Tentacle Manifestation

Tentacle Extension
Kaneki Ken (Tokyo Ghoul) can generate tentacles via his Rinkaku-type Kagune.
Power/Ability to:	Generate tentacles.

The power to generate tentacles and tentacle-like appendages. Variation of Natural Weaponry and Appendage Generation.

Also Called

• Tentacles
• Combat Tentacles
• Prehensile Tentacles
• Tentacle Generation/Retraction/Strike

Capabilities

The user has (including in place of certain limbs) or can generate tentacles or tentacle-like appendages (vines, grappling cables, ropes, etc.) from themselves, others or any other surface.

Applications

• Additional Limbs
• Constriction
• Tendril Generation
• Tentacles may be bladed, spined or have a stinger.
• Web-like pattern.
• Whip-like form.
• Wire-like form.
• Ribbon-like form.

Techniques

• Tentacular Combat

Variations

• Osteokinetic Tentacle Extension
• Prehensile Tail
• Prehensile Tongue

Associations

• Appendage Generation
• Binding
• Biological Manipulation
• Bionic Physiology
• Body Manipulation
• Chain Manipulation
• Natural Weaponry
• Organic Constructs
• Prehensility

Limitations

• Since tentacles don't have bones, they may lack strength and/or dexterity.
• May not be able to retract the appendages.
• May be limited to creating new appendages only on themselves, others or other surfaces.

Known Users

See Also: Combat Tentacles and Tentacle Rope.

Comics/Cartoons

• Moss Monster (American Dragon: Jake Long)
• Octo-puss (American Dragon: Jake Long)
• Various characters (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Tren Krom (Bionicle)
• Gaxageal (Charmed comics)
• Spawn (Image Comics)
• Doctor Octopus (Marvel Comics)
• Gelt (Marvel Comics)
• Lady Octopus (Marvel Comics)
• Kenji Uedo/Zero (Marvel Comics)
• Lucas Bishop (Marvel Comics); via cybernetic arm
• Omega Red (Marvel Comics)
• Sentinels (Marvel Comics)
• Klyntar/Symbiotes (Marvel Comics)
  • Venom
  • Carnage
  • Anti-Venom
• Void/Dark Sentry (Marvel Comics)
• Sweetface (Marvel Comics)
• Darkhawk (Marvel Comics)
• Cullen Bloodstone (Marvel Comics)
• Spider-Slayers (Marvel Comics)
• One of the Alternate Cables (Marvel Comics: Cable & Deadpool)
• Meat Sweats (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Badnik Sonic (Sonic the Comic)
• Metamorphia (Sonic the Comic)
• Sara Pezzini (Witchblade); via Witchblade
• Danielle Baptiste (Witchblade); the Angelus
• Jackie Estacado (Witchblade); the Darkness
• The Witchblade (Witchblade)
• Experiment 544 "Thresher" (Lilo & Stitch)
• Kevin 11,000 (Ben 10 Series)
• Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Nanomech (Ben 10 Series)
• Methanosians (Ben 10 Series)
• Wildvine (Ben 10 Reboot)
• Ben Hargreeves/Number Six/The Horror (The Umbrella Academy/Dark Horses Comics)
• Eight/Octoblock (Numberblocks)
• Freak Sisters (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)

Live Television/Movies

• Finn (Adventure Time)
• Togruta (Star Wars)
• Twi'lek (Star Wars)
• Yivo (Futurama)
• The Thing Monster (John Carpenter's The Thing)
• The Blob (The Blob 1988)
• The Tentacle Monster (The Mist)
• Atrocity (Spider-Man: Edge of Time)
• Thricewises (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
• Tendril (Inhumanoids)
• Thesulac Demons (Angel)
• Kraken (Pirates of the Caribbean)
• Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)
• Various Characters (Ben 10)
• Ectonurites (Ben 10: Series)
  • Ghostfreak
  • Zs'Skayr
• Centauri (Babylon 5)
• Nergal (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• Nergal Jr (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• Irwin (Billy and Mandy/Underfist)
• Undergrowth (Danny Phantom)
• Marco Diaz (Star vs. the Forces of Evil); one off
• Rex Salazar (Generator Rex)
• Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
• Terry McGinnis/Batman (Batman Beyond)
• Hellmouth Spawn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Illyria (Angel)
• Riderman (Kamen Rider); via Rope Arm
• Robo Koopa (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)
• Clem (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Loose-Skinned Demons (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Plagiarus Demons (Angel & Faith)
• Hotep-Ra (Danny Phantom)
• Inque (Batman Beyond)
• Sh'Okanabo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
• Stronger T1 (Mazinger Z)
• Biollante (Godzilla)
• Ogdru Hem (Hellboy/BPRD)
• Visser Three (Animorphs)
• Leerans (Animorphs)
• Kamen Rider Gills (Kamen Rider Agito)
• Hellmouth Spawn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Alpha (Men in Black: The Series)
• Serleena (Men in Black II)
• Hunson Abadeer (Adventure Time)
• Coldsteel (Gargoyles)
• Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
• Morgana (The Little Mermaid)
• Bai Tza (Jackie Chan Adventures)
• Dalek Sec (Doctor Who)
• Kilobyte (Ace Lightning)
• Many villains (Power Rangers series)
• Various kaiju (Ultraman series)

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• The Srange Creature (A Tentacled Romance)
• Tetsuo Shima (Akira)
• Naraku (InuYasha)
• Sounga/So'unga (InuYasha)
• Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
• Kishime (Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest)
• Maji-Kayo (Dragon Ball Super)
• Elder Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Apostles (Berserk)
• Yoma (Claymore)
  • Awakened Beings
• Killer Bee/B (Naruto); via Eight Tails Transformation
• Kakuzu (Naruto)
• Ika Musume (Shinryaku! Ika Musume)
• Korosensei (Assassination Classroom)
• Itona Horibe (Assassination Classroom)
• Kaede Kayano (Assassination Classroom)
• Arcadiamon (Ultra) (Digimon)
• Dragomon (Digimon)
• Calmaramon (Digimon)
• Chrysalimon (Digimon)
• Parasimon (Digimon)
• MarineDevimon (Digimon)
• Eaters (Digimon)
• Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach); via Hollow Ichigo
• Luppi Antenor (Bleach)
• Medusa (Soul Eater)
• White Rabbit (Soul Eater)
• Keith (Fairy Tail)
• Yakdoriga (Fairy Tail)
• Drakken Joe (Edens Zero)
• Sesshomaru (InuYasha)
• Orb of Caldia (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance); fused with the Ghost ÄRM, Hydra
• Cardinal Mutchy Mutchy (Dragon Ball GT)
• Tyki Mikk/Joyd (D.Gray-man)
• Februar Zwei (Senyu)
• Ryoko (Suzumiya Haruhi)
• Guardians (.hack//Sign)
• Angels (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Pride (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
• Pantyhose Taro (Ranma 1/2)
• Worton (Bakugan)
• Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
• USBM (Bio-Meat: Nectar)
• Zeiram (Iria: Zeiram the Animation)
• Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Hinami Fueguchi (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Rinkaku Users (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Soundwave (Transformers Prime)
• Jimon (Samurai Deeper Kyo); via form Kenyo
• Darcy (Winx Club); via Shadow Tentacles
• Esidisi (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II Battle Tendency)
• Vampires (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
  • Dio Brando
• Howard Philips Lovecraft (Bungou Stray Dogs)
• Gloxinia (Nanatsu no Taizai); via Basquias Form Ten
• Genshirou Saji (Highschool DxD); via Balance Breaker
• Chironex (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL)

Video Games

• Minos (Dante's Inferno)
• Absalom (Darksiders 2)
• Guardians (Dead Space series)
• Hive Minds (Dead Space series)
• Tentacles (Dead Space series)
• Ishtaros (Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword)
• Dagra Dai (Ninja Gaiden II)
• Alexia Ashford (Resident Evil Code: Veronica)
• Beachcomber (Skylanders Superchargers)
• Wash Buckler (Skylanders)
• The Darkness (Skylanders)
• Nemesis T-Type (Resident Evil)
• Las Plagas (Resident Evil)
• NE-α Type parasites (Resident Evil)
• Hilda Hidalgo (Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles)
• Albert Wesker (Resident Evil 5)
• Lisa Trevor (Resident Evil)
• Osmond Saddler (Resident Evil 4)
• Uroboros (Resident Evil 5)
• William Birkin/G (Resident Evil 2)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype Series)
• James Heller (Prototype 2)
• Elder God (Legacy of Kain)
• Dahaka (Prince of Persia: Warrior Within)
• Yagyu (Senran Kagura)
• Various characters (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Majora's Mask (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
• Metroid Prime (Metroid)
• Solidus Snake (Metal Gear); via powered suit
• Shadow Blot (Epic Mickey)
• Spar (Breath of Fire)
• Tentalus (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
• Majora's Mask (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
• Pokémon using the moves Vine Whip or Power Whip (Pokemon)
• Beliar (BloodRayne)
• Joseph Bertrand III (Infamous 2)
• Jennifer Tate (Primal)
• Broodmothers (Dragon Age)
• Arkham (Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening)
• Robo-Manus (Battletoads)
• Flex (Kameo: Elements of Power)
• Anakaris (Darkstalkers)
• Amingo (Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes)
• Sam Isaacs (Resident Evil: Extinction)
• Laughing Octopus (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
• Gohma Vlitra (Asura's Wrath)
• Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
• Tyranids (Warhammer 40,000)
• Lasombra clan (Vampire: The Masquerade)
• Umbilical Cord Demon (FAITH: The Unholy Trinity)
• Yunalesca (Final Fantasy X)
• Gooper Blooper (Super Mario)
• Zerg (StarCraft)
• Doctor Octopus 2099 (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)
• Ultimate Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)
• Pokémon that can use "Vine Whip" & "Wrap" (Pokémon)
• Tentacool (Pokemon)
• Deoxys (Pokémon)
• Slender Man (Slender Man Mythos)
• Seele Vollerei (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• K9999 (The King of Fighters 2001)
• Illaoi (League of Legends)
• Gravemind (Halo)
• Inklings (Splatoon)
• Agent 3 (Splatoon)
• Callie (Splatoon)
• Marie (Splatoon)
• Cap'n Cuttlefish (Splatoon)
• Octarians (Splatoon)
• DJ Octavio (Splatoon)
• Annie (Splatoon)
• Jellyfish (Splatoon)
• Jelonzo (Splatoon)
• "Glied" and "Regisseur" type Einsts (Super Robot Wars)
• The Filth (The Secret World)
• Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored 2); via Far Reach.

Other

• Terantula (RHG)
• Lastika (Lastikman 2004 Film)
• SCP-058 - Heart of Darkness (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-835 - Expunged Data Released (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2019 - Gelatinous Brain Cube (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2250 - Duck Hunt (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-3700-2 - Tides Of War (SCP Foundation)

Gallery

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The Srange Creature (A Tentacled Romance) is mostly just tentacles.

Abyss the Squid (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)

Dimitri (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)

The Centauri (Babylon 5) possess six tentacles on their sides that double as their genitals.

Zs'Skayr (Ben 10 Series)

Nanomech (Ben 10) manifesting tentacles through Reactive Adaptation.

Kevin 11,000 (Ben 10) possesses Null Guardian's tentacles.

Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) possesses Ghostfreak's tentacles.

Gaxageal (Charmed)

Priscilla (Claymore) extending her fingers into tentacles to impale her enemies.

Tyki Mikk (D.Gray-man), in his awakened state, can extend many tentacles.

Maji Kayo (Dragon Ball Super) using tentacles to restrain Goku.

Shadow Blot (Epic Mickey)

Coldsteel (Gargoyles) uses robotic tentacles in his arms.

Kagura (InuYasha) impaled on Naraku's tentacles.

Sounga/So'unga (InuYasha) sprouts multiple tentacles from itself to anchor Inuyasha's hand to it.

The Thing Monster (John Carpenter's The Thing)

Vampires (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) drain blood from their victims using retractable tentacles in their fingers.

Dio Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part I Phantom Blood) extending tentacles from his severed neck to attack Jonathan Joestar…

…to feed on blood…

…and to reattach his severed arm.

The Elder God (Legacy of Kain) is little more than an amorphous mass of tentacles and eyes, the former of which it uses offensively to great effect.

Experiment 544 "Thresher" (Lilo & Stitch)

Fused with the Ghost ÄRM, Hydra, Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance) can generate sharp tentacles from the demon's body.

Venom (Marvel Comics)...

...Generates tentacles from his back.

Dr. Octopus (Spider-Man 2)

Carnage (Marvel Comics)

The Sentry (Marvel Comics)

She-Venom (Marvel Comics)

Toxin (Marvel Comics)

Gelt (Marvel Comics) is a Deviant with the power to sprout tentacles from where is arms are located.

Hybrid (Marvel Comics)

Phage (Marvel Comics)

Scream (Marvel Comics)

Omega Red (Marvel Comics) uses his carbonadium tentacles to great effect.

The Void (Marvel Comics)

Agent Venom (Marvel Comics)

Anti-Venom (Marvel Comics)

Solidus Snake's (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty) exoskeleton comes equipped with "Snake Arms" that can strangle opponents and fire missiles.

Laughing Octopus (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

Kakuzu (Naruto)

Killer Bee/B's (Naruto) Partial Transformation.

The fake Groudon (Pokemon: Jirachi Wish Maker)

The Dahaka (Prince of Persia: Warrior Within)

Dahaka (Prince of Persia: Warrior Within)

James Heller (Prototype 2) using his tendrils.

William Birkin (Resident Evil)

Las Plagas (Resident Evi)

Nemesis's (Resident Evil) tentacles are sharp enough to penetrate human flesh and bone.

The Nemesis T-Type (Resident Evil) attacks Jill with a tentacle.

Alexia Ashford (Resident Evil)

Uroboros injection (Resident Evil)

Alex Mercer (Prototype Series)

James Heller (Prototype 2)

Meat Sweats (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) possesses tentacles in place of hands that he can use to drain energy and powers from other mutants.

Jimon's (Samurái Deeper Kyo) Kenyou form.

SCP-058 - Heart of Darkness (SCP Foundation) has several tentacles protruding from the top.

Ultimate Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)

Doctor Octopus 2099 (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)

In their human form, Inkling's (Splatoon) "hair" is six of their tentacles from their squid form.

Agent 3 (Splatoon)

The Squid Sisters (Splatoon), Callie (left) and Marie (right)

Cap'n Cuttlefish (Splatoon)

DJ Octavio (Splatoon), like all Octarians, possesses tentacles.

Annie (Splatoon), being a sea anemone, has tentacles for hair.

A jellyfish (Splatoon)

Jelonzo (Splatoon), being a jellyfish, has tentacles.

Eight/Octoblock (Numberblocks) an example of this power.

Freak Sisters (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)

Ben Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy) uses his powers to attack enemies from a rooftop.