Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003)
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series is an American animated series based on the Marvel comic book superhero character Spider-Man, which ran for one season, 13 episodes, starting on July 11, 2003. It is a loose continuation of 2002's Spider-Man film directed by Sam Raimi. The show was made using computer generated imagery rendered in cel shading and was broadcast on MTV, and YTV. Eight months later after the series finale, episodes aired in reruns on ABC Family as part of the Jetix television programming block. The series featured a far more mature version of the character than typically seen on television for any animated comic book adaptation. Throughout the series, characters are clearly killed, rather than the usual ambiguous disappearance, and several characters are strongly implied to have had sex.
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Episode 1 - The Party
Release Date: 2003-07-11Peter Parker's nerdy high-school friend, Max, is hazed in a deadly fraternity prank that turns him into Electro, a high-voltage villain that threatens the campus. Only Spider-Man can stop him from exacting his revenge on the students.
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Episode 2 - Sword of Shikata
Release Date: 2003-07-11The master martial artist and swordswoman, Shikata, is sent to capture Spider-Man for a wealthy man's collection of rare animals; and Shikata determines that Spider-Man is too noble a foe to simply capture, so they must fight to the death.
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Episode 3 - Law of the Jungle
Release Date: 2003-07-18Peter's professor, Doc Connors, injects himself with reptilian DNA, which slowly changes him into the angry, vengeful Lizard; and since the serum affects Doc Connors' brain, Spider-Man must stop his beloved professor as he begins seeking revenge on those who have harmed him, including Harry.
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Episode 4 - Keeping Secrets
Release Date: 2003-07-18Spider-Man is out to catch Talon, a female thief who is responsible for high-risk robberies in the city. Things get complicated when Spidey finds out that Talon is his best friend Harry's new girlfriend.
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Episode 5 - Tight Squeeze
Release Date: 2003-07-25A team of three ex-KGB agents called Pterodax take people hostage, including Peter and Indy, his new crush. They want Spider-Man, so Peter must figure out a way to appease Pterodax without revealing his alter ego.
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Episode 6 - Head Over Heels
Release Date: 2003-07-25Peter Parker's lab partner Christina reads his mind with her new invention: an ESP crown. The crown malfunctions, jolting her own brain with electricity and altering her reality. No longer able to distinguish fantasy from reality, Christina attempts to kill M.J. in order to limit the competition for Spider-Man's eternal affection.
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Episode 7 - When Sparks Fly
Release Date: 2003-08-01Electro returns from his seeming death and tries to make Sally, a girl he has a crush on, become an electrical being just like him.
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Episode 8 - Spider-Man Dis-Sabled
Release Date: 2003-08-08Peter covers a press conference and inadvertently videotapes incriminating evidence against Silver Sable, an Eastern European assassin for hire. Now she will stop at nothing — including killing Mary Jane, Harry, and Indy — to get the tape back.
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Episode 9 - Royal Scam
Release Date: 2003-08-15Spider-Man is duped by the infamous Kingpin into stealing the TX-1 super-chip, designed to decrypt the confidential satellite transmissions that drive the world's financial markets. Now he must find a way to get it back.
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Episode 10 - Heroes and Villains
Release Date: 2003-08-22Spider-Man battles Turbo Jet, a modern-day Robin Hood armed with a homemade propulsion system, who steals from the wealthy and gives to the poor. Spidey's life gets even harder as the public rallies around Turbo Jet – and against Spider-Man.
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Episode 11 - Flash Memory
Release Date: 2003-08-29Dr. Zellner tests his "smart drug" on Peter Parker foe Flash Thompson, and Flash immediately displays dramatic spikes in intellect. However, along with the IQ boost comes a potentially fatal side effect. With only minutes to find an antidote, Zellner takes Flash's suggestion that he experiment on an already intelligent candidate: Peter Parker.
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Episode 12 - Mind Games (Part 1)
Release Date: 2003-09-05The Gaines Twins, a brother and sister with uncanny telepathy, escape from an armored transport convoy, but Spider-Man apprehends them by overcoming their brain blasts with his own superhuman will power. Later, just as Spider-Man reveals to MJ that he's really Peter Parker, Kraven the Hunter confronts Spider-Man. As payback for the years he spent in jail, Kraven attacks MJ with one of his poison darts. Spider-Man rushes to her side too late, as her life slowly slips away. Now, Peter is out for revenge.
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Episode 13 - Mind Games (Part 2)
Release Date: 2003-09-12Spider-Man realizes that the diabolical Gaines Twins have brain-blasted him into believing that MJ has died at the hands of Kraven the Hunter. He corners the Twins, but things take a turn for the worse when they once again use their telepathy to trick him.