YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN Episode 9 "Hero Or Menace" Spoiler Recap: Norman Osborn's Plan Revealed

YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN Episode 9 "Hero Or Menace" Spoiler Recap: Norman Osborn's Plan Revealed

In the penultimate episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Peter Parker has a rematch with the Scorpion and Norman Osborn's true colours are revealed courtesy of a jaw-dropping cliffhanger...

By JoshWilding - Feb 19, 2025 05:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man (Animated)

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man's penultimate episode, "Hero or Menace," finds Otto Octavius locked up courtesy of the Sokovia Accords (which he's none too impressed by). Norman Osborn visits him and takes great delight in gloating over Oscorp's many successes. 

Taking credit for Otto being locked up, Norman reveals that he made a deal with General Ross to acquire his former employee's inventions. The furious scientist hits back with some harsh words of his own and vows to take revenge. 

Big Donovan, meanwhile, sets out to steal Otto's tech from the cops transporting it. Nico Minoru and Pearl Pangan are heading home together when they're almost caught up in the attack...fortunately, Spider-Man - in the classic red and blue costume - is there to save them! 

As a fight between the 110s and Scorpions begins, Big Donovan shows his true colours when Mac Gargan nearly kills him; he flees from the fight, leaving Lonnie Lincoln to try and get his hands on some of that weaponry. Bulldozer holds Camilla Black back to give him a shot, but one of the canisters he discovers leaks and douses the teenager in gas. 

As Spidey's battle with Scorpion continues, Mac goes to stab Lonnie and it does nothing...in fact, his tail breaks because "Tombstone" has gained superhuman strength and invulnerability. Teaming up with Spidey, they manage to briefly take Scorpion down.

Their victory is short-lived when Mac fights back and seemingly kills Lonnie by burying him in some rubble. With Norman's words about respect still ringing in his head, Spider-Man doesn't hold back and savagely beats the villain...until Lonnie reemerges and stops him from delivering the killing blow. 

As the jock-turned-gangster runs off with the 110s, Peter makes things right with Nico before receiving a call from Osborn. He thanks the wall-crawler and offers some words of encouragement while praising his heroic actions. 

It's then that Norman's true colours are revealed. He meets with Oscorp scientists and we learn that Dr. Bentley Wittman has used Peter's blood (taken when he was injured) to replicate the spiders that gave him his powers...now, they can create more Spider-Men!

All episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man are now streaming on Disney+.

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 2/19/2025, 5:06 AM
He is a menace and Norman "Big Bubba" Osborn just wants him to listen to his mixtape oh lord help me
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/19/2025, 7:21 AM
Another good episode!!.

I was surprised that they gave Lonnie his powers but not the white skin and he hasn’t really gone full villain yet which I’m glad about…

It’s been shown that while he’s fallen into the gang life due to a sense of loyalty , he’s still not a bad guy at all and I like that he helps Peter take down Scorpion aswell as stop him from killing due to people that look up to the former as Spider Man.

Given that S2 and 3 have been greenlit , I wouldn’t be surprised if we perhaps see his full turn into villainy at the end of next season where he finally gets the white skin.

Some great character moments aswell such as Peter & Nico’s talk in the alley aswell as Otto & Norman’s ego battle at the beginning.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 2/19/2025, 12:47 PM
@TheVisionary25 - i definitely spoke too soon on Lonnie before.
Him and Peter taking on Scorpion and his origin thus far as "Tombstone" is satisfying and has been worth it.
He's got the name, the powers, and is now the new leader of his local gang.
I really want to see where they go with this take on him.

And when Peter stopped holding back on Gargan? Oof
Slotherin
Slotherin - 2/19/2025, 12:48 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Norman just poked the bear on Otto. I'm loving it.
StSteven
StSteven - 2/20/2025, 1:12 AM
@Slotherin @TheVisionary25 - Just finished watching this episode with the kiddos (although the little one fell asleep) and man that was a pretty great ep. Definitely looking forward to see what they do in the last one (no spoilers please), because it felt like they came to a pretty solid stopping point for this season by the end of this ep. Even my oldest daughter was all like "What are they going to do with his blood?" and I said "Well, there's this whole storyline in the comics called the "Clone Saga" that they could pull from, but who knows?".

The thing that I like probably the most about this show so far is that we really DON'T know where they're going to go in the following 2 seasons. They could go the clone route but put their own spin on it, or not. Or maybe Osborn uses Spidey's bold to create his Goblin serum. We know that they're perfecting the glider, so that's a hint. I guess it's that level of uncertainty that is making this show compelling for me. If it were just a modern update of all the classic Spidey stories then it would be like "Blah blah blah, Norman becomes the Goblin blah blah blah he kills Gwen blah blah blah" which we've seen a bajillion times before.

Anyhow, just my hot take. 😊
Slotherin
Slotherin - 2/21/2025, 8:11 PM
@StSteven - oh man, being able to see this with your kids and they actually want to know things with you as this all-comic-knowing source to them must feel awesome! I'm glad for you man.
And yeah, I agree! There's so much they could be doing with the blood, the symbiote, the Goblin set ups...
I didn't even think of the Clone Saga!
Let me know where you're at with finishing the season finale!
StSteven
StSteven - 2/22/2025, 12:57 AM
@Slotherin - Yeah, I finished up the finale and then showed my older daughter the recent pics of Gwen that were posted here and her eyes got all wide and she was like "What?''. And I said "What? You know who Gwen Stacy is?" And she was like "Yeah, totally. And she's going to be in this show?!?". And then I had to explain that it was season 2 stuff and that we don't know when that's coming out.

I think that it's pretty impressive that they managed to pull off a show that has cross-generational appeal, as well as appeal to casual MCU fans as well as hard-core old school comics fans as well, without retreading all the previous storytelling ground.

As it is, they managed to introduce so many elements, just in the finale alone, where I'm like "What are they going to do with this?" or "Where are they going with that?". It feels refreshing, yet familiar, and I can't wait until season 2 to see where this story goes, and I know that my older daughter is as well. Cheers! 🍻
Slotherin
Slotherin - 2/22/2025, 8:23 PM
@StSteven - I def missed pics of Gwen. If I can't find them, any chance you can link them?
You catch the names on the board in the finale? When Harry is sending invites to join his WEB program? Max Dillon stood out for me.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 2/22/2025, 8:24 PM
@StSteven - edit: just saw the Gwen post,
StSteven
StSteven - 2/22/2025, 9:00 PM
@Slotherin - Yeah, I caught Max as well (that's the only one that stood out to me). However, apparently there's a BUNCH of obscure characters in there that (given the nature of this show) probably have about as much of a chance of showing up in season 2 or 3 as Max, which to me is a lot of the fun here. Here's a link to the names that someone else was able to identify:

https://www.superherohype.com/tv/593448-harry-osborns-web-list-names-tease-your-friendly-neighborhood-spider-man-season-2

Definitely thought provoking.

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