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Norman Osborn
Norman Osborn
Played by: Chris Cooper
Voiced by: José Luis Orozco (Latin-American Spanish dub), Patrick Floersheim (European French dub), Sébastien Dhavernas (Canadian French dub)
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
"Has your hand started to twitch yet? When you lay awake and you feel it coming, hiding under your skin, waiting to show itself. To show you who you really are."
The head of Oscorp and father of Harry. He's said to be dying of a rare genetic disease.
- Aborted Arc: Word of God says that Norman Osborn was originally planned to eventually come Back from the Dead to take on a more villainous role as he did in the comics. After the franchise was cancelled, there was no chance for such an arc to actually play out.
- Adapted Out: His role as Green Goblin is completely left out of the franchise due to the fact that he dies as soon as he is introduced. For this, he never even has the chance to become a supervillain as in the comics.
- Adaptation Origin Connection:
- Better said, Oscorp, which has a hand in creating most of the franchise's villains and is responsible for not-used weapons like Doc Ock's mechanical arms or Vulture's wings.
- Like in the Ultimate Marvel timeline, he's involved in the accident that gives Peter his powers - but this time, he worked on the gen-manipulated spiders together with Peter's father, Richard Parker, hoping for a cure to his disease.
- Adaptational Heroism: Zigzagged. He never becomes the Green Goblin due to the fact he dies shortly after his introduction. Some of his traits and actions as the Goblin from the comics are given to his son instead. However, he still attempted weaponize Richard Parker and Curtis Connors' research and may have arranged for the Parkers' deaths when they discovered this.
- Adaptational Wimp: Thanks to being Disabled in the Adaptation, he never dons the Green Goblin persona.
- Age Lift: His date of birth is given as 1951 and his date of death is 2014, telling the audience that Norman was at least sixty-three, making him a year older than his actor and much older than his comic counterpart, who is somewhere in his forties at this point in Peter's life traditionally.
- Ambiguous Situation: Although a
Deleted Scene suggests that he's Not Quite Dead and his head was cryogenically preserved in a jar, it's unknown if this is canonical or not. As Peter never mentions having encountered Norman Osborn in person while dealing with Norman's Earth-96283 counterpart in Spider-Man: No Way Home, it can be implied that Osborn did die and his suggested survival isn't canonical or that Peter has yet to encounter a resurrected Osborn. - Anti-Villain:
- All that genetic research with the nasty side-effects? It's all done in order to keep himself and his son from dying of a serious illness.
- Eventually subverted - he was using Richard Parker's research to create biological weapons that he could sell to the highest bidder.
- Asshole Victim: He apparently dies of the painful disease he's carried, which is just as well considering the suffering he's been responsible for. This may be subverted by evidence of him being preserved cryogenically, which implies he's Not Quite Dead.
- Body Horror: The sickness he has leaves him bedridden, makes his face look swollen, turns his skin a sickly shade of green, and causes his voice to become guttural. Also, he has claws.
- The "claws" may simply be due to neglect of his hygiene since he knows he's terminally ill and doesn't see reason to bother trimming his nails. This doesn't make them any less unnerving, though, when combined with his withering hands.
- Character Death: He supposedly dies offscreen - but there's evidence that his body was put into cryostasis.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Is Oscorp's CEO and has been monitoring Peter, alongside numerous other illegal projects.
- Dark Lord on Life Support: A very shady Corrupt Corporate Executive and the film's Greater-Scope Villain is seen barely hanging onto life via several medical apparatus.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: Played With in regards to his iteration from Earth-96283. That version was dead at the end of his first movie, with this Norman following suit partway through TASM 2. Spider-Man: No Way Home resurrects the Earth-96283 Norman thanks to the Earth-199999 Peter Parker messing up one of Doctor Strange's spells, so TASM Norman winds up being the Dead Alternate Counterpart to that Norman.
- Death by Adaptation: Norman is alive and well in the comics and most versions, but this one bites the dust partway into the film.
- Decomposite Character: His usual role in the comics and other versions of being the original Green Goblin and Gwen Stacy's killer is taken by his son, Harry, and his other role of being a ruthless businessman is given to Canon Foreigner Doctor Rajit Ratha.
- Demoted to Extra: Zig-Zagged. In the comics and most adaptations, he is Spider-Man's most famous Arch-Enemy. This version dies after his first scene without becoming the Green Goblin but is nonetheless the Greater-Scope Villain of the film series.
- Disabled in the Adaptation: The comics Norman has never had an arc where his health was in danger. The Myth Arc of this series is due to this Norman being terminally ill. Additionally, the hologram of him in the first film shows him wearing glasses, the requirement of which may be age-related.
- The Dreaded: Other characters seem to be afraid of him, which is pretty reasonable given his counterpart's personality. It might just be the fact that he could fire them at any time.
- Face Framed in Shadow: There is a portrait of him displayed inside Oscorp, but it is covered in shadows.
- The Ghost: Never appears on-screen in the first film, only discussed by other characters. No longer the case as of the second film, as Norman does show up in person.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Of the entire film series.
- Human Popsicle: According to pictures
on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the rumors of his death were greatly exaggerated, as he was cryogenically frozen until a cure for the disease could be found. However, he is also a head in a jar because of the effects of the disease. - In Name Only: Aside from retaining his name and roles of being the head of Oscorp and father of Harry, he has nothing in common with his comic book counterpart (mainly through the fact that he is dying and most of his usual roles from the comics and other versions are given to other characters).
- Jerkass: He's not particularly nice to Harry when he visits - but at the least, he tells his son to make the most of his legacy, implying that there's a bit of a Jerk with a Heart of Gold in regards to his own flesh and blood. Unless there's an ulterior motive at play.
- Not Quite Dead: Material on the Blu-Ray/DVD release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 indicates that he's not dead at all, but being preserved cryogenically.
- Parental Neglect: He failed to be a good father to Harry, especially after sending his 11-year-old son to boarding school. He doesn't appear to show any regret when Harry calls him out on this.
- Scary Shiny Glasses: His giant model covered in shadows has them.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: Though oddly averted in the archive footage, where he presumably wears contact lenses.
- Truer to the Text: While this version of Norman isn't the Green Goblin (along with a terminal illness), he's the closet live-action depiction of the original comics character, a Corrupt Corporate Executive who wasn't a good person from the very beginning with a very cold relationship with his son Harry. If anything, this version would've eventually become a supervillain if he lived long enough.
- Villain with Good Publicity: He is well-regarded as a philanthropist and a hero to the scientific community, in spite of his illegal actions behind the scenes.
- You See, I'm Dying: He's dying of an unknown heritable disease.
Doctor Rajit Ratha
Dr. Ranjit Ratha
Played by: Irrfan Khan
Voiced by: Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (Latin-American Spanish dub), Akio Hirose (Japanese dub), Stéphane Fourreau (European French dub), Frédéric Desager (Canadian French dub)
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man
"Norman Osborn is dying, Dr. Connors. Save him. Or we'll both lose our heads."
Norman Osborn's representative. Because Osborn is dying, Ratha pressures Connors into beginning human trials for his limb-regenerating formula. When Connors refuses, Ratha fires him and takes the formula to test at the veterans' hospital.
- Adaptational Villainy: The video game sequel manages to make him even more corrupt, revealing he not only wanted to use Connors' research for a cure but to make cross-species monsters to sell on the black market. He also threatened to blacklist Michael Morbius to force him to help him, and he got involved with the Mafia, getting them to loan him an expendable thug that he mutated into the Rhino, intending to sell Rhino to them. Fortunately, he died before he could do this.
- Alliterative Name: Rajit Ratha.
- Asshole Victim: Deleted scenes show he was killed by the Lizard, and the Daily Bugle ARG confirms this is canon.
- Bollywood Nerd: Though, unlike most versions of this trope, he is very serious and often sinister.
- Canon Foreigner: Made exclusively for the movie.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: He was planning on using military amputees as Guinea Pigs!
- The video game sequel reveals he’s corrupt even by Oscorp standards, having connections with the black market and planning to sell cross-species monsters to numerous shady sources to be used as weapons.
- Decomposite Character: Norman Osborn's role as a sinister ruthless businessman who tends to be the ire of supervillains was transferred over to this new character.
- Dragon with an Agenda: The video game sequel reveals he intended to use Connors’ research to create cross-species monsters to sell as weapons to shady clients on the black market. He was killed before this could happen, but he left the Rhino behind.
- Expy: He is essentially an Indian version of the Norman Osborn from the comics and other versions, only without the Green Goblin element. Heck, he shares a stronger resemblance with the Norman of the comics and other versions than the version that is featured in this film series.
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Dude was planning on testing the Lizard formula on patients at a veterans hospital, disguised as a flu shot, and with no concern over the potential side effects. That's so wrong on many levels...
- Mouth of Sauron: Acts as this for Norman Osborn.
- Mythology Gag: There actually is an Indian version of Norman Osborn, appearing in, naturally, Spider-Man: India, though his name is Nalin Oberoi.
- Pet the Dog: In a deleted scene, he tells Peter that he is bound to do great things with his abilities. Whether or not he was just smooth-talking Peter into getting a job at Oscorp was ambiguous, but it's a surprisingly kind gesture.
- Race Lift: Ratha is for all intents and purposes an Indian version of his employer's typical portrayal.
- Secret-Keeper: He clearly knows a lot more than he lets on about Peter's father.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: In the theatrical cut of the first film, he disappears after the bridge scene. Deleted scenes for the film reveal where he went - he got killed by the Lizard shortly after the bridge incident. The Daily Bugle Tumblr indicates that sewer workers found his body sometime later.
Alistair Smythe
Allistair Smythe
Played by: B.J. Novak
Voiced by: Carlo Vázquez (Latin-American Spanish dub), Sébastien Desjours (European French dub)
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
A man working for Oscorp. Although he was created after his video game counterpart, he is not based on that interpretation of the character.
- Abled in the Adaptation: Alistair is an Evil Cripple in the comics. He never shares the same fate, especially after the film series was cancelled.
- Adaptational Heroism: He never becomes the supervillain Spider-Slayer, although he’s still an asshole.
- And I'm the Queen of Sheba: When Max tells him that he's the one who designed the power grids, Alistair replies "Sure you did. And I'm Spider-Man!". Max doesn't take it well.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: It seems to be a pattern that anyone high up in Oscorp is one of these.
- Hate Sink: He’s a smug jerk who treats Nice Guy Max like crap for no reason.
- In Name Only: Has very little to do with his namesake outside of his name and being kind of a dick.
- Jerkass: He mocks Max to his face, rudely orders him to get to work, and to top it off, he forces Max to work overtime on his birthday.
- Kick the Dog: He reminds Max about his Forgotten Birthday... After forcing him to work overtime.
- Mean Boss: To Max Dillon.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Nice job inadvertently creating Electro, Smythe!
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He disappears after telling Max to work overtime.
Donald Menken
Donald Menken
Played by: Colm Feore
Voiced by: Glenn Steinbaum (second console game), Christopher Daniel Barnes (IOS version), Jesús Cortéz (Latin-American Spanish dub), Jean-Pol Brissart (European French dub), Jacques Lavallée (Canadian French dub)
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
An assistant to Norman Osborn at Oscorp.
- Adapted Out: The second console game reveals that the Menken we’ve been seeing was actually the Chameleon in disguise.
- Adaptational Wimp: The IOS version depicts him as being a middleman between Oscorp and the gangs for Oscorp’s weapons dealings and rather out of his depth, rather than the higher up he is otherwise depicted as in the second console game and the film. Ironically, he is even more of a Smug Snake than he is in the films.
- Bullying a Dragon: He tries talking down to Electro when Harry gets back into Oscorp. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Noticing a pattern with the people that run Oscorp?
- Death by Adaptation: While his death was cut from the second film and his fate is left ambiguous in the console game, the IOS version has him murdered by the Green Goblin.
- Disney Villain Death: Not in the official film, but deleted scenes show that Goblin took him to the top of the Oscorp tower and threw him off. It's hard to feel bad for him.
- Evil Is Petty: Honestly, it appears the man is literally incapable of doing anything unless he's screwing someone over. Max Dillon works for Oscorp yet Menken steals his designs and implements them without giving him an ounce of credit. At least in the previous film, Connors was actually given a choice to continue his work before they tried to steal it.
- Frame-Up: He places the blame of the accident with Max Dillon onto Harry Osborn so he can sit at the head of Oscorp.
- Greater-Scope Villain:
- As the head of Oscorp and the one who injected the Goblin Formula into Harry in the second movie.
- Averted in the IOS version, where he is nothing but a middleman between Oscorp and the gangs.
- Hate Sink: He is a corrupt employee of Oscorp who seeks to usurp Harry Osborn as CEO after his father's death. Menken has Max Dillon, A.K.A. Electro committed to Ravencroft, where he uses footage of Max to frame Harry for the accident that turned him into Electro. Menken kicks Harry out of Oscorp, but not before spitefully telling him that he's going to die a horrible death soon and no one will care.
- He Knows Too Much: In the IOS game, Harry assassinates him right after Spider-Man captures him.
- Kick the Dog: After causing Harry to lose his position as head of Oscorp, Menken twists the knife by saying Harry will die a horrible death and no one will miss him.
- Smug Snake: After he frames Harry to get him kicked out of Oscorp, he proceeds to indulge in some Evil Gloating to Harry about how he’s been “fired” and he’ll soon die.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: It's not clear where he goes after injecting the Goblin Formula into Harry, but he seemingly escapes. Harry was supposed to have killed him during a rampage through Oscorp, but the entire sequence was removed from the film.
Felicia Hardy
Felicia Hardy
Played by: Felicity Jones
Voiced by: Leyla Rangel (Latin-American Spanish dub), Natsuki Mori (Japanese dub), Elsa Esnoult (European French dub), Rachel Graton (Canadian French dub)
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Harry Osborn's personal assistant and secretary who has romantic feelings for him. She tells him of the off-the-books project that leads to him working with Max Dillon and becoming the Green Goblin.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: In the comics, she's blonde. In the film, she has brown hair.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
- She's one of Spider-Man's most famous love interests and has a very unique and interesting relationship with the hero. In this movie, the two of them never even metnote .
- Instead, the movie establishes a close relationship between Felicia and Harry Osborn, with Felicia serving as Harry's Number Two in the company and acting as his only ally. They never had such a relationship in the comics.
- Adaptational Heroism: She is not a Classy Cat-Burglar like her comic book self.
- Adaptational Modesty: By virtue of not becoming Black Cat, who is probably the biggest Ms. Fanservice of all Spider-Man characters, having very generous assets and often boasting them in her skintight catsuit. This Felicia spends most of her screentime in a professional black dress.
- Adaptational Wimp: Black Cat is one of the most credible Action Girls in the Spider-Man mythos. No signs of that in this version. Only because she never got that far.
- All There in the Script: She's only referred by her first name throughout the movie. Her surname being Hardy is just revealed by the credits.
- Dark Is Not Evil: She always wears black outfits, but is a Nice Girl who is nothing but nice and helpful to Harry and others.
- Demoted to Extra: Black Cat is a pretty iconic character in the comics, but Felicia appears only in one of the films with a minor role and does not show up as her masked identity. She would have graduated to Ascended Extra in later films as Black Cat.
- First-Name Basis: With Harry, unlike the Oscorp executives because they're "not his friends". Also, her last name being Hardy is only confirmed in the credits.
- Girl Friday: Is this to Harry.
- In Name Only: Aside from her name, she has nothing in common with her comic book counterpart. Even though she was supposed to.
- Mythology Gag: She always wears black clothing, which is the color of her comic counterpart's Spy Catsuit.
- Nice Girl: A dedicated assistant who walks the extra mile to help her boss. Unlike the rest of Oscorp, she actually seems to care about Harry's well-being.
- Pet the Dog: Although she doesn't do anything villainous, she's aware of Oscorp's secret project. She tells Harry about it because she realizes it can save his life.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Felicia is just doing her job. If she'd become the Black Cat, it's unknown if this would've remained so.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: In contrast to the comics, where she was platinum blonde.
- Sexy Secretary: Portrayed by the attractive Felicity Jones and there is a subtle mutual attraction between her and her boss.
- Token Good Teammate: Out of all the people working in Oscorp, she's the only one (besides Gwen) who is not a jerk or becomes a villain. It's unknown if this'd still be the case if she became the Black Cat.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: By telling Harry about Oscorp's secret projects, she inadvertently created the conflict found in the second half of the film.
- Villainous Friendship: Subverted regarding her friendship with Harry because she is not a villain at all. It was intended she'd have this with Spider-Man after assuming her costumed persona, like in the comics.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: It's not clear if she lost her job after Harry was kicked out of the company. Future movies would have had her becoming the Black Cat, but still left ambiguous if it it's due to her being fired or because she left on her volition.
Alfie
Alfred
Played by: Michael Papajohn
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man
The driver for Dr. Ratha who was present when the Lizard attacked him on the bridge.
- Canon Foreigner: He is a character exclusively created for the film.
- Remake Cameo: Papajohn previously played the Carjacker from the 2002 film.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Downplayed. He was asked by his employer to get out of the car and see what the hold up was, which was the Lizard destroying some cars. However, Alfred never returns, implying that he ran away like most of the New Yorkers present in the bridge.
Associates
Dr. Ashley Kafka
Dr. Ashley Kafka
Played by: Marton Csokas
Voiced by: Pierre-François Pistorio (European French dub), François Godin (Canadian French dub)
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
"I'm here to study you. To understand what you are, why you are. And I will get results. I always do."
A doctor working at Ravencroft Institute that 'examines' Max Dillon after his arrest.
- Adaptational Villainy: The comic book version of the character was a psychologist concerned with treating her patients. In the original script for the movie, the character would have simply been a generic doctor that interacted little with Electro and would subsequently not be attacked when he escaped.
- Camp: Probably the campiest character in any superhero film in recent history.
- Faux Affably Evil: He's polite and soft-spoken to Electro, even when the latter knows that it's abundantly clear that the doctor is torturing him.
- For Science!: Why he's so insistent upon experimenting upon Electro.
- Gender-Blender Name: Ashley is an unusual name for a man. This is because...
- Gender Flip: Kafka's a woman in the comics, but is played by a man in the film.
- Herr Doktor: He has a noticeable German accent.
- In Name Only: This character is essentially to The Amazing Spider-Man 2 what Deadpool was for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, sharing almost nothing in common with the character he is based upon. For starters, he's a woman in the comics, and that Ashley Kafka was actually concerned with helping her patients instead of "examining" them through torture. This character, however, is more or less A Nazi by Any Other Name.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Electro putting him in the same harness that Kafka had used to torture him with.
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: A Torture Technician that works on superhumans.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: It's not made clear if he died or not.
Dr. Michael Morbius
Michael Morbius
Played by: N/A
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man 2note
A scientist mentioned in the device given to Harry Osborn by his father Norman.
- Adaptational Heroism: He's presumably nothing more than an ordinary scientist in this version.
- Adaptational Origin Connection: He never worked for Oscorp in the comics.
- Adaptational Wimp: There's no mention of him having turned himself into a living vampire.
- Alliterative Name: Michael Morbius.
- The Ghost: His name can only be spotted in one scene of the film.
Dr. Otto Octavius
Dr. Otto Octavius
Played by: N/A
Appearances: The Daily Buglenote
A world-renowned nuclear physicist that commutes with Oscorp, but is not officially affiliated with the company. He apparently has yet to use his mechanical arms, or at the least keeps them at Oscorp when he isn't working there.
- Adaptational Heroism: Given that Peter doesn't recognise the Octavius from Earth-96283 when they meet in No Way Home, it can be assumed that he never became a supervillain.
- Alliterative Name: Otto Octavius.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He is mentioned by The Daily Bugle as a scientist that is consulting with Oscorp. Presuming that he becomes Doctor Octopus, his tentacles appear on the wall that Gustav Fiers passes by, and a closer view of the arms appears in the Creative Closing Credits.
Dr. Adrian Toomes
Dr. Adrian Toomes
Played by: N/A
Appearances: The Daily Buglenote
An electronics engineer that works for Oscorp that designs electromagnetic tools. After the military fails to secure a contract that would make him a millionaire for his work, he modifies the antigravity harness he was working on to more closely resemble a certain bird of prey.
- Adaptational Heroism: Since we don't know for certain that he will become Vulture, as many have use that identity in the comics, he is an example of this as there is nothing to suggest he is anything more than a scientist.
- Early-Bird Cameo: No pun intended, should he become the Vulture. He is mentioned by The Daily Bugle as a scientist that is working on a flight-capable military harness, and the wings in question appear on the wall that Gustav Fiers passes by. A closer view of the wings he made appears in the Creative Closing Credits.
Midtown Science High
Old Man
Old Man
Played by: Stan Lee
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man | The Amazing Spider-Man 2
"Hey! I know that guy."
An old man who frequently appears.
- Ambiguous Situation: May or may not be the same entity as The Watcher Informant. Especially so, considering that Spider-Man: No Way Home connects this world to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Otherwise, he could just be an Alternate Self.
- The Cameo: Because this is Stan Lee we're talking about.
- Cassandra Truth: He sees Peter with his mask on during graduation, but everyone is busy on the ceremony to notice him stating it.
- Cool Shades: It wouldn't be a Stan the Man cameo without those sunglasses.
- Headphones Equal Isolation: While working as a librarian, he checks a book and leaves for lunch with his back turned and headphones playing music on, ignoring the loud and destructive battle between Spider-Man and the Lizard behind him.
- No Name Given: Only credited as "School Librarian" in the first film and as "Graduation Guest" in the second film.
Eugene "Flash" Thompson
Eugene "Flash" Thompson
Played by: Chris Zylka
Voiced by: Edson Matus (Latin Spanish dub), Yoann Sover (European French dub), Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi (Canadian French dub)
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (deleted scenes)
Resident Jerk Jock and Big Jerk on Campus. Though he predictably targets Peter, he grows to idolize Spider-Man. He is revealed to have a Hidden Heart of Gold after Peter's uncle dies.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the comics, Flash had the tendency of mercilessly bullying Peter Parker during high school (but he greatly admires Spider-Man) before they became close friends in college. Here, while he initially still bullied Peter, Flash eventually becomes friends with him during high school instead of college.
- Affectionate Nickname: A Deleted Scene in the second film has Gwen calling him "Flashua".
- Berserk Button: Calling him by his real name, Eugene.
- Big Jerk on Campus: Popular with pretty much everyone but Peter, Gwen, and Missy. He starts to transition into a genuine Big Man on Campus by the end though.
- The Bully: To Peter, at first.
- Bullying a Dragon: Surprisingly averted. After Peter gains his powers, the two have altercations: in the first, Peter is actually the provoker and in the second, Flash simply wanted to give his condolences to Peter for Ben's death.
- Embarrassing First Name: At least he seems to think so.
- Fanboy: Of Spider-Man.
- Hero-Worshipper: Near the end of the film. True to his comic book counterpart, Flash becomes a Spider-Man fanboy, proudly displaying his new shirt with the hero's spider symbol.
- Hidden Depths: Chris Zylka comments there's much more to Flash than he lets on, and that he doesn't quite enjoy being a bully. That may explain why he stopped picking on Peter too.
- Humiliation Conga: Peter submits him to one in a basketball game after he gains his powers, when Flash ruins Missy's artwork. See it by yourself.
- In Spite of a Nail: As Spider-Man: No Way Home connects the Raimi and MCU Spider-Man films to the Webb series, Flash is the only character to be a classmate of Peter in all three universes.
- The Knights Who Say "Squee!": A huge fan of Spider-Man, especially in his write-up to the Daily Bugle.
- Jerk Jock: Who, predictably, gives Peter a lot of garbage. Until his uncle dies.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: This version starts off as the same jerk in the original trilogy, but has the humanizing aspects that weren't included. By the end of the movie, his "bullying" of Peter comes across more as friendly teasing.
- Lovable Jock: Progressively, finally up front by the end of the first film.
- Loves My Alter Ego: Averted. Unlike the comics where he's a bully to Peter while admiring Spider-Man, here he admires Spider-Man while becoming nicer to Peter.
- Mythology Gag: Him playing basketball in high school rather than football is a nod to his Ultimate Marvel counterpart.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Out of the three versions of Flash that appear in The Multiverse, he is the nice to his mean Earth-96823 and in-between Earth-199999 counterparts. This version receives actual Character Development which means he stops bullying Peter and in the deleted scene of the second film seems to have become friends with him, mostly bullied Peter only when he provoked him, and admires Spider-Man, which is implied to have helped him become a better person.
- Pet the Dog:
- He apologizes to Peter about his uncle's death, and it's even implied he's deliberately offering himself up for a beating to give Peter an In-Universe Catharsis (though that would itself imply that Flash's idea of catharsis is getting or giving physical abuse).
- Gwen mentions he attended her father's funeral, implicitly to support her.
- Platonic Declaration of Love: He tells Peter he loves him in 2 as they hug.
- Took a Level in Kindness: He becomes a Jerk with a Heart of Gold by the end of the first movie, and is much friendlier with Peter and Gwen in the Deleted Scene of the second movie. At graduation, he genuinely thanks Gwen for her tutoring and enthusiastically gives Peter a hug.
- Truer to the Text: This version is the most faithful adaptation of the character among the three cinematic incarnations in terms of his physical appearance and personality.
Sally Avril
Sally Avril
Played by: Kelsey Chow
Voiced by: Jessica Ángeles (Latin Spanish dub), Émilie Rault (European French dub)
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man
One of Peter's classmates, who asked him whether he could take pictures of her boyfriend's motorbike.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the comics and cartoon, Sally was an Alpha Bitch who was very unpleasant and unsympathetic to Peter Parker, even more so than Flash Thompson at times. Her brief appearance here shows her to be a Nice Girl.
- All There in the Manual: Her name is never given on screen and she's credited just as "Hot Girl", but Word of God confirms she's Sally Avril.
- Innocently Insensitive: She seems to be asking Peter out when she tells him that she likes his photos, an offer Peter is willing to accept, but it turns out that Sally's interest is because she wants to know if he could take some photos of her boyfriend's car.
- Nice Girl: From her minor screentime, she seems like a pretty sweet person.
- Race Lift: She is white in the comics but Asian-American here.
- Spared By Adaptation: In the comics, she died in a car accident, which is a fate that never happens to her here.
Missy Kallenback
Missy Kallenback
Played by: Hannah Marks
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man
One of Peter's classmates.
- All Love Is Unrequited: She clearly has a thing for Peter. Unfortunately for Missy, Peter and Gwen are the film series' Official Couple.
- Bespectacled Cutie: She's wearing the standard Nerd Glasses but she's visibly a cute girl.
- Canon Foreigner: She's a character who was created for the movie.
- Limited Wardrobe: Her top frequently consists of long-sleeve shirts and the same type of sleeveless parkas.
- Smitten Teenage Girl: She obviously has a thing for Peter for frequently standing up to Flash's bullying.
Others
Uncle Ben's killer
Uncle Ben's killer
Played by: Leif Gantvoort, Chris Edgerly (second game)
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man
"There's one other thing. He has a star... tattooed... on his left hand."
— NYPD police officer
A run-of-the-mill robber and carjacker. He kills Uncle Ben.
- Accidental Murder: It seems his shooting of Uncle Ben is a case of this: it doesn't look like he intended to shoot Ben, as he is noticeably shocked when it happens.
- Adaptational Karma: Inverted in the films themselves as Peter never captures him. However, related to the films version, it's Zigzagged in the tie-in game for the second one, as he get killed by Cletus Kasady due to his crimes.
- Affably Evil: He robs a store, but is nice enough to give Peter the milk he couldn't afford. Plus, it doesn't look like he shot Ben intentionally, and he is noticeably shocked afterwards.
- Bait the Dog: After robbing a cashier, he throws Peter the milk the cashier wouldn't let him buy. A few minutes later, he shoots Uncle Ben (though it's heavily implied to be accidental given the shocked look on his face afterward).
- Karma Houdini: Downplayed - though he doesn't get arrested in the first film, it's pretty clear that Spidey's still on the lookout for him by the end. However, he has eluded capture by the time of the sequel. A post on The Daily Bugle's Tumblr implies that he may have been apprehended by Spider-Man after a car chase through the streets of New York.
- Knight of Cerebus: Peter sure was having fun goofing off with his superpowers until this guy showed up.
- No Name Given: He's just known as "Uncle Ben's Killer" or "The Burglar" (like in the comics) or "The Cash Register Thief". His name is given as Dennis Carradine, the same as it was in Spider-Man 3, in the second video game.
- Pet the Dog: He steals money from the cashier, but also steals the milk that the cashier jerkishly refused to give Peter and gives it to him.
- Sinister Shades: Part of the reason why Peter has so much trouble looking for him is because he can't recognize his face.
- Tattooed Crook: A star on the left wrist. Peter uses this feature to try and track him down during his brutal vigilante spree.
Stacy Family
Helen, Philip, Howard, and Simon Stacy
Played by: Kari Coleman (Helen), Charlie DePew (Philip), Skyler Gisondo (Howard) and Jacob Rodier (Simon)
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man | The Amazing Spider-Man 2
George and Gwen's family.
- Alliterative Name: Simon Stacy.
- Butt-Monkey: They lost George and Gwen within only a couple years.
- Canon Foreigner: Gwen's brothers do not exist in the comics.
- From Bad to Worse: Only a year after losing George, they lost Gwen.
- Hereditary Hairstyle: Gwen, Philip and Simon got Helen's peachy blonde hair, while Howard got George's strawberry blond.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Helen, following Gwen's death.
- Satellite Family Member: They are strictly characterized as Gwen and George's relatives.
- The Smurfette Principle: Helen becomes the sole female Stacy following Gwen's death.
- Trauma Conga Line: First, they lose George. Then a year later, Gwen dies.
- Two First Names: Stacy is a common female given name.
- Two Girls to a Team: Gwen and Helen are the only females in the family.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: They seem to have somewhat recovered from George's death by Gwen's graduation, hopeful as she's got her life ahead of her. And then Gwen tragically dies thanks to Harry's pettiness.
Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane Watson
Played by: Shailene Woodley
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
A friend of Peter Parker's who works as a waitress and owns a motorcycle. Most of her scenes were cut in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and she only briefly appears with her back to the camera in the final scene of the film as she sees the Rhino rob a bank. She was going to be introduced as a major character in the cancelled third installment.
- Aborted Arc: As mentioned above, she was going to appear as a major character in the third movie before it was cancelled in favor of the Sony/Marvel deal.
- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: Assuming the woman that appeared at the end of the film was indeed still Mary Jane, then because of all her scenes being cut, she never met Peter in this version. No Way Home confirms that Peter doesn't know anyone named MJ.
- Ambiguous Situation: It's unknown whether Peter gets together with her after Gwen's death due to her Deleted Scenes not being confirmed as canon, though the intent was for Mary Jane to become his new love interest in the following films. However, as Peter states in Spider-Man: No Way Home that he no longer had a romantic life following Gwen's death and doesn't seem to make a connection with the "MJ" nickname, it's likely that he and Mary Jane aren't involved, if they even met.
- Ascended Extra: What she was supposed to be for The Amazing Spider-Man 3, in comparison to her role from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. As it was stated above, she was cut out of the movie, making this a subverted trope.
- Saved for the Sequel: The reason most of her scenes were cut from the second film in the first place is to hold her introduction for the supposed third film.
Troy
Troy
Played by: C. Thomas Howell
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man
A crane operator whose son Jack was saved by Spider-Man after the Lizard attacked the bridge.
- Canon Foreigner: He is a character exclusively created for the film.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Appears as a parent of a child Peter rescued during the middle of the film, disappears, and then shows up again at the film's climax to aid an injured Peter into catching up to a rampaging Connors.
- Heroic Bystander: Is able to convince several people to help Spider-Man and is familiar enough with a crane to catch Spider-Man while he's falling.
Billy Connors
William "Billy" Connors
Played by: Miles Elliot
Appearances: The Amazing Spider-Man
The son of Curt Connors.
- Ambiguous Situation: Since his scene was cut and Connors makes no mention of having a son for the rest of the film or in Spider-Man: No Way Home, it's unclear if his scene is canon.
- Deleted Role: His scene was deleted.
- Locked Out of the Loop: According to a The Daily Bugle Tumblr interview with his mother, due to being ten years old, Billy doesn't comprehend the magnitude of the pain his father inflicted all over New York City, but does know that his father had issues and did horrible things.
John Jonah Jameson
J. Jonah Jameson
The head honcho of The Daily Bugle, and the only character from the ARG to be mentioned in the movie series. He is not a fan of Spider-Man, to say the least.
- Alliterative Name: His name got three Js like his other incarnations.
- Establishing Character Moment: When Peter suggests over an e-mail that Spider-Man might not be the menace that Jameson paints him as in his paper, his nearly instantaneous response is a single word written in all-caps: "WRONG!"
- The Ghost: He's mentioned and seen replying to Peter's e-mail in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but never physically appears.
- Jerkass Has a Point: A number of his concerns about Spider-Man are reasonable (such as being responsible for property damage), though he's kind of an asshole about it.
- Tempting Fate: At one point in an editorial, he says that Spider-Man should deliver a message to the public.
The latter responds by webbing up Jameson's car.
