Spider-Man returns to the animated screen with a big bang! From the begining we can see that the series featured incredible artwork, animation, CGI effects and a talented voice actors.
This was the Spider-Man that fans knew and loved! It has the soap opera drama; the challenges that Peter Parker faced in balancing his superhero identity with being a struggling college student and photographer. It had (almost) all of the supervillians and secondary characters (i.e. Aunt May, Jamerson, Mary Jane, etc.) true to their comic book personalities.
Basically, this was the Spider-Man animated series that Spidey fans had been waiting a very long time for and gave us hope for his live action film, which was still in a tangeled legal web.
My complaints are few and far between. The CGI animation has not aged too well and while they rarely impacted the storyline, the series had legendary censorship polices.
Beyond a few minor things, this was an incredible series that was great from its first episode to its grand finale.moreless
Spider-Man must battle his own teacher when New York State University science professor Dr. Curt Conners is transformed into a monstrous lizard creature as a side effect of an experiment that allows lost limbs to grow back.
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 Christopher Daniel Barnes |
Peter Parker/Spider-Man |
 Edward Asner |
J. Jonah Jameson |
Giselle Loren |
Margaret Connors |
Guest Star |
Toby Scott Ganger |
Billy Connors |
Guest Star |
 Rodney Saulsberry |
Joseph "Robbie" Robertson |
Recurring Role |
Linda Gary |
Aunt May Reilly-Parker |
Recurring Role |
 Hank Azaria |
Eddie Brock |
Recurring Role |
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Plumber: You'll come back for me, right?
Spider-Man: Hey, I'm a hero, remember? -
Eddie Brock: When I break this story, it will be Pulitzer time. (Eddie Brock is webbed to a lamp post by Spider-Man)
Spider-Man: Hang loose, Brock. That webbing will all melt in a couple of hours.
Eddie Brock: You can't do this!
Spider-Man: I already have. I won't let you ruin Connors' life.
Eddie Brock: But, but... (Spider-Man shoots web to Eddie Brock's mouth to shut him up) -
Eddie Brock: I tell you, J. J., the Lizard is Curt Connors. I would have been out here earlier but Spider-Man webbed me.
J. Jonah Jameson: Dr. Connors is a respected scientist, Brock. Peter Parker already bought me photos of the Lizard early this morning.
Eddie Brock: But I'll show you the Lizard himself.
J. Jonah Jameson: You better be right about this. -
Lizard: (after finding Margaret hurt) Oh no. Margaret, I'm sorry.
Spider-Man: I need one chance of this or I'm lizard food. Uh oh. Chow time! -
Spider-Man: (to Lizard) You're for real! Just hold that pose, smiley. (Lizard attacks knocking Spider-Man's camera) Great. There goes my thousand dollar photo. What am I getting a hang of being a superhero and a photographer at the same time? (shoots web but Lizard dodges) Good reflexes for a future handbag. Now that you've crawled out of your sewer, maybe you'd better stick around because I wanna know what you did with Doc Connors.
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Peter: In this town, who'd notice?
Eddie Brock: I'd noticed. This weren't serious, Parker. I would have got the assignment.
Peter: I don't know about that, Brock. You're just the reporter I'd send on a wild goose chase. -
Billy: No, Daddy, stop!
Lizard: Billy... (Lizard disappears) -
Margaret: Why did you bring me here, Curt? Why?
Lizard: So we can be together.
Margaret: You're still my husband. I love you. I want to be with you but not like this.
Lizard: I love you too. I need you and I need your help with this. I need your hands to operate it for me. -
Spider-Man: (about an out of control car) What's this? Another satisfied graduate of "New York City Cab Driving Academy"?
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Eddie Brock: [about Curt Conners being the lizard] If I'm wrong, I'll eat this week's Daily Bugle! [Curt Conners answers the door]
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Debra: You were downright brave out there.
Peter: Why Ms. Whitman a compliment from you?
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Spider-Man: Aunt May-- she'd never understand. Spider-Man's already caught me in his web. And for better or worse, he and I are stuck together... forever.
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Lizard: Don't be afraid, Margaret. It'll transform you. You'll be able to heal any wound. Replace any limb. First you... then everyone. Once I connect the Neogenic Recombinator to these electrical conduits I can reach every home in the city. Every man, woman, and child-- I can transform them all!
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Spider-Man: Strange, so strange. A week ago, this creature was a scientist, my teacher, my friend... and look at us now, fighting with each other, fighting for our lives.
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Spider-Man: What a slimy mess. Why can't I be one of those galaxy-hopping superheroes? Why do I end up in the sewers? You don't find the Fantastic Four in a sewer, or the Avengers. Never have I seen the Avengers in a sewer. Or the Defenders... well maybe the Hulk.
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This was adapted into comic book format in Spider-Man Adventures #1. It was later reprinted in Kellogg's Froot Loops Mini-Comics #1 and in the trade paperback Spider-Man Adventures.
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Spider-Man's reference to the Fantastic Four for the first episode may be a sly reference to the first issue of Amazing Spider-Man, in which he tries to join the Fantastic Four.
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This Spider-Man series is usually accompanied with somewhat of a partner series, X-Men, which is another Marvel show that premiéred just shortly before this one. Coincidentally, the first episode of X-Men is titled "Night of the Sentinels", which sounds extremely close to "Night of the Lizard".
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The original character design for Peter Parker was originally going to adhere close to the comics version, right down to a button down shirt and vest sweater he'd wear over his costume (similar to the clothing worn by Dick Grayson on Fox's Batman: The Animated Series). But at the last minute, the design was completely changed and Peter was given a more muscular frame (as well as looking similar to Nicholas Hammond from the live action series from the 70's). He also wore a rugby shirt, choosing to roll up his Spider-Man costume sleeves underneath the rugby's short sleeves.
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In this episode, Curt Conners kind of hints that he lost his arm during a war. He was a gifted surgeon that performed surgery on wounded GIs. His arm was injured in a blast and had to be taken off.
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Syndicated versions of this episode, "Night of the Lizard", omit a sequence in which the Lizard accidentally slams into his wife with his tail when turning.
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The Lizard seems to hold on to some of his intelligence in this episode - in later episodes, he often becomes a raging beast. Still, Lizard does follow the pattern of most sci-fi comic scientists who find themselves transformed into a monster due to an experiment gone awry - he decides everyone else would be better off transformed into a monster just like him.
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In the comics, the Lizard made his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #6 where Peter, on Bugle assignment, goes to Florida to investigate strange lizard monster sightings. After this issue, Dr. Conners has always come to New York when Peter needed him and eventually moved there.
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FOX aired this episode about 4 months before the other Season 1 episodes as a special sneak preview. It made its first regular-run appearance on March 4, 1995.
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