History Main / FunnyOctopus

* Creator/{{Pixar}}'s feature ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' has an octopus-like sushi chef working in the restaurant named [[InJoke Harryhausen's]]. Like all the patrons, this octopus character is terrified of the human toddler Boo.

** The sequel, ''Film/AquamanAndTheLostKingdom'', cranks up the funny with him. When Atlanna talks to Arthur/Aquaman about sending the octopus to help him free Orm (akin to [=R2-D2=] in ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]''), she lists everything the animal does, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking playing music comes last]]. He is indeed of great help to Arthur, but not without acting a bit goofy when Arthur and Orm have to escape by the sea ([[ScrewThisImOuttaHere rushing first to the sea without bothering about the two of them]] and hindering Arthur by climbing on him while he's running). He also makes bizarre gargling sounds.

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* The ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'' games are about an amiable cephalopod and his clumsy attempts to pass himself off as a StandardFiftiesFather.

** In the sequel, ''Film/AquamanAndTheLostKingdom'', Atlanna lists everything he does, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking playing music comes last]]. He is tasked to help Arthur in his mission (akin to [=R2-D2=] in ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'') and pulls it off, but not without acting a bit goofy when Arthur and Orm have to escape by the sea ([[ScrewThisImOuttaHere rushing first to the sea without bothering about Arthur and Orm]] and hindering Arthur by climbing on him while he's running). He also makes bizarre gargling sounds.

* The [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain antagonistic but incompetent]] Ultros/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Orthros]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' is a large purple octopus prone to {{Pun}}s and pathetically easy {{Boss Battle}}s.

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* ''{{Animation/Momo}}'': The main character and her father are peculiar wonderers of the aquarium they live in, sometimes veering out of their underwater exhibit. They can write words with their own ink. In addition, their being stranded at a closed gift shop led Momo to try consuming human food and soda and playfully throw stuffed animals at her father.

* ''Film/{{Aquaman}}'': Topo the drum playing octopus in a ComicallySerious fashion.

* The [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain antagonistic but incompetent]] Ultros/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Orthros]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' is a large purple octopus prone to {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s and pathetically easy {{Boss Battle}}s.

* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' has Octopus villagers. They're notable for being one of three species that aren't mammals or birds (the others being alligators and frogs, the latter of which is one of two that are also fish that can be caught, along with the Octopus) and the only one that's based on an invertebrate. They're also the rarest villager as there's only 4 of them in the whole series.

** The Inklings, cartoony squids that can change into humanoid kids with vaguely squiddish features.

** The Octarians are shown as a more disturbing version, the lower ranking soldiers taking the form of single tentacles with eyes, mouth and legs. The Higher up ones possessing more tentacles.

* Theater manager Buster Moon from Creator/IlluminationEntertainment's ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'' hires two hundred deep-sea squid to [[BioluminescenceIsCool add their bio-luminescence to his stage and backdrop to create a living light show]]. Of course, Buster soon learns why it's a bad idea to enclose several thousand gallons of water with [[TemptingFate ordinary window glass]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Zoidberg isn't a Cephalopod, he's an Arthropod. He does, however, have cephalopodian features, such as his facial tentacles and ink-producing abilities. And his younger stages include a cuttlefish-like form (as well as a bivalve, a hydra, a sponge, and just about every other kind of aquatic invertebrate).
* The WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} short ''WesternAnimation/{{Aquamania}}'' has a long sequence of Goofy waterskiing with an octopus on his head. The octopus winds its tentacles around Goofy's head and even takes over holding the towline to keep the two of them alive.
* Creator/{{Gobelins}} produced the short cartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Oktapodi}}'' in 2007, the story of a pair of octopi living contently in an aquarium, until one gets sold to a restaurant. It's up to the other octopus to effect a rescue. HilarityEnsues of course.

* [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3328480/Otto-the-octopus-wrecks-havoc.html Otto the octopus]], who is known for stunts like juggling hermit crabs, throwing rocks at the glass, or totally rearranging his tank's scenery. His best prank involved shorting out the lights of the aquarium by shooting water at them (they have since moved the lights so he cannot do that anymore).

May overlap with StealthyCephalopod if an octopus' camouflage abilities are played for laughs. For tropes about other comical animals, see BearyFunny and CluckingFunny. Contrast TentacledTerror for cephalopods being depicted as scary and monstrous.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'':
** The Inklings, cartoony squids that can change into humanoid kids with vaguely squiddish features. The sequel introduces playable Octolings, which are pretty much the same, but they're octopi.

* ''Deep Fried Live'' is a cooking web toon starring Tako the Octopus, who has to move everywhere in his bucket full of water. This doesn't stop him from being a decent chef and teaching recipies.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' talent [[https://hololive.hololivepro.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/4003_Ninomae-Inanis.png Ninomae Ina'nis]], better known as Ina, is a {{Cthulhumanoid}}, but is more funny and wholesome than she is scary. An even straighter example comes in the "[[https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1305491092918292485/q6p8QmUl_400x400.jpg takodachi]]" mascot that stands in for her [[AudienceSurrogate fandom]].

** [[TastesLikeDiabetes The Squiddles]], adorable octopuses that star in a [[SugarBowl disgustingly cutesy cartoon.]] [[spoiler: They're actual humanity's subconscious representation of the [[EldritchAbomination Horrorterrors]], which take this trope and kick it all the way over to the "bizarrely and terrifyingly alien" side instead.]]

* One ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatClassic'' cartoon is "Neptune Nonsense," which features an octopus working as a traffic cop on the sea floor. This octopus tickles Felix for bumping into him.

* In the ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' anime, James' Inkay gets in on the slapstick and mischief as much as any Team Rocket member.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'':

* Reg the Octopus from the BBC's ''Ceefax'' service.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Squidward varies from OnlySaneMan to ComedicSociopath between the episodes, being TheComicallySerious foil to [=SpongeBob's=] wackiness and unstoppable cheer. Also, he's not quite as good at playing the clarinet as he thinks he is.