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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"I'm warning you, I'm armed... Eight-armed, that is! Uwee hee hee!"''|'''Ultros''', ''[[Final Fantasy I|Final Fantasy I & II:]] [[Updated Rerelease|Dawn of Souls]]''}}
[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Tentacles used for assault]].<ref>[[Freud Was Right|No, not THAT kind of assault! Well... not necessarily.]]</ref> More specifically, [[Car Fu|throwing cars at people]] or [[Neck Lift|strangling them]] or [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|impaling them]] or crushing them. They may also be used as (somewhat oversized) [[Whip It Good|whips]] or bludgeoning weapons, as a tentacle is basically a flexible mass of muscle, and as such can impart a lot of force.
This may also happen with serpents, worms, or other similarly long-bodied creatures, using their whole bodies as such. Combat Tentacles are frequently utilized by [[Stock Ness Monster
Often a form of [[Lovecraftian Superpower]]. Compare [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]].
Compare [[Tentacle Rope]]. See also [[Spider Limbs]], [[Partial Transformation]] and [[Tail Slap]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' has {{spoiler|Ryoko turning her arms into energy tentacles when fighting against Yuki}}.
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* Sugiura from ''[[Call Me Tonight]]'' becomes a non-hentai tentacle monster [[Lovecraftian Superpower|whenever he gets turned on]].
* Several of the Awakened Beings in ''[[Claymore]]''
** {{spoiler|Riful of the West}} from ''[[Claymore]]'' is nothing but these in her Awakened form. She ''actually'' uses them for...other things, tough.
** And she is not the only one either. Standard Youma often spring spear-like tentacles from their hands, and then there is {{spoiler|former #2 "Red Blood" Agatha}}, first seen in Scene {{spoiler|75}}.
* In an interesting variation, Lucy from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' visualizes her telekinetic powers and those of other mutants in the form of long translucent arms. To normal people they are completely invisible, simply causing everyone who gets to close to her to seemingly randomly explode in a fountain of blood.
* Several [[Robeast|Mechanical Beasts]] from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' sported
* Pantyhose Taro from ''[[Ranma
* The Guardians from ''[[.hack|.hack//Sign]]'', buggy freudian nightmare monsters from a Virtual Reality [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] who not only stab you with their tentacles, but put you into a short-term coma in real life.
* ''[[Kekkaishi]]'' has Princess, a [[Kitsune]] whose nine tails can be used in this fashion. She's even seen nearly mummifying opponents in them on occasion. Made even more formidable in that they can grow to a huge size.
* Karasu from ''[[Noein]]'' has a power similar to Omega Red, where he has wires as extensions of his body.
* Shadow type magic in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' acts in this manner: creating physical darkness in the form of black tendrils which violently cut things, which one shadow-user Kagetarou used to slice the titular character's right arm [[Clean Cut|clean off]]. Being that they were in a [[Magical Land|magic world]] which had advanced medicinal techniques, [[Healing Factor|he had it re-attached]]. Recently, a shadow mage has appeared who's so powerful he's capable of pulling Haruna's [[Cool Airship]] out of the sky (along with several others). It's [[Shout-Out|explicitly compared to]] [[H.P. Lovecraft|Cthulhu]].
** Paio's sandworms.
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* Several Radam in ''[[Tekkaman Blade]]'' can spit tentacles. In part II, some of the alien Tekkamen have them as well.
* The Maguar from ''[[Figure 17]]'' fall under this trope, being as their tentacles are in all cases their primary means of defending themselves.
* The titular creatures from ''[[Parasyte]]'' turn parts of their bodies into razor-edge
* The Benizakura from ''[[Gintama]]'', wielded by Okada Nizou before fusing with his arm like a parasite. He first takes advantage of this by strangling Matako when she talks out of turn. And then later on it gets worse.
* The ribbons Wilhelmina uses from ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'' are used much like tentacles. Also Shana gets captured in Episode 13 by the {{spoiler|twincest twins}} using vines.
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* Dark Nova and its Novaroid [[Mooks]] in ''[[Transformers Return of Convoy]]'' all have tentacles.
* [[Viewer Gender Confusion|Luppi's]] release form in ''[[Bleach]]'' gives <s>her</s> him eight large tentacles. At one point it seems <s>she's</s> he's going to use them for perverse purposes with Rangiku...but subverted the next moment when <s>she</s> he tried to [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|stab her]].
* Used by {{spoiler|the machine designed to implant Mr. Gentleman's consciousness into Junior}} at the end of [[
* Pride of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' is a [[Living Shadow]] / [[Eldritch Abomination]] who can form endless amounts of "shadow tentacles" which he uses to rip people apart.
** Sloth from the first anime frequently turns her arms into liquid tentacles used to drown or immobilize people.
* The ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' anime has the [[When Trees Attack|Makaiju tree]], who uses its branches as this during the climatic fight against the Senshi. More than one [[Monster of the Week]] had similar attacks.
* Every opponent that [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn|Chrome]] fights uses these in some way. [[Greed|Mammon]] uses illusion tentacles, Glo Xinia uses a squid, [[Enfant Terrible|Verde]] uses an octopus...
* Shikamaru from ''[[Naruto]]'' has his "Shadow Sewing" Jutsu, which is basically shadow tentacles. And let's not forget his Shadow Neck Bind. And, of course, Kakuzu has the ACTUAL physical version of these, being basically a human ragdoll.
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* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Knightmare Frames generally have rocket propelled "Slash Harkens", which are knives on retractable cables. It's spin-off, [[Nightmare of Nunnally]], however, has Mark Nemo, whose rocket propelled Blonde Knives... float in mid air when they aren't being used, as hair-like tentacles.
* Tetsuo from ''[[Akira]]'' develops these as his [[Power Incontinence]] grows, cranking up to [[Lovecraftian Superpower]] levels as the anime progresses.
*
* Medusa from ''[[Soul Eater]]'' has her "vector arrows" function half like
* When the demonic Yuragi of ''[[Mahou Shoujo Ai]]'' aren't using their tentacles for... other things, they're breaking bones and punching holes in people with them.
* In ''[[Saiyuki]]'', {{spoiler|Hakkai's demon form}} has vines that can be used this way, overlapping with [[Tentacle Rope]].
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== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Spider-Man]]'' nemesis Doctor Octopus has a harness with [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous|four]] [[Super Strength|superstrong]] [[Artificial Limbs|robotic arms]] that he uses for battering and throwing objects and opponents. The claws on each arm can rotate like miniature sawblades. The comic writers go back and forth on whether or not he can remove 'em, though the ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' movie and ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' animated series had them [[Unusual User Interface|fused to his spine]] in a [[Freak Lab Accident]], apparently for good. Too bad about that [[Face Heel Turn|attitude adjustment]] the [[
** Comic book Spider-Man also had Dr. Smythe and son, creators of 'Spider Slayers', as enemies. These always had multiple tentacles used pretty much the same as Doc Ock's. Even if built bipedal with two arms, Spider Slayers would have hidden hatches to throw out extra appendages mid-battle, usually with some kind of trap, such as gas, electricity, webbing, etc.
** Spider-Man had for a short time additional mechanical limbs created by [[Iron Man]]. Though not as long and flexible as Doc Ock's tentacles, they served a similar function.
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== Film ==
* [[When Trees Attack|The trees]] (roots) in the ''[[Narnia|Prince Caspian]]'' movie.
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', pictured. See
** In At Worlds End, Davy Jones himself pulls this one off with his tentacle beard.
* The various spawn of the Ogdru Jahad in ''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]]''.
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** And Gezora from the obscure film ''Space Amoeba''
* ''[[Deep Rising]]''.
* Irys from the 1999 film ''[[Gamera]] 3: Incomplete Struggle'' not only has these, but he can also use them to fire energy blasts and suck the life outta ya.
* The Moorwen from ''[[Outlander (film)|Outlander]]'' is a giant, lizardish thing, but its prehensile tail can be used to grasp, slice, or impale its victims.
* The tyrant from ''[[Resident Evil]]: Extinction''.
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* ''[[Monsters (2010 film)]]''
* ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]'', especially in the 2011 movie where they're used to kill as well as assimilate humans.
== [[Folk Lore]] ==▼
* [[Kraken and Leviathan|The kraken]] is a textbook example. See [[That Other Wiki]] for more [[wikipedia:Kraken in popular culture|examples]].▼
** The Kraken in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''.▼
*** Davy Jones suffocating a man with his tentacle beard also counts.▼
** The giant squid fought by Ned Land and the Nautilus crew in Disney's ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''.▼
** Yuuzhan Vong yammosks and dhuryams from the Star Wars EU are giant squids, with giant brains (the title "war coordinator" isn't for nothing). On the rare occasion one actually has to fight something in close quarters, various tentacles are their only weapons (though they usually do pretty horribly in close-quarters).▼
*** And then, they had an armada whose formation was based off the yammosk. Yes. Tentacles made of ''warships''.▼
** [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s "I Crush Everything" is about the angst suffered by a lonely giant squid who can't get close to ships without destroying them. "Octopus" also features combat tentacles, but much less angst.▼
** There's a kraken that's a boss in ''[[Golden Sun]]''.▼
** In the [[Council Wars]] book ''Emerald Sea'', the krakens serving the bad guys, which at several points are used to attack good guy ships in the traditional "crush" method, are the result of [[Nanotechnology]].▼
* Visser Three's tentacle swinging morphs in ''[[Animorphs]]'' Also possibly the Leeran-Controllers in "The Decision".▼
== Literature ==
* [[H.P. Lovecraft|Cthulhu]]'s tentacles can gobble up 1D3 investigators per round.
* The Watcher in the Water from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' too.
** The Games Workshop tabletop game didn't even have a body for the Watcher, you just got to place a whole load of tentacle models in a body of water on the board.
* In ''[[The Mist]]'' (the novella), there is a huge mass of tentacles complete with rows of suckers that cut into human flesh.
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'': Deirdre combines this with [[Prehensile Hair]]. ''Razor-sharp'' [[Prehensile Hair]].
* {{spoiler|Drake}} in ''[[Gone (novel)]]''. After {{spoiler|Sam burns his arm off}}, {{spoiler|the Darkness (using Lana's healing powers)}} replaces it with a tentacle.
* In ''[[Tortall Universe|Wild Magic]]'' by [[Tamora Pierce]], Daine has to summon up a kraken to defeat the Carthaki "pirates" threatening the Swoop.
* From Andrew Boland's ''[[Hells Children]]'': "Several bloody tentacles shot out from Offal’s body and proceeded to rap around Z.Y.9.0 and drag him screaming like a child into the nightmare that was Offal. A moment and quite a few screams later Offal threw up a mangled and twitching robot body."
* In the short story [http://dailysciencefiction.com/story/desmond-warzel/epinikion "Epinikion"] by Desmond Warzel, the alien Squids have tentacles that can effect a [[Clean Cut]] on a
* The eponymous antagonists from [[John Christopher]]'s ''[[The Tripods]]'' use these to ensnare, crush or whip any opposition.
* The kossief and shan-kossief from the ''[[Alan Dean Foster|Icerigger]]'' trilogy.
* In [[E. E. "Doc" Smith]]'s ''First Lensman'', we get to see what the Rigellians are like in hand-to-hand combat. They have four tentacle arms with hands on the end, each arm as long and strong as an elephant's trunk. Dronvire goes into a zero-gee battle carrying ''four'' space-axes but ditches two of them, using the free arms to grasp space pirates and drag them in to be beheaded, two by two.
== Live Action TV ==
* The [[Babylon 5|second Vorlon ambassador]] uses a blow from his tenticle to knock a [[Red Shirt|security guard]] over a [[Railing Kill|railing]].
* The smoke monster on ''[[Lost]]'' usually turns parts of itself into tentacles with which to drag people along the ground or throw them into things.
* Villainess Camille can use her tongue as one of these in ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]''.
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** ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' has these, when using the Tako Medal.
* In the 2009 remake of ''[[The Day of the Triffids]]'' the [[Man-Eating Plant|Man Eating Plants]] used these to immobilise people even more than their stings.
* The tentacle monster in ''[[Angel]]'' that lifts Fred and Angel off the ground until Angel stabs it.
** ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' had a few as well, one example being the Hellmouth creature in 'The Zeppo'.
== [[Oral Tradition|Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends]] ==
▲* [[Kraken and Leviathan|The kraken]] is a textbook example. See [[That Other Wiki]] for more [[wikipedia:Kraken in popular culture|examples]].
▲** The Kraken in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''.
▲*** Davy Jones suffocating a man with his tentacle beard also counts.
▲** The giant squid fought by Ned Land and the Nautilus crew in Disney's ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''.
▲** Yuuzhan Vong yammosks and dhuryams from the Star Wars EU are giant squids, with giant brains (the title "war coordinator" isn't for nothing). On the rare occasion one actually has to fight something in close quarters, various tentacles are their only weapons (though they usually do pretty horribly in close-quarters).
▲*** And then, they had an armada whose formation was based off the yammosk. Yes. Tentacles made of ''warships''.
▲** [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s "I Crush Everything" is about the angst suffered by a lonely giant squid who can't get close to ships without destroying them. "Octopus" also features combat tentacles, but much less angst.
▲** There's a kraken that's a boss in ''[[Golden Sun]]''.
▲** In the [[Council Wars]] book ''Emerald Sea'', the krakens serving the bad guys, which at several points are used to attack good guy ships in the traditional "crush" method, are the result of [[Nanotechnology]].
▲* Visser Three's tentacle swinging morphs in ''[[Animorphs]]'' Also possibly the Leeran-Controllers in "The Decision".
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Especially common in [[Mortasheen]], most notably with [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/malignus.htm Malignus]' homage to the [[Hellraiser|Cenobites]], [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/septacle.htm Septacle], who also happens to be a toilet and [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/underfiend.htm Underfiend], whos tentacles are of both the
* The [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Tyranids]] in ''[[Warhammer
** Daemons of [[Horny Devils|Slaanesh]] have ''weaponized'' Naughty Tentacles, and [[Combat Sadomasochist|given their nature]] it can quite difficult to tell how they're using them at any given time.
* The ''[[Dungeons
** ''D&D'' has tentacles by the bushel: krakens, mindflayers, phantom fungus, otyughs, chaos beast, many of the Elder Evils, and dozens of others in too many splatbooks to list.
** Players can get in on the Combat Tentacle action with a feat from the ''Lords of Madness'' (Book of [[Eldritch Abomination
** And as usual, anything worth doing can be done with magic, so there are spells like Evard's Menacing Tentacles that let the caster sprout his own combat tentacles.
* A common weapon on Engels, Dagonite mecha, and monsters in ''[[Cthulhu Tech]]''.
* The Lasombra clan in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' had the ability to grow these out of shadow with the Obtenebration discipline.
* ''[[Exalted]]'' has these as a Wyld mutation, though [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|Lunars]] can get them less riskily. Since this is ''[[Rule of Cool|Exalted]]'', they're useful for enhancing your [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]-ness, but the main book doesn't really cover the [[Power Perversion Potential|other uses]], oddly enough for this game. Additionally, She Who Lives in Her Name (and some Infernals) has a psychic version of this, producing tendrils of solidified force to fight, pick things up etc.
** Tsk, tsk. Are we seriously forgetting the Celestial Circle spell [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Magma Kraken]]?
* Many units/monsters from the [[Eldritch Abomination|Lords of Cthul]] faction in [[Monsterpocalypse]] use tentacles as their main weapon, but [https://web.archive.org/web/20130111071137/http://www.monsterpocalypse.com/gallery/lords-of-cthul/ultra-ancient-osheroth Ancient Osheroth] really takes the cake. Hell, he even has ''names'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20150616082243/http://monsterpocalypse.com/gallery/lords-of-cthul/despair-tentacle for] [https://web.archive.org/web/20151030200424/http://www.monsterpocalypse.com/gallery/lords-of-cthul/dismay-tentacle four] [https://web.archive.org/web/20151030200429/http://www.monsterpocalypse.com/gallery/lords-of-cthul/distress-tentacle of] [https://web.archive.org/web/20151030200434/http://www.monsterpocalypse.com/gallery/lords-of-cthul/dread-tentacle them].
* Tentacle arms can be purchased in ''[[GURPS]]: Bio-Tech''. There's tentacles hair in ''Ultra-Tech''.
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== Video Games ==
* The ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series has Plant 42 from [[Resident Evil 1|the first game]], the lickers from the [[Resident Evil 2|second game]] (which like to use their blade-tipped ''tongues'' for this), and Nemesis from [[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis|the third]].
** Many enemies, like ''Garradores'' or ''Gigantes'' in ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' sprout "tentacles" (Actually the Plaga inhabiting their body) when hit hard enough. Also, Plagas will randomly grow their tentacles out of an almost-dead Ganado.
** Osmund Saddler also uses one to kill Luis, and sports a different one during the final boss fight.
* The [[Powered Armor|exoskeleton]] used by [[Evil Twin|Solidus Snake]] in ''[[Metal Gear|Metal Gear Solid 2]]'', and Laughing Octopus in ''[[Metal Gear]] Solid 4''.
* Octopi and squids are recurring boss creatures in ''[[Final Fantasy]]'':
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* Gooper Blooper in ''[[Mario|Super Mario Sunshine]]''.
* Ming Xiao's war form in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]''
* [[Clive Barker]] video games are another.
* The Memory of Richard Grady, a boss from ''[[Silent Hill Origins]]'', has several tentacles hanging from the ceiling as Travis fights it. If you're too close to them, they'll loop around Travis's throat and attempt to strangle him. Also, in ''[[Silent Hill 2]]'', the final boss does this as well, only with some kind of scorpion tail.
* Majora's Wrath in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]''.
** ...and its ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' predecessor, Morpha, the giant amoeba who poses as water until you get close and its tentacles getcha (think that creature from ''The Abyss'', only evil). Morpha's inspired a lot of [[Rule 34]] art.
** Kalle Demos, the second boss in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' is a giant Korok eating plant that uses this with it's vines to attack Link.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'': Midna's {{spoiler|[[MacGuffin|Fused Shadow]] form has seven tentacles and a ''pitchfork''.}}
* ''[[Halo]]'' - Flood combat forms. In the second and third games, at least on the higher difficulties, they can insta-kill MC with a single swat.
* In ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Original Generation'' ([[
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has more than one tentacled horror, although in general they stick to oversized humanoids for their dungeon monsters.
** Notable example would be the raid boss C'thun (a literal [[Giant Eye of Doom]]), who in addition to having a nasty one shot kill eye laser, spawns tentacles, eye tentacles that fire [[Eye Beams]] and giant versions of the two. One of the items he drops is the Vanquished Tentacle of C'thun, which allows the player to summon his very own combat tentacle to attack an enemy for a short time.
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** Having noticed the popularity of the Vanquished Tentacle of C'thun, Blizzard introduced an improved version, the Vanquished Clutches of Yogg-saron. The concept's the same, but now it can summon 3 types of tentacles! One of them shoots acid.
* The Magus in ''[[Warhammer Online]]: Age of Reckoning'' can extrude a massive tentacle from his disc ( yes, ''[[That Came Out Wrong|disc]]'') to swipe across enemies' faces. The Marauder class may come under this also, as his arm can be mutated into a variety of goopy shapes, some more tentacly than others, but all quite nasty.
* The [[
* The Sarlacc in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' probably didn't get much to eat on Tatooine. ''[[The Force Unleashed]]'' has another one on Felucia, and that one has grown ''much'' bigger, slapping at you with arms 3 meters in diameter.
* A couple of ''[[City of Heroes]]'' giant monsters - Lusca (big octopus) and the Hydra (big slime thing) both spawn extra tentacles to fight with. The Hydra is so damn big it's tentacles can attack you from ''anywhere'' in the thousands of meters of tunnels making up the abandoned lower level of the city sewer network.
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* ''[[Rise of the Kasai]]'' features this as a reoccuring boss type; tentacles from an underground monster will burst out in a large area and the player has to hack them apart one at a time. Some are thin grabbers, some are spiked with mace heads, some are armored, and one has a grasper, or possibly the creature's mouth.
* Arguably, Mr. Game & Watch's [[Limit Break|Final Smash]] in ''[[Super Smash Brothers Brawl]]'', when he turns into an octopus.
* Quite a few monsters in ''[[Dominions]]'', what with it being the universal grab bag of mythologies it strives to be. Krakens, bukavacs, void lords, you name it. Oddly enough, aboleth ones are just for show - guess you don't really need base, squick weapons when you can turn brains into quivering goo at will.
* The Kayran in ''[[The Witcher|The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings]]'' is a mutant hybrid with disproportionately huge mouth tentacles attached to a smaller, crab-like body. It attacks by slamming these tentacles to the ground, using them to throw rocks and whipping them across the entire battlefield (allowing the player to grab hold with a [[Press X to Not Die|quicktime event]]).
* Cuttlefish in ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]''. Heck, there's even a monster called [[Shaped Like Itself|Tentacle]], which is described as the tentacle of a larger, unseen monster.
* The final boss of ''[[Borderlands]]'' has two sets of tentacles. There are four purple flailing tentacles which shoot explosive spikes and two red tentacles which are slammed into the ground to create shockwaves.
* In ''[[
* Octo Diablo in ''[[Phantasy Star Zero]]''. You can then turn one of his tentacles into a weapon yourself - [[Improbable Weapon User|but it becomes a rocket launcher]].
* The [[Attack of the Monster Appendage|disembodied tentacles]] in ''[[Ecco the Dolphin]]'' that latch on and won't let go. Plus the [[Giant Squid|giant octopus]] which sits on a ledge and slaps Ecco with a tentacle as he tries to pass.
* The demonic foliage in ''[[Dark Souls]]'' have these in place of arms. [[Was Once a Man|The Pisaca]] in the Dukes Archives have this on their head, which they use to restrain you and deliver an extremely deadly attack.
* ''[[Monster Girl Quest Paradox]]'' has the Scylla race, who have the lower bodies of cephalopods. Their tentacles allow them to attack multiple times per turn and to restrain enemies.
== Webcomics ==
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* The [[Horny Devils|'Cubi]] in ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]'' have these.
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', V [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0020.html once] used "Evan's Spiked Tentacles of [[Squick|Forced Intrusion]]" on a chimera.
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* Mike of ''[[
* Ikago, the titular ''[[Squid Ninja]]'', does this during transformations.
* In ''[[Spinnerette]]'', Legion of Canadian Superheroes member [[Catgirl|Katt O' Nine Tails]] is able to use her... er... [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|nine tails]] this way.
* Some were seen in a battle near the final one in ''[[Adventurers!]]''.
* Howard the Tentacle Beast in ''[[Tales Of Gnosis College]]'' suddenly manifests powerful tentacles with razor-sharp edges when a human being he cares about is threatened. The series also contains an panel in which a character imagines huge tentacles wrapping up and attacking an aircraft carrier.
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* Remember Game & Watch's tentacles mentioned in Video Games? They're in ''[[There Will Be Brawl]]'' too, and ''much'' more lethal.
* EAT of [[The Fear Mythos]]. We're still not entirely sure what EAT ''is,'' but we do know there are tentacles. Tentacles that grab people and drag them, screaming, into ponds.
* 99% of the [[Eldritch Abominations]] in ''[[Little Lenny Penguin And The Great Red Flood]]'' possess
* Grin, one of the enemies from ''[[A-GENTS]]'', has these as his most used ability. They're twenty feet long, can [[Poisoned Weapons|sprout out poisonous teeth]], easily take the equivalent of a few anti-tank rounds, and [[Empathic Weapon|seem to have minds of their own.]] Grin usually has a...different use in mind for them, though...
* Nergal and Junior from ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
▲* Nergal and Junior from ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy|Billy and Mandy]]'' have retractable tentacles that can shock people with jolts of electricity and even mutate people by zapping them with red energy.
* Doctor Drakken from ''[[Kim Possible]]'' got an equivalent to these with his mutant vines, using them in one scene to crush an enemy gun.
* [[Making a Splash|Waterbenders]] in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' frequently use a form of this that involves surrounding themselves in water that they extend into tendrils (fittingly called the "Octopus Form").
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* On ''[[Futurama]]'', Bender's jointless arms can twist and coil as freely as tentacles, and are certainly strong enough to invoke this trope if necessary. Subverted in that he's more likely to use their enhanced flexibility to pick your pocket than kick your ass.
* ''[[Batman Beyond|Batman Beyond's]]'' shapeshifting blob Inque uses this as her primary method of attack and they're stronger than steel, no less, though in some instances, her body usually slides into either one single, thick tendril or a plethora of them at once.
* Ursula does some tentacle combat at the end of ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', trying to hit the heroes with some after she [[Attack of the 50
== Politics ==▼
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgfQwhKkVR8 This] 2005 [[Attack of the Political Ad|Party Political Broadcast]] by UKIP, the UK Independence Party, whose main schtick is Euro Scepticism "personifies" the EU as a evil [[Giant Squid|giant blue octopus]] that takes over Parliament and uses its combat tentacles to [[Kaiju|attack London]]. ▼
== [[Real Life]] ==
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* Played straight with Jellyfish and Anemones who line their tentacles with Cnidocytes (stinging cells) that deliver toxins into their prey. This system is so effective that they usually just wait for the prey to come to them.
* An elephant's trunk functions very much like a tentacle in its muscle mechanics, and can be quite a dangerous weapon.
▲=== Politics ===
▲* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgfQwhKkVR8 This] 2005 [[Attack of the Political Ad|Party Political Broadcast]] by UKIP, the UK Independence Party, whose main schtick is Euro Scepticism "personifies" the EU as a evil [[Giant Squid|giant blue octopus]] that takes over Parliament and uses its combat tentacles to [[Kaiju|attack London]].
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