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* Octomammoth from ''FinalFantasyIV'' actually loses tentacles as it takes damage.

* Though not a squid, Ramon Salazar, after his "ritual" from ''ResidentEvil4'' certainly pulls this off. And be careful with those tentacle arms; one of the attacks is a One Hit Kill.

* The Kraken boss in ''{{Fable}}''.

* ''PhantasyStarZero'', the marsh boss.

* Averted in ''KingdomHearts''. You'd think Ursula, who ''does'' occasionally use TypicalTentacleTactics in ''TheLittleMermaid'', would use them here; but you only fight her when she's giant size so you just swim around keyblading her in the face.

* ''{{Legend of Zelda}} Spirit Tracks'', The Ocean Temple boss.
** As well, in all LegendOfZelda games, there are plant bosses, fought shortly after gaining the boomerang, or less commonly [[TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime inside a giant fish]]. They use tentacles, whip at you, trip you, use the tentacles to smash the ground, and on occasion spit. Naturally, you need to cut them down and [[OnceAnEpisode stab them in the eye]].

* The final boss of ''DeadSpace'' plays this trope pretty straight, including the "forming an arena by cutting off all escape routes with my tentacles."

* Several bosses from the ''SonicAdventure'' games fight like this.

All giant octopuses in videogames fight the same way. They will face you in the center of a circular arena, use two of the tentacles to restrict you to a small portion of the arena, whip 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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* ''LegacyOfKain'': The [[EldritchAbomination Elder god]]

* King Kaliente in ''SuperMarioGalaxy'' acts a bit like this, at least the centre of the arena, projectile spit and dangerous tentacles part.

* King Kalamari in ''SuperMarioRPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' averts this in a variety of ways. First, you progress toward its head, fighting two waves of three tentacles and then the head and the two remaining tentacles. It only needs one tentacle to restrict control of a party member, tossing them into the air for a few turns, then dumping them back on you with a Weakness ailment. It does have an ink spit but that's also a common enemy attack in the game.

** There's a cephalopod boss named Gooper Blooper in ''SuperMarioSunshine'' who attacks like this.

* ''{{Legend of Zelda}} Spirit Tracks'', the water temple boss.

* The Kayran in ''[[TheWitcher The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings]]'' is a fairly straight example of this kind of boss. Its immobility is justified by the fact that it's under a paralyzing spell that allows you to fight it in the first place, and its inability to retreat makes it extra mad. Unusually it keeps its tentacles out of reach for most of the time, forcing you to use a magic sign to temporarily trap them to the ground as it strikes you in order to do any damage.

* The Kraken boss in ''{{Fable}}''.

* There's a cephalopod boss named Gooper Blooper in ''SuperMarioSunshine'' who attacks like this.

** Gooper Blooper from ''SuperMarioSunshine'', too.

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* Averted in ''KaoTheKangaroo Round 2'', where the octopus boss doesn't try to restrict your movement; instead, you avoid its tentacles as you swim around the arena, trying to shoot all the tentacles and expose its weak point.

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* Several bosses from the ''SonicAdventure'' games fight like this.

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* ''PhantasyStarZero'', the marsh boss.

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* ''PhantasyStarZero'', the marsh boss.
* Several bosses from the ''SonicAdventure'' games fight like this.
* Big Squiddy in ''{{The Legendary Starfy}}'' attacks this way, but the only projectile is the occasional boulder.
* There's a cephalopod boss named Gooper Blooper in ''SuperMarioSunshine'' who attacks like this.
* The Tentacle bosses in ''{{Final Fantasy VI}}'' aren't quite this trope as its described, but at the same time the battlefield is your characters standing on the tentacles as well as fighting them.
** Ultros, on the other hand, does have an Ink attack but otherwise averts the trope.
* The Forgotten One boss in ''[[{{Warcraft}} Frozen Throne]]'' attacks by spawning tentacles from the ground. Since they have melee range, they end up next your units, so you end up literally Surrounded By Tentacles while the boss spits fire at you.

* ''DragonAge: Origins'': the Brood Mother.
* ''DevilMayCry 4'': Echidna.
* King Kaliente in ''SuperMario Galaxy'' acts a bit like this, at least the centre of the arena, projectile spit and dangerous tentacles part.
** Gooper Blooper from ''SuperMario Sunshine'', too.
* Though not a squid, Ramon Salazar, after his "ritual" from ''ResidentEvil 4'' certainly pulls this off. And be careful with those tentacle arms; one of the attacks is a One Hit Kill.

* LegacyOfKain: The [[EldritchAbomination Elder god]]
* King Kalamari in ''SuperMarioRPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' averts this in a variety of ways. First, you progress toward its head, fighting two waves of three tentacles and then the head and the two remaining tentacles. It only needs one tentacle to restrict control of a party member, tossing them into the air for a few turns, then dumping them back on you with a Weakness ailment. It does have an ink spit but that's also a common enemy attack in the game.
* The final boss of DeadSpace plays this trope pretty straight, including the "forming an arena by cutting off all escape routes with my tentacles."
* Octomammoth from ''FinalFantasyIV'' actually loses tentacles as it takes damage.
* Averted in KingdomHearts. You'd think Ursula, who ''does'' occasionally use TypicalTentacleTactics in ''TheLittleMermaid'', would use them here; but you only fight her when she's giant size so you just swim around keyblading her in the face.

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* There's a cephalopod boss named Gooper Blooper in ''{{Supermario Sunshine}}'' who attacks like this.