Octorok

Octoroks are purple octopus-like enemies from the Legend of Zelda series. They appear in Super Smash Bros. Melee as enemies in the Underground Maze in Adventure Mode, taking their appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. They attack by spitting rocks at the fighters. They also appear during Versus Mode hidden in carrier items along with ReDeads, Goombas, and other creatures found in Adventure Mode, although this occurrence is rare. Octoroks return as enemies in the Smash Run mode of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. They take their appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and attack by spitting rocks at the fighters. While hiding in the ground they cannot be damaged using any attacks, though they can still be grabbed and thrown.

They make cameo appearances in The Legend of Zelda microgame from WarioWare: Twisted!, where they shoot at Link. In Super Mario-Kun, they make a cameo in an issue as seen in this scan.

Trivia

 * Some Mario enemies have been based off of Octoroks. These includes Octolots from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Chuckoroks from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Squiglets from Super Paper Mario, and Octoombas from Super Mario Galaxy. The Octopuses of the latter game even used a corrupted version of Octorok's name in the Japanese version.