Norman Osborn (Iron Patriot)

> Love? Love is a weakness, Spider-Man. Goblin has no weaknesses because Goblin loves no one!
>
> Norman Osborn (as the Goblin)

**Norman Virgil Osborn** (formerly known as **The Green Goblin** and currently known as the **Iron Patriot**) is a major antagonist turned supporting protagonist in the television series *Ultimate Spider-Man*. He is the main antagonist of Season 1, the secondary antagonist of Season 2 and Season 3: *Web-Warriors* and a recurring character in *Season 4: Ultimate Spider-Man vs The Sinister 6*.He is the CEO of Oscorp,the father of Harry Osborn and the former arch-enemy tuned ally of Spider-Man.

When injected with Doc Ock's goblin serum, Norman becomes the sociopathic goblin mutate accurately called **The Goblin**. After being cured, Norman and created an antiserum to reverse the Goblin serum's affects. Now, Osborn hopes to become a better man and father, building an Iron Man/Captain America inspired suit/armor to become the **Iron Patriot**.

## History

### Background

Norman Osborn was one of the most brilliant scientists of his generation. After graduating college, Norman founded Oscorp, a very well-known scientific research facility. Due to his status, Norman developed a rivalry with Tony Stark, as their companies both grew competitive for each other. At one point he came across Otto Octavius' research and came to respect it. Norman commissioned Octavius into to testing weapons to benefact Oscorp. However, the experiments went wrong, and grievously wounded the scientist.

#### Turning Otto into Dock Ock

Norman did all the necessary things to keep Octavius alive, even building OsTech iron lung suit with four mechanical tentacles to give Doc Ock's the air he needed. However, this was for selfish purposes, as Norman didn't really care for Octavius. He kept him in an underwater lab under the Hudson River, hiding him away from the rest of the world so no one ever knew about Otto's survival. Despite claiming to be Otto's friend, Norman's thinking was one-sided, as Doctor Octopus saw this more like a prison sentence.

In 1997, Norman married Emily Lyman and had a son, named Harold (Nicknamed Harry). Because of Mrs. Osborn's absence in the series, it is unknown what became of her. Raising Harry alone, Norman often pressured his son to do better school and built a better social life. However, this would come across as parental negligence.

On their way home one afternoon, Harry noticed Peter Parker stranded outside in the rain and offered him a ride home. Taking an immediate liking to Peter, Norman began to voice his hopes how a boy like him could be a friend to Harry due to his struggles in school. An argument nearly broke out between father and son, until Peter intervened, telling Harry that he has a father to help push him to succeed. Mr. Osborn asked if Peter was talking from experience; however, Peter informed Harry and Norman he never had the chance to know his father. Instead, he had his uncle Ben make him the person he was today. Osborn took the information to heart, and as he predicted, Harry and Peter ended up becoming best friends.

#### Plot against Spider-Man

One year prior to the series, Norman's researchers also created a genetically altered spider that bit Peter and gave him his powers.After Spider-Man began showing up in New York City, the two evil men plotted to steal Spider-Man's DNA to cloned by the superhero and build a spider Army , unaware that Doc Ock planned to betray him .

## Appearance

* **Hair Color:** Red

* **Eye Color:** Blue

## Powers and abilities

### Abilities

* Genius Level Intellect (as Norman and Goblin)

### Goblin Powers

* Superhuman Strength (as Goblin)
* Superhuman Agility (as Goblin)
* Superhuman Reflexes (as Goblin)
* Voice Mimicking (as Goblin)

## Equipment

* Oscorp Glove
* S.H.I.E.L.D. Gloves
* Green Goblin's Glider
* Pumpkin Bombs
* Razor Bats
* Iron Patriot Armor

## Relationships

### Family

#### Harry Osborn (Son)

Before his transformation into the Goblin Norman had a very strained relationship with Harry, his only child and son. According to Harry, Norman micromanages everything in his life down from his grades to social life. Peter Parker notices the tensity between the father and son but tells Harry his father's just looking out for him, in his own way. Most of the time, Norman kept Harry at arm's length, often scolding his son to get higher grades. Or course, most of the time, Harry is somewhat resentful of Norman because he always neglected him due to his busy schedule being in charge of Oscorp. This neglect is significant when Norman left Harry alone with $1,000 rather than hear why Harry was feeling envious towards Peter's newer friends. When Harry became Venom, Norman was very impressed with his son's new potential but he felt extreme disappointment when Harry gave it up. Despite, this, Mr. Osborn puts Harry's safety his top priority, as he was angry at Doctor Octopus for sending the Frightful Four to his son's high school. When they were at the doctor's mercy, Norman begged Octavius to leave Harry out of their squabble, but Doc Ock refused. After they were saved by Spider-Man, Harry and Norman reconciled. However, after Norman was turned into the Green Goblin and Peter was too dedicated to his career as Spider-Man, Harry felt more alone than ever and blamed the vigilante for his father's mutation. As the Goblin, any love Norman had towards his son had become twisted, as even Harry couldn't stop his dad from kidnapping Peter or restoring his dad to his former self. After Norman was cured, Harry was happy to see his father restored. However, things were never the same after that, it was even better.

After the Green Goblin incident was over, Norman became a completely different person and better father to Harry. For example, Norman created a set of armor for him to protect himself and gave his son a Patrioteer suit. He also had developed an antiserum that made him immune to Doc Ock's goblin serum. This way, the doctor couldn't turn Norman or any other innocent person into the goblin again, all for the sake of Harry. However, he could become overprotective of Harry, up to the point where Norman refused to let his son join the SHIELD Academy until convinced by Spider-Man. The decision caused Harry falling into a comatose state and Norman to blaming Peter for putting his son in danger. While Norman's memories of discovering Peter's identity

### Enemies

#### Doctor Octopus (Former Ally)

Before he was "Doc Ock", Otto Octavius worked at Oscorp. Norman also was the reason Otto had suffered from his lab accident: he commissioned the doctor to test his weapons that unfortunately caused an explosion and forever incapacitated the former scientist. Otto created an OsTech suit in order to keep him alive. However, these were all for selfish reasons, as Norman never really cared what happened to Otto, despite claiming to be the latter's friend. Norman's manipulations did not work, as Doctor Octopus did not see it that way. Instead, he felt more like a slave than anything else, like being an animal in a cage. All these factors would cause Otto's vendetta against Norman to grow, as he was used as a tool rather than a person. In truth, Doc Ock planned to betray Mr. Osborn because of the years of abuse and everything Norman had put him through. They were more along the line of reluctant allies, hoping to use Peter's DNA to make an army of spider-people. However, it was not easy between Norman and Otto. While acting the superior of the two, Norman grew fed up with Doc Ock whenever he was foiled by the Spider-Man and his team or if his plans put Harry at risk. This was seen in "Great Power", where Norman angrily chastised Otto when he sent the Frightful Four to attack Midtown High because his son was there.

Tired of the abuse, Octavius had hacked Iron Man's suit and reprogrammed it to attack the Osborns and steal plans to Stark's arc reactor. He later abducted Norman and Harry while threatening to harm his son, as Osborn plead for Octavius to spare his son because Harry wasn't involved. In a final act of revenge, Otto was stopped by Spider-Man and leader arrested. Norman, however, was pleased by this turn of events and congratulated Otto because he spooked the Web crawling vigilante enough for their next plan to work. After failing to get rid of Norman, he forcefully injected a serum made of Spider-Man and Venom's DNA into Norman, transforming him into a mindless turned psychopathic entity known as the Goblin at least twice.

After suffering, Norman was cured of his ailments but also forgot that Peter Parker was Spider-Man. Unfortunately, these two remained bitter enemies. Their vendetta continued on into the series finale, as Norman finally snapped when Doctor Octopus came into Oscorp and swore vengeance on his former ally.

## Trivia

* This is Green Goblin's twentieth other media appearance and sixth animated appearance.
* In the comics, Green Goblin was created after a serum explosion while in the series Green Goblin is created after Doctor Octopus injects him with it.
* The Goblin's overall concept is an amalgam of his Ultimate version's Hulk-like form and his original incarnation's intelligence and technology usage.
* Unlike his comic counterpart and previous incarnations, The Goblin's Glider is created by S.H.I.E.L.D. rather than himself.

* In the series, this incarnation of Norman Osborn never goes by the alias Green Goblin. He is simply referred to as "the Goblin" and only called T   he Green Goblin and promotional materials.
* Norman's company Oscorp received advancements in the field of genetic engineering that created the radioactive spider that gave Peter Parker his powers. This leads into his recruitment into S.H.I.E.L.D. by Nick Fury and most of the events in the series, such as the genetic mutations of Otto Octavius.

## References

1. ↑ *The Fury Files Featurette*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Ultimate Spider-Man.* Iron Octopus
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Great Power
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Revealed
5. ↑ *Ultimate Spider-Man*. Spider-Verse: Part 4.
6. ↑ Graduation Day