01x05 - Competition

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MARKO: First time

I've ever blown my way

out of a store.

ALEX: Yeah, Marko.

Biggest score we ever made.

I'm lovin' it.

I'm lovin' there's

no Spider-Man down here

to cramp our style.

Didn't know

you had any style.

Hiya, boys.

Two bags full of cash,

and we lost 'em.

I can't believe it.

I can't

believe we lost

to that pathetic

little web creep

again.

Bail's been paid.

Guess pond scum

can have friends.

Who knew?

HAMMERHEAD:

Get in, boys.

Oh, and welcome

to the big time.

Livin' on the edge

Fighting crime

Spinning webs

Swingin' from

the highest ledge

He could leap

above our heads

Villains on the rise

And the city's victimized

Looking up

with no surprise

Arriving

in the speed of time

Spectacular

Spectacular Spider-Man

Spectacular

Spectacular Spider-Man

Spectacular

Spectacular

Spectacular Spider-Man

Spectacular

Spectacular Spider-Man

[sh**ting WEBS]

You talkin' to me?

Then say hello to my webs.

AUNT MAY: Peter?

Uh, just a sec, Aunt May.

[sh**ting WEBS]I gotta

straighten up a bit.

My goodness.

You did

straighten up.

I've never seen

this room so spare.

Where's the clutter?

Shoved under the bed

as usual?

[PETER CHUCKLES]

Hey. I'm not

five anymore.

I don't need

to resort to tricks.

Well, I'm impressed, Peter,

and not just with the room.

You have been very good

about getting home

by your new curfew.

And as a reward,

I've decided to restore

the old rules.

You can stay out

until 10:00 and call

if you're gonna be late.

What's that?What? This?

Uh, this is just a flyer

for the, uh,

Midtown High fall formal,

but, uh, I'm not goin'.

I don't have a date.

[CHUCKLES] Oh, Peter.

You lead such

a sheltered life.

[GASPS] Why not ask

Anna Watson's niece,

Mary Jane?

PETER: Miss

Wonderful Personality?

[SHUDDERS]

Uh, yeah,

let me think on that.

Right now,

I gotta get to school.

What about

O'Hirn?

This is a solo job,

and the Big Man's had

his eye on you, Marko.

The Big Man?

Do I get to meet him?

No one meets

the Big Man.

[STUDENTS CHATTERING]

[SIGHS] Ok, I'm here

with my two best friends,

and neither's

talking to me.

Should I change seats?

Oh, don't be a doof.

So you couldn't help me

with my calc test.

I'm over it.

[FEEDBACK SCREECHING] Good morning, students.

Coach Smith here

with a quick announcement.

After the injury

of our starting tight end

and the academic suspension

of our backup,

[CLEARING THROAT]

the Midtown Mustangs will be

holding three days of tryouts

starting this afternoon.

[CHUCKLES] Perfect.

I am so there.

Uh, Harry, you know

I'm all about being

the encouraging gal pal,

but the words

"catastrophic bone breakage"

do come to mind here.

Yeah, Harr. You seen

the size of those guys?

Come on. If you're

that worried,

how 'bout a little

moral support?

Try out with me.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Uh, I'll pass.

No pun intended.

Hey, Kong,

Osborn's tryin' out.

KONG: Cool.STUDENT: Cool?

Hey, I need

another tackling dummy.

Broke my last one.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Hey, Harr,

on second thought.

Tryouts?

I got your back.

So, uh, Doc,

what's with the arms?

These? Uh, well,

they allow me to multitask,

uh, manipulate

difficult objects,

and, uh,

[UNDER HIS BREATH]

of course, maintain

a safe distance.

You need

a safe distance?

What about me?

Actually,

there are concerns.

[GRUNTING]

Marko. Relax.

Procedure's simple,

painless, and

totally worth it.

Show him.

Uh, yes. Well,

the subject is infused

[ON INTERCOM]

with millions of microscopic

silicon granules,

creating subdermal

silicon armor.

Now, in theory,

he'll be able to pass

through metal detectors,

well, undetected, and

he'll be impervious.

Impervious? What?

Is that a good thing?

Yeah.

Means nothin' and

no one can hurt you,

including

Spider-Man.

All right, ladies,

listen up.

I only have room for

two of you on the team,

one starter, one backup.

Don't worry, Brown.

You're in.

We'll make sure of it.

COACH SMITH:

All right, helmets on.

Let's play some football!

[BLOWS WHISTLE]

Some real talent

out there. Your buddy

Hobie, he's good.

But those, uh,

two skinny little juniors,

they might just be better.

They're sure giving

king Kong a rough time.

They're not

the only ones.

Grow up, Kenny.

Why would I date someone

too immature to play fair?

But, GloryI'm serious.

Cut it out,

or we're history.

[GRUNTING]

Please, Mr. Osborn,

this lab,

[STUTTERING]

it was assembled

so rapidly.

And the equipment,

it's substandard.

At the least,

I need more time.

The experiment's

never really been tested.

This is the test.

Press the button,

Doctor.

[MACHINERY WHIRRING]

[SCREAMING]

Stop! Stop it now!

[SCREAMING]

The magnetic field

directing the silicon

is overloading!

We must abort!Not yet.

[GRUNTING]

What have we done?

What do we do?

We sweep up,

and we try again.

Wait.

What's goin' on

in there?

No!

[SCREAMING IN RAGE]

What have you done to me?

I know you're in there!

Answer me!

HAMMERHEAD: [ON INTERCOM]

Hey, Mr. Sandman.

Chill.

HAMMERHEAD: There you go.

You got your sand legs,

your sand clothes.

Hey, and now

you're in color.

See? It's not so bad.

Not so bad?

Stuff happens.

End result's the same.

You got power

no one else got,

not even Spider-Man,

now you can get revenge

for all those times

the web-head put you

behind bars.

Yeah!

Nah, wait.

Revenge is for chumps.

I don't care

about Spider-Man.

All I ever wanted

was the big score,

and now I got

the power to get it.

Now, listen,

you little nobody

Hey, Flint Marko

was a nobody,

but everyone'll know

the name Sandman.

You're taking this

calmly.

I thought

Big Man wanted

a supervillain

to fight Spider-Man.

Big Man wanted

the bug distracted.

You think that boy won't

make a good distraction,

you haven't

been payin' attention.

Yeah, I could

get used to this.

I mean, sure,

I went a little

arachnobatic on Kong,

but it's not like

I cheated.

No one yells

at Flash when he uses

his natural talents.

[ALARM RINGING]

Oh, man. Marko?

This is

so getting old.

Where's

your partner?

[CHUCKLES] Don't think

I need a partner anymore.

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

What just

Happened? I happened.

Sandman happened.

Now, that's

just wrong.

Uh-oh.

No, no, no,

no, no, no!

Not a good time

to run out of web.

[EXCLAIMS]

Uh, let me guess.

You were on

a reality show.

Uh, Changing Faces?

Or Completely

Ridiculous Makeovers?

Nice, huh?

The Big Man did this to me

to get to you.

The Big Man?

Who's the Big Man?

[STAMMERING] Uh, that's

need-to-know only.

Look, cleanin'

your clock's been fun,

but I got banks to rob.

Ah, man!

My money!

PETER:

Forget football.

Soon as school's out,

I'm webbin' up Sandman

once and for

Hey, Petey,

nice moves yesterday.

Heard it's down to you,

Harry, and Hobie Brown.

[WHISPERING] Good luck.

PETER: Course, Sandman

will still be around

after tryouts, right?

[ALL GRUNTING]

That was a good day.

Haven't made

a final decision,

but I'm leaning

toward Parker

as our new starter,

with Osborn

as second string.Yes!

Anyone wants

to change my mind

has one more day

of tryouts to do it.

Unbelievable. The geeks

are inheriting the Earth.

You didn't even

want to try out.

Yeah. Who knew?

This was my dream, Pete.

You're already

the smartest kid in school.

You really need

this, too?

Harry, IGuys.

We're headed to

the Silver Spoon.

Wanna come?

Sure. Uh, my treat.

Hey,

if you insist.

Uh, rain check.

[GASPS] Say, aren't you

football star Peter Parker?

How come you aren't hanging

with your new friends?

'Cause I like

my old friends.

Look, I know

you think I've been

acting like a jerk.

I put taking photos

for the Bugle

before more

important things,

but I promise, it

won't happen again.

So can you

forgive me already?

You're forgiven.

It would take too long

to train anyone else.

So, Peter, the dance is

only a few days away, and

I asked Miss Brant

from the Bugle.

Wow. That's great.

Um, you don't actually

call her Miss Brant

in person, do you?

Never mind. You know,

I'm sure you two

will have the best

She turned me down.

Well, she is totally

missing out.

Besides, she's not

the only girl who would

Doesn't matter.

There's no way

I'm going anywhere near

that stupid formal.

[CHUCKLING] Right.

Stupid formal.

[TIRES SKIDDING]

[SIRENS WAILING]I gotta go.

[HESITANTLY] Because, uh,

the Buglewill want photos.

[SIGHING] Except

I just promised you

I wouldn't put the Bugle

before our friendship.

It's okay.

Just be careful.

Thanks, Gwen.

You totally rock!

Glad you noticed.

Surprise.

[CHUCKLES]

Gee, web-head,

if I'm over here,

who's drivin'?

[GROANS]

Go!

[WORKERS EXCLAIMING IN FRIGHT]

[CHUCKLES]

Good thing

I refilled

the web-shooters.

Aw! All webbed up

and nowhere to go.

[CHUCKLES] Who do you think

I am, Flint Marko?

Spider tricks don't

work on the Sandman.

But do sand tricks work

on the Spider-Man?

Oh, this can't be good.

GLORY: And then

what happened?

Oh, so then he gets

in a second accident

at the tollbooth.

[SCOFFS] I mean,

worst chauffeur

we ever had.

I thought my dad

was gonna, like,

you know, pop a vessel.

Maybe the chauffeur

wasn't the problem.

Wow! Who knew

being super-rich

was so tough?

Yeah. Well, I

I mean no.

I mean[LAUGHING] It's okay.

I'm just teasing you.

Better

get used to it.

Way you

played today,

you and Parker both,

you'll be spendin'

a lot more time

with this crowd.

Yeah, but not tonight.

Come on, Glory.

Let's hit it.

[YELPS][INSINCERELY]

Oops. Sorry.

Kenny!

What are you, six?

Look, I wanted

to be your girlfriend,

not your babysitter.

Aw, Glory,

it was a joke.

You're not gonna

break up with me again?

What do you think?

Come on, Harry. Take me home.

COP: This ain't

a problem we can fix.

Cordon off the area!

And pray Spidey

can handle the freak.

[GROANS]

You know, I hadn't planned

on comin' after you,

but you're just determined

to be the cloud

hangin' over

my sunny, sandy beach.

Time to change

the weather,

forever.

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

All right, Sandman.

Show me what you got.

Or better yet,

I'll show you!

Wow. You sure showed me.

The hammer thing's

gettin' old, pal.

[LAUGHING]

I could keep this up

all night.

Can you, web-head?

I guess

if I'm gonna win,

I'll have to

take a dive.

Literally.

It's over, Spider-Man.

When you were

the only one with powers,

you had me beat,

but now King Sandman

reigns supreme!

Your Majesty.

Allow me to build

a statue in your honor.

Michelangelo,

eat your heart out.

Hey, Mom, Dad.

Harry. What

happened to you?

And what's

with the helmet?

Going to a costume party?

I'm tryin' out

for the team.

Football? Not really

your strong suit, is it?

Guess we'll find out

tomorrow.

Here's what we got.

Osborn, you're first string,

Brown second,

Parker, maybe next year.

Yeah, if we're

desperate.

[SNICKERING]

Hmm. I guess

yesterday was just

beginner's luck.

PETER: Hey,

if I wanted all the glory,

I wouldn't wear a mask.

So Harry gets his dream,

and I watch

from the sidelines.

Ice cream?

PETER: Course,

that has its benefits, too.