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- There exists whithin the planet Earth
a fantastic lost world. In this Inner World,
elite warriors ride huge spiders
and bravely fight against evil.
When the wicked rise, the word goes out:
Calling all Spider riders!
- ♪ Calling all Spider riders ♪
- ♪ Let's ride! ♪
♪ Spider ride like we do ♪
♪ If you're true Then you can be too ♪
♪ It's cool, you can join our team No matter how dark it seems ♪
♪ If you look the power's inside you So strive to be a great rider ♪
♪ We're riding on, so now we're calling all ♪
- ♪ Spider Riders Ah Ah ♪
- ♪ Let's ride Let's ride ♪
- ♪ Spider Riders Ah Ah ♪
- ♪ I put it on the line I know I will survive ♪
♪ That's right We aint afraid to fight ♪
♪ In the heart of the dark, we are the light ♪
♪ And your fate in the battle's sealed Cuz we trained to gain the skills ♪
♪ Yo, we're the ultimate The power that's within, wins in the end ♪
♪ We're riding on, so now we're calling all ♪
- ♪ Spider Riders Ah Ah ♪
- ♪ Let's ride, Let's ride ♪
- ♪ Spider Riders Ah Ah ♪
- ♪ I put it on the line I know I will survive ♪
- ♪ Calling all Spider Riders! ♪
- ♪ Let's ride ♪
- [Mantid]: How long I've waited...
[ Thunder ]
To have that which is mine.
The object which will allow me to realize all my evil dreams...
[ Evil laugh ]
- [Corona]: Hunter, I have a favour to ask you.
- Sure Corona, what's up?
- It's Arachna's annual Town Dance Party.
Everyone gets together to eat, dance and celebrate.
People come from all over the land.
They put on their finest clothes and then they dance.
It's a magical night.
[ Music and laughter ]
[ Sigh ]
- What's wrong, Corona? - Hum?
- Hum?
- It's just that, I don't dance very well.
Would you... practice with me?
- Sounds fine to me.
- Thanks. We better get started.
I'll try not to step on your toes and break them.
- [Igneous]: I don't mind if you practice dancing...
- Uh? - Hum?
- But there better not be any serious injuries.
We're Spider Riders. Remember.
We have to be ready to fight the Invectids at any time.
- Okay, we got the message, Igneous. Safety first.
Corona and I will wear steel toed boots when we practice dancing.
[ Laughs ]
[ Yawning ]
Shouldn't have so much water. Gotta go!
[ yawning ] Um?
Uh?!
Whoah! What's that?
- What did you say!?
- Hey, Corona, what are you shouting at me for?
You're acting weird just cause I told you I saw something last night,
the shadow of a spider that was dancing.
- That's why, Hunter.
Do you have any idea what you saw?
[ Gulp ]
You saw a bad omen.
Ghost Spider.
- Ghost Spider?
- [Corona]: There lived a Princess who was known across the land
of the princess and put her under a spell.
From the princess' back grew four spider legs
and the sight was so horrible that people ran from her.
Rather than cause any more pain,
the princess dissolved into dust and blew away in the wind.
- Aw, come on.
- Wait. This is the scary part.
It's said terrible misfortunes will befall anyone...
who sets eyes on the ghost of the Princess.
The only way to remove the curse
is to see the Ghost Spider once again.
Otherwise you'll carry...
its curse to the grave.
- Uh?
Corona... That's just a fairy tale.
You're getting worked up over a silly story.
It's salty! I thought I put in sugar.
- It's already started. - Uh?
- That's only the beginning of...
your "misfortune".
- What?
It's the lamest thing I ever heard.
Just because I put salt instead of sugar in my drink,
Corona is sure I'm cursed.
- Well, legends usually have basis in fact.
I don't think it would be wise to just dismiss this.
- I wonder...
[ Struggling sound ] Um?
- Whoah! - [Hunter]: Ooh!
[ Hunter moans ]
- Wow! That was pretty lucky.
Thank you very much, Spider Rider!
- Lucky for him!
That fall...
It doesn't mean anything.
- Of course it doesn't.
- It was a coincidence, Shadow.
It doesn't have anything to do with that stupid curse.
- Of course not.
[ Screams ] - Um?
- Oh! - Shadow, your thread!
- Oooh!
Ooh! Oh!
I... think I'm all right.
Thank you.
[ Groaning ]
- Don't mention it.
- Now do you believe me?
Or does something else have to happen?
- Arg! Could you make it hurt more?
- You better get used to it.
It's just too bad
that this happened at the same time as...
the big dance party.
I was looking forward to it.
- Hey, I feel great!
I'm not missing that party.
- Uh?
- Better put on your dancing shoes!
We've got a lot of practicing to do.
There's the waltz and the conga
and the jig and the ballet.
And the foxtrot and the tango!
[ Giggling ] Ooh!
[ Gasp ] - Hunter!?
[ Moaning ]
- [Shadow]: No, this couldn't possibly be a curse.
[ Sigh ]
- [Magma]: Hunter, what's this I hear about you being cursed?
- If you ask me, it's an excuse for carelessness.
If you paid more attention, none of this would happen.
- It's no excuse, Igneous.
It's a real curse.
The scary curse of a princess spider.
- Even if that's true, the only way to deal with this problem
is to discipline your mind.
- How do I do that?
- I will show you.
Listen, Hunter...
If you want to beat this "curse"
you have to focus you mind on a single task.
Like this.
Now, pay attention.
- Uh?
- Ah!
- Woah! - Igneous! - Watch out!
- Ah!
- Woah!
- Well Hunter, can you do that?
- You just watch me!
Shadow, threads please!
- Okay...
- This will be a piece of cake.
[ Panting ]
- Hunter!
- Ha! Ha! Ha! I'm a bird!
I'm a plane!
- By the way, Flame, we never talked about this.
How many threads should I be using?
- Not... enough. - [Hunter]: Aaah!
- [Sighing]: Too bad.
- The trick is not to worry
about whether the curse is real or not,
but to redirect your thoughts into something different.
Think of something funny
and when you laugh, problems will disappear.
- I suppose it's worth a try.
- I don't feel like laughing.
I might as well face it... I'm cursed!
[ Laughing ]
- [Igneous]: Hunter is a mess, isn't he?
- [Magma]: Yup.
- Imagine a Spider Rider
afraid of a little childhood story.
If spiders could stand and walk they'd wear boots,
don't you think?
It was probably a tree branch rustling in the wind.
- Ha! Ha! Ha! You're probably right.
- If he spent more time training
and less time napping he'd be more...
Uh!!! - What's wrong, friend?
- It can't be!
- What's going on?
- [Both]: Oh!
Ah! Ghost Spider!!!
- So...
My fearless band of Spider Riders are afraid
of a child's tale.
These are sad times.
You'll be glad to know that ghosts don't exist.
Maybe it was a tree branch.
- A branch?! No way, Prince!
It was far to creepy and wiggly to be a branch.
- He's right! That was the Ghost Spider and we can prove it!
The curse struck this morning.
Breakfast, the most important meal of the day...
- But the curse wasn't...
satisfied with just one victim!
- [Both]: It has to be the Ghost Spider's curse!
- Well, I'm not the type to say, "I told you so," but I did you know.
- Hmmm. Have it your way. But since the three of you are suffering
from this bad luck, I must order you to stay away
from the party tomorrow night. I'm sure you will all be missed.
- [Together]: What? - You're banning us from the dance?
That's not fair!
- Yes, it's tragic. But I can't take the chance
your combined bad luck might spoil the party,
for everyone else.
- Can... we just stay for dinner?
- Sorry! - Huh?
- Don't worry, guys.
I'll just have to entertain all the pretty girls from the village myself.
That was pretty lucky, huh? Ha!
- Rats! He's so tricky.
- Man, I've spent the last year
in the jungle with a spider.
I was looking forward to actually talking to people.
- Never give up!
- [Both]: Uh? - What can we do, Igneous?
- Isn't it obvious?
The only way to end this curse
is to find this "Ghost Spider of the bad luck".
And that's what we're going to do, Spider Riders!
By Oracle's name, I vow we will be going to that dance...
...to party!!
Are you with me?! - [All]: Yes!
- Huh? - You're coming too?
- Of course. Someone needs to watch over you fraidy-cats.
- Perfect! We'll divide up into two teams.
That ghost doesn't stand a chance!
[ Smelling ] - Aahhhh!
- So what's your big plan?
- The way to a ghost's heart, Hunter,
is through its stomach,
with yummy food!
- Do you think it'll work?
- Of course!
Smells good, doesn't it?
- It does smell... Oh!
Oh, yeah! Who could resist that?
- So, the Ghost will smell the stew,
you'll all see it again and that will end the curse!
Good plan, huh?
- Uhhh, yeah. Good plan.
- Okay! Let's put out the food where the ghost is bound
to pass by and set up our trap! Okay?
- Yes, Ma'am!
What ghost would eat that?
- The ghost must go through this hallway
to get anywhere in the castle, so I'm confident
it will pass by here tonight. And when it does,
we will be ready for her, Magma.
- I thought ghosts could walk right through walls.
How are we supposed to catch it?
- We don't need to catch the Ghost Spider.
We just need to see it again.
[ His stomach growls. ] - Oh...
- Maybe you should eat something.
- I think you're right. I'll be right back.
Just a little late-night snack.
I haven't eaten since second dinner.
I can't find a ghost on an empty stomach.
Eh...
Am I dreaming?
That smells good.
Looks like my luck is changing!
- Whatever the plan was,
it backfired.
[ Moaning ]
[ He coughs. ] - I had to guard the cold hallway
all night because my partner never showed up to relieve me.
[ He coughs. ] - I said, I'm sorry. I can usually eat anything.
I've never had a stomach ache this bad before!
[ He moans. ]
- Ah. We need a new plan.
We set all those traps and the ghost didn't even bother
to show up. So what now?
- Perhaps it's in the catacombs.
- Catacombs?
- Underneath the castle. They run for miles.
Legends say they're haunted.
It's possible our elusive Ghost Spider is hiding there.
- Wow!
- So those are the catacombs.
- A tight squeeze for a spider.
Hunter, are you sure about this?
- I'm sure.
But there is one thing that's bothering me.
What if this whole thing is an Invectid plot?
- Huh?
No way, Hunter.
- Seriously, think about it.
If the Invectids are behind this and we go down there all alone,
we could be walking into a trap without our spiders.
- Hmm...
- Doesn't matter. I say we go!
- Well you're brave.
Not very smart, but brave.
- Corona, Hunter. Be careful!
- Sure, we will.
- Yeah! You don't mess with Hunter Steele
even if you are a ghooost!
- Oh!
[ Splashing sound ] - Oh yeah,
you're off to a good start.
- Creeepy!
- I've seen scarier stuffed animals.
- This place is old.
Looks like it was built before the castle was.
- Hunter! What's that?!
- It's just shadows on the rocks in that wall.
It's kind of cool, actually.
- Oh. I knew that.
I was just testing you.
- Right!
What's wrong now?
- A sk-sk-sk-sk... - Oh?
- ...skull!
What if it's the skull of the Ghost Spider?
Is it gross? Are there bugs?
- Actually it's kind of cool. Look!
It's just coral. It grows in all kinds of shapes.
These catacombs are so creepy, everything looks scary.
- Thanks for the lecture, Professor.
- Uh? That's scary.
It's a dead end. - Please don't say dead.
We haven't found a trace
of the Ghost Spider.
- Wait!
Do you hear that strange sound?
[ Water rumbling ] - [Both]: Aaah!!!
- Ugh!
I'm water-logged.
- This is all your fault.
We're soaked!
And we're lost too.
Where are we now?
- Uhhh, I don't know.
- You don't know?! You're the reason we're here!
You pulled the coral free and collapsed the retaining wall!
- [Both]: Ah!! - More water!
- [Both]: Gh... gh... gh...
Ghost Spider!!
- It's gone! - Good riddance!
Let's go. I've seen it again, so the curse is over.
- But now I'm cursed.
I have to see it again or I'll be the one with bad luck.
- Where is it? [ Sound ] - [Both]: Oh?
- Hold it.
There. We found it.
- Where?
So what now? It's a ghost!
- I'm going to check it out. Maybe say, "Hi"!
- Wait, Hunter! What if it's an Invectid trap?
- No worries! We can handle
anything the Invectids throw at us.
- Hunter! We don't have our spiders!
- True, but we'll be fine.
[ They struggle. ]
- You startled us! - Sparkle?! - Princess!
- Hotarla. Our secret's out.
- Oh...
- We've been practicing in secret
for the big dance party happening tonight.
- [Both]: Ooooh!
- One, two, three. One, two, three.
Aren't we good?... Two, three. One, two, three.
- Very good... for a ghost!
♪♪♪
[ Villagers enjoying the dance. ]
[ Applauding. ] - One, two, three. One, two, three.
[ She laughs. ] Woo!
Now dip me, Hotarla! Weeee!
- So our hundred-year old ghost turned out to be
a little princess and her spider, huh?
- Yeah, that's what I said,
but you went on and on about this ghost story.
- And you fell for it too.
At least we made it back in time for the party.
I just wish we'd practiced dancing like Sparkle did.
[ She sighs. ] Well, sitting's nice too.
[ Thundering ]
- The time to act is now.
I must have the Oracle Key in my hands at once...
...to crush
the Spider Riders once and for all.
Soon, I will remake the world as I wish
and Mantid will reign supreme! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
[ Thundering ]
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