Well, it doesn't look creepy, but you have to remind yourself that it literally feeds on dead gods and human fear. posted by Pastabagel at 11:34 AM on May 4, 2007 [5 favorites]
Hmmm...doesn't have quite the same ring to it. posted by iconomy at 11:44 AM on May 4, 2007
I think it's kind of cute. But the thing with deep sea critters is that there is no sense of scale. So in my mind, this creature is 3 inches across, which equals "cute". If the reality is that this creature is 30 feet across, then it stops being cute and becomes the source of all that is terror.
MetaFilter: Also known as Dumbo Octupus. posted by ORthey at 11:54 AM on May 4, 2007
The link that Upton O'Goode posted claims that it's size is about 20 cm. That, I think, is big enough to be creepy, but not so huge to be terrifying. posted by arcticwoman at 11:57 AM on May 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
It looks like it's the picture in this gallery (fourth one down), which says it's only 20cm (about 8 inches) in size. Incidentally, the other pictures in the gallery are also really awesome (and the seventh one down is a completely different grimpoteuthis). posted by cerebus19 at 11:57 AM on May 4, 2007
D'oh! That'll teach me to preview. posted by cerebus19 at 11:57 AM on May 4, 2007
Heh. Me too. posted by Bugg at 12:05 PM on May 4, 2007
Yo man, thisfive foot monstrosity looks nothing like Peekawhatever, it looks the head of a Star Wars character. And you bet your ass its super creepy! posted by dgaicun at 12:13 PM on May 4, 2007
Is it just me, or does this one look like someone photoshopped a jellyfish together out of the moon, a mouth and some hands? posted by popkinson at 12:33 PM on May 4, 2007
Popkinson, if you switch the depth and diameter measurements on the octopus pic you posted, terror abounds. posted by Mister_A at 12:52 PM on May 4, 2007
The way I had the window sized when I opened that, I immediately thought of Pikachu without seeing the headline or the pic of the cartoon. posted by ninjew at 1:26 PM on May 4, 2007
<girlie squeal>Want!</girlie squeal>
qute widdle squidy-widy smoopsie snookie wookums posted by lekvar at 1:28 PM on May 4, 2007 [2 favorites]
Looks like a brain slug to me. posted by boo_radley at 1:32 PM on May 4, 2007
I HERD U LIKE MUDKIPS posted by Rhomboid at 1:58 PM on May 4, 2007
I don't see an apostrophe in "mysterios;" and, I believe the crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. So shouldn't you have asked: "Who is Mysterios?" posted by taosbat at 9:17 PM on May 4, 2007
I don't have a clue if the Batman is involved...he's not a relative or anything... posted by taosbat at 9:19 PM on May 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
Mysterios... good point... sounds Greek. Wonder if he's a nice feller? posted by newfers at 9:53 PM on May 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
First rule of creepy: If it would cause you to flip out if it suddenly appeared beside you in the middle of the night, it's creepy.
First thought on seeing this thing? Zardalu. Run. (Yes, that's a single thought.) posted by Kikkoman at 9:57 PM on May 4, 2007
ZED: Bring out the grimpoteuthis.
MAYNARD
I think the grimpoteuthis's asleep.
ZED
Well, I guess you'll just wake it up then, won't you?
Maynard opens a trap door in the floor.
MAYNARD
(yelling in the hole)
Wake up!
Maynard reaches into the hole and comes back holding onto a leash. He gives it a rough yank and, from below the floor, rises THE GRIMPOTEUTHIS.
The grimpoteuthis is a medium-sized deepwater squid they keep dressed from mantle to tentacle in black leather bondage gear. There are zippers, buckles and studs here and there on the body. On his head is a black leather mask with two eye holes and a zipper (closed) over its beak. They keep him in a hole in the floor big enough for a large dog, which is really far more room than the squid needs. posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:38 PM on May 4, 2007
So the t-shirt is awesome, but I can't figure out any way to order it. posted by EarBucket at 4:17 AM on May 5, 2007
humblepigeon: "I tell you this—everything in fiction will one day become reality."
Ok, just tell me how deep we have to dive for the hot catgirls from those other animes and I'll organize a fundraiser. posted by PontifexPrimus at 11:09 AM on May 5, 2007
posted by Dizzy at 11:18 AM on May 4, 2007