Mary Jane Watson - "Face IT, Tiger, You Just Hit The Jackpot!"

"Face It, Tiger, You Just Hit The Jackpot!"

"Face it, Tiger... you just hit the jackpot!", Mary Jane's first words to Peter, is one of the most famous quotations in superhero comic book history. The quotation is duplicated in nearly every continuity in which Mary Jane appears and repeated in nearly every flashback to their first encounter. It is also often referenced or parodied in other contexts. Appearances of the quotations in Marvel comic books and other Marvel products include:

• The Amazing Spider-Man #343 (January 1991) - Willie Lumpkin greets Aunt May with the quote at the door to the Parker home, calling her "tigress."
• The Amazing Spider-Man #545 (January 2008) — said by Mary Jane as she and Peter's marriage is wiped out by Mephisto.
• Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives (January 1990)
• Deadpool #6 (June 1997) — Typhoid Mary parodies the quotation.
• House of M #5 (October 2005) — Spider-Man recalls the original scene when Layla Miller restores his memories.
• Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness #4 (August 2007) — the Necronomicon parodies the quotation to taunt Ash Williams ("Face it, tiger... You crapped out!").
• Mary Jane: Homecoming (July 2006) — said to Harry Osborn and Flash Thompson ("Hey, boys... you just hit the jackpot.")
• The Spectacular Spider-Man, in "The Invisible Hand episode. (Episode 6)
• Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage (video game on the Sega Genesis and SNES) — in story frames
• Spider-Man: Blue #2 (August 2002)
• Spider-Man Family #6 (February 2008) — Spider-Man jokingly says the line to Zabu, Ka-Zar's companion sabertooth tiger.
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series, in the "Return of the Spider Slayers" episode. (Episode 4)
• Spider-Man Unlimited #2, Maximum Carnage Part 14 — Before Peter goes to fight Carnage, Mary Jane said "Face it tiger... you hit the jackpot."
• Ultimate Spider-Man #13 (November 2001)
• What If vol. 2 #20 (December 1990) — In the story "What If the Amazing Spider-Man had not married Mary Jane Watson?", Spider-Man pursues a relationship with the Black Cat (Felicia Hardy); Felicia speaks the line instead of Mary Jane.
• What If vol. 2 #105 (February 1998) (later reprinted as Spider-Girl #0) — delivered by MJ's and Peter's daughter Spider-Girl in the alternate MC2 universe.

In Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #12, Chameleon uses the term to his partner when he discovers Peter Parker is Spider-Man.

This line was not used in any Spider-Man films, although "Tiger" has been used by Mary Jane as a term of endearment and she says "Go get 'em, Tiger."

Outside of Marvel, the line has also been used in:

• In DC Comics' Supergirl #7, Linda Danvers learns that the date her parents set her up with (similarly to Peter's first date with Mary Jane, set up by Aunt May) is her abusive, Satanic ex-boyfriend Buzz, who says "Face it, tigress, you just hit the jackpot."
• In Image Comics' The Pirates of Coney Island #6, a girl says the line to Patch, the main character of the series.
• The line is said in Clerks II by Dante's fiancée when they discuss his coming new life.
• At the end of Amalgam Comics' Spider-Boy #1 Spider-Boy is introduced to Mary Jane Watson—also known as the Insect Queen. Upon being introduced Mary Jane utters her variation on the famous quotation, "Face it, Spider, You just hit the jackpot!"
• In the interactive fiction game Varicella, this is the first thing Princess Charlotte says when you meet her.
• As the band name for Brooklyn-based group Jackpot, Tiger