Sting of the Scorpion

This is the second episode of the first series of the Spider-Man Animated Series (1994-1998).

Characters

 * Peter Parker
 * May Parker
 * Felicia Hardy (first appearance)
 * J. Jonah Jameson
 * Robbie Robertson
 * Professor Farley Stillwell (first appearance)
 * Mac Gargan (first appearance)

Plot
Felicia Hardy told Peter Parker that they could only be friends and he could only be her tutor in science and not a romantic partner. Peter, who felt rejected, noticed someone was following them and ditched Felicia. Later on, he stopped a jewellery store robbery, as Spider-Man, and took some photos of the ordeal to J. Jonah Jameson at the Daily Bugle. Jameson asked Peter how we got his photos.

Later on, Peter notices the man who was following him last night in Jameson's office and confronted both Jameson and the stranger (who is revealed to be private investigator called Mac Gargan) as Spider-Man. Spider-Man webbed up Gargan and told Jameson to stop persecuting him. After Spider-Man left, Jameson told Gargan that he could get back at Spider-Man.

Jameson took Gargan to the laboratory of Professor Farley Stillwell, who combined Scorpion DNA with Gargan's DNA using the Neogenic Recombinator. Gargan was given a costume and a biomechanic tail which was attached to his spine, and thus became the Scorpion. Jameson dispatched the Scorpion on Spider-Man, who easily defeated Spider-Man and was about to unmask him when Gargan started to see himself as a freak and instead attacked Jameson's helicopter, which was hovering close by. The helicopter escapeed the Scorpion's attack and returned to the Daily Bugle, where Jameson watched footage of the Scorpion rampaging through New York City. Jameson realised that he had created an insane monster and released him in the city.

Scorpion then assaulted Professor Stillwell and demanded that he change him back to a normal human but Stillwell explained that the process is irreversible. Scorpion then kidnapped Jameson, who he blames for his troubles. Scorpion then took Jameson to Oscorp's nuclear reactor, because he thought that the radiation would turn him back to normal. Jameson tried to explain to Scorpion that he would end up releasing radiation all over the city. Spider-Man arrived and attacked Scorpion but Scorpion activated neutron absorbing control rods, which would've killed Spider-Man if Jameson hadn't managed to save him. Together, Spider-Man and Jameson stopped Scorpion releasing radiation upon the city and defeated the Scorpion. While Scorpion was sent to prison, Jameson told Spider-Man that nothing had changed and he won't stop being against him until he is unmasked and eliminated. At the end of the episode, Felicia agreed to date Peter.

Last Episode: Night of the Lizard

Next Episode: The Spider Slayer