History Main / ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire

* Bordeaux from ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' is this. Not only she has spiders adorning her armor, even her signature weapon is reminiscent of a tarantula's leg. Her AIDA-infected self (and AIDA<<Oswald>>) also takes on a decidedly arachnid form.
* Death-sphere wizard Arachna, the Spider Queen, from ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders 2''.
* Ananzi from ''VideoGame/TheBlackHeart'' is naturally based around spiders -- with a black, white and red color scheme, occasionally sprouting spider legs from her back, using webs to fight, and much more.
* Lord Recluse from ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', Incarnate of Tartarus, head of the NebulousEvilOrganisation Arachnos and ruler of the [[WretchedHive Rogue Isles]]. He is spider-like in appearance, with eight arms growing out of his back fitted with metal claws, and clad in armor resembling a spider's exoskeleton. His organization as a whole shares his spider motif.
* In ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'', Nero's Arachnero form.
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', Mephala, a [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] whose sphere is "obscured to mortals" (but is generally associated with [[ManipulativeBastard manipulation, lies, sex, and secrets]]) has elements of this. Frequently referred to as the "[[RedBaron Webspinner]]", it is most evident in her ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' appearance.
* Spider from ''[[VideoGame/{{Galerians}} Galerians: Ash]]'' wears black and yellow for an orb-weaver spider theme.
* When he appeared as a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', [[Franchise/MortalKombat Scorpion]] got a new outfit, designed by Creator/JimLee, that had many cues from his namesake animal, up to and including his Spear being shaped like a scorpion's stinger. His default outfit in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' (mainly his mask and the pommels of his swords) also had some design inspiration from scorpions.
* Elise the Spider Queen from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' pretty much looks [[https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/Elise_0.jpg as much like a human spider as is possible while still looking like a gorgeous woman]]- she walks on the needlelike tips of her feet, has additional spider legs sprouting from her back, red-tipped FemmeFatalons and her {{Stripperiffic}} costume resembles black chitin plating. Then she just forgoes the niceties and transforms into a giant black window spider to finish you off.
* Widowmaker from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has a very heavy spider motif. She has a black widow tattooed on her back, and her Infra-Sight goggles resemble the eyes of a spider.
* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', [[spoiler:Queen Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in]]; in her prosecutor outfit, her shoes have spider designs on them, her hair is styled after one, and her personal seal depicts one. This befits her true cruel and manipulative nature; her machinations are described as an intricate web that ensnares Khura'in.
* Black Widow from ''[[VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II]]''. Aside from [[SamusIsAGirl her]] ring name, she's known for her bedazzling flexibility (in spite of her large frame).
* Juri Han from ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV]]'' fits the bill. Her [[KickChick style of Taekwondo]] shows a great degree of flexibility, her top is fashioned after a spider, and her nickname within S.I.N. is even "Spider." Juri is a lewd, flirtatious character with a mean streak and a ''very'' predatory nature ([[FemmeFatale sometimes]] [[DepravedBisexual sexually]], [[DragonWithAnAgenda sometimes]] [[ManipulativeBastard not]]). According the developers, the basic idea for Juri was to [[http://www.capcom-unity.com/jigsaw/blog/2009/11/05/super_street_fighter_iv_development_blog_no5 "make her an evil, sexy character."]]
* Zafina from ''VideoGame/Tekken6''. Director Katsuhiro Harada likened some of her moves to that of a spider, and a few of her animations even involve Zafina crawling towards her opponent in an insect-like manner. While she possesses a large degree of mystique to her character and [[AloofDarkHairedGirl a cold and distant personality]], she ''is'' working to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* Yamame from ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' is a spider youkai, and as such has six buttons down the front of her dress to represent her secondary eyes, while her dress itself has a rounded skirt to form the silhouette of a spider's abdomen. However, she wears brown and gold instead of black because she is specifically a burrowing spider (tsuchi-gumo).
* Muffet from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is a spider monster who has eight limbs (six arms, two legs) and four pairs of eyes. Her name comes from the children's rhyme "Little Miss Muffet," where a spider dropped down and frightened her.
* Zarak, the BigBad from ''VideoGame/{{Weaponlord}}''. He wears a spider-themed armor, complete with a helmet in the shape of a large spider. that can shoot webbing out of its legs to tangle Zarak's opponents.
%%* Tarantula from ''VideoGame/{{Wet}}''.

* Zafina from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 6''. Director Katsuhiro Harada likened some of her moves to that of a spider and a few of her animations even involve Zafina crawling towards her opponent in an insect-like manner. While she possesses a large degree of mystique to her character and [[AloofDarkHairedGirl a cold and distant personality]], she ''is'' working to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.

* Death-sphere wizard Arachna, the Spider Queen, from ''[[VideoGame/AgeOfWonders Age of Wonders 2]]''.

* Lord Recluse from ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', Incarnate of Tartarus, head of the NebulousEvilOrganization Arachnos and ruler of the [[WretchedHive Rogue Isles]]. He is spider-like in appearance, with eight arms growing out of his back fitted with metal claws, and clad in armor resembling a spider's exoskeleton. His organization as a whole shares his spider motif.

[[caption-width-right:350:Be careful, or she'll tangle you up in metaphorical and ''literal'' webs.]]

* Widow from ''ComicBook/SavageDragon'' is a formerly-homeless metahuman who has spider-based powers and appearance including pale skin and a web-designed costume.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** Spider-Man is a notable example for being very colorful, except when he's wearing his black costume. He and other spider-heroes also usually crack jokes or act silly when fighting bad guys, further subverting this trope. Peter Parker is "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man", after all. However, when the situation becomes dire enough for these various Spideys to ''stop'' quipping, they become absolutely ''terrifying'' opponents that practically codify this trope.

If combined with BeastMan and/or ShapeShifting, the motif can become far more literal, as with SpiderPeople.

* Believe it or not, there is even a short amateur porn video starring a spider-woman (bad costume is probably from last Halloween) who wants love love love. Her chosen consort, true to genre, falls under [[AnythingThatMoves Anything That Moves]]. Had he been more smarter, he would have avoided [[BlackWidow becoming a snack afterwards]].

** There's also ComicBook/{{Venom}}, ComicBook/{{Carnage|MarvelComics}}, and ComicBook/{{Toxin|MarvelComics}} as symbiotes that copy Spidey's powers, and the various [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Spider-Women]].

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

** There's also ComicBook/{{Venom}}, Carnage, and Toxin as symbiotes that copy Spidey's powers, and the various [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Spider-Women]].

** Lesser known Spider-Man foes include Tarantula, and Black Tarantula.

* ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron'': Originally the obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superhhero Tarantula wore a yellow-and-purple costume that bore strong resemblance to Wesley Dodds' second Sandman costume. When writer Roy Thomas brought Tarantula back as a major ongoing character in ''All-Star Squadron'', he and artist Jerry Ordway designed a new costume for: both to make him visually distinct from Dodds and to emphasize the spider theme of the character. Tarantula's new costume was brown and black (like an actual tarantula) with a stylized spider on the chest and mask.

* Yamame from ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' is a spider youkai, and as such has six buttons down the front of her dress to represent her secondary eyes, while her dress itself has a rounded skirt to form the silhouette of a spider's abdomen. However, she wears brown and gold instead of black because she is specifically a burrowing spider (tsuchi-gumo).
* Spider from ''[[VideoGame/{{Galerians}} Galerians: Ash]]'' wears black and yellow for an orb-weaver spider theme.
* In ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'', Nero's Arachnero form.
* Bordeaux from ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' is this. Not only she has spiders adorning her armor, even her signature weapon is reminiscent of a tarantula's leg. Her AIDA-infected self (and AIDA<<Oswald>>) also takes on a decidedly arachnid form.
* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', [[spoiler:Queen Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in]]; in her prosecutor outfit, her shoes have spider designs on them, her hair is styled after one, and her personal seal depicts one. This befits her true cruel and manipulative nature; her machinations are described as an intricate web that ensnares Khura'in.
* Widowmaker from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has a very heavy spider motif. She has a black widow tattooed on her back, and her Infra-Sight goggles resemble the eyes of a spider.
* Elise the Spider Queen from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' pretty much looks [[https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/Elise_0.jpg as much like a human spider as is possible while still looking like a gorgeous woman]]- she walks on the needlelike tips of her feet, has additional spider legs sprouting from her back, red-tipped FemmeFatalons and her {{Stripperiffic}} costume resembles black chitin plating. Then she just forgoes the niceties and transforms into a giant black window spider to finish you off.

* In ''Webcomic/FakeNewsRumble'', we have [[http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_7_19.html Stephanos,]] both there and on a later [[http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_10_14.html occasion.]] A purple spider-like creature attacking in a way that [[http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_7_20.html limits movement?]] Sounds [[http://undertale.wikia.com/wiki/Muffet familiar.]]

* Arukenimon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' has a web pattern on her gloves and the brim of her hat, as well as a spider ornament on the hat, but it's all really subtle. [[OneWingedAngel Then she goes and turns into a giant spider monster]].

* Bride of Nine Spiders from the ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist''.
* Emily Crowe from ''ComicBook/DesolationJones'', who emits pheromones that trigger the Arachnid Reaction.
* Widow from ''ComicBook/SavageDragon'' is a formerly-homeless metahuman who has spider-based powers and appearance including pale skin and a web-designed costume.
* ComicBook/BlackWidow, interestingly enough, only carries this through her costume and weaponry (she has equipment named the Widow's Bite, Widow's Line, and Widow's Kiss, though none of it's spider-themed. The little hourglass shape on her belt is the only spider-themed imagery in her standard design, although variant costumes have included a spider logo or web motifs). Her storylines tend to be overshadowed by Russian imagery - and in one comic, Little Red Riding Hood. (spoilers: [[spoiler: she's the wolf.]])
* The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villain Black Spider has no powers but a costume with a spider-motif. Several people have taken up the role.
* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Villain Redback Spider has a costume similar to Black Spider, but with more red. She uses poisoned "needles" as her weapon of choice.

* When the ComicBook/RedRobin eclectic little group of villains the Council of Spiders was upgraded to an international criminal organization upon appearing in the main ComicBook/{{Batman}} title the head of the orginazation's European operations is a woman who wears a dress with web-like spidery accents.

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* ''Film/KissOfTheSpiderWoman'' is a South American fantasy movie where the central character is iconically pictured standing as a dark silhouette against backlighting, her pose and dress making her look like a humanoid spider on a web.

* Clarimonde, the antagonist of "[[Literature/TheSpider1908 The Spider]]", is, in human form, an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette whose hair is black and wavy and whose eyes, framed by long and dark eyelashes, are big and dark with an intense glow. She also follows EvilWearsBlack with a black dress embroidered with a lilac motif, as well as black gloves. For the record, her spider form is a huge black spider whose body is dotted with purple spots.

* The Weaver from ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' is a PowersThatBe variant.

* Zarak, the BigBad from ''VideoGame/{{Weaponlord}}''. He wears a spider-themed armor, complete with a helmet in the shape of a large spider. that can shoot webbing out of its legs to tangle Zarak's opponents.
%%* Tarantula from ''VideoGame/{{Wet}}''.
* Juri Han from ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV]]'' fits the bill. Her [[KickChick style of Taekwondo]] shows a great degree of flexibility, her top is fashioned after a spider, and her nickname within S.I.N. is even "Spider." Juri is a lewd, flirtatious character with a mean streak and a ''very'' predatory nature ([[FemmeFatale sometimes]] [[DepravedBisexual sexually]], [[DragonWithAnAgenda sometimes]] [[ManipulativeBastard not]]). According the developers, the basic idea for Juri was to [[http://www.capcom-unity.com/jigsaw/blog/2009/11/05/super_street_fighter_iv_development_blog_no5 "make her an evil, sexy character."]]
* Zafina from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 6''. Director Katsuhiro Harada likened some of her moves to that of a spider and a few of her animations even involve Zafina crawling towards her opponent in an insect-like manner. While she possesses a large degree of mystique to her character and [[AloofDarkHairedGirl a cold and distant personality]], she ''is'' working to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.

* When he appeared as a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', [[Franchise/MortalKombat Scorpion]] got a new outfit, designed by Creator/JimLee, that had many cues from his namesake animal, up to and including his Spear being shaped like a scorpion's stinger. His default outfit in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' (mainly his mask and the pommels of his swords) also had some design inspiration from scorpions.
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', Mephala, a [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] whose sphere is "obscured to mortals" (but is generally associated with [[ManipulativeBastard manipulation, lies, sex, and secrets]]) has elements of this. Frequently referred to as the "[[RedBaron Webspinner]]", it is most evident in her ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' appearance.
* Death-sphere wizard Arachna, the Spider Queen, from ''[[VideoGame/AgeOfWonders Age of Wonders 2]]''.

* Drow from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' tend towards this kind of thing, although [[DarkSkinnedBlonde dark-skinned and white-haired]]. The 3.5 sourcebook for the drow points out that their obsessive reverence for a creature that they can't hope to truly emulate has driven the society as a whole a bit crazy.

* Lady Illusion from ''Series/AceLightning'', a villain with a prehensile spider atop her head as opposed to hair, and a webbing theme throughout her clothing.

* Black Widow from ''[[VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II]]''. Aside from [[SamusIsAGirl her]] ring name, she's known for her bedazzling flexibility (in spite of [[AmazonianBeauty her large frame]]).

** [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=843 Naal]] (Waes' daughter) is an ElegantGothicLolita IllGirl who carries her pet spider on her back.

** Her {{Expy}} Airachnid from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' as well.
** Tarantulas as well.
* Lady Illusion from ''Series/AceLightning'', a villain with a prehensile spider atop her head as opposed to hair, and a webbing theme throughout her clothing.
* [[spoiler:Adelaide]] from ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall''. She traps children with a web made of twine and has a black widow's red hourglass on her back.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'' villain Redback Spider has a costume similar to Black Spider, but with more red. She uses poisoned "needles" as her weapon of choice.

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