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Ultimate Spider-Man Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
Great Power
Sun, Apr 1, 201223 mins
A year after becoming Spider-Man, teenager Peter Parker is confronted by Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D., who offers him a chance to train with S.H.I.E.L.D., to become the Ultimate Spider-Man and join a team of superheroes that is being assembled. At first declining the offer, Peter soon realizes that he may need Fury's team of heroes in order to fight the threats he faces when the Frightful Four (consisting of Wizard, Thundra, and Klaw) attacks Midtown High on Doctor Octopus' and Norman Osborn's orders, having discovered (thanks to Frightful Four member the Trapster, whom Spider-Man incarcerated) that Spider-Man's alter ego attends the school.
Episode 2
Great Responsibility
Sun, Apr 1, 201223 mins
Spider-Man accepts Nick Fury's offer to become the Ultimate Spider-Man and meets his team of teenage allies, consisting of Nova, White Tiger, Power Man and Iron Fist. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn orders Doctor Octopus to send the Frightful Four to target Spider-Man, who ends up needing help from his new allies to fight off the villains.
Episode 3
Doomed
Sun, Apr 8, 201223 mins
After a childish argument between Spider-Man and Nova gets their entire team grounded, the super-youths go through S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database of the most wanted supervillains to see who they can defeat and apprehend in order to impress Nick Fury. When the choices Batroc the Leaper, Blizzard, Melter, MODOK, Toad, Whirlwind, and Lady Porcupine prove unpopular, Spider-Man and his team go to Latveria to track down Doctor Doom. The young heroes fairly easily capture Doom, but things take a turn for the worst when Doctor Doom tricks the team into taking one of his Doombots aboard the Helicarrier.
Episode 4
Venom
Sun, Apr 15, 201223 mins
Using DNA from a sample of Spider-Man's blood, Doctor Octopus creates an artificial, symbiotic life form named Venom. Driven by its desire to bond with Peter, the creature escapes from the laboratory, tracks him down to a house party and wreaks havoc, jumping from host to host and possessing each of Peter's teammates. At the end, Harry Osborn finds a sample of the venom and trains it.
Episode 5
Flight of the Iron Spider
Sun, Apr 22, 201223 mins
When Spider-Man meets his idol Iron Man, he receives a specialized gift: the Iron Spider suit. However, Spider-Man experiences difficulty learning how to use the suit and begins to neglect his teammates. Meanwhile, the heroes battle the Living Laser, who takes advantage of Spider-Man's lack of experience using the new suit.
Episode 6
Why I Hate the Gym
Sun, Apr 29, 201223 mins
Following Spider-Man and White Tiger's fight with Batroc the Leaper, new villain named the Taskmaster is hired by Doctor Octopus where he targets Midtown High (and goes undercover as a P.E teacher) in an attempt to assassinate Spider-Man, whom he thinks attends the school. After learning that Taskmaster has defeated Nova, Iron Fist, and Power Man while trying to track him down Spider-Man and White Tiger try to put their problems for each other aside in an effort to take him down.
Episode 7
Exclusive
Sun, May 6, 201223 mins
Spider-Man agrees to a video interview with budding news reporter Mary Jane Watson, who gets a more exclusive scoop than she could ever have anticipated when Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk engage in an all-out battle against Zzzax throughout Manhattan.
Episode 8
Back in Black
Sun, May 13, 201223 mins
A mysterious new superhero dressed in black and with similar abilities to Spider-Man appears in New York, and attracts positive public attention. Peter suspects the new hero to be Venom, but his teammates dismiss his suspicions as jealousy. Peter then discovers the hero's true identity, his friend Harry Osborn, bonded with the Venom symbiote, and he tries to persuade Harry to get rid of it before it corrupts his mind and turns him evil.
Episode 9
Field Trip
Sun, May 20, 201223 mins
While on a field trip, Spider-Man and his superhero friends encounter the mighty Thor, who is transformed into a frog by his mischievous half-brother Loki. Now, the heroes must venture to the magical world of Asgard in order to save the nine realms from Loki's wrath.
Episode 10
Freaky
Sun, Jun 17, 201223 mins
Another new villain dubbed Mesmero switches the minds of both Spider-Man and Wolverine in an attempt to take over New York. Both heroes must adjust to their different powers and mindsets to defeat Sabretooth and to get Mesmero to switch their minds back.
Episode 11
Venomous
Sun, Jun 24, 201223 mins
Venom resurfaces, using Harry as his host, yet again, and this time Harry's neglecting father becomes his main target. While Norman Osborn does not want his potential secret weapon damaged, Spider-Man is confronted with the dilemma of either trying to help Harry on his own or putting his trust in his teammates, who have orders from Fury to finish Venom off.
Episode 12
Me Time
Sun, Jul 1, 201223 mins
After a fight with Whirlwind, Spider-Man insists on a weekend off from Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D.. Unfortunately, Doctor Octopus chooses this very time to attack Spider-Man when his job is threatened by Norman Osborn.
Episode 13
Strange
Sun, Jul 8, 201223 mins
When New York is plunged into a mystical sleep, Iron Fist and Spider-Man (who is at first highly sceptical of magic) seek the help of Doctor Strange. In order to break the spell, the three heroes must face their own worst fears in the face of the spell's initiator, the extradimensional entity known as Nightmare.
Episode 14
Awesome
Sun, Jul 15, 201223 mins
Peter Parker scrambles to focus his attention between completing his science fair project with Luke Cage and combatting Juggernaut. In his desperation concerning the first case, he decides to "borrow" one of Dr. Connor's inventions... which (literally) becomes an even bigger threat to the city.
Episode 15
For Your Eye Only
Sun, Jul 22, 201221 mins
After being late for training, Spider-Man is faced against an evil super army called Zodiac and their leader, Scorpio, who took over the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier and set it on self-destruct. Spider-Man and Fury must put their differences aside and fight the new menace as a team.
Episode 16
Beetle Mania
Sun, Jul 29, 201223 mins
Spider-Man and his team are put on S.H.I.E.L.D. security detail to protect the all-too-critical-for-his-own-health J. Jonah Jameson from the Beetle, a prospect Spider-Man does not enjoy. Things do get personal when Spider-Man must also protect a highly determined Mary Jane, who is on her way to the Bugle for a job interview, from the high-tech villain.
Episode 17
Snow Day
Sun, Aug 5, 201223 mins
When Phil Coulson wants the heroes to report to the S.H.I.E.L.D. ice base for winter survival training, Spider-Man and his team sneak off for a vacation on a deserted tropical island that Nova found on the S.H.I.E.L.D. database. However, they soon realize that there is an inhabitant on the island who sees them as his new playmates... and does not want them to leave again.
Episode 18
Damage
Sun, Aug 19, 201223 mins
When Spider-Man and his fellow teenage super heroes cause too much damage in a fight with the Wrecking Crew, Nick Fury assigns them to work with the super clean-up company Damage Control. But while working with Damage Control, Spider-Man uncovers a villainous mystery.
Episode 19
Home Sick Hulk
Sun, Sep 9, 201223 mins
Hulk smashes back into Spider-Man's life where he is sick with an alien infection caused by the Phalanx. Fearing that S.H.I.E.L.D. would want to lock the Hulk away rather than help him, Spider-Man sees no choice but to take Hulk home and keep him hidden from Aunt May while protecting him from the Phalanx and Fury.
Episode 20
Run Pig Run
Sun, Sep 16, 201223 mins
Loki gets revenge on Spider-Man by turning him into a pig using an enchanted hot dog. With the help of Thor and the entire S.H.I.E.L.D. force, "Peter Porker" must survive an Asgardian boar hunt led by Executioner across New York City as Thor, Spider-Man's team, and Phil Coulson work to keep Spider-Man alive until sunset which is when the Asgardian boar hunt ends.
Episode 21
I Am Spider-Man
Sun, Sep 23, 201223 mins
Peter Parker is shocked to discover that Midtown High is putting on a Spider-Man musical starring Flash Thompson as Spider-Man. Things only get worse when Trapster mistakes Flash for the real Spider-Man.
Episode 22
The Iron Octopus
Sun, Sep 30, 201223 mins
Doctor Octopus hacks into Iron Man's armors and sends one to kill Norman Osborn. While Norman blames Iron Man for the attack and threatens legal action, Spider-Man recovers a tentacle from an Octo-Bot and learns more about Doctor Octopus' history with both Oscorp, Doctor Connors and Norman himself. Doctor Octopus then attacks the Helicarrier in an arc reactor-powered suit of armor, created from a replica of Tony Stark's own arc reactor, and abducts Norman and Harry, so Spider-Man dons the Iron Spider suit to save them.
Episode 23
Not a Toy
Sun, Oct 7, 201223 mins
Spider-Man's team is having a friendly training session with Captain America on board the Helicarrier. While handling Captain America's shield, Spider-Man accidentally throws it out of the window, and it lands in Latveria's New York embassy where it is found by Doctor Doom. Spider-Man and Captain America try to sneak into the Latverian embassy and retrieve the shield before Doctor Doom has a chance to exploit it for his own nefarious purposes.
Episode 24
The Attack of the Beetle
Sun, Oct 14, 201223 mins
To Peter's horror and jealousy, Aunt May and Coulson have become close and decide to go on a dinner date. Peter's intentions on crashing the party, however, are turned into a very literal crashing by the Beetle, who has an old grudge on Coulson.
Episode 25
Revealed
Sun, Oct 28, 201223 mins
Doctor Octopus captures Spider-Man and takes more blood samples for his experiments. Norman Osborn reveals himself to be the true mastermind behind all of Doctor Octopus' schemes, and he plans to create an unstoppable army from Spider-Man's DNA. Doctor Octopus is angry at Norman for treating him unfairly, so he takes revenge by injecting him with a mixture of DNA from both Spider-Man and Venom, mutating him into a green-skinned monster and a monstrous new foe: the Green Goblin.
Episode 26
Rise of the Goblin
Sun, Oct 28, 201223 mins
The Green Goblin attacks Midtown High, so Spider-Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. escort Harry onto the Helicarrier for his own protection. The Green Goblin tracks the Helicarrier down, launches an assault and sends it crashing into the sea. As the ship sinks, Spider-Man tries to save Harry and convince him that his father has become evil, but the Green Goblin manipulates Harry into calling out the Venom symbiote and teaming up with him to destroy Spider-Man.
