Disney PlusMarvel's Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.4
Overview
While being trained by S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Man battles evil with a new team of teen colleagues.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
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Political: Center
Diversity: High
Female Combat: Yes
Overview
While being trained by S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Man battles evil with a new team of teen colleagues.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Disney PlusApple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The series' central subject matter of superhero action, personal responsibility, and the fight against supervillains is inherently apolitical, and its narrative consciously avoids promoting specific ideological viewpoints, focusing instead on universal moral lessons and entertainment.
The series features a highly diverse main cast, including several characters whose traditional comic book roles were intentionally recast with minority actors, notably Nick Fury. However, its narrative primarily focuses on superhero action and character development, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on DEI themes.
Secondary
The show features White Tiger, a skilled martial artist with enhanced physical abilities, who consistently engages in and wins physical fights against male opponents, often taking down multiple adversaries using hand-to-hand combat.
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man, an animated series, does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on Spider-Man's superhero adventures and personal growth without addressing queer identities or experiences, resulting in no LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The animated series features established Marvel characters, and while it introduces new iterations or original characters, none of the legacy characters widely known from source material or prior adaptations have their gender changed.
The animated series adapts characters primarily from the Ultimate Marvel comic universe, where characters like Nick Fury were already established as Black. All other major characters maintain their established racial depictions from their direct comic source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.2
7.7
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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