Octopus (disambiguation)

An octopus is a sea animal with eight limbs.

Octopus may also refer to:

Film and television

• Octopus (1998 film), a Japanese horror film
• Octopus (2000 film), an American film produced by Nu Image
• Is Your Daughter Safe? or The Octopus, a 1927 film
• La piovra or The Octopus, a 1984–2001 Italian television series
• The Octopus, a fictional pair of Siamese twins in The City of Lost Children

Games

• OCTOPUS (fictional organisation), a fictional organisation in the From Russia with Love
• Name This Game or Octopus, an Atari 2600 video game
• Octopus, a 1981 Game & Watch game
• Octopus, a variant of British bulldogs, a playground game
• In chess, an octopus is a knight strongly placed in enemy territory.

Literature

• The Octopus: A Story of California, a 1901 novel by Frank Norris
• The Octopus (comics), a character in The Spirit
• The Octopus, a 1940 book by Elizabeth Dilling
• "The Octopus", a fictional article in Atlas Shrugged

Music

Artists

• Octopus (Belgian band) (1973-1980)
• Octopus (English band), a 1969-1971 band featuring Paul Griggs and Nigel Griggs
• Octopus (Scottish band), a 1993-1997 Britpop band from Shotts, Lanarkshire
• The Octopus Project, a band from Texas
• Oktopus or Alap Momin, American musician, DJ, recording engineer

Albums

• Octopus (Gentle Giant album) (1972)
• Octopus (Human League album) (1995)
• Octopus (The Bees album) (2007)
• The Octopus (album), a 2011 album by Amplifier
• Í Hakanum/Octopus or Octopus, a 1980 album by Mezzoforte
• Octopus: The Best of Syd Barrett (1992)
• Octopuss, a 1983 album by Cozy Powell

Songs

• "Octopus" (Syd Barrett song) (1969)
• "Octopus" (Bloc Party song) (2012)
• "Octopus", a 1961 song by Billie Jean Horton
• "Octopus", an instrumental by Mezzoforte from Í Hakanum/Octopus
• "Octopus", a 1979 song by The Freshies
• "Octopus", a 1999 track by Mertzbow from Tentacle (album)

Computing and technology

• OCTOPUS (network), an early computer network at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Octopus (software), for quantum-mechanical calculations of molecules and solids

Enterprises and organizations

• Octopus card, a Hong Kong stored value smart card launched in 1997
  • Octopus Cards Limited, the operator of Octopus card
  • Octopus Holdings Limited, holding company jointly owned by five major transport companies in Hong Kong
• 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 & Telangana, India

Other uses

• Octopus (genus), a large genus of octopuses
• Octopus (ride), an amusement ride
• Octopus (yacht), a yacht owned by Paul Allen
• Octopus, a spare scuba-diving regulator apparatus
• The Octopus, the term used by Danny Casolaro for the Inslaw case

See also

• Al the Octopus, mascot of the Detroit Red Wings
• Doctor Octopus, a character created in 1963 for Spider-Man comics
• Octopodidae, a family containing the majority of known octopus species
• Octopodoidea, a superfamily of all known octopods except for the argonautoids and vampyromorphs
• Octopus as food
• Octopussy (disambiguation)
• Legend of the Octopus, a Detroit team tradition
• Paul the Octopus, octopus with a history of correctly predicting the results of major German international football matches