Spawn (Animated Series)

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“	Who made you God, little man? Not that gun. Not that uniform. Nothing. You wanna scare people, fine. I need a scarecrow. You're gonna be my personal message board. I want everyone to see what happens when they come here uninvited.	„
	~ Spawn to a corrupt cop in "Souls in the Balance"

“	Alright game boy, this is what you're gonna do. Stay alive long enough to give your boss- what's his name? You're gonna tell Tony to keep his goons out of these alleys. As of now, they're out of bounds. You're gonna give him my message. Cause guess what? As far as I know, I'm already dead. Which means, I'm waiting for your sorry ass in the afterlife.	„
	~ Spawn to a mafia member

Background

Spawn, real name Albert Simmons, is the titular main protagonist of the 1997 HBO animated series Todd McFarlane's Spawn. He was reborn as a Hellspawn on Earth and later became known as the vigilante Spawn.

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Albert Simmons was a high-profile CIA operative. He received fame from taking a bullet for the president. When he worked with Jason Wynn on a secret operative mission, he was murdered by his partner at the time Jess Chapel by orders of Wynn Reborn in New York City Returning from Hell by making a deal with Malebolgia, he finds himself dealing Hell's bidding of killing those who served the dark lord. Spawn followed his instinct and found himself killing Mafia members early upon his arrival to earth. This infuriated Mafia leader, Tony Twist. Twist called in his hitman to deal with him. In the meantime, Spawn found a mentor in Cogliostro as he learned to use his new found powers. He battled a mafia hitman Overkill putting Twist in a touch situation as he was on loan from Rome. In his personal life, he experiences flashbacks of what his life used to be like. He watches his ex-wife, Wand Blake, fall in love with his best friend, Terry Fitzpatrick. When Spawn overheard a police scanner report that Cyan Fitzgerald had been kidnapped, he responded and saved her from child-killer Billy Kincaid. As he walked Cyan back to the end of the alley for her to return to her mother, he handed Cyan his wedding ring. Cyan ran back to her mother, Wanda who was completely beside herself how she obtained Al's wedding ring. Cyan responded, "the sad man gave it to me.

General Information

Name: Albert Simmons

Other Names: Spawn

Origin: Todd McFarlane's Spawn

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Human, Hellspawn

Status: Other (Albert Simmons was once a government assassin who was killed and resurrected as a Hellspawn in order to see his wife once again)

Alignment: Lawful Neutral initially (Al was a government assassin, that was noted by Todd McFarlane himself that he did it for the love of his family and his country, noted that he took a bullet for the president. Though Al had did terrible things, going as far as to kill women and children when ordered), Chaotic Good upon being resurrected as Spawn (Saved a detective that was attacked by a group of corrupt cops. Stopped corrupt cops who attempted to beat an innocent man over him exposing their corruption. Saved hobos from mafia members trying to get information out of them, and then afterwards forced one of them still alive to tell their boss that alleyway was off limits. Forced Tony to stop attacking the alleyways and threatened him to keep his men away from there. Saved a deaf kid before he was caught in the grenade explosions from a murdererous preist. Noted that Spawn finally chose a side after he saved the kid. Saved the daughter of his ex-wife from a child killer. Became a guardian to the hobos of the alleyway. Noted that inside of Spawn there is some good. Jade noted that Spawn is not like the other hellspawns and that there is some good inside him. Noted by Todd McFarlane that Spawn has no soul but still has a heart, and notes she spared his life because of his inner good)

Codex Statistics

Tier: 9-B, Higher with Chains

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Wall level (Can conjure green energy that allows him to easily destroy doors. Easily bent a metal pipe and stuck it into a wall. Ripped open a coffin door. Easily broke a man's arm. Killed Overkill and tore him apart, who could rip arms apart and break through walls. Easily broke a man's hand. Punched a hole in the roof of a car. Casually threw Chapel through a wooden door. Ripped off the top of a church structure), Higher with Chains (His chains can easily rip parts of humans and overpower those comparable to him)

Durability: Wall level (Took multiple missile explosions at once and having debris fall on him. Noted that his suit protects him from harm. Tanked an explosion. Tanked getting shot by an RPG explosion, which results in this levels of energy)

Striking Strength: Wall Class (His punches caused an entire church to shake, broke through a massive statue. Easily broke apart a wooden plank), Higher with Chains

Lifting Strength: Superhuman (Ripped open a coffin door. Easily opened a steel door that was locked closed. Lifted and threw a stone fountain used for baptizing people), Class 1 with Chains (Chains can rip off body parts and break bones and necks)

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Moved faster then Chapel could see)

Attack Speed: Supersonic (Comparable to Jade, who is able to block multiple shots from assault rifles)

Reaction Speed: Supersonic (Dodged a missile blast)

Stamina: Superhuman (Spawn rarely ever gets tired despite normally stalking his wife, protecting the hobos in the alleyway and barely being able to sleep due to constant nightmares)

Range: Standard Melee, Dozen of Meters with Chain Manipulation (His chains can easily disarm multiple people meters away with ease), Hundreds of Meters with Guns, Unknown with Teleportation

Intelligence: Genius Intelligence (Noted that in his human life Spawn was "one hell bent, kick ass, take no prisoners government assassin". Spawn's killing four of a cleaning crew was noted that their deaths were so well done that it had to be the work of a government trained assassin. When looking through footage of Spawn, one was so impressed by his movement they noted they haven't seen that movement since Al Simmons. Shown to be the one that taught Chapel martial arts before he became Overkill. Pulled off a headshot on a fleeing target)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Acrobatics (Spawn is able to jump high heights to reach the top of a building from the ground), Natural Weaponry (Has naturally sharp claws that allow him to easily cut into a tree), Martial Arts (Shown to be the one that taught Chapel martial arts before he became Overkill), Weapon Mastery (Multiple Weapons; Noted that in his human life Spawn was "one hell bent, kick ass, taken no prisoners government assassin". Shown to be skilled enough to easily shoot various men with a gun with headshots), Stealth Mastery (Due to his costume, he is able to use it to blend in with the shadows and hide from people. Hid from corrupt officials trying to capture Terry Fitzgerald while protecting him the entire episode. Snuck around and a heavily armed and surpervised building full of police officers and cameras to reach all the way to Jason Wynn's top office), Intimidation (Spawn is able to inflict fear into those, making them repeat his warnings before their deaths and allowing him to interrogate people. Put complete fear into Overkill. Put so much fear into Chapel that he tried to commit suicide from fear), Surface Scaling (Able to dig his fingers into surfaces and climb them), Pain Tolerance (Feels no real pain from multiple gunshot wounds. Felt no pain getting slashed across his body. Stabbed himself with a wooden stake yet felt no pain), Extrasensory Perception (It's noted that warriors can feel forces massing against them and agonizing wait for battle. Noted that he can "feel the death" in a graveyard), Pierce Resistance (Standard Pierce Resistance; When focused, Spawn is able to have bullets bounce off his body. Was completely unaffected by multiple bullets shot at him), Regeneration (Low-Mid; Took multiple shots from a gun and healed all the wounds, even with it hitting lethal spots like his heart. Regenerated from getting slashed all across his body. Attempted to stab himself multiple times with a wooden stake but regenerated. Regenerated from being stabbed through the chest), Immortality (Regenerative Immortality; As a hellspawn, he is able to regenerate even lethal gunshot wounds), Supernatural Resilience (Noted he is unable to die, attempting to stab himself multiple times and still living), Body Control (Able to control his cape to trip up opponents), Telepathy (Spawn is able to grab one's head and look into their memories), Transformation (Shapeshifting; Spawn is able to freely shapeshift into different animals, such as when he transformed into a flock of bats. Through letting the shroud envelope him, he can take any form he wishes), Teleportation (Spawn possesses the ability to teleport, with it being implied that the suit used his teleportation for the first time to protect him), Healing (Healed Terry Fitzgerald's injuries), Chain Manipulation (Has control over chains that he can use to disarm and grab people to throw them around. His chains are strong enough to easily break guns, along with use it to choke people), Penetration Damage (Can use his chains to stab through people and pierce them), Energy Manipulation (Can conjure green energy that allows him to easily destroy doors), Mind Manipulation (Memory Manipulation; Placing his hand on Chapel's head had him show him his memories. Madness Manipulation; Turned Chapel insane from placing his hand on his head, mentally breaking him and putting him in constant fear repeating "I killed him"), Illusion Manipulation (Standard Illusions; Made Chapel believe there were insects on his hands. Put the visions of hell into Jason Wynn's mind. Put Granny in an illusion to where she could speak to her lover Jack), Space-Time Manipulation (Put Frankie in a loop where time was stopped and he kept getting put back in front of a waiting bullet), Restoration (Caused the bullet holes in the curtains to be reverted, made Jason Wynn's gun have its bullets back to make it seem like his appearance and confrontation with him was all a dream).

Resistance to Extreme Heats (Spawn is able to sit within heavy fires just fine), Smoke Manipulation (Unaffected by smoke gas), Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation; Noted that Hellspawns are soulless and return to earth soulless. Noted by Todd McFarlane that Spawn has no soul. Essence Manipulation; Spawn holds the remnants of all the past hellspawns)

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Equipment

• Chains: Spawn has chains he can freely control to throw people around.
• Cape: Spawn has a cape he can freely control, being shown to use the cape to choke someone hard enough to the point that they start bleeding as shown in the season 1 finale.
• Suit: The suit that hellspawns wear, with it being noted that they protect them from harm.

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Notable Techniques

• Necro Energy: Green necro energy spawn can use to do things like fully destroy doors and blast foes.
• Teleportation: Spawn has the ability to teleport when he's in danger.
• Mind Reading: Spawn is able to grab someone and look into their mind to read their memories.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Spawn will use his chains to grab and attack his opponents, along with this he will use his cape and guns in combat along with instilling fear into his opponents. He will also use weapons if need be.

Weaknesses: Noted that each battle with Spawn drains his strength. Suffers from PTSD flashbacks and memory lost. Spawn has a weakness to fire, the burning temporarily incapcitating him, though he seems to have overcome this in season 2. Spawn despite having an immortal body, can die through being decapitated. When he transforms, the human body he's in retains his weakness. Attacks from other supernatural beings can inflict actual pain onto him and make it harder for his body to regenerate, needing to get insects to regenerate his wound.

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