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Spider-Man (1994) :: Neogenic Nightmare (1): The Insidious Six (1) (02x01)
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| Title: | Neogenic Nightmare (1): The Insidious Six (1) |
| Episode #: | 02x01 |
| Production Number: | 201 |
| Original Airdate: | Saturday September 09th, 1995 |
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Spider-Man is slowly losing and regaining his spider-powers, and at the worst possible time, it seems, as the Kingpin has just arranged for the six most dangerous villains of Spider-Man’s rogues gallery to escape, then organizes them into the Insidious Six, in an effort to finally capture and kill Spider-Man. Spider-Man escapes, so they decide to kidnap Peter’s Aunt May, hoping that Peter will lead them to Spider-Man in exchange for his aunt’s safety.
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Although the Vulture didn't appear in this Insidious Six, he would later appear when The Kingpin re-organizes the Insidious Six.
| The "Sinister Six" sounded too scary to censors, so they were forced to change the title to "Insidious Six."
| A small version of how Spider-Man received his spider-powers is featured in this episode.
| Since Sergei Kravenoff was no longer Kraven the Hunter, he did not appear as one of the Insidious Six. Electro and the Vulture hadn't premiered yet, so they didn't, either. The Sandman was banned from appearing in Spider-Man, due to the scheduled Spider-Man movie in which he would be one of the main villains, though the movie was never released, which is why he didn't appear.
| The Insidious Six is the series' version of the Sinister Six of the comics, but only two of the original members appear: Doctor Octopus and Mysterio.
| The word "kill" is used yet again in this episode, though it's not used in the sense that someone is going to kill another, but rather that someone would kill for the chance to do something.
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Chameleon: (after Shocker's failed attempt to shoot down the door that's holding Rhino in) Nice try, but why don't we try this. It's called a 'key.'
| Spider-Man: (to a humanoid bat-gargoyle) I feel so distant. I have no one. Except you, Bruce. You're rock solid, and best of all, you laugh at all my jokes. Bruce, you're a heck of a guy!
| Prison Guard: (to the Chameleon who has transformed into him) It-it can't be!
Chameleon: (as the prison guard) Ah, but it is.
| Rhino: Whoa! What do you know? All this time, Spider-Man was really a robot.
Doctor Octopus: Neanderthal, that wasn't Spider-Man; it was an obvious fake.
| Debra: A little late, huh, Peter? What's the matter? Got wrapped up watching cartoons?
| Peter: Don't forget, Michael. The tortoise beat the hare.
Michael: In my country, we eat tortoises.
| Felicia: (about Michael) What 'B' movie did he come from?
Peter: "The Revenge of Dracula's Ego."
| Dr. Connors: You were not born with these spider-powers, were you?
Spider-Man: No, I won them on a quiz show.
Dr. Connors: This says neogenics was involved, but how can that be?
Spider-Man: That was the category I chose.
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The Chameleon: (as Aunt May as a witch) Ready for the end, my pretty!
This is a reference to the legendary movie, The Wizard of Oz, and the Wicked Witch of the West who says "my pretty" to Dorothy, the main character, who was taken to Oz during a tornado, along with her dog, Toto. The movie was based off of a book named The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and recently, a new play was created entitled Wicked, in which the events that took place before Dorothy came to Oz are showcased.
The movie starred Judy Garland, and was released in 1939. There were also movies based on the play in 1910 and 1921, though they aren't as well-known. The Muppets also took their take on the movie, which starred Ashanti as Dorothy and was released in 2005.
The book was released in 1900, written by L. Frank Baum, and was made into a play just two years later.
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This episode is based of The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1. Six of Spider-Man's enemies band together to form the "Sinister Six" to get revenge on Spider-Man for their past defeats. The villains were Doctor Octopus, Electro, Kraven, Mysterio, Sandman, and the Vulture. Spider-Man was lost his powers in the issue as well.
| In the Spider-Man 2, the movie, Spider-Man begins losing his powers, just as Spider-Man does in this episode. Also, in the movie, while trying to climb up a wall, Spider-Man falls off the wall into a dumpster in an ally, which also occurs in this episode.
| Felicia: (about Michael) What 'B' movie did he come from?
Peter: "The Revenge of Dracula's Ego."
This is sort of an in-joke reference to the upcoming episodes in which Michael Morbius becomes a vampire.
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Analysis |
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The title of this season is called Neogenic Nightmare because it Spider-Man's D.N.A. is mutating for worse. First with it decreasing, then increasing to the point that he becomes Man-Spider. Because Spider-Man's powers were caused by a neogenics-contaminated spider, which affected his D.N.A. So for Spider-Man, this whole phase is considered a "nightmare," thus "Neogenic Nightmare."
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