The Spectacular Spider-Man: Natural Selection

Dr. Connors gives himself the mutated lizard DNA serum, unaware that it was electrified by Electro in a prior lab battle. The result: a transformation that turns him into a savage humanoid lizard.

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8.8/10 (5 Votes cast)

Episode Info

Episode number: 1x3
Production Number: 103
Airdate: Saturday March 15th, 2008

Director: Dave Bullock
Writer: Matt Wayne

Guest Stars

Andrew Kishino voiced Kenny "King' Kong Recurring	Benjamin Diskin voiced Eddie Brock Recurring
Crispin Freeman voiced Thug #1 Recurring	Deborah Strang voiced May Parker Recurring
Joshua LeBar voiced Flash Thompson Recurring	Kath Soucie voiced Martha Connors Recurring
Phil LaMarr voiced Rand Robertson Recurring	Max Burkholder voiced Billy Connors

Recap

Spider-Man, patrolling the city, moves in on a gang of thieves robbing a bakery. He easily takes them out and gets the entire thing on camera so he can sell the pictures to the Bugle. He heads home to meet his Aunt May's curfew, while at his home Dr. Curt Connors injects him with another dose of lizard DNA to regenerate his arm. He's unaware that the DNA was electrified by Electro when he attacked the lab previously. Peter arrives home to find Aunt May pouring over the bills and figures he can use the prize money to cover their finances. However, when he checks the photos he discovers that he didn't get the shots...

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Episode Quotes

Gwen: I’m so not letting you wish away your big brain.
Peter: If it’s so big, how come it can’t solve my problems?
Gwen: Big but unripe. Give it time, Cantaloupe Boy.

Curt: Do you know how thrilled I am to lose at arm wrestling?

Spider-Man: Now if I were a 6’5 lizard instead of a 5’6” spider, where would I hide?

Spider-Man: Hey, wall-crawling’s my schtick. Hey, you start spinning a web and I’ll sue.