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{{trope}}
{{quote|"''I hate spiders more than I hate rain.''"
|''[[Garfield]]'', from [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1982/02/21/ this 1982] strip.}}
{{quote|''Nothing in the history of the entire world is more feared and hated than the spider. Nothing deserves it more, either.''
|''[[Cracked.com]]'' [[Running Gag|summarizing their views on the creatures.]]}}
We've all [[Seen It a Million Times]], some people are scared of spiders. Whenever they see a spider, they will become scared, either screaming in horror, or trying to swat the spider with a rolled-up newspaper.
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* The [[Nursery Rhyme]] ''Little Miss Muffet'' is probably the [[Ur Example]].
== [[Film]]
* Alex from ''[[Madagascar]]'' is spooked by a large spider on his shoulder. After it gives him a friendly "Well, howdy do."
* After all of his [[Death Trap]]s fail to impress Roxanne, [[Megamind]] notices a spider dangling in front of her face and pretends it was intended. Then Roxanne nonchalantly blows on it and it lands on his face. Cue freak out.
* ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'': A spider stalked Mrs. Brisby without her knowing it, before it got squashed by the [[Owl Be Damned|Great Owl]].
* ''[[Arachnophobia]]'' was a film about a group of hybridized spiders that invaded a California town and began killing the inhabitants that lived there.
* The late-1970s [[William Shatner]] film ''[[Kingdom of the Spiders]]'' was about a Southwestern town that was overrun by a bunch of killer spiders.
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* Played straight then subverted in the ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' episode, "Aduckyphobia" where the giant spider who gives Darkwing spider powers actually has [[Adult Child|the mind of a child]] and is being manipulated by the bad guy into doing his bidding.
* ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'' also featured a [[Monster of the Week]] [[Giant Spider]] called the Spinster who captures the Gummis for dinner. Fortunately, they escape in the end.
* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
** There's also Jeff, who Billy is absolutely terrified of, but he's really a nice guy, and just wants his dad to love him.
* In an episode of BBC kids' show ''Kerwhizz'' Twist is really scared of meeting Kaboodle's pet spider Cynthia, but being a boy he unconvincingly pretends not to be. Averted in the end when he actually meets Cynthia and discovers that she's cute and friendly.
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