Spider

The **Spider** is the fourth boss in Astro Bot Rescue Mission. The spider makes a cameo appearance halfway through world 4-4 where it can be seen crawling up the wall and out of sight on the left side of the screen. It makes a full appearance as the boss in world 4-5, Swingin' Sister.

### Appearance

The spider is a giant spider with light purple skin and small black beady eyes. She wears a vest like girdle with a heart on the back, red lipstick, a magenta high coiled long curly tea party Rococo Lolita hair style wig and some high tech dragon fruit shaped glasses.

### Walkthrough

After you rescue enough bots to unlock world 4-5 Swingin' Sister, the level starts with Astro Bot moving throughout a small cave before eventually coming a giant room. Once you step onto the big platform in the center of the room, the path behind you collapses leaving you trapped in the room. Suddenly, a pink glow lights up the room, and the spider crawls up the wall, swings down & laughs, beginning the fight.

### Boss Fight

The spider has 2 attacks:

Attack 1: The spider tosses down a bunch of eggs which hatch into baby spiders which Astro must punch away

Attack 2: Hanging off the back wall of the cave by web strands and spitting purple goop at Astro

When the spider latches onto the back wall of the cave, the web strands holding the spider up glow yellow on certain parts. Using the shuriken gadget, the player can cut the web strands and force the spider to stop attacking. The spider will hold on to the ceiling after the web strands on the wall are cut, requiring the player to cut the ceiling strand to knock the spider down. When the spider is knocked down, the player must have Astro punch the spider's cheek until it turns bright pink, and causes the spider to fall off the platform and into the abyss below, only for it to crawl back up the wall for another round. Repeat this 2 more times (while being careful not to fall off the platform, as it gets smaller with each hit to the spider, and also to free Astro when the spider grabs him in a web before it throws him off the platform), until eventually, the spider's shades and lipstick break, forcing the spider to hang on the ceiling from unbreakable webs. To finish off the spider, you must, no joke, use the shuriken gadget to cut off the strands on the spider's vest girdle busting it open. Once this is done, the spider, in shock, will cover up its exposed stomach with all its legs and wig. This proves to be a mistake & the spider plummets into the abyss below for good, the pink lights fade and the fight ends. Defeating the spider also rewards the player with the "Heartbreak" trophy.

### Trivia

The spider, like all the other Astro Bot Rescue Mission bosses, can be refought in the challenge belt; however, the level part of the fight has been removed.

Also like the other bosses, the spider's original level, Swingin' Sister, cannot be replayed once it is beaten.

The spider is the only boss in the game to wear actual clothes.

The Spider is one of three biological bosses in Astro Bot Rescue Mission, the other two are the Bird and Alien.

Like the other Astro Bot Rescue Mission bosses, the spider can be seen dazed and defeated on the world selection screen after its been beaten for the first time.

The Spider is the only female boss or character in the whole astro bot universe. Its level name is also a reference to how actual spiders swing around in order to make webs.

The Spider also can attack [e.g. a kiss] on the player's visor.

You can also get the "Gentleman" trophy if you look behind you while shooting the spider's clothes off in the final phase.