Tarantulas (ES)

2024-07-31T03:02:57Z

MysticFoxDesigns: Changed wordage to not be creepy as Nightshade is a child

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:''Tarantulas is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:MissedConnection-Tarantulas.jpg|right|thumb|300px|As a scientist I just wish I could appreciate more things like cabins... bicycles...]]

'''Tarantulas''' pretty much just wants to be left alone. This scientifically minded spider-bot spends his days in a lab underneath a cemetery just trying to get by. He's thoroughly sick of all the fighting and just wants to live peacefully on Earth. He's surprisingly kind and caring, especially when it comes to [[protoform]]s.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Alfie Allen]] (English), [[Yūichi Nagashima]] (Japanese)|[[Raúl Anaya]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Alejandro García]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Léo Rabelo]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Alexis Victor]] (French)}}

[[File:MissedConnection-TarantulasNightshade.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Tarantulas and his science obsessed child]]

After the war, Tarantulas set up shop underneath the old [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]] cemetery, guarded by a hologram guard that told any intruders to leave. When [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] showed up one day, he was ready to fight the young bot, but stopped when he realized Nightshade was an unaffiliated protoform, and told them to just leave.

Unexpectedly, Nightshade offered to help the scientist in his endeavors: to create a solid hologram avatar that Tarantulas could use to start a new life among humans. Tarantulas bonded with his assistant, and even offered them some important life advice regarding [[Alternate mode|alt-modes]]. Once the avatar projector was completed, however, Nightshade decided they wanted to go back to their family. Tarantulas, not understanding how close Nightshade was to their family, offered them the chance to go with him and start anew. After all, there was no way this peace was going to last. When Nightshade refused, Tarantulas decided to take matters into his own feelers.

[[File:MissedConnection-Tarantulasspider.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He's just your friendly(ish) neighborhood Spider-Con.]]

Tarantulas attacked the Malto household, and abducted Nightshade's adoptive parents [[Dot Malto|Dot]] and [[Alex Malto|Alex]]. He planned to use a [[G.H.O.S.T.]]-created device to erase their memories of Nightshade, so the young bot would be free to accompany him, insisting that Nightshade would thank him one day. Unfortunately for him, [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] arrived with Nightshade's [[Terran]] siblings to rescue Dot and Alex. A battle ensued, ending when Nightshade scanned a nearby statue of an owl and used their new alt-mode to defeat the scientist.

Bumblebee was about to arrest the spider-bot, but Nightshade convinced him to give Tarantulas a second chance. By this point, G.H.O.S.T. was closing in on the bots, so Tarantulas apologized for the misunderstanding and offered to use himself as a decoy so the Maltos could escape, leaving his projector behind as he led their pursuers away. {{storylink|Missed Connection}}

==Notes==
* Tarantulas's design is primarily based on his original [[Tarantulas (BW)|''Beast Wars'' counterpart]]'s [[Transmetal]] form, although he certainly takes some cues from his [[Tarantulas (BW)#2005 IDW continuity|IDW counterpart]], who was likewise designed by [[Nick Roche]], particularly his proportions.
* [[Mae Catt]], who wrote "Missed Connections", stated that the decision to use him as Nightshade's counterpart in the episode was heavily influenced by his portrayal in ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers|Sins of the Wreckers]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers|Requiem of the Wreckers]]'', both written by his character designer [[Nick Roche]].<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/MaeCatt/status/1631772264109838337|quote=More Earthspark episodes have dropped, including some written and story edited by me! As for Ep. 113, I wanted to give a special shout out to @NickRoche, whose impeccable comics featuring the Wreckers inspired me to pitch Tarantulas as that ep's foil to Nightshade.|name=Mae Catt|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=03|day=03}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]

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