The Spectacular Spider-Man
TV Show • 2008 • Animation
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The Spectacular Spider-Man is an American animated television series based on the superhero character published by Marvel Comics and developed for television by Greg Weisman and Victor Cook. In terms of tone and style, the series is based primarily on the original stories by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, with a similar balance of action, drama, and comedy as well as a high school setting. However, it also tends to utilize material from all eras of the comic's run and other sources such as the film series and the Ultimate Spider-Man comics.
The Spectacular Spider-Man premiered on March 8, 2008 during the Kids' WB programming block of The CW, and received critical acclaim. The series aired its second season on Marvel's sister network, Disney XD in the United States and ended its run on November 18, 2009, also receiving positive critical attention. Although a third season was planned, the series was cancelled before production could begin.
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Harry Osborns father Norman Osborn neglects his son and can sometimes be mean to him. No physical abuse though
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Harry Osborn becomes addicted to a serum that allows him to play football. He makes excuses and is rude to his friends about it.
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Are there spiders?
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The show is about the super hero spider man who was bitten by a radioactive spider also to transition to different scenes a hoard of black cartoon spiders run across the screen
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Are there bugs?
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Are there snakes?
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In season 1 episode 3 there are snakes on screen more than once, not for long, and they do not attack anyone
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Is someone restrained?
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in multiple scenes throughout the show spiderman restrains people using his webbing or is similarly restrained during battle
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Is there amputation?
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identikit
Not exactly. Curtis Connors does lack an arm, and although it is not amputated, it does regrow and then that growth is reversed.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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in at least one scene, there is someone who falls but nobody dies doing so
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both peter and his love interests are minors, and although there is nothing explicit, for more sensitive viewers some scenes can get uncomfortable. all parties involved are minors, so it is not a major issue unless romance subplots bother you.
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Not fatally, but a character does pass out from taking too much of a fictional drug called "Globulin Green"
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Does a parent die?
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Uncle Ben is a father figure to Peter Parker in this show like most spider man shows it shows a origin story on how Peter blames himself for his death and what happened to cause his death
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Does someone cheat?
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A girl named glory breaks up with a jock named kenny and she then goes out with Harry Osborn. At a dance Harry goes to grab them punch only to find Kenny apologizes to glory and she just takes him back without question. Besides that theirs just confusing cheating romantic themes that aren’t okay and can be annoying to watch
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Is electro-therapy used?
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no, however there is a character that gets electrocuted and electrocutes others multiple times
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Season 1 Episode 2 (Interactions) but it doesn't last long.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Well their are scenes where spider man will possibly be crushed into something but it’s not specifically because he’s claustrophobic or anything like that thought I imagine for some it could still be uncomfortable
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Kurtis conners is a character in most if not all spider man media who doesn’t have a arm and tries to use lizard DNA to regrow his arm. This fails and he turns into a lizard creature. I can’t confirm how ableist the show could be but he is in it and this does happen so I thought I go ahead and mention it
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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There’s an episode where the jocks wear cheerleader outfits played for comedy
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Is there sexual content?
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No but the character black cat is highly overly sexualized in the way she talks acts and is perceived. It can be pretty uncomfortable and upsetting
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Does a plane crash?
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Mention is made of characters' parents dying in a plane crash, but it was years before the events of the show
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Spidey's hand bleeds in season 1 episode 3 (natural selection). He bandages (though you don't see any blood beforehand) it with webs but you can still see blood in the holes. It happens when he fights [spoiler] on a train and you can pretty much see it throughout the rest of the episode.
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