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NOTE: This page is only about the symbiote part of Spider-Carnage. For the Spider-Man clone, see here.
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Drawn by Peter's hatred, it bonded with him somehow, and drove him completely insane!
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~ Scarlet Spider explaining how the Carnage symbiote bonded with Spider-Man, thus creating Spider-Carnage.
Carnage is the overarching antagonist of the 1994 superhero television series Spider-Man.
It is an alternate version of the prime Carnage symbiote that was transported to Earth-98311 from an unknown dimension by one of Kingpin's devices. Upon arriving, it possesses who was believed to be an evil clone to Peter Parker (a.k.a. Ben Reilly/Scarlet Spider).
Carnage is an alien symbiote that was accidentally transported to an alternate reality by a device created by said reality's Kingpin. It was summoned when Ben Reilly, a.k.a. The Scarlet Spider, was trying to stop Kinpin in his plans but was interrupted by his clone, Peter Parker. The Parker clone had held a grudge against Reilly due to the revelation that he had been a clone of him, the real Peter Parker, created by Dr. Miles Warren.
Once the symbiote arrived, it bonded with the Parker clone due to his grudge and hatred for humanity, driving the man insane and thus Spider-Carnage was born. Upon his birth, Spider-Carnage had teamed up with Kingpin, as well as Alistor Smythe, the Hobgoblin and Green Goblin-ordering the two goblins to massacre all of New York City. He puts his partners under the delusion that he wants them to steal some equipment from J. Jonah Jameson to build a machine he can use to control people's minds with, when he's actually intending to use it to destroy all of the multiverse.
The Goblins' plans in stealing the equipment are somewhat interrupted by Spider-Man from the Prime Universe, who was brought there by the Beyonder, thus he tries to kill him. However prime Spider-Man is teleported to Madame Web's lair by the Beyonder before Spider-Carnage can do any more damage. Madame Web then reveals that she had foreseen Spider-Carnage's plans as well as the results should this plan become successful, therefore she recruited Peter Parker from the Prime Universe, as well as four other Spider-Men in aiding Scarlet Spider to stop him.
Once they track down Spider-Carnage to Kingpin's lair, all the other Spider-Men engage in a fight in which Spider-Carnage's true plans are revealed to Kingpin. Enraged, Kingpin attacks Spider-Carnage, but the symbiote overpowers him. Spider-Carnage's plans in destroying the multiverse are thwarted by the following Spider-Men, however he manages to open a portal to the Armored Spider-Man's universe before the building explodes. The Spider-Men and Kingpin are transported to Madame Web's lair, and prime Spider-Man is taken to Armored Spider-Man's universe. Upon arriving there, he finds out that Armored Spider-Man is a billionaire scientist whose identity as Spider-Man is known to everyone.
After Spider-Carnage's attempt at killing prime Spider-Man with Armored Spider-Man's giant Spider-Robot fails, it is revealed that he manipulated Kingpin (who is Armored Spider-Man's lawyer) into kidnapping prime Spider-Man so he may pretend to be Armored Spider-Man in order to avoid suspicion. However, prime Spider-Man is rescued by Armored Spider-Man's fiancé, Gwen Stacy, and he escapes to reveal Spider-Carnage's true identity.
Spider-Carnage and Prime Spider-Man engage in a fight, and Gwen manages to subdue Spider-Carnage with a sonic gun. However, Kingpin stops it. Upon recovering, Spider-Carnage kidnaps Gwen Stacy, threatening to kill her should anyone follow him to where he intends to finish the machine, and go through with his plans in destroying all of reality. Prime Spider-Man comes up with the idea of bringing Armored Spider-Man's uncle Ben to the rooftop where Gwen is being kept. Once there, Ben is able to reach out to the Peter Parker being controlled by the evil symbiote. Parker repents and tries to break free of Carnage, but the alien won't go down without a fight, causing Peter severe pain in the process. Parker is forced to use the device to open an unbalanced portal, so he may jump into and sacrifice himself, along with Carnage. The plan is a success and the portal is vaporized, killing both of them.
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The symbiote refuses to break away from Peter Parker
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Carnage is the overarching antagonist of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, since while Kingpin is the show's main antagonist, it was more dangerous than he could ever be, as it came dangerously close to destroying all of reality itself. It was also the final foe that Madame Web was setting Peter Parker up against, since it threatened the whole multiverse.
While some may argue that its host was the main villain, it was the symbiote itself that was responsible for Spider-Carnage going mad in the first place, as it is well established in the series that its bonding with him is what drove him insane to begin with, and was making him do terrible things he would not do himself. Therefore, the symbiote is the true villain behind the clone's most horrendous actions.
It remains unknown as to whether or not the symbiote was Carnage from Season 3, and if it escaped from Dormammu's dimension with the help of Kingpin's device. However, considering Cassidy was going to return in the show as Jack the Ripper had the series not been cancelled, it's unlikely.