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text: Man with a Plan (TV series)

text: Summary[edit]

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text: Adam Burns is a construction worker living in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with wife Andi, daughters Katie and Emme, and son Teddy. He looks forward to spending time with his family and hanging out with his friends, who are also co-educators: Lowell, Marie and Ms. Rodriguez. However, his elder daughter Katie, who was away at middle school; Teddy is becoming dimwitted child, whose intelligence is often issues; and youngest daughter Emme is a innocent child who often knows her parents will never let her get away with a lot issues.[9]

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

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Matt LeBlanc as Adam Burns: The patriarch of the Burns household. Along with his brother, Don, he owns Burns Brothers Construction.
Liza Snyder as Andi Burns: The matriarch of the Burns household. As the series started, Andi went back to work as a medical lab technician.
Grace Kaufman as Kate Burns: The eldest Burns child. At the start of the series, Kate is 13-years-old. She is the sassy, rebellious child, who is often embarrassed by her parents. She’s now 15 in season 2.
Hala Finley as Emme Burns: The youngest child in the Burns family, who is 5-years-old at the start of the series. Emme is the younger, innocent child, who often knows her parents will never let her get away with a lot. She is 6-years old as of season 2.
Matthew McCann as Teddy Burns: The middle child in the Burns family, who is 12-years-old at the start of the series. Teddy is a very dimwitted child, whose intelligence is often ridiculed by the other characters, including his parents. Adam states that Teddy has his Uncle Don’s intelligence.
Jessica Chaffin as Marie Faldonado (episodes 1–13): One of Adam's fellow room parents, who is a promiscuous divorcee with children in both Emme and Kate's classes. After episode thirteen, Marie is never seen or mentioned again.
Matt Cook as Lowell: The other room parent and the Burns' friend. Lowell is a stay-at-home dad who relies on statistics and experts to help parent his children. In "The Three Amigos", he begins working with Adam and Don as their tech specialist after helping them land a lucrative job with a video presentation he created.
Diana-Maria Riva as Mrs. Rodriguez (season 1): Emme's kindergarten teacher and Adam's enemy.
Kevin Nealon as Don Burns: Adam's older brother, who co-owns Burns Brothers Construction alongside Adam. It is mentioned in "The Three Amigos" that Don handles sales for the business. He is very dim-witted like his nephew Teddy. He is married to Marcy, and together they have a son, Mikey, who is an ex-convict living in a studio apartment.
Stacy Keach as Joe Burns (season 2–present; recurring season 1): Adam and Don's father, who moved his camper into Adam and Andi's driveway.

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text: Recurring[edit]

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Kali Rocha as Marcy Burns, Don's wife.
Swoosie Kurtz as Beverly Burns, Adam and Don's mother.
Christine Woods as Lisa McCaffrey, Adam and Don's main client on a mall construction project.
Sherri Shepherd as Joy, the Burns' neighbor who is also the building inspector on Adam's job site.
Tim Meadows as Rudy, the Burns' neighbor and Joy's husband.

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Series overview[edit]

text: SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired122October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)May 15, 2017 (2017-05-15)221November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)

text: Season 1 (2016–17)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers(millions)11"Pilot"James BurrowsJeff Filgo & Jackie FilgoOctober 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)7.42[10]
When her youngest child Emme starts kindergarten, Andi Burns goes back to work, forcing Adam, her contractor husband, to spend more time at home taking care of their three kids. Adam is clearly out of his element, while the kids want their mom back after spending only one day with their father.
22"Two Tickets to Paradise"James BurrowsJeff Filgo & Jackie FilgoOctober 31, 2016 (2016-10-31)5.95[11]
When a vendor gives Adam two tickets to a Pittsburgh Steelers game, he offers to take his brother and business partner Don as a thank-you for Don covering him at work while he tends to the kids. Andi later sees the tickets and assumes Adam is taking her to celebrate the anniversary of their first date, which was also at a Steelers game, causing Adam to have to decide whom to disappoint.
33"The Puppet Theater"James BurrowsAlex HerschlagNovember 7, 2016 (2016-11-07)6.26[12]
When Mrs. Rodriguez accuses Adam of slacking in his role as Room Parent because he doesn't have time to make puppets for Teacher Appreciation Day, Adam threatens to transfer Emme into the other kindergarten class. This doesn't sit well with Andi, who considers Mrs. Rodriguez a superior teacher and says she had to do a lot of "butt kissing" to get Emme into her class.
44"Un-Dressed"Pamela FrymanJordan Reddout & Gus HickeyNovember 14, 2016 (2016-11-14)6.18[13]
After repeatedly being forced out of the house by Andi and the kids, Adam and Don want to turn the garage into a "man cave", but there's a problem – boxes and boxes of junk that Andi refuses to get rid of because they represent family memories.
55"Thanksgiving"James BurrowsMark GrossNovember 21, 2016 (2016-11-21)5.98[14]
Adam brings Emme's lunch to school and catches Andi secretly meeting with Mrs. Rodriguez about an upcoming Thanksgiving meal for 30 at the school. Andi tells Adam she didn't think he could handle this task, which hurts Adam enough that he wants to prove her wrong.
66"Holey War"James BurrowsTommy JohnaginDecember 5, 2016 (2016-12-05)6.18[15]
When the kids put a hole in the wall with their rowdy play, Adam's and Andi's different approaches to parenting are put to the test. Each tries to get the kids to turn on each other and identify the culprit, but the resolve of their children is surprisingly strong.
77"Winter Has Come"James BurrowsFarhan ArshadDecember 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)6.62[16]
To get out of his usual Christmas chores, Adam convinces Andi's parents to host a family Christmas at their home in Virginia Beach. He orders all of the kids' gifts online and has them delivered to Virginia Beach, but his plan backfires when they get snowed in on the day of their trip. Forced to improvise, Adam has to pull off a "Christmas miracle" to avoid disappointing the kids and angering Andi.
88"Adam Steps Up"Pamela FrymanGregg MettlerDecember 19, 2016 (2016-12-19)6.17[17]
Andi tries to take Emme and Teddy to the zoo, but gets stuck in traffic for hours. This causes Adam to have to deal with Kate getting her first period without Andi's help.
99"What About Bob?"Pamela FrymanTommy JohnaginJanuary 2, 2017 (2017-01-02)6.55[18]
After Andi confesses that one of her new work friends is a man named Bob (Gary Anthony Williams), she is surprised and a little hurt when Adam doesn't exhibit his usual jealousy. She then tells fake stories to enhance Bob's charm and talents, not knowing that Adam was jealous all along and was just trying to hide it.
1010"A Dinner Gone Wrong"Pamela FrymanMark GrossJanuary 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)7.70[19]
The Burns' plans for a couples trip to Las Vegas with Don and Marcy are put in jeopardy when Andi realizes that Marcy is the girl who teased her and gave her an unflattering nickname back in high school. Meanwhile, Teddy stops hanging out with the few friends he has in school to spend all of his free time with his online gaming buddies, making his parents concerned.
1111"The Talk"Pamela FrymanAlex HerschlagJanuary 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)7.69[20]
When Andi and Adam find a topless woman's photo on Teddy's tablet, Andi makes Adam have "the talk" with his son, saying she took care of it with Kate. After an uncomfortable talk that shocks Teddy, Adam learns that the newly body-conscious Kate was the one looking at the topless photo out of curiosity, and that Kate learned about sex from a school health class, not from Andi.
1212"The Three Amigos"Phill LewisJordan Reddout & Gus HickeyFebruary 6, 2017 (2017-02-06)7.25[21]
Adam is less than thrilled when Andi invites Lowell over to watch the hockey game with him and Don, but Adam's attitude changes when he learns Lowell can make a killer multimedia presentation for a construction client the Burns Brothers are trying to woo. Don takes this as a slap in the face, given that he's always handled sales his own way. Elsewhere, Mrs. Rodriguez confesses to Andi that she had an erotic dream about Adam.
1313"Valentine's Day"James BurrowsGregg MettlerFebruary 13, 2017 (2017-02-13)7.20[22]
Adam has every detail for a fancy Valentine's Day dinner with Andi planned out, except getting a babysitter. After striking out with Marie and Lowell, Kate reminds her dad that she's 13 and can babysit. This pleases Adam, but Andi isn't so sure that Kate is ready. After Andi reluctantly agrees, she and Adam go to the restaurant and find that Don has stolen Adam's reservation.
1414"Kate's First Date"Pamela FrymanFarhan ArshadFebruary 20, 2017 (2017-02-20)6.75[23]
Kate is excited about going on her first date with a classmate named Royce, something that Andi approved without consulting Adam. After Adam checks Royce's Instagram page and sees that he may be a bit of a "player", he tries to scare the boy away. Meanwhile, Don can't think of a good gift for Marcy's birthday, so he seeks help from Lowell.
1515"Assisted Living"Pamela FrymanJeff Filgo & Jackie FilgoFebruary 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)6.61[24]
Adam's parents, Joe (Stacy Keach) and Bev (Swoosie Kurtz), stop by in their motor home for a visit. After Joe learns that Adam is now taking care of the kids, he and Bev propose they stay to help, and they begin to live in the Burns' driveway.
1616"The A Team"Pamela FrymanAlex HerschlagMarch 13, 2017 (2017-03-13)6.34[25]
Andi and Adam have Lowell and his wife Jen over for dinner, fully expecting Jen to be as lame as Lowell is, but Jen (Jenna Dewan Tatum) turns out to be pretty and interesting. Later, after Jen and Lowell appear to make up an excuse to leave, Andi and Adam start to think it is themselves who have become the lame couple.
1717"Doctor No"Pamela FrymanGregg MettlerMarch 20, 2017 (2017-03-20)5.32[26]
When Adam discovers that Joe hasn't been to the doctor in almost ten years, he urges his father to make an appointment. Andi soon also discovers that the doctor Adam says he's been going to annually retired five years ago. Joe, Adam and Don all get checkups with a new doctor, and the result is that Joe needs a colonoscopy. Meanwhile, Bev takes advantage of Lowell's kind nature by asking him to drive her everywhere.
1818"The Blame Game"James BurrowsTommy JohnaginApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)5.33[27]
Adam and Don learn their wives don't get as mad at their screw-ups if they simply blame them on each other. Things take a turn for the worse for Adam when Andi finds out their scheme, especially because it dredges up baggage from their past.
1919"Spring Fling"Pamela FrymanStory by: Mark GrossApril 17, 2017 (2017-04-17)5.42[28]
A problem arises when Lisa (Christine Woods), the mall construction client, tells Adam that Don isn't professional enough to attend an upcoming meeting with HR and executives, causing Adam to try to find a way to let his brother down easy. With Adam busy, Andi offers to take some time off and be room parent for a while, mainly because she wants to schmooze Mrs. Rodriguez into recommending Emme for the "good" first grade class. Andi regrets this when Mrs. Rodriguez asks her to organize the entire Spring Fling for the kindergarteners.
2020"Dirty Money"James BurrowsStory by: Farhan ArshadTeleplay by: Jordan Reddout & Gus HickeyMay 1, 2017 (2017-05-01)5.36[29]
Adam and Andi regret accepting a loan from Joe after he uses it as an excuse to insert himself into their lives. Bev and Marcy battle over who should host Don's birthday party. Meanwhile, Don panics when he learns from Lowell that Marcy donated his old laptop to the library.
2121"Operation False Freedom"Gail MancusoStory by: Jeff Filgo & Jackie FilgoMay 8, 2017 (2017-05-08)5.16[30]
Convinced that Kate lied to them about going to the library, but unable to prove it, Adam and Andi activate the GPS tracker on her phone. Kate discovers their ploy and throws them off her trail by planting the phone in Don's pocket. Andi and Adam find Kate innocently hanging out with friends at a coffee shop. While still mad that she deceived them, the two agree that Kate should have more freedom now that she's turned 14.
2222"Buzzer Beater"Gail MancusoStory by: Gregg MettlerMay 15, 2017 (2017-05-15)5.73[31]
Upon seeing Don and Marcy with their new granddaughter, Andi gets the itch to have another child. Adam insists they are too old, but after Emme refuses to kiss him when he drops her off at kindergarten, he also gets on board. When they later see Don and Marcy completely frazzled from spending a couple days with an infant, Adam and Andi regret their decision and have to sweat out the results of a pregnancy test.

text: Season 2 (2017–18)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers(millions)231"The Silver Fox"Andy CadiffMark GrossNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)5.38[32]
To give Kate a break from babysitting, Andi hires a young volunteer from her hospital named Sophia (Victoria Justice) to watch the kids. While Adam worries that Sophia will become attracted to a "silver fox" like himself, Andi is more jealous that Kate goes to Sophia for advice. Sophia later tells Adam she has the hots for him, but when he tells Andi, she doesn't believe him.
242"Andi's Boyfriend"Andy CadiffTommy JohnaginNovember 20, 2017 (2017-11-20)5.44[33]
Adam gets a visit from Pastor Carl (Jonathan Adams), who is making amends for a past gambling addiction. Pastor Carl says he gambled away money that he was supposed to use to renew his license to wed people, meaning Adam and Andi are not legally married. Making matters worse, Pastor Carl was not Andi's first choice, but the frugal Adam hired him because he was cheaper. Adam tries to set up a renewal of vows with a licensed official, without telling Andi about Carl.
253"The Parents Strike Back"Andy CadiffRob Des HotelNovember 27, 2017 (2017-11-27)5.70[34]
Frustrated by the messes in their kids' bedrooms, Adam and Andi decide to withhold allowances until the rooms are cleaner. Kate convinces her younger siblings they can break their parents by just letting the filth build up even more, so the kids tell mom and dad they are on strike. Taking a tip from Joe, Adam and Andi decide to retaliate by making things as miserable as possible for their children.
264"Into the Weeds"Gail MancusoJeff Filgo & Jackie FilgoDecember 4, 2017 (2017-12-04)6.42[35]
When Adam finds out that a boy Kate is dating was caught by his mother possessing marijuana, he wants to be strict with Kate while Andi opts for a more relaxed approach. Adam learns that Joe, who was always strict with him and Don about drugs, has a pot prescription for his arthritis. Things get interesting when Adam unknowingly eats some of Joe's "special" gummy candy.
275"Battle of the Sexists"Andy CadiffEthan Sandler & Adrian WennerDecember 11, 2017 (2017-12-11)5.70[36]
Andi accuses Adam and Don of being sexist when they only interview male candidates for a shop foreman position on the mall project. Adam soon hires a female named Zara (Lilah Richcreek), partly to please Andi but also because she is the most qualified for the job. Andi regrets her accusation against Adam when Don recognizes the pretty new shop foreman as a former dancer at a strip club. Meanwhile, Adam and Andi fight the school to allow Kate to play on the boys soccer team.
286"Adam Gets Neighborly"Victor GonzalezTommy Johnagin & Farhan ArshadDecember 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)5.61[37]
After Adam has alienated most of the neighbors, Andi suggests they start fresh with new neighbors Joy (Sherri Shepherd) and Rudy (Tim Meadows), who have just moved in. But there's a problem: Adam has already gotten on the bad side of Joy, a building inspector, when she visited his job site.
297"We Can Be Heroes"Victor GonzalezGregg MettlerJanuary 15, 2018 (2018-01-15)6.68[38]
Adam and Andi experience money problems with Teddy needing glasses and Kate needing braces. The two make a budget and decide to give up some luxuries, mainly Adam's cable sports subscription, which has Don, Joe and Lowell upset because they are always at the house watching games. Adam later forces Andi to give up her expensive hairdresser, after Joe discovers she had it listed as a necessity, not a luxury.
308"Lice Lice Baby"Gail MancusoFarhan ArshadJanuary 22, 2018 (2018-01-22)6.74[39]
Adam worries about how Lisa, his boss at the mall job site, will react when he has to bring Teddy and Emme to work. He gets even more worried when the Burns kids are diagnosed with lice, and he later sees Lisa scratching her head at an awards banquet. Meanwhile, Andi realizes how distant she's become from her kids when she is the only family member to not catch lice from them.
319"The Gunfight"Andy CardiffGregg MettlerJanuary 29, 2018 (2018-01-29)6.64[40]
Joe and Beverly prepare to watch the kids for a few days so that Adam and Andi can take a much-needed trip to Las Vegas. Andi worries a bit when Joe says he plans to teach Teddy to shoot Adam's old BB gun, then wants to pull the plug on the vacation when she learns that Joe also has real guns in the house. Joe and Adam take Andi to a shooting range to show her that guns are okay in responsible hands, but then it's Adam who worries when he sees Joe mistake his gun for his cellphone. Elsewhere, Don brings the BB gun to Lowell's house to help eradicate the woodchuck that is eating Lowell's tomatoes, but he ends up shooting Lowell.
3210"Adam's Turtle-y Awesome Valentine's Day"Gail MancusoJessica RunckFebruary 5, 2018 (2018-02-05)6.46[41]
When Andi convinces Adam that she does not want to exchange gifts for Valentine’s Day, Adam takes the gold necklace with pictures of their three children that he’d already bought for Andi and gives it to Beverly. Unknown to Adam, Andi had just discovered the hidden necklace moments before Adam’s decision, and she is now looking forward to receiving it. Beverly is so giddy about the necklace that Adam is stuck with a difficult decision.
3311"Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner"Victor GonzalezEthan Sandler & Adrian WennerFebruary 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)5.92[42]
When Adam gets tired of constantly having to accompany Beverly at bingo, he suggests to Andi that she get his mom a job as a hospital volunteer. Beverly loves the job, only to make Joe feel lonely. To compensate for his loneliness, Joe starts spending his time with Adam and Andi and expects them to wait on him like Beverly used to do.
3412"Everybody's a Winner"Joanna KernsMark GrossMarch 5, 2018 (2018-03-05)5.90[43]
When a senior asks Kate to the spring dance at school, Adam is staunchly against it while Andi says Kate is mature enough to let her go. While discussing the issue with Joe, Lowell and Don, Adam learns Joe's "silent negotiation" technique. Adam tries it on Andi and, sure enough, she talks herself into realizing it's a bad idea to let Kate go on the date. But neighbor Joy soon tips off Andi to what Adam did, because her husband uses it on her, and she gives Andi a way to fight back.
3513"The Party Planner"Ben WeissRob DesHotelMarch 12, 2018 (2018-03-12)6.35[44]
Following several years of failed, uninspired gifts for Andi's birthday, Adam decides to throw her a party with their family members, as well as Lowell and his wife Jen. When Don and Marcy pass on the party because of Marcy's previous engagement, Adam replaces them with Joy and Rudy, despite Andi's protest that they should reschedule. While Adam insists that he can handle planning the party, Don and Marcy meet Joy and Rudy at a grocery store, throwing a wrench into Adam's scheme.
3614"March Madness"Victor GonzalezTommy JohnaginMarch 19, 2018 (2018-03-19)5.45[45]
When their schedules don't line up and they realize the kids will be alone for two hours after school, Adam and Andi hire Rudy to install security cameras inside and outside the house. Adam and Andi inadvertently make a sex tape, which inspires them to make another. The two then go on a wild chase for the tablet that has the footage when Beverly borrows it because hers broke down, then gives it to Don to give back to Adam. The tablet is subsequently picked up by Lowell, who mistook it for his own when he was at Don's house.
3715"Out With The In-Laws"Victor GonzalezJackie Filgo & Jeff FilgoMarch 26, 2018 (2018-03-26)5.44[46]
Adam and Andi think they can finally be happily alone for a holiday when their feuding parents each back out of coming to the house on Easter Sunday because the other set of parents will be there. But the plans are threatened when Joe and Bev scheme to take the kids to Disney World for the holiday, while Andi's parents (Dan Lauria and Nancy Lenehan) arrive a day early to claim "Easter Eve" for themselves.
3816"April Fools"Pamela FrymanEthan Sandler & Adrian WennerApril 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)5.48[47]
While Adam, the kids, Don and Joe all enjoy pulling April Fool's pranks, Andi reminds Adam that she hates pranks due to a traumatic experience with one when she was seven years old. Adam is sure that an unscary, funny prank will change Andi's mind, but his attempts fail. Adam would have done better to be on his guard, because Andi has a surprise up her sleeve.
3917"King for a Day"Victor GonzalezJessica RunckApril 16, 2018 (2018-04-16)5.06[48]
After Andi discourages Adam from giving Emme a princess gown because it reinforces undesired female stereotypes, she mentions a lie she told Kate years ago for the same reason. Andi then defends her practice of protecting her children through little white lies, which she calls "love bubbles". Adam seems to accept her explanation, until he realizes that Andi does the same to him, particularly with regard to a recliner he wanted to buy that she said was unsafe.
4018"The Burns System"Victor GonzalezFarhan ArshadApril 30, 2018 (2018-04-30)4.79[49]
Adam is excited when Joe needs a new car and takes him along to learn the "Burns System" at the dealership, given that Joe has always had Don accompany him before. But when they get there, Adam is upset to learn that Joe asked Don to arrive at the last minute and be the "closer". Elsewhere, Andi and Marcy try to get rid of a pet snake that Emme brought home.
4119"We Hate Money"Victor GonzalezRob Des HotelMay 7, 2018 (2018-05-07)4.91[50]
Mall client Lisa tells Adam and Don that she has to go away to work on herself, and that her replacement wants a different contractor to take over for Burns Brothers. With no other prospects, Adam and Don decide they need to make a commercial, with Lowell's help. When the filming starts, Don is fine but Adam freezes on camera, leading to his part having to be played by local actor Leif Forrest (Geoff Stults). Meanwhile, as the only current breadwinner, Andi is determined to ask for a raise at her job, only to learn that her department is being gutted and she's getting laid off.
4220"We Got a Girl"Pamela FrymanMark GrossMay 14, 2018 (2018-05-14)5.46[51]
After Adam and Andi determine that Lisa's issues stem from her being lonely, they enlist help from Don, Marcy and Lowell to find a man for her in hopes of getting Adam back to work. They ultimately decide to set up Lisa with Leif Forrest, who helped on the Burns Brothers commercial, only to later learn that Leif is Lisa's ex-husband.
4321"Family Business"Victor GonzalezGregg MettlerMay 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)5.69[52]
When Andi successfully helps Bev and Joe design their kitchen remodel and Adam builds it, Andi and Adam begin to think they might have a future working together professionally rebuilding and selling old houses.

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: On February 3, 2016, the production officially received a pilot order and James Burrows would direct the pilot.[53] The pilot was written by Jackie and Jeff Filgo who was also set to executive produce alongside with Michael Rotenberg and Troy Zien. Production companies involved with the pilot include Double Double Bonus Entertainment, CBS Television Studios, and 3 Arts Entertainment. On May 12, 2016, it was announced that CBS had given the production, now titled Man with a Plan, a series order.[54] A day after that, it was announced that the series would premiere in the fall of 2016 and air on Mondays at 8:30 P.M.

text: On March 23, 2017, CBS renewed the series for a second season[55] which premiered on November 13, 2017.[56] On November 27, 2017, CBS ordered eight additional episodes for the second season, bringing the total to 21 episodes.[57] On May 12, 2018, CBS renewed the series for a third season.[58]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Casting for the main cast started in February 2016 with Matt LeBlanc and ended the next month with Matt Cook and Grace Kaufman.[59] On May 13, 2016, it was reported that Jenna Fischer, who was originally cast to play the female lead opposite LeBlanc in the series, had exited and her role would be recast.[60] On August 1, it was announced Liza Snyder would replace Fischer in the role.[61] On August 2, 2016, it was reported that Kevin Nealon had joined the cast in a main role.[62]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Man with a Plan has received generally negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 21%, based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 3.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Man with a Plan's flawed, unimaginative writing fails to properly showcase the charm of its unfortunately underperforming lead."[63] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the series has a score 36 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[64]

text: Seasonal ratings[edit]

text:
Season
Timeslot (ET)

Episodes

First aired

Last aired
TV season
Rank
Avg. viewers(millions)
18–49 rating(average)

Date

Viewers(millions)

Date

Viewers(millions)

1
Monday 8:30 pm

22

October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)

7.42[10]

May 8, 2017 (2017-05-08)

5.73[31]
2016–17
47
7.41
1.5[65]

2

21

November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)

5.38[32]

May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)

5.69[52]
2017–18
61
6.78
1.2[66]

text: Ratings[edit]

text: Season 1 (2016–17)[edit]

text:
No.

Title

Air date
Rating/share(18–49)
Viewers(millions)

1

"Pilot"

October 24, 2016
1.6/5
7.42[10]

2

"Two Tickets to Paradise"

October 31, 2016
1.3/5
5.95[11]

3

"The Puppet Theatre"

November 7, 2016
1.4/4
6.26[12]

4

"Un-Dressed"

November 14, 2016
1.3/5
5.18[13]

5

"Thanksgiving"

November 21, 2016
1.3/5
5.98[14]

6

"Holey War"

December 5, 2016
1.2/4
6.18[15]

7

"Winter Has Come"

December 12, 2016
1.2/4
6.62[16]

8

"Adam Steps Up"

December 19, 2016
1.1/4
6.17[17]

9

"What About Bob?"

January 2, 2017
1.2/4
6.55[18]

10

"A Dinner Gone Wrong"

January 16, 2017
1.5/5
7.70[19]

11

"The Talk"

January 23, 2017
1.6/5
7.69[20]

12

"The Three Amigos"

February 6, 2017
1.4/5
7.25[21]

13

"Valentine's Day"

February 13, 2017
1.4/5
7.20[22]

14

"Kate's First Date"

February 20, 2017
1.3/5
6.75[23]

15

"Assisted Living"

February 27, 2017
1.2/4
6.62[24]

16

"The A Team"

March 13, 2017
1.1/4
6.34[25]

17

"Doctor No"

March 20, 2017
1.0/4
5.32[26]

18

"The Blame Game"

April 10, 2017
1.0/4
5.33[27]

19

"Spring Fling"

April 17, 2017
1.0/4
5.42[28]

20

"Dirty Money"

May 1, 2017
1.0/4
5.36[29]

21

"Operation False Freedom"

May 8, 2017
1.0/4
5.16[30]

22

"Buzzer Beater"

May 15, 2017
1.1/4
5.73[31]

text: Season 2 (2017–18)[edit]

text:
No.

Title

Air date
Rating/share(18–49)
Viewers(millions)

1

"The Silver Fox"

November 13, 2017
1.0/4
5.38[32]

2

"Andi's Boyfriend"

November 20, 2017
1.0/4
5.44[33]

3

"The Parents Strike Back"

November 27, 2017
1.1/4
5.70[34]

4

"Into the Weeds"

December 4, 2017
1.1/4
6.42[35]

5

"Battle of the Sexists"

December 11, 2017
1.0/4
5.70[36]

6

"Adam Gets Neighborly"

December 18, 2017
0.9/3
5.61[37]

7

"We Can Be Heroes"

January 15, 2018
1.2/5
6.68[38]

8

"Lice Lice Baby"

January 22, 2018
1.2/4
6.74[39]

9

"The Gunfight"

January 29, 2018
1.1/4
6.64[40]

10

"Adam's Turtle-y Awesome Valentine's Day"

February 5, 2018
1.1/4
6.46[41]

11

"Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner"

February 26, 2018
1.0/4
5.92[42]

12

"Everybody's a Winner"

March 5, 2018
1.0/4
5.90[43]

13

"The Party Planner"

March 12, 2018
1.0/4
6.35[44]

14

"March Madness"

March 19, 2018
0.9/4
5.45[45]

15

"Out With the In-Laws"

March 26, 2018
0.9/4
5.44[46]

16

"April Fools"

April 9, 2018
0.9/4
5.48[47]

17

"King for a Day"

April 16, 2018
0.8/3
5.06[48]

18

"The Burns System"

April 30, 2018
0.8/3
4.79[49]

19

"We Hate Money"

May 7, 2018
0.9/4
4.91[50]

20

"We Got a Girl"

May 14, 2018
1.0/4
5.46[51]

21

"Family Business"

May 21, 2018
1.0/4
5.69[52]


document_title: List of Spider-Man enemies

question_text: who is the first villain spider man fought

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text: List of Spider-Man enemies

text: Debuting in Spider-Man titles[edit]

text: The majority of supervillains depicted in Spider-Man comics first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man while some first appeared in later spinoff comics such as The Spectacular Spider-Man and Marvel Team-Up and other titles.

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text: The Amazing Spider-Man debuts[edit]

text: Most of the supervillains of Spider-Man would be introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man comic book starting with the Chameleon.[3] The early villains would be introduced in the 1960s in the Silver Age of Comic Books.[3] Originally created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.[3] John Romita, Sr. would soon replace Ditko starting with the Rhino.[4] Gerry Conway later replaced Stan Lee and helped create new adversaries for the web-slinger and also helped pave the way to the Bronze Age of Comic Books with depicting Green Goblin as the killer of Spider-Man's long time romantic interest, Gwen Stacy.[5][6][7] Many collaborators would soon take over The Amazing Spider-Man title. One of the more popular examples included Todd McFarlane's Venom in the Modern Age of Comic Books.[8] Note: Alter ego characters who are the most high profile in the supervillain alias but others have shared that supervillain name are in bold. Alter egos listed having N/A use their real name as the supervillain name. In chronological order.

text:
Supervillain name
Notable alter ego
First appearance issue #
Creator

Chameleon1
Dmitri Anatoly Nikolayevich
#1 (March 1963)[3][9]
Stan Lee[3][9]
Steve Ditko[3][9]

Vulture
Adrian Toomes
Blackie Drago
#2 (May 1963)[10][11]
Stan Lee[10][12]
Steve Ditko[10]

Tinkerer
Phineas Mason
#2 (May 1963)[13]
Stan Lee
[14] Steve Ditko[14]

Doctor OctopusArch
Doctor Otto Gunther Octavius
#3 (July 1963)[9]
Stan Lee[15][16]
Steve Ditko[15][16]

Sandman3
William Baker / Flint Marko
#4 (September 1963)[17][18]
Stan Lee[17][18]
Steve Ditko[17][18]

Lizard
Doctor Curt Connors
#6 (November 1963)[19][20][21]
Stan Lee[19][20][21]
Steve Ditko[19][20][21]

Living Brain[22]
N/A
#8 (January 1964)[23]
Stan Lee[23]
Steve Ditko[23]

Electro4
Maxwell Dillon
#9 (February 1964)[24][25]
Stan Lee[26]
Steve Ditko[26]

Big Man
Frederick Foswell
Janice Foswell
#10 (March 1964) [27]
Stan Lee[27]
Steve Ditko[27]

Mysterio5
Quentin Beck
#13 (June 1964)[28][29]
Stan Lee[28][30]
Steve Ditko[28][30]

Green Goblin[31]Arch
Norman OsbornArch
Harry Osborn[32][33]
#14 (July 1964)[31]
Stan Lee[31][34]
Steve Ditko[31][34]

Kraven the Hunter7
Sergei Kravinoff
Alyosha Kravinoff (son)
Ana Kravinoff (daughter)
#15 (August 1964)[35]
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko

Scorpion8
Mac Gargan8
#20 (January 1965)
Stan Lee[36]
Steve Ditko[36]

Spencer Smythe / Spider-Slayers

Spencer Smythe: N/A
Spider-Slayer: Multiple names

#25 (June 1965)[27]
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko

Crime Master[37]
Various
#26 (July 1965)[27]
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko

Molten Man[38]
Mark Raxton[38]
#28 (September 1965)[39]
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko

Looter[40][41]
Norton G. Fester
#36 (May 1966)[39]
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko

Robot Master / Gaunt
Mendel Stromm
#37 (June 1966)[27][42]
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko

Rhino9
Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich
#41 (October 1966)[43]
Stan Lee[4]
John Romita, Sr.[4]

Shocker
Herman Schultz
#46 (March 1967)[44][45]
Stan Lee[46]
John Romita, Sr.[46]

Kingpin10
Wilson Fisk
#50(July 1967) ("Spider-Man No More!")[47][48]
Stan Lee[49]
John Romita, Sr.[49]

The Finisher
Karl Fiers
Annual #5 (November 1968)[50]
Stan Lee[50]
Larry Lieber[50]

Man Mountain Marko[51]
Michael Marko
#73 (June 1969)[27]
Stan Lee
John Romita, Sr.

Silvermane[52]
Silvio Manfredi
#73 (June 1969)[53]
Stan Lee
John Buscema[27]

Kangaroo[40][54]
Frank Oliver[55]
Brian Hibbs
#81 (February 1980)[27]
Stan Lee
John Buscama
Jim Mooney
John Romita, Sr.[54]

Schemer[27]
Richard Fisk
#83 (April 1983)
Stan Lee
John Romita, Sr.

Morbius[56][57]
Michael Morbius
#101 (January 1971)11[58]
Roy Thomas[58]
Gil Kane[27]

Gog
N/A
#103 (December 1973)[27]
Roy Thomas
Gil Kane

Gibbon[59]
Martin Blank
#110 (July 1972)[27]
Stan Lee
John Romita, Sr.[59]

Hammerhead[56][60][61]
Joseph (full name unknown)[62]
#113 (October 10, 1972)[63]
Gerry Conway
John Romita, Sr.[64]

Man-Wolf[65]
John Jameson
#124 (September 1973).[27]
Gerry Conway[64]

Jackal[66]
Miles Warren
#129 (February 1974)12[66]
Gerry Conway[66]10
Ross Andru[66]10

Tarantula
Various
#134 (July 1974)[27][53]
Gerry Conway
Ross Andru

Mindworm[67]
William Turner
#138 (November 1974)
Gerry Conway[27]
Ross Andru [27]

Grizzly[68]
Maxwell Markham
#139 (December 1974)[69]
Gerry Conway
Ross Andru

Human Fly[55]
Richard Deacon
Annual #10[70] (1976)
Len Wein
Bill Mantlo
Gil Kane

Will o' the Wisp[27]
Jackson Arvad
#167 (April 1977)
Len Wein
Ross Andru

Big Wheel[40]
Jackson Wheele[55]
#182 (July 1978)[27]
Marv Wolfman
Ross Andru
Mike Esposito

Black Cat13
Felicia Hardy
#194 (July 1979)[71]
Marv Wolfman
Keith Pollard[71]

Calypso
Calypso Ezili
#209 (October 1980)[72]
Dennis O'Neil
Alan Weiss

Hydro-Man[1]
Morris Bench
#212 (January 10, 1981)[73][74]
Denny O'Neil
John Romita, Jr.

Hobgoblin
Roderick Kingsley
Jason Macendale
Phil Urich[57][75]
#238 (March 1983)
Roger Stern[76][77]
John Romita Sr.[77][78]

Rose[79][80]
Richard Fisk
#253 (June 1984)[72]
Tom DeFalco

Alistair Smythe
N/A[81]
Annual #19 (November 1985)[82][83]
Louise Simonson
Mary Wilshire[42]

Slyde[55]
Jalome Beacher
#272 (January 1986)[84]
Tom DeFalco
Sal Buscema

VenomArch
Eddie BrockArch
Mac Gargan
#30015[8][85]
Todd McFarlane[86]

Styx and Stone[40]
Jacob Eishorn and Gerald Stone
#309 (November 1988)[87]
David Michelinie
Todd McFarlane

Carnage
Cletus Kasady
#361 (April 1992)[88]16
David Michelinie[89][90]
Erik Larsen[91]
Mark Bagley[89]

Black Tarantula
Carlos LaMuerto
#419 (January 1997)[42]
Tom DeFalco
Steve Skroce

Morlun[56][57]
N/A
vol. 2 #30 (June 2001)[67]
J. Michael Straczynski
John Romita, Jr.

Shathra
N/A
vol. 2 #46 (December 2006
J. Michael Straczynski
John Romita, Jr.
Scott Hanna

Grey Goblin
Gabriel Stacy
Lily Hollister (Menace)[61]
#509 (August 2004)
#550 (April 2008) (Menace)[92]
J. Michael Straczynski
Mike Deodato

Mister Negative[57]
Martin Li
#546 (January 2008)(full appearance)[93]
Dan Slott
Phil Jimenez

Overdrive[61]
N/A
Swing Shift (May 2007)[94]
Dan Slott
Phil Jimenez

Massacre[95][96]
Marcus Lyman
#655 (April 2011)[97][98][99]
Dan Slott
Marcos Martín

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text: The Spectacular Spider-Man debuts[edit]

text: Note: In chronological order.

text:
Supervillain
alter ego
First appearance

Carrion
Various
The Spectacular Spider-Man #25 (December 1978)[27][67]

Spot[40][100]
Jonathan Ohnn
#98 (January 1985)[101]

Foreigner[67]
Kris Keating
#115 (June 1986)[102]

Demogoblin
N/A
#147 (February 1989) (as Hobgoblin)[27]
Web of Spider-Man #86 (March 1992)[42]

text: Marvel Team-Up debuts[edit]

text: Note: In chronological order.

text:
Supervillain
alter ego
First appearance
creator

Stegron[40]
Vincent Stegron
Marvel Team-Up (1st series) #19 (March 1974)[53]
Len Wein
Gil Kane

White Rabbit[27]
Doctor Lorina Dodson
Marvel Team-Up #131 (July 1983)[103]
J. M. DeMatteis[103]
Kerry Gammill[103]
Mike Esposito[103]

text: Debuting in other Spider-Man titles[edit]

text: Note: In chronological order.

text:
Supervillain
alter ego
First appearance
creator

Tombstone
Lonnie Thompson Lincoln
Web of Spider-Man #36 (March 1988)[42]
Gerry Conway
Alex Saviuk

Shriek
Frances Louise Barrison
Spider-Man Unlimited #1 (May 1993)[67]
Ron Lim
Mark Bagley
Mike W. Barr
Tom DeFalco
Jerry Bingham
Terry Kavanagh

text: Debuting outside Spider-Man titles[edit]

text:
Supervillain
alter ego
First appearance

Beetle
Abner Jenkins
Strange Tales #123 (August 10, 1964)[42]

Boomerang[55]
Fred Myers
Tales to Astonish #81 (July 10, 1966)[42]

Speed Demon
James Sanders
Avengers #70 (November 1969) (as the Whizzer)
The Amazing Spider-Man #222 (November 1981)[42]

Ringer[104][105]
Anthony Davis
Defenders #51 (June 1977)[72]|}

Swarm[40]
Fritz von Meyer
Champions #14 (July 1977)[27]

Jack O'Lantern[57]
Jason Macendale
Machine Man #19 (February 1981)[42]

Vermin
Edward Whelan
Captain America #272 (August 1982)[27]

Doppelganger
N/A
The Infinity War #1 (July 1992)[27]

text: Reformed supervillain / anti-hero opponents[edit]

text: Almost all the characters listed first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man with the exception of Kaine and Humbug first appearing in Web of Spider-Man. The Prowler is the oldest character appearing in The Amazing Spider-Man in the 1960s in the Silver Age. Many other anti-heroes were introduced in the 1970s in between the Silver Age and the Bronze Age while Humbug was introduced in the 1980s right around the start of the Modern Age. Kaine is the youngest debuted character while Cardiac is the second youngest. Both Kaine and Cardiac appeared around the 1990s.

text:
Anti-hero
alter-ego
First appearance

Black Cat13
Felicia Hardy
The Amazing Spider-Man #194 (July 1979)[71]

Cardiac
Elias Wirtham
The Amazing Spider-Man #344 (December 1990)[42]

Humbug[55]
Buck Mitty
Web of Spider-Man #19 (October 1986)[42]

Kaine
Kaine Parker
Web of Spider-Man #119 (December 1994)[42]

Prowler
Hobie Brown
The Amazing Spider-Man #78 (November 1969)[53]

Puma
Thomas Fireheart
The Amazing Spider-Man #256 (September 1984)[27]

Punisher17
Frank Castle
The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (February 1974)[66]

Rocket Racer
Robert Farrell
The Amazing Spider-Man #172 (September 1977)[42]

text: Non-supervillain enemies[edit]

text: The Burglar and Flash Thompson both appeared in the first comic book starring Spider-Man appearing in the anthology series Amazing Fantasy. The certain comic book story inspired a comic book series entitled The Amazing Spider-Man which J. Jonah Jameson would appear in the first issue. All three of the characters listed appeared in the 1960s around the Silver Age of Comics.

text:
Human
First appearance
Detail

Burglar
Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962)
The man who killed Peter's uncle which would inspire Peter Parker to use his powers responsibly and become the superhero known as Spider-Man.[106]

Flash Thompson[106]
Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962)
A sometimes enemy of Peter Parker instead of Spider-Man. Flash's most common depiction is a high school bully of Parker commonly dubbing him "Puny Parker". Despite how he treats Parker he happens to be one of Spider-Man's biggest fan. Later on Flash would be depicted as being good friends to Peter instead. In The Amazing Spider-Man #654, Flash Thompson becomes "Agent Venom"[107]

J. Jonah Jameson
The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (March 1963)
The editor in chief of The Daily Bugle. He has a strong hatred of Spider-Man so he helps turn the city against the superhero with the publishing of The Daily Bugle newspapers. He was also responsible for the funding of the creation of Scorpion and the Spider-Slayers.[1]

text: Lesser foes[edit]

text:
Answer (Aaron Nicholson)[42]
Basilisk (Basil Elks)[27]
Black Fox (Raul Chalmbers)[108]
Chance (Nicholas Powell)[109]
Coldheart (Kateri Deseronto)[110]
Cyclone (André Gerard)[27]

text: Delilah[edit]

text:
First appearance
The Spectacular Spider-Man #414 (August 1996)

Created by
Tom DeFalco and Mark Bagley

Species
Human

Abilities
Skilled at being an assassin.

Further reading[show]

Delilah at the Comic Book DB
Delilah at the Grand Comics Database

text: Delilah first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #414 by Tom DeFalco and Mark Bagley.[27] The Rose's confidante as well as his chief enforcer, Delilah helped battle to maintain control of part of the New York crime scene against the threat of the Black Tarantula.[111][112]

text: During her career, she had a role in the rebirth of two of Spider-Man's old foes during the Rose's efforts to gain extra muscle: she was the one who threw the switch of the electric chair which gave Electro his powers back, and helped set up the theft of Doctor Octopus' corpse for re-animation from the Hand. She also appears in Loners as an assassin smuggling MGH.[113][114][115][116]

text: Spidercide[edit]

text:
First appearance
The Spectacular Spider-Man #22 (March 1995)

Created by
Tom DeFalco and Sal Buscema

Species
Clone

Abilities
shapeshifting, same abilities of Spider-Man

Aliases
Peter Parker
Spider-Man
Freakface

Further reading[show]

Spidercide at the Comic Book DB
Spidercide at the Grand Comics Database

text: Spidercide was a major antagonist in the Maximum Clonage story arc. He first appeared in The Spectacular Spider-Man #222 by Tom DeFalco and Sal Buscema.[67] He is depicted as an evil foil of Spider-Man, Ben Reilly, and Kaine. Introduced as a red herring to suggest the possibility of a third individual that was the original Peter Parker, he is one of the Spider-Man clones created by Jackal, to be Jackal's enforcer and protector. However, Spidercide is actually a clone to Ben Reilly, who is a direct genetic duplicate of Spider-Man.[40]

text: He first appeared as a Peter Parker double emerging from one of the Jackal's pods that believed himself to be the real Peter Parker, having been kept in stasis since the first Clone Saga. He claimed that both Peter Parker and Ben Reilly were his clones. However, upon meeting Parker, Reilly and Kaine, the Jackal's programming kicked in and he went insane before shapeshifting into a freakish giant, and thus revealing his true status as a clone. In denial of the truth, he tried to kill the "clones" and to claim Peter Parker's life as his own. He was even infatuated with Parker's wife Mary Jane Watson and seeks to have her as his bride. Since their first encounter, Reilly realizes that Spidercide is twisted from the start and expresses disgust of his corrupted doppelgänger's immorality, tauntingly refers him as "Freakface" once the villainous clone's shapeshifting powers manifest. However, this also causes Reilly to be afraid of his and Parker's capabilities for wicked if they allow themselves demoralize as Spidercide.

text: The Jackal later modified Spidercide's powers, granting him the unique ability to control his physical make-up on a molecular level; he can alter his mass, density, shape and state at will similar to the symbiotes. He was killed off in Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage: Omega #404 by being thrown off in the Daily Bugle.[40][117]

text: Group villains[edit]

text: Note: The common leader of the group is in bold.

text:
group name
Original members

Enforcers[118]
Montana
Ox
Fancy Dan

Inheritors[119]
Solus
Unnamed Matriarch
Daemos
Verna
Karn
Morlun
Brix
Bora

Sinister Six[120]
Doctor Octopus
Vulture
Electro
Sandman
Mysterio
Kraven the Hunter

Spider-Man Revenge Squad[121]
Spot
Grizzly
Kangaroo II
Gibbon

Sinister Syndicate[122]
Beetle
Hydro-Man
Rhino
Boomerang
Speed Demon

text: Archenemies[edit]

text: Unlike well known rivalries in comics book depictions where heroes always still have more than one enemy but usually one archenemy (e.g., Joker, to Batman in DC Comics, Red Skull to Captain America, Doctor Doom to the Fantastic Four and the Brotherhood of Mutants to the X-Men in Marvel Comics etc.), Spider-Man is known to have three archenemies and it can be debated or disputed as to which one is worse:[123]

text:
^ Doctor Octopus is regarded as one of Spider-Man's worst enemies. He has been cited as the man Peter might have become if he hadn't been raised with a sense of responsibility.[15][124][125] He is infamous for defeating him the first time in battle and for almost marrying Peter's Aunt May. He is the core leader of the Sinister Six and has also referred himself as the "Master Planner". ("If This Be My Destiny...!")[124][126] Later depictions revealed him in Peter Parker's body where he was the titular character for a while.[125]
^ Norman Osborn using the alias as Green Goblin is Spider-Man's archenemy.[123][127][128] Mostly after he is responsible for setting up the death of Spider-Man's girlfriend in one of the most famous Spider-Man stories of all time which helped end the Silver Age of Comic Books and begin the Bronze Age of Comic Books.[123] He was thought to be dead after that but writers help bring him back from the 1990s and he returned to plague Spider-Man once more in the comic books (such as being involved of the killing of Aunt May) and other heroes (such as the Avengers[129]). He is also an enemy of Spider-Man sometimes just as Norman and not just only as the Green Goblin.[130]
^ Another character commonly described as archenemy is Venom. Eddie Brock as Venom is commonly described as the mirror version or the evil version of Spider-Man in many ways.[8][9][123] Venom's goals are usually depicted as ruining Spider-Man's life and messing with Spider-Man's head.[86] Venom is also one of the most popular Spider-Man villains.[131] This popularity has led him to be an established iconic character of his own with own comic book stories.[8][132]

tag: ol

text: In other media[edit]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Reaction to Spider-Man's rogues gallery has been overwhelmingly positive with many journalists citing it as one of the greatest comic book rogues galleries of all time,[133][134][135] with Batman's rogues gallery being its most rivaled contender.[136][137] Although editors such as The Hollywood Reporter's Graeme McMillan felt that only Flash's rogues gallery can compete with Spider-Man's rogues.[134] Kyle Schmidlin of What Culture! described the superhero's rogues gallery as "one of the most colorful in comics" explaining that Batman could only be debated as having a great number of enemies as good as Spider-Man.[138] IGN staff editors, Joshua Yehl and Jesse Schedeen, described the Spider-Man villains as "one of the most iconic and well-balanced in comics". They opined that the scope of their schemes, how cool their powers are, and how dramatically they have affected Spider-Man's life is what makes the Spider-Man villains so great.[1] Newsarama ranked Spider-Man's rogues gallery as number one out ten as the greatest rogues gallery of all time.[137]

text: Themes[edit]

text: George Marston of Newsarama explaining why he felt that Spider-Man rogues gallery was the best was the thematic elements that the villains of Spider-Man manifested.[137] He explained that just like the superhero they have the same concept of science gone wrong. They are "like him, great men with great minds, great power, and great determination." But instead they fail to use their powers responsibly. Separating the thin line between being a hero from being a villain.[137]

text: Notes[edit]

text:
^ The Chameleon is the first member of Spider-Man's rogues gallery in publication date. (Excluding the Burglar).[9] He is also well known to be related to Kraven the Hunter and Kraven to him. That revealed relationship helped evolve him as a major villain compared to his original depiction of being just a solo villain in the original issue of The Amazing Spider-Man.[139][140][141]
^ Besides being most notable as a Spider-Man supervillain. He has also been depicted as a Fantastic Four antagonist in Stan Lee and Jack Kirby comics books (mostly due to being introduced as the original Frightful Four[142]) along with being on the heroic side (being a Avengers member[143]) until being introduced as a tragic supervillain in the Spider-Man comics once again.[144]
^ The character is also known as the member of the Frightful Four battling the Fantastic Four.[145] He is also the first major Marvel villain to be written in publication history as battling Daredevil.[146][147] Even being the founder and leader of the supervillain team that oppose him, the Emissaries of Evil.[148]
^ Just like Electro. He has crossed over and been a major villain of Daredevil. In the storyline "Guardian Devil" he crossed into Daredevil's territory almost pushing Daredevil to the edge (just like what he is usually depicted as attempted to do in Spider-Man) when Mysterio believes Spider-Man is a clone at one point.[29]
^ Kraven the Hunter has been a recurring villain since his introduction as a Spider-Man villain. But what makes him stand out as one of the great Spider-Man villains along with being one of the memorable issues about the fictional villain in the Spider-Man comics is the critically acclaimed storyline, "Kraven's Last Hunt".[9][141][149][150]
^ Not counting any other character in the mainstream Marvel Universe with that name. Only outside of the mainstream Spider-Man comics or in other media is there other Spider-Man villains (that isn't named Mac Gargan) that are antagonists of Spider-Man.[151][152][153] Gargan is cited to be the fourth who is called that in the comic books but is the most iconic villain with that name.[33]
^ The villain has crossed over with battling other heroes (especially Hulk[56]) even though the fictional character is usually written off in Spider-Man comics.[154] He is a major character in the storyline titled "Flowers for Rhino" (Spider-Man's Tangled Web). An homage to Flowers for Algernon.[155]
^ Despite first appearing in Spider-Man comic books, the Kingpin is more notable of being a Daredevil adversary. The character that represents the opposite of what Daredevil stands for. Despite this he is a major antagonist of both superheroes in the Marvel comic books just as recurringly.[9][156] He also is a major recurring villain in the rest of the Marvel Universe crossing over as major antagonists to superheroes/antiheroes (such as the Punisher) in certain comic books of the many based universes of Marvel. (PunisherMAX. etc.)[157]
^ "The Six Arms Saga" is the name of the storyline that debuted Morbius.[58]
^ Miles Warren's technical first appearance was revealed to be in The Amazing Spider-Man #31 (December 1965) created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko before being revealed as the Jackal.[158]
^ Although she is listed with the supervillains as she sometimes is depicted in certain portrayals. The Black Cat is more regarded as a anti-heroine than fully supervillain. A character that struggles in between deciding good and bad...and the major femme fatale romantic interest for Spider-Man. Her key role of deciding between crime and having complicated relationships of Spider-Man makes her sometimes labeled as part with the rest of the major rogues gallery of Spider-Man. Nonetheless she has been a staple supporting Spider-Man character during her debut.[1]
^ The Amazing Spider-Man #299 is the first appearance of Eddie Brock as Venom. The alien costume debuted from The Amazing Spider-Man #252 and the symbiote bonded to Spider-Man in Secret Wars #8.[8] Venom's creators are determined by pre-alien costume by not counting the creators/designers of the alien costume, David Michelinie or Mike Zeck, or the Marvel Comics fan who originally though of the concept for the creators.[8][159][160]
^ Cletus Kasady first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 344.[89] Carnage is a major character in the popular storyline "Maximum Carnage".[161]
^ Despite standing out as his own independent character now. The Punisher was originally introduced as an antagonist of Spider-Man.[66]


document_title: Magic 8-Ball

question_text: what is the liquid in a magic 8 ball

question_tokens: what is the liquid in a magic 8 ball

text: Magic 8-Ball

text: Origin[edit]

text: An 8-ball was used as a fortune-telling device in the 1940 Three Stooges short, You Nazty Spy!, and called a "magic ball". While Magic 8-Ball did not exist in its current form until 1950, the functional component was invented by Albert C. Carter, inspired by a spirit writing device used by his mother, Mary, a Cincinnati clairvoyant. When Carter approached store owner Max Levinson about stocking the device, Levinson called in his brother-in-law Abe Bookman, a graduate of Ohio Mechanics Institute. In 1944, Carter filed for a patent[1] for the cylindrical device, assigning it in 1946 to Bookman, Levinson, and another partner in what came to be Alabe Crafts, Inc. (Albert and Abe). Alabe marketed and sold the cylinder as The Syco-Seer. Carter died sometime before the patent was granted in 1948. Bookman made improvements to The Syco-Seer, and in 1948, it was encased in an iridescent crystal ball. Though unsuccessful, the revamped product caught the attention of Chicago's Brunswick Billiards. In 1950 they commissioned Alabe Crafts to make a version in the form of a traditional black-and-white 8-ball.[2]

text: Design[edit]

text: The Magic 8-Ball is a hollow plastic sphere resembling an oversized, black-and-white 8-ball. Inside a cylindrical reservoir contains a white, plastic, icosahedron floating in alcohol dyed dark blue. Each of the die's 20 faces has an affirmative, negative, or non-committal statement printed in raised letters. These messages are read through a window on the ball's bottom.

text: To use the ball, it must be held with the window initially facing down. After "asking the ball" a yes-no question, the user then turns the ball so that the window faces up, setting in motion the liquid and die inside. When the die floats to the top and one face presses against the window, the raised letters displace the blue liquid to reveal the message as white letters on a blue background. Although many users shake the ball before turning it upright, the instructions warn against doing so to avoid white bubbles, which interfere with the performance of the ball itself.

text: Possible answers[edit]

text: The 20 answers inside a standard Magic 8-Ball are:

text:
● It is certain
● It is decidedly so
● Without a doubt
● Yes definitely
● You may rely on it

● As I see it, yes
● Most likely
● Outlook good
● Yes
● Signs point to yes

● Reply hazy try again
● Ask again later
● Better not tell you now
● Cannot predict now
● Concentrate and ask again

● Don't count on it
● My reply is no
● My sources say no
● Outlook not so good
● Very doubtful

text: Ten of the possible answers are affirmative (●), five are negative (●), and five are non-committal (●).