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{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Pider|image=[[File:Pider PMTTYD.png]]}}
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'''Piders''' are enemies in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. They live in [[The Great Tree]] and are the only known natural predator of [[Puni]]es. As their name indicates, they are a spider-like creature, and just like everything else in the [[Boggly Woods]], Piders are monochrome in color. It has two attacks. The first one involves spitting a ball at Mario, dealing 2 damage. The second one involves it spitting out three webs in quick succession, each one taking away 1 HP from Mario's HP bar. Like [[Scuttlebug]]s, Piders have round bodies and suction cups on their feet. They also appear in the [[Glitz Pit]] as fighters, along with other enemies from Boggly Woods, and have stronger relatives known as [[Arantula]]s in the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]].
|image=[[File:Pider PMTTYD.png|150px]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|variants=[[Arantula]]
}}


When Mario is leading the Punies, if a Pider is nearby several Punies will be frightened and run off, prompting Mario to defeat the Piders in order to move on.
'''Piders''' are enemies in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]]. They live in [[the Great Tree]] and are the only known natural predators of [[Puni]]es. As their name indicates, they are a spider-like creature, and just like everything else in the [[Boggly Woods]], Piders are monochrome in color. It has two attacks. The first one involves spitting a ball at Mario, dealing 2 damage. The second one involves it spitting out three webs in quick succession, each one taking away 1 HP from Mario's HP bar. Like [[Scuttlebug|Scuttle Bug]]s, Piders have round bodies and suction cups on their feet. In the [[Glitz Pit]], a Pider appears as one of the members of [[The Mind-Bogglers]]. They also have stronger relatives known as [[Arantula]]s in the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]].
 
When Mario is leading the Punies, if a Pider is nearby several Punies will be frightened and run off, prompting Mario to defeat the Piders to move on.
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
====GameCube====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Pider|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Pider PMTTYD.png]]}}
====Nintendo Switch====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Pider|align=horizontal}}


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=パイダース
|Jap=パイダース
|JapR=Paidāsu
|JapR=Paidāsu
|JapM=An anagram of ''supaidā'' (the transcription of the English word ''spider'').
|JapM=Anagram of "spider"
|Fra=Zarack
|Chi=黑蜘蛛
|FraM=Pun on "arachnide" (arachnid)
|ChiR=Hēi Zhīzhū
|ChiM=Black Spider
|Dut=Pider
|Fre=Zarack
|FreM=Partial homophone of ''arachnide'' ("arachnid")
|Ger=Fadula
|Ger=Fadula
|GerM=Pun on "Faden" (thread) and ''tarantula''
|GerM=From ''Faden'' ("thread") and "tarantula"
|Ita=Sragno
|Ita=Sragno
|ItaM="Ragno" (spider), with an S}}
|ItaM=From ''ragno'' ("spider")
|Kor=파이더스
|KorR=Paideoseu
|KorM=From the Japanese name
|Spa=Aracnoide
|SpaM=From ''arachnid'' combined with the suffix used for forming adjectives ''-oide''
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*If there's an even amount of Piders in the battle, they will alternate between half being high up and half being down low. However, if there's an odd amount of Piders in the battle, they will all be at the same height.
*If there is an even amount of Piders in the battle, they will alternate between half being high up and half being down low. However, if there is an odd amount of Piders in the battle, they will all be at the same height.
**If any Pider in battle is unable to move, all the other Piders won't move up or down.
**If any Pider in battle is unable to move, all the other Piders will not move up or down.
 
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{{PMTTYD}}
[[Category:Arachnids]]
[[Category:Arachnids]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemies]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemies]]
[[de:Fadula]]
[[de:Fadula]]
[[it:Sragno]]
[[it:Sragno]]

Latest revision as of 09:21, August 15, 2024

Pider
A Pider from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variants

Piders are enemies in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake. They live in the Great Tree and are the only known natural predators of Punies. As their name indicates, they are a spider-like creature, and just like everything else in the Boggly Woods, Piders are monochrome in color. It has two attacks. The first one involves spitting a ball at Mario, dealing 2 damage. The second one involves it spitting out three webs in quick succession, each one taking away 1 HP from Mario's HP bar. Like Scuttle Bugs, Piders have round bodies and suction cups on their feet. In the Glitz Pit, a Pider appears as one of the members of The Mind-Bogglers. They also have stronger relatives known as Arantulas in the Pit of 100 Trials.

When Mario is leading the Punies, if a Pider is nearby several Punies will be frightened and run off, prompting Mario to defeat the Piders to move on.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

GameCube[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Pider
A Pider from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Max HP 5 Attack 2 Defense 0
Location(s) The Great Tree, Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 11-13, 15-18) Role Common Level 12
Sleep? 90% Dizzy? 50% Confuse? 90%
Tiny? 90% Stop? 90% Soft? 95%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 90% Fright? 100%
Gale Force? 70% KO? 95% Moves Spider-spit (2), Multispit (1x3)
Exp. points 0 Coins 0 - 2 Items Mushroom (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Ruin Powder
Tattle Log #:
62
Log A spidery creature that drops down on webs. It can shoot out three web-wads to attack consecutively.
Tattle That's a Pider. ICK! They gross me out. Max HP is 5, Attack is 2, and Defense is 0. EWWWWWWWWW! Besides its normal attacks, it might spit three web-wads at you consecutively. You'd better have good timing if you wanna guard against its attacks. It also says here that the Punies can't stand Piders. So I'm not the only one! Just the sight of these things makes Punies flee in terror. I know how they feel!

Nintendo Switch[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Pider
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 5 Attack 2 Defense 0
Location(s) The Great Tree, Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 11-13, 15-18) Role Common Level 12
Sleep? 90% Dizzy? 50% Confuse? 90%
Tiny? 90% Stop? 90% Soft? 95%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 90% Fright? 100%
Gale Force? 70% KO? 95% Moves Spider-spit (2), Multispit (1x3)
Exp. points 0 Coins 0 - 2 Items Mushroom (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Ruin Powder
Tattle Log #:
65
Log A spidery creature that drops down on webs. It can shoot out three web-wads to attack consecutively.
Tattle That's a Pider. ICK! They gross me out. Max HP is 5, Attack is 2, and Defense is 0. EWWWWWWWWW! Besides its normal attacks, it might spit three web-wads at you consecutively. You'd better have good timing if you wanna guard against its attacks. It also says here that the Punies can't stand Piders. So I'm not the only one! Just the sight of these things makes Punies flee in terror. I know how they feel!

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese パイダース[?]
Paidāsu
Anagram of "spider"
Chinese 黑蜘蛛[?]
Hēi Zhīzhū
Black Spider
Dutch Pider[?] -
French Zarack[?] Partial homophone of arachnide ("arachnid")
German Fadula[?] From Faden ("thread") and "tarantula"
Italian Sragno[?] From ragno ("spider")
Korean 파이더스[?]
Paideoseu
From the Japanese name
Spanish Aracnoide[?] From arachnid combined with the suffix used for forming adjectives -oide

Trivia[edit]

  • If there is an even amount of Piders in the battle, they will alternate between half being high up and half being down low. However, if there is an odd amount of Piders in the battle, they will all be at the same height.
    • If any Pider in battle is unable to move, all the other Piders will not move up or down.