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Felicia Hardy, also known as the Black Cat is a minor character in the animated superhero TV series The Spectacular Spider-Man.
She is a skilled cat burglar and the daughter of Walter Hardy, the killer of Ben Parker. Despite being a thief and meant to be an enemy of Spider-Man, Felicia has a strong crush on the wall crawler as she would often flirt with him whenever they fought.
She is a has a playful and flirty personality as shown with her interactions with Spider-Man and admitted to having a crush on him. However, she does partner up with him to take down supervillains but only so that she can get away with something like stealing the Tiger jewel. However, she still sticks with her partnerships with with Spider-Man till the very end, showing that she does have an honorable side to her. It is also shown that she really loves her father as shown when she attempted to break him out of prison but got really upset when he refused to leave out of shame of killing Uncle Ben and she blames Spider-Man for it and makes it clear she will never forgive him.
Biography[]
Season 1[]
Episode 10: "Persona"[]
Black Cat was first seen carrying a bag of what can be assumed to be money from a bank she robbed while at the same time, Midtown High was having a costume festival. She passed by the crowd unsuspected.
After John Jameson returned to Earth, it was revealed that the haul of the shuttle had some Black Goo that was taken to the Connor’s’ lab. When Peter arrived at the lab to take a picture of the ooze as Spider-Man, he spotted Black Cat attempting to steal it. After successfully getting passed the security lasers with her extension, she almost got the substance before Spider Man took the container she was gonna put it in. This led to a somewhat flirtatious fight between the two and the ooze escaping unbeknownst to them. After some more time flirting with the wall crawler, Cat escaped when Dr. Connors entered the lab. Thinking she had stolen the ooze, Spider-Man attempted to go after the cat burglar, but found out she mysteriously disappeared. Unbeknownst to Spider-Man, the ooze had already latched itself onto his suit, turning it completely black.
Black Cat later appeared after noticing Spider-Man’s new suit saying it was a good look for him, how flattered she was, and that she knew they made a connection. Spider-Man then responded by saying she was the “real thief” before noticing his suit was different. Black Cat then asked if it was because she “stole his heart” and the she had heard it before. She then interrupted Spider-Man examining himself in the reflection in the window of the building they were on. Then she started flirting with him again as her cable and his web got ensnared with each other before Spider-Man dropped down from the building after Cat asked if they were gonna be bad guys together or just plain bad and if his abrupt departure was because of something she said.
Black Cat then met up with Spider-Man after the Bugle had been publishing papers about him robbing banks when really it was Chameleon posing as him. Arriving at the boat that the Mayor of New York was hosting a party on, Felicia caught sight of a beautiful tiger necklace the mayor was wearing and commented on how she wanted it, much to Spider-Man’s protest. Using a jet ski, Spider-Man leaped onto the ship with Black Cat watching and commenting how her “kitty sense” was purring.
As the Chameleon, posing as the red and blue suited Spider Man, was escaping with all the jewelry from the mayor and her party guests, the real Spider Man chased after him and his henchmen, who Black Cat took down, saying “We’ll let them settle this Spider-Man to Spider-Man.” Watching through lenses on her mask, Black Cat called the wall crawler her hero as he took down and unmasked Chameleon. As the men were being locked up, Cat secretly stole the tiger necklace as it was revealed to not be in the web bags along with the other jewelry; this was something had no idea about.
Spider-Man eventually found Black Cat sitting on the statue of one of the buildings in New York while hanging upside down. There, he told her they made a great team, something Cat nodded about. The wall crawler then said that maybe she should change sides, only for Felicia to look at him with no response, prompting Spider-Man to ask why she helped him in the first place. Felicia then asked him if he really didn’t know the answer before pulling up Spider-Man’s mask enough to reveal his lips and gave him passionate kiss while getting a good look at the tiger necklace she stole before stealthily sneaking away from the web head who was left stunned by what just happened.(That kiss from Black Cat was the first kiss Peter got from a girl in the series) He then commented on how he didn’t know Black Cat felt that way before finally realizing she was gone without a trace.
Episode 13: "Nature vs. Nurture"[]
When the Symbiote was starting to take over Peter’s life, Black Cat was shown through his memories and even among his friends and allies as he fought the life form to regain control of his body. Black Cat was also shown in Peter’s mind when the Symbiote attempted to consume him after his fight with Venom. Peter then commented how Felicia was among those Peter said were “the cure” while the Symbiote was “a disease”.
Season 2[]
Episode 12: "Opening Night"[]
During Spider-Man volunteering to test the security of a new prison known as the Vault, Black Cat cajoled him into executing a prison break with the reason of it being a wrongfully imprisoned man who lacked the resources to ever be freed through legal methods. The man in question was her father, Walter Hardy, who also happened to be the man that killed Uncle Ben when trying to flee with a stolen take. Spider-Man acted openly hostile against Walter, which Felicia didn't seem to consider as relevant, rather more of the Spider's "self-righteousness."
Spider-Man's accusations of murder seemed to fall on deaf ears, however, Walter revealed that he did feel immense guilt for killing Ben; he explained that he never used a weapon in his burglary career, but as he got older, he felt so afraid that he started carrying a gun. Walter's accidental manslaughter is what got him arrested and imprisoned in the end, rather than his lifetime of robberies. Walter ultimately decided against the prison break, as he felt like he deserved to remain locked up for the life he took, which earned a resentful but sober respect from Spider-Man, due to it being an adherence to his strong belief in responsibility.
While Walter insisted it was his choice and obligation to stay in jail, Felicia was horrified and angered that her father would likely die behind bars; as such, Black Cat parted with Spider-Man with palpable animosity, since she blamed him for "infecting" her father with misplaced morality, refusing to accept that Walter made the decision for his and her sake (for him, his guilt, and her, preventing her from committing the serious crime of prison break). She threatened consequences if she and Spider-Man meet again (due to the series' cancellation, the form of this vengeance may continue to be unexplored and unknown).
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Trivia[]
Unlike her other counterparts, her cleavage doesn't show due to younger viewers of the series.
In addition, she also doesn't have the powers they possessed like bad luck.
It is confirmed that she's 19 years old and Spider-Man is 16 years old, thus making him three years younger than her.
She's a combination of her main counterpart and Jessica Carridine since her father, Walter Hardy, is Uncle Ben's killer in the series.