Ultimate Spider-Man TV series.

That's White Tiger, who I think Spider had some team-ups with back in the 70's.

Whoa, obscure. I have the feeling this might be a more serious Batman The Brave And The Bold.

@Space Jawa:

That's the New White Tiger, who's showing up in Avengers Academy◊.

Spider-man was close friends with the Original, to the point that they revealed their secret identities to each other.

The Orginal was also the first Puerto Rican Hero in comics.

@Moth 13.

It's not the Original White Tiger.

Anyway, i loved how Venom and Doom looked. Living Laser looked Cool too.

@ Nate The Great:

Wha? Animated shows are their on continuity.

edited 20th Sep '11 4:47:25 PM by Cortez

Is that a young red skull?

What?

Nah, that's Mettle. No relation to The Red Skull.

Spectacular didn't interest me, but I'm definitely going to give Ultimate a chance. The art doesn't bug me as much and it looks like the villains are going to be interesting.

Well you've just been shunned from tvtropes. :P

Well excuse me for having an opinion.

Looks good. The parts where he turns into a toaster and the cut away gag weren't that good though.

Wait...what?

The video in post 69.

I somehow missed that.

If Spectacular was Spider-Man's equivalent of Batman TAS, this show is probably going to be like Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

Spectacular really wasn't Spidey's version of Batman: TAS though.

What do you mean? I think that's a true statement. The Spectacular Spider Man is the best animated portrayal of Spidey on television. It did a wonderful job at fleshing out the main character and his villains, while staying true to the spirit of the source material. Calling it the Marvel's equivalent of BTAS is completely justified.

Not... quite.

I'd say Spectacular is more like Young Justice or something - the best portrayal of it's subject (arguable, by the way. Spiderman The Animated Series, for all that it's animation sucked and censorship hurt it, was often better in terms of story), but not something that exactly built up a presence outside itself. Fondly remembered and iconic in a way, but not highly influential.

BTAS is more like the 90's X Men show in role - it's the definitive superhero animation of it's kind, that all others take influence from. Spectacular... doesn't exactly have the same niche.

What? Influence on other things? Is that really something that matters here? (no, because we're talking about how well it represents something, not how well other things represent it)

^ Actually yes. Being truly representative means being an archetypical example, one that others look as iconically characteristic of the genre.

Having the role of influence over all other iterations of the genre makes something the most obviously representative iteration, for which we have several terms, actually. To have a show totally representative and influential is to have a show that holds a special niche in the evolution of the genre, and very few shows actually reach that level.

That's... pretty dumb.

I don't think that can really be used in this case, with how recent The Spectacular Spider Man was. That series did seemingly lead to more Josh Keaton roles as Spidey (what with the Super Hero Squad game, Marvel Vs Capcom 3, and Spider Man Shattered Dimensions).

edited 3rd Dec '11 7:45:14 PM by RTaco

^^ Shrug, if you say so.

edited 3rd Dec '11 11:52:34 PM by KnownUnknown

New Disney XD promo showing their upcoming 2012 shows.

Also,Kevin Manthei announced that he will be providing the music for Ultimate Spider-Man. He worked on the Ultimate Spider-Man game, Batman:Gotham Knight, Justice League:The New Fromtier, Generator Rex and a bunch of other stuff.

@Known Unknown:

Kinda how the origin they've used for Venom in the 90's Spider-Man animated series has influenced the symbiote's story in every outside media since?

edited 22nd Dec '11 11:21:56 AM by Cortez

^ Not exactly - there's a difference between lifting a single story or Canon Immigration and being a major influence in tone and execution in a widespread manner. Going back to BTAS, the fact that Mr. Freeze's backstory was brought to the comics is more of a symptom of their greater influence than anything else.

I'd still say X Men The Animated Series was the most influential Marvel show for that era, but as good as Spider Man The Animated Series was it didn't quite make it.

X-Men was influential for the Marvel shows of the 90s because it was used as a template for there shows; in the same way BTAS was used as a template for the DCAU. I wouldn't call BTAS especially iconic (at least within the scope of Comics) given it was a crystalization of a general movement of that era.

However as far as action cartoons went, it was MAJOR in taking them out the toy-commercial phase of the Sunbow 80s and into the higher caliber that was showcased on Cartoon Network, and to a lesser extent Nick, in the 90s and new Millennium. (Toonami, especially.)

edited 22nd Dec '11 6:16:11 PM by JusticeMan

Batman The Animated Series is not story intensive at all. In fact, many of the best episodes ("Almost Got 'Im," "Baby Doll," "Feat of Clay" part 2) were made completely by the animation, dialogue, strange ideas, and above all, PACING. Pacing of dialogue and action is something that I feel the 90's Spider-Man animated series got horribly wrong. Sure, there were a few episodes where the plot had more focus (Including favorites like "Mad Love"), but Batman is about tone, not plot.