Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion/On the Tiger's Claws

On the Tiger’s Claws is the 4th episode of Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion.
== Characters ==
=== Featured Characters ===
* Spider-Man / Peter Parker (flashback and main story) (impersonated by Amon) (leaves Daily Bugle; joins Stark Industries)
* Tigra / Mary Jane Watson (first full appearance; first appearance as Tigra) (flashback and main story; origins revealed) (impersonated by Jade) (leaves Midtown High School; joins Horizon High School)
=== Supporting Characters ===
* Horizon High School
** Teachers
*** Max Modell (impersonated by Talos)
** Students
*** Kid Arachnid / Miles Morales (first appearance as Kid Arachnid)
*** Gwen Stacy
*** Anya Corazon
*** Liz Allan
*** Randy Robertson
* Skrull Empire
** Talos (first appearance) (impersonates Max Modell)
** Amon (first appearance) (impersonates Peter Parker)
** Jade (first appearance) (impersonates Mary Jane Watson and Betty Brant)
* Daily Bugle
** Betty Brant (impersonated by Jade)
** Robbie Robertson
=== Antagonists ===
* Scorpion / Mac Gargan
* Venom / V-252
** Eddie Brock
* J. Jonah Jameson
* Kraven the Hunter (mentioned)mentioned to have hunted Tigra before, but failed; resulting in Kraven losing his left eye and right arm, as shown in Marvel's Princesses of Destiny Issue #1: "The Tiger’s Hunt"
* Norman Osborn (mentioned only)
* Beetle / Abner Jenkins (first appearance; picture only)
* Thanos (flashback only)
* Doctor Octopus / Otto Octavius (mentioned only)
=== Other Characters ===
* Aunt May
* Anna Watson (first full appearance)
* Titanian Tiger Tribe (first appearance; flashback and main story)
** Soto / Dr. Phillip Watson (mentioned only)
** Unnamed teenage scouts
* Avengers (mentioned only)
** Ant-Man / Scott Lang (mentioned only)
** Iron Man / Tony Stark (poster only)
* Stark Industries
** Unnamed interns
* Odin (invoked)
* Frigga (invoked)
* Midtown High School
** Flash Thompson
== Plot ==
While heading to Daily Bugle to deliver pictures of Spider-Man's recent battle with Beetle, Peter Parker is on the streets of New York having a cellphone conversation with his girlfriend Mary Jane Watsonfirst official appearance since her silent cameo in Venom, who had just dropped out of Midtown High School, and is determined to enroll at Horizon High School, where she was accepted for her expertise in alien technology. Right after the two agree to go out for a date, their conversation is interrupted when Eddie Brock confronts Peter out of jealousy over Peter getting more credit than Brock ever did for taking pictures of Spider-Man for the Daily Bugle, issuing a heated argument between the two which, despite Robbie Robertson's intervention, ends with Peter deciding to quit the Bugle and go work as a Stark Industries intern "like Spider-Man suggested him to do". Dismayed to hear this, J. Jonah Jameson berates at Brock for ruining their only opportunity to uncover and expose Spider-Man's identity (which Jameson publicly claims that "only Peter Parker knows") and fires him, to Brock's shock. The conversation is overheard by Talos, the general of the Skrull Empire's army, through a tracker implanted by Betty Brant, who is actually young Skrull scout Jade in disguise.
Back in Horizon High School, Peter is having a moment with Gwen Stacy and Anya Corazon (both girls and other close friends of his as well as Aunt May, Mary Jane’s aunt Anna, and Max Modell had discovered Peter's secret as Spider-Man after his battle against Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopusas depicted in the previous episode Between Ock and a Hard Place, and expressed support about it) before they greet Mary Jane, who reveals to have dropped out of Midtown High after overhearing a heated argument between Flash Thompson and a football jock he recently kicked out of the school's football teammore is explained in City of Heroes, Part 3: American Cats, reminding Peter of his recent quitting from the Daily Bugle. They also greet new Horizon High students Liz Allan and Randy Robertson, who also dropped out of Midtown High after feeling neglected by former classmates cheering constantly on Flash. Just then, the school is attacked by Scorpion, who (heeding Jameson's rumors) comes after Peter demanding answers about Spider-Man's identity until Miles Morales (as Kid Arachnid) and a individual impersonating Spider-Man arrive to defeat him and drive him off, but not before Peter puts a tracker in Scorpion's armor to keep him in check. The individual is revealed as Amon, another Skrull scout who was sent by Talos along with his lover Jade to keep their eyes wide open on the V-252. Peter's friends also overhear of the existence of the Titanian Tigers, alien Man-Tigers who were banished from their home planet of Titan by Thanos centuries ago, with a tribe taking refuge on Earth, and Miles, Gwen and Anya learn that Mary Jane was the very first person who learned that Peter was Spider-Man after seeing him getting bitten by the lab spider in Oscorpevents of the Origins shorts. Meanwhile, Jameson is in his office overhearing citizens complaining over his bad behavior towards Spider-Man even after he stopped Doctor Octopus's schemes in Horizon High (with some citizens even accusing Jameson of collaborating with Octavius) before he is confronted by Scorpion, who threatens to kill him if he does not get the answers he wants about Spider-Man. Jameson begrudgingly bargains with Scorpion by paying him a long amount of fortune in exchange of capturing and interrogating Peter, so that both can lure Spider-Man out, and expose and destroy him for good. Discreetly overhearing this, Betty phones Peter and alerts him about it.
Peter and Mary Jane answer Betty's warnings as they discuss an idea to expose Jameson. Amon and Jade reveal to have put trackers on Jameson's office to insure they could record the evidences of his possible crimes, and with Robbie backing them up. Seeking to lure Peter out, Scorpion opts in going after his aunt May, but he ends up attacked by Tigra, a half-human, half-alien humanoid tigress and the daughter of the Titanian Tigers' current Earth tribe chief Soto, who viciously beats him and cripples his armor, scaring him off. Unknown to Scorpion, Tigra is actually Mary Jane's own superhero alias. Meanwhile, Brock (feeling humiliated over the loss of his job) is pushed to his breaking point, forcing him to get pictures for the V-252 at the Space Administration so be certain that he will earn his job back. Sensing Brock's hatred for Peter, the V-252 breaks free and merges with Brock, transforming him into a new version of Venom. Elsewhere, Peter is enjoying a date with Mary Jane at their neighborhood's coffeehouse until they both sense Scorpion and Venom coming after him, although to the young couple's advantage, the two villains end up fighting each other to determine who will get his prize. Peter at the point expresses regret over bringing this on. But Mary Jane says she does not blame him, and knows that only Jameson and Brock are to blame for not caring about other people in need like Peter did. The two share a kiss, with Mary Jane sharing a bit of her Titanian Tiger power to Peter, severing Venom's link to him in the process. The two suit up as Spider-Man and Tigra respectively and prepare to take down Venom and Scorpion while Amon and Jade (disguised as Peter and Mary Jane) rush to get help, as Venom is stunned to see both "Peter Parker and Spider-Man in different places", invalidating Brock's suspicions about their connection to one another. Scorpion (having developed a newfound fear of Tigra following their earlier fight) attempts to flee, but he is intercepted by Kid Arachnid. Venom on the other hand manages to absorb Scorpion's armor, while voicing his plan to bring the Symbiotes of his planet to Earth, and disposes of Brock after deeming him useless.
Meanwhile, Jameson attempts (but fails) to contact Scorpion until he is ambushed and beaten by Amon and Jade, who use their recorded evidences to expose Jameson for hiring Scorpion after Peter and Spider-Man, with Robbie and Betty backing them up by exposing Jameson for having also hired Kraven the Hunter to kill Gwen and Norman Osborn back when they were turned into Man-Spiders by the Jackalduring the episode Spider-Island, Part 3. The fight against Venom eventually takes place in Midtown High School's football field, where Venom voices interest in bonding with Flash againalso since Season 1 episode Venom. Under Tigra's suggestions to use fire (which is another weakness of the Symbiotes) to weaken him, Spider-Man and Kid Arachnid lure Venom towards a vat of oil, which Tigra ignites with a fire breath, eventually weakening Venom enough for Talos (who was at the time disguised as Modell) and the scouts to capture him. Brock recovers and tries to escape, but is captured by four young Titanian Tiger scouts who were sent by Soto after him so that Brock could be taught a painful lesson. With the fight over, Talos and his scouts depart with Venom, while Jameson is arrested for the incident and for threatening Peter's life for money. While Peter and his friends enjoy themselves, Anya finds herself sticking the walls, feeling excited to learn that she still has her spider-powers from the Man-Spider crisisduring the Spider-Island arc. Story continues in next episode.
== Voice Cast ==
* Robbie Daymond as Spider-Man / Peter Parker, Amon
* Ashley Johnson as Tigra / Mary Jane Watson, Jade
* Nadji Jeter as Kid Arachnid / Miles Morales, Male Teenage Titanian Tigers
* Laura Bailey as Gwen Stacy
* Melanie Minichino as Anya Corazon, Female Teenage Titanian Tigers
* Natalie Lander as Liz Allan
* Zeno Robinson as Randy Robertson
* Ernie Hudson as Robbie Robertson
* Grey DeLisle as Betty Brant
* Jennifer Hale as Aunt Anna, Female Stark Industries intern
* Nancy Linari as Aunt May
* Fred Tatasciore as Max Modell, Talos
* Ben Pronsky as Eddie Brock
* Benjamin Diskin as Venom / V-252, Flash Thompson
* Jason Spisak as Scorpion / Mac Gargan
* Bob Joles as J. Jonah Jameson
== Trivia ==
* In response of Mary Jane saying she does not feel endangered, Peter asks her what she feels, to which she replies: "I just feel you." before they share a kiss. This moment is similar to the one between Wanda Maximoff and Vision in Avengers: Infinity War.
== References ==
Category:Episodes
Category:Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion