Spider is a standout character in "Avatar: The Way of Water," in no small part because he's one of the few humans in a movie filled with Na'vi and Na'vi-human hybrids. Essentially feral, the dreadlocked and loinclothed Spider moves and acts like he's Na'vi. He seems right at home in Jake Sully's family, despite not having an avatar of his own; thus, it's not surprising that Sully and his wife Ney'tiri adopted him.
But when the villainous Colonel Miles Quaritch, a.k.a. Spider's biological father, captures Spider and uses him to track down Sully, the Colonel begins to bond with Spider, leading the Tarzan-like boy to make a surprise move in the film's finale. Considering these events, and considering Spider's new apparent loyalty to his once-human father, it's perhaps remarkable that Spider recently appeared in promotional photos with tattoos characteristic of the Na'vi Metkayina clan, whom Spider barely spent time with in "The Way of Water."
