Octopus (disambiguation)

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
• Octopodoidea, a superfamily of all known octopods except for the argonautoids and vampyromorphs

People and animals

• Paul the Octopus, octopus with a history of correctly predicting the results of major German international football matches

Food

• People of many cultures eat octopus.

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
• 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), a 1998 Japanese horror film
• Octopus (2000 film), a 2000 American film produced by Nu Image
• 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", an instrumental by Mezzoforte from Í Hakanum/Octopus
• "Octopus", a song by The Freshies, 1979
• "Octopus", a track from Tentacle (album) by Mertzbow, 1999

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

See also

• Octopussy (disambiguation)