List of squid-faced humanoids

This is a list of fictional humanoid characters or races who have squid-like faces. Unless stated otherwise, their common feature is the appearance of tentacles on the face or head.

sketch of Cthulhu
A sketch made of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft in 1934

One of the earliest such characters is "Cthulhu", created by H. P. Lovecraft in 1928.

Later beings with similar characteristics are sometimes described by the neologisms "cthulhoid" or "cthulhumanoid",[1][2] based on that name.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Mark Zimmer (12 September 2004). "I Married a Monster from Outer Space". DigitallyObsessed.com. Retrieved 27 July 2012. striking designs with their cthulhoid tentacle-faces
  2. "Cthulhumanoid". TV Tropes. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  3. Lovecraft, H.P. "The Call of Cthulhu". Wikisource. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  4. Thill, Scott (October 22, 2010). "Nastiest Villain on TV? Sym-Bionic Titan‘s Creepy Xeexi". Wired News. Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved June 13, 2012.

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