| NOTE: This page is only about the Green Goblin persona, as his other half, Norman Osborn, was not voted pure evil. Thus, only his Green Goblin persona's info should be added here. |
| “ | We’ll eliminate your rivals. OsCorp will become the most powerful military supplier in history. You’ll have limitless wealth. Presidents and kings will court your favor. So don’t be shy. Take what you’ve always wanted. Power. The weak will serve you. The world will be yours and mine. Yes. You and I, we can have a hell of a time. | „ |
| ~ The Goblin making an offer to Norman. |
The Green Goblin, publicly known by his host Norman Virgil Osborn, is the main antagonist of Peter David's novelization of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.
He is a villainous alternate personality of the renowned scientist Norman Osborn, who is created when Norman injects himself an enhancing yet untested formula to increase his physical abilities in a desperate attempt to save his company. However, the Green Goblin develops within his mind as a result of that, leading the Goblin to convince his host to work together so they can get rid of his enemies, gain power and be worshipped as a god. He is Spider-Man's archenemy and only foe who keeps haunting him after death.
While Norman Osborn's moral agency is questionable in the original film, the novelization by Peter David clarifies that the Green Goblin persona is a separate entity within his psyche. While his film counterpart's moral agency was clarified onscreen when he returned in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the Green Goblin failed the MCU's heinous standards. However, David's novelization of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films has different standards to those shown in the movies, as no novelization of No Way Home, at least one written by David, has been published.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He planned on causing nonstop chaos in New York.
- He murdered Dr. Mendel Stromm, a loyal fellow employee at OsCorp, upon his creation when Norman Osborn tested the Goblin Serum on himself just because Stromm tried to stop the experiment that resulted in his "birth".
- The very moment the Green Goblin was born, the narration stated he viewed himself as a "dark god" and the "shepherd" to everyone else's "sheep", planning to make every other person on the entire planet both fear and worship him, just so he could slaughter them out of sadism. This made him worse than the original, movie counterpart (at least, in the film he debuted in), as something like this was never stated in the movie.
- While his film counterpart did plan to conquer the MCU in No Way Home, he didn't say how bad his rule on that universe will be. The novelization version of said counterpart, however, did.
- He sadistically murdered General Slocum and some Quest Aerospace employees just because Slocum rejected Norman from his own chain of power. While Slocum may had done that to ruin Norman out of spite, he wasn't deserving of death, nor where the Quest employees who had done nothing wrong to Norman.
- He killed all board members of OsCorp, including Maximillian Fargas and Henry Balkan, during the World Unity Festival because they decided to kick Norman out of his own company by throwing them a Pumpkin Bomb which pulverizes them. He also endangered Norman's son Harry and Mary Jane Watson during the event.
- He tried to make Spider-Man join him in his goal of wrecking chaos and death non-stop in New York City because of their powers and superiority over normal people. He also made it clear that if he didn't join him, he'll cause countless deaths until he dies.
- He set a building on fire just to notify Spider-Man about his proposal, endangering many lives (including that of a baby Spider-Man rescued). He then engaged Spider-Man in a brief fight where he injured him with a Razor Bat.
- He blew up the Parker residence to scare the elderly May Parker and forced her to finish praying just to enjoy her terror, leading May to suffer a panic attack and be hospitalized as a result.
- He kidnapoed MJ from her home, brought her to the Queensboro Bridge, and then threatened Spider-Man to choose between saving her or a dozen children with their parents inside a cable car from falling to their deaths, just to prove his point that a hero can't do the right thing at the right moment.
- He subjected Spider-Man to a vicious beating in the abandoned Smallpox Hospital and promises him to make MJ's death slow and painful, just like his, but with plans that he was going to rape her.
- Even after Spider-Man stopped beating him, by summoning Norman, he tricked Spider-Man into forgiving him just to then use his own glider to stab him from behind.
- While the film itself left ambiguous whether the Green Goblin persona is an alternate personality or just Norman Osborn believing to have one to excuse his crimes until Spider-Man: No Way Home, the novelization confirmed that the Green Goblin is a separate entity within Norman's psyche and felt no care for his host. This is evidenced because:
- Even though he shared the same body with Norman, the Goblin actually forced him into his subconscious to let him do whatever he wanted, with it being confirmed Norman is completely conscious and unable to do anything when this is happening, like when the Goblin murdered Stromm, even though he got amnesia afterwards.
- He threatened Harry and MJ during the World Unity Festival even though the former is Norman's son.
- When Norman realized what his alternate personality did, he tried to call the police to surrender himself, but the Goblin persuaded him to not do so by promising him power, wishing to be seen as a god.
- Despite Norman's refusal to hurt Peter due to liking him like another son, the Goblin manipulated him into joining him by claiming Peter was using him the whole time and manipulating him into forgetting about Harry, and by deciding they will be going for "his heart", which involved hurting his loved ones.
- In his final moments, he let Norman out of his subconscious so he could impale Spider-Man with his glider, which ends up with Spider-Man surviving the attempt on his life and both the Goblin and Norman dying upon being skewered by the glider's blades.
- Unlike his film counterpart, this version of the Green Goblin never crossed directly into the MCU, so he didn't have to be compared with other villains there, only needing to be compared to the likes of Doctor Octopus, his tentacles, Sandman and Venom. Thus, this version of the Green Goblin passed the heinous standards of his continuity.
- He established a clear moral agency, as shown during his conversation with Spider-Man on the roof in which he stated he "chose [his] path" when comparing how he and Spider-Man chose to live with their powers. This proved that he is aware of his actions and the harm they caused, and unlike Spider-Man chose to use his powers to kill innocents because he saw himself as superior to everyone.
External Links[]
- Green Goblin on the Villains Wiki
- Green Goblin on the Ultimate Evil Wiki
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