List of Spectacular Spider-Man characters

The following is a list of main characters that appear in The Spectacular Spider-Man TV Series.

Peter Parker / Spider-Man

Main article: Spider-Man

• Voice Actor: Josh Keaton

Bitten by a genetically altered spider while visiting Dr. Curt Connors' lab at Empire State University, Peter Parker donned a spider themed costume to fight crime after allowing a burglar to escape, who later killed his Uncle Ben.

Peter was awarded an internship for Dr. Connors, a position which he held until being fired by Martha Connors for ditching the antidote plan to take pictures of the Lizard. However, his Lizard pictures caught the eye of J. Jonah Jameson who gave him a job as a Bugle freelancer to take more pictures of Spider-Man in action. He and Harry try out for the football team, but lets Harry join the football team. In the episode "Catalysts" he goes with Mary Jane to the Fall Formal. However, a few days later, Peter sees Mary Jane going out with Flash Thompson as she says they were just friends.

Following John Jameson's return from space, the alien symbiote was taken to Dr. Connors' lab for study. The symbiote then got loose during a fight between Spider-Man and Black Cat, leading to Spider-Man stepping on and bonding with the symbiote. It causes him to be more aggressive towards his enemies and others; it also gives him a strong desire to keep the symbiote, despite what it is doing to him. After a brief talk with Flash Thompson, Peter is able to think clearly once more and decides to get rid of the symbiote, only to find out it is trying everything it can to bond with him. With the spirit of Uncle Ben to guide him through, Peter was able to triumph over the suit and dispose of it. He later returns it Dr. Connors' lab and tries to destroy the suit forever by freezing it. Unfortunately, Eddie came in at the wrong time and misunderstood the situation, causing his hatred for both Peter and Spider-Man to rise up more than ever, giving the symbiote more than enough energy to break free of the ice and bond with him.

After returning to his normal suit, Peter meets a new villain, Venom. Realizing it is the symbiote and from its words, he realizes it is going after his loved ones. Upon hearing it call him "bro", he finds out that it is Eddie who has bonded with the symbiote. After it nearly attacked Aunt May it swore to get the "person he loved most" and kidnapped Gwen (though Peter assumed he was referring to Mary Jane). Peter decides enough is enough and fights Venom, only to realize he is no match for Venom, Peter tricked the symbiote off of Eddie by pretending to accept it back. Inside of his mind, the symbiote attempted to rejoin with him, only to be stopped by images of Peter's friends and family. Afterwards, Peter buries the symbiote in quick dry cement, deeply hoping never to see it again. Also, by the end of the first season, Peter fully and happily accepts his destiny as Spider-Man, and begins to realize his true feelings for Gwen after she kissed him.

In the second season, Peter realizes his feelings for Gwen and on several occasions tries to talk to her, but his duties as Spider-Man continue to interfere. On New Year's, Liz Allen kisses him revealing that she wants to be with him. The two became a couple later on.

In the episode "Final Curtain", Peter finally talked to Gwen and both confessed their feelings to each other, and agreed to end their respective relationships, which caused him to break up with Liz. Later he discovered the Green Goblin is revealed to be Norman Osborn, he took one of his pumpkin bombs and placed it in his glider, which caused it to explode and crashed with Norman in a water tank filled with pumpkin bombs. Feeling responsible for the death of Norman, Peter felt guilty and decided that he shouldn't be with Gwen and allowed her to stay with Harry.

Gwen Stacy

Main article: Gwen Stacy

• Voice Actor: Lacey Chabert

Gwendolyn Stacy is one of Peter Parker's best friends and an intellectual equal, not to mention harboring a crush on him. Her appearance and personality here is very different than past incarnations and appears to be partially influenced by Debra Whitman's character.

She is the daughter of Police Captain George Stacy and also gained an internship with Dr. Connors at Empire State. She was disappointed in Peter for ditching the cure effort for when Dr. Connors turned into the Lizard, but soon forgave him. In the episode "The Invisible Hand" Peter unintentionally lies to Gwen saying he is not going to the Fall Formal (school dance), but later finds himself courted by Mary Jane. At the formal, Gwen is silently hurt when seeing Peter and Mary Jane together, believing that he lied to her. She later becomes concerned for Harry's health when he starts abusing the performance enhancing formula Globulin Green. She admits her feelings for Peter to Mary Jane in "Intervention". In the following episode, "Nature vs. Nurture", Gwen follows Mary Jane's advice and begins showing a more active interest in him. During the Thanksgiving parade, she is kidnapped by Venom, on the basis that he is going to harm the person Peter loves the most. This, coupled with Gwen later kissing Peter after their Thanksgiving dinner, causes Peter to realize her feelings for him and his possible subsequent feelings for her.

However, Liz Allen's own growing affections for Peter leads him to start going out with her instead, much to Gwen's dismay. Gwen is later kidnapped by Electro and used as a hostage by the Master Planner, who forces her father to do as he says. Gwen is saved by Spider-Man however. She soon finds herself the center of the returned Harry Osborn's attention, and winds up his girl, despite her interest in Peter.

Later, in "Gangland", she got a facial makeover with Mary Jane's help and has stopped wearing her glasses since.

When the Goblin took control of New York, Peter and Gwen finally talked, and agreed to end their respective relationships so they could be together. However, when Harry lost his father, Gwen stayed with him out of guilt.

Harry Osborn

Main article: Harry Osborn

• Voice Actor: James Arnold Taylor

Harry is Peter's other best friend and son of ruthless industrialist Norman Osborn.

He constantly lives in his father's shadow and considers Peter a good friend despite being much richer than him. Harry drops Peter as a friend after failing to tutor him twice, leading to his failure on the calculus test. However, when Norman gives Harry a lecture on self-responsibility, Harry reconsiders his decision. He apologizes and forgives Peter, and together, they try out for the football team to teach Flash a lesson. Harry then becomes a member of the football team. As a result of this, he has become significantly more popular, even going to the fall formal with Kenny Kong's ex-girlfriend, Glory Grant.

In the episode "Catalysts", it's shown that he has developed a hidden jealousy towards Peter, seen where Pete is showing off his date, Mary Jane to the popular clique. In this episode, he's also dumped by Glory at the dance who reunited with Kenny "King" Kong again. Curiously, this provokes him to take one of Oscorp's drugs from his locker, named "Globulin Green", out of anxiety in order to enhanced his natural abilities in football. However, it affected Harry's mind, causing a number of black outs in which he could not account for his actions.

It was believed Harry was the Green Goblin, due to his being discovered by Spider-Man in the costume during one of his blackouts, complete with broken leg from one of their earlier battles. However, this was later learned to be a ruse by the true goblin. Norman pleaded on his behalf, and Spider-Man allowed Harry to go free on the condition he never again took the globulin green and became the Goblin. Gwen told Peter at school the next day that Harry was taking a leave of absence to get the help he needs.

Harry returned mid-second season, where he is shown to be developing a crush on Gwen, since he asks her to Flash's party "as friends", but is shown to look otherwise. This was proven in the next episode when they become a couple.

During a confrontation with Flash, whom was angered by Harry's leaving mid-season (and thus, indirectly, leading to his injury) found out Harry had been using performance enhancers to make it for the football team, and subsequently help them win their games. Flash turned him in to the principal, and Harry quickly found himself outcast by the in-crowd again... and with the pain of rejection and disappointment growing, the temptation to return to the globulin green was getting stronger. However, Harry smashed his hidden supply to prevent himself from giving in to temptation.

It was later learned Harry had never been the Green Goblin, but had been set up to take the fall for him. His father, Norman, was soon revealed to be the real Goblin, and subsequently apparently killed by his own pumpkin-bombs during a climatic confrontation with Spider-Man. Harry appeared grief-stricken and vengeful of Spider-Man for the act. At his father's funeral, he admitted to his friends that he only consoles himself that at least he still had Gwen and Peter at his side, and has Gwen as a girlfriend. However, earlier, Harry had overheard a private conversation between Gwen and Peter where the two of them admitted their mutual attraction and their subsequent resolution to end their current relationships so they could be together. He used his father's death to guilt Gwen to stay with him, thus revealing the character's manipulative and calculating side, as he further becomes the kind of man Norman wanted him to be.

Liz Allan

Main article: Liz Allan

• Voice Actor: Alanna Ubach

Liz was Flash Thompson's high-class cheerleader girlfriend. She is Hispanic (Puerto Rican) in this version.

Originally viewing Peter as a nerd and would call him "Petey", she was forced by their science teacher, Mr. Warren, into being tutored by Peter. She showed no interest at first and would rather fail until Peter bailed to chase down Electro. Liz had a change of heart and agreed to more tutoring as Dr. Connor's lab where Electro attacked. The following day at school, Liz brushed Peter off as usual, but only after Flash catches her talking to him. She showed slight regret after brushing him off and later wished him luck at football tryouts. In the episode "Catalysts", she was shocked when she saw Peter with Mary Jane and smiles (perhaps happy for Peter). However, she was shown mad when Mary Jane won as prom queen. Eventually, after Flash takes Mary Jane to a carnival at Coney Island, she decides to take Peter as a date. Despite her reputation potentially being in danger, we see another side to Liz's personality, as she seemed to harbor romantic feelings towards Peter. Later that night, for an unknown reason, and in tears, she had broken up with Flash. This might have either been because he took Mary Jane to the carnival or her feelings for Peter. This has yet to be revealed. She was concerned about Peter when his Aunt May had a heart attack. She currently seems to have a crush on him as shown in "Nature vs. Nurture".

In the second season, Liz is shown to develop a hinted of jealously when she sees Gwen staring at Peter. Liz is also shown a sign of concern for Flash after the incident in a Football match, hinting that she might still have feelings for him. On New Year's, she reveals to Peter while she cares for Flash, she wants to be with him. She then kisses him. The two are a couple by the next episode, but their relationship is rocky at best. For one, Peter is always busy as Spider-Man. And for another, his interest is more in Gwen than Liz, despite his efforts to be a good boyfriend for the latter. Eventually, the two break up, though Liz is heartbroken over it.

Eugene "Flash" Thompson

Main article: Flash Thompson

• Voice Actor: Joshua LeBar

Flash is Peter Parker's high school nemesis and all-around bully. However, according to Flash's mother and Peter himself, during their early childhood, Flash and Peter had once been best friends. In fact, it was revealed that Peter was responsible for his nickname due to the fact that when Flash was a toddler, he loved being nude. As they grew older, their relationship shifted dramatically to Flash's current immature dislike and bullying behavior. The exact reason has not yet been revealed.

He's not very bright, but takes pleasure in pushing around "Puny Parker," especially since Eddie Brock graduated the year prior. In the episode "Catalysts" he was shocked when he saw Peter with Mary Jane. When Peter left, he danced with her and they became prom king and queen. He also invites her to the school football game, hinting that he either has an attraction to her, or is trying to steal her way from Peter. Mary and Flash later ended up going to the Coney Island carnival together, a move that costs his relationship with Liz. Apparently, he idolizes Spider-Man and tried to help him in his battle with Doctor Octopus. As per his deal with Peter, Flash dressed up as a cheerleader for Halloween with the rest of the team doing the same. He tried hitting on Mary Jane, but she ended up rejecting his forward advances, stating that she was a "free agent" and planned to remain one.

Flash was ridiculed by his classmates for believing that Spider-Man was still a hero when the Chameleon was framing him. Flash also helped Spider-Man save Gwen at the Thanksgiving Day parade after getting some help from the rest of the football team. It is revealed in episode 5 of season 2 that Peter and Eugene were best friends as small children. Peter also gave Eugene the nickname of Flash at that time because he would often run around naked.

During Season Two, he is injured during a football game which causes former girlfriend Liz Allan (who appears to be dating Peter) to become increasingly worried for him and supportive. However, Liz declares she loves Peter, and leaves Flash permanently. He then tries (and fails) to woo foreign-exchange student Sha Shan Nugyen, even trying out for the School play. When Venom outs Peter's secret, Flash refuses to believe it, donning a costume to prove that anyone can dress up as Spider-Man. This causes Flash to be attacked by vengeful hoods, leading to the real Spider-Man saving him. Flash later returns the favour by distracting Venom long enough for Spider-Man to defeat him. It is later revealed that his mentioning of Peter wearing a Spider-Man costume at Halloween had convinced everyone that it was just a rumor that Peter was Spider-Man. Flash is approached by the play director, who, impressed by his portrayal of Spider-Man, offered a spot in A Midsummer Night's Dream, as playwright Nick Bottom, who gets turned into a donkey-like figure, to the amusement of Sha Shan.

Though overly jerkish and somewhat thick-headed, Flash has occasionally shown strong moral fiber. When Peter was being influenced by the symbiote to reject his friends sympathy, Flash pointed this out to him. This act made Peter realize the symbiote was controlling his dark emotions, and lead to its removal. Peter later thanked Flash for the talk-to, for which Eugene grudgingly accepted. He also came clean when he learned Harry had been using performance enhancers to help them win the Mustangs Games, even knowing what it would cost him personally. It was this later action which finally seemed to impress Sha Shan enough to offer to go out for coffee. After this act, the two begin a relationship, greatly improving his cocky personality. He performed awkwardly during the opening night of the play, but reached an emotional connection in a scene where Sha Shan (the Fairy Queen) croons him, and tells him he is her heart's desire.

Mary Jane Watson

Main article: Mary Jane Watson

• Voice Actor: Vanessa Marshall

Mary Jane was first mentioned early on in the series by an enthusiastic Aunt May. However, as Aunt May believed her to have a "wonderful personality", Peter was naturally off-put. A running gag that had occurred had Peter (and one time Harry) shuddering every time he heard Mary Jane's name, because she was described as having a "wonderful personality."

Eventually, on the night of the Midtown fall formal, Peter (who had just been rejected by Betty), prepares himself for the utter worst. To his surprise, he is stunned to find that Mary Jane is in fact, gorgeous. Peter, stricken with no words, and a dazed grin; Mary Jane pulls a sly smile and states the famous line: "Face, it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot!" At the formal, Mary Jane manages to both surprise and impress the popular clique (Flash in particular). Her flirty behavior is also emphasized when dancing with a visibly interested Randy Robertson and Hobie Brown. She even wins prom queen, even though no one knows her name yet being called "That red headed girl that came with Peter Parker". Despite Peter having to leave for The Bugle (while in reality, Spider-Man), Mary Jane graciously offers him a last dance as the formal closes.

In the episode "Reaction", she goes to the carnival with Flash Thompson, but it's later shown that she never considered being in a true relationship with anybody. She later hooks up with Eddie Brock after attending a fundraiser together. After his reckless motorcycle driving and hearing his and Peter's history, she tells him to stop so she can get off. Before leaving, she tells Eddie that despite his many flaws, Peter was twice the man he'd ever be. She later revealed this to Peter, telling him he only asked her out to break the two of them up, as he was under the assumption they were dating. This information prompts Peter to believe Venom/Eddie is going after her when he remarks he would "harm the one he loves most". However, Venom ended up going after Gwen which causes the series to have a twist.

She transfers to Midtown High School after being accepted into the theater magnet. She later has a talk with Gwen concerning her feelings for Peter. Though Gwen initially denies having any romantic interest toward him, Mary Jane coaxes Gwen to admit her feelings toward him and warns her to let him know to avoid future regret.

In the second season, Mary Jane still talks about Gwen's current relationship with Peter, is surprised to hear that she kissed him and is pleased with how their relationship is progressing. Mary Jane catches the attention of Liz Allan's older brother, Mark, and later develops an attraction to him. She is devastated when Mark is turned into Molten Man by Miles Warren

J. Jonah Jameson

Main article: Jonah Jameson

• Voice Actor: Daran Norris

Jameson is the loudmouth, egotistical publisher of the Daily Bugle, New York's biggest newspaper.

He considers children like Peter to be nothing more than a nuisance and considers pictures of Spider-Man to be of the utmost importance. Jameson eventually chooses to hire Peter as a freelance photographer, despite his dislike of teenagers. In spite of his apparent selfish demeanor, there seems to be good in him. Betty Brant, Jameson's secretary described him as an decent man down deep. He was also shown willing to protect Peter's life, when Rhino demands his appearance in the Daily Bugle and when he clearly saw Peter hiding in the closet he made an excuse that he wasn't there. In "Group Therapy", when he heard an old lady got a heart attack during Spider-Man's battle with the Sinister Six he wanted to put it in the front pages, thinking it would sell. But when he was told it was Peter's aunt, he changed his mind and tried to call Peter to let him know the bad news, but Peter didn't answer (believing Jameson is going to yell at him).

In "The Uncertainty Principle", after being frustrated by people recognizing Spider-Man over his son John, Jameson begins a smear campaign against Spider-Man.

He has a personality like a get-whatever-he-wants person. He is also a brave person (in season 2, he yelled at Kraven the Hunter and his lion when they attempted to search for Spider-Man). In "Growing Pains", he convinces his son to become a superhero after he develops superpowers, and encourages him to hunt down Spider-Man. After John is driven insane, Jameson blames Spider-Man for this, and his hatred of him grows.

Jonah Jameson is the first to accuse Spider-Man of mischief or malicious intent, and was overjoyed at the prospect of having him locked up in the Vault.

Norman Osborn

Main article: Green Goblin

• Voice Actor: Alan Rachins

Further information: List of Spectacular Spider-Man villains

Captain George Stacy

Main article: George Stacy

• Voice Actor: Clancy Brown

A police captain and father of Gwen Stacy, he often sees Spider-Man in action, or the results of his work, and thus truly believes him to be a hero, albeit one operating outside of the law.

When the Chameleon tried to frame Spider-Man by committing crimes while disguised as the webswinger in "Persona", Stacy defended him, pointing out that the robber Spider-Man was taller than the real Spider-Man. Stacy also warned Spider-Man that as long as he wore a mask, people would wonder. In "Group Therapy," Stacy was caught in a disbelief when he saw Spider-Man nearly beaten Doctor Octopus to death under the influence of the alien symbiote. He later joins the Parkers with Gwen for Thanksgiving, thankful that his daughter was saved by Spider-Man.

Captain Stacy is later forced by Doctor Octopus (posing as the Master Planner) to steal secret codes from Homeland Security when the villain kidnaps Gwen. Spider-Man saves his daughter, and later, Stacy joins Midtown High School as an instructor for a criminal justice class in order to get close to his daughter (or rather, to keep a closer eye on her).

When both Venom and Chameleon impersonated Spider-Man, George Stacy was unconvinced either was the genuine article. And he was able to back up the second claim by noting the distinct differences between the black-suit Spider-Man and Venom.

Sometime after Venom outted Spider-Man's secret identity, it is hinted that he now knows that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, and gives his approval in his own way. He often speaks in innuendo and encrypted dialogue to both Parker and Spider-Man that aids him in his endeavors, and provides covers and alibies to aid Peter in slipping away from school activities to do his superhero work.