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[[caption-width-right:350:Squid, octopus, whatever. . . it wants to eat you.]]

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* Music/TheyMightBeGiants:
** The cover for their album ''Apollo 18'' features a giant squid locked in battle with a sperm whale.
** The music video for “With The Dark” features a similar squid that attacks the Johns.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'' trilogy, [[BigBad Tiamat]]'s minions include two of these.

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* In the ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'' ''Literature/Tempest2011'' trilogy, [[BigBad Tiamat]]'s minions include two of these.

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* ''Testimony Before an Emergency Session of The Naval Cephalopod Command'' by Seth Dickinson has a scientist explaining to the eponymous Command why a giant squid--trained and enhanced to detect Soviet nuclear subs--has gone OffTheRails and is trying to start WorldWarThree. He points out that the Navy treating a giant squid like Series/{{Flipper}} when it's actually a solipsistic psychopath is a bad idea.

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* ''Testimony Before an Emergency Session In the ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'' trilogy, [[BigBad Tiamat]]'s minions include two of these.
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The Naval Cephalopod Command'' Lusca is a giant blood-drinking octopus-like monster with twenty-three tentacles.
** In ''Tempest Revealed'', Tempest and her dad are attacked while surfing by Turisas, an octopus monster three stories high. Tempest barely manages to fight it off and swim to safety with her dad.
* ''Literature/TestimonyBeforeAnEmergencySessionOfTheNavalCephalopodCommand''
by Seth Dickinson has a scientist explaining to the eponymous Command why a giant squid--trained and enhanced to detect Soviet nuclear subs--has gone OffTheRails and is trying to start WorldWarThree. He points out that the Navy treating a giant squid like Series/{{Flipper}} when it's actually a solipsistic psychopath is a bad idea.
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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheDeep'', Fontaine and Antaeus end up being attacked by one. Soon, a whole bunch of them show up to attack the Nektons.

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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheDeep'', ''WesternAnimation/TheDeep2015'', Fontaine and Antaeus end up being attacked by one. Soon, a whole bunch of them show up to attack the Nektons.
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* ''Franchise/DragonQuest'':
** The King Squids, Squidzillas, and Tentactulars, first seen in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'', are powerful monsters while out at sea with loads of HP, devastating tentacles, breaths, and rocking the boat.

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* To be elaborate on ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'', the crew of the ''Nautilus'' (and Ned Land) fight a school of giant squids after one squid wraps itself around the submarine and stops it in its tracks. It is the most recognizable element in the story--after Nemo and the ''Nautilus'' themselves--and is a standard fixture in any adaptation. It should be noted, however: some translations are a bit more ambiguous about the monsters' exact species, instead referring to them as "poulp" (an archaic term for cephalopods in general).

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* To be elaborate on ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'', the crew of the ''Nautilus'' (and Ned Land) fight a school of giant squids after one squid wraps itself around the submarine and stops it in its tracks. It is the most recognizable element in the story--after story -- after Nemo and the ''Nautilus'' themselves--and themselves -- and is a standard fixture in any adaptation. It should be noted, however: some translations are a bit more ambiguous about the monsters' exact species, instead referring to them as "poulp" (an archaic term for cephalopods in general).



* Seen as the cover morph in ''The Exposed'', the twenty-seventh book in the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series. Rachel's shown as the morpher, but the whole team morphs squids in the book, having first morphed sperm whales to find the titular exposed Pemalite ship and the squids to reach the ship.

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* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': Seen as the cover morph in ''The Exposed'', the twenty-seventh book in the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series.book, ''The Exposed''. Rachel's shown as the morpher, but the whole team morphs squids in the book, having first morphed sperm whales to find the titular exposed Pemalite ship and the squids to reach the ship.



* ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'':
** 200 million years after humanity has gone extinct, the oceans have become home to the enormous 25-meter Rainbow Squid (other sources in the franchise say they grow up to over 40-50 m in length). However, despite being carnivorous they are actually [[GentleGiant gentle giants]] that use their incredible color changing abilities for dazzling courtship displays and to hide whenever predators are nearby, even if said predators are significantly smaller than it.
** Much smaller but still quite sizeable itself is the rainbow squid's ''[[TerrestrialSeaLife land-dwelling]]'' contemporary, the megasquid, larger than modern-day elephants and has evolved to have elephant-like traits and lifestyle.



* Creator/MichaelCrichton's posthumously published ''Literature/PirateLatitudes'' features two encounters with what is presumably a giant squid, which the characters call a "Kraken". The first one doesn't do much and is quickly forgotten. The second one is strangely aggressive, grabbing crew members and flinging them overboard. It also, for some reason, has bioluminescence.

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* Creator/MichaelCrichton's posthumously published ''Literature/PirateLatitudes'' features two encounters with what is presumably a giant squid, which the characters call a "Kraken". The first one doesn't do much and is quickly forgotten. The second one is strangely aggressive, grabbing crew members and flinging them overboard. It also, for some reason, has bioluminescence.



* ''Series/TheFutureIsWild'':
** 200 million years after humanity has gone extinct, the oceans have become home to the enormous 25 meter Rainbow Squid (other sources in the franchise say they grow up to over 40-50 m in length). However, despite being carnivorous they are actually [[GentleGiant gentle giants]] that use their incredible color changing abilities for dazzling courtship displays and to hide whenever predators are nearby, even if said predators are significantly smaller than it.
** Much smaller but still quite sizeable itself is the rainbow squid's ''land-dwelling'' contemporary, the megasquid, larger than modern-day elephants and has evolved to have elephant-like traits and lifestyle.
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* ''Film/MonsterSeaFoodWars'', a kaiju spoof, sees a giant squid and octopus among a trio of monsters attacking Tokyo.
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* ''Ride/LostIslandThemePark'''s take on the classic Dumbo style spinner, ''Eeki Eeki Escape'', has guests riding fish in the clutches of a giant eeki eeki squid's tentacles.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' series:
** ''VideoGame/DensetsuNoStafy3'' features Muga, a huge, eerie, [[{{Cyclops}} one-eyed]] squidlike creature who is the boss of the Sea of Sky. It follows Starfy with its eye and can fire beams from it directionally to attack, but swimming in circles around it will make it dizzy, leaving the eye open for a Star Spin attack.
** Early in the fifth game, a big squid named [[ADogNamedDog Big Squiddy]] captures Bunston. You're chased after Big Squiddy in certain levels, and he's the game's first boss; you attack his tentacles when he's not about to grab you.

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