10 Best Spider-Man: The Animated Series Episodes
5. Carnage (S3:11)
Season 3 was full of surprises. The Green Goblin and Madame Web were introduced while we were also treated to cameos from Daredevil and Doctor Strange. With so many new faces, Venom's return comes out of nowhere to the delight of many. After he breaks free from Ravencroft, the symbiote spawned and bonded with Brock's cellmate.
And Carnage was born.
The return of Dormammu sees Spider-Man and Venom become unlikely allies in their hopes to stop Carnage and Baron Mordo from freeing the inter-dimensional entity. Although he received help from Iron Man, it wasn't Spider-Man who saved the day. Venom sacrificed himself to stop Carnage and Dormammu, trapping all three of them in the Dark Dimension.
Not unlike the next entry in this list, this episode rocks because we got to see two fan-favorite villains go head-to-head. Venom's return was well worth the wait and the only downside to the ending was that the only other incarnation of Carnage we'd go on to see is Spider-Carnage.