![Misunderstood Spider Misunderstood Spider](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/square/000/010/515/rx7.jpg)
Misunderstood Spider
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About
Misunderstood Spider (also known as "Misunderstood House Spider" or "Spiderbro") is an advice animal image macro series featuring a macro photograph of a jumping spider sitting on a leaf. The captions typically take the perspective of a benevolent, anthropomorphic spider that is constantly misunderstood and attacked by humans.
Origin
The photograph of the jumping spider (shown left) was initially published on the pop culture blog SodaHead[2] in a post titled "Could you kill these spiders?" on March 1st, 2011. One week later on March 7th, the first Misunderstood Spider image macro was submitted to the /r/AdviceAnimals[1] subreddit with the caption "Crawling on your arm, squish him / just wanted to cuddle" (shown right).
![Spider CRAWLING ON YOUR ARM SQUISH HIM JUST WANTED TO CUDDLE quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/325/897/a6a.jpg)
Spread
On March 12th, 2011, Redditor Tron-Gorf submitted a post titled “Misunderstood Spider Can’t Win”[3], which included an image macro with the caption illustrating the spider's humorous encounter with the humans. (shown below, left). The post subsequently reached the front page of the /r/AdviceAnimals subreddit, receiving over 2,000 up votes and 145 comments prior to being archived.
![Missunderstood spider HI, CAN ILIVE IN YOUR SPACIOUS HOUSE? PROMISE TO EAT FLIES AND KEEP TO MYSELF DEAR GOD! DID YOU JUSTSPRAY ME WITH FURNITURE POLISH YOU CRAZY BITCH!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/323/346/1ea.jpg)
On October 17th, the Internet humor blog Runt of the Web[8] published a post titled "The Sad World of the Misunderstood House Spider", which featured a compilation of notable examples from the series. On October 20th, a Facebook[6] page for "Misunderstood Spider" was created. On November 20th, an image macro with a caption illustrating a human's ungrateful response to a spider killing a wasp (shown above, right) was posted on the Internet humor site 9gag[7], where it received over 10,000 likes within six months. As of June 12th, 2012, the Quickmeme[5] page has accumulated over 900 submissions
![c19.jpg HEY MAN, THERE WAS A WASPIN HERE BUT IGOT HIM, KNOW HOW YOU HATE WASPS,AND YOU KNOW IM ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR YOU WHATS THE BOOK FOR quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/325/877/c19.jpg)
Notable Examples
![Missunderstood spider MY FAMILY IS COLDAND MISUNDERSTOOD. CAN WE CRASH IN THE CORNER FOR TONIGHT? OR SQUISH MY WIFE THAT'S COOL TOO quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/323/347/db0.jpg)
![6c4.jpg WHAT A FINE EVENING TO HANG ABOVE YOUR HEAD WHILE YOU ARE READING INOTICE THAT YOUARE HOLDING THE BOOK WRONG. IT SEEMS TO BE SPEEDING TOWARDS ME quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/325/851/6c4.jpg)
![7c5.jpg HELLOP I'M TRAPPED IN THIS HUGE WHITE CANYON. CAN YOU HELP ME OUT OH,I BATHED ALREADY, BUT THANKS quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/325/869/7c5.jpg)
![Caught in Hair CAN YOU HELP? I GOT A BIT TANGLED IN YOUR HAIR SCREAMING AND SLAPPING ME IS NOT WORKING quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/325/878/6ed.jpg)
![71a.jpg HEY THERE, I JUST KILLED OFF THE LAST MOSQUITO IN THE HOUSE, NO MALARIA OR WEST NILE FOR YOU BUDDY YEAH I'M DOWN FORA HIGH FIVE, THANKS! quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/325/883/71a.jpg)
![ed2.jpg HEY BRO, CANI COME IN TO YOUR PLACE WITH ALL MY KIDS IN THE BACK? IT'S COLD AND RAINY OUTSIDE DEAR GOD! DROP THAT FLAMETHROWER! quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/325/870/ed2.jpg)
![2dd.jpg SOMEONE DUSTS OH GOD MY HOUSE quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/325/847/2dd.jpg)
![184.jpg NICE FLYSWATTER, I HATE THEM TOO WAIT.. quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/325/843/184.jpg)
![c9e.jpg MEOW JUST KIDDING MA SPIDER I . quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/325/848/c9e.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – Misunderstood Spider
[2] SodaHead – Could you kill these spiders?
[3] Reddit – Misunderstood Spider can't win
[4] Tumblr – #misunderstood spider
[5] Quickmeme – Misunderstood Spider
[6] Facebook – Misunderstood Spider
[7] 9gag – Misunderstood Spider
[8] Runt of the Web – The Sad World Of The Misunderstood House Spider
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Top Comments
Anako
Jun 10, 2012 at 07:28PM EDT
Gamzee
Jun 12, 2012 at 09:10PM EDT