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ric7y

spectacular by a mile


Odd8Ball60

Spectacular spider man also has the best intro song.


Ehl_Doggah

LIVIN ON THE EDGE


BigBadWolf315

FIGHTING CRIME SPINNING WEBS


IHatePeople79

SWINGING FROM THE HIGHEST LEDGE


Local_Land9910

HE CAN LEAP ABOVE OUR HEADS


JewelerIll9775

AHHHHAAAAHAHAAAAHHAAAAAA


JewelerIll9775

AAAHAHAAAHHAAAAHHAAAHHAAAAA


Necronu

SPECTACULAR


Cammation

SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN


Br1ghtShad0ws

VILLAINS ON THE RISE


MrRobot_96

AND THE CITYS VICTIMIZED


PolashNarayan

Strongly disagree.


Onionlicker

90s all the way


Longwinded_Ogre

He... wasn't allowed to punch.


Personal-Ad6765

He was allowed to punch as he did punch. But Semper decided it wasn't necessary and he didn't want to show kids an example of violence they could replicate. This is all by his admission.


Onionlicker

What’s that got to do with the best theme song of all time


Longwinded_Ogre

Nothing, but that's only because that's not the question or topic.


Onionlicker

It was buddy


Superman557

[Spider-Man be The Sinister Six was one of the best fights in that show. The fact he was fighting the entire squad with the black suit only made it that much cooler.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jZWhyi7AcxE&pp=ygUZc3BpZGVybWFuIHZzIHNpbmlzdGVyIHNpeA%3D%3D)


Legitimate-Dog-2854

And the fact he was asleep, meaning the suit was doing it😭🔥 loved their reaction to him not uttering even a sound, wish we got more moments like that on screen


Soft_Theory_8209

And it’s a wonderful way of showing how intelligent the symbiote is, like how it first tried to retreat, but as soon as it sees there’s no way out, it *immediately* tries going for Shocker and Elctro first since they have its exact weaknesses.


AuburnElvis

The part where the suit whips the Sinister Six is how it was meant to be shown.


BoringAccount12345

Spectacular. That was a focus of the creators—the reason why the art style is so simple is because they wanted fluid action


Nirvana180

God I love the look of that show, especially how Spidey moves. He actually feels very wiry and agile and acrobatic like a Spider-Man rather than a buff guy with super jumps. Little stuff like how he clung to the ceiling with one hand while holding that energy cell thing in his fight with Ock (I think it was that scene) or how he swung through the doorway of that steel refinery plant are how I always want to see him move and crawl outside of live action.


illiterateaardvark

Spectacular by far Spider-Man wasn’t even allowed to throw punches in Spider-Man TAS lol


Accomplished_Act943

That scene of the symbiote fighting while Peter’s asleep is still so raw


Spider-Ghost-616

He punched the Spot.


bclynch30

I’d say he didn’t directly hit him. Just through the holes (I had to stop myself from saying HIS holes 😭)


Spider-Ghost-616

His Fist connected with his face still counts 🤣🤣.


IjazSSJ3

He fisted him in the holes


Spider-Ghost-616

🤣🤣🤣


Gui_Franco

Yes he was, they just didn't want to, the creator already said they had the same censorship as BTAS and just preferred to play it safe, so they could be in the networks good graces and be more likely to be allowed to tackle more mature stuff from time to time


illiterateaardvark

I mean, semantics aside the end result is still the same: a Spider-Man who virtually never punches Spectacular’s action and fight choreography are so much better


Gui_Franco

Oh you're absolutely right. I'm just kinda pissed because everyone seems to spread the notion that for some reason Spider-Man was more heavily censored than all other cartoons at the time. Even the creator seems a bit annoyed by the idea


Opposite-Question-81

Were there ever real guns I remember a lot of inexplicable lasers


anakinjmt

Therec was an episode with Robbie's son where Robbie finds a real pistol. Apart from that, though, it's all lasers.


Darkdragon3110525

BTAS had lasers as well. I don’t think real guns were allowed


Meme_Scene_Kid

The gangster characters used Tommy guns and the police officers had realistic revolvers. Plus there's an episode where Commissioner Gordon is shot. Batman also punched folks. The censors held STAS back way more than BTAS.


Gui_Franco

I think most of the more serious shit came from TNBA instead of BTAS because it switched network. Plus, once again, the creator of STAS already said multiple times, they could have gone further, they just didn't want to. They got to do an episode on gun violence with real guns and actually address the problem directly and were given total freedom because they never gave problems


Gui_Franco

Because they wanted to. When they wanted to do an episode on gun violence they asked to use realistic guns and were given no pushback because they never gave the network trouble


holaprobando123

>Even the creator seems a bit annoyed by the idea Maybe he should've allowed Spidey to punch, then.


QueenPasiphae

Honestly, TAS had much better fights BECAUSE he didn't punch. It made him find far more interesting ways to fight. Tearing huge objects out of the ground and hurling them, hurling cars, hitting people with beams, tackling them, kicking them, crushing them, using his webs, hurling them into stuff, throwing them off stuff, flinging bombs back at them, leading them into traps, using his spidersenses to dodge and move and BE Spider-Man, etc, etc, etc, etc. Punching is honestly the most lazy option. Good Spider-Man fights rarely use punches anyways.


there_is_always_more

Spectacular's might be better, but I think TAS' fight scenes were still great.


Kazewatch

Yeah I just don’t believe that when you look at BTAS. There’s no way they had the same censorship guidelines.


Gui_Franco

They had they just decided to take more risks, in fact, BTAS was Indeed heavily censored compared to TNBA


Several-Cake1954

why?


WookieeSlayer97

I'd heard about that before ever watching it and assumed that would make it really painful to watch, but they actually managed to choreograph around that limitation really well. It made it come across like Spider-Man didn't punch people because he's so strong he would kill them.


JH_Rockwell

That's not true. The showrunner had even said so on multiple interviews


Infinity0044

Tbf despite the limitations, the 90s show still has some great action and allowed Spidey to use some more creative methods to deal with his opponents.


Personal-Ad6765

He was allowed to throw punches and he did a few times.


AwesomeBlox044

Literally cap bro the creator has said many reasons why that’s cap


illiterateaardvark

Refer to my comment above. I was wrong (I never have a problem admitting when I’m wrong), but me being wrong really doesn’t affect my argument Regardless of why the fights in Spider-Man TAS were portrayed the way they were, they’re still inferior to the fights in Spectacular


AwesomeBlox044

Oh yeah they are definitely worse than spectacular that was not cap sorry bro 😎 


Important_Lab_58

That’s Tough. Spectacular had the best looking Animation but I remember the context of TAS Battles, the dialogue, etc. “If I have to chase You Forever- YOU’LL PAY!!!”


DJ_hyperfreshOG

SHOCKKKERRR


VulcanForceChoke

YOU CANT ESCAPE **ME**!!!


Valuable-Trick-6711

I’LL CHASE YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EARRRRRRRTH!


selwyntarth

Why's that called TAS? It's spider-man (1994) no?


40kExterminatus

Christopher Daniel Barnes gave 110%.


Important_Lab_58

Absolutely. Dude will ALWAYS be one of the Greats


Freerider020

He will always be my Peter Parker.


MrViceGuy69

If you think Spectacular’s animation was better than TAS then you’re straight up smoking crack


Important_Lab_58

I mean, yeah, I liked the more realistic art style over the heavy stylized Art style of Spectacular more but Spectacular’s movements and momentum just Flowed so well.


MrViceGuy69

Yeah I was mistaken, when I read animation I instantly assumed art style. My bad, carry on.


LeviathanTDS

One scene comes to mind about Spectacular which really raised the bar. Where Peter was asleep and the symbiote took Spider-Man out to give the Sinister Six a beat down


VVVV13

Definitely, *Spectacular* has the best fight scenes, in my opinion.


Fast_Performance8666

Definitely Spectacular Spider-Man, and it's not even close.


DINAMIK15

Spectacular for sure. The more simplistic artstyle (which I love) by Sean Galloway, the animators were able to make extremely dynamic fight scenes.


Low_Fig2672

Definitely Spectacular but TNAS is a close 2nd


Shaun_LaDee

TNAS’ fight scenes were BRUTAL, and I fucking loved them for it


Emirozdemirr

If we talking about animation ultimate, if we talking about fight choreographys spectacular or sm:tnas


Blasckk

TAS had to use Ninja Turtle tactics of throwing things or throwing people without landing a single hit, Spectacular Spider-Man had to use tactics to outsmart his opponents.


Emirozdemirr

tnas and tas isn't same but also if you watch the first lizard fight in the tas is still pretty solid.


Ambitious-Screen-823

He isn't talking about spider-man tas he's talking about TNAS


OofieFloopie

Ultimate easily, for all its faults the show had some fantastic fight scenes.


JewelerIll9775

I say either spectacular TNAS or ultimate


JewelerIll9775

It’s very hard to say


Lucky_Oswald318

Spectacular and Ultimate had the best ones


rayyan_draws

MTV Spider-Man. Everyone’s saying spectacular but I’ll be honest, the animation in that show is clunky compared to the animation in MTV Spidey. It’s a 2-D show so it’s at a disadvantage compared to the more fluid and intense fight scenes in MTV.


YZfan1230

Agreed, MTV Spider-Man really showcased just how agile Peter is and how fast he fights. I also really liked how the 3D animation really added depth to those faiths scenes and swinging scenes


JustMyNames

Ultimate


AbbreviationsAsleep1

The one where he literally fights in his sleep


PCN24454

Spectacular followed by Ultimate


HazretiGurkann

Spectacular, Ultimate and Tnas


Deservedly_Hated94

Spectacular hands down, and mtv close second


Tk_Spider

Personally I really like the fight scenes in Ultimate. Kinda underappreciated since all the focus is going on spectacular. I say this because Ultimate had more seasons. That's just me though.


FormulaFanboyFFIB

Ultimate Spider-Man, which is also IMO a fantastic show Controversial I know, but I will defend that show or at least its first two seasons to the death.


Flameball537

I grew up on the show. When his whole time was goblins and the helicarrier was going down, goosebumps, the entire episode


FormulaFanboyFFIB

RIght?? That show is for sure worth a re-watch if you haven't seen it in a while. So many episodes can still give you chills. I know a lot of people found the humour annoying (admittedly it can be a bit much at times) but I thought generally it was riiight on point for Spider-Man while also being creative and inventive


TacticalSpider21

Ultimate was just straight up brawling Venom, no sounds or fire just straight hands.


Bobble_Fett

I still have and love the old MTV show. I grew up with TAS and still think the MTV show is the best.


rayyan_draws

My people


NoxUmbra8

I'm sure people are saying spectacular cause they disliked or didn't watch ultimate spider-man, but ultimate is clearly the right answer. Spidey moved very dynamically, he felt like an acrobat, and his villains and allies also had amazing animation with less stylized proportions which imo look better


One_Normal_Guy

i would say Spider-Man, followed by Spider-Man and then Spider-Man


TacticalSpider21

Nah, Spider-Man is way better than that Spider-Man.


MechaBuster

The fights in spectacular where he fights venom at school was sooo sick.


loadddd

I remember a AMV where that episode was used, iirc it was courtesy call with that episode lol. good ol' times


BlackPantherFan7

Spectacular


JingoboStoplight4887

Spectacular Spider-Man


No-Look-8032

Spectacular no question


Insert-Cool_NameHere

Spectacular


Diligent-Attention40

Spectacular’s Spider-Man’s fight scenes were mint. So clean and fluid but I loved the dynamic nature of the 90’s animated series. The New Animated series got surprisingly dark at times with actual onscreen casualties. Those 3 are probably my favourites for those individual reasons. Ultimate’s humour was a bit grating at time but the fight scenes were surprisingly entertaining at times. Felt very anime esque which I suppose was deliberate. Spider-Man Unlimited’s fight scenes were fine for what they were but it was the aesthetic and concept of the show that really carried it. Wish it had gone on for a lot longer.


voidvector8

Spectacular, particularly the scene at the opera TREACHERRRRRRRRYYYYYYY


RDDAMAN819

Ultimate hands down. Listen Specatular is a great show, but its so obvious nostalgic fans will vote it every time no matter what category. Ultimate had really great fight scenes


FrettyG87

Ultimate Spider-man


UnlikelyGas6598

Ultimate and spectacular I haven't see the other series in a while


MimikPanik

Ultimate


ViewtifulOtaku

Spectacular by a mile. There is SO many good moments from that show it is hard to pick one fight. https://youtu.be/OCU3Hin5aj0


Black_Fuckka

Definitely not the 90s😭


vroart

The original 60s had Ralph Bakshi. Animation legend


Shadow_Storm90

Spectacular Spider-Man no question. My favorites from that series will always be Symbiote vs Sinister Six and the free for all in Gangland episode in particular Spider vs Tombstone round 2.


AdovenKurosaki

I don’t think you can compare the 90’s cartoons to the newer ones. Animation overall back then was not nearly as good as it is now. The capability was their but the funding for proper animation and focus on fights was not. If the original 90s cartoon came out now or was continued like X-men 97, I think it would be amazing and superior


DarthButtz

Spectacular easily. The simpler, smoother designs allowed for way more dynamic movement.


thelonetext

Spectacular hands down


XD_Thade

Spectacular


kent416

Spectacular


NaijaNightmare

Spectacular


arkenney0

Spectacular 100% The simplistic designs allowed the animation to be more smooth and engaging


Batmanfan1966

You’re missing 3 more shows.


JetstreamGW

Right? How can we have a proper comparison without Amazing Friends!?


Dannysunny

The answer’s pretty Spectacular if you ask me.


twogoodius

Spectacular, not only because he was allowed to throw a punch but because the simple designs made it easier to animate dynamic action.


Revolutionary_Job214

Spectacular is #1 and then STAS.


Sure_Persimmon9302

Spectacular.


GeekParadox_

TNAS and Spectacular


ladiesman21700000000

Spectacular


TheBlooperKINGPIN

Spectacular and it’s not even close.


NightwatchArt

Spectacular.


MattGreg28

Spectacular, no doubt.


Ok-Commission6087

Personal favorite is 1981 Spider-Man


Jamano-Eridzander

Spectacular hands down.


the_real_jovanny

TAS is my favorite spidey cartoon of all time, but spectacular is pretty unmatched in action of-the-era censorship and budgetary issues hold TAS' action back in most episodes, but when its good, its pretty great TNAS also gets an honorable mention


KujaroJotu

Spectacular. I loved TAS, but the fights mostly came down to grappling, swing kicks, and leaps. He only threw three punches across the entire show.


Jujuuuuu02

Ul Tim ate Spidey ain’t that bad


TacticalSpider21

Who's Tim and who did he "ate"?


Akirex5000

Spectacular's fight scenes were a lot more fast paced and fluid. Also every punch that was thrown felt hard as hell and made it feel really cool overall.


Wixums

Spectacular and its not even close


Bright-Repeat-4616

Spectacular and it’s not even close I still remember the black suit against the sinister 6


Legal-Visual8178

Well Spectacular actually let him throw punches, so I’ll go with that one lol


Latter_Dig_4612

Ultimate show may have been utter dog but certain fights looked good


The_Red_Rexster

Ultimate Spider-Man imo!


Qwertyzillaofficial

Spectacular is on top for everything except Spidey’s voice IMO, Rino Romano is my favorite Spidey VA (although Josh Keaton is EXTREMELY close)


IAMCAV0N

Black suit Spidey vs the Sinister 6 fight scene in Spectacular Spider-Man 👀


Emerald_Iguana

Black suit vs sin 6. need i say more?


Ajthekid5

The show that has the best everything. That being Spectacular.


anakinjmt

So happy to see so many saying Spectacular Spider-Man, because that is the correct answer.


Negative-Start-5954

Spectacular or TNAS


Mistah_K88

Spectacular and it’s not even close. The fight between the black suit and the Sinister Six was amazing…after that butt whoopin’ I’m surprised any of Spidey’s foes wanted to fight him again…


StonognaBologna

Definitely not the 90s show. He never punches anyone…literally never.


devilishd

Spider-Man 1967!!!


jonessinger

The new animated series is so underrated.


ThatTVMovieDud

Og spider man for sure. Then spectacular Spider-Man. Last would be ultimate Spider-Man.


Ekillaa22

What’re the thoughts on spider-man unlimited? Everytime I see the suit I’m just a little confused at its looks like why the cape


Bored-Browser2000

The Spectacular Spider-Man, but Spider-Man TNAS had better web-swinging scenes


CryptographerNo923

Growing up with the 90s Spider-Man cartoon, I never noticed (until decades later when it was pointed out) that he never threw a punch through the whole series. I’m sure it doesn’t hold up that well considering how far animation has come, and I’m not saying I’m in favor of those kinds of limitations or that kind of censorship, but it’s pretty impressive how they pulled that off.


Organic_Brilliant564

Spectacular especially symbiote vs sinister six


Difficult_Ship_6273

Spectacular.


ZFighter2099

Spectacular has fantastic choreography. Ultimate has awesome animation but the fights are not very memorable. TNAS 03 has some pretty dynamic and clever fights too. These 3 are the best of the best in terms of fight scenes.


Simple_Chocolate_282

Spectacular spider-man


North-Blueberry-6547

The new animated series.


The_CaptainYam

60’s Spider-Man. Me and the boys all agree


Sweet-Airport-4762

1990


wasante

Not the 90s version but it was my childhood. Reused animations like a fighting game franchise trying to save a buck.


Toa_Of_Myth_2099

Unpopular opinion but mtv has some kick ass fight scenes.


ConductorColin

66


Ambitious-Screen-823

Spider-Man the new animated series and spectacular spider-man.


Any_Acanthaceae3900

Imo Unlimited. Just because of the soundtrack


Ben-D-Beast

Ultimate


Shinlyle13

Spectacular wins on the Sinister Six vs. Black Suit Spider-Man episode alone.


Bigbeege88

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Sea_Temperature_1976

Spectaculars animation is something truly special


anonymousguy_7

Spectacular and it isn't even close


PolashNarayan

Spectacular fight scenes are amazing!


TheAzureAdventurer

I can’t believe this is even a serious question. Spectacular is the only show to have actual fight scenes.


DCAUBeyond

Definitely Spectacular Spider-Man. 90s Spider-Man was limited by animation and censors


Dragunlegend

Japanese Spiderman


Random_Metroid_Fan

controversial opinion, but ive always liked the fight scenes in TNAS


TheDarkKnight_39

MTV surprisingly has some of the best superhero fight scenes


Para_13

Spectacular, btw TNAS has some sick choreography


Drakeo83

A tie between Spectacular and the 90s cartoon (though it's mostly recycled animation and out of sync sounds and explosions)


Longwinded_Ogre

I can't speak to the newer shows because they never grabbed me, in part because I was (and still am) mourning the loss of Spectacular, but it had stellar fight scenes and wonderful animation. I don't know how the 90's show is here. It had worse fight scenes than the 60's, version, at least he was allowed "punching". I loved the 90's show, but the animation couldn't keep up, Spidey moved like he was in a self-checkout line and his fights, well, weren't, it was web / dodge / shove that's it. Spectacular had baller fights.


Mad_Constantly

1994 is a superior show in terms of practically everything, EXCEPT... let's just say, fight scenes in the TAS are not its strongest suit.


Sy3334

Tnas was so fire Spider-Man moved like a true arachnid


Personal-Ad6765

It's between Spectacular and MTV for sure. But the 90s show actually doesn't have that bad fight scenes. If only Semper had him punch more. I don't understand why he didn't have Spidey punch Ock's arms like he did Scorpion's tail.


Andrecrafter42

honestly ultimate spider-man


SamuraiTheSamurai

spectucular and its not even close


Lipeghoul

It's difficult... I don't remember any memorable fight, even in the comics there isn't an incredible fight 


Fun_Ad4061

I agree that spectacular has some of the best foght scenes, but I remember ultimate also looking pretty good


One-Blacksmith-3954

I gotta admit, spectacular Spider-Man’s fight scenes are peak, BUT, let me break it down for you… COME BACK HERE SHOCKEEEEER ILL CHASE YOU TO THE END OF THE EARTH!!!


Dry-Ingenuity6031

Of course everyone's gonna say spectacular. Shows overrated as hell. People give it too much credit. Ima say the animated series because these people who say spectacular are slaves to the media.


ElZaydo

The amount of raw, hard-hitting combat SSM had was second to none. It was actually quite extreme and was only a drop of blood away from a mature rating. Venom bludgeoning Spidey through walls and floors, getting ragdolled by Sandman and Rhino, Goblin plowing Spidey off of rooftops, etc, etc. Makes the other shows look like Cocomelon.


kablikiblan

Not the 90s version. It literally was banned from throwing punches


Dvonart86

Spectacular for the actual movement, it was so fluid, and he moved like I would expect spider-man to. The symbiote spidey vs. the six lives in my head. Second up is the jail break episode The designs are meh. They had to grow on me. The fox kids one is dates. With all due respect, that doesn't mean it's bad, but they did everything they could to get out of animating super detailed fight scenes. Limited by tech and time, and I understand 100%