S4E5 – Three Men and a Boss Baby

This time we’re talkin’ season 4, episode 5 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series – Partners!

After a break between episodes due to some non-neogenic life events, Henry and Jack are back to talk about maybe the most outrageous episode of the show so far. We’ve got some spider-creepin’, cyborg humilation, and the one and only Crime Boss Baby: Silvermane. As well as investigating the science of baby geniuses and armchair therapising Alisa and Alistair, we get waylaid by the true titular partners of the episode, the neogenic odd couple – aka a cohabiting Vulture and Scorpion. The trenchcoat economy is back in business, baby.

Alongside a cavalcade of returning plot threads from early seasons, we delve into some of the voices behind the cartoon and briefly flashback to some Silvermane comic stories that do not involve talking babies.

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If you want a refresher on Silvermane in the comis, we spoke about his comic counterpart in this episode and you can find a write-up of his comic origins and history here.

Episode Stills & Gorms from ‘Partners’

As per usual, here are some silly screenshots I took from the TAS episode, including some moments we make specific reference to on the podcast.

Let’s take another look at the sitcom scenario the Neogenic Odd Couple cooked up. Honestly one of the funniest parts of this show that I’m glad they played fairly straight.

Where could these two villains have disappeared to? Surely they wouldn’t be living in Scorpion’s girlfriend’s rented apartment while Vulture is tied up indefinitely in a closet, right? That would be weird. It would also be weird for the trenchcoat and fedora usage to increase once more, but here we are.

“Be honest, is it noticeable? The giant mutant robot tail I mean.”

And we’ve got some great reaction images from this episode, a mememaker’s dream.

And without getting too scatalogical here (you can always watch the ep or listen to the pod), here’s the final appearance of Silvio Manfredi aka Silvermane, right after a particularly humiliating moment in after a series of humiliating events.

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