Doctor Octopus

Doctor Otto Gunther Octavius is a nuclear scientist and inventor of a set of mechanical limbs to help his experiments. Unfortunately, the tentacles fused to Octavius' body in a lab accident, and their artificial intelligence corrupted his brain. Nicknamed Doctor Octopus, he clashed with Spider-Man, until eventually Doctor Octopus chose to drown himself and his reactor. However, Doctor Octopus found himself alive and teleported through the Multiverse due to Doctor Strange's failed spell. Here, Doctor Octopus encountered that universe's version of Spider-Man and battled with him, but was defeated and sent to the New York Sanctum. Rather than sent him and the other villains back to their universes to die, Spider-Man chose to cure them, releasing Octavius from his tentacles' control. Octavius then chose to assist Spider-Man, his universe's Spider-Man, with whom he reunited briefly and another alternate Spider-Man, in battling Green Goblin and the other villains, until they were all cured and sent back to their realities.

## Contents

* Biography
* Early Life
* Confronting Spider-Man
* Spider-Man Multiversal Crisis
* Brought to Another Universe
* Captured by Doctor Strange
* Condominium Miracle
* Battle at Liberty Island
* Personality
* Powers and Abilities
* Powers
* Abilities
* Equipment
* Weapons
* Other Equipment
* Vehicles
* Facilities
* Relationships
* Allies
* Enemies
* Trivia
* Behind the Scenes
* References
* External Links

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Confronting Spider-Man

Otto Octavius was a brilliant scientist who worked towards researching and building a sustainable fusion power reactor. During his career, he made the acquaintance of Norman Osborn, the founder and CEO of Oscorp. Octavius felt that Osborn was greedy and misguided and was also aware of Osborn's identity as Green Goblin and that Osborn had died fighting Spider-Man, whose alter-ego Peter Parker he had befriended as the boy was an admirer of his work. To build his reactor and successfully create and sustain the fusion reaction, Octavius developed a set of artificially intelligent mechanical arms and Neural Inhibitor Chip to prevent the advanced AI of the arms from influencing his mind.

However, during a lab accident, Octavius' mechanical arms were penrtemtalty bonded to his spinal column and the neural inhibitor chip was destroyed. Through the loss of his inhibitor chip, he heard the voices of his arms within his head. They played on his vanity and ego to corrupt his mind and convince him to rebuild his reactor at any cost. Octavius was given the name Doctor Octopus, or Doc Ock for short, and came into conflict with Spider-Man. In their final battle, Spider-Man tried to stop his machine and revealed his identity, but Doctor Octopus grabbed him by the throat.

Octavius managed to regain control of the arms with the help of Spider-Man. In order to atone for his actions, he sacrificed himself to destroy his machine, drowning it in the river as the only way to halt the unstable reaction. His death was reported by the media, and the event was heard by Flint Marko.

### Spider-Man Multiversal Crisis

#### Brought to Another Universe

In 2024 of another universe, Doctor Strange tried to cast the Runes of Kof-Kol to make everyone forget his Peter Parker was Spider-Man. However, the spell failed and connected to other realities in the Multiverse, bringing people who were aware of Spider-Man's true identity from those to their universe. As time was scrambled, people who were originally dead in their universes were brought alive to this one, one of them being Octavius. Since Octavius was pulled into this universe before his redemption, he was still under the control of his mechanical arms. With nothing else to ground him in this new reality, Doctor Octopus tried to find his fusion reactor, and eventually encountered this universe's Spider-Man at the Alexander Hamilton Bridge. However, believing that he is his Peter Parker, Doctor Octopus demanded Spider-Man to tell him what he did to his reactor. He believed Spider-Man's confusion to be feigning ignorance, and Doctor Octopus attacked Spider-Man, thinking that the latter was playing games with him.

During the fight, Doctor Octopus removed a piece of Spider-Man's Iron Spider Armor and integrated the nanotechnology into his tentacles, which left him in awe, claiming Peter overdid himself. He then attempted to kill Spider-Man, who removed his mask to restore the torn piece of his armor, leaving Doctor Octopus confused as he realized this was not his Peter Parker. The integration of the nanotech into the tentacles allowed Spider-Man to use his armor to take control via a Bluetooth connection and turn them against Doctor Octopus. The arms, and by extension Octavius, were not thrilled to be under the control of this strange teenager, so Octavius attempted to attack Peter with his bare hands, to which Peter responded by ordering one of the arms to restrain Otto.

As they both tried to make sense of their situation, they were interrupted by the arrival of Green Goblin, whom Doctor Octopus recognized as Norman Osborn and who attempted to attack them. However, before their fight could continue, they found themselves being transported away by an Inter-Dimensional Portal, much to Doctor Octopus’s shock.

#### Captured by Doctor Strange

Doctor Octopus found himself transported into the New York Sanctum by Doctor Strange, who placed the latter in captivity with the previously discovered Lizard. While imprisoned, Doctor Octopus was introduced to the current universe Peter Parker's friends, Ned Leeds and Michelle Jones. Though annoyed that they found his name funny and still confused at his situation, he offered information on Norman Osborn, explaining that, to Otto's knowledge, had died years ago.

Doctor Octopus witnessed Electro and Sandman being captured by Spider-Man, who was equipped with a piece of magic for his web shooters by Strange. Later, Doctor Octopus reunited with Norman Osborn, who had been found by the main reality Peter Parker's Aunt May, and explained to him that he had died some years beforehand while fighting their Spider-Man. Sandman confirmed Norman's death, then revealed that Doctor Octopus himself had died fighting Spider-Man. When Strange attempted to send the intruders back to their dimensions to meet their fates, Spider-Man incapacitated him and promised to help save the villains to change their fates and give them a second chance. Doctor Octopus was surprised that Spider-Man would go out of his way to do so, arguing that it would be easier to just leave them to die in their own universes, but Jones tells him that it isn't what Spider-Man does.

#### Condominium Miracle

Having been brought to an apartment owned by Spider-Man's friend, Doctor Octopus was informed that he was the first to be worked on. Though he protested that he did not need fixing, he ultimately had to suffer through the humiliation of not being able to fight back, including letting May Parker offer him a glass of water. After Spider-Man and Norman Osborn were able to create a new inhibitor chip made using a Stark Industries Fabricator, Doctor Octopus was setup so Peter can install the new chip to his neck. However, Doctor Octopus continued resisting Peter’s attempts to help him, but after a bit of a struggle Spider-Man was able to install the chip and restore his mind. Octavius assured Norman Osborn that he was back to his old self again, and in gratitude for Spider-Man's help, Octavius returned the portion of the nanotech suit that the Tentacles absorbed from his Iron Spider Armor during their fight on the bridge. Octavius also offered to help Peter and Norman create cures for the rest of the group of villains.

Later, Octavius had a short conversation with Osborn as he asked the latter on how it would feel to no longer have the Green Goblin personality within him. Unbeknownst to Octavius, this conversation ended up summoning the Green Goblin persona, which took over Norman. After the Goblin manipulated the other villains into turning on Spider-Man, Octavius attempted to stop them but was incapacitated by Electro, who knocked him out of Happy Hogan's Apartment window when he grabbed an Arc Reactor. Managing to break his fall with his tentacles, Octavius had no choice but to swiftly retreat from the scene, hopping across buildings as J. Jonah Jameson watched and recorded for The Daily Bugle.

#### Battle at Liberty Island

Octavius intervened in the battle at the Statue of Liberty by tricking Electro and the other Peter Parkers into thinking he was once again Doctor Octopus and under the control of his tentacles. However, Octavius quickly revealed his deceit by removing the Arc Reactor and attaching Electro's cure to him. After setting a cured Dillon down with his tentacles, Octavius marveled at the Arc Reactor, amazed that someone in this universe had achieved what he had not, to harness the power of the sun in the palm of their hand. Octavius then had an emotional reunion with his universe's Spider-Man, who he noted had grown since the time they had last met. When he asked how the latter had been, Peter responded that he was trying to do better, echoing what Peter had told him the first time they'd met. However, they were interrupted by the arrival of Doctor Strange, who was set free by Ned Leeds, as Octavius witness him talking with his Peter Parker and his two counterparts.

After Green Goblin reappeared to attack the group, Octavius defended Strange from Goblin's Razor Bats by grabbing them with his tentacles. When Green Goblin stole the Macchina di Kadavus, Octavius was able to stop him from leaving by grabbing his Goblin Glider with his tentacles, but Green Goblin spun the glider around and sliced off the tentacle. Strange was able to retrieve the Macchina di Kadavus, however, he failed to notice that Green Goblin placed one of his Pumpkin Bombs inside the device, which exploded. As the scaffolding around the Statue of Liberty began to collapse as a result of the unstable spell being unleashed, Octavius carried Dillon down to safety with his remaining tentacles.

When Doctor Strange cast a new spell that would make everyone in that universe forget about their Peter Parker existence's, Octavius, Osborn, Marko, and their Parker were sent back to their universe just before the spell was completed, with his fate altered.

## Personality

Under the thrall of his tentacles, Octavius, while he was Doctor Octopus, was bitter and hostile, with a stubborn temper that was difficult to reason with, due to his troubled mind. However, he begrudgingly assists Peter and his friends by providing information about Norman Osborn, and later reluctantly accepting a glass of water that was offered to him from May Parker when he needed it. He is confounded by the main reality Peter Parker's insistence on giving him and the other villains a second chance, and initially has trouble comprehending the rules of the Multiverse that allow long-dead Norman Osborn to stand before him.

At first, Octavius underestimated the technology in the main reality, although he recognizes the nanotechnology in Peter's suit, but was unaware of his ability to control the nanotech via Bluetooth, which led him to lose control of his tentacles. Although he values intelligence and quick wit, Octavius was skeptical of the young Peter's abilities because of his age. However, Octavius comes to admire the young Peter's intelligences and skills with the technology in the main reality, even embracing it, showing humility and enthusiasm rather than jealousy when regarding the Arc Reactor.

Once he was no longer under the influences of his tentacles, Octavius is a cordial, genial, and selfless person. Octavius displays dedication and loyalty by helping Peter Parker and Norman Osborn develop cures for the other villains and coming to the aid of Peter and the other Spider-Men at the Statue of Liberty. Octavius has genuine respect and fondness for his Peter Parker, as he was happy to see him all grown up when he reunites with him. Octavius also affectionately calls both his and the main reality Peter Parker "dear boy."

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Cybernetic Enhancement**: Octavius created a set of long, mechanical limbs that attach to his back, each equipped with a red camera lens and three claw-like grips.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Each tentacle has superhuman strength, which allows Octavius to easily overpower humans, rip metal objects, plow through concrete and lift cars, allowing him to be a match for Spider-Man. His tentacles were also strong enough to restrain Green Goblin's glider.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: The tentacles are considerably durable and resistant to heat and magnetism. However, the Goblin Glider's blades were sharp enough to cut one of Octavius' tentacles off, leaving him with three remaining tentacles.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: The arms allow Octavius to move rapidly over any terrain and to scale vertical surfaces and ceilings.
	+ **Superhuman Agility**: The tentacles were designed with the precision and accuracy necessary to maintain a fusion reaction, with a reach of up to thirteen feet and the ability to move both quickly and precisely to reach a target.
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes**: Like an octopus' tentacles, the arms' AI relies on "distributed processing," which allows them to react to stimuli before Octavius has time to react and act independently of Octavius to warn him of danger or shield him from imminent threats.
	+ **Wallcrawling**: The arms are powerful enough to allow him to walk up sheer concrete walls and move about quickly by grappling a wall's surface.
	+ **Tentacle Manipulation**: *To be added*

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: Octavius is a genius in the field of nuclear physics and has skill in robotics and computer programming.
* **Master Scientist**: Octavius has a PhD in Nuclear Physics and devoted his life to the study of fusion.
* **Master Engineer**: In his universe, Octavius created both a powerful fusion reactor and his signature tentacles with independent artificial intelligence, controlled via nanowires connected to the cerebellum.
* **Expert Tactician**: Octavius is a skilled tactician: when given a singular goal, he devotes his whole attention it, creating complex plans in service to those goals. Though not particularly socially intelligent, he can trick or manipulate others, such as when he tricked Electro into letting down his guard.
* **Expert Combatant**: The arms' strength and agility combined with Octavius's intelligence create a formidable foe. Octavius can engage a single opponent, like Spider-Man, or multiple opponents at once.

## Equipment

### Weapons

* **Doctor Octopus' Tentacles**: Octavius engineered mechanical limbs connected to his spinal column to help him control fusion reaction in his experiments. They were permanently fused to his body in a lab accident, which also destroyed the inhibitor chip that was designed to prevent the arms' artificial intelligence from affecting his brain. The AI remained in control of Octavius' brain until Spider-Man engineered a replacement inhibitor chip using a Stark Industries Fabricator.
* **Neural Inhibitor Chip**: This unit kept the tentacles' AI from affecting Octavius' brain. Spider-Man provided him with a new chip to restore his higher brain function.

### Vehicles

* **F.E.A.S.T. Truck**: Octavius was transported to Happy Hogan's condominium from the New York Sanctum in the truck.

## Facilities

* **New York Sanctum**: Having been defeated by Spider-Man, Octavius was transported to the Sanctum's prison, where he was contained until Spider-Man freed him to cure the multiversal visitors.
* **Happy Hogan's Apartment**: After agreeing to come with Peter, he was taken to Happy's apartment and was restrained by his arms in the kitchen, where he was later offered water by Aunt May. Peter developed the replacement inhibitor chip in a back room outside of Octavius's view, then used Octavius's arms to lift him to the second-floor balcony where Peter then installed the chip.

## Relationships

* Norman Osborn/Green Goblin - Friend and Former Enemy
* Max Dillon/Electro - Temporary Enemy
* Flint Marko/Sandman
* Curt Connors/Lizard
* Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Fan, Friend, and Former Enemy
* Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Former Enemy and Curer
* Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange - Temporary Enemy
* Michelle Jones - Temporary Enemy
* Ned Leeds - Temporary Enemy
* May Parker †
* Peter Parker/Spider-Man
* Mary Jane Watson
* The Daily Bugle
	+ J. Jonah Jameson

## 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. In a later arc, Octavius successfully takes over Spider-Man's body but would be inspired to strive to become a better hero than Spider-Man ever was, becoming known as the Superior Spider-Man and later Superior Octopus.
* In *Spider-Man 2*, Octavius was nicknamed "Doctor Octopus" by *The Daily Bugle* member Ted Hoffman, although J. Jonah Jameson took the credit. The latter also considered nicknaming him "Doctor Strange" but dismissed the idea once he remembered it was taken.

## Behind the Scenes

* Doctor Octopus in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues the live-action incarnation of the character from Sam Raimi's *Spider-Man* trilogy from Sony Pictures Studios, who was also portrayed by Alfred Molina.
* Sergio Garcia was a stunt double for Alfred Molina in the role of Doctor Octopus.

## References

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## External Links

* Doctor Octopus on Marvel Database
* Otto Octavius (Earth-96283) on Marvel Database
* Doctor Octopus on Wikipedia
* Otto Octavius (film character) on Wikipedia