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| Series | Spider-Man | |||
| Release Date | January 13, 1968 | |||
| Episode Number | 19 B | |||
Story[]
A veteran actor, Charles Cameo III, bored with the stage, turns to crime as a source of excitement. Among those whose identities he falsely assumes are those of Peter Parker, J. Jonah Jameson, and, ultimately, no less than Spider-Man himself, even going so far, disguised as that last, as to duplicate both Spider-Man's web-shooters and the shear-thinning fluid they fire!
But even with his "goon" Brutus helping him out and enabling him to make good his escapes, Cameo proves to be no match for Spider-Man. First, Spider-Man kayos Brutus, so that he cannot help his boss. Then, when confronting Cameo as him and inviting police to unmask the loser of their confrontation, Spider-Man wins that confrontation because he has spider-like powers in proportion to overall body mass that Cameo doesn't.
When Cameo is unmasked, his supposedly luxuriant hair proves in reality to be a poorly-secured hairpiece partially covering a balded scalp. And embarrassingly, the hairpiece falls off after Cameo is unmasked.
Quotes[]
"Walloping websnappers! It's--ME!!!"
- -Spider-Man
"What's the matrer? Run out of spider-powers?"
- -Spider-Man, mockingly, to Cameo after the latter has just lost to him
Trivia[]
The character of Charles Cameo III, exclusive to "Double Identity," is based on "the Chameleon," a villainous Marvel character.
Continuity[]
Charles Cameo III is based on the Chameleon, as noted above. But he is not known to have appeared in any Marvel Comics issues.
Goofs[]
Background[]
"Double Identity" was one of the installments of Spider-Man's first season that were completed and transmitted before Grantray-Lawrence Animation's bankruptcy forced Steve Krantz's Krantz Films, its distributor, to take over its productions.
Reaction[]
Legacy[]
The shot of Spider-Man and his copycat, Charles Cameo III, pointing at each other, each accusing the other of being an impostor, has become a popular meme on the internet. As a tribute to the meme, the post-credits scene of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse features Spider-Man (2099) traveling to this episode and becoming the second Spider-Man pointing at the other. Footage and audio from the episode were used with the dimensional-traveling Spider-Man animated in the series' style.