History Trivia / SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries

* RecycledScript: "The Spot" and "Goblin War" come one after another, and they both have the ''exact'' same plot beats. A villain is using a portal device to commit robberies. The Kingpin gets involved somehow. Felicia has a scene where she flirts with Spider-Man [[YourCheatingHeart despite being engaged]], to which he brushes her off, leaving her sad. Harry has a scene where he acts petulant toward Peter about how he "stole" Mary Jane from him. Spider-Man ends up at Crime Central where the Kingpin almost squeezes him to death. Of the two episodes, "Goblin War" is the more important due to the re-emergence of the Green Goblin and the Hobgoblin's identity being revealed, so one could almost skip "The Spot" entirely and not miss much.

** Another UPN-related character embargo happened because of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' airing on that network. Because of this, the Hulk is only mentioned a few times in the series and couldn't be used in the show's ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'' adaptation, which replaced him with the Lizard.

** John Vernon plays Comicbook/DoctorStrange on here while Creator/MauriceLaMarche plays the character in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' (though this is likely because Vernon was the voice of Thunderbolt Ross in the latter series).

*** Because of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' ending its run at the time, there was a chance that the Hulk might have finally made a guest appearance instead of just being mentioned.

*** The villains the Beetle, Puma, and the Rose were considered to appear in the series.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RobPaulsen, better known for playing lovably snarky wise guys, plays the psychotic StalkerWithACrush villain Hydro-Man.

** The adaptation of ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'' was originally going to feature a number of additional characters, most notably the entire X-Men roster [[note]] Only Storm made the final cut [[/note]] and Mister Sinister. These were later scrapped for numerous reasons -- namely costs since Sinister's voice actor, Creator/ChrisBritton, is Canadian-based (the cast of the ''X-Men'' series had previously been flown to LA from Canada for their appearance in the crossover, which proved expensive. Storm got to appear because she's a case of TheOtherDarrin, and her ''former'' voice actress was in LA.) And The Lizard's spot was originally made for the Hulk, but he had a series on UPN, so he couldn't be there.
** The first showrunner that John Semper replaced before actual production on the show started intended for Norman Osborn to become The Hobgoblin,which likely meant the Green Goblin never would have shown up! This was probably due to the Green Goblin being dead at the time the show started. When Semper came in it was too late too prevent the Hobgoblin since toys were already being made but he did rectify it by having Norman Osborn create the Hobgoblin's weapons instead of being the Hobgoblin.

** Within the '90s Marvel cartoons, War Machine fall under this, with the character going back to his first voice on ''WesternAnimation/IronMan'' James Avery.

** War Machine reverses this, going back to his voice actor in season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/IronMan'', James Avery.

* KeepCirculatingtheTapes: For whatever reason, the series has never had a full DVD release in the United States. A full DVD set of the series was released in Europe however and the series has streamed on Netflix and other sites.

** A case of executive meddling having an outright odd effect was in the character of Morbius, a vampire. Allegedly, the writers weren't allowed to show him sucking blood through his fangs, so he apparently has fangs for ''no reason'', as he instead drains plasma through suckers in his ''hands''. The suckers were so {{squick}}tastic that they made the character even [[NightmareFuel creepier]], whereas his declarations of "I hunger for PLASMA!" were often {{Narm}}. Interestingly enough, the Swedish translator had him hungering for blood plasma.

** Why Sandman never appeared and Electro was an altered character. When the series started, James Cameron's movie was going to feature the two as villains (though with heavy tweaking), so the writing team were told not to use either. However, by the end of the show's run, it looked like the James Cameron movie wasn't going to happen, so the showrunner snuck Electro in as the BigBad of one of the story arcs, and got away with it.

* A very notable example for the Japanese dub is that none of cast members for the ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon reprise their roles for the crossover episode.

* RoleReprisal:

* CreatorsPest: While the Hobgoblin was popular in both the comics and the show, [[http://marvel.toonzone.net/spideytas/interviews/sempergoblin/ John Semper]] ''hated'' the character (both then and now) and only used him because toys were being made based on decisions made by his predecessor.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes, who provided Spider-Man's voice, and Creator/RobertHays, the voice of Iron Man, had previously starred together in ''Series/{{Starman}}''. Both were reportedly thrilled at doing a team up.

** John Vernon plays Comicbook/DoctorStrange on here while Creator/MauriceLaMarche plays the character in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk''(though this is likely because Vernon was the voice of Thunderbolt Ross in the latter series).

** The first showrunner that John Semper replaced before actual production on the show started intended for Norman Osborn to become The Hobgoblin,which likely meant the Green Goblin never would have shown up! This was probably due to the Green Goblin being dead at the time the show started. When Semper came in it was too late too prevent the Hobgoblin since toys were already being made but he did rectify it by having Norman Osborn create the Hobgoblins weapons instead of being the Hobgoblin.

** Season 5 was going to feature an episode where Spider-Man teamed up with Ghost Rider to stop Baron Mordo and Mysterio (who had survived his apparent death in the previous season) from freeing Dormammu from his home dimension. The episode was never made because Creator/{{UPN}} were planning on making their own Ghost Rider series and Fox didn't want to promote a character on a rival channel.

** The adaptation of ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'' was originally going to feature a number of additional characters, most notably Mister Sinister. These were later scrapped for numerous reasons -- namely costs since Sinister's voice actor, Creator/ChrisBritton, is Canadian-based (the cast of the ''X-Men'' series had previously been flown to LA from Canada for their appearance in the crossover, which proved expensive. Storm got to appear because she's a case of TheOtherDarrin, and her ''former'' voice actress was in LA.) And The Lizard's spot was originally made for the Hulk, but he had a series on UPN, so he couldn't be there.

* RoleReprisal: Though this was his first time voicing the Green Goblin, Neil Ross had previously voiced Norman Osborn in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends.''

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Besides the odd reference to 90s pop culture, the Man-Spider arc blatantly dates itself to pre-2001 when it turns out Man-Spider's lair is under the World Trade Centre parking garage.

** Why Sandman never appeared and Electro was an altered character. When the series started, James Cameron's movie was going to feature the two as villains (though with heavy tweaking), so the writing team were told not do use either. However, by the end of the show's run, it looked like the James Cameron movie wasn't going to happen, so the showrunner snuck Electro in as the BigBad of one of the story arcs, and got away with it.

** The Punisher had to undergo some censorship, one could say(Though whether it was mandated by executives, or decided on in advance by the showrunner is unknown). He was purely non-lethal, though this is mentioned in-show as a deliberate thing he's doing as a one-off for his effort in chasing Spider-Man, with it being a "Legit job" for him to do without killing anybody, for once. So, pretty clever handling of that.

* ActorAllusion:
** John Phillip Law plays Felicia's father, who in his prime was a master thief. Not unlike [[Film/DangerDiabolik Diabolik]].
** As J. Jonah Jameson, Creator/EdwardAsner is, [[Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow once]] [[Series/LouGrant again]], in charge of the news.
* CreatorBacklash: While the Hobgoblin was popular in both the comics and the show, [[http://marvel.toonzone.net/spideytas/interviews/sempergoblin/ John Semper]] ''hated'' the character (both then and now) and only used him because toys were being made based on decisions made by his predecessor.

** The adaptation of ''Secret Wars'' was originally going to feature a number of additional characters, most notably Mister Sinister. These were later scrapped for numerous reasons -- namely costs since Sinister's voice actor, Creator/ChrisBritton, is Canadian-based (the cast of the ''X-Men'' series had previously been flown to LA from Canada for their appearance in the crossover, which proved expensive. Storm got to appear because she's a case of TheOtherDarrin, and her ''former'' voice actress was in LA.) And The Lizard's spot was originally made for the Hulk, but he had a series on UPN, so he couldn't be there.

** Another UPN-related character embargo happened because of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' airing on that network. Because of this, the Hulk is only mentioned a few times in the series and couldn't be used in the show's ''ComicBook/SecretWars'' adaptation, which replaced him with the Lizard.

** The adaptation of ''Secret Wars'' was originally going to feature a number of additional characters, most notably Mister Sinister. These were later scrapped for numerous reasons -- namely costs since Sinister's voice actor, Chris Britton, is Canadian-based (the cast of the ''X-Men'' series had previously been flown to LA from Canada for their appearance in the crossover, which proved expensive. Storm got to appear because she's a case of TheOtherDarrin, and her ''former'' voice actress was in LA.) And The Lizard's spot was originally made for the Hulk, but he had a series on UPN, so he couldn't be there.

*** Allegedly, a full script was written, and given out to backers of the showrunner's IndieGoGo for a series he was trying to get off the ground in 2016.