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''Insaniquarium Deluxe'' is a 2001 [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer computer]] game, created by Flying Bear Entertainment. It was originally published by Creator/PopCapGames, but later taken up by a number of other publishers and based on ''Insaniquarium'', which is similar, albeit simpler.

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''Insaniquarium Deluxe'' is a 2001 [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer computer]] computer game, created by Flying Bear Entertainment. It was originally published by Creator/PopCapGames, but later taken up by a number of other publishers and based on ''Insaniquarium'', which is similar, albeit simpler.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Stanley's subtitle is "The startling small sea serpent".

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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Stanley's subtitle is "The startling startlingly small sea serpent".



* StockSoundEffect: Psychosquid uses the T.Rex roar from ''Film/JurassicPark.''

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* StockSoundEffect: Psychosquid uses the T.Rex rex roar from ''Film/JurassicPark.''



* TentacledTerror: Psychosquid, which is a strange amalgamation of a squid and an octopus. Well, an evil, fish-devouring alien squid-octopus wielding a flyswtter, a pitchfork and a meat cleaver simultaneously.
* ThreateningShark: Gash zig-zags this trope. On the one hand, he helps you defeating aliens, and quite effectively at that. On the other, he still has no qualms eating your guppies regardless of their size or status. Yes, he can devour your precious royal guppies, too.

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* TentacledTerror: Psychosquid, which is a strange amalgamation of a squid and an octopus. Well, an evil, fish-devouring alien squid-octopus wielding a flyswtter, flyswatter, a pitchfork and a meat cleaver simultaneously.
* ThreateningShark: Gash zig-zags this trope. On the one hand, he helps you defeating defeat aliens, and quite effectively at that. On the other, he still has no qualms eating your guppies regardless of their size or status. Yes, he can devour your precious royal guppies, too.
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* CatSmile: The Star Catcher sports an adorable one.
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* CoolButInefficient: [[spoiler:Royal Guppies]] are mature guppies with distinct blue skin and drops diamonds every 4-5 seconds, which is slightly faster than Carnivores. Thing is, obtaining one requires you to keep a mature guppy healthy for up to 10 minutes, and situation that would kill the guppy resets the progress even if it was revived back by Angie, including from the Amp-Angie strats. At that point you just buy ten carnivores and feed them regularly for an even bigger profit margin.
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* DevelopersForesight: You'll get a unique message if you manage to [[spoiler:defeat Cyrax without losing any of your pets]].
--->Wait a minute!
--->You didn't [[spoiler:lose any pets]]!!
--->How did you do that?
--->That's really amazing!
--->Seriously though...
--->How did you do that??
--->Fine, keep it to yourself.


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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler:If you beat Cyrax without losing any pets, the game will still tell you that Angie will revive any pets that died... [[SubvertedTrope only for the game to realize that you didn't lose any pets, much to its surprise]].]]
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* LethalJokeCharacter: Nostradamus is a fish that looks like a silly GagNose, and his seemingly only ability is to drop boogers that turn guppies into more Nostradamus (only visually) or [[EpicFail give $1]] if picked up. While this ability is largely useless, the pet does have a hidden second ability - when an alien is about to attack, there's a chance Nostradamus will sneeze to postpone the attack, which can be valuable in more hectic tanks.
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** If all guppies were killed by Amp and turned into Nostradamus as long as there are no other fish types, and all of the player's fish have died in Tank 1-1 if playing for the first time, the game will spawn a free baby guppy instead of losing the level which are the ways or methods of emptying the tank without causing a game over. Other means or situations of emptying the tank (i.e. Gash eats the last guppy as long as there are no other types of fish present in the tank, Shrapnel kills the last fish in the tank, all fish died of hunger, all fishes/pets killed/eaten by aliens (with the latter in Tank 5), and all guppies have died in further playthrough of Tank 1-1), however, will end the game in a loss.

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** If all guppies were killed by Amp and turned into Nostradamus as long as there are no other fish types, and all of the player's fish have died in Tank 1-1 if playing for the first time, the game will spawn a free baby guppy instead of losing the level which are the ways or methods of emptying the tank without causing a game over. Other ways or means or situations of emptying the tank (i.e. Gash eats the last guppy as long as there are no other types of fish present in the tank, Shrapnel kills the last fish in the tank, all fish died of hunger, all fishes/pets killed/eaten by aliens (with the latter in Tank 5), and all guppies have died in further playthrough of Tank 1-1), however, will end the game in a loss.

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