Is Marvel’s Spider-Man the Worst Spidey Cartoon Ever? 

I just want to say - Just because cartoons are aimed at kids, it doesn't give them an excuse to be unintelligent.

4:29 DAMN JJ CHILL

The sad thing is that Disney is one of the companies that can afford to have those spectacular fight scenes (pun intended) and a really good animation style to go along with it and yet they made this

I remember episodes with Deadpool in Ultimate Spider-man. The whole episodes were basically joke fight and it was really fun to watch.

I miss the spectacular Spider-Man.

Spectacular Spider-Man was made to please. Ultimate Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man are made to sell toys

I think the idea of a scientifically-nerdy Peter Parker isn’t bad. Most of his depictions show him as just a shy kid who wears glasses and gets picked on, and then he just happens to develop a super-compressed web fluid that can be stored in incredibly small capsules that are sticky enough to hold body weight on a single strand. Real mechanical engineers have tried to make something similar to Peter’s webslingers for a long time, at least in functionality, and not enough emphasis goes into how Peter must have some grad-school level of knowledge in material science in high school. It’d be interesting to see a peter who develops web fluid before becoming Spider-Man, but being physically unable to do the same stunts before the powers.

My main issue with the show is three things: 1: Spider-Man doesn't know when to shut up. I like the voice actor quite a lot ( He's done much better roles ) But I can't help but say he talks to much. Especially in fight scenes. Spectacular and hell, even the 90s show did this better. 2: The writing is pretty bad. It does have the good moments. This show does serious scenes way better than what Ultimate did. This also ties in with my first complaint. 3: The progression. My god, it really says somethinh when we get the Black suit way earlier on in the show. It rubbed me the wrong way on how Peter Parker was introduced. And even more so when he started as Spider-Man. All I want is a good Spider-Man show again. We have a good movie. An upcoming video game that looks promising. So why can't Disney make a decently loved Spider-Man TV show?

Also why is Peter Parker drawn like Harry Potter? Does that bother anyone else?

I can't get over a feeling of meh. Can't love it. Can't hate it. I just feel meh.

making peter a nerd would've been awesome if they didn't make him an R/iamverysmart propaganda kid i would've prefered something geeky and not obnoxious

The Spectacular Spider-Man is a perfect example of a show that's well written and enjoyable for adults while still being very kid friendly

Spider-Man, how do you feel about your current cartoon incarnations? 4:29 Seriously. That show is a meme goldmine.

This new peter Parker doesn’t even seem like peter

Ultimate Spider-Man could've been amazing if it didn't have cheesy ass lines and constantly breaking the fourth wall. Also if they didn't do the stupid team ups. I prefer spider man as a lone wolf.

4:49 why is Timmy Turner sitting in front of Peter?

Harry builds a flaming sword The second Hobgoblin uses one Hmmmm

I hate they way they made Peter so annoying. The Spectacular Spider-Man and Spider-Man The Animated series(90s) will always be the superior series

The science bit I noticed seems to be with characters who overcompensate their intelligence for a lack of an actual fucking character or any other multi faceted trait to make them interesting. Much like the actual Big Bang theory

I agree: "Marvel's Spider-Man" isn't the greatest, but I wouldn't call it 'God-awful' either.

The 90's one and spectacle were the best

Its kinda sad that the only Spidey cartoon that had a former ending, a definitive final episode that closes all arcs was Ultimate Spider Man. Let that sink into your head.. What happened to TNAS or TAS? Or Spectacular?

You thought Spider-Man Unlimited was garbage? I respect your opinion, but could you go into a bit more detail on why you didn't like it? For me, I enjoyed it because of the art-style and how alien it felt. I also liked that the show introduced heroic versions of previous villains, as well as focusing more on John Jameson. Sure, it had problems, and some of the characters were shameless ripoffs, but it had a lot of heart to it. Lumping it into the same category as the 80s Spider-Man cartoon is a bit extreme.

I personally liked Spider-Man Unlimited animation wise and story wise even although it was kinda all over the place, but I thought it was an interesting take on Spider-Man

God i just can't get over how absolute shit the animation of this new series is

is it me or Peter Parker looks like Ben 10 from the "Alien force" time episodes.

This show looks absolutely terrible. The cheap animation alone hurts my eyes

It's animation looks like discount devilman crybaby and Peter Parker looks like Ben Tennyson... What is it come to...

It looks like they copied character designs and animation from the new Voltron and stole the school from Big Hero 6

Yeah I agree with the problems most people have with marvel's Spider-Man but I personally finally pretty enjoyable it's not great or horrible it's just okay at best but I hope in the future we can get a spectacular Spider-Man level spidey cartoon again.

Acutally its Disney's fault

That moment when you like this show, and see a RU-vidr you like bashing it. I can't tell whether to agree with him because "What? A fan of the show? Me? Well i would never." , or get mad because "How dare you attack my moving pictures!"

I liked the ultimate Spider-Man

I ultimately agree with you Even if you don't like the other three big series Spectacular 90s And ultimate They all had effort and energy put into them that i just can't see in this cartoon. I love the storytelling of the 90s I love the fluid animation and fight scenes of spectacular And i love the off the wall creativity of ultimate But this...i just feel nothing. If you like it, all the power to you. But it's just not for me

*Hears you talk crap about Unlimited.* YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!!

Hold on a minute, you mention Spider-Man Unlimited as being god-awful. It's not a great show, but it's definitely not the worst. That nanotex soup was really cool, and I actually really like their symbiote storyline. I will give you though the series main villain and the alternate Earth lot were ridiculous.

Haha. I love how you showed that japanese spider man show. Always like that intro.

Bring back spectacular

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL *"where is flash thompson to shove this kid into a locker when u need him"*

I actually don't mind 'ultimate spider-man' as a show. It sticks with what it is really well and it's genuinely funny at times.

The design and animation is so bad and flat, the lack of good shading and fluid movement makes it look so bland, which makes me not even wanna try watching jt

Spider-Man Unlimited was lit af

The show does get a bit better later on and actually has some character development, but it is no where near spectacular, but it's fine

I agree with mostly everything you've said in this video, but my initial opinion on why the show was bad was because the dialogue sucked. Like Spidey's quips are the WORST in this show; they're not funny at all. And yeah I really do agree with you on this whole "smart kid" school. Very stupid idea. One thing though; I would give it props for its season 1 finale. I personally liked this show's interpretation on the whole "harry osborn/green goblin" plot-line. But I would like to hear your thoughts on it.

I feel like I'm in the minority that actually liked ultimate spiderman :/ this one feels a bit more generic I'll give it that, though they really changed up the characters like a lot. So it might be fun as like a different take on the websilinger.

From what I've seen, this series' biggest distinguishing feature compared to previous Spider-Man incarnations is the focus on science. I like this concept because I feel like a lot of incarnations either don't focus much on it, or somewhat omit it by having it be an interest of Peter, rather than something he's naturally gifted at. As much as I love Raimi's take on the character, there was rarely any science involved, and the most we got was Peter being a student of Dr. Conners and mentioning some stuff when meeting Octavious in Spidey 2. That's about it. Doesn't help that the natural webs diminish Peter's genius side, but that's neither here or there. The issue this show has is that I think it overplays the science aspect. Having everyone and Peter be science geniuses diminishes Peter's uniqueness. I'm fine with characters like Gwen Stacy being a science nerd too, but Harry and everyone else? No thanks. To tell the truth, I don't think this is the worst Spider-Man cartoon. Ultimate has had that crown since it came out, 'cause that version didn't even attempt to get the character right, and was overall insulting. This show tries, but I think the main problem is that the creators are trying to go for a "have our cake, and eat it too," where they have so many other characters like Miles Morales thrown in there, when I think Peter Parker is enough. If anything, this show will be remembered in a similar way like the MTV series: Not terrible, but nothing special or remarkable either.

I think they really highlighted the nerdy side of Peter and all things science because of the latest adaptation of Peter from the comics. Last time I saw his comics he had started his own company that went on to rival Tony Stark's company. There were actually a few issue with him fighting with Tony and arguing over who's the better guy and who had the best company. Now even though comic Peter has utilized his brain and is a ceo of a powerful company that makes some great innovations he didn't seem overwhelmingly nerdy.

Honestly, as a fan of the show, it is pretty awful. I agree with the majority of this. But I have to say: Otto from this show specifically is my main comfort character. It's kinda funny how "cute" they made his character design, Scott Menville did a GREAT job voice acting him, and even though it was pretty poorly executed he has a neat character arc.

#BRINGspetacularspidermanback

spider man unlimited was kinda cool in my opinion

5:12 This scene is pretty different with this Peter. In the Stan & Ditko run of the comics and some of the best interpretations of the character, we feel bad for Peter. Yes, he's a nerd, but he's also nice, and just wants to be popular and get dates, but people just push him aside for being different. Here, we get why people dislike him so much; this kid just doesn't shut up. I'd dislike him too if I knew him, he's just too uncomfortable to be with.

Should've kept Spider-Man as a lone wolf. Didn't have to bring in all those other fucking Spider-Mans again. Keep his identity a secret which adds more drama and suspense. The Peter in this tried waay too hard to act like a nerd. They moved wayy too fast in this too. The animation is also kinda shitty .

I kinda hate the new marvel spiderman cartoon just because its a reboot to ultimate spiderman or ultimate spiderman web warriors. There was alot they could have still done. They never resolved jjj's son turning into a werewolf on the moon. As far as ik hes still in stasis. Also they could have brought black cat into the ultimate spiderman show. I hate how people say ultimate spiderman was created for toys but if you actually sit down and watch it. It has lore building. Hell ultimate spiderman made it into avengers assemble a few times. And hulk and agents of smash. My main reason for hating THIS spiderman is cuz it felt like a reboot done way to soon

I'm really glad that you just didn't scream into your microphone about how bad the show is, which is something I really appreciate. Keep up the great work!

He acts like the smart kid in 7th grade instead of a responsible, but geeky highschooler

I'm going to have to disagree with you completely, I've watched all 3 seasons, as well as Ultimate Spider-Man, the Spectacular Spider-Man, and obviously the original animated series. And while the animated series (to me at least) is the best, I feel like this one is honestly my favorite Spider-Man show from any of them, while it is EXTREMELY goofy at times, you have to remember it's focused around a child audience, so they have to work around most original source materials to make it that way, however it seems to fail at that, it mixes the ultimate marvel universe with the main marvel universe really well, not to mention some of the things they came up with themselves, and this is probably THE MOST accurate depiction of Spider-Man I have ever seen, not to mention the way they portrayed the Superior Spider-Man arc is honestly just fucking amazing. I've watched every episode from beginning and end, and the way they move the story on in a linear fashion as if they were planning it from the get go is amazing, and the Doc Ock arc (SPOILER WARNING) was really well done, and pretty sad for a "Children's Show" and what shines most of all is the message behind the show, as well as them actually using Spider-Man's comic accurate tactics as well as just basic morality, and they went pretty far with it, this show gets shit on WAYYY too much and people who at least don't see the message behind it as well as actually how much research was put into it and creativity are just a bunch of dolts who have obviously missed the entire meaning and skipped episodes.

Why does everyone hate Ultimate Spiderman so much? I like it very much. And I grew up with 90s and Spectacular Spidey.

I actually enjoyed ultimate spider man

Modern Marvel cartoons make me miss Spectacular Spider-Man and Avengers: EMH. They used to have style and great writing.

spider man: kicks thanos in the face thanos: 4:29

I'm sorry, but if you wanted me to watch the rest of your video, you shouldn't have included JJJ *fucking shooting Spider-Man dead* . God the original cartoon was a beautiful fucking mess. No but really, good vid. Honestly disappointed, cause the shorts were pretty alright.

Mostly dissaponted that the ultimate Spider-Man series ended with out fully developing most of the characters and half asssing the ending. Ditching the original teammates in favour of forming a mini avengers or an all Spider-Man team.

Can someone please tell me what the name of the background music is 7:27-8:32

4:28 Best part of the God damn video

There's a really weird scene in the second or third episode where Peter tells Max Modell he needs a job to pay for school, so he wants to become the school's janitor. Max is perplexed that Peter would want to work as a janitor, and offers him instead to work as his personal assistant. Peter agrees, so the first assignment Max gives him - clean up the mess in the lab caused earlier by Spider-Man battle with someone. So basically... do janitor work? This all happens within the same conversation, and it doesn't play out like a gag, so it was baffling to me. There's all sorts of stuff like this in the earlier episodes, where the writers don't seem to know how basic things work in the real world. When Harry gets suspended from Horizon High, his father Norman immediately opens HIS OWN school, Osborn Academy. You need like, a license to operate a school, permits, certified teachers and what not. It's not something you just do willy-nilly. There's also the whole genius teenagers thing you mentioned, with all sorts of really dangerous experiments being conducted out in the open. Perhaps it's an homage at the 90s animated series, which also did that a lot? More likely, it's the lack of basic understanding of how science works (in both shows, as much as I love SMTAS). Having said that, I quite enjoy this show. It's no Spectacular Spider-Man, but it's definitely better than Ultimate. They manage to get A LOT done in just one season. It's almost like they're really in a rush. In 13 episodes, we've had black suit Spidey, Flash Thompson Venom (no Eddie Brock, though) Miles Morales becoming Spider-Man (only short months after Peter got his powers) and a cross-over with Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk. Interestingly enough, no Green Goblin yet (Norman or Harry), though they definitely seem to be building up to it, no Mary Jane Watson except for a small reference in the recent episode, (a very young) Doctor Octavius is there but still not Doctor Octopus, no real love interest as of yet (they were kinda building up Gwen but so far nothing has come to fruition) and no Death of Uncle Ben scene, in accordance with Homecoming. So while they've clearly jumped the gun on some things, I think they've actually shown restraint on others. I agree with your take on Harry Osborn, but in contrast, I think Norman Osborn's depiction is spot on. He's not maniacal (yet, anyway), he has clear and reasonable motives that revolve more around business disputes and a genuine concern for the safety of the city and his son rather than an inexplicable desire to crush Spider-Man. I think that if this show runs long enough, it could actually improve and find its place.

haven't watched ultimate in years, but i remember loving it

7:09 thought I was watching a Ben ten episode

I actually enjoyed this show, (having watched the first and half of the second seasons thus far) and I think the concept would have worked all of the names and designs were swapped with a new hero and new villains. I think the biggest gripes I have about the show is how it's often disengenuous to Spider-Man's past depictions. On its own, it's problematic, but has some great concepts that I'd love to see explored.

I personally liked Ultimate Spider-Man and while yes I was in the demographic I usually don't like that style of humor. But I liked it because it knew what it was which was a fun little excitable romp while this show just seems lost.

Not the worst Spidey cartoon, but its DEFINITELY not Spectacular Spiderman

Ultimate Spider-Man was the one I grew up with. I loved it so much and still don’t think it’s bad at all.

With my asberger's, Peter's social awkwardness was kind of neat for the first few episodes, but other than that, I kept finding myself saying, "what human being has conversations like this?." The writing was just terrible. For being so science obsessed, their conclusions are often outright wrong. Octavius is kind of good. I just wanted to see Superior Spider-Man and I don't think I'm going to help skipping to the episode.

I only like Laura Bailey as Gwen Stacy there

I feel like I've been watching a different cartoon than everyone else. Don't get me wrong, I don't think the current Spider-man cartoon is perfect. There are aspects that bother me but, it seems the majority of people either hate it or are simply unimpressed. I think the animation is nice to look at, not eye candy but, still pretty. I like the characters and their interactions. I also like the new spins on some of the villains. So, what is everyone else seeing that I'm not? If you don't like it that's fine, I'm just not seeing the same issues everyone else seems to. On a side note, though people may want to kill me for saying this, I don't think Spectacular Spider-man is as good as people keep saying it is. I watched it when it first aired on TV, I rewatched it in High School and I tried to rewatch it recently and was disappointed. The way Peter handled everything in The Lizard's first appearance (I think episode 1 but I'm not 100% sure) made him out to be a selfish prick in my eyes (kinda like his One More Day portrayal). He ruined the lives of Curt and his family and to top it off, acted as though he was right to do so, despite the fact that Curt never meant to become the Lizard. Peter was called out for what he had done by Gwen and still refused to admit he was wrong. I'm sorry but, I can't get behind a "hero" that does that sort of thing. That's just my opinion, please don't kill me.

Bruh just bring back the spectacular spiderman!!!

I actually kind of like it. It's nice to see spider-man win with logic instead of just power, and this one feels vulnerable

As someone who grew up with spectacular Spider-Man anything else is kinda disappointing (and I’m still pissed it got cancelled!)

Kids nowadays need to watch the Spectacular Spider-man show. It is the most accurate and ambitious version of Spider-man in an animated show.

This show had it good parts and its bad parts, the main bad part was where most of the villains were children instead of adult, but other than it wasn't bad. It is a shame about the last few eps of season 2 and the season 3, it felt rushed. Wished they put more work in it. But seeing how it was getting cancelled I sort of see why it was bad.

While I don't think the students in that school are anywhere near Tony Stark or Reed's level, but still making a school full of geniuses is an awful decision. They are meant to be average students in an average high school. Peter himself isn't a gifted genius either, he just has interest in science. Don't know how this show got the simplest of the things wrong, even Ultimate Spiderman had basics of the character right.

I really miss spectacular spider-man cartoon

Why people hate Spider-Man Unlimited? I mean it's so much better than Ultimate and Marvel's Spider-Man...

The current series isn't exactly a traditional depiction, but come on! Ultimate was outright slapstick and never did much with its many potentially great characters in favor of reusing the same gags over and over. By the end of its run it had improved considerably, but considering where it started, "improved considerably" just means "nowhere near as painful as it was at the beginning but still falling well short of the next-worst series." Worse was the timing of it - Spectacular had just met an early demise, Peter Parker was dead in the Ultimate comics, and in the main universe we'd recently had One More Day and its fallout, so the comic was now primarily about the perfect romance between the hero and... Joe Quesada's daughter. As such, the new series was our only hope for good Peter Parker/Spidey stories even being a thing at all. And then we learn Paul Dini is involved and it's based on the start of the Ultimate comics! Glory hallelujah! And then.. we get... *THAT.*

It's nearly a whole four years later. We got a sequel to Homecoming and another later this year, as well as Into The Spiderverse. But I don't know what's been happening with the character in regards to TV shows.

Dear God, the animation looks terrible. Like it was made by a twelve year old weeb with Flash on their computer.

Had I not been in too much of a bad state throughout 2019, I would’ve made a video on what I consider to be the top 20 worst cartoons of the 2010s, and Marvel’s Spider Man DEFINITELY would’ve been on that list! If I have kids, I would, unless a better Spider Man cartoon comes out by then, show them The Spectacular Spider Man and/or Spider Man 1994 (the latter of which aired on the BBC in my country!)

The fact that Disney made two Spider-Man shows with multiple seasons just to try and live up to the hype of Spectacular Spider-Man which only had one season really speaks volume.

The animation is lazy. I'm not sure why they think kids are dumb, and dumbing down the content so much. The old Spider-man cartoons had some incredible dynamic storytelling. It just comes to show you when these executives think of super hero content that's animated at Disney, they automatically assume the kids watching it are stupid. My nephew who's 8 said it's trash.

4:24 Just gonna leave this here for my own convenience.

max model looks like the KFC guy

I also think the cartoon s getting better, but I think the main problem with the series is two-fold. 1st and foremost, the series is directed towards boys ages 6 - 11, and 2nd the series is made by Dan Slott and Joe Quesada, the two writers responsible for "One More Day (OMD)". No wonder May Jane Watson (MJ) isn't in this series, but at least the Osbornes were in the 1st season. They'll be back in the next few weeks as the upcoming storyline will be the Goblin War. I actually wrote Disney/Marvel this week requesting to bring back the Spectacular Spider-man Series. I'm sure I won't get a response, but I thought I'd give it a try as the Disney Streaming Service is starting on Tuesday, November 12th. I'm sure Disney has their shows selected for the streaming service, but why "leave money on the shelf" by not bringing back this series and making fans happy. Won't happen, but you never know. I'm still waiting for (the real) MJ to show up in this series. Probably will be Season 3 if at all. Unfortunately, I don't think we the fans will ever see another adult cartoon series like Th Spectacular Spider-man again. It's a shame really. Never giving the fans what they want and make them happy by giving them closure to that series. I'm still waiting for an "Alternate Universe" Spider-man Comic with the Black Cat and Spider-man being together as the power couple they should/could be and having kids. I think it would be an awesome comic. I think it's time for this alternate storyline. I recently "caught up" on the current issues of the Amazing Spider-man (ASM) Vol. # 5, and I wasn't impressed. I know I'm waaaaaay beyond the demographic ASM Vol. 5 is "geared to", but I don't think much about the storylines, especially with this "demon" type character called Kindred going after Spider-man and Mary Jane. Is this Mephisto Part 2? Didn't we have enough of OMD 12 years ago? I thought this might lead to Mary Jane being killed off like Gwen Stacy was in ASM # 121 back in 1973. I was 12 years old back then. However, I was proved wrong by the release of the New Comic Series The Amazing Mary Jane # 1 on October 24th, so the writers at Marvel aren't thinking of "killing off" Mary Jane Watson anytime soon. Yet, I'd think to have MJ die in the Comics would have made an interesting storyline. Then maybe after 10 to 12 issues after her death, Spider-man and The Black Cat could get together. All I know is the Marvel Writers keep bringing the Black Cat back into the ASM Comic Issues as a recurring character. I don't understand why if the character is being brought back for a reason. I also don't understand why Marvel doesn't allow Spider-man to accomplish anything being Peter Parker. I know you can't have him as successful as Tony Stark/Iron Man, but isn't Iron Man dead now (not that anyone dies in the Comics)? Wouldn't Peter Parker be the logical "heir apparent" to Tony Stark? Wouldn't it be great if the Marvel Writers would allow Peter Parker/Spider-man to be there for Mary jane now and then? In one of the recent ASM Vol. 5 issues, Peter had to miss MJ's plane again because of fighting another villain. When is Peter Parker going to be "responsible" to the woman he loves? She's an actress now on a Mysterio Movie Set who's working for the "Demon" Kindred. I think Marvel should give a little more time to Peter Parker's social life. Not a lot, but a little more and make him somewhat successful and able to be there for MJ on occasion. Just an opinion. I hope Marvel Spider-man Season 3 called "Maximum Venom" is better than Season 2. I heard there's also going to be a Marvel Spider-man Season 4. Thanks for reading.

2:48 its like when you tell your mom a joke, and she somehow turns it into a life lesson

7:28 I hated that design. I keep incorporating it with Voltron

The thing about this peter parker Hes too much of a "i am very smart ik everything" and he wont stfu about explaining the obvious

The Rise of Doc Ock part 1 and 2 were probably the best episodes. They were decent, but they basically do what anyone of these super crazy plot actions would do: Goes way over the top. Shove the whole Jackal clone saga, Spider-Gwen, and basically leave a cliffhanger for something you can't outdo. Everyone in New York with spider powers, really? Just goes there with poor build-up for the Jackal. Very bad character development/placement, aside from Ock, and maybe Norman. Show struggling with introductions majorly is its biggest weakness.

I quite enjoyed it. Season 2 was great. That ending actually made me cry a lot, and I usually only tear up a lil when it comes to sad scenes. But that got me good. There were a few flaws. Like everyone being smart. Doc ocks voice and age didn’t fit the character. Sometimes spidey let’s himself get hit or into a bad position. A few other minor things, but other than that I enjoyed it.

I actually love it, it has the same spirit as Spectacular Spider-Man in my eyes. It has its flaws of course, but it's awesome to me

Anyone remember Deadpool in ultimate Spiderman?

I never got to watch Spectacular Spider-man but I think Ultimate Spider-man did a really good job. It basically did to the cartoon Spider-man what Homecoming did to the MCU's Spider-man: make a Spider-man where he's not like the only hero in the world. His interactions with Wolverine, Deadpool, the Avengers, or even just Nick Fury were very fun and gave me a good grasp of how Spider-man looks in the bigger picture. Now it has been a long time since I watched it, so maybe I'm remembering the stories and humor as being better than they were. And I haven't read the actual Ultimate Spider-man comics, so I don't know how much the show did that justice.

Can we talk about how this show made Adrian Toomes the Green Goblin?