The Treasure Octopus is a character from the original Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.
Description[]
This octopus lived in the island of Isla Tesoro in the Caribbean. It is shown to have a curious personality interacting with objects, which could hint that the octopus is curious in seeing things it has never interacted with. Not much of this octopus' personality is known as it does not speak, but it could be implied that the octopus is in possession with the treasure it is seeing.
Appearances[]
Pirates of the Caribbean[]
Disneyland Paris[]
In the Disneyland Paris version of the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction which opened in 1992 as part of the park's opening day, a large octopus animatronic is located within a shipwreck surrounded by a hoard of treasure where it is seen next to a crab. It is shown interacting with treasure and would be occasionally seen moving to give it expression - particularly its tentacles or its own body just as guests manage to get pass the octopus where the next room after that is the entrance of a prison.
Disneyland[]
Since the post-2018 refurbishment, the octopus is found at the end of the ghostly grotto in the tunnel. Unlike in the Paris version, this octopus in the California version is much smaller than its Paris counterpart, which is much larger than the former. Next to the octopus is a cursed pirate who is seen as a skeleton, dangling from a booby-trap net while holding onto treasures being fondled by a nearby octopus. As guests pass by the robber, the octopus holds two medallions with its tentacles which are implied to be cursed treasure. The octopus seen in this version is much smaller than its Paris counterpart as it is implied that it is a recycled version of the one from Paris. Like in its Paris counterpart, its tentacles are seen moving to give it expression. This scene replaces the mist waterfall scene featuring a ghostly image of Davy Jones appearing which was completely removed from the attraction and replaced by the new vignette of the pirate robber. The new vignette was intended to also show the transition between the present and past and had the original Paul Frees narration being played overtop of it. It is believed that this alteration was done to the attraction due to the ghostly voices containing some of the only remaining audio in the ride from Paul Frees; his dialogues for the Pirate Captain having been removed in 2006 to make way for Barbossa since the post-2006 refurbishment.
Trivia[]
- Unrelatedly in Terry Rossio's original script for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, there was an indirect reference to the Kraken where Jack Sparrow encounters a baby octopus which he mistakes for a Kraken at first. This octopus is not related to the one from the attractions.
