Tarantulas (ES)

The name or term "Tarantulas" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Tarantulas (disambiguation).

Tarantulas is a Decepticon from the EarthSpark continuity family.

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 Protoforms.

Fiction

EarthSpark cartoon

Voice actor: Alfie Allen (English)

At some point, Tarantulas set up shop underneath a cemetery, guarded by a hologram guard that told any intruders to leave. When 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 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.

Tarantulas attacked the Malto household, and abducted Nightshade’s adoptive parents. 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. He adamantly insisted that Nightshade would thank him one day. Unfortunately for him, Bumblebee and Nightshade’s siblings arrived to rescue Dot and Alex. A battle ensued, that ended 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 offered to use himself as a decoy so the Malto’s could escape, and apologized for the misunderstanding. Missed Connections