Meeting Anansi for the first time
He also has the ability to cling to surfaces, stand upside-down and walk on vertical surfaces.
In both his appearances, references to Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man are subtly made.
In Static in Africa, when Virgil told him to hit Osebo with a “web blast” and showed Spider-Man’s traditional web shooter pose, he replies, “I’m not that kind of spider”, and in the Season 4 episode Out of Africa, Gear remarks that he expected Anansi to झूला, स्विंग in on a web, and Anansi good-naturedly उत्तरों with “I get that a lot”.
He also seems to inspire Virgil (Static) about what it truly means to be a superhero.
In Out of Africa, Anansi traveled to Dakota to stop Osebo, Mmboro, and Onini (which are three of his enemies, based on the जानवर that the legendary Anansi caught to attain his stories) from obtaining an ancient golden मकड़ी talisman. The talisman, however, was revealed to be the स्रोत of Anansi’s powers. Static and Gear got drawn in when Sharon was kidnapped. In the end, Anansi managed to reclaim the artifact, but not before Sharon used it to make all of the dirty dishes “disappear” and took it for a spin for a while before being abducted द्वारा Osebo. Luckily, Static, Gear, and Anansi rescued her. The मकड़ी artifact was never seen again afterward, as Anansi made sure to hide it quite well.
Then, after Osebo, Mmboro and Onini are taken away द्वारा the police, Anansi kisses Sharon’s hand and charmingly tells her that he’s forever in her debt. Sharon then expresses that she had a good time and the whole thing was an adventure for her, but she couldn’t help but think that she’s “forgetting something”. Then her father calls her and says that he’s in the रसोई, रसोईघर looking at the dirty dishes — the very ones Sharon is going to be washing every night for the अगला month.
“Oh, yeah. Now I remember,” she उत्तरों afterwards.
Anansi’s enemies are based on an ancient legend; the story, as told द्वारा Anansi, was that a clever मकड़ी wanted to be able to tell stories, and the “Sky Spirit”, king of all the lands, agreed to give the मकड़ी what he wanted if he captured three troublemakers: Onini the Python, Osebo the Leopard, and Mmoboro the Hornet. The मकड़ी trapped Mmoboro in a gourd, tied Onini to a stick, and dug a pit and covered it with leaves before luring Osebo into it. The Sky Spirit thanked the मकड़ी and granted its wish, giving it the ability to tell stories through the power of making illusions.
Anansi has three enemies: Mmoboro (a giant talking हड्डा, ततैया who can turn into a swarm of smaller wasps), Onini (a giant talking black python) and Osebo (a large man-shaped talking leopard with a metal fist).
At first sight, everyone mistakes Osebo for a tiger as he has stripes instead of spots; everyone who has ever heard that his is a leopard wonders why he has stripes. In Out of Africa, Anansi himself told Static “I too have often wondered about the stripes.”
Anansi being charming with Sharon
