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| The title of this episode has nothing to do with internet file storage… |
Continuing his losing streak with the ladies from the last episode, Peter Parker longs to ask fellow classmate Susan to the “Harvest Hop”. Unfortunately, Pete has a rival in Roy Robinson, star football player and Mr. Big with all the gals. To make matters worse, Roy's father owns Robertson Chemical Labs. Pete thinks that he'll never be able to compete with Roy's rugged good looks and groovy clothes, but if he uses his unique spider abilities, he could try out for the team.
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| Golly! |
But, as Parker's luck would have it, the Coach doesn't have any vacancies on the team. I guess Pete will just have to take that water boy position. Hey, it worked for Adam Sandler!
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| Is that...? It is! It's a piece of tape sticking that cloud to the background painting! |
Unbeknownst to our hero, that “blue clad criminal”, the Sky Master ( Who borrowed his uniform from DC Comics' Blackhawk ) wants to get his hands on the Invisibility Serum that Robinson Labs is preparing for the Government ( WHICH government? ). Sky Master's henchmen lower out of their zeppelin on flying propeller-equipped backpacks, and kidnap “miserable Earth dweller” Roy Robinson. Their plan: To force Roy's dad to give up the invisibility formula so that they might “Create a titanic fleet of flying cities” to use to attack those of us on the surface.
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| Skymaster’s men creep their way into the Robinson’s home to the tune of “Action Stations” from the KPM music library. |
Have the writers of this show ever actually READ a Spider-Man comic book? At the time this show was aired, a situation similar to the Robinson's was taking place in the comics. Harry Osborn, Peter Parker's best friend, was the son of Norman Osborn, the president of Oscorp Industries. Sound familiar? Couldn't they have used these pre-existing characters instead of making up new ones for this series?
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| Continuing the trend of green-skinned villains that began in "Swing City". |
Anyhow, at football practice, Roy hasn’t shown up yet, causing his father ( Who arrives with the cops in tow ), and the coach to have a hissy fit. When the coach asks, “You Robinson, the big chemical man?”, the Senior Robinson gets all defensive, “You see, Captain? I was right! My son has been kidnapped!”. Way to jump to conclusions there, pal.
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| There's that piece of tape again! |
With Roy a no-show, it looks like Pete may get his big break after all. That is, until he overhears ( There's that spider-hearing again ) Roy's father discussing his son's kidnapping. Much to Pete's chagrin, he has a super hero duty to fulfill, so he changes to Spider-Man.
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| Let's see Daredevil balance on ONE FOOT, like....THIS! |
It's only been three episodes, and apparently Peter Parker has already forgotten what motivates him to be Spider-Man in the first place. The last time he put himself first, it got his Uncle Ben killed. Hmm..What was that lesson he learned just a few episodes ago? “With great power comes..something..eh, I forget.”
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| We all know how well that worked out for you the last time, don't we? |
As the clock tower is striking, Spidey comments that the “big game” is in half an hour, and that Mr. Robinson is about to start broadcasting his secret formula. Wasn't that transmission supposed to take place at midnight? That's awful late for a high school football game to start, isn't it?
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| Gee whiz, if I could only make Susan's head explode with my mind... THEN she'll go out with me! |
The Webbed Wonder rationalizes that the Sky Master must be somewhere in the clouds...
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| I don’t know, maybe…the SKY?? |
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| Ya' think? |
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| What gave it away? The fact that his name is “SKYmaster”? |
Spidey notices a strange looking cloud, and figures it's a perfect place to stash a dirigible. He hitches a ride on the blimp, and starts climbing up the web line. Just as the time for Mr. Robinson to broadcast the formula is nigh, Spider-Man shows up, and begins taking out Sky Master's thugs, “Release the boy, or I’ll start slinging fists and webs!”. Sky Master pulls out a ray gun and tries to blast the agile super hero.
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| Skymaster must shop at the same bad guy supply store as the Master Technician. |
A stray bolt of energy from the gun hits the ship’s controls, and the blimp goes down in a blaze of glory. Aside from the recycled moves from just the last episode, the trashing of Skymaster’s flying headquarters is fairly well staged. There are flames everywhere, and the criminal crew really seem like they’re scared for their lives. And I swear we see Skymaster meeting his final fate somewhere in there...
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| Skymaster is served up extra-crispy style. |
Spidey kicks the side door open and parachutes to safety, rescuing Roy Robinson in the process. Roy makes it back in time for the big game, but unfortunately, the loss of circulation from being tied up made his arms go numb. Always eager to help, Spider-Man webs the football and assists Roy in scoring the winning touchdown! The crowd must've been too busy watching the cheerleaders to see a strand of webbing pulling the ball.
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| Yay. Rah. |
All in all, it's a happy ending for Roy Robinson, who gets to keep his star athlete status, and also gets a hug from sexy Susan. Peter Parker, on the other hand, is narrowly missed changing out of his Spider-Man costume by the Coach, who apparently hasn't heard of knocking first. The coach tells Pete his water boy career is all washed up, and the narrator reminds us that “Even the life of a famous super hero like Spider-Man isn’t all victory and fame…”. It says so right in the theme song. Haven’t you been paying attention?
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| "And pelvises!" |
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| "Weeee! Bondage is fun!!" |
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| "Ayy! Whatsamatta you-a, Spider-Man-a! Why-a you pick-a on-a my-a brother Mario like-a that-a!" |
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| Someone needs to tell the school board, it's time for some new uniforms. |
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| Later, Roy will need Spider-Man's web to assist him in another way, if you catch my drift. |
NEXT: Another Sports Themed Episode
