He went all the way to the south of France on a camping trip once, acting as a car pillow just to show how multi-talented he was. He got his own song that we chanted in the car:

When Octopus went to the Med
All that water went straight to his head.
As the sand on his tentacles tickled his toes,
'I'm happy to be here,' he said.

And by the way, apart from the kissy lips and the big eyes he was green velvet.