Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man Films)

***This article is about the Doc Ock from Raimi's Spider-Man 3. For other uses, see Doctor Octopus.***

## Character Information

### Alias

Doctor Octopus
 Doc Ock
 Doctor Strange
 Science Squid
 Dr. Octavius
 Tentacled Man
 Cyborg
 Cyborg with Robot Legs
 Honey
 Lapdog

### Occupation

Criminal (formerly)
Terrorist (formerly)
Scientist
Ally of Spider-Man

### Alignment

Bad (formerly)
Good

### Goal

Kill both Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson (formerly)
Use more tritium in his fusion reactor to control the sun
Find his version of Peter Parker.
Help all the three Spider-men cure the rest of his former allies.

### Friends

Curt Connors
Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Norman Osborn
Rosalie Octavius
Harry Osborn (formerly)
Flint Marko/Sandman
Max Dillon/Electro
Curtis Connors/Lizard (The Amazing Spider-Man)
Michelle Jones
Ned Leeds
Doctor Strange
MCU May Parker
the Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man

### Enemies

Spider-Man (formerly)
Mary Jane Watson
Aunt May
J. Jonah Jameson
Harry Osborn
Green Goblin (formerly)
Max Dillon/Electro (formerly)
Lizard (formerly)
Sandman (formerly)
MCU Spider-Man (formerly)
Michelle Jones (formerly)
Ned Leeds (formerly)

### Affiliations

Oscorp Technologies (formerly)
Peter Parker/Spider-Man

### Powers/Skills

Genius-Level Intellect
**Mental control of his metal tentacles:**Superhuman Strength
Telescoping
Wall-Climbing
Durability
Energy Shield

## Behind the Scenes

### Movie(s)

*Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man: Far From Home*

**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 MCU 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.

## History

### Background

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 respect 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 becoming close friends with Norman Osborn at a later time, 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.

## Portrayals

* Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film series (1 film)
	+ *Spider-Man 2* - Alfred Molina
* Marvel Cinematic Universe
	+ *Spider-Man: No Way Home* - Alfred Molina
	+ *Spider-Man: No Way Home: Even More Fun Stuff* - Alfred Molina

## Trivia

* The actuators glow different colors to denote who is in command of them: when the tentacles are in control, they are red, when Peter is in control, they are blue and when Otto is in control, they are white.

## See Also

* Doctor Octopus (2010 Marvel Animated Universe)
* Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)

## Navigation

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