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* [[ClassicalMythology In Greco-Roman mythology]], there was a mortal weaver named Arachne. Arachne boasted of how her skills in making beautiful tapestries were better than those of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and crafts. Minerva grew so tired of her boasting that she turned Arachne into a spider woman, proving that Spider People are indeed OlderThanFeudalism.
** She was actually just [[BalefulPolymorph turned into an ordinary spider]], but modern adaptations will usually have her turned into either this or a GiantSpider.

A [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaur-esque]] creature that has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a [[GiantSpider spider]], sometimes referred to as [[DungeonsAndDragons Driders]]. Most of the time they are seen as females since female spiders are bigger and more dangerous than males (also serves as a form of FetishFuel). They're usually shown as [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil]] [[SpidersAreScary beings]] but occasionally fall into the CuteMonsterGirl category.

A [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaur-esque]] creature that has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a [[GiantSpider spider]], sometimes referred to as [[DungeonsAndDragons Driders]]. Most of the time they are seen as females since female spiders are bigger and more dangerous than males (also serves as a form of FetishFuel). They're usually shown as [[ChaoticEvil evil]] [[SpidersAreScary beings]] but occasionally fall into the CuteMonsterGirl category.

Not to be confused with {{Spider-Man}} or [[{{ComicBook/Spider-Woman}} Spider-Woman]]. See also the {{Youkai}} Tsuchigumo and Jurogumo, which are spiders that can turn into people and often have mix-and-match shapes similar to this trope. Naturally, tend to have an ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire.

* Arukenimon's true form from ''DigimonAdventure02''.

* On variety of the Nerubians from ''WorldOfWarcraft'' are like this, with spiderlike lower halves and humanoid upper halves. Although in fact they only have four legs. Most of them are insectoid or arachnoid throughout.

* Arachne is an enemy in the ''{{Castlevania}}'' series.

* Spider-Human hybrids were meant to be the next step up from the first [[ResidentEvil Resident Evil's]] Chimera monsters, which were humanoid flies. Unfortunately, the concept was created during ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''[='s=] ''1.5'' phase -famously abandoned during a late build by the creators, and the creature went along with it.

** Also, one of [[DarkisNotEvil the mutant toys]] from the first ''ToyStory'' film appears to be a baby doll's head mounted onto a spider body made from an Erector kit.

* One episode of the short-lived {{The Mummy}} {{The Animated Series}} had powerful undead, Imhotep, temporarily merge himself with an ancient {{Giant Spider}} named Nihansan, giving him typical spider powers.

* The dridders from ''{{Felarya}}'' are a larger than usual (as in, ''[[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever really frickin' HUGE]]'') example of this. (Will they eat you? Of ''course'' they'll eat you, this is ''Felarya.'')

* ''DungeonsAndDragons''[='=]s Driders, who are transformed drows.
** Lolth, queen of the spiders, I believe, was the prototype for the Driders.
** ForgottenRealms has [[http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mof_gallery/MonFaePG27.jpg Choldriths]], female forms of the multi-armed humanoids Chitines.

* The dark elf unit Spider Queen, in [[AgeOfWonders Age of Wonders 2]].

* Spider-Human hybrids were meant to be the next step up from the first [[ResidentEvil Resident Evil's]] Chimera monsters, which were humanoid flies. Unfortunately, the concept was created during [[ResidentEvil2 Resident Evil 2's]] ''1.5'' phase -famously abandoned during a late build by the creators, and the creature went along with it.

* Two appear in ''DarkSouls.'' The first is a boss fight; Quelaag is half-naked-woman, half-'''MAGMA'''-spider, so you spend quite a lot of time dodging flame bursts and lava flows. The other is her unnamed sickly albino sister. "The White Lady" is friendly enough (because she's so ill she thinks you're her sister) and acts as a fire keeper.
* The aptly-named Arachnos in ''TitanQuest'' have humanoid torso and spider body. Their queen Arachne is a giant boss monster. Later you can find the asiatic Arachnos, which are brightly colored and have the head of a tarantula, fangs and beady eyes included. Scorpion-people are met in Egypt, but they're not centaur-like.

* The ''[[HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' episode "Web of Desire" showed a different take on the Arachne myth. She was jealous of her daughter's beauty and drowned her in the ocean. Zeus cursed her into a Spider Person form and banished her on an deserted island.

** Mr. Waternoose from ''MonstersInc.''

* Arachne appears in ''TheIncredibleHercules'' as she battles ''(of all people)'' {{Spider-Man}}.

* The Captain Proton holodeck episode from Star Trek Voyager featured Janeway as Aracnia, Queen of the Spider People. Presumably had we seen the spider people, this trope would have been involved.

** ForgottenRealms has [[http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mof_gallery/MonFaePG27.jpg Choldriths]], female forms of the multi-armed humanoids Chitines.

* The Vagary from ''[[{{Doom}} Doom 3]]'', a demonic-spider-woman who appeared to be telepathic and telekinetic.

* Spider-Human hybrids were meant to be the next step up from the first [[{{ResidentEvil}} Resident Evil's]] Chimera monsters, which were humanoid flies. Unfortunately, the concept was created during [[{{ResidentEvil2}} Resident Evil 2's]] ''1.5'' phase -famously abandoned during a late build by the creators, and the creature went along with it.

* Rosie from ''ABugsLife'' actually looks like this, despite being an actual spider.

[[TheGrimAdventuresofBillyandMandy http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SpiderQueenBillyandMandy_9336.jpg]]

* Not half-spider but definitely half-arachnid: ''TheScorpionKing'' (at least in his appearance in ''TheMummy II'').

* The dridders from ''{{Felarya}}'' are a larger than usual (as in, ''[[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever really frickin' HUGE]]'') example of this.

* [[ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]] in the Season 4 finale of ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'', similar to the ''Secret Saturdays'' example above.

Not to be confused with {{Spider-Man}} or [[{{ComicBook/Spider-Woman}} Spider-Woman]]. See also the {{Youkai}} Tsuchigumo and Jurogumo, which are spiders that can turn into people and often have mix-and-match shapes similar to this trope.

* A non-human example: The aliens in the new {{TNT}} series ''Series/FallingSkies'' have spider-like bodies, but their heads and forearms are more like the creatures from ''{{Alien}}''.

* [[ClassicalMythology In Greco-Roman mythology]], there was a mortal weaver named Arachne. Arachne boasted of how her skills in making beautiful tapestries were better than those of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and crafts. Minerva grew so tired of her boasting that she turned Arachne into a spider woman, proving that Spider People are indeed OlderThanDirt.

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* Mr. Waternoose from ''MonstersInc.''