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Felicia Hardy / Black Cat
Felicia Hardy / Black Cat
- Voiced by: Jennifer Hale
Felicia Hardy is Peter's first Love Interest on the show. Her life becomes a lot more interesting after the Kingpin uses her as a test subject in an experiment involving the original Super-Soldier Super Serum that created Captain America. She becomes the Black Cat, a vigilante who is an ally to Spider-Man.
- Action Girl: After her transformation into Black Cat, she becomes an active fighter.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Subverted. She starts out as a blonde, but her hair turns white like her comic book counterpart whenever she transforms.
- Adaptation Origin Connection:
- In this adaptation, her family has ties to Otto Octavius due to her family's company funding him before he became evil. The two never had much of a connection in the comics.
- She also has connections to Captain America and the Red Skull thanks to her father knowing the Super Soldier Serum, which is also the source of her powers in this show. In the comics, Black Cat never had any ties with Captain America or the Red Skull, and her powers have no connection with the Super Soldier Serum.
- While Kingpin was responsible for giving Felicia her "bad luck" powers in the comics, she was already the Black Cat before she met him. In this series, Kingpin is the reason she becomes the Black Cat in the first place due to him kidnapping her father and blackmailing her into undergoing an experiment to create super soldiers. She is also connected to Captain America due to her father memorizing the formula that gave him his powers.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the comics, Felicia and Peter originally met as Spider-Man and the Black Cat and had no connection to each other prior to that. In this series, she and Peter are classmates before she becomes the Black Cat. She also wants to know Spider-Man's true identity despite the comics version of the Black Cat initially not being interested in who Spider-Man was behind the mask. Ironically, she and Peter never learn each other's true identities in this continuity, unlike in the comics.
- Adaptational Backstory Change: In the comics, Felicia's father Walter Hardy was a world-renowned cat burglar and she grew up with a similar financial background to Peter. This version is a rich Socialite while her father is named John Hardesky and lacks his comic self's background.
- Adaptational Badass: Comic Black Cat usually has no powers. Here, the Black Cat has taken the Captain America Super Serum, which vastly boosts her strength, agility, and endurance.
- The Serum itself also received a boost. In standard Marvel Continuity, it takes any random person and puts them at "peak human strength". But here, the Serum seems to have made Felicia an outright Superhuman, as she's shown being able to rip a steel door open with minimal difficulty and match or even Outmatch Spider-Man's strength. And while Spidey, by contrast, is much weaker here than in the Comics, he's still strong enough by his own admission to lift a Volkswagen.
- Adaptational Early Appearance: Felicia appeared a bit later in the comics, but she appears in the second episde of the show.
- Adaptational Heroism: Comic Black Cat was a cat burglar who flirted with heroism because of her relationship with Peter and has a history of flipping between ally and antagonist (but always remaining unrepentant about being a thief). Here, she was forced to become a thief and spends the rest of the show as a heroine once she's free from Kingpin's control.
- Adaptational Superpower Change: In the comics, the Black Cat was simply a well-trained human woman before undergoing an experiment that granted her the ability to manipulate probability. She lost these powers for a while, but gained enhanced physical stats of strength, speed and agility. In this series, Felicia has a variant of her second powerset.
- Adaptational Wealth: Due to her mother's work with the Hardy Foundation, she's much wealthier than her comic counterpart, who grew up in a middle-class family partly because of her father's refusal to find a way to earn money legally.
- Adrenaline Makeover: As Black Cat, she becomes more flirtatious, wears a very form-fitting catsuit, her body becomes very muscular, and her hair turns white.
- Amazonian Beauty: As Black Cat, she has a very strong and muscular body in addition to being tall and very beautiful. This only applies to her form as Black Cat, as she doesn't retain her muscles in her normal form.
- Amicable Exes: She was Peter's first girlfriend before she broke up with him later on, but the two remained good friends since. Ironically, she loves his siperhero persona before and after becoming Black Cat.
- Anti-Hero: Type II. Unlike her comic book counterpart, she's a truly altruistic good guy. Although, compared with Spidey, she plays looser with the law.
- Apologetic Attacker: When she first encounters Spider-Man as Black Cat and defeats him with some knockout gas, she apologizes to him before beginning to unmask him.Black Cat: Sorry Spider. I wanna know just who's behind your mask. (begins to slowly unmask Spider-Man)
- Big Damn Kiss: Every kiss she and Peter have shared has been very passionate.
- Break the Cutie: She is terrorized by Dr. Octopus twice, her boyfriend turns into a vampire and leaves her, her fiancé is revealed to be a supervillain, she learns that her father is a thief and she is forced into becoming a thief for the Kingpin. At one point, she tells Spider-Man, a man whose face she has never actually seen, that he is the only good thing left in her life.
- Breast Expansion: Her bust become larger whenever she morphs into Black Cat.
- Buxom Beauty Standard: Felicia has an average, if not slightly well-endowed, bust and is already a Dude Magnet because of it. As the Black Cat, however, she's the most buxom female character in the entire show (other than Mary Jane of course).
- Chickification: Black Cat was very awesome during the arc "Partners in Danger", which introduced her. She leaves near the end, but puts in one more guest appearance in which she's as cool as ever. Unfortunately, when she returns again for "Secret Wars", her role in the story is to fall off of things, scream, and be caught by Captain America while Spider-Man looks on with jealousy.
- Composite Character: Before becoming Black Cat, she's essentially the Ditko-era Gwen Stacy in regards to her financial background and relationship with Peter, as well as her tendency to get captured by villains.
- Daddy Issues: It's implied that the reason she goes for mysterious men like Morbius, Jason and Spider-Man is because of her issues with her missing father.
- Dating Catwoman: She plays this with Spider-Man. She constantly teases him and flirts with him during their encounters, including sharing a few kisses. Spider-Man slowly becomes protective of her and begins to think he is falling in love with her, but he can't commit to a full relationship with her because he feels he would be betraying Mary Jane (even when she's believed to be dead). Eventually, their relationship comes to an end when Black Cat leaves to join Blade and Morbius towards the end of "Partners in Danger", just as he was ready to move on.
- Deuteragonist: Becomes this briefly after assuming the Black Cat identity. Most episodes during the "Partners In Danger" saga revolve around Felicia in some manner, fleshing out her family background, relationships with the men in her life and learning the hardships of being a superhero.
- Dude, She's Like in a Coma: Gender-reversed example with her and Spider-Man. After she knocks out Spider-Man when he first meets her as Black Cat, using some Knock Out Gas on him, she unmasks him halfway and gives him a quick peck on the lips.
- Everyone Loves Blondes: In addition to Peter, Felicia is viewed as desirable by Flash Thompson, Michael Morbius, Whistler, Captain America and Jason Philips.
- Fatal Attractor: It's shown throughout the show how unlucky Felicia is when it comes to men, especially since she has a strong attraction to the mysterious type. If her failed relationships with Flash Thompson, her ex-fiancé Jason Philips (who was actually the Hobgoblin) and Michael Morbius (who turned into a vampire) say anything, it's that the girl is just plain unlucky in love. She even tried to start a relationship with Spider-Man since he was the only stable man in her life, which also ended up failing miserably.Spider Man: Jason Philips was the Hobgoblin?! Poor Felicia. She sure knows how to pick'em.
- Form-Fitting Wardrobe: As always, Black Cat wears a very form-fitting, black-colored catsuit.
- Girly Bruiser: Black Cat is this (with the exceptions of the times where she is either captured or placed in danger).
- Growing Muscles Sequence: She quickly develops muscles during her TransformationSequences into Black Cat.
- Has a Type: She seems to be drawn to "mysterious men who are wrapped in the dark blanket of the night".
- Hell-Bent for Leather: She wears a black catsuit that is made out leather as her costume.
- Heroic Build: Black Cat is tall and has a very strong muscular body in addition to being an Action Heroine and one of Spider-Man's allies.
- Honor Before Reason: She is in love with Spider-Man and wants to know who he really is. After first becoming Black Cat, she finally gets her chance to learn who he is and begins unmasking him after knocking him out. She stops halfway though, deciding it will be more "rewarding" for Spider-Man to reveal who he is to her willingly. After they start their partnership, she tries to get him to take off his mask by offering to take hers off first, but Spider-Man turns her offer down, saying that it would be too dangerous to share their identities.
- Impossible Hourglass Figure: Black Cat’s costume highlights her impressive hourglass figure as well as her very muscular body and bust.
- Instant Expert: She became an expert thief and combatant after being taught by her father in just a number of days. Her receiving a variant of the Super Serum that created Captain America might have something to do with it.
- Instantly Proven Wrong: During her fight with Spider-Man upon first meeting him as Black Cat, he throws her off of him and she lands gracefully on her feet, boasting to him "cats always land on their feet". She lunges at him immediately after this, only for him to web her up and have her crash-land on her back.
- Lovable Alpha Bitch: Felicia starts out as an Alpha Bitch, but transitions to this over the course of the show.
- Loves My Alter Ego: Played with. She likes Peter as Felicia, and even dated him before MJ was introduced, until Spidey's heroics predictably put the kibosh on that, and loves Spider-Man as both Felicia and Black Cat. Unlike her comic book counterpart, she doesn't know they are one and the same.
- Male Gaze: Black Cat tends to get subjected to these, mainly through shots that present her bust, legs and toned buttocks.
- Mood-Swinger: In one of the "Secret Wars" episodes, Black Cat was angry at Spider-Man for bringing her to the planet while she was helping Blade and Morbius. Throughout the episode, she called him "selfish" and refuses to talk to him. But by the end, she's back to flirting with him again. We guess she can't stay mad at him.
- Most Common Super Power: Black Cat has a very large bust.
- Ms. Fanservice: Felicia is a very attractive blonde who has a slender yet slightly petite body and wears short skirts with her shirts or beautiful dresses. Thanks to a Super-Soldier serum similar to the one used in the creation of Captain America, Felicia gains the ability to morph into a taller, very beautiful woman called the Black Cat (complete with white hair, a huskier and more sultry voice, and a personality change into that of a self-confident Femme Fatale in addition to increased human reflexes and strength) and wears a very form-fitting black Spy Catsuit that highlights her new Amazonian Beauty figure.
- Power Dyes Your Hair: Her blonde hair turns white when she transforms into the Black Cat.
- Power Makes Your Voice Deep: Felicia's voice becomes deeper whenever she turns into the Black Cat.
- Rescue Romance: She falls for Spider-Man after he repeatedly saves her life and because she believes he's the only reliable man in her life.
- Rich Bitch: Although, she grows less bitchy as the show goes on.
- Second Episode Introduction: She was introduced in the second eisode of the series.
- "Shut Up" Kiss: Gives this to Spider-Man at the end of "Gauntlet Of The Red Skull." Post-mission, Spidey and Cat have a private conversation where he tries to apologize for transporting her from Earth against her will, but Black Cat interrupts by saying she's over it now and is grateful to be fighting alongside "one of the greatest heroes of all time." A dejected Spidey lowers his head, thinking aloud she means Captain America, before Cat cuts him off by sashaying over to affirm she meant him. Gently clasping his face in her hands, Black Cat tells Spider-Man she "wouldn't have missed sharing this action for all the word" while rolling up his mask, exposing Spidey's mouth. Confused, he tries to fumble out a reply before she smashes their lips together in a passionate kiss.
- Spoiled Sweet: Although we're introduced to Felicia as a haughty, upper-crust type, as the show progresses we see she's ultimately a kindhearted, dependable person.
- Spy Catsuit: Black Cat wears a very form-fitting catsuit, unsurprisingly.
- Statuesque Stunner: Black Cat is tall, very muscular, and beautiful.
- Super-Powered Alter Ego: Not as polarized as most, though her personality alters slightly upon changing. While Black Cat proudly boasts about her initial robbery, Felicia is immediately disgusted upon changing back.
- Super Serum: She was exposed to some of Captain America's Super-Soldier serum, granting her superhuman strength and reflexes.
- "Take That!" Kiss: After first becoming the Black Cat, she lures Spider-Man to the bank she robs to test herself against him. She easily knocks him out and almost unmasks him, but decides not to and gives him a quick kiss instead. Though this is downplayed, since it was not to mock Spider-Man for beating him and seemed more like to show her romantic interest in him.
- The Tease: She's always been one and takes it even further as Black Cat.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Felicia is a girly girl in contrast to her Black Cat persona, who is an impulsive brawler.
- Tough Spikes and Studs: She wears a spiked collar and is an Action Girl.
- Vampire Hunter: She is allies with Morbius and Blade to wipe out the vampires that plague the latter's life.
- Xenafication: She begins as a normal pampered heiress and became a superhero thanks to some of Captain America's Super-Soldier serum.
- We Will Meet Again: Says this to Spider-Man twice during her debut episode as Black Cat. After their first encounter Black Cat gently kisses Spider-Man goodbye while he is unconscious and whispers "till next time" to him before making a quick escape. Later, after the two of them defeat Kingpin and save John Hardesky, Black Cat thanks Spider-Man for helping her and tells him not to be surprised if they cross paths again right before shoving him into the river and ditching him.
- What You Are in the Dark: After knocking out Spider-Man in their first encounter, she starts to unmask him. She stops halfway, deciding it will be more rewarding to have Spider-Man willingly reveal his identity to her himself than to learn it by unmasking him while he's unconscious.Black Cat: No. This isn't what I want after all. (gently kisses the unconscious Spider-Man on the side of the lips) It will be far more rewarding for you to take the mask off for me... willingly.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: During her first encounter with Spider-Man, he manages to tie her up with his webs. She proceeds to smooth talk him and act like she's helpless and unable to escape... only to then easily cut the web lines once he lets his guard down and take him down with knock out gas.
Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard
Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard
as human
as "The Lizard"
- Voiced by: Joseph Campanella
A friend of both Peter and Spider-Man, Connors is the victim of a failed experiment that causes him to change into a human/lizard hybrid at various intervals.
- Alliterative Name: Curt Connors.
- Badass Longcoat: He wears a long, shredded, hanging-open lab coat that emulates this style.
- The Berserker: One possible explanation for how his personality as the Lizard varies is that his transformation has afflicted him with extremely strong aggressive instincts that he struggles to control. As such, when he's calm, he can express himself articulately and come up with long-term plans... but once he's directly angered, he turns into a feral beast. This is shown in his first episode, where he swings from an articulate, reasoning individual attempting to persuade his wife to assist him into a savage animal on the attack within moments of being enraged by first her refusal and then Spider-Man's appearance.
- Depending on the Writer: The Lizard's personality varies between appearances. In some, he has a cunning intelligence. In others, he acts more like a wild animal, snarling instead of speaking, and lashing out viciously.
- Expy: Due to the show not being able to use the Incredible Hulk, the Lizard receives his role as the green Genius Bruiser for the Secret Wars adaptation.
- Genius Bruiser: The Lizard is far from stupid, although he does wrestle with violent rages. And then there's that time during Secret Wars when Connors' mind was conscious within the Lizard's body.
- Gone Horribly Wrong: He tried to regrow his arm. While he managed to regrow his arm, he ended up getting turned into a psychotic reptile.
- LEGO Genetics: His transformation is the result of experimenting with "Neogenics", a new genetic science that essentially used ray guns and magic radiation to create LEGO Genetics. The idea was that splicing himself with lizard DNA would imbue him with a Healing Factor that could regrow his severed arm. Unfortunately, he continued to mutate into a humanoid lizard.
- Lightning Bruiser: Is stronger and faster than Spider-Man as the Lizard.
- Mad Doctor: Has many of these traits as the Lizard.
- Mentor Archetype: He is one of Peter's biggest inspirations and, as Mary Jane mentions once, like a father to him. The fact that he and Peter have such a close relationship is why more so than anything else, he strives to help him when he becomes the Lizard. Connors also plays this role with Debra Whitman.
- Misanthrope Supreme: Whilst the Lizard's original plan for transmuting humans into Lizard Folk was portrayed as a crazy but well-meaning plan to alleviate pain and suffering, later episodes show the Lizard as wanting to do it more out of contempt for humanity as a species.
- Morality Pet: His wife and son.
- The Professor: As Connors, he often assists Spider-Man when he needs scientific advice.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: The Lizard's burning red eyes are a clear warning of its hostility, and are so striking that part of the foreshadowing of his first appearance is a traumatized subway worker who can only babble about "the red eyes".
- Split Personality: The Lizard is essentially Bruce Banner-lite; a brilliant and benevolent scientist in one persona, an aggressive and violent beast in the other.
- Starter Villain: Unless you count his Connors persona, the Lizard is the first villain that Spider-Man fights in the series.
- Superpowered Evil Side: As always in most versions, Curt Connors and the Lizard are often portrayed this way.
- Super-Strength: As the Lizard, he has this as one of his powers.
- Tail Slap: He can use his tail as a weapon. In his first appearance, it was able to smash a brick wall with one swing.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: After first becoming the Lizard, he became obsessed with the idea of transforming other humans into Lizard Folk like himself. He justified this as an act of mercy, since it would imbue humanity with a Healing Factor like his own, granting them heightened recovery abilities and resistance to disease.
Harry Osborn / Green Goblin II
Harry Osborn / Green Goblin II
Harry as Goblin II
- Voiced by: Gary Imhoff
A classmate of Peter's, Harry eventually becomes his roommate and closest friend. Unfortunately, his breakup with Mary Jane and subsequent jealousy over her relationship with Peter, coupled with the revelation that his father, Norman, was the original Green Goblin unbalance his mind, leading him to adopt the identity for himself.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the comics, Peter and Harry were friends up until he took up the Green Goblin. The cartoon's relationship between the two is just them being as acquaintances even before things got worst between the two and Mary Jane, and Harry is more of a friend of Flash Thompson. The first season shows signs of this when Harry encourages Flash to scare Peter as pretending to be Spider-Man, and even Peter asks Harry on why he should be his roomate as they barely know each other.
- Avenging the Villain/You Killed My Father: The visions of his father had him take the Green Goblin serum and exact revenge on Spider-Man, with the Green Goblin promising to allow Harry to see his presumed deceased father.
- Ax-Crazy: When he became the Goblin.
- Driven by Envy: He was in love with MJ and become jealous of Peter.
- Face–Heel Turn: From Peter's friend, he became the new Goblin.
- Freudian Excuse: He's a "Well Done, Son" Guy who suffered from Parental Neglect before the Green Goblin started hassling him.
- Giggling Villain: After turning into the second Green Goblin, he starts cackling a lot; even when he's unmasked, he makes really creepy high-pitched giggles.
- Hypocrite: Harry declares the friendship between him and Peter over because Peter "stole" his girlfriend and no friend would date another friend's ex-girlfriend. Considering Mary Jane had broken up with Peter before she and Harry ever became an item, if Harry really respected this, he'd never have dated her in the first place.
- If I Can't Have You…: He resumes the identity of the Green Goblin one last time to crash Peter and Mary Jane's wedding, aided by Alistair Smythe, and force MJ to marry him instead, or he'll blow up the chapel with everyone inside. Eventually, when the attack goes awry, MJ attempts to talk him down, explaining that while she's not in love with Harry, it doesn't mean she doesn't care about him. It almost didn't work, until Liz convinces him to stop, and expresses her own love for him. With that, Harry finally calms down and walks away with Liz peacefully, asking her to take him back to Ravencroft Mental Hospital.
- I Just Want to Be Loved: This is the main reason why he becomes a villain. His father was always busy and hence absent from his life, Mary Jane only hooked up with him because she was On the Rebound and he felt betrayed by Peter, who, he thought, stole MJ from him. The final straw was when MJ herself told him she was getting married to Peter. Thankfully, once Liz reveals she is in love with him, he decides to check himself back into Ravencroft so that he can be cured and the two can have a future together.
- Informed Ability: Norman mentions that he had to miss many of Harry's baseball games as he was growing up. Harry has never been shown playing baseball, or any kind of sport, though since Norman mentions this in passing, he probably gave them up.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: After seemingly recovering from his mental breakdown upon Mary Jane's return, he seems to have forgotten that Peter is Spider-Man.
- Legacy Character: He became the second Green Goblin.
- Lonely Rich Kid: He has a sizable peer group, but it's implied that much of his popularity was helped by his father's wealth, and he is still very insecure.
- Love Redeems: Liz certainly hopes so. Given that his problems can be boiled down to "nobody loves me", she has a shot.
- The Mentally Ill: He suffers from persecution paranoia, feelings of isolation, and serious Daddy Issues. As in Norman's case, it is played seriously and tragically.
- Missing Mom: Unlike most versions, Harry's mother divorced from Norman prior to the events of the series.
- Mood-Swinger: After being driven insane, he becomes really unpredictable and erratic in his emotions.
- Parental Neglect: A major factor in his Freudian Excuse.
- Parent-Preferred Suitor: Anna Watson doesn't hide it from Peter she'd rather Mary Jane be with Harry... the same Harry who tried force Mary Jane to marry him in the season five premiere.
- Put on the Bus: After being assured by Liz Allan that he was loved in the fifth season premiere, Harry walked away with her peacefully from the wedding back into Ravencroft Mental Hospital and never appeared again for the rest of the season. A version of him from an alternate reality where Spider-Man never experienced failure makes an appearance in the Grand Finale.
- Sky Surfing: Like father, like son.
- Split Personality: Subverted. The other characters think he's talking to a voice in his head, but the viewer can see he's somehow communicating with the original Green Goblin.
- Stalker with a Crush: Towards MJ post-Face–Heel Turn.
- Tragic Villain: Creepy as he is after assuming the Green Goblin mantle, Harry remains a pitiable, emotionally unstable wreck.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: Even though Norman was a considerably better person on this show, Harry still had some of these issues, though to a lesser degree compared to most versions of the character.
J. Jonah Jameson
J. Jonah Jameson
- Voiced by: Edward Asner
The publisher of the Daily Bugle, Jameson is Peter's boss and makes a living harassing Spider-Man in the newspaper.
- Adaptational Sympathy: This version of Jonah's hatred of Spider-Man is motivated due to losing his wife to a masked gunman. Additionally, while still prone to sensationalism, he will post retractions if he's proven wrong.
- Alliterative Name: His name is J. Jonah "Jigsaw" Jameson.
- Cool Old Guy: As always with most versions.
- Da Editor: As with most versions, He is the editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle.
- Doting Parent: To his son, John.
- Everyone Has Standards: In "The Alien Costume", he was thrilled when he thought he had evidence of Spider-Man robbing the shuttle, but then he learned Eddie lied about it. He immediately turned on Brock in a fury for playing on his prejudice to make him commit libel, firing him before publicly announcing his mistake and retracting the reward he offered for Spider-Man's capture.Jameson: I can't have someone who works for me coloring the truth and leaving out facts! It's against everything I stand for. You're history, Brock; outta here; fired!
- Likewise, when Spider-Man rescues him and other "tormentors" of Norman Osborn from the Green Goblin, he's aghast when Wilson Fisk tries to blow both Spidey and the Goblin up; even if he does distrust the vigilante, he's not that ungrateful.
- Helps Spider-Man against Scorpion. He admits that as much as he hates Spider-Man, Scorpion is worse.
- Fallen Hero: Him being a Hero of Another Story and former Intrepid Reporter suggests he's this, as while still a good person he's more concerned with proving that Spider-Man is a villain than reporting on the truth.
- Freudian Excuse: His opposition of Spider-Man, or any masked vigilante for that matter, comes from his wife being killed by a masked gunman in a botched hit that was meant for him. This has led him to distrust anyone who hides their identities and tries to go above the law.
- Green-Eyed Monster: As always, it's toward Spider-Man. However, Jonah's dislike of Spider-Man in this series is based less on his powers and deeds and more to his hiding his identity behind a mask, as his wife Julia was killed by a masked gunman in this continuity.
- Hero of Another Story: Season 4 reveals that Jameson used to be an Intrepid Reporter known as "Jigsaw Jameson" with an entire supporting cast of his own, including a friend on the police force and an old flame, along with personal enemies.
- Hidden Heart of Gold: Jonah wouldn't let Matt Murdock tell Peter that he was paying the legal bills in "Framed" and "The Man Without Fear".
- Hypocrite:
- Jameson hates and mistrusts men who hide behind masks and think they are above the law. He created the Scorpion, a masked easily less trustworthy than Spider-Man. Robbie even calls him out on it (though to be fair Jonah is sincerely remorseful about what he did).Jameson: I've sworn to keep this city safe from people who hide behind masks and think that they're above the law.
Robbie: That's exactly what your creation is doing! - He also says he hates it when people color the truth and leave out facts, which is what he does every time he accuses Spider-Man of committing a crime or working with a villain. To boot, he fired Eddie Brock (and indirectly led to Brock's transformation into Venom) for doing just this. To be fair, Jonah's reasoning was a response to his wife's murder from a masked criminal, whereas Brock framed Spider-Man for the theft of a rare mineral purely to get his job back.
- Jameson hates and mistrusts men who hide behind masks and think they are above the law. He created the Scorpion, a masked easily less trustworthy than Spider-Man. Robbie even calls him out on it (though to be fair Jonah is sincerely remorseful about what he did).
- Intrepid Reporter: "Framed" showed he was this in his youth, with the nickname "Jigsaw Jameson". He's still got it, too, unraveling a major part of the conspiracy to frame Robbie.
- Irony: The Green Goblin inaccurately accuses Anastasia Hardy of creating Dr. Octopus (Octavius became Dr. Octopus after he lost funding from the Hardy Foundation). Jameson on the other hand, is guilty of creating a supervillain but the Green Goblin doesn't know this.
- Jerkass: As always, JJJ is a jerk who "hates Spider-Man and has no use for Peter Parker". Although, it's not as bad as most versions of the character.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As unpleasant as he is, he does have his good side. One notable example takes place when Peter is framed by the Kingpin. Jameson pays for Peter's court bills, even after Peter quit right to his face (and insulted him to boot).
- Karma Houdini: No one ever does call Jameson out for his constant slandering of Spider-Man (although offscreen, Robbie has apparently tried to explain to Jameson that Spider-Man makes the city safer), nor his involvement in the creation of the Scorpion.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: In Framed, although he still needs to be rescued by Spider-Man, he shows he still has the ability to be a very effective investigative reporter, making substantial progress towards unraveling the conspiracy that framed Robbie.
- My God, What Have I Done?: His reaction after the Scorpion, whose creation he funded, goes on a rampage and ends up being far worse of a menace than he claimed Spider-Man ever was.
- Serious Business: He takes journalistic ethics very seriously, even if it means letting Spider-Man off the hook. He flat-out fired Eddie Brock for lying about Spidey robbing the space shuttle. He also had no trouble writing about Oscorp developing chemical weapons, even though he's on the Oscorp Board of Directors. When Norman Osborn confronted him about the latter, he replied he was a journalist first and board member second.
- Ungrateful Bastard: As usual, even when Spidey saves his life, he still wants to expose and bring him down.
Joseph "Robbie" Robertson
Joseph "Robbie" Robertson
- Voiced by: Rodney Saulsberry
He is Jonah's right-hand man at the Daily Bugle, and one of the few to consistently give Spider-Man the benefit of the doubt.
- Alliterative Name: Robbie Robertson.
- Break the Cutie: In the Spider-Carnage universe, he hates Spider-Man as much as Jonah, as a result of Spider-Carnage going on the rampage and massacring people with the help of the Goblins.
- A Day in the Limelight: He had episodes about his family and life in the Season 3 episode "Tombstone" and "Guilty".
- Disappointed in You:
- When Spider-Man bungles up a hostage situation with Dr. Octopus, Robbie tells Spidey that he's starting to wonder if Spider-Man really is a villain. Peter actually comments that that hurt coming from him. Of course, Spidey manages to regain his favor by handling the situation better the second time.
- He hates Spider-Man as much as Jonah in the Spider-Carnage universe after Spider-Carnage destroyed New York.
- For Want Of A Nail: When his and Lonnie's attempt to rob a grocery store went awry, Robbie was able to escape while Lonnie was arrested. Robbie remarks that back in those days one strike was enough to ruin your life. While Robbie would go on to be a successful reporter and family man, Lonnie would become a career criminal and eventually a mutated supervillain. Robbie always wondered what would have happened if he had been the one caught instead of Lonnie.
- Number Two: The highest authority figure in the Bugle after Jonah.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: In the Spider-Carnage universe, when "our" Spider-Man saves Robbie from a certain death, Robbie, a good-hearted man who always defends Spider-Man from Jameson, tries to punch Spidey and says how much he hates him. Considering what Spider-Carnage did to New York, it's not hard to see why he would react like that.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Just like in the comics, Robbie is often Jonah's voice of reason.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: During a confrontation with Lonnie Lincoln, Lonnie tripped on a catwalk over a chemical vat. Robbie tried to save him, but the glove slipped off and gravity took effect. Robbie thought Lonnie was done for, but he later emerged as Tombstone.
Anna Watson
Anna Watson
- Voiced by: Majel Barrett
Mary Jane's aunt and friend of the Parkers. Isn't a fan of Peter.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Anna Watson has red hair instead of the grey hair that she has in the comics and other versions.
- Adaptational Jerkass: She's bad-tempered, arrogant and condescending, treating Peter like yesterday's garbage even though he's never anything but polite to her. In the comics on the other hand, she was a sweet lady much like Aunt May, who supported MJ's relationship with Peter and even developed a very positive opinion of Spider-Man after he saved her from a Spider-Slayer.
- Foil: For J. Jonah Jameson, as while the former distrusts Spider-Man, Anna dislikes Peter. Also, while Jameson has a love-hate relationship with Peter, Anna doesn't regard Spider-Man in any way.
- The Ghost: Until her appearance in the third season, Anna was mentioned by both Mary Jane and May.
- Grumpy Old Man: Or woman at least. She sees Peter as a slacker and thinks MJ is too good for him.
- Horrible Judge of Character: She flat out despises Peter and tries to sabotage his relationship with Mary Jane, while describing Harry Osborn as "responsible" and thinking he would be a better match for her niece.
- Obnoxious In-Laws: A Running Gag throughout the series was that she didn't like Peter dating MJ and constantly looked for any fault in anything and everything Peter said or did, no matter how friendly he was to her. The act mentioned below on Unwitting Instigator of Doom happened because she just happened to believe Peter was somehow to blame for MJ's disappearance (and really had no good reason to other than just disliking him in general). Even when MJ returned and Peter's name was cleared, she still didn't like it when Peter proposed to MJ, using the excuse of being too soon.May: [happy to hear about their engagement] Isn't this amazing, Anna?
Anna: [annoyed] That's one way of putting it. - Out-of-Character Moment: In "The Return of Hydro-Man (Part 1)", she was so mad at Peter for MJ's kidnappingnote that she raised her voice at her friend May to not defend her nephew this time.
- Parental Substitute: To Mary Jane after her father just up and left her.
- Shipper on Deck: For Harry and Mary Jane.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: When Mary Jane went missing and Anna was visiting her "grave", she ran into the Punisher and vented her suspicions about Peter being involved in her niece's disappearance, inadvertently putting a hit on Peter.
Flash Thompson
Flash Thompson
- Voiced by: Patrick Labyorteaux
A football jock at ESU who has an interest in Felicia and is a big Spider-Man fan.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Downplayed. This version of Flash doesn't physically bully Peter (aside from a flashback, before Peter gained his Spider powers, he is seen shoving the then skinny, bespectacled Peter into a puddle of water) but he does insult him a great deal.
- Adapted Out: His military career in the comics never appears in the show as this was later added on.
- Badass Bystander: In one episode he actually comes to Spider-Man's rescue, much to the wallcrawler's embarrassment.
- Character Development: He starts showing his kinder side through his relationship with Debra Whitman.
- Cowardly Lion: He dresses up as Spider-Man to intimidate Peter but is terrified when a Spider-Slayer attacks him, mistaking him for the real deal. Later episodes do show him displaying more courage in the face of supervillains.
- Dumb Jock: His stunt of dressing up as Spider-Man to play a prank on Peter. Ignoring that this led to him being attacked by a Spider-Slayer, Flash knows that J. Jonah Jameson loves any story that would make Spider-Man look bad and Spider-Man supposedly attacking one of their employees would only be giving him more ammo. Felicia even flat-out calls Flash an idiot for doing so.
- Give Geeks a Chance: A rare gender inverted version: Flash, the jock, ends up falling for the science nerd Debra Whitman.
- Jerkass Has a Point:
- He wasn't wrong to point out that Peter showing up at Harry's birthday party with MJ wasn't exactly a smart idea.
- He calls out Debra Whitman for partying a lot after the Michael Morbius project failed is too distracting and he needs to study.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Perhaps the best example of this is when he comforts Debra after she's had her youth drained by the Vulture.
Terri Lee
Terri Lee
- Voiced by: Dawnn Lewis
An NYPD detective and ally to Spider-Man.
- Action Girl: She's a high-ranking detective who is not one to back down from confrontation, even when the person she's up against is armed or a super-powered being. She also has some decent grappling ability, as demonstrated when she defeats Susan Choi.
- Expy: She's based on Jean DeWolff from the comics.
- Fair Cop: She's very attractive and very brave.
- Foil: Gets one of these in the episode "The Man Without Fear" in the form of Susan Choi, her Evil Counterpart who worked with Richard Fisk and the Kingpin in a plot to frame Peter Parker. Both are members of government-run institutions who hold a position of authority, and they initially worked together to arrest Peter when it was believed he was guilty. However, Lee takes the need to gather all the evidence and perspectives of a situation first before rash action very seriously, and ends up confronting Choi over her decision to hunt Peter before finding anything else out. Of course, Choi's reason for hunting Parker without searching for more information is obvious, as she's really a plant working for Fisk. Also, while Choi just loved pushing Lee around verbally and brushing her off, when it came to a physical altercation, Lee made short work of Choi.
- Friend on the Force: She's one of the more trustworthy cops on the force and has Spidey's back. Her first appearance has her realizing that Mysterio is framing Spider-Man and being the only one to believe in his innocence. Though she admits to Peter that she's always been suspicious of the wall-crawler for a while, by her first appearance, she truly believes that Spider-Man is a hero.
- Leg Focus: Due to wearing a skirt that reaches mid-thighs.
- Ms. Fanservice: She has a beautiful figure and legs.
- Plucky Girl: Terri is obviously heartbroken over not being able to begin a relationship with Blade but puts on a brave, snarky front nonetheless and doesn't let it stop her from doing her job.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite the fact that most of the New York police are hostile towards Spider-Man, Lee believes he has good intentions and even works with him on several occasions.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: She and Blade share a mutual attraction, but coming from two different worlds prevents them from being together.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: Sports one of these and is a tough, no-nonsense, confrontational member of the force.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: A badass detective of the force with a no-nonsense, confrontational attitude, decent fighting ability and action hair to match. She also wears a skirt and high heels, as well as earrings and a little make-up, even when on the job.
- UST: She has an obvious attraction to Blade but aside from a very brief kiss, they don't act on it due to coming from two very different worlds.
Debra Whitman
Debra Whitman
- Voiced by: Liz Georges
A fellow student of Peter Parker's at Empire State University.
- Adaptational Badass: A Downplayed example. Debra in the comics was a Shrinking Violet and Extreme Doormat who went from being unthinkingly treated like dirt by Peter to trapped in an abusive marriage. This Debra is a strong, confident woman who is one of Peter's academic rivals, and actually beats him to some plum assignments thanks to the distractions caused by Peter's life as Spider-Man.
- Adaptational Name Change: Downplayed, but in the comics she was married to a man named Mark Whitman and her maiden name was unknown. Here she isn't married meaning that Whitman is her actual surname.
- All Love Is Unrequited: She has a crush on Michael Morbius but he is in love with Felicia. Averted with Flash Thompson whom she develops feelings for and who has a mutual attraction to her.
- Composite Character: She ultimately shares some character traits with Liz Allan, mainly the fact that she becomes a Beta Couple with Flash Thompson.
- Drowning My Sorrows: Her failure to help cure Morbius in Season 4 causes her to party nonstop to ignore her guilt and move away from neogenics, which results in Flash of all people trying to get her to focus on her studies.
- Opposites Attract: Season 2 reveals she's got a crush on Flash Thompson, who is dumbfounded when Peter points this out to him, but reciprocates. The attraction may have been born of his trying to protect her from Morbius a few episodes earlier.
- Promoted to Love Interest: Inverted; comics!Debra was one of Peter's lesser girlfriends, this version of Debra has a relationship with Peter that is a mixture of Like Brother and Sister and Friendly Rivalry.Peter Parker: Debra Whitman. The little sister I never had... or wanted.
- Played straight with the fact that the character that she eventually has a romantic relationship is Flash Thompson instead, who is someone she had never had a relationship with in the comics.
- She Cleans Up Nicely: She's quite the looker when we see her with her hair loose and in a party dress. Ironically, Flash prefers the nerdy girl she usually appears as.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Inverted. Despite having no idea of either Peter's status as Spidey or the greater troubles Spider-Man is involved in, Debra provides some unwitting but essential help to Peter on several occasions, such as finding the Lizard and the Vulture.
Liz Allan
Elizabeth "Liz" Allan
- Voiced by: Marla Rubinoff
Mary Jane's best friend who works as a waitress.
- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: Unlike in the comics, Liz never develops feelings for Peter since he seemed to became Spider-Man in college instead of high school, meaning they had gone their separate ways prior to his Character Development into a more confident person. So she treats him with the same disdain she had before, made worse due to how he often abandons Mary Jane to fight villains.
- Amicable Exes: It appears that she dated Flash before Peter got his powers, but they broke up by the start of the show.
- Beta Couple: Implied with Harry Osborn.
- Morality Pet: To Harry. Her love for him convinces Harry to abandon the Green Goblin mantle for good and continue his psychiatric treatment.
- Pet the Dog: She agrees to let Peter see Mary Jane while the latter is hiding at Liz's home from Hydro-Man.
Anastatia Hardy
Anastatia Hardy
- Voiced by: Rue McClanahan (season 1), Dimitra Arliss (season 3), Nita Talbot (season 4)
Felicia's mother and the head of the Hardy Foundation. She is also an Oscorp stockholder and the husband to John Hardeski, a thief known as the Cat.
- Adaptation Name Change: Her name is Lydia Hardy in the comics.
- Adaptational Wealth: Her family is well-off due to Anastasia being a prominent businesswoman and investment magnate, unlike her comic counterpart.
- Dark Secret: In season 4, Octavius blackmails her with knowledge that her husband is the infamous thief known as the Cat.
- Happily Married: Even after many years of separation, Anastasia and John still love each other dearly, the couple sharing a tender moment together before he has to leave again.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Looks like an aged up version of her daughter.
- Ungrateful Bitch: Spider-Man comes to her rescue from Dr. Octopus on more than one occasion, but she still acts dismissive towards him.
Farley Stillwell
Farley Stillwell
- Voiced by: Michael Rye
The creator of neogenics. Jameson hires him to transform Mac Gargan into the Scorpion.
- Adaptation Origin Connection: A flashback in "Make a Wish" shows Peter attending a demonstration of Stillwell's neogenics research. When Stillwell activated the Neogenic Recombinator, a spider dropped into the blast and then bit Peter. The rest is history.
- The Atoner: After seeing all the trouble his research has caused, Stillwell decides to destroy the Neogenic Recombinator and disappears, taking with him the only true knowledge of neogenics so it can never be abused by malicious forces again.
- But Now I Must Go: After destroying the Recombinator, Stillwell goes into hiding to keep the knowledge of neogenics from being abused in the future and is never seen again in the series.
- Driven to Madness: Stillwell ended up in a mental hospital after being attacked by the Scorpion. No one took his protests the Scorpion was coming after him until the villain abducted him.
- For Science!: Stillwell genuinely believed that neogenics was a great contribution to the scientific world despite warnings from his colleague Dr. Connors about the ethical implications. It wasn't until he saw the Scorpion and a mutated Vulture that Stillwell realizes just how dangerous his research truly is.
- Jerkass: During the flashback in "Make a Wish". While Peter was feeling the effects of the spider bite, Stillwell mockingly claimed that the experiment was too much for him.
- Small Role, Big Impact: In addition to being the one who transformed Gargan into the Scorpion, Stillwell also unintentionally and unknowingly caused the creation of Spider-Man. He's also why the Vulture was mutated.
- Spared by the Adaptation: In the comics, Stillwell was ultimately killed by the Scorpion. Here, he successfully goes into hiding.
Taina
Maria Taina Elizando
- Voiced by: Stephanie Eustase
A young girl who is Spider-Man's biggest fan, she gets to meet her hero and goes web-slinging with him. Taina gets caught up in a grand adventure when Spider-Man loses his memory and she is the only one who can restore it.
- Ascended Fangirl: Spider-Man's biggest fan, who gets to meet, befriend, and even help her hero.
- Expy: She's basically the Gender Flipped version of Timmy from the Spider-Man story "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man". Interestingly, she mentions having a friend named Timmy.
- Face Death with Dignity: Despite her terminal illness, she remains a kind, selfless, determined, and optimistic little girl.
- Little Miss Badass: She manages to rescue Spider-Man, and even uses Doctor Octopus' own "Octo-Bot" against him in the process.
- Secret-Keeper: Peter eventually reveals his identity to her, and she swears never to tell anyone. As she is terminally ill, she will keep her promise by default.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Taina only appears in a two-parter, but she is able to help Spider-Man overcome a crisis of faith and even restore his mind when he is struck with memory loss.
Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy
- Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman
The girlfriend of an Alternate Universe's Peter Parker, she aids Spider-Man against Spider-Carnage in the last episode.
- Adaptational Badass: She's more observant and defiant than her comic book counterpart, as well as a lot more capable in a fight; she saves our Spider-Man and briefly holds her own against Spider-Carnage.
- Adaptational Late Appearance: She was an established character and love interest to Spider-Man in the earlier comics, while this incarnation of Gwen Stacy (albeit one from an alternate dimension) doesn't appear until the final episode of the series.
- Damsel in Distress: Is kidnapped by Spider-Carnage. She does get major points though for firing a sonic rifle at him earlier.
- Deadpan Snarker: She's modeled after the Ditko and early Romita Gwen, who had this trait before it was lost entirely.
- Decomposite Character: Gwen was unable to appear as a regular character in the series because she was destined to die just like her comic book counterpart. So instead, the writers gave her Ditko-era characterization as the Lovable Alpha Bitch of Peter's college and character design to pre-Black Cat Felicia Hardy and her sweet, wholesome Girl Next Door characterization to Mary Jane Watson.
- Last Episode, New Character: She is introduced in the final episode of the series.
- Plucky Girl: She takes no crap from her egomaniac boyfriend, realizes that Spider-Carnage is a fake and saves our Spider-Man, and then helps drive off Spider-Carnage by opening up on him with a sonic rifle. If it weren't for her kidnapping and five-minute appearance, she might be a full-on Action Girl.
- Spared by the Adaptation: By virtue of being from a parallel universenote .
- Spot the Impostor: She instantly recognizes Spider-Carnage as a fake. She also seems to have figured out that our Spider-Man isn't hers, although she still recognizes him as a hero.Spider-Man: How'd you know that the Peter Parker downstairs wasn't me?
Gwen Stacy: He's as nutty as a fruitcake. A girlfriend notices little things like that.
