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* NearVillainVictory: He manages to trap Spider-Man in a lightning tether created from his powers and could've slowly fry him to death if it wasn't for Gwen ramming him with a stolen police car.
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* NearVillainVictory: He manages to trap Spider-Man in a lightning tether created from his powers and could've slowly fry fried him to death if it wasn't for Gwen ramming him with a stolen police car.
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* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyMainCharacters Earth-96283]].
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* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyMainCharacters Earth-96283]].Earth-96283]] and another distinct version is set to appear in ''Spider-Man: Freshman Year''.
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* AlternateSelf: A version of him could be briefly seen as a SinisterSilhouettes in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', resembling his appearance in the main comics as opposed to the MiniMecha he has here. There is also a Rhino in [[Characters/SonysSpiderManUniverse another universe]].
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* AlternateSelf: A version of him could be briefly seen as a SinisterSilhouettes in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', resembling his appearance in the main comics as opposed to the MiniMecha he has here. There is also a Rhino in [[Characters/SonysSpiderManUniverse another universe]].universe]] and another Aleksei is set to appear in ''Spider-Man: Freshman Year''.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: He and Peter are childhood friends instead of meeting on the college.
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* CompositeCharacter: With the Ultimate version of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], being Peter's childhood friend who reunites with him several years later and becomes a supervillain due to a perceived betrayal from Peter.
** Also with his own father: He´s the first and only Green Goblin in this continuity instead of being his father´s successor. Also, he´s the one that [[spoiler: kills Gwen Stacy, ultimatly seen as [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied one of Norman Osborn´s worst actions in the comics]], cementing him as Spider-Man´s ArchEnemy]].
** Also with his own father: He´s the first and only Green Goblin in this continuity instead of being his father´s successor. Also, he´s the one that [[spoiler: kills Gwen Stacy, ultimatly seen as [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied one of Norman Osborn´s worst actions in the comics]], cementing him as Spider-Man´s ArchEnemy]].
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* CompositeCharacter: With the [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate version version]] of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], being Peter's childhood friend who reunites with him several years later and becomes a supervillain due to a perceived betrayal from Peter.
** Also with his own father: He´s the first and only Green Goblin in this continuity instead of being [[LegacyCharacter his father´ssuccessor.successor]]. Also, he´s the one that [[spoiler: kills Gwen Stacy, ultimatly seen as [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied one of Norman Osborn´s worst actions in the comics]], cementing him as Spider-Man´s ArchEnemy]].
** Also with his own father: He´s the first and only Green Goblin in this continuity instead of being [[LegacyCharacter his father´s
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** Harry and Felicia Hary have no connection in the comics, but here, Harry is her BenevolentBoss and she serves as his NumberTwo in [=OsCorp=].
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** Also with his own father: He´s the first and only Green Goblin in this continuity instead of being his father´s successor. Also, he´s the one that [[spoiler: kills Gwen Stacey, Stacy, ultimatly seen as [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStaceyDied [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied one of Norman Osborn´s worst actions in the comics]], cementing him as Spider-Man´s ArchEnemy]].
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* BigBad: His appearances in both [[spoiler: the mid-credits scene of the first movie and his scene at the end of the second movie seem to imply he would have played a large role in potential sequels or spin-offs of the movie as he seems to be meant to be the one coming up with the foundation of the Sinister Six. However, this plots [[AbortedArc never came to be]] so this trope can be regarded as actually being {{subverted}}.
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* BigBad: His appearances in both [[spoiler: the mid-credits scene of the first movie and his scene at the end of the second movie seem to imply he would have played a large role in potential sequels or spin-offs of the movie as he seems to be meant to be the one coming up with the foundation of the Sinister Six. However, this plots [[AbortedArc never came to be]] so this trope can be regarded as actually being {{subverted}}.]]
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* AdaptationalPowerChange: In the comics his suit is permanently tied to his body giving him his strength and powers. In the movies, he is just a guy in a PoweredArmor.
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* AdaptationalPowerChange: AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comics his suit is permanently tied to his body giving him his strength and powers. In the movies, he is just a guy in a PoweredArmor.
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* CompositeCharacter: With the Ultimate version of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], being Peter's childhood friend who reunites with him several years later and becomes a supervillain due to a perceived betrayal from Peter. He also has some elements of his father by becoming the first Green Goblin and [[spoiler:being responsible for Gwen Stacy's death.]]
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* CompositeCharacter: With the Ultimate version of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], being Peter's childhood friend who reunites with him several years later and becomes a supervillain due to a perceived betrayal from Peter. He also has some elements of his father by becoming the first Green Goblin and [[spoiler:being responsible for Gwen Stacy's death.]]
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** Harry and Norman Osborn have a very abusive relationship in the comics. While they still are not at all close in the movie this is because Norman [[ParentalAbondenment sends Harry away as a child]] isntead of [[AbusiveParents abusing him physically and verbally.]]
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** Harry and Norman Osborn have a very abusive relationship in the comics. While they still are not at all close in the movie this is because Norman [[ParentalAbondenment [[ParentalAbandonment sends Harry away as a child]] isntead of [[AbusiveParents abusing him physically and verbally.]]
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* AdaptionRelationshipOverhaul: He and Peter are childhood friends instead of meeting on the college.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: Like most of the villains in the TAS-movie-franchise, Max Dillon was an employee of [=OsCorp=] where the accident that leads into him getting his superpowers happens. Dillon´s transformation in the comics is completly unrelated to OsCorp.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: Like most of the villains in the TAS-movie-franchise, Max Dillon was an employee of [=OsCorp=] where the accident that leads into him getting his superpowers happens. Dillon´s transformation in the comics is completly unrelated to OsCorp.[=OsCorp=].
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* AdaptedOut: His family. In the comics he is HappilyMarried with Martha Connors prior to his transformation into the Lizard. They also have a son, Billy. In the movie his family is neither seen nor mentioned implying Connors being single in this version of the character.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: Like most villains in the TAS-movie franchise, Connors is an employee of OsCorp. This isn´t the case in the comics.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: Like most of the villains in the TAS-movie-franchise, Max Dillon was an employee of OsCorp [=OsCorp=] where the accident that leads into him getting his superpowers happens. Dillon´s transformation in the comics is completly unrelated to OsCorp.
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* AdaptationalPowerChange: In the comics his suit is permanently tied to his body giving him his strength and powers. In the movies, he is just a guy in a PoweredArmor.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: Like most villains in the TAS-movie franchise, Connors is an employee of OsCorp. This isn´t the case in the comics.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: This version of the character was friends and colleagues with Peter´s parents. In the comics, there is not such a connection. There, he befriends Peter after the latter already is Spider-Man and their IntergenerationalFriendship isn´t depending on Connors knowing Peter´s parents. This comes to be as Connors seems to be CompositeCharacter with Eddie Brock Sr. from the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan''-series.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: This version of the character was friends and colleagues with Peter´s parents. In the comics, there is not such a connection. There, he befriends Peter after the latter already is Spider-Man and their IntergenerationalFriendship isn´t depending on Connors knowing Peter´s parents. This comes to be as Connors seems to be CompositeCharacter with Eddie Brock Sr. from the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan''-series.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Part of Max becoming evil is that he feels rejected by his idol Spider-Man who saved him previously in the movie. Such a relationship between Max and Spidey doesn´t exist in the comics, they´re just casual and occasional enemies with no personal connection.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: Like most of the villains in the TAS-movie-franchise, Max Dillon was an employee of OsCorp where the accident that leads into him getting his superpowers happens. Dillon´s transformation in the comics is completly unrelated to OsCorp.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: Like most of the villains in the TAS-movie-franchise, Max Dillon was an employee of OsCorp where the accident that leads into him getting his superpowers happens. Dillon´s transformation in the comics is completly unrelated to OsCorp.
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** Harry and Norman Osborn have a very abusive relationship in the comics. While they still are not close in the movie this is because Norman [[ParentalAbondenment sends Harry away as a child]] isntead of [[AbusiveParents abusing him physically and verbally.]]
** Harry and Felicia Hary have no connection in the comics, but here, Harry is her BenevolentBoss and she serves as his NumberTwo in OsCorp.
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* AlternateSelf: A version of him could be briefly seen as a SinisterSilhouettes in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', resembling his appearance in the main comics as opposed to the MiniMecha he has here. He also has a counterpart in [[Characters/SonysSpiderManUniverse another universe]].
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* AbortedArc: Whatever plans he had for Peter wound up being cancelled along with the series. Nothing relating to him or his plans are brought up by this Earth's Spider-Man in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', indicating that they didn't pan out InUniverse either.
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* AbortedArc: Whatever plans he had for Peter wound up being cancelled along with the series. Nothing [[spoiler:Nothing relating to him or his plans are brought up by this Earth's Spider-Man in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', indicating that they didn't pan out InUniverse either.]]
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* BigBadDuumvirate: Becomes one of the main antagonists of the second film as his attempts to find a cure for his illness, putting him in conflict with Spider-Man and straining his friendship with Peter before he releases Electro and becomes the ComicBook/GreenGoblin.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: Becomes one of the main antagonists of the second film as his he attempts to find a cure for his illness, putting him in conflict with Spider-Man and straining his friendship with Peter before he releases Electro and becomes the ComicBook/GreenGoblin.
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* HumiliationConga: He tries to shoot Spidey and misses every shot, Spider-Man knocks the gun out of his hand, webs him up, and pulls down his pants. And as he hammily swears revenge, Spider-Man leaves just in time for his gun to fall on his head and knock him out, all in a spam of a minute.
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* HumiliationConga: He tries to shoot Spidey and misses every shot, Spider-Man knocks the gun out of his hand, webs him up, and pulls down his pants. And as he hammily swears revenge, Spider-Man leaves just in time for his gun to fall on his head and knock him out, all in a spam span of a minute.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredTatasciore (second [=iOS=] game) Andrés García (Latin-American Spanish dub), Miglen Mirtchev (European French dub), Guy Nadon (Canadian French dub)
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* AbortedArc: Whatever plans he had for Peter wound up being cancelled along with the series.
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* AbortedArc: Whatever plans he had for Peter wound up being cancelled along with the series. Nothing relating to him or his plans are brought up by this Earth's Spider-Man in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', indicating that they didn't pan out InUniverse either.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: From a multiversal point of view in regard to Peter Parker's best friend, this Harry Osborn is the mean to the nice of [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCityMidtownSchoolOfScienceAndTechnology Earth-199999's Ned Leeds]] and the in-between of [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogy Earth-96283's Harry Osborn]]. He starts off as Peter Parker's best friend, but when Parker, as Spider-Man, refuses to give him his blood out of concern for his safety, he snaps and becomes the Green Goblin, leading him to kill Peter's girlfriend Gwen Stacy, becoming his arch-enemy and shattering their friendship forever.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: From a multiversal point of view in regard to Peter Parker's best friend, this Harry Osborn is the mean to the nice of [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCityMidtownSchoolOfScienceAndTechnology Earth-199999's Ned Leeds]] and the in-between of [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogy [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyMainCharacters Earth-96283's Harry Osborn]]. He starts off as Peter Parker's best friend, but when Parker, Parker as Spider-Man, Spider-Man refuses to give him his blood out of concern for his safety, he snaps and becomes the Green Goblin, leading him to kill Peter's girlfriend Gwen Stacy, becoming his arch-enemy and shattering their friendship forever.
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[[folder:Doctor Curtis Connors / The Lizard]]
->For tropes applying to his appearance in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Cinematic Universe]], see Characters/MCUMultiversalVillains
!!Dr. Curtis "Curt" Connors / The Lizard
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CurtisConnors_7596.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti "That, changing like the snake, I might be free to cast off flesh wherein I dwell confined."]]'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Connors as the Lizard]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lizard_the_amazing_spider_man__133036_fli_1366717089_650_75.jpg[softreturn]''"All these souls... lost and alone. I can save them! I can cure them!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RhysIfans
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBlum (first console game), Adam Harrington (first [=iOS=] game), Germán Fabregat (Latin-American Spanish dub), Creator/NaoyaUchida (Japanese dub), Christian Gonon (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
->''"Like the Parkinson's patient... who watches on in horror as her body... slowly betrays her, or the man with macular degeneration... whose eyes grow dimmer each day, I long to fix myself. I want to create a world without weakness."''
One of Oscorp's leading scientific minds and Gwen's mentor. He used to work alongside Peter's father, Richard Parker, and they were engineering a revolutionary serum to re-grow limbs and human tissue, which would change the lives of millions -- including that of Connors himself, who lost his right arm. Richard, however, disappeared and was found dead taking a good part of the research with him, rendering Connors unable to finish the project by himself -- until Peter entered the scene.
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Sharp enough to cut through metal doors, [[spoiler:or Captain Stacy's stomach.]]
* AdaptationDyeJob: Commonly depicted as dark-haired, but blond-haired in the movie.
* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: In a deleted scene from the film, he says that he heard about Ben Parker's death, and consoles Peter. This is absent from the theatrical cut, [[spoiler:making it confusing how the Lizard knew that Ben was dead when he mocks Peter.]]
* AdaptationalNationality: This version of Curt Connors is English instead of American.
* AdaptationalSkimpiness: In the comics, the Lizard wears purple trousers, a black shirt, and a white lab coat when he transforms. Here, Connors goes about perfectly nude, though BarbieDollAnatomy applies here.
* AdaptationalSympathy: He became the Lizard in the comics trying to regrow his own limb, with a lot of his characterization stemming from a JekyllAndHyde situation. This Connors is stuck working under a corrupt corporation that sees the work he's doing as a means to an end, and their unwillingness to play things safe leads him to become his alter-ego.
* AlliterativeName: Like many characters that were introduced during the initial run of the comic.
* AlternateSelf:
** Has one on [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogy Earth-96283]].
** Also, [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome his appearance on Earth-199999]] eventually [[spoiler:diverges into a separate variant as a result of that Earth's Spider-Man curing him.]]
* AntiVillain: Connors works in genetic engineering for the betterment of humanity's medical conditions and dreams of restoring his missing arm. He seems to be a genuinely good man, only working for the shady Norman Osborn. He only becomes the Lizard [[spoiler:when his lizard-based serum is slated for public testing without his consent. He tests it on himself to spare others the danger and suffers transformation into the Lizard, which turns him insane. Even as the Lizard, his first action is to go after the scientist who's about to test the serum on aged veterans. Upon being cured his first thought is to save Peter's life, and his second is a concern for Captain Stacy as he realizes he fatally wounded him.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Implied after the final battle, where he saves Peter and willingly turns himself in to the police. TheStinger reveals that there is a precedent for this - several characters have implied he was more involved in Richard and Mary Parker's death than he lets on, and it's stated that he at least knows why they were killed.]]
* AxCrazy: As the Lizard. Though he ultimately means to do good, he will stop at barely anything to bring his plan to fruition and becomes quite mentally unhinged.
* BadassBookworm: Even as a hulking lizard-man, he's still an intelligent and dangerous individual.
* BadassLabcoat: Occasionally worn as the Lizard, but mainly worn as a scientist.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: As the Lizard, though considering the anatomy of most reptile species, this isn't all that surprising. Reptilian reproductive organs tend to be mostly internalized, thus Connors's, ah, lack of visible anatomy in that area.
* BeastMan: As the Lizard.
* BigBad: The main villain of the first film, as his Lizard persona attempts to turn all of New York into reptilian monsters.
* BodyHorror: The way Connors first regenerates his lost arm is rather disgusting, being covered in dead reptilian flesh and scales. The regenerated arm itself is (initially) far from pretty, with translucent skin, visible veins, and no fingernails. However, his reaction is one of joy.
* CompositeCharacter: Like Eddie Brock Sr. from ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', he was Richard Parker's partner. [[spoiler:He also takes the role of ComicBook/DoctorOctopus as Captain George Stacy's killer.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Venom of the previous ''Spider-Man'' film. Unlike him who's powers come from an alien lifeform while lacking any redeeming qualities due to caring only about what he can get, the Lizard is sympathetic as everything he did was in the actual belief he could help humanity. Even in his Lizard form he didn't mutate people out of malice and after being cured he regretted his actions and saved Spider-Man.
* CurbStompBattle: The first Lizard fight is a long and very painful beatdown on Spidey's end: the most he can do is delay him for a moment at a time and stop innocent people from getting hurt, but once it turns into a straight fight Peter is very outmatched. It only ends in his favor because he delayed Connors until the police came.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's normally pretty serious and straightforward, but he still shows shades of this, such as his joke about being a southpaw.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: [[spoiler:Averted. He finds out who Spidey is, but remains alive. [[NobleDemon And discreet.]]]]
* DeathOfPersonality: As Dr. Connors, he's a benevolent figure, but the serum erases this good personality and replaces it with that of [[BigBad The Lizard.]] [[spoiler:The Lizard is defeated in the same manner--the antidote destroys the evil Lizard persona, restoring Dr. Connors.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Actor Creator/RhysIfans has likened Connors' use of the serum to drug addiction, and it's easy to see why. He injects the serum into his arm by means of a hollow needle, it makes him feel fantastic (to the point of feeling and acting like another person entirely), and he keeps using more and more of it to negate going back to normal. And once he finally ''does'' go back to normal, Connors shows withdrawl-like symptoms such as restlessness and changes in mood, making it clear he's desperate to return to his previous state as soon as possible.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He is horrified that his colleague would test the formula with unwitting Military amputees as Guinea Pigs, which is the reason why he uses the untested serum upon himself. Too bad '''that''' didn't work out.
* EvilBrit: As the Lizard.
* EvilIsBigger: He towers over Spider-Man and other people as the Lizard.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: While he has traces of the Lizard virus in his system, he proclaims that humans are weak and must be enhanced in order to achieve their true potential.
* EvilSoundsDeep: His voice is a lot deeper as the Lizard.
* {{Foil}}: The Lizard is one of a sort to Peter. Both are cross-species originating from humans who are very intelligent but are on opposite sides of the moral spectrum and operate to completely opposite ends.
* FaceMonsterTurn: One done to prevent other amputees from being tested upon.
* FullFrontalAssault: As the Lizard, when not wearing his BadassLabcoat.
* GeniusBruiser: As the Lizard, he's quite capable of thinking on his feet and improvising weapons, such as [[spoiler:mixing chemicals together in a science lab to create an improvised explosive.]]
* GeniusCripple: Being down one arm does nothing to stop his intellect.
* GollumMadeMeDoIt: While he claims that he was pushed into becoming the Lizard in his trial, he states that he feels he is not personally responsible for the crimes his insane alter-ego was accountable for - even though he clearly regrets what occurred. His defense fails to win over the jury.
* GreenAndMean: His reptilian form has green scales and is not a friendly character.
* HealingFactor: The whole point of the lizard formula, but it also extends to bullet wounds.
* HumansAreFlawed: The starting point of his research. At the height of his insanity, he comes to the conclusion that humans are ''so'' imperfect that it's not right to leave them unevolved.
* ImAHumanitarian: In a deleted scene, [[spoiler:he bites Rajit's head off.]] This is done less as HorrorHunger and more as a way to KickTheSonOfABitch.
* ImmuneToBullets: DoubleSubverted. [[spoiler:He goes down from gunfire and is seen hurt by it... then his HealingFactor kicks in.]]
* JekyllAndHyde: And the latter comes through more and more as he becomes increasingly addicted to the serum.
* JustThinkOfThePotential: He believes the perfect Lizard formula could change millions of lives for the better.
* KickTheDog: The Lizard hits Spider-Man himself where it hurts in their final battle after seemingly gaining the upper hand.
-->'''Lizard:''' [[spoiler:Poor Peter Parker. No mother... no father... no uncle...'''All alone'''.]]
* LargeHam: As the Lizard.
* LightningBruiser: In his own words, he's faster, stronger, and smarter than Peter is.
* LizardFolk: No, really? [[spoiler:He also (briefly) turns a number of police officers that got into contact with his evolutionary weapon into this.]]
* LogicalWeakness: The Lizard, being cold-blooded, becomes sluggish when chilled. [[spoiler:Captain Stacy uses it to his advantage during the final showdown by blasting him with liquid nitrogen.]]
* MadScientist: {{Invoked|Trope}}: Dr. Connors says that he and Richard were called this for their fascination with genetic experiments.
* ManlyTears: He cries after [[spoiler:being cured and watching his right arm fall apart again.]]
* MisanthropeSupreme: As the Lizard, or under its influence.
-->'''Lizard:''' I sought to create a stronger human being, but there's no such thing! Human beings are weak, pathetic, feeble-minded creatures... why be human at all, when we can be so much '''more'''?
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Played with. He's absolutely moral as Connors and even injects himself with the serum for a moral reason (to keep other amputees from being used as test subjects, considering the serum is potentially lethal).
* NiceGuy: As Curt Connors. Best shown in a deleted scene where he visits Peter and offers very sincere condolences for Uncle Ben's death.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Whenever he turns back to a human, he loses his new arm.
* NobleDemon: [[spoiler:When the Lizard finds Gwen hiding with his Ganali device, he merely takes the device from her and lets her go.]]
* OneWomanWail: Whenever the Lizard is about to emerge or wreak havoc, the soundtrack invokes this trope to make his appearance all the more unnerving.
* PapaWolf: When he's not in his Lizard form he is extremely protective of Peter. [[spoiler:He even threatened Gustav Fiers in TheStinger, if said guy didn't leave Peter alone.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: He acts as one for Peter Parker in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''. They share a love of science and it becomes clear that Peter desires Connors' approval, [[ParentalAbandonment something he never really got from his dad.]] In a deleted scene, he even gives Peter his sympathies for the death of his Uncle.
* PrehensileTail: One that's able to regenerate in seconds.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: He tests the Lizard serum on himself in order to prevent Dr. Ratha from testing it on unknowing veterans. [[SideEffectsInclude And, well...]]
* PutOnABus: He's sent off to Ryker's Island after being tried.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: As, you guessed it, the Lizard.
* SanitySlippage: The more he uses the Lizard serum, the blurrier the line gets between both personalities, whether he's transformed or not. [[spoiler:It's only after he's exposed to the antidote that his original personality truly resurfaces.]]
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Since he still knows Peter is Spider-Man after being cured and averts DeathBySecretIdentity.]]
* SlasherSmile: The Lizard always has one.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Ditched, obviously, as the Lizard.
* SplitPersonality: Develops one after the first Lizard incident.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: That takes over more and more as the serum settles into his blood.
* SuperStrength: He's very strong and very resilient as the Lizard.
* SuperiorSpecies: Connors believes his Lizard form is a superior creature devoid of human weaknesses.
* TalkingToThemself: Before the attack on the school, we hear a voice talking about the plan to spread the formula and not letting Spidey get in the way of it. Whether this is the Lizard who has taken on a mind of its own or Connors' own thoughts is [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation up to interpretation]].
* ThinkingOutLoud:
** There is a break in the feverous inner tirade when Connors sits down and speaks out loud: "That, changing like the snake, I might be free, to cast off flesh wherein I dwell confined."
** This is an EnforcedTrope due to heavy re-cutting of the scene after a plot about Peter's father was taken out of the film. In the original version, Peter was present as well, and most of the inner monologue was actually part of a dialogue between the two.
* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil: He's not a bad guy at all. Having the Lizard in his system makes him crazy.
* TragicVillain: In this version of the story, he was ''forced'' into becoming the Lizard. What's worse is that, in spite of the tragedy he caused, things would have been infinitely worse if Ratha had his way and used the serum on dozens of subjects.
* {{Transhuman}}: Dr. Connors' views on human nature are reminiscent of Transhumanism's principal tenets - that the limits of the human body can be overcome through science.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He honestly believes he's doing all mankind a favor, even if he must ''force'' them to accept it.
* VisionaryVillain: Dr. Connors is driven by a vision of a "world without weakness" where humanity's physical flaws are corrected by science.
* WallCrawl: He climbs up Oscorp Tower with his bare hands, complete with an allusion to ''Film/KingKong''.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dr. Connors longs to create a world in which everyone is equal, a world in which illness and weakness don't exist. Injected with the Lizard serum, he comes to the conclusion his vision can be made a reality by making everyone like him, even if that means forcing the change upon everyone against their will.
-->'''Lizard:''' All these souls, lost and alone. I can save them! I can cure them! There's no need to stop me, Peter!
* WesternTerrorists: The Lizard's EvilPlan is referred to as a "terrorist plot" in a news flash.
* WickedCultured: In addition to being an awesome scientist, and the Lizard, Connors can quote incredibly appropriate poetry, in this case from Michelangelo's "The Silkworm".
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The injection of the Lizard serum not only has transformed Dr. Conners but has made him very insane.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He just wanted to overcome his disability, and help other people overcome their own.
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[[folder:Maxwell "Max" Dillon / Electro]]
->For tropes applying to his appearance in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Cinematic Universe]], see Characters/MCUMultiversalVillains
!!Maxwell "Max" Dillon / Electro
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You know, Spider-Man saved my life one time. Out of all the people in the whole city, he saved me. He said he needed me."'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Max as Electro in Times Square]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/electroaasm_2697.png[softreturn]''"It's my birthday. Now it's time for me to light my candles!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Electro in his suit]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/db2e1c34_1317_45be_93ac_e61022255fff.jpeg[softreturn]''"I will control everything. And I... will be like a god to them!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JamieFoxx
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Michael A. Shepperd (second console game), Creator/LiamOBrien (second [=iOS=] game), Creator/SalvadorDelgado (Latin-American Spanish dub), Shido Nakamura (Japanese dub), Jean-Baptiste Anoumon (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
->''"But you better make damn sure you kill me this time. 'Cause if you don't, I'm gonna kill the light so that everyone in this city is gonna know how it feels to live in my world... A world without power... a world without mercy... a world without Spider-Man! Then everyone will be able to see me for who I truly am... Don't you know? I'm Electro!"''
An Oscorp electrical engineer who felt ignored by the world and developed an unhealthy obsession with Spider-Man. After suffering an accident involving an electric wire and a tank of mutated electric eels, Dillon's skin turned blue and he gained the power to control electricity.
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* AbusiveParents: In a deleted scene, his mother treats him cruelly and insults him despite the fact that he is working hard to take care of her. Since this wasn't included in the final cut of the film however it's not clear whether it's canon.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: At least pre-Electro. In the original continuity, Max was a {{Jerkass}} with few morals long before even becoming a supervillain. Here, he's a nicer guy (if somewhat unstable) before turning into a TragicVillain.
* AdaptationalSympathy: His sufferings in this film, being a relentlessly bullied electrician instead of the victim of a freak accident, make his turn to villainy more understandable than in the comics.
* AGodAmI: By the end of the film, his powers have expanded to such a degree that he declares this of himself.
-->'''Electro:''' You're too late, Spider-Man. I designed this power grid. Now I'm gonna take back what is rightfully mine. I will control everything and I will be like a god to them!
* AlternateSelf: His [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome appearance on Earth-199999]] eventually [[spoiler:diverges into a separate variant as a result of that Earth's Spider-Man curing him, and with a better, "easy on the eyes", physical appearance than his original looks.]]
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He gets blue skin after gaining his powers. He turns redder when fully using his powers.
* AntiVillain: He was a powerless nobody who was ignored, exploited, and abused by the people around him. When he finally gets his powers, multiple misunderstandings cause him to snap and lash out against the world that he feels has wronged him.
* AxCrazy: Started off as a LoonyFan to Spider-Man, [[FromBadToWorse then he got his powers and... well, the rest is history.]]
* BadassBaritone: His voice was naturally deep before his transformation. And the more electricity he absorbs, the deeper his voice becomes.
* BadassBoast: Tends to give out a lot of these as the quotes above will indicate.
* BadassBookworm: Much like Peter, though he's more skilled in things relating to electricity.
* BaldOfEvil: Post-transformation. Before it, he sports a truly hideous combover.
* BodyHorror: The transformation ''really'' took a toll on his appearance.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Max Dillon really liked Spider-Man at first, because Spidey helped pick up Max's work blueprints and said something mildly encouraging. Unfortunately, that scene meant way more to Max than it did to Peter, who couldn't immediately recall the meeting when super-powered Electro tried to bring up their 'friendship'.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: He's noticeably more villainous after being "examined" by Dr. Kafka.
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Eventually forms a partnership with Harry after being freed from Oscorp, though he's ultimately fighting Spider-Man for his own separate reasons.]]
* BigBadSlippage: Even after becoming Electro, he doesn't become antagonistic until he sees Spidey get admired by the crowd. And then Dr. Kafka tortures him, leading to [[spoiler:a BigBadDuumvirate with Harry.]]
* BlackAndNerdy: Initially. Not to mention [[CloudCuckooLander unusual]].
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Develops these as Electro.
* BreathWeapon: During his last fight with Spider-Man, he pins him down and shoots electricity at him through shouting.
* BrokenPedestal: He sees Spider-Man as his enemy once a police officer tries to snipe him, even though Spider-Man was making it abundantly clear that he just wanted Electro to calm down. Nicely reinforced by the lyrics to "My Enemy".
-->He lied to me, he shot at me, he hates on me, he's using me, fragility, electricity, afraid of me! He's dead to me! He's dead to me! That Spider-Man, '''''HE IS MY ENEMY!!'''''
* BullyingADragon: On the receiving end of this from many after gaining his powers. It never ends well for them.
* ButtMonkey: His status as this is partly what makes him snap.
* CardboardPrison: In Electro's own words, Oscorp thought it was a ''[[SarcasmMode brilliant]]'' idea to place him in a harness that runs on electricity, the very substance he's made of and can control. Electro all but [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] how stupid that was. And he later proves this to be true when he breaks out of it during Harry's visit.
-->'''Electro:''' You do realize you locked me in a prison that runs... on electricity? I can feel it in the walls. I can feel it in my veins. No matter what you do, doc, you can't contain it. It's a force of nature. Like me.
* ChildishToothGap: Has a notable gap in his teeth as a part of his characterization as someone nebbish. It visibly closes as he gains his powers.
* ClimaxBoss: The climax of the second film centers around stopping Electro from taking over the city. However, he's not the last enemy, as Harry confronts Peter and Gwen soon after his defeat for a lower stakes (yet far more emotional) final confrontation.
* CompositeCharacter: Of several previous Electros.
** His origin is taken from the Electro seen in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' (an electrician turned into a superhuman that controls electricity thanks to genetically modified electric eels who gets in a fight with Spidey over a misunderstanding) and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries'' (a social outcast seeking vengeance against the world he feels has wronged him).
** His appearance is a fusion of his [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] incarnation (a blue EnergyBeing) and his ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' incarnation (wearing a suit to contain his powers).
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** While both Dillon and Connors worked at Oscorp, Dillon is essentially the ButtMonkey while Connors was a highly respected scientist. Also while Connors mutated himself on purpose and became a lizard creature that acted as a more physical threat to Spider-Man, Dillon was mutated by accident and became a EnergyBeing with far more power than Spider-Man could fight without outsmarting Dillon.
** As he appeared in the last film before his series was rebooted, he contrasts Sandman from ''Spider-Man 3'' as the main threat in his film before Spider-Man confronts the second villain (Venom for Sandman and Harry for Electro). Both himself and Sandman are elemental beings with a weakness for water and their origins involve them falling into things, but Sandman had a personal connection to Peter Parker and was sympathetic as he simply wanted to look after his sick daughter while having only [[AccidentalMurder accidentally]] killed one person prior to getting his powers. Meanwhile, Electro was obsessed with Spider-Man, killed after getting his powers and was only sympathetic since most of his villainy was caused by how he was treated and experimented on after getting his powers.
* CurbStompBattle: His second fight with Spider-Man starts off even at first until Electro gets his second wind, at which point the fight turns into a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with Spidey on the receiving end.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: His body explodes after being force-fed with electricity to the point of overloading.
* DemotedToExtra: He doesn't play as big a role in the second console game as he did in the film.
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: He's an ExtremeDoormat with NoSocialSkills and possibly an AbusiveParent (if the deleted scene is canon), so the second he has a positive interaction with someone, he becomes obsessive. He is deeply touched that Gwen remembers his name barely a minute after meeting him and learning it, and after Spider-Man saves his life Max starts calling him his best friend and obsessing over him to the point of imagining what he would say if Spider-Man visited him on his birthday. The closest he's ever come to having an actually friend is with [[VillainousFriendship Harry Osborn]], who he saves after Harry tells Max that he needs him and ironically, it's due to him being more suspicious of people by the time they meet so they settle into being polite allies.
* DragonInChief: To a pre-Goblin Harry in the final act of the film, helping him reclaim Oscorp after he's kicked out.
* DrivenToVillainy: He had poor control of his powers at first, and clearly just wanted somebody to help him. Then the police attacked him.
* TheEeyore: He's had a miserable life and as a result he's rarely happy except when he thinks he's made a connection wit another person.
* ElectricBlackGuy: Since he's played by Foxx.
* ExtremeDoormat: Prior to the accident he had no self-confidence and therefore everybody at Oscorp took advantage of him. This led to nobody caring whether he was safe when making repairs and Oscorp not giving him credit for the power grid he designed. After getting his powers he quickly shows everyone why this was a mistake.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He gains a sinister bass-baritone voice upon gaining large quantities of electricity.
* EvilWearsBlack: He later wears a black skintight suit in the second film.
* {{Flight}}: He learns to levitate in the air in the second half of the film.
* ForgottenBirthday: Which kicks off a string of really unfortunate accidents that culminate in him becoming Electro.
* ForWantOfANail: New York could have had two heroes watching out for it if that police officer hadn't tried to snipe him.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He transformed into a super-powered freak of nature all because he had to work an extended shift.
* GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy: [[spoiler:How Spider-Man and Gwen ultimately defeat him.]]
* TheHeavy: While Harry's actions as he tries to cure himself drive the plot, Electro's rampage is a far more prominent and direct threat.
* HumanoidAbomination: He ultimately ends up as a [[{{ComicBook/Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]]-esque ''thing'' made of electricity that occasionally takes on human form to communicate with or punch Spider-Man.
* HydroElectroCombo: In what is likely a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', this version of Electro was mutated after falling into a water tank filled with genetically-engineered electric eels.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: He wants to be able to save the day with Spider-Man.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: What Max ultimately and desperately desires is to have friends, genuine human bonding, and not be an invisible nobody that no one even cares about. As an effect, he easily latches onto people when they show some amount of decent human interaction towards him. Even the simple act of acknowledging his first name makes him latch onto people such as with Spider-Man, and Gwen for a brief moment. After becoming Electro, this desire takes on a more dangerous level. Also as shown when he teams up with Harry, his desire is so desperate that he is willing to unknowingly allow himself to be used just because he was needed and acknowledged as a friend.
* TheInformant: He would ''like'' to act like this for Spider-Man, at least. Spidey ''suggests'' that he is this, but only meant it as a pep-talk; he didn't realize Max would take it so seriously.
* InTheHood: In his first appearance as Electro, he wears one in an attempt to conceal himself.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He goes from unwittingly being a danger magnet to going out of his way to be a threat after he's convinced that Spider-Man set him up to be shot.
* LargeHam: Despite the more grounded tone of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' films, his scenes are played up to be extremely hammy.
* LaughablyEvil: Electro can be pretty goofy at times with how he acts.
* {{Leitmotif}}: The electronic dubstep piece ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDyAouw3nUw My Enemy]]'', and its longer variation ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zYB1PLjKv0 The Electro Suite]]''. Both of these are implied to be representations of Electro's obsession, paranoia, and growing mental instability.
* LightningCanDoAnything: It can even [[spoiler:level ''Times friggin' Square'']]!
* LogicalWeakness:
** Water, as usual. [[ItOnlyWorksOnce However, he eventually gets to overcome it by vaporizing the water before it can touch him.]]
** In the analogy of "living beings being made up of 70% water, but can still drown", the "water" for Electro in this case, is electricity.
* LonersAreFreaks: Why it later drives him into villainy after becoming Electro.
* LoonyFan: He develops an obsessive fixation on the wall-crawler.
* MickeyMousing: Electro's Theme contains a lot of Dubstep, which usually cannot be heard by the characters in the movie themselves - however, during the final standoff between Spidey and Electro, the latter converts himself into his energy form and starts jumping between the coils of the power plant and punching Spidey in between. Every time he switches from one coil to another, he makes them emit one tone at a time, creating a tesla-coil rendition of "Itsy-Bitsy Spider". Spidey himself isn't particularly thrilled.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' I ''hate'' this song!
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Despite constantly shifting between solid form and streams of electricity, whenever he reforms in his physical body his shorts, and later his Oscorp equipment, reform with him.
* NearVillainVictory: He manages to trap Spider-Man in a lightning tether created from his powers and could've slowly fry him to death if it wasn't for Gwen ramming him with a stolen police car.
* {{Nerd}}: Before his transformation, the movie does its best to make Jamie Foxx look like an unattractive nerd by giving him a combover, glasses, and fake bad teeth.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Though it seems like he died in his last fight with Spider-Man, his ability to manipulate electricity leaves his fate ambiguous - especially considering that he phases in and out via particles a handful of time through the movie. Creator/JamieFoxx himself even lampshades this by saying that "electricity cannot truly die", implying he might have made a return. Subverted in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' in which Max laments he was minutes away from death.]]
* NoBodyLeftBehind: He explodes after being overloaded with electricity with no trace of his physical body.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He designed the plans for the city's power grid. How does karma repay him? By having those designs stolen by [[BadBoss Alistair Smythe]] who then forces him to work an extended shift which would lead to the fateful accident that turns him into Electro.
* NoSocialSkills: Due to being an ExtremeDoormat he has no friends and doesn't know how to interact with people, with most of his interactions with others being awkward.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:He straps Dr. Kafka into the same harness that had been used to contain him.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He causes considerable collateral damage to Times Square alone in his first confrontation with Spider-Man and that was ''before'' he learned to control his powers. When he gets a better handle on his abilities, he causes a city-wide blackout that endangers several people at a hospital and nearly causes two planes to crash in midair.
* PsychoElectro: What's unique about this case is that it's shown that he was always kind of off. Having super-powers only made it worse.
* PsychopathicManchild: While more or less harmless before the accident, once he gets powers he is no longer the ExtremeDoormat he's been his whole life and finally acts on the fantasies he has when people anger him. His obsession with Spider-Man, born from one interaction after the hero saved him, means that when he believes the wall-crawler has betrayed him, he becomes determined to kill him.
* RaceLift: Electro is traditionally white in the comics and other adaptations. Here, he's played by African-American Jamie Foxx.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: Has a room filled with pictures and reports of Spider-Man, as well as cut-out messages he probably wrote himself. There is also a photo of Spidey place next to a mirror so that Max can pretend he is Spider-Mans' best buddy.
* SanitySlippage: Again, he was a LoonyFan to Spider-Man with a RoomFullOfCrazy, but not outwardly malicious. Getting superpowers just made it worse.
* ScaryBlackMan: Though his skin isn't actually black by the time he gets scary.
* ShadowArchetype: He's a lot like Peter and possibly represents what he could have become without Uncle Ben and Aunt May.
* ShockAndAwe: Aside from being able to zap things at will, he can make quick transit between objects that use electricity.
* {{Sidekick}}: Except not really. He deludes himself into thinking that he's Spider-Man's partner.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: His defining trait. Due to his extreme loneliness, Max is desperate for any type of companionship. Thus, being treated without the contempt or indifference he's used to will cause him to instantly latch on to that person such as Spider-Man or Gwen.
* TemptingFate: He remarks to Spider-Man of DidntSeeThatComing after trapping him in a lightning tether with his powers while slowly frying to death, and didn't expect Gwen Stacy driving a stolen police car straight into him.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: He was just a ButtMonkey that nobody gave a damn about, then he got his powers and was taunted and jeered as a freak of nature, next to a series of tragic misunderstandings involving Spider-Man plus being tortured by Dr. Kafka, making him finally decide that if the world wanted a monster, he'll ''give'' them one.
-->'''Electro's thoughts:''' They lied to me, they shot at me, they hate on me, they're using me, afraid of me, they're dead to me! They lied to me, they shot at me, they hate on me, they're dead to me, ''and now they're all my enemy!''
* TragicVillain: Being a ButtMonkey, he wanted to have friends and be accepted in society. When he turned into Electro, everyone starts calling him a freak, and it pushed him over the edge.
* {{Troll}}: During their final battle, Electro rams Spidey through tesla coils, creating a rendition of the Itsy-Bitsy Spider song just to taunt the guy.
* TookALevelInBadass: His freak lab accident turns him from a meek nerd to a powerful electric being.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He goes from being a sympathetic nobody to a deranged murderer after he loses faith in Spider-Man, deciding to establish himself as a force to be reckoned with.
* UnPerson: [[spoiler:Oscorp deletes his personnel file after his accident because they feared their stock would crash if an employee died on their watch; this even before they found out they've created yet another supervillain.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Again, to Harry during the later parts of the movie. Harry only needed him because he was desperate to get back into Oscorp to obtain the cure for his disease. After serving his role, however, Harry still keeps his end of the bargain by giving him access to the power grid.
* VillainousFriendship: Starts one with the Green Goblin.
* VolcanicVeins: Develops glowing blue veins as Electro.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The only villain in the Duology to actually die at Peter's hands, he's also a being of electricity, so no moral implications are talked about despite being TheMentallyDisturbed.
* WhosLaughingNow: Being a victim of bullying for most of his life meant that once he got his powers things didn't go so well for everyone else.
-->''"Soon everyone is this city is gonna know how it feels to live in my world. A world without power. A world without mercy."''
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Again, it's not hard to feel sorry for Maxwell Dillon after he becomes Electro.
* YellowLightningBlueLightning: Electro's lightning is primarily blue in color.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Harry Osborn / Green Goblin]]
!! Harry Osborn / Green Goblin
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't know how and I don't know why, but he can do everything a spider can, including self-heal. I need to find him. I need his blood."'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Harry as the Green Goblin]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/greengoblinasm_6460.png[softreturn]''"You were my friend... and YOU BETRAYED ME!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/DaneDeHaan
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kevin Dorman (second console game), Creator/NolanNorth (second [=iOS=] game), Creator/AlejandroOrozco (Latin-American Spanish dub), Julien Allouf (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''
->''"You don't give people hope, you take it away. Now, I’m gonna take away yours."''
The 20-year-old son of Norman Osborn, introduced in the second film, he's dying of a genetic condition that runs in the family--and only Spider-Man can help him.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The Harry Osborn Green Goblin is a LegacyCharacter to his father Norman in the comics and most adaptations. Here he is the original.
* AdaptationalSympathy: To a degree. He doesn't become the Goblin to avenge his father's death because of his IrrationalHatred of Spider-Man like in the comics, but because he's dying and Peter wouldn't help him.
* AdaptationalVillainy: As opposed to Electro's AdaptationalNiceGuy above, Harry is notably less sympathetic than he was in the comics, being [[spoiler:the BigBad of the second film, and the Green Goblin that's responsible for Gwen Stacy's death, rather than his father. In the comics, Harry and Gwen were close friends and he was greatly upset by her death.]]
* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogy Earth-96283]].
* AnimeHair: Transforming into the Green Goblin automatically brushes up his hair in a jagged manner.
* ArchEnemy: [[spoiler:Killing Gwen Stacy makes him this to Peter and he's creating a team to take over New York and kill him.]]
* AxCrazy: Starts off with relatively decent behavior, but grows progressively insane as the movie continues, culminating in him, well, becoming the Goblin.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Becomes one of the main antagonists of the second film as his attempts to find a cure for his illness, putting him in conflict with Spider-Man and straining his friendship with Peter before he releases Electro and becomes the ComicBook/GreenGoblin.
* BigBadFriend: To Peter, his best friend when they were kids.
* BigBadSlippage: He actually starts out as a friend to Peter, but as his illness gets the better of him he loses his sanity. He goes full villain after being seized from Oscorp.
* BodyHorror: His disease becomes increasingly apparent as time goes by, with his skin falling apart. He later painfully mutates into a goblin-like creature with pale yellow-green skin, longer nose and ears, yellowed teeth, and discolored WildHair after being given the spider venom. The alternate cut of this scene is much more gross and disturbing.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: He's terminally ill and wants Spider-Man's blood, believing it to be his only hope of survival; however, Spider-Man refuses, believing it might harm or kill him, or even turn Harry into a monster like the Lizard. While Spidey makes a valid point, Harry also does when he points out to Spidey that he's already dying, so he's got nothing to lose either way.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Peter Parker. This is notable in that Peter was the only friend he had who wasn't after his money.
* ColdHam: The character of Harry Osborn seems to have been written for a more dramatic actor, but Dane Dehaan is more restrained than is necessary.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Never calls himself the Green Goblin, only named as such in the credits. In fact the word goblin isn't spoken by anyone.
* CompositeCharacter: With the Ultimate version of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], being Peter's childhood friend who reunites with him several years later and becomes a supervillain due to a perceived betrayal from Peter. He also has some elements of his father by becoming the first Green Goblin and [[spoiler:being responsible for Gwen Stacy's death.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** To the Lizard, who was a scientist at Oscorp who mutated himself using science he had helped to create for the purpose of regowing physical injuries. Harry meanwhile was the son of the company's owner and used science developed by others to try and cure himself of a genetic illness.
** To Venom of ''Spider-Man 3'', as Harry appeared in the last film before his film series was rebooted. Like Venom he is the last villain to appear in their respective films, and use a more powerful but sympathetic villain to fight Spider-Man. However Eddie Brock was a self-serving photographer who bonded with an alien symbiote, and as Venom was incredibly petty and selfish in his desire to kill Spider-Man. Harry however was a wealthy young man who used science to mutate himself into the Green Goblin while also using Oscorp weapons, and while curel he was motivated from the desire to survive the illness that killed his father. Harry also serves as a EvilCounterpart to the version of Harry who appeared in ''Spider-Man 3'' who sacrficed himself to save Spider-Man.
* DemotedToExtra: He doesn't play as big a role in the second console game as he did in the film.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Much like his father in this universe, this Harry suffers from an illness that'll eventually kill him and is ultimately the impetus for him becoming the Green Goblin.
* DrivenToVillainy: He was only looking for a way to cure his disease, and being kicked out of Oscorp certainly didn't help matters.
* EntitledBastard: Harry becomes angrier in his search for a cure to his disease. Even when Peter tells him that a blood transfusion from Spider-Man would be risky, Harry ignores him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While it's before he really slips, he's noticeably upset that Oscorp is experimenting on human subjects in Ravencroft.
* EvilCounterpart: As the Green Goblin, he is even more obviously this to Peter than his father was in the comics. In addition to being the same age as Peter, he's pushed into his StartOfDarkness by the sudden death of his father figure, and he gets his superpowers from a self-inflicted dose of the same spider venom that gave Peter his abilities.
* EvilFormerFriend: Becomes the Green Goblin. [[spoiler:Killing Gwen cements this.]]
* EvilIsHammy: Once he turns into the Goblin, all restraints are off. [[IncomingHam His very introduction]] has some wordless overacting even before delivering an overenunciated "Peter...".
* EvilLaugh: Pulls an impressive one before the final battle.
* EyeScream: When Spider-Man appears in person to inform Harry that he won't hand him his blood, Harry is so enraged that he hurls a glass of scotch at the wall. The shattering glass is so dramatic that it can be hard to notice Harry scream and clutch his face right afterwards, as if some of the tiny shards of glass flying everywhere had found their way back to him.
* {{Frameup}}: The accident that creates Electro is passed off as an experiment which is then pinned on Harry, which gives Oscorp's Board of Directors the excuse to kick him out of the company.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: [[spoiler:Is last seen in his normal human form, but he says his condition "comes and goes". A nod to the comic version (and the first trilogy) where being the Goblin was a mental illness rather than a physical change.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Harry wants Spider-Man's blood for its healing abilities as his only hope of survival. Spider-Man refuses as it could harm or kill him, but Harry points out he is already dying and has nothing to lose.
* KnightOfCerebus: The moment Harry becomes the Green Goblin, people start dying...
* LaughingMad: Develops a tendency towards maniacal laughter after he becomes the Green Goblin.
* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: Thanks to the assistance of Mr. Fiers, he's currently [[spoiler:overseeing the formation of the Sinister Six]] from his cell at Ravencroft.
* NeverMyFault: Harry exclusively blames Spider-Man's refusal to help him for his transformation and mutation, never mind that Spider-Man and Peter (from Harry's perspective) each gave valid points that there was no way of knowing if Spider-Man's blood would help or make things worse.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: From a multiversal point of view in regard to Peter Parker's best friend, this Harry Osborn is the mean to the nice of [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCityMidtownSchoolOfScienceAndTechnology Earth-199999's Ned Leeds]] and the in-between of [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogy Earth-96283's Harry Osborn]]. He starts off as Peter Parker's best friend, but when Parker, as Spider-Man, refuses to give him his blood out of concern for his safety, he snaps and becomes the Green Goblin, leading him to kill Peter's girlfriend Gwen Stacy, becoming his arch-enemy and shattering their friendship forever.
* NotHisSled: He becomes the Green Goblin before his dad, unlike the comics and other incarnations (such as ''Film/SpiderMan3'' and unlike ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''.[[note]]Or rather, how it appeared to be before TheReveal in that show.[[/note]])
* PainfulTransformation: Turning into the Green Goblin ''hurts''.
* PetTheDog: In a deleted scene, he spares Felicia during his rampage at Oscorp.
* PostClimaxConfrontation: The climactic battle against Electro is over, the villain is gone, the city is saved and it seems everything is just fine -- then suddenly Green Goblin appears, as one final challenge before the day is done.
* PowerArmor: The Goblin suit is a battle armor which also heals the wearer. Harry puts it on as a last resort after his attempt at a cure makes his condition worse.
* PowerDyesYourHair: After transforming into the Green Goblin, Harry's hair gets a green-ish hue.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Wasn't mentioned in the first film, but established in the second as Peter's childhood friend before he was packed off to boarding school.
* {{Revenge}}: After Oscorp kicks him out, Harry breaks Electro out of custody in exchange for Electro breaking him into Oscorp so he can cure himself. He encourages Electro to fight Spider-Man because he didn't help him earlier (though Electro is already spoiling for a fight). More directly, after he turns into the Goblin, Harry confronts Spider-Man and blames him for his current state.
* SanitySlippage: While he loses it in extreme situations before, he still manages to stay composed and competent right up until he has the Spider-venom injected into him, which causes him to lose his grip on sanity.
* SecretlyDying:
** He discovers he's inherited the genetic disorder that killed his father and takes the Goblin formula in an attempt to cure it.
** [[spoiler:It is in fact the same altered spider-venom that turned Peter into Spider-Man but due to it being coded to only Parker DNA it goes wrong. [[BodyHorror Horribly wrong.]]]]
* SequelAdaptationIconicVillain: After the first film focused on lesser-known ''Spider-Man'' villain The Lizard, Harry provided the sequel with this franchise's incarnation of the Green Goblin, [[spoiler:and he would have formed the Sinister Six had the series not been Cut Short.]]
* SlasherSmile: Sports one of these as the Goblin.
* ThatManIsDead: Declares that "Harry is dead!" [[spoiler:to Gwen after he takes her hostage and she tries to talk him down as Harry.]]
* VillainousFriendship: With Felicia and Electro.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Peter back when they were kids.
* WellDoneSonGuy: He grew to adulthood feeling his father never much cared about him. However, unlike his comic book counterpart and other versions, he never tries to gain his father's approval.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Neglected by his father as a child, taken away from his friends, and dying from a genetic condition, he gets betrayed by his subordinates at Oscorp and denied a possible cure by Spider-Man, leading to his descent into villainy. Just how much of a [[TheWoobie Woobie]] he is after he [[spoiler:causes Gwen's death]] is debatable.
* YoungAndInCharge: At 20, he's named by Norman Osborn to succeed him as head of Oscorp. The [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Board of Directors]] is not pleased.
* YouSeeImDying: He had the bad luck to inherit his father's genetic disease.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Aleksei Systevich / Rhino]]
!!Aleksei Systevich / Rhino
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/280px-the_rhino_750.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:280:''"Say hello to Aleksei Systevich!"'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/PaulGiamatti
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredTatasciore (second [=iOS=] game) Andrés García (Latin-American Spanish dub), Miglen Mirtchev (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''
->''"I am the Rhino! I told you I would be back!"''
A Russian crook that leads New York's [[TheMafiya Mafiya]]. Though he gets arrested by Spider-Man at the beginning of the sequel and subsequently incarcerated, he is eventually freed by Gustav Fiers and given a Rhino-shaped mech suit to squash the Spider with.
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* AdvertisedExtra: The trailers and other promotional materials spoke of him like he was going to be a prominent villain, with his actor even receiving AndStarring citations. The reality is that he gets about five minutes total screentime between the start and end of the film, and vanishes between those points.
* AlternateSelf: A version of him could be briefly seen as a SinisterSilhouettes in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', resembling his appearance in the main comics as opposed to the MiniMecha he has here. He also has a counterpart in [[Characters/SonysSpiderManUniverse another universe]].
* AnimalMecha: His Rhino armor. It's interesting in that it can switch from bipedal to quadrupedal.
* AscendedExtra: In the second [=iOS=] game, he gets a more prominent role, serving as a middleman for the Russian mob in its dealings with Oscorp, and he even gets to be the FinalBoss.
* AxCrazy: Not to the extent of Electro or Goblin, but he's still pretty unstable.
* BadassDriver: He's evidently a greater threat to Spider-Man when he's behind the wheel. It's probably why he was put in a vehicular suit later on.
* BaldOfEvil: Made all the more evil by his tattoo.
* BookEnds: Spider-Man enters and exits the film confronting him.
* TheBusCameBack: He's thrown into prison early on in the movie, but he finally becomes the Rhino at the end during the PostClimaxConfrontation.
* CarFu: His truck literally plows through traffic.
* CardCarryingVillain: This exchange between him and Spidey.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' So, not much of a hugger?\\
'''Rhino:''' ''[pulls out machine gun]'' Ah! I am ''killer!''
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** To the Lizard, who was a scientist who mutated himself into a lizard creature. The Rhino is instead a crimminal given an AnimalMecha and is nothing more than a henchman working for Harry Osborn and the Gentleman.
** As he appeared in the last film before his series was rebooted, his acts as one to the New Goblin from ''Spider-Man 3'' for the sole reason that both are only villains for a small amount of screen time. Harry Osborn was a billionaire who used a serum created by his father to gain enhanced physical abilities to get revenge on Spider-Man while also using advanced weaponry, but eventully came to see that his father was responsible for his own death and sacrificed himself to save Spider-Man. Rhino is a GenericDoomsdayVillain and a crimminal who has no personal connection to Spider-Man and his happy to try and kill him.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The very first scene with him is him literally plowing through traffic on a truck loaded with explosives, screaming the above quote at the top of his lungs and laughing maniacally.
* FinalBoss: In the second [=iOS=] game, he’s the final villain Spider-Man faces, having come back in the Rhino armor to seek revenge against him.
* GatlingGood: His armor comes with machine guns.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: While Green Goblin and Electro at least get enough screen time to have established motivations, the same cannot be said for The Rhino.
* HumiliationConga: He tries to shoot Spidey and misses every shot, Spider-Man knocks the gun out of his hand, webs him up, and pulls down his pants. And as he hammily swears revenge, Spider-Man leaves just in time for his gun to fall on his head and knock him out, all in a spam of a minute.
* HuskyRusskie: A massive thuggish Russian criminal.
* {{Jobber}}: His role in the sequel is to get his ass kicked by Spider-Man at the beginning of the movie and stay in prison for the rest of it (until he comes back at the end in his armor); he's mainly there to add a little depth to the cinematic world than to pose as a serious threat to Peter. This goes hand-in-hand with his role in the comics where he's functionally the same - TheBrute for any villain needing muscle.
* LargeHam: He has a pretty hammy accent, as admitted by his actor.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The only supervillain who didn't have a prior connection to Oscorp before becoming a villain.
* MiniMecha: His Rhino armor is big enough to fit a cockpit for him in its chest, but not quite humongous enough to fit in the HumongousMecha category.
* NoIndoorVoice: He's pretty much locked in a perpetual state of screaming at the top of his lungs.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He wasn't much of a threat when he was your average criminal and was quickly dealt with by Spider-Man. But when he gets into [[PoweredArmor The Rhino Suit]], he becomes much more dangerous and formidable.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The film ends just as Rhino and Spider-Man engage in a fight in the streets of New York. While the outcome isn't shown onscreen, [[spoiler:Peter confirms in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' that he did succeed in defeating Rhino.]]
* PoweredArmor: Interestingly enough, it's able to function as a bipedal mech ''or'' a quadrupedal one.
* RhinoRampage: Through the use of PowerArmor to boot.
* StarterVillain: The first villain to be defeated in the sequel, though he comes back in the final scene.
* TattooedCrook: He has a tattoo of barbed wire on his forehead.
* WalkingTank: The Rhino suit is armed to the teeth and extremely durable.
* WeWillMeetAgain: "This is not end, Spider!"
* WouldntHurtAChild: His sole redeeming factor - he stops shooting at the police when a child steps in front of him. It doesn't stop him from [[IShallTauntYou taunting]] the kid, though.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Man in Shadows / Gustav Fiers / The Gentleman]]
!!Gustav Fiers / The Gentleman
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Did you tell the boy the truth about his father?"'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelMassee
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' | ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''
->''"I've identified several worthy candidates. Now that Spider-Man's gone, this city will never be the same."''
Appears in TheStinger of the first film, asking an imprisoned Dr. Connors if he told Peter the truth about his father. He can be seen wandering through Oscorp's secret tech in the sequel.
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* AbortedArc: Whatever plans he had for Peter wound up being cancelled along with the series.
* AffablyEvil: Imposing he may be, but he's quite reserved and polite in conversation. He isn't called "The Gentleman" for nothing.
* AscendedExtra:
** In the sequel, he actually does something plot-important: providing the foundation for the Sinister Six.
** Also in the more traditional sense. Gustav Fiers hadn’t appeared in comic books ''at all'' at the time that he had made his appearance in the movies; his only prior appearance is as the BigBad of a [[Literature/SinisterSixTrilogy trilogy of Sinister Six]] prose novels. They were very well-received, which probably won him his spot in the films.
* EvilSoundsDeep: As indicated by his conversation with Dr. Connors, and later, Harry Osborn.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: His appearance in the first film was just that - a man who appeared in the shadows.
* FaceFramedInShadow: As his (initial) name indicates.
* SixthRanger: Of the Sinister Six, as he's the guy who gets them all together. Technically speaking, this makes him the ''[[{{Pun}} Seventh]]'' Ranger.
%% * UnexpectedCharacter
* WalkingSpoiler: Mentioning him reveals a good portion of TheStinger, along with a major plot thread in the sequel.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Due to no more films in the series being produced, we never find out what Gustav Fiers planned to do with Peter Parker nor why he wanted to fund the Sinister Six. [[spoiler:''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' makes no mention of him, so it can be implied that Fiers ultimately didn't go ahead with his plans.]]
[[/folder]]
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!Supervillains
[[folder:Doctor Curtis Connors / The Lizard]]
->For tropes applying to his appearance in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Cinematic Universe]], see Characters/MCUMultiversalVillains
!!Dr. Curtis "Curt" Connors / The Lizard
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CurtisConnors_7596.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti "That, changing like the snake, I might be free to cast off flesh wherein I dwell confined."]]'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Connors as the Lizard]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lizard_the_amazing_spider_man__133036_fli_1366717089_650_75.jpg[softreturn]''"All these souls... lost and alone. I can save them! I can cure them!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RhysIfans
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBlum (first console game), Adam Harrington (first [=iOS=] game), Germán Fabregat (Latin-American Spanish dub), Creator/NaoyaUchida (Japanese dub), Christian Gonon (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
->''"Like the Parkinson's patient... who watches on in horror as her body... slowly betrays her, or the man with macular degeneration... whose eyes grow dimmer each day, I long to fix myself. I want to create a world without weakness."''
One of Oscorp's leading scientific minds and Gwen's mentor. He used to work alongside Peter's father, Richard Parker, and they were engineering a revolutionary serum to re-grow limbs and human tissue, which would change the lives of millions -- including that of Connors himself, who lost his right arm. Richard, however, disappeared and was found dead taking a good part of the research with him, rendering Connors unable to finish the project by himself -- until Peter entered the scene.
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Sharp enough to cut through metal doors, [[spoiler:or Captain Stacy's stomach.]]
* AdaptationDyeJob: Commonly depicted as dark-haired, but blond-haired in the movie.
* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: In a deleted scene from the film, he says that he heard about Ben Parker's death, and consoles Peter. This is absent from the theatrical cut, [[spoiler:making it confusing how the Lizard knew that Ben was dead when he mocks Peter.]]
* AdaptationalNationality: This version of Curt Connors is English instead of American.
* AdaptationalSkimpiness: In the comics, the Lizard wears purple trousers, a black shirt, and a white lab coat when he transforms. Here, Connors goes about perfectly nude, though BarbieDollAnatomy applies here.
* AdaptationalSympathy: He became the Lizard in the comics trying to regrow his own limb, with a lot of his characterization stemming from a JekyllAndHyde situation. This Connors is stuck working under a corrupt corporation that sees the work he's doing as a means to an end, and their unwillingness to play things safe leads him to become his alter-ego.
* AlliterativeName: Like many characters that were introduced during the initial run of the comic.
* AlternateSelf:
** Has one on [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogy Earth-96283]].
** Also, [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome his appearance on Earth-199999]] eventually [[spoiler:diverges into a separate variant as a result of that Earth's Spider-Man curing him.]]
* AntiVillain: Connors works in genetic engineering for the betterment of humanity's medical conditions and dreams of restoring his missing arm. He seems to be a genuinely good man, only working for the shady Norman Osborn. He only becomes the Lizard [[spoiler:when his lizard-based serum is slated for public testing without his consent. He tests it on himself to spare others the danger and suffers transformation into the Lizard, which turns him insane. Even as the Lizard, his first action is to go after the scientist who's about to test the serum on aged veterans. Upon being cured his first thought is to save Peter's life, and his second is a concern for Captain Stacy as he realizes he fatally wounded him.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Implied after the final battle, where he saves Peter and willingly turns himself in to the police. TheStinger reveals that there is a precedent for this - several characters have implied he was more involved in Richard and Mary Parker's death than he lets on, and it's stated that he at least knows why they were killed.]]
* AxCrazy: As the Lizard. Though he ultimately means to do good, he will stop at barely anything to bring his plan to fruition and becomes quite mentally unhinged.
* BadassBookworm: Even as a hulking lizard-man, he's still an intelligent and dangerous individual.
* BadassLabcoat: Occasionally worn as the Lizard, but mainly worn as a scientist.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: As the Lizard, though considering the anatomy of most reptile species, this isn't all that surprising. Reptilian reproductive organs tend to be mostly internalized, thus Connors's, ah, lack of visible anatomy in that area.
* BeastMan: As the Lizard.
* BigBad: The main villain of the first film, as his Lizard persona attempts to turn all of New York into reptilian monsters.
* BodyHorror: The way Connors first regenerates his lost arm is rather disgusting, being covered in dead reptilian flesh and scales. The regenerated arm itself is (initially) far from pretty, with translucent skin, visible veins, and no fingernails. However, his reaction is one of joy.
* CompositeCharacter: Like Eddie Brock Sr. from ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', he was Richard Parker's partner. [[spoiler:He also takes the role of ComicBook/DoctorOctopus as Captain George Stacy's killer.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Venom of the previous ''Spider-Man'' film. Unlike him who's powers come from an alien lifeform while lacking any redeeming qualities due to caring only about what he can get, the Lizard is sympathetic as everything he did was in the actual belief he could help humanity. Even in his Lizard form he didn't mutate people out of malice and after being cured he regretted his actions and saved Spider-Man.
* CurbStompBattle: The first Lizard fight is a long and very painful beatdown on Spidey's end: the most he can do is delay him for a moment at a time and stop innocent people from getting hurt, but once it turns into a straight fight Peter is very outmatched. It only ends in his favor because he delayed Connors until the police came.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's normally pretty serious and straightforward, but he still shows shades of this, such as his joke about being a southpaw.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: [[spoiler:Averted. He finds out who Spidey is, but remains alive. [[NobleDemon And discreet.]]]]
* DeathOfPersonality: As Dr. Connors, he's a benevolent figure, but the serum erases this good personality and replaces it with that of [[BigBad The Lizard.]] [[spoiler:The Lizard is defeated in the same manner--the antidote destroys the evil Lizard persona, restoring Dr. Connors.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Actor Creator/RhysIfans has likened Connors' use of the serum to drug addiction, and it's easy to see why. He injects the serum into his arm by means of a hollow needle, it makes him feel fantastic (to the point of feeling and acting like another person entirely), and he keeps using more and more of it to negate going back to normal. And once he finally ''does'' go back to normal, Connors shows withdrawl-like symptoms such as restlessness and changes in mood, making it clear he's desperate to return to his previous state as soon as possible.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He is horrified that his colleague would test the formula with unwitting Military amputees as Guinea Pigs, which is the reason why he uses the untested serum upon himself. Too bad '''that''' didn't work out.
* EvilBrit: As the Lizard.
* EvilIsBigger: He towers over Spider-Man and other people as the Lizard.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: While he has traces of the Lizard virus in his system, he proclaims that humans are weak and must be enhanced in order to achieve their true potential.
* EvilSoundsDeep: His voice is a lot deeper as the Lizard.
* {{Foil}}: The Lizard is one of a sort to Peter. Both are cross-species originating from humans who are very intelligent but are on opposite sides of the moral spectrum and operate to completely opposite ends.
* FaceMonsterTurn: One done to prevent other amputees from being tested upon.
* FullFrontalAssault: As the Lizard, when not wearing his BadassLabcoat.
* GeniusBruiser: As the Lizard, he's quite capable of thinking on his feet and improvising weapons, such as [[spoiler:mixing chemicals together in a science lab to create an improvised explosive.]]
* GeniusCripple: Being down one arm does nothing to stop his intellect.
* GollumMadeMeDoIt: While he claims that he was pushed into becoming the Lizard in his trial, he states that he feels he is not personally responsible for the crimes his insane alter-ego was accountable for - even though he clearly regrets what occurred. His defense fails to win over the jury.
* GreenAndMean: His reptilian form has green scales and is not a friendly character.
* HealingFactor: The whole point of the lizard formula, but it also extends to bullet wounds.
* HumansAreFlawed: The starting point of his research. At the height of his insanity, he comes to the conclusion that humans are ''so'' imperfect that it's not right to leave them unevolved.
* ImAHumanitarian: In a deleted scene, [[spoiler:he bites Rajit's head off.]] This is done less as HorrorHunger and more as a way to KickTheSonOfABitch.
* ImmuneToBullets: DoubleSubverted. [[spoiler:He goes down from gunfire and is seen hurt by it... then his HealingFactor kicks in.]]
* JekyllAndHyde: And the latter comes through more and more as he becomes increasingly addicted to the serum.
* JustThinkOfThePotential: He believes the perfect Lizard formula could change millions of lives for the better.
* KickTheDog: The Lizard hits Spider-Man himself where it hurts in their final battle after seemingly gaining the upper hand.
-->'''Lizard:''' [[spoiler:Poor Peter Parker. No mother... no father... no uncle...'''All alone'''.]]
* LargeHam: As the Lizard.
* LightningBruiser: In his own words, he's faster, stronger, and smarter than Peter is.
* LizardFolk: No, really? [[spoiler:He also (briefly) turns a number of police officers that got into contact with his evolutionary weapon into this.]]
* LogicalWeakness: The Lizard, being cold-blooded, becomes sluggish when chilled. [[spoiler:Captain Stacy uses it to his advantage during the final showdown by blasting him with liquid nitrogen.]]
* MadScientist: {{Invoked|Trope}}: Dr. Connors says that he and Richard were called this for their fascination with genetic experiments.
* ManlyTears: He cries after [[spoiler:being cured and watching his right arm fall apart again.]]
* MisanthropeSupreme: As the Lizard, or under its influence.
-->'''Lizard:''' I sought to create a stronger human being, but there's no such thing! Human beings are weak, pathetic, feeble-minded creatures... why be human at all, when we can be so much '''more'''?
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Played with. He's absolutely moral as Connors and even injects himself with the serum for a moral reason (to keep other amputees from being used as test subjects, considering the serum is potentially lethal).
* NiceGuy: As Curt Connors. Best shown in a deleted scene where he visits Peter and offers very sincere condolences for Uncle Ben's death.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Whenever he turns back to a human, he loses his new arm.
* NobleDemon: [[spoiler:When the Lizard finds Gwen hiding with his Ganali device, he merely takes the device from her and lets her go.]]
* OneWomanWail: Whenever the Lizard is about to emerge or wreak havoc, the soundtrack invokes this trope to make his appearance all the more unnerving.
* PapaWolf: When he's not in his Lizard form he is extremely protective of Peter. [[spoiler:He even threatened Gustav Fiers in TheStinger, if said guy didn't leave Peter alone.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: He acts as one for Peter Parker in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''. They share a love of science and it becomes clear that Peter desires Connors' approval, [[ParentalAbandonment something he never really got from his dad.]] In a deleted scene, he even gives Peter his sympathies for the death of his Uncle.
* PrehensileTail: One that's able to regenerate in seconds.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: He tests the Lizard serum on himself in order to prevent Dr. Ratha from testing it on unknowing veterans. [[SideEffectsInclude And, well...]]
* PutOnABus: He's sent off to Ryker's Island after being tried.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: As, you guessed it, the Lizard.
* SanitySlippage: The more he uses the Lizard serum, the blurrier the line gets between both personalities, whether he's transformed or not. [[spoiler:It's only after he's exposed to the antidote that his original personality truly resurfaces.]]
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Since he still knows Peter is Spider-Man after being cured and averts DeathBySecretIdentity.]]
* SlasherSmile: The Lizard always has one.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Ditched, obviously, as the Lizard.
* SplitPersonality: Develops one after the first Lizard incident.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: That takes over more and more as the serum settles into his blood.
* SuperStrength: He's very strong and very resilient as the Lizard.
* SuperiorSpecies: Connors believes his Lizard form is a superior creature devoid of human weaknesses.
* TalkingToThemself: Before the attack on the school, we hear a voice talking about the plan to spread the formula and not letting Spidey get in the way of it. Whether this is the Lizard who has taken on a mind of its own or Connors' own thoughts is [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation up to interpretation]].
* ThinkingOutLoud:
** There is a break in the feverous inner tirade when Connors sits down and speaks out loud: "That, changing like the snake, I might be free, to cast off flesh wherein I dwell confined."
** This is an EnforcedTrope due to heavy re-cutting of the scene after a plot about Peter's father was taken out of the film. In the original version, Peter was present as well, and most of the inner monologue was actually part of a dialogue between the two.
* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil: He's not a bad guy at all. Having the Lizard in his system makes him crazy.
* TragicVillain: In this version of the story, he was ''forced'' into becoming the Lizard. What's worse is that, in spite of the tragedy he caused, things would have been infinitely worse if Ratha had his way and used the serum on dozens of subjects.
* {{Transhuman}}: Dr. Connors' views on human nature are reminiscent of Transhumanism's principal tenets - that the limits of the human body can be overcome through science.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He honestly believes he's doing all mankind a favor, even if he must ''force'' them to accept it.
* VisionaryVillain: Dr. Connors is driven by a vision of a "world without weakness" where humanity's physical flaws are corrected by science.
* WallCrawl: He climbs up Oscorp Tower with his bare hands, complete with an allusion to ''Film/KingKong''.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dr. Connors longs to create a world in which everyone is equal, a world in which illness and weakness don't exist. Injected with the Lizard serum, he comes to the conclusion his vision can be made a reality by making everyone like him, even if that means forcing the change upon everyone against their will.
-->'''Lizard:''' All these souls, lost and alone. I can save them! I can cure them! There's no need to stop me, Peter!
* WesternTerrorists: The Lizard's EvilPlan is referred to as a "terrorist plot" in a news flash.
* WickedCultured: In addition to being an awesome scientist, and the Lizard, Connors can quote incredibly appropriate poetry, in this case from Michelangelo's "The Silkworm".
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The injection of the Lizard serum not only has transformed Dr. Conners but has made him very insane.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He just wanted to overcome his disability, and help other people overcome their own.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Maxwell "Max" Dillon / Electro]]
->For tropes applying to his appearance in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Cinematic Universe]], see Characters/MCUMultiversalVillains
!!Maxwell "Max" Dillon / Electro
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You know, Spider-Man saved my life one time. Out of all the people in the whole city, he saved me. He said he needed me."'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Max as Electro in Times Square]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/electroaasm_2697.png[softreturn]''"It's my birthday. Now it's time for me to light my candles!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Electro in his suit]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/db2e1c34_1317_45be_93ac_e61022255fff.jpeg[softreturn]''"I will control everything. And I... will be like a god to them!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JamieFoxx
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Michael A. Shepperd (second console game), Creator/LiamOBrien (second [=iOS=] game), Creator/SalvadorDelgado (Latin-American Spanish dub), Shido Nakamura (Japanese dub), Jean-Baptiste Anoumon (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
->''"But you better make damn sure you kill me this time. 'Cause if you don't, I'm gonna kill the light so that everyone in this city is gonna know how it feels to live in my world... A world without power... a world without mercy... a world without Spider-Man! Then everyone will be able to see me for who I truly am... Don't you know? I'm Electro!"''
An Oscorp electrical engineer who felt ignored by the world and developed an unhealthy obsession with Spider-Man. After suffering an accident involving an electric wire and a tank of mutated electric eels, Dillon's skin turned blue and he gained the power to control electricity.
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* AbusiveParents: In a deleted scene, his mother treats him cruelly and insults him despite the fact that he is working hard to take care of her. Since this wasn't included in the final cut of the film however it's not clear whether it's canon.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: At least pre-Electro. In the original continuity, Max was a {{Jerkass}} with few morals long before even becoming a supervillain. Here, he's a nicer guy (if somewhat unstable) before turning into a TragicVillain.
* AdaptationalSympathy: His sufferings in this film, being a relentlessly bullied electrician instead of the victim of a freak accident, make his turn to villainy more understandable than in the comics.
* AGodAmI: By the end of the film, his powers have expanded to such a degree that he declares this of himself.
-->'''Electro:''' You're too late, Spider-Man. I designed this power grid. Now I'm gonna take back what is rightfully mine. I will control everything and I will be like a god to them!
* AlternateSelf: His [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome appearance on Earth-199999]] eventually [[spoiler:diverges into a separate variant as a result of that Earth's Spider-Man curing him, and with a better, "easy on the eyes", physical appearance than his original looks.]]
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He gets blue skin after gaining his powers. He turns redder when fully using his powers.
* AntiVillain: He was a powerless nobody who was ignored, exploited, and abused by the people around him. When he finally gets his powers, multiple misunderstandings cause him to snap and lash out against the world that he feels has wronged him.
* AxCrazy: Started off as a LoonyFan to Spider-Man, [[FromBadToWorse then he got his powers and... well, the rest is history.]]
* BadassBaritone: His voice was naturally deep before his transformation. And the more electricity he absorbs, the deeper his voice becomes.
* BadassBoast: Tends to give out a lot of these as the quotes above will indicate.
* BadassBookworm: Much like Peter, though he's more skilled in things relating to electricity.
* BaldOfEvil: Post-transformation. Before it, he sports a truly hideous combover.
* BodyHorror: The transformation ''really'' took a toll on his appearance.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Max Dillon really liked Spider-Man at first, because Spidey helped pick up Max's work blueprints and said something mildly encouraging. Unfortunately, that scene meant way more to Max than it did to Peter, who couldn't immediately recall the meeting when super-powered Electro tried to bring up their 'friendship'.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: He's noticeably more villainous after being "examined" by Dr. Kafka.
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Eventually forms a partnership with Harry after being freed from Oscorp, though he's ultimately fighting Spider-Man for his own separate reasons.]]
* BigBadSlippage: Even after becoming Electro, he doesn't become antagonistic until he sees Spidey get admired by the crowd. And then Dr. Kafka tortures him, leading to [[spoiler:a BigBadDuumvirate with Harry.]]
* BlackAndNerdy: Initially. Not to mention [[CloudCuckooLander unusual]].
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Develops these as Electro.
* BreathWeapon: During his last fight with Spider-Man, he pins him down and shoots electricity at him through shouting.
* BrokenPedestal: He sees Spider-Man as his enemy once a police officer tries to snipe him, even though Spider-Man was making it abundantly clear that he just wanted Electro to calm down. Nicely reinforced by the lyrics to "My Enemy".
-->He lied to me, he shot at me, he hates on me, he's using me, fragility, electricity, afraid of me! He's dead to me! He's dead to me! That Spider-Man, '''''HE IS MY ENEMY!!'''''
* BullyingADragon: On the receiving end of this from many after gaining his powers. It never ends well for them.
* ButtMonkey: His status as this is partly what makes him snap.
* CardboardPrison: In Electro's own words, Oscorp thought it was a ''[[SarcasmMode brilliant]]'' idea to place him in a harness that runs on electricity, the very substance he's made of and can control. Electro all but [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] how stupid that was. And he later proves this to be true when he breaks out of it during Harry's visit.
-->'''Electro:''' You do realize you locked me in a prison that runs... on electricity? I can feel it in the walls. I can feel it in my veins. No matter what you do, doc, you can't contain it. It's a force of nature. Like me.
* ChildishToothGap: Has a notable gap in his teeth as a part of his characterization as someone nebbish. It visibly closes as he gains his powers.
* ClimaxBoss: The climax of the second film centers around stopping Electro from taking over the city. However, he's not the last enemy, as Harry confronts Peter and Gwen soon after his defeat for a lower stakes (yet far more emotional) final confrontation.
* CompositeCharacter: Of several previous Electros.
** His origin is taken from the Electro seen in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' (an electrician turned into a superhuman that controls electricity thanks to genetically modified electric eels who gets in a fight with Spidey over a misunderstanding) and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries'' (a social outcast seeking vengeance against the world he feels has wronged him).
** His appearance is a fusion of his [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] incarnation (a blue EnergyBeing) and his ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' incarnation (wearing a suit to contain his powers).
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** While both Dillon and Connors worked at Oscorp, Dillon is essentially the ButtMonkey while Connors was a highly respected scientist. Also while Connors mutated himself on purpose and became a lizard creature that acted as a more physical threat to Spider-Man, Dillon was mutated by accident and became a EnergyBeing with far more power than Spider-Man could fight without outsmarting Dillon.
** As he appeared in the last film before his series was rebooted, he contrasts Sandman from ''Spider-Man 3'' as the main threat in his film before Spider-Man confronts the second villain (Venom for Sandman and Harry for Electro). Both himself and Sandman are elemental beings with a weakness for water and their origins involve them falling into things, but Sandman had a personal connection to Peter Parker and was sympathetic as he simply wanted to look after his sick daughter while having only [[AccidentalMurder accidentally]] killed one person prior to getting his powers. Meanwhile, Electro was obsessed with Spider-Man, killed after getting his powers and was only sympathetic since most of his villainy was caused by how he was treated and experimented on after getting his powers.
* CurbStompBattle: His second fight with Spider-Man starts off even at first until Electro gets his second wind, at which point the fight turns into a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with Spidey on the receiving end.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: His body explodes after being force-fed with electricity to the point of overloading.
* DemotedToExtra: He doesn't play as big a role in the second console game as he did in the film.
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: He's an ExtremeDoormat with NoSocialSkills and possibly an AbusiveParent (if the deleted scene is canon), so the second he has a positive interaction with someone, he becomes obsessive. He is deeply touched that Gwen remembers his name barely a minute after meeting him and learning it, and after Spider-Man saves his life Max starts calling him his best friend and obsessing over him to the point of imagining what he would say if Spider-Man visited him on his birthday. The closest he's ever come to having an actually friend is with [[VillainousFriendship Harry Osborn]], who he saves after Harry tells Max that he needs him and ironically, it's due to him being more suspicious of people by the time they meet so they settle into being polite allies.
* DragonInChief: To a pre-Goblin Harry in the final act of the film, helping him reclaim Oscorp after he's kicked out.
* DrivenToVillainy: He had poor control of his powers at first, and clearly just wanted somebody to help him. Then the police attacked him.
* TheEeyore: He's had a miserable life and as a result he's rarely happy except when he thinks he's made a connection wit another person.
* ElectricBlackGuy: Since he's played by Foxx.
* ExtremeDoormat: Prior to the accident he had no self-confidence and therefore everybody at Oscorp took advantage of him. This led to nobody caring whether he was safe when making repairs and Oscorp not giving him credit for the power grid he designed. After getting his powers he quickly shows everyone why this was a mistake.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He gains a sinister bass-baritone voice upon gaining large quantities of electricity.
* EvilWearsBlack: He later wears a black skintight suit in the second film.
* {{Flight}}: He learns to levitate in the air in the second half of the film.
* ForgottenBirthday: Which kicks off a string of really unfortunate accidents that culminate in him becoming Electro.
* ForWantOfANail: New York could have had two heroes watching out for it if that police officer hadn't tried to snipe him.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He transformed into a super-powered freak of nature all because he had to work an extended shift.
* GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy: [[spoiler:How Spider-Man and Gwen ultimately defeat him.]]
* TheHeavy: While Harry's actions as he tries to cure himself drive the plot, Electro's rampage is a far more prominent and direct threat.
* HumanoidAbomination: He ultimately ends up as a [[{{ComicBook/Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]]-esque ''thing'' made of electricity that occasionally takes on human form to communicate with or punch Spider-Man.
* HydroElectroCombo: In what is likely a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', this version of Electro was mutated after falling into a water tank filled with genetically-engineered electric eels.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: He wants to be able to save the day with Spider-Man.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: What Max ultimately and desperately desires is to have friends, genuine human bonding, and not be an invisible nobody that no one even cares about. As an effect, he easily latches onto people when they show some amount of decent human interaction towards him. Even the simple act of acknowledging his first name makes him latch onto people such as with Spider-Man, and Gwen for a brief moment. After becoming Electro, this desire takes on a more dangerous level. Also as shown when he teams up with Harry, his desire is so desperate that he is willing to unknowingly allow himself to be used just because he was needed and acknowledged as a friend.
* TheInformant: He would ''like'' to act like this for Spider-Man, at least. Spidey ''suggests'' that he is this, but only meant it as a pep-talk; he didn't realize Max would take it so seriously.
* InTheHood: In his first appearance as Electro, he wears one in an attempt to conceal himself.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He goes from unwittingly being a danger magnet to going out of his way to be a threat after he's convinced that Spider-Man set him up to be shot.
* LargeHam: Despite the more grounded tone of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' films, his scenes are played up to be extremely hammy.
* LaughablyEvil: Electro can be pretty goofy at times with how he acts.
* {{Leitmotif}}: The electronic dubstep piece ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDyAouw3nUw My Enemy]]'', and its longer variation ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zYB1PLjKv0 The Electro Suite]]''. Both of these are implied to be representations of Electro's obsession, paranoia, and growing mental instability.
* LightningCanDoAnything: It can even [[spoiler:level ''Times friggin' Square'']]!
* LogicalWeakness:
** Water, as usual. [[ItOnlyWorksOnce However, he eventually gets to overcome it by vaporizing the water before it can touch him.]]
** In the analogy of "living beings being made up of 70% water, but can still drown", the "water" for Electro in this case, is electricity.
* LonersAreFreaks: Why it later drives him into villainy after becoming Electro.
* LoonyFan: He develops an obsessive fixation on the wall-crawler.
* MickeyMousing: Electro's Theme contains a lot of Dubstep, which usually cannot be heard by the characters in the movie themselves - however, during the final standoff between Spidey and Electro, the latter converts himself into his energy form and starts jumping between the coils of the power plant and punching Spidey in between. Every time he switches from one coil to another, he makes them emit one tone at a time, creating a tesla-coil rendition of "Itsy-Bitsy Spider". Spidey himself isn't particularly thrilled.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' I ''hate'' this song!
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Despite constantly shifting between solid form and streams of electricity, whenever he reforms in his physical body his shorts, and later his Oscorp equipment, reform with him.
* NearVillainVictory: He manages to trap Spider-Man in a lightning tether created from his powers and could've slowly fry him to death if it wasn't for Gwen ramming him with a stolen police car.
* {{Nerd}}: Before his transformation, the movie does its best to make Jamie Foxx look like an unattractive nerd by giving him a combover, glasses, and fake bad teeth.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Though it seems like he died in his last fight with Spider-Man, his ability to manipulate electricity leaves his fate ambiguous - especially considering that he phases in and out via particles a handful of time through the movie. Creator/JamieFoxx himself even lampshades this by saying that "electricity cannot truly die", implying he might have made a return. Subverted in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' in which Max laments he was minutes away from death.]]
* NoBodyLeftBehind: He explodes after being overloaded with electricity with no trace of his physical body.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He designed the plans for the city's power grid. How does karma repay him? By having those designs stolen by [[BadBoss Alistair Smythe]] who then forces him to work an extended shift which would lead to the fateful accident that turns him into Electro.
* NoSocialSkills: Due to being an ExtremeDoormat he has no friends and doesn't know how to interact with people, with most of his interactions with others being awkward.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:He straps Dr. Kafka into the same harness that had been used to contain him.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He causes considerable collateral damage to Times Square alone in his first confrontation with Spider-Man and that was ''before'' he learned to control his powers. When he gets a better handle on his abilities, he causes a city-wide blackout that endangers several people at a hospital and nearly causes two planes to crash in midair.
* PsychoElectro: What's unique about this case is that it's shown that he was always kind of off. Having super-powers only made it worse.
* PsychopathicManchild: While more or less harmless before the accident, once he gets powers he is no longer the ExtremeDoormat he's been his whole life and finally acts on the fantasies he has when people anger him. His obsession with Spider-Man, born from one interaction after the hero saved him, means that when he believes the wall-crawler has betrayed him, he becomes determined to kill him.
* RaceLift: Electro is traditionally white in the comics and other adaptations. Here, he's played by African-American Jamie Foxx.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: Has a room filled with pictures and reports of Spider-Man, as well as cut-out messages he probably wrote himself. There is also a photo of Spidey place next to a mirror so that Max can pretend he is Spider-Mans' best buddy.
* SanitySlippage: Again, he was a LoonyFan to Spider-Man with a RoomFullOfCrazy, but not outwardly malicious. Getting superpowers just made it worse.
* ScaryBlackMan: Though his skin isn't actually black by the time he gets scary.
* ShadowArchetype: He's a lot like Peter and possibly represents what he could have become without Uncle Ben and Aunt May.
* ShockAndAwe: Aside from being able to zap things at will, he can make quick transit between objects that use electricity.
* {{Sidekick}}: Except not really. He deludes himself into thinking that he's Spider-Man's partner.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: His defining trait. Due to his extreme loneliness, Max is desperate for any type of companionship. Thus, being treated without the contempt or indifference he's used to will cause him to instantly latch on to that person such as Spider-Man or Gwen.
* TemptingFate: He remarks to Spider-Man of DidntSeeThatComing after trapping him in a lightning tether with his powers while slowly frying to death, and didn't expect Gwen Stacy driving a stolen police car straight into him.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: He was just a ButtMonkey that nobody gave a damn about, then he got his powers and was taunted and jeered as a freak of nature, next to a series of tragic misunderstandings involving Spider-Man plus being tortured by Dr. Kafka, making him finally decide that if the world wanted a monster, he'll ''give'' them one.
-->'''Electro's thoughts:''' They lied to me, they shot at me, they hate on me, they're using me, afraid of me, they're dead to me! They lied to me, they shot at me, they hate on me, they're dead to me, ''and now they're all my enemy!''
* TragicVillain: Being a ButtMonkey, he wanted to have friends and be accepted in society. When he turned into Electro, everyone starts calling him a freak, and it pushed him over the edge.
* {{Troll}}: During their final battle, Electro rams Spidey through tesla coils, creating a rendition of the Itsy-Bitsy Spider song just to taunt the guy.
* TookALevelInBadass: His freak lab accident turns him from a meek nerd to a powerful electric being.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He goes from being a sympathetic nobody to a deranged murderer after he loses faith in Spider-Man, deciding to establish himself as a force to be reckoned with.
* UnPerson: [[spoiler:Oscorp deletes his personnel file after his accident because they feared their stock would crash if an employee died on their watch; this even before they found out they've created yet another supervillain.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Again, to Harry during the later parts of the movie. Harry only needed him because he was desperate to get back into Oscorp to obtain the cure for his disease. After serving his role, however, Harry still keeps his end of the bargain by giving him access to the power grid.
* VillainousFriendship: Starts one with the Green Goblin.
* VolcanicVeins: Develops glowing blue veins as Electro.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The only villain in the Duology to actually die at Peter's hands, he's also a being of electricity, so no moral implications are talked about despite being TheMentallyDisturbed.
* WhosLaughingNow: Being a victim of bullying for most of his life meant that once he got his powers things didn't go so well for everyone else.
-->''"Soon everyone is this city is gonna know how it feels to live in my world. A world without power. A world without mercy."''
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Again, it's not hard to feel sorry for Maxwell Dillon after he becomes Electro.
* YellowLightningBlueLightning: Electro's lightning is primarily blue in color.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Harry Osborn / Green Goblin]]
!! Harry Osborn / Green Goblin
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't know how and I don't know why, but he can do everything a spider can, including self-heal. I need to find him. I need his blood."'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Harry as the Green Goblin]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/greengoblinasm_6460.png[softreturn]''"You were my friend... and YOU BETRAYED ME!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/DaneDeHaan
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kevin Dorman (second console game), Creator/NolanNorth (second [=iOS=] game), Creator/AlejandroOrozco (Latin-American Spanish dub), Julien Allouf (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''
->''"You don't give people hope, you take it away. Now, I’m gonna take away yours."''
The 20-year-old son of Norman Osborn, introduced in the second film, he's dying of a genetic condition that runs in the family--and only Spider-Man can help him.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The Harry Osborn Green Goblin is a LegacyCharacter to his father Norman in the comics and most adaptations. Here he is the original.
* AdaptationalSympathy: To a degree. He doesn't become the Goblin to avenge his father's death because of his IrrationalHatred of Spider-Man like in the comics, but because he's dying and Peter wouldn't help him.
* AdaptationalVillainy: As opposed to Electro's AdaptationalNiceGuy above, Harry is notably less sympathetic than he was in the comics, being [[spoiler:the BigBad of the second film, and the Green Goblin that's responsible for Gwen Stacy's death, rather than his father. In the comics, Harry and Gwen were close friends and he was greatly upset by her death.]]
* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogy Earth-96283]].
* AnimeHair: Transforming into the Green Goblin automatically brushes up his hair in a jagged manner.
* ArchEnemy: [[spoiler:Killing Gwen Stacy makes him this to Peter and he's creating a team to take over New York and kill him.]]
* AxCrazy: Starts off with relatively decent behavior, but grows progressively insane as the movie continues, culminating in him, well, becoming the Goblin.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Becomes one of the main antagonists of the second film as his attempts to find a cure for his illness, putting him in conflict with Spider-Man and straining his friendship with Peter before he releases Electro and becomes the ComicBook/GreenGoblin.
* BigBadFriend: To Peter, his best friend when they were kids.
* BigBadSlippage: He actually starts out as a friend to Peter, but as his illness gets the better of him he loses his sanity. He goes full villain after being seized from Oscorp.
* BodyHorror: His disease becomes increasingly apparent as time goes by, with his skin falling apart. He later painfully mutates into a goblin-like creature with pale yellow-green skin, longer nose and ears, yellowed teeth, and discolored WildHair after being given the spider venom. The alternate cut of this scene is much more gross and disturbing.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: He's terminally ill and wants Spider-Man's blood, believing it to be his only hope of survival; however, Spider-Man refuses, believing it might harm or kill him, or even turn Harry into a monster like the Lizard. While Spidey makes a valid point, Harry also does when he points out to Spidey that he's already dying, so he's got nothing to lose either way.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Peter Parker. This is notable in that Peter was the only friend he had who wasn't after his money.
* ColdHam: The character of Harry Osborn seems to have been written for a more dramatic actor, but Dane Dehaan is more restrained than is necessary.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Never calls himself the Green Goblin, only named as such in the credits. In fact the word goblin isn't spoken by anyone.
* CompositeCharacter: With the Ultimate version of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], being Peter's childhood friend who reunites with him several years later and becomes a supervillain due to a perceived betrayal from Peter. He also has some elements of his father by becoming the first Green Goblin and [[spoiler:being responsible for Gwen Stacy's death.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** To the Lizard, who was a scientist at Oscorp who mutated himself using science he had helped to create for the purpose of regowing physical injuries. Harry meanwhile was the son of the company's owner and used science developed by others to try and cure himself of a genetic illness.
** To Venom of ''Spider-Man 3'', as Harry appeared in the last film before his film series was rebooted. Like Venom he is the last villain to appear in their respective films, and use a more powerful but sympathetic villain to fight Spider-Man. However Eddie Brock was a self-serving photographer who bonded with an alien symbiote, and as Venom was incredibly petty and selfish in his desire to kill Spider-Man. Harry however was a wealthy young man who used science to mutate himself into the Green Goblin while also using Oscorp weapons, and while curel he was motivated from the desire to survive the illness that killed his father. Harry also serves as a EvilCounterpart to the version of Harry who appeared in ''Spider-Man 3'' who sacrficed himself to save Spider-Man.
* DemotedToExtra: He doesn't play as big a role in the second console game as he did in the film.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Much like his father in this universe, this Harry suffers from an illness that'll eventually kill him and is ultimately the impetus for him becoming the Green Goblin.
* DrivenToVillainy: He was only looking for a way to cure his disease, and being kicked out of Oscorp certainly didn't help matters.
* EntitledBastard: Harry becomes angrier in his search for a cure to his disease. Even when Peter tells him that a blood transfusion from Spider-Man would be risky, Harry ignores him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While it's before he really slips, he's noticeably upset that Oscorp is experimenting on human subjects in Ravencroft.
* EvilCounterpart: As the Green Goblin, he is even more obviously this to Peter than his father was in the comics. In addition to being the same age as Peter, he's pushed into his StartOfDarkness by the sudden death of his father figure, and he gets his superpowers from a self-inflicted dose of the same spider venom that gave Peter his abilities.
* EvilFormerFriend: Becomes the Green Goblin. [[spoiler:Killing Gwen cements this.]]
* EvilIsHammy: Once he turns into the Goblin, all restraints are off. [[IncomingHam His very introduction]] has some wordless overacting even before delivering an overenunciated "Peter...".
* EvilLaugh: Pulls an impressive one before the final battle.
* EyeScream: When Spider-Man appears in person to inform Harry that he won't hand him his blood, Harry is so enraged that he hurls a glass of scotch at the wall. The shattering glass is so dramatic that it can be hard to notice Harry scream and clutch his face right afterwards, as if some of the tiny shards of glass flying everywhere had found their way back to him.
* {{Frameup}}: The accident that creates Electro is passed off as an experiment which is then pinned on Harry, which gives Oscorp's Board of Directors the excuse to kick him out of the company.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: [[spoiler:Is last seen in his normal human form, but he says his condition "comes and goes". A nod to the comic version (and the first trilogy) where being the Goblin was a mental illness rather than a physical change.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Harry wants Spider-Man's blood for its healing abilities as his only hope of survival. Spider-Man refuses as it could harm or kill him, but Harry points out he is already dying and has nothing to lose.
* KnightOfCerebus: The moment Harry becomes the Green Goblin, people start dying...
* LaughingMad: Develops a tendency towards maniacal laughter after he becomes the Green Goblin.
* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: Thanks to the assistance of Mr. Fiers, he's currently [[spoiler:overseeing the formation of the Sinister Six]] from his cell at Ravencroft.
* NeverMyFault: Harry exclusively blames Spider-Man's refusal to help him for his transformation and mutation, never mind that Spider-Man and Peter (from Harry's perspective) each gave valid points that there was no way of knowing if Spider-Man's blood would help or make things worse.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: From a multiversal point of view in regard to Peter Parker's best friend, this Harry Osborn is the mean to the nice of [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCityMidtownSchoolOfScienceAndTechnology Earth-199999's Ned Leeds]] and the in-between of [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogy Earth-96283's Harry Osborn]]. He starts off as Peter Parker's best friend, but when Parker, as Spider-Man, refuses to give him his blood out of concern for his safety, he snaps and becomes the Green Goblin, leading him to kill Peter's girlfriend Gwen Stacy, becoming his arch-enemy and shattering their friendship forever.
* NotHisSled: He becomes the Green Goblin before his dad, unlike the comics and other incarnations (such as ''Film/SpiderMan3'' and unlike ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''.[[note]]Or rather, how it appeared to be before TheReveal in that show.[[/note]])
* PainfulTransformation: Turning into the Green Goblin ''hurts''.
* PetTheDog: In a deleted scene, he spares Felicia during his rampage at Oscorp.
* PostClimaxConfrontation: The climactic battle against Electro is over, the villain is gone, the city is saved and it seems everything is just fine -- then suddenly Green Goblin appears, as one final challenge before the day is done.
* PowerArmor: The Goblin suit is a battle armor which also heals the wearer. Harry puts it on as a last resort after his attempt at a cure makes his condition worse.
* PowerDyesYourHair: After transforming into the Green Goblin, Harry's hair gets a green-ish hue.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Wasn't mentioned in the first film, but established in the second as Peter's childhood friend before he was packed off to boarding school.
* {{Revenge}}: After Oscorp kicks him out, Harry breaks Electro out of custody in exchange for Electro breaking him into Oscorp so he can cure himself. He encourages Electro to fight Spider-Man because he didn't help him earlier (though Electro is already spoiling for a fight). More directly, after he turns into the Goblin, Harry confronts Spider-Man and blames him for his current state.
* SanitySlippage: While he loses it in extreme situations before, he still manages to stay composed and competent right up until he has the Spider-venom injected into him, which causes him to lose his grip on sanity.
* SecretlyDying:
** He discovers he's inherited the genetic disorder that killed his father and takes the Goblin formula in an attempt to cure it.
** [[spoiler:It is in fact the same altered spider-venom that turned Peter into Spider-Man but due to it being coded to only Parker DNA it goes wrong. [[BodyHorror Horribly wrong.]]]]
* SequelAdaptationIconicVillain: After the first film focused on lesser-known ''Spider-Man'' villain The Lizard, Harry provided the sequel with this franchise's incarnation of the Green Goblin, [[spoiler:and he would have formed the Sinister Six had the series not been Cut Short.]]
* SlasherSmile: Sports one of these as the Goblin.
* ThatManIsDead: Declares that "Harry is dead!" [[spoiler:to Gwen after he takes her hostage and she tries to talk him down as Harry.]]
* VillainousFriendship: With Felicia and Electro.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Peter back when they were kids.
* WellDoneSonGuy: He grew to adulthood feeling his father never much cared about him. However, unlike his comic book counterpart and other versions, he never tries to gain his father's approval.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Neglected by his father as a child, taken away from his friends, and dying from a genetic condition, he gets betrayed by his subordinates at Oscorp and denied a possible cure by Spider-Man, leading to his descent into villainy. Just how much of a [[TheWoobie Woobie]] he is after he [[spoiler:causes Gwen's death]] is debatable.
* YoungAndInCharge: At 20, he's named by Norman Osborn to succeed him as head of Oscorp. The [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Board of Directors]] is not pleased.
* YouSeeImDying: He had the bad luck to inherit his father's genetic disease.
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[[folder:Aleksei Systevich / Rhino]]
!!Aleksei Systevich / Rhino
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[[caption-width-right:280:''"Say hello to Aleksei Systevich!"'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/PaulGiamatti
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredTatasciore (second [=iOS=] game) Andrés García (Latin-American Spanish dub), Miglen Mirtchev (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''
->''"I am the Rhino! I told you I would be back!"''
A Russian crook that leads New York's [[TheMafiya Mafiya]]. Though he gets arrested by Spider-Man at the beginning of the sequel and subsequently incarcerated, he is eventually freed by Gustav Fiers and given a Rhino-shaped mech suit to squash the Spider with.
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* AdvertisedExtra: The trailers and other promotional materials spoke of him like he was going to be a prominent villain, with his actor even receiving AndStarring citations. The reality is that he gets about five minutes total screentime between the start and end of the film, and vanishes between those points.
* AlternateSelf: A version of him could be briefly seen as a SinisterSilhouettes in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', resembling his appearance in the main comics as opposed to the MiniMecha he has here. He also has a counterpart in [[Characters/SonysSpiderManUniverse another universe]].
* AnimalMecha: His Rhino armor. It's interesting in that it can switch from bipedal to quadrupedal.
* AscendedExtra: In the second [=iOS=] game, he gets a more prominent role, serving as a middleman for the Russian mob in its dealings with Oscorp, and he even gets to be the FinalBoss.
* AxCrazy: Not to the extent of Electro or Goblin, but he's still pretty unstable.
* BadassDriver: He's evidently a greater threat to Spider-Man when he's behind the wheel. It's probably why he was put in a vehicular suit later on.
* BaldOfEvil: Made all the more evil by his tattoo.
* BookEnds: Spider-Man enters and exits the film confronting him.
* TheBusCameBack: He's thrown into prison early on in the movie, but he finally becomes the Rhino at the end during the PostClimaxConfrontation.
* CarFu: His truck literally plows through traffic.
* CardCarryingVillain: This exchange between him and Spidey.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' So, not much of a hugger?\\
'''Rhino:''' ''[pulls out machine gun]'' Ah! I am ''killer!''
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** To the Lizard, who was a scientist who mutated himself into a lizard creature. The Rhino is instead a crimminal given an AnimalMecha and is nothing more than a henchman working for Harry Osborn and the Gentleman.
** As he appeared in the last film before his series was rebooted, his acts as one to the New Goblin from ''Spider-Man 3'' for the sole reason that both are only villains for a small amount of screen time. Harry Osborn was a billionaire who used a serum created by his father to gain enhanced physical abilities to get revenge on Spider-Man while also using advanced weaponry, but eventully came to see that his father was responsible for his own death and sacrificed himself to save Spider-Man. Rhino is a GenericDoomsdayVillain and a crimminal who has no personal connection to Spider-Man and his happy to try and kill him.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The very first scene with him is him literally plowing through traffic on a truck loaded with explosives, screaming the above quote at the top of his lungs and laughing maniacally.
* FinalBoss: In the second [=iOS=] game, he’s the final villain Spider-Man faces, having come back in the Rhino armor to seek revenge against him.
* GatlingGood: His armor comes with machine guns.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: While Green Goblin and Electro at least get enough screen time to have established motivations, the same cannot be said for The Rhino.
* HumiliationConga: He tries to shoot Spidey and misses every shot, Spider-Man knocks the gun out of his hand, webs him up, and pulls down his pants. And as he hammily swears revenge, Spider-Man leaves just in time for his gun to fall on his head and knock him out, all in a spam of a minute.
* HuskyRusskie: A massive thuggish Russian criminal.
* {{Jobber}}: His role in the sequel is to get his ass kicked by Spider-Man at the beginning of the movie and stay in prison for the rest of it (until he comes back at the end in his armor); he's mainly there to add a little depth to the cinematic world than to pose as a serious threat to Peter. This goes hand-in-hand with his role in the comics where he's functionally the same - TheBrute for any villain needing muscle.
* LargeHam: He has a pretty hammy accent, as admitted by his actor.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The only supervillain who didn't have a prior connection to Oscorp before becoming a villain.
* MiniMecha: His Rhino armor is big enough to fit a cockpit for him in its chest, but not quite humongous enough to fit in the HumongousMecha category.
* NoIndoorVoice: He's pretty much locked in a perpetual state of screaming at the top of his lungs.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He wasn't much of a threat when he was your average criminal and was quickly dealt with by Spider-Man. But when he gets into [[PoweredArmor The Rhino Suit]], he becomes much more dangerous and formidable.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The film ends just as Rhino and Spider-Man engage in a fight in the streets of New York. While the outcome isn't shown onscreen, [[spoiler:Peter confirms in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' that he did succeed in defeating Rhino.]]
* PoweredArmor: Interestingly enough, it's able to function as a bipedal mech ''or'' a quadrupedal one.
* RhinoRampage: Through the use of PowerArmor to boot.
* StarterVillain: The first villain to be defeated in the sequel, though he comes back in the final scene.
* TattooedCrook: He has a tattoo of barbed wire on his forehead.
* WalkingTank: The Rhino suit is armed to the teeth and extremely durable.
* WeWillMeetAgain: "This is not end, Spider!"
* WouldntHurtAChild: His sole redeeming factor - he stops shooting at the police when a child steps in front of him. It doesn't stop him from [[IShallTauntYou taunting]] the kid, though.
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[[folder:Man in Shadows / Gustav Fiers / The Gentleman]]
!!Gustav Fiers / The Gentleman
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Did you tell the boy the truth about his father?"'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelMassee
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' | ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''
->''"I've identified several worthy candidates. Now that Spider-Man's gone, this city will never be the same."''
Appears in TheStinger of the first film, asking an imprisoned Dr. Connors if he told Peter the truth about his father. He can be seen wandering through Oscorp's secret tech in the sequel.
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* AbortedArc: Whatever plans he had for Peter wound up being cancelled along with the series.
* AffablyEvil: Imposing he may be, but he's quite reserved and polite in conversation. He isn't called "The Gentleman" for nothing.
* AscendedExtra:
** In the sequel, he actually does something plot-important: providing the foundation for the Sinister Six.
** Also in the more traditional sense. Gustav Fiers hadn’t appeared in comic books ''at all'' at the time that he had made his appearance in the movies; his only prior appearance is as the BigBad of a [[Literature/SinisterSixTrilogy trilogy of Sinister Six]] prose novels. They were very well-received, which probably won him his spot in the films.
* EvilSoundsDeep: As indicated by his conversation with Dr. Connors, and later, Harry Osborn.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: His appearance in the first film was just that - a man who appeared in the shadows.
* FaceFramedInShadow: As his (initial) name indicates.
* SixthRanger: Of the Sinister Six, as he's the guy who gets them all together. Technically speaking, this makes him the ''[[{{Pun}} Seventh]]'' Ranger.
%% * UnexpectedCharacter
* WalkingSpoiler: Mentioning him reveals a good portion of TheStinger, along with a major plot thread in the sequel.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Due to no more films in the series being produced, we never find out what Gustav Fiers planned to do with Peter Parker nor why he wanted to fund the Sinister Six. [[spoiler:''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' makes no mention of him, so it can be implied that Fiers ultimately didn't go ahead with his plans.]]
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