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The characters of a story are confronted by a large tentacle or appendage of an unseen, bigger monster who's threatening them or binding them where they stand. However, may it be for deliberate suspense or lack of budget the tentacled monster will never appear, even if the heroes manages to hack off/harm the tentacle. This can occur in two different forms: Sea creatures often have these, especially Krakens and Leviathans. Super-Trope of Giant Foot of Stomping and Giant Hands of Doom; Sub-Trope of Organ Autonomy. See also Combat Tentacles and Tentacle Rope.

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  • Attack of the Monster Appendage
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  • The characters of a story are confronted by a large tentacle or appendage of an unseen, bigger monster who's threatening them or binding them where they stand. However, may it be for deliberate suspense or lack of budget the tentacled monster will never appear, even if the heroes manages to hack off/harm the tentacle. This can occur in two different forms: Sea creatures often have these, especially Krakens and Leviathans. Super-Trope of Giant Foot of Stomping and Giant Hands of Doom; Sub-Trope of Organ Autonomy. See also Combat Tentacles and Tentacle Rope.
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  • The characters of a story are confronted by a large tentacle or appendage of an unseen, bigger monster who's threatening them or binding them where they stand. However, may it be for deliberate suspense or lack of budget the tentacled monster will never appear, even if the heroes manages to hack off/harm the tentacle. This is usually played, as said above, for suspense and possibly horror. Of course it's not strictly limited to tentacled monsters: It can be played with a gigantic arm or leg belonging to an unseen beast, but usually Stock Ness Monster types are quite popular. Sometimes it even looks like the tentacle is the actual monster. In case of giant Man-Eating Plant the plant itself may act as a tentacle of sort. This can occur in two different forms: * Only the limb/tentacle is shown and interacted with, but the rest of the body remains a total mystery. * While the whole creature is shown later (thus killing the suspense part), its appendages are shown before and moving independently on their own, as if they were a different monster altogether. Sea creatures often have these, especially Krakens and Leviathans. Super-Trope of Giant Foot of Stomping and Giant Hands of Doom; Sub-Trope of Organ Autonomy. See also Combat Tentacles and Tentacle Rope.
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