harness becomes fused to his spine following a lab accident caused by the Crimson Dynamo. Following this, he tries to use his newfound abilities as a superhero under Spider-Man's guidance until his ego eventually causes him to become a supervillain and form the Sinister Six, though they are defeated by Spider-Man and Harry Osborn / Hobgoblin. In season two, Octavius is released from prison, claiming that he wants to redeem himself, and returns to being a professor at Horizon High. However, he secretly places a bounty on Spider-Man. After being defeated, Octavius is left in a coma and his consciousness temporarily ends up in the Living Brain before relocating into Spider-Man's body. During this time, Octavius is inspired by the hero's memories to become the Superior Spider-Man and befriends Midtown High chemistry teacher Anna Maria Marconi. Eventually, he is persuaded to allow Spider-Man to reclaim control of his body while he returns to his own comatose body once more. After he recovers, Octavius returns to his Doctor Octopus persona and sacrifices himself to stop the Goblin King, for which he is hailed as a hero. Doctor Octopus appears in Marvel Super Hero Adventures, voiced by Luc Roderique. A female version of Doctor Octopus appears in Spidey and His Amazing Friends, voiced by Kelly Ohanian. Doctor Octopus will appear in the Disney+ / Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series Spider-Man: Freshman Year (2024). Film In an early script for Cannon's aborted Spider-Man film from, which was written by Ted Newsom and John Brancato, Otto Octavius was rewritten to become a teacher and mentor to a college-aged Peter Parker. The cyclotron accident which "creates" Spider-Man also deforms the scientist into Doctor Octopus and results in his mad pursuit of proof of the Fifth Force. "Doc Ock" reconstructs his cyclotron and causes electromagnetic abnormalities, anti-gravity effects, and bi-location, which threatens to engulf New York City and the world. Part of this plot were used for Spider-Man 2. Bob Hoskins and Arnold Schwarzenegger were considered for the role. Director Sam Raimi has stated that Doctor Octopus was intended to appear in Spider-Man and team up with the Green Goblin, but was not included because Raimi thought it "wouldn't do the movie justice to have a third origin in there". Alfred Molina portrays Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus in the Sony film Spider-Man 2 (2004). This version is depicted as a sympathetic, but misguided individual, and