Tenubrian Tentaclon

The Tenubrian Tentaclon is the main antagonist of Jane Yolen's 1980 children's book Commander Toad in Space, and its 1993 special adaptation by John Clark Matthews. It is a hungry space monster that wants to attack and eat Commander Toad's spaceship.

Its vocal effects were provided by Frank Welker.

Appearance
The Tentaclon appears as a giant green parasite with tentacles. It has yellow eyes as well as a yellowish underbelly.

Role
After a dangerous journey through the asteroids, they encounter the Tentaclon. It grabs SS Stella and Jack tries to break free, but the Tentaclon was too strong. Commander Toad comes up with a plan to blast it, but Doc Peppers warns him that energy is what it feeds on, so Commander Toad comes up with a plan for Stella to shoot lasers at the Tentaclon and it frees them.

It is unknown what happened to the Tentaclon afterwards, but it can be assumed that it found another ship to attack or died from starvation.