Octopus (disambiguation)

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
 * 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

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

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