Doctor Octopus steals a device made to nullify missiles and Spider-Man must bring him to justice before he can use it for his own nefarious purposes.
"The Terrible Triumph of Dr. Octopus" provides examples of:
- Description Cut: Happens twice during the episode, both involving J. Jonah Jameson talking about Peter:
- In the first instance, Jameson chastises Peter for running off when Doc Ock stole the Nullifier and claims that teenagers like him always flee at any sign of danger. The scene then cuts to Spider-Man swinging through the city while on the hunt for Doctor Octopus.
- Later on, Jameson rants to Betty how Spider-Man must've been behind the theft of the Nullifier and is planning on an evil scheme as they speak. The very next scene shows Spider-Man hard at work building a detector designed to track down Doctor Octopus and retrieve the device.
- It Only Works Once: Spider-Man is able to gain the upper-hand in his first fight against Doctor Octopus by spraying his web-fluid over his glasses and blinding him. When he tracks down Doc Ock to his secret lair and tries the same trick again, it fails as Octavius explains how he coated his goggles with web-repellent fluid.
- The Little Detecto: Spider-Man builds a "Bloodhound Gadget" that's able to track down Doctor Octopus's location just by reading a piece of his cape.
- Lured into a Trap: Spider-Man follows his Spider-Tracer to a warehouse by the dock, believing he's located Doctor Octopus's hide-out. However, Doc Ock had discovered the tracer beforehand and rigged the entire warehouse to explode once Spider-Man arrived.
- No One Could Survive That!: After rigging one of his hide-outs to self-destruct to take out Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus gloats how no one could've survived such an explosion. Sure enough, Spidey was savvy enough stay out of the warehouse when it exploded.
- No-Sell: Doc Ock is somehow able to resist some tear gas used against him at the beginning of the episode. His only explanation is that it wouldn't be enough to "stop the most dangerous man alive".
- Tracking Device: Spider-Man plants a Spider-Tracer on Doctor Octopus when he's temporarily blinded. He follows it to an abandoned warehouse by the docks, unaware that Doc Ock had laid a trap for him.
The Green Goblin uses the magic spells of Blackwell the Magician to commit a series of thefts across the city, and Spider-Man vows to put a stop to the Goblin's magical heists.
"Magic Malice" provides examples of:
- Big Damn Heroes: Just when the Green Goblin uses Blackwell's magic hat to shoot cannonballs at Spider-Man, Blackwell himself shows up to have rabbit pop out instead.Green Goblin: What's the matter with this thing?
Blackwell: Perhaps you don't have the magic touch. - Bond Villain Stupidity: The Green Goblin has Spider-Man wrapped up in chains and completely at his mercy. Instead of finding a quick way to dispatch him, the Goblin leaves him inside a plastic container slowly filling with water while he heads out to commit more bank heists.
- Drowning Pit: Spider-Man is wrapped up in chains and dropped inside a giant container that begins filling up with water. He's able to escape by shooting a pair of webs on a chandelier above him and pulling himself out.
- Hypocritical Humor:
- The Green Goblin parks his glider right before he robs a jewelry store and takes the time to actually pay for the parking meter, as he doesn't want to break the law. When he's finished robbing the store he proceeds to steal the money from the meter.
- At the end of the episode, Jameson refuses to publish a story about Blackwell because he can't stand "people looking for a free ride". When Betty informs him that Blackwell sent him free tickets to one of his shows, Jameson is delighted and immediately reconsiders doing the story.
- Open Sesame: The Green Goblin uses this spell to open the windows while breaking into Blackwell's house the second time around.
