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You aren’t seen this in the preschool show.

This is the last entry in this series…at least for now. It’s hard to be done talking about a very long franchise that has had numerous versions and not expect another coming down the line. I am all caught up, though, as we talk about the current Spider-Man cartoon.

Spidey & His Amazing Friends is not a perfect adaptation by a mile. Not to be confused with the similarly named 80s cartoon, everyone is de-aged into kids because that’s how Disney Junior “adventure” shows work right now. I don’t think they’ve had a hero old enough to drive since Elena Of Avalor, and she might still have been 15 for all I know. They don’t have cars in Avalor so it’s all guess work. The exceptions are Aunt May, who is the same age as her MCU counterpart, and Iron Man, who was Peter’s mentor in the MCU until he sacrifices himself to save the world. They also went with the girl version of Doc Ock, a girl version of Electro who is just looking to be flashy and electricity filled, and other changes that make sense when your heroes and villains are no longer adults. Somehow having Green Goblin tossing people off of bridges doesn’t work on the preschool show.

On the other hand, it’s their only show with a white male main hero outside of PJ Masks right now, keeps Spidey and Ghost Spider similar to their counterparts, and gave Miles Morales the closest thing he has to his own identity instead of Black Spider-Man or just…Miles Morales. They call him Spin because when they were setting up the playset headquarters computer it couldn’t grasp two users named Spider-Man and he was working on a new spin move at the time. It’s why I’ve been suggesting Shadow Spinner as a name, along with his costume and cloaking powers.

Enough about the show, though. We’re here to look at one last intro, and unlike the last two Spider-Man cartoons under Disney Marvel, this actually has one. Preschool kids are really lucky these days.

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