Octopus (disambiguation)
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An octopus is a sea animal with eight limbs.
Octopus may also refer to:
Biology
- Octopus (genus), a large genus of octopuses
- Octopodidae, a family containing the majority of known octopus species
People and animals
- Greg Nowak (The Octopus), a Montana chess player
- Paul the Octopus, octopus with a history of correctly predicting the results of major German international football matches
Art, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
- OCTOPUS (fictional organisation), in the 2005 video game From Russia with Love
- The Octopus (comics), a character in The Spirit
- Decoy Octopus, in 1998 video game Metal Gear Solid
- Doctor Octopus, a character created in 1963 for Spider-Man comics
- Tako the Octopus, on the website 8Legged Entertainment
- The Octopus, in the French film The City of Lost Children (1995)
- "The Octopus", a fictional article which looks disfavorably on Hank Rearden in Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged
Film and television
- Octopus (1998 film), 1998 film
- Octopus (2000 film), 2000 film
- Octopus 2: River of Fear, 2001 sequel to the 2000 film
- Is Your Daughter Safe? or The Octopus, a 1927 film
- La piovra or The Octopus, an Italian television series (1984–2001)
Games
- Name This Game or Octopus, an Atari 2600 video game
- Octopus (1981), a game in Nintendo's Game & Watch series
- Octopus, A variant of the playground game British bulldogs, where those caught must stand in one place and tag runners without moving
Literature
- The Octopus: A Story of California (1901), a novel by Frank Norris
- The Octopus (1940), a book by Elizabeth Dilling
Manga
- Octopus Girl, a horror manga created in the 1990s
Music
Artists
- Octopus (Belgian band) 1973-1980
- Octopus (English band) 1969-1971, featuring Paul Griggs and Nigel Griggs
- Octopus (Scottish band) 1993-1997, a Britpop band from Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Alap Momin (aka Oktopus), American musician, DJ, recording engineer
- The Octopus Project, a band
Albums
- Octopus (Gentle Giant album), a 1972 album
- Octopus (Human League album), a 1995 album
- Octopus (The Bees album), a 2007 album
- The Octopus (album), a 2011 album by Amplifier
- Í Hakanum/Octopus (1980), a Mezzoforte album (titled Octopus for the 1996 reissue)
- Octopus: The Best of Syd Barrett, a 1992 album
- Octopuss, a 1983 album by Cozy Powell
Songs
- Octopus (Syd Barrett song), 1969
- Octopus (Bloc Party song), 2012
- "Octopus's Garden", a song by the Beatles
- "Octopus", a single by Billie Jean Horton 1961
- "Octopus", Mezzoforte song from their second album
- "Octopus", The Freshies, written by Chris Sievey, B-side 1979
Computing and technology
- OCTOPUS (network), an early computer network at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Octopus (software), for quantum-mechanical calculations of molecules and solids
- Octopus, a time-sharing system in use at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for access to supercomputers
Enterprises and organizations
- Octopus Cards Limited, the operator of Octopus card
- Octopus Media Technology, a digital media company
- Octopus Publishing Group, a British subsidiary of Lagardère Publishing specialising in illustrated books
- Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations (OCTOPUS), a counter terrorism paramilitary unit in Andhra Pradesh, India
Sports
- Al the Octopus, mascot of the Detroit Red Wings
- Legend of the Octopus, a Detroit team tradition
Other uses
- Octopus (ride), an amusement ride
- Octopus (yacht), a yacht owned by Paul Allen
- Octopus card, a Hong Kong debit smartcard launched in 1997
- Octopus, a spare scuba-diving regulator apparatus
- The Octopus, the term used by Danny Casolaro for the Inslaw case