Herman Schultz

**Herman Schultz** was a student trying out for Osborn Academy with his friend Clayton Cole. However, due to the auditions only accepting one applicant, the two fought over the position using their clash and shocker technology. After an encounter with Spider-Man and the Jackal, they renew their friendship, but Herman was accepted into Osborn Academy and not Clayton.

## Appearance

Herman is a Caucasian teenage boy with brown hair and brown eyes.

## Personality

Herman appears to be a well-rounded person. Despite Norman stating he would only accept one of the boys, Herman told him that he and Clayton have always been a team a moment before Clayton messed with his shocker gauntlets.

## History

### Osborn Academy

Herman and his best friend Clayton Cole both applied to Osborn Academy and demonstrated their shocker and clash inventions as a duo. However, Norman Osborn was only accepting one applicant (really which of the two friends would go far enough to sabotage the other) and Herman ended up fighting Clayton over the spot. The two friends caused a lot of damage to Osborn Academy and didn't regard the safety of those around them. After taking their fights into the streets of Manhattan, their tech was stolen by the Jackle. After Spider-Man defeated the Jackle, he asked for leniency on Herman and Clayton for helping to retrieve the stolen Stark tech. Norman took full responsibility for pushing the two and only accepted Herman into the school, something which Max Modell noted was a devious move on Norman's part.

After Osborn Academy's destruction in Spider-Island Part Five, it is assumed that Herman transferred to another school.

## Relationships

### Clayton Cole

Herman and Clayton are best friends and created their shocker and clash technology together. The two came at odds with each other after Norman stated only one of them would be enrolled in Osborn Academy, but after being saved from The Jackle by Spider-Man the two have reconciled their friendship, even with Herman being the only accepted into the academy.

## Trivia

* This is Herman Schultz's fourth animated appearance, but technically Shocker's fifth animated appearance, as *The Spectacular Spider-Man* featured **Jackson Brice**, also known as **Montana**, as the Shocker rather than Herman Schultz.
	+ This is the first Spider-Man series that depicts Herman Schultz as a teenager, as well as the first time where he doesn't *officially* take up the Shocker identity.
* While he never becomes **The Shocker** in the series, Peter refers to him and Clash as, "...those Shocker and Clash guys" when discussing the topic of friendship with Harry. He is also referred to as Shocker in the cast list.
* Despite having been accepted into Osborn Academy, Herman has never made another appearance in the series.
	+ When the Sinister Six (Five) were revealed to appear during the Rise of Doctor Octopus Part Four, many fans were expecting Herman to be a part of the group as Shocker.
* Herman's voice actor, Cameron Boyce, passed away on July 6, 2019, due to epilepsy complications.
* Shocker, like many other villains in the series, has a different design closer to his adult Marvel Comics counterpart on the Marvel HQ website, rather than the one in the show.