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* {{Hypocrite}}: Dr. Sam Metcalf discredits Ross's reputation and advises townsfolk to avoid consulting him. [[spoiler:When Dr. Metcalf is bitten by a spider, he tells his wife to urgently call Ross.]]

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Dr. Sam Metcalf discredits Ross's reputation and advises townsfolk to avoid consulting him.him, based solely on his belief that Ross is nothing more than a big-city wig and badmouths him. While Metclaf is the one who’s acting all haughty over his pride in being a long time resident on a small town, thus feels entitled to feel not welcoming to outsiders, while Ross acts nothing but polite to everyone, including to Metclaf. [[spoiler:When Dr. Metcalf is bitten by a spider, he tells his wife to urgently call Ross.]]
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** While there really are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_spider species of spiders that live in colonies]], none of these are male-dominated colonies, nor do they have a singular "queen" like ants or bees.

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** While there really are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_spider species of spiders that live in colonies]], none of these are male-dominated colonies, nor do they have a singular "queen" like ants or bees. To the film's credit, it's acknowledged that having a colony system is ''not'' a spider thing to do.



* GiantSpider: Mostly averted. None of the spiders in this film are larger than your hand, but they ''are'' deadly venomous. Downplayed with the original Venezuelan spider, the General, which is the size of a baseball mitt--giant enough.

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* GiantSpider: Mostly averted. None of the spiders in this film are larger than your hand, but they ''are'' deadly venomous. Downplayed with the original Venezuelan spider, the General, which is the size of a baseball mitt--giant enough. The film goes to great effort to convey that while it's not fantastically big, it's still a massive animal by having it next to things that are fairly big themselves like birds and windows.
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* MonstrousCannibalism: As with most spiders, these are said to eat their own. The only reason why the barn is devoid of any normal spiders is because the Queen eats any that go near.

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* MonstrousCannibalism: As with most spiders, these are said to eat their own. The only reason why the barn is devoid of any normal spiders is because the Queen eats any that go near.near [[MamaBear to keep them from doing the same to her own babies]].

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