The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series) (Johnsonverse)

The Spectacular Spider-Man is an American superhero animated television series produced by Johnson Television Animation based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, and developed by Greg Weisman, Victor Cook, and Brett Koshkin. In terms of overall tone and style, the series is based primarily on the Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr. era of The Amazing Spider-Man, with a similar balance of action, drama and comedy as well as a high school setting. However, it also tends to blend material from all eras of the comic's run up to that point in addition to other sources such as the Ultimate Spider-Man comics by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, as well as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films.
The Spectacular Spider-Man was jointly produced Johnson Television Animation and Marvel Entertainment. It premiered on September 16, 2008, during the WBC Kids programming block of WBC. The series aired for five seasons consisting of 65 episodes in addition to various direct-to-video films connecting each season before ending its run on December 15, 2012. The entire series was broadcast in Canada on Teletoon, while reruns are broadcast on Cartoon Network.
The series received critical acclaim, with praise for its faithful portrayal of the titular protagonist (along with the supporting characters and villains), the writing, and the unique character designs and art style. After its end, the series was followed by Ultimate Spider-Man (2013-2021) and The Amazing Spider-Girl (2022-present), both set in the same continuity, with spin-offs including Venom (2011-2017) and Silk (2018-present). The series' iteration of Spider-Man made a return in the 2023 film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, with Josh Keaton reprising the role.
==Synopsis ==
The series follows Peter Parker, a student at Midtown Manhattan Magnet High School who struggles to balance his responsibilities as the costumed hero Spider-Man with the problems of his personal life. Each season takes place over a semester, with season one running from September to November, season two from December to March, season three from April to May, season four from August to November, and season five from December to March.
Producer Greg Weisman has stated that the series' theme is "The Education of Peter Parker", and each of the show's arcs is named after a course of study: season one's arcs are Biology 101, Economics 101, Chemistry 101, and Psychology 101; while season two's arcs are Engineering 101, Human Development 101, Criminology 101, and Drama 101.
=== Season 1 ===
=== Season 2 ===
=== Season 3 ===
=== Season 4 ===
=== Season 5 ===
==Episodes==
==Cast and characters==
Main article: List of The Spectacular Spider-Man characters (Johnsonverse)
The vast timeline of the Spider-Man comics has been condensed and reconfigured to include classic and important characters within the same timeframe. Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, Mary Jane Watson and Miles Morales are depicted not as direct equivalents to their counterparts, but rather as characters who will eventually evolve into their established roles from the comics. The series sports a wide supporting cast where every named character who is featured, in however minor a capacity, is based on a character who has appeared in either the main continuity of the comics, the Ultimate Spider-Man comics (such as Kenny Kong), or Sam Raimi's film series (such as Bernard Houseman). The series incorporates numerous villains from different eras of the Spider-Man mythology, almost all of whom are introduced as regular characters before they adopt their established villain identities in later episodes (such as Eddie Brock, who is introduced in the pilot but only becomes Venom at the end of season one).
Although Cletus Kasady also appears, the Carnage symbiote does not.
===Main cast===
* Josh Keaton – Peter Parker / Spider-Man
* Lacey Chabert – Gwen Stacy
* James Arnold Taylor – Harry Osborn, Fredrick Foswell / Patch
* J. K. Simmons – J. Jonah Jameson
* Vanessa Marshall – Mary Jane Watson
* Joshua LeBar – Flash Thompson
* Alanna Ubach – Liz Allan
* Clancy Brown – George Stacy, Alex O'Hirn / Rhino, Ox (pilot)
* Alan Rachins – Norman Osborn
=== Additional voices ===
* Thom Adcox – Phineas Mason / Tinkerer
* David Agranov - Cletus Kasady / Carnage
* Ed Asner – Ben Parker
* Dee Bradley Baker – Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard
* Ogie Banks - Hobie Brown / Prowler
* Irene Bedard – Jean DeWolff
* Jeff Bennett – Montana / Shocker, St. John Devereaux, Bernard Houseman
* Xander Berkeley – Quentin Beck / Mysterio
* Brian Bloom - Steve Rogers / Captain America
* Steve Blum – Green Goblin, Chameleon, Blackie Gaxton, Dillbert Trilby, Seymour O'Reilly
* Angela Bryant – Calypso
* Max Burkholder – Billy Connors
* Daran Norris - John Jameson
* Robert Costanzo – Sullivan Edwards
* Nikki Cox – Sable Manfredi / Silver Sable
* Jim Cummings – Cat Burglar, Crusher Hogan
* Keith David – L. Thompson Lincoln / Tombstone / Big Man
* Grey DeLisle – Betty Brant, Sally Avril
* John DiMaggio – Flint Marko / Sandman, Hammerhead
* Benjamin Diskin – Eddie Brock / Venom
* Charles Duckworth – Hobie Brown
* Michael Clarke Duncan - Wilson Fisk / Kingpin
* Robert Englund – Adrian Toomes / Vulture
* Bill Fagerbakke – Morris Bench / Hydro-Man
* Miguel Ferrer – Silvio Manfredi / Silvermane
* Crispin Freeman – Max Dillon / Electro
* Elisa Gabrielli – Dr. Ashley Kafka
* Brian George – Aaron Warren, Dr. Miles Warren
* Dorian Harewood – Dr. Bromwell
* Tricia Helfer – Felicia Hardy / Black Cat
* Kelly Hu – Sha Shan Nguyen
* David Kaufman - Johnny Storm / Human Torch
* Andrew Kishino – Kenny Kong, Ned Lee
* Brett Koshkin - Alana Alexander
* Clyde Kusatsu – Ted Twaki
* Phil LaMarr – Robbie Robertson, Rand Robertson, Fancy Dan / Ricochet
* Stan Lee – Stan
* Eric Lopez – Mark Allan / Molten Man
* Jane Lynch – Joan Jameson
* Peter MacNicol – Dr. Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus / Master Planner
* Nolan North - Scott Summers / Cyclops
* Terrell Ransom Jr. - Miles Morales
* James Remar – Walter Hardy
* Kevin Michael Richardson – Principal Davis
* Kath Soucie – Dr. Martha Connors, Anna Watson
* Jason Spisak - Mac Gargan / Scorpion
* Deborah Strang – May Parker
* Cree Summer – Glory Grant
* Fred Tatasciore - Bruce Banner / Hulk, Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast
* Danny Trejo – Ox
* Courtney B. Vance – Roderick Kingsley / Hobgoblin
* Eric Vesbit – Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter
* B.J. Ward – Mayor Waters
* Greg Weisman – Donald Menken
* Thomas F. Wilson – Stan Carter
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