| Typology Spider-themed |
| Total Entries 23 |
| Representative Anansi |
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Arachnophobia is probably the second-most popular phobia (after coulrophobia), and even non-arachnophobes have to admit that spiders can be pretty freaky. Therefore, the most popular form of “Big Creepy-Crawlies” and one of the most popular “50-Foot Whatevers” to attack has to be… a big spider. The bigger they are, the less likely there are to be more of them, but they’re almost all so big that they realistically shouldn’t be able to move or breathe (according to natural laws of our universe’s Earth, given our atmosphere’s oxygen concentration). They will usually have hypertoxic venom, both spin webs and hunt for prey, and spit “Projectile Webbing” out of their mouths (most spiders in real life only focus on one trait). For extra terror, they may even attack in groups (again, most spiders in real life are solitary)… They usually have little personality, beyond vague malevolence. Some of them can talk, but they’re rarely very chatty, and only very rarely will they overlap with “Friendly Neighborhood Spider”. They can turn up in a variety of situations, but their most common habitats are the “Hungry Jungle” and vast caverns of a “Fantastic Underworld”. In fantasy works, they are also likely to turn up in dark, trackless and haunted forests, especially if the work is closely patterned after Tolkien. Sometimes, they’re just ordinary spiders who meet up with a protagonist who is small, although it amounts to the same thing. Not to be confused with “Demonic Spiders”, who are just difficult enemies, or “Money Spiders”, which are just enemies that drop money even though they logically shouldn’t — although either of these can be literal spiders. Compare “Giant Enemy Crab”. Sub-Trope of “Dire Beast”. Crossed over with “Humongous Mecha”, you get the “Spider Tank”… ~ Giant Spider – TV Tropes
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