Green Goblin in other media explained

Code Name:	Green Goblin
Creators:	Steve Ditko Stan Lee
Source:	Marvel Comics
Debut:	The Amazing Spider-Man #14
Debutmo:	July
Debutyr:	1964
Films:	Spider-Man (2002) Spider-Man 2 (2004) Spider-Man 3 (2007) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) (2018)^[1] (2021)
Tv:	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) (2014) Marvel's Spider-Man (2017) Marvel Future Avengers (2017)
Subcat:	Spider-Man
Pub:	y
Sortkey:	Green Goblin

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.

In the comics, the Green Goblin is an alias adopted by multiple characters, most prominently Norman Osborn and his son Harry Osborn, who have also been used as the Goblin's alter-ego in most of the character's media appearances. Norman was portrayed by Willem Dafoe in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film (2021), and by Chris Cooper in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). Neil Ross, Steve Blum, Alan Rachins, Steven Weber and Josh Keaton have provided the character's voices in various Spider-Man animated series. Harry is portrayed by James Franco in the Spider-Man trilogy and by Dane DeHaan in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and has been voiced by Gary Imhoff, Ian Ziering, James Arnold Taylor, Matt Lanter and Max Mittelman, among others.

Television

Spider-Man (1967–1970)

The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Spider-Man (1967), voiced by Len Carlson. This version is a dimwitted, spoiled robber who is obsessed with magic and the supernatural.

Spider-Man (1981–1982)

The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in the Spider-Man (1981) episode "Revenge of the Green Goblin", voiced by Neil Ross. This version, three years prior, fought Spider-Man, during which they discovered each other's identities. Following his defeat, the Goblin lost his memories. After regaining it during a train accident, he reassumes his Goblin persona and equipment and threatens to reveal Spider-Man's identity to the world.

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981–1983)

The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode "Triumph of the Green Goblin", voiced by Dennis Marks. This version is an alternate personality of Norman's who occasionally takes over to commit crimes. Osborn also has a niece, Mona Osborn (voiced by Sally Julian), who was unaware of her uncle's double life. Following a plane crash, the Goblin resurfaces, kidnaps Mona, and forces her to help him find his formula so he can transform New York's population into goblins. However, Norman is eventually cured by lightning and sent back to a medical institute.

Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994–1998)

The Norman and Harry Osborn incarnations of the Green Goblin appear in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, voiced again by Neil Ross and Gary Imhoff, respectively.^{[2] [3]}

The series' version of Norman is the owner of OsCorp Industries, a weapons manufacturing company under the influence of the Kingpin, whom Norman later attempts to assassinate via the Hobgoblin, and displays a vendetta against Spider-Man. Norman eventually becomes the first Green Goblin following a gas accident at OsCorp that causes him to develop an alternate, more violent, and chaotic personality. Using an altered version of the Hobgoblin suit, the Goblin targets Norman's rivals, but is defeated by Spider-Man, though his identity remains a secret and Norman lacks memory of the Goblin's actions. The Goblin eventually resurfaces to eliminate Spider-Man, the Kingpin, and the Hobgoblin. In pursuit of this, he obtains a time dilation accelerator and, after learning Spider-Man's secret identity, kidnaps Mary Jane Watson who falls into a dimensional portal opened by the accelerator. After the Goblin ends up falling into a similar portal, he becomes trapped in Limbo.

The series' version of Harry is Peter Parker's best friend, though he grows jealous of him after Parker begins dating Watson. Following Norman and Watson's disappearances, Harry becomes furious with Spider-Man, whom he blames for the incident, and is eventually driven insane and begins having hallucinations of the Goblin, who offers to tell him where his father is if he kills Spider-Man. Harry becomes the second Green Goblin to exact revenge on the web-slinger, but is defeated by Spider-Man and the Punisher and sent to Ravencroft, where he receives medical treatment for his insanity. After Watson returns, Harry escapes and crashes her and Parker's wedding, demanding that she marry him instead. However, Liz Allan reveals her hidden feelings for Harry and convinces him that his friends care about him as well. Harry surrenders and returns to Ravencroft to continue his treatment.

An alternate universe variant of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin appears in the two-part series finale "Spider Wars". In an alternate reality where Spider-Carnage destroyed New York, the Goblin became one of his enforcers, only to be defeated by a number of Spider-Men from across the multiverse.

Spider-Man Unlimited (1999–2001)

A Counter-Earth incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Spider-Man Unlimited (1999), voiced by Rino Romano. This version is Hector Jones, a heroic figure; ally of the Rejects, a group of Bestials who the High Evolutionary deemed useless and abandoned; and a member of a rebellion that fights to liberate Counter-Earth from the High Evolutionary's tyranny. Additionally, Jones uses a winged backpack for traversal instead of a goblin glider. During his first encounter with Spider-Man who came to Counter-Earth to rescue John Jameson, the Goblin mistakes him for a villain and attacks him until he learns the web-slinger is also a hero on his home planet. The pair befriend each other and team up several times throughout the series.

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003)

Harry Osborn appears in , voiced by Ian Ziering. This version is blonde and Peter Parker's best friend who despises Spider-Man, blaming him for his father's death prior to the series. However, Harry shows signs of beginning to put the grudge aside in later episodes.

Norman Osborn is alluded to several times, making cameo appearances via Harry's hallucinations and in a photograph. Sometime prior to the series, he operated as the Green Goblin before he was killed in battle against Spider-Man, with only the web-slinger being aware of his alter-ego.

The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009)

The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin and Harry Osborn appear in The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by Alan Rachins, Steve Blum, and James Arnold Taylor respectively.^[4]

The series' version of Norman is Oscorp's cold and calculating head who is known to never apologize and has a strained relationship with his son. In the first season, he is hired by Tombstone to create supervillains to distract Spider-Man from Tombstone's criminal activities. Norman later assumes the Goblin alias after enhancing himself with the "Gobulin Green" formula and masquerading as a mysterious criminal equipped with stolen Oscorp technology who seeks to overthrow Tombstone as New York's reigning crime boss. The Goblin battles Spider-Man twice before fleeing to secretly frame Harry, using his son's addiction to further the lie. In the second season, Norman hires Dr. Miles Warren to work at Empire State University's labs and begins to mentor Peter Parker. After Tombstone, Silvermane, and Doctor Octopus are all arrested by Spider-Man, the Goblin resurfaces as the second "Big Man of Crime". Following two failed attempts to kill Spider-Man, Norman hires the Chameleon to pose as him while he faces the web-slinger one more time as the Goblin. In the ensuing fight, Norman is unmasked and reveals he framed Harry to protect himself and Harry before he is seemingly killed by a hidden cache of pumpkin bombs. However, Norman is later shown to have survived and leaves New York under a false identity.

The series' version of Harry is Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy's best friend who longs to impress his father. In the first season, the stress and constant disappointment in his life prompt him to steal "Gobulin Green", Oscorp's experimental formula that increases his self-esteem and aggressiveness. He is later framed as the Goblin, taken on a tour of Europe to overcome his addiction, and promises Spider-Man not to be the Goblin again in exchange for the web-slinger protecting his apparent secret. In the second season, Harry begins dating Stacy and later helps Spider-Man unmask Norman as the real supervillain. After Norman is seemingly killed in battle against Spider-Man, Harry vows revenge for his father.

Ultimate Spider-Man (2012–2017)

Several depictions of the Green Goblin appear in Ultimate Spider-Man (2012):

• Norman Osborn (voiced by Steven Weber^{[5] [6] [7]}) is Oscorp's manipulative CEO and the estranged father of Harry. In the first season, he employs Doctor Octopus to aid him in his plot to obtain Spider-Man's DNA and create a "spider-soldier" army. After Doc Ock's work results in the Venom symbiote's creation and bonding to Harry, Norman considers using his son to further his plans. However, Doc Ock betrays Norman by injecting him with a serum mixed with Spider-Man and Venom's DNA, transforming him into the Green Goblin. After stealing a glider and pumpkin bombs, among other technology, from the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, the Goblin tries to have Venom join him, but fails and resolves to take the symbiote from Harry before escaping. In the second season, the Goblin returns to kidnap Parker and inject him with a symbiote sample, turning Parker into Carnage to kill Spider-Man. However, Harry and Venom defeat the Goblin, forcing him to flee. The Goblin later allows himself to be captured and taken to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s new Tri-Carrier so he can infect everyone aboard with the symbiote, briefly turning himself into Venom to combat Spider-Man once more until Doc Ock creates a cure for the symbiote infection, restoring Norman's human form in the process. Following this, the remorseful Norman attempts to make amends as the anti-hero Iron Patriot and fights alongside Spider-Man's team, but Doc Ock turns Norman back into the Goblin, who attempts to turn all of New York into goblins as well before Spider-Man thwarts his plans and captures him. In the third season, the Goblin is unintentionally released during a battle between the New Warriors and Taskmaster's Thunderbolts and steals the Siege Perilous. After trapping Electro in it to use him as a power source, he opens a portal to the multiverse, steals DNA samples from various alternate reality versions of Spider-Man, and uses them to mutate himself into the Spider-Goblin. While fighting his version of Spider-Man, the Goblin reveals he deduced the web-slinger's identity. Nonetheless, he is defeated by the alternate reality Spider-Men and turns back to normal, losing his memory in the process. Additionally, Nightmare showcases a dream of an alternate future where Parker stopped being Spider-Man which resulted in Norman mutating further as the Goblin King, killed most of Earth's heroes, and took their weapon as trophies. As of the fourth season, Norman has inoculated himself with an anti-Goblin serum to prevent future transformations, re-adopts his Iron Patriot alias, and becomes an ally to Spider-Man once more. In the series finale, it is revealed Norman recovered his memories, but chose to keep Spider-Man's identity secret out of respect.
  • A female alternate universe variant of Norman named Norma Osborn (voiced by Wendie Malick) wears a variation of the traditional Green Goblin costume coupled with gauntlets like the "prime" variant and serves as the archenemy of Petra Parker / Spider-Girl. When the aforementioned "prime" Goblin visits her universe, they join forces to destroy their respective versions of Spider-Man, only for Norma to be defeated while Norman escapes to another reality.
• Harry Osborn (voiced by Matt Lanter^[6]) is Peter Parker's best friend, Norman's estranged son, a student at Midtown High School, and a friend of Mary Jane Watson and Flash Thompson. During the first two seasons, Harry is the Venom symbiote's first and primary host and fights Spider-Man and his allies several times before eventually rejecting Venom's control. He also mends his relationship with Norman after his father is restored to normal. After making minor appearances in the third season, Harry joins Spider-Man in fighting crime in the fourth season as the superhero Patrioteer and temporarily forced as the Anti-Venom symbiote's host to save Manhattan from Carnage before joining the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy in the series finale.
• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation (also voiced by Steven Weber^[8]) appears in the third and fourth seasons. This version sports demonic wings. Following an encounter and fight with the "prime" Spider-Man and Miles Morales / Kid Arachnid, Doctor Octopus brings this variant of the Goblin to the "prime" universe to recruit him into the Hydra-backed Sinister Six, though they are defeated.

Spider-Man (2017–2020)

Harry and Norman Osborn appear in Marvel's Spider-Man (2017), voiced by Max Mittelman^{[9] [10]} and Josh Keaton^{[11] [12] [13]} respectively.

The series' version of Harry (with elements of Phil Urich) is the creator of Goblin technology, which he eventually uses to fight crime as the superhero Hobgoblin. Additionally, he is Peter Parker's best friend, a student at Horizon High, later the Osborn Academy, and a friend to Miles Morales / Ultimate Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy / Ghost Spider, and Anya Corazon / Spider-Girl. In the first season, Harry views Spider-Man as a menace during their various encounters. While helping to create a cure for the Jackal's spider-virus, Harry discovers Parker is Spider-Man, which fractures their friendship. The former's views on the web-slinger are apparently confirmed after Spider-Man joins the Sinister Six, but Harry learns Spider-Man was brainwashed by Doctor Octopus and frees the former, mending their friendship in the process. Harry also learns Norman's true colors, subsequently choosing to support Spider-Man and disavowing his father. Afterwards, Harry becomes Oscorp's new CEO and continues to assist Spider-Man and the Spider Team combat various supervillains, such as the Goblin Nation in the second season and the Dark Goblin in the third season.

The series' version of Norman is Harry's strict father and Oscorp's original CEO with high expectations and a willingness to steal others' technology to pass off as his own. In the first season, he establishes the Osborn Academy for Geniuses after secretly causing Harry's suspension at Horizon High and to save his son from embarrassment while plotting against Spider-Man, Max Modell, and Professor Raymond Warren. After being exposed to the Jackal's spider-virus, he mutates into the Spider-King before he is cured by the Spider Team. Norman later entrusts Harry with killing Spider-Man so that his son will be New York's only protector. Harry refuses so Norman impersonates the Hobgoblin in an attempt to kill Spider-Man himself, ultimately confronting the web-slinger and Harry in his lab until he is seemingly killed in a chemical explosion. Norman returns in the third season as the Dark Goblin, having formulated a conspiracy that results in a symbiote invasion of Earth and turning the board of education against the web-slinger. However, the Spider Team expose his conspiracy and revert him to his human form before he is taken into custody.

Marvel Super Hero Adventures

The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Marvel Super Hero Adventures, voiced by Sam Vincent.

Lego Marvel Spider-Man: Vexed by Venom

The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Lego Marvel Spider-Man: Vexed by Venom, voiced by Josh Keaton.

Spidey and His Amazing Friends (2021)

An unidentified version of the Green Goblin appears in Spidey and His Amazing Friends, voiced by JP Karliak. This version seeks to play tricks on the general public and humiliate Spidey and his friends rather than commit crimes.^{[14] [15]}

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2024)

Norman and Harry Osborn will appear as supporting characters in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) / Disney+ animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2024). The former will serve as a mentor to Peter Parker while the latter will be one of his classmates.^{[16] [17]}

Other appearances

• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in , voiced by Yusuke Numata in Japanese and Kirk Thornton in English.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Marvel Future Avengers, voiced by Hiroshi Yanaka in Japanese and Dave Wittenberg in English.

Film

Sam Raimi film series

See main article: Norman Osborn (Sam Raimi film series) and Harry Osborn (Sam Raimi film series). Both 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 Osborns first appear in Spider-Man (2002), with Norman initially serving as a father figure and mentor to Peter Parker while Harry is Parker's best friend and Mary Jane Watson's boyfriend for a significant part of the film who longs to impress his distant father. After experimenting on himself with an unstable strength enhancer to save his company, Oscorp, from bankruptcy, Norman develops a crazed alternate personality dubbed the "Green Goblin". While in control of Norman's body, the Goblin uses stolen experimental armor and advanced weaponry to exact revenge on their enemies, seeing Norman as too "weak" to do so himself. This brings him into conflict with Spider-Man, whom the Goblin initially tries to persuade to join him before resolving to attack his loved ones upon deducing his identity as Parker. After Norman is fatally impaled by his glider during his final battle with Spider-Man, the latter brings his body home, where Harry sees them and mistakenly assumes that Spider-Man killed his father, vowing revenge.
• In Spider-Man 2 (2004), Norman serves as a ghostly presence to Harry, who has taken over Oscorp and still seeks revenge on Spider-Man. Harry strikes a deal with Otto Octavius to retrieve Spider-Man in exchange for giving the latter tritium to complete his experiment, only to learn Parker is Spider-Man. Following this, Harry is initially reluctant to take vengeance on his best friend despite his father's urging, after which he stumbles upon Norman's secret lair and discovers that he was the Green Goblin.
• In Spider-Man 3 (2007), Harry becomes the New Goblin to avenge his father, but accidentally gets partial amnesia. After he recovers, he sabotages Parker and Watson's relationship as part of a scheme to emotionally hurt Parker. Upon learning the truth of Norman's death from his butler Bernard, Harry reconciles and joins forces with Parker to save Watson from Venom and the Sandman before sacrificing himself to save Parker from the former.

The Amazing Spider-Man film series

• Norman Osborn is mentioned in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) as the founder of Oscorp who is dying from an unknown disease.
• Norman and Harry Osborn appear in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), portrayed by Chris Cooper and Dane DeHaan, respectively. In this film, the disease is revealed to be the fictional "retroviral hyperplasia", a genetic disease that has afflicted the Osborns for generations. After Norman's death, the returning Harry is made CEO and tries to find the missing Richard Parker's data in the hopes that it will save his life. Harry later becomes the Green Goblin due to a corrupted cure and swears vengeance on Peter Parker after realizing his true identity and was refused a blood transfusion that he thought could save him, inadvertently killing Gwen Stacy in front of Parker in the process.
• Cooper and DeHaan were set to reprise their roles in a Sinister Six spin-off film and a third The Amazing Spider-Man film before both were cancelled.^{[18] [19]}

Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy incarnation of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film (2021), portrayed again by Willem Dafoe.^[20] 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 , voiced by Jorma Taccone. 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.^{[21] [22]} 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 as a prisoner of Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Society after being displaced from his home reality.^[23]

Video games

Spider-Man games

• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a boss in Spider-Man (1982).
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a boss in .^[24]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears a boss in Spider-Man (1995).
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a boss in .
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as the final boss of the Spider-Man (2002) film tie-in game, voiced by Willem Dafoe. In a departure from the film's plot, Osborn and his scientists initially attempt to capture Spider-Man to study his genetics and perfect their super-soldier serum. To do so, they create and send several flying robots and spider-shaped robots to track him down, but both of these attempts fail. After being fired for taking too much time to develop the serum, Osborn tests it on himself, which leads to his transformation into the Goblin. From here, the game's plot closely follows the film's.
  • The Harry Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin (voiced by Josh Keaton) appears as an unlockable playable character and has an additional storyline in the game, wherein he becomes the new Green Goblin after his father's death and investigates a plot to take over Oscorp while battling a separate Goblin who claims to have been hired by Norman.
• Harry Osborn, based on Willem Dafoe's portrayal, appears in the Spider-Man 2 film tie-in game, voiced again by Josh Keaton.
• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin appears as a boss in Ultimate Spider-Man (2005), voiced by Peter Lurie.
• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin appears as a playable character in and the final boss of , voiced by Neil Kaplan.
• Harry Osborn / New Goblin appears as a boss and playable character in the Spider-Man 3 film tie-in game, voiced by James Franco. While normally unplayable outside of the final mission of the game, the New Goblin was later released as DLC, which was initially available for the Xbox 360 version and the Collector's Edition of the PlayStation 3 version before it was later added to all other platforms.

• Norman Osborn / Green Goblin and Harry Osborn / New Goblin, both based on the Sam Raimi trilogy incarnations, appear as unlockable playable characters in , voiced by Roger L. Jackson and again by Josh Keaton respectively. The Green Goblin and several other supervillains initially attack Spider-Man, who defeats them with help from the New Goblin, before they are all attacked by P.H.A.N.T.O.M.s under Mysterio's command and captured. The Green Goblin is subsequently placed under mind control and sent to retrieve a meteor shard from Tokyo. There, Spider-Man defeats the Goblin and frees him from the mind control before the latter joins forces with Spider-Man to exact revenge on Mysterio.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as an optional assist character in the Nintendo DS version of , voiced again by Roger L. Jackson. After Black Cat informs Spider-Man that the Goblin is planting bombs in an attempt to thwart a symbiote invasion, Spider-Man is given the choice of helping him twice.
• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in .
• The Marvel Noir incarnation of Norman "The Goblin" Osborn appears as a boss in , voiced by Jim Cummings. He tasks his enforcers Hammerhead and the Vulture with retrieving fragments of the Tablet of Order and Chaos. Though Spider-Man Noir manages to keep most of them out of his possession, Osborn eventually obtains one and absorbs its power, transforming into a monstrous beast with incredible strength. Despite this, the process opens a massive sore on his back that becomes his only weak point. He lures Spider-Man Noir to his carnival hideout, but the latter defeats the Goblin and his men and claims his fragment.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Pinball FX 2.^[25]
• The Harry Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin, based on Dane DeHaan's portrayal, appears in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 film tie-in game, voiced by Kevin Dorman. Similarly to the film, Harry becomes the CEO of Oscorp after his father dies from a terminal illness and later discovers that he is slowly dying from the same illness, becoming desperate for a cure. In a departure from the film's plot, Harry also works with Wilson Fisk to finance the Enhanced Crime Task Force, ostensibly to help the police contain criminals more easily, unaware that Fisk is planning to use it to replace Spider-Man and eventually take over Oscorp once Harry dies. After discovering that Spider-Man's blood could help cure him, Harry asks for his help, but Spider-Man refuses out of fear of the side effects, leading Harry to despise him. Harry later injects himself with Richard Parker's spider venom in the hopes of curing his illness, but it disfigures him and drives him insane. Adopting the Green Goblin alias, he attacks Spider-Man, but is defeated and incarcerated.
  • In the mobile version, the Goblin is a supervillain working for Oscorp who attacks Spider-Man twice in an attempt to collect his blood for Oscorp's experiments as well as exact revenge on him for interfering with Oscorp's illicit businesses.
• The mainstream and "House of M" incarnations of the Green Goblin appear as bosses in Spider-Man Unlimited (2014). They are assembled from their respective alternate realities to join a multiversal Sinister Six and invade other dimensions, destroy their respective Spider-Men, and collect iso-8 crystals. Additionally, Norman Osborn as the Red Goblin was added as a playable character in a later update.

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. 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 alongside some of Spider-Man's other enemies, intent on attacking Oscorp properties and stealing Devil's Breath to infect New York to 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.^[26] 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 after an encounter. 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.^{[27] [28]}

Other games

• The Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy's incarnation of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin appears in the Spider-Man Trilogy pinball machine.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in , voiced by Armin Shimerman. This version's default appearance is based on Norman's Thunderbolts design.^[29] He is among several supervillains controlled by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s nanites until they go rogue when the nanites attain sentience.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as an alternate skin for Firebrand in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.^[30]
• Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin and Iron Patriot appears in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, with the former identity (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal and Phil LaMarr) appearing as a boss while the latter (voiced by Charlie Adler) appears as a playable character.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in LittleBigPlanet via the "Marvel Costume Kit 4" DLC.^[31]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a boss in .
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in Marvel Heroes, voiced by Travis Willingham.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character and boss in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Nolan North. He joins forces with Doctor Doom to obtain Cosmic Bricks.
  • Additionally, the Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) incarnation of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin appears as a playable character, voiced by John DiMaggio.
• Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin, Iron Patriot, and Red Goblin appear as separate playable characters in Marvel Contest of Champions.
• The Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) incarnation of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin appears as a playable character and boss in Disney Infinity 2.0, voiced by Nolan North. He joins forces with Mysterio to clone the Venom symbiote and launch an invasion of New York.
• Norman Osborn as the Iron Patriot and the mainstream, Ultimate Marvel, and No Way Home incarnations of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in .
• The Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in Disney Infinity 3.0.
• A modernized incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2.^[32]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in Marvel Puzzle Quest.^[33]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Brandon Winckler.^[34]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. Additionally, his Marvel 2099 counterpart is also playable and serves as a boss.^[35]
• Norman Osborn's alter-egos appear as a playable character in Marvel Strike Force. The Green Goblin alias is a member of the Sinister Six, and his Iron Patriot persona is a member of the Cabal.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a boss in , voiced again by Steve Blum. While leading the Sinister Six in a hostile takeover of the Raft, he obtains the Time Stone due to Star-Lord teleporting the Infinity Stones across the universe. However, the Goblin succumbs to its power and becomes trapped in a time loop until he witnesses a vision of Thanos with all six stones standing atop Earth's heroes' bodies. Spider-Man offers the Goblin a second chance to save the universe before Thanos claims the Infinity Stones, but the Goblin is left severely traumatized by the vision.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin makes a cameo appearance in .
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as an alternate skin in Fortnite Battle Royale.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Marvel Future Revolution, voiced again by Steve Blum.

Miscellaneous

• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Universal Orlando Resort's Islands of Adventure.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in the live adaptation of Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson's wedding.^[36]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in . As revenge for abandoning him and Oscorp, he brainwashes six scientists and turns them into his Sinister Six.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Marvel Universe Live! as a member of the Sinister Six.^[37]
• Norman and Harry Osborn appear in Absolute Carnage: Marvel Ultimate Comics, voiced by Giles Panton and Lee Majdoub respectively.

Merchandise

• The Green Goblin received several figures from Mego.
• An "Energized" Green Goblin received a figure from Remco.
• A Green Goblin figurine was included as an accessory in Corgi's "Spider-Buggy" vehicle set.
• The Green Goblin received a figure in Toy Biz's Marvel Superheroes line.
• The Green Goblin received a figure in Series 3 of Toy Biz's tie-in line, with his glider being based on the one seen in issues 199 & 200 of The Spectacular Spider-Man (1993).
• The Green Goblin received eight figures in Toy Biz's Spider-Man: The Movie toy line.
• The Green Goblin received a figure in Toy Biz's Marvel Legends line via the "Onslaught Series" sub-line.
• The mainstream and Ultimate Marvel incarnations of the Green Goblin received bobble-heads from Way Out Toys.
• The Green Goblin received a figurine in The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection.
• The Green Goblin received two figures in Diamond Select Toys' Marvel Select line.
• The Green Goblin received a bobble-head in Funko's Wacky Wobbler line.
• The Green Goblin received a figure in Funko's Pop! vinyl figure line.
• The Green Goblin received a figure in Hasbro's Marvel Legends line.

Notes and References

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3. Web site: Harry Osborn Voices (Spider-Man) . February 21, 2024 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
4. Web site: Green Goblin Voices (Spider-Man) . February 21, 2024 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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15. Web site: My Spidey-senses are tingling ... because you can catch me as the Green Goblin in "Spidey and his Amazing Friends!" Shorts from the show are premiering on Disney Channel and Disney Jr. starting TODAY and continuing on through this week! I'll be all tangled up in Spidey's webs when the full series premieres later this summer, but for now, join me and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in the "Meet Spidey and his Amazing Friends" shorts. #Spiderman #Disney #disneyjr #spideyandhisamazingfriends #voiceover #animation #lgbtq #nerd #queernerd. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/jpkarliak/2601131433480451517 . 2021-12-23 . subscription. jpkarliak. Instagram. June 21, 2021.
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22. Web site: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Official Credits Reveal Surprise Voice Actor Cameos. Vejvoda. Jim. IGN. November 29, 2018. December 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181130210649/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/30/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-official-credits-reveal-surprise-voice-actor-cameos. November 30, 2018.
23. Web site: Gvozden . Dan . June 4, 2023 . The Definitive List of 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Easter Eggs . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230605002218/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-easter-eggs-list-1235506838/ . June 5, 2023 . June 5, 2023 . The Hollywood Reporter.
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25. Web site: Marvel Pinball Preview . www.g4tv.com . 2014-02-15 . 2014-02-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140226093138/http://www.g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/64639/marvel-pinball/articles/72843/Marvel-Pinball-Preview/ . dead .
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27. Web site: Schedeen . Jesse . 2023-10-19 . Spider-Man 2 Ending Explained: How Insomniac Sets Up the Next Sequel - IGN . 2023-10-19 .
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33. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170830103107/https://news.marvel.com/games/25779/piecing_together_marvel_puzzle_quest_green_goblin/ . 2017-08-30 . dead .
34. 758225801665994752. Awesome news! I'll be voicing Ultimate Spider-Man Miles Morales, in Marvel Avengers Academy! I also voice Green Goblin! #games #ios #android. Brandon. Winckler. BWincklerVA. July 27, 2016. February 25, 2018.
35. Web site: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 KONK!ing to November. Alice. O'Connor. 16 May 2017. rockpapershotgun.com. 16 May 2017.
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