Tarantula

The Tarantula^[1] is an enemy that appears in the Wii U/PC version of Sonic Lost World. It is a brand of spider-based Badniks created by Dr. Eggman.

Appearance

Based off the brown widow spider, the Tarantulas are mostly brown with orange stripes. They have gray legs covered with brown and orange stripes, magenta-colored eyes, and the robotic web string used by them is cyan. Also, inside a Tarantula, a butterfly is trapped.

Overview

The back of a Tarantula badnik, revealing a butterfly trapped inside.

Exclusively found in the Wii U/PC version of Silent Forest Zone 1, Tarantulas hang down from above via robotic webs. Tarantulas cannot be destroy by a simple Homing Attack at first; a Flying Kick is required to knock it off of its web string. If successful, it will fall, giving the butterfly trapped inside the Tarantulas a chance to escape if the player uses a Focused Homing Attack on the butterfly case. One hit is required to release the butterfly, but the Tarantulas are quick to get up and return to their midair position, forcing the player to start over with their attack.

In each ambush, the Tarantula appear in groups of five. If the player releases all five butterflies, the butterflies go into a nearby flower and cause it to bloom. The flower can then transport Sonic to another section of the Zone.

Trivia

Tarantulas are similar to Grabbers, which first debuted in the Chemical Plant Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
The Tarantulas' name has not been listen in any official source for Sonic Lost World. However, it is referred to as "tarantula" in the game's source code.

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References

↑ In the games files this enemy is simply named "enm_tarantula"

Sonic Lost World

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Virtual Hedgehog^
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Dr. Eggman \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Deadly Six (Zavok, Zazz, Zomom, Master Zik, Zeena, Zor) \| Yacker* \| Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky) \| Omochao* \| NiGHTS* \| Nightopian* \| Reala* \| Puffy* \| Gulpo* \| Clawz* \| Jackle* \| Gillwing* \| Wizeman* \| Yoshi^ \| Link^
Wisps		White* \| Cyan \| Yellow \| Indigo \| Crimson* \| Magenta* \| Green* \| Black* \| Red \| Ivory \| Gray**
Levels	Worlds	Windy Hill \| Desert Ruins \| Tropical Coast \| Frozen Factory \| Silent Forest \| Sky Road \| Lava Mountain \| Hidden World* \| Special Stage**
Levels	Misc.	NiGHTMARE Zone* \| Yoshi's Island Zone^ \| The Legend of Zelda Zone^ \| Circus^
Enemies	Badniks	Antlion \| Antlion Mother* \| Anton* \| Aquis* \| Balkiry \| Ball Hog* \| Batbrain \| BFB \| Blowfish Transporter \| Blaster* \| Bomb* \| Burrobot* \| Buzz Bomber \| Caterkiller \| Chopper* \| Clucker \| Cluckoid* \| Coconuts* \| Crabmeat* \| Crawl \| Crawlton \| Dragonfly* \| Dung Beetle* \| Egg Pawn \| Galaga Bee* \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Gustav Turtle \| Jaws \| Laser Grabber* \| Madmole* \| Manbou* \| Manta* \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie* \| Nebula* \| Newtron \| Octus* \| Orbinaut (Uni Uni, Unidasu) \| Pata-Bata* \| Penguinator \| Sandworm \| Slicer \| Snale Blaster* \| Spiker* \| Spikes* \| Sprinkler* \| Spinner \| Tarantula* \| Thunder Spinner \| Tonber* \| Turtloids* \| Utsubo*
Enemies	Other	Baku Baku* \| Boo* \| Boom Boo* \| Cactus Ball \| Deku Scrub^ \| Keese^ \| Piranha Plant^ \| Sandworm \| Sheep* \| Shy Guy^ \| Stalchild^ \| Surprise Crocodile* \| Yeti*
Bosses		Zazz (Puffy) \| Zomom \| Master Zik (Gulpo) \| Zeena (Clawz) \| Zor (Jackle) \| Zavok (Gillwing*) \| Deadly Six \| Eggrobo
Moves/ Techniques	General	Bound Jump \| Charged Dash* \| Dash \| Double Jump \| Duck* \| Flying Kick* \| Focused Homing Attack* \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Sky Dive \| Somersault Kick \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Sonic Boost*
Moves/ Techniques	Parkour	Hang* \| Side Step \| Vault* \| Vault Dash* \| Wall Climb \| Wall Jump \| Wall Run \| Wall Spin Dash
Color Powers		Black Bomb* \| Crimson Eagle* \| Cyan Laser \| Gray Quake** \| Green Hover* \| Indigo Asteroid \| Ivory Lightning** \| Magenta Rhythm* \| Red Burst** \| Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon* \| Billiard Ball \| Bingo \| Bumper \| Cannon* \| Capsule \| Cloud \| Coconut* \| Conveyor Belt* \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Fan \| Flipper \| Flower Cannon \| Flywheel** \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube* \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel** \| Metal nut* \| Minecart \| Musical note \| Planetoid Spring* \| Prism \| Rainbow Ring** \| Seesaw \| Slot machine* \| Snowball \| Snowblower \| Spring \| Spring Catapult* \| Truffle Cannon* \| Underground Pipe** \| Windmill*
Items	General	5 Ring Bonus \| Air Bubble \| Apple \| Asteroid Ring \| Blue Chip* \| Bound bell* \| Cage \| Case** \| Casino Token* \| Chaos Emerald \| Floating Item Box* \| Item Box (1-Up, Aqua Shield, Big 50 Ring, Flame Shield, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Shield, Super Ring, Thunder Shield, Warp) \| Number Ring* \| Orb** \| Red Star Ring \| Ring \| Ring (NiGHTS)* \| Snowboard**
	RC Vehicles	Helicopter \| Fighter Jet \| Stealth Jet \| Hovercraft \| Balloon \| UFO \| Omochao
	Material**	Green Material \| Yellow Material \| Blue Material \| White Material \| Iron Material \| Black Material \| Red Material \| Bronze Material \| Silver Material \| Gold Material
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles, Zavok) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Orbot, Master Zik) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot) \| Liam O'Brien (Zazz) \| Patrick Seitz (Zomom) \| Stephanie Sheh (Zeena) \| Sam Riegel (Zor)
Japanese voice actors		Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Jōji Nakata (Zavok) \| Yutaka Aoyama (Zazz) \| Yumi Tōma (Zeena) \| Mugihito (Master Zik) \| Chafūrin (Zomom) \| Yūki Tai (Zor)
Music		Sonic Lost World Bonus Soundtrack (Special Selection) \| Sonic Lost World: Wonder World EP \| Without Boundaries: Sonic Lost World Original Soundtrack
Other		Auto Running* \| Bonus Point* \| Cacophonic Conch \| Egg Mobile \| Extractor \| Freeze \| Havok \| Health Gauge \| Lost Hex \| Miles Electric \| Mission \| Moon Mech \| Rank \| Roboticization \| Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween ComicFest 2013 \| Tails' Lab** \| Time Attack* \| Tornado \| Totem Pole \| Wisp Away* \| Wisp Gauge \| Zeti "" Wii U and PC versions only "*" Nintendo 3DS version only "^" Wii U version only.

[1] In the games files this enemy is simply named "enm_tarantula"

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