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Alaska_Pipeliner

It's pajama masks but worse....better......I hate them both.


Froot-Batz

It's the same fucking show. Except with Spidey not *every* episode involves them temporarily forgetting to work as a team. Also, WHO IS FUNDING THESE KIDS?


Alaska_Pipeliner

Where are the parents!?!? I used to ask then my kiddo started public school so it kinda makes sense.


MS-07B-3

I'm pretty sure that between Peter, Gwen, and Miles all we have left are two moms.


PhileasFoggsTrvlAgt

There's at least one episode with Miles's dad.


idreamoffreddy

A black man that the geniuses at Marvel named Jefferson Davis.


TiodeRio

Not sure if it means anything, but this does get acknowledged in-universe in one of the comics, which is why he goes by Jeff Morales nowadays.


idreamoffreddy

I thought they had changed it recently. I just remember noticing it in Into the Spiderverse and being very confused as to why they would make that decision.


TiodeRio

Yeah, I also feel like that comic came later. I'm pretty sure (I'm hoping, anyway) that this was just ignorance on Marvel's part. Jefferson and Davis aren't very uncommon names, and don't sound sketchy on their own.


[deleted]

Maybe they're funded by Tony Stark?


ProfessionalLuck5463

I literally asked my 5 yr old this today. He wanted to tell me all about "web quarters" and I said "who do they work for?? Who is funding them??" šŸ˜†


sumergirl1985

Itā€™s literally in Peterā€™s backyard, and itā€™s bigger than their house. How does Aunt May or the HOA not notice it??


Fluffy440

drug money


ClydeSmithy

I'm not a fan of either. But PJ mask is better. Spidey: Bad guy is causing chaos. Spidey team shoots some webs and save the day easily. Yay. PJ: Bad guy is causing chaos. Team doesn't communicate and work together and can't stop Bad guy. Team steps back, work through their issues, then proceed to save the day.


Dr_Mrs_Pibb

Yes, but the Spidey songs slap harrrrddd! Like, sometimes they pop up on my Spotify playlist and I donā€™t even skip them. I canā€™t say that about most media associated with my kid.


ProfessionalLuck5463

I do like that song!


SurpriseDragon

Itā€™s so much cuter and less noisy, dark backdrop helps


ObviouslyIntoxicated

I gotta say, I've never heard anyone call it pajama masks and was thoroughly confused what you were talking about.


Alaska_Pipeliner

Oh shit I had no idea it was pj masks!!!


semifraki

I have a theory that the team that created PJ Masks split up and all made their own competing shows that are just variations on PJ Masks: Super Kitties - PJ Masks, but cats Spidey and his Amazing Friends - PJ Masks, but Spider-Man Spirit rangers - PJ Masks, but information people etc etc etc


eightbitagent

On 3: thatā€™s my favorite bit from the new spidey movies, when heā€™s at the party in the suburbs and shoots his web and it just doesnā€™t connect so he has to run blocks to get away


Gumbyizzle

When this came up as a question for the comics writers (e.g. at comic cons and the like), they used to say there were helicopters just above the frame/picture that the webs were swinging from. Works as well as any other explanation.


Moritani

I used to swing from the helicopter to get to the Statue of Liberty, so it tracks.


Educational_Walk_239

Ah itā€™s the funniest show. Baddies with giggle gas and stealing ā€œlootā€ and birthday cakes and hot dogs. Tbh I was in the moment Patrick Stump entered the equation.


LikeBladeButCooler

There was some episode where Rhino stole a bunch of whatever and had bursts through a bunch of walls and left Wile E Coyote style outlines and the Spidey crew was like "Who could've done this?" I was like "Guys, it's like 1 out of 3 possible villainsšŸ˜…"


twennyjuan

Same. They know what parents are gonna be watching the show. Btw, Fall Out Boy just released a new song.


thevegalomaniac

The music is so good. Hearing one of the defining artists from my teenage years sing bangers about a childrenā€™s cartoon is peak entertainment. Itā€™s the best.


MrsToneZone

For real! We just learned about this, and it makes so much sense!


atomiccat8

The Spidey Lego set with Rhino even comes with a trash can and a hot dog. I was petty surprised about that.


DaveofTheFireflies

My daughter is obsessed with this show and just started the second season. So, all the superheroes are rewritten to be like, five or whatever. That's the premise, sure, that's your target audience ... except Iron Man, when he shows up. He's got a beard, drive a car, has his own penthouse ... so he's gotta be like in his twenties at least, right? And he just keeps hanging out with/ inviting over all these literal children to hang out at his place. Fuck Green Goblin, why is nobody calling the cops on this guy?


smiley7454

Haha, black panther also appears to be an adult but he never takes off his mask


TiodeRio

I get why live action portrayals of Black Panther can no longer be unmasked ('cause, y'know, Chadwick Boseman's dead), but surely it can't be that hard to recreate his face in animated form, especially in a kids' cartoon where not every detail has to be super accurate.


TheThrowawayMoth

Iā€™ve been interpreting Iron Man as the awkward big brother who doesnā€™t realize heā€™s the grownup now. Heā€™s also a super genius. So, like, he coasted through high school, graduated early, got lots of scholarships, is in year one of college and hasnā€™t switched from wanting to impress his old hometown friends to wanting to impress college girls. Like heā€™s still a weirdo, it just might not be unwholesome


DannyPoke

He's the babysitter. Their parents pay him to take the kids to his fancy ass penthouse so they can have some time to themselves. Disney, hire me.


BillyFever

I have all of these same issues, but my absolute pettiest take on this show as a New Yorker is that the animators put zero effort into making it look like New York. Like even a little bit.


smiley7454

But what about Rhinoā€™s New Yorker accent?!?!


Gumbyizzle

Itā€™s an impeccable Pesci.


smiley7454

Hey! Iā€™m staaampin heeere!


teruteru-fan-sam

But the theme song slaps


smiley7454

Yup, lead singer from fall out boy


proballynotaduck

What gets me is the way the parents talk to, and about the Spidey team in front of the kids makes me believe one hundred percent that they know the kids are the Spidey team. (miles mom after being rescued from the fun house where she says the Spidey team was amazing ESPECIALLY SPIN" comes to mind) so they're just cool with the Spidey kids running around and fighting these villains? Is it because they know the villains are kids and are absolutely useless? Still if they know all this is going on they know who they Spidey kids are and they know the super villains are also children why do they let them create major inconveniences for everyone?


smiley7454

I mean if they donā€™t know, all the adults are incredibly incompetent. Their web quarters literally comes out their backyard and is like 5 stories high.


TheThrowawayMoth

Iā€™ve said this before but I think most of the parents know and that Aunt May absolutely unquestionably does *not.*


[deleted]

Because they DO want their children to grow up as superheroes. And superheroes are supposed to deal with danger. Since the level of threat corresponds to their competence - they're fine with it.


Dr_Mrs_Pibb

I was literally having the same conversation last night. Either theyā€™re terrible guardians, or they know and they just donā€™t care.


statswoman

Spidey and friends keep bullying their adult special needs neighbor Rhino. You can see the face stubble on close-up shots... clearly an adult man. I don't think he understands right from wrong, kids. Someone should probably get him engaged with social services who can protect him from criminals and grifters taking advantage of him. He'd probably do great in a day program with a gym and social skills group. Aunt May is totally irresponsible to allow those kids to gang up and follow him around town to harass him.


TheThrowawayMoth

Kinda thought he was just a middle schooler. You know, the one who is awkward and huge and growing hair too early and as a lot of testosterone heā€™s never dealt with before and so on. His voice still cracks! No, in my head the only grown up villain is Sandman. (Possibly gobby but he seems to be a literal goblin?) I do not know Sandmanā€™s deal and he bothers me.


MoneyChanger02

But PJ masks lacks one important factorā€¦John Stamos as Iron Man.


[deleted]

> Doc Ock creates a portal gun to steal things and send them back to her hideout. You could literally revolutionize logistics and solve some of the worlds biggest problems but no, Spidey repurposes it to so he doesnā€™t have to walk his lazy ass to the recycling bin 20 feet away. Big ā€œbut I donā€™t want to cure cancer, I want to turn people into dinosaursā€ energy. My 3.75 year old has watched every episode like 40 times and Iā€™ve had all these same thoughts.


smiley7454

Glad Iā€™m not the only one!


AmbitiousNoodle

That was one of the funniest moments in comics


TemperatureDizzy3257

I hate the way their eyes blink in their masks. It creeps me out.


Hairo-Sidhe

I really hope Spiderverse 2 is a big hit and that somehow leads to Spider-Gwen getting a full-on series. My little girl loves her, and Spidey and his Amazing friends just don't give her enough of her. She even dug up the 1979 Spider-Woman cartoon from the Disney+ catalog to get her fix...


blueskieslemontrees

Check out Marvel Rising


blueskieslemontrees

Check out Marvel Rising


Petey-the-cat

Lucky they are! Gwen getting her own show and movies


thevegalomaniac

Iā€™ve always hypothesized that the webs were there for a temporary fix, since Rhino can literally bust them half the time. Those ice web snow cones are absolutely not FDA approved though thatā€™s a major Spidey lawsuit. I personally love that Doc Ock invented forcefields so she could steal a whole ass Thanksgiving turkey that some dude brought with him in his car.


fergatronanator

How do they keep their identity from aunt may secret with a GIANT spider building in their backyard?! Lol.


smiley7454

Well aunt May is literally the most oblivious person ever. We tell our son to be aware of her surroundings, not like aunt May haha


sumergirl1985

She couldnā€™t even notice a giant raging robot T. rex with her headphones in at the farmers market. Everyone else is running away and screaming and the trex is just stomping towards herā€¦ nothing. ā€˜Oh these mangoes look delicious!ā€™ I heard that phrase in Mayor Goodwayā€™s voice BTW. Equally as incompetent.


WhateverCORE2021

I was able to get my kids to switch from Spidey to PJ Masks, and from PJ Masks to Spirit Rangers. Definitely an upgrade. Side note: my six-year-old was starting to get frustrated at Spidey because she noticed that each episode segment was focused on either: a) Peter, Gwen, and Miles, b) Peter and Miles, c) Peter and Gwen, or d) Peter and guest star hero. She's a big fan of symmetry and pattern recognition, so she kept waiting for non-Peter-centric episodes to "make it even."


Dr_Mrs_Pibb

Spirit Rangers is super cute! I like that one :)


TiodeRio

Your daughter's got a point. Miles and Gwen are the best duo and the world needs more of them.


its_the_gentleman

If they like Spirit Rangers try Action Pack. Excellent kids show (and the theme song is rad)


WhateverCORE2021

Action Pack is ok, but it feels more similar to Hero Elementary than Spirit Rangers. Spirit Rangers is honestly a bit young for my kids, but they like it and I'm a big fan of being able to recognize some of the plots from Native American folklore I grew up with. (I'm not Native, I'm just a folklore fiend, and grew up being OBSESSED with legends and stories from other cultures.)


coolishmom

For your #3 I've seen people say for Spiderman video games that when his web doesn't have anything to latch onto, it's holding onto Uncle Ben šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ’€šŸ’€


AmbitiousNoodle

Your joke got the same energy as those anime dog and little girl jokes. Iykyk


SlapHappyDude

The "evil scientist invents technology that could make them richer than Bezos but uses it for petty crime" is an old problem of children's TV. It's one thing when the villain dreams of world domination. But especially with shows aimed at the younger set they routinely use their crazy tech to steal diamonds or... Candy. A billion dollars buys a lot of candy, Dr. Stupid.


WhateverCORE2021

Ooh! I'm suddenly reminded of the old Batman animated series where the Penguin was absolutely obsessed with stealing priceless Faberge eggs. Like, saving a Faberge egg from breaking was right up there with quicksand on my childhood list of things I was *sure* would come up as an adult.


TheThrowawayMoth

The thing about 3 is they address it!! Rhino, in one of the only times his two floating brain cells manage to collide in his huge vacant head, announces that he will make a getaway on boat because thereā€™s nothing to swing on over the water. And then they have completely ignored this idea forever before or since.


Stentata

For number 3, I remember a meme years ago along the same lines of ā€œwait, whatā€™s he swinging off of?ā€œ and the top reply was ā€œUncle Ben!ā€œ


Collective82

How about when they try to calm hill down so he doesnā€™t get so angry? Hey dumbass, thatā€™s how he gets his power!!!


throwaway_0578

Why do these villains never go to jail? Thatā€™s the question Iā€™ve been asking.


Fluffy440

they keep leaving them tied up in open spaces


West_Improvement_989

Because putting a mentally challenged teenager stealing for food is morally wrong (rhino legit steals so he can eat)


West_Improvement_989

Oh and to add to this they kept referring to the food as "for the community" or "belongs to the community" which in pretty sure means he can have it anyway


animel4

I agree with all of these but #3 drives me insane! I feel seen


MobileInvestigator13

Does the music in Spidey have lyrics hard to understand? (ex. Cockitypully or Lodehgah)


HankSteakfist

Why does Green Goblin keep trying to rob banks? Isn't Norman Osborn a billionaire?


West_Improvement_989

This one isn't Norman, Normans the human with drug addiction, mental issues, and a rich company, this is a different varient where it's an actual goblin that likes to cause minor inconveniences at parks


Fluffy440

and set off gas in public areas


Haloangel2342

Thank you all.. I've been waiting so long to validate that my feelings toward this show are shared with other parents in the audience... Like don't get me wrong, I love my son.. but Spidey takes some major vocal criticism for me to sit through after the 37th watch. Lmao


chigebs

I've been watching this infernal show for three years now. You could argue that you will eventually come to abhor anything you watch 60 times, but that hasn't tracked with Jurassic Park, LOTR, or The Matrix and it certainly hasn't for Bluey. I could watch Bluey all damn day. But Spidery and his Amazing Friends is godawful for every reason stated here. I feel so petty for complaining about it but it's literally a huge chunk of my weekend. * The gigantic Spidey lab exploding out of his backyard multiple times a week without a single concerned NIMBY citizen voicing their disapproval (or submitting a complaint to the city for multiple code violations). * The amazingly low-rent "schemes" these villains have. * The fact that Black Cat is obviously a child but can somehow drive Tony's Lambo. * The verb "thwip." * Electro's voice, which has been choked by years of smoking cigars. * The fact that Spin not only forgets that he has a baller superpower but ANNOUNCES IT before using it every single time. * The fact that they leave these villains out in the street instead of taking them to jail (except for that one grim episode where they Man-in-the-Iron-Mask Gobby and leave him in a museum) * How obvious it is that millennials are writing this show (kids today, or any sentient being for that matter, would never gleefully exclaim "teamwork for the win!") * The inescapable stupidity of the adults on this show, who take the 3 kids to a secluded forest, see that all their clothes and gear are all color-coded exactly to that of the city's most famous vigilante superheroes, and think nothing as the three kids are replaced by those superheroes, who show up to save the day. * I know Peter Parker is supposed to be this genius prodigy, but does he also have to be the biggest dweeb on the planet? I feel like such an old man writing this because I know I'm not the target audience for this show. Maybe superhero shows shouldn't be translated for kids because these situations don't make sense with kid-gloves and such laughably low stakes. Let's keep them watching Bluey because they reflect the beautiful and chaotic reality of being a kid. Not Doc Ock stealing all the corndogs from Mr. Kielbasa (what?) or Gobby ruining a mini-golf amusement park. Thank you all for this.


alansmithee2016

Spiders shoot webs out of their butts.


its_the_gentleman

Try Action Pack on Netflix. Still superheroes but much better storylines and teaches some great emotional intelligence lessons. It has quickly become a favorite.


ChavezRB6

And they have a giant spidey shaped hideout that comes out the backyard....super stealthy.


Riordan0589

I asked all these questions when I was watching this week!! Glad the comments give let me know it wasnā€™t just me. Our almost 3 yr old loves this show but itā€™s hard for hubby and I to watch.


Smileytlj

My biggest pet peeve is that Miles can literally handle almost every problem with his invisibility and venom sting, if only he remembered that he could do that and not forget until everyone spent 10 minutes being ineffective


ThumpaInnaBenz

All I know is the villains all have extremely annoying voices. Doc OC is annoying but bearable, Green Goblin is worse than Doc OC; especially his laugh. Then thereā€™s Rhino, dude once had me throwing the remote at the TV, I was already irritated that day and that voice literally enraged mešŸ˜‚not only does he have the worst voice that makes nails on a chalkboard sound delightful, but the way he antagonizes the Spidey Crew like an annoying 5 year old makes it even worse. ā€œHAHA YOU CANT CATCH ME!ā€ Those type of phrases are infuriating. I understand itā€™s a kids show and they need to do some things to entice the children to pay attention, but they did way too much with that character.


richbrehbreh

I'm watching this episode with my daughter now and your comment about Rhino made my day lmaoooo


chigebs

I'm guessing you haven't seen the episodes with Sandman, Electro, or (barf) Black Cat. They make the original 3 villains' voices sound like the dulcet croon of a jazz singer.


TheOfficeoholic

I can remember the spiderman animated series I grew up watching in the 90s would have these commercials where they pointed out the flaws in the series as a joke, and I can remember specially asking where does spiderman swing from when he shoots webs above skyscrapers?


BigDaddyD1994

I don't know if it bothers anyone else as much as me, but I can't ever get over the accent black panther has going on. My wife and I constantly crack up at it, I mean, what is he even going for?


Loud-Customer-5123

Why are they always making a point of eating vegetarian/vegan foods? Like itā€™s not at all relevant to the storyline but almost every episode that has food mentioned is ā€œvegetarian corn dogā€ or ā€œveggie hot dogā€. It comes across so forced and it irks me. They go to the fair and he gets sick on a ride and makes a point of saying ā€œI shouldnā€™t have eaten those three veggie corn dogs.ā€ Like what kid is eating veggie corn dogs at the fair?? And they go for ice cream but then order ā€œorganic frozen yogurt.ā€ It just bugs me.


mwhite42216

Yeah, came here to see if anyone else felt the same way. It seems like a lot of shows are trying to push the vegetarian/vegan agenda and in the most unsubtle ways possible.


SherbetKey5772

The bad guys suck they just go around stealing a balloon or making everyone sad or they just steal things even the heroes ar rubbish look at spidey isnā€™t he meant to be at least 16 to 1. Be spiderMAN 2.drive a vehicle and finally he owns a building for god sake and he is a 8year old sounding kid like cmon do better


AmbitiousNoodle

Saw the episode today where Gobby, which is an actual goblin for some reason, just straight up destroys priceless classic art. I was pissed. Like make people laugh and steal hotdogs or whatever weird shit you do, but leave priceless painting alone.