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Fictional character biography

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Son of industrialist Norman Osborn (who is the supervillain "Green Goblin"), Harry becomes the unlikely friend and college roommate of the nerdy Peter Parker. After witnessing his father battle with Spider-Man and die, Harry swears vengeance on the hero. After discovering that Peter is Spider-Man, Harry becomes psychotic and takes on the mantle of the Green Goblin. Although Harry dies to save Peter, a change in reality undoes his death and he is Peter's friend again. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... The Green Goblin is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Universe and the archenemy of Spider-Man. ...

Early life

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Harry was born in New York City to industrialist Norman Osborn and his wife Emily. Unfortunately, the circumstances of Harry's birth weakened Emily, and she died after several years of illness. Heartbroken, Norman became a cold and unloving father, either dismissing Harry or lashing out at him in fury. Harry would spend the rest of his life trying desperately to earn his father's approval. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Grammatical tense is a way languages express the time at which an event described by a sentence occurs. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Green Goblin is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Universe and the archenemy of Spider-Man. ...

When Harry graduated high school, he enrolled in Empire State University. Among the wealthiest students in the school, Harry soon became one of the most popular faces in the school, despite his aloof manner. He soon formed a clique of rich, popular students around him. One of these students was the lovely Gwen Stacy. Gwen soon became intrigued with a new student, a bookish, studious fellow named Peter Parker. Harry took a dislike to Parker, as he resented the amount of attention he was getting from Gwen, and he assumed that the reason Peter was so standoffish was because of snobbery. After confronting Parker, however, Harry discovered that Peter was painfully shy and worried about his ailing aunt, May. Despite this rocky early start, Harry and Peter became friends, eventually sharing a luxury apartment. Empire State University (ESU) is a fictional university in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... For the Christian hardcore band, see Gwen Stacy (band). ... May Parker redirects here. ...

What Harry didn't realize was that Peter was the superhero Spider-Man, and that he had twice battled his father, who had become the Green Goblin in an accident while attempting to create a super-serum. When the Goblin discovered Spider-Man's identity and captured him, he revealed his own identity to Peter. Horrified that his greatest enemy was his best friend's father, Peter's loyalties were torn during their battle. However, Osborn then fell onto an electric transformer and the resulting shock removed all memory of being the Green Goblin. Spider-Man removed the Goblin's costume and equipment, hoping it was the end of the Goblin menace. For other uses, see Superhero (disambiguation). ...

However, Norman's memories would resurface from time to time and he would periodically battle Spider-Man, only to lose his memories again when the fight was over. These were difficult times for Harry. Having experimented with drugs since his teenage years, Harry gradually began experimenting with harder substances, which affected his mental stability and relationships with his friends. Spider-Man used this to his advantage on one occasion when, in battle with the Green Goblin, he was able to stop the fight by showing Norman his son's emaciated condition, brought on by an accidental cocaine overdose. The sight shocked Norman so much that it brought him back to sanity for what was to be the last time. For other uses, see Cocaine (disambiguation). ...

It wasn't long after, though, that stress caused Norman to become the Green Goblin again. Harry's life had fallen apart. His relationship with Peter's friend Mary Jane Watson had come to an end when she dumped him, fed up with his self-destructive lifestyle. A disconsolate Harry turned to drugs and suffered an LSD overdose. He survived, but this tragedy, compounded by imminent bankruptcy, drove the Green Goblin over the edge. He kidnapped Gwen as bait for Spider-Man, and then threw her off the George Washington Bridge. When Peter pulled her back up with his webbing, she was already dead. A vicious battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin ensued, with Peter barely able to control himself from killing the villain. The Goblin then directed his goblin glider to impale Spider-Man, but the wall-crawler jumped out of the way, and the Goblin was impaled through the chest himself, and seemingly killed. Peter was wracked with guilt and sorrow, but took comfort in the fact that the Green Goblin was finally gone. Mary Jane Watson is a fictional supporting character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily in the Spider-Man titles as a friend, love interest and in some continuities wife of the title character (specifically, his alter-ego, Peter Parker). ... LSD redirects here. ... Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration—see text) in the United Kingdom. ... For the bridge in New York that crosses the Harlem River, see Washington Bridge. ...

The Second Goblin

Harry Osborn as the new Green Goblin, battling Spider-Man on the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #136 by Ross Andru.

However, Harry had secretly witnessed the battle. Wanting to protect his father's identity, he stripped Norman's body of the Green Goblin costume and hid it. Blaming Spider-Man for his father's "murder," Harry swore vengeance. Having inherited his father's company, Harry managed to get the business back in shape as he planned his revenge. One day, to his shock, he found a Spider-Man costume in Peter's apartment, and realized that his best friend was the man he blamed for his father's death. Using his father's old equipment, Harry confronted Peter as the new Green Goblin.^[1] Download high resolution version (509x761, 125 KB)Cover to The Amazing Spider-Man #136 featuring Spider-Man, and Harry Osborn as the Green Goblin. ... Download high resolution version (509x761, 125 KB)Cover to The Amazing Spider-Man #136 featuring Spider-Man, and Harry Osborn as the Green Goblin. ... The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and additionally a spin-off television program and a daily newspaper comic strip, all featuring the adventures of the superhero Spider-Man. ... Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #136 pencilled by Andru. ...

Not wanting to hurt Harry, Peter avoided fighting his old friend. Eventually Harry was knocked unconscious and taken into police custody. There he raved that he was the true Green Goblin and Peter Parker was Spider-Man, but was dismissed as a lunatic. He was put in the care of criminal psychologist Dr. Bart Hamilton, who extracted the secrets of the Green Goblin from Harry through hypnosis, and buried the knowledge deep with Harry's mind. However, this was not altruistic on Hamilton's part - he then raided one of Harry's hideouts and became the third Green Goblin, hoping to become the new boss of the underworld. However, his power was no match for his enthusiasm - he never even bothered to use the strength-enhancing formulas on himself, seemingly believing that just being the Green Goblin would enable him to defeat Spider-Man, and, despite an elaborate plot to kill Silvermane, the power-mad psychologist was killed by a bomb he had planted for Spider-Man. Although he suffered a brief setback during the confrontation with Hamilton, Harry was released and considered cured, sustaining a concussion that made him forget his knowledge of Spider-Man's identity, and he and Peter rekindled their friendship. For the novel by Lucas Hyde, see Hypnosis (novel). ... The Green Goblin is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Universe and the archenemy of Spider-Man. ... Silvermane is a fictional Marvel Comics character. ...

For a while, Harry's life seemed back on track; His company began turning profits once more, and he developed a romance with Liz Allan, whom he met at the wedding of Betty Brant and Ned Leeds. Not long after, the two were married, and eventually they had a son, whom Harry named Normie in memory of the boy's grandfather. Harry also gave his blessing to the marriage of Peter and Mary Jane. However, Harry started regaining his memories when he was being blackmailed by the original Hobgoblin, who mailed him a package which contained evidence that his father was the original Green Goblin. When the Hobgoblin learned he had raided all of Norman's hideouts, he left Harry alone, knowing he had nothing more to offer him. Later Harry was forced to act as the Green Goblin a few times, once to defeat Jason Macendale, the second Hobgoblin. Macendale sought the Goblin formula that gave the Green Goblin superhuman strength; Harry was able to defeat Macendale by doubling back during an aerial chase and emptying his entire supply of pumpkin bombs onto the Hobgoblin. Harry even wondered if he could use the Goblin persona for a career as a superhero, but Peter convinced him that the Goblin had too much baggage for such a role, and Harry buried the Goblin menace within his mind once more, and focused on his business and family. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Elizabeth Allan, who usually goes by the name Liz Allan (commonly misspelled, even in the published comics themselves, as Liz Allen), is a fictional comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe, part of the supporting cast of Spider-Man (Peter Parker). ... Betty Brant is a supporting character in Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man series. ... Ned Leeds is a comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe, part of the supporting cast of Spider-Man, first introduced in 1964 in The Amazing Spider-Man # 25, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. ... Normie Osborn is the grandson of Norman Osborn and the son of Harry Osborn, the first and second Green Goblin, respectively. ... For the member of the Shiar Imperial Guard, see Hobgoblin (Imperial Guard). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Death

The death of Harry Osborn.

This tranquility was shattered when the aftereffects of the Inferno crisis sundered the barrier between Harry's conscious and subconscious minds. Once again, he remembered being the Green Goblin - and his irrational hatred of Spider-Man (Harry had now convinced himself that Peter resented the Osborns' 'stable family life' due to never having been wanted by his own parents or guardians, when in fact it was the complete opposite). His sanity shattered, he declared that their next confrontation would be their final one, and only one of them would be alive at the end. To ensure that he was the victor, Harry researched his father's chemical notes, hoping to recreate the original Goblin's superhuman strength. Harry made his own modifications to the formula, and upon ingesting it, it proved better than he had dreamed. The Green Goblin II Formula had made him stronger than both Spider-Man and his father. Now a physical match for Spider-Man, Harry planned his final revenge. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x778, 160 KB) Licensing This image is a sequence of panels from the interior of a single issue of a comic book and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x778, 160 KB) Licensing This image is a sequence of panels from the interior of a single issue of a comic book and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the... For other uses, see Inferno (comics). ... See also: Unconscious mind. ...

Harry took to stalking Peter Parker on his Goblin Glider, claiming that there was no law against just soaring around town in a colorful costume, and taunting Peter that someday he would destroy him, but he relished keeping Peter in suspense in the meantime. After weeks of this, Peter finally lost his nerve and struck at Harry, only to be sent flying when Harry hit back, demonstrating his new strength. He then rocketed away, taunting Spider-Man's inability to stop him.

Not long after, Harry held a prestigious dinner at his townhouse, inviting many of his father's old business associates. However, it was actually a trap, and Harry had planted explosives throughout the townhouse, which he planned to detonate, thus destroying everybody who had slighted the Osborns.

Spider-Man, worrying the most, dropped in to investigate, only to be confronted by Harry as the Goblin. The two former friends engaged in a dangerous battle, which ended when Harry injected Peter with a drug that left him immobile but still alive. However, even as he celebrated over his victory, he realized that Mary Jane and his son Normie were also in the townhouse, and that the explosives would detonate in thirty seconds. Despite protestations that he was not a hero, Peter convinced Harry to use his damaged glider to get the two to safety. Once Normie and Mary Jane were safe, Harry's sanity finally returned, and he realized that he had left Peter to die. Harry rescued Peter from the explosion just in time. However, as his friends thanked him, he suddenly collapsed. The Goblin Formula was damaged by the explosion, and while it had increased his strength, it was also lethally poisoning him. Paramedics were called, but Harry died en route to the hospital. With his final words, he apologized to Peter, and confirmed that despite everything, they were still, and would always be, best friends.

Post-mortem

Sometime before his death, Harry had created a computer system with copies of his and Norman Osborn's minds programmed into it; after Harry's death, the computer system activates and abducts Normie Osborn with the intent of subjecting him to the Goblin serum (the same one that that caused Harry's death) and making him the newest Green Goblin. This computer facsimile of Harry and its robotic drones (which resemble female versions of the Green Goblin) are all destroyed by Spider-Man and the Molten Man, who manage to save Normie from it. ^[2] Molten Man is a former supervillain in the fictional Marvel Comics Universe. ...

However, Harry had one last trick up his sleeve. Sometime before his final confrontation with Spider-Man, Harry had employed the Chameleon to construct Life Model Decoys of Peter's parents to play with his emotions. The plot ended with both constructs revealed to be fake when both "died," shattering Peter's mind. After nearly killing the Chameleon, Peter found a tape Harry had left before he died, revealing his role in the plot and mocking Peter. Peter went temporarily insane from the shock, which proved that Harry could be as manipulative and cruel as his father ever was when gripped by insanity; Peter even briefly rejected his identity as Peter Parker, until the return of his clone Ben Reilly snapped him out of his "mood". Chameleon is also the current name of the Legion of Super-Heroes member Chameleon Boy. ... A Life Model Decoy (LMD) is an android designed to function as an exact body double for VIPs. ... This article is about the fictional character. ...

Brand New Day

Following the events of One More Day, Peter and Mary Jane's decision to accept Mephisto's offer to erase their marriage from history (and all knowledge of it) in exchange for Aunt May's life, has seemingly resulted in the alteration of the timeline to an undetermined degree. The now altered reality is told in Brand New Day, where Harry is now alive and is seen celebrating his birthday party with his previously-unseen girlfriend Lily Hollister, Peter, Flash, and other friends. Due to this change, his status as the Green Goblin, or his knowledge his father was the Green Goblin and is alive, is unknown (as of December 2007). This article is about the Marvel Comics character. ... Eugene Flash Thompson is a supporting character in Marvel Comics’s Spider-Man series. ...

Harry no longer remembers his time as the Green Goblin, but Peter still does. Harry also apparently still has hostile feelings about Spider-Man.^[3]

Powers and abilities

For most of his life, Harry Osborn had no superhuman abilities. When he exposed himself to the experimental Goblin Formula, his strength was perhaps augmented beyond that of either Spider-Man or the Green Goblin. His durability, agility, and intelligence likewise increased, but the extent of these augmentations is unknown.

Harry had all of the Green Goblin's equipment, including the explosive "pumpkin bombs" and the razor-edged boomerang blades. He also rode on a modified version of the Goblin Glider that was even faster and more mobile than the original.

Other versions

Ultimate Harry Osborn

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In the Ultimate Marvel universe, Harry Osborn is a rich kid who meets Peter Parker in public school. Despite the difference between them, the two bond; Harry improves Peter's social status, and Peter helps Harry with his homework. He also had a brief romantic relationship with Peter's soon-to-be girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson. Image File history File links Acap. ... The various characters of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, as seen on the cover of Ultimates (v2) #12. ... Mary Jane Watson is a fictional supporting character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily in the Spider-Man titles as a friend, love interest and in some continuities wife of the title character (specifically, his alter-ego, Peter Parker). ...

Harry's father, Norman Osborn, is an industrialist who creates the Oz Formula, an experimental solution intended to turn ordinary humans into superhumans. When a spider injected with the Oz Formula bites Peter, he gains superhuman strength and agility and secretly becomes Spider-Man. Under the pretense of fearing for Peter's health, Norman takes a sample of Peter's blood, and realizes that Oz has made him stronger. Norman then subjects himself to the Oz Formula, becoming a hideous demonic monster: the Green Goblin. The Green Goblin is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Universe and the archenemy of Spider-Man. ...

Insane, Norman attacks his family and destroys his house, killing his wife and almost killing his son. The next day, the Goblin attacks the school but is stopped by Spider-Man. Peter believes that the Goblin had come for him, but Harry says that his father had come to kill him. Harry is then taken into custody and sent to live with his uncle.

When Harry later comes back, he is once again living with his father and is brainwashed by Miles Warren into believing that his mother had died in a freak accident. He later walks in on a fight between the Green Goblin and Spider-Man, and literally stabs his own father in the back with a shard of glass from a shattered window pane, reverting the creature back into his father. Harry is taken into custody again, but this time by S.H.I.E.L.D. The Jackal (Dr. Miles Warren) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an enemy of Spider-Man. ... S.H.I.E.L.D. (originally an acronym for Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division, changed in 1991 to Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate) is a fictional counterterrorism and intelligence agency in the Marvel Universe that often deals with superhuman threats. ...

Later, during the events of Ultimate Six in which Norman once again escapes and teams up with Spider-Man's old rogues to siege the White House, Harry is used by Nick Fury to negotiate with his father. It almost works as Harry reaches out to his father, but a trigger-happy Iron Man blasts Osborn with his DNA cannon. His genetic structure now rapidly out of control, Norman lashes out in blind fury only to be gunned down by soldiers right in front of Harry. Ultimate Six is a seven-issue comic book limited series and crossover between Spider-Man and the Ultimates (2003), featuring the Ultimate Marvel version of the Sinister Six. ... For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... General Nicholas Joseph Nick Fury is a fictional military officer, Gulf War veteran and spy, featured in Marvel Comics. ... In addition to his mainstream incarnation, Iron Man has had been depicted in other fictional universes. ...

Traumatized, Harry vengefully promises to Peter, "All of You. I'll kill all of you for this" (referring to everyone Harry knows to be involved in the incident). Harry returns to school, seemingly back to normal, but Peter is suspicious. Harry blames Peter for stealing his girlfriend Mary Jane and later tells her that Peter killed his father.

Through the hypnotic therapy he had Harry under for years, Norman Osborn had planted a post-hypnotic suggestion in the form of his henchman, Shaw. 'Shaw' takes Harry to an OsCorp bunker in New Jersey, where there are reserves of the Oz Serum (the bunker also appears to have a copy of Doctor Octopus' mechanical arms and, in an inside joke, all three versions of the Green Goblin face: the classic, the movie version, and the Ultimate one). This article is about the first Doctor Octopus, Otto Octavius. ...

Later, Peter (as Spider-Man) confronts Harry, demanding to know why he had told Mary Jane that he killed his father. Shaw then provokes Harry to unleash his hidden abilities. Harry bursts into flame, transforming into the Ultimate version of the Hobgoblin. 'Shaw' goads the mutated Harry to battle Spider-Man, but after a lengthy battle the Hobgoblin breaks down and begs Peter to kill him. Peter tries to help Harry, when the 'Shaw' persona takes over once again and attacks Peter. For the member of the Shiar Imperial Guard, see Hobgoblin (Imperial Guard). ...

S.H.I.E.L.D. arrives and Harry attacks them, trying to provoke a lethal counterattack. He is promptly shot down, to Peter's horror. Spider-Man then attacks Nick Fury before leaving. It later turns out that Harry is not dead, just seriously wounded.

It is later revealed that Harry was caught in the same accident that created both The Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus, with Norman grabbing him by the throat. Whether this or the Oz bunker later caused the transformation is uncertain.

He reappears in the wake of his father's escape and returns to the public spotlight. Carol Danvers (acting as head of S.H.I.E.L.D.) uses him as a tool broadcasting a staged press conference to Peter's house, where his father currently is, where he states that his father is a cruel, vicious monster, and a murderer to which Norman is not pleased. Norman changes into the Green Goblin and makes his way to the Triskelion before Harry can be taken to safety. He is followed by Peter. Harry changes into the Hobgoblin to protect himself and the S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives. He viciously fights his father, but is cruelly beaten, reverting him to human form. Norman does not notice this, however, and promptly beats him to death. Shocked by what he has done, Norman changes back to human form and shakes the lifeless body of his son. He then asks the S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers to kill him, which they gladly do. For the other Marvel Comics character called Ms. ... Members of the Ultimates, on the cover of The Ultimates is a comic book published by Marvel Comics, part of the Ultimate Marvel line featuring classic Marvel Universe characters re-imagined for a modern audience. ...

In the aftermath, Peter honors Harry with a speech about him being a good friend and person to his class.

Like the mainstream version, the Ultimate Hobgoblin conceived his powers via an acquaintance showing him the Green Goblin's 'Hideout', and he is marginally less insane than the Green Goblin. Also, he has shown a remarkable healing factor - regrowing teeth and skin within minutes - and bullet-proof skin. He is also able to immolate himself in flame, and possesses tremendous strength.

In other media

Television

Despite his early importance in the Spider-Man mythos, Harry made few to no appearances in most Spider-Man animated series until the 1990s. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Spider-Man (1981)

While he made no appearances on the 1981 Spider-Man cartoon, he is frequently mentioned in the episode "The Vulture Has Landed". He is Peter's friend and roommate, and is said to be a scientist (having invented invisible paint which The Vulture hoped to acquire). Oddly enough in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, the Green Goblin goes after a "Mona Osborn" (his niece) instead of Harry. Spider-Man is the name of a syndicated animated TV series based on the popular Marvel Comics character of the same name. ... The Vulture is the name of three fictional characters that are comic book supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an animated series produced by Marvel Productions Ltd. ... The Green Goblin is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Universe and the archenemy of Spider-Man. ...

Spider-Man: The Animated Series

In the 1994 Spider-Man series, Harry is voiced by Gary Imhoff. This article is about Spider-Man: The Animated Series. ...

In this adaptation, Harry was Peter Parker's roommate in college. Their friendship seemed less strained and Gwen Stacy was not featured. Harry played an overall minor role, though he did act as something of a rival for Mary Jane Watson's affections in at least one episode. For the Christian hardcore band, see Gwen Stacy (band). ... Mary Jane Watson is a fictional supporting character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily in the Spider-Man titles as a friend, love interest and in some continuities wife of the title character (specifically, his alter-ego, Peter Parker). ...

After the original Green Goblin becomes trapped in the Negative Zone, he appears to Harry. Soon, Harry was made into an unwilling replacement for and by the original Green Goblin, who contacted him while in limbo. Harry tried to kill Spider-Man numerous times while the Green Goblin promised to allow Harry to see his presumed deceased father, Norman Osborn. However, Harry always failed, once getting into some trouble with the Punisher as well. In the end, Harry realized in horror that the Green Goblin was his father and instead of wanting to quit, he began to lose his sanity. Now acting as if he enjoys becoming the new villain, he continued to want Spider-Man dead. This led to a fierce confrontation where Spider-Man knocked him out while on the George Washington Bridge. He was then taken to Ravencroft by Spider-Man. // The Negative Zone in the Marvel Comics Universe is used as a fictional dimension. ... This article is about the Marvel Comics character. ... For the bridge in New York that crosses the Harlem River, see Washington Bridge. ... The following is a list of prisons, asylums, institutions, planets, and alternate dimensions which have been used to imprison humans, superhumans, and nonhumans in various fictional comic book universes. ...

Later, when Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson were getting married, Harry found out and grew insane, as he was in love with MJ. He interrupted the wedding and threatened to blow up the church the wedding was taking place, wanting Mary Jane to marry him instead of Peter. In the end, Liz Allan appealed to Harry, convincing him not to blow up the church nor marry Mary Jane. Told by Liz that he is loved, he walked out peacefully and the wedding resumed. Elizabeth Allan, who usually goes by the name Liz Allan (commonly misspelled, even in the published comics themselves, as Liz Allen), is a fictional comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe, part of the supporting cast of Spider-Man (Peter Parker). ...

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

In the 2003 MTV Spider-Man series, which ties in with the Spider-Man film series, Harry is voiced by Ian Ziering. Harry had a dark tone in this series due to his hatred of Spider-Man, blaming the hero for his father's death. This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... The Spider-Man film series currently consists of three superhero films based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name, portrayed by Tobey Maguire. ... Ian Ziering (born March 30, 1964) is an American actor best known for playing Steve Sanders on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210. ...

The Spectacular Spider-Man

Harry Osborn appears in The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by James Arnold Taylor. He is best friends with Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy and is disliked by his father Norman for his lack of interest in science. Harry dumped Peter as a friend after he failed to help him study for a calculus test on two separate occasions. However, when Norman learns of this, he gives Harry a pep talk on responsibility and going after what he wants. This leads Harry to consider his decision. He later on tries out, and gets in the football team. The Spectacular Spider-Man (entitled The Spectacular Spider-Man Animated Series) is an American animated television series that premiered on March 8,[1] 2008 during the Kids WB programming block of The CW. It premiered with a one hour event consisting of two back-to-back episodes. ... James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American voice actor. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... For the Christian hardcore band, see Gwen Stacy (band). ... The Green Goblin is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Universe and the archenemy of Spider-Man. ...

Films

In the Spider-Man film series, Harry is played by actor James Franco. The Spider-Man film series currently consists of three superhero films based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name, portrayed by Tobey Maguire. ... James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, and artist. ...

Spider-Man

In Spider-Man, Harry is one of Peter's high school classmates and practically his only friend, who resents the fact that his father spends more time at his job than being with him and seems to understand the brilliant Peter is better than him. This is evident when Norman learns that Peter is able to understand his nanotechnology papers, wins the science award, and expresses his desire to make his own way in the world. Harry is constantly trying to live up to his father's expectations, including trying to make girlfriend M.J. look stunning. He decides to date Mary Jane despite his knowledge of Peter's interest in her and fails to tell him. Later, he says that Peter never made a move. In the past, Harry protected Peter from bullying, and Peter tutored him in science. After graduation, Harry's father gets them a loft apartment next to the university. Early in the movie, Peter becomes Spider-Man and Norman becomes the Green Goblin, but Harry remains unaware that the two are his best friend and his father. As he is growing more terrified of the Green Goblin persona, Norman begs Harry for forgiveness for not being a good father, and the two reconcile somewhat after Harry's break-up with M.J. Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. ... Nanotechnology refers broadly to a field of applied science and technology whose unifying theme is the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale, generally 100 nanometers or smaller, and the fabrication of devices with critical dimensions that lie within that size range. ... Mary Jane Watson is a fictional supporting character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily in the Spider-Man titles as a friend, love interest and in some continuities wife of the title character (specifically, his alter-ego, Peter Parker). ...

However, at the end of the film, the Green Goblin is killed by his own glider after attempting to kill Spider-Man. Following Norman's last wish to not let Harry know about his villainous identity, Spider-Man removes the Goblin's costume and returns Norman's body to the Osborn mansion. Harry, seeing Spider-Man carrying Norman's body, assumes that Spider-Man has murdered his father. Harry grabs a gun from a drawer, but Spider-Man leaves before Harry can react. At Norman's funeral, a brooding Harry tells Peter that Spider-Man will pay for the death of his father. In the film interpretation, Harry is more of an odd duck who lacks the popularity that he had in the comics. He is also more angry and bitter in his relationship with his father, though the two begin rebuilding their relationship before Norman's death.

Spider-Man 2

In Spider-Man 2, Harry takes over his late father's career but his business failures and unresolved resentment towards Peter, who he feels is siding with Spider-Man rather than with him, cause him to slowly spiral into alcoholism and an obsession with having Spider-Man in his grasp so he could kill him. His vendetta against Spidey brings him into an alliance with Doctor Octopus, whom Harry had funded in his research back when Doc Ock was the innocent scientist, Dr. Otto Octavius. At first, Harry had seemed to refuse to give the tritium to Ock saying that he would destroy the city. As a warning, Ock had grabbed Harry by the leg with one of his mechanical arms and hanging him high above the street if he doesn't comply. In his fear, Harry agrees to supply Ock with the tritium that he needs for his experiments if the villain will hunt down and deliver Spider-Man to him. He knew he was going to let people get killed for this selfish reason. After a long battle, Spider-Man is beaten by Doc Ock while civilian bystanders nobly try to defend him. Spider-Man is brought before Harry, keeping his word by giving up the tritium, who prepares to kill Spider-Man with a dagger. Before he does so, however, he removes Spider-Man's mask, and is shocked to see Peter's face. A dazed Peter Parker regains consciousness, and Harry asks Peter did he kill his father. Peter doesn't answer to that question. This article is about the 2004 film. ... This article is about the first Doctor Octopus, Otto Octavius. ... Tritium (symbol T or ³H) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. ...

At the end of the movie a confused Harry hallucinates, seeing his father's image in a mirror, demanding that Harry avenge him. Harry shatters the mirror, only to find his father's hidden lair, with the Green Goblin equipment within. The scene starts with Harry going through a spooky and empty walkway. He runs into the Goblin mask and is terrified until he backs up into the shelves holding pumpkin bombs, realizing that his father was the Green Goblin. He turns and sees the serum that made his father the Green Goblin. He steps out of the shadows as he walks closer to the Goblin Glider with The Green Goblin's theme playing and the camera zooming back. His last appearance in the movie is at Mary Jane's wedding ceremony, being the only guest wearing a green bow tie, during which she runs away for Peter. A hallucination is a perception in the absence of a stimulus that the person may or may not believe is real. ...

Spider-Man 3

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Harry appearing in the third film as the New Goblin.

In the 2007 feature film, Spider-Man 3, little has changed about him except that he is more determined than ever to kill Spider-Man/Peter. He becomes a supervillain, and later, a superhero. Though remaining unnamed throughout the film, this new villain is credited as New Goblin and is derisively referred to by Peter Parker as "Goblin Junior." After an intense battle with Spider-Man above the streets of Manhatten, Harry Osborn is knocked out and given amnesia to the point where he doesn't recall Peter being responsible for his father's death. As such, the two work on rekindling their old friendship. However, when Mary Jane and Peter have difficulties in their relationship, she goes to Harry to be friends. Although they kiss, Mary Jane does not want to have a relationship with Harry. Visions of Norman Osborn persist, forcing Harry to remember. Taking Norman's advice of attacking the heart, Harry attempts to destroy Peter and MJ's relationship; he blackmails her by stating that if she wants to see Peter alive again, she has to dump him and claim she is dating someone else (Harry). This leads to yet another brutal fight with Peter (currently under the symbiote's influence) at his mansion, which ends with Peter mocking Harry on his persona and his relationship with his father. In retaliation, Harry throws a pumpkin bomb towards Peter, but Peter anticipates this, redirecting the bomb at Harry with his webbing. The resulting explosion mutilates the right side of Harry's face. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. ... The traditional heart shape appears on a 1910 St. ... For other uses, see Blackmail (disambiguation). ...

After Sandman and Venom kidnap Mary Jane to force Spider-Man into action, Peter goes to Harry for help. Harry at first refuses, but then his butler Bernard informs him that he knew all along about the secret of the Goblin and that Norman's death was a result of his own weaponry and not due to Spider-Man. Bernard knew this as he had been the one who had cleaned Norman Osborn's wound. Harry then goes to help Spider-Man rescue Mary Jane. When Venom tries to impale Peter with the glider's blades, Harry sacrifices himself to save his friend (ironically, being killed the same way his father had). As he dies, Peter, (who just forgave Sandman for accidentally killing his Uncle Ben years earlier), and Harry finally forgive each other, with Harry telling him that Peter is his best friend. Peter and Mary Jane attend Harry's funeral together, heartbroken, and they begin fixing the relationship Harry destroyed. Sandman (a. ... Venom (Edward Eddie Charles Brock), is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain and anti-hero from the Marvel Comics Universe. ... For other uses, see impale. ... Benjamin Ben Parker, usually called Uncle Ben, was a supporting character in the Marvel Universe’s Spider-Man stories. ...

"No matter what comes our way, no matter what battle we have raging inside us, we always have a choice. My friend Harry taught me that. He chose to be the best of himself. It's the choices that make us who we are and we can always choose to do what's right."

-Peter at Harry's funeral.

Video games

• Harry makes an appearance in the Spider-Man: The Movie video game in Peter's scrapbook. After the player beats the game on the Hero difficulty level the player is able to play through the game with an altered storyline while playing as Harry on the Goblin glider and suit. He investigates when he discovers an old memo of his father's after his death that states he hired the Skull Gang to commit crimes. Further through the game, it is revealed that an assassin hired by the Goblin who was given a Goblin Glider and arsenal is attempting to take over Oscorp, and is killed by Harry. The playable version has all attacks used by the enemy Green Goblin, replacing Spider-Man's web attacks. All of Spider-Man's attack combos are still available.
• He also makes an appearance in the Spider-Man 2 video game.
• He appears as the New Goblin in Spider-Man 3. The PS3 & Xbox 360 versions of the game features him as a playable character, outside of a small section during the final mission at the end of the game. The Xbox version requires you to download him from the Xbox Live Marketplace. On the PS3, he is unlockable on the collector's edition and downloadable from the Playstation Store.
• He is as an unlockable ally in the game Spider-Man: Friend or Foe voiced by Josh Keaton. He is unlocked upon completion of the game and does not actually appear in the game's storyline other than the opening movie sequence.
• He appears (as the New Goblin) in the game The Battle Within as the first boss. He is one of the 2 battles with the black suit.

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External links

• Harry Osborn at the Internet Movie Database
• Spider-Man 3: The Spider & The Goblin: Peter Parker and Harry Osborn - A retrospective at Marvel.com
• Harry's Profile at Spiderfan.org
• Harry Osborn on the Spider-Man Wiki

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