History Main / GiantSquid

* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy the Movie'': When [[BilingualBonus Kurita]] falls into the ocean, the contact with water enlarges the space squid into a giant MechanicalAbomination of a cephalopod that tries to kill everyone, but [[FoodBasedSuperpowers Gopal]] takes it down by [[{{Transmutation}} turning the giant Kurita into calamari]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', an episode had Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda visiting Atlantis, where their immediately arrested because [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cosmo was responsible for sinking the continent]]. Timmy, having [[Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} Wet Willie]] powers, attempts to summon a giant squid to help them, to which everyone laughs, thinking it doesn't exist. [[BrickJoke At the end of the episode]], the squid finally shows up and destroys Atlantis.

** ''Anime/DoraemonGreatAdventureInTheAntarcticKachiKochi'' has Octogon, an ancient, tentacled monster in the ruins of Hyuga Hyuga that attacks the gang when the arrive.

* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy The Movie'': When [[BilingualBonus Kurita]] falls into the ocean, the contact with water enlarges the space squid into a giant MechanicalAbomination of a cephalopod that tries to kill everyone, but [[FoodBasedSuperpowers Gopal]] takes it down by [[{{Transmutation}} turning the giant Kurita into calamari]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'' (the sequel to ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''), Dory, Marlin and Nemo have a brief encounter with a giant squid hiding in a shipwreck.
* ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce'': While swimming with Teegra, Larn is grabbed by some sort of giant freshwater cephalopod that tries to eat him.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': Ursula is already a rather large octopus lady, but this trope is truly {{invoked|trope}} in the climax, when she [[MakeMyMonsterGrow grows enormous]]. When she dies, the way her tentacles clutch the wrecked ship while flailing looks a lot like old drawings of giant squids attacking ships.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePagemaster'', when Richard is reluctant to climb a ladder due to his fear of heights, Adventure ''coaxes'' him into going up by opening ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' to the passage on the squid attack, releasing it.
* The sequel to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverLand'', replaces the tick-tocking crocodile with a giant orange octopus that makes popping noises with his tentacles.
* In ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'', Angelica attempts to scare the babies into thinking a giant squid might eat them, though Susie says otherwise. [[spoiler:An actual giant squid appears later on, though unlike most examples it turns out to be a GentleGiant ([[ShownTheirWork just like the real animal]]).]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'', Kup and Hot Rod are attacked by a giant ''robotic'' squid, which is part of the underwater MechanicalLifeforms of the planet Quintessa.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has intelligent, evil Kraken. There's also stats for a perfectly mundane giant squid and giant octopus.

* ''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.

* ''Literature/TestimonyBeforeAnEmergencySessionOfTheNavalCephalopodCommand'' by Seth Dickinson has a MadScientist 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. Turns out treating a giant squid like ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' when it has BlueAndOrangeMorality is a bad idea.

* In Pat Murphy's ''Adventures In Space And Time with Max Merriwell'', [[spoiler:Weldon Merrimax is killed]] by a giant squid.

* In Creator/ArthurCClarke's ''Ghost of the Grand Banks'', deep-sea diver Jason Bradley became world famous after he was hired to investigate an oil-rig dive crewman's report that a 100-meter octopus had taken up occupancy among the rig's seabed buttresses. [[spoiler:The gargantuan octopus fled immediately when Bradley approached in his lighted hardshell diving suit.]]

* ''VideoGame/NavalOps'': The final BonusBoss of ''Warship Gunner 2'' is a giant squid that can sink ships with a blast of high-pressure ink or lasers. But it's a giant, flattened and dried squid.

* ''Testimony Before an Emergency Session of the Naval Cephalopod Command'' by Seth Dickinson has a MadScientist 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. Turns out treating a giant squid like ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' when it has BlueAndOrangeMorality is a bad idea.

* Another species on the list of largest squids, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_squid Humboldt squid]], while not considered giant, (With a 5-foot long mantle, it’s actually third place on the list of largest squids, which goes to show just how vast the difference in size is between them and their even-larger kin is) best fits this trope in its behaviour; whereas Giant and Colossal squid are thought to be mostly docile around humans, the Humboldt does ''not'' share this trait. In California and Baja, where the squid are fished for, it's gained a nickname amongst the fishermen. ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Diablo rojo]]'', which means "red devil". This is a squid that quite literally TurnsRed when it goes on the offensive, flashing between its neutral white colour and a vivid blood red. Humboldts do not sink boats, but when feeding or being fished up, they are extremely aggressive. Their beaks are too weak to break bones, but their strong arms have sharp teeth which can rip through skin and most wetsuits, inflicting serious bleeding that has the potential to be fatal if it rips its way into a major artery. They have also been known to attack underwater cameras and will eat other wounded Humboldts. However, outside of feeding and being fished, they have also been observed to be calm and curious, so their behavior is a subject of debate. Regardless, underwater cameraman Scott Cassell--who made a career filming them--won't go in the water with them without wearing a chainmail wetsuit.

* One appears briefly in ''Film/TheMeg'', attacking the heroes' submarine and then [[AlwaysABiggerFish getting eaten by a megalodon]].

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheCastleOfTheUnderseaDevil'', an adventure taking place underwater, had the gang being menaced by a giant squid who destroys their underwater bunker and later tried sticking a tentacle through the windows.

* Played with in the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' article [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-252 SCP-252]]. A normal-sized squid species that appears to have the ability to [[MakeMyMonsterGrow transform into a 50 to 75 meters long monstrosity]], but in truth is just a MasterOfIllusion that makes targets perceive it as more dangerous than it really is by hypnotizing them with its bio-luminescent organs.

* ''VideoGame/{{Frenzy}}'' have an underwater stage that concludes with your submarine battling a giant octopus mecha. Who lose tentacles as it takes damage until it's a single head, but it can continue attacking by lumbering towards you.

* ''Film/BeneathThe12MileReef'' has a giant human attacking octopus.