Marvel Mash-Up



"You look at some of this old animation and go, well, that’s a little bit odd looking. Why is Spider-Man on Doctor Doom’s shoulders? Why does he seem to be hugging Green Goblin? And that’s where you could just come up with ideas and have fun with it."

- Cort Lane, Vice President of Marvel Animation Development & Production

A series of interstitials on Disney XD, which redubs clips from old Marvel Comics-inspired cartoons with hilarious results. Shows featured so far include Spider Man and His Amazing Friends and the 1980s Animated Adaptation of The Incredible Hulk. The first video aired April Fools' Day 2012, after the premiere of Ultimate Spider-Man.

Archived at Disney XD's YouTube channel.

Tropes featured include:
"Green Goblin: Now that I have you tied up with...lights, or whatever..."
 * Abridged Series: In practice, but not name.
 * And There Was Much Rejoicing: A clip of Spider-Man, Firestar, and Iceman cheering has gotten many re-dubs, each containing a Mood Killer.
 * Artistic License Physics: Lampshaded:

"Spider-Man: (to Magneto) Wait, how are you lifting me? I'm not made of metal!"


 * Butt Monkey: Iceman
 * Conspicuously Light Patch: Spidey and Iceman escape a dungeon by finding a different-colored panel in the wall, and pushing it to reveal an exit.
 * The European Carry All: Spidey calls Green Goblin's bag a purse, but Goblin insists, "It's a European man-bag!"
 * Fictional Holiday: Flying Car Parts Day
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: Bruce Banner
 * Hollywood Tone Deaf: Dr. Octopus
 * Ho Yay: Invoked when Spidey "hugs" the Green Goblin.
 * Cyclops' "trust exercise" with Nightcrawler.
 * Human Sacrifice: The Plane God demands one of General Ross' paratroopers.
 * I See London: Spidey exclaims this when grabbing onto Doctor Doom's legs in a way that exposes Doom's "metal underpants".
 * Little People Are Surreal: Green Goblin has a little Norman Osborn living in his eyeball.
 * Medium Awareness: Characters occasionally begin episodes by saying that the show will start soon.
 * Mood Whiplash: Can happen due to the fact videos currently air right after the relatively mature The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, via a Credits Pushback.
 * Fortunately, the dedication to Boyd Kirkland at the end of episode 32 did not get immediately followed by one of these videos. A tutorial about drawing Venom played in between to minimize mood whiplash.
 * Mystery Box: Magneto makes Spidey choose between a Hawaiian cruise, or the prize behind the curtain. Spidey picks the latter, and.
 * Naked People Are Funny: Bruce Banner calls out Iceman on not wearing a shirt or pants, so Iceman strains to justify this by claiming "science" proves that if he wore clothes, they would "freeze to death."
 * Oh Crap: Green Goblin insists to Spidey that he's not afraid to fly into the powerlines, but this quickly proves false.
 * Overly Long Gag: Several. One that got lampshaded happened when Banner met the man who gives "the longest handshake in all the Amazon."
 * Tempting Fate: While Norman Osborn mixes chemicals, he says, "Just mixing up some chemicals, nothing can possibly go wrong" in a sing-song voice. An explosion subsequently occurs during his experiment, ruining his "perfectly average face".
 * Toilet Humor