| "Make a Wish/Attack of the Octobot" | |||
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Octopus with the mind controlled Spider-Man |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 29-30 |
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| Written by |
Part One: John Semper Meg McLaughlin |
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| Production code | 216-217 | ||
| Original air date |
Part One: 1996-05-04 |
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"Make a Wish/Attack of the Octobot" is a two-part episode from season 3 of the Spider-Man animated series.
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In a battle with Dr. Octopus a medical research building is destroyed. Blaming himself, Peter is considering giving up being Spider-Man, when he meets a mystic figure named Madame Web and his biggest fan, a little girl called Taina. Spider-Man shares his origin with her. Dr. Octopus attacks with his new invention the Octobot. After a battle Spider-Man is captured. After the battle with Dr. Octopus Spider-Man is captured and brainwashed by Dr. Octopus using a 'neuro neutralizer ray'. Dr. Octopus uses the ray to wipe Spider-Man's memory and convinces him (along with some news clips from Jameson) that he is his partner in crime. While the two 'criminals' plan to steal an alloy from the Wellington Foundry, a young girl (Taina) along with the help of a kind cab driver (Mousie) try to stop Spider-Man and help him realize who he truly is.
The episode was loosely based on "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man," from Amazing Spider-Man #248 (1984). In this storyline Spider-Man went to visit a dying child who was a big fan of Spider-Man. Spider-Man told him his origin, like to Taina, and even revealed his secret identity to him, like he would do to Taina in part 2. The child had a disease and at the end of part 2, it shows Taina lives at the Hardy Foundation for Terminally Ill Children, implying she was dying as well, like the kid in the comics.[1] The only notable difference between the comics and the series is that in the comics, it was a boy Spider-Man visited, while, in this episode, Spider-Man visited Taina who was a girl. The episodes take elements from Amazing Spider-Man issues #53, #55, and #56.
When Taina asked Spider-Man if he came from a dying alien planet, she is obviously referencing to the popular DC comics superhero Superman. The Superman reference may not have been coincidence as the episode was written by Superman writer Elliot S. Maggin.
In part two, the sign above the theatre Taina goes to for help says: 'Ed Wood Film Festival'. This is most likely a reference to Edward D. Wood, Jr the film maker.
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