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*FalseFriend: The Spider acts friendly to the Fly, but it's just to get her within reach.
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* BeastFable: The Spider represents the person who covers his evil intentions with charm and flattery, while the Fly represents the innocent or naïve person who falls for his act.
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* SapientEatSapient: The fact that the Fly can speak to (and argue with) the Spider has absolutely no bearing on whether he eats her. (That's at least in part because this is a parable about the dangers of predatory ''humans''.)
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->''"Will you walk into my parlor?"''
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->''"Will you walk into my parlor?"''parlour?"''
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In this story, a young and naïve Fly encounters a Spider at his parlor one night. The Spider attempts to convince her to stay with a show of courtesy and flattery. Unfortunately, these kind acts are a façade. Even though she knows better (and though the ghosts of the Spider's other victims try to warn her), the Fly lets herself be charmed into coming too close...
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In this story, a young and naïve Fly encounters a Spider at his parlor home one night. The Spider attempts to convince her to stay with makes a show fine display of courtesy and flattery. Unfortunately, these kind acts are a façade. Even flattery to convince the Fly he means her no harm, even though she knows better than to trust a spider (and though the ghosts of the Spider's other victims try to warn her), her). Unfortunately, the Fly lets herself be charmed into coming too close...
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* ExtraEyes: The Spider has four tiny eyes near the crown of his head.
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* ExtraEyes: The Spider has four tiny eyes near the crown of his head. They watch the Fly even when his 'main' eyes are closed.
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* TheFlapper: As the book takes place in a 1920s movie setting, the Fly gets to be this. [[TheCutie And she looks good in it, too.]]
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* TheFlapper: As the book takes place in a 1920s movie setting, the Fly gets to be this. [[TheCutie And she looks good in it, good, too.]]
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* HiddenInPlainSight: Aside from the obvious that the villain is a spider trying to charm an insect, what gives the book its healthy dose of NightmareFuel is the subtle things that become horrifying once you realize them. For example, in one scene, in place of a footstool, Spider uses the ''body of a dead ladybug that he's killed.''.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: Aside from the obvious that the villain is a spider trying to charm an insect, what gives makes the book its healthy dose of NightmareFuel scary is the subtle things that become horrifying once you realize them. For example, in one scene, in place of a footstool, Spider uses the ''body of a dead ladybug that he's killed.''.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Both the Butterfly and Cricket ghosts. There are easter eggs of what they used to look like, pre-death, and their ghost forms appear older than... how Spider chose to decorate his house after their deaths.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Both the Butterfly and Cricket ghosts. There are easter eggs of what they used to look like, pre-death, looked like in life, and their ghost forms appear older than... how Spider chose to decorate his house after their deaths.than they were when they died.
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* VillainyDiscretionShot: While it's abundantly clear that the Spider has murdered (and eaten) dozens of bugs, the illustrations don't show any actual violence.
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* BigFancyHouse: The Spider's abode. It's actually a dollhouse, but it suits him.
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* TooDumbToLive: There is an actual scene where the ghosts ''show'' the Fly a cookbook titled ''The Joy of Cooking Bugs'' in the Spider's house. [[FoeRomanceSubtext Either she]] ''[[FoeRomanceSubtext really]]'' [[FoeRomanceSubtext wants to stay with the spider]], or she personifies this trope.
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* FailedASpotCheck: The Fly is already aware that the Spider is bad news, but she continues to ignore numerous warning signs (like all the dead bugs he uses to 'decorate' his house).
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* IKissYourHand: The Spider seems about to do this... just before he stuff Ms. Fly in his hat and carries her to her doom.
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* IKissYourHand: The Spider seems about to do this... just before he stuff stuffs Ms. Fly in his hat and carries her to her doom.
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* SeductiveSpider: The Spider is portrayed as a [[TheBluebeard Bluebeard]] and serial charmer of unsuspecting insects. He spends the entire poem flirting with a skittish fly he intends to eat, who's clearly shown to be attracted to him and falls for his sweet words.
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* SeductiveSpider: The Spider is portrayed as a [[TheBluebeard Bluebeard]] and serial charmer of unsuspecting insects. He spends the entire poem flirting with a skittish fly he intends to eat, who's clearly shown to be attracted to him and falls for his sweet words.
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* TooDumbToLive: There is an actual scene where the ghosts ''show'' the Fly a cookbook titled ''The Joy of Cooking Bugs'' in the Spider's house. [[FoeRomanceSubtext Either she]] ''[[FoeRomanceSubtext really]]'' [[FoeRomanceSubtext wants to stay with the spider]], or she personifies this trope.
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* VisualPun: The Fly at the center of this story is a ''[[DamselInDistress damsel]]fly''.
