Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
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| Genre | Animated series |
| Running time | 30 min |
| Creator(s) | Steve Ditko Stan Lee |
| Starring | Neil Patrick Harris Lisa Loeb Ian Ziering |
| Country of origin | USA / Canada |
| Original channel | MTV |
| Original run | July 11, 2003–September 12, 2003 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (a.k.a. MTV Spider-Man) was an animated series featuring the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, which ran for one season (13 episodes) starting July 2003. The show was made using computer generated imagery (CGI) rendered in cel shading and was produced by Mainframe Entertainment (Executive Producer Brian Michael Bendis) for Sony Pictures Television and broadcast on MTV; it featured characters and a loose continuity from the 2002 Spider-Man movie (except Aunt May, who was seen only in photographs throughout the series). Spider-Man was voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.
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[edit] Synopsis
The CGI version of Marvel's popular superhero features the voice talents of Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Lisa Loeb as Mary Jane and Ian Ziering as Harry Osborn. Assuming this series fits into the movie continuity, it takes place sometime after the first (as Norman Osborn is dead). Here, Peter has graduated from high school and is attending Empire State University. Still burdened with the desire to use his incredible, spider bite-derived powers to do good, he finds it hard balancing his responsibilities of being a superhero with schoolwork and his romance with Mary Jane Watson.
[edit] Credits
[edit] Voice talents
| Role | Voice actor |
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| Spider-Man/Peter Parker | Neil Patrick Harris |
| Mary Jane Watson | Lisa Loeb |
| Harry Osborn | Ian Ziering |
| Officer Barr | Edward Asner |
[edit] Guest voice talents
- Stan Lee did the voice of Frank Elson in the last two episodes: (12, 13) Mind Games.
- The heavy-metal singer Rob Zombie did the voice of Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard in episode 3, Law of the Jungle.
- Rap Star Eve lent her voice to Talon (based off Black Cat) in Keeping Secrets.
- Kathy Griffin did the voice of Roxanne, one of the Gaines Twins in Mind Games 1 and 2.
- Michael Dorn voiced Kraven the Hunter in Mind Games 1 and 2.
- Michael Clarke Duncan reprises his role as The Kingpin from Daredevil in Royal Scam.
- Jeffrey Combs is the voice of a professor in Heroes and Villains (episode 1.06) and Dr. Zellner in Flash Memory (episode 1.09).
- James Marsters (Spike of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) voiced Sergei, the leader of a high-tech gang of mercenaries called Pterodax, in Tight Squeeze and Mind Games: Part 1.
- Harold Perrineau Jr. provided the voice of Turbo Jet, a villain possibly based on The Rocket Racer in Heroes and Villains.
- Gina Gershon provided the voice of the ronin Shikata in Sword of Shikata.
[edit] Episode Guide
- Note: What follows is the chronology according to the DVD release. MTV aired the episodes out of order. The air dates have not been changed.
| # | Title | Screenshot | Overview | Original Airdate |
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| 1 | Heroes and Villains |  |
When a lowly high-tech thug named Turbo Jet starts stealing jewels to save the people who live near campus from relocating, he becomes a hero to New York - especially to the people on campus. But meanwhile, Spider-Man's reputation of a hero changes to a villain, thanks to Turbo Jet because the wall-crawler isn't stealing for the campus people. But as Spider-Man knows in his superhero career, stealing is stealing and something isn't good about Turbo Jet. Meanwhile, Harry Osborn seems to have involvement in the campus buildings being torn down. | August 22, 2003 |
| 2 | Royal Scam |  |
Spider-Man is duped into helping the Kingpin gain a computer chip that can access all the banks in the world. But after he helps him, he realizes he's been scammed and must get the chip back before he really is a villain and a big crime lord pulls off the biggest heist in history! Meanwhile, with Spider-Man's alter ego, Peter Parker, is slowly losing a big relationship with his girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson, as he misses her plays. | August 15, 2003 |
| 3 | Law Of The Jungle |  |
Peter’s professor, Doc Conners, injects himself with reptilian DNA to grow back his long lost right arm but that transforms him into Lizard. Now with his newfound abilities, he plans to kill Harry Osborn for revenge because Conners blames his late father, Norman Osborn, for his arm's loss. Now Spider-Man must save Harry. Meanwhile, Harry celebrates the first anniversary of his father's death and looks into his stuff. | July 18, 2003 |
| 4 | The Sword Of Shikata |  |
A powerful ninja assassin named Shikata is sent by Richard Damien to find and capture Spider-Man. But when Shikata sees how worthy a foe Spider-Man is after one fight, she decides to quit her deal with Damien and fight Spider-Man to the death. Meanwhile, Mary Jane becomes an actress thanks to Damien. | July 11, 2003 |
| 5 | Keeping Secrets |  |
Spider-Man meets a highly advanced techno-thief called Talon only to find out it's Harry's new girlfriend, Cheyenne Tate. Now Spider-Man and Peter Parker must break the two up without hurting either of Harry or Cheyenne's feelings. | July 18, 2003 |
| 6 | Tight Squeeze |  |
Pterodax, a group of three high-tech terroists, takes the Empire 1 newsstation hostage and demand Spider-Man while one of their hostages, Peter Parker, is Spider-Man! Now, Peter must find a way to get out of Empire 1 in time to save the people without anyone knowing who he is. Meanwhile, Peter finds a possible new love interest in the quirky Indira Daimonji, short-formed Indy. | July 25, 2003 |
| 7 | Head Over Heels |  |
Peter’s lab partner Christina's new invention that helps her read minds goes haywire, driving her insane and making her obsessed with being with Spider-Man, in which she is already a fangirl of his! Meanwhile, Mary Jane decides to level her relationship with Peter by offering each other tidbits. | July 25, 2003 |
| 8 | The Party |  |
Peter's dorky friend Max Dillon gets bullied too far, only to become Electro and seeks to kill his tormenters. | July 11, 2003 |
| 9 | Flash Memory |  |
Dr. Zellner tests his “smart drug” on Flash Thompson, who begins to display dramatic spikes in intelligence. However, the cure proves deadly. With only minutes to find an antidote, Zellner takes Flash’s suggestion that he experiment on an already intelligent candidate: Peter Parker. Meanwhile, Spider-Man notices that not only does Flash take the drug, but also two twin crooks: Jack and Mack. | August 29, 2003 |
| 10 | Spider-Man Dis-Sabled |  |
Spider-Man battles Silver Sable, an eastern European assassin for hire when Peter takes a photo of her trying to kill the Mayor of the city. However, Sable really wants to kill the Mayor's assistant, as he is a terroist. She then goes undercover as another one of the Mayor's assistants while Peter, Mary Jane, Harry and Indy investigate on her. Sable then kidnaps MJ, Harry and Indy and threatens Peter if he doesn't give her the evidence on what she's going to do, then the trio she has dies. Meanwhile, Peter starts dating Indy, which strangely makes MJ jealous. | August 8, 2003 |
| 11 | When Sparks Fly |  |
Electro returns from his seeming death and tries to make Sally, a girl he has a crush on, become just like him. | August 1, 2003 |
| 12 | Mind Games, Part One |  |
Spider-Man battles two telepathic twins called the Gaines Twins, and is brainwashed by them to believe that Kraven the Hunter killed Mary Jane in an attempt for him to kill Kraven. | September 5, 2003 |
| 13 | Mind Games, Part Two |  |
Spider-Man comes to his senses that Kraven didn't kill MJ, puts him to jail and battles the Gaines Twins as he figured out they have Mary Jane, but in the process seriously injures Indy by pushin her off a roof, putting her in a coma. Now all of New York wants Spider-Man to either leave the Big Apple or retire. Spider-Man agrees to retire but not before he defeats the Gaines Twins first. | September 12, 2003 |
[edit] Villain appearances
- Electro: on episodes 8 & 11.
- The Lizard: on episode 3.
- Silver Sable: on episodes 10 and 12 (not a real appearance).
- Kingpin: on episode 2.
- Kraven the Hunter: on episodes 12 (not a real appearance) and 13.
[edit] External links
- Spider-Man: The New Animated Series at the Internet Movie Database
- DVD website
- MTV Spider-Man at UGO.com
- Spider-Man: The New Animated Series @ Marvel Animation Age
- Save the MTV Spider-Man: The New Animated Series petition
| Spider-Man | ||
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| Publications | Main continuity: Amazing Fantasy • The Amazing Spider-Man • Marvel Team-Up The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) • Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man • Spider-Man Unlimited Other continuities: Ultimate Spider-Man • Marvel Adventures Spider-Man • Spider-Girl • Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane |
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| Television | Spider-Man (1967) • Amazing Spider-Man (1978) • Spider-Man (1981) •Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981) • Spider-Man (1994) Spider-Man Unlimited (1999) • Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003) • Untitled Spider-Man Animated Series (2007) |
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| Films | Spider-Man (2002) • Spider-Man 2 (2004) • Spider-Man 3 (2007) | |
| Other topics | ||
| Spider-Man writers • Spider-Man artists • Spider-Man supporting characters • Spider-Man villains • Spider-Man's powers and equipment • Video games | ||
