"Yesterday you took out a whole army of clanks!"
"That was a small army--this is a big spider!"
- --Agatha and Gil, arguing over who has to save Zola from the Nyar Spider
The Variegated Knife & Fork Spider[1] is a large spider-like creature that happens to make the sound "Nyar". The first ✣ one seen was capable of wrapping up Zola "Heterodyne" in webbing in a matter of moments. It then stood on her head, pulled out a fork and knife (custom large-spider-sized cutlery no less), and triumphantly shouted "Nyar!" again. It was soon squashed by Moloch, who mentioned that while they aren't poisonous, they are "really, really icky." Another appeared ✣ shortly afterward, armed with knife and fork as the first one was (again icking Agatha out), but was bypassed.
The Nyar Spider is unique to Castle Heterodyne.[2]
See also[]
The Spiderroach is another carnivorous creature found in Castle Heterodyne that says "Nar".
The "Nyar" is a reference to Narbonic and Skin Horse[3] , both by Shaenon Garrity, a "beloved arch-rival."[4]
References
- ↑ Agatha H. and the Voice of the Castle, page 352
- ↑ Reddit Ask-Me-Anything, 30 May 2013:
'Phil: They are unique to Castle Heterodyne.' - ↑ [1]. This is itself an internal reference to the Narbonic line: "Will it turn me into like a hideous half-fly monster with the body of me and the head of a giant fly going all NYAR NYAR NYAR?"
- ↑ [2]. Beloved arch-rivals.