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{{Character
|name = Green Goblin
|image = Green_Goblin_from_TASM2_.png
|aka = <u>'''Codenames'''</u><br>{{Conjecture|Green Goblin|}}<ref>End credits of ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]''</ref>
|status = In Custody
|realname = Harold {{Conjecture|Theopolis}} Osborn
|family = 
* [[Norman Osborn]] † - Father 
* Emily Osborn - Mother 
|friends =
* [[Electro|Max Dillon/Electro]] 
* [[Felicia Hardy]] 
* [[Gustav Fiers]] 
* [[The Rhino|Aleksei Sytsevich/Rhino]]
|enemies =
* [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker/Spider-Man]] 
* [[Gwendolyne Stacy|Gwen Stacy]] † <small>(Indirect Victim)</small>
* [[Oscorp Industries|Oscorp]] <small>(former allies)</small>
**[[Donald Menken]] <small>(Victim)</small>
|gender = Male
|job ={{Affiliation|OSC|}} <small>(formerly)</small><br>[[Sinister Six]] 
|portrayer = [[Dane DeHaan]]
|films = ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]''<br>''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]'' <small>(indirectly mentioned)</small>
|DOB=1994|citizenship={{Citizenship|USA|}}|species=Mutated [[Humans|human]]|title=Former CEO of [[Oscorp Industries]]|games=''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (video game)|The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]''|caption-image=}}
{{Quote|You don't give people hope. You take it away. I'm gonna take away yours.|Green Goblin to [[Spider-Man]]|The Amazing Spider-Man 2}}
'''Harold "Harry" Theopolis Osborn''' is the son of [[Norman Osborn]], the ex-CEO of [[Oscorp Industries]], the former best friend of [[Amazing Spider-Man|Peter Parker]], the first leader of the [[Sinister Six]] and the supervillain known as the '''Green Goblin'''. After discovering he had inherited [[Retroviral Hyperplasia]], the same terminal genetic illness as his father, he returned to take over Oscorp in response to Norman's demise. Reuniting with his childhood friend Peter Parker, Harry besieged Peter's help in convincing Spider-Man to help donate his mutated blood, believing the cure for his condition lied in the mutant cells from the [[Araneus Oscorpeus]] spiders. Peter (both as himself and Spider-Man) would constantly decline him, fearing the potential consequences would either kill him or do something worse. After his secretary [[Felicia Hardy]] informed him of a potential treatment in Oscorp's [[Sinister Six|Special Projects]] division, he would be ejected from his company by his treacherous advisor [[Donald Menken]], who had blamed him for Electro's creation.    

A desperate Harry would break into Oscorp, forcing Menken to grant him access to the Special Projects department, Harry demanded Menken inject a sample of the modified spider-venom into him. Rather than curing his disease, it instead accelerated it's symptoms, gruesomely mutating and deforming Harry, turning his skin a pale and greenish palor and giving him fangs and claws, rendering him goblin-esque. Donning an experimental exosuit that would regulate the fatal effects, Harry would equip himself with the suit's battle glider and personal grenades, becoming the Green Goblin. Following Electro's apparent death at Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy's hands, The Goblin would fly to the power station the battle had taken place and confronted them both. Putting it together that Peter and Spidey were one in the same, Osborn snatched Gwen up and flew over and above a clock tower and dropped her. While Spider-Man and him engaged in a brief and brutal fight, Harry's real goal was to prevent his former friend from saving Gwen in the increasingly damaged gear network, and ultimately succeeded when Gwen fell down the shaft, with Peter accidentally killing her via whiplash from a webline to save her. Harry would be turned in by Peter and imprisoned in [[Ravencroft Institute]], where he would begin conspiring with [[Gustav Fiers]], a shadowy associate of his late father Norman and devising a plan to recruit other armored criminals to form [[Sinister Six|a villainous team with one express purpose]]: [[Sinister Six (film)|revenge on Spider-Man]].   

==Biography==
===Early Life===
====Despising his Father====

{{Quote|No, you threw me away. You kicked me off to boarding school when I was 11. On my 16th birthday, you sent me Scotch. Or [[Rajit Ratha|one]] of your [[Donald Menken|assistants]] did.|Harry Osborn to [[Norman Osborn]]|The Amazing Spider-Man 2}}
Harry was a childhood friend of [[Peter Parker]] and was there for him when his parents died. When Harry was 11, [[Norman Osborn|his father]] shipped him off to a boarding school. For his 16th birthday, his father sent him a bottle of scotch. Events like these, cause Harry to resent Norman. According to Peter, at one point, Harry had a fling with a {{WPS|France|French}} supermodel. He also began to experience symptoms of his father's illness and discovered that he might be dying, but seemingly did not care, as he felt Norman wasn't treating him well.<ref name="TASM23">''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]''</ref>

=== CEO of OsCorp ===
''To be added''

====Visiting Norman Osborn====

[[File:Asmcap19.jpg|thumb|249x249px|Harry visiting his father [[Norman Osborn|Norman]]]]{{RewriteSection}}

''To be added''.<ref name="TASM23" />   

====Reunited with Childhood Friend====

[[File:Harry 29.webp|left|thumb|Osborn hanging out with [[Spider-Man|Parker]]]]
{{Quote|Sorry, I don't wanna intrude. I know it's been a long time. I kind of know exactly what you're going through right now. And you were so {{WPS|Funeral|there}} for me when my [[Richard Parker|par]][[Mary Parker|ents]]... well, that's why I'm here for you."<br>"Thank you.|Peter Parker and Harry Osborn|The Amazing Spider-Man 2}}{{RewriteSection}}
Harry was now Oscorp's CEO. He saw a woman, asking her name and the name was Felicia. Harry told for everyone to work for Felicia because she works for him (as a assistant), and was later called, soon reunited with his [[Peter Parker|childhood friend]]. The two caught up, playing together outdoors. Peter thanked Harry for being there when his parents died, with Harry questioning if Peter knows the truth. Harry was later informed Peter had a girlfriend, [[Gwen Stacy]]. Harry discused about Lizards and Spider people, but Peter telling there was only one Spider-Man.<ref name="TASM23" />
[[File:The-Amazing-Spider-Man-2-Harry-Osborn-random-38744109-1920-800.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]

=== Discovering Spider-Man's Blood ===
''To be added''

====Confronting Peter====

[[File:Ss-amazing-spider-man-harry02.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Harry tells [[Peter Parker]] he needs [[Spider-Man]]'s blood|left]]
{{Quote|It may not, Har. It may not be that simple. You saw [[The Lizard Rampage in Manhattan|what]] happened to [[Lizard|Curt Connors]], right?"<br>"Connors was weak. This is me, Peter.|[[Peter Parker]] and Harry Osborn|The Amazing Spider-Man 2}}{{RewriteSection}}
The next day, Harry became convinced that the blood of Spider-Man (whom he had figured out had gotten his powers from one of the now-destroyed spiders) would be able to cure him. Knowing that Peter had taken photos of the hero, Harry asked him to get in touch with Spider-Man. 
[[File:Amazesequel06.jpg|thumb|251x251px|[[Spider-Man]] refuses to give his blood to Harry]]
Later, Spider-Man appeared in Harry's home but refused to give him his blood regardless of what Harry offered him, as he believed his blood would have a negative effect on Harry if it wasn't compatible. Harry angrily screamed ''"YOU'RE A FRAUD SPIDER-MAN!"'', getting angry, believing he actually doesn't give hope.<ref name="TASM23" />

====[[Escape from Ravencroft Institute|Breaking Electro out]]====

[[File:Amazesequel05.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Harry offering to team up with [[Electro]]|left]]
{{Quote|I had a [[Spider-Man|friend]] once. It didn't work out."<br>"Yeah. [[Peter Parker|Me]] too."<br>"Then let's go catch a spider.|[[Electro]] and Harry Osborn|The Amazing Spider-Man 2}}
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Harry became increasingly desperate until [[Felicia Hardy]] informed him that Oscorp had drained venom from the spiders before destroying them. He tried to find out where it was stored, but came across information about [[Maxwell Dillon|Electro]] and was quickly locked out of the system. [[Donald Menken]] framed Harry to save himself and had him fired. Angry, Harry sought out Electro, who was at the time being held at Ravencroft and freed him.<ref name="TASM23" />

====[[Infiltration into Oscorp|Infiltrating into Oscorp]]====

[[File:Amazing-spider-man2(2014) 7305.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Osborn is injected with the [[Genetically modified spider venom|venom]]]]
{{Quote|[[Oscorp|You]] had [[Genetically modified spider venom|it]] this whole time.|Harry Osborn to [[Donald Menken]]|The Amazing Spider-Man 2}}Together with [[Electro]], Harry headed back to Oscorp and took [[Donald Menken|Menken]] hostage while sending Electro off to take out the city's power. Menken took Harry down into a [[Special Projects|secret area]] and was forced to inject Harry with the [[Genetically modified spider venom|spider venom]]. The venom had a violent effect on Harry, seemingly accelerating the disease rather than curing it. 

[[File:Asmcap4.jpg|thumb|251x251px|Osborn being attached to the [[Green Goblin's EXO-Suit|EXO-Suit]]|left]]
In pain, he crawled over to an Oscorp prototype [[Green Goblin's EXO-Suit|exoskeleton suit]] and [[Goblin Glider|glider]], attempting to reach as far as he can to put it own, still crawling in pain, due to the venom that made his disease far worse. Upon putting it on, the suit healed the damages done to his system and felt more comfortable.<ref name="TASM23" /> 

After turning into the Green Goblin, Harry went on a rampage at Oscorp and started to use his [[Pumpkin Bombs|pumpkin bombs]] to attack the military operatives. After the devastation, the people at Oscorp began to escape, and [[Felicia Hardy|Felicia]] was going to run until she saw her boss' disfigurement, Harry looked at himself in the mirror and shouted at her to leave. Harry then killed Donald Menken by throwing him off the top of a building.<ref>[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2|''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'']] [[List of Extended and Alternated Scenes|Deleted Scene]]</ref>

=== [[Battle at the Clock Tower|Showdown at the Clock Tower]] ===
[[File:Green-goblin-1-the-amazing-spider-man-2-a-great-look-at-green-goblin.jpeg|thumb|272x272px|Green Goblin confronts [[Spider-Man|his former friend]]]]
{{Quote|Harry, this is between you and me. Fight me, let [[Gwen Stacy|her]] go!"<br>"Okay...|[[Spider-Man]] and the Green Goblin|The Amazing Spider-Man 2}}Harry as the Goblin flew to the power grid on the glider, arriving shortly after Electro's defeat, the spider-venom now seemed to be affecting his mind as well. Noticing [[Gwendolyne Stacy|Gwen]] with Spider-Man, he quickly realized that Spider-Man was Peter Parker. He told Peter when Spider-Man said no, Parker mean't he said no. Parker asked what did Harry do, The Goblin replied Peter was his friend, and Peter had betrayed him. He told Spider-Man that he takes people's hope instead of giving it, and the Goblin will take Peter's hope "Gwen". Harry grabbed Gwen and flew away, with Peter chasing. When Peter asked to put Gwen down, he did, but throwing her inside the clock tower, but Peter was able to catch her. Harry began fighting Spider-Man inside of the nearby clock tower, however, Gwen was ultimately killed in the ensuing battle. 
[[File:Asmcap24.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Green Goblin battles [[Spider-Man]]|left]]
Harry was knocked out by the clock's gears, and taken to [[Ravencroft Institute|Ravencroft]], though Gwen's death caused Peter to give up the mantle of Spider-Man, though Harry succeeded to make Peter give up as Spider-Man.<ref name="TASM23" />

====Imprisoned in Ravencroft====
[[File:Harry in Ravencroft.png|thumb|250x250px|Osborn and [[Gustav Fiers]] plans [[Sinister Six|incoming projects]]]]
[[2015|Months later]], Harry was visited by [[Gustav Fiers]], who informed Harry that he had found several suitable candidates for a [[Sinister Six|project]]. Harry asked him to keep it small and sent him down to the secret area, to collect weapons and equipment for the chosen candidates. The first was [[Aleksei Sytsevich]].<ref name="TASM23" />

=== [[Sinister Six (film)|''The Sinister Six'']] ===
''To be added''

==Non-canon==
===Video Games===
====[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2|''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'']]====
[[File:Harry Osborn Amazing Spider Man video game.png|left|thumb|250x250px|Harold Osborn]]
After "The [[Carnage]] Killer"'s massacre on the criminals, which led the first attack and was set in [[Oscorp Industries|Oscorp]] between [[Russia|Russians]] and [[Shocker]]'s gang, Harry was approached; by the Kingpin, [[Kingpin|Wilson Fisk]] for their cooperation to put an end of the crime war and would not; allow vigilantes, like [[Hub:Spider-Man|Spider-Man]] to do so. On the other side of the conference, Harry was forced to make a deal with the Kingpin to boost the public image of Oscorp. During a party at night with Fisk, he was targeted by a Russian's assassin who disguised as a bartender to poison Harry to death, but luckily his best friend Peter secretly noticed about the bartender as he bumps into to him by "accident" to save Harry from being killed. They talk about Fisk and Harry gave him as much information as he could. Fisk quickly professed a desire to take Oscorp for himself and revealed he knew about Harry's [[Retroviral Hyperplasia|disease]]. When Peter talked to him regarding Fisk establishing himself as the number one crime boss in New York, Harry reveals his disease and feelings of depression regarding Fisk and his disease and implores Peter to reach out to Spider-Man to save him. As Spider-Man is actually Peter himself, Spider-Man met him as soon as possible but refused to give him his blood without researching it's safety as it could turn him into a monster or kill him. 

Upset, Harry dejectedly dismissed Spider-Man and in his desperation began human experiments and started to become obsessed with saving himself while also becoming embittered at Fisk, Menken and everyone who is trying to take what was his. Becoming Green Goblin in the end due to his refusal to listen by injecting himself with [[Richard Parker]]'s [[Araneus Oscorpeus|spider]] venom formula, the pain and changes won't go away and in his anger Harry ordered Oscorp to be attacked by inmates he freed from Ravencroft to lure Spider-Man so he could kill and study him. Spider-Man is able to defeat Harry and Harry pleads for Peter, who he somehow knows is Spider-Man, to give him a merciful death. 
[[File:Green Goblin Amazing Spider Man 2 video game.png|thumb|250x250px|Becoming Green Goblin]]
But Spider-Man refused and telling Harry to think hard because there many people; who are having a natural illness or same disease all over the world, even they don't have the money or resource has Harry's, and tells Harry if he didn't fight for himself, Harry will owe to them to find an answer for his mistake and do whatever he can make up for them. As Spider-Man leaves by telling a great man Spider-Man knew had taught him, and Harry tries to call back Spider-Man by his real name, Harry faints. While it seemed he perished after his battle with Spiderman, it was confirmed by the Kingpin that was still alive and taken to either jail or [[Ravencroft Institute|Ravencroft]], regardless the Kingpin takes over the Oscorp glider air force.

==Powers and Abilities==

=== Powers ===
[[File:Gg-1 500.jpg|thumb|Harry's body after being injected with the [[Genetically modified spider venom|venom]]|left]]
*'''Spider Venom Enhanced Physiology:''' In an attempt to cure the illness that he shared with his father, Harry exposed himself to the venom from Oscar's modified spiders (due to their self-healing ability) however this caused him to violently mutate. In order to accelerate his recovery from the sporadic mutations, Harry used an experimental OsCorp combat suit, whose properties would promote healing during combat. 
*'''Metamorphosis/Shapeshifting:''' Upon injecting himself with the [[genetically modified spider venom]], the resulting mutations left him transfigured. The metamorphose changed Harry, both physically and mentally. Harry’s skin developed pale-greenish hue, made his hair stand up and gave him claw-like fingernails. This transformation altered the chemistry in Harry's body and possibly affected his brain (which could explain his apparent insanity and dehumanisation, as well as making him more instinctual and homicidal). The sporadic alterations would have killed Harry, had he not put on the [[Green Goblin's EXO-Suit|Oscorp Exo-Suit]]; whose properties healed him. The physical effects seemed to diminish over time, however, when he was asked if these effects were cured, Harry said, "''It comes and goes''". Unfortunately, the spider venom did not have the intended effect of curing his disease.
*'''Superhuman Strength:''' Harry's strength was enhanced by the exoskeleton of Oscorp shown to be strong enough to be near or the same to Spider-Man. He was able to pin Spider-Man to the floor, though he took several hits while doing so and Spider-Man was weakened from his fight with Electro. He was even able to choke Spider-Man with one hand.
*'''Superhuman Speed:''' Harry appeared to be able to run faster than cars.
*'''Superhuman Agility:''' Harry's agility was very enhanced by the spider venom. He was capable of making several quick maneuvers while on his glider and was able to seemingly leap several feet across to tackle Peter to the floor when he was knocked off his glider.
*'''Superhuman Stamina:''' Harry's stamina was very enhanced by the venom of the spider and the Oscorp exoskeleton.

=== Abilities ===
{{Quote|You have such potential, Harry. Such... fierce intelligence and you're throwing it all away.|[[Norman Osborn]] to Harry Osborn|The Amazing Spider-Man 2}}
*'''Gifted Intelligence:''' ''To be added''

==Equipment==
{{Quote|Next generation military body armor. Features include enhanced mobility, battlefield injury repair, direct nervous system interface.|[[Kinetic Artificial Reactive Intelligence|K.A.R.I.]]|The Amazing Spider-Man 2}}
*'''[[Green Goblin's EXO-Suit|Oscorp EXO-Suit]]:''' Harry wears a high-tech armor that enhanced his strength, speed, and durability.
*'''[[Goblin Glider]]:''' An object made by [[Oscorp]] which is used for transport.
*'''[[Pumpkin Bombs]]:''' Grenades used as a weapon by the Green Goblin. The bombs are used as flying explosive grenades.

==Trivia==
*Although credited as the Green Goblin, he isn't referred to that name in the film (similar to {{WPS|Venom (character)#Spider-Man trilogy|Venom}} in ''{{WPS|Spider-Man 3}}''). However, at the climax of the film, when Gwen calls him "Harry", he claims that "Harry is dead!", thus giving way to the '''Green Goblin'''. In ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (video game)|The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]'' game, he is only referred to as the Goblin. However, when the subtitles are on, the game refers to him as the Green Goblin.
*Dane DeHaan was set to reprise his role in ''[[Sinister Six (film)|Sinister Six]]'' and ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 3 (film)|The Amazing Spider-Man 3]]'', however, with a reboot to the ''Spider-Man'' franchise underway, these films have been canceled. The role of The Green Goblin has since been given back to original {{WPS|Norman Osborn (Sam Raimi film series)|Live-Action Green Goblin}} {{WPS|Willem Dafoe|Willem Dafoe}} in order to have the classic 2002 version of the character be introduced into the {{WPS|Marvel Cinematic Universe|Marvel Cinematic Universe}} in ''{{WPS|Spider-Man: No Way Home|Spider-Man: No Way Home}}'', along with fellow Raimi trilogy actor {{WPS|Alfred Molina|Alfred Molina}}, returning as ''{{WPS|Spider-Man 2|Spider-Man 2}}''<nowiki/>'s {{WPS|Otto Octavius (film character)|Doctor Octopus}} This is shown in the trailer for the film, which was revealed in August 202<nowiki/>1. Dane DeHaan was also rumored for the movie, until that rumor was debunked after the film went to theaters.
*His first meeting with [[Electro|Max]] as Electro teaming up to get rid of Spider-Man is the exact similar to Flint Marko as [[Flint Marko/Peter-Two|Sandman]] and Eddie Brock as [https://spiderman-films.fandom.com/wiki/Venom_(Topher_Grace) Venom] meeting up with each others the first time and teaming up with each others to kill [https://spiderman-films.fandom.com/wiki/Spider-Man_(Tobey_Maguire) Spider-Man] in the Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3. 

==Behind the scenes==
*The final battle between the Green Goblin and Spider-Man was filmed in an actual clock tower where temperatures would reach 115 degree <nowiki/>Fahrenheit or about 46.1 degree Celsius! Dane DeHaan had to wear prosthetics and <nowiki/>make up that took 3 and half hours to apply, as well as his Goblin costume, which weighed 50 lbs (about 23kg) and was impossible to open without power tools. The film's medic was so concerned that DeHaan would get heat stroke after losing 7 pounds (3.2kg) in a day, that crew members were instructed to pour buckets of ice on DeHaan's head and down his suit between takes. However, this was not effective because his body temperature was excessively high, so the ice melted and turned into steam before he could feel any cooling effect. Eventually, a tubing system was installed in DeHaan's goblin suit so that cold water could reach his body.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HQO88QDUAVE Eugene Clark on YouTube - 28 April 2022]</ref>

==References==
{{Gallery|Green Goblin/Gallery}}
{{Wq|Green Goblin}}
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==External Links==
*{{Marvel|Harold Osborn (Earth-120703)}}
*{{WP|Green Goblin in other media#The Amazing Spider-Man film series|Harry Osborn}}

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