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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Averted, in that the critter is explicitly described as being a cobbled-together hybrid thing which used extraterrestrial DNA.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: ArtisticLicenseBiology:
** Averted, in that the critter is explicitly described as being a cobbled-together hybrid thing which used extraterrestrialDNA.DNA.
** Played straight with many people referring to animals as "poisonous" when they really mean "venomous".[[labelnote:Distinction]]If you bite it and you die, it's poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it's venomous. [[/labelnote]]
* BaitAndSwitch: After Mrs. Jefferson agitates the Brown Recluse into biting Alex, we're treated to a shot of a wrapped up body being rolled to the morgue, before the shot stops at the room where Alex is being examined.
** Averted, in that the critter is explicitly described as being a cobbled-together hybrid thing which used extraterrestrial
** Played straight with many people referring to animals as "poisonous" when they really mean "venomous".[[labelnote:Distinction]]If you bite it and you die, it's poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it's venomous. [[/labelnote]]
* BaitAndSwitch: After Mrs. Jefferson agitates the Brown Recluse into biting Alex, we're treated to a shot of a wrapped up body being rolled to the morgue, before the shot stops at the room where Alex is being examined.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Alex is repeately brushed off regarding the titular spider despite being an expert in their behavior. He finally gets taken seriously when Major Tanner takes the fact that he could predict where the spider would go as easily as their trackers as evidence that Alex really can walk the walk.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Alex is introduced clearing a rodent trap for an elderly lady on his day off, and accepting a fruitcake as payment. Shortly after he's shown trying and failing to flirt with the nurse treating his brown recluse bite.
* HeroicSacrifice: Discussed but ultimately subverted. Brant is asked if she's willing to take out the spider if she gets the chance even if she's caught in the blast, and she affirms that she is. Later, she expresses a willingness to detonate those same explosives to kill it even if a less willing Alex is caught in the blast, but Jose intervenes and the two of them escape. Likely for the better, as odds are the explosion wouldn't have actually killed it anyway, making it a SenselessSacrifice if she'd gone through with it.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: When Major Tanner finally realizes Alex knows his stuff when it comes to spiders and asks him where the spider will likely go to lay her eggs, Alex describes how she'll likely try to find the most isolated spot she can. Cue a news report of the spider laying her eggs at Los Angeles City Hall.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: By the standards of the genre, Major Tanner is downright benevolent, even giving Alex and Jose a chance to save Brant (and some other victims) before the spider and its nest in City Hall get targeted with a missile-strike.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** By the standards of the genre, Major Tanner is downright benevolent, even giving Alex and Jose a chance to save Brant (and some other victims) before the spider and its nest in City Hall get targeted with a missile-strike.
** By the standards of the genre, Major Tanner is downright benevolent, even giving Alex and Jose a chance to save Brant (and some other victims) before the spider and its nest in City Hall get targeted with a missile-strike.
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* TitleDrop: A handful of characters call the titular spider a big-ass spider word-for-word.
