Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion/Seeds of Life

Seeds of Life is the 18th episode of Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion. It is also the fifth and final chapter of the "Family Business" arc.

Featured Characters

 * Spider-Man / Peter Parker
 * Stormranger / Teresa Parker

Supporting Characters

 * Tigra / Mary Jane Watson
 * Ghost-Spider / Gwen Stacy
 * Alpha-Owl / Carlie Cooper
 * Edith
 * AC-5 / Ace
 * Jarvis
 * Arsenal / Chris Cooper
 * Mantis
 * Ms. Marvel / Kamala Khan
 * Nova / Sam Alexander
 * Inferno / Dante Pertuz
 * American Knight / Kevin Hunt
 * The Lion King / Marcus Thompson
 * Spider-Girl / Anya Corazon
 * Firestar / Liz Allan
 * Wave / Michelle Jones
 * Kid Arachnid / Miles Morales
 * Lin Lie the Sword Master
 * Brawn / Amadeus Cho
 * Avengers
 * Captain America / Steve Rogers
 * Captain Marvel / Carol Danvers
 * Black Panther / T'Challa
 * Ant-Man / Scott Lang
 * Wasp / Hope Van Dyne
 * Iron Man / Tony Stark
 * Thor (first full appearance)
 * Hawkeye / Clint Barton
 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Nick Fury
 * Mockingbird / Barbara "Barbie" Morse
 * Yuri Watanabe

Antagonists

 * Hydra
 * Red Skull / Johann Schmidt (Death)
 * Viper / Madame Hydra
 * Green Goblin / Norman Osborn (first appearance as Green Goblin)
 * Crossbones / Brock Rumlow
 * Arnim Zola
 * Madame Masque / Whitney Frost (first full appearance)
 * Doctor Octopus / Otto Octavius
 * Kraven the Hunter

Other Characters

 * Daily Bugle
 * Betty Brant (appears in TV, computer screen or hologram)
 * Robbie Robertson (appears in TV, computer screen or hologram)
 * Aunt May (cameo)
 * Randy Robertson (cameo)
 * Shang-Chi (mentioned only)
 * Harry Osborn (grave only)
 * Richard Parker (picture only)
 * Mary Parker (picture only)
 * Uncle Ben (picture only)

Plot
On board Arsenal's Quinjet form, Peter Parker / Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy / Ghost-Spider are checking Jarvis' information about Red Skull's next plans with Hydra, which are being supported by the creation of Madame Hydra / Viper's army of super clones, and Norman Osborn operating as the "Green Goblin". Noticing that Mantis is in need of a organic, inactive host body to complete her transformation, Peter and Gwen opt in having her merge with the strongest of the clones before Viper can activate it. Ace transmits a message from Mary Jane Watson / Tigra and T'Challa / Black Panther, who tell them that Whitney Frost / Madame Masque, the last member of the Shadow Council, has broken Doctor Octopus out of his prison and brainwashed him as her servant with help from Kraven the Hunter, and is on her way to assault Red Skull's Hydra base for Arnim Zola's technologies. As the pair voice intentions of stopping her as well, Gwen acknowledges Peter's concern about his sister Teresa and consoles him that everything will be fine, and Peter agrees... because he does not know what to do otherwise.

Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, Mantis, Ace and Jarvis land on the Hydra base while Arsenal keeps himself camouflaged until the time is right. As they sneak inside, Ace and Jarvis eventually notify Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider of the Avengers arriving in the base, seeking to stop Hydra's plot and apprehend Green Goblin, who is publicly accused for turning Peter's parents over to the Red Skull. The Avengers (consisting of Captain America, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Thor, and Hawkeye) and Ms. Marvel arrive, but are ambushed by Zola, who is reluctant to let their presence expose him to Madame Masque. They defeat him, but the issuing fight gets them separated from Ms. Marvel, who utterly explores the base by herself until she encounters Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider, and agrees to follow them into Madame Hydra's cloning laboratory. In the K'un-Lun Temple, overhearing that Madame Masque is approaching the Hydra base, Teresa dons her Stormranger armor and rushes there to stop her and aid her brother. Back in the Hydra Base, Spider-Man and his group reach the lab and lands Mantis in the lead clone body. Despite discovered by Crossbones, they are joined by Black Panther, who arrives in time to aid them, while the rest of the Avengers end up holding their own against Red Skull, Green Goblin, Viper, and a reactivated Zola. Meanwhile in New York City, Tigra and the rest of the young heroes witness beast machines emerging from the Oscorp building and aid S.H.I.E.L.D. forces as well as Barbara "Barbie" Morse / Mockingbird, Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope Van Dyne / Wasp in fighting them off before they can cause collateral damage. During which, Anya Corazon, Amadeus Cho and Carlie Cooper soon discover the robots are being controlled by Madame Masque through Octavius, who still has access to Oscorp since Osborn first employed him, and Tigra alerts Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider about it. Later on, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider make it outside and witness Madame Masque arriving with her ship.

Madame Masque breaks through the base, interrupting the brawl between the Avengers and Hydra and attacks both sides, eventually subduing them and abducting Iron Man and Red Skull to siphon knowledge of their technology from their minds; because Stark and Hydra together control 81% of the world's technology, she intends to couple them with her own to become unstoppable and take over the world. Overhearing her plan, Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, Ms. Marvel and Black Panther begin discussing how they can stop her. Aware that the mask's power comes from the ship, they opt in destroying it to render Madame Masque powerless. Green Goblin and Kraven eventually discover Spider-Man and attempt to attack him until Stormranger arrives, incapacitates Kraven, and knocks Goblin out of his glider, which uncontrollably flies towards Red Skull and knocks him towards Madame Masque's ship, where he is severely injured and tangled in the ship's wires. Spider-Man and Black Panther free Iron Man, and Jarvis portals Ms. Marvel, Stormranger and Green Goblin to New York City, while Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider battle Madame Masque, who commands Doctor Octopus to attack them and the Avengers. In New York, Osborn witnesses his son Harry's grave and, enraged over his son's death, assumes Spider-Man did this. However, Spider-Man's friends instead hold Osborn himself responsible for Harry's death and proceed to beat him under submission while Carlie and Ace (under Spider-Man's demands) broadcast the evidences to the Daily Bugle, exposing Green Goblin's identity of Norman Osborn, as well as Osborn's crimes in his own and Hydra's behalf. Madame Masque gains the upperhand, subdues Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider and prepares to brainwash them like she did to Octavius.

Despite the struggle, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider fight back and overcome the brainwashing progress, slowing Madame Masque and Hydra down enough for Mantis to complete her transformation and break out of Viper's lab. Now a fully transformed humanoid alien, Mantis emerges, converts the dormant clones into animal-based spawns and commands them into attacking Madame Masque and Doctor Octopus while commanding the island's plant-life in destroying the base. Noticing Red Skull attempting to break free from the ship, Spider-Man signals for Arsenal, who reveals himself in the battlefield, and obliterates the ship, incinerating the Red Skull, de-powering Madame Masque, and freeing Octavius from her mind control in the progress. The progress also affects and weakens the Oscorp robots and machines, allowing Spider-Man's friends and the S.H.I.E.L.D. troopers to finish them off. With the battle over, Peter and Gwen return to New York with the Avengers, Jarvis, Ace, Arsenal and Mantis and reunite with their friends while Peter shares a happy embrace with Teresa. As the remaining Hydra agents and Kraven are taken to prison along with Osborn and Frost, and a now physically disabled and mentally ill Octavius is taken to a mental hospital, Spider-Man and his friends (named by Daily Bugle media as "the Champions") are honored for saving the world and ending Red Skull's reign once and for all. Peter earns genuine praise from the Avengers for his performance, which resulted in his friends having been united for a great purpose, and his sister finally feeling part of his family. Peter watches as Teresa earns a warm, loving welcome from Aunt May, and has a last look at a picture of his parents and Uncle Ben with Aunt May, pleased to know that his family businesses have been settled.

Voice Cast

 * Robbie Daymond as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
 * Mae Whitman as Stormranger / Teresa Parker
 * Ashley Johnson as Tigra / Mary Jane Watson
 * Laura Bailey as Ghost-Spider / Gwen Stacy
 * Tara Strong as Alpha-Owl / Carlie Cooper
 * Patton Oswalt as Jarvis
 * Christopher Daniel Barnes as Arsenal / Chris Cooper
 * Hynden Walch as Mantis
 * Kathreen Khavari as Ms. Marvel / Kamala Khan
 * Jack DeSena as Nova / Sam Alexander
 * Sam Riegel as Inferno / Dante Pertuz
 * Cameron Bowen as American Knight / Kevin Hunt
 * Jason Marsden as The Lion King / Marcus Thompson
 * Melanie Minichino as Spider-Woman / Anya Corazon
 * Natalie Lander as Firestar / Liz Allan
 * Alanna Ubach as Wave / Michelle Jones
 * Nadji Jeter as Kid Arachnid / Miles Morales
 * Matthew Yang King as Lin Lie the Sword Master
 * Eric Bauza as Brawn / Amadeus Cho
 * Josh Keaton as Ant-Man / Scott Lang
 * Kari Wahlgren as Wasp / Hope Van Dyne, Mockingbird / Barbara "Barbie" Morse
 * Roger Craig Smith as Captain America / Steve Rogers
 * Jennifer Hale as Captain Marvel / Carol Danvers
 * James C. Mathis III as Black Panther / T'Challa
 * Mick Wingert as Iron Man / Tony Stark
 * Travis Willingham as Thor
 * Grey DeLisle as Betty Brant
 * Ernie Hudson as Robbie Robertson
 * Sumalee Montano as Yuri Watanabe
 * Phil LaMarr as Nick Fury
 * Fred Tatasciore as Max Modell, Crossbones / Brock Rumlow
 * Troy Baker as Hawkeye / Clint Barton, Kraven the Hunter
 * Liam O'Brien as Red Skull / Johann Schmidt
 * Erica Luttrell as Viper / Madame Hydra
 * Jeffrey Combs as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
 * Mark Hamill as Arnim Zola
 * as Madame Masque / Whitney Frost
 * Scott Menville as Doctor Octopus / Otto Octavius

Trivia
"Gwen Stacy: 'It's gonna work, Peter.' Peter Parker: 'I know it will. Cause I don't know what I'm going to do if it doesn't.'"
 * The episode is considerably an alternate plot for the Avengers: Black Panther's Quest episode "House of M", which features a same environment and some of the same antagonists, although Black Widow, Crimson Widow and Typhoid Mary are absent.
 * The end of the episode's introduction is similar to a scene in Avengers: Endgame, on which Peter and Gwen share the same dialogue between Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff.