The Real Crime Would Be Not to Finish What We Started

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Notation: This commodity is about the incarnation of Doctor Octopus from the Sam Raimi trilogy. The mainstream version can be found here: Medico Octopus (Marvel).

"	The existent law-breaking would be not to finish what we started. Nosotros'll practise it hither. The ability of the sun in the palm of my hand. Zilch will stand in our way! Nothing!	„
	~ Otto Octavius, now known as "Dr. Octopus", becomes villainous afterwards he hides in his lair and reveals his plans.

"	I will not die a monster.	„
	~ Physician Octopus' last and redeeming words, and also his virtually famous quote.

"	Hello, Peter.	„
	~ Md Octopus to the MCU Peter Parker afterwards arriving at the latter's universe.

Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius, later chosen Doc Octopus, is the principal antagonist of the 2004 superhero film Spider-Homo 2, the 2d installment of Sam Raimi'southward Spider-Man trilogy, and a supporting grapheme in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Dwelling.

He was an enthusiastic scientist and friend of Peter Parker who later became possessed by his own malevolent mechanical arms afterwards an experiment with his fusion reactor funded by Peter's best friend, Harry Osborn, went horribly wrong. From and so onwards, Otto turned into a dangerous supervillain too as the onetime second antagonist of Spider-Man. When he was transported to World-199999, that universe's Spider-Man helped release him from the corrosive AI of his tentacles. Indebted, Otto helped him, his native Spider-Man, and another alternate Spider-Human in their fight against their adversaries on Liberty Isle.

He was portrayed by Alfred Molina, who also played Satipo in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reverend Leland Drury in White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf, Snidely Whiplash in Dudley Practise-Right, Johann Tetzel in Luther, Bishop Manuel Aringarosa in The Da Vinci Lawmaking, Professor Jeffries in Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!, Maxim Horvath in The Wizard's Apprentice, Ke-Pa in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the On Her Majesty's Secret Service radio drama accommodation, Rippen in Penn Zero: Office-Fourth dimension Hero, Viggo Grimborn in Dragons: Race to the Edge, Destiny in Justice League Dark, Lasombra in Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Flick, Mr. Freeze in Harley Quinn, The Duke in Solar Opposites and Mictlan in Maya and the 3

In the Japanese dubbed version, he is voiced past Banjō Ginga.

1 History
- 1.1 Origins
- 1.2 Spider-Man ii
  - i.2.i Meeting Peter Parker
  - 1.2.2 Condign Evil
  - 1.ii.3 Bank Showdown
  - 1.ii.4 Allying with Harry Osborn
  - 1.2.5 Abducting MJ
  - 1.ii.6 Train Showdown
  - i.2.7 Final Battle and "Demise"
- i.three Spider-Homo: No Way Home
two Personality
three Powers and Abilities
- 3.one Octopus Tentacles
iv Relationships
- 4.1 Family
- 4.ii Allies
- 4.3 Enemies
5 Production of the character
6 Quotes
7 Trivia
8 External Links
ix Navigation

History

Origins

Otto Octavius was a scientist past profession who studied science together with Brusk Connors. It was at university that he met his time to come wife Rosalie, who was studying English Literature at the same time. Rosalie also went to piece of work as his laboratory assistant.

Otto dedicated his life to researching and building a sustainable fusion power reactor with his married woman's assistance. He finds funding for his project from Oscorp under the leadership of Harry Osborn, its new head of research development and the company'southward CEO following his begetter Norman's death.

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Meeting Peter Parker

Otto is first seen when Harry comes to visit him and introduces Otto to his friend Peter Parker, who was writing a paper on him for a academy course, ironically taught by his colleague Dr. Curt Connors, to not flunk the course due to his constant absences thanks to his cloak-and-dagger office equally Spider-Human. Harry expresses his hopes of the awards they can receive for the experiment, though Otto assures him that he isn't doing the experiment for awards but because "intelligence isn't a privilege but a souvenir" which they must use for the expert of mankind. Otto quickly becomes friends with Peter and explains to him how much the experiment means to him, in addition to showing him a set of artificially intelligent mechanical artillery impervious to heat and magnetism he developed to help him perform the sustained fusion experiment, though they are controlled by him with a neural inhibitor chip to avoid them taking over his mind. He and Rosalie then talk with Peter, giving him romantic advice due to his relationship with Mary Jane Watson.

Becoming Evil

"	"Medico Octopus". New villain in boondocks: "Physician Ock".	„
	~ J. Jonah Jameson decides on a proper noun for the villain.

On the day of the experiment, Peter, Harry, and a bunch of journalists and Oscorp associates attend Otto'southward experiment. During the experiment, withal, things showtime going wrong as the fusion reactor starts dragging and consuming magnets, but Otto refuses to halt it equally the reactor overloads and becomes unstable, feeling that he can control it despite Harry's angry demands to close it off.

Spider-Man arrives shortly afterwards and tries to shut it downwardly, but Otto knocks him out with his arms. However, the laboratory's windows are cleaved and the shards stab Rosalie, killing her. Devastated, Otto turns around to run into his wife's corpse just is electrocuted and the neural inhibitor scrap gets fried, fusing the mechanical artillery to his spine and allowing the advanced AI of the arms to influence his mind. Once the fusion reactor stops working, anybody present in the scene is evacuated and Oscorp is left broke, much to Harry's anger.

Unconscious, Otto is taken to a infirmary to accept the appendages removed, but the tentacles develop their own ability to move at will and brutally kill most of the surgeons, much to Otto's horror once he wakes up. Octavius escapes and hides out in an abased warehouse by the waterfront. At The Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson and his editor Hoffman talk over what to proper noun him. Hoffman suggests "Doctor Octopus" which Jameson thinks is crap. He then suggests "Science Squid" which J.J also thinks is crap. Hoffman finally suggests the proper noun "Doctor Strange" which J.J thinks is good, only is already taken. J.J finally settles on Hoffman'south original thought (which he takes credit for himself) and decides to name him "Doctor Octopus" or "Medico Ock" for short.

At the warehouse, Octavius laments on the death of his wife and initially intends to drown himself due to his actions, but the uncontrolled AI inside his arms convince him to not do it and instead stop the experiment he started by stealing money and buying the necessary technology he needs to do so, disarming him that robbing money would not be a crime but the real crime would exist to not complete what he started.

Bank Showdown

As Peter and his aunt are discussing with an accountant at a banking concern, Octavius, wanting to rob the banking company for money to fund his experiments, arrives at the identify, wearing a long chocolate-brown leather duster; exposing his tentacles and ripping off the vault door. When security guards attempt to stop him, he just throws them out of his way and starts collecting all the money. Peter then changes into Spider-Man and attempts to stop Octavius. Later on a short glitch in his powers, Spider-Human manages to recover and soon the two take their fight outside the bank, just Medico Ock takes Aunt May hostage. During their fight, Medico Ock attempts to drop May to her decease, but Spider-Human being rescues her and she in turn saves him when Doctor Ock tries to impale him with a blade within his tentacles by smacking his glasses with her cane. After Spider-Man rescues her, she revises her former opinion of him and realizes that he is a hero. Octavius escapes unscathed.

Allying with Harry Osborn

After acquiring funds from his depository financial institution robbery, Md Octopus has completed rebuilding his fusion reactor, but is still in need one concluding item: the tritium which fuels the reactor. He goes to Harry Osborn's penthouse for it, where Harry calls Octavius a hack. After threateningly dangling him over the border of the Osborn mansion balcony Harry proposes a deal. Harry agrees to give Octavius all the tritium he needs in exchange for capturing Spider-Man and bringing him dorsum to him alive. He tells Md Octopus that Peter will tell him how to detect him, but urges him not to harm Peter.

Abducting MJ

Doctor Octopus destroys a coffee store where Peter and Mary Jane Watson were coming together. Peter, through his spider-sense throws Mary Jane and himself out of the way of a thrown taxi, simply Physician Octopus abducts Mary Jane and demands Peter to find and tell Spider-Human to meet him at the West Side Market place Clock Belfry at 3 O'clock or he'll impale MJ.

Railroad train Showdown

Spider-Man arrives at the clock tower and demands to know MJ'southward whereabouts. He so engages Doctor Octopus in a boxing, which starts off at the top of the belfry, and and then they battle down on summit of a train. During the battle, Octavius destroys the brakes of the train, forcing Spider-Human to rescue the delinquent train so he can escape.

Spider-Man manages to stop the railroad train before it can plunge over the finish of the track, but at bang-up physical exertion. He nigh falls, but the people on the railroad train grab him and pull him up. Doctor Octopus arrives and the passengers defend Spider-Human, merely his mechanical artillery are too powerful for them. Doc Octopus captures Spider-Human being and delivers him to Harry every bit bundled. He then takes the tritium for his own. Spider-Man awakens and convinces Harry to reveal Octavius' whereabouts so he can rescue Mary Jane, learning that Octavius is rebuilding his machine and threatening the world.

Concluding Boxing and "Demise"

"	I volition non die a monster.	„
	~ Doctor Octopus, earlier bringing the fusion device on top of himself and sinking it in the river as an human action of redemption for his crimes and for the expiry of his dearest married woman Rosalie "Rosy" Octavius.

Spider-Man finds Dr. Octopus in the abandoned warehouse on the waterfront, where he's restarted his fusion experiment. Upon seeing Spider-Man there, Octopus concludes that Osborn couldn't bring himself to kill him and engages him in a battle. During their fight, Mary Jane tries to smack Octopus, but he knocks her away. As they fight, the fusion reactor grows more and more and starts dragging every magnet of New York City towards itself, like cars.

After contesting with Doctor Octopus, Spider-Man manages to stun him with an electric shock. Peter then reveals his true identity to Octavius and pleads with him to stop the motorcar every bit the mechanical tentacles endeavour to strangle him, reminding him how he taught him that intelligence is a gift and that they must utilise it for the adept of mankind, even convincing him to sacrifice the experiment despite it being his dreams by telling him that sometimes people cede their dreams for the greater skillful (a callback to a chat he had with Aunt May when she told him about how much Spider-Man's heroism meant for other people).

Returned to his senses past the shock and determined to end his doomsday experiment earlier information technology causes more damage, forcing his arms to listen to him, Octavius tells Peter that the fusion reactor tin't be shut downwardly anymore and that the but solution is to sink it. Spider-Man tries to go to do so, but Otto stops him, insisting him to let him do then. Octavius proceeds to use his mechanical tentacles to collapse the floor of the edifice, successfully drowning the fusion device at the cost of his own life, declaring that he would not die like a monster.

In the end, as Spider-Man rescues Mary Jane and they escape from the warehouse, Otto drowns in the river along with the sinking fusion core, whilst the river h2o likewise shuts down the tentacles and the manipulative advanced AI that corrupted Octavius' mind playing on his vanity and ego all along, allowing him to not dice similar a monster and precluding his tentacles from doing any more harm ever again.

Spider-Human: No Way Dwelling

Many years after Octavius' decease, a botched spell by Dr. Stephen Strange transports Octavius into an alternating reality from moments earlier his death, specifically from when he was strangling Peter before he had managed to break through to Octavius. Octavius is captured and imprisoned by the alternate Peter and resists his efforts to cure him, Norman Osborn, Flint Marko and 2 other villains from another dimension. Notwithstanding, the alternate Peter is able to salve Octavius by using Stark Tech to create a new inhibitor bit for him, restoring Octavius' command over his heed and his mechanical arms. No longer under the influence of the AI, Octavius is grateful for Peter'south help and aids him and Norman Osborn in working on a cure for everyone else. However, the Green Goblin reasserts control over Norman's body and convinces the other uncured villains to plow on Peter, defeating Octavius in the fight that follows, afterward Electro blasted him when he attempt to revert him back to Dr. Octopus. Realizing that he'south outnumbered, Octavius was forced to retreat.

During the terminal boxing, Octavius returns, apparently once more on the side of evil, as he captured ii of the Spider-Men in his tentacles. However, Octavius revealed that his revolt to the villains side was an human activity as he immediately turned on Electro, violent the Arc Reactor from his chest and replacing it with the device that Peter had created to cure him, draining Electro of his powers. Octavius examines the Arc Reactor, recognizing it as the kind of fusion ability that he had dreamed of creating with his doomed fusion project. Octavius is happily reunited with his version of Peter before they are interrupted by the inflow of Stephen Strange and an assault by the Goblin. Octavius aids Strange in battling the Goblin but has the stop of one of his tentacles cut off. When the scaffolding that they are fighting on collapses, Octavius uses his artillery to climb safely down, carrying Dillon with him.

He is subsequently returned to his own reality by Foreign with the Arc Reactor in his possession, potentially allowing him to accomplish his dream of providing the world an infinite, fusion-based source of energy through safer and efficient means.

Personality

"	Intelligence is not a privilege, information technology'southward a souvenir, and you lot use it for the practiced of mankind.	„
	~ Dr. Octavius' motto to Peter Parker before his transformation into "Dr. Octopus".

While he isn't more often than not a malicious person when things go his way, and is primarily motivated by noble intentions, Doctor Octopus had all the classic traits of a narcissist: delusions of grandeur, an unhealthy obsession with success, and an disability to take any form of criticism even before his incident. Similar whatsoever narcissist, he refused to come to terms with his own mistakes and shifted all his bug onto Spider-Man, and was hell-bent on recycling failed ideas under the logic they were tampered with past others rather than being flawed, to begin with. He is, however, very charismatic and suave, rarely losing his temper and remaining perpetually friendly and cheerful, fifty-fifty in the face of his opponents. He has somewhat right-wing tendencies and values productivity. Even so, his desire for praise was overcome with the power of guilt and remorse, exhibited upon his failed initial experiment, and further demonstrated in his last showdown with Spider-Man. There, he finally realized the value of the city's life outweighed his own glory and even his ain life.

Upon being transported to an alternate dimension prior to his death likewise as his redemption, Otto regained his Dr. Octopus personality equally he clashed with the MCU'south Spider-Human being. He likewise displayed more of a sadistic side, telling this version of Peter that he should have killed MJ, although he was referring to Mary Jane and not Michelle Jones. Afterward Spider-Man permanently cured him of this state, Otto showed a more grateful side to him by transferring the nanites he ripped off of the Atomic number 26 Spider armor into his Spider-Human suit and helping him and Osborn develop cures for the other villains, the latter of which he refused to do as Md Octopus. He even helps the Spider-Men fight the villains on the Statue of Freedom and prevents Electro from falling to his expiry after the scaffolding collapsed because of the Goblin'south pumpkin bombs.

Powers and Abilities

Octopus Tentacles

Otto created a set of long, mechanical limbs that attach to his back, each equipped with a red photographic camera lens and three claws. They possess each ability:

Superhuman Strength: To exist added
Superhuman Durability: To be added
Superhuman Speed: To exist added
Superhuman Agility: To exist added
Superhuman Reflexes: To be added
Wall-Crawling: To be added

Relationships

Family

Rosalie Octavius † - Wife

Allies

Norman Osborn/Dark-green Goblin - Friend and One-time Enemy
Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Fan, Friend and Former Archenemy, Former Attempted Victim
Peter Parker/MCU Spider-Man - Temporary Enemy, One-time Attempted Victim and Curer
Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange - Temporary Enemy and Onetime Capturer
Brusque Connors/The Lizard
Michelle Jones - Temporary Enemy
Ned Leeds - Temporary Enemy
Max Dillon/Electro - Temporary Enemy
Flint Marko/Sandman
MCU May Parker †
Peter Parker/Astonishing Spider-Man

Enemies

Harry Osborn † - Former Ally
Mary Jane Watson - Kidnapee and Attempted Victim
May Parker - Hostage and Attempted Victim
J. Jonah Jameson

Production of the character

David Duchovny, Liev Schreiber, Robert De Niro, Sam Neill, Ed Harris, and Chris Cooper were all considered for the part of Doctor Octopus, but ultimately role went to Alfred Molina. Manifestly, Sam Raimi decided to cast Alfred Molina every bit Octavius after his wife watched the moving-picture show Frida which Molina had starred in. Molina was a huge fan of Marvel Comics since babyhood. Cooper would afterward be bandage as Norman Osborn in 2014's The Astonishing Spider-Man two.

Quotes

Trivia

Chris Cooper, Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, and Christopher Walken were all considered for the role of Otto Octavius/Dr. Octopus, but ultimately office went to Alfred Molina. Robert De Niro was too considered for the role of the Green Goblin in the original pic, but ultimately office went to Willem Dafoe, and Cooper would later play Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Homo 2 (2014).
Physician Octopus was originally planned to appear in Spider-Man and team up with Green Goblin, only he wasn't included because Sam Raimi thought information technology "wouldn't do the picture show justice to take a third origin in in that location".
The mechanical tentacles were each made up of 76 private pieces. Each 1 of them was controlled past four people, who rehearsed each scene with Alfred Molina to get a more natural sense of movement. The sound designers chose not to utilize servo audio effects, to complete the illusion that the tentacles are a role of Doctor Octopus' trunk.
Molina actually gave names to his iv mechanical tentacles (Larry, Harry, Flo, and Moe). Flo was the top right tentacle because it was operated by a female person grip and that detail tentacle was the virtually motherly, which removed his sunglasses and gave him sips of his drink.
In the earlier scripts of Atomic number 26 Human being, Doc Ock was planned to be mentioned past Tony Stark, only this reference was scrapped in the terminal version.
In Spider-Man 3, Dr. Ock makes a non-physical cameo in one of J. Jonah Jameson's newspapers.
In the video game adaptation of Spider-Man 2, Doc Ock has many henchmen. Nevertheless, in the picture show, he works alone, without whatever henchman, similar the other villains of the Spider-Man trilogy.
Unlike in the comic books and other universes, Doctor Ock often says "nosotros" with his artillery, which bears similarities to Venom with the symbiote.
Medico Octopus is the simply adversary in the trilogy to not damage Spider-Man's mask; instead Spider-Man removed information technology in gild to go Doc Ock to remember him.
The train fight between Medico Ock and Spider-Human was the thought of director Sam Raimi and the first major sequence to exist filmed.
Alfred Molina lost some weight for the role of Doc Octopus, considering he had had to proceeds some for the part of Diego Rivera in Frida (2002). He said he wanted Doc Ock to take the build of a "1950s weightlifter".
Alfred Molina is a big fan of Marvel Comics and was excited about his role in the film.
Alfred Molina thought the crew on Spider-Homo 2 (2004) were the hardest working group of people he's e'er worked with.
Putting knives within Doc Ock'southward tentacles was of Sam Raimi'south idea, and never featured in the comics. Raimi nicknamed it 'the death knife'.
Michael Chabon submitted a typhoon screenplay which featured a younger Doc Ock condign infatuated with Mary Jane. In Chabon'southward script, Octavius is the creator of the genetically modified spider that bites Peter Parker. Producer Avi Arad rejected the screenplay, largely because he didn't like the idea of another love triangle.
In the script, Physician Octopus isn't totally happy with what'due south happened to him, but whenever his old cocky resurfaces the tentacles are quick to have control again. For instance, they force him to rob the bank not but to fund his experiments just also to examination out the tentacles. They can also distract people, similar snake charming, but this isn't made clear in the film.
I of the things that attracted Alfred Molina to the character of Doctor Octopus was his twisted, sardonic sense of humor.
Sam Raimi chose Alfred Molina after Raimi's wife watched Frida.
Doc Ock's strength comes from his arms but it'southward never explained how he can take superhuman punches from Spider-Human or a desk to the chest.
- Though this can be explained as Spider-Man has been confirmed to agree dorsum his punches, especially confronting human enemies.
Doc Ock's pier lab is supposed to be an quondam building that is slowly sinking into the river (exterior shots show that one cease is already partially collapsed). For the interior set, the floor and ceiling were tilted at skewed angles to each other, which is extremely unusual and difficult to construct safely.
Otto says later on the accident, "My Rosie's dead… my dream is dead… and these monstrous things should be at the bottom of the river… along with me," foreshadowing the catastrophe.
The extreme close-up shot of Dr. Octopus sinking in h2o is entirely digital. The SFX team hailed it as the about detailed rendition of a homo face up (for its fourth dimension) that was purely done in CG.
In the script, Doc Ock tapped Peter's phone lines. That was how he knew he'd observe him at a café with Mary Jane.
According to the novelization, Doc Ock thinks that he's helping Aunt May by giving her a quick decease, rather than a slow ane of former age.
Alfred Molina was digitally de-aged in Spider-Homo: No Way Home in order to friction match his advent with that he has in Spider-Man two.
Instead of being props similar in Spider-Human being 2, Doc Ock'due south tentacles are completely CGI in Spider-Human being: No Manner Home.

External Links

Physician Octopus at the Heroes wiki
Doctor Octopus at the Curiosity Cinematic Universe wiki
Doctor Octopus at the Spider-Homo Films wiki
Doc Octopus at the Marvel Database wiki
Doctor Octopus (No Way Habitation) at the Marvel Database wiki

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