The power to possess or generate tentacles and tentacle-like appendages. Sub-power of Tentacle Manipulation. Variation of Natural Weaponry, Organ Generation and Appendage Generation.
Also Called[]
- Eldritch/Kraken/Retractable Tentacles
- Tentacle Creation/Fabrication
- Tentacle Generation
- Tentacle Materialization
- Tentacle Realization & Retraction
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
- Cocoon-like form.
- Constriction
- Crushing
- Cutting
- Grappling Protrusion
- Impale
- Kraken-like form.
- Power Tentacles
- Root-like form.
- Tail-like form.
- Tendril Generation
- Tentacles may be bladed, spiked, spined or have a stinger.
- Thread-like form
- Tongue-like form.
- Vine-like form.
- Web-like form.
- Whip-like form.
Techniques[]
Variations[]
Associations[]
- Alien Physiology
- Bandage Manipulation
- Binding Manipulation
- Branch Manipulation
- Chain Manipulation
- Cloth Manipulation
- Construct Creation
- Container Manipulation
- Kraken Physiology
- Lock Manipulation
- Natural Weaponry Manipulation
- Net Manipulation
- Pseudopod Manipulation
- Prehensility
- Proboscis Protrusion
- Ribbon Manipulation
- Rope Manipulation
- Silk Manipulation
- Superior Human Physiology
- Tail Manipulation
- Tentacle Manipulation
- Thread Manipulation
- Tongue Manipulation
- Trap Manipulation
- Vine Manipulation
- Weapon Manipulation
- Whip Manipulation
- Wire Manipulation
Limitations[]
- May not be able to retract the appendages.
- May be limited to creating new appendages only on themselves, others or other surfaces.
- If the tentacles suffer damage, the user will also suffer.
Known Users[]
See Also: Combat Tentacles and Tentacle Rope.
Comics/Cartoons[]
- Finn (Adventure Time)
- Hunson Abadeer (Adventure Time)
- Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
- Raven (DC Comics)
- Moss Monster (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Octo-puss (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Tails Nine (Sonic Prime)
- Various characters (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Inque (Batman Beyond)
- Terry McGinnis/Batman (Batman Beyond)
- Kevin 11,000 (Ben 10 Series)
- Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Nanomech (Ben 10 Series)
- Methanosians (Ben 10 Series)
- Ectonurite (Ben 10 Series)
- AntiVilgax (Ben 10 Reboot)
- Wildvine (Ben 10 Reboot)
- Tren Krom (Bionicle)
- Gaxageal (Charmed comics)
- Spectral Body Manipulation Users (Danny Phantom)
- Undergrowth
- Hotep Ra
- Yivo (Futurama)
- Coldsteel (Gargoyles)
- Rex Salazar (Generator Rex)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- Tendril (Inhumanoids)
- Bai Tza (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Doctor Octopus (Marvel Comics)
- Gelt (Marvel Comics)
- Lady Octopus (Marvel Comics)
- Kenji Uedo/Zero (Marvel Comics)
- Omega Red (Marvel Comics)
- Sentinels (Marvel Comics)
- Klyntar/Symbiote Hosts (Marvel Comics)
- Venom
- Carnage
- Anti-Venom
- Void/Dark Sentry (Marvel Comics)
- Sweetface (Marvel Comics)
- Mall Addy (Marvel Comics)
- Alice Michaels (Marvel Comics)
- Gholar (Marvel Comics)
- Darkhawk (Marvel Comics)
- Massdriver (Marvel Comics)
- Cullen Bloodstone (Marvel Comics)
- Spider-Slayers (Marvel Comics)
- One of the Alternate Cables (Marvel Comics: Cable & Deadpool)
- Green Martians (DC Comics)
- Martian Manhunter
- Miss Martian
- White Martians (DC Comics)
- Madcap (Power Players)
- Meat Sweats (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Badnik Sonic (Sonic the Comic)
- Metamorphia (Sonic the Comic)
- Marco Diaz (Star vs. the Forces of Evil); one off
- Dule Jones and Troy/Chainlink (Static Shock)
- Sh'Okanabo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
- Nergal (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- Nergal Jr (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- Irwin (Billy and Mandy/Underfist)
- Sara Pezzini (Witchblade); via Witchblade
- Danielle Baptiste (Witchblade); the Angelus
- Jackie Estacado (Witchblade); the Darkness
- The Witchblade (Witchblade)
- Experiment 544 "Thresher" (Lilo & Stitch)
- Eight/Octoblock (Numberblocks)
- Kari and Mari Freak/Freak Sisters (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
- Raven (Teen Titans)
- Soundwave (Transformers Prime)
- Mirabel (The Fungus Among Us); only from ground
- Champion of HYDRA (Marvel Cinematic Universe/What If ...?)
- Doctor Strange/Strange Supreme (Marvel Cinematic Universe/What If ...?)
- Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)
Literature[]
- Golmodap (Children of the Rune: Winterer)
Folklore/Mythology[]
- Kraken (18th Century Folklore)
Live Television/Movies[]
- Togruta (Star Wars)
- Twi'lek (Star Wars)
- The Thing Monster (John Carpenter's The Thing)
- The Blob (The Blob 1988)
- Billy Butcher (The Boys TV series)
- The Tentacle Monster (The Mist)
- Thricewises (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
- Thesulac Demons (Angel)
- Kraken (Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Centauri (Babylon 5)
- 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)
- 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)
- Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
- Morgana (The Little Mermaid)
- Dalek Sec (Doctor Who)
- Kilobyte (Ace Lightning)
- Various villains (Power Rangers series)
- Various Kaiju (Ultraman series)
- Ben Hargreeves/Number Six/The Horror (The Umbrella Academy); Original Timeline
- Ben Hargreeves/Number Two; Sparrow Timeline
- Rachel Roth / Raven (DC "Titans")
- Monstro (Pinocchio 2022)
- Starro (DC Extended Universe)
- Ursula (Once Upon a Time)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- The Strange Creature (A Tentacled Romance)
- Tetsuo Shima (Akira)
- 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)
- Gyūki, the Eight Tails (Naruto)
- 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)
- Algomon (Digimon)
- Arcadiamon (Ultra) (Digimon)
- Dragomon (Digimon)
- Calmaramon (Digimon)
- Chrysalimon (Digimon)
- Parasimon (Digimon)
- MarineDevimon (Digimon)
- Eaters (Digimon)
- Jellymon and its evolutions (Digimon)
- MarinKimeramon (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)
- Sesshōmaru (InuYasha)
- Naraku (InuYasha)
- Sounga/So'unga (InuYasha)
- Gyokko (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Muzan Kibutsuji (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Orb of Caldia (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance); fused with the Ghost ÄRM, Hydra
- Tamaki Amajiki (My Hero Academia); via Vast Hybrid; Kraken
- 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)
- Godzilla (Godzilla: Singular Point); Terrestris form
- Pantyhose Taro (Ranma 1/2)
- Okuto Kotsubo (Rosario + Vampire)
- Worton (Bakugan)
- Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
- USBM (Bio-Meat: Nectar)
- Zeiram (Iria: Zeiram the Animation)
- Graham (Shamanic Princess)
- Ghouls (Tokyo Ghoul)
- Ken Kaneki
- Hinami Fueguchi
- Rinkaku Users (Tokyo Ghoul)
- Jimon (Samurai Deeper Kyo); via form Kenyo
- Darcy (Winx Club); via Shadow Tentacles
- Engen/Smiling Man (Hero Killer)
- Scar (Hero Killer)
- Esidisi (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency)
- Vampires (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Howard Philips Lovecraft (Bungou Stray Dogs)
- Gloxinia (The Seven Deadly Sins); via Basquias Form Ten
- Genshirou Saji (Highschool DxD); via Balance Breaker
- Mizuda Yuuko/Mizudako-chan (You Can’t Escape From Mizudako-chan!)
- Chironex (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL)
- Hirofumi Yoshida (Chainsaw Man); via the Octopus Devil
- Metarex Carrer (Sonic X)
- Seras Victoria (Hellsing)
- Gahi (Gahi-Chan!)
- Noah (The Rise of the Tentacle Magician)
Video Games[]
- Minos (Dante's Inferno)
- Absalom (Darksiders 2)
- Guardians (Dead Space series)
- Hive Minds (Dead Space series)
- Tentacles (Dead Space series)
- Elder God (Legacy of Kain)
- Azul Ashengrotto (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland)
- Ishtaros (Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword)
- Dagra Dai (Ninja Gaiden II)
- Necronomicon (Persona 5')
- Alex Mercer (Prototype Series)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Nemesis T-Type (Resident Evil)
- Las Plagas (Resident Evil)
- NE-α Type parasites (Resident Evil)
- Lisa Trevor (Resident Evil)
- Hilda Hidalgo (Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles)
- William Birkin/G (Resident Evil 2)
- Osmond Saddler (Resident Evil 4)
- Albert Wesker (Resident Evil 5)
- Uroboros (Resident Evil 5)
- Alexia Ashford (Resident Evil Code: Veronica)
- Wash Buckler (Skylanders)
- The Darkness (Skylanders)
- Beachcomber (Skylanders Superchargers)
- Inklings (Splatoon)
- Octarians (Splatoon)
- Jellyfish (Splatoon)
- Annie (Splatoon)
- Dahaka (Prince of Persia: Warrior Within)
- Yagyu (Senran Kagura)
- Various characters (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Majora's Mask (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
- Dark Samus (Metroid)
- 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 (Pokémon)
- 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 (Pokémon)
- Deoxys (Pokémon)
- Slender Man (Slender Man Mythos)
- Seele Vollerei (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- K9999 (The King of Fighters 2001)
- Illaoi (League of Legends)
- Gravemind (Halo)
- "Glied" and "Regisseur" type Einsts (Super Robot Wars)
- The Filth (The Secret World)
- Atrocity (Spider-Man: Edge of Time)
- Murasaki Yatsu (Taimanin Asagi)
- Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored 2); via Far Reach.
- Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Yagyu (Senran Kagura)
Web Animation/Comics/Original/Videos[]
- Drones (Murder Drones)
- (Rodamrix)
- The Shapeshifter - Alternate Series + Main Series
- Para-Red - Alternate Series
- Indigo - Main Series
- Slender Man (Slender Man Mythos/Creepypasta)
- Vaarsuvius (The Order of the Stick)
- 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)
- SCP-4335 - A Welt In The Crucible (SCP Foundation)
- Ninomae Ina'nis (Hololive)
- Jack Sullivan (The Last Kids on Earth)
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