Spidops (Pokémon)

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Spidops Trap Pokémon ワナイダー Wanaidā #0918 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Bug Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Insomnia Cacophony Cacophony Stakeout Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 120 (24.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Bug Hatch time 15 cycles
Height 3'03" 1.0 m Spidops 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 36.4 lbs. 16.5 kg Spidops 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 141	Leveling rate Erratic
EV yield Total: 2 Spidops 0 HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Green	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Spidops (Japanese: ワナイダー Wanaidā) is a Bug-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.

It evolves from Tarountula starting at level 15.

Biology

Spidops is an arachnoid Pokémon resembling a net-casting spider. It has eight long, slender, cylindrical legs, bunched together into pairs to evoke a humanoid stance. All eight feet possess white circular ports that serve as spinnerets, which Spidops can use to string silk tripwires and nets. Spidops can alternate at will between separating its legs or clustering them together for a quadrupedal crawl. These pairs of legs converge upon spherical joints nestled within the sides of its body, two positioned like shoulders near its head and two beside the ring-shaped intersection dividing its chest and abdomen.

Spidops's body is mostly beige brown, with pine green colorations on its face, forelimbs, and chest — the latter patterned to resemble a vest or overalls. Its ovular head is adorned with two large black eyes with squinted white pupils, along with four eye-like protrusions on either side. It also has rhombus-shaped pedipalps protruding from its sides to evoke a mustache, and two chelicerae bunched together to form a shield shape, which hides a circular mouth. Spidops's abdomen is cylindrical and cloaked in bands of its white silk to resemble a spool of yarn, ending at the tip with a flat conical peg containing its ninth spinneret.

Spidops is a covert ambush predator that utilizes its sticky and resilient silk threads to cling upon any surface and move without making a sound. It spins a silk thread from the spinneret on its abdomen, which it uses to hang upside-down from tall places. It then spins a net between its top four legs which it uses to smother its prey, striking before the prey has time to react. It prefers sticking onto the sides of trees, and strings its territory with silken hazards to trap intruders. It actively spars against its rival, Scyther, to maintain its ground and ensure the safety of its Tarountula young.

Spidops is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Silk Trap. In Generation IX, Circle Throw is also one of its signature moves.

In the anime

Major appearances

Minor appearances

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Spidops (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM012 TM012 Low Kick Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM015 TM015 Struggle Bug Bug Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM021 TM021 Pounce Bug Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM027 TM027 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM056 TM056 Bullet Seed Grass Physical 02525 100}}100% 30 TM057 TM057 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 100}}100% 40 TM058 TM058 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM060 TM060 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM061 TM061 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM081 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM083 TM083 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM090 TM090 Spikes Ground Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM091 TM091 Toxic Spikes Poison Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM095 TM095 Leech Life Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM105 TM105 X-Scissor Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM111 TM111 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM134 TM134 Reversal Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM162 TM162 Bug Buzz Bug Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Spidops Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Spidops

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  First Impression Bug Physical 90 100% 10 Lunge Bug Physical 80 100% 15 Memento Dark Status — 100% 10 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Spidops Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Spidops Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Spidops

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Evolution

Unevolved Tarountula  Bug

Level 15 →

First evolution Spidops  Bug

Sprites

• 

  The model for a Shiny Spidops

Trivia

• Spidops shares its category with Stunfisk. They are both known as the Trap Pokémon.
• Spidops is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 404.
  • Spidops also has the lowest base stat total out of all fully-evolved or non-evolving Pokémon introduced in Scarlet and Violet.

Origin

Spidops may be based on the ogre-faced spider or related members of the Deinopidae family (also known as net-casting spiders), who are known to hold their legs together in pairs and cast nets. Its segmented wooden-like body and association with strings may derive cues from marionettes, and the string wrapped around its abdomen resembles a spool of thread. The way it weaves its thread traps seems to be inspired by cat's cradle, a game of making figures using a loop of string held between the player's hands.

Spidops also seems to draw inspiration from special operations forces, as well as popular media depictions of secret agents. Its appearance seems to be inspired by the tactical gear of special ops forces: its eyes resemble ballistic eyewear or night-vision goggles, and its chest plating resembles a bulletproof vest — which can utilize the elasticity of spider silk as a protective material. Spidops's standard color palette seems to allude to military camouflage while Shiny Spidops utilizes red silk that make its webs evoke infrared lasers, deployed both for alarm-based traps and securing aim on mobile targets. Spidops being able to hang upside-down using its thread evokes the trope of secret agents using cables to hang from ceilings, although it is also a behavior showcased by real-life spiders.

Spidops may also draw inspiration from the Tsuchigumo, a race of spider-like yōkai in Japanese folklore. The Tsuchigumo were said to have the face of an oni (a creature commonly equated to ogres in English translations) and the body of a spider, and were known to disguise themselves and capture travelers with strings.

Name origin

Spidops may be a combination of spider, spy, ops (abbreviation of "operations"), and Deinopis (genus of the ogre-faced spider).

Wanaidā may be a combination of 罠 wana (trap), spider, and Schneider (German for "tailor" and "long-legged arachnid").

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ワナイダー Wanaidā From 罠 wana, spider, and Schneider French Filentrappe From fil, trappe and possibly a pun on philanthrope Spanish Spidops Same as English name German Spinsidias From Spinne and insidious Italian Spidops Same as English name Korean 트래피더 Teuraepideo From trap and spider Mandarin Chinese 操陷蛛 Cāoxiànzhū From 操 cāo, 陷阱 xiànjǐng, and 蜘蛛 zhīzhū Cantonese Chinese 操陷蛛 Chōuhaahmjyū From 操 chōu, 陷阱 haahmjihng, and 蜘蛛 jījyū

More languages Thai วาไนเดอร์ Wanaidoe Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

External links

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