An octopus is a sea animal with eight limbs.
Octopus may also refer to:
Film and television Octopus (2000 film), an American film produced by Nu Image Octopus (2015 film), an Indian Kannada-language mystery thriller film Is Your Daughter Safe? or The Octopus, a 1927 film Los pulpos or The Octopuses, a 1948 Argentine film La piovra or The Octopus, a 1984–2001 Italian television series Doctor Octopus, fictional Marvel character Lady Octopus, fictional Marvel character The Octopus, a fictional pair of Siamese twins in The City of Lost Children Octopus, a character in the 2002 Disney animated film Return to Never Land Le Poulpe, a 1998 French film directed by Guillaume Nicloux
Games OCTOPUS (fictional organisation), a fictional organisation in the From Russia with Love video game Name This Game or Octopus, an Atari 2600 video game Octopus, a 1981 Game & Watch game Octopus, a variant of British bulldog, a playground game In chess, a knight strongly placed in enemy territory; see glossary of chess
Literature The Octopus: A Story of California, a 1901 novel by Frank Norris The Octopus (comics), a character in The Spirit The Octopus, a title used for one issue in 1939 by the pulp magazine The Western Raider The Octopus, a 1940 book by Elizabeth Dilling "The Octopus", a fictional article in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street's Wildest Con, a 2012 book by Guy Lawson
Music Artists Octopus (Belgian band) (1973–1980), a Belgian close-harmony group featuring English and Flemish members Octopus (English band), a 1969–1971 English band featuring the Griggs brothers: Paul Griggs and Nigel Griggs Octopus (Scottish band), a 1993–1997 Scottish Britpop band from Shotts, Lanarkshire The Octopus Project, an experimental band from Texas, also known as Octopus Oktopus or Alap Momin, a DJ, recording engineer and member of hip-hop group Dalek
Albums Octopus (Gentle Giant album) (1972) Octopus (The Human League album) (1995) Octopus (The Bees album) (2007) The Octopus (album), a 2011 album by English rock band Amplifier Í Hakanum/Octopus or Octopus, a 1980 album by Icelandic band Mezzoforte Octopus: The Best of Syd Barrett (1992) Octopuss, a 1983 album by Cozy Powell Octopus (Kris Davis and Craig Taborn album) (2018)
Songs "Octopus" (Syd Barrett song) (1969) "Octopus" (Bloc Party song) (2012) "Octopus", a 1961 song by singer-songwriter Billie Jean Horton "Octopus", a song by Icelandic band Mezzoforte from Í Hakanum/Octopus (1980) "Octopus", a 1979 song by British punk band The Freshies
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 Group, a British asset management company Octopus Energy, a UK-based energy supply 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) Octopus, a spare scuba-diving regulator apparatus The Octopus, a news story written by Danny Casolaro
See also Al the Octopus, mascot of the Detroit Red Wings Doctor Octopus, a character created in 1963 for Spider-Man comics Legend of the Octopus, a Detroit team tradition 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 "Octopus's Garden", a song by the English rock band the Beatles (1969) Octopussy (disambiguation) Paul the Octopus, octopus with a history of correctly predicting the results of major German international football matches Squid, type of marine cephalopod related to the Octopus