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Spider-Man's cinematic history has been somewhat of a complicated one. This is how I'd piece together all of the theatrical Spider-Man films into one coherent film franchise. Hence the title. Except the last two films are made up, by me, just because that's how I would choose to tie together a Spider-Man film series. Also, as such, a lot of these plots will just be slightly edited versions of the actual films' plots, though as they continue further there will be more and more changes.

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Spider-Man (2002)

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High-school senior Peter Parker lives with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and is a school outcast and bully victim. On a school field trip, he visits a genetics laboratory with his friend Harry Osborn and unwitting love interest Gwen Stacy. There, Peter is bitten by a genetically engineered "super spider." Shortly after arriving home, he becomes ill and falls unconscious.

Meanwhile, Harry's father, scientist Norman Osborn, owner of Oscorp, is trying to secure an important military weapons contract. He experiments on himself with an unstable performance-enhancing chemical. After absorbing the chemical, he goes insane, kills his assistant, and destroys the laboratory. The next morning, Peter finds that he is no longer near-sighted, and his body has metamorphosized into a more muscular physique.

At school, he finds that his body can produce webs from the wrists, and his quickened reflexes let him avoid injury during a confrontation with Flash Thompson. Peter discovers he has developed superhuman speed, strength, the ability to stick to surfaces, and a heightened ability to sense danger. Brushing off Ben's advice that "with great power comes great responsibility," Peter considers impressing Gwen with a car. He enters an underground wrestling tournament and wins his first match, but the promoter cheats him out of his prize money. When a thief suddenly raids the promoter's office, Peter allows him to escape in revenge. Moments later, he discovers that Ben has been carjacked and shot, dying in Peter's arms.

Overcome with anger and vengeance, Peter corners, subdues and tries to kill the carjacker, but hesitates when he sees it is the thief that he let escape. The thief attempts to flee, but trips and falls out a window to his death instead. Meanwhile, a crazed Norman interrupts a military experiment and, using weaponry from his research, kills several scientists and the military's General Slocum. Upon graduating, Peter begins using his abilities to fight crime, donning a costume and the persona of Spider-Man. J. Jonah Jameson, a newspaper chief editor, hires Peter as a freelance photographer, since he is the only person providing clear images of Spider-Man. Norman, upon learning Oscorp's board members plan to sell the company, attacks them at the World Unity Fair; though Peter intervenes as Spider-Man, Norman still kills the board members. Jameson quickly dubs the mysterious killer the Green Goblin. The Green Goblin offers Spider-Man a place at his side, but Spider-Man refuses. They fight, and Spider-Man is wounded.

At Thanksgiving dinner, May invites Gwen and the Osborns. During the dinner, Norman sees the wound on Peter and realizes he is Spider-Man. Shortly after he leaves, Green Goblin attacks and hospitalizes May. Gwen admits to Peter she is infatuated with Spider-Man, who has rescued her on numerous occasions, and asks Peter whether Spider-Man ever asked about her. Harry, who loves Gwen, arrives and interprets that she has feelings for Peter. Defeated, Harry laments to his father that Peter loves Gwen Stacy, unintentionally revealing Spider-Man's weakness.

The Green Goblin kidnaps and holds Gwen hostage alongside the Queensboro Bridge, challenging Spider-Man to another confrontation. He taunts Spider-Man, and drops Gwen. Spider-Man catches Gwen with a web, but her neck snaps, and she dies regardless. Green Goblin is then pelted and heckled by civilians who have sided with Spider-Man. Green Goblin redirects the fight into an abandoned building where they engage in a lengthy and brutal battle. When Spider-Man manages to overpower Green Goblin, Norman reveals himself to halt the fight. He begs for forgiveness, but at the same time programs his glider to impale his foe from behind. Sensing the danger, Spider-Man instinctively dodges, and the glider impales Green Goblin. As he dies, Norman asks Spider-Man not to tell Harry of the Green Goblin's identity. Spider-Man takes Norman's body back to his house. Harry arrives to find Spider-Man standing over his father's body and incorrectly believes him to have murdered his father.

At Norman’s funeral, Harry swears vengeance toward Spider-Man, and asserts that Peter is all the family he has left. As Peter leaves the funeral, he looks over to Gwen's grave, and recalls Uncle Ben's words, accepting his new responsibility as Spider-Man.

          

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

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Peter Parker struggles to balance his crime-fighting duties as Spider-Man with the demands of his normal life. Estranged from best friend Harry Osborn, Peter additionally discovers his Aunt May is facing eviction. Mary Jane Watson, the niece of May's friend Anna May Watson, frequently visits May to help her out, and hits it off with Peter, who develops a crush on her.

Harry, now head of Oscorp's research division, is sponsoring brilliant nuclear scientist Otto Octavius' fusion power project, who befriends Peter and offers him life advice. While handling hazardous materials, Octavius wears a harness of powerful robotic tentacle arms. During a public demonstration, in which Peter and Harry attend, a power spike causes the fusion reactor to destabilize. Octavius refuses to shut down the reactor, which goes critical, killing his wife and fusing the harness to his spine. Spider-Man arrives and shuts down the experiment, destroying it. Because of the incident, Peter gets back to May's house late, dissapointing Mary Jane, who believes Peter is irresponsible and doesn't want to take care of his aunt.

At a hospital, doctors prepare to surgically remove Octavius's harness, only for the tentacles to suddenly attack the crew. Upon regaining consciousness and seeing the carnage, Octavius escapes and takes refuge at a harbour. Driven mad, Octavius hears the voice of his deceased wife, telling him to finish the experiment, so Octavius robs a bank that Peter and May are coincidentally visiting in order to fund a second experiment. Octavius takes May hostage but she is rescued by Peter as Spider-Man, although Octavius is able to flee with the money. The Daily Bugle subsequently dubs Octavius "Doctor Octopus."

Mary Jane becomes engaged to astronaut John Jameson, son of Bugle chief J. Jonah Jameson. Peter suffers an emotional breakdown and temporarily loses his powers. He abandons his Spider-Man identity, returns to his normal life, and tries to reconcile with Mary Jane. A garbageman brings Spider-Man's costume to Jameson, who takes credit for driving Spider-Man into hiding. Peter decides to tell Aunt May the truth behind Uncle Ben's death and how he is responsible. May forgives him, but the rise in New York City crime rate worries Peter.

Octavius, requiring the isotope tritium to fuel his reactor, visits Harry to demand it. Harry agrees in exchange for Spider-Man's life. He tells Octavius to seek Peter, who is supposedly good friends with Spider-Man, but requests Octavius not to harm him. Octavius locates Peter, tells him to find Spider-Man, and captures Mary Jane. Motivated now more than ever, Peter's powers return and, just as Jameson admits he was wrong about Spider-Man, he steals back his costume from the Bugle and goes after Octavius.

As Spider-Man battles Octavius, they fall onto a rapid transit R train. Octavius sabotages the controls and leaves Spider-Man to save the passengers, which he does at a great physical toll. Fainting from exhaustion, the grateful passengers save him from falling and bring him into the car. Octavius returns for Peter and captures him, despite the efforts of the passengers to protect him. Octavius delivers Spider-Man to Harry.

After giving Octavius the tritium, Harry prepares to kill Spider-Man, only to be shocked to find Peter under the mask. Prioritising stopping Octavius over their feud, Peter convinces Harry to direct him to Octavius' lair. Spider-Man arrives at the doctor's waterfront laboratory, attempting to rescue Mary Jane discreetly. Octavius discovers him and they fight once again as the nuclear reaction swells in size. Spider-Man ultimately subdues Octavius, reveals his identity, and persuades Octavius to let go of his dream for the greater good. Octavius finally comes to his senses, and seemingly gives his life to destroy the experiment, telling Spider-Man "this isn't over" before he falls into the water below. Mary Jane sees Spider-Man's true identity and feelings, realizing his struggle to help May while protecting the city. Spider-Man returns Mary Jane to John, and leaves.

Harry is visited by a vision of his father, pleading for Harry to avenge his death. Refusing to hurt Peter, Harry shatters the mirror, unintentionally revealing a secret room containing the Green Goblin's equipment. On her wedding day, Mary Jane abandons John at the altar and runs to Peter's apartment. After they kiss, they hear police sirens, and Mary Jane encourages him to the rescue. In one final scene, Octavius pulls himself out of the water and onto a buoy, looking back upon New York and grinning.

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

(A lot of ideas here come from this amazing video, go watch: WhatCulture - How They Should Have Made Spider-Man 3)

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Late one night, Mary Jane Watson, girlfriend of Peter Parker, is awoken by a loud noise. She gets out of bed and sees a bloody, beaten Spider-Man standing in her doorway. Mary Jane offers him help, and Peter initially refuses, but ends up giving in. Mary Jane cleans him up, and takes him up to the roof, where they look at the stars together. Peter has an engangement ring, and plans on proposing to her, but Mary Jane cuts him off before he can ask the question, telling him that she thinks his life as Spider-Man is going to get him killed. Peter gets frustrated with Mary Jane, and takes off.

In an abandoned Oscorp laboratory, Harry Osborn retrieves some of his father's hidden Green Goblin technology, planning to kill Spider-Man once and for all. While there, he also comes across a black liquid being held in a cryogenic tank, labeled "Project Venom." The liquid peaks Harry's interest, but he ends up leaving it.

At the home of his Aunt May, Peter finds May with a wealthy gentleman suitor, named Adrian Toomes. As Toomes leaves, Peter talks to May about his Uncle Ben's death, and May tells Peter not to let Ben's memory become a burden on him. The next day, Spider-Man arrives to thwart a bank robbery, only to find the robber in question is an costumed criminal with a suit of mechanical wings, who the Daily Bugle has already dubbed "The Vulture." Spider-Man is once again heavily injured in the battle, cut by Vulture's razor-sharp wings, but he manages to get back the stolen money, though the Vulture escapes. The police tell Spider-Man that they are sick of him acting outside the law, calling him a menace.

While on the way home, Peter is attacked by Harry, in his Hobgoblin armor. Peter tries to tell Harry that his father killed himself, but Harry refuses to listen. Toward the end of the fight, they end up crashing into the abandoned Oscorp laboratory, with Peter's costume now completely destroyed. Harry sees the engagement ring, which Peter dropped during the fight, and decides the best way to get back at Peter is to kill Mary Jane. Peter goes into a rage, attacking Harry, but Harry eventually gains the upper hand, throwing Peter into the tank containing Project Venom. As the black liquid grows over Peter's body, he snaps Harry's glider in half, then begins to viciously beat Harry. Harry's butler enters the room, and Peter gets away, not noticing that the liquid has now covered his entire body.

Once he returns home, Peter finds that the new suit has healed all of his injuries. Over the next week, Peter, more powerful than ever, goes on a crime-fighting spree in his new black suit, evading the police and taking down more criminals each day. Peter becomes more brutal in the way he deals with criminals, which only makes the public more distrustful of him. He starts making more ego-driven decisions, and quits his job at the Daily Bugle when J. Jonah Jameson refuses to give him a raise.

During a dinner with Mary Jane, Aunt May, and Adrian Toomes, Adrian attempts to relate with Peter, who starts acting rude and disrespectful to Adrian, trying to ruin his relationship with Aunt May. Mary Jane pulls Peter aside and tells him he's been acting strange lately. When she asks about Harry, Peter leaves the dinner to go take his anger out on some petty criminals, accidentally dropping the engagement ring, which is picked up by Mary Jane. At the Oscorp laboratory, Harry, in a coma from his fight with Peter, is being kept alive by his butler.

The next morning, Mary Jane repeatedly tries to call Peter, but he ignores her voice mails. He hears on a police scanner that the Vulture is robbing a jewlery store, and quickly arrives at the scene of the crime. After a short chase, Peter manages to rip off one of Vulture's wings, causing him to crash into a nearby cemetery. As Peter fights the Vulture, he manages to rip off his helmet, discovering that the Vulture is in fact Adrian Toomes, who was only stealing so he could treat May well. Adrian begs Spider-Man not to kill him, but as Peter steps closer to him, Adrian has a heart attack and dies. The police arrive, thinking Spider-Man murdered the Vulture, and open fire. Peter gets away, and lands on top of a nearby church. He tries to take off the suit, but it won't come off. As he fights the suit, Peter hears conflicting voices in his head: the suit telling him to take charge in life and stand up for himself, and Uncle Ben, reminding him that with great power must also come great responsibility. As the suit begins to take over Peter's mind, he hears the voice of Gwen Stacy, and finally manages to overpower the suit, tearing it off.

At the Oscorp laboratory, Harry sees another vision of his father, calling him pathetic for letting Spider-Man defeat him so easily. At the same moment, Peter sneaks back into the laboratory, planning to destroy the black suit. He is caught by Harry, who is barely able to get up and walk on his own. Harry has a gun, and shoots at Peter. Peter jumps out of the way but drops the suit. Harry picks up the black fluid, and ignores Peter's warnings. The suit bonds to Harry, transforming him into a hideous monster. Harry, now incredibly strong thanks to the suit, attacks the injured Peter, nearly killing him. Harry tells Peter that he ruined the Osborn name, so now Harry is going to ruin his name. A white spider symbol appears on Harry's chest as he webs his way into the city. As Harry swings from building to building, he is pursued by a police helicopter, being mistaken for the fugitive Spider-Man. Harry swings behind the helicopter, and pulls it to the ground, crashing into the street below and killing several civilians. J. Jonah Jameson sees the attack unfolding on live television, and refuses to believe that is the real Spider-Man. At Aunt May's house, Mary Jane is talking to her about Peter, and reveals that he is Spider-Man. May tells Mary Jane that she knew this whole time. Suddenly, Harry attacks, kidnapping both of them. He reveals himself as Harry, and tells them that Peter must pay for what he did to his father. Harry takes them back to the Osborn Mansion, and forces Mary Jane to call Peter, who is still recovering at the abandoned lab. Peter realizes it is a trap, but knows he must stop Harry.

Peter arrives at the mansion, where Harry stalks him from the shadows. As Peter comes across Norman's old Goblin lair, Harry jumps out and attacks Peter. In the fight, Harry throws one of his father's old Pumpkin Bombs at Peter, who catches it with his web and throws it back at Harry. The explosion damages the suit, forcing Harry to retreat. Peter hears Mary Jane and Aunt May screaming for help on the upper floor of the mansion, and rushes to their rescue. As he frees them from Harry's web, he tells them that the suit brings out the darkness in whoever wears it, and that he has to save Harry. Harry attacks Peter once again, while Mary Jane and May escape. Peter tries telling Harry once more that his father killed himself, to no avail. In the abandoned laboratory, Harry's butler examines Norman Osborn's corpse on a table, and discovers that the wound in his chest matches the blade on his glider. During Harry and Peter's battle, the mansion catches on fire. The flames harm the black suit, and weaken it to the point where Harry is able to think for himself. He sees one last vision of his father, telling him to destroy Peter. Harry looks at the injured Peter, and reflects on their friendship. As the suit regains it's strength and starts to take over Harry's mind again, the butler enters the room, confirming to Harry that Norman died by his own glider. As the suit attempts to destroy Peter, Harry fights against it, and ends up throwing himself into the fire to destroy the suit, telling Peter he's sorry. Peter forgives Harry, and escapes the mansion with the butler as it burns to the ground.

At Harry's funeral, Mary Jane asks Peter how he'll continue fighting crime as Spider-Man if his reputation is ruined forever. Peter tells Mary Jane that maybe New York doesn't need Spider-Man anymore. After the funeral, Peter burns his Spider-Man costume, reflecting on his crime-fighting career. At the abandoned Oscorp laboratory, a shadowy figure in a trenchcoat walks through the building, and comes across the tank containing Project Venom. It is empty, but he finds a dossier next to it, containing the formula to create another symbiote. Four robotic tentacles reveal themselves from under the man's coat, and he laughs evilly.

The Amazing Spider-Man (2010)

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A young Peter Parker discovers his father Richard Parker's study has been burgled. Gathering up hidden documents, Peter's parents take him to the home of his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, then mysteriously depart.

Three years after the events of Spider-Man 3, Peter has retired from his role as New York's costumed defender and teaches at Empire State University, the same college he previously studied at and graduated from. His Aunt May is in the hospital, sick, and one day, while teaching a class, he gets a call from his wife Mary Jane, learning that Aunt May's condition has significantly worsened. Peter goes to the hospital to visit Aunt May, and she tells him that there's something she's kept hidden from him since the day his parents left him with her and Ben. Aunt May gives Peter a dossier from his father, and then dies.

Peter reads his father's papers and learns he worked with Peter's old mentor Curt Connors and the late Norman Osborn back when Oscorp was just starting. The three were working on an experimental government suit known as a "symbiote", which Peter recognizes as the black suit that corrupted him and turned Harry Osborn into Venom.

After studying Richard's papers, Peter visits the one-armed Connors, who has grown estranged from his wife and son due to his obsession with healing back his arm. Peter reluctantly gives Connors his father's "decay rate algorithm", a key component in the symbiote formula. When Peter asks about his father, Connors tells him that's none of his business, and kicks him out of his home. In his father's dossier, Peter comes across a video file from his father. He uploads the file onto his computer and views the video, which is a video journal from Richard. Richard reveals that they were developing the symbiote originally to help people, but when he found out Osborn wanted to sell it to the military out of his own personal greed, he stole one of the files. The file contained a piece of key information regarding the symbiote formula, and without it, the symbiote would corrupt and slowly kill it's user, feeding off of their body and driving them insane.

Meanwhile, Connors, using DNA from a lizard due to it's ability to heal, finally finishes his prototype serum. He tests it out on a lab rat, but finds he used far too much lizard DNA as the rat grows reptilian scales. Connors continues working on the serum, but is late to pick his son Billy up from school. His wife, Martha, tells him that if he keeps putting himself before her and their son, she's going to file for divorce. Curt reveals that he's been trying to heal his arm for Billy, explaining that since he lost it in a car crash years ago, he hasn't been able to play with his son as much as he used to. Martha tells Curt that Billy doesn't care whether or not his father has an arm, he just wants him to be there for him. Martha leaves, and Curt, looking at a picture of him and his son before he lost his arm, decides to continue his work. He finally perfects the serum, when Peter walks in. Curt places the perfected healing serum down next to the imperfect prototype, as Peter apologizes for their earlier argument. Curt tells Peter that he's not the one who should apologize, as Curt's stress from working on the serum made him angry and irrational. As Peter and Curt reconcile with each other, Curt's mutated lab rat escapes from it's cage, and accidentally knocks the perfected serum off the table, without either Curt or Peter noticing.

After flipping through his father's dossier once more, he comes across a recurring number randomly inserted into several files. He realizes that it's the adress of his parents' old house, and, suiting up in a Spider-Man Halloween costume, breaks in. Flipping through the dossier once more, he finds a boat drawn on the corner of one of the pages. He remembers they had a painting of a boat in their living room, and finds it's still there. He takes the painting down, removes it from the frame, and finds a floppy disk hidden inside. Suddenly, the house's owner returns home, and calls the police. Peter takes the floppy disk and escapes on foot. The police arrive and drive after him, so he is forced to web-swing away. The police are baffled.

That night, Curt Connors finally decides to test the serum on himself, not realizing that the perfected serum was ruined by the rat and that he has grabbed the imperfect one. After passing out, he awakens to find his missing arm has regenerated. Discovering that Martha is on her way to file for divorce, Connors, whose skin is turning green and scaly, goes to intercept her. By the time he gets to the Williamsburg Bridge, Connors has become a violent hybrid of lizard and man, tossing cars, including Martha's, over the side of the bridge. Peter, who just happens to be swinging by in his costume, snatches each falling car with his web-lines. The mutated Connors attacks Peter, and they have a short battle on the bridge, which ends when a police helicopter comes and opens fire on the two. Peter is shot in the arm, and the mutated Connors gets away.  Peter returns home, and is found by Mary Jane, who helps to remove the bullet from his shoulder and patches up the wound. Mary Jane tells Peter that he shouldn't be going out as Spider-Man again, but Peter, after coming face to face with the monstrous Lizard, tells Mary Jane that the city needs him again. Peter places the floppy disk in his computer and watches his father's last video journal. Richard reveals that, after he found out the key to the symbiote formula had been stolen, Osborn sent his men after Richard and his family, which is why Richard had to send Peter with his aunt and uncle and why he had to flee the city. Richard tells Peter that he'll find the video when he's ready, and says one last goodbye to Peter, just in case Osborn's men get him, which they did. Knowing his father never gave up fighting for what he felt was right, Peter decides to become Spider-Man once more, creating a new costume. Mary Jane admits to Peter that it's nice seeing him in the costume again. Meanwhile, the Lizard flees into the sewers, where he slowly reverts back into human form. He gets a call from his wife, who tells him about the lizard attack before finally confessing she changed her mind about divorcing him. Curt plans on seeking help from Peter, but, as some sewer workers approach, the monstrous Lizard persona takes over once more, and he attacks them in his reptilian form.

Peter suspects Curt is the Lizard after finding out he's gone missing, and, as Spider-Man, arrives at J. Jonah Jameson's office at the Daily Bugle. Jameson is shocked to see Spider-Man and threatens to call the police, but after Spider-Man explains his need to defend the city and that a new threat is on the rise, Jameson has a change of heart. Jameson gives Spider-Man all the info his top reporters have gathered on the Lizard, including the discovery of dead sewer workers and large monster-like footprints in the sewers. Spider-Man thanks Jameson, and takes off. Crawling through the sewers, Spider-Man finds Curt's labcoat on the ground, and follows some footsteps to the Lizard's secret lair. The Lizard attacks Spider-Man, and the two fall down a large sewer pipe. Spider-Man fights for dear life until they are both shot out into a large pool of sewage. Spider-Man webs up the Lizard, hanging him upside down from the ceiling, and tries to reason with Curt. The Lizard finally speaks, telling Spider-Man that Curt Connors is no more. The Lizard reveals it's intention to transform all of the people in New York into reptilian creatures like himself, as he believes himself to be the next step in human evolution. As the webs eventually begin to wear out, the Lizard breaks free, and tangles Spider-Man up in his own web. The Lizard unmasks him, discovering his true identity as Peter Parker, and escapes. Peter eventually makes it back up to the surface, and returns home to wash off.

The next day, Peter is teaching at ESU, when the Lizard attacks the school, searching for him. In all the chaos, Peter manages to sneak away, swinging back into the action in his costume. They fight throughout the campus, with the Lizard eventually gaining the upper hand. The Lizard is about kill Spider-Man, when the police arrive. The Lizard is shot several times, and escapes. The police approach Spider-Man, who quickly springs up and escapes through an open window. Spider-Man is chased by police, and eventually manages to get them off his tail, arriving at the Daily Bugle. He tells J. Jonah Jameson that the Lizard is planning to transform everyone in the city into creatures like him, and that he needs to warn everyone. Jameson tells Spider-Man that just because he's helping him doesn't mean their friends now, and Spider-Man tells Jameson he wouldn't have it any other way.

The Lizard claws out the bullets, and his wounds quickly heal. He returns to the Connors' residence, scaring Martha and Billy. Martha realizes the Lizard is Curt when he calls both her and Billy by their names, and she tries to bring the humanity out in the beast. The Lizard momentarily hesitates, before grabbing Martha and Billy with his tail and bringing them with him down into the basement. As Jameson goes on live TV, warning everyone to evacuate the city, Peter goes back to his apartment, recieving a good luck kiss from Mary Jane as she leaves. Peter, reading his father's stolen symbiote file, learns that the key component to the symbiote was a mixture of spider DNA and human blood.

Back at the Connors' residence, the Lizard creates a new batch of his formula, and plans on transforming Martha and Billy first. Spider-Man arrives, and briefly battles the Lizard, who electrocutes himself when his tail gets caught in some of Curt's lab equipment. Spider-Man briefly knocks out the Lizard with a kick to the face, and rescues Billy and Martha. Spider-Man uses some of his own blood, one of the Lizard's serums, and Curt's lab equipment to quickly develop an antidote, theorizing that, due to the mixture of spider and human DNA curing the negative effects of the symbiote, it could also cure the negative effects of Curt's serum. As Spider-Man places the mixture into one of Curt's machines to synthesize an antidote, the Lizard awakens, throwing Spider-Man to the side and taking the rest of his serums with him. The police surround the house, but the Lizard fights his way through them with ease. The Lizard throws a police car on top of one of the officers and runs away. Spider-Man manages to lift the car up off of the officer, throwing it to the side. The police change their minds about Spider-Man, and agree to help him. Spider-Man is given a police radio, so he can direct them on how to finish the antidote as he pursues the Lizard.

The Lizard returns to his sewer lair, where he has built a device to turn the serums into a vapor form and disperse it out above the city, so that everyone who breathes it in will be infected. The Lizard makes his way to the top of the Daily Bugle building, where he sets up the device and places the serums inside. He loads it up, and the vaporization process begins. Spider-Man arrives, and holds off the Lizard, taking time during the battle to guide the police officers as the antidote nears completion. The officers are able to finish the antidote, and race to the scene. The process for Lizard's serum is finished, and the cloud is ready to launch. As Lizard approaches the device, Spider-Man brings up his father and Norman Osborn in a last ditch effort to get to Curt. He mocks Curt for helping the greedy Osborn turn what could have been a great innovation for society into a weapon for the government, and tells him that, because of his father, they never even came close to success. The Lizard tells Spider-Man he's wrong, and as he goes on about how Osborn manipulated Connors into assisting with the symbiote, he slowly transforms back into human form. A police helicopter arrives, and the pilot throws the finished antidote down to Spider-Man. Spider-Man places the antidote into the machine, as Curt once again loses control of his body to the Lizard, and aims the machine at the monster, shooting out the antidote cloud and curing Curt Connors once and for all. Curt loses his arm once again as the effects of the serum are reversed, but finally realizes that he never needed it.

With the city saved, Spider-Man is once again seen as a hero, and even J. Jonah Jameson feels differently about him, though he still disagrees with his vigilante ways. Peter Parker is once again fighting crime on a regular basis while teaching at ESU, Mary Jane decides to follow through with her dream and goes to nursing school, and, now knowing what really happened to his parents, Peter finally has the closure he always lacked, not just in regards to his parents' deaths, but also all the other deaths he's felt responsible for. As Spider-Man, Peter arrives at the Connors' house, delivering Martha and Billy Connors a letter from Curt. He tells them that once Curt fully recovers, it won't be long before he can come back home. They thank Spider-Man, who heroically swings off into the city.

In the final scene, Curt is asleep in his hospital bed, when a robotic tentacle reaches in and grabs him, pulling him out through the window and up onto the roof, where he comes face to face with Otto Octavius. Octavius tells Curt that, now that Spider-Man has returned, he has something big planned, and offers Curt a chance to get revenge on Spider-Man, only for Curt to cry out for help. Octavius realizes that, in his human form, Curt is useless to him, and decides to find help somewhere else. He places Curt back in his bed, and disappears into the night. 

The Amazing Spider-Man: Enter Electro (2012)

ENTER ELECTRO

In an abandoned Oscorp laboratory late at night, Otto Octavius has put together a makeshift lab, salvaging old technology. On the wall is a collection of Daily Bugle newspapers reporting sightings of Doctor Octopus after his supposed death. Octavius has built some sort of large machine, and he simply needs something to power it.

The next day, master thief Robert "Blackie" Drago and his dimwitted Russian partner Aleksei Sytsevich hijack a truck carrying a large shipment of plutonium, and are pursued by police through Manhattan. Spider-Man arrives and chases after the truck. Drago orders Sytsevich to shoot at Spider-Man, but he misses every shot until he runs out of ammo. Spider-Man is able to make his way onto the truck and knocks out Drago, taking control of the vehicle and slowing it to a halt, just in time to save the life of civilian Maxwell Dillon, who was in the direct path of the truck. Drago and Sytsevich are arrested by police, and Spider-Man quickly makes his way to his wife Mary Jane Parker's graduation from nursing school. He switches out of his costume just in time to join his wife for the occasion. That night, Mary Jane and Peter go home and celebrate.

In his apartment, Dillon describes to his wife the thrill of seeing Spider-Man in action, but she doesn't seem to care. Instead she tells him that he needs to get a job, as their bills are becoming too much to pay. Dillon tries telling her that he doesn't want to waste his talent at some dead-end job, but she tells him that if he doesn't get one soon, they're going to be evicted. Dillon sits down on the couch next to his three-year-old daughter, and changes the channel from cartoons to the news, where they are reporting on Spider-Man's heroic victory earlier that day. Dillon's daughter wakes up, and he begins telling her about his encounter with Spider-Man. The next morning, Peter is enjoying breakfast when Mary Jane's aunt, Anna May Watson, arrives at their apartment. She tells Peter and Mary Jane that she came to visit after hearing about Mary Jane's graduation from nursing school. She remarks that the couple has a bright future ahead of them, asking if they're planning on having children any time soon. Before they can answer, Peter hears over the police scanner that a bank is being robbed, so he makes a quick getaway, telling Anna May that he'll be right back.

At the local power station, Max Dillon is having a job interview to become an electrician. Despite his utter lack of enthusiasm about it, he gets the job. Walking home, Max laments to himself about his aspirations to achieve greatness, when he sees Spider-Man swing by to stop a robbery. Seeing the crowd cheer for Spider-Man, Maxwell becomes envious. Peter arrives back home just as Anna May is leaving, and Mary Jane asks Peter what he thinks about having a baby. Peter tells Mary Jane that he thinks that's something they should talk about later in their relationship, as his crime-fighting career might get in the way. Mary Jane is disappointed by Peter's response but understanding. In his apartment, Maxwell tells his wife about his new job, but she still seems to look down on him. Maxwell tells her that all he wants is her love and respect, and when she mocks him, he leaves in anger. His daughter tries to stop him from leaving, but he tells her that he'll be back for her soon. That night, Peter and Mary Jane are going out for dinner, when they see a young couple walking by with their baby. Mary Jane tries to make a subtle hint to Peter about having a baby of their own, but Peter can tell what she's trying to do and immediately shoots it down. As the two sit in the restaurant, Mary Jane tells Peter that he needs someone to continue the Parker legacy. Peter confesses to Mary Jane that since he grew up without his parents and since he's always out risking his life for the greater good, he doesn't think he'll be a good father. Mary Jane assures Peter that he'd be a great father, and jokes that any kid would want to have Spider-Man as their dad.

That night, Maxwell sneaks into the power station, and gets drunk. He talks to himself about how one day he'll get his chance to show everyone what he can do, the brilliant ideas he has, and that he'll leave his miserable wife, marry an amazing woman, and get to provide the perfect life for his daughter. It starts to rain, and he drunkenly dances around the power station. Lightning suddenly strikes one of the electric towers, frightening Maxwell. Maxwell tries to make his way out of the station, accidentally falling onto a transformer as it is struck by lightning. Max is caught in a large electrical explosion, and power goes out in half the city, including Ryker's Prison. Inmates' cells open and they all go on a riot, fighting off guards as they attempt to escape. Blackie Drago and Aleksei Sytsevich are able to escape in the madness, stealing the gun of a guard that has been killed by another inmate. They shoot two guards standing by a truck, and make their getaway. Power goes out at the restaurant, and people start to panic. Peter and Mary Jane go outside, where they see smoke in the distance coming from the power station. Peter unbuttons his suit, revealing the Spider-Man costume underneath, and goes off to investigate. At the station, Spider-Man comes across the body of Maxwell Dillon underneath a pile of rubble. Maxwell asks him if he remembers him, but Spider-Man has no clue who he is. Spider-Man tries to grab Maxwell to get him to a hospital, but when he touches him, he is electrocuted, and falls back. Maxwell gets up, and notices electricity coming off of him. Curiously, he puts out his hand, and fires a bolt of lightning up into the air. Spider-Man tells Maxwell that he can get him help, but Maxwell simply says he doesn't want any, and flies off. Spider-Man's spider-sense goes off, and he chases after Dillon.

Throughout the streets of Manhattan, Drago and Sytsevich are being pursued by police, when out of nowhere, a large mechanical tentacle reaches down from the rooftops and lifts up their truck. Octavius pulls the two out of their vehicle, which he then throws down into the streets below. Octavius gets away with the two, and returns to his lair at the abandoned Oscorp laboratory. The two crooks recognize him as Doctor Octopus, and it is then that he reveals himself to be the "Master Planner", the one who hired them to steal the plutonium in the first place. Sytsevich apologizes for their failure, and begs Octavius not to kill them. Octavius laughs at this, and tells them that all is forgiven. Having realized that any typical crimes in New York are now nearly impossible thanks to Spider-Man, Octavius brings the two into his vault of abandoned Oscorp projects and other pieces of technology put together by Octavius. He tells them each to pick one, and, almost immediately, Sytsevich runs over to a large gun-toting mech suit, which Octavius refers to as "the Rhino." Drago's interest is peaked by a particular winged suit, which Octavius explains is a heavily modified and streamlined version of the suit used by the now deceased criminal Vulture. The two suit up, and Octavius tells them they have one last chance to get him his plutonium.

As electricians work to put the city's power back up, Maxwell Dillon lands down on top of Rockefeller Center. He toys around with his exciting new ability, learning how to generate and control electricity. He sees some criminals looting in the streets below, and lands down. The criminals at first attack him, but he kills all of them with his new powers. Spider-Man arrives, and tries talking to Maxwell, who claims Spider-Man isn't worth his time and lightly shocks him before flying away. The next morning, the power is back up in the city, and Peter tells Mary Jane about the new electric-powered villain. Mary Jane suggests that Peter make some sort of rubber suit to shield himself, and he immediately gets to work.

At a local nuclear research laboratory, scientists are working with highly dangerous plutonium, when suddenly, the fully armored Rhino attacks. Police arrive at the scene, but their guns do nothing against the Rhino's indestructible armor. Drago, in his Vulture suit, swoops down and grabs one of the officers, carrying him up into the air and dropping him. Spider-Man swings down in his rubber suit and catches the officer, bringing him safely to the ground. Vulture mocks Spider-Man's ridiculous rubber suit, and he explains that he expected to be fighting someone else today. Vulture and Spider-Man have a brief fight up in the air, which is cut short when Rhino launches a missile at Spider-Man, who instead diverts his attention to catching the missile with a web and redirecting it so no one is hurt. Spider-Man lands down on the ground, as does Vulture. Spider-Man mocks Vulture for not being able to come up with his own gimmick and instead stealing another villain's costume, only to be attacked and cut by Vulture's razor-sharp wings. Rhino charges full force toward Spider-Man, and the two battle as Vulture flies into the laboratory to retrieve the plutonium. Before he can get the plutonium, Vulture is shot with lightning from behind. Maxwell reveals himself, telling Vulture he's the new hero here. Outside, Spider-Man manages to pull Sytsevich out of the Rhino suit, knocking him out with ease, and notices the Oscorp logo on the inside of the suit. He heads into the laboratory, where Vulture tells Maxwell that if he doesn't get the plutonium, Octavius will kill him. As they talk, Maxwell finds himself able to relate to Drago, seeing how he just wants a good life as well. Spider-Man jumps into the room, and Maxwell attacks him, letting Drago get away with the plutonium. Maxwell tells Spider-Man that now the people of the world will look up to him, and all it took was him getting super-powers. After knocking out Spider-Man, Maxwell briefly considers unmasking him, but instead leaves, realizing it wouldn't matter to him.

Maxwell follows Drago back to Octavius' lair, bringing Sytsevich with them. Maxwell comes face to face with Octavius, wishing to hear his plan. Octavius keeps it vague, telling Maxwell that once he finishes his "magnum opus", they will destroy Spider-Man, and change the world for the better. Maxwell, having been mistreated and disrespected his entire life, is convinced to join Octavius. When Maxwell touches one of his machines and accidentally fries its system, Octavius decides to design for Maxwell a special containment suit which will allow him to better control his powers.

At the police department, the detectives are working overtime to figure out what's going on with all the new super villains. Spider-Man arrives, and Detective Jean DeWolff asks him about the situation. Spider-Man tells him he's still trying to find out, but he has a lead. He asks for a SWAT team on standby at the abandoned Oscorp laboratory, where he anticipates the villains to be hiding. Spider-Man makes his way to the laboratory, followed by police reinforcements, and sneaks into the building as the authorities stand guard. Inside, Spider-Man hears a familiar voice, and crawls through the air vents into a room where Octavius is talking with Blackie Drago. Shocked to see Otto Octavius still alive, Spider-Man nearly blows his cover, but is able to remain calm. Drago demands that Octavius let him and Sytsevich go, but Octavius tells him that he's not done with them yet. Just then, Spider-Man strikes, attacking Octavius. Octavius grabs all his files and escapes, while Drago does battle with the hero. Aleksei, having lost his Rhino armor, grabs a gatling gun and storms into the room, opening fire on Spider-Man. Spider-Man dodges Aleksei's attack, and Drago ends up getting shot. Spider-Man catches Drago before he falls to the ground, and Aleksei drops the gatling gun. Seeing the brother-like friendship between the two villains, Spider-Man decides getting Drago help is more important at the moment than going after Octavius. Spider-Man grabs the plutonium and goes out to the police, telling them to get Drago immediate medical help. The plutonium is returned back to the research laboratory it was stolen from, and Spider-Man returns home. Inside the building, Maxwell emerges from an electric wire, transforming back into a human form. He has now learned how to turn himself into pure electricity, and soon gets an idea.

At the Daily Bugle, a young photographer gives J. Jonah Jameson some pictures of the fight between Spider-Man and the two plutonium thieves, but Jameson deems all of them "crap", claiming Peter Parker was the best photographer the Bugle ever had. Spider-Man comes into Jameson's office through the window, and tells Jameson that, like he helped him before with the Lizard, he's going to need info on the whereabouts of Otto Octavius as it becomes available. Jameson tells Spider-Man he always assumed Octavius' survival after their fight to be a myth, but Spider-Man assures him he's alive and well. Peter returns home, waking up the sleeping Mary Jane. Mary Jane tells Peter that he's been gone so much lately fighting these new villains, reminding him that she needs him. Peter, frustrated, asks Mary Jane why she's been so worried about him lately, and so she shows him a pregnancy test, revealing she is pregnant.

At Maxwell Dillon's apartment, his wife decides to call the police and report him missing, when suddenly Maxwell materializes from out of the phone in electric form. His wife is shocked, and he sarcastically thanks her for finally being impressed by him. Maxwell's daughter comes out of her bedroom, and when Maxwell approaches her, she screams. Maxwell looks at his reflection in the mirror, seeing how he's changed. His wife tries calling the police, but Maxwell fries the phone line. He tells her that he's finally going to change the world, just like he's always dreamed of. She calls him pathetic, and, in a fit of rage, Maxwell electrocutes her to death, right in front of their daughter. Maxwell's daughter runs away, scared for her life. Maxwell blasts the roof of the ceiling and flies into the air, carrying his wife's dead body in his arms. Nearby civilians look on in terror, so Max starts striking them down with lightning. Peter sees the spectacle from his apartment, and Mary Jane begs him not to go, as it might be too dangerous for him this time. Peter is conflicted, and hugs Mary Jane tightly, kissing her, and promising to her that he won't die today. Peter puts his mask back on, and heads toward the scene of the commotion. As electricity engulfs Maxwell, his wife's body is charred into ashes and blows away in the wind. Spider-Man crashes into the apartment building through a window, and starts saving it's residents one by one, as electricity flows throughout the entire structure of the complex.

At the Daily Bugle building, J. Jonah Jameson is flipping through sightings of Octavius, most of which are joke submissions, when he notices Maxwell off in the distance. Max, filled with rage at the death of his wife, begins shooting lightning randomly into the city, with one bolt of lightning shattering the window in J. Jonah Jameson's office. While saving the last few residents of the building, Spider-Man comes across a scared little girl, who tells him that the electric man is her father. Spider-Man grabs her and swings to the top of a nearby building, so he is on level ground with Max. Max sees Spider-Man holding his daughter, and tells his daughter to look away. Spider-Man tells Max to stop this, and Max, whose containment suit is starting to disintegrate, explains that he can't control it anymore. Spider-Man brings Max's daughter to safety, and looks up, seeing a water tower off in the distance. Police officers arrive on the scene, and Spider-Man tells them to get everyone away from the building, as he's going to try something dangerous. The police start evacuating the area, as Spider-Man jumps up onto the roof of the apartment building, avoiding all the wild flowing electricity coming off of Max. He shoots two webs over to the water tower, and pulls as hard as he can. He manages to break the foundation of the water tower, causing it to come crashing down and rain water down upon Max, "short-circuiting" him. Max then falls, landing down on the ground back in his apartment. Spider-Man steps inside the apartment, and Max tells him this isn't what he wanted. Max explains to Spider-Man that he's always wanted to do something, to be something, because his whole life he was made to feel like a nobody. Max then goes on to say that he wanted his daughter to live a good life, to have the father she deserved, but instead he ended up becoming a monster. Spider-Man turns Max into the authorities, and he is locked away in a specially designed cell at Ryker's.

That night, Otto Octavius, sitting in his new lair and reading a Daily Bugle article with the headline "Spider-Man versus Electro!", realizes Maxwell Dillon would provide a much better power source for his device than plutonium. Octavius looks down upon his new blueprints for the machine, which he has redesigned to be much larger than the original version. Octavius walks into a freezer room, where he is storing his small sample of the symbiote, and remarks to himself that the culmination of all his work is nearly complete.

Nine months later, in the hospital delivery room, Mary Jane gives birth to her and Peter's daughter, who they name May Parker. Hearing police sirens, Peter tells his newborn daughter that he has some work to do, but he'll be back as soon as possible. He gives the baby back to Mary Jane, and takes off. May starts to cry but stops moments later, looking out the window and watching as Spider-Man swings by.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Homecoming (2014)

Amazing Spider-Man: The Sinister Six (2016)

The Death of Spider-Man (2017)

Cast

  • Spider-Man
    • Tobey Maguire - Peter Parker / Spider-Man
    • Bryce Dallas Howard - Gwen Stacy
    • James Franco - Harry Osborn
    • Willem Dafoe - Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
    • Rosemary Harris - May Parker
    • Cliff Robertson - Ben Parker
    • J.K. Simmons - J. Jonah Jameson
    • Elizabeth Banks - Betty Brant
    • Bill Nunn - Joseph "Robbie" Robertson
    • Joe Manganiello - Eugene "Flash" Thompson
    • Bruce Campbell - Wrestling announcer
  • Spider-Man 2
    • Tobey Maguire - Peter Parker / Spider-Man
    • Kirsten Dunst - Mary Jane Watson
    • James Franco - Harry Osborn
    • Alfred Molina - Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus
    • Rosemary Harris - May Parker
    • Cliff Robertson - Ben Parker
    • J.K. Simmons - J. Jonah Jameson
    • Elizabeth Banks - Betty Brant
    • Bill Nunn - Joseph "Robbie" Robertson
    • Willem Dafoe - Norman Osborn
    • Donna Murphy - Rosalie Octavius
    • Judi Dench - Anna May Watson
    • Rhys Ifans - Curt Connors
    • Daniel Gillies - John Jameson
    • Bruce Campbell - Theater usher
  • Spider-Man 3
    • Tobey Maguire - Peter Parker / Spider-Man
    • Kirsten Dunst - Mary Jane Watson
    • James Franco - Harry Osborn / Hobgoblin / Venom
    • Rosemary Harris - May Parker
    • Sean Connery - Adrian Toomes / Vulture
    • Cliff Robertson - Ben Parker
    • Bryce Dallas Howard - Gwen Stacy
    • Willem Dafoe - Norman Osborn
    • J.K. Simmons - J. Jonah Jameson
    • Elizabeth Banks - Betty Brant
    • Bill Nunn - Joseph "Robbie" Robertson
    • Rhys Ifans - Curt Connors
    • Alfred Molina - Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus
    • Bruce Campbell - Police officer
  • The Amazing Spider-Man
    • ​Tobey Maguire - Peter Parker / Spider-Man
    • Kirsten Dunst - Mary Jane Parker
    • Rhys Ifans - Curt Connors / The Lizard
    • Campbell Scott - Richard Parker
    • Embeth Davidtz - Mary Parker
    • J.K. Simmons - J. Jonah Jameson
    • Anna Gunn - Martha Connors
    • Miles Elliot - Billy Connors
    • Rosemary Harris - May Parker
    • Elizabeth Banks - Betty Brant
    • Alfred Molina - Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus
    • Willem Dafoe - Norman Osborn
    • Max Charles - Peter Parker (Young)
    • Bruce Campbell - Owner of Peter Parker's childhood home
    • Stan Lee - Librarian
  • The Amazing Spider-Man: Enter Electro
    • Tobey Maguire - Peter Parker / Spider-Man
    • Kirsten Dunst - Mary Jane Parker
    • Jamie Foxx - Maxwell Dillon / Electro
    • Michael Keaton - Robert "Blackie" Drago / Vulture II
    • Paul Giamatti - Aleksei Sytsevich / The Rhino
    • Alfred Molina - Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus
    • J.K. Simmons - J. Jonah Jameson
    • Elizabeth Banks - Betty Brant
    • Judi Dench - Anna May Watson
    • Chelsea Peretti - Maxwell Dillon's wife
    • Winona Ryder - Jean DeWolff
    • Bruce Campbell - Plutonium lab janitor
    • Stan Lee - Apartment building resident
  • The Amazing Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Amazing Spider-Man: The Sinister Six
  • The Death of Spider-Man
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