# 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

## 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