Spideros
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Spideros (スパイダウロス Supaidaurosu) is a spider kaiju created by Toho that first appeared in the episode 9 of the 1973 tokusatsu kaiju show Zone Fighter, titled "Search for the Secret of the Red Spider!"
Design
Spideros is a bipedal arachnid that has three pairs of arms, with the majority of his body being covered in black and yellow-striped fur. He has an orange, insectoid head with a single row of three long spikes and a pair of yellow eyes; a dark grey, smooth torso with red abs on his front and a single orange spike on his back; a pair of main arms with four orange claws on each hand and two pairs of thinner arms that have pincers of the same color; a pair of thick legs with a single curved claw on each foot; and a round abdomen with one row of three orange spikes and two rows of three yellow spots going down his topside.
History
- Zone Fighter (TV 1973) [episodes 9, 12, and 25]
Showa era
Zone Fighter
"Find the Secret of the Red Spider!"
After the Garoga Spider drinks blood from a gorilla, transforming it into Garoga Gorilla, the Garogas launch a Terror-Beast Missile, containing the arachnid kaiju Spideros. Spideros didn't seem like much of a threat at first but he managed to trap Zone Fighter in his web-spray. Zone Angel and Zone Junior arrived in the nick of time and burned the webbing away with their beams and recharged Zone Fighter with the Beam Lamps. Zone Fighter then went on to defeat Spideros reasonably easily.
"The Terror-Beast Base: Invade the Earth!"
Spideros briefly appears via flashback as the Garogas contemplate the many defeats they have suffered at the hands of Zone Fighter, exploding as he is hit by an unseen attack. Strangely, this Spideros has only two arms and blue stripes.
"Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces!"
A resurrected Spideros fought Zone Fighter and Godzilla, along with fellow Terror-Beast Garoborg, before it was finished off by Godzilla once and for all.
Abilities
Physical abilities
While Hikaru was still in his human-sized form, Spideros attempted to crush him with his claws multiple times. After Zone had turned into his giant form, Spideros curled up on the floor and waited for Zone Fighter to rush at him before jumping up and flipping the hero over once Zone had jumped on top of him. After covering Zone in some of his silver thread, Spideros closelined the hero after Zone Fighter tried to charge the arachnid.
During his reappearance in "Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces", Spideros momentarily overwhelmed Godzilla him with the help of Garoborg. Spideros attacked Godzilla by wailing his main arms into the reptilian and by body slamming into him.
Silver thread
Spideros can fire silver thread (銀色糸 gin'iro ito)[3] from his mouth, which was able to immobilize and cover Zone Fighter in a matter of seconds. However, it was completely dissolved by the beams fired by Zone Angel and Zone Junior, freeing Zone.
Venomous horns
According to All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume), Spideros's horns are venomous, with even one prick being able to kill an opponent or any living thing.[3] Although Spideros attempted to impale Zone Fighter with his horns, he was unable to land a single stab with them.
Flight
Spideros is capable of gliding flight; his means of propulsion are unknown. He used his flight in order to attack Zone Fighter, flying directly into him while attacking with his claws and horns, while also trying to ram into the hero. Spideros slammed into Zone Fighter while flying, knocking the hero over.
Lasers
In "Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces", Spideros could fire a trio of red lasers from his mouth, which knocked Hikaru off his feet, caused him to let out a groan of pain, and interrupted his transformation into his giant mode.
Parachutes
After being deployed and bursting from the Terror-Beast Missile, Spideros slowly descended to the ground with the help of three parachutes which detached upon landing.
Capsule
In "Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces", Spideros was shrunk down and placed inside of a capsule to avoid detection from the Zone Family. After a period of time, this capsule exploded, releasing Spideros back to full size.
Eyesight
Due to Spideros possessing compound eyes, his vision is extremely well ranged, described as being able to see even the smallest things.[4]
Durability
During his fight with Zone Fighter, Spideros endured being chopped in the back, kneed in the chest, elbowed in the face, being thrown or flipped onto the ground multiple times, and being hit with Meteor Punches at blinding speeds in the face. Zone Angel and Zone Junior's Zone Beams briefly halted his advance and knocked him to ground. He also endured being juggled by repeated strikes from Zone Fighter's Meteor Kick and Meteor Punch. Spideros was finally killed after being sent the ground by a Meteor Windmill, and then shot by two volleys of Zone's Meteor Missile Might, in tandem with Zone Angel and Zone Junior's Zone Beams.
For his reappearance in "Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces", beams to the face from Smokey sent Spideros reeling back in pain, although only momentarily. When fighting against Godzilla, Spideros endured being punched in the chest and flipped over by the reptilian repeatedly. Spideros even survived Zone's Meteor Proton Beam, although he was heavily weakened by it, stumbling around afterwards. Spideros was finally killed after being hit in the chest by Godzilla's atomic breath, which caused him to fall over and explode.
Gallery
- Main article: Spideros/Gallery.
Roar
Spideros reuses roars from the Return of Ultraman kaiju Ghostron.
Trivia
- Spideros is one of the few returning Terror-Beasts not to be defeated by the titular character a second time, instead falling to Godzilla in its second appearance.
References
This is a list of references for Spideros. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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