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The Marvel animated universe.
The Marvel animated universe.

The Marvel animated universe is a series of animated television shows and related spin-offs which share the same continuity. All of the animated series' were adapted from Marvel Comics properties.

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When compared to other comic based television programs

While there have been several animated series based upon Marvel Comics characters over the decades, what is commonly accepted as the "Marvel animated universe" refers to the stable of shows that spin-off from X-Men, the original show in this universe. Older shows such as Spider-Man (1967) and newer shows such as Fantastic Four (2006) and X-Men: Evolution are not part of this continuity; despite being released during the same time period, the same goes for the Silver Surferanimated series. Though it had a successful beginning with the X-Men in 1992, it failed to reach to the 2000s like its DC counterpart, which started around the same time with Batman: The Animated Series.

TV series (in chronological order based on debuts)

It should be noted that although the Silver Surfer and some of his supporting characters appear on Fantastic Four, their portrayals are considerably different when compared to on the Silver Surfer series (1998). As a result, the two cartoons are most likely not meant as part of the same universe.


Contradictions

One notable continuity issue lies with Captain America. In Spider-Man, he was the leader of the Six American Warriors during World War II and got trapped in a vortex machine while fighting off against the Red Skull, though he got released by the Red Skull's sons, Rhienholdt Kragov and the Chameleon. Captain America appeared in X-Men, where he teamed up with a pre-adamantium skeleton-Wolverine against the Skull. On X-Men, there was no mentioning of the Six American Warriors; it should also be noted that the Red Skull was a poor fighter in X-Menwhile in Spider-Man, he was skilled in combat. Another possible inconstancy was that the X-Men showed a female president followed by Robert Kelly as president during "the 1990s" (as Wolverine states in Days of Future Past, Part 1), while Iron Man and The Fantastic Four both showed Bill Clinton to be president. Yet another president was shown in The Avengers.

Another continuity issue is with the character She Hulk; while the character made several non-speaking cameos in the Fantastic Four series, her origin wasn't shown until an episode of the Incredible Hulk series. This Incredible Hulk episode in question, aired immediately before an episode featuring the Fantastic Four's Thing and clearly meant to take place after his encounter with the character in that series. No mention is made of previous meetings between She Hulk or the Thing and the other members of his team.

Crossovers

  1. Fantastic Four - The X-Men (Cyclops, Jean Grey, Gambit and Wolverine) appeared in their civilian outfits in the Season 2 episode Nightmare in Green. The Juggernaut's arm was also seen briefly reaching out of the water, placing the episode around the middle of the third season of X-Men. The X-Men's Blackbird is briefly seen attacking Doctor Doom in the episode before being turned to stone Doomsday.
  2. Spider-Man: The Animated Series - All of the X-Men appeared in the Season 2 episodes Mutant Agenda and Mutant's Revenge. Also, Storm guest-starred during Season 5 of Spider-Man, during the Secret Wars three parter. She was not voiced by Alison Sealy-Smith, but instead, by Iona Morris, the original voice of Storm<ref>Storm (X-Men)</ref>. This was done mainly because Morris was available in Los Angeles (where the Spider-Man series was produced) at the time. It would've been very expensive to produce the episodes with the entire X-Men cast since they were all based in Canada.
  3. Avengers: United They Stand - The entire cast from X-Men: The Animated Series were going to appear in a planned, but unmade two part episode during Season 2. The series was, however, cancelled before Season 2 was made. The X-Men were to have be voiced by their respective voice actors/actresses. Some of the voice cast for Avengers started from X-Men. Lenore Zann, voice of Rogue, for instance voiced Tigra.
  1. The Incredible Hulk - The whole team appeared in the Season 1 episode Fantastic Fortitude. Both Beau Weaver (Mister Fantastic) and Chuck McCann (The Thing) reprised their roles for this episode.
  2. Spider-Man: The Animated Series - In the fifth season (in the three part Secret Wars storyline), Spider-Man enlisted the aid of the Fantastic Four (who sport their "Heroes Reborn" uniforms) to help him battle Doctor Doom. Quinton Flynn, the second Human Torch (Brian Austin Green was the first) was the only cast member from the Fantastic Four to reprise his role on Spider-Man. The main reason for the overhaul wasn't because Beau Weaver (Mister Fantastic), Chuck McCann (The Thing), and Lori Alan (The Invisible Woman) were unavailable, it was because John Semper, Jr., the producer and story editor of Spider-Man simply wasn't a fan of the Fantastic Four animated series.
  3. The Silver Surfer - Had production of the second season of The Silver Surfer had not been shut down due to Marvel's bankruptcy, then the team would've appeared in a three part episode entitled Down to Earth.
  1. X-Men - An alternate version of Iron Man is seen very briefly in the episode entitled One Man's Worth.
  2. The Incredible Hulk - Iron Man, War Machine, and H.O.M.E.R. guest-starred on the Season 1 episode entitled Helping Hand, Iron Fist.
  3. Fantastic Four - Although he never spoke, Iron Man made several cameos in some Fantastic Four episodes, actually appearing on a TV show in the first-season episode The Silver Surfer and the Return of Galactusand the Season 2 episodes To Battle the Living Planet and Doomsday.
  4. Spider-Man: The Animated Series - Iron Man and War Machine both appeared on Spider-Man, but Iron Man appeared in more than one storyline. They both appeared in the two part Season 3 episodes that brought back Venom and introduced Carnage. While Robert Hays voiced Iron Man (just like he did on The Incredible Hulk), War Machine was voiced by James Avery, the original voice of War Machine instead of Dorian Harewood, who previously played the villain Tombstone on Spider-Man. Iron Man returned to aid Spider-Man in the Season 5 three parter, entitled The Secret Wars.
  5. Avengers: United They Stand - Iron Man briefly appears in the Avengers episode Shooting Stars. Robert Hays however, didn't reprise his role as Iron Man (as was the case on The Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man). Instead, Iron Man was voiced by Francis Diakowsky.
  1. X-Men - during an episode of the Dark Phoenix Saga (X-Men episode) Phoenix Saga, there was a little glimpse of Spidey's hand throwing his web to prevent a chair from falling over innocent bystanders. The Scarlet Spider appeared briefly in the episode One Man's Worth.
  2. Fantastic Four - The Scarlet Spider appeared briefly on the Season 2 episode Nightmare in Green.
  1. Fantastic Four - The Hulk and Rick Jones guest-starred on the second season episode of the show, entitled Nightmare in Green. Both Hulk were voiced by different voice actors than on the subsequent Hulk TV series.
  2. Iron Man - The Hulk guest-starred on a Season 2 episode of Iron Man, called Hulkbuster. In addition to the Hulk, The Leader also guest-starred (The Leader was voiced by Matt Frewer just like on the Hulk TV series).
  3. X-Men - The Hulk appeared for a few seconds in the Season 3 episode The Juggernaut Returns, though only was a Danger Room simulation.
  4. Spider-Man: The Animated Series - Hulk and She-Hulk were in the original draft to appear in the Secret Wars three parter, in the fifth season of Spider-Man. However, due to the then current show on UPN, they had to be written out. They were replaced by The Lizard.
  1. X-Men - Alternate versions of the Avengers are seen attacking the Mutant Resistance in the episode entitled One Man's Worth.
  2. Fantastic Four - The Avengers had non-speaking cameos in the Season 2 episodes To Battle the Living Planet and Doomsday (the Avengers appearing in both episodes don't fit with the roster shown in Avengers: United They Stand). The Avengers (or Avenger Mansion) are mentioned in the Season 2 episodes Worlds Within Worlds and The Sentry Sinister.

Other characters

  • Absorbing Man: Besides his appearance as an adversary on The Incredible Hulk, Absorbing Man appeared as a member of the Masters of Evil in the Avengers episode Command Decision.
  • Captain America: Captain America appeared on the X-Men episode Old Soldiers and the Avengers episode Command Decision, as well as a recurring role on Spider-Man. Lawrence Bryne provided Captain America's voice on X-Men while David Hayter provided his voice on Spider-Man. Although he never spoke, Cap had a cameo as a member of the Avengers in the Fantastic Four Season 2 episode To Battle the Living Planet.
  • Daredevil: Daredevil appeared on the Fantastic Four episode And a Blind Man Shall Lead Them… and the Spider-Man episodes Framed and The Man Without Fear. Bill Smitrovich provided Daredevil's voice on Fantastic Four while Edward Albert provived his voice on Spider-Man.
  • Doctor Doom: Besides his appearances against familiar adversaries, the Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom appeared on the Spider-Man episode arc Secret Wars and The Incredible Hulk. John Vernon provided Doctor Doom's voice on the first season of Fantastic Four. Simon Templeman took over for Vernon in subsequent Fantastic Four episodes as well as the Doomed and Hollywood Rocks episodes of The Incredible Hulk. Tom Kane provided Doctor Doom's voice on Spider-Man.
  • Doctor Strange: Doctor Strange appeared on the Spider-Man episode Doctor Strange and The Incredible Hulk episode Mind Over Anti-Matter. John Vernon provided Doctor Strange's voice on Spider-Manwhile Maurice LaMarche provided his voice on The Incredible Hulk.
  • Ghost Rider: Ghost Rider appeared on the Fantastic Four episode When Calls Galactus and on The Incredible Hulk. Richard Grieco provided Ghost Rider's voice on both occasions. He also made a cameo in X-Men; he's seen in Gambit's memories.
  • Hawkeye: Hawkeye was a regular character in both Iron Man (as a member of Force Works) and Avengers: United They Stand. He was voiced by John Reilly in Iron Man and by Tony Daniels in Avengers.
  • High Evolutionary: The High Evolutionary appeared on the X-Men Season 4 episode Family Ties. He also was the main villain in Spider-Man Unlimited.
  • Hydro-Man: Besides his various appearances as an adversary on Spider-Man, Hydro-Man appeared as a member of the evil Frightful Four on the Fantastic Four episode The Inhumans Saga, Part 1: And the Wind Cries Medusa. Rob Paulsen provided Hydro-Man's voice on Spider-Man while Brad Garrett provided his voice on Fantastic Four.

Nick Fury: Besides a recurring role on Spider-Man, Nick Fury appeared on the Iron Man episodes The Beast Within and Not Far From the Tree. Philip Abbott was the original voice of Nick Fury on Spider-Man (before Jack Angel took over following Abbott's death) in addition to providing his voice on Iron Man. He also made a cameo in the X-Men episode Sanctuary

  • The Scarlet Witch: Scarlet Witch was a regular character in both Iron Man (as a member of Force Works) and Avengers: United They Stand. She was voiced by Jennifer Darling on Iron Man and by Stavroula Logothettis on Avengers (In both appearances, she was voiced with a thick Eastern European accent). She also appeared in the X-Men Season 4 episode Family Ties being voiced by Tara Strong.
  • Thor: Thor appeared on the Fantastic Four episode To Battle the Living Planet and The Incredible Hulk episode Mortal Bounds. John Rhys-Davies provided Thor's voice on both occasions. Thor also had a non-speaking cameo in one episode of X-Men.
  • Whirlwind: Besides his various appearances as an adversary on Iron Man, Whirlwind appeared as a member of the Masters of Evil in the Avengers episode Command Decision.

Video games

There are also several video games that make use of the same voice actors from the cartoons, which implies that they share the same universe.

Note: This list may not be complete.

See also

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