General Araneus is the main protagonist in the in-universe 1953 sci-fi film Stand By Your Mantis. In "Spins a Web", he acted as an antagonist to Ms. Frizzle and her class when he kidnapped Liz and tried to use her as bait for the giant praying mantis. However his plan was thwarted when Liz uses the Porta-Shrinker to make the mantis the size of a normal one. Upset, he accidentally sets off his own trap (a large fly swatter) and gets swatted in it.
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- He was voiced by the late Ed Asner, who was best known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on the 1970s sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He has provided guest voices on various animated sitcoms, such as Cartoon Network/Adult Swim's The Boondocks, along with voice work in Disney/Pixar's Up, and playing Santa Claus on the 2003 holiday classic, Elf. He died on August 29th, 2021.
- His name is based on the root word for "spider" in Romance languages.