Green Goblin in other media

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

The Green Goblin, a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain and the archenemy of Spider-Man, was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964). The character has since been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, such as feature films, television series and video games.

In the comics, the Green Goblin is an alias adopted by multiple characters, most prominently Norman Osborn and 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 by Chris Cooper in the 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Neil Ross, Alan Rachins, Steve Blum, Steven Weber and Josh Keaton have provided the character's voices in various Spider-Man animated series. Harry was played by James Franco in the Spider-Man trilogy and by Dane DeHaan in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and voiced by Gary Imhoff, Ian Ziering, James Arnold Taylor, Matt Lanter and Max Mittleman, among others. An unknown version of Green Goblin is set to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).

Television[]

Spider-Man (1967–1970)[]

The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in the 1960s Spider-Man animated series, voiced by Len Carlson. This version is a dimwitted, spoiled robber who is obsessed with magic and the supernatural - fields of expertise that the original comics iteration was never interested in.

Spider-Man (1981–1982)[]

The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in the 1981 Spider-Man animated series episode "Revenge of the Green Goblin", voiced by English actor Neil Ross. This depiction was much closer to the comic book original than the preceding animated incarnation. Three years earlier, he fought Spider-Man, during which the opponents were unmasked to each other. Following his defeat, the Goblin lost his memories. After regaining it during a train accident, Osborn reassumes his Goblin persona and equipment, and threatens to reveal Spider-Man's true 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 animated series premiere "Triumph of the Green Goblin", voiced by Dennis Marks. This incarnation of the Goblin is an alternate personality of Osborn'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. In the series, Osborn becomes the Goblin again after a plane crash and kidnaps Mona to lead him to the location of his formula so he can transform New York's population into goblins. However, Osborn is eventually cured by lightning and sent back to a medical institute.

Spider-Man (1994–1998)[]

Both the Norman and Harry Osborn incarnations of the Green Goblin appear in the 1990s Spider-Man: The Animated Series, with Neil Ross voicing the former once more while Gary Imhoff voices the latter.

This series' version of Norman is the owner of OsCorp Industries, a weapons manufacturing company under the influence of the Kingpin, whom Norman later tries to have killed by the Hobgoblin, and has a vendetta against Spider-Man. Norman eventually becomes the Goblin in season three following a lab accident at OsCorp that causes him to develop an alternate, more violent, and chaotic personality. The Goblin targets Norman's rivals, but is defeated by Spider-Man, although his identity remains a secret and Norman is shown to have no memories of the Goblin's actions. Later, the Goblin resurfaces inside Norman and seeks 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 and throws her into a dimensional portal opened by the accelerator. After Spider-Man defeats him, the Goblin ends up falling into the same portal and becomes trapped in Limbo.

This series' version of Harry is depicted as Peter Parker's best friend, though he grows jealous of him after Peter begins dating Mary Jane Watson. Following Norman and Mary Jane's disappearances, Harry becomes saddened and furious with Spider-Man, whom he blames for the incident. The former is eventually driven over the edge and begins having visions 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 the combined efforts of Spider-Man and the Punisher and sent to Ravencroft, where he receives medical treatment for his insanity. After Mary Jane returns, Harry escapes and crashes her and Peter's wedding, demanding that the former 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 version 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 has become one of his enforcers, only to be defeated by a number of Spider-Men from different realities.

Spider-Man Unlimited (1999–2001)[]

A Counter-Earth version of the Green Goblin appears in the Spider-Man Unlimited animated series, voiced by Rino Romano. This version's real name is Hector Jones, and is portrayed as a heroic figure who helps the rebellion against the High Evolutionary. He also uses a backpack that sprouts wings instead of a glider. In the episode "Where Evil Nests", the Goblin initially mistakes Spider-Man for a villain before joining forces with him to save a pair of rebels from Venom and Carnage. In "Sustenance", the Goblin learns Spider-Man came from Earth to rescue John Jameson and offers to help the web-slinger regain his ship from the High Evolutionary. After joining forces with the Rejects, a group of Bestials who the High Evolutionary deemed useless and abandoned, the pair use Spider-Man's ship to destroy one of the High Evolutionary's towers, with the Goblin being presumed dead in the crash. In the series finale "Destiny Unleashed", the Goblin is revealed to have survived and joined the Rejects, but briefly leaves them to help Spider-Man and the rebels fight the High Evolutionary.

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003)[]

Harry Osborn appears in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, voiced by Ian Ziering. This version is blonde and Peter Parker's best friend who despises Spider-Man, blaming the web-slinger 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 multiple times, making small cameos as both a hallucination to Harry 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)[]

Both the Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin and Harry Osborn appear in The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series, voiced by Alan Rachins and James Arnold Taylor respectively, while the Green Goblin is voiced by Steve Blum.

This 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 season one, he is hired by crime lord Tombstone to create several supervillains to distract Spider-Man from Tombstone's crimes. The Green Goblin later appears as a mysterious criminal equipped with stolen Oscorp technology who seeks to overthrow Tombstone as New York's reigning crime boss. After two battles with Spider-Man, Norman flees and secretly frames Harry as the Goblin. Using his son's theft of and addiction to Oscorp's "Gobulin Green" formula to further the lie, Norman takes Harry on a tour to Europe to help him overcome the addiction in between seasons. In season two, Norman returns to hire Miles Warren to work at Empire State University's labs and mentor Peter Parker. After Tombstone, Silvermane, and Doctor Octopus are all arrested by Spider-Man, Norman reassumes the Goblin alias and resurfaces as the new "Big Man of Crime". After 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 reveals he framed Harry to protect his identity and Harry himself before Norman 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.

This series' version of Harry is Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy's best friend who longs to impress his father. In season one, the stress and constant disappointment in Harry's life prompt him to steal "Gobulin Green", Oscorp's experimental formula which 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 become the Goblin again in exchange for the web-slinger protecting his secret. In season two, Harry begins dating Gwen and later helps Spider-Man unmask Norman as the real Goblin. After Norman is seemingly killed in battle against Spider-Man, Harry vows revenge against the latter.

Ultimate Spider-Man (2012–2017)[]

Several depictions of the Green Goblin appear in the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series:

• The first version is Norman Osborn (voiced by Steven Weber^[2]), whose Goblin form resembles an amalgamation of his Ultimate Marvel iteration's green-skinned monstrous appearance and his original incarnation's use of a glider and pumpkin bombs. In season one, Norman has a strained relationship with his son Harry and employed Doctor Octopus to aid him in his plan to obtain Spider-Man's DNA to create a "spider-solider" 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. Norman lures Spider-Man to Oscorp's secret lab, but Doc Ock betrays Norman by injecting him with a serum mixed with Spider-Man's and Venom's DNA, resulting in his Goblin transformation. Initially savage and mindless, Norman soon regains his intelligence and later attacks the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, stealing a glider and electric gauntlets. When the Venom symbiote resurfaces inside Harry, the Goblin tries to have Venom join him, but fails before escaping with the symbiote. In season two, the Goblin returns to kidnap Peter Parker and injects him with the Venom symbiote, turning him into Carnage to kill Spider-Man. However, Harry re-bonds with the symbiote, turns back into Venom, and defeats the Goblin, forcing him to flee. The Goblin later allows himself to be captured and taken to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Tri-Carrier so he can infect everyone aboard with the symbiote, briefly becoming Venom himself to combat Spider-Man once more until Doc Ock creates a cure for the symbiote infection, restoring the Goblin to his human form in the process. Following this, Norman attempts to make amends as the superhero, Iron Patriot, and fights alongside Spider-Man and his team. However, 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 season three, Web Warriors, the Goblin is unintentionally released during a battle between Spider-Man's New Warriors and Taskmaster's Thunderbolts and steals the Siege Perilous. After trapping Electro inside it, 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. However, after being defeated by Spider-Man and his alternate reality counterparts, the Goblin loses his memories as the Goblin and turns back into Norman. In the fourth season, Ultimate Spider-Man vs. the Sinister Six, Norman inoculates himself with an anti-goblin serum, re-adopts his Iron Patriot alias, and becomes an ally to Spider-Man once more. As of the series finale, Norman recovered his memories, but chose to keep Spider-Man's identity secret out of respect.
  • In a dream created by the villain Nightmare in the episode "Nightmare on Christmas", Norman appears as the Goblin King who, in an alternate future where Peter stopped being Spider-Man, killed most of Earth's heroes and took their weapons as trophies.
  • A female incarnation of Norman named Norma Osborn (voiced by Wendie Malick) appears in the episode "The Spider-Verse" Pt 1. As the Green Goblin, she wears a variation of the traditional costume coupled with gauntlets like the "prime" version and serves as the archenemy of Petra Parker / Spider-Girl. After the aforementioned "prime" Goblin arrives in 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) appears as the Venom symbiote's first major host, Peter Parker's best friend, Norman's estranged son, a student at Midtown High School, and a friend to Mary Jane Watson and Flash Thompson. While he plays a relatively minor role in the first three seasons, Harry has fought Spider-Man and his allies several times as Venom before eventually rejecting the symbiote's control. He also mends his relationship with Norman after the latter is restored to normal. In the fourth season, Harry joins Spider-Man in fighting crime as the superhero Patrioteer before becoming the Anti-Venom symbiote's host. Following this, Harry is left in a coma, but eventually recovers after a re-created version of Carnage infects Manhattan and sacrifices the Anti-Venom symbiote to destroy Carnage. Harry later re-assumes his Patrioteer alias to help Spider-Man and Agent Venom save Mary Jane from the Carnage Queen and joins the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy in the series finale.
• The third version of the Goblin is the Ultimate Marvel iteration (also voiced by Steven Weber) who has demonic wings. Like the comics original, he is from an alternate reality where he killed the original Spider-Man and became the nemesis of Miles Morales, the second Spider-Man. Following an appearance in the season three episode "The Spider-Verse" Pt. 3, the monstrous Goblin is brought to the "prime" universe in season four to join Doc Ock's Hydra-backed Sinister Six, only to be defeated.

Spider-Man (2017–2020)[]

Norman and Harry Osborn (voiced by Josh Keaton^[3] and Max Mittelman^[4] respectively) both appear in the late 2010s animated series Marvel's Spider-Man, though neither adopt the Green Goblin moniker and instead use different identities.

This series' version of Harry is the creator of Goblin technology, which he uses to fight crime as a superhero, eventually adopting the Hobgoblin alias. Additionally, he is Peter Parker's best friend, a student at Horizon High and later Osborn Academy, and a friend to both Gwen Stacy and Anya Corazon. Throughout season one, he views Spider-Man as a menace during their various encounters. While helping create a cure for the Jackal's spider virus, Harry discovers Peter 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 becomes the Hobgoblin to free Spider-Man, mending their friendship in the process. Following Norman's apparent death, Harry becomes Oscorp's new CEO and continues to assist Spider-Man and his allies in combating supervillains.

This series' version of Norman is Harry's strict father and Oscorp's CEO with high expectations and a willingness to recruit Spider-Man's various rogues and steal others' technology to pass off as his own. In season one, Norman secretly causes Harry to become suspended by Horizon High and establishes the Osborn Academy for Geniuses to save his son from embarrassment while plotting against Spider-Man, Max Modell, and the Jackal. After being exposed to the Jackal's spider virus, Norman mutates into a Man-Spider dubbed 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. However, Harry refuses and Norman impersonates his son's alias in an attempt to kill Spider-Man himself. While fighting Spider-Man and Harry in his lab, Norman is seemingly killed in a chemical explosion. He returns in the third season Maximum Venom as the Dark Goblin, having formulated a conspiracy to turn the board of education against the web-slinger. However, he is reverted to his human form and taken into custody after the Spider-Team expose his conspiracy.

Spidey and His Amazing Friends (2021)[]

The Green Goblin appears in the animated series Spidey and His Amazing Friends, voiced by JP Karliak.^[5][6]

Other appearances[]

The Norman Osborn incarnation of Green Goblin makes several non-speaking appearances in the anime Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers. He also appears in the anime, Marvel Future Avengers, voiced by Hiroshi Yanaka in Japanese and Dave Wittenberg in English.

Film[]

Live-action[]

Sam Raimi film series[]

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

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

• Norman Osborn serves as the villain for Spider-Man, developing a crazed personality dubbed the "Green Goblin". After Norman is fatally impaled by his glider and Spider-Man brings his body home, Harry vows revenge on the hero.
• 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 teams up with Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus to retrieve Spider-Man and becomes aware that Peter Parker is the masked superhero.
• In Spider-Man 3 (2007), Harry becomes the New Goblin to avenge his father but accidentally gets amnesia. Upon learning the truth of Norman's death however, Harry sacrifices himself to save Parker from Venom.

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 (portrayed by Chris Cooper) and Harry Osborn (portrayed by Dane DeHaan) appear in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), where the disease is revealed to be the fictitious "retroviral hyperplasia", a genetic disease that has afflicted the Osborns for generations. Harry later becomes the Green Goblin in the film, inadvertently killing Gwen Stacy in front of Spider-Man.
• Cooper and DeHaan were set to reprise their roles in a Sinister Six spinoff film and a third The Amazing Spider-Man film. However, both were cancelled.^[7][8]

Animation[]

The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, voiced by Jorma Taccone. This version takes heavy inspiration from the Ultimate Marvel iteration, though he features visual elements from various other previous incarnations.^[9][10] Working as an enforcer for the Kingpin, the Goblin protects his boss' Super-Collider from Spider-Man until the former shoves the latter into it, resulting in an explosion that severely injures Spider-Man and kills the Goblin.

Video games[]

Spider-Man games[]

• The Green Goblin appears in the 1982 Atari 2600 Spider-Man game.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a boss in the Spider-Man arcade game.^[11]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears a boss in the 1995 Spider-Man video game based on Spider-Man: The Animated Series.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a boss in the Japan-exclusive Super Famicom game The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as the final boss in the 2002 Spider-Man film tie-in game, with Willem Dafoe reprising his role from the film. In a departure from the film's plot, Osborn and his scientists initially attempt to capture Spider-Man in order 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 decides to try it on himself, which leads to his transformation into the Goblin. He attacks a festival and kills the executives who fired him before fighting Spider-Man, to whom he offers an alliance, though the hero refuses. The Goblin escapes and later kidnaps Mary Jane Watson to lure out Spider-Man. After a final fight on the Queensboro Bridge, the Goblin is unmasked as Osborn and dies in a manner similar to the film after being impaled on his glider.
  • The Harry Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin (voiced by Josh Keaton) appears as an unlockable playable character and has a bonus 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 appears in the Spider-Man 2 film tie-in game, voiced again by Josh Keaton. His role in this game largely plays out like it did in the film.
• The Ultimate Marvel version of the Green Goblin appears as a boss in the 2005 Ultimate Spider-Man video game, voiced by Peter Lurie. Initially held captive by S.H.I.E.L.D, he is released by the Beetle and goes on a rampage through Manhattan until Spider-Man defeats him and he is recaptured by S.H.I.E.L.D.
• The Ultimate Marvel version of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in and the final boss of Spider-Man: Battle for New York, voiced by Neil Kaplan. The game serves as a retelling of his origin story and his first encounter with Spider-Man.
• Harry Osborn / New Goblin appears as a boss and playable character in the Spider-Man 3 film tie-in game, with James Franco reprising his role from the film. He tries to kill Peter Parker to avenge his father's death, but is defeated and knocked unconscious before Peter takes him to the hospital to recover. He later comes to Spider-Man's aid during his battle against Venom and Sandman and defeats the latter before Venom kills him. 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 versions before it was later added to all other platforms.

Green Goblin in Spider-Man: Friend or Foe.

• Norman Osborn / Green Goblin and Harry Osborn / New Goblin appear as playable characters in Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, with the former voiced by Roger L. Jackson and the latter voiced again by Josh Keaton. Both versions' designs are based on the Sam Raimi trilogy versions. The Green Goblin and several supervillains fight Spider-Man and the New Goblin until they are all attacked by P.H.A.N.T.O.M.s under Mysterio's command and captured. While the New Goblin's whereabouts are unknown, the Green Goblin is placed under mind control and sent to retrieve a meteor shard from Tokyo. There, Spider-Man defeats the Goblin and destroys the mind-control device. The latter then joins forces with Spider-Man to exact revenge on Mysterio. The New Goblin can be unlocked after beating the game.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in the Nintendo DS version of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, voiced again by Roger L. Jackson. Black Cat informs Spider-Man that the Goblin is planting bombs as part of a plot to defeat the symbiotes invading Manhattan, and Spider-Man is given the choice of helping him twice. The Goblin also serves as a character summon to help Spider-Man defeat enemies.
• The Ultimate Marvel version of the Green Goblin appears in Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem.
• The Marvel Noir version of Norman Osborn / Goblin appears in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, voiced by Jim Cummings. A powerful mob boss, he tasks his enforcers Hammerhead and the Vulture with retrieving fragments of the Tablet of Order and Chaos. Although 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 form with incredible strength. Despite this, the process opens a massive sore on his back that becomes his only weak point. He then lures Spider-Man Noir to his carnival hideout, using hostages as bait. There, Spider-Man Noir defeats the Goblin and his men and claims his fragment.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in the Spider-Man virtual pinball game for Pinball FX 2 released by Zen Studios.^[12]
• The Harry Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin 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, meant 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 of the game, 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 intervening in Oscorp's illicit businesses.
• The mainstream and "House of M" versions of the Green Goblin as well as the Gold Goblin and the Grey Goblin appear as bosses in the Spider-Man Unlimited mobile game. They are assembled from various alternate realities to join a multiversal Sinister Six to 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.^{[citation needed]}

Marvel's Spider-Man[]

Norman and Harry Osborn appear in Marvel's Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales, voiced by Mark Rolston and Scott Porter respectively. Additionally, Norman's wife and Harry's mother, Emily Osborn, makes a cameo appearance as a photograph.

• The game's version of Norman is the former CEO and co-founder of Oscorp alongside his former best friend and college lab partner Otto Octavius, and the mayor of New York City. Corrupt and self-serving, Norman uses his position to implement Oscorp technology throughout New York City and shut down government funding for Octavius Industries in an attempt to get Octavius to rejoin Oscorp, though Octavius refuses out of contempt. Norman also attempts to have Octavius' assistant Peter Parker join Oscorp by using his friendship with Harry, though Parker also refuses. Norman and Oscorp also created "Devil's Breath", an experimental medical treatment for genetic disorders that more closely resembles a bio-weapon, in an effort to save the life of his terminally ill son, Harry. However, this resulted in Martin Li becoming Mister Negative and seeking revenge against Norman in the present. After Octavius becomes Doctor Octopus, he joins forces with Li and four other supervillains to attack Oscorp properties and steal Devil's Breath to infect New York, resulting in Norman declaring martial law and hiring mercenaries to protect New York's citizens. While Spider-Man is able to contain the resulting damage and save Norman's life, the latter's role in creating Devil's Breath is exposed, leading to Norman resigning as mayor in disgrace. Following this, he orders Dr. Curt Connors to free his son.
• The game's version of Harry is Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson's best friend who, unlike his father, 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. Despite suffering from the fictional oshtoran syndrome, a degenerative genetic disease that killed his mother, Harry kept this from his friends. As his condition worsened however, Norman secretly had Harry placed in suspended animation to keep him alive and claimed he was on an extended vacation in Europe to Harry's friends.

Other games[]

• The Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy iteration of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin appears in Stern's Spider-Man Trilogy pinball machine.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series:
  • Norman first appears as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, voiced by Armin Shimerman. This version's default appearance is based on Norman's Thunderbolts design.^[13] He is among several supervillains controlled by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Nanites until they go rogue after the nanites attain sentience. The heroes fight the Goblin and Venom twice before the villains are defeated and freed from the nanites' control. In the PSP, Wii, and PS2 versions, the Goblin fights the heroes in Prison 42 alongside the Scorpion.
  • Norman appears as a boss in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, voiced again by Steve Blum. He leads the Sinister Six in an assault and hostile takeover of the Raft. As a result of Star-Lord teleporting the Infinity Stones across the universe, the Goblin comes into possession of the Time Stone. However, he 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 appears as one of Firebrand's alternate costumes in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.^[14]
• 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 is available as DLC for LittleBigPlanet as part of "Marvel Costume Kit 4".^[15]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a boss in the Facebook game Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in Marvel Heroes.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character and boss in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Nolan North. In the game's story, the Goblin is among the supervillains that help Doctor Doom obtain pieces of the Silver Surfer's board. The Goblin retrieves one from a defeated Doctor Octopus and later escapes from Spider-Man, Hawkeye, and Black Widow, who came to Oscorp to take it back. The Goblin pits them against Venom, but he is confronted later by the Fantastic Four and Nick Fury, who defeat him. Fury later enlists the Goblin to help Earth's heroes stop Loki and Galactus from destroying Earth and Asgard.
  • Additionally, the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series' incarnation of Norman Osborn / Green Goblin also appears as a playable character, voiced by John DiMaggio.
• Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin, Iron Patriot, and Red Goblin appears as separate playable characters in Marvel Contest of Champions.
• The Ultimate Spider-Man animated series' 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. The Goblin also appears as a playable character in Disney Infinity 3.0.
• Norman Osborn as the Iron Patriot and the mainstream and Ultimate Marvel versions of the Green Goblin appear as separate playable characters in Marvel: Future Fight.
• A modernized iteration of the Green Goblin appears in Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2.^[16]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in Marvel Puzzle Quest.^[17]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Brandon Winckler.^[18]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. Additionally, his 2099 counterpart is also playable and serves as a boss in the game's story.^[19] The Goblin first appears in Manhattan after Kang the Conqueror incorporates it into Chronopolis and fights Spider-Man and Spider-Gwen alongside the Vulture, only for both villains to be swiftly defeated. Later, the Goblin 2099 obtains a shard of the Nexus of All Realities, which he uses to fuse Venom and Carnage into a new creature that Spider-Man dubs "Carnom". When Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, Spider-Gwen, and Spider-Man 2099 break into Alchemax to retrieve the shard, the Goblin 2099 unleashes Carnom upon them, but they defeat the latter and free him from the Goblin's control before Carnom pursues the Goblin 2099.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin makes a cameo appearance in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.

Theme parks[]

The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appeared in Universal Orlando Resort's Islands of Adventure.

Live performances[]

• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in the 1987 live adaptation of Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson's wedding performed at Shea Stadium.^[20]
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in the 2011 musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
• The Norman Osborn incarnation of the Green Goblin appears in the 2014 stage show Marvel Universe: LIVE!.^[21]

Toys[]

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

• The first ever Green Goblin toy was manufactured in doll-form by Mego in 1974. Standing eight inches tall, this figure sported a cloth outfit with rubber boots and a plastic bag of tricks as its only accessory. Mego would later produce two other smaller, hard plastic figurines in 1976 and 1980 for their Comic Action Heroes and Pocket Superheroes lines, respectively.
• In 1978, Remco manufactured their "Energized" Green Goblin figure. Standing over a foot in height, this battery operated figure came complete with an energy belt, web cutter purse, and a bat-shaped flashlight.
• A Green Goblin figurine was included as an accessory for Corgi's 1979 "Spider-Buggy" vehicle.
• Toy Biz created a proper Green Goblin action figure in 1991 for their Marvel Superheroes line. This six inch figure came packaged with a pumpkin bomb accessory, glider, and featured a "bomb throwing" action feature.
• The Green Goblin was released in 1994 as part of Series 3 of Toy Biz's Spider-Man: The Animated Series Line. An interesting note is that while the figure is based upon the character's animated counterpart, it features a glider molded after the one seen in issues 199 & 200 of Spectacular Spider-Man (1993).
• Toy Biz released a total of eight Green Goblin figures for their Spider-Man: The Movie toy-line. Including a highly detailed super poseable figure, which was sculpted by Gentle Giant.
• Toy Biz released their final Green Goblin figure in 2006 as part of the "Onslaught Series" of their Marvel Legends line. Upon resurrecting the Marvel Legends banner, Hasbro created another Green Goblin figure in 2016.
• Way Out Toys released two separate Green Goblin bobble-heads in 2002 and 2003, the first being based on the character's classic comics outfit and the second showcasing the character's Ultimate Comics design.
• The Green Goblin is the eighth figurine in the Classic Marvel Figurine Collection.
• The Green Goblin has been featured twice as the Twelfth and Sixty-Sixth figures of Diamond Select Toys' Marvel Select line.
• The Green Goblin is number 109 in Funko's extensive POP! Vinyl line of super deformed figurines. Funko had also previously released a Green Goblin bobble-head as part of their Spider-Man themed Wacky Wobbler series in 2009.

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