Spider-Man (1967 TV series)
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Spider-Man, Spider-Man, —Opening verse of the Title Theme Tune
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Probably the first show to ever feature the titular pop culture phenomenon.
The show was odd.
It can be viewed on the Marvel website here.
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Tropes used in Spider-Man (1967 TV series) include:
- The Abridged Series: Spiderdub.
- Art Evolution: Inverted: Budget slashes during the second season caused the animation to become worse.
- A Worldwide Punomenon: So many puns that the Vulture ended up begging for mercy to make Spidey stop making egg jokes.
- Becoming Part of the Image: Happens to Spider-Man in episode 45.
- Camp
- Cloudcuckoolander: The Vulture is a bit of an odd bird in this version.
- Color Coded for Your Convenience: In the second season, mostly because of using footage of villians from Rocket Robin Hood, the villians were inevitably green-skinned.
- The Dark Age of Animation
- Darker and Edgier: Say what you will about the second season, at least the first two episodes covered Spider-Man's origin, including the murder of Uncle Ben.
- Deadpan Snarker: Spidey, as always. Betty Brant has her moments, too. Also, Electro, Green Goblin and Vulture when put together.
- Electro can be pretty sarcastic with Spider-Man, too.
- Expy: Klivendon to Kraven and Charles Cameo to Chameleon. Which is an odd case, because they had licensing to those characters.
- Harmless Freezing: In the first episode but Spider-Man combats this with a self-made heating unit on his chest... which doesn't get used anyway.
- An Ice Person: The Plutonians.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Jameson. To quote Betty Brant: "Beneath that gruff exterior is a gruff interior."
- Limited Animation
- Meaningful Name: Dr Smarter.
- Off-Model
- Power Makes Your Voice Deep: Peter used a lower-toned voice as Spider-Man.
- Stock Footage: A large abundance of it. Particularly notable during the second season, when endless shots of Spidey swinging across the city were combined with intercut footage from Rocket Robin Hood as a means of severe cost cutting.