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NOTE: This page is about the incarnation of Electro from the 2014 and 2021 movies. The mainstream version can be found here: Electro (Marvel).
Electro: So, everyone in the city is gonna know how it feels to live in my world... A world without power... without mercy... a world without Spider-Man. And everyone will be able to see me for who I truly am... Ashley Kafka: And who are you? Electro: Don't you know? I'm Electro.
What's up Peter? How do you like the new new? Look, you give it to me, I'm gonna destroy it! (chuckles) But I'll let you live. Don't make me a murderer, Peter.
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~ Electro threatening the MCU's Peter Parker into giving him the Macchina di Kadavus.
He is a former electrical engineer at Oscorp who had idolized Spider-Man, but was transformed into an extremely powerful living electric capacitor after a freak accident, growing power-hungry and obsessed with defeating and killing his idol. He was nearly killed by Spider-Man, but was transported to an alternate universe seconds before his death, where he was cured of his abilities, and redeemed himself.
He was portrayed by Jamie Foxx, who also played Bats in Baby Driver. In the Hindi dub, he was voiced by Vivek Oberoi, who also played Kaal in Krrish 3.
Max Dillon lived his whole life without anybody merely acknowledging his existence. One time, the Manhattan hero Spider-Man saves him from an oncoming hijacked truck on the streets and tells him, "You're my guy. You're my ears and eyes on the street". Being the outcast that Dillon was, he was thrilled to have been acknowledged by somebody, let alone the very famous Spider-Man.
As Spider-Man leaves, Dillon starts to believe that he is something of an accomplice to the hero. He goes mad with "love" for Spider-Man, constantly thinking about him and the fact that he could help him in any way. After his mother forgets his birthday, and is told to stay to fix an electrical malfunction Max is placing a large electrical wire into a vent at Oscorp when he is suddenly electrocuted and falls, dragging the wire with him, into a tank full of genetically altered electric eels. They bite him multiple times and the tank shatters from their charge. The genetic transfusion causes Max to become a living electrical generator, surging his body with electricity as he absorbed the charge from the electric eels, turning his skin translucent blue and giving him the power to see and manipulate electricity.
After waking up in the morgue, a confused Max is terrified as to what happened to him and finds himself stumbling into the city. After charging up on electricity at Times Square, his strange appearance and abilities accidently caused a commotion with the police and New York citizens. While frightened at first and trying to reassure everyone that he doesn't want to hurt anyone, he is suddenly stunned to find himself on the Jumbotron and possibly for the first time in his life, is finally having people "see" him. However, when Spider-man tries to keep the peace a sniper fires at Max, causing him to retaliate and ended up being inadvertently humiliated in Times Square by Spider-Man, Max begins feeling that he is betrayed by love, his family, his job and pretty much everyone in the world. He wants to rid the world of power so that everyone can feel what he once felt. Electro also feels betrayed by Spider-Man and fights him with his powerful electrical abilities only for the latter to spray him with water and having Max sent to Ravencroft. When Harry Osborn is removed as CEO of Oscorp and was framed for being involved in Dillon's accident, he breaks out Electro from Ravencroft and allies with him to overthrow Donald Menken from the board, in exchange for giving him access to Oscorp's power grid, which he designed.
Electro causes a citywide blackout, challenging Spider-Man. However, with the help of Gwen Stacy, Spider-Man defeats Electro at the power plant by overloading his electricity supply by reflecting his power back to him, causing him to violently explode into millions of particles.
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Due to a botched spell by Doctor Strange, Electro was transported to Earth-199999 in the woods near some electric wires, moments before he explodes due to being overloaded with electricity, much to his confusion. The power of the alternate earth's electricity, however, makes him become more enhanced than ever. He promptly faces off against the Spider-Man of Earth-199999, who is defended by Sandman, to which Spider-Man brings down two towers to de-power Electro and send him to be imprisoned in the Sanctum. Being de-powered restores Electro to his physical form and original appearance, much to his surprise. Learning that most of the foes from the other universes would die battling their respective universes' Spider-Man, Peter steals the box that contains the botched spell to cure every one of them and rehabilitate them.
Unlike most of the villains, Electro wasn't willing to cure himself due to loving how powerful he feels in this universe, refusing to leave. He has a friendly conversation with Sandman on how they got their powers. He then takes keen interest on the Arc Reactor Tony Stark built, marveled by how powerful it is. Electro then accepts Peter's attempts to cure him, who places a device that would drain most of the electricity from Max's body, but before it nearly completes, the Green Goblin takes control over Norman Osborn's body again and destroys the device, convincing him and Sandman to turn against Spider-Man and return to villainy.
Eventually, the other two Spider-Men come and join forces with the Spider-Man of Earth-199999 to face off against all the villains, providing them a tough battle to fight, with Electro not wanting to be cured of his powers and being powered by an Arc Reactor that he'd stolen. Eventually, Doctor Octopus comes and pretends to help Electro by grabbing the Spider-Men of Earth-96283 and Earth-120703, before revealing his gambit by grabbing Electro, removing his Arc Reactor and replacing it with the device that Peter had created to drain Electro of all of his extra electricity. Feeling powerless and a nobody again, the Spider-Man of Earth-120703 comes to console him, encouraging him to try again in life and redeem himself. After Doctor Strange enacts another spell he made for Peter to make everyone in the universe to forget he is Spider-Man, Electro, Lizard and the Spider-Man of Earth-120703 return to their respective universes.
Personality
At the beginning, Max was an awkward and lonely man who longed to be acknowledged and appreciated by people. He is constantly pushed around by those around him, with his superiors stealing his plans for the new power grid, leaving him to constantly feel powerless. These experiences led to Max repressing a great deal of anger, one instance in which he imagines violently berating his boss for not believing that the power grid’s designs were his and jokingly claiming to be Spider-Man. After Spider-Man saves Max’s life, along with giving him a pep talk to boost his confidence, Max, finally feeling as though someone acknowledges him, begins to idolize him to an almost obsessive level having a shrine dedicated to him in his room.
After his transformation into Electro, Max was initially scared and confused, not understanding what was happening to him. Once entering the city, he is mesmerized with the sight of his face broadcasted all over city, believing that now people finally “see” him. This is short lived as Spider-Man unintentionally steals the spotlight, resulting in all the resentment and rage inside Max to boil over as he attacks his former idol who he felt betrayed him. At this point, Max has fully accepted his transformation into Electro, and is no longer the meek man he once was, now boasting a much cockier and more arrogant attitude. He vows to get back at the world who took so much from him, and to show everyone what life will be like feeling powerless and helpless all the time, with only him and no Spider-Man.
Upon regaining his human body after being transported to a different universe, Max becomes more stable and calm. However, he begins to crave the energy of the universe he's in. This, along with the urging of the Green Goblin, makes him shake off Peter's idea of a cure for him and fights back. Upon being cured by Doctor Octavius and the Spider-Men, Max becomes saddened by the fact that he has become a nobody again. However, his spirits were lifted by his universe's Spider-Man, to whom he exchanged a good conversation with and reconcile.
Powers and Abilities
Electricity Manipulation: Electro possesses the ability to generate bodily electrostatic energy which he can release or harness, after being electrocuted with genetically-modified Oscorp electrical eels. He would later be asked to use a device to drain his excess electrical powers, but would later remove it, before being completely drained of those powers completely by Doctor Octopus.
Flight: Electro's body was transmuted into pure electrical energy, rendering him virtually weightless and granting him the ability to fly.
Teleportation: Electro can break down his body into electricity and teleport himself anywhere before reforming himself.
Lightning Bolt Projection: Electro can blast electrical energy from any part of him.
Energy Blast/Projection: Electro can channel all of his body's electrical energy, and focus into any part to give out immensely powerful energy projections. Electro can also focus into any part to create devastating electrical blasts that a normal human could not survive.
Electrical Absorption: Electro can absorb an external electrical power source to recharge his body's energy reserves. Electro can absorb electrical energy that's around him.
Electroreception/Electrical Detection: By sending an electrical current, Electro can perceive what it hit. Electro's electrical powers grants him certain sensory and manipulative abilities. Electro can override systems and make electrically-powered devices obey his mental commands. He was able to sense the electric difference when he entered a new universe.
Electricity Immunity: Electro's body is immune to the effects of its electricity and that of other sources as well.
Charging: Electro can charge himself up to reach high maximum voltage.
Exceptional Intelligence: Max's intelligence is close to genius levels. He came up with the idea of a power grid, it was such an intelligent idea that his co-workers stole the idea from Max. As well as that, working as Oscorp as an electrical engineer isn't an easy job to land. Due to his knowledge on electricity, Max is able to take full control of an Arc Reactor and make him a major threat to those who stand in his way.
Expert Engineer: Max was a high-ranking member of Oscorp, his position was an electrical engineer and despite never using an Arc Reactor he was able to master the usage of one.
In a 2012 Twitter post, Jamie Foxx teased that he "dressed up as Electro for Halloween" and that the "costume fit well".
Foxx also stated that the costume for the movie would not be green and yellow, like it is in mainstream comics. Instead, it would have been a sleek black, similar to the "Ultimate Marvel" comics.
After being chosen for the role, Foxx stated to Entertainment Tonight that he likes Electro as a character and was excited to play him.
This version of Electro is different from his comic book counterpart. In the film, he is sympathetic and has no friends, while in the comics, he was a normal employee who suffered the accident to become Electro.
This version of Electro has similarities with the New Animated Series version. Both are portrayed in a sympathetic manner and are social outcasts.
Although Foxx did his Electro voice in several interviews, his voice was edited slightly to sound 'electrically distorted'.
Electro is the first villain in the Amazing Spider-Man series in which his transformation into the villain is accidental.
His appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is based off of his Ultimate comics incarnation. In Spider-Man: No Way Home, the advanced electricity grids of Earth-199999 and the Arc Reactor propel him to a new design that resembles his classic comic book look: yellow electricity and his trademark mask, represented by flashing sparkles on his face.
In Spider-Man: No Way Home upon being cured of his powers, Max expresses disappointment that his Spider-Man wasn't black, then saying "There's gotta be a black Spider-Man out there somewhere", which is possibly a reference to Miles Morales.
In Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter told Earth-96283 Peter that Max was "the sweetest guy ever" prior to becoming Electro, showing that even after all the years that passed, Peter never forgot about Electro and the effect his death has on him.
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