--- title: Charlie Fights Animatronic Spider in Funny Halloween Video description: After an animatronic spider popped up and scared Charlie, he came out swinging and fought back. canonical: https://time.com/5700662/toddler-fights-halloween-spider/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-15T14:43:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:52.190Z og:title: 'Charlie' Fights Back Against a Rude Animatronic Spider Because He Does Not Suffer Fools og:description: Your Halloween hero has arrived og:url: https://time.com/5700662/toddler-fights-halloween-spider/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Charlie' Fights Back Against a Rude Animatronic Spider Because He Does Not Suffer Fools twitter:description: Your Halloween hero has arrived twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Your Halloween Hero Has Arrived. It's 'Charlie' Fighting Back Against a Rude Animatronic Spider Because He Does Not Suffer Fools by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 15, 2019 2:43 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 15, 2019 2:43 PM UTC Some kids cower in fear when encountering spooks and frights in the [Halloween](https://time.com/5419481/michael-myers-halloween-movies-ranking/) store. This kid is not that kid. A little boy named Charlie came back swinging after an encounter with a large spider. A scarily funny video that has now gone [viral](https://time.com/5439710/halloween-costume-prank-2018/) shows a hairy black spider popping out of its cardboard lair and knocks into him the horror of a little boy named Charlie. Perhaps the spider wasn’t expecting much of a response. Sure, Charlie is temporarily startled. But then he comes back swinging, throwing punches at the spider. He even grabs its battery-operated head to get the spider under control. “Charlie! it’s O.K.,” his [dad](http://time.com/4530853/neil-patrick-harris-family-halloween-photos/) can apparently be heard saying in the video. No it wasn’t. Not at all. Charlie wanted revenge. “Let me hit him,” he pleads to his parents who insist it’s time to go. It has garnered nearly 900,000 shares on Facebook. The commenters are absolutely loving his reaction. Loving it. The rapid switch from scared to courageous is the reason why this video should be shared for motivation. At a time when obstacles are coming at you daily, the world’s eyes are upon him performing this hilarious feat of self-defense against toys. Frank Frank posted the video with a spider and punch emoji, which is exactly how this video went down. Enjoy this child seeking and getting revenge at the Spirit Halloween in the video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5700662/toddler-fights-halloween-spider/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5700662/toddler-fights-halloween-spider/"},"headline":"Your Halloween Hero Has Arrived. It's 'Charlie' Fighting Back Against a Rude Animatronic Spider Because He Does Not Suffer Fools","datePublished":"2019-10-15T14:43:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:52.190Z","description":"After an animatronic spider popped up and scared Charlie, he came out swinging and fought back.","url":"https://time.com/5700662/toddler-fights-halloween-spider/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Bizarre","onetime","holidays 2019","Halloween 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5700662/toddler-fights-halloween-spider/","name":"Your Halloween Hero Has Arrived. It's 'Charlie' Fighting Back Against a Rude Animatronic Spider Because He Does Not Suffer Fools"}}]}] ```