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Horizon High
Max Modell
Max Modell
Voiced by: Fred Tatasciore
Horizon High's headmaster and founder who recognizes Peter's potential and recruits him to his school.
- Alliterative Name: Max Modell.
- Character Title: He is the Maximum in "Maximum Venom" as the Venom symbiote's host.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Inverted. He tends to make a lot of enemies with the people he makes ties with, and then they turn on him.
- Fatal Flaw: Max's biggest problem is that once he gets an idea in his head, he will not be convinced he might be wrong until it blows up in his face. Norman has exploited this a few times to further his own agenda by making both Harry and Otto look bad in Max's eyes and start creating tension between them. Making things worse is that, while he has enough grace to admit when he has been wrong, he tends to swing to the other side of the spectrum from his initial choices rather than learn that his doubling down might not be the best idea.
- Freudian Excuse: It's revealed in "Web of Venom", that he was caught in an accident early in his life and someone got hurt helping him. This trauma stuck with him and the reason for his obsession with believing V-252 could people, so no one would have to get hurt again.
- Glory Hound: He's accused of being this by several characters, such as Norman. "Stark Expo" shows a grain of truth to this sentiment; he ignores Peter's concerns that the V-252 is alive because he's too concerned with proving it can be on the periodic table. After Spider-Man uses the suit, proving once and for all that it's a symbiotic organism, he's quick to admit he got too obsessed with it, to the point of ignoring his students.
- Ink-Suit Actor: He looks like Fred Tatasciore, with a beard.
- The Mentor: To Peter, being the one who acknowledges Peter's potential and takes on as a protege to Horizon High.
- Out of Focus: He stops showing up as frequently after the Venom arc in Season 1, with more focus going to Peter's relationship with Harry and the other Spider-Heroes.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: The main authority at Horizon High, and overall a rather reasonable and well-meaning kind of guy.
- Red Herring: Peter believes he's the host for the V-252 when Venom debuts. Turns out to be wrong — at the time.
- Secret-Keeper: He pieced together Peter's identity as Spider-Man, which he reveals in "Web of Venom" with the assurance that he'll keep it a secret.
Aleksei Sytsevich / Rhino
Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich)
Voiced by: Matthew Mercer
A foreign student who was transformed into Rhino.- Adaptation Dye-Job: His comic counterpart and most iterations are usually a brunet before being the Rhino. This version is a redhead.
- Adaptational Heroism: This version is a pretty fun guy to be around, and is rather nice to the other Horizon students, and also didn't willingly turn into the Rhino. His comics counterpart was already a thug and volunteered to turn into the Rhino.
- Adaptational Intelligence: His comics counterpart was a Dumb Muscle thug while this version is a Teen Genius before he's the Rhino.
- Adaptational Wimp: This version of Rhino is nowhere near as tough as past incarnations of the character, being little more than a humanoid brute with the mind of an animal. Against Spider-Man, he doesn't even get in a single hit in their short fight.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Becomes a member of the Sinister Five with a mind-control device in his neck.
- Comic Book Movies Dont Use Code Names: An animated example. Aleksei is never referred to as the Rhino at all.
- Forced Transformation: His transformation into Rhino wasn't exactly voluntary.
- In Name Only: Just like Shocker and Clash, this version of Rhino has nothing in common with his comic book counterpart and most versions outside of his name, powers, and nationality.
- Never Trust a Trailer: This version, much like his Ultimate Spider-Man counterpart, is a teenager mutated into a more Rhino-like appearance. However, a poster to promote the show
◊ features the traditional thug in a Rhino costume. - Nice Guy: He's pretty amicable to the other students at Horizon.
- Younger and Hipper: Like with Doctor Octopus, the Shocker, and Alistair Smythe, the Rhino is around Peter's age.
Grady Scraps
Grady Scraps
Voiced by: Scott Menville
A student from the Bilderberg Academy (which is actually a front for AIM) that Peter meets while undercover. He later transfers to Horizon.- Age Lift: This version is a teenager unlike in his comics counterpart who is an adult.
- Ascended Extra: He was a minor character in "School of Hard Knocks", but returns as a recurring character in Maximum Venom.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: He has red hair and freckles in season 2, resembling his comic counterpart. But in Maximum Venom, he has no freckles and has an entirely different character design as a brunette and resembles Otto more.
- Foil: To Otto Octavius. Grady's essentially what Otto could have been with friends as support, and what Otto had been on the verge of being prior to a Heroic Sacrifice.
- Shorter Means Smarter: He's short but quite brilliant.
- Hulking Out: He briefly takes on a superpowered Hulk-esque form unwillingly because of the Scientist Supreme, but returns to his human form by Spidey and Ms. Marvel.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: He appears after Otto is no longer around and sports a comparable body type, roughly similar quirks (at least during Otto's better moments), and clothes with Doc Ock's classic color scheme. To top it all off, the two even share the same voice actor.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He is terrified of bees.
Midtown High
Flash Thompson
Eugene "Flash" Thompson
Voiced by: Ben Diskin
A student at Midtown High.- Abled in the Adaptation: Much like his previous animated counterpart, Flash Thompson still has the full use of his legs when he bonds to the Venom symbiote, unlike his comics counterpart who was an adult soldier who lost the use of his legs in battle before being Agent Venom.
- Adaptational Intelligence: Heavily downplayed compared to the rest of the cast, but this version is at least interested enough in science to build a decent soda volcano and enter a science expo with it, whereas his comics versions would have never engaged in any activity of the sort.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Played with, Flash is most famous for being The Bully to Peter Parker, and rarely does he grow out of this phase in adaptations. This version has the same past of bullying but by the time the show takes place he has eased off.
- Boisterous Bruiser: Somewhat downplayed compared to his previous animated incarnation, but only because this version has considerably lesser screen-time than his counterpart. He still manages to showcase this trope in his one focus episode so far, both during the temporary point when he's bonded to the Venom Symbiote and the climax after during the football game. Also, fact that he's mellowed from explicitly bullying Peter outside keeping his "street cred", he's more receptive to being this from the onset compared to his counterpart who had to grow into being this.
- Composite Character: He is a bully like his original and Ultimate versions, and also sports The Amazing Spider-Man Series incarnation's buzzcut and his Marvel Cinematic Universe counterpart's interest in science (and lack of actually being good at it). His role as Venom's first host initially invokes his original iteration but resembles Eddie Brock as Venom in the comics. Additionally, his Spider-Creature form evokes Carl King due to the Spider abilities and bully status.
- Disqualification-Induced Victory: Parodied; his soda volcano ends up winning the Stark Expo despite being by far the least impressive project, solely because Ghost happened to wreck all the other inventions.
- Dumb Jock: This version plays up the fact he isn't particularly smart. Granted, the fact he's a normal teenager in a show where the large majority of the cast are super-geniuses doesn't help.
- Heroic BSoD: He was traumatized by his first experience with the Venom symbiote and is utterly terrified when it takes him hostage at Midtown High.
- Jerk Jock: Downplayed; he is portrayed as not particularly smart and a bit cocky, but his bullying days are behind him.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He still occasionally picks on Peter, at one point saying he has to keep up appearances, but a lot of it is mostly lighthearted ribbing, and he's quick to defend Peter after two people try to pick on Peter after tutoring Flash because it saved Midtown.
- Mythology Gag: Venom using him as a host seems to be a reference to his original version as Agent Venom in the comics.
- Odd Friendship: He's a slightly rough jock and kind of a meathead but is on amicable terms with the nice, nerdy Peter Parker, even before Peter started tutoring Flash.
- Race Lift: Possibly; he was white in the comic while he is Ambiguously Brown here.
- Reformed Bully: Flash by the time the story takes place has given up his former bullying ways. Even more so in "Venom"—he started out being hard on Peter due to being a nerd he can solicit help from, but Peter's tutoring saved his life, so he stood up for Peter in the end.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Although Flash has nowadays has stopped tormenting Peter, he still gave Peter a hard time when he asked Peter to tutor him in chemistry, as the only thing that mattered to him was being able to play in the football game. Ultimately, what he learned from Peter did save his life and the school, and he has been grateful ever since.
- Wisdom from the Gutter: Flash of all people manages to get Otto (in Peter's body) to reconsider the Superior Spider-Man's actions by voicing his disapproval for the Superior Spider-Man's approach to criminals and telling Otto that being a hero is more than just keeping crime rates down.
Liz Allan / Screwball
Screwball (Liz Allan)
Voiced by: Natalie Lander
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Her comic counterpart is a blonde while this iteration is a brunette.
- Adaptational Heroism: Screwball is a villain in the original comic, but this equivalent is introduced as an anti-hero before gradually becoming a full hero over the course of her episode.
- …But He Sounds Handsome: Being directly asked about Screwball always gets a compliment for Screwball.
- Composite Character: The two are separate characters in the comics, but this version has Screwball as Liz's alter ego.
- Everyone Has Standards: While she is a prankster and a Troll, she doesn't want anyone to get hurt on her account, not even the corporate executives she targets.
- For Want Of A Nail: She almost became the one with spider powers. Had she not realized that she was left-handed at the last second before switching places with Peter in Origins, the radioactive spider would've landed on her hand and bitten her instead of Peter.
- I Just Want to Be Special: Liz is popular in Midtown, had one of the highest grades, and is a student body president. But after the arrival of schools such as Horizon High and Osborn Academy where students smarter than she attended, she realized that her achievements were no longer enough.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's not the best person ever but she does ultimately want to do good.
- Leitmotif: A clownish, out-of-sync, theme plays whenever she performs her pranks.
- Motive Decay: She did her Screwball shtick to prank major corporations that were doing bad things, but upon finding out that pranking Spider-Man gave her a lot of views, she decides to keep making videos about Spider-Man, which she stops after she realizes it put everyone in trouble.
- Ordinary High-School Student: Deconstructed; she used to be a pretty important student in Midtown High, but the arrival of Horizon High and Osborn creating his own school brought multiple Teen Geniuses in the spotlight, leaving her Overshadowed by Awesome. Becoming Screwball partially was a way to make her special again, though she still was trying to do good before Motive Decay kicked in.
- Science Hero: Keeping with the theme of the show, most of her equipment is advanced tech. How she got them is left in the air.
- Troll: Her Screwball persona is essentially this.
Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane Watson
What she looks like without the tiger costume
Voiced by: Felicia Day
- Adaptation Origin Connection: She and Peter already know each other, and Peter turns his head on Flash pointing out that it's her underneath the Tiger mascot. This was later retconned in Season 3 so that he'd only heard of her but the two had never met in person.
- Ascended Extra: After only making a brief cameo in a costume during season 1, she finally appears in person in Maximum Venom.
- Badass Bystander: She leads the crowd to blow the horns to create a sonic attack against Venom, on Spider-Man's orders.
- Fiery Redhead: Just like most other iterations of her character.
- Love Interest: Like many of her comic incarnations, she's this to Peter at the end of Maximum Venom.
- Mythology Gag: In her earliest appearance in Spider-Man, MJ was The Faceless and kept off-screen until her famous and iconic introduction. Also, she appears in a tiger costume, her iconic nickname for Peter was "Tiger".
- Passionate Sports Girl: She's very big into basketball and her default outfit is a track suit.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: She makes her first full appearance wearing her hair in this style.
Randy Robertson
Randy Robertson
Voiced by: Zeno Robinson
- Alliterative Name: Randy Robertson.
- Black and Nerdy: In contrast to his comic book counterpart and other versions. The twist is that in a show full of science geeks, he's a journalism nerd.
- Expy: Visually of Miles Morales' supporting character, Judge.
- Ordinary High-School Student: He isn't a super-genius and is just a normal boy.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears for two minutes in the season 2 premiere, but it's him helping Peter get a job at the Daily Bugle that kicks off many events for season 2.
Anna Maria Marconi
Anna Maria Marconi
Voiced by: Katrina Kemp
- Age Lift: A minor one. She was a university student in the comics, but she's an assistant teacher here.
- All of the Other Reindeer: It's not shown in the present, but she alludes to having been bullied during her time as a student due to her dwarfism.
- Birds of a Feather: With Otto Octavius. Both of them are ambitious and intellectually gifted people who were ostracized for their physical statures. This is partly what draws Otto to her.
- Morality Pet: She's probably the first person that Otto treats with utmost kindness and respect, and ultimately the one to push him towards cementing his Heel–Face Turn.
- Secret-Keeper: She finds out that Peter is Spider-Man at the end of the "Superior Spider-Man" arc once the Venom symbiote attacks.
- Ship Tease: Otto notes that his heart actually skips a beat around her. She also seems pretty drawn towards him even after finding out about his past as a supervillain.
- Shorter Means Smarter: She has dwarfism, was smart enough to have a shot at being enrolled into Horizon High, and is an assistant chemistry teacher.
- Voice with an Internet Connection: She joins Otto in this role for Peter and the other Spiders when they need to multitask.
Daily Bugle
J. Jonah Jameson
J. Jonah Jameson
Voiced by: Bob Joles
The Daily Bugle's editor-in-chief who has a strong dislike of Spider-Man.- Adaptation Personality Change: A minor one, but in the comics, J.J. pretty much hated all masked superheroes with the exception of Captain America. Here, however, he's often calling the Avengers real heroes and his dislike only seems to be directed at Spider-Man, his reason being that the Avengers all made their identities public while Spider-Man didn't.
- Adaptational Jerkass: In the comics, Jameson suspected Peter had some kind of connection to Spider-Man due to him being the only one who could get good pictures of the webslinger, but he didn't hold it against. When Peter "confesses" that he and Spider-Man have a similar connection, Jameson fires him on the spot.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Combined with Adaptation Personality Change, while he's not a saint by any means, he's still a somewhat more reasonable person than his comic book counterpart and most versions.
- Bullying a Dragon: On at least two occasions when he's been face to face with Spidey, he's attempted to make a "citizen's arrest", in spite of the fact that Spider-Man has Super-Strength and could easily snap him in half if he were really the "menace" Jameson believes him to be.
- Hypocrite:
- After spending most of the time ranting about how Spider-Man is a "menace" who needs to be locked up, "The Day Without Spider-Man" shows him complaining when Spider-Man is a no-show, claiming that he's "more of a menace" when he doesn't show up.
- Despite hating Spider-Man for not being a "real hero", when the Superior Spider-Man shows up at his office and makes his Anti-Hero ways clear, Jameson actually approves of it.
- Jerkass: As usual in most incarnations. This version takes it up a notch by flat-out bullying some of his employees and outright fires Peter believing he's connected to Spider-Man without hearing the boy out.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: It's not too noticeable, but he has his moments. He's actually somewhat cordial with Peter when he proves his worth when getting good footage of Spider-Man, and is less prone to yelling at him than with Eddie Brock.
- Large Ham: He's not over the top for nothing.
- Mean Boss: At the end of the day, he will not consider the opinions of any of his employees, and he's definitely dismissive of Peter Parker speaking of Spider-Man in a good light. When Peter complains about how he's not being truthful, Jameson tells him to get on board or get out.
- Never My Fault: He refuses to admit that he had a part in Eddie's transformation into Venom, even though both Spider-Man and Venom rightfully tell him otherwise.
- No Indoor Voice: Communicates by shouting, both on TV and to his employees.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Just like Harry in season 1, he does not show appreciation towards Spider-Man for saving him from Venom and only bashes him further.
Eddie Brock
Edward "Eddie" Brock
Voiced by: Ben Pronsky
A photographer for the Daily Bugle who has had a hard time getting footage of Spider-Man.- Adaptational Nice Guy: Eddie Brock is just a down-on-his-luck and less-than-competent photographer that's forced to endure a lot of undeserved crap from J. Jonah Jameson, and Peter Parker (while having “sympathetic” reasons for doing so) is taking Eddie's job from him. This gives Eddie more understandable reasons to hate him compared to his original counterpart where he wrote a series of sensationalist interviews with a supposed serial killer for weeks before actually going to the authorities and hates Spidey for catching the real serial killer and causing him to lose his reputation and job.
- Composite Character: His bonding with the Venom symbiote while having hatred for Peter is similar to his original and Ultimate counterparts but his role as Venom's second host initially invokes his original iteration but resembles Mac Gargan as Venom in the comics.
- Decomposite Character: Various things involving his comic counterpart are instead shown with other characters.
- The form seen resembling his comic counterpart as Venom is instead shown on Flash and Curt Connors.
- His comic counterpart's status as the Anti-Venom symbiote's host is Groot.
- Destined Bystander: His early appearances are unvoiced and he doesn't get much focus until Peter begins working at the Daily Bugle and starts inadvertently scooping him on Spider-Man stories. Of course, by this point, the Venom symbiote has long been established.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He makes an unvoiced appearance early in Season 2, trying to record Spider-Man.
- I Just Want to Be Special: Implied. When the Venom Symbiote begins to come off of him, he begs it not to leave because he doesn't want to be "nothing".
- Never My Fault: Downplayed compared to the original comics version; this version does show an inability to acknowledge his own flaws, such as lacking any real talent as a photographer, being sleazy in his day-to-day maintenance and hygiene, or being something of an all-around creep. On the other hand, Eddie does have a dedicated work ethic and never commits any form of journalistic fraud. Meanwhile Peter (for all his understandable reasons for doing so) is using fraudulent pictures to take Eddie's job from him, and Jameson does treat him like garbage in a way Eddie doesn't deserve. That being said, Eddie to some degree is aware of how others perceive him and mid-Villainous Breakdown admits he feels like nothing without the Venom Symbiote.
- The Resenter: He hates Peter for stealing his job. This hatred allows the Venom symbiote to sympathize with him and the two to bond.
- Stalker without a Crush: Obviously stalks Spider-Man in an attempt to get good photos of the web-slinger, but a far more disturbing case happens with Peter; after bonding with the Venom symbiote, he breaks into Peter's room and is found creepily searching through Peter's personal goods and family photos, commenting how he can see Peter's whole life has gone so well.
- Villain Has a Point: Eddie may not be as good a photographer as he thinks he is, but Peter is cheating him out of his job with glorified selfies, wittingly or not.
Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson
Voiced by: Ernie Hudson
Randy's dad.- Alliterative Name: Robbie Robertson.
- Like Father, Like Son: Randy clearly takes his father's lessons on integrity seriously.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Robbie doesn't dismiss social media completely, but argues that there's more to life than likes on a video.
Other Characters
May Parker
May Parker
Voiced by: Nancy Linari
Peter's aunt.- Adaptational Attractiveness: Similar to her counterpart in Ultimate Spider-Man, Aunt May looks much more youthful than how she looked in the comics.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Perhaps not all the time, just in relation to her dancing.
- Out of Focus: Doesn't actually appear all that much in this version, especially compared to Harry, Miles, Anya and Gwen; in fact, she's absent from the majority of episodes.
- Silver Fox: While it's become kind of a running gag since the first Ultimate comic, this version pretty much looks like a slightly aged-up version of most of the teenage female characters only with granny hair and slight eye wrinkles.
Ben Parker
Benjamin "Ben" Parker
Voiced by: Patton Oswalt
Peter's deceased uncle.- Death by Origin Story: Naturally, being part of a Spider-Man series, his death is required to push Peter into using these great powers responsibly.
- Morality Chain: A bizarre example in that he isn't alive yet still plays the role. Otto admits that Peter's memories of Uncle Ben that he obtained during the "Freaky Friday" Flip are what are keeping Otto from slipping back into evil.
- Nice Guy: Flashbacks show him as being supportive of Peter.
- Out of Focus: Oddly enough, the shorts before the series didn't feature him with an onscreen presence in any way. While the final short covers his death due to Peter's indirect actions, he still doesn't show up at all barring a picture. The series circumvents this a bit by occasionally showing him in flashbacks, and he's mentioned every now and then.
- Posthumous Character: He's dead by the time the series properly starts, only occasionally showing up in flashbacks.
John Jameson / Man-Wolf
Man-Wolf (John Jameson)
Voiced by: Josh Keaton
A student at Osborn Academy who experimented with a lunar crystal and turned himself into a werewolf.- Adaptation Dye-Job: Man-Wolf is now depicted with blue eyes and dark gray fur, rather than red eyes with white fur just like his comic book counterpart and other versions.
- Adaptational Intelligence: While his comics counterpart wasn't an idiot, he also wasn't a scientist (as his Man-Wolf form was originally mystic in origin). Here, this version's a Teen Genius and being Man-Wolf is a result of his work on the lunar crystal as opposed to finding a powerful Godstone on the moon.
- Age Lift: When he was first introduced in the comics (all the way back in Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 Issue 1) he was an adult astronaut. Here, this version portrays him as a young student.
- Alliterative Name: John Jameson.
- My God, What Have I Done?: His reaction to turning into the Man-Wolf and infecting and turning others into werewolves while he is in that state.
- Our Werewolves Are Different: He is turned into a werewolf after being exposed to a mysterious lunar crystal.
- Transformation Discretion Shot: Although he experimented on a lunar crystal turns him into the Man-Wolf, his transformation happens offscreen.
- Younger and Hipper: John is depicted as a teenager as opposed to an adult like his comic book counterpart and other versions.
Clayton Cole / Clash
Clash (Clayton Cole)
Voiced by: Yuri Lowenthal
Another aspiring inventor who applies for Osborn University alongside his friend Herman. He invented a suit that lets him absorb sounds and use them as sonic pulses.
- Adaptation Origin Connection: He's the best friend of Herman Schultz/Shocker in this show.
- Alliterative Name: Clayton Cole.
- Comic Book Movies Dont Use Code Names: An animated example. Just like with Herman, Clayton is never referred to as Clash and he only uses the codename for his invention.
- In Name Only: Just like Shocker in this series, this version has nothing in common with his comic book counterpart outside of his name, his general appearance, and his invention. (Since he did create his own sound powers same as his comic counterpart, he's probably more similar than other examples of this Trope in this series, but he's still portrayed a lot more emotionally well-off here than in his comic debut.)
Flint Marko / Sandman
Sandman (Flint Marko)
Voiced by: Travis Willingham
- Adaptational Heroism: This version is similar to his film counterpart, being a loving father for his daughter. He's also willing to use his powers for good from the start instead of using them for committing crimes in order to make ends meet.
- Adaptational Wimp: This version is not nearly as powerful as his comics counterpart and other versions.
- Always Someone Better: By the time he goes to rescue Keemia, his daughter's already gotten greater control of their powers than he has, and utterly trounces him, albeit in part because he's unwilling to fight back.
- Death by Adaptation: Seemingly the case in his debut episode.
- Decomposite Character: He appears to be primarily based on his more heroic takes, with his much more criminal traits transplanted to his daughter.
- Dishing Out Dirt: As per the course for the Sandman, he can turn his body into sand and rock.
- Red Herring: In "Web of Venom", the Sandman strangely acts as one of the villains attacking Spider-Man only, however, it turns all the villains were merely simulations despite being Spider-Man's ally and the reason was never brought up.
- Never Found the Body: He's seemingly killed in his debut episode by Keemia, but Spider-Man doubts that he's dead.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Suffers this from his daughter when he's unwilling to fight back.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Gets seemingly killed by his daughter in his debut episode, which is the only time he appears.
Ollie Osnick / Steel Spider
Steel Spider (Oliver "Ollie" Osnick)
Voiced by: Josh Keaton
A young student at Osborn Academy.- Alliterative Name: Ollie Osnick.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: He's an Unwitting Pawn in the Sinister Five with a mind control device implanted in his neck.
- Decomposite Character: His comic counterpart's alternate alias of Spider-Kid is used by Miles.
- The Speechless: Averted. Even when brainwashed, he is the only member of the Sinister Five who speaks.
Nocturnal
Nocturnal
Voiced by: Yuri Lowenthal
A mutated boy who lives out in the woods.
- Canon Foreigner: He doesn't have any counterpart in the comics.
- Exorcist Head: He turns his head 360 degrees like what normal owls do. Even Spider-Man is freaked out by this.
- Expy: Though likely unintentional, his origin as a boy/teenager who was mutated into a bird-like form by a mad scientist harks very much to that of the second Falcon (Joaquin Torres) introduced in Captain America: Sam Wilson. Nocturnal is a bit more noticeably transformed than Falcon is, though, and doesn't have nearly the same network of support looking after him.
- Given his name, he may also act as a Distaff Counterpart to Angela Cairn/Nocturne, a police officer who was also mutated into a being with a bat-like form by a mad scientist, in this case, Baron Zemo.
- Heel–Face Turn: Somewhat; while he's likely still scrounging other people's food in the woods and generally being reclusive, he doesn't have any ill will toward Spider-Man.
- Tragic Monster: He was transformed from a lab accident that forced him to live out in the woods.
Yuri Watanabe
Yuri Watanabe
Voiced by: Sumalee Montano
The chief of the NYPD.- Adaptational Job Change: In the comics, she was merely a police captain. Here, she's the chief of the NYPD.
- Commissioner Gordon: Becomes this to Spider-Man.
- Da Chief: This case, literally, as she's the chief of the NYPD.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's stern and no-nonsense, but still deeply committed to helping others out.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: In Season 2, she's one of the few people who earnestly believes Spider-Man is actually good for New York (and is clearly hesitant to help aid Jameson's witch hunt), and even tells him to call her if there's any significant information he's found in regards to the mastermind who wants to hunt Spider-Man down. While she does briefly come into conflict with Spider-Man due to some incriminating circumstances, to the point of having to take him to prison, after Octavius proves he's still around, she's very quick to cooperate with Spider-Man afterward. In fact, she shows a Smile of Approval when Superior Spider-Man disposes of the bomb that was set to destroy the prison.
Maria Corazon
Tarantula (Maria Corazon)
Voiced by: Valenzia Algarin
Anya's older stepsister.
- Adapted Out: Anton Miguel Rodriguez and Maria Vasquez don't appear as Tarantula.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Maria acts nice to Anya and Miles, but it's all an act to hide her true personality. It is later subverted when she turns out to be the Chameleon in disguise. The real Maria, on the other hand, is a kind young woman.
- Cain and Abel: Maria is jealous of Anya and tries to kill her stepsister using the Tarantula battlesuit. Subverted when it's actually the Chameleon impersonating her.
- Canon Foreigner: She was created exclusively for this series, as her sister didn't have any siblings in the comics.
- Composite Character: Her name evokes Maria Vasquez and she resembles Peni Parker.
- The Tarantula battlesuit is a combo of Rodriguez's colors, Vasquez's wrist blades, and is a mech like Sp//DR.
- Cool Big Sis: Stepsister, actually. She may be Anya's stepsister, but the two love each other as if they're were real sisters.
- Red Herring: Promotional materials announced Maria Corazon as the Tarantula's alter-ego. Subverted when it's the Chameleon disguised as her while the real Maria is out of the country.
Knull
Knull
The ancient god of the abyss who created the symbiotes.
- All There in the Manual: Knull only appears in a supplementary video called "The Secret History of Venom".
- Casting a Shadow: Knull used his own shadow to create the first symbiotes — All-Black, Scorn, Scream, and Mania.
- God of Evil: Knull was a primordial god of darkness who lived at the beginning of the universe.
- Greater-Scope Villain: He created the symbiotes and almost drove the Celestials to extinction.
- Time Abyss: Knull predated all other life in the universe, and waged a millennia-long war against the Celestials.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: After Knull had killed most of the Celestials, he decided he had no further use for the symbiotes, and when they took offense to being callously discarded, he tried to destroy them.
Other Heroes
Bruce Banner / Hulk
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)
Voiced by: Kevin Shinick (Bruce Banner), Fred Tatasciore (Hulk)
A scientist mutated by gamma radiation to transform into a monster when he gets angry.
- Alliterative Name: Bruce Banner.
- Back for the Finale: He returns in the final episode of Maximum Venom.
- Book Dumb: As the Hulk, despite the two sharing the same brain
- Super-Strength: As usual, the Hulk is one of the strongest heroes around.
Clint Barton / Hawkeye
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
A member of the Avengers whom Absorbing Man encounters at one point but is never seen.
- The Ghost: Hawkeye is mentioned by Absorbing Man after his encounter, but doesn't make a physical appearance.
Steve Rogers / Captain America
Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Voiced by: Roger Craig Smith
One of the Avengers' founders who is referenced by Peter, but isn't seen until Season 2.
- Decomposite Character: His comic counterpart's situation as the Spider King instead happens to Norman Osborn.
- The Ghost: He is mentioned by Peter in "The Rise of Doc Ock, Part 4" when he is using a trash can lid as a shield.
Thor
Thor
Voiced by: Travis Willingham
The Prince of Asgard and a member of the Avengers whom Peter mentions, but doesn't appear until Season 3.
- The Ghost: Thor is mentioned in "The Rise of Doc Ock, Part 4" when Peter is using a laser blaster as an improvised hammer.
- Mythology Gag: Thor has the same appearance as his MCU version.
- Suddenly Speaking: He has his first and only speaking role in the finale of Maximum Venom.
- Thunder Hammer: As mentioned by Peter, he wields the hammer, Mjölnir in battle. Peter, unfortunately, has a hard time pronouncing its name.
- The Voiceless: He has no lines in Maximum Venom since he's bonded to one of the symbiotes. He finally starts speaking in the final episode, though.
Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
Voiced by: Grey DeLisle
A member of the Avengers who was captured by A.I.M., along with Hulk and Captain America.
- Suddenly Speaking: She starts speaking in "Vengeance of Venom" while bonded to one of the symbiotes.
- The Voiceless: She doesn't speak in her debut appearance.
Natasha Romanova / Black Widow
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)
Voiced by: Laura Bailey
A member of the Avengers who is after a Vibranium key.
- Animal Motif: Her outfit and codename are modeled after a Black Widow Spider and she gains spider powers which completes the motif.
- Boyish Short Hair: Unlike most versions of Black Widow who has long shoulder-length hair (though she did have short hair in the 80s), this one has a more punk style with the sides shaved short and long hair on the top. Possibly Justified to be more practical for combat.
- Empowered Badass Normal: Black Widow is already a Badass Normal who's easily able to defeat the already empowered Hydra super soldiers. Once she gains Spider-Powers, she kicks twice the amount of ass and delivers a Curb-Stomp Battle to a Hydra commander combined with her natural talents.
- Fiery Redhead: She's aggressive, feisty, and battle driven, but she's still a seasoned and reasonable member of the Avengers.
- Instant Expert: Within a minute of gaining Spider-powers, she's able to get a quick handle of them to the point of easily mopping the floor with a gang of Hydra Mooks.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Stern and no-nonsense that she is, no one can deny that she will not hesitate to help others.
- Vague Age: While presumably an adult, it's never brought up how old she is and her character design makes it hard to distinguish her from the other main characters, who are teenagers.
Tony Stark / Iron Man
Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Voiced by: Mick Wingert
The CEO of Stark Enterprises and one of the Avengers. Spider-Man first meets him in season 1 during the Stark Expo, where they end up clashing due to Stark mistaking him for an intruder. Said intruder later turns out to be supervillain Ghost, who they defeat by teaming up. They later keep contact with each other, serving as Spider-Man's first link to the Avengers.
- Accidental Misnaming: At the end of "Stark Expo", he gives Peter his autograph, but makes it out to "Paul".
- Brainwashed and Crazy: He, alongside Thor, Captain America and Captain Marvel got taken over by symbiotes in 'Vengeance of Venom'. Under the symbiotes' control, they took out all the superheroes by spreading the infection to them.
- Let's You and Him Fight: He initially attacks Spider-Man upon meeting him, mistaking him for the intruder at Stark Expo (it actually was Ghost).
- The Mentor: He implies at the end of the episode that he would like to be this for Spider-Man the same way Max Modell is to Peter Parker.
- Secret-Keeper: While not outright stated, it's strongly implied by the end of the episode that he has deduced Peter's identity based on details connecting the two (in particular their size and the fact Peter has a hand injury he inflicted on Spider-Man earlier).
- If he didn't figure it out then, then he certainly is in the know after he, Natasha, and Kamala detain Superior Spider-Man. He outright says Peter's name while talking to the other two Avengers.
Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel
Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
Voiced by: Kathreen Khavari
A member of the Avengers sent by Iron Man to investigate a boarding school after its students start displaying out-of-control superpowers, but is forced to team up with Spider-Man.
- Adaptation Personality Change: Kamala is more focused on the task and doesn't fangirl over meeting Spider-Man like she does in the comics. Justified in that, in the comics, Peter is an experienced hero and Kamala's a rookie. In this series, Kamala is the more experienced one.
- Alliterative Name: Kamala Khan.
- Always Someone Better: Kamala is constantly being compared to Thor, Captain America, and the rest of her Avengers teammates and she implies her lack of choosing decisions, hence her desire to prove her competence to Iron Man.
- The Baby of the Bunch: In the parallel series Black Panther's Quest, she is mentioned as the youngest Avenger.
- Dare to Be Badass: She's really excited about participating in her first solo mission undercover to stop, A.I.M. hence her initial intolerance to Spider-Man intruding.
- Easily Forgiven: After the whole Superior Spider-Man incident, she's angry with Peter over his supposed attitude. When Peter confesses what happens, she considers it water under the bridge. "Hello?! I'm an Avenger! We've seen way weirder stuff than that."
- Experienced Protagonist: In contrast to Peter, she's been working with the Avengers for a period of time, and has more recognition as a hero than Spider-Man.
- Fake Relationship: Non-kissing example, Kamala takes off her identity and convinces Peter to do so, tricking the guards by hugging him to pass off the two being a couple.
- Fire-Forged Friends: Through the course of foiling Scientist Supreme and AIM with Peter's help, she's slowly grown to accept him as an ally and a friend, even attempting to improve his reputation with the press.
- The Only One: She is the only relevant character that debuted in "School of Hard Knocks" that did not appear in the third season: Captain America and Captain Marvel appeared in "Vengeance of Venom", Monica Rappicini appeared in "Amazing Friends" while Grady Scraps appeared throughout the third season since becoming a Horizon student in "Web of Venom".
- Rubber Man: The same as her other incarnation.
- Secret-Keeper: She is one of the few characters who know Peter's secret identity as Spider-Man.
- Seen It All: When Spider-Man explains "his" behavior as Superior Spider-Man as it actually being Otto Octavius in his body, she has no problem believing it because, as an Avenger, she's "seen way weirder stuff than that."
- Ship Tease: With Peter; while she made them look like a couple to avoid suspicion while on a mission, one can't help how cute they look together.
- Sizeshifter: As per her canon comics counterpart, she can adjust the shape and size of her body parts, mostly preferring to adjust her arms for stronger striking power or legs for improved mobility.
Cloak and Dagger
Cloak and Dagger
Voiced by: Aubrey Joseph (Cloak) and Olivia Holt (Dagger)
A duo who come into conflict with Superior Spider-Man.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Despite his dark look, Cloak is ultimately good.
- Good All Along: They were after the corrupt Alchemax executive who experimented on them and others. They later help Spidey take down the Regent.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Each of them resembles their respective voice actor.
Vision
Vision
A member of the Avengers who is mentioned by Max Modell, but doesn't make a physical appearance.
- The Ghost: Vision is mentioned among his fellow Avengers by Max Modell in the season 3 premiere, but doesn't appear.
Groot
Groot
Voiced by: Connor Andrade
A member of the Guardians of the Galaxy who comes to Earth to warn Spider-Man about the upcoming Symbiote invasion.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: He is easily distracted by ice cream sandwiches.
- Plant Aliens: He resembles a small, walking tree.
- Pokémon Speak: Like his other incarnations, Groot can only say "I am Groot".
Riri Williams / Ironheart
Ironheart (Riri Williams)
Voiced by: Sofia Wylie
An intern for the Avengers who helps Spider-Man against the Symbiote invasion.
- Brutal Honesty: Doesn't have any problems telling Spider-Man that his quips aren't funny.
- Friendless Background: She describes herself as an incredibly driven person, and consequently her intense personality turns off her peers.
- Teen Genius: She invented her own version of the Iron Man armor complete with AI.
Amadeus Cho / Totally Awesome Hulk
Totally Awesome Hulk (Amadeus Cho)
Voiced by: Ki Hong Lee
A teenager with the same powers as the Hulk.
- Hulking Out: He has the same gamma powers as the Hulk, but looks more like his human form.
- Inferiority Superiority Complex: His desire to take the lead and tendency to flaunt his intelligence turns out to be a result of his insecurity with being labeled Dumb Muscle just for having the same powers and appearance as the Hulk.
- Insufferable Genius: He won't hesitate to mention that he's the 7th smartest person on Earth.
- Leader Wannabe: He quickly appoints himself leader during the mission to rescue Groot, but Peter ends up being the one who does the most planning, while he mostly just contributes with his Super-Strength.
- Teen Genius: Is around the same age as Riri and Peter and is the 7th smartest person in the world.
Mark Spector / Moon Knight
Moon Knight (Marc Spector)
Voiced by: Peter Giles
A mysterious hero who helps Spider-Man during the Symbiote invasion.
- Locked Out of the Loop: He has missed out on a lot happening on the surface due to hiding in the sewer.
- The Only One: He is the only hero other than Spider-Man that did not get venomized during the Symbiote Invasion, and helped him defeat the invasion upon returning to his career as a hero.
Medusa
Medusa
The queen of the Inhumans.
- The Cameo: She makes a brief appearance in "Vengeance of Venom" fighting swarms of symbiotes.
Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes)
- The Cameo: He appears briefly in "Vengeance of Venom" fighting Venomized Thor.
