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|name = Screwball
 
|name = Screwball
 
|home = [[New York City]]
 
|home = [[New York City]]
|occupation = Internet personality/criminal
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|occupation = Criminal<br />Internet personality
 
|gender = Female
 
|gender = Female
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|abilities = Expert gymnast
 
|voice actor = [[wikipedia:Stephanie Lemelin|Stephanie Lemelin]]
 
|voice actor = [[wikipedia:Stephanie Lemelin|Stephanie Lemelin]]
 
|original appearance = Screwball (Earth-616)
 
|original appearance = Screwball (Earth-616)
 
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'''Screwball''' is a side character in ''[[Marvel's Spider-Man]]'' and its story DLC ''[[The City That Never Sleeps]]''. A mentally unstable Internet personality, Screwball uses [[Spider-Man]] and criminals to get more hits on her web channel.
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'''Screwball''' is a minor antagonist in ''[[Marvel's Spider-Man]]'' and its story expansion ''[[The City That Never Sleeps]]''. A live-streamer and criminal with millions of followers, Screwball uses [[Peter Parker|Spider-Man]] to get more hits on her web channel. She is voiced by [[wikipedia:Stephanie Lemelin|Stephanie Lemelin]].<ref>{{cite web|website=IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5807780/fullcredits|title=Spider-Man (Video Game 2018) - Full Cast & Crew|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref>
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
===Early history===
 
Much of Screwball's true identity, as well as her early history, is unknown. At some point, she became an Internet personality, gathering a substantial following.
 
 
 
===''Marvel's Spider-Man''===
 
===''Marvel's Spider-Man''===
Screwball was first encournter in the [[Internet Famous]] [[side missions|side mission]], lying to Spider-Man about having a hostage, and ordered him to complete various city-threatening missions. After completely the tasks, while also dealing with Screwball's "followers", Spider-Man discovered it was a trick. Spider-Man defeats more of her followers, and arrests her. Before being taken in, Screwball states that she could not be held responsible as it was her followers that did the damage, to which the police admit that she has a point.
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Screwball is first seen in the side mission [[Internet Famous]], where she lies to Spider-Man about having a hostage, and orders him to complete various city-threatening missions while she streams it online. Spider-Man falls for it and completes the tasks, while also dealing with Screwball's fans who attack him. After finally discovering it was a trick, Spider-Man defeats more of her fans, and arrests her. Before being taken in, Screwball states that it was her followers that did the damage, to which the police admit that she has a point.
   
 
===''The City That Never Sleeps''===
 
===''The City That Never Sleeps''===
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Fresh out of jail, Screwball contacts Spider-Man again and goads him into doing more [[Screwball Challenges|challenges]], all while she live streams Spider-Man's feats for her new show. After reaching 50 million followers, she throws a giant rooftop party to celebrate. With the help of [[Miles Morales]], Spider-Man uses this opportunity to track her down. After a chase over the rooftops of [[New York City|Manhattan]], Spider-Man finally catches her and leaves her to the authorities once more.
Having gotten out of jail, Screwball contacts Spider-Man again and goads him into doing more challenges.
 
 
Screwball challenges Spider-Man to complete her challenges for her constant livestream. While completing her challenges, Spider-Man must use a photobomb to appease Screwball's fans, such as throwing a bomb at a billboard and webbing up prisoners, so that Screwball's OMGs will be filled. Once the challenges were done, Spider-Man asks [[Miles Morales]] to look for a the party Screwball was hosting, leading to him finding the location. Suddenly a box was broken and Screwball entices her viewers for her chase, Spider-Man goes after her and eventually catches her, leading to her being arrested again.
 
   
 
==Characteristics==
 
==Characteristics==
 
Screwball is seen wearing a white jumpsuit with a white biker helmet, both of with are adorned with fuchsia stripes and her logo, and opaque golden sunglasses. According to [[J. Jonah Jameson]], she has purple hair.
===Appearance===
 
Screwball is always seen wearing a white jumpsuit with a white biker helmet, both of with are adorned with fuschia stripes and her logo. She wears opaque golden sunglasses. According to [[J. Jonah Jameson]], she has purple hair.
 
   
 
Screwball is shown to be a narcissistic and mentally unstable woman who only ever seems to care about getting as many followers and hits as possible. As such, she has no qualms about using Spider-Man or endangering civilians just to increase her popularity. Screwball uses heavy "social media speak", such as "TTYL", "hashtag", "LOL", and "S-M" as an abbreviation for Spider-Man. Despite possessing a somewhat super-villainous nature, Screwball is more often than not regarded as more of a tiresome annoyance and a severe social media addict by most of New York than an actual threat.
===Personality===
 
Screwball is a narcissistic and mentally unstable woman who only cares only about getting as many followers and hits as possible. As such, she has no qualms about using Spider-Man or endangering civilians just to increase her popularity. Screwball has a tendency to speak in Internet slang, using terms such as "LOL" and "TTYL".
 
   
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Screwball is extremely skilled in gymnastics, allowing her to free run across the city's rooftops without losing momentum, to the point where even Spider-Man initially has some difficulty keeping up with her.
===Powers and Abilities===
 
'''Superhuman speed and agility''': Screwball can run and move at great superhuman speeds, and is highly agile and acrobatic. She was able to free run across multiple buildings without losing momentum, and she was able to run fast enough that even [[Peter Parker|Spider-Man]] initially had trouble keeping up with her.
 
'''Enhanced jump''': Screwball also has incredible jumping skills, capable of jumping several hundred meters with a single bound, and is easily capable of jumping and leaping from one building over a street to the next.​​​​​​
 
   
 
==Original appearance==
 
==Original appearance==
{{mdb|Screwball|Screwball (Earth-616)}}Screwball first appeared in [[w:c:marvel:Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 559|''Amazing Spider-Man'' #559]] (July 2008).
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Screwball first appeared in [[w:c:marvel:Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 559|''Amazing Spider-Man'' #559]] (July 2008).
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
Screwball is voiced by [[wikipedia:Stephanie Lemelin|Stephanie Lemelin]].
 
   
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Revision as of 20:37, 16 July 2020

Screwball is a minor antagonist in Marvel's Spider-Man and its story expansion The City That Never Sleeps. A live-streamer and criminal with millions of followers, Screwball uses Spider-Man to get more hits on her web channel. She is voiced by Stephanie Lemelin.[1]

History

Marvel's Spider-Man

Screwball is first seen in the side mission Internet Famous, where she lies to Spider-Man about having a hostage, and orders him to complete various city-threatening missions while she streams it online. Spider-Man falls for it and completes the tasks, while also dealing with Screwball's fans who attack him. After finally discovering it was a trick, Spider-Man defeats more of her fans, and arrests her. Before being taken in, Screwball states that it was her followers that did the damage, to which the police admit that she has a point.

The City That Never Sleeps

Fresh out of jail, Screwball contacts Spider-Man again and goads him into doing more challenges, all while she live streams Spider-Man's feats for her new show. After reaching 50 million followers, she throws a giant rooftop party to celebrate. With the help of Miles Morales, Spider-Man uses this opportunity to track her down. After a chase over the rooftops of Manhattan, Spider-Man finally catches her and leaves her to the authorities once more.

Characteristics

Screwball is seen wearing a white jumpsuit with a white biker helmet, both of with are adorned with fuchsia stripes and her logo, and opaque golden sunglasses. According to J. Jonah Jameson, she has purple hair.

Screwball is shown to be a narcissistic and mentally unstable woman who only ever seems to care about getting as many followers and hits as possible. As such, she has no qualms about using Spider-Man or endangering civilians just to increase her popularity. Screwball uses heavy "social media speak", such as "TTYL", "hashtag", "LOL", and "S-M" as an abbreviation for Spider-Man. Despite possessing a somewhat super-villainous nature, Screwball is more often than not regarded as more of a tiresome annoyance and a severe social media addict by most of New York than an actual threat.

Screwball is extremely skilled in gymnastics, allowing her to free run across the city's rooftops without losing momentum, to the point where even Spider-Man initially has some difficulty keeping up with her.

Original appearance

Screwball first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #559 (July 2008).

References

  1. Spider-Man (Video Game 2018) - Full Cast & Crew. IMDb. Accessed March 24, 2019.

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