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* HiddenDepths: While he isn't a science whiz like Peter or Norman, Harry does show a large degree of academic and social intelligence.
** In the first film, when he was trying to impress Mary Jane by using Peter's scientific facts, Harry is able to recite them ''word-by-word'' despite not being very interested in listening to them beforehand.
** In the second film, he was able to rise to the management level of his late father's company in only 2 years.
** By the time of the third film, he was able to self teach himself how the advanced Goblin tech works.
** In the first film, when he was trying to impress Mary Jane by using Peter's scientific facts, Harry is able to recite them ''word-by-word'' despite not being very interested in listening to them beforehand.
** In the second film, he was able to rise to the management level of his late father's company in only 2 years.
** By the time of the third film, he was able to self teach himself how the advanced Goblin tech works.
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* {{Determinator}}: While he eventually dies, given the timeframe it took for Peter to get back, it's implied that Uncle Ben continue to cling onto life until he sees his nephew one last time.
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* CelebrityParadox: The first film mentions ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', the film which served as Dunst's breakthrough as a child actress. Doubles as ActorAllusion.
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* CelebrityParadox: The first film movie's novelization mentions ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', the film which served as Dunst's breakthrough as a child actress. Doubles as ActorAllusion.
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* HourglassPlot: In ''1'', she was the unattainable perfect girl for Peter, while in ''3'', Peter is the popular superhero who attracts the eye of younger and more prettier girls while MJ is having doubts about her career and the future of their relationship.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In ''3'', she chastises Peter for recreating their upside-down kiss with Gwen. It may be justified since kissing Gwen wasn't Peter's idea but it didn't stop him from milking the situation for all it was worth. It is, however, worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", back in the first installment of the trilogy, she was dating Harry at the time (even if they were already on the rocks), so she gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did towards someone else. Not to mention that as an actress, odds are she has to do performative kissing with other men as well.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In ''3'', she chastises Peter for recreating their upside-down kiss with Gwen. It may be justified since kissing Gwen wasn't Peter's idea but it didn't stop him from milking the situation for all it was worth. It is, however, worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", back in the first installment of the trilogy, she was dating Harry at the time (even if they were already on the rocks), so she gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did towards someone else. Not to mention that as an actress, odds are she has to do performative kissing with other men as well.
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* HourglassPlot: In ''1'', ''1'' and ''2'', she was the unattainable perfect girl for Peter, while in ''3'', Peter is the popular superhero who attracts the eye of younger and more prettier girls while MJ is having doubts about her career and the future of their relationship.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In ''3'', she chastises Peter for recreating their upside-down kiss with Gwen. It may be justified since kissing Gwen wasn't Peter's idea but it didn't stop him from milking the situation for all it was worth. It is, however, worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", back in the first installment of the trilogy,she MJ was dating Harry at the time (even if they were already on the rocks), so she gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did towards someone else. Not to mention that as an actress, odds are she has to do performative kissing with other men as well.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In ''3'', she chastises Peter for recreating their upside-down kiss with Gwen. It may be justified since kissing Gwen wasn't Peter's idea but it didn't stop him from milking the situation for all it was worth. It is, however, worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", back in the first installment of the trilogy,
* JerkassHasAPoint: In ''2'', while she could stand to be more sympathetic towards Peter's struggles, MJ's frustration and unwillingness to trust him aren't without reason; Peter attempts to suddenly reintegrate himself into her life by promising to see her play and then seemingly bails on her, only giving a vague tangent over the phone in response. After her engagement, he insists on giving their feelings each other another go despite her trepidation, and when MJ eventually agrees to hear him out, he inexplicably pulls away from her yet again. Peter admitting he's Spider-Man at the end finally gives her some perspective on his actions.
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* TheObstructiveLoveInterest: In the second film. Though it's not by choice since she's totally okay with Peter being Spider-Man. He, however, thinks she can't handle it so he keeps putting off telling her.
* OddFriendship: In the ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization, she hits it off with J. Jonah Jameson of all people thanks to her wit and charm, and they even have a friendly debate on Spider-Man. After she dumps John though, Jameson instantly dislikes her.
* OddFriendship: In the ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization, she hits it off with J. Jonah Jameson of all people thanks to her wit and charm, and they even have a friendly debate on Spider-Man. After she dumps John though, Jameson instantly dislikes her.
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* TheObstructiveLoveInterest: In She comes off as this in the second film. Though it's not by choice since she's totally okay with Peter being Spider-Man. He, however, thinks she can't handle it so he keeps putting off telling her.
* OddFriendship: In the ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization, she hits it off with J. Jonah Jameson of all people while dating his son thanks to her wit and charm, and they even have a friendly debate on Spider-Man. After she dumps John though, Jameson instantly dislikes her.
* OddFriendship: In the ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization, she hits it off with J. Jonah Jameson of all people while dating his son thanks to her wit and charm, and they even have a friendly debate on Spider-Man. After she dumps John though, Jameson instantly dislikes her.
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** In the comics, Mary Jane is a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak / TomboyWithAGirlyStreak – a fashion mogul and actress who [[ProudBeauty takes pride in her appearance]], but also dresses casually when not working and is OneOfTheGuys, a sports fanatic, and an ActionGirl who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. Here, her tomboyish qualities are greatly lessened while her girliness is played up; she tends to dress femininely even outside her modeling and acting, and seems to prefer the company of her female friends (e.g. her GirlPosse and BestFriend Louise).
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** In the comics, Mary Jane is a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak / TomboyWithAGirlyStreak – a fashion mogul and actress who [[ProudBeauty takes pride in her appearance]], but also dresses casually when not working and is OneOfTheGuys, a sports fanatic, and an ActionGirl who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. Here, her active and tomboyish qualities are greatly lessened while her girliness is played up; she tends to dress femininely even outside her modeling and acting, and seems to prefer the company of her female friends (e.g. her GirlPosse and BestFriend Louise).
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* CurbStompCushion: In the second fight with Peter, Harry gets a few punches in, but not enough to stop Black Spider Man from brutally pummelling him into submission.
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* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:As the New Goblin in the third film, though not as badass as his father and with the symbiote-addled Peter snarking at him.]]
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* TragicVillian: Harry could have been less of a dick under a better father, he ultimately dies as a TragicHero when sacrificing himself for Peter.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:As the New Goblin in the third film, though not as efficently badass as his father and with the symbiote-addled Peter snarking at him.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:As the New Goblin in the third film, though not as efficently badass as his father and with the symbiote-addled Peter snarking at him.]]
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* NiceGuy: He sticks up for Spider Man and acts as a buffer between Peter and Jameson at work.
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* BerserkButton: Has a lot of these, but one button you ''shouldn't'' press is deceiving him. When he fires Eddie Brock after humiliating him and his paper with photoshopped images, he's ''dead serious'' compared to the times he's [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity "fired"]] Peter.x
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* BerserkButton: Has a lot of these, but one button you ''shouldn't'' press is deceiving him. When he fires Eddie Brock after humiliating him and his paper with photoshopped images, he's ''dead serious'' compared to the times he's [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity "fired"]] Peter.x
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* BerserkButton: Has a lot of these, but one button you ''shouldn't'' press is deceiving him. When he fires Eddie Brock after humiliating him and his paper with photoshopped images, he's ''dead serious'' compared to the times he's [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity "fired"]] Peter.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: The ''Film/SpiderMan'' novelization shows he's surprisingly self-aware despite his brash demeanor, secretly acknowledging himself as an unscrupulous and sensationalist editor trying to keep the ''Bugle'' afloat. However, he refuses to give up his newsman principles, which is why he withholds Peter’s name from the Green Goblin.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: The ''Film/SpiderMan'' novelization shows he's surprisingly self-aware despite his brash demeanor, secretly acknowledging himself as an unscrupulous and sensationalist editor trying to keep the ''Bugle'' afloat. However, he refuses to give up his newsman principles, which is why he withholds Peter’s name from the Green Goblin.
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* BerserkButton: Has a lot of these, but one button you ''shouldn't'' press is deceiving him. When he fires Eddie Brock after humiliating him and his paper with photoshopped images, he's ''dead serious'' compared to the times he's [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity "fired"]] Peter.
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* BigEgoHiddenDepths: The''Film/SpiderMan'' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' novelization shows he's surprisingly self-aware despite his brash cocksure demeanor, secretly acknowledging himself as an unscrupulous and sensationalist editor trying to keep the ''Bugle'' afloat. However, he refuses to give up his newsman principles, which is why he withholds Peter’s name from the Green Goblin.
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* OddFriendship: In the ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization, he ends up bonding with Mary Jane while she and John are dating, impressed by her ability to match his barbs and sense of humor. He's even willing to tolerate their differing views on Spider-Man. Of course, this goes out of the window after Mary Jane leaves his son at the altar, as Jameson [[OpinionFlipFlop instantly declares he never liked her.]]
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* OddFriendship: In the ''Spider-Man 2'' ''Film/SpiderMan2'' novelization, he ends up bonding with Mary Jane while she and John are dating, impressed by her ability to match his barbs and sense of humor. He's even willing to tolerate their differing views on Spider-Man. Of course, this goes out of the window after Mary Jane leaves his son at the altar, as Jameson [[OpinionFlipFlop instantly declares he never liked her.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Implied in the ''Film/SpiderMan2'' novelization when he refers to Creator/OscarWilde as “fruit”[[note]]A derogatory term for a gay man[[/note]].
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Implied in the ''Film/SpiderMan2'' ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization when he refers to Creator/OscarWilde as “fruit”[[note]]A derogatory term for a gay man[[/note]].
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* InspectorJavert: ''Firmly'' believes that Spidey is evil. Supplementary materials confirm he doubts the hero's intentions and believes he has something to hide since Spider-Man wears a mask, unlike Jameson's public reporting and real heroes (police, firemen, lawyers, etc.) who show their faces and take responsibility for their actions.
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* InspectorJavert: ''Firmly'' believes that Spidey is evil. Supplementary It's hinted in ''Spider-Man 1'' and confirmed in supplementary materials confirm that he doubts the hero's intentions and believes he has something to hide since Spider-Man wears a mask, unlike Jameson's public reporting and real heroes (police, firemen, lawyers, etc.) who show their faces and take responsibility for their actions.
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* OddFriendship: In the ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization, he ends up bonding with Mary Jane when while she and John are dating, impressed by her ability to match his barbs and sense of humor. He's even willing to tolerate their differing views on Spider-Man. Of course, this goes out of the window after Mary Jane leaves his son at the altar, as Jameson [[OpinionFlipFlop instantly declares he never liked her.]]
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the comics, Harry was a fop who still wound up with the "cool" crowd at college due to his money and status. Rather than being Peter's cool rich friend, Harry was the loser whose girlfriends either dumped him to be with Peter (Gwen) or were Peter's rebounds (MJ). He also became a drug addict (which ended his relationship with MJ in the comics since she didn't want to be anywhere near a train wreck). By casting Franco, Harry appears to be legitimately cool (which never was the case with his comic book counterpart) and an actual romantic rival for MJ's affections with Peter which wasn't the case in the comics. This characterization of him (aside from his romantic interest in MJ) was possibly inspired by his similarly cool appearance in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan,'' which had been running for well over a year by the time the first movie came out.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the comics, Harry was a fop who still wound up with the "cool" crowd at college due to his money and status. Rather than being Peter's cool rich friend, Harry was the loser whose girlfriends either dumped him to be with Peter (Gwen) or were Peter's rebounds (MJ). He also became a drug addict (which ended his relationship with MJ in the comics since she didn't want to be anywhere near a train wreck). By casting Franco, Harry appears to be legitimately cool (which never was the case with his comic book counterpart) and an actual romantic rival for MJ's affections with Peter which wasn't the case in the comics. This characterization of him (aside from his romantic interest in MJ) was possibly inspired by his similarly cool appearance in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan,'' which had been running for well over a year by the time the first movie came out.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: 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 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.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: 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.
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*** Downplayed with Mary Jane, as he did encourage Peter to ask her out first, and the poor communication and lack of initiation on Peter's end was interpreted as a green light for Harry. While there's nothing wrong with Peter being a supportive friend to Mary Jane when her relationship with Harry is rocky, he should've realized that he was toeing the line between platonic supportiveness and romantic intimacy (the iconic "kiss under the rain" scene notwithstanding), leading to a very, ''very'' awkward moment as Harry walked in on them holding hands. However, Mary Jane was equally responsible for initiating this, so it's not fair for Harry to place the blame solely on Peter.
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*** Downplayed with Mary Jane, as he did encourage Peter to ask her out first, and the poor communication and lack of initiation on Peter's end was interpreted as a green light for Harry. While there's nothing wrong with Peter being a supportive friend to Mary Jane when her relationship with Harry is rocky, he should've realized that he was toeing the line between platonic supportiveness and romantic intimacy (the iconic "kiss under the rain" scene notwithstanding), leading to a very, ''very'' awkward moment as Harry walked in on them holding hands.hands (although Mary Jane had unofficially broken up with him by then). However, Mary Jane was equally responsible for initiating this, so it's not fair for Harry to place the blame solely on Peter.
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* 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/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries 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.
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* 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/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesOthers 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.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: Mary Jane has green eyes in the comics but is blue-eyed in the films due to being portrayed by Creator/KirstenDunst.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Mary Jane has green eyes in the comics but is blue-eyed in the films due to being portrayed by Creator/KirstenDunst.
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* RetiredBadass: The ''Spider-Man'' novelization reveals she was a field nurse during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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* TextileWorkIsFeminine: She knows how to knit. The ''Spider-Man'' novelization reveals May would make Peter sweaters and the baklava from his first suit was a 14th birthday gift from her.
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* TextileWorkIsFeminine: She knows how to knit. The ''Spider-Man'' ''Spider-Man 1'' novelization reveals May would make Peter sweaters and the baklava from his first suit was a 14th birthday gift from her.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Their fates are revealed in the novelization.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Their fates are revealed in the ''Spider-Man 1'' novelization.
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** The novelization of the second film implies she and Flash made amends at some point since MJ invited him to her wedding.
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* CharacterTic: She tends to pulls her coat around her when self-conscious or upset. The ''Spider-Man'' novelization mentions that she also brushes her hair back when nervous.
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* DudeMagnet: Throughout the trilogy, she had dated a total of four people (Flash, Harry, John, and Peter), three in the first film alone, and there are also a lot of men who are attracted to her.
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* DudeMagnet: Throughout the trilogy, she had dated a total of four people (Flash, Harry, John, and Peter), three of them vying for her attention in the first film alone, and there are also a lot of men who are attracted to her.
* GirlinessUpgrade: In the comics, Mary Jane’s ensemble included [[{{Shorttank}} jeans, shorts, t-shirts,]] [[TankTopTomboy tank tops, and jackets]] in addition to fashionable dresses. In the films, she wears skirts, dresses, and otherwise feminine tops more often, including floral patterns and accessories befitting her GirlNextDoor nature.
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* GirlinessUpgrade: In the comics, Mary Jane’s ensemble included [[{{Shorttank}} jeans, shorts, t-shirts,]] [[TankTopTomboy tank tops, and jackets]] in addition to fashionable dresses. In the films, she wears skirts, dresses, and otherwise feminine tops more often, including floral patterns and accessories befitting her GirlNextDoor nature.
* HatesBeingTouched: A subtle example. In the first film, she shies away from her boyfriends when they try to kiss her, a sign of her doubts and unhappiness. But with [[OneTrueLove Peter]], MJ is the one to reach out to him and initiate their kisses when professing her feelings for him, showing that she truly loves him.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Obviously; it’s ''Mary Jane Watson''. As if to drive the point home, she’s introduced with close-ups in each film and her beauty is noted in-universe by many, having no shortage of admirers. Like in the comics, this is played both ways in her life; MJ mentioned in ''Spider-Man 2'' that she was promoted at her modeling job because her face was approved to headline their perfume ad campaign, and in ''Spider-Man 3'', she attracts a large audience when cast as the leading lady in a Broadway musical, only for critics to accuse her of using her looks to compensate after her singing doesn’t live up to expectations. [[SoBeautifulItsACurse MJ also dealt with sexual harassment at her waitressing job and was nearly assaulted when she attracted some unsavory individuals (Norman Osborn, the four gang members) in the first film.]]
* HiddenDepths: She made an elegant [[{{Qipao}} cheongsam]] to wear at the Oscorp Unity Day Festival, indicating skill in fashion design.
* HatesBeingTouched: A subtle example. In the first film, she shies away from her boyfriends when they try to kiss her, a sign of her doubts and unhappiness. But with [[OneTrueLove Peter]], MJ is the one to reach out to him and initiate their kisses when professing her feelings for him, showing that she truly loves him.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Obviously; it’s ''Mary Jane Watson''. As if to drive the point home, she’s introduced with close-ups in each film and her beauty is noted in-universe by many, having no shortage of admirers. Like in the comics, this is played both ways in her life; MJ mentioned in ''Spider-Man 2'' that she was promoted at her modeling job because her face was approved to headline their perfume ad campaign, and in ''Spider-Man 3'', she attracts a large audience when cast as the leading lady in a Broadway musical, only for critics to accuse her of using her looks to compensate after her singing doesn’t live up to expectations. [[SoBeautifulItsACurse MJ also dealt with sexual harassment at her waitressing job and was nearly assaulted when she attracted some unsavory individuals (Norman Osborn, the four gang members) in the first film.]]
* HiddenDepths: She made an elegant [[{{Qipao}} cheongsam]] to wear at the Oscorp Unity Day Festival, indicating skill in fashion design.
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* HeadTurningBeauty: Obviously; it’s ''Mary Jane Watson''. As if to drive the point home, she’s introduced with close-ups in each film and has no shortage of admirers, with her beauty
* HiddenDepths: She made an elegant [[{{Qipao}} cheongsam]] to wear at the Oscorp Unity Day Festival, indicating skill in fashion design.
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* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: A tragic version and deconstructed. Due to her troubled upbringing and self-worth issues, MJ considers (or is made to consider) herself lucky that any man would want her so she is quick to defer to her boyfriends despite their flaws; MJ initially caves to expectations with Flash and tries to live up to Harry's high-class standards, only to endure loveless, shallow relationships with them until being forced to realize they don’t like her the way she thought. While she learns better, these insecurities persist even with men she has genuine feelings for; MJ believed the intelligent Peter wouldn’t give a party-girl like her the time of day (despite the [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obvious]]) and her later career difficulties in the face of his success made her worry over their future. She also wanted to marry John partly because in theory, he’d be the perfect husband to her. MJ eventually takes the plunge and decides to be with Peter, but it’s clear she still has some issues to work through.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Deep down, Mary Jane is desperate for happiness and an escape from her abusive circumstances, wanting to be loved and appreciated for who she is. She initially believes the only way to find this is by maintaining a popular image and dating men of status and importance, seeking to please them in hopes of an ideal relationship even if it goes against her own desires. Thankfully, as MJ experiences real, unconditional love from Peter, who’s always cared about her, she comes to realize that she deserves more, ultimately getting together with him and pursuing the life she really wants. MJ says as much when confessing that she loves Peter at the end of the first film:
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Deep down, Mary Jane is desperate for happiness and an escape from her abusive circumstances, wanting to be loved and appreciated for who she is. She initially believes the only way to find this is by maintaining a popular image and dating men of status and importance, seeking to please them in hopes of an ideal relationship even if it goes against her own desires. Thankfully, as MJ experiences real, unconditional love from Peter, who’s always cared about her, she comes to realize that she deserves more, ultimately getting together with him and pursuing the life she really wants. MJ says as much when confessing that she loves Peter at the end of the first film:
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* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: A tragic version and deconstructed. Due to her troubled upbringing background and self-worth issues, MJ considers (or is made to consider) herself lucky that any man would want her so she is quick to defer to her boyfriends despite their flaws; MJ initially caves to expectations with Flash and tries to live up to Harry's high-class standards, only to endure loveless, shallow relationships with them until being forced to realize they don’t like her the way she thought. While she learns better, these insecurities persist even with men she has genuine feelings for; MJ believed the intelligent Peter wouldn’t give a party-girl like her the time of day (despite the [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obvious]]) and her later career difficulties in the face of his success made her worry over their future. She also wanted to marry John partly because in theory, he’d be the perfect husband to her. MJ eventually takes the plunge and decides to be with Peter, but it’s clear she still has some issues to work through.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Deep down, Mary Jane is desperate for happiness and an escape from her abusive circumstances, wanting to be loved and appreciated for who she is.She initially At first, she believes the only way to find this is by maintaining a popular image and dating men of status and importance, seeking to please them in hopes of an ideal relationship even if it goes against her own desires. Thankfully, as MJ experiences real, unconditional love from Peter, who’s always cared about her, she comes to realize that she deserves more, ultimately getting together with him and pursuing the life she really wants. MJ says as much when confessing that she loves Peter at the end of the first film:
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Deep down, Mary Jane is desperate for happiness and an escape from her abusive circumstances, wanting to be loved and appreciated for who she is.
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** A mutual problem with [[JerkJock Flash]] and [[RichBastard Harry]], who only liked Mary Jane because of her reputation and treated her like a [[TrophyWife trophy]]. It’s indicated MJ's relationships with them were mainly brought on from her feeling validated by their attention and their wealth providing a respite from her daily life.
*** The novelization reveals MJ was basically pressured by her father into going out Flash, leaving it doubtful if she ever really liked him; Peter speculates that she mainly dated Flash for "protection" and her father's approval even though by all accounts he was far from an ideal boyfriend. MJ was also won over by Harry's apparent empathy and insistence that she deserves the upscale life he treats her to, to the point that she was initially blind to his increasing self-centeredness.
** Downplayed with [[NiceGuy John]], as Mary Jane was genuinely happy with and cared about him. However, she ultimately acknowledged that she was just settling for John because he was perfect on paper, and wanted to marry him to prove something. Her heart wasn’t ready for a such a commitment when she was still thinking about Peter.
*** The novelization reveals MJ was basically pressured by her father into going out Flash, leaving it doubtful if she ever really liked him; Peter speculates that she mainly dated Flash for "protection" and her father's approval even though by all accounts he was far from an ideal boyfriend. MJ was also won over by Harry's apparent empathy and insistence that she deserves the upscale life he treats her to, to the point that she was initially blind to his increasing self-centeredness.
** Downplayed with [[NiceGuy John]], as Mary Jane was genuinely happy with and cared about him. However, she ultimately acknowledged that she was just settling for John because he was perfect on paper, and wanted to marry him to prove something. Her heart wasn’t ready for a such a commitment when she was still thinking about Peter.
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** A mutual problem with [[JerkJock Flash]] and [[RichBastard Harry]], who only liked Mary Jane because of her reputation and treated her like a [[TrophyWife trophy]]. It’s indicated MJ's her relationships with them were mainly brought on from her feeling validated by their attention and their wealth providing a respite from her daily life.
*** The novelization reveals MJ was basically pressured by her father into going out Flash, leaving it doubtful if she ever really liked him; Peter speculates that she mainly dated Flash for "protection" and her father's approval even thoughby all accounts he was far from an ideal boyfriend. MJ was also won over by Harry's apparent empathy and insistence that she deserves the upscale life he treats her to, to the point that she was initially blind to despite his increasing self-centeredness.
** Downplayed with [[NiceGuy John]], as Mary Jane was genuinely happy with and cared about him. However, she ultimately acknowledged that she was just settling for Johnbecause he was perfect on paper, and wanted didn't love him the way she should've, wanting to marry him to prove something. Her heart wasn’t ready for a such a commitment when she was still thinking about Peter.
*** The novelization reveals MJ was basically pressured by her father into going out Flash, leaving it doubtful if she ever really liked him; Peter speculates that she mainly dated Flash for "protection" and her father's approval even though
** Downplayed with [[NiceGuy John]], as Mary Jane was genuinely happy with and cared about him. However, she ultimately acknowledged that she was just settling for John
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* TextileWorkIsFeminine: The ''Film/SpiderMan1'' ''Spider-Man 1'' novelization reveals MJ to be a decent seamstress as she handmade the Chinese cheongsam she wore at the Unity parade, painstakingly choosing how it would fit her.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: In a sense towards Mary Jane. 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 rough background word-for-word [[ManipulativeBastard to make her trust him.]] In reality, Harry wants MJ for purely self-serving reasons.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: In a sense towards Mary Jane. 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 rough background home life word-for-word [[ManipulativeBastard to make her trust him.]] In reality, Harry wants MJ for purely self-serving reasons.
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* LovingAShadow: Despite his claims throughout ''Spider-Man'' of how much Mary Jane means to him (to the point of expressing a desire in the comic to one day ''marry'' her at Thanksgiving), it’s implied he was more interested in her popular girl persona; he takes MJ out on fancy dates and tries to make her look good in front of his circle but doesn’t seem to care much about her life beyond this. In the novelization after Norman’s funeral, Harry outright admits that he mainly pursued MJ to impress his father and she isn’t right for him. Even his bitterness over her breaking up with him has more to do with Peter, considering how he only tries reconciling with MJ to get back at his former friend.
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* LovingAShadow: Despite his claims throughout ''Spider-Man'' ''Spider-Man 1'' of how much Mary Jane means to him (to the point of expressing a desire in the comic to one day ''marry'' her at Thanksgiving), it’s implied he was more interested in her popular girl persona; he takes MJ out on fancy dates and tries to make her look good in front of his circle but doesn’t seem to care much about her life beyond this. In the novelization after Norman’s funeral, Harry outright admits that he mainly pursued MJ to impress his father and she isn’t right for him. Even his bitterness over her breaking up with him has more to do with Peter, considering how he only tries reconciling with MJ to get back at his former friend.
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** The opening section has her being Liz Allan. Like Liz, MJ in the movies is a classmate and longtime crush of Peter's who is much higher on the social ladder and dates Flash Thompson and Harry Osborn (who in the comics Liz later married). MJ in the comics only met Peter after he graduated high school, and while she did date Flash and Harry, that was OnTheRebound after her initial relationship with Peter ended owing to him preferring Gwen Stacy at the time, and if anything, she was the one chasing after him until their first serious relationship began.
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** The opening section has her being Liz Allan. Like Liz, MJ in the movies is a classmate and longtime crush of Peter's who is [[SingleGuySeeksMostPopularGirl much higher on the social ladder ladder]] and dates Flash Thompson and Harry Osborn (who in the comics Liz later married). MJ in the comics only met Peter after he graduated high school, and while she did date Flash and Harry, that was OnTheRebound after her initial relationship with Peter ended owing to him preferring Gwen Stacy at the time, and if anything, she was the one chasing after him until their first serious relationship began.
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*** She's also similar to her counterpart from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' in having an unpleasant past with an abusive father and boyfriend(s) which complicates her relationship with Peter, being initially unaware of his SecretIdentity as Spider-Man and thus frustrated by his secretive nature, taking Gwen Stacy's role as the GirlNextDoor and Green Goblin's hostage on the bridge, and being a recurring DamselInDistress.
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* HeadTurningBeauty: Obviously; it’s ''Mary Jane Watson''. As if to drive the point home, she’s introduced with close-ups in each film and her beauty is noted in-universe by many, having no shortage of admirers. Like in the comics, this is played both ways in her life; MJ mentioned in ''Spider-Man 2'' that she was promoted at her modeling job because her face was approved to headline their perfume ad campaign, and in ''Spider-Man 3'', she attracts a large audience when cast as the leading lady in a Broadway musical, only for critics to accuse her of using her looks to compensate after her singing doesn’t live up to expectations. [[SoBeautifulItsACurse MJ also ends up in danger when some unsavory individuals take notice of her (Norman Osborn, some gangbangers), and it's implied she dealt with unwanted advances at her waitressing job.]]
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* HeadTurningBeauty: Obviously; it’s ''Mary Jane Watson''. As if to drive the point home, she’s introduced with close-ups in each film and her beauty is noted in-universe by many, having no shortage of admirers. Like in the comics, this is played both ways in her life; MJ mentioned in ''Spider-Man 2'' that she was promoted at her modeling job because her face was approved to headline their perfume ad campaign, and in ''Spider-Man 3'', she attracts a large audience when cast as the leading lady in a Broadway musical, only for critics to accuse her of using her looks to compensate after her singing doesn’t live up to expectations. [[SoBeautifulItsACurse MJ also ends up in danger dealt with sexual harassment at her waitressing job and was nearly assaulted when she attracted some unsavory individuals take notice of her (Norman Osborn, some gangbangers), and it's implied she dealt with unwanted advances at her waitressing job.the four gang members) in the first film.]]
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* DeadAlternateCounterpart: To the version from [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesSupervillains Earth-120703]].
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Since [1] earths are designated now. Also, if they Peter's parents exist on a divergent timeline, they gotta exist on the Sacred Timeline too.
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* AlternateSelf: Has three from [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesMainCharacters Earth-120703]], [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCity Earth-199999]] and [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 a zombie-infested Earth.]]
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* ShesGotLegs: Frequently wears short skirts, boots and/or stockings that show off her legs. A notable example is during the festival fight in ''1'', where her dress's slits expose her ''entire'' legs as she's dangling from the balcony and goes swinging with Spider-Man.
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** A mutual problem with [[JerkJock Flash]] and [[RichBastard Harry]], who only liked Mary Jane because of her reputation and treated her like a [[TrophyWife trophy]]. It’s indicated her relationships with them were mainly brought on by feeling validated by their attention and their wealth providing a respite from her daily life.
*** The novelization reveals MJ was basically pressured by her father into going out Flash, leaving it doubtful if she ever really liked him; Peter speculates that she mainly dated Flash for "protection" and her father's approval even though by all accounts he was far from an ideal boyfriend. It's also revealed MJ was won over by Harry's apparent empathy and insistence that she deserves the upscale life he treats her to, to the point that she was initially blind to his increasing self-centeredness.
** Downplayed with John, as MJ was genuinely happy with and cared about him. However, she ultimately acknowledged that she was just settling for John because he was perfect on paper, and wanted to marry him to prove something. Her heart wasn’t ready for a such a commitment when she was still thinking about Peter.
*** The novelization reveals MJ was basically pressured by her father into going out Flash, leaving it doubtful if she ever really liked him; Peter speculates that she mainly dated Flash for "protection" and her father's approval even though by all accounts he was far from an ideal boyfriend. It's also revealed MJ was won over by Harry's apparent empathy and insistence that she deserves the upscale life he treats her to, to the point that she was initially blind to his increasing self-centeredness.
** Downplayed with John, as MJ was genuinely happy with and cared about him. However, she ultimately acknowledged that she was just settling for John because he was perfect on paper, and wanted to marry him to prove something. Her heart wasn’t ready for a such a commitment when she was still thinking about Peter.
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** A mutual problem with [[JerkJock Flash]] and [[RichBastard Harry]], who only liked Mary Jane because of her reputation and treated her like a [[TrophyWife trophy]]. It’s indicated her MJ's relationships with them were mainly brought on by from her feeling validated by their attention and their wealth providing a respite from her daily life.
*** The novelization reveals MJ was basically pressured by her father into going out Flash, leaving it doubtful if she ever really liked him; Peter speculates that she mainly dated Flash for "protection" and her father's approval even though by all accounts he was far from an ideal boyfriend.It's also revealed MJ was also won over by Harry's apparent empathy and insistence that she deserves the upscale life he treats her to, to the point that she was initially blind to his increasing self-centeredness.
** Downplayed withJohn, [[NiceGuy John]], as MJ Mary Jane was genuinely happy with and cared about him. However, she ultimately acknowledged that she was just settling for John because he was perfect on paper, and wanted to marry him to prove something. Her heart wasn’t ready for a such a commitment when she was still thinking about Peter.
*** The novelization reveals MJ was basically pressured by her father into going out Flash, leaving it doubtful if she ever really liked him; Peter speculates that she mainly dated Flash for "protection" and her father's approval even though by all accounts he was far from an ideal boyfriend.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The reason she loves Peter so much; he's always supportive and kind to her, actually cares for her as a person, and never tries to make her feel like she has to be someone else. (It's also undoubtedly why she developed a crush on him as Spider-Man.) Peter acting uncharacteristically aggressive and douchey because of the symbiote naturally drifts him and MJ apart, during which she gravitates towards Harry after he TookALevelInKindness. Fortunately, she reunites with Peter when he overcomes the symbiote's influence and is willing to work out their issues with her.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The reason she loves Peter so much; he's much--he's always supportive and kind to her, actually cares for her as a person, and never tries to make her feel like she has to be someone else. (It's also undoubtedly why she developed a crush on him as Spider-Man.) Peter acting uncharacteristically aggressive and douchey because of the symbiote naturally drifts him and MJ apart, during which she gravitates towards Harry after he TookALevelInKindness. Fortunately, she reunites with Peter when he overcomes the symbiote's influence and is willing to work out their issues with her.
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* AlternateSelf: Has an equivalent on [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCityMidtownSchoolOfScienceAndTechnology Earth-199999]] named Michelle Jones-Watson. Also has one on [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]] if the deleted scenes are canon.
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/KirstenDunst
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Cat O'Connor (first game), Creator/KariWahlgren (third game), Claudia Motta (''Spider-Man'' 1 & 2, Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/LilianaBarba (''Spider-Man 3'', Latin American Spanish dub), Marie-Eugénie Maréchal (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"Everybody needs help sometimes, Peter. Even Spider-Man."''
The GirlNextDoor and the love of Peter's life. Mary Jane was Peter's ChildhoodFriend before getting involved with him romantically. Throughout the trilogy, she provides Peter with morale and support and is often the DamselInDistress during the climax of each movie.
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* AbusiveParents: Her father is... not a model parent. A lot of Mary Jane's emotional issues and her FatalFlaw of being overly self-conscious stem from her father treating her terribly and destroying her self-esteem growing up, which negatively affects many of her choices throughout the trilogy.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Mary Jane has green eyes in the comics but is blue-eyed in the films due to being portrayed by Creator/KirstenDunst.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
** She's the very first character introduced in the trilogy (Peter was narrating). In the comics, MJ was famously TheGhost, then TheFaceless prior to her introduction.
** She's also Peter's first introduced love interest in the films and his first girlfriend in general, whereas in the comics, Peter had been with Betty Brant, Liz Allan, and Gwen Stacy by the time he and MJ finally got together.
* AdaptationalWimp: Another thing that got lost by turning her into a CompositeCharacter. Not only is MJ rarely kidnapped in the comics, but when she is, she's a DamselOutOfDistress more often than not, sometimes even ending with a RescueReversal. However, she gets kidnapped so many times in these films that, for people not familiar with her comic book counterpart, she's a poster girl of the DistressedDamsel trope. Only in ''Spider-Man 3'' does she more resemble her comic book counterpart when it comes to how she handles her captivity.
* AdaptationDistillation: In the films, Mary Jane’s CharacterDevelopment beyond a free-spirited party girl, which brought her and Peter closer together, was kickstarted immediately after graduation when she abandoned her past concerns and moved to the city to pursue an acting career. In the comics, she left home around the same time for similar reasons after her mother's death but kept up this persona for a few years until her friend Gwen Stacy’s death.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange:
** Since she's a CompositeCharacter of herself, Liz Allan, and Gwen Stacy, this Mary Jane is more emotional, vulnerable, sensitive, neurotic, and less self-secure than the tough-as-nails survivor hiding behind a mask of superficial cheerfulness that is closer to comics MJ. Mary Jane in the mainstream and Ultimate Marvel comics was known for being very witty and charming, and generally eases up Peter when he gets too serious in addition to being the first of Spider-Man's girlfriends to match his unique gift for the snark.
** Her complicated love life isn’t due to CommitmentIssues like her comic counterpart, who didn’t want to sacrifice her dreams and have a turbulent marriage like parents and sister, and even turned down Peter’s first two proposals. This MJ on the other hand is happy to settle down once she starts building her career, fairly early in her adulthood at that, with her conflict being finding someone who truly respects and can connect with her.
** In the comics, Mary Jane is a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak / TomboyWithAGirlyStreak – a fashion mogul and actress who [[ProudBeauty takes pride in her appearance]], but also dresses casually when not working and is OneOfTheGuys, a sports fanatic, and an ActionGirl who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. Here, her tomboyish qualities are greatly lessened while her girliness is played up; she tends to dress femininely even outside her modeling and acting, and seems to prefer the company of her female friends (e.g. her GirlPosse and BestFriend Louise).
* AllWomenLoveShoes: She and Louise are shown shoe shopping at Barneys New York in ''Spider-Man 2.1''.
* AlternateSelf: Has an equivalent on [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCityMidtownSchoolOfScienceAndTechnology Earth-199999]] named Michelle Jones-Watson. Also has one on [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]] if the deleted scenes are canon.
* AmicableExes: Played with for Harry Osborn; while MJ is on good terms with him ''Spider-Man 2'', he's not completely over their breakup. In ''Spider-Man 3'' though, unbeknownst to her, he comes to resent her relationship with Peter [[spoiler:until becoming amnesiac. During this time, MJ grows closer to Harry while she and Peter are having a rough patch until being turned down by her again regains his memories and he tries manipulating her. In the end, after Harry helps save MJ and pulls a HeroicSacrifice protecting Peter from Venom, they fully reconcile before his death.]]
** The novelization of the second film implies she and Flash made amends at some point since MJ invited him to her wedding.
* BeneathTheMask: Mary Jane is introduced as a stereotypical popular girl who has it all and is focused on enjoying life, while seemingly ignorant of Peter and what a bully Flash really is (more so in the original script and supplementary material). Of course, this is mainly from Peter’s POV. It’s eventually revealed that she’s not as content with her status as she appears to be and is a more complicated woman with baggage.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Her upside-down kiss with Spider-Man is legendary.
* ButtMonkey: Is she ever! She's mistreated by most of the men in her life, puts up with menial jobs and [[MeanBoss unsympathetic employers]] in her aspirations to become an actress, and is a DamselInDistress in all three films, but the third film is where she really gets put through the wringer. Before being captured again (this time by Venom), she loses her Broadway role to an understudy, Harry threatens her into breaking up with Peter, and Peter (due to the symbiote) shows her up and embarrasses her at the jazz club she's working at ''before'' accidentally hitting her. ''Sheesh''.
* CelebrityParadox: The first film mentions ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', the film which served as Dunst's breakthrough as a child actress. Doubles as ActorAllusion.
* CharacterDevelopment: Throughout the first two films, Mary Jane struggles between what her heart wants and what she thinks she should have, a conflict that stems from her low amount of self-esteem and the abusive upbringing her father gave her. When it comes to her love interests, she often tends to go for guys who have impressive showings either through wealth or fame. But she eventually comes to realize these relationships are shallow and loveless, and that she's better off with someone who truly loves her for she is and makes her happy, which she finds in Peter. She learns to stop letting her insecurities and her troubled past hold her back from having a happy and fulfilling future.
* CharacterTic: She tends to pulls her coat around her when self-conscious or upset. The ''Spider-Man'' novelization mentions that she also brushes her hair back when nervous.
* TheCharmer: MJ gets along with most people thanks to her charisma when she's confident enough.
* CompositeCharacter: She's a composite of Peter's love interests:
** The opening section has her being Liz Allan. Like Liz, MJ in the movies is a classmate and longtime crush of Peter's who is much higher on the social ladder and dates Flash Thompson and Harry Osborn (who in the comics Liz later married). MJ in the comics only met Peter after he graduated high school, and while she did date Flash and Harry, that was OnTheRebound after her initial relationship with Peter ended owing to him preferring Gwen Stacy at the time, and if anything, she was the one chasing after him until their first serious relationship began.
** Sam Raimi also modeled her on Gwen, notably her more serious and melancholy personality and GirlNextDoor persona. Gwen in the comics went through several personality shifts (some of which were inspired by MJ's popularity), but she also dated Flash and Harry before choosing Peter. Likewise, MJ gets to be the damsel that Goblin drops from the bridge albeit Peter saves her. Her outfit when introduced in the trilogy even mirrors Gwen's during the aforementioned bridge scene in ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied'' -- [[MythologyGag black headband,]] [[IconicOutfit purple blouse,]] [[{{Foreshadowing}} and long green coat]].
** Of course, she is still largely MJ in the fact that she loves Peter and Spider-Man, is comfortable with the idea of dating a superhero (something comics Gwen would never have been), constantly chooses the poor Peter over her rich suitors (Harry, John Jameson), gets jealous and insecure whenever other girls give Peter attention (Raimi's Gwen in the third film), uses a lively and charming facade to mask her pain, and is a struggling scrapper and aspiring actress/model who constantly has to deal with SlutShaming from her father, her employers, Norman Osborn, and others.
*** There is also some Ultimate MJ influence since the ''Ultimate'' comics were developed at the same time as the first movie. Notably, she and Peter have known each other since childhood along with the fact that, while pretty and popular, she isn't the seemingly unattainable bombshell she is in the Mainstream Marvel comics. Ultimate MJ was also targeted and thrown off a bridge by the Green Goblin, though survived.
** She's also similar to her counterpart from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' in having an unpleasant past with an abusive father and boyfriend(s) which complicates her relationship with Peter, being initially unaware of his SecretIdentity as Spider-Man and thus frustrated by his secretive nature, taking Gwen Stacy's role as the GirlNextDoor and Green Goblin's hostage on the bridge, and being a recurring DamselInDistress.
* TheConfidant: After she learns about his secret identity and the struggles of being a superhero at the end of the second film, Mary Jane tries to act as a confidant in the third film and be someone Peter can turn to for emotional support, the way he's generally tried to support her, but he shuts her out.
* DamselInDistress: Ends up getting kidnapped by villains in ''every'' film. It's lampshaded in the first one alone.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' [[DoomMagnet You have a knack for getting in trouble!]]\\
'''Mary Jane:''' [[BigDamnHeroes And you have of a knack for saving my life!]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: While she does ultimately have to be saved from falling by Peter (with aid from [[spoiler:Harry]]), MJ actually gets out of danger repeatedly during the climax of ''Film/SpiderMan3'' (dodging falling bricks, jumping out of a suspended taxi and swinging on a web to avoid a falling truck crushing her, and hanging on for a good while), and even [[HeroicBystander saves Peter from Venom at one point by dropping a cement brick on his head.]]
** Also in ''Film/SpiderMan1'', she puts up a good fight against some would-be rapists until they pull a knife on her.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mary Jane was raised by a verbally abusive, and possibly physically abusive, father who destroyed her self-esteem growing up.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: The second most important character in the trilogy after Peter himself.
* DudeMagnet: Throughout the trilogy, she had dated a total of four people (Flash, Harry, John, and Peter), three in the first film alone, and there are also a lot of men who are attracted to her.
* FashionModel: She models for a cosmetics company in ''2'', being the face of the Emma Rose Parfumerie billboards.
* FatalFlaw: The first film establishes that Mary Jane often tries to hide inner turmoil behind a cheery smile. Thanks to her father's abuse, she has little faith in her talents or lack of and is very self-conscious about what she does for a living and who she dates. This trait catches up to her in the later films as Mary Jane struggles to open herself up and acts impulsive and self-destructive in her relationships; she nearly rushes into her and John's wedding in ''2'' despite her conflicted feelings out of a desire to prove that she's happy and in ''3'', when Mary Jane gets unceremoniously fired from her dream gig, she's too proud to tell Peter the truth right away.
* FieryRedhead: Mary Jane is one of the most famous examples of this trope.
* GeekyTurnOn: She's impressed by "Harry"'s trivia on the lab spiders. In ''Spider-Man 3'', MJ is quickly cheered up by Peter detailing the theater's acoustics to explain her performance's applause.
* GirlNextDoor: Referred to as such by Peter since they live next to each other and grew up together. She even provides the page image.
* GirlPosse: Had one in high school, being the [[BlondeBrunetteRedhead Redhead to their Black and Brunette]].
* GirlinessUpgrade: In the comics, Mary Jane’s ensemble included [[{{Shorttank}} jeans, shorts, t-shirts,]] [[TankTopTomboy tank tops, and jackets]] in addition to fashionable dresses. In the films, she wears skirts, dresses, and otherwise feminine tops more often, including floral patterns and accessories befitting her GirlNextDoor nature.
* HatesBeingTouched: A subtle example. In the first film, she shies away from her boyfriends when they try to kiss her, a sign of her doubts and unhappiness. But with [[OneTrueLove Peter]], MJ is the one to reach out to him and initiate their kisses when professing her feelings for him, showing that she truly loves him.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Obviously; it’s ''Mary Jane Watson''. As if to drive the point home, she’s introduced with close-ups in each film and her beauty is noted in-universe by many, having no shortage of admirers. Like in the comics, this is played both ways in her life; MJ mentioned in ''Spider-Man 2'' that she was promoted at her modeling job because her face was approved to headline their perfume ad campaign, and in ''Spider-Man 3'', she attracts a large audience when cast as the leading lady in a Broadway musical, only for critics to accuse her of using her looks to compensate after her singing doesn’t live up to expectations. [[SoBeautifulItsACurse MJ also ends up in danger when some unsavory individuals take notice of her (Norman Osborn, some gangbangers), and it's implied she dealt with unwanted advances at her waitressing job.]]
* HiddenDepths: She made an elegant [[{{Qipao}} cheongsam]] to wear at the Oscorp Unity Day Festival, indicating skill in fashion design.
* HeroesWantRedheads: She is TheHero's OneTrueLove and is a redhead.
* HourglassPlot: In ''1'', she was the unattainable perfect girl for Peter, while in ''3'', Peter is the popular superhero who attracts the eye of younger and more prettier girls while MJ is having doubts about her career and the future of their relationship.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In ''3'', she chastises Peter for recreating their upside-down kiss with Gwen. It may be justified since kissing Gwen wasn't Peter's idea but it didn't stop him from milking the situation for all it was worth. It is, however, worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", back in the first installment of the trilogy, she was dating Harry at the time (even if they were already on the rocks), so she gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did towards someone else. Not to mention that as an actress, odds are she has to do performative kissing with other men as well.
* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: A tragic version and deconstructed. Due to her troubled upbringing and self-worth issues, MJ considers (or is made to consider) herself lucky that any man would want her so she is quick to defer to her boyfriends despite their flaws; MJ initially caves to expectations with Flash and tries to live up to Harry's high-class standards, only to endure loveless, shallow relationships with them until being forced to realize they don’t like her the way she thought. While she learns better, these insecurities persist even with men she has genuine feelings for; MJ believed the intelligent Peter wouldn’t give a party-girl like her the time of day (despite the [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obvious]]) and her later career difficulties in the face of his success made her worry over their future. She also wanted to marry John partly because in theory, he’d be the perfect husband to her. MJ eventually takes the plunge and decides to be with Peter, but it’s clear she still has some issues to work through.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Deep down, Mary Jane is desperate for happiness and an escape from her abusive circumstances, wanting to be loved and appreciated for who she is. She initially believes the only way to find this is by maintaining a popular image and dating men of status and importance, seeking to please them in hopes of an ideal relationship even if it goes against her own desires. Thankfully, as MJ experiences real, unconditional love from Peter, who’s always cared about her, she comes to realize that she deserves more, ultimately getting together with him and pursuing the life she really wants. MJ says as much when confessing that she loves Peter at the end of the first film:
-->'''Mary Jane:''' There's only one man... who's always been there for me. Who makes me feel like I'm more than I ever thought I could be. That I'm just... me. And that's okay.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Mary Jane is clearly well-endowed and tends to wear low-cut tops that show a hint of cleavage (sometimes combined with BareYourMidriff in the first film). Also whenever she dresses up in ''Spider-Man 2'' and ''3'', best seen with her wedding gown.
* InsecureLoveInterest:
** The first novelization shows that MJ was insecure about her and Harry's class differences while they dated, so she tried to impress him with her dressmaking and social skills, and initially obliged his requests to make a good impression on his father after everything he does for her.
** In ''3'', when her career goes on the skids and she sees Peter (as Spider-Man) flirting and interacting with Gwen, MJ starts feeling jealous that Peter could trade her in for a younger model which, given the bullying and constant insults she faces throughout the films for her looks, is understandable.
* JerkassBall: Holds this big time in the second film, in which she doesn't take the time to listen to Peter's explanations as to why he couldn't show up to her plays. Not to mention abruptly leaving her fiancé John Jameson at the alter.
* LaughOfLove:
** In ''Film/SpiderMan1'', following the famous kiss-in-the-rain scene between Spider-Man and Mary Jane, she giggles as Spider-Man swings off. This is a MythologyGag and an inversion of their BigDamnKiss in the comics (''Amazing Spider-Man'' #142) when it was Peter who gave the laugh of love.
** In ''Film/SpiderMan2'', Mary Jane is laughing happily as she runs to Peter's place in her wedding dress, as she's realized that he's the one she truly loves.
* {{Leitmotif}}: She shares a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGib1zwIw0g tender, humble and earnest love theme]] with Peter that underscores many of their scenes together throughout the trilogy; growing progressively stronger in the first film as they create a genuine bond. It's most prominent during their iconic alleyway kiss, their second kiss at [[spoiler:Norman's funeral]], the climax of the second film, when Peter sends her to be with John, and the stargazing scene early in the third film.
* LifeOfTheParty: It's never shown in the films[[note]]Aside from when she talks with her friends about a party as they're driving together[[/note]], but the first novelization confirms she was known as a party girl in high school.
* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: With Peter.
* LittleBlackDress: OncePerEpisode -- at the Thanksgiving dinner in ''1'', the gala she attends with John in ''2'', and during Peter's failed marriage proposal in ''3''.
* LoveRevelationEpiphany: When MJ thought she was going to die at the hands of Green Goblin at the bridge, all she could think about was seeing Peter again, causing her to realize he was the one for her all along.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: She initially fell for Spider-Man rather than Peter. Unlike other versions, this example moves and impresses Peter because she expressed it when everyone in New York was slamming him for being a menace (led by Jameson) and Peter was seriously thinking that [[VillainHasAPoint Goblin had a point]] about saving a bunch of ingrates. The fact that [[WhatYouAreInTheDark MJ expressed her affection and gratitude for Spider-Man when the rest of society didn't]] [[RestoredMyFaithInHumanity restores Peter's faith in being a superhero]]. The fact she did it with what is certainly Peter's FirstKiss only sealed the deal. Of course, by the end of ''1'', she ends up loving Peter but he then rebuffs her, which upsets her in the second film until she learns the truth.
* LovingAShadow:
** A mutual problem with [[JerkJock Flash]] and [[RichBastard Harry]], who only liked Mary Jane because of her reputation and treated her like a [[TrophyWife trophy]]. It’s indicated her relationships with them were mainly brought on by feeling validated by their attention and their wealth providing a respite from her daily life.
*** The novelization reveals MJ was basically pressured by her father into going out Flash, leaving it doubtful if she ever really liked him; Peter speculates that she mainly dated Flash for "protection" and her father's approval even though by all accounts he was far from an ideal boyfriend. It's also revealed MJ was won over by Harry's apparent empathy and insistence that she deserves the upscale life he treats her to, to the point that she was initially blind to his increasing self-centeredness.
** Downplayed with John, as MJ was genuinely happy with and cared about him. However, she ultimately acknowledged that she was just settling for John because he was perfect on paper, and wanted to marry him to prove something. Her heart wasn’t ready for a such a commitment when she was still thinking about Peter.
* MadeOfIron: MJ gets slammed into concrete balustrades hard enough to break them, takes multi-story falls, gets smacked around by Doctor Octopus and Venom, all without any injury.
* MeaningfulName: In the official novelization, it’s noted that Mary Jane ''Wat''son has a million-''watt'' smile.
* MoralityPet: In ''Spider-Man 1'', when Peter is in a bad mood about Jameson's shenanigans to the point that he wonders if maybe Goblin has a point about the people wanting to tear down a hero, MJ's support for Spider-Man and her kiss of thanks restores his heroic spirit to the point that he outright rejects and fights Goblin the next time, infuriating him. In ''Spider-Man 3'', after all the terrible things Peter does under the symbiote's control, it's striking Mary Jane that gets him to snap out of it, since she's the person he cares about the most and he's fully aware that he's treating her like how all her jerk boyfriends and her own father did.
* MsFanservice: Most of MJ's outfits [[FormFittingWardrobe accentuate her figure]], particularly her [[BuxomIsBetter chest]] and [[ShesGotLegs legs]], and are rather striking. Perhaps the most famous is her SexySoakedShirt during her and Spidey's upside-down kiss. She looks downright stunning in her formal wear.
* NiceGirl: In the first movie, Mary Jane is kind, flirtatious, outgoing and vivacious, if a bit more troubled than she lets on. She has her moments in the other two as well, whenever she's not [[{{Tsundere}} stressed out]].
* NightmareFetishist: Oddly enough, MJ expresses that she ''loves'' creepy, disgusting spiders early in the first movie during the field trip. She's at the front of the line observing the genetically-engineered cluster, and is even the one to point out the missing spider.
* ObliviousToLove: Mary Jane is possibly the ''only one'' unaware that Peter Parker has been head-over-heels for her since childhood. It isn’t until his indirect LoveConfession near the end of the first film that this finally dawns on her, and spurs her to accept her own growing feelings for him. According to the novelization, MJ began liking Peter as well after their graduation, but had trouble expressing it partly because she was unsure if he reciprocated.
* TheObstructiveLoveInterest: In the second film. Though it's not by choice since she's totally okay with Peter being Spider-Man. He, however, thinks she can't handle it so he keeps putting off telling her.
* OddFriendship: In the ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization, she hits it off with J. Jonah Jameson of all people thanks to her wit and charm, and they even have a friendly debate on Spider-Man. After she dumps John though, Jameson instantly dislikes her.
* OfficialCouple: With Peter at the end of the second movie, though the third film leaves them at a MaybeEverAfter. [[spoiler:Peter confirms in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' that they were eventually able to make it work.]]
* OnTheRebound: Mary Jane confesses how much she's started to love Peter at the end of the first film and shares TheBigDamnKiss with him, but he rebuffs her affections and refuses to tell her why (secretly, he thinks it's best if she keeps her distance due to him being Spider-Man). Mary Jane holds out hope that he might change his mind and they could become more than friends for the following two years (during which he apparently tries to avoid her) until she finally gives up and decides to move on with her life by seeing a new guy, John Jameson. At which point, Peter decides to win her attention back. MJ is quite rightly annoyed with his terrible timing and unintentional mind games, so she treats him quite coldly and tries to convince both herself and Peter that she truly loves John. However, as the movie stretches on, MJ is forced to acknowledge that the spark between her and Peter still exists and John really is just a rebound.
* PinkMeansFeminine: She wears pink, flowery outfits during several iconic action scenes in the first movie (including all her encounters with Spider-Man), highlighting her role as the LoveInterest and DamselInDistress. It's less overt in the second film, but MJ wears a pink embroidered skirt at Peter's birthday and blush pink costumes for her play, once again with floral patterns.
* PostKissCatatonia: After kissing Spider-Man, MJ is so stunned her movement is slowed.
* RedheadInGreen: The opening of ''1'' has her in a green overcoat and later at the hospital, she wears a bright green sweater. In ''3'', she wears several dark green dresses and sweaters.
* SecretKeeper: At the end of the first film, after their [[TheBigDamnKiss Big Damn Kiss]], Mary Jane starts to suspect Peter might be Spider-Man. During the climax of the second film, she finally learns Peter's secret identity, and for the entirety of their third film, is fully aware of his double life as a vigilante.
* SexySoakedShirt: [[MaleGaze Famously so]] during the infamous upside-down kiss in the first film. Happens again in climax of the second film when she was kidnapped by Doc Ock, as the FinalBattle takes place near the bay area.
* ShesGotLegs: Frequently wears short skirts, boots and/or stockings that show off her legs. A notable example is during the festival fight in ''1'', where her dress's slits expose her ''entire'' legs as she's dangling from the balcony and goes swinging with Spider-Man.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The reason she loves Peter so much; he's always supportive and kind to her, actually cares for her as a person, and never tries to make her feel like she has to be someone else. (It's also undoubtedly why she developed a crush on him as Spider-Man.) Peter acting uncharacteristically aggressive and douchey because of the symbiote naturally drifts him and MJ apart, during which she gravitates towards Harry after he TookALevelInKindness. Fortunately, she reunites with Peter when he overcomes the symbiote's influence and is willing to work out their issues with her.
** MJ was also engaged to [[UnderstandingBoyfriend John]] and it's clear their relationship ending had nothing to do with him.
* SmoochOfVictory: After saving her life twice, and receiving only smears for his heroism, MJ rewards Spider-Man with a passionate snog.
* {{Socialite}}: She's able to mingle with the upper-class when attending high-society events.
* StepfordSmiler: Apparent in the first film when she rushes out of her house upset from a row with her father, then perks up like nothing happened when her friends arrive to take her to school. Later, she forces a sunny demeanor when Flash picks her up for a date immediately after having an emotionally raw conversation with Peter about her rough upbringing and future dreams. Peter even observes in the novelization how MJ uses a party-girl facade to mask her inner turmoil around others. Deconstructed in the later films, as seen in FatalFlaw.
* SweaterGirl: She wears sweaters a few times.
* SympatheticAdulterer: Throughout the trilogy, MJ has cheated on: Harry with Spider-Man in the first film, as she kissed the hero after he saved her prior to the dinner with Norman which ended their relationship; John with Peter in the second film, as while they never did anything physical she had been emotionally cheating on him at times and even asked Peter to kiss her; and Peter with Harry in the third film where she actually did kiss him, though immediately regretted it. However, she and Harry were on the rocks even before the dinner as while he cared about her, he was often unsympathetic, as he criticized MJ's dress and was controlling of her when Peter was around. In the third film, Peter (as Spider-Man) had publicly kissed Gwen, which upset her, and was developing a big ego that was made worse due to the influence of the symbiote. Her actions in the second film are less sympathetic though as John was shown to be nothing but supportive of her (although the kiss was to clear any doubts between her and Peter before her wedding).
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: The ''Film/SpiderMan1'' novelization reveals MJ to be a decent seamstress as she handmade the Chinese cheongsam she wore at the Unity parade, painstakingly choosing how it would fit her.
* {{Tsundere}}: In the second and third films. Though from her perspective at the time, it's Peter who comes off as this.
* VaporWear: Her respective SexySoakedShirt scenes in the first two films show that she doesn't wear bras.
* WomanScorned: She is pretty upset with Peter rebuffing her affections at the end of ''1'' and this cools off their relationship in ''2''. It's implied that her dating John Jameson is partly [[OperationJealousy a ploy to make Peter jealous]] and own up to how he feels about her. She also repeatedly calls him out for his mixed messages of giving obvious signs of being in love with her while also stiffing her and then claiming they'd be BetterAsFriends. She also blows up at him when she sees him kissing Gwen at a charity function.
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[[folder:Harry Osborn / New Goblin]]
!!Harry Osborn / New Goblin
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[[caption-width-right:330:''"If only I could cause you the pain that you've caused me..."'']]
[[caption-width-right:330:[[labelnote:Click here to see Harry as the New Goblin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/new_goblin.jpg[softreturn]''"You knew this was coming Pete!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JamesFranco
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoshKeaton (first and second games), Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Latin American Spanish dub), Philippe Valmont (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"Spider-Man will pay. I swear on my father's grave Spider-Man will pay."''
Harry Osborn is the son of Oscorp CEO Norman Osborn and is the second Green Goblin. Was Peter's best friend before he finds Spider-Man with the body of his dead father. Now Harry won't stop at anything until he avenges his father.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Instead of carrying over the Green Goblin name from his father like in the comics and most adaptations, this Harry instead opts to call himself the New Goblin.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Harry isn't usually depicted as particularly handsome in the comics, but the film series casts PrettyBoy Creator/JamesFranco for the role and didn't downplay it.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the comics, Harry was a fop who still wound up with the "cool" crowd at college due to his money and status. Rather than being Peter's cool rich friend, Harry was the loser whose girlfriends either dumped him to be with Peter (Gwen) or were Peter's rebounds (MJ). He also became a drug addict (which ended his relationship with MJ in the comics since she didn't want to be anywhere near a train wreck). By casting Franco, Harry appears to be legitimately cool (which never was the case with his comic book counterpart) and an actual romantic rival for MJ's affections with Peter which wasn't the case in the comics. This characterization of him (aside from his romantic interest in MJ) was possibly inspired by his similarly cool appearance in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan,'' which had been running for well over a year by the time the first movie came out.
* TheAlcoholic: Implied. After his father's death, particularly in the second movie, Harry is usually seen with a drink in hand and is shown visibly drunk a few times.
* AllThereInTheScript: He is never referred to as the "New Goblin" in ''Spider-Man 3'', only in promotional material and merchandise.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Since he hallucinated his father even before taking the formula in ''Spider-Man 2'', it's possible that he has some sort of disorder than contributed in his decision to become a villain.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Becomes this near the end of the third film after finding out that Peter didn't really kill his father, along with realizing just how much of a crappy friend he actually was to him.]]
* AttackAttackAttack: His entire fighting style in the third film just amounts to this in his two attempts to murder Peter. Justified as Harry is just starting out as a villain (which means he lacks experience and is arrogant to believe that his former [[ExtremeDoormat meek]] "friend" that he defended from bullies in high school wouldn't amount much in an actual fight), and deconstructed as Peter is smart and experienced enough as a fighter (since he's been Spider-Man for over three years and has already fought against three ''very'' dangerous villains) to take advantage of this weakness.
* AvengingTheVillain: Mistakenly assumes Spider-Man to have murdered his father and swears revenge. Attempts this in the third film.
* BigBadEnsemble: He provides the page image with Sandman and Venom. He's out to kill Peter during the first half of ''Film/SpiderMan3'', but is overshadowed by the latter two.
* BigBadSlippage: The death of his father and hatred for Spider-Man slowly corrupts him into becoming the BigBad in both Spider-Man 2 & 3.
* BigBadWannabe:
** He becomes this in ''Film/SpiderMan2'', as he wants Spider-Man dead while Doc Ock is the real threat. Ock brings Spider-Man to Harry out of a deal to get tritium, but he can’t kill him when he discovers that it’s Peter.
** 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.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In the third movie, just as Sandman is about to land the final blow on Spider-Man, a pumpkin bomb lands on the left side of the former's face and explodes. Seconds later, Harry shows up on his glider to help Spider-Man against Sandman and Venom.]]
* BigSHUTUp: Unsurprisingly, when Peter tries to convince New Goblin that he didn't kill Norman in their first fight, the latter isn't having it.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In a sense towards Mary Jane. 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 rough background word-for-word [[ManipulativeBastard to make her trust him.]] In reality, Harry wants MJ for purely self-serving reasons.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: He utilizes a contracted, triple-bladed arm guard on his right arm in his attempt to kill Peter in the third film. It later gets wrecked by Peter in their second fight.
* CombatPragmatist: Like his late father, Harry is not above using sneak attacks, advanced weaponry, and psychological warfare in his quest to murder Peter twice in the third film.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: He's never referred to as the Green Goblin after taking his father's equipment. Promotional materials give him the moniker "New Goblin."
* CoolBoard: As New Goblin, Harry rides a streamlined, snowboard-shaped goblin glider (known as the ''Sky Stick'' in the promotional materials).
* CoolSword: He uses a contractible laser sword in his two attempts to assassinate Peter, but is ''not'' a MasterSwordsman since he all does with it is just trying to repeatedly slash and stab at the latter (and failing at it as well).
* 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-stomp by a more snarky Peter (who's also much more vengeful and stronger from the symbiote) in their second fight.
* DeadAlternateCounterpart: To the version from [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]].
* 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.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Attempts to get revenge on Peter by forcing Mary Jane to break up with him under a death threat, and then brags about kissing her before trying to kill him. Apparently, he forgot that the person who he was trying to get revenge on was, well, Spider-Man, who's not only more experienced but has also become much more vengeful after getting the symbiote. A thorough ass-kicking and a bomb to the face later, and Harry learns his plan may not have been his best idea. Even before the fight, he has a VillainBall moment where after he feigns concern for Peter, he immediately blows his cover by smugly winking at him through the window.
* DidntSeeThatComing:
** Near the end of their first fight in ''3'', he really didn't expect Peter to be able to blindside him by throwing one his Razor Bats back at him as a distraction and created a web line to trip him.
** Their second fight is really a big wake-up call for Harry. At the start, he seems to have a surprised expression when Peter (who's now pissed off and enhanced by the symbiote) immediately starts throwing punches after his taunt about Mary Jane, and possibly due to the amount of strength being exerted against him. Then, as a last DesperationAttack to kill him, he tries to fling a pumpkin bomb at Peter when his back is turned, only for Peter's SpiderSense and anticipation of such a dirty tactic allows him to easily perform a CatchAndReturn.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He opens the third movie by trying to kill Peter, but develops EasyAmnesia after their first fight. He eventually recovers but has since been overshadowed by Sandman and Venom.
* EasyAmnesia: Forgets about his vendetta against Spider-Man (along with his secret identity) after sustaining a head injury. Given that he still remembers his dad's death yet doesn't feel anything, it's implied his amygdala was damaged to the point where his ability to feel aggression was stunted, which would explain why he's so carefree and childlike afterward. However, he regains his memories upon being spurred by MJ (again) when she realized her mistake of kissing Harry out of jealousy for Peter kissing Gwen; and his amygdala is apparently healed since her rejection got him angry again.
* EntitledBastard: Harry is basically a rich kid, spoiled by his parents, and neglected by his father and he still expects stuff to come his way because of his upbringing and Norman's name. He expects Peter to be an ExtremeDoormat, MJ to regard him as the best thing that happened to her, and the fact that his father was a terrorist is a minor detail compared to his issues with him. Even before that, Peter and MJ reflect on Harry's utter ignorance about life for poor people and his subtle classism.
-->'''MJ:''' I think he'd hate the idea of my waiting tables. He'd think it was low or something.\\
'''Peter:''' It's not low. You have a job. You know, Harry doesn't live on a little place I like to call Earth.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:He becomes blind in his right eye in the third film as a result of his pumpkin bomb disfiguring his face.]]
* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:In the third film, he gets the right side of his face disfigured by a pumpkin bomb he tried to throw at Peter, only to have it thrown back at him.]]
* FalseFriend: Implied in the first film, and becomes quite apparent in the second one. However, the third film plays with this; after losing his memory and his personality resetting back to how it was in the first film but now without Norman's influence, Harry is far happier and has a more genuine friendship with Peter and Mary Jane. After his memory returns, he's back to being a villain but ultimately decides to let go of his anger and [[spoiler:sacrifices his life to save Peter, in his last moments calling Peter his friend.]]
* FatalFlaw: His WellDoneSonGuy motivations and EntitledBastard behaviour ruins his friendship with Peter while making things difficult between him and Mary Jane. [[spoiler:Tragically, he finally overcomes these flaws in the third film when he decides to help Peter fight Venom and Sandman, only to die in Mary Jane's arms after saving Peter's life.]]
* {{Foil}}: He and Peter are opposites in many ways. Harry comes from a fairly wealthy background while Peter's financial issues are a frequent concern for him and his family. Harry is distant with his father, Peter has a loving relationship with his aunt and uncle. [[spoiler:Harry's father's death fills him with a constant desire for revenge, while Peter's uncle's death inspires him to be Spider-Man.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Hinted that much of his personality stems from his relationship with his father.
* GenerationXerox: Took up his father's mantle and became the New Goblin, then [[spoiler:perished]] the same way as the former, albeit in a different context: [[spoiler:Both got stabbed by their own glider which was supposed to be for Spider-Man, but where Norman was trying to attack Spider-Man and was HoistByHisOwnPetard when Spidey moved out of harm's way, Harry died pulling a HeroicSacrifice when Venom tried to attack Peter with it.]]
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Thanks to the improved performance enhancer, Harry is able to heal somewhat faster than a normal human. [[spoiler:However, it's unknown if he could heal a burned-out eye and the rest of the scar on the right side of his face.]]
* 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.]]
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:Is blinded in his right eye after a pumpkin bomb thrown by symbiote-powered Peter explodes next to his face in the third film.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Goes from good to bad at the start of ''Spider-Man 3'', then turns good again after suffering amnesia, then returns to villainy when his memories return, and finally [[spoiler:becomes good once more after coming to his senses towards the end of the film.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He gets impaled by his own glider while saving Peter in the third movie.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In his two failed attempts to assassinate Peter, it involves him being brutally defeated with his own gadgets being flung back at him with the latter's webbing.
* {{Hypocrite}}: 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 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.
* IfICantHaveYou: In the third movie, he ruined Peter and Mary Jane's relationship, the former for killing his father and the latter for breaking his heart a second time (which also led to him regaining his memory).
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:He dies in a similar way to his father but out a desire to save Peter rather than wanting to kill him.]]
* InadequateInheritor: It becomes quite noticeable when becoming the New Goblin in the third film.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Hit with this like a freight train in the third movie. But he had this throughout the first two films too.
* {{Jerkass}}: He has his endearing moments, but even before Peter became Spider-Man, there are hints that Harry's just using him, most noticeably when he uses one of Peter's fun facts to impress Mary Jane. He also gets defensive when MJ called his dad a "creep" because she overheard him insulting her and, well, being a legitimate creep.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** While pursuing a relationship with MJ behind Peter's back was a rather dishonest and dickish move on Harry's part, he wasn't wrong with pointing out that Peter technically never ''did'' make a move on MJ due to his shyness. Never mind the fact that he did encourage him to ask her out first.
** 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.
*** Downplayed with Mary Jane, as he did encourage Peter to ask her out first, and the poor communication and lack of initiation on Peter's end was interpreted as a green light for Harry. While there's nothing wrong with Peter being a supportive friend to Mary Jane when her relationship with Harry is rocky, he should've realized that he was toeing the line between platonic supportiveness and romantic intimacy (the iconic "kiss under the rain" scene notwithstanding), leading to a very, ''very'' awkward moment as Harry walked in on them holding hands. However, Mary Jane was equally responsible for initiating this, so it's not fair for Harry to place the blame solely on Peter.
*** Then there's the ''whole ordeal'' with Norman's death that Peter can't really help Harry catch Spider-Man without revealing his SecretIdentity and Norman's own DarkSecret that he was the Green Goblin. As far as Harry could see it, Spider-Man killed an "innocent man", and Peter's lack of supportiveness to help catch the web-crawler for over ''two years'', all while monopolizing on Spider-Man's image in the newspapers, would be seen as a sort of betrayal to Norman's death.
** Just before their second fight in the third film where Harry is deliberately [[IShallTauntYou provoking]] the symbiote-influenced Peter about how he was the better boyfriend for MJ and how good it was to make out with her, he wasn't wrong with pointing out how the latter failed to be there for her emotionally with the way that he kisses Gwen Stacy in the same way that he did with MJ for a publicity stunt[[note]]Since the event was ''before'' the symbiote latches on and starts to corrupt him along with Harry being more kinder from his amnesia, Peter doesn't have any excuses to refute such a claim[[/note]].
** 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 and left him to stool around in his vengeful obsession for over two years. Even with Harry's [[SanitySlippage growing insanity]] and the prompting from his [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous hallucination]] of Norman, it's still NotHelpingYourCase on Peter's end.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Character flaws aside, he does appreciate his friendship with Peter and Mary Jane, which is especially showcased in the third movie during his time having amnesia and [[spoiler:at the end where he sacrifices his life for them.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: After two failed assassination attempts on his former friend, getting his ass embarrassingly handed to him, and gaining scars that disfigured his once handsome face, Harry wisely backed off afterward.
* 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.
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:Takes his father's equipment and becomes the New Goblin.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The Osborns' butler knew all along that Norman/the Green Goblin was killed by his own glider, not by Spider-Man, but for some reason, he decides to wait until ''after'' Harry is disfigured by Peter and one of his own pumpkin bombs to tell him as such.
* LonelyRichKid: Norman being a distant father, who had a bad marriage, and his own fame as a scientist caused problems for Harry who got expelled from a number of high schools before going to a regular high school where he met Peter and MJ. Him being an outsider is what brought him and Peter together even if they otherwise don't have much in common.
* LovingAShadow: Despite his claims throughout ''Spider-Man'' of how much Mary Jane means to him (to the point of expressing a desire in the comic to one day ''marry'' her at Thanksgiving), it’s implied he was more interested in her popular girl persona; he takes MJ out on fancy dates and tries to make her look good in front of his circle but doesn’t seem to care much about her life beyond this. In the novelization after Norman’s funeral, Harry outright admits that he mainly pursued MJ to impress his father and she isn’t right for him. Even his bitterness over her breaking up with him has more to do with Peter, considering how he only tries reconciling with MJ to get back at his former friend.
* MadeOfIron: 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 scars.]]
* MissingMom: His mother never made an appearance, but is implied to have been divorced from Norman a while before the events of the first film.
* MoralMyopia:
** 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 should somehow grin and bear it. He ''still'' expected her to wait on him after not giving her an apology and feels betrayed when she shows affection to Peter. Aunt May's reaction is positively livid at seeing Harry behave this way towards MJ (who is [[LikeASonToMe like a daughter to her]]).
** 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 completely okay with Norman being a terrorist who tried to kill everyone else in New York, including him and MJ that one time. Discovering his beloved father was the Green Goblin never puts a dent in Harry's desire for vengeance or makes him question the circumstances of Norman's death; instead, he just uses his late father's improved performance enhancer as a tool to achieve his revenge.
* NeverMyFault:
** His bad relationship and eventual breakup with Mary Jane. He was far from an ideal boyfriend, being possessive, needy, 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), and for taking his father's side when he insulted her in public, and yet somehow he still blames Peter for stealing MJ.
** Not to mention how he stole MJ from Peter despite knowing how much Peter liked her, breaking [[TheBroCode the unwritten rules of friendship]].
** Subverted by the end of the third film. It's implied that [[HeelRealization Harry realizes his]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrible behavior of how he had treated his former best friend and girlfriend]] and not only teamed-up with Peter to save MJ from Venom and Sandman but also took the fatal blow meant for the former, [[RedemptionEqualsDeath reconciling his friendship with them before dying]].
* 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/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries 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.
* NonIndicativeName: His alter-ego in ''Spider-Man 3'' is known as the "New Goblin", despite there not being anything remotely goblin-like about his costume.
* OhCrap: He gets this reaction in ''both'' of his defeats by Peter in the third film. The first is where he momentarily gets blinded with an exploding Razor Bat flying right back into him before realizing that he's flying ''straight'' into a web-line that Peter made to trip him. The second time is where he tries to make one last desperate attempt to kill Peter by throwing a pumpkin bomb from behind, only for the latter to easily predict such a telegraphed move, as well as his SpiderSense kicking in, and [[CatchAndReturn catch the bomb with his webbing to throw it right back at Harry]] where it then ''explodes right in his face''.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Otto genuinely wanted to help people but Harry gave him his backing so he could be "filthy rich".
* 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). 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.
** Another one happens in the second film, as he tells Doc Ock to not harm Peter despite their friendship being strain 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.
** 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.
** After losing his [[EasyAmnesia memories]] in the third movie, he openly admits to a nurse that he'd [[{{Foreshadowing}} lay down his life for]] [[TrueCompanions Peter and MJ]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Symbiote Peter gives him one.
-->'''Harry:''' You gonna kill me like you killed my father?\\
'''Peter:''' I'm done trying to convince you.\\
'''Harry:''' You took him from me. He loved me.\\
'''Peter:''' [[LittleNo No.]] [[BrutalHonesty He despised you.]] [[DisappointedInYou You were an embarrassment for him.]] Look at that [[LoserSonOfLoserDad little Goblin junior.]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch Gonna cry?]]
* RedeemingReplacement: He ultimately chooses to be a heroic version of the Goblin once he finds out that Peter didn't really kill his father.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Figuratively took a bullet meant for Peter and was able to make amends to his estranged friends before succumbing to his wounds.]]
* TheResenter: Deep down, he always resented Peter for being his father's favorite and "stealing" Mary Jane. He lashes out and gets drunk at a party in ''2'' where he slaps Peter in public.
-->'''Harry:''' ''[to Peter]'' Don't act like you're my friend. You stole MJ from me. You stole my father's love. Then you let him die because you didn't turn in the freak. Isn't that right? ''[slaps him]'' Huh? Isn't that right? Huh, brother? ''[slaps him again]''
* 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.
* SanitySlippage: A very gradual version which starts off as an obsessive resentment of Spider-Man at the end of the first movie and beginning of the second, then begins manifesting itself as binge drinking and worsening into hallucinations. Ironically, this is all ''before'' taking the Oscorp steroids he takes at the beginning of ''3'', though they didn't exactly help.
* ShipperOnDeck: Despite having a thing for MJ himself, he does encourage Peter to go after her, both in the first movie and the second movie. In fact, in the first movie, he doesn't hit on her, until [[SociallyAwkwardHero Peter]] himself rejects the notion of him going and talking to her first.
* SketchySuccessor: He took up his father's mantle as the second Goblin in ''3'', and while he's shown to be much more dangerous through his excessive use of weapons and unrelenting anger, he's less of a threat to Peter than this father overall, and the improved performance enhancer doesn't seem to make him as strong as the original, along a symbiote-enhanced Peter notably snarking in their second fight.
* SmugSnake: Has a problem with this in the third film where he threatens MJ that he will kill Peter unless she breaks up with him. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, it's not as if Peter has had way more experience in fighting superpowered people or kicked his father's ass with little effort in their final fight, and "didn't" just so happen to defeat him as well despite not wanting to fight back]]. When he actually fights Spidey the second time, and this ''time'', with [[TheDogBitesBack Peter having enough of his entitled behavior]] along with being influenced by the symbiote it... [[HoistByHisOwnPetard doesn't end well]] [[EyeScream for Harry]]... [[KnowWhenToFoldThem at all]].
* 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 [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind own lack of training and experience]], allows Peter to make a quick work against his estranged best friend.
* SuperReflexes: Along with gaining enhanced physical abilities from the improved performance enhancer, he's able to fly and maneuver at extreme speeds on the [[CoolBoard Sky Stick]], and manages to hold his own against a symbiote-influenced Peter for a brief while.
* SuperHearing: He can hear Mary Jane's break-up with Peter from a good distance away, and was able to hear Peter standing behind him despite the latter stealthily arriving at the balcony prior to their second fight.
* SuperStrength: After taking the improved performance enhancer, Harry gains superhuman strength that is enough to hoist Peter in the air with one hand and keep his grip on him long enough to cut him across the chest with his arm blades, punch through a brick wall and rip out a huge chunk of it with little leverage, and can go toe-to-toe with a rage-fueled, symbiote-enhanced Peter in their second fight.
* 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.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:As the New Goblin in the third film, though not as badass as his father and with the symbiote-addled Peter snarking at him.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: By the second film, he's rude towards a lot of people who aren't Peter and MJ, 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.
* TookALevelInKindness: He's nicer than he has ever been when he gets short-term amnesia in the third movie and positively heroic after getting scarred and told by the family butler of how Norman really died.
* {{Tritagonist}}: The third most important character in the trilogy after Peter and MJ.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: By the third movie. His butler even compares them in the second movie.
-->'''Harry:''' Good night, Bernard.\\
'''Bernard:''' Your father only obsessed over his work.\\
'''Harry:''' ''[irritated]'' Good night, Bernard.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Peter, Harry, and Mary Jane.
* TheUnfavorite: Norman constantly compares him to Peter in an unfavorable manner despite Peter not being his son at all.
* UngratefulBastard:
** Justifiably, when Spider-Man saves his life in the second film, Harry flat-out tells him that this doesn't change anything. He even believes that Spider-Man did it just to humiliate him.
** Even after he found out that his father was the Green Goblin, Harry still tries to take revenge against his former friend for "supposedly" murdering him despite Peter's efforts to conceal the truth about Norman's crimes. This is averted near the end of the third film though.
* UnskilledButStrong: As the New Goblin, Harry has all the same abilities and gadgetry the original one had which allows him to take on Peter in the third movie. Deconstructed, since his lack of experience as a fighter ends up biting him the ass throughout the entire film. In their first fight, he only had the advantage because he attacks out of nowhere and Peter wasn't trying to fight back and manages to incapacitate Harry through a web trap. The second fight really highlights just how out of depth he really is against a [[TheDogBitesBack symbiote-influenced Peter]] regardless of his [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]] and was brutally defeated with a pumpkin bomb exploding in his face. [[spoiler:It finally becomes a FatalFlaw in the climactic battle against Sandman and Venom, where he ends up getting stabbed through the chest with his own glider to protect his incapacitated friend.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
** In the first film, he tells Norman that MJ basically dumped him and clearly loves Peter. He had no idea of realizing at the time that his father was the Green Goblin and ''looking'' for ways to target and hurt Peter after finding out he was Spider-Man. The entire final battle of the film lands squarely on an unaware Harry's shoulders as a result.
** 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 the guy 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''.
* VillainousBSOD: Suffers this after the symbiote-powered Peter scarred his face with his own bomb. When Peter later pleads with him to help him save MJ, Harry tells him to get out out of sadness and anger. By that point, he doesn't care about MJ, Peter, his father, the company, or anything else anymore, he just wants to be left alone. Learning the truth from Bernard got him out of it.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: It's implied that he never got familiar with the Goblin tech during the time skip between Spider-Man 2 and 3, and is seen taking the improved version of the performance enhancer right before he dons his New Goblin persona to assassinate Peter in the same night. As one would expect, his lack of experience compared to Spider-Man (who's been an active hero for years and already fought and defeated the original Goblin) in the third film, only highlights his incompetence as a fighter.
* VillainTeamUp: [[spoiler:Sort of, in the second movie. Though not exactly a true villain yet, Harry has been pretty vocal that he would get revenge on Spider-Man if given the chance, and as such, strikes a deal with Octavius to exchange Spider-Man for the tritium Octavius needs to fuel his reactor.]]
* 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.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The last time he’s mentioned in the junior novelization, he’s in his penthouse, wondering what to do. Also counts as SparedByTheAdaptation.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: He believes Spider-Man murdered his father. Until his butler (as a hallucination) reveals the truth.
* YoungAndInCharge: Based on the comments in the films, in the second film he would only be 20 or 21 years old yet he is apparently the new CEO of Oscorp after his father's death.
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!The Parker Family
[[folder:May Parker]]
!!May Parker
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/movie_aunt_may.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:330:''"At least we get the toaster."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RosemaryHarris
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MindySterling (second game), Ángela Villanueva (Latin American Spanish), Monique Martial (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride, even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams."''
Peter's aunt.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the comics, May was blonde when she was younger while the ''Film/SpiderMan1'' novelization reveals she was a brunette.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: On her views of Spider-Man. In the comics[[note]]until she finds out Peter is Spider-Man, pre-''ComicBook/BrandNewDay''[[/note]] and most adaptations, she is afraid of Spider-Man and, like Jameson, thinks he's a menace. Here, May dislikes Spider-Man by reputation until he saves her from Doc Ock, after which she quickly comes to see him as a real hero[[note]]Even before that in the second novelization, she acknowledges he saved Mary Jane and stopped Green Goblin[[/note]]. The opposite goes with her views of Doc Ock, who she thought was a nice man (and almost married him) in the comics.
* AdultFear: Her husband gets suddenly murdered. She later faces the possibility of losing her house.
* AlternateSelf: Has three from [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]], [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCity Earth-199999]] and [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 a zombie-infested Earth.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: There are a few hints throughout the trilogy that May knows Peter is Spider-Man, such as her otherwise unprompted speech on heroism that convinces Peter to come back to the job, but she never outright confirms it.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She’s a sweet old lady and a loving aunt, but she ''will'' deck you if you make her angry enough. Just ask Doc Ock.
* CombatPragmatist: {{Defied|Trope}} for others, played straight for herself. When Doctor Octopus tries to bait Spider-Man and stab him with a blade hidden in one of his tentacles, she expresses being sickened by the foul play. She then proceeds to clock Octavius in the head, saving Spidey’s life.
* CoolAunt: She and her late husband are Peter's loving {{Parental Substitute}}s.
* CoolOldLady: She's always cheery, upbeat and rarely shows a negative side.
* DamselOutOfDistress: When Doc Ock took her hostage, she completely loses it and attacks the man after seeing him preparing to use an underhanded tactic against Spidey.
-->'''May:''' [[BewareTheNiceOnes Shame on you!]]
* FormerTeenRebel: It's implied in the ''Film/SpiderMan2'' novelization that May was more sexually open in her youth, once trying to flirt with Music/FrankSinatra at a concert.
* HappilyMarried: To Ben. In ''Film/SpiderMan3'', she reflects on Ben's proposal while she's giving Peter her engagement ring.
* HiddenDepths:
** Despite her gentle and fragile demeanor, May used to be a [[CombatMedic frontline nurse]], a job not for the faint of heart. She seems to retain these skills, using a first-aid kit to treat Peter's wound at Thanksgiving.
** The second novelization reveals she once aspired to be an actress.
* {{Nephewism}}: Peter is actually her brother-in-law's son.
* NeatFreak: She keeps a tidy house and is slightly annoyed by Peter's messy room. Taken further in the novelization, where it's revealed May actually wrapped her and Ben's furniture in plastic until Peter came to live with them, and has a meticulous routine in preparing for bed, even straightening her hospital blankets.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Being played by a British actress, her natural accent tends to slip through in a few places.
* ParasolOfPain: Hits Doc Ock with her umbrella during her DamselOutOfDistress moment.
* ParentalSubstitute: She and her late husband took care of Peter after his parents died.
* RetiredBadass: The ''Spider-Man'' novelization reveals she was a field nurse during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* SecretSecretKeeper: [[ImpliedTrope Possibly]]. It would explain her tone during her almost completely unprompted speech about heroes to Peter (which serves "unwittingly" as a pep talk for him to resume being Spider-Man), as well as her forgiving him for abandoning her at the bank after Ock's attack.
* SupremeChef: May is a talented cook, often baking homemade goodies for Peter to cheer him up, and later preparing an entire Thanksgiving feast. For her nephew's birthday in the second film, she made the cake and fruit punch herself.
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: She knows how to knit. The ''Spider-Man'' novelization reveals May would make Peter sweaters and the baklava from his first suit was a 14th birthday gift from her.
* TrueBlueFemininity: She often wears blue flowery dresses, particularly for special occasions.
* TruerToTheText: Outside of her different view of Spider-Man, this May Parker is much more faithful to her comic book counterpart than all of the other live-action versions of the character.
* WidowWoman: After Ben's death.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ben Parker]]
!!Ben Parker
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/movie_uncle_ben.png]]
[[caption-width-right:330:''"These are the years when a man changes into the man he's going to become for the rest of his life. Just be careful who you change into."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/CliffRobertson
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BlasGarcia (Latin American Spanish dub), Marc Cassot (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility. Remember that, Pete. Remember that."''
Peter's uncle.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: A mild case; in the comics, Ben originally had brown hair during his youth but the ''Film/SpiderMan1'' novelization states he had reddish brown hair.
* AesopCollateralDamage: Peter's aesop comes at the expense of Ben's life.
* TheAllegedCar: His 1988 Oldsmobile Delta constantly needed repairs, but Ben refused to replace it, pointing out its durability. The novelization reveals it [[TragicKeepsake originally belonged to his brother]].
* AlternateSelf: On [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]], [[Characters/MarvelCinematicUniverse Earth-199999]] and a [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 zombie apocalyptic Earth.]]
* ArcWords: One more time; "WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility."
* CoolOldGuy: He's very doting and always positive.
* CoolUncle: He and his wife are Peter's loving {{Parental Substitute}}s.
* DeathByOriginStory: Which triggered Peter becoming Spider-Man.
* HappilyMarried: To May.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: His death greatly affected Peter.
* {{Nephewism}}: Peter is actually his brother's son. What exactly happened to Peter's biological parents is never mentioned in the films.
* ParentalSubstitute: He and his wife took care of Peter after his parents died and Peter outright says that Ben is his father.
* PresentAbsence: His influence on Peter is felt throughout the trilogy as it was he who inspired him to become Spider-Man.
* SpiritAdvisor: To Peter in ''2''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Peter's Parents]]
!!Peter's Parents
Peter's mother and father who passed away when Peter was young, leaving him to be raised by Ben and May.
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* AlternateSelf: They also exist on [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]] and on [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 an unknown zombie outbreak Earth]].
* AllThereInTheManual: Their fates are revealed in the novelization.
* DeathByOriginStory: Like in the comics, they died in a plane crash when Peter was little.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Peter thinks highly of them even years after their deaths.
* TheNameless: They aren't named in the film, but in the comics their names are Richard and Mary.
[[/folder]]
!''Daily Bugle'' Staff
[[folder:J. Jonah Jameson]]
!!J. Jonah Jameson
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/movie_j_jonah_jameson.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:330:''"He doesn't want to be famous? Then I'll make him '''in'''famous!"'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JKSimmons
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JayGordon (first and second games), Creator/HumbertoSolorzano (Latin American Spanish dub), Jean Barney (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"Who is Spider-Man? He's a criminal, that's who he is."''
Peter's boss at the ''Daily Bugle''. Cantankerous and loud, his first dedication is to his money. And he doesn't like Spider-Man.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: While still a loud and cantankerous jerk, J. Jonah Jameson doesn't have his comic incarnation's habit of funding super villains to hunt down Spider-Man. He also completely opposes the idea of writing fake stories to incriminate superheroes, especially Spider-Man.
* AdaptationalJerkass: A subtle example, but his whole [[FreudianExcuse impetus]] for hating Spider-Man in the comics revolved around his wife being murdered by a masked man. This incarnation's wife is alive and well, meaning he's just badmouthing Spider-Man solely for the sake of sensationalism.
* AlliterativeName:
** Three names, all begin with '''J'''s. Doubles as AlliterativeFamily.
** The novelization of the first film lampshades this, as he defends the name "Green Goblin" on the grounds that alliteration makes names easier to remember[[note]]Which was Creator/StanLee's reasoning for doing this as a trademark of his[[/note]]. The text proceeds to describe how [[HypocriticalHumor Peter Parker disagrees with this]], while Betty Brant calls up J. Jonah Jameson about a call for him from famous scientists [[ComicBook/MisterFantastic Reed Richards]] and [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]].
* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]] and on [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCity Earth-199999]].
* BerserkButton: Has a lot of these, but one button you ''shouldn't'' press is deceiving him. When he fires Eddie Brock after humiliating him and his paper with photoshopped images, he's ''dead serious'' compared to the times he's [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity "fired"]] Peter.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: The ''Film/SpiderMan'' novelization shows he's surprisingly self-aware despite his brash demeanor, secretly acknowledging himself as an unscrupulous and sensationalist editor trying to keep the ''Bugle'' afloat. However, he refuses to give up his newsman principles, which is why he withholds Peter’s name from the Green Goblin.
* BreakoutCharacter: His screen time increases throughout the trilogy and he has become widely regarded as the definitive version of the character in all forms of media, thanks to Creator/JKSimmons' excellent performance, which is so iconic that he's [[PigeonholedVoiceActor reprised the role in other Marvel projects]] such as ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', and even the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. And even if he doesn't appear, his voice and mannerisms are at least ''emulated'' by others (like in ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'', where Darin De Paul admitted to taking heavy influence from Simmons' version). In fact, the reason Jonah never appeared on-screen in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' is because the filmmakers felt that no one could live up to Simmons in the role.
* ButtMonkey: Bad things tend to happen to him a lot.
* CigarChomper: Introduced this way, and is seen smoking later on as well.
* DaEditor: Like always.
* DeadpanSnarker: He snarks at almost every opportunity he has.
-->'''Betty:''' Boss, your wife is on the line. She says she lost her checkbook.\\
'''Jameson:''' Thanks for the good news!
* DotingParent: He believes his son is a "real hero" and boasts about John's accomplishments at any opportunity.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His page quote is his very first line of dialogue in the series, and it tells you everything about what he thinks of the titular hero.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** In the first film, the Goblin attacks him to know the identity of the photographer who takes pictures of Spider-Man. Jameson, despite being obviously terrified, refuses to sell Peter out and instead claims his work comes by mail.
** In the third film, he issues a full retraction after firing Eddie for creating fake photos of Spider-Man committing a robbery; even the retraction article details Jameson's brief but genuine apology over the matter despite retaining his hatred toward Spider-Man.
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity:
** "Fires" Peter a number of times for whatever reason, only to rehire him within a few seconds afterward.
--->'''Jameson:''' ''[to Peter]'' Where were you, photographing squirrels? You're fired.\\
'''Betty:''' Chief, the planetarium party.\\
'''Jameson:''' ''[realizes his mistake]'' Oh, right. ''[to Peter]'' You're ''un''-fired, I need you. Come here.
** Averted with his firing of Eddie; Jameson actually means it, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness and his attitude makes that very clear.]]
--->'''Jameson:''' ''[enraged over Eddie's fake photos]'' Pack your things. Get out of my building.\\
'''Eddie:''' I was just-\\
'''Jameson:''' ''[with utter rage]'' YOU'RE FIRED!!!
* GetOut: As Eddie Brock found out from above, whenever Jameson tells you this when you're fired, you ''know'' he's serious about it.
* GreenEyedMonster: The end of the first novelization reveals he's secretly jealous of how selfless and compassionate Spider-Man is because he knows he can’t be, just like in the comics. This might explain why he dressed up as Spidey in ''Spider-Man 2.1''.
* GrumpyOldMan: To the freaking core!
* HeyYou: This is practically how he calls people.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Despite being a {{Jerkass}} most of the time, he is still a good person deep down. Perhaps one of the most notable examples would have to be him immediately lying to the Green Goblin to protect Peter's identity in the first film, even while the Goblin ''[[NeckLift chokes him]]''. Another example is his fury when he finds that Eddie Brock printed a forged photo framing Spider-Man of robbery and actually prints a retraction ''apologizing'' to Spider-Man despite his dislike of him.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Mary Jane points out that despite Jameson's belief in the law, he takes advantage of Spider-Man's inability to sue him for libel without revealing his identity to sell papers. Jameson [[HypocrisyNod concedes this]] but believes he's above the rules because he's keeping Spidey's power in check.
* IgnoredEpiphany: He starts to have a JerkassRealization in the second movie when Mary Jane is captured, bemoaning the fact that Spider-Man could have stopped it from happening had he not driven him away. Then Spidey returns (and steals back his costume), and Jameson goes right back to his old self.
* InspectorJavert: ''Firmly'' believes that Spidey is evil. Supplementary materials confirm he doubts the hero's intentions and believes he has something to hide since Spider-Man wears a mask, unlike Jameson's public reporting and real heroes (police, firemen, lawyers, etc.) who show their faces and take responsibility for their actions.
* {{Jerkass}}: An arrogant, stubborn and pompous skinflint who micromanages his employees, although [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he does have a decent side]].
* LargeHam: You ''will'' know when he's on-screen, largely when he starts yelling about Spider-Man.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After two movies of selfish, dickish behavior, karma starts to catch up Jameson in the third film with his own subtle HumiliationConga -- Betty drives him up the wall buzzing him about taking his pills, Eddie tricks him and humiliates him with a fake story, Peter strong-arms him into finally giving him a proper job at the ''Bugle'', and a little girl scams him for a camera during the climax (charging extra money for the film).
* MeanBoss: Is constantly seen yelling and berating his employees.
* MoralityPet: About the only person we see him being nice towards is his son John.
* MotorMouth: When he gets going.
* TheNicknamer: Comes up with the supervillain names for both Green Gobin and Doctor Octopus. For the latter, Hoffman initially comes up with "ComicBook/DoctorStrange", and Jameson admits that it's good... [[MythologyGag but realizes that it's already taken.]]
* NonActionGuy: He's not combat-proficient obviously.
* OddFriendship: In the ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization, he ends up bonding with Mary Jane when she and John are dating, impressed by her ability to match his barbs and sense of humor. He's even willing to tolerate their differing views on Spider-Man. Of course, this goes out of the window after Mary Jane leaves his son at the altar, as Jameson [[OpinionFlipFlop instantly declares he never liked her.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** In the second film, when it seems like Spider-Man ''really'' isn't coming back, he shows actual remorse for dragging the hero's name through the mud.
** He's generally a sensationalist hell-bent on taking Spider-Man down, but when Eddie Brock's fake photograph debacle is exposed, he is genuinely pissed about it and fires Eddie immediately - and unlike the times he's "fired" Peter, ''he means it'', showing that he still cares about publishing the truth despite his yellow journalist colors.
* PetTheDog: He has his moments:
** He protects Peter's identity from the Green Goblin while he's being strangled. In fact, the novelization reveals he takes protecting his sources very seriously, having gone to jail twice in the past for it.
** When Peter asks for double the money for some photos, Jameson is taken aback but ultimately agrees.
** Has a JerkassRealization when Mary Jane is captured and it appears that Spider-Man isn't there to save her.
** Prints out a retraction apologizing to Spider-Man when Eddie Brock hands in forged photos.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Implied in the ''Film/SpiderMan2'' novelization when he refers to Creator/OscarWilde as “fruit”[[note]]A derogatory term for a gay man[[/note]].
* TheScrooge: Jonah is one heck of a miser; he strives to pinch every single penny he can on any occasion from paychecks to his own son's wedding.
* SelfMadeMan: The second novelization reveals he started out as a paperboy and worked his way up to operating Yew York's premiere newspaper.
* SignatureLaugh: When he cackles at Peter's demand to pay him in advance: it's frequently subjected to MemeticMutation.
* TranquilFury: When it's revealed that Eddie Brock brought in forged photos of Spider-Man, Jameson [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness quietly tells him to pack his things]] before angrily firing him.
* UngratefulBastard: Spider-Man just saves J.J. from the Green Goblin just when the latter is about to stabbed him. What's Jameson's response? Accuse Spidey and Goblin being accomplices.
* VerbalTic: Tends to start certain sentences with "what?" when talking to his underlings.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: While he and his son didn't share many scenes together, their personalities clearly reflect this trope. Jonah is a HotBlooded LargeHam whose brashness is PlayedForLaughs while John is laid back.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When the Green Goblin blows his office apart and threatens his life for information on Spider-Man's photographer, Jameson does nothing but stand his ground and insist the photos come anonymously in the mail and he doesn't know who sends them. He risks his life for not only someone he doesn't particularly care for, but someone who he knows is right in the next room.
* WorthyOpponent: The ''Spider-Man'' novelization shows him to be this for Norman Osborn, who can match his verbal shots.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Joseph "Robbie" Robertson]]
!!Joseph "Robbie" Robertson
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/movie_robbie_robertson.png]]
[[caption-width-right:330:''"We sold out four printings. Every copy."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BillNunn
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Jeff Coopwood (second game), Charlie Robinson (third game), Andrés García (Latin American Spanish), Luc Florian (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"You know we're gonna have to print a retraction now."''
A longtime employee at the ''Daily Bugle''.
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* AlliterativeName: '''R'''obbie '''R'''obertson.
* BenevolentBoss: He is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure compared to Jameson, as he treats employees like Peter with respect; and unlike Jameson, considers Spider-Man to be a hero. Robbie even proposed headlines affirming such, but they were rewritten by Jameson.
* DemotedToExtra: He is not as important as his comic book counterpart and most versions.
* TheLancer: He is TheConfidant of Jameson and his ''de facto'' NumberTwo at the ''Bugle''.
* TheMentor: In the novelization, Robbie subtly helps Peter navigate the ''Bugle'' by negotiating his freelance pay with Jameson for Spider-Man's photos. He also gets Peter other assignments, such as the World Unity Festival.
* NonActionGuy: He's obviously not proficient in combat.
* NumberTwo: The highest ranking person in the ''Bugle'' next to Jameson.
* OutOfFocus: Robbie is usually one of Peter's closest friends at the ''Bugle''. Here, he usually gets a line or two, and that's it.
* SecretSecretKeeper: Similar to the comics, it's strongly implied early in the second movie that he's figured out the truth. When Peter explains where he just came from, Robbie observes that Spider-Man also happened to be there and gives him a glance.
* TokenBlackFriend: He is Jameson's OnlyFriend in work, or at least the closest person he has for one. He's also OutOfFocus relative to his other appearances, and is one of few black characters seen.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ted Hoffman]]
!!Ted Hoffman
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/movie_hoffman.png]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/TedRaimi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Roberto Mendiola (Latin American Spanish), Alexandre Gillet (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
The ad manager of the ''Daily Bugle''.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Though it's not stated in the movies, the novelization for ''Spider-Man 2'' mentions that he's the ad manager for the ''Daily Bugle'', hence why J. Jonah Jameson is always consulting him about ideas for headlines and supervillain names.
* AllThereInTheScript: His first name is never said in the film, only in the novelizations and other supplementary material. Also TheDanza.
* BehindTheBlack: For some reason, Jameson never seems to notice Hoffman until the dude is in the frame.
* ButtMonkey: Most of his scenes involve him receiving the short end of the stick of J. Jonah Jameson's anger.
* CanonForeigner: Having no comic book counterpart, he only exists in the films.
* GiverOfLameNames: When Jameson tells him to run out and copyright the name "Green Goblin", he proposes "the Green Meanie" instead. Jameson angrily [[GetOut shows him the door.]]
** Subverted when he comes up with the name of Doctor Octopus, only for Jameson to later [[GladIThoughtOfIt subconsciously claim the idea as his own]] and shoo Hoffman away.
*** Played with for another name he suggests for Octavius: he suggests ComicBook/DoctorStrange, which Jameson [[PetTheDog admits is a good name]], but it can’t be used because it’s taken.
* LastNameBasis: Throughout the film, he's only ever referred to by his last name. See AllThereInTheScript.
* OffscreenTeleportation: The moment JJ calls his name he is instantly there, even when it's obvious he's nowhere nearby.
* PluckyComicRelief: Whenever he appears onscreen, always expect an incoming joke or gag involving him.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: To J.J., kinda by necessity, as he doesn't want to be fired.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Being part of the film series from the very beginning, he is finally included in the opening billboard (OBB) of ''Spider-Man 3''.
* RunningGag: He instantly appears whenever J. Jonah Jameson shouts his name. At one point, he appears ''as soon as Jameson calls him'', to which Jameson reacts with a [[LampshadeHanging disturbed]] DoubleTake.
* StealthHiBye: Mostly the 'Hi' part. Hoffman always seems to appear the femtosecond Jameson yells his name.
* TotallyRadical: His campaign to make the Bugle more appealing to younger audiences might have worked...in 1957.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Betty Brant]]
!!Elizabeth "Betty" Brant
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/movie_betty_brant.jpg]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ElizabethBanks
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Bethany Rhoades (second game), Creator/RachelKimsey (third game), Gabriela Guzmán (Latin American Spanish), Odile Cohen (European French dub)
!!!''Appears In:'' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"Welcome to the ''Daily Bugle''."''
Jameson's secretary at the ''Daily Bugle''.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the comics, Peter dated Betty for a while, before pursuing other romantic interests. Even though there is a slight hint of sexual tension between them in the films, they never get together.
* AlliterativeName: '''B'''etty '''B'''rant.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Obviously has a crush on Peter, who is head-over-heels for Mary Jane.
* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCityMidtownSchoolOfScienceAndTechnology Earth-199999]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Shows signs of being one when dealing with Eddie.
-->'''Betty:''' What's that smell?\\
'''Eddie:''' That's a little something called Nice and Easy. What's on you?\\
'''Betty:''' It's called Go Away.
* DemotedToExtra: None of her characterization from the comics made it into the trilogy with the exception of being Peter's potential love interest, and even that isn't as prominent compared to the source material.
* GirlFriday: To Jameson.
* LaughOfLove: In ''Film/SpiderMan3'', she laughs nervously when Peter, who's under the symbiote's influence, starts hitting on her at the ''Daily Bugle''.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Being part of the film series since the beginning, she is finally included in the opening billboard (OBB) of ''Spider-Man 3''.
* SciFiBobHaircut: She sports a bob in a sci-fi heavy superhero movie.
* SexySecretary: To the point that both Peter and Eddie hit on her as much as they can in the third film.
[[/folder]]
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!Main Characters
[[folder:Peter Parker / Spider-Man]]
[[index]]
->[[Characters/SpiderManTrilogySpiderMan Has his own page.]]
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mary Jane Watson]]
!!ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/movie_mj.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:330:''"Go get 'em, tiger."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/KirstenDunst
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Cat O'Connor (first game), Creator/KariWahlgren (third game), Claudia Motta (''Spider-Man'' 1 & 2, Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/LilianaBarba (''Spider-Man 3'', Latin American Spanish dub), Marie-Eugénie Maréchal (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"Everybody needs help sometimes, Peter. Even Spider-Man."''
The GirlNextDoor and the love of Peter's life. Mary Jane was Peter's ChildhoodFriend before getting involved with him romantically. Throughout the trilogy, she provides Peter with morale and support and is often the DamselInDistress during the climax of each movie.
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* AbusiveParents: Her father is... not a model parent. A lot of Mary Jane's emotional issues and her FatalFlaw of being overly self-conscious stem from her father treating her terribly and destroying her self-esteem growing up, which negatively affects many of her choices throughout the trilogy.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Mary Jane has green eyes in the comics but is blue-eyed in the films due to being portrayed by Creator/KirstenDunst.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
** She's the very first character introduced in the trilogy (Peter was narrating). In the comics, MJ was famously TheGhost, then TheFaceless prior to her introduction.
** She's also Peter's first introduced love interest in the films and his first girlfriend in general, whereas in the comics, Peter had been with Betty Brant, Liz Allan, and Gwen Stacy by the time he and MJ finally got together.
* AdaptationalWimp: Another thing that got lost by turning her into a CompositeCharacter. Not only is MJ rarely kidnapped in the comics, but when she is, she's a DamselOutOfDistress more often than not, sometimes even ending with a RescueReversal. However, she gets kidnapped so many times in these films that, for people not familiar with her comic book counterpart, she's a poster girl of the DistressedDamsel trope. Only in ''Spider-Man 3'' does she more resemble her comic book counterpart when it comes to how she handles her captivity.
* AdaptationDistillation: In the films, Mary Jane’s CharacterDevelopment beyond a free-spirited party girl, which brought her and Peter closer together, was kickstarted immediately after graduation when she abandoned her past concerns and moved to the city to pursue an acting career. In the comics, she left home around the same time for similar reasons after her mother's death but kept up this persona for a few years until her friend Gwen Stacy’s death.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange:
** Since she's a CompositeCharacter of herself, Liz Allan, and Gwen Stacy, this Mary Jane is more emotional, vulnerable, sensitive, neurotic, and less self-secure than the tough-as-nails survivor hiding behind a mask of superficial cheerfulness that is closer to comics MJ. Mary Jane in the mainstream and Ultimate Marvel comics was known for being very witty and charming, and generally eases up Peter when he gets too serious in addition to being the first of Spider-Man's girlfriends to match his unique gift for the snark.
** Her complicated love life isn’t due to CommitmentIssues like her comic counterpart, who didn’t want to sacrifice her dreams and have a turbulent marriage like parents and sister, and even turned down Peter’s first two proposals. This MJ on the other hand is happy to settle down once she starts building her career, fairly early in her adulthood at that, with her conflict being finding someone who truly respects and can connect with her.
** In the comics, Mary Jane is a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak / TomboyWithAGirlyStreak – a fashion mogul and actress who [[ProudBeauty takes pride in her appearance]], but also dresses casually when not working and is OneOfTheGuys, a sports fanatic, and an ActionGirl who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. Here, her tomboyish qualities are greatly lessened while her girliness is played up; she tends to dress femininely even outside her modeling and acting, and seems to prefer the company of her female friends (e.g. her GirlPosse and BestFriend Louise).
* AllWomenLoveShoes: She and Louise are shown shoe shopping at Barneys New York in ''Spider-Man 2.1''.
* AlternateSelf: Has an equivalent on [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCityMidtownSchoolOfScienceAndTechnology Earth-199999]] named Michelle Jones-Watson. Also has one on [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]] if the deleted scenes are canon.
* AmicableExes: Played with for Harry Osborn; while MJ is on good terms with him ''Spider-Man 2'', he's not completely over their breakup. In ''Spider-Man 3'' though, unbeknownst to her, he comes to resent her relationship with Peter [[spoiler:until becoming amnesiac. During this time, MJ grows closer to Harry while she and Peter are having a rough patch until being turned down by her again regains his memories and he tries manipulating her. In the end, after Harry helps save MJ and pulls a HeroicSacrifice protecting Peter from Venom, they fully reconcile before his death.]]
** The novelization of the second film implies she and Flash made amends at some point since MJ invited him to her wedding.
* BeneathTheMask: Mary Jane is introduced as a stereotypical popular girl who has it all and is focused on enjoying life, while seemingly ignorant of Peter and what a bully Flash really is (more so in the original script and supplementary material). Of course, this is mainly from Peter’s POV. It’s eventually revealed that she’s not as content with her status as she appears to be and is a more complicated woman with baggage.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Her upside-down kiss with Spider-Man is legendary.
* ButtMonkey: Is she ever! She's mistreated by most of the men in her life, puts up with menial jobs and [[MeanBoss unsympathetic employers]] in her aspirations to become an actress, and is a DamselInDistress in all three films, but the third film is where she really gets put through the wringer. Before being captured again (this time by Venom), she loses her Broadway role to an understudy, Harry threatens her into breaking up with Peter, and Peter (due to the symbiote) shows her up and embarrasses her at the jazz club she's working at ''before'' accidentally hitting her. ''Sheesh''.
* CelebrityParadox: The first film mentions ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', the film which served as Dunst's breakthrough as a child actress. Doubles as ActorAllusion.
* CharacterDevelopment: Throughout the first two films, Mary Jane struggles between what her heart wants and what she thinks she should have, a conflict that stems from her low amount of self-esteem and the abusive upbringing her father gave her. When it comes to her love interests, she often tends to go for guys who have impressive showings either through wealth or fame. But she eventually comes to realize these relationships are shallow and loveless, and that she's better off with someone who truly loves her for she is and makes her happy, which she finds in Peter. She learns to stop letting her insecurities and her troubled past hold her back from having a happy and fulfilling future.
* CharacterTic: She tends to pulls her coat around her when self-conscious or upset. The ''Spider-Man'' novelization mentions that she also brushes her hair back when nervous.
* TheCharmer: MJ gets along with most people thanks to her charisma when she's confident enough.
* CompositeCharacter: She's a composite of Peter's love interests:
** The opening section has her being Liz Allan. Like Liz, MJ in the movies is a classmate and longtime crush of Peter's who is much higher on the social ladder and dates Flash Thompson and Harry Osborn (who in the comics Liz later married). MJ in the comics only met Peter after he graduated high school, and while she did date Flash and Harry, that was OnTheRebound after her initial relationship with Peter ended owing to him preferring Gwen Stacy at the time, and if anything, she was the one chasing after him until their first serious relationship began.
** Sam Raimi also modeled her on Gwen, notably her more serious and melancholy personality and GirlNextDoor persona. Gwen in the comics went through several personality shifts (some of which were inspired by MJ's popularity), but she also dated Flash and Harry before choosing Peter. Likewise, MJ gets to be the damsel that Goblin drops from the bridge albeit Peter saves her. Her outfit when introduced in the trilogy even mirrors Gwen's during the aforementioned bridge scene in ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied'' -- [[MythologyGag black headband,]] [[IconicOutfit purple blouse,]] [[{{Foreshadowing}} and long green coat]].
** Of course, she is still largely MJ in the fact that she loves Peter and Spider-Man, is comfortable with the idea of dating a superhero (something comics Gwen would never have been), constantly chooses the poor Peter over her rich suitors (Harry, John Jameson), gets jealous and insecure whenever other girls give Peter attention (Raimi's Gwen in the third film), uses a lively and charming facade to mask her pain, and is a struggling scrapper and aspiring actress/model who constantly has to deal with SlutShaming from her father, her employers, Norman Osborn, and others.
*** There is also some Ultimate MJ influence since the ''Ultimate'' comics were developed at the same time as the first movie. Notably, she and Peter have known each other since childhood along with the fact that, while pretty and popular, she isn't the seemingly unattainable bombshell she is in the Mainstream Marvel comics. Ultimate MJ was also targeted and thrown off a bridge by the Green Goblin, though survived.
** She's also similar to her counterpart from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' in having an unpleasant past with an abusive father and boyfriend(s) which complicates her relationship with Peter, being initially unaware of his SecretIdentity as Spider-Man and thus frustrated by his secretive nature, taking Gwen Stacy's role as the GirlNextDoor and Green Goblin's hostage on the bridge, and being a recurring DamselInDistress.
* TheConfidant: After she learns about his secret identity and the struggles of being a superhero at the end of the second film, Mary Jane tries to act as a confidant in the third film and be someone Peter can turn to for emotional support, the way he's generally tried to support her, but he shuts her out.
* DamselInDistress: Ends up getting kidnapped by villains in ''every'' film. It's lampshaded in the first one alone.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' [[DoomMagnet You have a knack for getting in trouble!]]\\
'''Mary Jane:''' [[BigDamnHeroes And you have of a knack for saving my life!]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: While she does ultimately have to be saved from falling by Peter (with aid from [[spoiler:Harry]]), MJ actually gets out of danger repeatedly during the climax of ''Film/SpiderMan3'' (dodging falling bricks, jumping out of a suspended taxi and swinging on a web to avoid a falling truck crushing her, and hanging on for a good while), and even [[HeroicBystander saves Peter from Venom at one point by dropping a cement brick on his head.]]
** Also in ''Film/SpiderMan1'', she puts up a good fight against some would-be rapists until they pull a knife on her.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mary Jane was raised by a verbally abusive, and possibly physically abusive, father who destroyed her self-esteem growing up.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: The second most important character in the trilogy after Peter himself.
* DudeMagnet: Throughout the trilogy, she had dated a total of four people (Flash, Harry, John, and Peter), three in the first film alone, and there are also a lot of men who are attracted to her.
* FashionModel: She models for a cosmetics company in ''2'', being the face of the Emma Rose Parfumerie billboards.
* FatalFlaw: The first film establishes that Mary Jane often tries to hide inner turmoil behind a cheery smile. Thanks to her father's abuse, she has little faith in her talents or lack of and is very self-conscious about what she does for a living and who she dates. This trait catches up to her in the later films as Mary Jane struggles to open herself up and acts impulsive and self-destructive in her relationships; she nearly rushes into her and John's wedding in ''2'' despite her conflicted feelings out of a desire to prove that she's happy and in ''3'', when Mary Jane gets unceremoniously fired from her dream gig, she's too proud to tell Peter the truth right away.
* FieryRedhead: Mary Jane is one of the most famous examples of this trope.
* GeekyTurnOn: She's impressed by "Harry"'s trivia on the lab spiders. In ''Spider-Man 3'', MJ is quickly cheered up by Peter detailing the theater's acoustics to explain her performance's applause.
* GirlNextDoor: Referred to as such by Peter since they live next to each other and grew up together. She even provides the page image.
* GirlPosse: Had one in high school, being the [[BlondeBrunetteRedhead Redhead to their Black and Brunette]].
* GirlinessUpgrade: In the comics, Mary Jane’s ensemble included [[{{Shorttank}} jeans, shorts, t-shirts,]] [[TankTopTomboy tank tops, and jackets]] in addition to fashionable dresses. In the films, she wears skirts, dresses, and otherwise feminine tops more often, including floral patterns and accessories befitting her GirlNextDoor nature.
* HatesBeingTouched: A subtle example. In the first film, she shies away from her boyfriends when they try to kiss her, a sign of her doubts and unhappiness. But with [[OneTrueLove Peter]], MJ is the one to reach out to him and initiate their kisses when professing her feelings for him, showing that she truly loves him.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Obviously; it’s ''Mary Jane Watson''. As if to drive the point home, she’s introduced with close-ups in each film and her beauty is noted in-universe by many, having no shortage of admirers. Like in the comics, this is played both ways in her life; MJ mentioned in ''Spider-Man 2'' that she was promoted at her modeling job because her face was approved to headline their perfume ad campaign, and in ''Spider-Man 3'', she attracts a large audience when cast as the leading lady in a Broadway musical, only for critics to accuse her of using her looks to compensate after her singing doesn’t live up to expectations. [[SoBeautifulItsACurse MJ also ends up in danger when some unsavory individuals take notice of her (Norman Osborn, some gangbangers), and it's implied she dealt with unwanted advances at her waitressing job.]]
* HiddenDepths: She made an elegant [[{{Qipao}} cheongsam]] to wear at the Oscorp Unity Day Festival, indicating skill in fashion design.
* HeroesWantRedheads: She is TheHero's OneTrueLove and is a redhead.
* HourglassPlot: In ''1'', she was the unattainable perfect girl for Peter, while in ''3'', Peter is the popular superhero who attracts the eye of younger and more prettier girls while MJ is having doubts about her career and the future of their relationship.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In ''3'', she chastises Peter for recreating their upside-down kiss with Gwen. It may be justified since kissing Gwen wasn't Peter's idea but it didn't stop him from milking the situation for all it was worth. It is, however, worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", back in the first installment of the trilogy, she was dating Harry at the time (even if they were already on the rocks), so she gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did towards someone else. Not to mention that as an actress, odds are she has to do performative kissing with other men as well.
* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: A tragic version and deconstructed. Due to her troubled upbringing and self-worth issues, MJ considers (or is made to consider) herself lucky that any man would want her so she is quick to defer to her boyfriends despite their flaws; MJ initially caves to expectations with Flash and tries to live up to Harry's high-class standards, only to endure loveless, shallow relationships with them until being forced to realize they don’t like her the way she thought. While she learns better, these insecurities persist even with men she has genuine feelings for; MJ believed the intelligent Peter wouldn’t give a party-girl like her the time of day (despite the [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obvious]]) and her later career difficulties in the face of his success made her worry over their future. She also wanted to marry John partly because in theory, he’d be the perfect husband to her. MJ eventually takes the plunge and decides to be with Peter, but it’s clear she still has some issues to work through.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Deep down, Mary Jane is desperate for happiness and an escape from her abusive circumstances, wanting to be loved and appreciated for who she is. She initially believes the only way to find this is by maintaining a popular image and dating men of status and importance, seeking to please them in hopes of an ideal relationship even if it goes against her own desires. Thankfully, as MJ experiences real, unconditional love from Peter, who’s always cared about her, she comes to realize that she deserves more, ultimately getting together with him and pursuing the life she really wants. MJ says as much when confessing that she loves Peter at the end of the first film:
-->'''Mary Jane:''' There's only one man... who's always been there for me. Who makes me feel like I'm more than I ever thought I could be. That I'm just... me. And that's okay.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Mary Jane is clearly well-endowed and tends to wear low-cut tops that show a hint of cleavage (sometimes combined with BareYourMidriff in the first film). Also whenever she dresses up in ''Spider-Man 2'' and ''3'', best seen with her wedding gown.
* InsecureLoveInterest:
** The first novelization shows that MJ was insecure about her and Harry's class differences while they dated, so she tried to impress him with her dressmaking and social skills, and initially obliged his requests to make a good impression on his father after everything he does for her.
** In ''3'', when her career goes on the skids and she sees Peter (as Spider-Man) flirting and interacting with Gwen, MJ starts feeling jealous that Peter could trade her in for a younger model which, given the bullying and constant insults she faces throughout the films for her looks, is understandable.
* JerkassBall: Holds this big time in the second film, in which she doesn't take the time to listen to Peter's explanations as to why he couldn't show up to her plays. Not to mention abruptly leaving her fiancé John Jameson at the alter.
* LaughOfLove:
** In ''Film/SpiderMan1'', following the famous kiss-in-the-rain scene between Spider-Man and Mary Jane, she giggles as Spider-Man swings off. This is a MythologyGag and an inversion of their BigDamnKiss in the comics (''Amazing Spider-Man'' #142) when it was Peter who gave the laugh of love.
** In ''Film/SpiderMan2'', Mary Jane is laughing happily as she runs to Peter's place in her wedding dress, as she's realized that he's the one she truly loves.
* {{Leitmotif}}: She shares a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGib1zwIw0g tender, humble and earnest love theme]] with Peter that underscores many of their scenes together throughout the trilogy; growing progressively stronger in the first film as they create a genuine bond. It's most prominent during their iconic alleyway kiss, their second kiss at [[spoiler:Norman's funeral]], the climax of the second film, when Peter sends her to be with John, and the stargazing scene early in the third film.
* LifeOfTheParty: It's never shown in the films[[note]]Aside from when she talks with her friends about a party as they're driving together[[/note]], but the first novelization confirms she was known as a party girl in high school.
* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: With Peter.
* LittleBlackDress: OncePerEpisode -- at the Thanksgiving dinner in ''1'', the gala she attends with John in ''2'', and during Peter's failed marriage proposal in ''3''.
* LoveRevelationEpiphany: When MJ thought she was going to die at the hands of Green Goblin at the bridge, all she could think about was seeing Peter again, causing her to realize he was the one for her all along.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: She initially fell for Spider-Man rather than Peter. Unlike other versions, this example moves and impresses Peter because she expressed it when everyone in New York was slamming him for being a menace (led by Jameson) and Peter was seriously thinking that [[VillainHasAPoint Goblin had a point]] about saving a bunch of ingrates. The fact that [[WhatYouAreInTheDark MJ expressed her affection and gratitude for Spider-Man when the rest of society didn't]] [[RestoredMyFaithInHumanity restores Peter's faith in being a superhero]]. The fact she did it with what is certainly Peter's FirstKiss only sealed the deal. Of course, by the end of ''1'', she ends up loving Peter but he then rebuffs her, which upsets her in the second film until she learns the truth.
* LovingAShadow:
** A mutual problem with [[JerkJock Flash]] and [[RichBastard Harry]], who only liked Mary Jane because of her reputation and treated her like a [[TrophyWife trophy]]. It’s indicated her relationships with them were mainly brought on by feeling validated by their attention and their wealth providing a respite from her daily life.
*** The novelization reveals MJ was basically pressured by her father into going out Flash, leaving it doubtful if she ever really liked him; Peter speculates that she mainly dated Flash for "protection" and her father's approval even though by all accounts he was far from an ideal boyfriend. It's also revealed MJ was won over by Harry's apparent empathy and insistence that she deserves the upscale life he treats her to, to the point that she was initially blind to his increasing self-centeredness.
** Downplayed with John, as MJ was genuinely happy with and cared about him. However, she ultimately acknowledged that she was just settling for John because he was perfect on paper, and wanted to marry him to prove something. Her heart wasn’t ready for a such a commitment when she was still thinking about Peter.
* MadeOfIron: MJ gets slammed into concrete balustrades hard enough to break them, takes multi-story falls, gets smacked around by Doctor Octopus and Venom, all without any injury.
* MeaningfulName: In the official novelization, it’s noted that Mary Jane ''Wat''son has a million-''watt'' smile.
* MoralityPet: In ''Spider-Man 1'', when Peter is in a bad mood about Jameson's shenanigans to the point that he wonders if maybe Goblin has a point about the people wanting to tear down a hero, MJ's support for Spider-Man and her kiss of thanks restores his heroic spirit to the point that he outright rejects and fights Goblin the next time, infuriating him. In ''Spider-Man 3'', after all the terrible things Peter does under the symbiote's control, it's striking Mary Jane that gets him to snap out of it, since she's the person he cares about the most and he's fully aware that he's treating her like how all her jerk boyfriends and her own father did.
* MsFanservice: Most of MJ's outfits [[FormFittingWardrobe accentuate her figure]], particularly her [[BuxomIsBetter chest]] and [[ShesGotLegs legs]], and are rather striking. Perhaps the most famous is her SexySoakedShirt during her and Spidey's upside-down kiss. She looks downright stunning in her formal wear.
* NiceGirl: In the first movie, Mary Jane is kind, flirtatious, outgoing and vivacious, if a bit more troubled than she lets on. She has her moments in the other two as well, whenever she's not [[{{Tsundere}} stressed out]].
* NightmareFetishist: Oddly enough, MJ expresses that she ''loves'' creepy, disgusting spiders early in the first movie during the field trip. She's at the front of the line observing the genetically-engineered cluster, and is even the one to point out the missing spider.
* ObliviousToLove: Mary Jane is possibly the ''only one'' unaware that Peter Parker has been head-over-heels for her since childhood. It isn’t until his indirect LoveConfession near the end of the first film that this finally dawns on her, and spurs her to accept her own growing feelings for him. According to the novelization, MJ began liking Peter as well after their graduation, but had trouble expressing it partly because she was unsure if he reciprocated.
* TheObstructiveLoveInterest: In the second film. Though it's not by choice since she's totally okay with Peter being Spider-Man. He, however, thinks she can't handle it so he keeps putting off telling her.
* OddFriendship: In the ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization, she hits it off with J. Jonah Jameson of all people thanks to her wit and charm, and they even have a friendly debate on Spider-Man. After she dumps John though, Jameson instantly dislikes her.
* OfficialCouple: With Peter at the end of the second movie, though the third film leaves them at a MaybeEverAfter. [[spoiler:Peter confirms in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' that they were eventually able to make it work.]]
* OnTheRebound: Mary Jane confesses how much she's started to love Peter at the end of the first film and shares TheBigDamnKiss with him, but he rebuffs her affections and refuses to tell her why (secretly, he thinks it's best if she keeps her distance due to him being Spider-Man). Mary Jane holds out hope that he might change his mind and they could become more than friends for the following two years (during which he apparently tries to avoid her) until she finally gives up and decides to move on with her life by seeing a new guy, John Jameson. At which point, Peter decides to win her attention back. MJ is quite rightly annoyed with his terrible timing and unintentional mind games, so she treats him quite coldly and tries to convince both herself and Peter that she truly loves John. However, as the movie stretches on, MJ is forced to acknowledge that the spark between her and Peter still exists and John really is just a rebound.
* PinkMeansFeminine: She wears pink, flowery outfits during several iconic action scenes in the first movie (including all her encounters with Spider-Man), highlighting her role as the LoveInterest and DamselInDistress. It's less overt in the second film, but MJ wears a pink embroidered skirt at Peter's birthday and blush pink costumes for her play, once again with floral patterns.
* PostKissCatatonia: After kissing Spider-Man, MJ is so stunned her movement is slowed.
* RedheadInGreen: The opening of ''1'' has her in a green overcoat and later at the hospital, she wears a bright green sweater. In ''3'', she wears several dark green dresses and sweaters.
* SecretKeeper: At the end of the first film, after their [[TheBigDamnKiss Big Damn Kiss]], Mary Jane starts to suspect Peter might be Spider-Man. During the climax of the second film, she finally learns Peter's secret identity, and for the entirety of their third film, is fully aware of his double life as a vigilante.
* SexySoakedShirt: [[MaleGaze Famously so]] during the infamous upside-down kiss in the first film. Happens again in climax of the second film when she was kidnapped by Doc Ock, as the FinalBattle takes place near the bay area.
* ShesGotLegs: Frequently wears short skirts, boots and/or stockings that show off her legs. A notable example is during the festival fight in ''1'', where her dress's slits expose her ''entire'' legs as she's dangling from the balcony and goes swinging with Spider-Man.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The reason she loves Peter so much; he's always supportive and kind to her, actually cares for her as a person, and never tries to make her feel like she has to be someone else. (It's also undoubtedly why she developed a crush on him as Spider-Man.) Peter acting uncharacteristically aggressive and douchey because of the symbiote naturally drifts him and MJ apart, during which she gravitates towards Harry after he TookALevelInKindness. Fortunately, she reunites with Peter when he overcomes the symbiote's influence and is willing to work out their issues with her.
** MJ was also engaged to [[UnderstandingBoyfriend John]] and it's clear their relationship ending had nothing to do with him.
* SmoochOfVictory: After saving her life twice, and receiving only smears for his heroism, MJ rewards Spider-Man with a passionate snog.
* {{Socialite}}: She's able to mingle with the upper-class when attending high-society events.
* StepfordSmiler: Apparent in the first film when she rushes out of her house upset from a row with her father, then perks up like nothing happened when her friends arrive to take her to school. Later, she forces a sunny demeanor when Flash picks her up for a date immediately after having an emotionally raw conversation with Peter about her rough upbringing and future dreams. Peter even observes in the novelization how MJ uses a party-girl facade to mask her inner turmoil around others. Deconstructed in the later films, as seen in FatalFlaw.
* SweaterGirl: She wears sweaters a few times.
* SympatheticAdulterer: Throughout the trilogy, MJ has cheated on: Harry with Spider-Man in the first film, as she kissed the hero after he saved her prior to the dinner with Norman which ended their relationship; John with Peter in the second film, as while they never did anything physical she had been emotionally cheating on him at times and even asked Peter to kiss her; and Peter with Harry in the third film where she actually did kiss him, though immediately regretted it. However, she and Harry were on the rocks even before the dinner as while he cared about her, he was often unsympathetic, as he criticized MJ's dress and was controlling of her when Peter was around. In the third film, Peter (as Spider-Man) had publicly kissed Gwen, which upset her, and was developing a big ego that was made worse due to the influence of the symbiote. Her actions in the second film are less sympathetic though as John was shown to be nothing but supportive of her (although the kiss was to clear any doubts between her and Peter before her wedding).
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: The ''Film/SpiderMan1'' novelization reveals MJ to be a decent seamstress as she handmade the Chinese cheongsam she wore at the Unity parade, painstakingly choosing how it would fit her.
* {{Tsundere}}: In the second and third films. Though from her perspective at the time, it's Peter who comes off as this.
* VaporWear: Her respective SexySoakedShirt scenes in the first two films show that she doesn't wear bras.
* WomanScorned: She is pretty upset with Peter rebuffing her affections at the end of ''1'' and this cools off their relationship in ''2''. It's implied that her dating John Jameson is partly [[OperationJealousy a ploy to make Peter jealous]] and own up to how he feels about her. She also repeatedly calls him out for his mixed messages of giving obvious signs of being in love with her while also stiffing her and then claiming they'd be BetterAsFriends. She also blows up at him when she sees him kissing Gwen at a charity function.
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[[folder:Harry Osborn / New Goblin]]
!!Harry Osborn / New Goblin
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[[caption-width-right:330:''"If only I could cause you the pain that you've caused me..."'']]
[[caption-width-right:330:[[labelnote:Click here to see Harry as the New Goblin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/new_goblin.jpg[softreturn]''"You knew this was coming Pete!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JamesFranco
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoshKeaton (first and second games), Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Latin American Spanish dub), Philippe Valmont (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"Spider-Man will pay. I swear on my father's grave Spider-Man will pay."''
Harry Osborn is the son of Oscorp CEO Norman Osborn and is the second Green Goblin. Was Peter's best friend before he finds Spider-Man with the body of his dead father. Now Harry won't stop at anything until he avenges his father.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Instead of carrying over the Green Goblin name from his father like in the comics and most adaptations, this Harry instead opts to call himself the New Goblin.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Harry isn't usually depicted as particularly handsome in the comics, but the film series casts PrettyBoy Creator/JamesFranco for the role and didn't downplay it.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the comics, Harry was a fop who still wound up with the "cool" crowd at college due to his money and status. Rather than being Peter's cool rich friend, Harry was the loser whose girlfriends either dumped him to be with Peter (Gwen) or were Peter's rebounds (MJ). He also became a drug addict (which ended his relationship with MJ in the comics since she didn't want to be anywhere near a train wreck). By casting Franco, Harry appears to be legitimately cool (which never was the case with his comic book counterpart) and an actual romantic rival for MJ's affections with Peter which wasn't the case in the comics. This characterization of him (aside from his romantic interest in MJ) was possibly inspired by his similarly cool appearance in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan,'' which had been running for well over a year by the time the first movie came out.
* TheAlcoholic: Implied. After his father's death, particularly in the second movie, Harry is usually seen with a drink in hand and is shown visibly drunk a few times.
* AllThereInTheScript: He is never referred to as the "New Goblin" in ''Spider-Man 3'', only in promotional material and merchandise.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Since he hallucinated his father even before taking the formula in ''Spider-Man 2'', it's possible that he has some sort of disorder than contributed in his decision to become a villain.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Becomes this near the end of the third film after finding out that Peter didn't really kill his father, along with realizing just how much of a crappy friend he actually was to him.]]
* AttackAttackAttack: His entire fighting style in the third film just amounts to this in his two attempts to murder Peter. Justified as Harry is just starting out as a villain (which means he lacks experience and is arrogant to believe that his former [[ExtremeDoormat meek]] "friend" that he defended from bullies in high school wouldn't amount much in an actual fight), and deconstructed as Peter is smart and experienced enough as a fighter (since he's been Spider-Man for over three years and has already fought against three ''very'' dangerous villains) to take advantage of this weakness.
* AvengingTheVillain: Mistakenly assumes Spider-Man to have murdered his father and swears revenge. Attempts this in the third film.
* BigBadEnsemble: He provides the page image with Sandman and Venom. He's out to kill Peter during the first half of ''Film/SpiderMan3'', but is overshadowed by the latter two.
* BigBadSlippage: The death of his father and hatred for Spider-Man slowly corrupts him into becoming the BigBad in both Spider-Man 2 & 3.
* BigBadWannabe:
** He becomes this in ''Film/SpiderMan2'', as he wants Spider-Man dead while Doc Ock is the real threat. Ock brings Spider-Man to Harry out of a deal to get tritium, but he can’t kill him when he discovers that it’s Peter.
** 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.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In the third movie, just as Sandman is about to land the final blow on Spider-Man, a pumpkin bomb lands on the left side of the former's face and explodes. Seconds later, Harry shows up on his glider to help Spider-Man against Sandman and Venom.]]
* BigSHUTUp: Unsurprisingly, when Peter tries to convince New Goblin that he didn't kill Norman in their first fight, the latter isn't having it.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In a sense towards Mary Jane. 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 rough background word-for-word [[ManipulativeBastard to make her trust him.]] In reality, Harry wants MJ for purely self-serving reasons.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: He utilizes a contracted, triple-bladed arm guard on his right arm in his attempt to kill Peter in the third film. It later gets wrecked by Peter in their second fight.
* CombatPragmatist: Like his late father, Harry is not above using sneak attacks, advanced weaponry, and psychological warfare in his quest to murder Peter twice in the third film.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: He's never referred to as the Green Goblin after taking his father's equipment. Promotional materials give him the moniker "New Goblin."
* CoolBoard: As New Goblin, Harry rides a streamlined, snowboard-shaped goblin glider (known as the ''Sky Stick'' in the promotional materials).
* CoolSword: He uses a contractible laser sword in his two attempts to assassinate Peter, but is ''not'' a MasterSwordsman since he all does with it is just trying to repeatedly slash and stab at the latter (and failing at it as well).
* 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-stomp by a more snarky Peter (who's also much more vengeful and stronger from the symbiote) in their second fight.
* DeadAlternateCounterpart: To the version from [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]].
* 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.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Attempts to get revenge on Peter by forcing Mary Jane to break up with him under a death threat, and then brags about kissing her before trying to kill him. Apparently, he forgot that the person who he was trying to get revenge on was, well, Spider-Man, who's not only more experienced but has also become much more vengeful after getting the symbiote. A thorough ass-kicking and a bomb to the face later, and Harry learns his plan may not have been his best idea. Even before the fight, he has a VillainBall moment where after he feigns concern for Peter, he immediately blows his cover by smugly winking at him through the window.
* DidntSeeThatComing:
** Near the end of their first fight in ''3'', he really didn't expect Peter to be able to blindside him by throwing one his Razor Bats back at him as a distraction and created a web line to trip him.
** Their second fight is really a big wake-up call for Harry. At the start, he seems to have a surprised expression when Peter (who's now pissed off and enhanced by the symbiote) immediately starts throwing punches after his taunt about Mary Jane, and possibly due to the amount of strength being exerted against him. Then, as a last DesperationAttack to kill him, he tries to fling a pumpkin bomb at Peter when his back is turned, only for Peter's SpiderSense and anticipation of such a dirty tactic allows him to easily perform a CatchAndReturn.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He opens the third movie by trying to kill Peter, but develops EasyAmnesia after their first fight. He eventually recovers but has since been overshadowed by Sandman and Venom.
* EasyAmnesia: Forgets about his vendetta against Spider-Man (along with his secret identity) after sustaining a head injury. Given that he still remembers his dad's death yet doesn't feel anything, it's implied his amygdala was damaged to the point where his ability to feel aggression was stunted, which would explain why he's so carefree and childlike afterward. However, he regains his memories upon being spurred by MJ (again) when she realized her mistake of kissing Harry out of jealousy for Peter kissing Gwen; and his amygdala is apparently healed since her rejection got him angry again.
* EntitledBastard: Harry is basically a rich kid, spoiled by his parents, and neglected by his father and he still expects stuff to come his way because of his upbringing and Norman's name. He expects Peter to be an ExtremeDoormat, MJ to regard him as the best thing that happened to her, and the fact that his father was a terrorist is a minor detail compared to his issues with him. Even before that, Peter and MJ reflect on Harry's utter ignorance about life for poor people and his subtle classism.
-->'''MJ:''' I think he'd hate the idea of my waiting tables. He'd think it was low or something.\\
'''Peter:''' It's not low. You have a job. You know, Harry doesn't live on a little place I like to call Earth.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:He becomes blind in his right eye in the third film as a result of his pumpkin bomb disfiguring his face.]]
* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:In the third film, he gets the right side of his face disfigured by a pumpkin bomb he tried to throw at Peter, only to have it thrown back at him.]]
* FalseFriend: Implied in the first film, and becomes quite apparent in the second one. However, the third film plays with this; after losing his memory and his personality resetting back to how it was in the first film but now without Norman's influence, Harry is far happier and has a more genuine friendship with Peter and Mary Jane. After his memory returns, he's back to being a villain but ultimately decides to let go of his anger and [[spoiler:sacrifices his life to save Peter, in his last moments calling Peter his friend.]]
* FatalFlaw: His WellDoneSonGuy motivations and EntitledBastard behaviour ruins his friendship with Peter while making things difficult between him and Mary Jane. [[spoiler:Tragically, he finally overcomes these flaws in the third film when he decides to help Peter fight Venom and Sandman, only to die in Mary Jane's arms after saving Peter's life.]]
* {{Foil}}: He and Peter are opposites in many ways. Harry comes from a fairly wealthy background while Peter's financial issues are a frequent concern for him and his family. Harry is distant with his father, Peter has a loving relationship with his aunt and uncle. [[spoiler:Harry's father's death fills him with a constant desire for revenge, while Peter's uncle's death inspires him to be Spider-Man.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Hinted that much of his personality stems from his relationship with his father.
* GenerationXerox: Took up his father's mantle and became the New Goblin, then [[spoiler:perished]] the same way as the former, albeit in a different context: [[spoiler:Both got stabbed by their own glider which was supposed to be for Spider-Man, but where Norman was trying to attack Spider-Man and was HoistByHisOwnPetard when Spidey moved out of harm's way, Harry died pulling a HeroicSacrifice when Venom tried to attack Peter with it.]]
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Thanks to the improved performance enhancer, Harry is able to heal somewhat faster than a normal human. [[spoiler:However, it's unknown if he could heal a burned-out eye and the rest of the scar on the right side of his face.]]
* 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.]]
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:Is blinded in his right eye after a pumpkin bomb thrown by symbiote-powered Peter explodes next to his face in the third film.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Goes from good to bad at the start of ''Spider-Man 3'', then turns good again after suffering amnesia, then returns to villainy when his memories return, and finally [[spoiler:becomes good once more after coming to his senses towards the end of the film.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He gets impaled by his own glider while saving Peter in the third movie.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In his two failed attempts to assassinate Peter, it involves him being brutally defeated with his own gadgets being flung back at him with the latter's webbing.
* {{Hypocrite}}: 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 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.
* IfICantHaveYou: In the third movie, he ruined Peter and Mary Jane's relationship, the former for killing his father and the latter for breaking his heart a second time (which also led to him regaining his memory).
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:He dies in a similar way to his father but out a desire to save Peter rather than wanting to kill him.]]
* InadequateInheritor: It becomes quite noticeable when becoming the New Goblin in the third film.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Hit with this like a freight train in the third movie. But he had this throughout the first two films too.
* {{Jerkass}}: He has his endearing moments, but even before Peter became Spider-Man, there are hints that Harry's just using him, most noticeably when he uses one of Peter's fun facts to impress Mary Jane. He also gets defensive when MJ called his dad a "creep" because she overheard him insulting her and, well, being a legitimate creep.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** While pursuing a relationship with MJ behind Peter's back was a rather dishonest and dickish move on Harry's part, he wasn't wrong with pointing out that Peter technically never ''did'' make a move on MJ due to his shyness. Never mind the fact that he did encourage him to ask her out first.
** 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.
*** Downplayed with Mary Jane, as he did encourage Peter to ask her out first, and the poor communication and lack of initiation on Peter's end was interpreted as a green light for Harry. While there's nothing wrong with Peter being a supportive friend to Mary Jane when her relationship with Harry is rocky, he should've realized that he was toeing the line between platonic supportiveness and romantic intimacy (the iconic "kiss under the rain" scene notwithstanding), leading to a very, ''very'' awkward moment as Harry walked in on them holding hands. However, Mary Jane was equally responsible for initiating this, so it's not fair for Harry to place the blame solely on Peter.
*** Then there's the ''whole ordeal'' with Norman's death that Peter can't really help Harry catch Spider-Man without revealing his SecretIdentity and Norman's own DarkSecret that he was the Green Goblin. As far as Harry could see it, Spider-Man killed an "innocent man", and Peter's lack of supportiveness to help catch the web-crawler for over ''two years'', all while monopolizing on Spider-Man's image in the newspapers, would be seen as a sort of betrayal to Norman's death.
** Just before their second fight in the third film where Harry is deliberately [[IShallTauntYou provoking]] the symbiote-influenced Peter about how he was the better boyfriend for MJ and how good it was to make out with her, he wasn't wrong with pointing out how the latter failed to be there for her emotionally with the way that he kisses Gwen Stacy in the same way that he did with MJ for a publicity stunt[[note]]Since the event was ''before'' the symbiote latches on and starts to corrupt him along with Harry being more kinder from his amnesia, Peter doesn't have any excuses to refute such a claim[[/note]].
** 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 and left him to stool around in his vengeful obsession for over two years. Even with Harry's [[SanitySlippage growing insanity]] and the prompting from his [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous hallucination]] of Norman, it's still NotHelpingYourCase on Peter's end.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Character flaws aside, he does appreciate his friendship with Peter and Mary Jane, which is especially showcased in the third movie during his time having amnesia and [[spoiler:at the end where he sacrifices his life for them.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: After two failed assassination attempts on his former friend, getting his ass embarrassingly handed to him, and gaining scars that disfigured his once handsome face, Harry wisely backed off afterward.
* 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.
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:Takes his father's equipment and becomes the New Goblin.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The Osborns' butler knew all along that Norman/the Green Goblin was killed by his own glider, not by Spider-Man, but for some reason, he decides to wait until ''after'' Harry is disfigured by Peter and one of his own pumpkin bombs to tell him as such.
* LonelyRichKid: Norman being a distant father, who had a bad marriage, and his own fame as a scientist caused problems for Harry who got expelled from a number of high schools before going to a regular high school where he met Peter and MJ. Him being an outsider is what brought him and Peter together even if they otherwise don't have much in common.
* LovingAShadow: Despite his claims throughout ''Spider-Man'' of how much Mary Jane means to him (to the point of expressing a desire in the comic to one day ''marry'' her at Thanksgiving), it’s implied he was more interested in her popular girl persona; he takes MJ out on fancy dates and tries to make her look good in front of his circle but doesn’t seem to care much about her life beyond this. In the novelization after Norman’s funeral, Harry outright admits that he mainly pursued MJ to impress his father and she isn’t right for him. Even his bitterness over her breaking up with him has more to do with Peter, considering how he only tries reconciling with MJ to get back at his former friend.
* MadeOfIron: 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 scars.]]
* MissingMom: His mother never made an appearance, but is implied to have been divorced from Norman a while before the events of the first film.
* MoralMyopia:
** 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 should somehow grin and bear it. He ''still'' expected her to wait on him after not giving her an apology and feels betrayed when she shows affection to Peter. Aunt May's reaction is positively livid at seeing Harry behave this way towards MJ (who is [[LikeASonToMe like a daughter to her]]).
** 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 completely okay with Norman being a terrorist who tried to kill everyone else in New York, including him and MJ that one time. Discovering his beloved father was the Green Goblin never puts a dent in Harry's desire for vengeance or makes him question the circumstances of Norman's death; instead, he just uses his late father's improved performance enhancer as a tool to achieve his revenge.
* NeverMyFault:
** His bad relationship and eventual breakup with Mary Jane. He was far from an ideal boyfriend, being possessive, needy, 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), and for taking his father's side when he insulted her in public, and yet somehow he still blames Peter for stealing MJ.
** Not to mention how he stole MJ from Peter despite knowing how much Peter liked her, breaking [[TheBroCode the unwritten rules of friendship]].
** Subverted by the end of the third film. It's implied that [[HeelRealization Harry realizes his]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrible behavior of how he had treated his former best friend and girlfriend]] and not only teamed-up with Peter to save MJ from Venom and Sandman but also took the fatal blow meant for the former, [[RedemptionEqualsDeath reconciling his friendship with them before dying]].
* 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/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries 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.
* NonIndicativeName: His alter-ego in ''Spider-Man 3'' is known as the "New Goblin", despite there not being anything remotely goblin-like about his costume.
* OhCrap: He gets this reaction in ''both'' of his defeats by Peter in the third film. The first is where he momentarily gets blinded with an exploding Razor Bat flying right back into him before realizing that he's flying ''straight'' into a web-line that Peter made to trip him. The second time is where he tries to make one last desperate attempt to kill Peter by throwing a pumpkin bomb from behind, only for the latter to easily predict such a telegraphed move, as well as his SpiderSense kicking in, and [[CatchAndReturn catch the bomb with his webbing to throw it right back at Harry]] where it then ''explodes right in his face''.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Otto genuinely wanted to help people but Harry gave him his backing so he could be "filthy rich".
* 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). 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.
** Another one happens in the second film, as he tells Doc Ock to not harm Peter despite their friendship being strain 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.
** 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.
** After losing his [[EasyAmnesia memories]] in the third movie, he openly admits to a nurse that he'd [[{{Foreshadowing}} lay down his life for]] [[TrueCompanions Peter and MJ]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Symbiote Peter gives him one.
-->'''Harry:''' You gonna kill me like you killed my father?\\
'''Peter:''' I'm done trying to convince you.\\
'''Harry:''' You took him from me. He loved me.\\
'''Peter:''' [[LittleNo No.]] [[BrutalHonesty He despised you.]] [[DisappointedInYou You were an embarrassment for him.]] Look at that [[LoserSonOfLoserDad little Goblin junior.]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch Gonna cry?]]
* RedeemingReplacement: He ultimately chooses to be a heroic version of the Goblin once he finds out that Peter didn't really kill his father.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Figuratively took a bullet meant for Peter and was able to make amends to his estranged friends before succumbing to his wounds.]]
* TheResenter: Deep down, he always resented Peter for being his father's favorite and "stealing" Mary Jane. He lashes out and gets drunk at a party in ''2'' where he slaps Peter in public.
-->'''Harry:''' ''[to Peter]'' Don't act like you're my friend. You stole MJ from me. You stole my father's love. Then you let him die because you didn't turn in the freak. Isn't that right? ''[slaps him]'' Huh? Isn't that right? Huh, brother? ''[slaps him again]''
* 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.
* SanitySlippage: A very gradual version which starts off as an obsessive resentment of Spider-Man at the end of the first movie and beginning of the second, then begins manifesting itself as binge drinking and worsening into hallucinations. Ironically, this is all ''before'' taking the Oscorp steroids he takes at the beginning of ''3'', though they didn't exactly help.
* ShipperOnDeck: Despite having a thing for MJ himself, he does encourage Peter to go after her, both in the first movie and the second movie. In fact, in the first movie, he doesn't hit on her, until [[SociallyAwkwardHero Peter]] himself rejects the notion of him going and talking to her first.
* SketchySuccessor: He took up his father's mantle as the second Goblin in ''3'', and while he's shown to be much more dangerous through his excessive use of weapons and unrelenting anger, he's less of a threat to Peter than this father overall, and the improved performance enhancer doesn't seem to make him as strong as the original, along a symbiote-enhanced Peter notably snarking in their second fight.
* SmugSnake: Has a problem with this in the third film where he threatens MJ that he will kill Peter unless she breaks up with him. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, it's not as if Peter has had way more experience in fighting superpowered people or kicked his father's ass with little effort in their final fight, and "didn't" just so happen to defeat him as well despite not wanting to fight back]]. When he actually fights Spidey the second time, and this ''time'', with [[TheDogBitesBack Peter having enough of his entitled behavior]] along with being influenced by the symbiote it... [[HoistByHisOwnPetard doesn't end well]] [[EyeScream for Harry]]... [[KnowWhenToFoldThem at all]].
* 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 [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind own lack of training and experience]], allows Peter to make a quick work against his estranged best friend.
* SuperReflexes: Along with gaining enhanced physical abilities from the improved performance enhancer, he's able to fly and maneuver at extreme speeds on the [[CoolBoard Sky Stick]], and manages to hold his own against a symbiote-influenced Peter for a brief while.
* SuperHearing: He can hear Mary Jane's break-up with Peter from a good distance away, and was able to hear Peter standing behind him despite the latter stealthily arriving at the balcony prior to their second fight.
* SuperStrength: After taking the improved performance enhancer, Harry gains superhuman strength that is enough to hoist Peter in the air with one hand and keep his grip on him long enough to cut him across the chest with his arm blades, punch through a brick wall and rip out a huge chunk of it with little leverage, and can go toe-to-toe with a rage-fueled, symbiote-enhanced Peter in their second fight.
* 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.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:As the New Goblin in the third film, though not as badass as his father and with the symbiote-addled Peter snarking at him.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: By the second film, he's rude towards a lot of people who aren't Peter and MJ, 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.
* TookALevelInKindness: He's nicer than he has ever been when he gets short-term amnesia in the third movie and positively heroic after getting scarred and told by the family butler of how Norman really died.
* {{Tritagonist}}: The third most important character in the trilogy after Peter and MJ.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: By the third movie. His butler even compares them in the second movie.
-->'''Harry:''' Good night, Bernard.\\
'''Bernard:''' Your father only obsessed over his work.\\
'''Harry:''' ''[irritated]'' Good night, Bernard.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Peter, Harry, and Mary Jane.
* TheUnfavorite: Norman constantly compares him to Peter in an unfavorable manner despite Peter not being his son at all.
* UngratefulBastard:
** Justifiably, when Spider-Man saves his life in the second film, Harry flat-out tells him that this doesn't change anything. He even believes that Spider-Man did it just to humiliate him.
** Even after he found out that his father was the Green Goblin, Harry still tries to take revenge against his former friend for "supposedly" murdering him despite Peter's efforts to conceal the truth about Norman's crimes. This is averted near the end of the third film though.
* UnskilledButStrong: As the New Goblin, Harry has all the same abilities and gadgetry the original one had which allows him to take on Peter in the third movie. Deconstructed, since his lack of experience as a fighter ends up biting him the ass throughout the entire film. In their first fight, he only had the advantage because he attacks out of nowhere and Peter wasn't trying to fight back and manages to incapacitate Harry through a web trap. The second fight really highlights just how out of depth he really is against a [[TheDogBitesBack symbiote-influenced Peter]] regardless of his [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]] and was brutally defeated with a pumpkin bomb exploding in his face. [[spoiler:It finally becomes a FatalFlaw in the climactic battle against Sandman and Venom, where he ends up getting stabbed through the chest with his own glider to protect his incapacitated friend.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
** In the first film, he tells Norman that MJ basically dumped him and clearly loves Peter. He had no idea of realizing at the time that his father was the Green Goblin and ''looking'' for ways to target and hurt Peter after finding out he was Spider-Man. The entire final battle of the film lands squarely on an unaware Harry's shoulders as a result.
** 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 the guy 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''.
* VillainousBSOD: Suffers this after the symbiote-powered Peter scarred his face with his own bomb. When Peter later pleads with him to help him save MJ, Harry tells him to get out out of sadness and anger. By that point, he doesn't care about MJ, Peter, his father, the company, or anything else anymore, he just wants to be left alone. Learning the truth from Bernard got him out of it.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: It's implied that he never got familiar with the Goblin tech during the time skip between Spider-Man 2 and 3, and is seen taking the improved version of the performance enhancer right before he dons his New Goblin persona to assassinate Peter in the same night. As one would expect, his lack of experience compared to Spider-Man (who's been an active hero for years and already fought and defeated the original Goblin) in the third film, only highlights his incompetence as a fighter.
* VillainTeamUp: [[spoiler:Sort of, in the second movie. Though not exactly a true villain yet, Harry has been pretty vocal that he would get revenge on Spider-Man if given the chance, and as such, strikes a deal with Octavius to exchange Spider-Man for the tritium Octavius needs to fuel his reactor.]]
* 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.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The last time he’s mentioned in the junior novelization, he’s in his penthouse, wondering what to do. Also counts as SparedByTheAdaptation.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: He believes Spider-Man murdered his father. Until his butler (as a hallucination) reveals the truth.
* YoungAndInCharge: Based on the comments in the films, in the second film he would only be 20 or 21 years old yet he is apparently the new CEO of Oscorp after his father's death.
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!The Parker Family
[[folder:May Parker]]
!!May Parker
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/movie_aunt_may.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:330:''"At least we get the toaster."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RosemaryHarris
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MindySterling (second game), Ángela Villanueva (Latin American Spanish), Monique Martial (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride, even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams."''
Peter's aunt.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the comics, May was blonde when she was younger while the ''Film/SpiderMan1'' novelization reveals she was a brunette.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: On her views of Spider-Man. In the comics[[note]]until she finds out Peter is Spider-Man, pre-''ComicBook/BrandNewDay''[[/note]] and most adaptations, she is afraid of Spider-Man and, like Jameson, thinks he's a menace. Here, May dislikes Spider-Man by reputation until he saves her from Doc Ock, after which she quickly comes to see him as a real hero[[note]]Even before that in the second novelization, she acknowledges he saved Mary Jane and stopped Green Goblin[[/note]]. The opposite goes with her views of Doc Ock, who she thought was a nice man (and almost married him) in the comics.
* AdultFear: Her husband gets suddenly murdered. She later faces the possibility of losing her house.
* AlternateSelf: Has three from [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]], [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCity Earth-199999]] and [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 a zombie-infested Earth.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: There are a few hints throughout the trilogy that May knows Peter is Spider-Man, such as her otherwise unprompted speech on heroism that convinces Peter to come back to the job, but she never outright confirms it.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She’s a sweet old lady and a loving aunt, but she ''will'' deck you if you make her angry enough. Just ask Doc Ock.
* CombatPragmatist: {{Defied|Trope}} for others, played straight for herself. When Doctor Octopus tries to bait Spider-Man and stab him with a blade hidden in one of his tentacles, she expresses being sickened by the foul play. She then proceeds to clock Octavius in the head, saving Spidey’s life.
* CoolAunt: She and her late husband are Peter's loving {{Parental Substitute}}s.
* CoolOldLady: She's always cheery, upbeat and rarely shows a negative side.
* DamselOutOfDistress: When Doc Ock took her hostage, she completely loses it and attacks the man after seeing him preparing to use an underhanded tactic against Spidey.
-->'''May:''' [[BewareTheNiceOnes Shame on you!]]
* FormerTeenRebel: It's implied in the ''Film/SpiderMan2'' novelization that May was more sexually open in her youth, once trying to flirt with Music/FrankSinatra at a concert.
* HappilyMarried: To Ben. In ''Film/SpiderMan3'', she reflects on Ben's proposal while she's giving Peter her engagement ring.
* HiddenDepths:
** Despite her gentle and fragile demeanor, May used to be a [[CombatMedic frontline nurse]], a job not for the faint of heart. She seems to retain these skills, using a first-aid kit to treat Peter's wound at Thanksgiving.
** The second novelization reveals she once aspired to be an actress.
* {{Nephewism}}: Peter is actually her brother-in-law's son.
* NeatFreak: She keeps a tidy house and is slightly annoyed by Peter's messy room. Taken further in the novelization, where it's revealed May actually wrapped her and Ben's furniture in plastic until Peter came to live with them, and has a meticulous routine in preparing for bed, even straightening her hospital blankets.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Being played by a British actress, her natural accent tends to slip through in a few places.
* ParasolOfPain: Hits Doc Ock with her umbrella during her DamselOutOfDistress moment.
* ParentalSubstitute: She and her late husband took care of Peter after his parents died.
* RetiredBadass: The ''Spider-Man'' novelization reveals she was a field nurse during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* SecretSecretKeeper: [[ImpliedTrope Possibly]]. It would explain her tone during her almost completely unprompted speech about heroes to Peter (which serves "unwittingly" as a pep talk for him to resume being Spider-Man), as well as her forgiving him for abandoning her at the bank after Ock's attack.
* SupremeChef: May is a talented cook, often baking homemade goodies for Peter to cheer him up, and later preparing an entire Thanksgiving feast. For her nephew's birthday in the second film, she made the cake and fruit punch herself.
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: She knows how to knit. The ''Spider-Man'' novelization reveals May would make Peter sweaters and the baklava from his first suit was a 14th birthday gift from her.
* TrueBlueFemininity: She often wears blue flowery dresses, particularly for special occasions.
* TruerToTheText: Outside of her different view of Spider-Man, this May Parker is much more faithful to her comic book counterpart than all of the other live-action versions of the character.
* WidowWoman: After Ben's death.
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[[folder:Ben Parker]]
!!Ben Parker
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[[caption-width-right:330:''"These are the years when a man changes into the man he's going to become for the rest of his life. Just be careful who you change into."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/CliffRobertson
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BlasGarcia (Latin American Spanish dub), Marc Cassot (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility. Remember that, Pete. Remember that."''
Peter's uncle.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: A mild case; in the comics, Ben originally had brown hair during his youth but the ''Film/SpiderMan1'' novelization states he had reddish brown hair.
* AesopCollateralDamage: Peter's aesop comes at the expense of Ben's life.
* TheAllegedCar: His 1988 Oldsmobile Delta constantly needed repairs, but Ben refused to replace it, pointing out its durability. The novelization reveals it [[TragicKeepsake originally belonged to his brother]].
* AlternateSelf: On [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]], [[Characters/MarvelCinematicUniverse Earth-199999]] and a [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 zombie apocalyptic Earth.]]
* ArcWords: One more time; "WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility."
* CoolOldGuy: He's very doting and always positive.
* CoolUncle: He and his wife are Peter's loving {{Parental Substitute}}s.
* DeathByOriginStory: Which triggered Peter becoming Spider-Man.
* HappilyMarried: To May.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: His death greatly affected Peter.
* {{Nephewism}}: Peter is actually his brother's son. What exactly happened to Peter's biological parents is never mentioned in the films.
* ParentalSubstitute: He and his wife took care of Peter after his parents died and Peter outright says that Ben is his father.
* PresentAbsence: His influence on Peter is felt throughout the trilogy as it was he who inspired him to become Spider-Man.
* SpiritAdvisor: To Peter in ''2''.
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[[folder:Peter's Parents]]
!!Peter's Parents
Peter's mother and father who passed away when Peter was young, leaving him to be raised by Ben and May.
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* AlternateSelf: They also exist on [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]] and on [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 an unknown zombie outbreak Earth]].
* AllThereInTheManual: Their fates are revealed in the novelization.
* DeathByOriginStory: Like in the comics, they died in a plane crash when Peter was little.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Peter thinks highly of them even years after their deaths.
* TheNameless: They aren't named in the film, but in the comics their names are Richard and Mary.
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!''Daily Bugle'' Staff
[[folder:J. Jonah Jameson]]
!!J. Jonah Jameson
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[[caption-width-right:330:''"He doesn't want to be famous? Then I'll make him '''in'''famous!"'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JKSimmons
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JayGordon (first and second games), Creator/HumbertoSolorzano (Latin American Spanish dub), Jean Barney (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"Who is Spider-Man? He's a criminal, that's who he is."''
Peter's boss at the ''Daily Bugle''. Cantankerous and loud, his first dedication is to his money. And he doesn't like Spider-Man.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: While still a loud and cantankerous jerk, J. Jonah Jameson doesn't have his comic incarnation's habit of funding super villains to hunt down Spider-Man. He also completely opposes the idea of writing fake stories to incriminate superheroes, especially Spider-Man.
* AdaptationalJerkass: A subtle example, but his whole [[FreudianExcuse impetus]] for hating Spider-Man in the comics revolved around his wife being murdered by a masked man. This incarnation's wife is alive and well, meaning he's just badmouthing Spider-Man solely for the sake of sensationalism.
* AlliterativeName:
** Three names, all begin with '''J'''s. Doubles as AlliterativeFamily.
** The novelization of the first film lampshades this, as he defends the name "Green Goblin" on the grounds that alliteration makes names easier to remember[[note]]Which was Creator/StanLee's reasoning for doing this as a trademark of his[[/note]]. The text proceeds to describe how [[HypocriticalHumor Peter Parker disagrees with this]], while Betty Brant calls up J. Jonah Jameson about a call for him from famous scientists [[ComicBook/MisterFantastic Reed Richards]] and [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]].
* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Earth-120703]] and on [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCity Earth-199999]].
* BerserkButton: Has a lot of these, but one button you ''shouldn't'' press is deceiving him. When he fires Eddie Brock after humiliating him and his paper with photoshopped images, he's ''dead serious'' compared to the times he's [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity "fired"]] Peter.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: The ''Film/SpiderMan'' novelization shows he's surprisingly self-aware despite his brash demeanor, secretly acknowledging himself as an unscrupulous and sensationalist editor trying to keep the ''Bugle'' afloat. However, he refuses to give up his newsman principles, which is why he withholds Peter’s name from the Green Goblin.
* BreakoutCharacter: His screen time increases throughout the trilogy and he has become widely regarded as the definitive version of the character in all forms of media, thanks to Creator/JKSimmons' excellent performance, which is so iconic that he's [[PigeonholedVoiceActor reprised the role in other Marvel projects]] such as ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', and even the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. And even if he doesn't appear, his voice and mannerisms are at least ''emulated'' by others (like in ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'', where Darin De Paul admitted to taking heavy influence from Simmons' version). In fact, the reason Jonah never appeared on-screen in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' is because the filmmakers felt that no one could live up to Simmons in the role.
* ButtMonkey: Bad things tend to happen to him a lot.
* CigarChomper: Introduced this way, and is seen smoking later on as well.
* DaEditor: Like always.
* DeadpanSnarker: He snarks at almost every opportunity he has.
-->'''Betty:''' Boss, your wife is on the line. She says she lost her checkbook.\\
'''Jameson:''' Thanks for the good news!
* DotingParent: He believes his son is a "real hero" and boasts about John's accomplishments at any opportunity.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His page quote is his very first line of dialogue in the series, and it tells you everything about what he thinks of the titular hero.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** In the first film, the Goblin attacks him to know the identity of the photographer who takes pictures of Spider-Man. Jameson, despite being obviously terrified, refuses to sell Peter out and instead claims his work comes by mail.
** In the third film, he issues a full retraction after firing Eddie for creating fake photos of Spider-Man committing a robbery; even the retraction article details Jameson's brief but genuine apology over the matter despite retaining his hatred toward Spider-Man.
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity:
** "Fires" Peter a number of times for whatever reason, only to rehire him within a few seconds afterward.
--->'''Jameson:''' ''[to Peter]'' Where were you, photographing squirrels? You're fired.\\
'''Betty:''' Chief, the planetarium party.\\
'''Jameson:''' ''[realizes his mistake]'' Oh, right. ''[to Peter]'' You're ''un''-fired, I need you. Come here.
** Averted with his firing of Eddie; Jameson actually means it, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness and his attitude makes that very clear.]]
--->'''Jameson:''' ''[enraged over Eddie's fake photos]'' Pack your things. Get out of my building.\\
'''Eddie:''' I was just-\\
'''Jameson:''' ''[with utter rage]'' YOU'RE FIRED!!!
* GetOut: As Eddie Brock found out from above, whenever Jameson tells you this when you're fired, you ''know'' he's serious about it.
* GreenEyedMonster: The end of the first novelization reveals he's secretly jealous of how selfless and compassionate Spider-Man is because he knows he can’t be, just like in the comics. This might explain why he dressed up as Spidey in ''Spider-Man 2.1''.
* GrumpyOldMan: To the freaking core!
* HeyYou: This is practically how he calls people.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Despite being a {{Jerkass}} most of the time, he is still a good person deep down. Perhaps one of the most notable examples would have to be him immediately lying to the Green Goblin to protect Peter's identity in the first film, even while the Goblin ''[[NeckLift chokes him]]''. Another example is his fury when he finds that Eddie Brock printed a forged photo framing Spider-Man of robbery and actually prints a retraction ''apologizing'' to Spider-Man despite his dislike of him.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Mary Jane points out that despite Jameson's belief in the law, he takes advantage of Spider-Man's inability to sue him for libel without revealing his identity to sell papers. Jameson [[HypocrisyNod concedes this]] but believes he's above the rules because he's keeping Spidey's power in check.
* IgnoredEpiphany: He starts to have a JerkassRealization in the second movie when Mary Jane is captured, bemoaning the fact that Spider-Man could have stopped it from happening had he not driven him away. Then Spidey returns (and steals back his costume), and Jameson goes right back to his old self.
* InspectorJavert: ''Firmly'' believes that Spidey is evil. Supplementary materials confirm he doubts the hero's intentions and believes he has something to hide since Spider-Man wears a mask, unlike Jameson's public reporting and real heroes (police, firemen, lawyers, etc.) who show their faces and take responsibility for their actions.
* {{Jerkass}}: An arrogant, stubborn and pompous skinflint who micromanages his employees, although [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he does have a decent side]].
* LargeHam: You ''will'' know when he's on-screen, largely when he starts yelling about Spider-Man.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After two movies of selfish, dickish behavior, karma starts to catch up Jameson in the third film with his own subtle HumiliationConga -- Betty drives him up the wall buzzing him about taking his pills, Eddie tricks him and humiliates him with a fake story, Peter strong-arms him into finally giving him a proper job at the ''Bugle'', and a little girl scams him for a camera during the climax (charging extra money for the film).
* MeanBoss: Is constantly seen yelling and berating his employees.
* MoralityPet: About the only person we see him being nice towards is his son John.
* MotorMouth: When he gets going.
* TheNicknamer: Comes up with the supervillain names for both Green Gobin and Doctor Octopus. For the latter, Hoffman initially comes up with "ComicBook/DoctorStrange", and Jameson admits that it's good... [[MythologyGag but realizes that it's already taken.]]
* NonActionGuy: He's not combat-proficient obviously.
* OddFriendship: In the ''Spider-Man 2'' novelization, he ends up bonding with Mary Jane when she and John are dating, impressed by her ability to match his barbs and sense of humor. He's even willing to tolerate their differing views on Spider-Man. Of course, this goes out of the window after Mary Jane leaves his son at the altar, as Jameson [[OpinionFlipFlop instantly declares he never liked her.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** In the second film, when it seems like Spider-Man ''really'' isn't coming back, he shows actual remorse for dragging the hero's name through the mud.
** He's generally a sensationalist hell-bent on taking Spider-Man down, but when Eddie Brock's fake photograph debacle is exposed, he is genuinely pissed about it and fires Eddie immediately - and unlike the times he's "fired" Peter, ''he means it'', showing that he still cares about publishing the truth despite his yellow journalist colors.
* PetTheDog: He has his moments:
** He protects Peter's identity from the Green Goblin while he's being strangled. In fact, the novelization reveals he takes protecting his sources very seriously, having gone to jail twice in the past for it.
** When Peter asks for double the money for some photos, Jameson is taken aback but ultimately agrees.
** Has a JerkassRealization when Mary Jane is captured and it appears that Spider-Man isn't there to save her.
** Prints out a retraction apologizing to Spider-Man when Eddie Brock hands in forged photos.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Implied in the ''Film/SpiderMan2'' novelization when he refers to Creator/OscarWilde as “fruit”[[note]]A derogatory term for a gay man[[/note]].
* TheScrooge: Jonah is one heck of a miser; he strives to pinch every single penny he can on any occasion from paychecks to his own son's wedding.
* SelfMadeMan: The second novelization reveals he started out as a paperboy and worked his way up to operating Yew York's premiere newspaper.
* SignatureLaugh: When he cackles at Peter's demand to pay him in advance: it's frequently subjected to MemeticMutation.
* TranquilFury: When it's revealed that Eddie Brock brought in forged photos of Spider-Man, Jameson [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness quietly tells him to pack his things]] before angrily firing him.
* UngratefulBastard: Spider-Man just saves J.J. from the Green Goblin just when the latter is about to stabbed him. What's Jameson's response? Accuse Spidey and Goblin being accomplices.
* VerbalTic: Tends to start certain sentences with "what?" when talking to his underlings.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: While he and his son didn't share many scenes together, their personalities clearly reflect this trope. Jonah is a HotBlooded LargeHam whose brashness is PlayedForLaughs while John is laid back.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When the Green Goblin blows his office apart and threatens his life for information on Spider-Man's photographer, Jameson does nothing but stand his ground and insist the photos come anonymously in the mail and he doesn't know who sends them. He risks his life for not only someone he doesn't particularly care for, but someone who he knows is right in the next room.
* WorthyOpponent: The ''Spider-Man'' novelization shows him to be this for Norman Osborn, who can match his verbal shots.
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[[folder:Joseph "Robbie" Robertson]]
!!Joseph "Robbie" Robertson
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/movie_robbie_robertson.png]]
[[caption-width-right:330:''"We sold out four printings. Every copy."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BillNunn
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Jeff Coopwood (second game), Charlie Robinson (third game), Andrés García (Latin American Spanish), Luc Florian (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"You know we're gonna have to print a retraction now."''
A longtime employee at the ''Daily Bugle''.
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* AlliterativeName: '''R'''obbie '''R'''obertson.
* BenevolentBoss: He is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure compared to Jameson, as he treats employees like Peter with respect; and unlike Jameson, considers Spider-Man to be a hero. Robbie even proposed headlines affirming such, but they were rewritten by Jameson.
* DemotedToExtra: He is not as important as his comic book counterpart and most versions.
* TheLancer: He is TheConfidant of Jameson and his ''de facto'' NumberTwo at the ''Bugle''.
* TheMentor: In the novelization, Robbie subtly helps Peter navigate the ''Bugle'' by negotiating his freelance pay with Jameson for Spider-Man's photos. He also gets Peter other assignments, such as the World Unity Festival.
* NonActionGuy: He's obviously not proficient in combat.
* NumberTwo: The highest ranking person in the ''Bugle'' next to Jameson.
* OutOfFocus: Robbie is usually one of Peter's closest friends at the ''Bugle''. Here, he usually gets a line or two, and that's it.
* SecretSecretKeeper: Similar to the comics, it's strongly implied early in the second movie that he's figured out the truth. When Peter explains where he just came from, Robbie observes that Spider-Man also happened to be there and gives him a glance.
* TokenBlackFriend: He is Jameson's OnlyFriend in work, or at least the closest person he has for one. He's also OutOfFocus relative to his other appearances, and is one of few black characters seen.
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[[folder:Ted Hoffman]]
!!Ted Hoffman
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/movie_hoffman.png]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/TedRaimi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Roberto Mendiola (Latin American Spanish), Alexandre Gillet (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
The ad manager of the ''Daily Bugle''.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Though it's not stated in the movies, the novelization for ''Spider-Man 2'' mentions that he's the ad manager for the ''Daily Bugle'', hence why J. Jonah Jameson is always consulting him about ideas for headlines and supervillain names.
* AllThereInTheScript: His first name is never said in the film, only in the novelizations and other supplementary material. Also TheDanza.
* BehindTheBlack: For some reason, Jameson never seems to notice Hoffman until the dude is in the frame.
* ButtMonkey: Most of his scenes involve him receiving the short end of the stick of J. Jonah Jameson's anger.
* CanonForeigner: Having no comic book counterpart, he only exists in the films.
* GiverOfLameNames: When Jameson tells him to run out and copyright the name "Green Goblin", he proposes "the Green Meanie" instead. Jameson angrily [[GetOut shows him the door.]]
** Subverted when he comes up with the name of Doctor Octopus, only for Jameson to later [[GladIThoughtOfIt subconsciously claim the idea as his own]] and shoo Hoffman away.
*** Played with for another name he suggests for Octavius: he suggests ComicBook/DoctorStrange, which Jameson [[PetTheDog admits is a good name]], but it can’t be used because it’s taken.
* LastNameBasis: Throughout the film, he's only ever referred to by his last name. See AllThereInTheScript.
* OffscreenTeleportation: The moment JJ calls his name he is instantly there, even when it's obvious he's nowhere nearby.
* PluckyComicRelief: Whenever he appears onscreen, always expect an incoming joke or gag involving him.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: To J.J., kinda by necessity, as he doesn't want to be fired.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Being part of the film series from the very beginning, he is finally included in the opening billboard (OBB) of ''Spider-Man 3''.
* RunningGag: He instantly appears whenever J. Jonah Jameson shouts his name. At one point, he appears ''as soon as Jameson calls him'', to which Jameson reacts with a [[LampshadeHanging disturbed]] DoubleTake.
* StealthHiBye: Mostly the 'Hi' part. Hoffman always seems to appear the femtosecond Jameson yells his name.
* TotallyRadical: His campaign to make the Bugle more appealing to younger audiences might have worked...in 1957.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Betty Brant]]
!!Elizabeth "Betty" Brant
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/movie_betty_brant.jpg]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ElizabethBanks
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Bethany Rhoades (second game), Creator/RachelKimsey (third game), Gabriela Guzmán (Latin American Spanish), Odile Cohen (European French dub)
!!!''Appears In:'' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' | ''Film/SpiderMan2'' | ''Film/SpiderMan3''
->''"Welcome to the ''Daily Bugle''."''
Jameson's secretary at the ''Daily Bugle''.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the comics, Peter dated Betty for a while, before pursuing other romantic interests. Even though there is a slight hint of sexual tension between them in the films, they never get together.
* AlliterativeName: '''B'''etty '''B'''rant.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Obviously has a crush on Peter, who is head-over-heels for Mary Jane.
* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCityMidtownSchoolOfScienceAndTechnology Earth-199999]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Shows signs of being one when dealing with Eddie.
-->'''Betty:''' What's that smell?\\
'''Eddie:''' That's a little something called Nice and Easy. What's on you?\\
'''Betty:''' It's called Go Away.
* DemotedToExtra: None of her characterization from the comics made it into the trilogy with the exception of being Peter's potential love interest, and even that isn't as prominent compared to the source material.
* GirlFriday: To Jameson.
* LaughOfLove: In ''Film/SpiderMan3'', she laughs nervously when Peter, who's under the symbiote's influence, starts hitting on her at the ''Daily Bugle''.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Being part of the film series since the beginning, she is finally included in the opening billboard (OBB) of ''Spider-Man 3''.
* SciFiBobHaircut: She sports a bob in a sci-fi heavy superhero movie.
* SexySecretary: To the point that both Peter and Eddie hit on her as much as they can in the third film.
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