Carnage (Symbiote)

## Carnage

The **Carnage** symbiote is a recurring anti-villain/hero of *Ultimate Spider-Man*.

It is a minor antagonist in Season 2 and the main antagonist of *The Symbiote Saga* arc turned major character in Season 4: *vs The Sinister 6*.

It is a Symbiote created from Spider-Man's and the Venom symbiote's DNA by Green Goblin and later by Dr. Michael Morbius and Doctor Octopus that can attach itself to a human host to form an almost unstoppable villain or a superhero in Mary Jane Watson's case. It was a recurring foe of Spider-Man before becoming an ally with Mary Jane as its main host. In Season 2, the Green Goblin created Carnage after injecting the Venom symbiote into Peter Parker to be his ideal image of a son until Harold Osborn got it to bond with him by turning back into Venom. In Season 4: *vs The Sinister 6*, Michael Morbius and Doctor Octopus recreate the symbiote for Hydra but it bonded with New York's citizens until Spider-Man, his friends and allies stopped it with the aid of the Anti-Venom symbiote before it bonded with Mary Jane Watson to become the Carnage Queen before she and it were freed from Hydra's control. However, it bonded with Mary Jane to be its perfect host and become an ally of Spider-Man and S.H.I.E.L.D.

It is initially one of Spider-Man's greatest enemies, but after it reforms it becomes one of his recurring allies.

## Physical Appearance

In it's first creation, Carnage had big white eyes and a long tongue. Carnage's body is mostly red, with black lines around its body. It is similar to the Venom symbiote except for his hulking form and his body is much more red and has normal colored teeth.

In it's second creation, Carnage has big white eyes and a long tongue. Carnage's body is mostly red, with black lines around its body. It is similar to the Venom symbiote except for his hulking form and his body is much more red has black teeth.

## History

### Season 2

#### Carnage

After Green Goblin kidnaps Peter Parker (not knowing that he is Spider-Man) to turn him into the perfect son due to Harry Osborn rejecting the Venom symbiote in his last fight in the Helicarrier. Believing that Peter is smarter, more driven and as a wimpy defenseless kid, he appreciates power. He then injects Peter with the symbiote which makes Peter panic about what he is going to turn into. Green Goblin reveals that it's an old family recipe and that it will help grow big and strong. The symbiote starts spreading all over Peter which makes Green Goblin believe that Venom has taken over Peter. He is then shocked to discover that the symbiote becoming red in the process and sprouts spikes from it's body and back. After the transformation is complete, the symbiote breaks out of its bonds and starts running. Green Goblin is surprised by how stronger and more destructive the new symbiote is and becomes pleased with it. The Symbiote knocks down a shelf of jars before destroying one of the computer screens. The symbiote then attacks Green Goblin but he dodges it twice and subdues the creature by shocking it into obeying him. Green Goblin proudly finds it perfect and tells it to look at the absolute carnage it brought and then decides that the name **Carnage** is a perfect name for the symbiote. He then looks on the computer screens to see that Spider-Man has survived with his team helping him. This angers him and he orders Carnage to find and rip the team into shreds, bring him Spider-Man and that he can then be part of the family. Carnage then leaves to do his mission. He swings over to the Osborn penthouse where Harry, Nick Fury and Spider-Man's team (consisting of White Tiger, Iron Fist, Power Man and Nova) see him coming. They believe him to be Venom before he ambushes Director Fury and two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Carnage jump kicks an agent before using a tendril to knock him against the roof before using another tendril to grab a fleeing agent. He then grabs Director Fury who fires at him but Carnage throws him far into the main doors, knocking him out. The team realize that the symbiote is not Venom before Harry points out that it is still the same symbiote before realizing that Carnage is Peter. Carnage sends his tendrils to hit the team before Power Man uses a coffee table to block them. However, the tendrils destroy the table but White Tiger saves Harry from the tendrils. Carnage proceeds to jump in the center of the room before avoiding Power Man's punch. He then uses his tendrils to knock Nova down on the second floor. He uses his tendrils to attack Iron Fist but he dodges them and kicks Carnage. Carnage quickly recovers and pounces on him before Iron Fist punches him away. Unfortunately, Carnage uses his tendrils to stop himself in midair. Iron Fist points out that this symbiote is different. Carnage lands on the stairs before Power Man holds him down. Before he can punch Carnage, the symbiote uses it's spikes to move him away. Power Man finds that it is pointier before getting kicked. Nova fires at Carnage but the the symbiote dodges all of them and lands behind him. Nova finds that it is also peppier before getting hit by Carnage's tendrils onto the couch. It then chases White Tiger who jumps behind it before managing to scratch it's tendrils away. However, Carnage pounces on her before jumping onto a wall before jumping back into the center of the room. White Tiger points out that Green Goblin improved on the original formula. Iron Fist jumps to punch it but Carnage's tendrils grab him and throw him against a bookcase. It then jump kicks Power Man before White Tiger attacks it. Carnage knocks her away before using another bookcase to crush her. Nova fires at him but Carnage dodges them before using it's tendrils to grab him and throw him away. It then attacks Harry who surprisingly orders it to stop. He tells it that it knows who he is, that they were Venom and that they have a bond. The symbiote then bonds with Harry which frees Peter but also turns back into Venom. Spider-Man and his team are able to free Harry from the symbiote but Green Goblin escapes.

### Season 4

#### The Symbiote Saga

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The Carnage symbiote was recreated by Michael Morbius under Crossbones' orders. After being injected with a serum with vampire bat DNA in it by Doctor Octopus, Morbius retaliates by throwing the symbiote on Doc Ock, turning into Carnage-Ock. Spider-Man and Flash Thompson were able to use a sound device on the symbiote which not only removed it from Doctor Octopus, but also neutralized the nanites that changed Doctor Octopus' appearance. The Carnage symbiote then forms itself to its familiar form as it plans to cause chaos. He does this by causing Spider-Man and Agent Venom to trick it into exploding so that the civilians below can become infected by the fragments of the Carnage symbiote.

Carnage fragments possess every civilian in Manhattan including J. Jonah Jameson, the Hulk and Shriek. Spider-Man had to work with Captain America, Agent Venom, Iron Fist, and Cloak and Dagger to fight them even when some Carnage-possessed civilians awaken Harry Osborn from his coma enough to be Anti-Venom again. Upon getting control of the Anti-Venom, Harry sacrifices its powers to undo Carnage's control on the civilians.

The Carnage remains reassemble into one giant Carnage as it envelopes Midtown High. While fighting passed the Mini-Carnages, Spider-Man, Agent Venom, and Harry Osborn in the American Son armor find that Mary Jane Watson has been transformed into the Carnage Queen as the mutated Morbius uses a mind-control device on her head. Morbius and Crossbones later further their plans to use the deactivated missiles confiscated by S.H.I.E.L.D. below Midtown High to send Carnage drones to every city in the world. Upon Spider-Man breaking the mind-control device, the Carnage Queen fends off Morbius and Crossbones as Spider-Man, Agent Venom, and Patrioteer reveal their identities to Mary Jane to break her free from the Carnage symbiote. What they don't know is that some residue of Carnage is still in Mary Jane.

#### Spider-Woman

*Main Article: Spider-Woman*

Carnage still lives with an MJ who uses it in hero guise.

### Powers and Abilities

* **Superhuman Strength:** Carnage is vastly stronger than the team and S.H.I.E.L.D. combined.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Carnage is able to take multiple hits from his enemies.
* **Superhuman Agility:** Carnage is able to jump 30 feet and is more agile than Venom.
* **Superhuman Reflexes:** Carnage shares Spiderman's enhanced reflexes and reaction time.
* **Webbing Generation:** Carnage can shoot strands of it's substance in the form of "webbing".
* **Wall-Crawling:** Carnage is able to climb most surfaces like Venom and Spider-Man
* **ESP (Spider-Sense):** Carnage possesses an extrasensory ability similar to Spider-Man’s spider-sense.
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* **Shapeshifting:** Carnage can change his size and shape. He can also do this without a host.
	+ **Constituent-Matter Manipulation (Multiple Tendrils)**: This ability was the primary method of attack by Carnage this was form his symbiotic costume into long whip-like tendrils that acted as limbs so as to be more effective against opponents, ensnaring and lashing them.
	+ **Spike Generation:** Carnage can generate a couple of spikes from his body.
	+ **Stretchable Tongue:** Carnage can stretch out his tongue.
* **Possession:** Carnage has the ability to latch onto anyone and use their powers while taking control of their bodies.
* **Self-Evolution:** Morbius has programmed this symbiote with the ability to evolve at an incredible pace.
	+ **Regeneration:** This particular Symbiote has the ability to regenerate at an incredible pace as well.
	+ **Independence:** After its separation from Monster Ock, it evolved and gained the ability to the human form and live without a host. It was even capable of speaking.
	+ **Limited Purging:** After Anti-Venom was destroyed after purging the original Carnage hive, Carnage absorbed some of Anti-Venom's symbiotic material and acquired a weakened version of his symbiote toxicity, making attacks from Carnage drones painful to Agent Venom.

## Appearances

### Ultimate Spider-Man

#### Comics

##### **Ultimate Spider-Man Infinite Comic**

* Ultimate Spider-Man Infinite Comic #15 (cameo)

## Trivia

* In it's first creation, Carnage seemed to obey everyone's commands like when Green Goblin told it to obey him and when Harry told it to stop and bond with him.
* In the comics, Carnage's first/original host was Cletus Kasady.
* The Symbiote Saga involving Carnage as the main antagonist was based on the *Maximum Carnage* storyline, with a bit of the *Spider-Island* storyline, such as the Anti-Venom symbiote's sacrifice on curing the infected
* Carnage has stated to not need a host and can take on a humanoid shape without the need of one.
	+ The Ultimate comics version of Carnage also had no host, and was a vampiric symbiote that feeds on the life force of humans to sustain itself. However, the Carnage symbiote did have a host when it returned, the host was the Ultimate version of Gwen Stacy's clone. While in this series, Mary Jane is the host for Carnage.
* In Season 4, Carnage's base form without a host is based on the classic Cletus Kasady version of the character.

## Background in other media

* This is Carnage's third animated appearance in television after *Spider-Man (1994)* and *Spider-Man: Unlimited*.
* Dee Bradley Baker had previously voiced Carnage in the 2000 *Spider-Man* video game and *Marvel Heroes*.
* This is the second time Peter Parker is Carnage's host after the 2005 *Ultimate Spider-Man* video game.
* Carnage with Doctor Octopus as a host first occurred in the 2000 *Spider-Man* game.
* Fred Tatasciore previously voiced Carnage in *Spider-Man: Friend or Foe*, *Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2* and *Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions*.
* Carnage is actually Venom's son/partial clone.

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