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* The Diclonii's 'Vectors' in ''[[Elfen Lied]].''
* Medusa in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' utilises this as well, as part of her snake/arrow themed powers. She can balance on her tail and create many "snake" arrows that sprout out of her back, among other uses.
* In ''[[Busou Renkin]]'', Tokiko's busou renkin, the Valkyrie Skirt, takes on the form of four scythe-like blades that latch onto her legs and are controlled by nerve impulses through her skin. She can use them to move over difficult terrain, as well as climbing up walls and ceiling.
* [[Inuyasha]] [[Big Bad]] Naraku and his [[Combat Tentacles]] fall into this category. Though there is a certain element of [[Body Horror]] for sure, the underlying theme is definitely arachnid in nature {{spoiler|as he was once a human named Onigumo (demon spider)}} and all of his incarnations manifest a spider on their backs.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' in all his incarnations has a lot of instances of this trope. Firstly, there's arch enemy Doc Ock, then there's the [[Powered Armour]] [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] gave Spider-Man in the ''[[Civil War]]'', and there's also Midnight Sons rogue Spider-X, who had boney spider-limbs.
*** Pre-dating the ''[[Civil War]]'' Iron Spider armor, a possible future Spider-Man was shown to be a genius with [[Powered Armor]] using a similar system to Doc Ock's. Interestingly, the future Goblin serving as his nemesis had equivalent technology on ''her'' armor as well.
** The third and fourth Spider-Woman both possessed these at different points. Originally they were a power of Charlotte Witter (Spider-Woman IV), as a result of [[Lego Genetics|genetic manipulation]] by Doc Ock. After a lot of back-and-forth [[All Your Powers Combined|power-stealing]], the limbs - [[Superpower Lottery|along with the other powers of all three other "Spider-Women"]] - ended up with Mattie Franklin (Spider-Woman III).
** This has happened to Spidey before, but he managed to cure his condition thanks to the help of Dr. Curt Connors (aka the Lizard).
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* The Fiends (Neberu) in ''[[Demon: The Fallen]]'' are associated with spiders (since they were the ones who "webbed" the entire universe together on the Fourth Day of Creation) and therefore prone to growing an extra pair of hands in their High-Torment Apocalyptic Forms.
* In ''[[Exalted]]'', the Terrestrial Circle Sorcery spell Lightning Spider gives the caster eight extra spiderlike limbs ''made of lightning!''
* The Book of Vile Darkness sourcebook for [[Dungeons
** Around the same time, the Song and Silence sourcebook also featured the Fang of Lolth prestige class, which culminated with fully functional Half-Human(oid) Hybrid/Spider limbs.
* In the ''[[Infernum]]'' D20 setting, this is the effect of the first mutation for the [[Meaningful Name|Chain of the Spider]]. The demon (or fallen angel, or corrupted human) sprouts a number of secondary appendages to give them eight limbs in total—of themselves, however, they simply make it easier for the character to climb; it takes the Chain of Multiple Arms mutations to make them strong enough to be used in combat or for tasks.
* Occasionally found on tech-priests of the ''Warhammer40000'' Imperium.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Andariel, the first boss from ''[[Diablo II]]'' features four spider legs growing from her back, but they're only used for attacking.
** Ditto for Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades in ''[[
* The Jedi Kazdan Paratus in ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Force Unleashed]]'' is a rare heroic example...except he's gone senile and insane, making him all too creepy.
* Laughing Octopus from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'' is a rare exception to the small-of-the-back rule; her [[Combat Tentacles]] come from the top of her head, leaving her body dangling down when she uses them to move around.
* Mimi's [[Nightmare Fuel]] form from ''[[Super Paper Mario]].''
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** Villain players get their own set if they use the appropiate archetype.
* Alice Moonlight, a later boss from the sequel to ''[[No More Heroes]]'' has these tipped with ''[[Laser Blade|beam katanas]]''. One of her attacks even ends with her in a position that makes her look very much like a spider.
* The first really [[Body Horror|messed-up]] boss in ''[[Survival Crisis Z]]'' has spider limbs growing from the stump of its neck (its head having [[Your Head Asplode|exploded]] within a minute of its being introduced). The legs hoist it in midair and allow it to rapidly chase you around the room, even as it [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank|fountains gallons of blood from its neck]]. [[Surreal Horror|It's that sort of game]].
* Yagrum Bagarn, the last of the Dwemer race in ''[[Elder Scrolls]] 3: Morrowind'' became infected with the corprus disease. Unable to walk under his own power due to its ravages, he constructed a series of mechanized spider legs to carry his bloated form.
* Urgot the Headman's pride, from [[League of Legends]], was [[We Can Rebuild Him|rebuilt like that]].
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Irken's PAKs in ''[[Invader Zim]]'' can [[Telescoping Robot|extrude these]] on command. He has a strikingly matter-of-fact handling of these (to-him) familiar tools. They are likely purely instinctual. There's one episode when Zim's right next to something blowing up, and when the smoke clears you can see his spider arms in the same position as his actual arms, trying to shield himself from the blast.
* The ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' cartoon often has Gizmo zipping around on four mechanical legs. Kinda like Doc Ock, but they only have about three joints each.
** Does Fang count? He uses four giant spider legs to carry himself rapidly across any sort of terrain and to hoist himself out of reach of his enemies. Of course, they don't sprout from his back, per se, but from the abdomen of the mutant giant spider that has ''replaced his head''. The humanoid body just sorta ''hangs there,'' waving around limply, as it's pulled around by the spider legs.
* In ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'' Spider-Man once grew four extra arms.
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