"Damn. Doin' it with a squid."
— Mugen (on The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife), Samurai Champloo
"Those aren't tentacles! They're gentacles!"
— Leela, Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
A vision of bad videos flashed through Rodriquez's mind: slimy alien monsters with tentacles and bulging eyes. He forced himself not to laugh aloud. Don't worry, they're only interested in blondes with big boobs.
— Return To Mars, by Ben Bova
A shocking case of Poké-Love?!
"That's the last bath I'll take with my Tentacool!"
"That's the last bath I'll take with my Tentacool!"
— Pokémon Fan Club Newsletter headline, Pokémon Adventures
Do you hear that sound? That's the sound of H.P. Lovecraft rolling in his grave at 600rpm
— The Internet
1601. Cephalopods do not get bonuses to attack Japanese women.
Knowing that tentacles have a preference for True Loves, I will keep an eye out for any and all creatures that might have them.
— The True Love List: things I will do if I am ever a love interest
Jil: Fatina's been captured! We need to help her!
Neeba: Wait!
Jil: Neeba, why are you stopping me?!
Neeba: Look!
[he tentacles wrap more tightly around Fatina]
Jil: What about it?
Neeba: Just watch closely! [begins to drool]
Neeba: Wait!
Jil: Neeba, why are you stopping me?!
Neeba: Look!
[he tentacles wrap more tightly around Fatina]
Jil: What about it?
Neeba: Just watch closely! [begins to drool]
"Gasp! Look what that tentacle monster is doing to that poor girl! We should do something!"
"I know! Let's gawk at them!"
"I know! Let's gawk at them!"
— from a Katsukon 2008 cosplay parodying this genre
"It's a small thing now, but it always ends with me wrestling an overly affectionate demon octopus or such."
— Blade Bunny explaining why she doesn't want to do a simple favour for a dragon, Blade Bunny
Oak: Well, all we have left is this Bulbasaur.
Green: Oh sweet! Tentacles!
Oak: I -er... WHAT?!
Green: HA! I'm just kidding, or am I? Who knows? See ya Gramps!
Lab Aide: Nicccccce...
Oak: She's TEN you sick fuck!
Green: Oh sweet! Tentacles!
Oak: I -er... WHAT?!
Green: HA! I'm just kidding, or am I? Who knows? See ya Gramps!
Lab Aide: Nicccccce...
Oak: She's TEN you sick fuck!
Hal: Do you know what [the convicts] do to you in space prison?
Jeff: Umm....
Hal: Space rape! They space rape you! That's the worst kind of rape! Tentacles!
Jeff: Umm....
Hal: Space rape! They space rape you! That's the worst kind of rape! Tentacles!
— Bowser's Kingdom episode 8
Marceline: I can also turn into a giant tentacle monster.
Princess Bubblegum: How does that help our situation?
Marceline: How does it hurt our situation, though?
Princess Bubblegum: How does that help our situation?
Marceline: How does it hurt our situation, though?
"My job is to make sure the ship's tentacle monster is healthy and happy. Yes, sometimes that means having sex with it."
— Sandra Tevins, Monster Whisperer: Second Class
Marten: Yep, just as I expected. Eighty pages of tentacle rape.
Pintsize: Yes, but in my comic, the SCHOOL GIRLS are raping the TENTACLE MONSTERS.
Dora: I'm more disturbed by the fact that this is apparently volume eighteen.
Pintsize: Yes, but in my comic, the SCHOOL GIRLS are raping the TENTACLE MONSTERS.
Dora: I'm more disturbed by the fact that this is apparently volume eighteen.