Spider-Man: The Animated Series

Original title: Spider-Man

TV Series
1994–1998
TV-Y7
23m

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

37K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,917

Christopher Daniel Barnes in Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994)

A young man with spider-like abilities fights crime as a superhero in New York City while trying to have a normal personal life.

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A young man with spider-like abilities fights crime as a superhero in New York City while trying to have a normal personal life.A young man with spider-like abilities fights crime as a superhero in New York City while trying to have a normal personal life.A young man with spider-like abilities fights crime as a superhero in New York City while trying to have a normal personal life.

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IMDb RATING

8.4/10

37K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,917

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations total

Episodes65

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Trivia
Once in a secure position, story editor John Semper made his first demand of the combined FOX-Marvel forces by making them buy him a complete collection of Spider-Man comics. FOX and Marvel had the idea that armed with six trade paperbacks, Semper was going to create a 65-episode series. However, he told them no, invest the money in the books and they could use them for reference. Semper got his comics and as '93 moved into '94 the story editor began researching more than 30 years of Spider-lore - building the foundation of this series.

Quotes
Tombstone: Come down here and fight like a man!
Spider-Man: I don't suppose I could convince you to come up here and fight like a spider.

Crazy credits
The episodes shown in syndication of the Jetix line-up feature a shortened opening credit sequence that shows clips from all 5 seasons. However, Season Two episodes have their original intro.

Alternate versions
An alternate, shorter opening sequence compiling footage from all of the show's seasons is shown during the Jetix airings on the shows (though Season 2 episodes have the original Season 2 intro.)

Connections
Featured in Biography: Stan Lee: ComiX-Man! (1995)

Soundtracks
Spider-Man Theme
written by Shuki Levy
performed by Joe Perry

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Review

Featured review

Great Show, regardless of bad animation in spots

Alot of people complain about the animation in this show. While it was rather poor in spots, it had some good CGI backgrounds of cityscapes, which looked neat. And then there's the story: AWESOME!! So what is the animation is spotty, people read Lord of the Rings even if the edition is 25 years old, water stained, and smells of dank basement. I loved the stories about Venom, they showed real moral dilemmas. It was on par with the spectacular X-Men show of about the same time. Fox should put a definitive DVD collection out of this, X-Men, and maybe EEEKstravaganza.