Marvel animated universe

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The Marvel animated universe is a series of animated television shows and related spin-offs which share the same continuity beginning with X-Men in 1992, airing thourghout the 1990s. All of these animated series were adapted from Marvel Comics properties.

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[edit] TV series (in chronological order based on debuts)

There are however contradictions in the Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer series when comparing the origin of Nova, the first visit of Galactus and the Silver Surfer on Earth, the return of Norrin Radd's memories, and the first meeting of Galactus and the Silver Surfer and the Fantastic Four.

[edit] Arguably not considered canon

[edit] Not part of the Marvel Animated Universe

[edit] Crossovers

  1. Fantastic Four - The X-Men appeared in their civilian outfits in the Season 2 episode Nightmare in Green. The Juggernaut appeared briefly a second afterword. The X-Men's Blackbird is briefly seen attacking Doctor Doom in the episode Doomsday.
  2. Spider-Man: The Animated Series - All of the X-Men appeared in the Season 2 episodes Mutant Agenda and Mutant's Revenge. Also, Storm guest-starred during Season 5 of Spider-Man, during the Secret Wars three parter. She was not voiced by Alison Sealy-Smith, but instead, by Iona Morris, the original voice of Storm. This was done mainly because Morris was available in Los Angeles (where the Spider-Man series was produced) at the time. It would've been very expensive to produce the episodes with the entire X-Men cast since they were all based in Canada.
  3. Avengers: United They Stand - The entire cast from X-Men: The Animated Series were going to appear in a planned, but unmade two part episode during Season 2. The series was, however, cancelled before Season 2 was made. The X-Men were to have be voiced by their respective voice actors/actresses. Some of the voice cast for Avengers started from X-Men. Lenore Zann, voice of Rogue, for instance voiced Tigra.
  1. The Incredible Hulk - The whole team appeared in the Season 1 episode Fantastic Fortitude. Both Beau Weaver (Mister Fantastic) and Chuck McCann (The Thing) reprised their roles for this episode.
  2. Spider-Man: The Animated Series - In the fifth season (in the three part Secret Wars storyline), Spider-Man enlisted the aid of the Fantastic Four to help him battle Doctor Doom. Quinton Flynn, the second Human Torch (Brian Austin Green was the first) was the only cast member from the Fantastic Four to reprise his role on Spider-Man. Doctor Doom by the way, was voiced by Tom Kane, who played H.O.M.E.R. on Iron Man.
  3. The Silver Surfer - The team was slated to appear on the second season of The Silver Surfer. Due to the fact that The Silver Surfer was cancelled after its first season, it could never happen. The Fantastic Four would have appeared in a three parter when the Surfer returned to Earth.
  1. The Incredible Hulk - Iron Man, War Machine, and H.O.M.E.R. guest-starred on the Season 1 episode entitled Helping Hand, Iron Fist.
  2. Fantastic Four - Although he never spoke, Iron Man had a several cameos in a few of the Fantastic Four episodes, including the Season 2 episodes To Battle the Living Planet and Doomsday.
  3. Spider-Man: The Animated Series - Iron Man and War Machine both appeared on Spider-Man, but Iron Man appeared in more than one storyline. They both appeared in the two part Season 3 episodes that brought back Venom and introduced Carnage. While Robert Hays voiced Iron Man (just like he did on The Incredible Hulk), War Machine was voiced by James L. Avery, Sr., the original voice of War Machine instead of Dorian Harewood, who previously played the villain Tombstone on Spider-Man. Iron Man returned to aid Spider-Man in the Season 5 three parter, entitled The Secret Wars.
  4. Avengers: United They Stand - Iron Man briefly appears in the Avengers episode Shooting Stars.
  1. X-Men - during an episode of the Phoenix Saga, there was a little glimpse of Spidey's hand throwing his web to avoid a chair from falling over inoccent bystanders.
  2. Fantastic Four - The Scarlet Spider appeared briefly on the Season 2 episode Nightmare in Green.
  1. Fantastic Four - The Hulk and Rick Jones guest-starred on the second season episode of the show, entitled Nightmare in Green. Both Hulk and Rick were voiced by different voice actors than on the subsequent Hulk TV series.
  2. Iron Man - The Hulk guest-starred on a Season 2 episode of Iron Man, called Hulkbuster. In addition to the Hulk, The Leader also guest-starred (The Leader was voiced by Matt Frewer just like on the Hulk TV series).
  3. X-Men - The Hulk appeared for a few seconds in the Season 3 episode The Juggernaut Returns.
  4. Spider-Man: The Animated Series - Hulk and She-Hulk were in the original draft to appear in the Secret Wars three parter, in the fifth season of Spider-Man. However, due to the then current show on UPN, they had to be written out. They were replaced by The Lizard.
  1. Fantastic Four - The Silver Surfer appeared in the Season 1 two parter The Silver Surfer & the Coming of Galactus and The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus (also from Season 1). The Silver Surfer made one more appearance in the Season 2 finale Doomsday.
  1. Fantastic Four - The Avengers had non-speaking cameos in the season 2 episodes To Battle the Living Planet and Doomsday (the Avengers appearing in both episodes don't fit with the roster shown in Avengers: United They Stand). The Avengers (or Avenger Mansion) are mentioned in the season 2 episodes Worlds Within Worlds and The Sentry Sinister.

[edit] Other characters

  • Absorbing Man: Besides his appearance as an adversary on The Incredible Hulk, Absorbing Man appeared as a member of the Masters of Evil in the Avengers episode Command Decision.
  • Captain America: Captain America appeared on the X-Men episode Old Soldiers and the Avengers episode Command Decision, as well as a recurring role on Spider-Man. Lawrence Bryne provided Captain America's voice on X-Men while David Hayter provided his voice on Spider-Man. Although he never spoke, Cap had a cameo as a member of the Avengers in the Fantastic Four Season 2 episode To Battle the Living Planet.
  • Daredevil: Daredevil appeared on the Fantastic Four episode And a Blind Man Shall Lead Them… and the Spider-Man episodes Framed and The Man Without Fear. Bill Smitrovich provided Daredevil's voice on Fantastic Four while Edward Albert provived his voice on Spider-Man.
  • Doctor Doom: Besides his appearances against familiar adversaries, the Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom appeared on the Spider-Man episode arc Secret Wars and The Incredible Hulk episode Doomed. John Vernon provided Doctor Doom's voice on the first season of Fantastic Four. Simon Templeman took over for Vernon in subsequent Fantastic Four episodes as well as the Doomed episode of The Incredible Hulk. Tom Kane provided Doctor Doom's voice on Spider-Man.
  • Doctor Strange: Doctor Strange appeared on the Spider-Man episode Doctor Strange and The Incredible Hulk episode Mind Over Anti-Matter. John Vernon provided Doctor Strange's voice on Spider-Man while Maurice LaMarche provided his voice on The Incredible Hulk.
  • Ghost Rider: Ghost Rider appeared on the Fantastic Four episode When Calls Galactus and on The Incredible Hulk episode Innocent Blood. Richard Grieco provided Ghost Rider's voice on both occasions.
  • Hawkeye: Hawkeye was a regular character in both Iron Man (as a member of Force Works) and Avengers: United They Stand. He was voiced by John Reilly in Iron Man and by Tony Daniels in Avengers.
  • Hydro-Man: Besides his various appearances as an adversary on Spider-Man, Hydro-Man appeared as a member of the evil Frightful Four on the Fantastic Four episode The Inhumans Saga, Part 1: And the Wind Cries Medusa. Rob Paulsen provided Hyrdo-Man's voice on Spider-Man while Brad Garrett provided his voice on Fantastic Four.
  • Nick Fury: Besides a recurring role on Spider-Man, Nick Fury appeared on the Iron Man episodes The Beast Within and Not Far From the Tree. Philip Abbott was the original voice of Nick Fury on Spider-Man (before Jack Angel took over) in addition to providing his voice on Iron Man.
  • The Scarlet Witch: Scarlet Witch was a regular character in both Iron Man (as a member of Force Works) and Avengers: United They Stand. She was voiced by Jennifer Darling on Iron Man and by Stavroula Logothettis on Avengers (In both appearances, she was voiced with a thick Eastern European accent). She also appeared in the X-Men Season 4 episode Family Ties being voiced by Tara Strong.
  • Thor: Thor appeared on the Fantastic Four episode To Battle the Living Planet and The Incredible Hulk episode Mortal Bounds. John Rhys-Davies provided Thor's voice on both occasions. Thor also had a non-speaking cameo in one episode of X-Men.
  • Whirlwind: Besides his various appearances as an adversary on Iron Man, Whirlwind appeared as a member of the Masters of Evil in the Avengers episode Command Decision.

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