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| * "The Kraken" is the name of the international online community of fans of cult author ], in honour of a character in Hoban's 1987 novel ''The Medusa Frequency''. | * "The Kraken" is the name of the international online community of fans of cult author ], in honour of a character in Hoban's 1987 novel ''The Medusa Frequency''. | ||
| * "The Kraken" is the name of a bar in ]. | * "The Kraken" is the name of a bar in ]. | ||
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| *One of the main forces of ]'s ] is named '''Hive Fleet Kraken'''. | *One of the main forces of ]'s ] is named '''Hive Fleet Kraken'''. | ||
| * The submersible pod from ] is named on screen as a ''Kraken II''. | * The submersible pod from ] is named on screen as a ''Kraken II''. | ||
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The term Kraken refers to a number of things.
- The Kraken is a legendary sea monster of gargantuan size, said to have been seen off the coasts of Norway and Iceland.
- The USS Kraken was a United States submarine, named after the Kraken.
- Kraken is a Spanish comic book by Antonio Segura and Jordi Bernet.
- The Kraken Wakes is a 1953 apocalyptic science fiction novel by John Wyndham. Its title is a synopsis of Alfred Tennyson's poem and its plot involves extraterrestrials attacking humanity from the depths of the sea.
- Kraken is a giant red octopus in Sega's popular video game, The Ocean Hunter. In the game, Kraken is reported to have sunk 4 ships and killed 185 people. A reward of 5000G is posted for its head in the game.
- Kraken is the name of the giant jellyfish/octopus looking creature that can make human-sized monsters grow into giant towering beasts in the Japanese television show Choushinsei Flashman.
- Kraken is a roller coaster at Seaworld, Orlando, named after the beast.
- In Dougal Dixon's book The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolution, the Kraken is a giant ammonite that floated on the surface of the ocean, stinging prey within reach of its tentacles covered in poisonous barbs.
- Kraken is a heavy metal band in Colombia, founded in Medellín in 1984 by Elkin Ramírez.
- "The Kraken" is the name of the international online community of fans of cult author Russell Hoban, in honour of a character in Hoban's 1987 novel The Medusa Frequency.
- "The Kraken" is the name of a bar in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California.
- Kraken is the Fiend of Water, a fictional villain in Final Fantasy.
- One of the main forces of Warhammer 40,000's Tyranids is named Hive Fleet Kraken.
- The submersible pod from Innerspace is named on screen as a Kraken II.
- Kraken is a fictional volcano in Arthur C. Clarke's The Songs of Distant Earth.
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