![]() ![]() The Daleks' outer shells are essentially war machines functioning as life-support/transportation devices, but on the comparatively rare occasions the actual dalek creatures inside them are shown, they are usually shown as jellyfish-like blobs in the original, and many-tentacled brains with a single eye in the reboot.Despite this, however, they're very friendly and peaceful. The Pak'ma'ra in Babylon 5 have cephalopoid heads atop humanoid bodies, making them resemble some images of Cthulhu.Oddly the creature redesigns for most of its adaptations (little creatures with multi-colored eyes in the 1953 version and three-legged Greys in the 2005 version) actually seem less exotic by comparison. By the time they invade Earth, they're essentially reduced down to a head and a few manipulative tentacles. Apparently, Wells came up with the idea by postulating that as the Martians advanced technologically, more and more of their bodies became useless and atrophied away, with the only parts preserved being their brains, their eyes and their hands (the "guide and teacher of the brain"). The War of the Worlds (1898) is probably the Trope Maker, as the Martian invaders are described as cephalopod-like creatures the size of bears who move around on land with their tentacles.Many of them involve tentacles of some kind, and his most famous character, Cthulhu explicitly has a face that resembles an octopus, albeit crossed with a human skull. Lovecraft may be the Trope Codifier with the description of the Great Old Ones and related creatures in his stories. They are frequently described as "vampire octopuses", but look somewhat less like cephalopods than Wells's originals: their flesh is chalk-white, their tentacles are numerous and uneven (with some forking once or even twice like roots), and instead of beaks, they have almost human-like faces. Wells's Martians (their name comes from the name they give their own planet, "Wellsia"). The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids: The Wellsians are, as their name not-so-subtly suggests, versions of H.Aliens: The methane-breathing Veeblezanians from Brian and the Aliens (who are described as having long tentacles and look a lot like octopi in the illustration), and the octoblob (which gets its name from its octopus-like appearance) from The Buddy System. They reside in an underwater base on another planet. Armada: The Sobrukai are a race of aliens resembling squids and the antagonists of the Fictional Video Game.Alien in a Small Town: All Jan have at least two tentacles, but members of the the Warrior Caste have six. ![]()
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