In the 1994 Spider-Man animated series episode "The Mutant Menace," a panicked city blames rising anti-mutant sentiment on terrorist attacks orchestrated by the Hobgoblin and Kingpin. Seeking a cure for his own worsening, unstable mutation, Spider-Man finds allies in the X-Men, leading to a showdown against the villainous plot and a mutated Dr. Landon.
The episode focuses on themes of prejudice, the nature of mutation as identity versus disease, and the necessity of teamwork, highlighted by the X-Men's temporary distrust of Spider-Man. [S2E4] The Mutant Menace
