"Venom Returns" and "Carnage" are the tenth and eleventh episodes from the third season of the Spider-Man animated series, also marking the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth episodes.[1][2]
[edit] Venom Returns
The symbiote returns to Earth and travels to Ravencroft to reunite with Eddie Brock, who then escapes as Venom. He is ordered by Dormammu, to whom the symbiote owes its earthly return, to steal a machine from Stark Enterprises capable of releasing Dormammu from his own far-off dimension. When Venom battles Spider-Man and War Machine, he is easily defeated by the two heroes. Baron Mordo and Dormammu help Eddie Brock's cell-mate Cletus Kassidy bond with a symbiote, who later dubs himself Carnage. Carnage then assists Venom in his task to retrieve the technology from Stark Enterprises, though when Carnage attempts to destroy Spider-Man, Venom attacks him, telling him that the wall-crawler is Venom's and Venom's only.
[edit] Carnage
When Eddie refuses to continue to work for Dormammu, Carnage is considered sufficient to collect life-force which is essential for Dormammu to enter Earth. Carnage kidnaps Dr. Ashley Kafka, whom Eddie has fallen in love with. Eddie then reluctantly teams with Iron Man and Spider-Man to save her. They are forced to send Carnage as well as Dormammu into the other dimension, as it appears he has formed a link between himself and Carnage. Carnage, unwilling to leave Earth alone, attempts to drag Ashley with him, though Venom sacrifices himself for the woman he loves.
[edit] Reception
Scenes in the episode, such as when Eddie Brock returns to the Daily Bugle as Venom and attacked Jameson, were reviewed as being one of the best, as well as the scene where Spider-Man and Carnage fought in the city, was liked by many. The episode has also been speculated to have been well directed, which was considered very unusual in the series. As the series originally aired as a Saturday morning cartoon, Carnage was unable to kill people. The idea that Carnage drained the life force of others was reviewed to have been visually good.[3][4]
[edit] References to other media
When War Machine says 'I don't see no stinkin' badge!', it is a reference to the oft-quoted line from 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" [2][5]
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