ATAdrian Toomes
I blame you for this! You told me to bring my Magnetic Air Transport System to OsCorp.
ATAdrian Toomes
You arranged the meeting with Norman Osborn!
And I had the best intention.
ATAdrian Toomes
He studied my ideas and rejected them! Then announces OsCorp Tech-Flight four months later!
[pleading] I am sorry, Adrian...
Norman OsbornDon't you dare apologize, doctor. OsCorp has nothing to apologize for.
ATAdrian Toomes
Nothing to-? Osborn, you stole my work!
Norman Osborn
That's dangerous talk, Mr. Toomes. Dangerous and unsupportable. Listen, you old buzzard, you've been at this for decades without one success to your name. If you never accomplished anything as a young man, who'd believe you created Tech-Flight as an old one? Boys, show Mr. Toomes out.
ATAdrian Toomes
[to Octavius] Good news, I don't blame you anymore.
ATAdrian Toomes
Tell the truth, Osborn. Can your Tech-Flight do this?
[Vulture flies between buildings and straight up one at remarkable speeds]
Norman Osborn
Toomes?
ATAdrian Toomes
Not Toomes, now. I'm what you called me. I'm the Vulture!
Norman Osborn
I called you a buzzard!
Norman Osborn
You can't even get the name right.
Norman Osborn
What are you babbling about? Put me down!
Dude, you are the bossiest damsel in distress I have EVER rescued. Also the ugliest, heaviest, and the first!
NONorman Osborn and Vulture
WHO ARE YOU?!
Why, I'm your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, of course!
Norman Osborn
You seem... troubled, son.
Troubled? Gee, you think?! I failed my cal test 'cause Pete abandoned me, Flash's crowd won't cut me a break--
Norman Osborn
Enough. You're parked in a no-whining zone. Take some responsibility. Peter's not the reason you failed. You want to pass a test? Study. You want to be popular? Be popular. Take control of your destiny, boy. Harry, life's pretty simple. You cowboy up and do what you have to do. [leaves]
Norman Osborn
Better finish it, Otto. You owe me a success. No more flukes like the Sandman. I need super-mercenaries I can mass-produce, no matter how many thugs we have to go through — or how many doctors.
[As the Rhino's armour takes shape]
What's with the jungle look?
Ah, the animal kingdom. Offers many useful ideas. That armour is a part of him now - a thick, impenetrable hide. The extras up top there provide offensive capabilities, making him unstoppable.
Norman Osborn
The good doctor has his quirks, but this approaches competence. Your Mr. Lincoln will be pleased.
Ixnay! We don't ever use the "L" word. Call him "the Big Man."
Mind your own business, O'Hirn!
Right. My business. Better get to it, then! [breaks free and charges outside] 'Cause the Rhino don't wanna keep Spider-Man waitin'!
I'm impressed. Rhino's still underground, and OsCorp's already got the contract to build his prison cell.
Norman Osborn
After our success containing Sandman, whom else would the city call?
Meaning you get paid comin' and goin'. Sweet.
Norman Osborn
Very. But these midtown brawls… people are beginning to ask questions. Best to let things cool off for a bit.
We cool off, when the Big Man says so, see? Or do you want people to know who created Freak 1 and Freak 2?
Norman Osborn
Please, there's nothing to trace them back to OsCorp or myself.
Really? Tell that to Dr. Octavius.
Norman Osborn
Otto, get up…
[Octavius grabs Osborn with one of his mechanical arms and flings him to the wall]
Silence, you imperious moron!
Whoa, there, slinky! Mr. Osborn here helped save your life!
[Octavius grabs Spider-man and does the same]
For the record, I helped save your life too.
Do not insult my intelligence, *hero*. You tracked me down and tried to destroy me! As I knew you would.
Destroy you? Pal, I don't even know you.
Oh, but I survived. And more to the point, I have improved. I am now one with my arms. Oh, you failed, Spider-Man! And your failure has given me new life.
[Octavius releases Osborn]
Norman Osborn
Otto…
Otto Octavius was weak. Call me… Doctor Octopus!
This makes no sense. If Har... If this kid's the Goblin, why would he attack the Big Man? Why attack OsCorp?
Norman Osborn
I've had "dealings" with the Big Man. But when I tried to extricate myself, I was threatened by his stooge.
Norman Osborn
Harry must have overheard. Under the influence of the Green, his subconscious created someone who could take the Big Man down. Now, as to why he attacked me...
Maybe I've got some anger issues.
Norman Osborn
I will not allow this. I'll say I was the Goblin. After all, I invented the Green. I'm the obvious suspect.
No. He needs you. And what good could you do him locked away for a crime you didn't commit?
Norman Osborn
Didn't I? This is all my fault. I drove Harry to ... I will get him help, I swear. If you'll let me.
Norman Osborn
If you turn him in, if the Big Man learns Harry was the Goblin, he wouldn't survive the night. Please. He's my only child.
[to himself] And my best friend. [to Osborn] The Goblin disappears. Forever. Leaving a mystery that never gets solved.
Norman Osborn
Thank you.
[After Spider-Man unmasks the Green Goblin, revealing him to be Norman Osborn, despite him apparently being in the helicopter with Harry]
Norman Osborn
Son, he's obviously an imposter.
Right, right... except... [remembers, frowning] I heard you apologize to Spider-Man last night. Norman Osborn never apologizes!
[He rips the mask off "Norman", revealing the Chameleon]
CChameleon
I did not sign on for this. [leaps out and parachutes away]
[noticing] Chameleon... [to the real Norman] Then you - you were the Goblin all along!
Norman Osborn
I told you I invented the Green. Of course, I wasn't fool enough to drink it. Small doses in gaseous form increase my strength, agility, intelligence, with no blackouts, no loss of control.
And you've been working with Chameleon the whole time?
Norman Osborn
Not at first. As Goblin, I appeared at Oscorp to steal my gobweb inhibitor. Imagine my pleasure at finding Norman Osborn a witness to my crime. It was Chameleon, of course, stealing Oscorp's secrets for a competitor. So this week, I hired him to keep you guessing and set you up for a fall!
But last Halloween, you crashed - the Goblin crashed!
Norman Osborn
And you saw me limp away. Do you know how easy it is to fake a limp?
But Harry wasn't faking! When I found him that night, he was wearing Goblin's costume, and his leg was really hurt!
Norman Osborn
More serendipity. You had guessed my identity. I knew I had to redirect your suspicion, and when I returned home, I found Harry passed out from an overdose of Green. It didn't take long to deduce the cause of Harry's sudden success at football and in school! It took only slightly longer to dress him as the Goblin. The limp completed the illusion.
[enraged] YOU FRAMED YOUR OWN SON?!
Norman Osborn
I protected Harry! If I'd been sent to prison, who'd have made a man out of him? Just look at what he's done today! I've never been prouder of the boy!
Oh, who are you kidding?! You were saving your own sorry butt, not Harry's!
Norman Osborn
Potato, potahto. Once you're out of the picture, I'll make everything right!
You wouldn't know "right" if it blew up your glider!
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