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|image=[[File:Squitter.jpg|200px]] | |image=[[File:Squitter.jpg|200px]] | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]]) | ||
|full_name=Squitter the Spider<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=24|date=1995}}</ref> | |full_name=Squitter the Spider<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=24|date=1995}}</ref> | ||
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|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]]) | ||
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'''Squitter''' is an [[Animal Friend]] first appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' | '''Squitter''' is a large orange-and-black haired spider and an [[Animal Friend]] first appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. While most real-world spiders produce silk from their backsides, Squitter is able to shoot it from his mouth. However, members of the spider family Scytodidae are actually able to spit harmful venom-infused silk from their chelicerae, and Squitter even resembles these spiders, as both have an orange coloration with dark spots, though the similarity is coincidental.<ref>{{cite|author=@WinkySteve|language=en|date=February 25, 2019|url=x.com/WinkySteve/status/1100062350990815232?s=20|title=No internet in those days to research the finer points of spitting spiders, so we just made stuff up. Or looked in a book for pictures. Can you imagine that, having to look in a book for pictures? I once bought a Scotland Travel guide book because I needed a picture of a sporran!|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=June 29, 2024}}</ref> He also wears four pairs of orange-white shoes. Squitter lacks some other features that the average spider has, including multiple eyes and chelicerae. | ||
==History== | ==History== |