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“ | Kasady is gone! There is only CARNAGE! | „ |
~ Cletus Kasady upon becoming Carnage. |
Cletus Kasady, better known as Carnage, is a supporting antagonist in season 3 of the 1994 superhero television series Spider-Man, appearing as a major antagonist in the episodes “Venom Returns” and “Carnage”.
He is an infamous criminal before Dormammu recruited him and gave him his symbiote.
He was voiced by Scott Cleverdon.
Biography[]
Cletus Kasady was an infamous and mentally unstable criminal who apparently committed several atrocities that nobody would put on newspaper. While not too much is known about his past, it's implied that he was abused as a child, considering he refers to the apartment he was raised in as "a real house of horrors". He gets swarmed by the NYPD in his apartment building, attacking Lieutenant Terri Lee and then nearly exploding an entire city block before Spider-Man intervened and saved the day. Kasady was arrested and sent to the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane. After Eddie Brock re-bonded with his symbiote and thus became Venom again, Kasady was visited by Baron Mordo, who made him swear permanent allegiance to Dormammu in exchange for Venom's offspring, the Carnage symbiote. This was the same deal he made with Brock after he had brought the symbiotes back, in his plan to release Dormammu from his dimension. Kasady accepted, saying Dormammu "sounds like [his] kind of guy", and bonds with the symbiote, becoming Carnage. He then attacks many guards.
Carnage then meets up with Venom at Stark Industries, defeating Spider-Man and War Machine before stealing a portal device and retreating to Mordo's lair-though not before he and Venom tried to kill each other over who would would defeat Spider-Man. Venom leaves Dormammu, who assigns Carnage with stealing human souls in order for him to exit his home dimension. Carnage manages to drain enough people (including Dr. Ashley Kafka and Lieutenant Terri Lee), but Spider-Man, Iron Man and Venom go to their lair and stop Dormammu from entering their world, thus returning the souls back into their bodies.
However, Dormammu's portal was still open because he linked himself and Carnage together, thus leading Venom to sacrifice himself by throwing himself into said portal to stop Carnage from pulling his lover Ashley in there with him. Carnage's fate after that is left unknown.
Personality[]
“ | Jonah, Kasady's not a man. He's a monster. He's done things even the post wouldn't print. | „ |
~ Robbie Robertson to J. Jonah Jameson about Cassidy. |
While not quite as horrendous in personality and actions as his comic book counterpart, due to the show being targeted towards a younger audience, Cletus Kasady was ever as monstrous with or without the symbiote. He showed no concern for the lives of others, including his own, as shown when he was willing to bomb a whole city, which would have killed him as well. He also displayed very misogynistic behavior, such as when he threatened to bite Venom's lover, Ashley Kafka after he asked her for a kiss, and also hated Venom for his love he had for Ashley. He was perfectly willing to murder his symbiote father for the pitiest of reasons-and even tried to kill him after they brought the Probe to Mordo's lair. Although he followed Dormammu at every order, it was only out of the joy he would gain upon seeing Dormammu destroy Earth, and was not out of any true loyalty to him.
He was also shown to be incredibly hypocritical, as he called Venom an "ingrate" for refusing to follow through on freeing Dormammu, despite the fact that everything Carnage did for the dark lord was out of self-interest, which he made perfectly clear to Baron Mordo when the latter warned him not to "go back on [his] word". Cletus Kassidy was so insane that he bonded perfectly to the symbiote, to point where he would refer to himself as "I" instead of "we", like Venom does. Once he's given the powers to drain souls by Dormammu, he became even more bent on chaos, draining the lives of at least 12 innocent people and taking sadistic delight in doing so. As Robbie Robertson put, he was much more of a monster than he was a man.
Quotes[]
“ | I was raised in this place. It was a real house of horrors! It still is, man! You'll see. (cackles maniacally) | „ |
~ Kasady ambushing Detective Terri Lee in his apartment building. |
“ | Man, what a dump! No pool, no stereo, and weirdos everywhere you look! Aren't you gonna give me some therapy, beautiful lady? Don't I get a goodbye kiss, or are you afraid I'm gonna bite? | „ |
~ Kasady to Dr. Ashley Kafka when he first arrives at the Ravencroft Institute. |
“ | Hey man...I could eat you for breakfast! | „ |
~ Kasady's first interaction with Eddie Brock. |
“ | Kasady: What in the name of... Baron Mordo: It is my master, Dormammu who confers this gift upon you Kasady. Kasady: A gift? Baron Mordo: Remember. You wanted the same power that I offered Eddie Brock. Kasady: This is it? Baron Mordo: But to enjoy it, you must first swear to serve Dormammu forever. Kasady: No problem man! He sounds like my kind of guy! Let me have the power! What do I do? Baron Mordo: This is a symbiote. A living organism. It must bond with you. Kasady: And then I get to be like Brock? Baron Mordo: Similar but different. As different as you are from Brock. Once you bond it will reflect your hatred for humanity, your lust for destruction. Kasady: I'll take it! Baron Mordo: It must take you. |
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~ Baron Mordo offers Cletus Kasady the Carnage symbiote in exchange for his service. |
“ | Come on! What are you waiting for? I am YOURS, man! We're gonna wreak glorious carnage throughout the land! | „ |
~ Kasady before bonding with his symbiote. |
“ | Venom: Who are you? Carnage: Your offspring! Venom: Offspring? Yes. Yes! We recall replicating. Carnage: Our flame headed friend sent us to get this. Call us... Carnage! |
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~ Carnage and Venom joining forces. |
“ | Think of the damage we can do now, man! (laughs) | „ |
~ Carnage to Spider-Man. |
“ | You're just a sentimental old fool, dad! And we've got to do everything ourselves! | „ |
~ Carnage calls Venom a fool and then attacks Spider-Man and War Machine. |
“ | We could leave you now. We've done our job, but we want a bonus! Dad! Ready for some father-son quality time? Between the two of us, there won't be enough left of Spider-Man to fit in a matchbox. But we'll try, won't we?! (cackles maniacally) | „ |
~ Carnage about to chop Spider-Man into tiny pieces with a symbiotic axe-hand. |
“ | Guess I could say you axed for this, Web-Man! | „ |
~ Carnage about to kill Spider-Man. |
“ | To heck with my word, man! I'm gonna bring this [the interdimensional probe] back. I can't wait to see the horrors Dormammu's gonna commit when he gets here! | „ |
~ Carnage before retreating from Stark Industries. |
“ | That was good for an old guy. | „ |
~ Carnage fighting Venom. |
“ | I hate havin' mah meals interrupted! | „ |
~ Carnage under fire from the military. |
“ | Just like sardine cans. Snack time! | „ |
~ Carnage draining two soldiers' souls in a tank. |
“ | I hope your life force isn't as useless as your life! | „ |
~ Carnage trying to steal Spider-Man's soul. |
“ | Carnage: No, why isn't it working? Baron Mordo: Carnage. Your body can hold no more life force. Come back so that you can be drained. Carnage: (to Spider-Man) I'll catch you later for dessert! |
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~ Carnage and Baron Mordo. |
“ | Carnage: This is taking forever! I've got people to torment! Baron Mordo: The transfer is almost complete. Carnage: And then we can say hello to hot head. I mean Dormammu. Baron Mordo: The urn is not yet full. We need the energy of a few more lives. Carnage: Only a few? Too bad. |
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~ Carnage and Baron Mordo. |
“ | Good evening, Detective Lee. I told you we'd meet again... to settle old accounts. | „ |
~ Kasady ambushing Detective Terri Lee in her apartment. |
“ | You ruined my surprise! I'm gonna shred you to pieces! Hot head gets your life force but I get the rest of ya. | „ |
~ Carnage fighting Spider-Man. |
“ | Carnage: We needed one more life force and you're elected. Ashley Kafka: Kasady! Carnage: If one person deserves this more then him, it's you! |
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~ Carnage draining life energy out of Spider-Man and then takes Ashley Kafka instead. |
“ | Alright, hot head! We've been waitin' for ya! Do your stuff! | „ |
~ Carnage releases Dormammu from the Dark Dimension. |
“ | I'm not going in there alone! | „ |
~ Carnage's last words before being sucked into Dormammu's dimension, trying to take Ashley with him. |
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- Had the series been renewed for a sixth season, Spider-Man would have fought Carnage in Victorian London, where he would be revealed as Jack the Ripper.
External Links[]
- Carnage on the Pure Evil Wiki.