02x07 - Venom Returns (Part 2)

[bunniefuu]

[boat horn blaring]

Gwen, hey, uh, sorry, but, uh, Pete
says the party's gotta end, like now.

What's happening?

You and Pete just ran off,
real weird-style.

"Weird"? Noooo. Totally normal.

Just something, uh,
personal came up.

[chuckles] Way too personal.

So can you,
in a totally normal way,

just get everyone to leave,
and then lock up Pete's house?

His aunt is still out of town.

Okay, whatever.
This party was dead anyway.

Aleksei... time to wake up.

[Spider-Man]
Venom could be anywhere.

And he won't set off our
spider-sense, so keep an eye out.

I'll keep both eyes out.

But now that the sonics don't
affect the symbiote anymore,

do you have a plan for
how to stop him? Nope.

But I do know this: Venom came to
my house looking for Peter Parker.

He's going after the people he thinks
wronged him when he was just Eddie Brock,

before he bonded
with that space goo.

We need to check places
that Eddie goes all the time,

like the Daily Bugle.

Here's the headline:

"J. Jonah Jameson's Time Is Up."
[grunting]

What are you supposed to be,
a sideshow act?

Not what...

Who!

Eddie Brock?! [grunts]

That's right, boss.
I knew you'd be here,

burning the midnight oil
like always.

Looking for new ways to humiliate
hardworking employees, like me!

Don't blame everyone else
for your lack of talent, Brock.

Also, you're fired!

[growls]

I don't think so.

I've got plans for you, boss.

We're just waiting
for the others.

[grunts]

[grunts] [roars]

Let that innocent...
Well, innocent-ish... man go.

The Spiders, right on time.

You certainly know
how to play your parts.

What parts are those?

Kicking symbiote tail?

Here's our audition! [Grunts]

Aah!

Take one more step,

and Jameson goes flying!

[growling] [Spider-Man] I'm
sure JJJ's a terrible boss,

but can't you just talk
to the union? Talk?

Are you waiting for him to hug
it out, you gutless menace?

Do something! [Yells] [growls]

[grunts] Whoa!

That grumpy old dude's got moves.
[yells]

[grunts]

I'm sure this is all your fault
somehow, Spider-Man.

What?! We came to help you!
This is you helping?

I wouldn't be surprised
if you staged this whole thing

to trick me
into giving you good press.

Well, you failed. [Growling]

And what are you supposed to be?

Some kind of menace-in-training?

Who, me? No, no, no.

I'm a hundred percent
menace-free.

You can tell all your viewers that.
[roars]

Down! [Grunting] [growling]

[thud]

If you think I'm afraid
of you, Eddie,

you've got another thing...
[yells]

See you soon!

Venom, wait!
Well, that went smoothly.

Ow! What have you
dragged me into?

Surprise, surprise.

Black ooze suits are really
tough to spot at night.

How are we gonna find him?

Venom might know my secret
identity, but I also know his.

Let's get Brock's home address
from the office downstairs.

So you really think he'd take
Jameson back to his own apartment?

[scoffs] That would be
some bad super-villaining.

No. He's not that crazy. But maybe
we can figure out his endgame.

Hey, you think Venom
has a master plan?

He seems more like a
fly-by-the-seat-of-his-goo type to me.

He was waiting for us
at the Bugle.

He wanted us
to see him take JJJ.

Why? That's what
we've gotta figure out.

Whew! Should an apartment this
small have a stench this big?

Seriously! Is this an
apartment or a junkyard?

Yeesh! And Aunt May gets on my
case about cleaning my room.

Whoa! Someone's got
a secret admirer.

I'm guessing this guy was creepy
even before he met that alien goop.

Never thought I'd agree
with Jameson about anything,

but those pics are terrible.

♪ [pop]

[crash] What was...

Hello?

Dad?

Dad! That you?

I thought you were working
the graveyard shift.

If anyone's there,
you should know my dad's a cop.

A mean one.

Gwen... [grunts]

What...

[hisses]

[Gwen screams] [Venom roars]

Seriously? How did he ever
get hired as a photographer?

He blamed me for taking
his job, but he's awful.

Are you finding anything
on his laptop?

Secret hideout addresses?

Lists labeled
"People to Get Revenge On"?

[keyboard clacking] His hard
drive's as messy as his apartment.

Can't make... Hey! It locked up!

You broke it?

No. It just freaked out. Wait!

That's the café by Horizon!

Is this live? Max!

[Eddie Brock] Max Modell,
you're coming with me.

Oh, this can't be good. No!

Uh, do I know you?

[Venom] You don't remember?

You used to experiment on me.

Maybe I should return the favor.
[screaming]

Ah, don't worry, Spidey.

I'm just taking him
where I took JJJ,

and Gwen Stacy.

He knew we'd come here
and find his computer!

I understand JJJ, but why would
Venom take our teacher or Gwen?

Because they ran tests
on the V-252?

Maybe he's taking the people closest
to Peter Parker, which means...

Oh, no, Aunt May!
Her plane's landing any minute!

Venom couldn't know that.

Brock was in my house
an hour ago.

Aunt May's travel schedule
is right on the fridge.

He could have seen it.
I have to make sure she's safe.

Then let's go!

No, I can handle Aunt May.

With sonics not working anymore,

I need you to figure out how we
stop Venom once we find him.

The Space Administration!

They found ways of communicating
with the symbiote.

They might know how to stop it.

We don't have a moment to lose.
[grunts]

[Aunt May] Oh, hi, Peter.
Aunt May!

Are you okay? More than okay.

A first-class seat
on the flight back?

Peter, you shouldn't have.
Are you okay?

You sound tense. It's just...

It's good you're safe.
You worry too much.

Flying is way safer than driving.
I'm headed home now.

[tires screech]

I can't wait to tell you
all about my trip.

No, wait! I'm coming to get you.

You've done so much for me already.
I'll just take a cab.

Oh, hold on.
Yeah, I'm headed to Queens.

Actually, I had somewhere

[Venom] else in mind. [Screams]

Aunt May?! Get out of there!

Aunt May?! No!

[horns honking]

[yells] Ugh! She's not here!

[people gasp] Not there.

[grunts]

[honking continues]
Where is she?

May? Nope.

[grunts] Whoa! Spider-Man!

[grunts]

Come on.
She's gotta be here somewhere.

[beeping] Oh, no! Aunt May!

Venom, if you...

Max's ID?
Did he take them to Horizon?

Uh, what are you
supposed to be again?

I'm a superhero!
I'm friends with Spider-Man.

Yeah, I don't think

I'm going to be
letting you in here.

This is a matter
of grave danger!

I'm sure.

What if I said
I know Tony Stark?

No doubt.

Look, I just wanna speak

to someone on
the symbiote project team.

Just five minutes.
We don't let civilians inside

without an appointment
and a lengthy approval process,

let alone people in third-rate
Spider-Man costumes.

Don't make me call security.

[sighs] "Third rate"?

I'm second-rate, minimum.

Have you been issued one of the
new isomorphic key cards yet?

Got it this morning.

Security's been much tighter
since that breakout.

Could a third-rate Spidey
do this?

Okay, let's see just what makes
this symbiote tick.

Ugh, maybe Venom used Max's ID
to throw me off his... trail?

[muffled grunting] Oh, no!

[muffled grunting continues]
Shh!

I'm gonna get you out of here
before... [Venom laughing]

Show yourself, Venom.

Why? [Echoing]

Because your spider-sense
doesn't work with me?

You never know where I'm hiding.

Behind you!

Aah!

[yells] [roars]

[grunts]

[growling]

That all you got?

Hopefully I didn't need
those ribs.

[grunting] [roars]

Have I gotten under your skin, Spider-Man?
[straining]

Hit you where it hurts?
Let them go, Eddie.

We are not Eddie. [Grunts]

We are not the V-252.

We are now one.

We are Venom!

[grunts] Aah!

[groans]

[growling]

[grunts]

But this has nothing to do
with all of those people.

This is about you and me!

Yes, Spider-Man abandoned us,

left us to be experimented on.

And Peter Parker
had everything...

Friends, family...

But he took our job too.

Both sides of Venom want
both sides of you broken!

[grunting] I'm going to enjoy

destroying my victims
while you watch!

May Parker,

Gwen Stacy, Anya Corazon,

Max Modell, Jameson!

Everyone closest to you!

Jameson? Close to me?

I think you're misinterpreting
our relationship.

No.

That one's for me.

[both grunting]

[roars]

Okay, Electro-discs. I designed
you to fight Octobots,

but let's see if you
can help me out here!

Aaahhh! [Roars]

[sizzling]

Okay, fried symbiote
smells terrible.

Good to know.

[grunts]

What happened to that monster?

He's down, but he's not out.

You need to get out of here now.

Okay, but I'm not leaving
without everyone else.

That thing... it's a version of the
V-252 that we experimented on, right?

That's why it captured Horizon
students and their family members.

I can grab sonic devices
from the lab, and...

It's evolved past
its weakness for sonics.

What I need you to do
is help everyone get to safety.

I know I'm gonna regret this the
moment I remove the gag, but...

Citizen's arrest! Ouch.

Spider-Man's behind all of this!
Uh-huh.

It's all his fault!
Wha... My fault?

Eddie Brock's doing all this because you
demoted him and treated him like garbage!

This is his revenge on me
and on you.

Have you no decency?

Your web of lies
knows no bounds!

Aah!

We weren't finished.

[growling] Get out of here!

Run!

[both grunting]

[grunting]

Of course you couldn't be bothered
to finish freeing me, you clown!

Okay, Venom,
we can agree on one thing...

Jameson's a grade-A jerk.

[grunts] I can hear you.

But even he doesn't deserve
what you've done to him.

I'm immune to flattery,
Spider-Man, so don't bother!

If your plan was to break me,
you failed, Venom.

[growls]
I'm just getting started.

[roars]

[grunts]

[Spider-Man grunting]

[Venom laughing]

Ever wonder how Peter Parker

got all those wonderful shots
of Spider-Man?

Because Parker's got more talent
in his pinkie finger

than you ever dreamed
of having, Brock.

Or maybe there's another reason.

[straining]

No!

[grunts]

Parker is Spider-Man.

Parker?

[grunts] [growls]

This is... awkward.

Parker!

Let me explain. [Grunts]

[laughing]

Now you're truly broken,
Spider-Man.

Prepare to be destroyed.
[straining]

[growling]

[grunts]

[grunts]

He was playing you
for a fool, Jameson.

Playing all of us for fools.

And now he's going to pay.

Are you ready to meet your maker?
[growls]

[Miles] Do you ever stop talking?
[grunts]

Aah! [Grunts, groans]

And I thought I, Spider-Man,
never stopped talking.

Great job buying me
the time I needed, Parker.

What is going on here?

You've never heard of the old
"using a decoy Spider-Man

"so you can develop some tech
to save the day" move?

It's classic. [Venom growls]

Liar!

Parker is Spider-Man!

Wow. That symbiote's really
messing with your head, Brock.

You think Spider-Man's
a high school kid?

You're as clueless as you are ugly.
Now say good night.

[roars]

[screaming]

How does this thing work...
Spider-Man?

If you must know, Peter Parker,

the Space Administration's tests
desensitized Venom to sonics.

So this projects a different
resonant frequency

that disrupts the symbiote's cohesion?
Exactly.

It's designed to put the
symbiote in a coma state,

freeing anyone
the symbiote's bonded with.

You're much smarter
than you look, kid.

[quietly] You're enjoying
this way too much.

Where'd you get my costume? Your
lab, under your gym shorts.

I saw Venom rip off your mask,
and I had to think quick.

But I wish I had nose plugs.
Blech!

[growling] He's back!

[grunts]

The device should've worked
a little better than that.

He was out for what,
ten seconds?

We need an acoustic chamber
to focus it.

Too bad Horizon doesn't have
a basketball court.

We totally have
a basketball court.

We do? How did I not know this?

You gotta get out
of the lab more often.

[grunts] Two Spider-Men

will only make my victory
twice as delicious.

[growls]

[Peter]
Whoa, this place is huge.

How have I missed this?

[yells]

I will destroy the both of you!
[roars]

[Miles] Whoa! Load up, Pete.
I'll keep him busy.

[grunting] [growling]

It's not me you should hate, Eddie.
I never wanted to hurt you.

[growls] [groans]

Parker and Spider-Man

are the source of every problem!
[roars]

[Peter] I really didn't think
we'd be able to talk this out.

[groaning]

[screeching]

Aah! [Roars]

[screeching]

No! You're hurting us!

No!

I'm nothing without you.

Parker...

[groaning]

[exhales]

The device shut down
the symbiote,

but it was supposed
to separate Brock from it.

What happened?
Maybe after all this time,

the symbiote finally found
the perfect host...

[groaning softly] someone
as angry as it is.

Uh, look, JJJ,
I know it was confusing,

but Spider-Man asked me
to pose as him

while he figured out
how to stop that monster.

I knew Spider-Man was a menace,

but I never dreamed you'd be
working with him, Parker!

How many innocent people
got hurt because of you?

You're fired!

Well, guess your dreams of being
BFFs with JJJ are crushed.

Trust me, Pete,
getting fired by that guy

is probably the best thing that
could've ever happened to you.

[sighs] Yeah.

But what am I gonna do
about money now?

Man, can you not worry
for, like, five seconds?

You saved your friends,
you saved your family,

your secret identity
is still intact,

and you shut down Venom.

What more do you want?

I think you owe me a bagel.

So what's going
to happen to Brock?

[Peter] The Space Administration
scanned his vital signs.

He's stable and in some kind of coma.
[engine starts]

They'll be working on a method of
separating him from the symbiote.

Better them than us.
[vehicle departing]

I've seen enough
of the V-252 for a lifetime.

So...

Eh, any interest in picking up
where the party left off?

Wait.

Peter Parker wants to party?

I never got to play
a single game of chess.

Plus you missed my robot dance.

[in robotic voice] It was epic.

Ugh! Well, at least Venom saved me
from having to experience that.

[chuckles] You're just
jealous of my skills.

Jealous?
[imitating robot sounds]

[in robotic voice] My robot
skills are known worldwide.

Yeah, maybe having another party
is a terrible idea.

Are you afraid, human?

I can tell you are intimidated.

Please stop. [Continues in robotic
voice] Peter Parker never quits.

Oh, boy.