Day of the Chameleon

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“Day of the Chameleon”
Spider-Man: The Animated Series episode
the Chameleon
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 13
Written by	John Semper
Production no.	112
Original airdate	June 11, 1995
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"Day of the Chameleon" is the 13th episode from season 1 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

[edit] Summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

An international spy and hitman known as the Chameleon plans to assassinate two major diplomats on the brink of signing the peace proposal of the century. S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury solicits J. Jonah Jameson's assistance in an effort to prevent the "human shape-shifter" from derailing the proposal signing. But only Spider-Man with his super keen "spider-sense" can discern who is really whom and stop the criminal before it's too late. Spider-Man encounters Chameleon at Jameson's big party, and it looks like he bites the dust after Agent 1 shoots down his helicopter. He doesn't. It all goes to a head the following morning at the peace conference. Somehow, Peter Parker gets past security and sits next to JJ. He sets up his camera to take a shot of the diplomats when Spider-Man arrives and knocks "Parker" down. It seems that his camera was really a weapon that would have killed the diplomats. Spider-Man and "Peter" fight until Spidey defeats him by destroying his image-inducer belt, which thereby stops the assination attempt.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

This is the Chameleon's first appearance on the series. He never speaks in his normal form, instead only speaking with his disguise's voices.
This episode won a "Golden Reel Award" from The Motion Picture Sound Editors.
This episode was also was nominated for an IMAGE Award.