* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/StanLee, no less, ''loved'' this series.
* BeamMeUpScotty: "The Emissary from Hell, Spider-Man!" is treated as if it’s this incarnation’s catchphrase, even though he only says it once, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in the first episode]]. Takuya actually uses a variety of epithets, with the most frequent being "The Iron Cross [[GratuitousEnglish killer]], Spider-Man!".
* ConclusionInAnotherMedium: ''Vault of Spiders'' #1, part of the ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' storyline, seems to give the series an ending.
* ExecutiveMeddling:
** The original plan was that it was going to be more true to the comics, but Bandai wanted him to be a HenshinHero complete with HumongousMecha because kids in Japan at the time love those things, right?
** Other Toei toku heroes would have appeared in episodes of the show, but the sponsors producing the series didn't like the idea.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The show had a DVD release in Japan in 2005. It soon went out of print, making it rare and expensive.
* OffTheShelfFX: Leopardon's transformation scenes were achieved by using the official Leopardon toy that Popy (later Bandai) was selling at the time.
* TheOtherDarrin: The actress who portrayed Bella Army changed between Episodes 38 and 39.
* ReferencedBy:
** Leopardon plays an important part in ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'', where Wade/Parzival gets his hands on it after clearing the second gate. He uses it in the climax to travel to Chthonia, and take on Sorrento's Mechagodzilla, but the mech is destroyed in the battle. [[Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018 The film version]] replaced Leopardon with a Franchise/{{Gundam}}.
** The mainstream Marvel comic books has a ShowWithinAShow version of itself that publishes "true stories" of heroes with public identities within the Marvel universe itself. Since Peter Parker’s identity is secret they can’t fill in biographical information, only Spider-Man’s public appearances. When there are glimpses of the in-universe comics they generally appear to be references to this Japanese series, positing that Spider-Man is the exiled prince of Planet Spider.
** One of the mini bosses in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroesIII'' is named Leopardon.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' threw in a reference to Leopardon in its two-part GrandFinale. One of Spider-Man's AlternateUniverse counterparts has an assortment of technology, including a giant robot that responds to voice commands. We briefly see the robot in the second part of the story, where Spider-Carnage tries to command it to kill our Spidey. The conflicting orders from the two Spider-Men cause the robot to short out.
* ShortLivedBigImpact: ''Spider-Man'' ran for one season (41 episodes and one movie) but introduced HumongousMecha into the {{Toku}} genre for years, where they remain a franchise staple to this day.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: For the longest time, it was rumored that the Leopardon suit was stolen so the production had to use stock footage to represent the later mech battles. This is not the case, they still had the suit. In fact, they later modified it into the Daidenzin from Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman. The real reason for the heavy amount of stock footage was simply it was cheaper to do.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Regarding its follow-ups. What was conceived as a Japanese Captain America became ''Series/BattleFeverJ'', the revival of ''Franchise/SuperSentai''. After ''Battle Fever J'', adaptations using the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] and/or the ComicBook/SilverSurfer were considered but dropped in favor of continuing Sentai with ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman''. Rumors in Japan say that the Silver Surfer series eventually became ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan''.
** The original plan was for ''Battle Fever J'' to be broadcast on TV Tokyo as a follow-up to ''Spider-Man'', rather than ''Goranger'' and ''J.A.K.Q.'s'' home on TV Asahi (formerly NET) which ''Super Sentai'' holds to this day. Sticking to TV Asahi allowed ''Battle Fever'' to premiere over a month before ''Spider-Man'' itself concluded, whilst its place as follow-up to the latter was taken by the anime series ''Anime/FutureRobotDaltanious''.
** Guest heroes from Toei's other tokusatsu shows were meant to appear in early plans but the sponsors for the show had the idea axed. Rumor has it that Go Tachibana played by Creator/HiroshiMiyauchi was originally written to be the titular character of ''Series/KaiketsuZubat''.
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