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* AffectionateParody: The film is one of old 50s mutant monster movies. It's not hard to notice the multiple signs that it doesn't take itself seriously.
** The spiders panting in exhaustion and squeaking "uh-oh" are pretty obvious signs.
** There is a scene in which a spider jumps on a moose's head, mounted on a wall, and takes a bite, only to visibly complain about the taste and spit out the stuffing.

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* AffectionateParody: The film is one of old 50s Of 50's mutant monster movies. It's not hard to notice movies.
** Among other examples,
the multiple signs that it doesn't take itself seriously.
** The
spiders are seen panting in exhaustion and squeaking "uh-oh" are pretty obvious signs.
** There is a
"uh-oh"; another scene in which has a spider jumps on a mounted moose's head, mounted on a wall, head and takes take a bite, only to visibly complain about the taste and spit out the stuffing.



* AllWebbedUp: Being a movie about giant spiders, obviously this happens a lot of the time.

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* AllWebbedUp: Being a movie about giant spiders, obviously this happens a lot of the time.Naturally occurs often.



** The taser gun - [[ChekhovsBoomerang twice.]]

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** The taser gun - gun, [[ChekhovsBoomerang twice.]]



* ConspiracyTheorist: Harlan, who believes the [[GiantSpider Giant Spiders]] are the alien invaders he has warned about his whole career. Amusingly, the county's ''entire emergency service force'' is apparently avid fans of his show, so they fall under this category as well.

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* ConspiracyTheorist: Harlan, who believes the [[GiantSpider Giant Spiders]] are the alien invaders he has warned about his whole career. Amusingly, the county's ''entire emergency service force'' is are apparently avid fans of his show, so they fall under this category as well.show.



* ConversationalTroping: Harlan, being a conspiracy theorist, assumes the spiders are aliens. On the second broadcast of his radio show, he talks about the anal probes. This movie has do to with neither aliens (as far as we know) nor AnalProbing.

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* ConversationalTroping: Harlan, being a conspiracy theorist, assumes the spiders are aliens. On the second broadcast of his radio show, he talks about the anal probes. This movie has do to with neither aliens (as far as we know) nor AnalProbing.out to [[AnalProbing anally probe]] humans.



* DyingTown: Prosperity is a middle-of-nowhere Podunk mining town with a supposedly empty mine. It's the "supposedly" that makes Chris return to town to try to save it (he hopes to rediscover a gold claim his dad supposedly found before dying) and it's because of this that Mayor Wade has conspired to allow corrupt companies to hide their toxic waste inside the mine after his attempt at resurrecting the town's economy (or so he says) with a mall went bust.

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* DyingTown: Prosperity is a middle-of-nowhere Podunk mining town with a supposedly empty supposedly-empty mine. It's the "supposedly" that makes Chris return to town to try to save it (he hopes to rediscover a gold claim his dad supposedly found before dying) and it's because of this that Mayor Wade has conspired to allow corrupt companies to hide their toxic waste inside the mine after his attempt at resurrecting the town's economy (or so he says) with a mall went bust.



* HeroicSacrifice: Subverted - twice. Both Pete and Harlan take it upon them to stay behind so others can escape the spider onslaught. Pete goes all OneManArmy on the critters and comes out unscathed (though CoveredInGunge); Harlan makes a mad dash through the milling hordes and disappears for an apparent OffscreenMomentOfAwesome to return alive and well after the movie's climax, and with the cops in tow to boot.

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* HeroicSacrifice: Subverted - twice. Both Pete and Harlan take it upon them to stay behind so others can escape the spider onslaught. Pete goes all OneManArmy on the critters and comes out unscathed (though CoveredInGunge); Harlan makes a mad dash through the milling hordes and disappears for an apparent OffscreenMomentOfAwesome to return alive and well after the movie's climax, and with the cops in tow to boot.



* ImpactSilhouette : The entire fight between Deputy Willis's cat and a spider of about the same size consists of this, with Willis and his wife watching from the outside as the two duke it out inside an air vent and slam one another against the wall.

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* ImpactSilhouette : The entire fight between Deputy Willis's cat Zeke and a spider of about the same size consists of this, with Willis and his wife watching from the outside as the two duke it out inside an air vent and slam one another against the wall.



* ImprobableWeaponUser: Chris again. When a spider climbs into Ashley's room and begins to cover her in webbing, he tries to fend it off with a wooden chair. The chair loses, but points for trying.

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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Chris again. When a spider climbs into Ashley's room and begins to cover her in webbing, he tries (and fails) to fend it off with a wooden chair. The chair loses, but points for trying.chair.



* RealityIsUnrealistic: The CGI artists had problems with the giant tarantula - scaling it up realistically turned it into an adorable fuzzy thing reminiscent of a high-quality stuffed animal. They had to remove more than half its hairs before the terrifying monster-truck-sized spider was noticeable beneath.

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* RealityIsUnrealistic: The CGI artists had problems with the giant tarantula - scaling it up realistically turned it into an adorable fuzzy thing reminiscent of a high-quality stuffed animal. They had to remove more than half its hairs hair before the terrifying monster-truck-sized spider was noticeable beneath.



* ShownTheirWork: Most spiders have poor eyesight despite their eight eyes, but they make up for it with the ability to sense even the slightest vibration, be it through the ground (like prey moving around) or through the air (talking and other sounds). They also tend to flee when faced with intense scents. Therefore the best way to hide from giant spiders would probably be to stay as quiet and still as possible, and even the idea with the perfume might have some merit in a situation like this. Of course, all bets are off when jumping spiders show up - their primary eyes are huge, movable and specifically evolved for identifying and tracking prey.
* SpidersAreScary: For the citizens of Prosperity at least, and to most arachnophobes probably. To the remaining portion of viewers they're more likely to be adorable and funny instead of scary.
* SpiderSwarm: Par for the course. The entire town ends up getting overrun by giant-ass spiders.
* StacysMom: Bret's friends make a bunch of lewd jokes about Sheriff Samantha Parker (who is also his girlfriend's Ashley's mother) behind her back after she pulls them over and fines them for speeding. She hears them and it goes not very well for them.

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* ShownTheirWork: Most spiders have poor eyesight despite their eight eyes, but they make up for it with the ability to sense even the slightest vibration, be it through the ground (like prey moving around) or through the air (talking and other sounds). They also tend to flee when faced with intense scents. Therefore the The best way to hide from giant spiders would probably be to stay as quiet and still as possible, and even the idea with the perfume might have some merit in a situation like this. Of course, all bets are off when jumping spiders show up - their primary eyes are huge, movable and specifically evolved for identifying and tracking prey.
* SpidersAreScary: For the citizens of Prosperity at least, and to most arachnophobes probably. To the remaining portion of viewers viewers, they're more likely to be adorable and funny instead of scary.
* SpiderSwarm: Par for the course. The entire town ends up getting overrun by giant-ass spiders.
course.
* StacysMom: Bret's friends make a bunch of lewd jokes about Sheriff Samantha Parker (who is also his girlfriend's Ashley's mother) behind her back after she pulls them over and fines them for speeding. She hears them and it goes not very well Unfortunately for them.them, she's still within earshot.



* SuperPersistentPredator:
** Despite having a lair full of cocooned meals ready to go, the female spider at the end feels the need to chase down Chris and Gladys, who are on a MOTORCYCLE.
** Almost all of the spiders in the movie are this, really, as spiders are primarily ambush predators. Even the most active hunters, like the tarantula, aren't this speedy in pursuit of prey. Possibly justified by the toxic waste making them more aggressive and active.
* SupportingProtagonist: Bret spends much of the movie inside the mines where the spiders made their nests, far away from the main cast. Yet he manages to survive thanks to his motorcycle and joins the survivors of the mall attack after breaking down the mine entrance Wade locked down.

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* SuperPersistentPredator:
** Despite having
SuperPersistentPredator: Likely as a lair full result of cocooned meals ready to go, the female spider at the end feels the need to chase down Chris and Gladys, who are on a MOTORCYCLE.
** Almost all of the spiders in the movie are this, really, as spiders are primarily ambush predators. Even the most active hunters, like the tarantula, aren't this speedy in pursuit of prey. Possibly justified by
the toxic waste making them more aggressive and active.
active. Consuela in particular tries her damnedest to chase down Chris and Gladys, who are on motorcycles.
* SupportingProtagonist: Bret spends much of the movie inside the mines where the spiders made their nests, far away from the main cast. Yet he He manages to survive thanks to his motorcycle motorcycle, and joins the survivors of the mall attack after breaking down the mine entrance Wade locked down.



* TeenPregnancy: Creator/KariWuhrer was 35 at the time of filming, but her character, Sheriff Samantha Parker, doesn't really look the part. It gets some explanation when her teenage daughter Ashley (played by then-18-year-old Creator/ScarlettJohansson) reveals during an argument between them that Sam got pregnant with her at age 16.

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* TeenPregnancy: Creator/KariWuhrer was 35 at the time of filming, but her character, Sheriff Samantha Parker, doesn't really look the part. It gets some explanation when her teenage daughter Ashley (played by then-18-year-old Creator/ScarlettJohansson) reveals during an argument between them that Sam got pregnant with her at age 16.



* ThatPoorCat: We are treated to a cat getting into a fight with a spider of equal size. Most of it takes place in an air vent where we see the cat slammed against the wall multiple times (via ImpactOutline). Though, in fairness, so does the spider.

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* ThatPoorCat: We are treated to a cat getting into a fight with a spider of equal size. Most of it takes place in an air vent where we see the cat slammed against the wall multiple times (via ImpactOutline). Though, in fairness, so does ImpactOutline), though it gives the spider.spider as good as it gets.



* ToxicWasteCanDoAnything: Spiders consume toxic waste. Spiders get taste for humans and ability to grow far beyond their maximum size. The very end of the movie shows that the stuff also makes Deputy William's bald patch grow some new hair. The film gets a little slack as it has a strong comedic bent and doesn't take itself too seriously.

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* ToxicWasteCanDoAnything: Spiders Played for laughs and horror alike. Start of the movie: spiders consume toxic waste. Spiders waste, spiders get taste for humans and ability to grow far beyond their maximum size. The very Very end of the movie shows that the stuff also makes movie: Deputy William's Williams applies some to his bald patch grow some new hair. The film gets a little slack as it has a strong comedic bent patch, and doesn't take itself too seriously.his hair starts going back.



* TravelingPipeBulge: One of Chris' miners is hosing down a blast hole when the water suddenly stops coming. His solution to the problem is putting the hose to his mouth and sucking on it, all the while ''something'' can be seen moving ever closer through the otherwise slack hose. Needless to say his fate isn't pretty.

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* TravelingPipeBulge: One of Chris' Chris's miners is hosing down a blast hole when the water suddenly stops coming. His solution to the problem is putting the hose to his mouth and sucking on it, all the while ''something'' can be seen moving ever closer through the otherwise slack hose. Needless to say his fate isn't pretty.otherwise-slack hose...
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* TeenPregnancy: Creator/KariWuhrer was 35 at the time of filming, but her character, Sheriff Samantha Parker, doesn't really look the part. It gets some explanation when her teenage daughter Ashley (played by then-18-years-old Creator/ScarlettJohansson) reveals during an argument between them that Sam got pregnant with her at age 16.

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* TeenPregnancy: Creator/KariWuhrer was 35 at the time of filming, but her character, Sheriff Samantha Parker, doesn't really look the part. It gets some explanation when her teenage daughter Ashley (played by then-18-years-old then-18-year-old Creator/ScarlettJohansson) reveals during an argument between them that Sam got pregnant with her at age 16.

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* HeyYouHaymaker: Sheriff Sam Parker pulls this off with a "''shotgun''" against the male orb-weaver spider trying to abduct Ashley and Chris, yelling "Hey! Spidey!" and when the spider turns to look (with an audible and very human-sounding "Hm?") shoots it dead.



* ImprobableAimingSkills: Sam's a damned good shot. Pistol, rifle, shotgun, crossbow; every result is the same - [[HighPressureBlood fountains of spider guts]]! Chris also shows off some pretty impressive skills with a shotgun, blasting a jumping spider out of the air from quite some distance away and without even properly aiming the thing.

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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Sam's a damned good shot. Pistol, rifle, shotgun, crossbow; every result is the same - [[HighPressureBlood fountains of spider guts]]! Chris also shows off some pretty impressive skills with a double-barreled shotgun, blasting a jumping spider out of the air from quite some distance away and without even properly aiming the thing.



** Ashley when she sees a spider the size of a wolf coming in through her bedroom window.



* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Mike learns about the giant spiders far earlier but lampshades this trope due to being a kid. Chris is the first to believe him after finding a spider's skin in a very large hole, but Sam still remains a skeptic until one spider attacks Ashley.

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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Mike learns about the giant spiders far earlier but lampshades this trope due to being a kid. Chris is the first to believe him after finding a spider's skin in a very large hole, but Sam still remains a skeptic until one spider attacks Ashley. Attempts to convince the rest of the town are met with the same skepticism until the spiders attack.

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* OhCrap: Harlan when he looks out his trailer window and sees a massive tarantula.

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* OhCrap: OhCrap:
** When Sam is talking about how the water is contaminated with toxic waste, the deputy Pete realizes he's standing in it and handling the barrel and has a quiet "uh-oh!" reaction. [[spoiler:The ending subverts it when it turns out that it was actually a EurekaMoment. He splashed some of that water onto the bald spot on his head, and at the end of the film, we learn that his hair is finally growing back.]]
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Harlan when he looks out his trailer window and sees a massive tarantula.
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* MamaBear: Samantha shooting the spider webbing up her daughter along with Chris.
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* CoolGuns: The cops wield several shotguns and rifles, but the one that is coolest (at least through RuleOfFunny) is a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle that the deputy isn't sure why the station even has it. The Mannlicher-Carcano is the rifle that killed Kennedy, and it's called exactly that [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike by two different characters]].
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* PointlessCivilProject: The MayorPain of Prosperity authorized the construction of Prosperity Mall to supposedly bring money to the DyingTown. Being a mall in a town in the nearly literal middle of nowhere, the whole thing turned out to be a money pit (not quite subtly implied that a lot of it went into the Mayor's pockets, too), to the point that it's a notable (and eventually [[TrashTheSet quite ironic]]) background detail that the place is going out of business.

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* PointlessCivilProject: PointlessCivicProject: The MayorPain of Prosperity authorized the construction of Prosperity Mall to supposedly bring money to the DyingTown. Being a mall in a town in the nearly literal middle of nowhere, the whole thing turned out to be a money pit (not quite subtly implied that a lot of it went into the Mayor's pockets, too), to the point that it's a notable (and eventually [[TrashTheSet quite ironic]]) background detail that the place is going out of business.
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* PointlessCivilProject: The MayorPain of Prosperity authorized the construction of Prosperity Mall to supposedly bring money to the DyingTown. Being a mall in a town in the nearly literal middle of nowhere, the whole thing turned out to be a money pit (not quite subtly implied that a lot of it went into the Mayor's pockets, too), to the point that it's a notable (and eventually [[TrashTheSet quite ironic]]) background detail that the place is going out of business.
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* TyopOnTheCover: Of the most technical variant. Since the movie's title has no hyphen between "eight" and "legged", its name technically means "eight freaks, each of which possess legs".
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Besides the commonly seen tarantulas and orb-weavers, the movie features trapdoor spiders, spitting spiders and jumping spiders. This is justified in-universe by the spider farm where all these spiders came from, where the owner is both knowledgeable about spiders and apparently smuggles exotic varieties from out of the country just to improve his lineup.

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