Fans were not appeased by this explanation, and Romita says that Marvel received some death threats. In other media Television "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" was adapted in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. In the episode "Chapter XIV: Turning Point", the Green Goblin hurtled Mary Jane Watson off the bridge, but instead of dying, she falls through a portal, unseen to Peter Parker believing she has fallen and perished in the water below. The episode's name is the same as the main cover caption of the first issue in "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" arc. "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" is somewhat reenacted in the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon series. Instead of Gwen Stacy, other female characters that have a connection to Spider-Man are the Green Goblin's would-be victims: White Tiger (Ava Ayala) in the episode "Ultimate", and Spider-Girl (Petra Parker) in the episode "The Spider-Verse (Part 1)". "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" was loosely adapted in the 2016 four-part season finale of the third season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., collectively known as "Fallen Agent", with Daisy Johnson and Lincoln Campbell respectively taking the roles of Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy. The episodes were marketed with a promotional poster for the event recreating the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #121 with the series' cast (created by Greg Land, and also appearing as a variant cover for Civil War II #0), teasing the identity of the finale's titular Fallen Agent. Films "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" was adapted into the end of the 2002 Spider-Man film, with Mary Jane Watson again taking the role, although she did not die; Spider-Man managed to save her by jumping after her and catching her in person, subsequently battling the Green Goblin after lowering Mary Jane to safety, although Green Goblin dies similarly to how he did in the comics. "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" was adapted in the 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The Green Goblin — here Harry Osborn rather than Norman — drops Gwen Stacy through the top of a clock tower. Spider-Man saves her and knocks the Goblin off of his glider. The glider collides with the clock tower that Gwen is standing on, and she falls. Spider-Man catches her again and she dangles below until the turning clock gears cut the web Gwen is hanging from, just as the Goblin attacks him. After knocking aside the Goblin, Spider-Man dives, shooting a web