The Octopus (band)

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
* ''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''
* Octopus, a character in the 2002 Disney animated film '' Return to Never Land''

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 bulldogs, 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)
* 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'' (The 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
* ''Octopus'' (Kris Davis and Craig Taborn album) (2018)

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

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 British 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
* 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

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