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He's already the Big Bad, Greater Scope Villain doesn't work in that context.


* GreaterScopeVillain: From personally commissioning the creation of the Insidious Six and the three original Spider Slayers, pushing Alistar Smythe into villainy, tormenting Norman Osborn leading to him becoming the Green Goblin (which led to Harry becoming the second Green Goblin and Mary Jane's disappearance as well as everything that happened because of those two events), killing Matt Murdock's and tormenting Felicia Hardy's fathers (which led to them becoming Daredevil and Black Cat), his gang war with Silvermane causing ''him'' to adopt more destructive and fantastic schemes to gain more power, his abuse of Smythe causing him to ally with Silvermane (which ties in with the "Return of Hydro Man" arc), it's hard to find some major event in the series that Kingpin ''wasn't'' a part of in some way, directly or indirectly.



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* CoDragons: [[spoiler:He and and his adoptive brother work together to bring about the return of their father, the Red Skull, so he can fulfill his world domination plans.]]



* ArcVillain: He and his father share the role of "Six Forgotten Warriors" arc of Season 5.

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* ArcVillain: He and his father share the main villain role of for the "Six Forgotten Warriors" arc that makes up the first half of Season 5.5, with Kragov working to free the Red Skull in order to uncover his doomsday weapon. Once this is accomplished and Kragov is transformed into Electro, he swiftly betrays his father to enact his own world domination plans.



* CoDragons: Initially serves as this to his father alongside the Chameleon, only to betray them and pursue his own goals.



* DiscOneFinalBoss: He's one of the main threats of the first half of season 5, with the return of the Red Skull and Kingpin's search for the doomsday weapon all stemming from his activities. After his defeat, the plot shifts to the Beyonder's cosmic machinations, with even his father returning to play a major antagonistic role.



* TheDragon: Was intended to be his father's, but ultimately betrays him.

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* TheDragon: Was intended TheHeavy: The Red Skull is the mastermind behind the doomsday weapon and the only one who knows how to be operate it, but the fact that he's trapped with Captain America in the vortex means he's incapable of posing a threat for most of the story. Kragov therefore drives the plot through his father's, but ultimately schemes to free his father, setting off the hunt for the weapon's keys that ropes in both Kingpin and Spider-Man into the conflict. Once the Red Skull turns his son into Electro, Kragov even betrays him.his father to take over the world himself, and ends up the final villain of the arc after the Red Skull is trapped once again in the vortex.



* ArcVillain: Of "Six Forgotten Warriors" arc of Season 5, along with his son Electro.



* ArcVillain: Red Skull and his son, Electro, are the main villains of the "Six Forgotten Warriors", the first major arc of Season 5. Electro is TheHeavy for most of the story, but the Red Skull instigated the entire conflict by being the one responsible for creating the doomsday weapon everyone is after, with his machinations ultimately resulting in the deaths of Peter's parents. Even after Electro betrays him, stopping the Red Skull from reasserting control over his wayward son is just as important a priority for the heroes as defeating Kragov.



* ArcVillain: Though the Beyonder is responsible for the events of ''Secret Wars'', the second major arc of season 5, his preference to refrain from getting personally involved in the conflict so as to test Spider-Man means Doom is left as the main villain of the arc. He only appears in a prominent role in the third and final episode, but of the three major, independent villain warlords, Doom is clearly the most competent, as shown when he beats Doctor Octopus offscreen and forces him to ally with Red Skull in the second episode. Doom's theft of the Beyonder's power leaves him the last man standing, and even when it turns out he doesn't truly control the powers, his refusal to give them up makes him the ultimate antagonist.



* BigBad / ArcVillain: Of the Secret Wars arc where he is the last villain standing.

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* TheDogBitesBack: In the past, he was an accomplice to his petty crook father in order to earn his acceptance, only for his father to abandon him to the police. After Fisk got out of prison and built his criminal empire, he had his father tracked down and disposed of him, not only to erase all evidence of his old identity but to get revenge for having been abandoned all those years ago.

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* TheDogBitesBack: In the past, he was Wilson Moriarty became an accomplice to his petty crook father in order to earn his acceptance, only for his father to abandon him to the police. After Fisk Moriarty got out of prison and built his criminal empire, empire as Wilson ''Fisk'', he had his father tracked down and disposed of him, not only to erase all evidence of his old identity but to get revenge for having been abandoned all those years ago.


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* HypocrisyNod: He ends up leaving Richard at the law's mercy, the same way his own father abandoned him. Fisk laments that he's following in his hated father's footsteps and that Richard will probably plan his own revenge.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidWarner ("The Cat", uncredited), Earl Boen ("Six Forgotten Warriors" and "Secret Wars" arcs)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidWarner ("The Cat", uncredited), Earl Boen ("Six Forgotten Warriors" and "Secret Wars" arcs)
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* BlackEyesOfEvil: His design in ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' features black sclerae.
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* FinalBoss: After several other recurring opponents, namely Kingpin ([[BigBad as per usual]]) and Dormammu, the Goblin persona resurfaces in the finale of season 3 to take revenge on Peter and MJ for hurting Harry.


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* InterimVillain: Hydro-Man's clone appears as the villain of a two-parter in the middle of season 5, set between Red Skull's ambitions to conquer the world and the cosmic clashes of ''Secret Wars'' and ''Spider Wars''. His actions result in a major emotional gut punch for Spider-Man and have massive retroactive implications for the hero's personal life, but the threat he poses is much smaller when compared to the carnage sought after by the other villains, and the two-parter mostly serves as a way to raise the stakes going into a new major arc.
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* ArcVillain: Venom is the main antagonist of "The Alien Costume" arc in season 1. The symbiote bonds to Peter and fuels his aggression to drive him to murderous rage, while Eddie frames Spider-Man for stealing Prometheum X. Once Spider-Man removes the symbiote and Eddie is disgraced, he takes up the alien himself to seek revenge as Venom.

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* ArcVillain: Venom is the main antagonist of "The Alien the "Alien Costume" arc in season 1. The symbiote bonds to Peter and fuels his aggression to drive him to murderous rage, while Eddie frames Spider-Man for stealing Prometheum X. Once Spider-Man removes the symbiote and Eddie is disgraced, he takes up the alien himself to seek revenge as Venom.revenge.



* BigBadSlippage: Initially just a scummy rival to Peter, Eddie's growing hatred for Spider-Man drives him to embrace the Venom symbiote and become the FinalBoss for "The Alien Costume" three-parter, the biggest arc of season 1.

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* BigBadSlippage: Initially just a scummy rival to Peter, Eddie's growing hatred for Spider-Man drives him to embrace the Venom symbiote and become the FinalBoss for "The Alien the "Alien Costume" three-parter, the biggest arc of season 1.



* ArcVillain: He serves the main threat of the ''The Sins of the Fathers'' arc of season 3.

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* ArcVillain: He serves a major secondary villain next to the main threat of Kingpin for the ''The Sins ''Sins of the Fathers'' arc of season 3.3. Though the Goblin persona only appears in three episodes in the season, he always manages to overshadow Fisk in threat while targeting whomever he deems to be enemies to Norman. This culminates in the Goblin becoming the FinalBoss as he targets both Peter and Mary Jane, [[spoiler:stranding the latter in limbo.]]
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* BigBadSlippage: Initially just a scummy rival to Peter, Eddie's growing hatred for Spider-Man drives him to embrace the Venom symbiote and become the main villain for "The Alien Costume" three-parter, the longest arc of season 1.

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* BigBadSlippage: Initially just a scummy rival to Peter, Eddie's growing hatred for Spider-Man drives him to embrace the Venom symbiote and become the main villain FinalBoss for "The Alien Costume" three-parter, the longest biggest arc of season 1.

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* BigBad: As the man behind the Crime Cartel and the Insidious Six, he features as the main villain of numerous individual arcs, and the show itself, even though he's not personally fought by Spider-Man until around Season 3.

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* BigBad: As the man behind the Crime Cartel and the Insidious Six, he features as the main villain of numerous individual arcs, arcs and is the show itself, overarching villain of the entire show, even though he's not personally fought by Spider-Man until around Season 3.



* FinalBoss: After he uses the Tablet of Time to create his Vulture suit, becomes the last main threat of ''Neogenic Nightmare'' arc.

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* FinalBoss: After he uses the Tablet of Time to create his Vulture suit, becomes the last main threat of the ''Neogenic Nightmare'' arc.



* ArcVillain: Of The Alien Costume arc in Season 1, with Venom as the FinalBoss.

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* ArcVillain: Of The Venom is the main antagonist of "The Alien Costume Costume" arc in Season 1, with Venom as season 1. The symbiote bonds to Peter and fuels his aggression to drive him to murderous rage, while Eddie frames Spider-Man for stealing Prometheum X. Once Spider-Man removes the FinalBoss.symbiote and Eddie is disgraced, he takes up the alien himself to seek revenge as Venom.



* BigBadSlippage: Initially just a scummy rival to Peter, Eddie's growing hatred for Spider-Man drives him to embrace the Venom symbiote and become the main villain for "The Alien Costume" three-parter, the longest arc of season 1.



* BigBadWannabe: As the Hobgoblin was once a low level criminal, he seeks to become powerful in the criminal underworld, but things always to revert him back to square one. While he was able to briefly take over the Kingpin's organization once, the Kingpin was able to take it back with the unwitting help from Spider-Man.

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* BigBadWannabe: As the Hobgoblin was once a low level criminal, he seeks to become powerful in the criminal underworld, but things always to revert him back to square one. While he was able to briefly take over the Kingpin's organization once, the Kingpin was able to take it back with the unwitting help from Spider-Man.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' shows that at some point he managed to return from his HeroicSacrifice, even being rehired at the Daily Bugle.

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* KarmaHoudini: Our Warren never receives any comeuppance for performing cloning experiments that were banned by the government. However, whether the alternate!Warren perished in the apocalypse triggered by Spider-Carnage is left unanswered.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: He created the clone Mary Jane that appears in the fourth and fifth seasons, and his alternate universe counterpart plays a role in the creation of [[FinalBoss Spider-Carnage]]. Despite all this, Warren barely gets involved with Spider-Man, and never in a major capacity; his mainline version's only appearance is as the co-antagonist of "The Return of Hydro Man" (which is labeled as a standard two-part episode instead of a major "chaptered" arc like ''Six Forgotten Warriors'', ''Secret Wars'' and ''Spider Wars'' in the same season).
* KarmaHoudini: Our Warren never receives any comeuppance for performing cloning experiments that were banned by the government. However, whether the alternate!Warren alternate Warren perished in the apocalypse triggered by Spider-Carnage is left unanswered.



* BigBadWannaBe: When the Spot realizes his abilities made him all powerful, he decides to upstage the Kingpin: "I am the new Kingpin now!". [[IHaveYourWife Until the next scene where his girlfriend is held hostage]] and the Kingpin order him to go after Spider-man again.

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* BigBadWannaBe: BigBadWannabe: When the Spot realizes his abilities made him all powerful, he decides to upstage the Kingpin: "I am the new Kingpin now!". [[IHaveYourWife Until the next scene where his girlfriend is held hostage]] and the Kingpin order orders him to go after Spider-man again.


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* MonsterOfTheWeek: His only appearance is as the villain of his eponymous episode.


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* MonsterOfTheWeek: His only appearance is as the secondary threat of his eponymous episode before redeeming himself to fight Fisk.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory:[[spoiler: If Season 6 had been produced, WordOfGod is that a time-displaced Cletus would have been revealed to have been Jack The Ripper.]]

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* BeenThereShapedHistory:[[spoiler: If BeenThereShapedHistory: [[spoiler:If Season 6 had been produced, WordOfGod is that a time-displaced Cletus would have been revealed to have been Jack The Ripper.]]



* LegacyCharacter: After Carnage is sucked through an inter-dimensional portal, the symbiote ditches Cletus and bonds to a nihilistic version of Peter Parker to form Spider-Carnage, the series' final antagonist.

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* LegacyCharacter: After Carnage is sucked through an inter-dimensional portal, however in the final arc of the show, a version of the Carnage symbiote ditches Cletus and from an unknonw dimension bonds to a nihilistic version of Peter Parker to form Spider-Carnage, the series' final antagonist.



* PsychoSupporter: Cletus swore fealty to Dormammu in exchange for a symbiote, and kept his oath with a surprising display of loyalty, partially out of genuine gratitude for giving him the symbiote, and mostly because he wanted to watch Dormammu burn the world.

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* PsychoSupporter: Cletus swore fealty to Dormammu in exchange for a symbiote, and kept his oath with a surprising display of loyalty, partially out of genuine gratitude for giving him the symbiote, and mostly largely because he wanted to watch Dormammu burn the world.
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* BaldOfEvil: His clean-shaven pate is intended to sign of his malevolent nature.

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* BaldOfEvil: His clean-shaven pate is intended to be a sign of his malevolent nature.
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* SecretKeeper: A villainous example, as he's fully aware of who Spider-Man is, but keeps to himself [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou to prevent anyone else from going after him]].

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* SecretKeeper: A villainous example, as he's fully aware of who Spider-Man is, but keeps it to himself [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou to prevent anyone else from going after him]].
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* SecretKeeper: A villainous example, as he's fully aware of who Spider-Man is, but keeps to himself [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou to prevent anyone else from going after him]].
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->'''Hobgoblin''': How did you lift that?\\

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Red Skull predictably turned up in the Captain America crossover arc—but also turned out to be behind a whole lot of trouble that was not directly related to that, including the fate of Peter Parker's parents, the origin stories of several supervillains and (indirectly) even that of the Black Cat.
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* TheDreaded: Even decades after World War Two, the Red Skull’s reputation as a Nazi war criminal have made him one of the most feared supervillains in history.
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* KillerBearHug: His go-to move when brought to the level of fisticuffs, mostly due to the show's brutal censorship mandate. It's ''not'' a laughing matter, either; at one occasion, Spider-Man's internal monologue has him legitimately afraid that Fisk is going to break him in two.

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* KillerBearHug: His go-to move when brought to the level of fisticuffs, mostly due to the show's brutal censorship mandate. It's ''not'' a laughing matter, either; at on one occasion, Spider-Man's internal monologue has him legitimately afraid that Fisk is going to break him in two.
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* BerserkButton: When Daredevil mentions that the police has his son, he flies in a rage.

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* BerserkButton: When Daredevil mentions that the police has have his son, he flies in a rage.
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* CreateYourOwnHero: While not responsible for creating Spider-Man, who the Kingpin sees as the main threat to his criminal empire, he is responsible for creating two other superheroes, Daredevil, as not only killed his father but also had the radioactive waste that gave his powers illegally transported in the city, and the Black Cat, by making Felicia the guinea pig for the improved super soldier serum.

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* CreateYourOwnHero: While not responsible for creating Spider-Man, who whom the Kingpin sees as the main threat to his criminal empire, he is responsible for creating two other superheroes, Daredevil, as not only killed his father but also had the radioactive waste that gave his powers illegally transported in the city, and the Black Cat, by making Felicia the guinea pig for the improved super soldier serum.
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* FreudianExcuse: As a child, he was ostracized and bullied for his weight, and his father was a small-time crook who neglected him. Eventually, he joined his father's gang to finally get acceptance, only for his father let him take the heat for a botched robbery and let him get sent to prison. Both this and his experiences in prison left him the hardened, ruthless criminal he is today.

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* FreudianExcuse: As a child, he was ostracized and bullied for his weight, and his father was a small-time crook who neglected him. Eventually, he joined his father's gang to finally get acceptance, only for his father to let him take the heat for a botched robbery and let him get sent to prison. Both this and his experiences in prison left him the hardened, ruthless criminal he is today.
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* CanonForeigner: She was created for the show. The closest thing to a comic book counterpart she has is Joseph Manfredi aka Blackwing who is Silvermane's son making her something of a GenderFlip as well.

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* CanonForeigner: She was created for the show. The closest thing to a comic book counterpart she has is Joseph Manfredi Manfredi, aka Blackwing Blackwing, who is Silvermane's son son, making her something of a GenderFlip as well.
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* ButtMonkey: He gets screwed over by Fisk, The Scorpion, and The Vulture (not to mention Spider-Man), and all of his schemes backfire horribly. You'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't such a dick.

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* ButtMonkey: He gets screwed over by Fisk, The Scorpion, and The Vulture (not to mention Spider-Man), and all of his schemes backfire horribly. You'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't weren't such a dick.


* LargeHam: His younger self is this.

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* %%* LargeHam: His younger self is this.
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* AscendedExtra: In the comics, he's an extremely obscure comic villain who only appeared in a Beast/Spider-Man team-up miniseries. In TAS, he was made into a re-occurring villain that works for the Kingpin after the two-part adaptation of said miniseries.

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* AscendedExtra: In the comics, he's an extremely obscure comic villain who only appeared in a Beast/Spider-Man team-up miniseries. In TAS, he was made into a re-occurring villain that who works for the Kingpin after the two-part adaptation of said miniseries.
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* HiddenAgendaVillain: In the "Six Forgotten Warriors" arc of season five, where it is revealed that he is conspiring against the Kingpin, with foster brother Rhienholdt to free their father the Red Skull, from the vortex he is trapped and use the Doomsday weapon to the Red Skull’s dream of World Domination a reality.

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* ArcVillain: He and his father share the role of "Six Forgotten Warriors" arc of Season 5.



* ArcVillain: Of "Six Forgotten Warriors" arc of Season 5.

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* ArcVillain: Of "Six Forgotten Warriors" arc of Season 5.5, along with his son Electro.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: The Red Skull’s attempt to force John Hardesky to betray his country and get the sup soldier formula that created Captain America goes south in 1943. When the boy was in what he thought was Nazi base, he over hears the apparently Nazi super soldier being referred to as “Captain America” and then Hardesky realizes what was going on and fled without revealing the formula to the Red Skull and henchmen, despite the Skull's attempt to stop the kid.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffCorey (Silvermane as an old man), Creator/TownsendColesman (young man), Creator/CannonYoung (as a kid)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffCorey (Silvermane as an old man), Creator/TownsendColesman Creator/TownsendColeman (young man), Creator/CannonYoung (as a kid)

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