10 Best Moments From Spider-Man The Animated Series

3. Uncle Ben Returns - Episode “Farewell Spider-Man”, Season 5

Spider-Man The Animated Series
Marvel

"With great power, there must also come great responsibility". Peter learned this lesson the hard way. Following that tragedy, he learns to use his powers for the better of others and grows to become the amazing hero we all know and love. It's in this entry, though, that that lesson is brought to the forefront.

This was both a great twist and a brilliant appearance: Uncle Ben himself makes an appropriate cameo in the series finale to aid Peter against Spider-Carnage. With the Peter underneath Spider-Carnage still being Peter Parker, who would know how to understand and get through to this Peter better than Uncle Ben?

It's a very touching and unique moment as Ben gives Carnage-Peter this lesson once more when he needs it most, and Barnes sells this emotional reunion brilliantly with his performance, and gets some hearts warming in the audience as well. It really allows us to see Peter at his most vulnerable, as a version of himself that is at his lowest and darkest place.

The fact that Carnage-Peter sacrifices himself to stop himself, is an amazing demonstration of any Peter Parker's true humanity and will power and what the lesson of "responsibility" really means. Uncle Ben is such a pivotal figure in Peter's life that the moment he appears on the show is such a treat for fans.

 
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