode would be ''Sunfire,'' which was the titular hero's only episode. Sunfire, as presented in the show, is a Japanese Mutant hero who [[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts knows akido]], speaks in a [[JapaneseRanguage somewhat heavy accent]] (which may be ''justified'' due to English being his second language), and has a stereotypically dressed EvilUncle who is a CorruptCorporateExecutive and invokes the YellowPeril trope. However, Sunfire ''himself'' is otherwise portrays as a genuinely heroic NiceGuy character who was [[UnwittingPawn tricked into not only fighting Iceman but also into summoning a fire monster]], and who then proceeded to help the Spider Friends stop what he inadvertently helped cause. Also of note, his and Firestar's mutual crushes for each other are treated as being perfectly acceptable, with the fact that they're respectively Japanese and White never once coming up. This is [[ValuesResonance somewhat progressive even by today's standards]] given there's still parents/adults in the US who dislike the idea of their children/relatives dating outside their race.

** In April 2015, in issue 40 of ''All-New X-Men'' Iceman is "outed" as being gay, so seeing Iceman having a romantic infatuation with Firestar on the show could be seen as this.

** The episode in which Videoman appears and have Ice Man and Flash Thompson trapped in a video game knowing that when the plug is pulled out they'll vanish totally from existence.

* FairForItsDay: Given the show was made in the early 80s there are several aspects that were arguably progressive by the standards of the time but have not aged well from the perspective of the viewers. One notable episode would be ''Sunfire,'' which was the titular hero's only episode. Sunfire, as presented in the show, is a Japanese Mutant hero who [[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts knows akido]], speaks in a [[JapaneseRanguage somewhat heavy accent]] (which may be ''justified'' due to English being his second language), and has a stereotypically dressed EvilUncle who is a CorruptCorporateExecutive and invokes the YellowPeril trope. However, Sunfire ''himself'' is otherwise portrays as a genuinely heroic NiceGuy character who was [[UnwittingPawn tricked into not only fighting Iceman but also into summoning a fire monster]], and who then proceeded to help the Spider Friends stop what he inadvertently helped cause. Also of note, his and Firestar's mutual crushes for each other are treated as being perfectly acceptable, with the fact that they're respectively Japanese and White never once coming up. This is [[ValuesResonance somewhat progressive even by today's standards]] given there's still parents/adults in the US who dislike the idea of their children/relatives dating outside their race for a variety of reasons [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment we won't be getting into here.]]

* FairForItsDay: Given the show was made in the early 80s there are several aspects that were arguably progressive by the standards of the time but have not aged well from the perspective of the viewers. One notable episode would be ''Sunfire,'' which was the titular hero's only episode. Sunfire, as presented in the show, is a Japanese Mutant hero who [[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts knows akido]], speaks in a [[JapaneseRanguage somewhat heavy accent]] (which may be ''justified'' due to English being his second language), and has a stereotypically dressed EvilUncle who is a CorruptCorporateExecutive and invokes the YellowPeril trope. However, Sunfire ''himself'' is otherwise portrays as a genuinely heroic NiceGuy character who was [[UnwittingPawn tricked into not only fighting Iceman but also into summoning a fire monster]], and who then proceeded to help the Spider Friends stop what he inadvertently helped cause. Also of note, his and Firestar's mutual crushes for each other are treated as being perfectly acceptable, with the fact that they're respectively Japanese and White never once coming up. This is [[ValuesResonance somewhat progressive even by today's standards]] given there's still parents/adults in the US who dislike the idea of their children/relatives dating outside their race for a variety of reasons [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Laconic/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment we won't be getting into here.]]

* CompleteMonster (includes ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1981'''s "The Capture of Captain America"): [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Johann S(c)hmidt]], ComicBook/RedSkull himself, from "Quest of the Red Skull", is an ex-Nazi official who seeks to initiate WorldWarIII. After stealing the Scorpio engraving, an artifact containing information regarding the whereabouts of hidden Nazi weaponry, from Professor Hiawatha Smith, Skull attempts to feed him to a python after declaring victory. When the Spider-Friends get involved and join Smith in South America, where the stash is hidden, Skull has them trapped underground and ambushed by a DrillTank. Finally capturing the heroes at Skull Island, Skull reveals his plans to launch missiles at American targets, [[FalseFlagOperation tricking the US into attacking the Soviet Union in response]], resulting in millions of lives lost and Skull seizing control of what's left of society by anointing himself the "next Hitler", using stolen treasure to project legitimacy. When Smith rescues the Spider-Friends and Firestar redirects the missiles to Skull Island, Skull tries to rescue the treasure, even when Spider-Man offers to save him. After surviving, Skull kidnaps his arch-nemesis, Steve Rogers, intending to take over his superhuman body while trapping Rogers into Skull's disfigured body forever. When Spider-Man rescues Rogers, Skull tries to kill them both with a giant laser.

* CompleteMonster (includes ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1981'''s "The Capture of Captain America": [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Johann S(c)hmidt]], ComicBook/RedSkull himself, from "Quest of the Red Skull", is an ex-Nazi official who seeks to initiate WorldWarIII. After stealing the Scorpio engraving, an artifact containing information regarding the whereabouts of hidden Nazi weaponry, from Professor Hiawatha Smith, Skull attempts to feed him to a python after declaring victory. When the Spider-Friends get involved and join Smith in South America, where the stash is hidden, Skull has them trapped underground and ambushed by a DrillTank. Finally capturing the heroes at Skull Island, Skull reveals his plans to launch missiles at American targets, [[FalseFlagOperation tricking the US into attacking the Soviet Union in response]], resulting in millions of lives lost and Skull seizing control of what's left of society by anointing himself the "next Hitler", using stolen treasure to project legitimacy. When Smith rescues the Spider-Friends and Firestar redirects the missiles to Skull Island, Skull tries to rescue the treasure, even when Spider-Man offers to save him. After surviving, Skull kidnaps his arch-nemesis, Steve Rogers, intending to take over his superhuman body while trapping Rogers into Skull's disfigured body forever. When Spider-Man rescues Rogers, Skull tries to kill them both with a giant laser.

** Their appearance in ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' ends on a particularly ugly note.

** The episode in which Videoman appears and have Ice Man and Flash Thompson trapped in a videogame knowing that when the plug is pulled out they'll vanish totally from existence.

** Wolverine is Canadian, but in his only speaking appearance on this series, actor Neil Ross used an Australian accent. Fans reacted badly to the very idea of this, but twenty years later [[Creator/HughJackman a bona fide Australian]] [[Film/XMenFilmSeries would play the mutant hero]].

** The Sandman's episode ends with him growing to massive size and fighting our heroes at a construction sight. [[Film/SpiderMan3 Sound familiar?]]

** Norman Osborn physically transforming into the Green Goblin in the first episode. Stark contrast to 616-Marvel, but fits in much better with ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' a couple decades later. Perhaps Creator/BrianMichaelBendis was watching back in the day.

** [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Another show]] features a redheaded heroine with an AlphaBitch [[TheRival Rival] named Bonnie.

** [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Another show]] features a redheaded heroine with an AlphaBitch named Bonnie.

** In "Spidey Goes Hollywood," all of the actors playing Spider-Man quit the film because production became too dangerous. ''Theater/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'' experienced similar troubles, resulting in at least 6 people becoming injured.

* FridgeBrilliance: Spider-Man's "Amazing Friends" doesn't just refer to Iceman and Firestar, whatever the opening narration may imply — it refers to the bevy of other Marvel comic characters who came to appear on the show in what must have still been a relatively new thing.

** Videoman's second appearance involves a malfunctioning arcade machine giving a complete dweeb the ability to transform into a superpowered alternate self and back. In other words, it's almost the exact same concept as ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''.

* CreatorsPet: Videoman, who went from a villain to a hero by the end of the series.