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Spider-Ham

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'''Spider-Ham''' (real name '''Peter Porker'''), is an [[anthropomorphic]] [[pig]] [[character]] who is the [[funny animal]] parody version of [[Wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics']] popular [[Wikipedia:Spider-Man|Spider-Man]] character, created by [[Wikipedia:Tom DeFalco|Tom DeFalco]], Larry Hama and Mark Armstrong.

His first appearance was in the 1983 one-shot humor comic book ''Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham'' #1, which was then followed by an ongoing bimonthly series, ''Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham''. The series lasted 17 issues, all of which were published under Marvel's Star Comics imprint. He primarily exists on Earth-8311, one of the Marvel universes, which is populated by other animal parody versions of Marvel heroes and villains.<ref name="Time">{{cite news|title= Top 10 Oddest Marvel Characters|work= Time|date=2009-09-03|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2009/09/02/top-10-oddest-marvel-characters/slide/spider-ham/|access-date=2010-03-04}}</ref>

== Background history ==

Spider-Ham was born a [[spider]] who lived in May Porker's basement, but one of her inventions went wrong, and was bitten by her, transforming him into an anthro pig himself, although still with the abilities of a spider. It's never established whether he is still a spider with the limitations of a pig or a pig with the proportionate strength and agility of a spider.

Spider-Ham begins to fight injustice and the occasional funny animal villain parodied of existing Marvel villains, such as Ducktor Doom, often alongside funny animal versions of Marvel heroes, such as Captain Americat and Hulk-Bunny. Another one of his enemies includes Venom-Ham, also known as Pork Grind, who is an animal version of Venom whom he also fights among others that are also animal versions of Marvel villains.

== Comic issues ==
[[File:Spider-Ham variant cover of ASM 528.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Variant cover to Amazing Spider-Man #528, by Mike Wieringo.]]
The Spider-Ham series also included back up strips featuring such characters as Deerdevil ([[Wikipedia:Daredevil (Marvel Comics)|Daredevil]]), Goose Rider ([[Wikipedia:Ghost Rider (comics)|Ghost Rider]]) and the Fantastic Fur (the [[Wikipedia:Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four]]).

Some of these back-ups were contradictory, presenting different anthropomorphic versions of characters in different stories, such as two [[Wikipedia:Namor|Namor]] counterparts: the Sub-Merchandiser (a [[dog]]) and the Sub-Marsupial (possibly a [[Wikipedia:Wombat|wombat]]).

However, the Asinine Torch (a [[donkey]]) that appeared in a story with the Sub-Marsupial and the Fantastic Fur's Simian Torch are not two variants of the Fantastic Four's [[Wikipedia:Human Torch|Human Torch]]; since he was depicted as elderly in the 1980s, and referred to as an "old sparring partner" of the Sub-Marsupial's, he was obviously a counterpart to the [[Wikipedia:Human Torch (android)|Golden Age Human Torch]].

== Back into the mainstream ==

The character faded into cult status, alongside other funny animal super-heroes, such as DC's [[Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew]]. Until recently, the Marvel crew decided to give Spider-Ham another chance.

Returning triumphantly in 2005 by popular demand in a poll in variant cover art for Amazing Spider-Man #528 by artists Mike Wieringo and Karl Kesel, Spider-Man Family #1 featured a sixteen-page Spider-Girl story, in which May Parker (Peter Parker's daughter) watches a DVD showing a small portion of a fictional Spider-Ham animated series, discovering that it was created by one of Spider-Man's enemies, Jack O'Lantern. Also in the issue, there was a reprint of ''Marvel Tails'' #1.

Finally, after a nearly 20 year hiatus of Spider-Ham stories, in January 2007, J. Michael Straczynski authored the ''Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham'' one-shot, featuring Spider-Ham's attempt to find his missing "thought balloons" against a [[Wikipedia:Civil War (comic book)|Civil War]] parody.

In the 2019 comic, Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle, Spider-Ham and Venom-Ham are also featured.

==In other media==

===Television===
* In the animated series ''[[W:Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', Spider-Ham appears in two forms.
** In the season one episode "Run Pig Run", Loki gives Spider-Man an enchanted hot dog by disguising himself as a hot dog vendor that turns him into an anthropomorphic pig resembling Spider-Ham on the day of Asgardsreia, a holiday where Asgardians go on a day long hunt which ends at sundown, as payback for foiling a previous scheme of his. With the help of Thor, Phil Coulson, Nick Fury, and his fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. trainees, "Spider-Ham" evades the Executioner and his Asgardian hunters until he turns back to normal at the end.
** Spider-Ham later appears in the multi-part episodes in seasons three and four, voiced by Benjamin Diskin. This version of Peter Porker was a pig who got his powers from a spider that fell into his Aunt May's vitamin pancake batter and transferred said vitamins and powers to him, turning him into Spider-Ham. He used his powers for good and even joined his world's Avengers, but J. Jonah Jackal turned the public against him and forced him to quit. In the episode "The Spider-Verse" Pt. 2, Spider-Man encounters him while he is relaxing on his farm. With his encouragement, Porker decides to become Spider-Ham once again and help him fight the Green Goblin. Following the battle, Iron Mouse, who is Iron Man's animal counterpart, offers Spider-Ham a spot on the Avengers again, which he accepts. In "The Spider-Verse" Pt. 4, Spider-Ham joins forces with a group of alternate reality Spider-Men to help Spider-Man defeat the Spider-Goblin and Electro. In "Return to the Spider-Verse" Pt. 1, Spider-Ham ends up in Peter Parker's living room due to the effects of the shattered Siege Perilous. In "Return to the Spider-Verse" Pt. 4, Spider-Ham is captured by Wolf Spider, who seeks to drain all of his multiversal counterparts' life forces, before Spider-Man defeats Wolf Spider.

* He has also appeared in ''Marvel Battleworld: Mystery of the Thanostones'' and ''Treachery at Twilight'', which are series based on the toy line, as well as the web-series ''Marvel TL;DR''.

===Film===
* Spider-Ham appears in ''[[W:Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse|Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'', voiced by John Mulaney. This version follows similar cartoon animal behavior as seen in cartoons from the golden age of American animation and bears a resemblance to [[Porky Pig]] from the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' franchise. Additionally, Spider-Ham's origin remains the same and he seems to be aware of the fact that anthropomorphic animals are not common in other universes. He arrives in Miles Morales' universe along with Spider-Man Noir and Peni Parker due to the Kingpin's machinations before teaming up with them, Morales, Peter B. Parker, and Spider-Gwen to get back to their respective home universes; using his unique skill set to fight off the Kingpin's henchmen along the way. Before returning home to his own universe, he leaves his cartoon mallet with Morales as a keepsake.
* In the prequel short ''[[W:Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham|Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham]]'', which is part of the home release of that film, when he is about to enjoy a hot dog, he gets kidnapped by Doctor Crawdaddy. He battles and defeats him in his typical cartoonish fashion until an interdimensional portal appears and affects him and his surroundings in a manner similar to the ''Looney Tunes'' short ''Duck Amuck'' before whisking him away, leading into his appearance in the film when he gets sucked into it and his hot dog pops out of it.

===In video games===

Spider-Ham also made appearances in video games, like ''Spider-Man Unlimited'', ''Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions'', ''Spider-Man: Edge of Time'', ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', ''Marvel Contest of Champions'', ''Marvel Heroes'', ''Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2'', ''Spider-Geddon'', ''Super Hero Squad Online'', ''Marvel Avengers Academy'', ''Marvel Puzzle Quest'' and ''Marvel Contest of Champions'' in one of the quests, which is Back on the Air.

== See also ==

* [[W:Spider-Ham|Spider-Ham]] on [[Wikipedia]]

==References==
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==External links==

* [http://www.toonopedia.com/spidrham.htm Spider-Ham] on [[Toonopedia]]
* [http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/title/peter_porker.html Peter Porker] on [[SpiderFan.org]]
* [http://www.comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=9624 Spider-Ham] on [[ComicBookDB.com]]

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Nick Furry (Marvel character)

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'''''Nick Furry, Agent Of S.H.E.E.P.''''' is a Marvel Comics [[funny animal]] bear character created by writer Mike Mellor, parodying the popular [[Wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] character [[Wikipedia:Nick Fury|Nick Fury]]. The character made guest appearances in various issues of Marvel's funny animal title [[Spider-Ham|Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham]] which featured a great many parody versions of other regular Marvel characters, such as May Porker, J. Jonah Jackal, Iron-Mouse, and Galactypus to name but four.

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Caitian

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[[File:mress1.png|thumb|right|M'Ress, the Caitian communications officer of the USS ''Enterprise''.]]
'''Caitians''' (singular, '''Caitian''') are a fictional felinoid [[species]] featured in various ''[[Star Trek]]'' media, most prominently in ''[[w:Star Trek: The Animated Series|Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' and ''[[w:Star Trek: Lower Decks|Star Trek: Lower Decks]]''.

In-universe, Catians are a spacefaring [[feline]] species hailing from the planet Cait, and are long-standing members of the United Federation of Planets and Starfleet.

== Appearance history ==
Depictions of Caitians have varied throughout ''Star Trek'''s history. In all prime timeline depictions, Caitians exhibit several feline attributes, including short faces, triangular [[ear]]s, large yellow or green eyes with vertically slitted pupils, [[whiskers]], fangs, and a [[tail]]. Their bodies are covered in [[fur]], which can appear in a range of colours and patterns.

=== Introduction ===
Caitians were first seen in the sixth episode of ''The Animated Series'', "The Survivor" (first aired October 13, 1973), in which the Caitian Lieutenant [[wikia:memoryalpha:M'Ress|M'Ress]] is introduced as a communications officer aboard the USS ''Enterprise'', taking the position when [[wikia:memoryalpha:Uhura|Uhura]] is off-duty. She is depicted as a [[lion]]-like humanoid with [[digitigrade]] legs and a distinctive "purring" voice, supposedly caused by biological differences making it difficult for her to speak languages like English. M'Ress is the only Caitian depicted in ''The Animated Series'', appearing in six of the series' 22 episodes.

''The Animated Series'' also featured the [[Kzin|Kzinti]], an antagonistic race similar to Caitians. Materials released alongside the series (which are not necessarily canon), state that the Kzinti and Caitians share a common ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://danhausertrek.com/AnimatedSeries/MRessBio.html |title=Lieutenant M'Ress Biography |work=Curt Danhauser's Guide to the Animated Star Trek |access-date=2022-01-31}}</ref> The status of ''The Animated Series'' to the wider franchise's canon has [[w:Star Trek canon|fluctuated over time]] and is nowadays generally considered to be non-canonical,<ref>"Do you think the Animated series should be considered canon? Or even more so, IS the Animated Series canon?" "We don't consider it canon, but it's kinda cool to throw in the odd reference here and there." - [[w:Ronald D. Moore|Ronald D. Moore]], AOL's "Ask Ron D. Moore" message board, October 1998.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/66895.html |title=''The Animated Series'' Gets Real |work=StarTrek.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706235350/http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/66895.html |archive-date=2007-07-06}}</ref> however the Caitians, Kzinti, and M'Ress have all been referenced in canon ''Star Trek'' media in the years since.

=== Later appearances ===
[[File:Caitian-brown.jpg|right|thumb|A Caitian admiral from ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''.]]
Two male Caitians appear as a background characters in ''[[w:Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home|Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'', a brown-furred admiral and a black-furred commodore who resemble a [[lynx]] and [[panther|black panther]] respectively. Both are both seen attending James T. Kirk's court martial.

The Caitian homeworld, Cait, is briefly referenced in the first episode of season two of ''[[w:Star Trek: Discovery|Star Trek: Discovery]]''.

[[File:T'Ana.png|left|thumb|Doctor T'Ana, the chief medical officer of the USS ''Cerritos''.]]
''Star Trek: Lower Decks'', which premiered in 2020, featured the first recurring Caitian character to the franchise: chief medical officer of the USS ''Cerritos'', Doctor T'Ana. Unlike M'Ress, T'Ana resembles a domestic house cat, has [[plantigrade]] feet and no difficulty speaking English. T'Ana appears in most episodes of ''Lower Decks''.

Several more Caitians, all resembling various domestic cats, appear in the second season ''Lower Decks'' episode "We'll Always Have Tom Paris" and a photograph of M'Ress appears in the background of the same episode. A Kzinti ensign also appears serving aboard the ''Cerritos'', marking their first appearance since ''The Animated Series'', and first as an ally to the Federation.

A Caitian child makes a recurring appearance as one of The Diviner's prisoners in ''[[w:Star Trek: Prodigy|Star Trek: Prodigy]]''. Unlike previous Caitian appearances, this character has white eyes with round pupils.

=== Other appearances ===
[[File:STO-Caitians.png|thumb|right|Caitian officers, as depicted in ''Star Trek Online''.]]
Caitians were added as a purchasable playable race in ''[[wikia:memoryalpha:Star Trek Online|Star Trek Online]]'' in June 2010. Their appearance was modelled after their appearance in ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''.

''[[w:Star Trek Into Darkness|Star Trek Into Darkness]]'', which is set in an alternate timeline to most ''Star Trek'' media, features a radically different Caitian appearance. They are much more human in appearance, lacking the fur and facial features of typical Caitians, whilst maintaining furred tails and gaining ridged ear and neck markings. Although not identified by name in the film, producer [[w:Damon Lindelof|Damon Lindelof]] confirmed this was their interpretation of Caitians in an interview following the film's release.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://intl.startrek.com/article/exclusive-interview-damon-lindelof |title=EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Damon Lindelof |work=StarTrek.com |first=Jordan |last=Hoffman |date=2013-05-16 |access-date=2022-01-31}}</ref>

== Caitians and furry ==
[[File:Caitians.jpg|thumb|left|A pair of ''Animated Series'' Caitians on the 'prowl'. Illustrated by [[Neverwench]].]]
M'Ress remained popular for years after the end of ''The Animated Series'', and was the unofficial inspiration of ''[[Freighter Tails]]'' and stories by [[Paul S. Gibbs]]. M'Ress, with her cat-like voice patterns and her [[anthropomorphic]] features, represents one of the first "furry" [[character]]s shown on TV, one that was neither a human with cat ears nor a talking cat.{{cn}}

An alien feline race called "Caitians," inspired by but not intended to be identical with the ''Star Trek: The Animated Series'' version, is featured in the [[Chakona Space]] setting.

== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[wikia:memoryalpha:Caitian|Caitians]] on [[wikia:memoryalpha:|Memory Alpha]], a ''Star Trek'' wiki for canon works
* [[wikia:memorybeta:Caitian|Caitians]] on [[wikia:memorybeta:|Memory Beta]], a ''Star Trek'' wiki for licensed, non-canon works

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