Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Series, 2025, Phase 5, Set in Alternate universe
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is #58 of 69 in release order and #32 of 69 in chronological order in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The story
Peter Parker is on his way to becoming a hero, but his path to get there is anything but ordinary.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man recap
This animated series is set in its own universe. A battle between Doctor Strange and an alien symbiote opens a portal at Peter Parker's high school, and a spider that comes through bites him, giving him his powers. Peter, a 15-year-old at Midtown High, takes an internship with Norman Osborn instead of Tony Stark, and Norman becomes his mentor in being Spider-Man. Peter befriends Norman's son Harry and fellow interns including Nico Minoru. He fights the Scorpions gang and their leader Mac Gargan, crosses paths with Daredevil and Otto Octavius, and tries to steer his friend Lonnie Lincoln away from the 110th Street gang. Lonnie is exposed to a strange substance and grows stronger, the start of his path to becoming Tombstone. Norman's lessons push Peter close to killing Gargan before he pulls back.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ending explained
Norman reveals to the interns that their work fed Project Monolith, a gateway to space, and opens it despite Strange's warning, releasing the symbiote. Strange uses the Eye of Agamotto and lands at the moment of Peter's bite, and he closes the portal, though a piece of the symbiote gets through. Harry launches his own young scientists' group, W.E.B. In the final scene, Aunt May visits Peter's father, Richard Parker, in prison. Season 2 is due in January 2027.
Where to watch Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is streaming on Disney+ in the US.
Ratings
IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%
Where it fits
- Release order: after What If…? Season 3, before Captain America: Brave New World.
- Chronological order: after X-Men '97, before Marvel Zombies.
What to watch before Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
In release order, 38 Marvel Cinematic Universe essentials come before Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025), from Iron Man (2008) to Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man itself is optional in the Marvel Cinematic Universe order.
Cast
- Hudson Thames as Peter Parker / Spider-Man (voice)
- Cathy Ang as Pearl Pangan (voice)
- Arthur Ortiz as Additional Voices (voice)
- Diamond White as Additional Voices (voice)
- Griffin Puatu as Additional Voices (voice)
- Isabella Acres as Additional Voices (voice)
- Nick Carson as Additional Voices (voice)
- Noah Kaye Bentley as Additional Voices (voice)
- Oscar Camacho as Additional Voices (voice)
- ViviAnn Yee as Additional Voices (voice)
- Terri Douglas as Additional Voices (voice)
- Kari Wahlgren as Roxanna Volkov (voice)