Doctor Octopus (Raimi Universe)

## Physical description

* Allies
* Enemies

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

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

**Dr. Otto Octavius**, also known as **Doctor Octopus** or **Doc Ock**, is the main antagonist of the 2004 film *Spider-Man 2* and a supporting protagonist in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film *Spider-Man: No Way Home*.

## Summary

Dr. Otto Octavius was 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.

## Personality

### Pre-Accident

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.

### Cured Persona

When he discovered that Tony Stark created the Arc Reactor, which was similar to his own energy reactor, Otto did not show jealousy, but rather, reverence and respect at the late man's work.

Otto's fondness and respect for both his Peter Parker and the Peter 1 counterpart led Octavius to joining the heroes and helping them cure the other villains of their ailments.

## Powers and Abilities

* Genius-level intelligence
* Inventing
* Mechanics
* **Four AI mechanical tentacles granting him**:
	+ Superhuman strength
	+ Superhuman dexterity
	+ Superhuman mobility
	+ Superhuman durability
	+ Superhuman endurance
	+ Superhuman stamina
	+ Wall-climbing

## Relationships

### 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, who he praised and criticized. 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

Prior to 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, Doc Ock was shocked to see the latter again because of his previous demise by his own hand in the original timeline. Seeing his old friend's state of mind, Norman showed concern for Octavius' sanity. 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 Doc Ock was cured and a grateful Otto assured him, he was. 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 actually 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 own scientific input into the reactor. This caused the two men to strike 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 own relationship with MJ by feeding her poetry as he did his wife. The first time Peter sees Otto as Doc Ock, 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 learned from Harry that he needed Parker to tell him Spider-Man's identity. However, Otto's relationship with Spider-Man is another tale: Doc Ock considers the web-slinging vigilante to be a menace. Octavius and his AIs attacked Peter and MJ at the coffee shop 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, Doc Ock 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, Ottoimmediately recognized him, addressing him as "dear boy," and inquired of his own 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 Parkers cure the villains.

### Former Allies

#### Harry Osborn

At some point before he became Doc Ock, 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 fundings for his project, the Energy reactor. Reluctantly, the good doctor agreeing 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 of 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 funding 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 offered 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 Doc ock had set him up and only left him Peter as a joke. In the end, Harry was forced to tell Peter where Doctor Octopus was hiding after learning he was holding MJ hostage. After seeing Spider-Man alive, Otto believed Harry just didn't have the guts to kill the vigilante.

#### 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 was aware that Doc Ock was not in his right state of mind due to the lack of the inhibitor chip. Both 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 Peter's efforts 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.

### Enemies

#### Mary Jane Watson (formerly)

During his lunch with Peter, Otto encouraged him to romance a woman with poetry. After cornering Peter and MJ at the coffee shop, Doc Ock immediately realized this girl was the one Peter tried to romance and the boy took his advice to heart. MJ was horrified to see this, until Peter clarified Doc Ock gave it to him before the accident. After he abducted her, Doctor Octopus threatened to kill MJ if Peter failed to have him over Spider-Man before him.

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.

## Trivia

* He refers to himself and his tentacles as "we", which is something Venom and his host always say when they want to be addressed together.

## Navigation

1. ↑ *Spider-Man 2* Novelization, page 83