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''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)|The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' is an American [[cartoon series|animated television series]] based on the [[Marvel Comics]] character, [[Spider-Man]], produced by [[Culver Entertainment]], [[Adelaide Productions]] and [[Sony Pictures Television]] in association with [[Marvel Entertainment|Marvel]], and developed for television by [[Greg Weisman]] and [[Victor Cook]]. In terms of tone and style, the series is based principally on the [[Stan Lee]]/[[Steve Ditko]]/[[John Romita Sr.]] era of ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' comics, with a similar balance of [[action fiction|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 ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' comics by [[Brian Michael Bendis]] and [[Mark Bagley]] and the [[Spider-Man (2002 film series)|''Spider-Man'' trilogy]] directed by [[Sam Raimi]].<ref>[http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2686 Interview with Greg Weisman (Part 1) by Sean Elliott:] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211033549/http://ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2686 |date=2010-02-11 }} March 7, 2008</ref> The series premiered on March 8, 2008 during the [[Kids' WB!|Kids' WB]] programming block of [[The CW Television Network|The CW]], and its second season aired on [[Disney XD]] in the United States, and ended its run on November 18, 2009, while the entire series was broadcast in [[Canada]] on [[Teletoon]].

The series is broken up into loose arcs, each consisting of three to four episodes that take place roughly over a month within the series. According to Weisman, the series is themed around the "education of Peter Parker", with the episode titles in each arc being taken from specific fields of study.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Greg Weisman on "The Spectacular Spider-Man" Animated Series – ComicMix |url=https://www.comicmix.com/2008/08/19/interview-greg-weisman-on-the-spectacular-spider-man-animated-series/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=www.comicmix.com}}</ref>

==Series overview==
<onlyinclude>{{Series overview
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| episodes1    = 13
| start1       = {{Start date|2008|3|8}}
| end1         = {{End date|2008|6|14}}
| network1     = [[The CW]]

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| end2         = {{End date|2009|11|18}}
| network2     = [[Disney XD]]}}</onlyinclude>

==Episodes==
===Season 1 (2008)===
The first three episodes are named after notions in [[biology]], the next three are named after ones in [[economics]], the following three are terms in [[chemistry]], while the final four are notions in [[psychology]].<ref name="Ask Greg Weisman">[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=10768 Ask Greg (Weisman):] June 27, 2008</ref>

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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title=[[Survival of the Fittest (The Spectacular Spider-Man)|Survival of the Fittest]]
|DirectedBy=[[Victor Cook]]
|WrittenBy=[[Greg Weisman]]
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|3|8}}
|ProdCode=101
|ShortSummary=As Peter Parker's junior year of high school begins, his superhero ego, [[Spider-Man]], must stop the [[Vulture (Marvel Comics)|Vulture]] from exacting revenge on [[Norman Osborn]] for stealing his inventions and defeat the [[Enforcers (comics)|Enforcers]], who have been hired by the [[Big Man (comics)|Big Man of Crime]] to eliminate Spider-Man.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=[[Interactions (The Spectacular Spider-Man)|Interactions]]
|DirectedBy=Troy Adomitis
|WrittenBy=Kevin Hopps
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|3|8}}
|ProdCode=102
|ShortSummary=Peter reluctantly attempts to tutor [[Liz Allan]], a member of his school's cheerleading squad, while, as Spider-Man, he must stop Max Dillon who, following an accident at the ESU Labs, has become [[Electro (Marvel Comics)|Electro]] and threatens [[Lizard (character)|Curt Connors]] to restore him back to normal.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=[[Natural Selection (The Spectacular Spider-Man)|Natural Selection]]
|DirectedBy=Dave Bullock
|WrittenBy=[[Matt Wayne]]
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|3|15}}
|ProdCode=103
|ShortSummary=Peter and Spider-Man must both learn to face their choices when Connors transforms into the Lizard, putting his family in danger.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=[[Market Forces (The Spectacular Spider-Man)|Market Forces]]
|DirectedBy=Dan Fausett
|WrittenBy=Andrew Robinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|3|22}}
|ProdCode=104
|ShortSummary=While Peter takes on the responsibility of helping [[Aunt May]] pay the bills, [[Montana (character)|Montana]], one of the Enforcers, becomes the [[Shocker (character)|Shocker]] to fulfill his contract with the Big Man: eliminating Spider-Man.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=[[Competition (The Spectacular Spider-Man)|Competition]]
|DirectedBy=Troy Adomitis
|WrittenBy=Kevin Hopps
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|3|29}}
|ProdCode=105
|ShortSummary=As Peter and his best friend [[Harry Osborn]] try out for the school's football team, Spider-Man must face recurring convict Flint Marko, who has become the supervillain [[Sandman (Marvel Comics)|Sandman]] after an experiment run by Norman Osborn and [[Doctor Octopus|Otto Octavius]] with the Big Man's funding.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=[[The Invisible Hand (The Spectacular Spider-Man)|The Invisible Hand]]
|DirectedBy=Dave Bullock
|WrittenBy=Matt Wayne
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|4|12}}
|ProdCode=106
|ShortSummary=As Peter struggles to get a date for Midtown High's Fall Formal, Alex O'Hirn, Marko's former partner-in-crime, becomes the Big Man's latest creation, the [[Rhino (character)|Rhino]], and seeks revenge on Spider-Man for putting him behind bars. Spider-Man finally discovers the Big Man's identity, [[Tombstone (character)|Tombstone]], but is unable to do anything about it due to his public persona of philanthropist L. Thompson Lincoln.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=[[Catalysts (The Spectacular Spider-Man)|Catalysts]]
|DirectedBy=Victor Cook
|WrittenBy=Andrew Robinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|4|26}}
|ProdCode=107
|ShortSummary=While Peter attends Midtown High's Fall Formal with his neighbor [[Mary Jane Watson]] as his date, a mysterious new villain called the [[Green Goblin]] aims to replace Tombstone as the Big Man and destroy Spider-Man.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=[[Reaction (The Spectacular Spider-Man)|Reaction]]
|DirectedBy=Jennifer Coyle
|WrittenBy=Randy Jandt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|3}}
|ProdCode=108
|ShortSummary=Peter and Spider-Man learn that their actions have consequences when Otto Octavius becomes the supervillain [[Doctor Octopus]] following a lab accident caused by the Green Goblin. Spider-Man must prevent Doc Ock from obtaining an experimental battery pack that can keep his mechanical arms functioning indefinitely.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=[[The Uncertainty Principle (The Spectacular Spider-Man)|The Uncertainty Principle]]
|DirectedBy=Dave Bullock
|WrittenBy=Kevin Hopps
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|10}}
|ProdCode=109
|ShortSummary=On [[Halloween]] night, while Colonel [[John Jameson (character)|John Jameson]] struggles to land his damaged space shuttle, Spider-Man has his final battle with the Green Goblin, who has kidnapped Tombstone's second-in-command, [[Hammerhead (comics)|Hammerhead]], to force the former to surrender to him. Peter faces his biggest challenge yet when he discovers the Goblin's true identity.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Persona
|DirectedBy=Dan Fausett
|WrittenBy=Matt Wayne
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|17}}
|ProdCode=110
|ShortSummary=Spider-Man encounters master thief [[Black Cat (Marvel Comics)|Black Cat]] while attempting to stop her from stealing an [[Symbiote (comics)|alien symbiote]] that attached to John Jameson's space shuttle and was taken to ESU for analysis. The symbiote ends up bonding with Spider-Man, granting him a new black suit with enhanced abilities. Meanwhile, the [[Chameleon (character)|Chameleon]], a master of disguises, impersonates Spider-Man during a crime spree, forcing the real Spider-Man to join forces with Black Cat to stop him.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Group Therapy
|DirectedBy=Dave Bullock and Jennifer Coyle
|WrittenBy=Andrew Robinson and Greg Weisman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|31}}
|ProdCode=111
|ShortSummary=With Electro's help, Doctor Octopus breaks himself, Vulture, Shocker, Sandman, and Rhino out of Ryker's Island to quench their mutual revenge on Spider-Man. Even with his new black suit, Spider-Man finds his old enemies, now called the [[Sinister Six]], are more than he can handle.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Intervention
|DirectedBy=Dave Bullock
|WrittenBy=Greg Weisman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|6|7}}
|ProdCode=112
|ShortSummary=With Aunt May in the hospital and his friendship with [[Eddie Brock]] ruined, Peter finally gains enough self-awareness to realize the symbiote is negatively affecting his personality. The struggle between Peter and the symbiote evolves into a war within Peter's own mind, where Peter is aided by the spirit of his late [[Uncle Ben]].
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Nature vs. Nurture
|DirectedBy=Victor Cook
|WrittenBy=Kevin Hopps
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|6|14}}
|ProdCode=113
|ShortSummary=As Aunt May is released from the hospital, Eddie Brock, now transformed into [[Venom (character)|Venom]] after bonding with the symbiote, seeks revenge on Peter by targeting his loved ones, including May and [[Gwen Stacy]], drawing Spider-Man into motion to defeat him. 
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}}

===Season 2 (2009)===
The first four episodes are named after notions from [[engineering]],<ref name="Ask Greg Weisman"/> the next three are named after ones in [[Developmental psychology|human development]], the following three are terms in [[criminology]], while the final three are [[drama]] terminologies.

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|EpisodeNumber=14
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Blueprints
|DirectedBy=Jennifer Coyle
|WrittenBy=Kevin Hopps
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|22}}
|ProdCode=201
|ShortSummary=While Peter struggles to find the proper opportunity to talk to Gwen about their first kiss, Spider-Man must face a new supervillain, the self-proclaimed sorcerer [[Mysterio]]. Mysterio is ultimately unmasked as Quentin Beck, a special effects expert and former henchman of the Chameleon, though unbeknownst to Spider-Man, Beck was only following the instructions of a criminal mastermind known as the Master Planner.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=15
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Destructive Testing
|DirectedBy=[[Kevin Altieri]]
|WrittenBy=[[Matt Wayne]]
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|22}}
|ProdCode=202
|ShortSummary=While Peter is conflicted over his choice to be with either Gwen or Liz, [[Kraven the Hunter]] comes to New York in search of his ultimate prey: Spider-Man. After being defeated during their first battle, Kraven enlists Professor [[Jackal (Marvel Comics character)|Miles Warren]]'s help to even the odds by transforming him into the "ultimate hunter", with unforeseen consequences.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=16
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Reinforcement
|DirectedBy=Mike Goguen
|WrittenBy=Andrew Robinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|29}}
|ProdCode=203
|ShortSummary=Near [[Christmas Day]], the Master Planner reconstitutes the Sinister Six with Vulture, Electro, Sandman, Rhino and new members Mysterio and Kraven to destroy Spider-Man once and for all. Meanwhile, Peter finds his wandering eye prevents him from being with Gwen.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=17
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Shear Strength
|DirectedBy=Jennifer Coyle
|WrittenBy=Randy Jandt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|7|6}}
|ProdCode=204
|ShortSummary=On [[New Year's Eve]], the Master Planner and the new Sinister Six kidnap Gwen to coerce her father, police captain [[George Stacy]], into giving them high level clearance, allowing the Planner to effectively run the world. Spider-Man, determined to foil the Planner's scheme, takes the fight to his secret lair, where he discovers the villain's true identity and must rescue Gwen.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=18
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=First Steps
|DirectedBy=Kevin Altieri
|WrittenBy=Kevin Hopps
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|7|13}}
|ProdCode=205
|ShortSummary=While Peter unexpectedly gets invited to his rival [[Flash Thompson]]'s birthday party, Spider-Man must face the Sandman once again, who is attempting to pull off his big score by robbing an oil tanker. Peter also witnesses Harry's return from Europe, following the revelation of his identity as the Green Goblin, and begins to fear the possibility of Venom returning.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=19
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Growing Pains
|DirectedBy=Mike Goguen
|WrittenBy=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|7|20}}
|ProdCode=206
|ShortSummary=Eddie Brock, re-bonded with the Venom symbiote after following Peter to its hidden location, frames Spider-Man for a crime spree to ruin his reputation. Meanwhile, spores from the symbiote infect John Jameson, giving him superhuman strength. [[J. Jonah Jameson]] encourages his son to become a superhero, but because of Venom's actions, John comes to see Spider-Man as a menace and becomes determined to destroy him.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=20
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Identity Crisis
|DirectedBy=Jennifer Coyle
|WrittenBy=Andrew Robinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|7|27}}
|ProdCode=207
|ShortSummary=Peter's secret identity as Spider-Man has been outed by Venom, leaving Peter and his loved ones vulnerable to his enemies. Spider-Man has his final battle with Venom, where he must find a way to separate Eddie and the symbiote once and for all. Meanwhile, reporter [[Ned Leeds]] interviews Peter's acquaintances and Spider-Man's villains to determine whether the two could truly be one and the same.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=21
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Accomplices
|DirectedBy=Kevin Altieri
|WrittenBy=Nicole Dubuc
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|7}}
|ProdCode=208
|ShortSummary=A gang war looms as [[Silver Sable]], Hammerhead, and Doctor Octopus vie for a prize that could change the balance of power in the New York underworld. Spider-Man finds himself in the thick of this fray and must rely on the unexpected help of Rhino to defeat them.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=22
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Probable Cause
|DirectedBy=Mike Goguen
|WrittenBy=Kevin Hopps
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|14}}
|ProdCode=209
|ShortSummary=Peter winds up on a Midtown High police car ride with his schoolmate [[Bluebird (Marvel Comics)|Sally Avril]], who has an intense dislike for him but slowly warms up to him. As Spider-Man, he must once again face off against the Enforcers—Shocker, Fancy Dan, and Ox—who have been enhanced with new equipment by the [[Tinkerer (Marvel Comics)|Tinkerer]].
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=23
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Gangland
|DirectedBy=Jennifer Coyle
|WrittenBy=Andrew Robinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|21}}
|ProdCode=210
|ShortSummary=On [[Valentine's Day]], Peter jeopardizes his relationship with his girlfriend Liz when Tombstone, Doctor Octopus, and [[Silvermane]] call a Valentine's Day Summit. But when Hammerhead betrays them all in an attempt to become the new Big Man, the summit erupts into a gang war that only Spider-Man can stop before it escalates further.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=24
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Subtext
|DirectedBy=Kevin Altieri
|WrittenBy=Nicole Dubuc
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|4}}
|ProdCode=211
|ShortSummary=Determined to be a better boyfriend to Liz, Peter attempts to help her brother Mark as Spider-Man. But when Mark relapses into his gambling addiction and ends up in debt, Green Goblin transforms Mark into [[Molten Man]] and blackmails him into fighting Spider-Man, with Liz and Mary Jane becoming caught in the crossfire.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=25
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Opening Night
|DirectedBy=Mike Goguen
|WrittenBy=[[Greg Weisman]]
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|18}}
|ProdCode=212
|ShortSummary=Spider-Man volunteers to test the new security system of a prison called the [[Vault (Marvel Comics)|Vault]]. When the Green Goblin hacks the system and releases all of the inmates, Spider-Man finds himself hunted by some of his greatest enemies and must work with Black Cat and her imprisoned father, [[Walter Hardy]], to contain them. In the process, Spider-Man faces a shocking revelation about Uncle Ben's death.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=26
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Final Curtain
|DirectedBy=[[Victor Cook]]
|WrittenBy=Kevin Hopps
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|18}}
|ProdCode=213
|ShortSummary=Peter breaks up with Liz to finally be with Gwen, but the latter struggles to end her relationship with Harry. Meanwhile, Spider-Man attempts to solve the mystery of the Green Goblin's identity with Harry's help and has his final battle with the villain, with wide-ranging consequences for both Peter and Spider-Man.
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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