Otto Octavius

**Dr. Otto Octavius** (later dubbed **Doctor Octopus** or **Doc Ock** by the media) is the main antagonist of the 2004 film *Spider-Man 2* and a supporting character in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film *Spider-Man: No Way Home*.

He is Peter Parker's former idol and friend who was once an enthusiastic scientist. However, he became corrupted by his own mechanical tentacles when the inhibitor chip controlling them was damaged.

## Role

During his time at Columbia University Otto studied in the field of sciences, where he befriended Curt Connors and met his future wife, Rosalie, who was studying literature. Charming her over poetry by T.S. Elliot, Otto won Rosie over. After coming out of college, the couple married and Otto attained his doctrine and became a respected scientist, with Rosie assisting him on his experiments. Unfortunately, the Octaviuses never had any children together mostly due to their dedications to their careers.

During his work, he became acquainted with Norman Osborn, and was later funded by Oscorp when Harry took over after his father's death. Otto later developed a way to find renewable energy by creating an energy reactor that produced an everlasting sun.

Twenty years since his death, MCU Spider-Man botched a spell Doctor Strange was casting that would make the whole world forget Peter with Spider-Man. That version of Doctor Octopus was pulled into Earth-199999 moments before his redemption. However, Otto was cured by MCU Peter, reunited with his Spider-Man and helped the two cure the other villains.

## Personality

One of the things that Otto Octavius believed in intelligence was that it and brilliance should be used to help for the good of mankind. This is one of his reasons for creating the artificial sun for it to be renewable energy for other humans. Another thing Otto highly respected was one other person's intelligence, as he isn't so easily impressed with other people's reputation unless they prove otherwise. When he met Peter Parker for the first time, it was not until the vigilante showed the good doctor some area of expertise in science when Peter analyzed Otto's energy reactor for the first time. Otto is truly a caring person, due to his love for his wife, who he is very affectionate with. He also enjoyed having Peter's presence after getting to know him. It is revealed in the second film's novelization that during Peter's visit, Otto ultimately regretted not having any children with Rosalie. Having the boy over for dinner made Otto feel what it was like to be a father and his idea of shaping young minds as a father or mentor.

Even before the accident, Otto sometimes showed arrogance, even more concern for his research and neglected to take care of himself, such as sleeping and eating. His wife, Rosie, always makes sure he is attending to his human needs, such as telling him when lunch was ready and telling him he needed sleep before turning on his own invention. When Octavius turned on his device, he refused to shut it down even when Harry Osborn demanded it and Peter Parker warned him about possibilities in miscalculations, even when he tried to stop it as Spider-Man himself. He never really meant to harm anyone, including the death of his beloved Rosie and understands that his arrogance is what got her killed in the first place because he refused to shut the reactor down.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Peter Parker/Spider-Man - friend
* Norman Osborn - close friend colleague and temp enemy
* Harry Osborn - former ally
* Anya Corazon - former enemy; friend