Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man Films)/Relationships

== His Tentacles==
Otto's tentacles have a mind of their own. The chip in the back of Doc's neck was designed to protect his brain from the AI system that's controlling these tentacles, but the chip is fried after the malfunction of his fusion reactor. 
The tentacles look to Otto, their creator as their parent, addressing him as "Father." 
==Romances==
====Rosie Octavius ====
==Friends==
===Curt Connors (His Universe)===
Friend
Otto and Connor befriended each other in college and became colleagues when their careers took off. They often talked and confided in each other, communicating off-screen. During them, Curt often told Otto about his students, especially Peter Parker, whom he praised for being a brilliant young man and criticized for being lazy. He respected Otto's research enough to tell Peter his paper on it should be as accurate as possible. However, it is unknown how Curt reacted to Otto's accident and later descent into villainy.
===Norman Osborn ===
Before the films, Otto and Norman were close friends before the latter's death. However, the depths of their relationship were not explored until the 2021 film, Spider-Man: No Way Home. 
After Norman's accidental death in the original film, Otto attended Norman's funeral in the original timeline and was aware of his identity as the Green Goblin and continued using Oscorp's money to fund his projects. However, due to Doctor Strange's spell going awry in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Norman and Octavius were transported into an alternate dimension before their deaths played out in the original timeline. Sometime after his fight with Peter Parker of Earth 199999, Doctor Octopus was shocked to see the latter again because of his previous demise by his hand in the original timeline. Seeing his old friend's state of mind, Norman shows concern for Octavius' sanity and sympathizes with him because of the same issue that he has with Green Goblin. To cure Otto, Norman worked with Peter Parker of Earth-199999 to create an inhibitor chip Otto needed to use so the arms would not control him. 
After MCU Peter restored Otto's mind, Norman cautiously asked if Doctor Octopus was cured and a grateful Otto assured him, he was. Also, realizing that Norman had no memory of his actions as Green Goblin and didn't want to hurt anyone, Otto showed sympathy for him and understood his situation as he decided to help him get his sanity back. After Norman transitioned back into the Green Goblin, Otto was horrified to see his friend's descent into madness once more. He pretended to side with the villains but worked with the other Peter Parkers of the Multiverse to care for all the villains including Norman.
===Peter Parker (His Universe)===
The Peter Parker of his universe has idolized Dr. Octavius for years. Being aware of his best friend's interest in the scientist, Harry arranged for Peter and Otto to meet the following morning. At first unimpressed with Peter, Otto's view of him changed when the former showed interest in Otto's energy reactor and gave his scientific input into the reactor. This caused the two men to strike up a conversation about it, long enough for Otto and Rosie to invite Peter for lunch. After Dr. and Mrs. Octavius recounted their love story, Otto gave Peter advice on his relationship with MJ by feeding her poetry as he did his wife. The first time Peter sees Otto as Doctor Octopus, he briefly considers showing himself to Octavius but then stops himself before he can. Even after becoming Doctor Octopus, Otto more or less ignores Peter until he learns from Harry that he needs Parker to tell him Spider-Man's identity. However, Otto's relationship with Spider-Man is another tale: Doctor Octopus considers the web-slinging vigilante to be a menace. Octavius and his AIs attacked Peter and MJ at the coffee shop where they were meeting. He is all but willing to turn him over to Harry, knowing he means to kill the young hero, even if it means setting a train off.However, an alternative version of Doctor Octopus before his redemption was teleported into the MCU, he showed contempt for the Peter of his universe in Spider-Man: No Way Home. He easily mistook MCU's Spider-Man for his own until unmasked his opponent. After being imprisoned by Peter-199999, Ned Leeds, and Michelle Jones, Otto recounted how close he was to killing his Spider-Man. However, after his mind was restored, was Otto once more, and may have grown regretful for his previous actions against Peter, such as threatening MJ's life or leaving him at Harry's mercy. When the reformed evil doctor was briefly reunited with Parker, Dr. Octavius protected him and the Amazing Spider-Man. For a moment, Otto immediately recognized him, addressing him as "dear boy," and inquired of his well-being. Seeing him for the first time in a long time, Peter addressed him by first name, stating he was "trying to be better." Otto remembered Peter's comment from their first meeting nearly twenty years ago. The latter's fondness for his native Spider-Man had indeed returned and led the Dr. Octavius variant to help Peter Parker cure the villains.
====MCU Peter Parker ====
While fighting the MCU version of Peter Parker, Otto mistook the Teen to be his Spider-Man and relentlessly taunted him. After unmasking Spider-Man to be a different Peter, Otto realized he was in an alternate universe. He was irritated with Peter taking control of his tentacles and was further annoyed when Peter and his friends laughed when they heard his name. This version of Peter became aware that Doctor Octopus was not in control of his mind or his tentacles due to his Bluetooth being connected to them. After seeing that Otto's inhibitor chip being fried, MCU Peter and Norman worked on it to restore Otto's control over his tentacles. Otto was very defensive, not willing to let Parker help him. However, Peter accomplished this by inserting the inhibitor chip in his tentacles. The doctor was unresponsive at first, with Peter-199999 showing his concern.
After regaining control, Otto showed gratitude for the boy's contribution and gained respect for MCU Peter's intelligence. Like the original Peter Parker, Otto addressed him as "dear boy" and offered his gratitude; and later, assistance in curing the other villains of their powers and states of mind during the skirmish at the Statue of Liberty.
===Former Allies===
====Harry Osborn====
At some point before he became Doctor Octopus, Otto met Harry (the son of his close friend Norman Osborn) before or after the latter became Oscorp's new CEO. By the time of Spider-Man 2, Otto was using Harry's funding for his project, the Energy reactor. Reluctantly, the good doctor agrees to meet with Harry's best friend, Peter Parker, an idolizer of his work. Also, to the doctor's annoyance, wherever Harry referred to his artificial solar reactor project as a profit, Otto immediately corrected him and refused to let it be associated with making a profit it. Otto also couldn't understand why Peter would be friends with Harry due to their vast differences.
When the reactor failed and killed Rosalie Octavius, Harry's funding of Otto's project fell through and set Oscorp's assets back to several months. Not only did it hurt the company but Harry blamed both Spider-Man and Otto for this setback and the incident. The next time Octavius and Harry met was as enemies when Otto attacked Harry with his tentacles. He threatened to kill the young man for the tritium, an element he needed to power his solar device. However, Harry offers a deal with Octavius: he brings Harry Spider-Man and in exchange, Harry would give him the tritium, on the other account that he does not harm Peter Parker when acquiring Spider-Man's true identity. In the end, both parties ended up getting what they wanted. After leaving Spider-Man for dead, Doctor Octopus hoped Harry would kill his rival while Harry wanted Doctor Octopus's plans to succeed without realizing he put Mary Jane in danger as well. After unmasking Spider-Man as Peter, Harry was in shock, temporarily wondering if Octavius had set him up and only left him Peter as a joke. In the end, upon finding out that he was holding MJ hostage, Harry decided to help Peter by telling him where Doctor Octopus was hiding. 
After seeing Spider-Man alive, Otto believed Harry just didn't have the guts to kill the vigilante until he saw him as Peter Parker, which helped him realize why he couldn't go through killing him. This was later proven correct in the Spider-Man 3 film. Despite Harry's attempts to kill Peter after becoming the New Goblin, he ultimately died protecting his best friend in a battle with Venom. 
==Enemies==
=== Mary Jane Watson (formerly)===
Mary Jane is the girl whom Peter Parker liked. During his lunch with Peter, Otto encouraged him to romance a woman with poetry. After cornering Peter and MJ at the coffee shop, Otto immediately realizes this girl is the one Peter tried to romance and the boy took his advice to heart. In the novelization, MJ was horrified to see this until Peter clarified that Otto gave it to him before the accident. After he abducted her, Doctor Octopus threatened to kill MJ if Peter failed to give him Spider-Man, unaware that they were the same person at the time. 
In No Way Home, before his redemption, Otto taunted who he believed was his Peter Parker about how he should have killed MJ (of his universe) when he had the chance. At first MCU Peter thought he was talking about his girlfriend Michelle Jones. 
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