Doctor Octopus/No Way Home

*"You're flying out into the darkness to fight ghosts."*
―Otto Octavius to Peter Parker[src]Doctor **Otto Gunther Octavius** is a scientist that has aspired to produce renewable, cheap yet powerful energy across the entire globe with the Fusion Reactor, a machine of his.

However, the project goes horribly wrong, losing his wife Rosie, and his robotic AI-enhanced tentacles take over Octavius' mind, becoming the infamous mad-driven **Doctor Octopus**. After a few encounters with his moral enemy Spider-Man, he forms an alliance with him as he finds out he is in fact Peter Parker. After trying to deactivate the Fusion Reactor, meaning he has switched back to good intentions, Otto sadly is soon to face death.

His death is prohibited by a mysterious spell gone wrong, which was tampered with by Peter Parker from another universe. He arrives in said universe, with his mind in control once again, destined to destroy his similar-looking rival.

## Biography

### Prior to Multiversal Events

#### Fusion Reactor Battle

*"Spider-Man was trying to stop my fusion reactor, so I stopped him. I had him, by the throat! And then I... and then I was here."*
―Doctor Octopus[src]
Otto Octavius was a brilliant scientist who worked towards researching and building a sustainable fusion power reactor. He met Norman Osborn and became his friend. Later, Octavius heard Osborn was the Green Goblin and that he had died fighting Spider-Man.

To build his fusion power reactor and perform a successful experiment, Octavius developed a set of artificially intelligent mechanical arms, which were bonded to his spinal column. When the neural inhibitor chip which prevented the advanced AI of the arms from influencing Octavius' own mind was destroyed, the arms began to corrupt Octavius' mind, playing on his vanity and ego, and he decided to complete his experiment at any cost, being given the name Doctor Octopus. He eventually became an enemy of Spider-Man and fought him on several occasions.

In their final battle, Spider-Man tried to stop his machine and Doctor Octopus had him by the throat before he managed to take control of the arms with the help of Spider-Man, and drowned himself with his machine, which had become unstable. His death was reported by the media, and the event was heard by Flint Marko.

## Personality

Doctor Octavius is a somewhat narcissistic person although not being all that malicious. His raging narcissism drove him to be to what he is known for, being Doctor Octopus, the person who hates Spider-Man like any other villain Spider-Man has encountered. The result of this behavior mainly results from Octavius' mechanical limbs, which heavily alters Octavius' mind. However, once disabled, Octavius is able to see good manners, and has used them before the transportation to another cinematic universe, which has his conscious being differed once again.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

Otto Octavius has invented a set of four mechanical arms, planted on his back, each equipped with a red camera lens and three claws. With these enhancements, Octavius has granted upgraded strengths.

* **Superhuman Strength**: *To be added*
* **Superhuman Durability**: *To be added*
* **Superhuman Speed**: *To be added*
* **Superhuman Agility**: *To be added*
* **Superhuman Stamina**: *To be added*
* **Superhuman Reflexes**: *To be added*
* **Wall-Crawling**: *To be added*

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: *To be added*
* **Master Scientist**: *To be added*
* **Master Engineer**: *To be added*
* **Expert Combatant**: *To be added*

## Equipment

### Weapons

* **Doctor Octopus' Tentacles**: *To be added*

## Relationships

### Allies

* Max Dillon/Electro
* Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
* Flint Marko/Sandman
* Curt Connors/Lizard

### Enemies

* Peter Parker/Spider-Man
* Peter Parker/Spider-Man
* Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange
* Michelle Jones
* Ned Leeds

## Trivia

* In the comics, **Otto Octavius** was an MIT graduate who suffered from guilt after the death of his mother. Having created four mechanical limbs, he caused a lab accident which left him with permanent brain damage, turning him into the criminal **Doctor Octopus**.

## Behind the scenes

* Doctor Octopus in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the second live-action incarnation of the character. This version of the character continues the first live-action incarnation of the character from the *Spider-Man* trilogy by Sony Pictures Studios, who was also portrayed by Alfred Molina.
* Alfred Molina revealed in an interview with *Variety* that he was digitally de-aged to match his appearance from *Spider-Man 2*.
* Sergio Garcia was a stunt double for Alfred Molina in the role of Doctor Octopus.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 *Spider-Man: No Way Home*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Spider-Man 2*
3. ↑ Alfred Molina Details Doc Ock's Return in 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' - Variety

## External links

* Doctor Octopus on Wikipedia
* Doctor Octopus on Marvel Database