Hydro-Man (2010 Marvel Animated Universe)

Evil-doer

Hydro-Man
Morris Bench

Full Name

Morris Bench

Alias

Hydro-Man

Wet-Willie
Water Boy
Punk
Slow Drip
Wipe-Out
Force of Nature

Origin

Ultimate Spider-Man

Occupation

Supervillain

Member of the Sinister Six (formerly)

Powers / Skills

Hydrokinesis

Hydro physiology

Goals

Escape from S.H.I.E.L.D. custody (succeeded; later failed)

Defeat the Web Warriors
Aid Doctor Octopus in taking over HYDRA Island (both failed)

Crimes

Attempted mass murder

Prison escape
Terrorism
Conspiracy

Type of Villain

Elemental Supervillain

“	You think you're gonna get past me.? I'M A FORCE OF NATURE!	„
	~ Hydro-Man to Spider-Man.

“	Sandman: Spider-Man's shown me nothing but respect and compassion. Can you say the same for Doc Ock? Hydro-Man: Compassion's overrated.	„
	~ Hydro-Man facing off against Sandman.

Morris Bench, better known by the alias Hydro-Man, is a supporting antagonist the first half of Ultimate Spider-Man vs. the Sinister Six. A supervillain with water based powers, Hydro-Man joins the third incarnation of the Sinister Six.

He was voiced by James Arnold Taylor, who also voiced Molten Man in the same show, Rako Hardeen and Osi Sobeck in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Eddie in Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, and Bob the Cucumber in Drawn Together.

Biography[]

Backstory[]

Morris Bench was once an ordinary criminal until an incident granted him the ability to control and transform his entire body into water earning the nickname Hydro-Man. Nick Fury eventually captured Bench and had him imprisoned in a top secret SHIELD base never to be released.

Escaping SHIELD Custody[]

When Spider-Man and the Web-Warriors answer a distress signal at an abandoned mall in Queens, they find a vacuum-sealed room where Hydro-Man was being held. Spider-Man inadvertently frees Hydro-Man who claimed that Nick Fury was keeping him in this hideout for his own protection, and they decide to bring him back to the Triskelion. However, when Iron Spider looked up Hydro-Man's criminal record and found out that he is a villain, Hydro-Man sheds his charade and attacks the group, causing Iron Spider to do an emergency landing in the Queens neighborhood where Aunt May resides.

In order to combat Hydro-Man, Spider-Man, Kid Arachnid, Iron Spider, and Scarlet Spider had to use freeze webs until they ran out. As a final plan, Spider-Man had his fellow spiders throw their web cartridges into Hydro-Man, which caused the released webbing to absorb Hydro-Man. Back at the Triskelion, Spider-Man receives word that the jet carrying Hydro-Man back to his prison got intercepted. This causes Spider-Man to suspect that Doctor Octopus was behind it and now has a possible candidate for the Sinister Six which is later confirmed to be the case.

Aligning with Doc Ock[]

In the episode "The New Sinister 6" Pt. 1, Hydro-Man appears as a member of Doctor Octopus' Sinister Six along with Kraven, Electro, Ultimate Goblin and Rhino. He is shown sporting a new outfit (similar to the second outfit from the comics) with the Hydra emblem on the chest. During the attack on the Triskelion, Cloak uses his abilities to send Hydro-Man to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Hydro-Man returns where he causes a tidal wave on the Triskelion and then forms a waterspout around it.

In the episode "The New Sinister 6" Pt. 2, Doctor Octopus has Hydro-Man destroy the Triskelion as he heads out to claim the key to Dr. Curt Connors' Anti-HYDRA weapon. This causes Spider-Man to awaken Sandman in order to fight Hydro-Man. As the two elementals battle each other the SHIELD Tri-Carrier is transformed into Doctor Octopus' OCTOPUS Island. Hydro-Man takes advantage of the distraction and knocks Sandman down. After the island crashes into the sea, Sandman catches the escape pod that Spider-Man and Aunt May are in and then defeats Hydro-Man.

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