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The octopus has many skills that help it catch prey and evade predators. Most species can use camouflage, they can squirt clouds of ink to obscure themselves, and they can squeeze through incredibly tight holes. And, to top it all off, they are incredibly intelligent. These abilities help the octopus make up for what it lacks in tough skin. Therefore, anthropomorphic octopus characters in fiction are very likely to be portrayed as slippery characters who are masters of espionage. Their camouflage abilities make for a great Master of Disguise. Some may even pretend to be humans. Other cephalopods, like squid and cuttlefish, can count for this trope too. Cuttlefish are quite notable for camouflage abilities too, but the octopus is perhaps the most well-known cephalopod for having sneaky abilities. Octopoid Aliens can count as well. Squid are less likely to be portrayed this way than octopuses, mainly because most fictional portrayals (especially of giant squid) are all brawn and no brains. However, real giant squid actually do lean towards stealth. They may not have camouflage, but they are rather shy and rarely leave the deep sea where it's dark - most of the giant squids observed alive in the wild are either juvenile or elderly squid, both of which are thought to venture to shallower water more often than mature adults. This trope will usually overlap with Tentacled Terror, because these abilities can easily be seen as sinister, but it can overlap with Funny Octopus too. Subtrope of Animal Stereotypes and Stealth Expert. Compare other cunning animals: Cunning Like a Fox, Rascally Rabbit, Rascally Raccoon, Sneaky Spider (Another eight-legged one!) and Those Wily Coyotes, as well as Hollywood Chameleons for another animal notable for changing colors. |
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Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW): Mimic the Octopus has the uncanny ability to perfectly shapeshift into the form of... pretty much anyone. He uses this talent to work as a master infiltrator and mercenary. His personality reflects this ability - just as he is constantly changing forms, he suffers from Chronic Backstabbing Disorder, frequently deceiving and betraying others for his own benefit. | |
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In Finding Dory, Hank the "septopus" (an octopus with one tentacle missing; it's unclear if this is a birth defect, an injury that hasn't grown back yet, or he's a seven-arm octopus) is good at sneaking around, thanks to his quiet nature and ability to change his skin colour. | |
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Kirby's Epic Yarn: Capamari, the Giant Squid boss of the water world. After removing his cap to expose him as an octopus, Capamari fills the stage with ink and disappears, with his eyes later fading in as the only visible parts of him. Capamari later tries to hide in one of four jars, although he keeps sticking his head out to look around, making it obvious which jar he's in. | |
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The Spirit: Invoked. The Octopus uses the octopus as his namesake, and always hides his appearance with obscuring clothes or by staying just outside the panels. | |
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The TierZoo video "Optimizing Stealth Builds" describes animals as if they were video game characters, and explains various strategies used by stealth players. Cephalopods are noted to have the highest stealth stat in the game thanks to their ability to change not only their color, but also their shape and texture to match any environment in the ocean. | |
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Alfred J. Kwak: Lispel seems to be an octopus (he has suckers on his tentacles like an octopus), yet strangely refers to himself as a jellyfish. Either way, he is a freelance spy who will work for anyone who is willing to pay him for his services. It should be noted that the Dutch word for jellyfish, kwal, can also refer to a slimy and untrustworthy person. So even though Lispel looks and behaves like an octopus, the Punny Name was probably too good to pass up. He also uses Sssssnake Talk. | |
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Jurassic World: The Indominus rex is able to camouflage herself against the jungle backdrop, with Dr. Wu later saying that this is a direct result of the cuttlefish DNA used to create her. | |
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Super Bomberman 3: The Deep Sea world has enemies called Sea Balloons. They are red octopi that can hide under the sand to avoid explosions and spit ink that makes the screen darker, thus making it harder for the player to see. | |
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The Twilight Zone (2019): A very dark example in the episode "8". Researchers in an underwater station discover a large, preternaturally intelligent octopus has snuck aboard after possibly killing one of their colleagues. They attempt to study it only for it to escape and wreak havoc, sneaking through the pipes to make another kill and even hacking into the station's computer. By the end, the researchers realize that the octopus is part of a newly evolving species, preparing to adapt to dry land and replace humanity as the dominant lifeform. | |
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In The New Legends Of Monkey, Lady Tsumori is an octopus demon, and her talent is changing her shape to impersonate others in order to sow distrust. | |
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Octodad: Played for Laughs. Octodad is an octopus who pretends to be human just by wearing a suit and standing up, making no attempt to hide his face or tentacles or anything. He would be noticed immediately if people in his world were sane enough, but thankfully, they're not... unless Octodad makes enough mistakes by knocking over or running into things. It is very hard for an octopus to walk like a human, after all. | |
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It's hard to say what the creatures from Monster Trucks are, exactly, but "cephalopod" seems as good a guess as any (for one thing, they have tentacles). They are certainly sneaky, able to get around quite quickly, squeezing through incredibly narrow gaps and really only struggling on open country. The premise is that they are able to hide in plain sight by squeezing into truck engines. | |
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Dungeons & Dragons: Multiple editions give octopuses good stealth (5th Edition in particular gives them the ability to make stealth checks with advantage when underwater), reflecting their camouflage abilities. They can also usually obscure the area around themselves with ink and jet through the water at great speed, typically to escape a losing fight. | |
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Sognic: Mall-tiverse of Madness: Chroma the Cuttlefish's color-changing abilities allow him to turn invisible. When he is Brainwashed and Crazy, he uses this technique to hide from Sognic so that Sognic can't fight him. | |
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The Octoroks in The Legend of Zelda are portrayed this way in the 3D games. Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and The Wind Waker have them hide in bodies of water and only pop up to spit rocks at Link. Skyward Sword introduces a terrestrial variant that hides under bushes, while Breath of the Wild has variants that hide under boulders and fake treasure chests. | |
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Dillon's Rolling Western: Nomad, a squid, is known in-universe as "the Assassin" for his skill as a Cold Sniper. He ranks high in speed and swimming skill, but not so much in power or toughness. He also wears a poncho that conceals most of his upper body and face. | |
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Galaxy Quest has a more benign example than usual. The Thermians, a race of Octopoid Aliens, disguise themselves as humans when talking to the human protagonists, but they are friendly and are only taking these forms so that the protagonists can understand them. | |
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A number of characters in the Metal Gear franchise are associated with octopuses, and excel at espionage-related skills: Decoy Octopus from Metal Gear Solid is a Master of Disguise and FOXHOUND unit's deception and impersonation specialist. His disguises are so thorough that he even goes so far as to inject blood samples from those he impersonates into his own body. In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Snake wears a suit made from a material called OctoCamo, named in honor of the octopus' mimicry ability, that can adopt the appearance and texture of any wall or floor he presses against and providing camouflage that can fool both the naked eye and infrared sensors. The boss Laughing Octopus has an even more advanced version of this suit that can mimic extremely complex objects, such as medical equipment and Snake's Robot Buddy the Metal Gear Mk. II. |
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Decoy Octopus from Metal Gear Solid is a Master of Disguise and FOXHOUND unit's deception and impersonation specialist. His disguises are so thorough that he even goes so far as to inject blood samples from those he impersonates into his own body. | |
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In the relaunch series of Danger Mouse, Agent 58, the Danger Agency's Master of Disguise, is a mimic octopus. (Based on, and said to be the son of, the original series's Agent 57, whose true form was never revealed.) | |
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Both the Inklings and Octolings from the Splatoon series have the ability to hide in their ink to keep hidden from enemies. Additionally, one can use the Ninja Squid skill to greatly reduce the ripples caused when swimming quickly. | |
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Penguins of Madagascar: Dave the octopus disguises himself as a human by changing his skin color to a Caucasian skin tone, putting on clothes, a wig, and glasses, and standing up straight. He still looks very different in a Gonky way, but none of the humans notice. | |
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In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Snake wears a suit made from a material called OctoCamo, named in honor of the octopus' mimicry ability, that can adopt the appearance and texture of any wall or floor he presses against and providing camouflage that can fool both the naked eye and infrared sensors. The boss Laughing Octopus has an even more advanced version of this suit that can mimic extremely complex objects, such as medical equipment and Snake's Robot Buddy the Metal Gear Mk. II. | |
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Mega Man Zero 4 has one of the bosses, Tech Kraken, a squid-based Reploid who used to be a member of Hidden Phantom's espionage unit. He has a tricky fighting style, with one of his moves having him using his squid ink to obscure himself so he can strike from the dark using his sharpened tentacles. | |
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The Little Mermaid: Ursula, the half-octopus sea witch, transforms herself into a beautiful human woman named Vanessa to seduce and hypnotize Prince Eric. However, she does the transformation by magic rather than by any natural cephalopodian abilities, which is what this trope usually implies. | |
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