Green Goblin in other media

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Adaptations of Green Goblin in other media
Created by Steve Ditko
Stan Lee
Original sourceComics published by Marvel Comics
First appearance The Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964)
Films and television
Film(s) Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) [1]
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Television
show(s)
Spider-Man (1967)
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981)
Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994)
Spider-Man Unlimited (1999)
The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008)
Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)
Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (2014)
Marvel's Spider-Man (2017)
Marvel Future Avengers (2017)

The Green Goblin , a supervillain in Marvel Comics and an archenemy of the superhero Spider-Man, has been adapted in various forms of media, including films, television series, and video games. As in the comics, the Green Goblin is an alias that has been adopted by multiple characters in Spider-Man related media, most notably Norman Osborn and his son Harry Osborn .

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Norman Osborn has been portrayed by Willem Dafoe in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Chris Cooper in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). Neil Ross, Alan Rachins, Steve Blum, Mark Rolston, and others have provided the character's voice in animated and video game projects.

Harry Osborn has been portrayed by James Franco in Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and Dane DeHaan in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and has been voiced by Gary Imhoff, James Arnold Taylor, and others.

Television

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Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin in Spider-Man (left), Spider-Man: The Animated Series (center), and The Spectacular Spider-Man (right)

Film

Sam Raimi film series

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Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin in Spider-Man .

The Norman and Harry Osborn incarnations of the Green Goblin appear in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, portrayed by Willem Dafoe and James Franco respectively.

The Amazing Spider-Man film series

Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy incarnation of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), portrayed again by Willem Dafoe. [21] Prior to his death, he is transported to another universe due to its version of Peter Parker (later dubbed "Peter-One") botching Doctor Strange's spell to make everyone forget his identity as Spider-Man, which instead results in people from across the multiverse who know Parker's identity as Spider-Man being brought to their universe. While battling the Goblin persona and attempting to regain his bearings, a lost and overwhelmed Norman seeks refuge at May Parker's shelter and meets Peter-One before being imprisoned in the New York Sanctum alongside other alternate universe-displaced supervillains. Peter-One attempts to cure them in the hopes of averting their original fates upon returning them to their respective universes, but the Goblin persona takes over Norman's body and convinces the other villains to fight back instead. In the ensuing battle, he kills May in an attempt to corrupt Peter-One before escaping. After the other villains are defeated and cured by Peter-One, his own Parker ("Peter-Two"), and another version ("Peter-Three"), the Goblin breaks the barrier between universes, fights Peter-One, and goads the latter into killing him, only to be foiled by Peter-Two. Afterwards, Peter-One and Three cure Osborn, ridding him of the Goblin persona, before Strange casts another spell to return all of the displaced individuals to their original universes.

Sony's Spider-Verse

The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , voiced by Jorma Taccone. [4] This version is primarily inspired by the Ultimate Marvel iteration coupled with visual elements from various other previous incarnations. Additionally, he works as an enforcer for the Kingpin. [22] [23] While fighting Spider-Man to protect the Kingpin's Super-Collider, the Goblin shoves the former into it, resulting in an explosion that severely injures Spider-Man and kills the Goblin.

The Spider-Man (1982) incarnation of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin makes a cameo appearance in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as a prisoner of Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Society after being displaced from his home reality. [24]

Video games

Spider-Man games

The Green Goblin as he appears in Spider-Man: Friend or Foe. Friend or Foe Green Goblin.jpg
The Green Goblin as he appears in Spider-Man: Friend or Foe .

Marvel's Spider-Man series

Norman and Harry Osborn appear in Insomniac Games' Marvel's Spider-Man series, with Norman voiced by Mark Rolston and Harry voiced by Scott Porter in Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) and Graham Phillips in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 . [2] [3] Additionally, Norman's wife and Harry's mother, Emily Osborn, makes cameo appearances via photographs.

  • Norman Osborn is the corrupt and self-serving former CEO and co-founder of Oscorp alongside his former best friend and college lab partner Otto Octavius, with whom he became estranged after the latter left the company due to its unethical experiments. One of these experiments was "Devil's Breath", a medical treatment for genetic disorders that more closely resembles a bio-weapon, which Norman created in a desperate effort to save Emily and later Harry, both of whom suffered from the same terminal illness, the fictional Oshtoran syndrome. When Harry's condition worsened, Norman placed him in stasis until a cure could be found while claiming to his friends Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson that Harry was in Europe managing Oscorp's international affairs. Having become the mayor of New York City as of the present, he uses his position to implement Oscorp technology throughout the city and shut down government funding for Octavius Industries in a thinly veiled attempt to get Octavius to rejoin Oscorp, though Octavius refuses out of contempt. Norman also attempts to have Parker, who is working as Octavius' assistant, join Oscorp by using his friendship with Harry, though Parker also refuses. Martin Li, one of Oscorp's former test subjects who gained superpowers and accidentally killed his parents after being injected with Devil's Breath, begins terrorizing New York to seek revenge on Norman. These incidences soon inspire Octavius to pursue his own vendetta against his former friend and eventually form an alliance with Li and some of Spider-Man's other enemies to attack Oscorp properties and steal Devil's Breath to infect New York and expose Norman's crimes. In response, Norman declares martial law and hires mercenaries contracted from Sable International to protect New York's citizens while blaming Spider-Man for the chaos and branding him a fugitive. While Spider-Man is able to defeat the villains, contain the resulting damage, and save Norman's life, the latter's role in creating Devil's Breath is exposed, leading to Norman resigning from the mayor's office in disgrace.
  • Harry is Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson's best friend who is aware of his father's dishonesty and selfishness, but genuinely loves him nonetheless and, unlike him, is selfless and caring towards others. He was inspired by his mother, Emily, to study environmental law and used Oscorp's resources to install various research stations across New York to monitor environmental conditions, which Spider-Man visits and helps out with as part of a side mission in Spider-Man (2018). Despite suffering from Oshtoran Syndrome, which killed Emily, Harry kept this from his friends through the guise of constant business and partying making him feel worn out. Harry asked Norman to reveal the truth should his condition get worse, though the latter secretly refused and put him in stasis, trying several risky methods to save his son, such as the Devil's Breath virus and a black, web-like symbiote. After spending over a year in stasis and covered by the black substance, Harry awakens, prompting Norman to order Oscorp scientist Curt Connors, who was monitoring his condition, to release him in spite of possible side effects.
  • Norman and Harry Osborn both appear in Marvel's Spider-Man 2. [27] Upon being released, Harry reconnects with Peter and Mary Jane and establishes the Emily-May Foundation with his father's financing to "heal the world" as the symbiote gradually heals and enhances him, offering Peter a job by his side. After discovering Peter's secret identity, Harry attempts to use the symbiote to become a superhero until it transfers itself to Peter to save his life after the latter is mortally wounded by Kraven the Hunter. Slowly dying without the symbiote, Harry asks for it back, but Peter, under its corrupting influence, refuses, fracturing their friendship. After eventually removing the symbiote, Harry confronts Peter and re-bonds with it, transforming the former into Venom, who then escapes into New York and kills Kraven. Perverting his dream of healing the world, Venom convinces Harry to infect New York with more symbiotes until Peter, Mary Jane, and Miles Morales eventually kill Venom at Harry's insistence, though he is put into a coma. Blaming the Spider-Men for this, an enraged Norman orders his scientists to use "G-serum" on Harry and visits an imprisoned Octavius in a failed attempt at learning the Spider-Men's identities. [28] [29]

Other games

Miscellaneous

Merchandise

Various figures of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin from the Spider-Man: The Movie toyline. Goblintoys.jpg
Various figures of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin from the Spider-Man: The Movie toyline.

Miscellaneous

In the BBC radio adaptation of the Spider Man comics, the Green Goblin is portrayed by Jonathan Kydd. [39]

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