 Special Effects artist Eiji Tsuburaya (qv) originally wanted  Godzilla to be a giant octopus. He would later get his wish of  having one though in the movies "King Kong vs Godzilla", a deleted  scene in "Baragon vs Frankenstein", and "War of the Gargantuas",  where the octopus would meet his end. It was even given the name  Oodako. The octopus also made an appearance in the TV series "Ultra  Q", and was up for consideration to be a monster Godzilla vanquishes  for the most recent Godzilla film, "Godzilla: Final Wars".