Jeff the Spider

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Jeff the Spider is a fictional character from the TV show The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. He is a giant black widow spider. Jeff the Spider is voiced by Maxwell Atoms, the creator of the show.

[edit] Biography

First appearance: The Crawling Niceness

Jeff is Billy's "son," a giant spider hatched from an egg found in Grim's trunk. As Billy hatched his egg, Jeff believes through imprinting that Billy is his father. Unusually kind and well-mannered for a monster, Jeff is prone to giving gifts and apologizing profusely. His explanation is that he has an abnormally small "mean gland." His love to Billy is fanatical, but Billy is terrified of Jeff to the point of hatred and every time he sees Jeff he screams in terror and tries to smash him, or "jab him with a big stick" as is pointed out in Keeper of the Reaper. Jeff understands what Billy is doing, but he tries to convince himself otherwise (as thinking that throwing furniture on him is giving presents) or is too loving to be offended by it.

Mandy and Grim aren't afraid of Jeff and know he is completely harmless. In Spider's Little Daddy, Mandy tried to help Jeff with Billy. She told him he has to be evil and mean, like her, to get love. It didn't work as well as Mandy intended at first, so she tried to command him over a pair of headphones. But even that effort failed, as Jeff managed to repeat the harsh phrases Mandy dictated but apologized immediately afterward, causing Mandy to give up in disgust. After a short while, Grim came into the room to vent his frustration on a photo of Mandy. Jeff heard his aggravated yelling, and decided that it was "no more Mr. Nice Spider". Even that effort failed, as shortly after freeing his anger on Billy he went back to being hopelessly kind.

In the episode Jeffy's Web, it is suggested Jeff is actually female as he gives birth to hundreds of baby spiders, although it was de facto supposed he is a "boy spider" from the beginning. He was supposed to die 36 hours after laying his eggs, but Grim refilled his hourglass, ensuring that'll he'll be around to terrify Billy for years to come. Jeff was again shown laying more eggs in the episode Herbicidal Maniac.