| “ | We could leave you now. We've done our job, but we want a bonus. Dad...ready for some father-son quality time? Between the two of us, there won't be enough left of Spider-Man to fit in a matchbox. But we'll try, won't we? (cackles maniacally) Guess I could say you AXED for this, web-man. | „ |
| ~ Carnage about to chop Spider-Man into tiny pieces with a symbiotic axe-hand. |
| “ | To heck with my word, man. I'm gonna bring [the interdimensional probe] back. I can't wait to see the horrors Dormammu's gonna commit when he gets here. | „ |
| ~ Carnage before retreating from Stark Industries. |
Cletus Kasady, also known as Carnage, is a major antagonist in the 1994-1998 animated superhero television series Spider-Man.
He was an infamous criminal before Dormammu recruited and gave him his symbiote. Although the show is family-friendly, the writers still did their best to make their version of Carnage faithful to the comics.
He was voiced by Scott Cleverdon. When it is possessing Peter Parker/Spider-Man of Earth-98311, the symbiote was voiced by Christopher Daniel Barnes.
What Makes Them Pure Evil?[]
Together[]
- Once Cletus Kasady and the Carnage symbiote bond at the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane, they attack several guards before breaking out.
- They nearly chop Spider-Man into tiny pieces with a symbiote axe-hand while he's unconscious.
- They try to kill the Carnage symbiote's father, Venom, multiple times over who kills Spider-Man first, and hate him for being a "sentimental old fool" due to his love for Dr. Ashley Kafka.
- While Venom threatened to kill Carnage first, it was only because Carnage caused an explosion during their fight with War Machine and Spider-Man that almost killed Ashley in front of Venom, much to Carnage's complete apathy.
- They prove they are not loyal to Dormammu in any way. When Baron Mordo tells them to bring Stark Industries' interdimensional probe back to Dormammu's lair in exchange for giving Cletus the symbiote earlier, they say "to heck with my word", showing that they don't believe in loyalty and are only in it because they want to see the horrors that Dormammu will unleash upon Earth.
- They also hypocritically call Venom an "ingrate" for refusing to follow through on Dormammu's plans to free him, even though they're not aiding Dormammu out of loyalty as they have clearly stated, but rather out of self-interest.
- Once Dormammu gives them his power to drain others' life force, they go on a rampage and drain the souls of at least 12 citizens throughout New York City (including Det. Terri Lee and Dr. Ashley Kafka) in order for Dormammu to exit his realm and destroy Earth.
- They almost drained Spider-Man's life force, but when Ashley showed up to try and talk some sense into Cletus, they drained her instead, deciding she "[deserved] it more than [Spider-Man]" (most likely because she appealed to Venom’s better nature, which Carnage saw as a weakness).
- They start dragging Ashley through the portal to Dormammu's realm out of spite when it turns out they need to go through too in order to seal it off completely, forcing Venom leap towards Carnage and get himself trapped with him, thus saving Ashley.
- There's no evidence to suggest Kasady and the symbiote care for each other, considering Kasady only sees it as a means to gain power, while the symbiote is simply drawn to Kasady's sadism.
- Despite their comedic nature, their humor is only used to highlight how sadistic they are, considering they only make jokes when hurting people, and are thus still taken seriously in-universe.
Exclusive to Cletus Kasady[]
- According to Robbie Robertson, Kasady was less of a man, and more of a monster who had "done things even the post wouldn't print", before becoming Carnage. A cop also states that he "loves his [job]" before they raid his apartment building.
- When the police order Kasady to surrender, he almost kills them with a grenade.
- He nearly bombs everyone and everything within 200 meters, himself included.
- He sexually harasses Dr. Ashley Kafka by asking her for a "good night kiss" and threatens to "bite" her.
- While Eddie only used the symbiote to get revenge on Spider-Man and did not go out of his way to harm innocents, Kasady used the symbiote to cause major damage to New York because it sounds "fun" to him.
- Subverts his tragedy of possibly having had an abusive childhood when he murders innocents and tries to destroy Earth for the fun of it.
- Despite being insane, he has proven that he fully understands what's right and wrong, considering he makes it clear throughout his appearances that he does what he does because he enjoys causing others pain.
Exclusive to the symbiote[]
- Upon arriving to Earth, it possesses a young man who witnessed it's landing and later forces him to attack some guards at the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane so it can get to Cletus Kasady. It then left the young man in a weakened state upon releasing him from its possession.
- Bonds with Kasady due to his murderous nature, thus empowering him to become even more dangerous to those around him.
- After being accidentally transported to Earth-98311, it gets the opportunity to possess The Scarlet Spider's already unstable clone, Peter Parker/Spider-Man, driving him insane and transforming him into the murderous mad-man known as "Spider-Carnage".
- Orders Hobgoblin and Green Goblin to destroy all of New York City, to the point where it's nothing more than a fiery wasteland. The only survivors left are the Scarlet Spider, Robbie Robertson and J. Jonah Jameson.
- Sends the Goblins to ambush J. Jonah Jameson and Robbie Robertson at The Daily Bugle, so they can use Jameson to break the security system to a device that will allow Carnage to destroy all of reality with its new invention. This makes it the greatest threat to the Marvel Animated Universe.
- While the symbiote feeds on negative emotions of its hosts, there's no evidence to suggest it's made of evil.
- It is even shown to be a master manipulator who understands human emotion: it lies to Kingpin as well as the Goblins regarding its plans to destroy all of reality, putting them under the guise of simply wanting to rule the world. It also corrupted Peter Parker's worst traits by manipulating him into believing that destroying all of reality is the only way, so he may seek vengeance on the world for doing him wrong.
- Its actions ended up causing the destruction of Scarlet Spider's entire universe in an alternate timeline, and the destruction would've affected several other universes if Madame Web and the Beyonder hadn't prevented this from happening.
- Tries to kill prime Spider-Man multiple times for getting in its way.
- When Carnage escapes to Armored Spider-Man's dimension, it manipulates his lawyer, Kingpin, into capturing prime Spider-Man so he won't get in the way of its plans.
- When prime Spider-Man exposes Carnage in front of an entire party, it tries to kill him but is thwarted by Armored Spider-Man's fiancé, Gwen Stacy, who uses a sonic gun against it. After Fisk stops her, it kidnaps her as revenge and threatens to kill her should anyone follow them. It nearly drops her from a building when prime Spider-Man arrives to stop it.
- Once prime Spider-Man uses Armored Spider-Man's uncle Ben to talk some sense into its host, Peter Parker, Parker tries to break free from Carnage, but the symbiote refuses, causing him severe pain in the process. Parker is then forced to open a portal to an unstable dimension so he may jump into it and kill himself, along with Carnage, to save all of reality.
- Carnage is treated within the show as a separate entity from Peter Parker himself, whom it is making do terrible things he wouldn't do in his own sound mind.
- While Spider-Man proved to be homicidal before Carnage bonded with him, given he tried to kill his genetic template, The Scarlet Spider, prime Spider-Man deduces that there is a "real Peter Parker" who "cares about the people around him" deep down inside, but is "being overtaken by the symbiote"-thus confirming that Spider-Man's more horrendous crimes as Spider-Carnage, such as decimating New York City and attempting to destroy all reality, are attributed to the symbiote's influence.
- While it bonded with the alternate Peter Parker, it doesn't care for him in the slightest, only seeing him as a pawn in its plan to destroy all of reality. It corrupted Peter into doing things he wouldn't have done himself, driving the poor man insane, and refused to break away from him when he resisted, despite the obvious pain it caused him. It would have forced him to continue with its plans to destroy all reality (even upon Peter's redemption) had Peter not killed himself along with the symbiote. This shows it was never out for Peter's best interest, only manipulating and corrupting him into fulfilling its own sadistic plans.
External Links[]
- Carnage on the Villains Wiki
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