Spider-Man: The Animated Series/Characters

Peter Parker/Spider-Man
""It's not nice to steal in Mister Spider-Man's neighbourhood. Can you say 'I'm going to jail now?'""

Our hero. What more need we say?


 * Alliterative Name
 * The Atoner: It's not played up as much as in some other versions, but the motivation is still there.
 * Badass
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Clothes Make the Maniac: Had a bad run-in with an alien symbiote that nearly drove him over the edge.
 * Cool Loser
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Dude, Where's My Respect?: All the time. He's constantly targeted by people who think he's a villain, the public hates him, and he gets no respect in his civillian life either.
 * Hero with Bad Publicity: It isn't as extreme as in some of the comics, but yeah. The Daily Bugle is far from TAS Spider-Man's best friend.
 * The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life
 * My Greatest Failure: Not saving Uncle Ben.
 * Nice Guy: As Peter.
 * Spider Sense: Here's a game--every time Peter says "Spider-Sense; Danger!" take a shot.
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Strength
 * Wall Crawl
 * With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Said word for word almost every other episode. It becomes a plot point during the confrontations with Doctor Doom and Spider-Carnage.
 * You Fight Like a Cow: All the damn time.

Mary-Jane Watson
""Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.""


 * Betty and Veronica: Betty to Black Cat's Veronica.
 * Damsel in Distress: All the damn time.
 * Faux Action Girl: Claims she took self-defense classes to defeat a Mook. Doesn't seem to help in other episodes.
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * Parental Abandonment: Her father left her at a young age. Still affects her in her adolescent years. This was taken advantage of by Baron Mordo once.

Felicia Hardy/Black Cat
Peter's first Love Interest on the show, Felicia's life becomes a lot more interesting after The Kingpin uses her as a test subject in an experiment involving Super Soldier Super Serum. She becomes the Black Cat, a vigilante who is a frequent ally to Spider-Man.


 * Action Girl
 * Adaptational Badass: Comic!Cat has no powers.
 * Amazonian Beauty: As the Cat.
 * Adrenaline Makeover
 * Alpha Bitch --> Lovable Alpha Bitch: Felicia makes this transition over the course of the show.
 * Anti-Hero: Type II. Unlike her comic book counterpart she's a truly alturistic good guy, though compared with Spidey she's plays looser with the law.
 * Betty and Veronica: Veronica to MJ's Betty.
 * Classy Cat Burglar
 * "Growing Muscles" Sequence
 * Hell-Bent for Leather
 * Hot Amazon
 * The Hunter: Allies with Morbius and Blade to wipe out the vampires that plague the latter's life.
 * Spy Catsuit
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super-Powered Alter Ego: Not as polarised as most, though her personality alters slightly upon changing. While the Cat proudly boasts about her intial robbery Felica is imediately disgusted upon changing back.
 * Super Serum: Was exposed to some of Captain America (comics)'s Super Soldier serum, granting her superhuman strength and reflexes.
 * Super Strength
 * The Tease: As Black Cat.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Felica as the girly girl, in contrast to the Black Cat whose an impulsive brawler.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl: As Black Cat

Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard
A friend of both Peter and Spider-Man, Connors is the victim of a failed experiment that causes him to change into a human/lizard hybrid at various intervals.


 * Badass Labcoat
 * Genius Bruiser: The Lizard is far from stupid. And then there's that time during Secret Wars when Connors' mind was concious within The Lizard's body.
 * Gone Horribly Wrong: Tried to regrow his arm. Turned into a psychotic reptile.
 * Lego Genetics
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Mad Doctor: Has many of these traits as the Lizard.
 * Misanthrope Supreme: Hates humanity and seeks to turn them all into reptiles like himself in all appearances after his first.
 * Morality Pet: His wife and son.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Reptiles Are Abhorrent
 * Split Personality
 * Super-Powered Evil Side
 * Super Strength: As the Lizard.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: The Lizard was one in his first appearance, believing that people would be better off as reptiles.

Harry Osborn/Green Goblin II
A classmate of Peter's, Harry eventually becomes his roomate and closest friend. Unfortunately, his breakup with Mary-Jane and subsequent jealousy over her relationship with Peter, coupled with the revelation that his father, Norman, was the original Green Goblin unbalance his mind, leading him to adopt the identity for himself.


 * Avenging the Villain
 * Axe Crazy
 * Driven by Envy
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Freudian Excuse: He's a "Well Done, Son" Guy who suffered from Parental Neglect before the Green Goblin started hassling him.
 * Giggling Villain
 * Legacy Character
 * Love Redeems: Liz certainly hopes so. Given that his problems can be boiled down to "nobody loves me" she has a shot.
 * The Mentally Ill: He suffers from persecution paranoia, feelings of isolation, and a serious daddy issues. As in Norman's case it is played seriously and tragically.
 * Mood Swinger
 * Parental Neglect: A major factor in his Freudian Excuse.
 * Sky Surfing
 * Split Personality: A weird example, as he adopts his father's split personality as his own.
 * Stalker with a Crush: Towards MJ post-Face Heel Turn.
 * Super-Powered Evil Side
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy
 * You Killed My Father

Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange
A master of the mystic arts, he alongside his butler Wong, help Spider-Man rescue Mary Jane from a dangerous cult led by his nemesis Baron Mordo.


 * Amulet of Concentrated Awesome
 * Astral Projection
 * Kung Fu Wizard
 * Magical Gesture
 * Magical Incantation
 * My Significance Sense Is Tingling: At the end of his guest appearance, he notices that his actions were being watched by a powerful entity (Madame Web).

Tony Stark/Iron Man
A billionaire scientist with a double-identity, Iron Man aids Spider-Man against Venom and Carnage when they try to rob one of his labs.


 * Badass Moustache
 * Clothes Make the Superman
 * Honest Corporate Executive
 * Powered Armour
 * Power Palms
 * Rich Idiot With No Day Job: His cover story.

Matt Murdock/Daredevil
A blind attorney who represents Peter during his trial for treason, Matt Murdock's father was murdered on orders from The Kingpin. He maintains a doublelife as the vigilante, Daredevil, and helps Spider-Man discover the truth about The Kingpin's identity.


 * Badass
 * Badass Bookworm: He's a lawyer.
 * Handicapped Badass
 * Cool Shades
 * Disability Superpower: The same accident that blinded him also heightened all his other senses to superhuman levels.
 * Living Lie Detector: Which lets him see through most of the Chameleon's bluffs.
 * Super Senses

Steve Rogers/Captain America
A WWII supersoldier, and leader of the Six American Warriors, he was trapped in a vortex alongside his archnemesis The Red Skull at the end of the war.


 * The Ace
 * Arch Enemy: Of The Red Skull
 * Badass
 * The Cape (trope)
 * The Hero: Of the American Six
 * Sealed Good in a Can
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Soldier
 * Super Strength

Gwen Stacy
The girlfriend of an Alternate Universe's Peter Parker, she aids Spider-Man against Spider-Carnage in the last episode.

"Spider-Man: How'd you know that the Peter Parker downstairs wasn't me? Gwen Stacy: He's as nutty as a fruitcake. A girlfriend notices little things like that."
 * Damsel in Distress: Is kidnapped by Spider-Carnage. She does get major points though for firing a sonic rifle at him earlier.
 * Everyone Loves Blondes
 * Plucky Girl: She takes no crap from her egomaniac boyfriend, realises that Spider-Carnage is a fake and saves our Spider-Man, and then helps drive off Spider-Carnage by opening up on him with a sonic rifle. If it weren't for her kidnapping and five minute appearance she might be a full-on Action Girl.
 * Spot the Impostor: Instantly recognises Spider-Carnage as a fake. She also seems to have figured out that our Spider-Man isn't hers, although she still recognises him as a hero.

Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin
The main villain of the series, the Kingpin operates a criminal empire with its headquarters in New York City. He is The Man Behind the Man to many of the villains in the series, including all the incarnations of the Insidious Six and the Spider-Slayers.


 * Amoral Attorney: Not our Kingpin (who pretends to be a businessman and philanthropist) but the version of Fisk in the Iron Spider-Man's world definitely qualifies.
 * Bad Boss
 * Badass Normal: Bordering on Charles Atlas Superpower. This is an unpowered human who can swallow blows from Spider-Man and topple giant robots with only his raw brute strength.
 * Bald of Evil
 * The Big Bad: Of the Crime Cartel, the Insidious Six, numerous individual arcs, and the show itself.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Diabolical Mastermind
 * Enemy Mine: Anytime an Omnicidal Maniac showed up.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His wife Vanessa and son Richard.
 * Kevlard: Going of the sheer amount of damage he's able to No Sell, yes.
 * Large and In Charge: Stands taller and wider than the Rhino.
 * Made of Iron
 * The Man Behind the Man: He's the Big Bad to the Insidious Six, the Crime Cartel, and almost every other major supervillain on the show, but he keeps to the shadows and Spider-Man does not meet him face-to-face until the third season.
 * Man in White
 * Mighty Glacier: The Kingpin is slow moving, but if he catches you, you will be very sorry.
 * Morality Pet: His son Richard.
 * Pragmatic Villainy
 * Self-Made Orphan/Patricide: Heavily implied.
 * Stout Strength: One of the largest, heaviest, and most physically imposing people in the series, as well as one of the strongest.
 * The Syndicate
 * Take Over the World: Would love to do so, although he's fairly practical about it, focussing more on spreading his influence than crazed schemes--although he certainly has a few of those up his sleeves.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: In the backstory. He is pleased that his relationship with his son is nothing like the one he had with his father.
 * You Killed My Father: Killed Daredevil's father.

Spencer Smythe
An inventor who was forced to build the original Spider-Slayers for The Kingpin.


 * Anti-Villain
 * Demoted to Extra: Plays a far more prominent role in the comics.
 * Evil Genius
 * Evil Old Folks
 * Love Makes You Evil: Works for Norman Osborn in hopes of gaining enough resources to build the hoverchair he has designed for his son.
 * Mad Scientist: A remarkably sympathetic one.
 * Robot Master: Built the original Black Widow Spider-Slayer.

Alistair Smythe
Spencer Smythe's wheelchair-bound son, Alistair becomes The Kingpin's right-hand man for much of the show, serving as his chief inventor and confidante. He is later transformed into a living Spider-Slayer by The Kingpin and Landon.


 * Anti-Villain: At first he's being played by The Kingpin; later he's trying to save his father.
 * Ascended Extra: In the comics Alistair is a fairly minor villain. In TAS he's an Evil Genius-for-hire whose inventions play a vital role in the schemes of half the crimelords in New York.
 * Avenging the Villain: Seeks revenge for Spencer Smythe's apparent death.
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: By Landon.
 * Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: Noticeably colder and more ruthless after his upgrade.
 * Cyborg: A biomechanical freak following his upgrade.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Particularly towards The Kingpin.
 * Disabled Snarker
 * Servile Snarker
 * The Dragon: He's the closest thing The Kingpin has to one.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His father.
 * Evil Brit
 * Evil Cripple
 * The Evil Genius: Fills this role for The Kingpin, Silvermane, Harry Osborn, The Red Skull, and anyone else who will fund his attempts to save his father.
 * Evil Sounds Deep: Alistair's voice is already pretty low. As the Ultimate Slayer it drops another octave and gains mechanical distortion.
 * Genius Bruiser: Post-upgrade.
 * Hired Guns: Will work for anyone so long as they are willing to provide him with the technology he needs to save his father.
 * Irony: The Robot Master is forced to become a Cyborg.
 * Love Makes You Evil: In a non-romantic sense. His entire criminal career is motivated first by revenge and later by the desire to save his father Spencer.
 * Mad Scientist
 * Robot Master: Repairs the Black Widow and constructs a variety of other Spider-Slayers and robots to use against Spider-Man.
 * Shoulder Cannon: As the Ulitmate Slayer he mounts a laser on each shoulder.
 * Super Strength: As the Ultimate Slayer.
 * Super Wheelchair: His hoverchair. He continues to use it for transportation even after his legs are fixed by Landon.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Forcibly takes one at the hands of Landon and the Kingpin.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Courtesy of The Kingpin.

Herbert Landon
A fanatical scientist with an anti-mutant agenda, he is later transformed into a freak of nature by one of his own experiments. He eventually replaces Alistair Smythe as The Kingpin's Number Two.


 * Canon Foreigner
 * Combat Tentacles: In One-Winged Angel form.
 * The Dragon: Takes Smythe's place as The Kingpin's.
 * Evil Genius
 * Evilutionary Biologist
 * Fantastic Racism: Towards mutants, including his old partner, Hank McCoy.
 * Final Solution: His chemical concoction destroys mutant cells, ultimately killing the victims. He plans to use it on every mutant in the world, killing them all.
 * Gone Horribly Wrong: Exposure to his own chemicals transforms him into one of the very mutants he so despises.
 * Kaiju: The best way to describe his One-Winged Angel form. Its a towering monster with Psycho Electro powers and Combat Tentacles.
 * Mutant: Ironically
 * One-Winged Angel: Transforms into a rampaging monster after exposure to his own chemicals; the aftermath leaves him permanently Two-Faced.
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain
 * Psycho Electro: Briefly following his mutation.
 * Two-Faced: Post-mutation.

Dr. Otto Octavius/Dr. Octopus
""Science is all that matters.""

Once a respected scientist, Dr. Otto Octavius was Peter Parker's mentor as science camp when he was ten. Following an accident that bonded his tentacles to his body, Octavius has become a criminal mastermind, though he still has a soft spot for his former students. He is a core member of the Insidious Six and acts as their field leader.


 * Adaptational Attractiveness: Octavius in the comics is a fat, ugly man with a bad haircut. This version retains the bad haircut and square face but has the physique of a body builder.
 * Affably Evil: Particularly towards Peter and Aunt May.
 * Alliterative Name
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Badass Teacher: Badass ex-Teacher actually.
 * Big Bad: In a Five-Bad Band sense. He acts as the leader of the Insidious Six whenver they are recruited by The Kingpin. This arguably makes him Co-Dragons to The Kingpin alongside Smythe or Landon.
 * Broken Pedestal: To Peter.
 * Combat Tentacles: Four of them, each ending in crushing pincers.
 * Cybernetics Eat Your Soul
 * Evil Foreigner: Has a heavy German accent in this adaptation.
 * For Science!: Even before he went crazy, Octavius firmly believed that scientific advancement was its own justification.
 * Made of Iron: Octavius can take a beating from the likes of Spider-Man, despite having no superpowers and no protective costume.
 * Mad Scientist
 * Revenge: The Hardy Foundation promised him grant money and then reneged on the deal. He's not real happy about this, and takes it out on Felicia.
 * Sinister Shades

Mac Gargan/The Scorpion
""I wanna be plain old Mac Gargan again.""

A former private investigator who went mad after Jameson had him transformed into a weapon to use against Spider-Man. He alternates between working as a mercenary for The Kingpin and other crime lords (most notably Silvermane) and wanting to return to normal. A member of both incarnations of the Insidious Six.


 * Beware My Stinger Tail: It sprays Hollywood Acid.
 * The Brute: Shares this role with The Rhino as a member of the Insidious Six.
 * Chronic Villainy: No matter how hard he tries, or what he promises Sarah, Mac just can't seem to keep out of the underworld, ineveitably falling back into crime whenever he is short of cash.
 * Dumb Muscle: He's not out and out stupid like The Rhino, but Mac is still hot-tempered, impulsive, and dangerously short-sighted.
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Yells at Spider-Man about not dragging his mother into things when the latter cracks a "your mom" joke.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones
 * Evil Counterpart: Created through the same process that made Spider-Man what he is.
 * From Nobody to Nightmare: Courtesy of Jameson. He goes from weasily private eye to bulky thug in a matter of minutes.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Hero-Killer: Subverted. He's dangerous certainly, but despite the buildup, isn't significantly more threatening than other members of the Six (and less so than some).
 * I Just Want to Be Badass/I Just Want to Be Normal: Starts out as the former, but progresses to the latter.
 * Morality Pet: His girlfriend, Sarah.
 * Scary Scorpions
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Strength

The Rhino
""You should have stayed in black, because I'm gonna dirty you up bad.""

A supervillain-for-hire his motivations and past are never explained. He frequently works for The Kingpin and provides the Insidious Six with their heaviest muscle.


 * The Brute: Plays this role in the Insidious Six.
 * Dumb Muscle: So very much.
 * Evil Duo: Forms one with The Shocker in one episode, nearly defeating Spider-Man before Venom intervenes.
 * Hired Guns: Most of the time.
 * Immune to Bullets: Well, given the nature of the series it's technically "Immune to Lasers" but the effect is similar.
 * No Name Given/Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"/Only Known by Their Nickname: No name other than The Rhino is ever provided.
 * Only in It For the Money
 * Rhino Rampage
 * Super Strength: The Rhino is far stronger than Spider-Man, and uses this to his advantage.
 * Use Your Head: Does an amazing impression of a Battering Ram.
 * Weaponized Headgear: The massive horn on the top of his costume.

The Shocker
""This time it's maximum voltage at minimum range.""

A mercenary in The Kingpin's employ, Shocker fires vibrational waves from his gauntlets. He is a member of the Insidious Six and tangles with Spider-Man as part of the group and on his own.


 * Achilles' Heel: Downplayed. Water can cause his gauntlets to short out, but it's only a serious problem for him if his insulated suit is also damaged. This convenient allignment of factors happens once in the entire show.
 * Adaptational Badass: Shocker in the comics is treated as a joke, regardless of his (not unimpressive) track record. This version managed to give the black-suited Spider-Man a run for his money and is given the appropriate amount of respect.
 * Clothes Make the Superman: His insulated suit allows him to channel his attacks and conduct electricity safely.
 * Dark Chick: Of the Insidious Six.
 * Evil Duo: Forms one with The Rhino in one episode. During the "Forgotten Warriors" arc he and Scorpion form one within the Insidious Six. In both cases, he's the calm and collected one.
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * The Faceless: He's never shown without his mask. Even in jail he's apparently allowed to keep it on.
 * Guttural Growler: Courtesy of Jim Cummings.
 * Hand Blast/Power Fist: His gauntlets can function as either, depending on the situation.
 * Hired Guns
 * No Name Given: He's The Shocker. No other name is ever provided.
 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"/Only Known by Their Nickname
 * Only in It For the Money: Easily the most professional member of the Six.
 * Professional Killer: Smythe and The Kingpin use him for kidnappings and assassinations--the kind of jobs they wouldn't trust The Rhino to do.
 * Psycho Electro: Fires concentric rings of electricity from his gauntlets.
 * Pungeon Master: Makes at least one pun related to the word 'Shock', in EVERY episode he appears in.

Quentin Beck/Mysterio
""Time for me to resume my leading role as Mysterio!""

A former Hollywood stuntman turned illusionist and thief, Mysterio serves as a member of the Insidious Six before being seemingly killed in a fire.


 * Badass Cape
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Clothes Make the Superman: Most of his illusions are concealed within his suit.
 * Evil Genius
 * Large Ham
 * Master of Illusion
 * Small Name, Big Ego
 * Unholy Matrimony: Eventually develops a crush on a badly disfigured (and totally unhinged) actress.

Adrian Toomes/The Vulture
A failed businessman with a grudge against Norman Osborn, the Vulture is an old man who eventually develops a way to feed off of his victims' youth in order to temporarily become young again. By stealing the rejuvenated Silvermane's youth he is able to make the process permanent; he then joins the Insidious Six as Mysterio's replacement.


 * Badass Grandpa: Pre-rejuvenation.
 * Bald of Evil: In his old form.
 * Clothes Make the Superman: Without his flight suit Toomes is a nobody.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: Ran Toomes Aerodynamics into the ground researching antigravity and ways to turn back aging.
 * Evil Redhead: As a young man.
 * Evil Old Folks: He's somewhere in his eighties.
 * Liquid Assets: Drains the youth from his victims.
 * Mad Scientist
 * Older Than They Look
 * Powered Armour: His flight suit.
 * Power Parasite: Steals youth and strength from his victims.
 * Razor Wings: They can slice through trees.
 * Shapeshifter Mode Lock: For a while his power was on the fritz, causing him to shift between old and young at the drop of a hat. He eventually managed to freeze himself at young by stealing Silvermane's newly accquired youth.
 * Sixth Ranger: To the Insidious Six.
 * Villainous Cheekbones: Especially in his younger form.

The Chameleon
A nameless, faceless, shapeshifting spy, found most often in The Kingpin's employ. He is later revealed to be The Red Skull's foster son and his mole within The Kingpin's organisation.


 * Bald of Evil
 * The Blank
 * Clothes Make the Superman: His illusion belt.
 * Evil Gloating: Does it a lot, but only when in morph.
 * Master of Disguise: His illusion belt helps.
 * The Mole: Is a spy for The Red Skull.
 * Siblings in Crime: With his foster brother Rheinholt Schmidt.
 * Those Wacky Nazis: He's The Red Skull's stepson.
 * Undying Loyalty: To The Red Skull
 * The Voiceless: Only ever speaks while in morph.

Eddie Brock/Venom
""From now on, we're poison to you Spider-Man! That's why we call ourselves VENOM!""

A washed-out Daily Bugle reporter turned violent criminal, Brock becomes Venom after bonding with the alien symbiote that was once a part of Spider-Man.


 * Achilles' Heel: Sonics and intense heat.
 * Badass
 * Clingy Costume
 * Clothes Make the Superman
 * Clothes Make the Maniac
 * Enemy Mine: With Spider-Man, following Carnage's kidnapping of the doctor he has a crush on.
 * Evil Counterpart
 * Evil Redhead
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Fangs Are Evil
 * From Nobody to Nightmare: Went from a lame reporter who couldn't even pay his own rent to a frightening Badass capable of easily overpowering Spider-Man in a fight.
 * I Am Legion
 * Intrepid Reporter: Subverted. Brock's a sleazy hack.
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: "Spider-Man is ours, and ours alone!"
 * Overly Long Tongue
 * Power Nullifier: He's immune to Spider-Man's Spider-Sense. This is a problem.
 * Talking to Themself: We! Are! Venom!
 * Slasher Smile: As Venom.
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Strength
 * The Symbiote
 * That Man Is Dead: "Stop calling us that [Brock]! We are Venom now!"
 * Voice of the Legion: As Venom.
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity

Cletus Kasady/Carnage
""Come on man, what are you waiting for? Together we're gonna wreak glorious Carnage!""

A criminal lunatic, Kasady had the cell next to Eddie Brock. Baron Mordo offered him the chance to gain the same kind of power that Brock had, granting him one of Venom's offspring as a gift and transforming him into Carnage.


 * Achilles' Heel: Sonics and intense heat.
 * Antagonistic Offspring: The Carnage symbiote is this to the Venom symbiote, referring to the latter as "dad" and thoroughly despising him.
 * Axe Crazy: Was a sadistic whack-job long before becoming Carnage.
 * An Axe to Grind: Seems to be his Weapon of Choice.
 * Badass Abnormal: Cletus Kasady held off the NYPD and Spider-Man using his own cunning and liberal doses of high-explosives. Needless to say, he becomes an even serious problem after he turns into Carnage and completely averts From Nobody to Nightmare. When it's discovered that it's Kasady behind Carnage's mask, everyone becomes more frightened.
 * Clothes Make the Superman
 * Clothes Make the Maniac: Well, they make him more dangerous anyway.
 * Combat Tentacles: Often extends his symbiote to make these.
 * Evil Counterpart: Is Venom's Eviler Counterpart. Think about that for a minute.
 * Evil Laugh
 * Fangs Are Evil
 * The Hyena
 * Lack of Empathy
 * Lean and Mean: As both Kasady and Carnage.
 * Lightning Bruiser: Carnage may lack Venom's bulk, but he moves as fast or faster and hits just as hard.
 * Lovecraftian Superpower
 * Loves the Sound of Screaming
 * Mad Bomber: As Kasady. He was willing to blow up an entire city block, himself included, just for kicks.
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast
 * Omnicidal Maniac: His loyalty to Dormammu appears to be less about gratitude for the symbiote and more because he knows exactly what will happen when Dormammu is freed from the Dark Dimension.
 * Psycho for Hire: While in the employ of Baron Mordo.
 * Shapeshifter Weapon: Frequently stretches out his symbiote or turns his hands into weapons.
 * Slasher Smile: Frequently shows one as Kasady; gains a permanent one as Carnage.
 * The Sociopath: The clearest-cut example on the show. Kasady likes to hurt people, has a Hair-Trigger Temper, expresses no remorse for his actions, and has no regard whatsoever for human life, his own included.
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Strength
 * The Symbiote
 * Talking to Themself: Averted. Kasady and the Carnage symbiote are so closely linked that he refers to himself as "I".
 * Verbal Tic: "Yeah, man!"
 * Voice of the Legion: As Carnage.
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Averted. Kasady was batshit insane long before he got his hands on the symbiote.
 * Your Soul Is Mine: Gains this power while working for Dormammu.

The Hobgoblin/
A killer created and retained by Norman Osborn for the purposes of assassinating The Kingpin, the Hobgoblin eventually turned freelance criminal. Who was behind his mask remained a mystery for much of the show;.


 * Badass Cape
 * Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word: Blackmails Landon after he discovers the latter's genocidal intentions.
 * Card-Carrying Villain
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He backstabs Norman Osborn, The Kingpin, Landon, and anyone else who crosses his path over the course of the show. Special note should go to his introductory two-parter. He doesn't just double-cross, he doesn't just triple-cross, he goes for the very rare quadruple-cross.
 * Evil Laugh
 * Eviler Than Thou: With The Kingpin and the Green Goblin.
 * From Nobody to Nightmare: He was a petty street thug and legbreaker before Osborn got his hands on him. Now he's a Psycho for Hire who is a genuine threat to the likes of Spider-Man and The Kingpin.
 * I Have You Now, My Pretty: Is about to try this on Felicia when.
 * In the Hood
 * Psycho for Hire: He's in it for the money, but is clearly getting a kick out of blowing up anything that's even remotely explodable.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: On his mask.
 * Sky Surfing
 * Smug Snake: Especially.
 * Supervillain Packing Heat: Always keeps at least one laser pistol on him.
 * Smug Snake: Especially.
 * Supervillain Packing Heat: Always keeps at least one laser pistol on him.

Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin
The father of Peter's friend Harry, Norman is a crooked businessman who starts the show almost completely under the thumb of The Kingpin. A lab accident eventually results in him developing a split personality; donning an altered version of the Hobgoblin's gear he becomes the Green Goblin and seeks revenge on everyone who has ever made his life difficult.


 * Adaptational Villainy: Completely averted. He's by far the most sympathetic version of Norman in any media, more a victim of circumstance than the brutal Complete Monster of the comics.
 * Always Someone Better: To the Hobgoblin.
 * Anti-Villain: Norman's a fairly nice, if weak-willed guy who's in way over his head with The Kingpin. Even the Green Goblin persona can be seen as something of a Knight Templar rather than the Axe Crazy loon he's normally portrayed as.
 * Badass: You better believe it.
 * Beware the Silly Ones
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: More sympathetic than most.
 * Curb Stomp Battle: Against the Hobgoblin, whom he beats into the ground in a matter of minutes.
 * Disproportionate Retribution
 * Eviler Than Thou: With The Kingpin and the Hobgoblin.
 * Evil Mentor: The Goblin persona to Harry.
 * Evil Laugh
 * Foil: The Knight Templar Green Goblin persona is a foil to both Norman (whose desires it embodies) and the Hobgoblin, who cares only about himself.
 * Giggling Villain
 * Hand Blast: The Green Goblin fires lasers from the fingertips of his gloves.
 * The Hyena
 * Knight Templar: The Green Goblin will attack anyone who has ever made Norman's life difficult.
 * The Mentally Ill: Played for tragedy.
 * Morality Pet: Harry to Norman, Norman to the Green Goblin persona.
 * Sky Surfing
 * Split Personality: Big time. The Green Goblin persona in this version of the story is a protector personality who seeks to protect Norman from anyone who has ever done him wrong.
 * Super-Powered Evil Side: The Green Goblin. Duh.
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Strength
 * That Man Is Dead: Declares that Osborn is dead during his final confrontation with Peter.
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity

Silvio "Silvermane" Manfredi
A member of the Crime Cartel and a rival of Wilson Fisk's, Silvermane is governed by two obsessions--to seize control of the cartel from The Kingpin, and to regain his lost youth.


 * Be Careful What You Wish For: Wished to be young again. Was turned into a baby. He then wished to regain his adult body--and was aged to an even older state than beforehand by The Vulture. Feel free to laugh.
 * Butt Monkey: He gets screwed over by Fisk, The Scorpion, and The Vulture (not to mention Spider-Man), and all of his schemes backfire horribly. You'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't such a dick.
 * Charles Atlas Superpower: When he regains his youth he's able to beat up The Lizard with his bare hands. Somehow.
 * Enfante Terrible: Played for Laughs when his antiaging magic backfires, leaving him as an infant.
 * Evil Old Folks
 * The Starscream: He's not exactly discreet in his belief that he could run the cartel better than Fisk.
 * Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Successfully pulls one on Spider-Man when he's attacked by the Insidious Six.

Hammerhead
Another member of the Crime Cartel, Hammerhead is initially one of Silvermane's henchmen, before defecting to Fisk.


 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * The Dragon: To Silvermane. Initially.
 * Dumb Muscle
 * The Hard Hat: See Use Your Head.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Man of Wealth and Taste
 * Use Your Head: His is adamantium plated.

Tombstone/Lonnie Lincoln
"Robbie Robertson: Lonnie...? I thought you were...

Tombstone: Don't be so sure I'm not."

A childhood friend of Robbie Robertson's, Lonnie Lincoln was forever changed following a mishap at a chemical plant. He now operates as an underworld hitman, taking jobs for the likes of Silvermane and Richard Fisk.


 * Badass
 * Belated Backstory: Appears in Season 2 as a hired thug working for Silvermane. Doesn't get any backstory until Season 3, when his identity, origin, and vendettta against Robbie are all established.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Delinquents: Was one as a child and leads a gang of them later on.
 * Evil Albino
 * Evil Former Friend/Forgotten Friend, New Foe: To Robbie.
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Fangs Are Evil
 * Hired Guns: He's a muscleman, criminal, and killer for hire.
 * Implacable Man
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Revenge: When they were kids, Robbie left Lonnie in the lurch following a corner store robbery; Lonnie went to juvie. As an adult he tried to frame Robbie for a crime he didn't commit in order to get back at him.
 * Revenge by Proxy: Following his transformation into Tombstone, Lonnie tries to frame Robbie's son in order to get back at him.
 * Super Strength: Easily in the running for strongest character in the show.
 * The Undead: Very, very heavily implied.

Morrie Bench/Hydro-Man
An ex-boyfriend of Mary-Jane's who later gained the power to manipulate water. Defeated by Spider-Man he evaporates; a clone of him later returns to cause havoc in his place.


 * Cloning Blues
 * Clone Degeneration: The clone dissolves into nothingness after it's defeat.
 * Making a Splash
 * Stalker with a Crush
 * Unwitting Pawn: The clone is an unwitting pawn of Miles Warren.

Baron Mordo
An evil sorcerer with ties to the netherworld, Baron Mordo works tirelessly to free his master, the dread Dormammu from his prison. To that end he has brainwashed innocent people, stolen souls, and even conspired with Venom and Carnage.


 * The Dragon: To Dormammuu
 * Evil Sorcerer
 * Evil Sounds Deep: Courtesy of none other than Tony Jay.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * More Than Mind Control
 * Your Soul Is Mine: Can grant this power to others, most notably, Carnage.

Dormammu
An evil entity imprisoned in another world, Dormammu seeks his freedom--and the souls of everyone in the world.


 * Flaming Hair
 * Playing with Fire
 * Your Soul Is Mine

Miles Warren
A biologist with a penchant for clones, Warren causes a lot of trouble in both our Spider-Man's world, and the alternate reality belonging to Spider-Carnage and the Scarlet Spider.


 * Evil Genius
 * Evil Old Folks
 * Evilutionary Biologist
 * Karma Houdini: Our Warren never recieves any commupance; whether the alternate!Warren perished in the apocalypse triggered by Spider-Carnage is left unanswered.
 * Mad Scientist

Rheinholt Schmidt/Electro
The son of the Red Skull, Schmidt spent most of his life trying to free his father from the vortex. Manipulating The Kingpin and Silver Sable into doing his bidding, Schmidt ultimately freed his father who "rewarded" him by transforming him into his ultimate weapon, Electro.


 * Adaptational Badass: Big time. He brings down all of SHEILD with a gesture, and is too powerful for Spider-Man to confront directly.
 * Axe Crazy: Post powerup.
 * The Dragon: Was intended to be his father's, but ultimately betrays him.
 * Evil Foreigner
 * Psycho Electro
 * Siblings in Crime: With his foster brother The Chameleon.
 * The Starscream: To his father.
 * Those Wacky Nazis
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy

The Red Skull
""Do not despair Chameleon. The Red Skull anticipates everything.""

A Nazi spymaster, and archfoe of Captain America and the Six American Warriors, The Red Skull was trapped in the vortex alongside Cap. He is eventually released by his son, Rheinholt, whom he transforms into Electro; following Electro's betrayal, he and Cap are once again trapped in the vortex.


 * Arch Enemy: Of Captain America.
 * Badass
 * Bald of Evil
 * The Chessmaster: He plans for everything, a fact that is acknowledged by Captain America.
 * Evil Counterpart: To Cap.
 * Evil Foreigner
 * The Family That Slays Together: He's a Nazi spymaster, his foster son is a Master of Disguise, and his real son is a Nazi sympathiser turned supervillain.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Sealed Evil in a Can
 * Sealed Evil in a Duel: With Captain America
 * Skull for a Head
 * The Spymaster
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Soldier
 * Super Strength
 * Those Wacky Nazis

Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom
""This is what I have always wanted--absolute power and control!""

The brutal ruler of the tiny nation of Latveria, Dr. Doom is the archfoe of the Fantastic Four, and a major antagonist during the Secret Wars arc. Combining local technology with his own genius, he carves out an empire for himself, and plots to steal the Beyonder's powers for his own.


 * A God Am I: Plans to steal the powers of the Beyonder and partially succeeds.
 * Ambition Is Evil
 * Arch Enemy: Of the Fantastic Four.
 * Badass Cape
 * Big Bad: Of the Secret Wars arc where he is the last villain standing.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Eviler Than Thou: With The Red Skull, Dr. Octopus, and the rest of the villains the Beyonder brought to the planet.
 * Evil Foreigner: Is given a thick Eastern European accent.
 * Evil Overlord
 * Evil Sorcerer
 * The Faceless: Averted. He's able to use the alien's technology to repair his ruined face and ditch his concealing mask.
 * In the Hood
 * Mad Scientist
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Physical God: Briefly.
 * Power Incontinence: After seizing control of the Beyonder's power. As smart as he is, Doom simply isn't equipped to control the strength of a veritable god.
 * Powered Armour
 * Ruritania: Latveria.
 * Sorcerous Overlord
 * Tin Tyrant: Played with; see The Faceless above.
 * Utopia Justifies the Means/Well-Intentioned Extremist: Maybe. Given how good a liar he is it's hard to tell.
 * Visionary Villain
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity

Peter Parker/Iron Spider-Man
""In my world I'm a multibillionaire. Aren't you?""

A Spider-Man from a world where Uncle Ben didn't die, the public accepts him, J. Jonah Jameson is his godfather, and he's a multi-billionaire. Also a raging ego trip.


 * The Ace: And boy is he a prick about it.
 * Born Lucky: One suspects he got all of the other Spider-Men's luck. Especially Scarlet-Spider and Spider-Carnage's.
 * Expy: Of Tony Stark
 * Fatal Flaw: His ego.
 * Freudian Excuse: Everything has always gone his way. Of course he's a jackass. Our Spider-Man lampshades this.
 * Humongous Mecha: Owns a giant-spider robot.
 * Jerkass: He's completely insensitive, acts like he's God's gift to the world, and has no regard for his teammates' lives. Most of this stems from never having lost before.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Whatever else you might say about him, he's still a superhero, is still dedicated to doing the right thing, and honestly seems to care about his world and his girlfriend, Gwen Stacy.
 * Mr. Vice Guy
 * Powered Armour
 * Pride
 * Rich Bitch

Ben Reilly/The Scarlet Spider
""My name is Ben Reilly. I'm a clone of my world's Peter Parker. Or maybe he's a clone of me. We're not really sure.""

A clone of his universe's Spider-Man (maybe) created by Doctor Miles Warren, the Scarlet Spider changed his name to Ben Reilly and pursued his own career as a superhero.


 * Badass Bookworm
 * Blond Guys Are Evil: Averted. He's the good twin.
 * Cain and Abel: Abel to Spider-Carnage's Cain.
 * Cloning Blues: He's honestly not sure which of them is the clone. He's coping a lot better than Spider-Carnage is though.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Good Counterpart: To Spider-Carnage.
 * The Lancer: Acts as one to our Spider-Man throughout the arc.
 * Nice Guy: Somehow.
 * Trauma Conga Line: Has been through the same hell that Spider-Carnage has.
 * You Fight Like a Cow

Peter Parker/Spider-Carnage
""Ever since that spider bit me, the world has misunderstood me and tormented me. But now, it's my turn. I'm gonna obliterate you all!""

The Spider-Man from the Scarlet Spider's reality, he lost both Aunt May and Uncle Ben at an early age. His rivalry with the Scarlet Spider (whom he believed to be his clone) only worsened his tenuous grip on reality, and the revelation that he himself might actually be the clone drove him into a homicidal rage. Following his subsequent possession by the Carnage symbiote he now actively seeks to end all life in the multiverse.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Apocalypse How: Class Z. Plans to combine portal technology with explosives to destroy not only earth, not only the universe, but the totality of reality. When this plan fails he rants that he will destroy every universe in existence if he has to do it one dimension at a time.
 * Axe Crazy: He is badly, badly unhinged.
 * An Axe to Grind
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Beta Test Baddie: Whether he's the clone or not, Spider-Carnage clearly feels deeply insecure about his identity, which only contributes to his mental instability.
 * The Big Bad: Of the show's final arc.
 * Big Bad Duumvirate: Twice pretends to form one with two separate versions of The Kingpin. In both cases he's just using Fisk to get what he wants.
 * Cain and Abel: With all the Spider-Men, but especially Scarlet Spider.
 * Cloning Blues: Whether he's the clone or not, the simple fact that one exists has unbalanced his mind.
 * Combat Tentacles
 * Driven to Suicide/Heroic Sacrifice: Undergoes a Heel Realisation, comes to the conclusion that he cannot fight the symbiote off, and rather than letting it take control of him again, decides that suicide is the best option, and disintegrates himself by leaping into an unstable vortex.
 * Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humour: The only Spider-Man with no sense of comedy whatsoever.
 * Evil Knockoff: How he views all the other Spider-Men. "And now my dear clone..."
 * Evil Twin: He's our Spider-Man with just a little more rotten luck and a bad case of Cloning Blues. "I'm more you, than you'll ever admit!"
 * Freudian Excuse: Have you read this entry?
 * From Nobody to Nightmare: Take on unstable kid. Give him Spider-Man's powers. Throw in the Carnage symbiote for good measure. Run.
 * Giggling Villain: His high-pitched nervous laugh is horrifically disturbing.
 * The Hyena
 * Large Ham
 * The Mentally Ill: Suffers from self-loathing, misplaced envy, and suicidal depression, coupled with aggression issues and a need to lash out at the world. It isn't pretty and is played enitrely for tragedy.
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family
 * Motive Rant: Gets a pretty epic one near the end.
 * Eucatastrophe: Unbelievably near. Only an intervention from an alternate universe Uncle Ben stops him.
 * Omnicidal Maniac: "I'm gonna destroy all reality!"
 * Redemption Equals Death: Realises what he has become, and kills himself and the symbiote rather than letting it go through with the plan.
 * Shapeshifter Weapon: Like the original Carnage, he's able to morph his symbiote into a wide variety of weaponry, including extendable claws, Combat Tentacles, axes, and a shield.
 * Spot the Impostor: According to Gwen Stacy this was easy. "He's nutty as a fruitcake."
 * Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum: He obviously wants to die, but everybody else is going first.
 * The Symbiote
 * Talking the Monster to Death: Done successfully to him by Iron Spider-Man's Uncle Ben.
 * That Man Is Dead: His attitude towards the old Peter Parker.
 * Trauma Conga Line: His entire life.
 * Voice of the Legion
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: The poster boy. His Spider-powers, coupled with his already severe emotional fragility and the Carnage symbiote have pushed him totally around the bend.
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds