Films — Live-Action
"They snare us, entwine us, stab us, skewer us, strangle us, tear us in half still alive."
Literature
Muscular, omni-directional and impervious to osteological injury, they provide a kind of three-hundred-and-sixty-degree functionality unmatched by rival appendages. As such, it's unsurprising that tentacles are favored by those capable of restructuring their physiognomy. It's arguably just good practice.
Podcasts
"Hey thug, what's your name?! I'm about to tentacle your dick!"
— Taako, to Kravitz, The Adventure Zone
Web Videos
"I appear to have invented a knife-wielding tentacle. Uhh... if anybody would like to volunteer to come and turn it off, that'd be just fine by me."
— YouTube user outaspaceman, 'Littlebits' 'Arduino' knife-wielding tentacle
Western Animation
"Then I'll just poke him in the eye with a stick."
"But Tentacle Bob doesn't have eyes! He's just got... tentacles!"
"The joke's on him. I don't have a stick."
"But Tentacle Bob doesn't have eyes! He's just got... tentacles!"
"The joke's on him. I don't have a stick."
— Peri and Entrèe, Spliced