Cartoon Aficionado / Contributor
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Nov 25, 2011, 1:09 PM
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Octopuses On Land.
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Since there was a bizarre story of an octopus walking on dry land, I thought of a few examples of this in animation
. The Gruesomes," The Flintstones, Hanna-Barbera, 1964. The Gruesomes had a wide variety of pets, including their octopus Octy. These characters later returned in "The Hatrocks And The Gruesomes. Octy did not appear in the Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show episode "The Birthday Present."
A popular animated segment on "Sesame Street" featured the octopus as a one-man band.
"The Addams Family," Hanna-Barbera, 1973. In this first animated version of the sitcom, the Addamses hit the road with their pets, one of whom was Ocho the octopus.
"Scooby's All-Star Laffalympics," Hanna-Barbera, 1977. The Creeplys, a clan similar to the Gruesomes, and their octopus Orful, were among the members of the Really Rottens.
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(This post was edited by TammiToon on Nov 25, 2011, 1:14 PM)
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Nov 25, 2011, 3:29 PM
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The Robinson family from Disney's Meet the Robinsons had a giant octopus/squid doorman.
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(This post was edited by SpaceDemon on Nov 25, 2011, 3:30 PM)
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Cartoon Aficionado / Contributor
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Nov 25, 2011, 3:56 PM
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And there was the octopus bartender from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
Plus Touche Turtle fought one on land in the opening of his series, and tied it up in knots.
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(This post was edited by TammiToon on Nov 25, 2011, 4:05 PM)
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Research Guru / Moderator
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Nov 25, 2011, 4:28 PM
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Arguably, Squiddly Diddly could be considered an octopus in spite of his name.
Quoting Don Markstein's Toonopedia: "For a squid, Squiddly didn't have very many legs. Also, his head was round, like that of an octopus, rather than long and pointy like a squid's, but even for an octopus, he didn't have very many legs -- six, to be exact, four of which he generally used for walking, with the other two functioning as arms."
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Supervising Animator
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Nov 25, 2011, 4:58 PM
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Oswald--the title character of a Nick Jr. show was a big blue octopus who easily walked around on land and amusingly used a life preserver whenever he went in the water.
In "Half Pint Pygmy" George asks an information booth clerk which way the pygmy went. The clerk turns out to be an octopus.
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Apprentice
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Nov 30, 2011, 7:31 PM
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And there was the octopus bartender from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
I think this was supposed to be the octopus from Tex Avery's "Half Pint Pygmy".
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Supervising Animator
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Nov 30, 2011, 9:18 PM
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And there was the octopus bartender from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" I think this was supposed to be the octopus from Tex Avery's "Half Pint Pygmy".
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"Homer,we just brought Flanders back from the dead. Did you use the notebook to make a flock of penguins peck him to death?"
Marge-"Murder He Wrote"-a Simpsons Comic story.
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Key Animator / Contributor
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Dec 1, 2011, 5:43 PM
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There's one by Gobelins from France made in 2007 that was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Subject: Octapodi. It's the story of two octopi in a display tank. One gets snatched away to be taken to a sushi house. The other octopus must ... whatever octopi do ... to rescue its mate. Viewable here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badHUNl2HXU.
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Cartoon Aficionado / Contributor
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Dec 1, 2011, 6:47 PM
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And I forgot "The Dirty Sinker," an episode of Batfink. Hugo A Go-Go now sinks ships with help from an octopus.
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