Spider told by the Roman poet Ovid in his "Metamorphoses", Arachne was a Lydian girl who challenged the goddess Athena to a weaving contest. Arachne won, but Athena destroyed her tapestry out of jealousy, causing Arachne to hang herself. In an act of mercy, Athena brought Arachne back to life as the first spider. Stories about the trickster-spider Anansi are prominent in the folk traditions of the Asante people of Ghana. In some cultures, spiders have symbolized patience due to their hunting technique of setting webs and waiting for prey, as well as mischief and malice due to their venomous bites.
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark episode "I Am Spider-Man", which first aired September 23, 2012, features a Spider-Man musical, with Flash Thompson playing the web slinger. In "Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3", if Deadpool is fighting Spider-Man, Deadpool says that he will "rough [Spider-Man] up like a Broadway musical!" If victorious, he tells Spider-Man that "maybe it would have helped if [he] turned off the dark!" "Simpsons Super Spectacular" issue #14 features a parody musical featuring Bart Simpson's favorite superhero Radioactive Man. The story chronicles the many disasters that befall attempts to produce a musical featuring the hero titled "Turn up the Silence". Also, at