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A lot of giant octopuses (and other cephalopods, though cuttlefish and nautiluses tend to be a SeldomSeenSpecies) in videogames fight the same way. They will face you in the center of a circular arena, use two of the CombatTentacles to restrict you to a small portion of the arena, whip, grab or slam with other tentacles, and have a spit projectile (often some kind of blinding ink). Needs not be an octopus, but does need to be similar.

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A lot of giant octopuses octopi (and other cephalopods, though cuttlefish and nautiluses tend to be a SeldomSeenSpecies) in videogames fight the same way. They will face you in the center of a circular arena, use two of the CombatTentacles to restrict you to a small portion of the arena, whip, grab or slam with other tentacles, and have a spit projectile (often some kind of blinding ink). Needs not be an octopus, but does need to be similar.
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A lot of giant octopuses in videogames fight the same way. They will face you in the center of a circular arena, use two of the CombatTentacles to restrict you to a small portion of the arena, whip, grab or slam with other tentacles, and have a spit projectile (often some kind of blinding ink). Needs not be an octopus, but does need to be similar.

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A lot of giant octopuses (and other cephalopods, though cuttlefish and nautiluses tend to be a SeldomSeenSpecies) in videogames fight the same way. They will face you in the center of a circular arena, use two of the CombatTentacles to restrict you to a small portion of the arena, whip, grab or slam with other tentacles, and have a spit projectile (often some kind of blinding ink). Needs not be an octopus, but does need to be similar.
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* It turns out this isn't too far removed from reality as it might seem, as octopi in real life have been observed [[https://massivesci.com/notes/octopus-fish-collaboration-punch/ using their tentacles to punch fish]]! It's thought this serves purposes both in hunting and as a means of 'disciplining' fish, since several occasions of octopi using it have been attributed to nothing else but sheer spite.

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* It turns out this trope isn't too far removed from reality as it might seem, as octopi in real life have been observed [[https://massivesci.com/notes/octopus-fish-collaboration-punch/ using their tentacles to punch fish]]! fish!]] It's thought this serves purposes both in hunting and as a means of 'disciplining' fish, since several occasions of octopi using it have been attributed to nothing else but sheer spite.

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