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Green Goblin: Peter. When you said Spider-Man said no, you meant YOU said NO!

Spider-Man: Harry, what did you do?
Green Goblin: What you made me do. You were my friend and YOU betrayed ME!

~ Green Goblin to Spider-Man upon discovering his true identity.
You don't give people hope, you take it away... Now I'm gonna take away yours.
~ Green Goblin to Spider-Man as he prepares to kill Gwen Stacy.

Harold "Harry" Osborn, later known as the Green Goblin, is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Electro) of the 2014 superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

He is the son of the late Norman Osborn and heir to the Oscorp empire. Upon his return to New York, Harry had attempted to engineer a cure for a hereditary illness to which he was suffering from, and in his desperation, had transformed into the Green Goblin, becoming the archenemy of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, his former best friend and ends up being responsible for the death of the latter's girlfriend Gwen Stacy.

He was portrayed by Dane DeHaan, who also played Andrew Detmer in Chronicle. In the video game adaptations, he was voiced by Kevin Dorman in the Console version and Nolan North in the Mobile version.

History[]

Early life[]

Harry was a childhood friend of Peter Parker and was there for him, when his parents died. When Harry was 11, his father shipped him off to a boarding school. For his 16th birthday, his father sent him a bottle of scotch (though, it was obvious that it had in fact been sent, by an Oscorp employee). Events like these, cause Harry to resent Norman.

At one point, Harry had a fling with a French supermodel. He also began to experience symptoms of his father's illness and discovered that he might be dying.

Returning to New York[]

In 2014, the 20-year-old Harry returned home, just before his dad passed away. Harry was now Oscorp's CEO and was soon reunited, with his childhood friend.

He also became convinced, that the blood of Spider-Man (whom he had figured out, had gotten his powers from one of the now destroyed spiders), would be able to cure him. Knowing, that Peter had taken photos of him, Harry asked him to get in touch with Spider-Man. Later, Spider-Man appeared in Harry's home, but refused to give him his blood out of fear of any possible side effects, regardless of what Harry offered him, much to Harry's frustration.

Harry became increasingly desperate, when his assistant informed him that the company had drained venom from the spiders, before destroying them. He tried to find out where it was stored but came across information about Electro and was quickly locked out of the system. To save himself, Menken framed Harry and had him fired. Enraged, Harry sought out Electro, at Ravencroft and freed him.

Becoming Goblin[]

Together with Electro, Harry headed back to Oscorp and took Menken hostage, while sending Electro off, to take out the city's power. Menken took Harry down into a secret area and was forced to inject Harry, with the spider venom. The venom had a violent effect on Harry. In pain, he crawled over to an Oscorp prototype exo-skeleton and glider and put it on. Harry flew to the power plant, arriving shortly after Electro's defeat. He realized that Spider-Man was Peter Parker and in revenge for being refused the blood transfusion grabbed Gwen, attempting to throw her to her death. Harry began fighting Spider-Man, inside of the nearby clock tower, but was ultimately defeated and locked away at Ravencroft. However, his goal of killing Gwen succeeded, leading to her death, and Peter retiring as Spider-Man for several months.

Months later, Harry was visited by the Gentleman, who informed Harry that he had found several suitable candidates for them to use Oscorp's unique weaponry. Harry asked him to keep it small and sent him down to the secret area, to collect weapons and equipment for the chosen candidates. One of the members - Rhino - faced off with Spider-Man in the street, although Spider-Man successfully battled him. What happened to him was completely unknown as most of The Amazing Spider-Man films were cancelled and the character was integrated in the MCU.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Allies[]

Enemies[]

  • Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Former Best Friend turned Arch-nemesis and Attempted Victim
  • Gwen Stacy † - Former Acquaintance and Indirect Victim
  • Oscorp
    • Donald Menken - Former Right-hand man turned Enemy, Incriminator and Usurper
  • Dr. Ashley Kafka
  • Man in Black Suit

Quotes[]

Peter... When you said Spider-Man said no, you meant you said NO! (Peter: Harry, what did you do?) What you made me do. You were my friend... and you BETRAYED ME!
~ Harry discovers that Peter Parker is Spider-Man.
YOU'RE A FRAUD SPIDER-MAN!
~ Harry's villainous breakdown after being refused Spider-Man's blood to cure his disease.

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  • In the The Amazing Spider-Man films, Norman has not taken the Goblin Mantle since he died before having chance to do so.
    • However, in the cancelled original Kraven the Hunter spinoff, Norman would've turned into a mutant version of the Goblin similar to the Ultimate Comics version.
  • This marks the first time Harry Osborn has been a villain in a Spider-Man movie, with the previous time both he and Peter Parker becoming small-time antihero adversaries in Spider-Man 3 with him as the New Goblin.
  • He bears more similarity to some versions of his father like having trouble with the board of directors and becoming the goblin as a result which happens in the Sam Raimi films and the 80's animated series versions of his father and being the one responsible for Gwen's death like the comic book version of his father.
  • Although credited as the Green Goblin, he is never referred to that name in the film. A similar instance happened with Venom in Spider-Man 3.
    • Yet there are rumors about Dane Dehaan and Topher Grace reprising their roles for the Sony Spider-Man Universe if they appear in Madam Web since they did not appear in Spider-Man No Way Home which disappointed most of the fans who were expecting them to have a large role this time, unlike their first appearance.
      • Even if they did appear in Spider-Man No Way Home, Harry and Venom could have been the main and true antagonists and if not Norman's Green Goblin (since he's only brain washed). While if Harry did meet Venom. They would find themselves the perfect partner who share a deep hatred of Spider-Man ( Unlike Electro and Sandman who didn't trust them at first after having their own lives ruined , until they made a deal and got manipulated).
  • In the video game adaption, him teaming up with Electro never happens and his murder of Gwen Stacy is not present as she is completely absent from the game despite her appearing the game before it.
  • His voice actor For the Mobile game adaption (Nolan North), Previously played Alistair Smythe in the video game adaptation for the first film.
  • He seems to share some mutual attraction towards Felicia, his personal assistant, as Felicity Jones says that she is the Goblin's girlfriend in an interview.
  • His murder of Gwen Stacy still emotionally scarred the Amazing Spider-Man several years later as seen in No Way Home.
  • Also, his manipulations of Electro also inadvertently had an effect on MCU Peter's life, As the entire conflict between the latter and the Green Goblin from the Sam Raimi films happened because of the latter also manipulating Electro into turning him against MCU Peter leading to MCU Aunt May's death. This meant that out of all of the Spider-Man Movie Villains. He holds the distinction of emotionally scarring two Peter Parkers.

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Spider-Man: Green Goblin | Dennis Carradine | Harry Osborn
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The Amazing Spider-Man: Lizard | Rajit Ratha | Gustav Fiers | Cash Register Thief | Norman Osborn
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Spider-Man: Homecoming: Bestman Salvage (Vulture, Tinkerer, Shocker #1, Shocker #2 & Randy Vale) | Mac Gargan | Aaron Davis
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Kingpin | Doctor Octopus | Prowler | Tombstone | Scorpion | Green Goblin | Lizard | Jonathan Ohnn
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Spot | Lizard | Aaron Davis | Prowler | Anomalies (Vulture, Doctor Octopus, Typeface, Mysterio, Green Goblin, Rhino & Kraven the Hunter)

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Spider-Man (1967)
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Harry Osborn | Electro | Kraven the Hunter | Turbo Jet | Kingpin | Lizard | Shikata | Silver Sable

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Spider-Man & X-Men: Arcade's Revenge: Arcade | Carnage | Rhino | Apocalypse | Juggernaut | Selene Gallio | Sentinels | Master Mold
Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage: Carnage | Shriek | Doppelganger | Demogoblin | Carrion
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Spider-Man (2000): Doctor Octopus | Symbiotes (Carnage, Venom, Monster Ock) | Jade Syndicate | Scorpion | Rhino | Mysterio, J. Jonah Jameson, Lizard
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro: Electro | Beetle | Hammerhead | Lizard |Sandman | Shocker
Spider-Man (2002): Green Goblin | Shocker | Vulture | Spider-Slayers | Scorpion | Kraven the Hunter | Dennis Carradine | Harry Osborn | J. Jonah Jameson | Green Goblin (Green Goblin Mode)
Spider-Man 2: Doctor Octopus | Harry Osborn | Rhino | Mysterio | Shocker | Puma | Black Cat | Vulture | Calypso | J. Jonah Jameson | Lizard
Ultimate Spider-Man: Bolivar Trask | Venom | Vulture | Silver Sable | Shocker | R.H.I.N.O. | Electro | Beetle | Green Goblin | Sandman | Carnage
Spider-Man 3: | Venom (Symbiote Suit) | Sandman | New Goblin | Lizard | Scorpion | Kraven the Hunter | Calypso | Kingpin | Rhino | Morbius | Shriek | H-Bombers (Mad Bomber) | J. Jonah Jameson | Electro
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows: Spider-Man | Venom | Kingpin | Black Cat | Vulture | Electro | Tinkerer | Rhino
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions: Mysterio | Kraven the Hunter | Hammerhead | Hobgoblin | Electro | Sandman | Vulture | Scorpion | Deadpool | Juggernaut | Silver Sable | Goblin | Serena Patel | Carnage
Spider-Man: Edge of Time: Peter Parker | Atrocity | Walker Sloan | Anti-Venom | Doctor Octopus | Black Cat
The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Slayers (Alistair Smythe) | Lizard | Rhino | Vermin | Scorpion | Felicia Hardy | Iguana | Nattie
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Carnage | Kingpin | Green Goblin | Shocker | Kraven the Hunter | Black Cat | Electro | Chameleon | Norman Osborn | Cash Register Thief | Rhino | Hammerhead | Venom

See Also
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Original Trilogy
Green Goblin | Doctor Octopus | Doctor Octopus' Tentacles | Sandman | Venom | New Goblin | Dennis Carradine

Amazing Duology
Lizard | Electro | Green Goblin | Norman Osborn | Gustav Fiers | Rhino | Cash Register Thief

Home Trilogy
Vulture | Hermann Schultz | Mac Gargan | Mysterio | Green Goblin (Raimiverse) | Doctor Octopus (Raimiverse) | Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (Raimiverse) | Sandman (Raimiverse) | Lizard (Webbverse) | Electro (Webbverse)

Spider-Verse Trilogy
Kingpin | Doctor Octopus | Green Goblin | Tombstone | Scorpion | Prowler | Spot | Vulture | Aaron Davis (Earth-42) | Prowler (Earth-42)

Venom Doulogy
Venom | Carlton Drake | Riot | Roland Treece | Shakedown Thug | Cletus Kasady | Carnage | Shriek

Morbius
Michael Morbius | Milo Morbius | Vulture (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

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