Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: Along Came Spidey

"Along Came Spidey" is the second episode of season two of the superhero animated series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. It is the fifteenth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Donald L. Jurwich with a script written by Donald F. Glut. It first aired on Saturday morning on NBC on September 25th, 1982 at 10:30 am.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is included on the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: The Complete Animated Series DVD collection, which was released on Region 2 format by Clear Vision, Ltd. on February 11th, 2013.


 * This episode is generally regarded as the second episode of season two, even though it originally aired after "A Firestar Is Born".


 * Director Don Jurwich is credited as Donald L. Jurwich in this episode.


 * This is the fifteenth episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends directed by Donald L. Jurwich.


 * This is the seventh episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends written by Donald F. Glut.


 * This is the first animated appearance of the Marvel Comics super-villain, Shocker.

Allusions

 * The title of this episode is taken from the phrase, "Along came a spider...", which is a line from the nursery rhyme, "Little Miss Muffet". The complete rhyme is as follows:
 * Little Miss Muffet
 * Sat on a tuffet,
 * Eating of curds and whey;
 * Along came a spider
 * Who sat down beside her
 * And frightened Miss Muffet away.


 * This episode provides the origin of Spider-Man. Spidey's origin was originally chronicled in his first appearance, which was in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. The origin provided here remains close to the canon history with Peter Parker being bitten by a radioactive spider, thus gaining his powers and learning the hard-valued lesson of power and responsibility following the death of his Uncle Ben.


 * A billboard seen at the beginning of the episode promotes a newspaper article called "Who Is Spider-Man?" by Stan Lee of the Daily Bugle. Stan Lee is actually the co-creator of Spider-Man, whereas the Daily Bugle is a fictional newspaper from the comics.


 * In future issues of the comic, the science lab where Peter is bitten by the spider is part of Osborn Industries, owned by Norman Osborn. Norman Osborn is also Spider-Man's nemesis, the Green Goblin.


 * Shocker's real name is Herman Schultz. A recurring foe of Spider-Man, he first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #46 in 1967.

Bloopers

 * A sign seen in this episode warns of "Radio Activity", when it should really just be read as a single word, "Radioactivity'.

Quotes

 * Spider-Man: You give off bad vibes, Shocker!