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** Upon learning that Peter needed to write a college report on Doctor Octavius, Harry personally arranges a meeting for him. In fact, when Octavius slightly expressed disinterest in helping Peter, Harry gave a subtle warning to make him cooperate.
** Despite his lingering feelings for MJ, he remains supportive of her actress career and doesn't try to get between her and John Jameson, even attending her wedding, quite a contrast from his behavior in the first film. However, his attitude changes once Peter's secret enters the picture...

* RomanticFalseLead: He's in a serious relationship with Mary Jane for the bulk of the first film. However, their lack of compatibility and Harry's classism attitude cause MJ to grow more distant from him until she calls it off in the final act, all while becoming closer to Peter.

* EntitledBastard: Harry is from a rich family, neglected by his father, and expects stuff to come his way. He expects Peter to be an ExtremeDoormat, MJ to not stand up to Norman's attitude, and struggled to reconcile with learning about Norman's actions as a terrorist. Even before that, Peter and MJ reflect on Harry's utter ignorance about life for poor people and his subtle classism.

* HiddenDepths: Despite his growing darkness, Harry never completely succumbed to the Green Goblin's influence like Norman did. In fact, he ultimately rejected it to save Peter and MJ, dying as a hero.

** In his drunken rant against Peter in the second movie, he basically accuses him of being a FalseFriend and for "stealing" Mary Jane from him. It's quite ironic considering the hints of Harry taking advantage of Peter throughout high school, and despite knowing how much the latter likes MJ, he still pursues a relationship with her behind Peter's back, and only told him about it ''after'' going steady with MJ (which that itself is a ''dick'' move). In the first novelization, Harry asked MJ out when she wanted to see Peter, meaning he at least suspected that she returned Peter's feelings yet chose to interfere and make a move on her anyway.

* ItsAllAboutMe: He had this throughout the films, but it hits like a freight train in the third movie with his entire vendetta against Peter. While Harry's not unjustified in seeking vengeance for Norman's death (Peter ''did'' keep him LockedOutOfTheLoop for 2 years and didn't bother to try and convince Harry of what really happened even when his secret identity was revealed at the worst possible time), he keeps [[SelectiveObliviousness framing the tragedy in his mind]] as a ''deliberate and malicious murder in cold blood'' and [[IRejectYourReality refuses to believe otherwise]] until near the end of the film.

** While his drunken rant at Peter for being a FalseFriend by "stealing" Mary Jane from him as well as betraying the memory of his late father by not helping him turn in Spider-Man is both cruel and hypocritical, Harry's grievance isn't without some truth from a certain point of view.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Considering his overall behavior and poor treatment of his friend and ex-girlfriend throughout the second and third film, he finally gets a sound beatdown by the same ExtremeDoormat of a "friend" he treated poorly who's going through a JerkassBall, getting his own "attacked in the heart" when Peter states that [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Norman never loved him for being an embarrassment]], ''and'' getting his own pumpkin bomb blown up in his face for good measure.

** He somehow expects Mary Jane to still be in a relationship with him after not only failing to defend her from his father's horrible and public misogynistic insults, but he then outright tells her that his father needs no defense and that she has no say in it. He ''still'' expected her to wait on him after not giving her an apology and feels betrayed when she shows affection to Peter. That said, he already reconciled with MJ by the start of second movie, as well as initially encouraging Peter to respond to her affection.

** His bad relationship and eventual breakup with Mary Jane. He was far from an ideal boyfriend, being possessive and unintentionally making her feel ashamed about being working-class (as per Peter and MJ's conversation about her job at the diner which MJ insists she keeps from telling Harry), as well as having taken his father's side when he insulted her in public.
** Not to mention how he later accuses Peter of "stealing" MJ in the second movie, if partly from being drunk.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Otto genuinely wanted to help people but Harry gave him his backing so he could be "filthy rich".

** Related to the above, despite his lingering feelings for MJ, he remains supportive of her career and doesn't try to get between her and John Jameson, even attending her wedding, quite a contrast from his behavior in the first film. However, his attitude changes once Peter's secret enters the picture...
** Another one happens in the second film, as he tells Doc Ock to not harm Peter despite their friendship being strained from the belief of the latter not taking a pro-active stance against Spider-Man. Near the end of the film after the reveal of Peter Parker and Spider-Man is one and the same, Harry starts to have doubts about his father's death until a hallucination of Norman convinced him otherwise.

* RomanticFalseLead: He's in a serious relationship with Mary Jane for the bulk of the first film. However, their lack of compatibility and Harry's classism and shallowness cause MJ to grow more distant from him until she calls it off in the final act, all while becoming closer to Peter.

* TookALevelInJerkass: By the second film, he's rude towards a lot of people who aren't Peter, MJ, Bernard, or Aunt May, at one point reacting poorly when a man tries to congratulate him for something. Later in the second movie, he starts to become a jerkass towards Peter as well after getting drunk and yells out his resentments towards Peter for being his dad's favorite, accusing him of betraying Norman by protecting Spider-Man for the profit of taking his newspaper photos, and for "stealing" Mary Jane.

* WhatTheHellHero: Though not a hero per se in the first film, Harry is (''pretty'' justifiably) on the receiving end of this from Aunt May during Thanksgiving dinner when MJ lashes out at him after hearing Norman's disparaging comments about her and Harry defends his father rather than her.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: While it's certainly not PlayedForLaughs, Harry goes on and on about how Peter "murdered" his father to the point of a RunningGag in the third film, even in a LameComeback after getting his ass handed to him in their second fight. The way Harry frames it as if Peter intentionally killed Norman with malicious intent, which is completely inaccurate (at best, Peter would be legally guilty of negligent homicide, involuntary manslaughter, and assistant suicide), and seeing how hopeless it is to convince him otherwise, along with how much of an entitled asshole he had been so far, Peter just gives up.

* AdaptationalJobChange: She was once a frontline nurse, which isn't a job any of the comic versions have had.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Considering his overall behavior and poor treatment of his friend and ex-girlfriend throughout the second and third film, he finally gets a sound beatdown by the same ExtremeDoormat of a "friend" he treated poorly who's going through a JerkassBall, getting his own "attacked in the heart" when Peter states that [[KickTheSonOfABitch Norman never loved him for being an embarrassment]], ''and'' getting his own pumpkin bomb blown up in his face for good measure.

* RomanticFalseLead: He's in a serious relationship with Mary Jane for the bulk of the first film. However, their lack of compatibility and mistakes cause MJ to it off in the final act, all while becoming closer to Peter.

* AntiVillain: It's clear that Harry's problems stem primarily from his father, even before the latter became the Green Goblin. In fact, when suffering from amnesia, Harry became a genuinely nice person to others, with it later solidified after deciding to help Peter and MJ from Venom and Sand-Man.

** Falls into this again in the third movie. After trying to kill Spider-Man in the beginning he's quickly defeated and ends up developing amnesia. After recovering he resorts to simple emotional revenge, trying to get him and Mary Jane to break up, before being easily beaten up by a Venom-enhanced Peter.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: In a sense towards Mary Jane, as shown in the ''Spider-Man 1'' novelization. He puts on on a charming and understanding facade to win her over, and essentially takes advantage of what he learned from Peter about her home life [[ManipulativeBastard to make her trust him]]. In reality, Harry wants MJ for largely self-serving reasons.

* ChangedMyMindKid: He coldly rebuffs Peter's pleas to help him save Mary Jane from Venom and Sandman, but later shows up in the nick of time to save him because his butler revealed to him the actual circumstances of Norman's death.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Like his late father, the lion's share of Harry's strength as New Goblin relies on his relentless use of pragmatism, advanced weaponry, and mind games (to an extent). When losing the element of surprise and being deprived of his blades, [[UnskilledButStrong not to mention his arrogance and inexperience as a fighter]], he gets notably curb-stomped by a more snarky Peter (who's also much more vengeful and stronger from the symbiote) in their second fight.

* DeadPersonConversation: He hallucinates his dead father in the second and third films.

* DeathByDisfigurement: Double Subverted. [[spoiler:He suffers from facial burns and an EyeScream in his second and final fight against Peter, but didn't really die until the final battle with Peter against Venom and Sandman.]]

* EntitledBastard: Harry is from a rich family, neglected by his father, and expects stuff to come his way. He expects Peter to be an ExtremeDoormat, MJ to regard him as the best thing that happened to her, and struggled to reconcile with learning about Norman's actions as a terrorist. Even before that, Peter and MJ reflect on Harry's utter ignorance about life for poor people and his subtle classism.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Becomes an antagonistic force toward Spider-Man after the first film, albeit still caring about the latter's alter ego enough to back off from trying to kill Peter when unmasking him and discovering his SecretIdentity in ''2''. By the third film, he is committed to getting revenge on Peter for his father's death.]]

* FreudianExcuse: Heavily hinted that much of his troubles stems from his relationship with his father. Heck, even after Norman died, the Green Goblin somehow manifested itself in a form of hallucination for Harry.
* GadgeteerGenius: He managed to create a hoverboard-like version of his father's glider, a collapsible mask, a combination of the Goblin's pumpkin bombs and razor bats and, most importantly, a perfected version of the Goblin formula that ''didn't'' have insanity as a side effect.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: In ''Spider-Man 3'', [[spoiler:the explosion caused by his pumpkin bomb after Peter threw it back at him caused his right side of his face to be disfigured, making him look like Spider-Man's own Two-Face but it's a subversion because it's only after becoming scarred and losing his good looks that Harry becomes a decent person.]]

** In his drunken rant against Peter in the second movie, he basically accuses him of being a FalseFriend and for "stealing" Mary Jane from him. It's quite ironic considering the ''numerous'' hints of Harry taking advantage of Peter throughout high school, and despite knowing how much the latter likes MJ, he still pursues a relationship with her behind Peter's back, and only told him about it ''after'' going steady with MJ (which that itself is a ''dick'' move). In the first novelization, it's even revealed Harry asked MJ out when she wanted to see Peter, meaning he at least suspected that she returned Peter's feelings yet chose to interfere and make a move on her anyway.

** Finally, his utter ''refusal'' to believe that Peter didn't kill his father in ''3'' isn't without reason as Peter ''did'' keep Harry LockedOutOfTheLoop about Norman's DarkSecret, leaving him to stool around in his vengeful obsession for ''two whole years'' (and on another note, is still legally guilty of negligent homicide, involuntary manslaughter, and assistant suicide in Norman's death). Even with Harry's [[SanitySlippage growing insanity]] and the prompting from his [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous hallucination]] of Norman, Peter's actions of keeping Harry in the dark (mainly due to his guilt and promise to Norman in an attempt to protect his friend) in the first and second films can be viewed as NotHelpingYourCase.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Considering his overall behavior and poor treatment of his friend and ex-girlfriend throughout the second and third film, he finally gets a sound beatdown by the same ExtremeDoormat of a "friend" he treated poorly who's going through a JerkassBall, getting his own "attacked in the heart" when Peter states that [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Norman never loved him for being an embarrassment]], ''and'' getting his own pumpkin bomb blown up in his face for good measure.

* MadeOfIron: Likely to a lesser extent than Spider-Man and Green Goblin after being enhanced with the improved performance enhancer, since he did gain EasyAmnesia from having his head smashed against a metal pipe, starts spitting out blood from getting kicked through the window by a symbiote-influenced Peter once, and probably gotten knocked out from the pumpkin bomb exploding in his face [[spoiler:but also gets blinded in the right eye and a massive burn scar.]]

** At the end of ''Spider-Man 2'' and the start of ''Spider-Man 3'', Harry is still furious about Norman being "killed", but is apparently unable to accept that Norman was a terrorist who tried to kill everyone else in New York, including him and MJ that one time. Likely counts as a case of IRejectYourReality.

** Not to mention how he stole MJ from Peter despite knowing how much Peter liked her, breaking [[TheBroCode the unwritten rules of friendship]]. He even later accuses him of "stealing" MJ, if partly from being drunk.

* NiceMeanAndInbetween: From a multiversal point of view in regard to Peter Parker's best friend, this Harry Osborn is the in-between to the nice of [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCityMidtownSchoolOfScienceAndTechnology Earth-199999's Ned Leeds]] and the mean of [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesSupervillains Earth-120703's Harry Osborn]]. He is good friends with Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, and though he grows estranged from them and tries to kill the former for supposedly murdering his father, he ultimately makes amends with them and their friendship is restored before he succumbs to his injuries after saving Peter from Venom.

* ParentalNeglect: By his father... and whenever he is paid attention to, it's with a strict attitude and even outright belittlement. It's implied that he wasn't close to his mother either.
* PetTheDog:
** In the beginning, Harry values Peter enough to defend him from bullies (a rather genuine fact he pointed out in their second and final brawl), and compliments him after he effortlessly trounces Flash. Also, he doesn't object at all with being roommates upon heading to college, and after learning Peter was fired by Dr. Connors, Harry suggests his father get Peter a new job.
** While he does end up dating MJ, he still asked Peter to go and talk to her first. Only when Peter declines, does he decide to go hit on her. He [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this after the parade. Even in the second film when he thinks Peter "stole" her from him, he has to point it out to Peter on his birthday that MJ seems to like him while Pete is being ObliviousToLove. It's also worth pointing out that he and MJ likely helped Aunt May organize said party.

** Somewhat subverted after his brutal loss against the symbiote-influenced Peter in their second fight. Even if Harry couldn't kill him, he can still spite Peter by revealing the latter's secret identity as Spider-Man to the public, which would effectively ruin Peter's life and endangered any of ''his'' loved ones (being an influential CEO of Oscorp would allow Harry to do just that). But never seems to go through it out of the possibility of a broken pride of having his ass ''handed'' to him from the "friend" he looked down upon.

* RomanticFalseLead: He's in a serious relationship with Mary Jane for the bulk of the first film. However, his flaws as a boyfriend are quickly established and she grows more and more distant from him until calling it off in the final act, all while becoming closer to Peter.
* RousseauWasRight: Despite being prone to entitlement, envy, and vengeance, Harry is still a good person by default. Best shown when he suffers amnesia in ''3'', where he's a surprisingly nice guy.

* SoLastSeason: In the third film, Harry finally takes on Peter using an improved performance enhancer and upgraded versions of his father's weapons from the first film. Peter's experience since defeating Norman, coupled with Harry's [[IncompletelyTrained own lack of training and experience]], allows Peter to make a quick work against his estranged best friend.

* SuperToughness: The improved performance enhancer gives Harry a high level of durability, but to a relatively lesser extent than Green Goblin. While he survive being tripped by the ''neck'' from flying right into a web trap at high speeds, getting his head smashed into a metal pipe, and crashing onto the floor from a high height, he still needed to be taken to a hospital as the damage left him unable to breath, leading to him getting EasyAmnesia for a while until his HealingFactor fixes that. Also, the [[spoiler:right side of his face and eye]] were left damaged after tanking a pumpkin bomb, as well as the implication that it knocked him unconscious.
* TakingTheBullet: He shields Peter with his own body when Venom tries to stab him with the Sky Stick. It eventually kills him, but this does save Peter and provide him the opportunity to put an end to the symbiote once and for all.

** He repeats this again in the second film when he wants the missing Spider-Man in exchange for giving Doctor Octopus the tritium he needs, and points the man towards Peter for finding him -- despite declaring he doesn't want Peter harmed, it's clear this was a bout of lashing out at his friend for thinking he's betrayed him for Spidey, but he still underestimates Ock's murderous insanity in the problem, not even realizing Mary Jane was kidnapped or that his deal threatens to destroy the city until Peter tells him this ''to his face''.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Always wanted his father's approval, and much as he resented and felt stifled by Norman's treatment, he'll always take his side over that of his friend and girlfriend. His actions in the next two films as the CEO of Oscorp and the New Goblin are all his attempts to make his father proud.