Marvel Mash Up



"You look at some of this old animation and go, well, that’s a little bit odd looking. Why is Spider-Man on Doctor Doom’s shoulders? Why does he seem to be hugging Green Goblin? And that’s where you could just come up with ideas and have fun with it."

- Cort Lane, Vice President of Marvel Animation Development & Production

A series of interstitials on Disney XD, which redubs clips from old Marvel Comics-inspired cartoons with hilarious results. Shows featured so far include Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and the 1980s Animated Adaptation of The Incredible Hulk. The first video aired April Fools' Day 2012, after the premiere of Ultimate Spider-Man.

Archived at Disney XD's YouTube channel.

Tropes featured include:
"Green Goblin: Now that I have you tied up with...lights, or whatever..."
 * Abridged Series: In practice, but not name.
 * And There Was Much Rejoicing: A clip of Spider-Man, Firestar, and Iceman cheering has gotten many re-dubs, each containing a Mood Killer.
 * Artistic License Physics: Lampshaded:

"Spider-Man: (to Magneto) Wait, how are you lifting me? I'm not made of metal!"


 * Butt Monkey: Iceman
 * Conspicuously Light Patch: Spidey and Iceman escape a dungeon by finding a different-colored panel in the wall, and pushing it to reveal an exit.
 * The European Carry All: Spidey calls Green Goblin's bag a purse, but Goblin insists, "It's a European man-bag!"
 * Fictional Holiday: Flying Car Parts Day
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: Bruce Banner
 * Hollywood Tone Deaf: Dr. Octopus
 * Ho Yay: Invoked when Spidey "hugs" the Green Goblin.
 * Cyclops' "trust exercise" with Nightcrawler.
 * Human Sacrifice: The Plane God demands one of General Ross' paratroopers.
 * I See London: Spidey exclaims this when grabbing onto Doctor Doom's legs in a way that exposes Doom's "metal underpants".
 * Little People Are Surreal: Green Goblin has a little Norman Osborn living in his eyeball.
 * Medium Awareness: Characters occasionally begin episodes by saying that the show will start soon.
 * Mood Whiplash: Can happen due to the fact videos currently air right after the relatively mature The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, via a Credits Pushback.
 * Fortunately, the dedication to Boyd Kirkland at the end of episode 32 did not get immediately followed by one of these videos. A tutorial about drawing Venom played in between to minimize mood whiplash.
 * Mystery Box: Magneto makes Spidey choose between a Hawaiian cruise, or the prize behind the curtain. Spidey picks the latter, and.
 * Naked People Are Funny: Bruce Banner calls out Iceman on not wearing a shirt or pants, so Iceman strains to justify this by claiming "science" proves that if he wore clothes, they would "freeze to death."
 * Oh Crap: Green Goblin insists to Spidey that he's not afraid to fly into the powerlines, but this quickly proves false.
 * Overly Long Gag: Several. One that got lampshaded happened when Banner met the man who gives "the longest handshake in all the Amazon."
 * Tempting Fate: While Norman Osborn mixes chemicals, he says, "Just mixing up some chemicals, nothing can possibly go wrong" in a sing-song voice. An explosion subsequently occurs during his experiment, ruining his "perfectly average face".
 * Toilet Humor