- Title: Spider-Man – Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous
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Spidey Saturday takes us back to the 90s New York City and an animated Wall-Crawler. “Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous” introduces another classic Spider-Man (Christopher Daniel Barnes) villain when Doctor Octopus (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) kidnaps Felicia Hardy (Jennifer Hale), and later J. Jonah Jameson (Edward Asner), to further fund his research into cold fusion. Giving Doc Ock and Peter a connection from Peter’s childhood allows both Peter and Spidey to try different tactics to free Felicia. However, when it comes down to it, the mad scientist will see no reason and Spider-Man will need to take him down.
Memorable moments of the episode include both Peter and Spider-Man ending on good terms with Felicia (and Peter earning another date), Uncle Ben making a cameo in Peter’s flashback, and the origin story for Otto Octavius. Oddities include the FBI incredulity at Peter’s account of Felicia’s kidnapper in a world where Spider-Man, Spider Slayers, the Lizard, etc. are now known to exist, Robbie‘s (Rodney Saulsberry) rather shocking turn on Spider-Man after the botched ransom drop that would never have led to the hostage’s release, and a bit too much quipping by Peter out of costume making him look a little too much like Spider-Man.
