The Spectacular Spider-Man/Awesome: Difference between revisions

* Both times Peter fights off the symbiote's influence, first with the help of the memory of his Uncle Ben, then by summoning forth all the positive emotions associated with the people he loves. It goes to show that Peter's real power doesn't come from his spider-strength or his web shooters, but [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|from his heart]].

* In "Group Therapy," Eddie takes Mary-Jane on a high speed motorcycle ride just because he thinks taking her out will hurt Peter. MJ doesn't take any of that crap.

** Also in "Group Therapy," Aunt May standing between Spidey and the entire Sinister Six. That woman has ''guts''. Also [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|a heartwarming moment]] both in story (defending her Nephew without even knowing it) and from a meta perspective.

* Also in "Group Therapy," the Symbiote defeating the Sinister Six all by himself is quite awesome ; at first the Six wipe the floor with him, crack some jokes, the mask's eyes widen in a "Oh Crap" moment... And then he proceeds to defeat each and everyone of them, showing greater strength and agility than Peter himself.

* In "Nature Vs. Nurture," the ''entire football team'' works together with Spider-Man to save Gwen from Venom.

'''Flash''': Anytime. Now get that creep! }}

* The (temporary) team-up of Spidey and {{spoiler|Rhino}} in "Accomplices".

* Vulture is holding Norman Osborn high above the city and, despite the peril he's in, continues to berate his captor.

'''Osborn''': You can't even get the name right. }}

* Tombstone gets a ''lot'' of these.

* This far and no...

** From the same episode, Peter telling off the snotty cheerleader he was trying to tutor. For anyone who's ever been blown off by the popular crowd before, it was quite satisfying.

* Poor, meek little Otto Octavius has just survived a lab explosion. His abusive employer, Norman Osborn, arrives to pull him out of the rubble and starts to berate him yet again, when Otto's eyes narrow and...

* Comic homage: In ''Amazing Spider-Man 33'', there is an [http://blog.wired.com/underwire/images/2008/08/15/spiderman300.jpg iconic image] of Spider-Man using every last ounce of strength to lift a bridge off of himself. It's been repurposed for the show, with a huge light fixture in place of the bridge, and it couldn't be any more ''awesome''.

** Incidentally, this also doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].

* The entire episode of "First Steps" is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for the [[spoiler:Sandman, who not only demonstrates what a man who is made out of and can control sand can REALLY do, but even manages to muster a few [[Pet the Dog]] moments, topped off with a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. {{spoiler|Which he survives, because he built up too much coolness to be killed, and the last look on his face in the episode shows it.}}

* For Harry Osborn... "Harry, what are you doing?" "[[Meaningful Echo|Cowboying up!]]" Even his ass of a father was impressed. {{spoiler|The Chameleon who was disguised as his father at the time, however, seemed a bit frightened.}}

* In the second season finale:

Spider-Man: Rule 2: ignore rule 1! }}

* What about {{spoiler|Norman's}} Xanatos reveal, he managed to be cool AND scary... In his own sickening way of course.

* And another one I forgot, to me, this Goblin one-liner was awesome.

** Which becomes even more awesome in hindsight, after the Goblin's real identity is revealed.

* A rather off-screen example, Gwen got her father into going to Thanksgiving with Peter. Here are the details:

* Doctor Octopus spends much of his introductory episode insulting Spider-Man's intelligence and gloating about his own genius... which makes it incredibly awesome when Spidey suddenly out-gambits him with an almost pathetically simple trick.

* In the episode Natural Selection an middle-aged/old woman gets a real great Crowning Moment of Awesome. Spidey is fighting a large reptile in a crowded train. The reptile is about to to eat Spidey's head, yet that is stopped by the woman smacking the lizard with her purse saving his life. Bonus points for her never being seen again.