Gunter Von Goldberg II

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| **Spider** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | スパイダー   (Supaidā) |
| Age: | unknown |
| Gender: | Male |
| Aliases: | Gunter von Goldberg II |
| **Statistics** | |
| First appearance: | TV Special 5 |
| Appearances: | Specials: (/wiki/Spider_Appearances "Spider Appearances") |
| **Actors** | |
| Japanese voice: | [Daisuke Namikawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Daisuke_Namikawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Daisuke Namikawa (page does not exist)") |
**Spider** (スパイダー ,*Supaidā*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is an anime only character from the *[Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito")* series. He is a codenamed agent specializing in assassination in the [criminal organization](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Organization "Magic Kaito Organization") and works under their [second-in-command](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_sub-boss "Magic Kaito sub-boss").
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Appearance](#Appearance)
* [3 Abilities](#Abilities)
* [4 Appellations](#Appellations)
* [5 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [5.1 The Fated Blue Birthday](#The_Fated_Blue_Birthday)
+ [5.2 The Splendid Rivals](#The_Splendid_Rivals)
+ [5.3 The Secret of the Red Tear](#The_Secret_of_the_Red_Tear)
+ [5.4 The Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom Thief](#The_Witch.2C_the_Detective.2C_and_the_Phantom_Thief)
+ [5.5 The Tearful Crystal Mother](#The_Tearful_Crystal_Mother)
* [6 Relationships analysis](#Relationships_analysis)
+ [6.1 Saguru Hakuba](#Saguru_Hakuba)
* [7 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [8 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [9 See also](#See_also)
* [10 References](#References)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
The aliases "Gunter von Goldberg II" suggests a German descent. That said, he peppers his speech with English, "Ladies and Gentlemen", and has a rivalry with [Saguru](/wiki/Saguru_Hakuba "Saguru Hakuba"), who has been living and doing detective works in Britain.
## Appearance[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Appearance")]
His stage appearance.
He is an averagely built young, foreign man with long blond hair. While onstage, his skin is white and pale. His true skin color, however, is a brownish-tan with a spider tattoo on his left eye.
## Abilities[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Abilities")]
He is considered by a magazine as "The Best Illusionist in the World". During one of his shows, he was able to create an illusion of a beautiful field and children from the audience being raised into the sky and turned into cherubs. In battles, however, he uses this ability in a much more offensive way. He usually creates an unreal horrifying scenery and makes the victims feel like they are in helpless situation.[](#cite_note-1)[](#cite_note-witch-2) His psychological attacks work effectively even on magical beings like [Akako](/wiki/Akako_Koizumi "Akako Koizumi").[](#cite_note-witch-2) He is also able to apply some sort of hypnotization on the victims who have suffered from his illusions, making them subconsciously perform a certain action.[](#cite_note-witch-2) As an assassin, his preferred weapons are needles which can be thrown. He is also athletic. He has excellent disguise skills. He was even able to fool Kaito by mimicking an old woman and her voice. It is unclear how much this ability was due to his illusions and gadgets versus pure acting, makeup, and voice talent.
## Appellations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Appellations")]
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|  | [Boss](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Boss "Magic Kaito Boss") | Spider | - |
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## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### [The Fated Blue Birthday](/wiki/The_Fated_Blue_Birthday "The Fated Blue Birthday")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: The Fated Blue Birthday")]
When [Snake](/wiki/Snake "Snake") and his boss fail to kill [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid"), their [boss](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Boss "Magic Kaito Boss") reprimands his/her deputy through a video chat and orders him to contact Spider.
### [The Splendid Rivals](/wiki/The_Splendid_Rivals "The Splendid Rivals")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: The Splendid Rivals")]
He comes to Japan and attempts to kill Kaitou Kid at a heist. He uses his illusion generating machinery to create a nightmarish realm which Kaitou Kid cannot escape. Saguru manages to snap Kaitou Kid out of his trance before he could finish Kid off. He then turns his attention to Saguru. The distraction gives Kaitou Kid the chance to destroy his illusion generating machinery and force him to flee.
### [The Secret of the Red Tear](/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_Red_Tear "The Secret of the Red Tear")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: The Secret of the Red Tear")]
Saguru looks at a magazine saying that he has returned to Europe for show tour and said that he should not be bothering Kaitou Kid during this time.
### [The Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom Thief](/wiki/The_Witch,_the_Detective,_and_the_Phantom_Thief "The Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom Thief")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: The Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom Thief")]
He comes back to Japan attempting on Kaitou Kid again. After Akako disguised as Kid steals the gem and flies away, he decides to manipulate Akako with his illusions and hypnotize her to kill Kid. He engaged a short battle with Kid and Saguru came out saying that his real identity is the famous illusionist Gunter von Goldberg II, with unknown nationality, unknown age and his name is not his real name and Saguru is determined to unravel his true identity. He then dropped a smoke bomb and escaped telling Kid that they will meet again.
### [The Tearful Crystal Mother](/wiki/The_Tearful_Crystal_Mother "The Tearful Crystal Mother")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: The Tearful Crystal Mother")]
He and Snake board the Royal Express to steal the Crystal Mother from the Queen of Ingram and kill Kaitou Kid. He knocks out Phillip's nanny, Alice, and disguises himself as her. Snake orders him to not get in his way and to let him take care of everything. He disguised as Alice lures Phillip, who wanted to retrieve the Crystal Mother, to the top of the train where Kid had hidden and then threatens Phillip to force Kid to hand over the jewel. When climbing atop the train, Snake tells him to leave and let him take care of the rest. He does as Snake tells him and vanishes.
## Relationships analysis[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Relationships analysis")]
### Saguru Hakuba[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Saguru Hakuba")]
He and [Saguru Hakuba](/wiki/Saguru_Hakuba "Saguru Hakuba") have some sort of rivalry. He sees Saguru as a nuisance and attempts to murder him offhand. Saguru is disturbed by him and his use of illusions to break the mind of his opponents. Saguru knows the assassin's identity is the stage performer Gunter von Goldberg II.
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Spider&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* The animators redesigned his look between the silhouette shown after the Blue Birthday heist and his current appearance. In the official DVD release, the silhouette was directly replaced with his later design.
* During his shows, there was a big spider which hints out that he is Spider, the assassin.
* Despite not having a color in his name, his pseudonym, "Goldburg", contains "Gold".
* He was drinking some sort of alcohol from a bottle called "spider", then a reference to his codename.