Kraken (disambiguation)
The Kraken is a legendary sea monster of gargantuan size, said to have been seen off the coasts of Norway and Iceland
Kraken may also refer to:
- Kraken, a computing environment at the National Institute for Computational Sciences
- Kraken (band), a progressive metal band from Colombia
- Kraken (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Seaworld in Orlando, Florida
- Kraken (software test), a JavaScript test suite from Mozilla used in benchmarking web browser performance
- USS Kraken (SS-370), a United States submarine
- Kraken botnet, a large botnet consisting of over 400,000 computers
- Kraken Mare, the largest known body of liquid on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan
- Kraken Rum, a Caribbean 94 proof black rum
- Kraken Queen. The main enemy encountered at the 4D ride Voyage to the Iron Reef
- Kraken Bitcoin Exchange
In literature:
- Kraken (novel), a novel by China Miéville
- "The Kraken", an 1830 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Kraken, a hypothetical modern dinosaur in Dougal Dixon's book The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolution
- Kraken, a book by Mary Turzillo
In sports:
- June Mar Fajardo, Filipino basketball player nicknamed "Kraken" for his size
In film:
- Kraken (Pirates of the Caribbean), sea monster in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series
- Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep, 2006 TV movie that premiered on the Syfy Channel
- The Kraken, sea monster in Clash of the Titans (1981 film)
- The Kraken, sea monster in Clash of the Titans (2010 film)
In comics:
- Kraken (comics), a Spanish comics series by Antonio Segura and Jordi Bernet
- Kraken (character), various Krakens that have appeared throughout the decades in comic book publications
- Commander Kraken, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Judge Kraken, character in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD
- Kraken Isaac, character from Saint Seiya
In video/role playing games:
- Kraken (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature in the role playing game
- The Kraken (Forgotten Realms), a secret society in the Forgotten Realms of Dungeons & Dragons
- Hive Fleet Kraken, one of the main forces of Warhammer 40,000's Tyranids
- Kraken, a giant red octopus in Sega's popular video game, The Ocean Hunter
- Kraken, one of the Four Fiends in the Final Fantasy series of video games
- The Kraken, a character in the PC game Crush, Crumble and Chomp!.
- Kraken, an end level boss in the video game Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures
- Kraken, captain of the Skull Haven, a character in Capcom's Power Stone
- The Kraken, a sea-serpent boss in the SNES RPG, EarthBound
- The Kraken, a villain in the video game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
- The Kraken, a playable character in the PC game Archon II: Adept.
- The Kraken, a boss in Tomb Raider: Underworld
- Kraken, an enemy in the Clash of the Titans (video game)
- Kraken, an enemy in Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb.
- Kraken, a boss in the game God of War II.
- Kraken, a boss in Lionhead Studios' Fable (video game)
- Kraken, a boss in the game Pac-Man Party.
- The "Deep Space Kraken" and various other bugs known to destroy spacecraft in Kerbal Space Program.
See also
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