History Characters / SpiderManTrilogySupervillains

* {{Retcon}}: In the first film, it was established that Dennis Carradine was the one that murdered Uncle Ben, an act that resulted in Peter becoming Spider-Man and using his powers for the good of the city. [[spoiler:In ''Spider-Man 3'', this was changed to Marko being Uncle Ben's true killer.]]

* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In the original comics, Marko had no connection to Peter apart from being one of his many foes. Here, [[spoiler:he is Uncle Ben's true killer, an act that resulted in Peter becoming Spider-Man and using his powers for the good of the city.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may be a desperate criminal who wants to save his daughter, but he doesn't want to hurt anyone in the process. [[spoiler: He only tried using his gun to scare Ben Parker into getting out of his car and is horrified when he inadvertently kills Ben.]] After resuming his robbery spree as Sandman, he tries to avoid putting innocent civilians in harm's way and prefers to deal with any police and security guards he encounters non-lethally by simply knocking them unconscious rather than inflicting any permanent damage.

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: [[spoiler: He is startled by his partner and accidentally discharges his gun at Uncle Ben, whom he was merely trying to carjack.]]

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: A minor one. As in the comics, Eddie and the symbiote bond over their shared hatred of Spider-Man. However, in the comics it really is ''Spider-Man'' Eddie hates for revealing his interview partner was lying - in the movie, it is ''Peter Parker'' who he hates for revealing he doctored some pictures of Spider-Man. The outcome is the same.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Retroactively becomes this in the first film, since it's revealed that [[spoiler:he is Uncle Ben's true killer, an act that resulted in Peter becoming Spider-Man and using his powers for the good of the city.]]

[[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/SpiderManTrilogySpiderMan Spider-Man]]) | '''Supervillains''' ([[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyGreenGoblin Green Goblin]] | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]]) | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOthers Others]] | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyExtracanonical Extracanonical]]-]]]]]

** Eddie and the symbiote have nicer and more heroic counterparts on [[Characters/SSUEddieBrockVenom Earth-688B]], with [[spoiler:''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'' revealing that the symbiote hive mind spans universes and the Venom symbiote on that Earth subconsciously has PastLifeMemories of this version of itself.]]

[[folder: Harry Osborn / New Goblin]]

* FreudianExcuse: His actor, Topher Grace, once said that he thinks Eddy turned out the way he did because he had a bad childhood.

[[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/SpiderManTrilogySpiderMan Spider-Man]]) | '''Supervillains''' ([[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyGreenGoblin Green Goblin]], [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]]) | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOthers Others]] | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyExtracanonical Extracanonical]]-]]]]]

[[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/SpiderManTrilogySpiderMan Spider-Man]]) | '''Supervillains''' ([[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyGreenGoblin Green Goblin]]) | ([[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]]) | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOthers Others]] | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyExtracanonical Extracanonical]]-]]]]]

[[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/SpiderManTrilogySpiderMan Spider-Man]]) | '''Supervillains''' ([[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyGreenGoblin Green Goblin]]) | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOthers Others]] | [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyExtracanonical Extracanonical]]-]]]]]

->For tropes applying to his appearance in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, see Characters/MCUMultiversalVillains
!!Dr. Otto Octavius / ComicBook/DoctorOctopus / "Doc Ock"
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Octarm-doc-ock_9627.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"The real crime would be not to finish what we started."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AlfredMolina
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GabrielPingarron (Latin American Spanish dub), Roberto Macedo (Brazilian Portuguese dub), Gabriel Le Doze (European French dub), Luis de Cespedes (Canadian French dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' | ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' [[note]]Archive audio from ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''[[/note]]

->''"{{The power of the sun}} in the palm of my hand! Nothing will stand in our way! NOTHING!"''

The BigBad ([[AIIsACrapshoot sort of]]) of ''Spider-Man 2''. Otto Octavius was a kind man who wanted to give the world unlimited power. However, his experiment turns into a FreakLabAccident and his robotic arms are fused to his body. Corrupted by their evil AI, nothing will stop Otto from finishing his experiment even if it means destroying the city to do it.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Doctor Octopus is ugly in the comics, in contrast to his [[BigBeautifulMan much more striking]] depiction by Creator/AlfredMolina in the film.
* AdaptationalHeroism: For most of his history, until TheNineties, Otto Octavius was a gangster and terrorist, who sought to control New York's underworld, fought gang wars with other superpowered gangsters (The Owl, Hammerhead), and once tried to bomb New York with a {{neutron bomb}}. This version makes that part of Otto solely the result of the AI tentacles overwriting his brain functions rather than his real self.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the comics, he was arrogant and unlikeable even before becoming Doc Ock, and also was more than willing to become a supervillain. The movie portrays the pre-accident Octavius as a nice and decent person who wants to do good with his inventions. It helps that he is HappilyMarried in this version, as well as serving as sort of a {{mentor}} to Peter in scientific fields - in fact, Peter cites Otto's own ethics to him which leads to Otto breaking free from the MindControl of his arms and willingly performing a HeroicSacrifice. Also, instead of choosing the life of a criminal, he is more or less [[BrainwashedAndCrazy forced into evil by his own robotic arms' uninhibited artificial intelligence]].
* AdaptationalSympathy: Rather than being an InsufferableGenius from an abusive home, Ock is really a good person who got the short end of the stick when an experiment blew up in his face, killed his wife, and fused his tentacles to his spine, causing them to go rogue and start making him do things he otherwise wouldn't.
* AIIsACrapshoot: He knows that this is a very real possibility with the radically advanced AI in his tentacles and that having said AI connected directly to his own brain could have some very dangerous consequences. Unfortunately, the failsafe he installs to protect himself gets fried when his experiment [[GoneHorriblyWrong doesn't go as planned]] and the influence of the tentacles quickly leads directly to his inevitable FaceHeelTurn.
* AlasPoorVillain: All he wanted in life was to create technology that could change the world in amazing ways and make everyone happier, a goal that ended up blowing up in his face as it resulted in the death of both his wife and his reputation, and ultimately led to him being corrupted by the very things he had good intentions with. In the end, [[spoiler:he realizes his mistakes and puts an end to what was once his dream, taking himself along with it.]]
** Even ''his tentacles'' partially get this treatment in the novelization. [[spoiler:As Otto sinks down into the river along with the fusion reactor, his tentacles are utterly terrified at the thought of dying, not wanting to go out after only having been alive for such a short time. As they continue to sink down further, they desperately beg for their "father" to save them, not even realizing that he's already long gone.]]
* AlliterativeName: '''O'''tto '''O'''ctavius.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Warns Peter to find Spider-Man or he'll "peel the flesh off [Mary Jane's] bones."
* AnimalMotifs: Aside from the obvious octopus-theming in his name, the film also adds a very [[SnakesAreEvil serpentine]] quality to his tentacles: they slowly slither (and then suddenly strike), open and close their claws like a snake with its jaw and whirl and hiss mechanically much like a serpent.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: An unintentional example on his part. He only designed the actuators to help control fusion - but the Daily Bugle takes one look at the undeniably tentacle-like machines and cartoonishly dubs him "Doctor Octopus."
* AntiVillain: Woobie Anti-Villain. A genuinely good man and husband wishing to use his intelligence for the good of mankind who turns into a monster because of his failed experiment and tries to replicate it despite endangering half of New York.
* ArcWords: "Intelligence is not a privilege, it's a gift. And you use it for the good of mankind." A philosophy which is ultimately the catalyst for Otto's HeelRealization.
* BadassBookworm: A smart (if delusional) scientist and a capable fighter with his tentacles.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears one to hide his tentacles.
* BigBad: He is the main antagonist of the second film, though the AI of his metal arms are actually controlling him.
* BigNo: When he wakes up at the hospital after his mechanical tentacles went berserk and viciously murdered everyone present, Octavius realizes what just happened and lets out a particularly soul-crushing version of this trope. His arms scream with him, hinting that his control over them may not be completely gone.
** He gives another one at the end as he drowns his machine, but it's an utterance of his determination not to die a monster.
* BirdsOfAFeather:
** Otto and Rosie fell in love because they were both passionate and philosophical in their respective fields, physics and literature. They even tried to woo each other using the Theory of Relativity (Otto) and Creator/TSEliot (Rosie).
** Also with Peter; both are scientific geniuses with a sense of responsibility. Notably, Peter is able to redeem Otto by revealing his secret identity and reminding him of their shared ideals.
* BrainyBrunette: A brown-haired nuclear physicist smart enough to successfully spark a fusion reaction. Unfortunately, he's not quite adept enough to control it. Even as Doc Ock, he demonstrates a clever, strategic mind, tricking Spider-Man into weakening himself for capture and taking a hostage to discourage police pursuit.
* ColdHam: Contrary to Green Goblin's [[EvilIsHammy bombastic-ness]], Doc Ock speaks in gravitas.
* CombatTentacles: Well, he ''is'' called "Dr. Octopus." And the four metal arms look like tentacles.
* CompositeCharacter: In addition to being based on his comic book counterpart, this Doc Ock shares similarities to multiple characters from the Spider-Man mythos:
** Naturally, his status as a successful scientist with mechanical tentacles of his invention that are welded to his back come from his comic book counterpart, as well as at least a touch of his hubris. Also, like his counterpart from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', he is an idol to Peter Parker and his chief work was a fusion energy project.
** His more amiable demeanor, happily married family life, friendship with Peter Parker/Spider-Man, genuine desire to help humanity with his work (in contrast to comic book Octavius' more self-centered attitude), and experiment going awry leading to his transformation into a supervillain with something of a split mind of some kind resembles that of Curt Connors aka The Lizard (according to some sources, the character was in fact originally written to be Connors in an earlier draft).
** Also notably, the character's "symbiotic" relationship with the mechanical tentacle AI bears a striking resemblance to the character Eddie Brock/Venom through the fact that in both cases, each was a human man (Otto and Eddie) who becomes combined with some powerful resource that gives him superpowers (the tentacles and the symbiote) that has a personality of its own that comes to form an alliance with the man and sharing his mind/body. Also in both cases, the character started out as a good man whose life was torn apart because of an honest mistake on their part, however, both danced around accepting responsibility for it. Doc Ock even refers to himself as "We" during the film's climax, which is a very well-known trait of the Venom from the comics.
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Only way to hide his tentacles, although he only hides them during the bank scene. The outer green trenchcoat remains a constant part of his wardrobe after the bank heist.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In the previous film, Norman Osborn's Green Goblin was a manic, AxCrazy MalevolentMaskedMan who relies on [[GadgeteerGenius a wide range of gadgets]] to exact vengeance on his board members and later wreak havoc on the entire city. In contrast, Octavius is a more focused DeadpanSnarker who only resorts to violence and crime in pursuit of finishing his work, he makes no attempt to hide his identity and mostly relies on the direct brute force of his mechanical arms. Norman was also directly focused on tormenting Spider-Man in particular, while Otto viewed him as a nuisance and only actively targeted him on Harry's orders. And while Norman fully commits to his villainy [[HoistByHisOwnPetard and causes his own downfall]], [[spoiler:Otto comes to his senses with Peter's help and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath gives his life]] [[HeroicSacrifice to save the city]].]]
* CoolShades: After becoming Dr. Octopus, he wears a classy {{Hipster}} style spectacles.
* TheCorrupter: The tentacles' advanced AI manipulates Otto into becoming a criminal and rebuilding the fusion reactor.
* CurbStompBattle: The confrontation between Octavius and officers at the bank has him easily disarm and defeat them by flinging them away with his tentacles.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Brown hair and brown eyes.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: The tentacles manipulate him to re-build his fusion reactor and continue his experiments, no matter the cost.
* {{Cyborg}}: The mechanical actuators are controlled by his brain, and end up permanently fused to his body.
* DeadpanSnarker: Very much [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], but he has his moments of sardonic wit.
-->''[After increasing the speed of the subway train they were fighting on and destroying the brakes]''\\
'''Otto:''' ''[tosses over the broken lever to Spider-Man]'' You have a train to catch!
* DeathSeeker: Implied following the FreakLabAccident, Rosie's death, and the accidental hospital massacre, as he initially believes that he and his tentacles belong "at the bottom of the river"... [[FaceHeelTurn until they convince him of a new purpose.]]
* {{Determinator}}: He's got to be this in order to keep control of his own mind against the tentacles' A.I., as well as fighting a super strong (albeit holding back) Spider-Man despite being punched and kicked numerous times. Interestingly, this is both a virtue and a flaw of Otto's; it leads him to try rebuilding his reactor at any cost, but also enables him to [[spoiler:take back control of himself via HeroicWillpower and save the city]].
* DidntThinkThisThrough: While he claims to "know the consequences of the slightest miscalculation", his inability to take Peter's questioning into consideration on whether he could stabilize the fusion reaction results in the experiment not stabilizing during his demonstration.
** His plan afterward counts as well. Even if he were to get the machine to work, it would likely be for naught anyway, as no one would be lining up to use it after his very public crime spree. Possibly justified in this case, as he's being influenced by the straightforward programming of the actuators, who likely don't have the capacity to consider consequences once the deed is done.
* DiesWideOpen: He dies with his eyes open as shown in the final shot of his body sinking into the river.
* DragonInChief: He briefly becomes this to Harry Osborn. Otto approaches Harry to demand the tritium that he needs for his experiment, and Harry requests in return that Otto bring Spider-Man to him. Once Otto fulfills his end of the bargain, he takes the element and dismisses Harry without a second thought, while Harry sits out the rest of the film after telling Peter where Otto is.
* DyingAsYourself: Octavius' tentacles influence him to commit evil for most of the film, but he comes to his senses in the end and regains control of them to perform a HeroicSacrifice.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Played with. In the novelization, he chooses to take Harry's deal instead of killing Spider-Man himself because he thinks he's above vengeance and murder. However, he doesn't mind threatening and killing people who get in his way.
* EvilCounterpart: To Peter. This is reflected in not only [[MirrorCharacter their abilities]] (with the producer even remarking on the DVD commentary that there's nothing Spidey can do do that Octavius cannot match or counteract in some way), but in their personalities as well. The movie emphasizes them as kindred spirits, with both being geniuses who want to use their "powers" to help people and who lose a loved one through their own negligence and pride. But whereas Uncle Ben's death drives Peter to become a hero and learn the lesson of responsibility early on, the death of Otto's wife drives him mad with grief and he doesn't come back around until the end. Emphasized even more in an earlier draft of the movie where Otto was a much younger man closer to Peter's own age.
* EvilHand: The tentacles have an advanced AI. So advanced that Octavius added [[RestrainingBolt an inhibitor chip]] on them to protect his higher brain functions. The chip gets destroyed in the accident and, with their new-found freedom, the tentacles enter Octavius' mind and manipulate him into rebuilding his fusion reactor.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Alfred Molina has said that when researching the character, he knew he wanted to preserve Ock's "cruel, sardonic sense of humor". It shows -- Otto deliberately performs a JumpScare on Harry Osborn, enjoys his one-liners, and generally conducts himself as a downplayed DeadpanSnarker.
-->'''Otto:''' Before we begin [the demonstration], has anyone lost a large roll of twenty dollar bills in a rubber band? Because we found the rubber band.
* EvilIsPetty:
** Downplayed. When using Aunt May as a hostage and Spider-Man demands him handing her over to him, he drops her and then blames it on "butterfingers", saying so in a snarky tone.
** He pushes Harry away from his own safe to pursue the tritium for himself.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Not nearly as much as the Goblin, but Otto's voice pretty frequently drops into a raspy growl when he's in full Doc Ock mode.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:As he drowns in the river with his fusion reactor, Otto calmly stares upward.]]
* FailsafeFailure: Otto is smart enough to try avoiding AIIsACrapshoot by installing a RestrainingBolt on his tentacles. Too bad it gets fried exactly when it was needed.
* FatalFlaw: Despite his good intentions, Otto's hubris and overconfidence in his abilities drives him for most of the film. His refusal to shut down the unstable experiment results in Rosie's death and his transformation into Doctor Octopus, and his turn to villainy is caused by his insistence that the experiment's failure [[NeverMyFault wasn't due to his mistake]]. It isn't until his final moments during his HeroicSacrifice that he acknowledges his ego and how he really knew so little.
* FauxAffablyEvil: When Otto is taken over by his Tentacles, he uses a polite yet humorous tone but it falls flat when he's shown committing heinous crimes.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: When he gets corrupted by his [[AIIsACrapshoot advanced tentacle arms]], he puts on a pair of sunglasses to complete the look.
* FreakLabAccident: Became Doc Ock after his experiment demonstration failed horribly.
* GentleGiant: At the start. He's 6'2 and almost a downplayed BigFun, with his kind, charming personality. His life's work is all to help others. He even amiably chats with a college student for several hours and has him over for lunch with his wife (after a brief moment of brushing him off), even giving him romantic and personal advice despite Peter technically just being there for an academic visit. After his FreakLabAccident, the gentle scientist is lost in grief that quickly turns to bitterness and anger...
* AGodAmI: It's clear Ock's newfound super strength has gone to his head after he boasts several times that no one stands a chance of stopping him from getting his way. He's also developed a massive hubris after getting a fleeting glimpse of his reactor, waxing poetic about holding "the power of the sun in the palm of my hand."
* HappilyMarried: To Rosie before she died in the accident. Octavius tells Peter about how he wooed Rosie with poetry in college.
* HearingVoices: With the inhibitor chip of his mechanical limbs damaged, the limbs' A.I. influences Octavius's actions and he describes it as something in his head speaking to him.
* HeelRealization: He comes to have one at the end thanks to Peter.
* HellIsThatNoise: Octavius's tentacles make a loud, distinct whirring noise when he is approaching somewhere which forebodes his presence.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He destroys his fusion reactor to save New York and drowns with it.]]
* HeroicWillpower: Upon realizing that his actuators are free to corrupt him when he finds out his inhibitor chip was destroyed, he briefly tried to resist their control, but ended up succumbing to their will. However, after Peter appeals to the good in him during the climax, he reclaims control of his mind from the actuator without the inhibitor chip.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He's close friends with Dr. Curtis Connors, the two sharing a mutual respect.
* IcarusAllusion: Octavius genuinely believes his intelligence should be used to benefit mankind and shepherd humanity into a new age. [[spoiler:His hubris causes the artificial sun to malfunction and destroy Octavius' humanity in the process. With his spirit broken and at true emotional vulnerability, the tentacles unintentionally corrupt him due to their programming wanting to finish the experiment by any means necessary. When he realizes the weight of his actions in the third act, he atones by sinking the experiment into the ocean, drowning in the process.]]
* IconicSequelCharacter: He's the trilogy's most revered villain, but only appears in the second film.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Initially admits his fusion reaction experiment was a failure, but thanks to the influence of his tentacles, he immediately goes into denial and starts rebuilding his machine.
* InterimVillain: While Otto is the BigBad of his respective movie, his plot is standalone compared to the larger plot of the whole trilogy.
* LawOfInverseFertility: The novelization reveals he and Rosie couldn't have children of their own. Stemming from this, Otto comes to [[LikeASonToMe regard Peter as a son/protégé he could mentor and guide.]] While influenced by his tentacles, he briefly considers them his "children".
* MadeOfIron: While his CombatTentacles are a genuine power in their own right, granting him SuperStrength and greater reach, his real body is still very much human and able to take many hits from the very much superhuman Spider-Man (although Spidey is holding back constantly to avoid killing him) and keep on fighting.
* MadScientist: As per norm for Doc Ock. His ForScience goal is what he believes for humanity's greater good even if the machine isn't stable, but he is manipulated by his tentacles to continue to do it anyways. Ironically, the ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization reveals he used to despise this trope.
* MeaningfulName: The ''Daily Bugle'' names him "Doctor Octopus" due to his eight limbs.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: His outfit here has an army green trenchcoat over a second brown coat, as opposed to his classic green and yellow jumpsuit from the comics.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: After the accident.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: He has four metal arms permanently attached to him which makes him able to fight the likes of Spider-Man.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Otto shows remorse for his actions that caused the death of his wife Rosie and the surgeons at the hospital who were about to operate on him.
* MyGreatestFailure: Regards the demonstration that resulted in his wife's death and that burned the inhibitor chip protecting him from the tentacles' control as this.
-->'''Otto:''' My Rosie's dead. My dream is dead. And these... monstrous things should be at the bottom of the river... along with me.
* NatureIsNotAToy: Otto endeavored to create a clean source of infinite energy to power all of New York, and in that pursuit, he made ''multiple'' breakthroughs in the field of robotics and fusion. This resulted in the creation of a reactor capable of forming a mini-star, and the four robotic arms, each with highly advanced AI and composed of the heat and magnetic-resistant material necessary to control the star's magnetic field. However, during the nearly successful demonstration in his home in New York, he neglects to account for the possibility of the star's magnetic field inducing currents on the metals within his own home (or arrogantly assumed it within his ability to control), and the resulting accident kills his wife, and fries the inhibitor chip preventing the arms' AI from controlling him. [[spoiler:The second time he tries it, he regains enough of his humanity and his true identity to pull a HeroicSacrifice before the star's growing magnetic field tears all of New York apart.]]
* NeckLift: Does it to both Spider-Man and Peter Parker.
* NeverMyFault: A byproduct of his hubris. Otto downplays any risks or oversights that his reactor experiment could have before and during his demonstration. He eventually (albeit briefly) admits he was wrong, but quickly shrugs the idea off with a little enabling from the arms, reasoning that he "couldn't have miscalculated" because the machine was clearly working at first. For the rest of the movie, his goal is to recreate the reactor, this time larger and without any alterations or new safeguards to speak of. That is until the end of the film, when he [[HeelRealization finally takes responsibility for his actions]] and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath pays the ultimate price to atone for the damage caused by his negligence and pride]].
* NiceGuy: Before the accident, Otto was an affable man who loved his wife Rosie, and genuinely wanted to help the people of New York by giving them unlimited solar energy.
* NominalVillain: Unlike his comic incarnation, this version of Dr. Octopus only becomes evil because the AI controlling his robotic tentacles possesses him. In the film's climax, Peter is able to help him regain control of himself and he performs a HeroicSacrifice to save the city.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:Otto had a desire to grant renewable power for the whole world with his experiment, but miscalculations result in the death of his wife and his transformation into a supervillain.]]
* NoShirtLongJacket: Can't wear a shirt due to the way the tentacles are strapped on him. Doesn't stop him from donning trenchcoats, though.
* NotAfraidToDie: He shows no sign of fear when opting to drown alongside his fusion reactor.
* NothingCanStopMeNow: Says this after mistakenly believing that Harry has followed through with his deisre and killed Spider-Man.
-->'''Doc Ock:''' I can't let you go. You'd bring the police. Not that anyone can stop me now that Spider-Man is dead.
* NotSoAboveItAll: According to the novelization, he despises depictions of scientists as madmen in film but wouldn't mind getting their powers of [[PowerPerversionPotential X-ray vision]].
* NotWearingTights: He never dons any of his costumes from the comics.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: A researcher with a primary focus on particle physics/energy sciences... that develops a bio-mechanical masterpiece AS A SIDE PROJECT, just as a supplement/tool to help him in his other research. Possibly justified, as it's never specified he built the arms alone (in fact, an early draft of ''Film/IronMan'' would reveal they were a creation of Stark Enterprises) and does have Oscorp funding, meaning it's possible he got significant help from their labs, but still an example as he understands its functionality well enough to show how it works off, as well as know how it's gone wrong after the accident.
* OffhandBackhand: Quite often, Ock strikes at something outside of his eyesight range without even turning around. This is because his tentacles have mechanical eyes, so he essentially has a 360 degree range of vision that allows him to easily spot and intercept any threat from any direction. It makes him rather menacing.
* ThePlan: Manipulated by his tentacles to believe that he did not miscalculate, Otto desires to make "a bigger and stronger" version of his fusion reactor experiment.
* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: Forms this dynamic with Harry, who sarcastically asks him if he's crazy when he expresses a desire for more tritium and calls him "a hack" after Otto politely greets him.
* PowersDoTheFighting: As Octavius himself is just a normal human, his tentacles are solely responsible for the action; they even go on a rampage (the first one, no less) in a surgery room while he's completely unconscious.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:"I will not die a monster!"]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Not Otto, but his ''tentacles''. When they go on their attack of the doctors trying to remove them from Octavius, they spend most of it hurling them violently around the room, but when two of them spy one desperate doctor striking another tentacle with a power saw, the white "eyes" that allow them visual input turn a sudden red before they lash out directly at him and then it cuts to the man's final scream and the saw dropping to the ground.
* ReluctantMadScientist: He is hesitant to do evil, but his tentacles persuade him into it. He actually abhors the idea of abusing his intelligence.
* RousseauWasRight: Peter still sincerely believes there's good in Octavius when he appeals to him at the end of the movie. [[spoiler:He's proven correct.]]
* RoyalWe:
** Mostly averted, but there's one moment in the finale that frighteningly shows how much Otto is under the sway of the actuators.
--->'''Peter:''' Shut it down, Ock! You're gonna hurt a lot more people this time!\\
'''Otto:''' Well, that's a risk we're willing to take!
** He also says 'nothing will stand in ''our'' way.'
* SecretSecretKeeper: ''No Way Home'' has him recognize Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin despite that being a secret that only Peter knew, [[{{Retcon}} retroactively]] establishing that he must have figured out the truth on his own and chose to not tell anyone. The film also revealed that he and Norman were familiar with each other and had some sort of history prior to the first film.
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler:Like most of the other antagonists in the series, Otto is killed off by his own hand once his character arc is complete, but unlike Carradine or the Green Goblin, his death is the result of him pulling a HeroicSacrifice to save New York.]]
* SinisterShades: Contrasting the goggles from the comics (though he does wear those a few times too).
* TheSpeechless: The tentacles don't actually "speak" despite being capable of vocalizations in the form of hisses and screeches but because they're directly jacked into Otto's nervous system and brain, he can understand what they're "saying" to him. Although, they can mouth simple words if one is observant enough, such as in one scene where one of them says "rebuild".
* SunglassesAtNight: In the scene on Harry's balcony. Justified, as his eyes are photosensitive after the accident. He does take them off during the scene, however.
* SuperStrength: Thanks to his tentacles, Otto can use them lift heavy objects, tear apart metal, and can fight one-on-one with Spider-Man.
* TautologicalTemplar: In the novelization, Doc Ock still considers himself a moral man working for the good of mankind, which is why he is fixated with perfecting his fusion reactor. His grudge against Spider-Man is mostly because be blames the hero for his initial failed experiment and now views him as an obstacle preventing him from completing his vision.
* TentacledTerror: His mechanical arms grants him super strength which makes him able to fight at Spider-Man's level.
* TentacleRope: Snares May and MJ this way. And a few other innocent bystanders during the train scene.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the villains in ''No Way Home'', is immediately the most hostile and uncooperative, even when Peter is attempting to help them all, and is only kept in check because of Peter hijacking the interface for the tentacles. Everyone else was willing to at least humor Peter's efforts to help them. [[spoiler: [[TokenGoodTeammate Inverted]] once everyone else pulls a FaceHeelTurn, as Otto only shows up at the end to help the Peters deal with Electro and has a happy reunion with his own Peter Parker.]]
* TooDumbToLive: Even as his fusion experiment is going haywire and tearing the room apart, Otto refuses to shut it down, adamantly insisting that he has everything under control and it will stabilize, and going so far as to swat Spider-Man aside when he tries to pull the plug. This leads to his wife's death and his tentacles being fused to his body.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: The AI in Octavius' tentacles to Octavius himself.
* TragicVillain: The man is not ''and doesn't want to be'' evil, but his [[EvilHand tentacles]] completely took over him until the end of the second film.
* TranquilFury: He shows this when Spider-Man tries to stop his heist at the bank, grabbing the latter and sternly telling him that he's getting on his nerves.
* TheUnfettered: When fully under the influence of his tentacles, he doesn't hesitate to do ''anything'' if it means accomplishing his goals.
* VisionaryVillain: Doc Ock isn't stealing money just to enrich himself, but for the grander purpose of creating a fusion reactor.
* WallCrawl: Otto can use his tentacles to climb/traverse walls and ledges.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He wanted to use his intelligence for the good of mankind and hoped to do this with his fusion reactor. Unfortunately, the fusion experiment fails horribly, resulting in his wife's death and the tentacles fusing permanently to his body. Manipulated by the tentacles, he goes back to rebuilding the fusion reactor and doesn't care about the danger it brings to the city.
* {{Workaholic}}: He is so focused on his work that he refuses to be pulled away by anything (save for Rosie). Otto is clearly annoyed when Harry interrupts his research for a meeting with Peter, being quick to dismiss the latter at first. In the novelization, Otto admits that Rosie had to remind him at least ''19 times'' about his speaking engagement at Columbia University, practically shoving him into his taxi. It's to the point that he initially tries [[SkewedPriorities carrying his materials while being pursued]] by a HumongousMecha.
* WouldHitAGirl: Takes May and MJ hostage, and grabs another woman during the train scene. [[spoiler: [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome His appearance in Earth-199999]] threatens to do this again to an alternative version of his enemy in the MCU since he thought he was continuing his fight with his Spider-Man in the bridge]].
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[[folder: Harry Osborn / New Goblin]]
->See Characters/SpiderManTrilogyMainCharacters
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[[folder:Edward "Eddie" Brock, Jr. / Venom]]
!![[Characters/MarvelComicsEddieBrock Edward "Eddie" Brock, Jr.]] / [[Characters/MarvelComicsVenom Venom]]
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[[caption-width-right:330:''"Never wound what you can't kill!"'']]
[[caption-width-right:330:[[labelnote:Click here to see Venom]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download_12_2.png ''"[[CardCarryingVillain I like being bad. It makes me happy.]]"''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/TopherGrace
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Gerardo García (Latin American Spanish), Cédric Dumond (European French dub), Patrice Dubois (Canadian French dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderMan3'' | ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' [[note]]symbiote[[/note]]

->''"I'm thinking humiliation... kinda like how you humiliated me. Do you remember? Do you remember what you did to me? You made me lose my girl... now I'm gonna make you lose yours. How's that sound, Tiger?"''

Peter's rival photographer and Spider-Man's EvilCounterpart, Eddie Brock started out as an arrogant, self-centered, and insufferable {{Jerkass}}. After bonding with the alien symbiote, he becomes Venom and swears to destroy Peter's life just like he destroyed his.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Is one to both Gwen Stacy and Betty Brant. Becomes a much more terrifying one to Mary Jane Watson [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/o_oPSqGL-c71vLyqNnjGIt3kLL8IOngEQjHQdZTBVSloh9Cvr9G7jH8XpRjMgBhR8qHCMyHsSQDrSUB440iI0UtBeEclhraz6cjy81WVTkWuUN8jm5Y8hSFlJSRyJwVXMcK-t8Zlgg=s0?rhlupa=MTA0LjE3Ny4zNC4yOQ&rnvuka=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKE1hY2ludG9zaDsgSW50ZWwgTWFjIE9TIFggMTBfMTVfNykgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzEwNS4wLjAuMCBTYWZhcmkvNTM3LjM2 as he's holding her captive]] after gaining access to Peter's memories from Venom.

* CasanovaWannabe: His attempts to woo Betty Brant at the ''Daily Bugle'' totally fail. Likewise, Gwen didn't seem to enjoy their brief time together as much as Eddie is convinced.

* HatedByAll: It’s implied in the novelization that none of Eddie’s colleagues at the ''Bugle'' really like him, and only celebrate his promotion to the new staff photographer out of professional courtesy and/or [[SocialClimber to get on his good side]]. Betty Brant and Robbie Robertson (who don't even attend) in particular are put off by his ego and smugness, much preferring Peter over him. Even Jameson doesn't care enough to [[AccidentalMisnaming remember Eddie's name]].

* ProfessionalButtKisser: He tries cozying up to J. Jonah Jameson and Spider-Man in order to get ahead, with limited success.