In "The Insidious Six" and "Battle of the Insidious Six", the Kingpin recruits Scorpion and five other supervillains to form the eponymous team in an attempt to kill Spider-Man, but he ultimately defeats them. In "The Final Nightmare", desperate to find a cure for his condition, Scorpion kidnaps Stillwell, but the scientist destroys the Recombinator to stop others from creating monsters like Scorpion. After saving the Vulture from an exploding building, Scorpion takes him hostage under the belief that he is smart enough to change him back. Meanwhile, Alistair Smythe, requiring Scorpion's genetic code to further his own experiments, holds Black Cat hostage to coerce Spider-Man into bringing Scorpion to him. However, Scorpion manages to escape Smythe after Vulture attacks and attempts to leave his life of crime. In the five-part episode "Six Forgotten Warriors", Scorpion rejoins the Kingpin and the Insidious Six to locate the Red Skull's doomsday device. By the episode's end, Scorpion escapes from the police and goes back to his own life. Mac Gargan is alluded to in The Spectacular Spider-Man episode "The Final Curtain", in which the Chameleon, disguised as Norman Osborn, thanks the private investigator on the phone for investigating Donald Menken's address. Scorpion was originally set to appear had the series continued. Mac Gargan / Scorpion appears in Spider-Man (2017), voiced by Jason Spisak. In his most notable appearance in the episode "The Day Without Spider-Man", he pursues an unsuccessful partnership with the Tinkerer, who uses energy from the Blood Gem to turn him into a large monster, only to be defeated by Spider-Gwen, Anya Corazon, and the Ultimate Spider-Man. Marvel Cinematic Universe Mac Gargan appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). He first appears in the live-action film Spider-Man: Homecoming, portrayed by Michael Mando. This version takes inspiration from the mainstream and Ultimate Marvel incarnations and is depicted as a ruthless and notorious gangster with an extensive criminal record and a scorpion tattoo on his neck. He meets with Adrian Toomes' associates at the Staten Island Ferry as part of a deal to receive advanced alien weaponry. However, Spider-Man interrupts the deal and webs Gargan to the ferry before the latter gets knocked into the bay during Spider-Man's fight with Toomes. In a mid-credits scene, Gargan meets with Toomes in prison to discuss friends of the latter's who share his desire to get revenge on Spider-Man and Toomes knowing