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| {{SMG boss infobox | | {{conjecture}} |
| |image=[[File:TarantoxSMG.png|200px]]
| | [[image:Spiderboss.jpg|thumb|right|The Giant Space Spider; [[Mario]] is battling it inside the [[Sticky Planet]].]] |
| |galaxy=[[Space Junk Galaxy]] | | The '''Giant Space Spider''' is one of the bosses in [[Super Mario Galaxy]]. It is found wrapped up in a web inside the [[Sticky Planet]] and can be reached via the Front Rought in the Super Mario Galaxy demo. |
| |mission=[[Tarantox's Tangled Web]]
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| |dome=[[Fountain]]
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| |star=[[File:Smg_icon_powerstar.png|20px]]
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| '''Tarantox''' is one of the bosses in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', being a gigantic spider-like creature that is seemingly related to the [[Spoing]]s and [[Sprangler]]s. It is found wrapped up in a web inside the [[Space_Junk_Galaxy#Phantom_Boss_Spider_Zonea|Phantom Boss Spider Zone]] in the [[Space Junk Galaxy]]. Its name is a portmanteau of "tarantula" and "toxic". The music while fighting Tarantox is the same as while fighting both versions of [[Dino Piranha]]. | |
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| [[Mario]] reaches it by using a [[Sling Pod]] to break the shell off of the Phantom Boss Spider Zone, revealing its web and the spider in a cocoon. Mario then must use another Sling Pod to tear the web and free the spider, then battle it. | | [[Mario]] gets to it by using a [[Wobble Launcher]] to break the shell off of the Sticky Planet, revealing its web and the spider in a hunk of ice. Mario then must use another Wobble Launcher to shatter the ice and free the spider, then battle it. |
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| In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', Cave Spiders are replaced by Tarantox. Spider eyes are replaced by Tarantox's eyes.
| | == Combat == |
| | [[Image:wingsgasp!.jpg|thumb|left|The Space Spider spitting poison.]] |
| | The spider first spits green goopy acid or poison at Mario, which stings him and drops his health by one point. Then, after the spider has been damaged, it shoots the acid out of four of its five red glowing bumps on its skin, which is harder to evade. |
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| ==Appearance==
| | To defeat the spider, Mario must use Wobble Launchers and throw himself at the red glowing buttons to pop them, then the spider will fall upside down, revealing three more red bumps on its underbelly. If Mario pops all of them, the spider will come back onto its feet and attack faster. If Mario repeats the procedure one more time, the spider will fall through its web and go flying into space, revealing a [[Star]]. |
| Tarantox has three wide oval eyes, wings, and a nozzle-like mouth. Its feet are similar to suction cups. It has horizontal stripes on its body, two small pairs of insect-like wings, four glowing growths on its sides, and one giant one on its behind. It attacks Mario by flailing its legs around and spitting acid from its smaller buttons. It also has three large growths on its underside, which Mario must pop.
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| ==Battle== | | == Outlook == |
| [[File:Tarantox releases poison.png|thumb|left|Tarantox spitting acid]]
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| This battle makes extensive use of Sling Pods. To damage Tarantox, Mario must use Sling Pods and throw himself at the largest glowing growth (the one on Tarantox's rear) to pop it. Mario can also sling himself either at Tarantox's eyes or at the bumps on its side, which will cause the boss to cover its face in pain, rendering it stunned for a very short period of time. Once Mario hits the growth on Tarantox's rear, the spider will fall upside down, revealing three more red bumps on its underbelly. If Mario pops all of them, the spider regains its feet and attacks faster. During the second round, the side glowing buttons start blasting toxic liquid so it is harder for Mario to hit Tarantox. If Mario repeats the procedure one more time, Tarantox is defeated, falls through its web, and goes flying into space, revealing a [[Power Star]] which Mario has to use a Sling Pod to collect.
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| ==''Super Mario Galaxy'' trading card description==
| | The Giant Space Spider is, obviously, giant. |
| [[File:TarantoxTradingCard.png|thumb|150px]]
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| ''A giant, triple-eyed space spider in the Space Junk Galaxy, Tarantox is a formidable boss Mario must battle for a Power Star. Reach the acid-drooling arachnid by sling-podding into its web. Catapult Mario into Tarantox's weak spot (the orbs on its back) to flip the spider on its back. Continue to hit the ones on its belly to hurt it. Do this twice to win the Power Star!''
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| ==Gallery==
| | It has three big oval eyes that are wide, wings, and a [[Snifit]]-like mouth. Though, every (known) boss in [[Super Mario Galaxy]] has a tubular Snifit mouth. |
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| SMG Concept Art 23.jpg| Concept art from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
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| SMG Concept Art 24.jpg| Concept art from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
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| GalaxyBosses.jpg|Key artwork
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| Tarantoxflip.png| Screenshot of Tarantox's underside from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
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| SMG Tarantox Cocoon.png| Screenshot of Tarantox's cocoon from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
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| Minecraft Mario Mash-Up Tarantox.jpg| Screenshot from ''Minecraft: Wii U Edition''
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| </gallery>
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| ==Additional names==
| | It has five big red glowing buttons/dots/bumps/poison bubbles on its back, one extremely huge and the others about Mario's size. On its belly underneath, it has three more that are essential to keep it alive. If these three are popped using Wobble Launchers, the spider will gets hurt. Hurt it twice to defeat it. |
| ===Internal names===
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| |game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
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| |name1=TombSpider
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| |meaning1=Tomb Spider
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| |game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''
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| |file2=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
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| |name2=トゥームスパイダー (''Tūmu Supaidā'')
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| |meaning2=Tomb Spider
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| ===Names in other languages=== | | == It Has Wings? == |
| {{foreign names
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| |Jap=クモキング
| | For some odd reason, as seen screenshots of Super Mario Galaxy, the Giant Space Spider has wings. Could it be a Spiderfly? Only Super Mario Galaxy's future release will tell why [[Shigeru Miyamoto|Miyamoto]] decided that this boss should have wings. |
| |JapR=Kumo Kingu
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| |JapM=Spider King
| | [[Category:Enemies]] |
| |Fre=Arachnoboss
| | [[Category:Bosses]] |
| |FreM=From "arachnide" and "boss"
| | [[Category: Arachnids]] |
| |Spa=Reina Araña
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| |SpaM=Spider Queen
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| |Ger=Königsspinne
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| |GerM=King-Spider
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| |Ita=Tarantorex
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| |ItaM=From "tarantola" (tarantula) and "rex" (Latin for king)
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| |Kor=거미킹
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| |KorR=Geomi King
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| |KorM=Spider King
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| |Chi=蜘蛛王
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| |ChiR=Zhīzhū Wáng
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| |ChiM=Spider King
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| }}
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| {{SMG}}
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| [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy bosses]] | |
| [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy trading cards]] | |
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