Ultimate Spider-Man Is Hard to Defend 

I used to love this show, didn’t know it was so hated 😅

The funniest thing about Ultimate Spider-man is that it was the project that started the Marvel-Disney animated universe, but the last few seasons of the other shows take place in the Marvel's Spider-man animated universe. It's like a stab in the back for Ultimate.

I remember loving this show as a kid. This was my introduction to a lot of Marvel characters, including Luke Cage and Iron Fist.

To be fair, Ultimate Spiderman and Marvel's Avengers were always going to be fighting uphill battles because the shows that preceded them , Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Spectacular Spiderman, were both very beloved and adapted so many storylines so incredibly well.

"20 years later, and Morbius still can't drink blood in these shows." It'll never be Morbin' time with Disney.

I have so much nostalgia for this show and despite its flaws I can't help but love it

The way that the whole team bullies Spider-Man, the leader. It gives me vibes of the relationship between robin and his team in Teen Titans Go. They both constantly make fun of their leader and bully them. And They always make the leader an outcast.

The whole team being jerks to Spidey is the sort of thing most shows would do in like the first 5 episodes, and then they learn actual teamwork and establish friendly dynamics between each other. Instead the show just kept them like that forever until they stopped being relevant?

I kinda like the idea of electro's motive being "to become pure energy" because it's not something easy to relate to. I feel if they make electro an addict to his own powers, they can craft really interesting stories. At first, he uses his powers for his own gain, then slowly his own powers become his only drive... like a crackhead.

I’ll say this tom Kenny is a great doc ock voice he’s makes the character downright creepy at times

I need more "he's right behind me isn't he" jokes, but the punchline is they turn around and there's nobody there, then the camera pans a little and the guy in question was slightly off camera in front of them

The fact that J. Jonah Jamison wasn't mentioned once in this video really shows just how forgettable that version of him was

The reason why Disney pushed Nova everywhere (including Marvel Vs Capcom 3) was that: guardians of the Galaxy. The fact he just ends being demoted to extra in the movie said how much we cared for Disney Nova

I remember being a fan of this show when it came out (I was in middle school) and I wasn’t aware it was considered to be the “bad” one until two years ago. I still need to get around to watching Spectacular Spider-Man properly since I didn’t watch it much as a kid due to not liking the art style.

The deadpool episode is actually one of the few episodes I actually enjoyed. Not only that, but I found that everything that didn't work with spidey (not just the 4th wall breaking, but the cutaway gags and even the chibi) worked with deadpool.

I absolutely loved this show as a kid. Though I haven’t watched in a while, from what I remember, your criticisms appear perfectly valid. I didn’t mind that the original team was dumped by season three, as I became very attached to characters like Agent Venom and Iron Spider in a way that I never was with the former. Scarlet Spider was also a top contender for best character, and the scene where he lets Aunt May remove his mask and name him was just one of my favorite moments in the show.

My favorite tidbit about this show is they had Drake Bell Spider-Man appear during the original Spiderverse event, seemingly just so they could have the 67 show’s version make fun of him. Yes, you heard that right.

I think they should keep the whole thing that Electro likes Spidey's jokes. It's pretty unique and i think it would give some interesting insights on him. The fact he tried the lightbulb thing for instance makes him either easily humored or super bored.

The worst thing this show ever did was Disney replacing Josh Keaton in Earth’s Mightest Heroes with Josh Bell to promote Ultimate Spider-Man. It hurts every time I think about it.

I definitely feel like the _biggest_ plus this series gets is actually have the balls to not only use Carnage, but actually follow through with using him. Even if he has to be tuned specifically for the audience of the show.

You know your side characters are underdeveloped, when you can just look past Squirrel Girl being a recurring character. It takes genuine talent to make her existence seem completely unremarkable. Like, she’s the type of character you’d assume would be either indescribably annoying or an unexpected saving grace in a show like this. For better or for worse, she’s a weird character that invites a visceral reaction.

That feeling when you remember this show takes place in the same universe as Jessie, Suite Life on Deck, That's So Raven, Hannah Montana, AND Wizards of Waverly Place.

I think the thing i'm most grateful for out of this show was that they not only gave a story about Sandman turning things around, but that he became a sporadically occuring supporting cast member.

My favorite aprt about this show, was 1000% Tom Kennys rendition of Doctor Octopus, who always sounded as though he was struggling with complete and utter madness.

I actually loved the show as a kid. The team and family dynamic the group held was wholesome and fun. The art style, action, and writing I liked as well.

I enjoyed Ultimate Spider-Man for what it was; a fun Spider-Man cartoon that didn't take itself too seriously; sometimes....Like you said, it lasted 4 seasons with 104 episodes and was the only Spider-Man cartoon that didn't get cancelled with a cliffhanger, so they did SOMETHING right to keep it going as long as it did. I would rather watch all of Ultimate over Spider-Man 2017...Now THAT cartoon SUCKS....

I absolutely adored ultimate Spider-Man (no I‘m not kidding). I started watching it when I was about 10 but I still love it. This is actually the show that got me into Marvel Comics, so I don‘t complain at all.

One thing this show has, one of the best doc ock, tom kenny kills it And i love the oily, pale skin, chubby design, a real basement dweller beliving he is better than everyone

The one moment from the show that actually made me laugh is the season finale, when Peter referred to the other heroes as "his family", even though they never had a single bonding moment before then. Best joke in the series. Also, according to the producers, the show was supposed to end in season 3, but it was doing very well on Netflix, so they rewarded it with an additional season. They were probably itching to move on after that, especially with Bell's legal problems .

29:39 okay, I’ll give this show points for not doing what they usually do with Body swap episodes and just have the characters being dubbed over by whoever they’re swapped with. It’s a whole lot more realistic and funny to hear voice actors trying to emulate their afflictions.

The amount of " I know you're still in there remember who you are fights" is insane

Its honestly sad how Disney keeps misunderstanding what a show is about and just does whatever they want

The thing I find the weirdest is that Fury said he wanted him to teach the group, but aside from a few very short training montages, Peter never seems to take the role of a mentor. Yes, he helps the team in their individual episodes, but it seems more like a friend than a mentor. Not to mention, it's clear they are all in the age gap, so it's harder to see them as a teacher-student. It would have been better if this was an adult Spiderman, but it would have been weird if Spidey was the oldest of the entire group. It also doesn't explain how he is the most experienced of the group. Yeah, he has actual experience in combat, but Nova was tried by the Guardians of the Galaxy, Danny was tried to be the Iron Fist, Tigress comes from a lineage of heroes so I believe she had some training. The only one Peter could actually teach is Luke, but their fighting styles are so different, Luke would learn better from heavy hitters like Hulk or the Thing, not someone as acrobatic as Spider Man.

Honestly even if this show isn't that good when you look at it objectively, I absolutely adored it as a child. It was one my first introductions to the Marvel universe as a whole, and is a large reason why I know as many characters as I do. It's where I learned about the different spider-men and Carnage (even though in this show he's created completely differently from how he's made in the comics, which threw me off for a couple years)

If there's one thing I hate most about this show, it's how they just take away what makes Spiderman, Spiderman. His struggles. He doesn't have to worry about his secret identity, he doesn't have to worry about his family being harmed, he doesn't have to worry about anything because they immediately placed him in Shield. Of course, there's other times where Spidey or even other Spidermen has been put in a big team, but those still kept his struggles, in fact they added more at times. Ex, Avengers. They did perfect with the struggles part, and then added another struggle with the whole team considering him too young and inexperienced to do anything useful, which is a bit of bullying but also reasonable, unlike the team of people he leads in this show, which just bully him for no absolute reason.

Kid arachnid never sat right with me either Could’ve just called him arachnid

What's odd about Drake Bell's casting is that, if you watch his EMH Spider-Man cameos, Bell is doing a pretty good job. So I blame Ulimate's tone less than on him than the writing throwing a very loud joke at your face every ten seconds, thereby disrupting any tension per scene.

The web warriors arc was honestly one of my favorite parts of the show. It was so cool seeing all those different Spider-Men forming a team.

Honestly, I love this show. I've been rewatching it recently and I still love it. Some of the humor is good, and I think the voice acting adds on well with the humor.

I like that in the 2018 game the writers also had Electro follow along with Spidey's jokes

The fact that Electro is the one villain that laughs at Spider-Man’s puns is charming actually. You bring up a lot of great points. The Spider-Verse arc and the Web Warriors are like the rare redeeming qualities of the series. It’s just neat to see them appear on the silver screen - aside from appearances in the video games and before the Spider-Verse movie.

The show was more concerned with making Spidey have crossovers with other heroes than it was with developing Spidey himself, which ultimately ended up being to its detriment. On one hand, as you mentioned, those crossovers were great and felt like they were ripped straight from the comics. On the other hand, all those episodes meant there was very little room for Spidey and friends to have any sort of connected story, making it feel more like a Power Rangers show than one with an overarching plot.

I loved this show as a kid, though looking back I wish it had some changes. I would have loved more of a focus on the Ultimate team and time to develop the dynamic between individual characters, maybe even episodes where Spiderman takes a backseat for a while. Like Danny and Luke doing a mission together that inspires them to want to make Heroes for Hire later on, or Sam and Ava learning how to work together since they act so differently.

Thank you for bringing up how insufferable the team was. It never made sense to me how Peter was the supposed to be the leader of the team yet everyone on it seemed to hate and not respect him.

I liked the fourth wall breaks. When I was watching this show for the first time I knew nothing about most of these characters, I didn't even knew who Spider-Man was before this show. The fourth wall breaks served as an explanation to me as well as a way to see what Spider-Man was thinking about or how he felt about certain things. I also thought the running joke of other people thinking that he's just talking to himself was really funny.

I think the reason Elecro is good is because he's different in every version and it's interesting to see how the various electros differ and even more interesting the parts that are similarities between them all like electric eels and becoming pure electricity

25:13 Doesn't giving Mysterio actual magic powers kind of defeat the purpose of his character

Honestly, I'm so happy of watching dubs when this came up. The VA really drags it down. Also, this really feels like a Marvel Analog series with Spiderman as the protagonist than a proper Spiderman series. Like a Marvel testing grounds.

I remember having some fond memories with this show?? Mostly because the animation didn’t feel overly blocky and cartoony (super big eyes or simplistic art style used mostly for children’s Tv) and the jokes weren’t too bad!

My main problem with Ultimate is that whenever spider-man is fighting one of his main villains, (Doc ock, Rhino, sandman, etc.) it either has relation to his team, or his team is the reason they succeed. I think his whole team shouldn't have been in the show, because for a show named Ultimate Spider-man, he doesn't seem very ultimate if he isn't able to defeat classic villains on his own.

The major problem this show created for itself was the huge team i really liked the idea of Spidey leading a team called the Web Warriors but there were way too many memebers too have a proper team on

I watched this show as a kid but never finished it. I like the idea of seeing the more action oriented Spider-Man show where it's more focus on Spider-Man than the human side, but it's also a matter of doing that well. It's a shame since I LOVE the visual style. The action scenes and lighting looked fantastic. Love the fusion of 2D Animation with 3D assets, looks better than the 2017 show which I never saw.

Previous animated Spider-Man shows before Ultimate were so good because even though they were targeted towards children, the showrunners never treated their audience like they were _actual_ children

I have a weird sense of nostalgia for this show because I watched it alot when I was younger but in hindsight making spiderman with deadpools humor along with the other issues you've brought up doesn't make it age well, but I'll give the show credit for introducing me to so many elements of Marvel that I've seen in one show right besides earth's mightiest heroes

I actually really liked this show when I watched it as a kid. I didn't realize people did not like the show that much. This was actually the show that made me start to like Spiderman and Deadpool as characters

Reading the comments on this video has reminded me of how old I am. I was 18 when this show came out so I grew up on the 90's cartoons. So seeing this and comparing it to the likes of 90's Spider-Man and X-Men left me very disappointed.

The show made agent venom look like one of the coolest characters I’ve ever seen. He’s cool in the comics, but he’s top tier here

Honestly, this show would've worked so much better had it taken the BATMAN: THE BRAVE & THE BOLD route, Spidey crossing over with different heroes and go off on crazy adventures every episode would have been enough.

14:40 wait a minute I just realized Is that dog A JOJO REFERENCE

This show was absolutely part of my childhood. However, I didn't really notice all the flaws back when I was a kid. It's kinda funny learning about those flaws now! Very fun.

The only good thing I can think about this show is that they arguably treated symbiotes better than in the Ultimate comics.

What you said about Peter's "Friendship" with the others is my biggest issue with this show. I hate Nova with a burning passion, he tries to be the jokey character of the show, but A. With a character like Spiderman thats kind of a struggle and B. Their attempt to make Sam "likable" is just by saying he has a lot of responsibility without doing anything interesting with him being the owner of the Nova helmet. Iron Fist and Luke's relationship is also non-existent, non of them have that unless Peter is there. For a "team" to work they have to work with everybody, not just one person. Now yes Spidey is the main character and one of if not arguably the most popular superheroes. But in a show that doesn't just focuses on him, you need more than that to grip the audience. And this is nowhere near as good as Spiderman could or should be. Here's how I'd fix just the core 5, have Peter use the lesson of responsibility Ben taught him to be a better leader. Have Danny and Luke actually be best friends, with Luke being the first person to gain a liking to Peter, and Danny being the calm strategist who helps keep everyone focused. Make White Tiger the lone wolf of the team, then make her realise that she has to be more open and maybe have Nova be the one who helps her through that, additionally this would help develop Sam, by making him take the situations they're in more seriously rather than constantly being a jokey asshole who likes to screw Peter over. These wouldn't be game changing, but it actually lead to them feeling like a team and a family, rather than some rando being forced to work with 4 of his bullies.

this show introduced me to marvel not only to spider-man, that's why i love it so much, cause it's not only the same spider-man against the same villains everytime. the 4th wall breaks are just the humor of it's time and the show would be not the same without them, i like that the cartoon focused on spider-man and not on the same peter parker story and problems like every movie and spectacular before, ultimate is just refreshing and perfect to introduce someone to the whole bunch of marvel heroes and villains. btw the german voiceacting is waay better

I think the best part of of the series in my opinion was the symbiote saga. I really liked the episode where carnage was attached to peter and attacked his team. As a child i found his laughing and chittering unearving. The there was the symbiote saga. Where carnage takes over city. I found it really cool that he completely humiliated by carnage. Also I think wolf spider should have gotten a comic series immediately. Wold spider was just shuch a cool concept of an evil peter parker.

never seen this show, but i have to give props that when characters body swap, the actors have to play each other instead of just keeping each character's voice unchanged

You’re absolutely right about the character drama or lack there off. What irritated me so much was the fact that certain people who knew him for years like friends or people like Flash Thompson, when they found out about Peters identity: there was no impact. For example, you think Flash would have really freaked over the fact that his superhero idol was actually the nerd/ex best friend he picks on in high school and known since childhood but nooooooo he just finds out, is surprised for a moment, and the next day they act like nothing happened. Are you kidding me?! Character drama is one of the best things that make shows worth watching, without that it makes your character seem hollow and boring, like 90% of this show. Oh yeah Spidey’s supposed “team “we’re really annoying most of the time and seemed to get brainwashed or captured like every few episodes.

There’s a good chance that Sam was made for the show but debuted in the comics before the show aired, like Kaldur from Young Justice. I say this because Sam’s first appearance was in late 2011 and the show debuted early 2012, plus Sam used Richard Rider’s design in the show until he was given the black helmet from the comics later. Meaning the comic writers saw this characterization and actively rejected it when they added him to the comics. Good on them.

This show is entertaining. Enjoyed it as a kid and enjoy is as an adult. It doesn’t take itself seriously at all and the animation is extremely well done. This show is underrated and people that hate on it probably take themselves way to seriously and don’t know how to like shows that don’t have serious plots with people dying or blood being spilled. My rating for this show would be a solid 8.3 and I recommend

It warms my heart that someone younger than me mentioned the oft forgotten mid-90s NBC sitcom Wings.

I know I'm in the minority here, but I loved the humour in this show. Sure it can be a bit much at times, but I honestly love how silly this show is able to be and felt like it really put you inside Spider-Man's head. As a kid, when Spider-Man breaks the fourth wall and talks about what's happening, it kind of makes you form a weird parasocial relationship with him, you know? Like he's your buddy and he's talking with you. I sincerely love this show with all my heart even if hearing drake bell of all people say "with great power comes great responsibility" maybe didn't age so well

I love this show because it put Peter in a position of leadership which he’s not always in, and how he acts with his friends (not how his friends act to him) and the spider squad seasons were good and you can’t deny it Also unlike it’s connected show avengers assemble the animation was always good

Here's an Electro fact: there was a Spider-Verse comic where one of his counterparts figured out how to go dimension hopping by recreating a certain electromagnetic frequency with his powers. He immediately went to a version of Earth where he became a sleezy but successful millionaire because he never got his powers and teamed up with his other self to create an army of Electros that went around robbing different universes.

The premise was solid. The idea of an already experienced Spidey who has been a hero for years catching SHIELD's attention and putting Peter in a similar position to the Avengers in the MCU (before Winter Soldier) was interesting, and it gave an excuse to have him take on villains he wouldn't otherwise (Doom, Loki, etc.), while still having him fight smaller threats on a regular basis. Doc Ock's design is horrifyingly great (and perfectly fits the way his character acts here), and most of the other designs are pretty good. Plus having a bunch of different marvel characters outside of the ones Spidey usually interacts with was cool (and pulling from different parts of the Marvel universe is one of the things that made EMH so good). The only problem is that everything else ranges from just alright to plain bad. As for the actors that were in I'm in the Band, they were the least entertaining of the main cast. None of the jokes in that show were well written, but the other 3 main leads made them funny with their hammy delivery. But instead we got the 2/5ths that weren't good Also the scene where Knightmare makes Peter experience Uncle Ben's death again was fantastic and in a shorter series (like 12 episodes) that scene alone could have outweighed all its flaws

I know it's obvious, but Spectacular has the best Electro and I'd love to see someone take that setup and run with it. Really lean into the body horror of a guy getting super powers; a guy who is initially terrified of no longer being human, but eventually grows to love and embrace it. Have him reject his humanity and keep chasing the high of gaining more and more power with the end goal of him just becoming pure energy. And every time he shows up, he's less stable, needing more and more tech to even maintain a physical form. Everybody loves the "dark reflection" thing, so have him emphasize why the most important part of Spider-Man is the MAN.

This show was from a weird era, but it was genuinely entertaining, and the odd references and cameos made me appreciate it. This version of Spider-verse was fun as well. The 3/4 part special had some great versions of Spider-Man.

The funniest part is the fact its called ultimate Spider-Man and then later he goes to a universe where miles exists, WHICH DOESN'T, make any sense since miles technically only exists in the ultimate Spider-Man universe 🥲🥲🥲

Honestly despite loving this show as a kid, imo they really should have just adapted the comics into the show. Not only would it be easier instead of creating new stories but also get the fans on board too.

26:20 "multiversal constant" bro literally predicted canon events

I used to like this show, then I rewatched it and jeeeez….

I love Ultimate, Spectacular, and the Tasm movies because they introduced me to spider man when I was little

Peter is the guy who basically invented being a superhero in his universe. He's also one of the most accomplished heroes in Marvel and now he's saddled with a group of ungrateful, disrespectful brats who have no idea how privileged and honored they should feel to even meet him, let alone train under him. They also somehow believe they are always right and Peter is always wrong despite his years of experience and even having the respect of people held in awe by the world.

Wish there was an episode where Peter fights all his teammates at once to show why they should respect him

I was actually 7 when I saw this, and it become my favourite show to watch before school because of the effects they used.

I loved him working with his team.

I love this show, I've re-watched it so many times. It kinda hurt when he said the humor could only be enjoyed by 6 year olds. I'm in my 20s. I know it's stupid and has many flaws, but with my depression and anxiety it's nice to put in something a little more silly and easy to follow.

I was actually impressed that they were able to make a decent marvel animated universe. We got Avengers, Agents of SMASH, Guardians of the galaxy, and spider-man. Pretty good

Its not everybody's favorite, but i love it, and that's never changing

I still love this show, it was unique and different.

This is what I’ve been waitin for! Me and my buddy Samuel would watch this after school on his Wii. We’d both be kinda bored 3 episodes in and switch it over, and my biggest memory is watching it on the spare upstairs couch and realizing Spidey was Drake Bell and havin a laugh over it.

One aspect of this show that I liked is the new origin of the Lizard, especially the part where he lost his arm because of a battle that Spider-Man was involved in.

Imagine if we had comic-accurate Ultimate Spider-Man that was as insulting like calling Shocker the Vibrator or telling Kingpin fat jokes

38:17 Disney Jr: WHY DON'T WE PUT A *SPIN* ON IT THEN?

36:04 He literally does the first time he meets him. "You know, you look exactly like me that one time Loki turned me into a pig." "What?" "Never mind."

One of my biggest problems with this series is that it doesn’t know who it’s targeted towards

Imagine a multiversal war between 3 known Animated Universe the Renaissance, the 2000's, and the current interacting which each other before Avengers: Secret Wars.

I first watched it when I was fifteen, and it was hilarious and really sad and thrilling at times. It was my first experience with a non movie spider man and I absolutely loved everything about it. I think that the main reason for critics hate for it is because they have watched all the iterations before this one and also read the comics, neither of which I had.

They completely missed a golden opportunity to make an accurate comic adaptation. It could’ve been so much more /: now i doubt we’ll ever get to see a REAL Ultimate Spider-Man. We almost did in the early 2000’s but this might’ve been our last shot

I thought that perhaps combining the characters of Spectacular's Eddie Brock and Flash Thompson could be a way to condense the character of Agent Venom. Have him lose his legs in a Spidey related accident and have his adoration of Spidey go the other way into absolute hatred for failing him. Then he becomes an Anti-Hero out of spite until he's humbled and grows as a character throughout the show, it's an idea I had running on my mind for a while. As for his relationship with Peter before he became bonded to Venom, I imagine he was friends with him to help with his homework, and temporarily escape from his abusive father by hanging out with him. Also I just realized that Shattered Dimensions was the closest we got to a crossover between Spectacular Spidey and HvW Deadpool.

I LOVE the Ultimate spiderman show !!!

I remember trying to watch this when it came out. Good gods, it was insufferable.