[The Chaos Entity]

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Originally Posted by dreamcastegirl

Having a spider as the first villain was always pretty much the standard in Rider shows, certainly throughout the Showa era. I must admit, I'm always surprised by the shows that don't feature a spider as the main antagonist in the first episode.

More don’t than do, thanks to the Heisei era, actually. Offhand...

-Kuuga did, although Mighty Form first debuted against a Bat (another staple Rider enemy, often the second).
-Agito didn’t, iiirc.
-Ryuki did, iirc.
-Faiz didn’t iirc.
-Blade definitely didn’t, the enemies for Episode one were Boar and Locust.
-I really can’t recall for Hibiki, but I don’t think so.
-I don’t think Kabuto did, but it would make sense with its trying to be an homage to Showa Riders.
-Den-O didn’t, though it did use a bat.
-Kiva did in its ‘86 parts, but it was a Horse in the ‘08 parts.
-I don’t confidently recall for Decade, either.
-W didn’t either, but we know that his ex-mentor, Skull, fought a Spider and Bat as his first enemies in the past.
-OOO didn’t, it was a mantis.
-Fourze didn’t either, though I don’t recall what constellation the first Zodiarts was based on.
-Wizard didn’t, it used a Minotaur.
-Gaim didn’t, it used the Black Tortoise, Genbu.
-Drive’s first on-screen baddies are the Roidmude’d base forms, which are themed after the ‘big three’ Rider enemies - Spider, Bat, and Cobra - but the main enemy for it is the Crush Roidmude.
-Ghost used Katana (Sasaki Kojiro) and Yari (Hozoin Inshun), no spiders.
-Ex-Aid had Salty, a fictional game-boss who was a snail-based chef.
-Build had the Needle Smash and Strong Smash, based on the Hedgehog and Gorilla.
-Zi-O had Another Build.
-Zero-One had...an extinct species of mantis, I think.
-Sabre had a Golem.

Wow. I wanted to unearth a treasure trove of spiders by doing that, but it turns out that the only ones I know of for certain are Kuuga, Ryuki and technically Kiva. RIP.
In any case, welcome! It’s always nice to see another girl around here!