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* ThatOneSidequest: Want to have more than three pets at once? You better grind hard for shells to purchase the four bonus pets firsthand, all of which equate to over 80k. In the game where you gain 1-2k for a very average Time Trial run, it's going to be a massive grind.
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* BreatherBoss: Destructor, introduced in Tank 2, where you also obtain Rufus, who can make fighting him a lot more easier since Destructor stays at the bottom of the tank. While he can be a {{Demonic Spider|s}} if you don't know how to destroy his missiles and don't have Rufus, but once you learn that, he becomes a joke. He is also a big part in [[spoiler:getting a NoCasualtiesRun at the final battle.]]
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* BreatherBoss: Destructor, introduced in Tank 2, where you also obtain Rufus, who can make fighting him a lot more easier since Destructor stays at the bottom of the tank. While he can be a {{Demonic Spider|s}} if you don't know how to destroy his missiles and don't have Rufus, but once you learn that, he becomes a joke. He is also a big part in [[spoiler:getting a NoCasualtiesRun at the final battle.]]
*CultClassic: A lot of people who grew up with the game swear by it, and frequently return to it both for memories and the fun, addicting gameplay. Some have even attempted to make fan sequels or {{Spiritual Successor}}s to the game, though very few make it far.
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** Bilaterus. For one thing, [[AmbiguousGender they]] have to be killed ''twice'' to stop invading the tank. His spine also can kill fish, giving him a large hitbox for fish to be eaten by. Ultravores are especially prone to being killed by Bilaterus due to their large size, and it's quite costly to replace them ($10,000).
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** Bilaterus. For one thing, [[AmbiguousGender they]] have to be killed ''twice'' to stop invading the tank. His Their spine also can kill fish, giving him them a large hitbox for fish to be eaten by. Ultravores are especially prone to being killed by Bilaterus due to their large size, and it's quite costly to replace them ($10,000).
*LowTierLetdown: While the pet balance is pretty decent, there are unfortunately a few pets who lag behind.
**Wadsworth will protect small and medium guppies from alien attacks. While this is useful for preventing a GameOver so long as the player has even one small or medium guppy, that's all he really has going for him, and even then, in Challenge Mode, he spits out guppies if they're the only fish in the tank. Anything better than a small or medium guppy (Read: everything else) is left at the mercy of the aliens, meaning if everything but the guppies are eaten, it'll be near impossible to recoup. There's also the fact that Gumbo, often considered much better for not only protecting large guppes as well, but also breeders, is unlocked only three levels after he is.
**You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who disagrees with the game's own sentiment that Rhubarb is a bad pet. His ability is to snap at fish to keep them off the bottom of the tank, and nothing else. While this isn't useless in the case of keeping fish safe from aliens pushed into the ground, his likely intended purpose, keeping fish from dropping money onto the ground to disappear into the sand, isn't very useful when Seymour does the job better by slowing money down to the point of it taking several seconds before the money fades away after touching the ground. Guppies can also easily be kept off the ground by using food near the top of the tank, or with Gumbo during an alien attack. The worst part of Rhubarb is that he's an active detriment in Tank 3, as he will snap small guppies away from the ground, making it overly difficult to feed guppycrunchers.
**Out of all money-making pets, Brinkley is considered to be easily the worst. He eats fish food to produce money, but most of the time, the money given is the pretty lousy Star (Only 40 dollars), which when considering you need to feed him three times for 15 dollars, means that he makes less money overtime than even Vert does. He can produce better types of money, but it takes a ton of feeding him to make that happen (You have to feed him 108 times to get a treasure chest). His money production is considered too much of a hassle than its worth, and players opt to use Shrapnel, Niko, or even Vert over him.
**Exclusive to Challenge Mode: Picking Blip is an unexpected death trap that many players new to Challenge Mode will frequently fall into by accident. While his informational utilities are as useful as ever, his ability to unlock the shop from the very start is incredibly problematic, as it causes prices to hike up from the beginning. As a result, people consider using Blip in Challenge Mode to be an outright SelfImposedChallenge, and will only use him via Presto once the entire shop is already unlocked. On the other hand, if you play your cards right, you can actually use Blip to complete Challenge Mode runs in record time by collecting a ton of money early and buying eggshells without needing to grow a Guppy to large, but this is more DifficultButAwesome than anything.
**Wadsworth will protect small and medium guppies from alien attacks. While this is useful for preventing a GameOver so long as the player has even one small or medium guppy, that's all he really has going for him, and even then, in Challenge Mode, he spits out guppies if they're the only fish in the tank. Anything better than a small or medium guppy (Read: everything else) is left at the mercy of the aliens, meaning if everything but the guppies are eaten, it'll be near impossible to recoup. There's also the fact that Gumbo, often considered much better for not only protecting large guppes as well, but also breeders, is unlocked only three levels after he is.
**You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who disagrees with the game's own sentiment that Rhubarb is a bad pet. His ability is to snap at fish to keep them off the bottom of the tank, and nothing else. While this isn't useless in the case of keeping fish safe from aliens pushed into the ground, his likely intended purpose, keeping fish from dropping money onto the ground to disappear into the sand, isn't very useful when Seymour does the job better by slowing money down to the point of it taking several seconds before the money fades away after touching the ground. Guppies can also easily be kept off the ground by using food near the top of the tank, or with Gumbo during an alien attack. The worst part of Rhubarb is that he's an active detriment in Tank 3, as he will snap small guppies away from the ground, making it overly difficult to feed guppycrunchers.
**Out of all money-making pets, Brinkley is considered to be easily the worst. He eats fish food to produce money, but most of the time, the money given is the pretty lousy Star (Only 40 dollars), which when considering you need to feed him three times for 15 dollars, means that he makes less money overtime than even Vert does. He can produce better types of money, but it takes a ton of feeding him to make that happen (You have to feed him 108 times to get a treasure chest). His money production is considered too much of a hassle than its worth, and players opt to use Shrapnel, Niko, or even Vert over him.
**Exclusive to Challenge Mode: Picking Blip is an unexpected death trap that many players new to Challenge Mode will frequently fall into by accident. While his informational utilities are as useful as ever, his ability to unlock the shop from the very start is incredibly problematic, as it causes prices to hike up from the beginning. As a result, people consider using Blip in Challenge Mode to be an outright SelfImposedChallenge, and will only use him via Presto once the entire shop is already unlocked. On the other hand, if you play your cards right, you can actually use Blip to complete Challenge Mode runs in record time by collecting a ton of money early and buying eggshells without needing to grow a Guppy to large, but this is more DifficultButAwesome than anything.
*OneTruePairing: Yes, even this game has ships in it. Amp and Angie are frequently shipped together, both for its AngelDevilShipping quality (With Amp representing the devil to Angie's angel), and for the fact that [[GameBreaker the two pets synergize insanely well together]]. It's likely the only shipping in the entire fandom.
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** While Rhubarb is this In-Universe, most fans see Nostradamus as this. He produces snot which barely gives you any money, and guppies can eat them and turn into another Nostradamus. He also stops aliens via a deafeningly loud sneeze, which feels more like delaying the inevitable than an actual help.
** Players are also not very fond of Gash because he eats guppies, which includes adult guppies and [[spoiler:''royal guppies'']].
** While Rhubarb is this In-Universe, most fans see Nostradamus as this. He produces snot which barely gives you any money, and guppies can eat them and turn into another Nostradamus. He also stops aliens via a deafeningly loud sneeze, which feels more like delaying the inevitable than an actual help.
** Players are also not very fond of Gash because he eats guppies, which includes adult guppies and [[spoiler:''royal guppies'']].
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* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: It is actually surprisingly common for people to question whether Psychosquid is actually a squid or an octopus, because of him having 6 tentacles, a coned (but finless) head, and his name being Psycho''squid''. Octopus have eight arms, while Squid have eight arms and two tentacles.
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* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: It is actually surprisingly common for people to question whether Psychosquid is actually a squid or an octopus, because of him having 6 tentacles, a coned (but finless) head, and his name being Psycho''squid''. Octopus have eight arms, while Squid have eight arms and two tentacles.tentacles (Though are often confused for having six tentacles).
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** Go ahead, try to play any round without Blip[[labelnote:Explanation]]When active in the tank, Blip will give you information about the fishes' hunger and detects where the next alien will spawn. He will also unlock all purchase options at the start of the stage[[/labelnote]] on your side, especially if you want to play as efficiently as possible. He's so useful that his only weakness is that he's [[AwesomeButImpractical detrimental on Challenge mode as it opens all price upon being unlocked on that level, which will always go up indefinitely until you completed the stage.]]
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** Go ahead, try to play any round without Blip[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Blip is one pet that players will almost always bring into a level once they unlock him. [[labelnote:Explanation]]When active in the tank, Blip will give you information about the fishes' hunger and detects where the next alien will spawn. He will also unlock all purchase options at the start of the stage[[/labelnote]] on your side, especially if His mere presence can help you want to play as keep the guppies fed, help you adequately prepare for alien attacks and minimize deaths, and assist in completing levels quicker and more efficiently as possible.by opening the slots in the shop earlier. He's so useful that his only weakness is that he's [[AwesomeButImpractical detrimental on Challenge mode as it opens all price upon being unlocked on that level, which will always go up indefinitely until you completed the stage.]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Blip. He can predict when your fish are hungry, where an alien will appear, and how much health an alien has left. That's all really cool, but his selling point is opening everything in the shop early. This allows you to prepare better for the first alien by buying extra lasers. However, he's impractical in Challenge Mode, as him [[BlessedWithSuck opening the store early causes everything to go up in price early on]].
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Blip. He can predict when your fish are hungry, where an alien will appear, and how much health an alien has left. That's all really cool, but his selling point Blip is opening everything quite fondly remembered by players. While being one of the most useful pets in the shop early. This allows you to prepare better for the first alien by buying extra lasers. However, game definitely plays a part in it, it also helps that he's impractical in Challenge Mode, as him [[BlessedWithSuck opening the store early causes everything to go up in price early on]].a very cute-looking porpoise with an interesting backstory.
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** While Blip is a BoringButPractical option for non-challenge runs, Presto is just downright STUPID. Being able to transform into any available pet on demand allows him to perform the [=Amp/Angie=] combo with only 1 fish while letting you have another two of your choice (Like Blip and Gumbo). There's a reason why he's only available after the final boss.
** Walter is an epitome of SupportPartyMember turned up to eleven. While positioning him correctly to be efficient can be downright impractical, Walter allows player to use something like Amp and Angie combo fast in succession up to 5 times until the 10 second cooldown.
** Walter is an epitome of SupportPartyMember turned up to eleven. While positioning him correctly to be efficient can be downright impractical, Walter allows player to use something like Amp and Angie combo fast in succession up to 5 times until the 10 second cooldown.
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** While Blip is a BoringButPractical option for non-challenge runs, Presto is just downright STUPID. Being able has the very powerful ability to transform into any available pet on demand demand. Among other uses, this allows him to perform the [=Amp/Angie=] combo with only 1 one fish while letting you have another two of your choice (Like Blip and Gumbo). There's a reason why he's only available after the final boss.
** Walter is an epitome of SupportPartyMember turned up to eleven. While positioning him correctly to be efficient can be downright impractical, Walter allows the player to use something like the Amp and Angie combo fast in succession up to5 five times until the 10 second cooldown.
** Walter is an epitome of SupportPartyMember turned up to eleven. While positioning him correctly to be efficient can be downright impractical, Walter allows the player to use something like the Amp and Angie combo fast in succession up to
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* NightmareFuel: Yes, even a game about raising fish [[NightmareFuel/Insaniquarium has its own page]].
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* NightmareFuel: Yes, even a game about raising fish [[NightmareFuel/Insaniquarium [[{{NightmareFuel/Insaniquarium}} has its own page]].
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* NightmareFuel:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01pIkdnU3SY The "Alien Approaching/Alien Battle" theme]] is incredibly chilling, especially for a game as innocent looking as this. It sounds like something directly from a slasher film.
** Psychosquid really lives up to his name. He's a big, red squid with dangerous weapons in his tentacles, and eats fish much faster than anything else in the game.
** The ending to 4-5, the level before the FinalBoss. The Presto egg is shown where the egg hatching animation plays like normal... [[spoiler: only for Cyrax to appear with loud, [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] which stops the Presto egg from hatching. Turns out that you have to complete the next tank (Tank 5) with at least one pet alive and defeat Cyrax to get the Presto egg!]]
** Said FinalBoss, for that matter. [[spoiler:Your pets are all dropped into an eerie tank, and Cyrax appears not long after. None of your pets can do anything to fight him, and the aliens can eat them. Going through the entire game knowing your pets are safe from aliens just to find out that they're at risk in the end is horrifying.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01pIkdnU3SY The "Alien Approaching/Alien Battle" theme]] is incredibly chilling, especially for a game as innocent looking as this. It sounds like something directly from a slasher film.
** Psychosquid really lives up to his name. He's a big, red squid with dangerous weapons in his tentacles, and eats fish much faster than anything else in the game.
** The ending to 4-5, the level before the FinalBoss. The Presto egg is shown where the egg hatching animation plays like normal... [[spoiler: only for Cyrax to appear with loud, [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] which stops the Presto egg from hatching. Turns out that you have to complete the next tank (Tank 5) with at least one pet alive and defeat Cyrax to get the Presto egg!]]
** Said FinalBoss, for that matter. [[spoiler:Your pets are all dropped into an eerie tank, and Cyrax appears not long after. None of your pets can do anything to fight him, and the aliens can eat them. Going through the entire game knowing your pets are safe from aliens just to find out that they're at risk in the end is horrifying.]]
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* NightmareFuel:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01pIkdnU3SY The "Alien Approaching/Alien Battle" theme]] is incredibly chilling, especially forNightmareFuel: Yes, even a game as innocent looking as this. It sounds like something directly from a slasher film.
** Psychosquid really lives up to his name. He's a big, red squid with dangerous weapons in his tentacles, and eatsabout raising fish much faster than anything else in the game.
** The ending to 4-5, the level before the FinalBoss. The Presto egg is shown where the egg hatching animation plays like normal... [[spoiler: only for Cyrax to appear with loud, [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] which stops the Presto egg from hatching. Turns out that you have to complete the next tank (Tank 5) with at least one pet alive and defeat Cyrax to get the Presto egg!]]
** Said FinalBoss, for that matter. [[spoiler:Your pets are all dropped into an eerie tank, and Cyrax appears not long after. None of your pets can do anything to fight him, and the aliens can eat them. Going through the entire game knowing your pets are safe from aliens just to find out that they're at risk in the end is horrifying.]][[NightmareFuel/Insaniquarium has its own page]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01pIkdnU3SY The "Alien Approaching/Alien Battle" theme]] is incredibly chilling, especially for
** Psychosquid really lives up to his name. He's a big, red squid with dangerous weapons in his tentacles, and eats
** The ending to 4-5, the level before the FinalBoss. The Presto egg is shown where the egg hatching animation plays like normal... [[spoiler: only for Cyrax to appear with loud, [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] which stops the Presto egg from hatching. Turns out that you have to complete the next tank (Tank 5) with at least one pet alive and defeat Cyrax to get the Presto egg!]]
** Said FinalBoss, for that matter. [[spoiler:Your pets are all dropped into an eerie tank, and Cyrax appears not long after. None of your pets can do anything to fight him, and the aliens can eat them. Going through the entire game knowing your pets are safe from aliens just to find out that they're at risk in the end is horrifying.]]
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* QuirkyWork: This is a game where you take care of aquatic creatures while fending off aliens, robots, and other odd creatures from killing everything in the aquarium. There's a reason why it's called ''Insani''quarium.
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* WidgetSeries: This is a game where you take care of aquatic creatures while fending off aliens, robots, and other odd creatures from killing everything in the aquarium. There's a reason why it's called ''Insani''quarium.
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* BreatherBoss: Destructor. While he can be a {{Demonic Spider|s}} if you don't know how to destroy his missiles, once you learn that, he becomes a joke. He is also a big part in [[spoiler:getting a NoCasualtiesRun at the final battle.]]
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* BreatherBoss: Destructor. Destructor, introduced in Tank 2, where you also obtain Rufus, who can make fighting him a lot more easier since Destructor stays at the bottom of the tank. While he can be a {{Demonic Spider|s}} if you don't know how to destroy his missiles, missiles and don't have Rufus, but once you learn that, he becomes a joke. He is also a big part in [[spoiler:getting a NoCasualtiesRun at the final battle.]]
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** Ulysses the Type-U alien can be this as, unlike Destructor, his energy balls won't be destroyed when you shoot at them. Instead, they get deflected and will kill ''any'' fish they come into contact with rather than the one it initially targeted. This can be frustrating if you have trouble deflecting, because deflected projectiles can cut down swathes of fish if they come into contact. It's especially bad in the later stages where you have a large amount of fish, as it can be difficult to deflect his energy balls without taking out a large chunk of your tank. If you have [[AlluringAnglerfish Gumbo]] and aren't careful, you can [[EpicFail accidentally murder your entire tank.]]
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** Ulysses the Type-U alien can be this as, unlike Destructor, his energy balls won't be destroyed when you shoot at them. Instead, they get deflected and will kill ''any'' fish they come into contact with rather than the one it initially targeted. This can be frustrating if you have trouble deflecting, because deflected projectiles can cut down swathes of fish if they come into contact. It's especially bad in the later stages where you have a large amount of fish, as it can be difficult to deflect his energy balls without taking out a large chunk of your tank. If you have [[AlluringAnglerfish [[LuringInPrey Gumbo]] and aren't careful, you can [[EpicFail accidentally murder your entire tank.]]
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', which was [[http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/03/george-fan-how-insaniquarium-2-became-plants-vs-zombies.ars originally envisioned as a sequel]].
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* TearJerker: The end credits song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9scA_0ZKbY Lullaby]].
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', which was [[http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/03/george-fan-how-insaniquarium-2-became-plants-vs-zombies.ars originally envisioned as a sequel]].
%%* TearJerker: The end credits song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9scA_0ZKbY Lullaby]].
%%* TearJerker: The end credits song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9scA_0ZKbY Lullaby]].
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** The ending to 4-5, the level before the FinalBoss. The Presto egg is shown where the egg hatching animation plays like normal... [[spoiler: only for Cyrax to appear with loud, [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] which stops the Presto egg from hatching. Turns out that you have to complete Tank 5 with at least one pet alive and defeat Cyrax to get the Presto egg!]]
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** The ending to 4-5, the level before the FinalBoss. The Presto egg is shown where the egg hatching animation plays like normal... [[spoiler: only for Cyrax to appear with loud, [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] which stops the Presto egg from hatching. Turns out that you have to complete Tank 5 the next tank (Tank 5) with at least one pet alive and defeat Cyrax to get the Presto egg!]]
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** The ending to 4-5, the level before the FinalBoss. The egg hatching animation plays like normal... [[spoiler: only for Cyrax to appear with loud, [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]]. Turns out that you have to fight him to get the Presto egg!]]
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** The ending to 4-5, the level before the FinalBoss. The Presto egg is shown where the egg hatching animation plays like normal... [[spoiler: only for Cyrax to appear with loud, [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]]. laughter]] which stops the Presto egg from hatching. Turns out that you have to fight him complete Tank 5 with at least one pet alive and defeat Cyrax to get the Presto egg!]]
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The soundtrack is rather amazing. In particular, the Chinese-inspired track from Tank 3 is just lovely.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The soundtrack is rather amazing.has a lot of underrated gems. In particular, the Chinese-inspired track from Tank 3 is just lovely.
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** Breeders. Once you get enough of them, they'll actually produce too many guppies.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Some of the soundtrack is rather amazing. In particular, the Chinese-inspired music from the third-tank is just lovely.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Some of the soundtrack is rather amazing. In particular, the Chinese-inspired music from the third-tank is just lovely.
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** Breeders. Once you get enough of them, they'll actually produce too many guppies.
guppies to the point that you'll have trouble feeding them all even with max food upgrades.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:Some of the The soundtrack is rather amazing. In particular, the Chinese-inspired music track from the third-tank Tank 3 is just lovely.
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** Go ahead, try to play any round without Blip[[labelnote:Explanation]]When active on the tank, Blip will give you information about the fishes' hunger and detects where the next alien would spawn. He will also unlock all purchase option at the start of the stage[[/labelnote]] on your side, especially if you want to play the game legitimately and not exploiting team combinations. He's so useful that his only weakness is that he's [[AwesomeButImpractical detrimental on Challenge mode as it opens all price upon being unlocked on that level, which will always go up indefinitely until you completed the stage.]]
** Similar to Blip, Presto[[labelnote:Explanation]]when active, you can right click Presto to change him into another avaliable pet[[/labelnote]] is useful when you still have 3 pet slot because of being able to turn into any pet you like, allowing you to go into any playstyle you like.
** When it comes for coin collecting, chances are you are going to use support pet like Seymour[[labelnote:Explanation]]When active, items will fall off and fade in much slower[[/labelnote]] or Nimbus[[labelnote:Explanation]]when active, will trying to use[[/labelnote]] to keep all the items at bay and click them yourself rather than using any coin collecting pet, simply because you will get them faster before they could be able to reach it.
** When it comes to defense, you will most likely pick Gumbo and Rufus and keep the enemy below surface; Gun upgrades aren't that expensive in later levels and you will most likely use your gun to keep the enemy on a certain position, in which Rufus would do an easy job with them. Itchy is a CrutchCharacter that doesn't do as much damage later on, while having Gash in the tank means [[AwesomeButImpractical he will eat one of your guppy (including the royal ones)]], Stanley isn't that useful against aliens that isn't using projectiles to attack, and none of them can reposition the enemy alien.
* DemonicSpiders: ''Psychosquid'' (aka the Type-P alien). He has very high health, moves faster than all of the aliens, eats multiple fish at once, and after some time, he goes into a defensive mode where he regains health if you shoot him. He's particularly nasty in Time Trial, since fighting him is such a time-waster, getting Type-P signature fights can easily mess up your run.
** The Type-D alien, AKA Destructor, can be this for first-time players. [[GuideDangIt There is no indication you can shoot the missiles it launches]], and even all the offensive pets plus a max weapon can't kill it before it launches a round of missiles. So you'll be spending a lot of money to replace your fish before you learn how to destroy the missiles.
** Ulysses the Type-U alien can be this as, unlike Destructor, his energy balls won't be destroyed when shoot at them. Instead, they get deflected and will kill ''any'' fish it comes into contact with rather than the one it initially targeted. This can be frustrating if you have trouble deflecting, because it cuts down swathes of fish it comes into contact. If you have [[AlluringAnglerfish Gumbo]], you can [[EpicFail accidentally murder your entire tank!]]
** Bilaterus. For one thing, [[AmbiguousGender they]] have to be killed ''twice'' to stop invading the tank. His spine also can kill fish, giving him a large hitbox for fish to be eaten by.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Blip. He can predict when your fish are hungry, where an alien will appear, and how much health an alien has left. That's all really cool, but his selling point is opening everything in the shop early. This allows you to prepare better for the first alien by buying extra lasers. However, he's a very bad pet in Challenge Mode, as him [[BlessedWithSuck opening the store early causes everything to go up in price early on]].
** Similar to Blip, Presto[[labelnote:Explanation]]when active, you can right click Presto to change him into another avaliable pet[[/labelnote]] is useful when you still have 3 pet slot because of being able to turn into any pet you like, allowing you to go into any playstyle you like.
** When it comes for coin collecting, chances are you are going to use support pet like Seymour[[labelnote:Explanation]]When active, items will fall off and fade in much slower[[/labelnote]] or Nimbus[[labelnote:Explanation]]when active, will trying to use[[/labelnote]] to keep all the items at bay and click them yourself rather than using any coin collecting pet, simply because you will get them faster before they could be able to reach it.
** When it comes to defense, you will most likely pick Gumbo and Rufus and keep the enemy below surface; Gun upgrades aren't that expensive in later levels and you will most likely use your gun to keep the enemy on a certain position, in which Rufus would do an easy job with them. Itchy is a CrutchCharacter that doesn't do as much damage later on, while having Gash in the tank means [[AwesomeButImpractical he will eat one of your guppy (including the royal ones)]], Stanley isn't that useful against aliens that isn't using projectiles to attack, and none of them can reposition the enemy alien.
* DemonicSpiders: ''Psychosquid'' (aka the Type-P alien). He has very high health, moves faster than all of the aliens, eats multiple fish at once, and after some time, he goes into a defensive mode where he regains health if you shoot him. He's particularly nasty in Time Trial, since fighting him is such a time-waster, getting Type-P signature fights can easily mess up your run.
** The Type-D alien, AKA Destructor, can be this for first-time players. [[GuideDangIt There is no indication you can shoot the missiles it launches]], and even all the offensive pets plus a max weapon can't kill it before it launches a round of missiles. So you'll be spending a lot of money to replace your fish before you learn how to destroy the missiles.
** Ulysses the Type-U alien can be this as, unlike Destructor, his energy balls won't be destroyed when shoot at them. Instead, they get deflected and will kill ''any'' fish it comes into contact with rather than the one it initially targeted. This can be frustrating if you have trouble deflecting, because it cuts down swathes of fish it comes into contact. If you have [[AlluringAnglerfish Gumbo]], you can [[EpicFail accidentally murder your entire tank!]]
** Bilaterus. For one thing, [[AmbiguousGender they]] have to be killed ''twice'' to stop invading the tank. His spine also can kill fish, giving him a large hitbox for fish to be eaten by.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Blip. He can predict when your fish are hungry, where an alien will appear, and how much health an alien has left. That's all really cool, but his selling point is opening everything in the shop early. This allows you to prepare better for the first alien by buying extra lasers. However, he's a very bad pet in Challenge Mode, as him [[BlessedWithSuck opening the store early causes everything to go up in price early on]].
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** Go ahead, try to play any round without Blip[[labelnote:Explanation]]When active on in the tank, Blip will give you information about the fishes' hunger and detects where the next alien would will spawn. He will also unlock all purchase option options at the start of the stage[[/labelnote]] on your side, especially if you want to play the game legitimately and not exploiting team combinations.as efficiently as possible. He's so useful that his only weakness is that he's [[AwesomeButImpractical detrimental on Challenge mode as it opens all price upon being unlocked on that level, which will always go up indefinitely until you completed the stage.]]
** Similar to Blip, Presto[[labelnote:Explanation]]when active, you can right click Presto to change him into anotheravaliable available pet[[/labelnote]] is useful when you still have 3 pet slot slots because of being able to turn into any pet you like, allowing you to go into any playstyle change playstyles on the fly whenever you like.
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** When it comesfor to coin collecting, chances are that you are going to use a support pet like Seymour[[labelnote:Explanation]]When active, items will fall off and fade in much slower[[/labelnote]] or Nimbus[[labelnote:Explanation]]when active, will trying throw food and coins back up to use[[/labelnote]] the top of the tank[[/labelnote]] to keep all the items at bay and click them yourself rather than using any coin collecting pet, simply because you will get them faster before they could be able to reach it.
** When it comes to defense, you will most likely pickGumbo and Rufus and keep Gumbo[[labelnote:Explanation]]Lures guppies of all sizes away from the enemy below surface; aliens[[/labelnote]] and/or Rufus[[labelnote:Explanation]]Attacks aliens, but is restricted to the bottom of the tank[[/labelnote]]. Gun upgrades aren't that expensive in later levels and you will most likely use your gun to keep the enemy on a certain position, in which the bottom corners of the tank, where Rufus would do an easy job with can easily dispatch them. Gumbo lures all guppies away from the aliens, doing a better job at keeping your guppies alive compared to Wadsworth (Who can only protect small and medium guppies) so long as an alien doesn't somehow intercept him. Itchy is a CrutchCharacter that doesn't do as much damage later on, while having Gash in the tank means [[AwesomeButImpractical he will eat one of your guppy (including the royal ones)]], Stanley isn't that useful against aliens that isn't aren't using projectiles to attack, and none of them can reposition the enemy alien.
*DemonicSpiders: ''Psychosquid'' (aka DemonicSpiders:
** Psychosquid, the Type-Palien). alien, is very deadly for multiple reasons. He has very high health, moves faster than all of the other aliens, eats multiple fish at once, and after some time, he goes into a defensive mode where he regains health if you shoot him. He's particularly nasty in Time Trial, since fighting him is such a time-waster, getting Type-P signature time-waster due to his aforementioned health. Getting Psychosquid fights can easily mess up your run.
** The Type-D alien, AKA Destructor, can be this for first-time players. [[GuideDangIt There is no indication that you can shoot the missiles it launches]], and even all the offensive pets plus a max weapon can't kill it before it launches a round of missiles.So As a result, you'll be spending a lot of money to replace your fish before you learn how to destroy the missiles.
** Ulysses the Type-U alien can be this as, unlike Destructor, his energy balls won't be destroyed when you shoot at them. Instead, they get deflected and will kill ''any'' fishit comes they come into contact with rather than the one it initially targeted. This can be frustrating if you have trouble deflecting, because it cuts deflected projectiles can cut down swathes of fish it comes if they come into contact. It's especially bad in the later stages where you have a large amount of fish, as it can be difficult to deflect his energy balls without taking out a large chunk of your tank. If you have [[AlluringAnglerfish Gumbo]], Gumbo]] and aren't careful, you can [[EpicFail accidentally murder your entire tank!]]
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** Bilaterus. For one thing, [[AmbiguousGender they]] have to be killed ''twice'' to stop invading the tank. His spine also can kill fish, giving him a large hitbox for fish to be eatenby.
by. Ultravores are especially prone to being killed by Bilaterus due to their large size, and it's quite costly to replace them ($10,000).
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Blip. He can predict when your fish are hungry, where an alien will appear, and how much health an alien has left. That's all really cool, but his selling point is opening everything in the shop early. This allows you to prepare better for the first alien by buying extra lasers. However, he'sa very bad pet impractical in Challenge Mode, as him [[BlessedWithSuck opening the store early causes everything to go up in price early on]].
** Similar to Blip, Presto[[labelnote:Explanation]]when active, you can right click Presto to change him into another
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** When it comes to defense, you will most likely pick
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** Psychosquid, the Type-P
** The Type-D alien, AKA Destructor, can be this for first-time players. [[GuideDangIt There is no indication that you can shoot the missiles it launches]], and even all the offensive pets plus a max weapon can't kill it before it launches a round of missiles.
** Ulysses the Type-U alien can be this as, unlike Destructor, his energy balls won't be destroyed when you shoot at them. Instead, they get deflected and will kill ''any'' fish
** Bilaterus. For one thing, [[AmbiguousGender they]] have to be killed ''twice'' to stop invading the tank. His spine also can kill fish, giving him a large hitbox for fish to be eaten
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Blip. He can predict when your fish are hungry, where an alien will appear, and how much health an alien has left. That's all really cool, but his selling point is opening everything in the shop early. This allows you to prepare better for the first alien by buying extra lasers. However, he's
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** Amp, especially in the stage where he is introduced. Your tank is full of fish you can't seem to manage properly? Not wanting to farm hard enough for a royal guppy? Just let him zap your entire tank and turn them into diamonds! Combine this with Angie and Walter and you have the ability to turn your entire tank into a stupid money making machine [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential by torturing these fishes to killing and reviving the fishes non stop]], with only Bilaterus that possesses an actual threat to this strategy.
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** Amp, especially in the stage where he is introduced. Your tank is full of fish that you can't seem to manage properly? Not wanting to farm hard enough for a royal guppy? Just let him zap your entire tank and turn them into diamonds! Combine this with Angie and Walter and you have the ability to turn your entire tank into a stupid money making machine [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential by torturing these fishes to killing and reviving the fishes non stop]], with only Bilaterus that possesses an actual threat to this strategy.
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** Walter is an epitome of SupportPartyMember turned to eleven. While positioning him correctly to be efficient can be downright impractical, Walter allows player to use something like Amp and Angie combo fast in succession up to 5 times until the 10 second cooldown.
* GoddamnedBats:
** Every aliens can become this if the player has Gumbo.
** Gus, the type-G alien. You can't hurt him with lasers, so you basically have to feed him to death. The problem is that when he first appears, you probably don't have a food quantity upgrade yet, so you can't just mash the left click button on him like other aliens.
* GoddamnedBats:
** Every aliens can become this if the player has Gumbo.
** Gus, the type-G alien. You can't hurt him with lasers, so you basically have to feed him to death. The problem is that when he first appears, you probably don't have a food quantity upgrade yet, so you can't just mash the left click button on him like other aliens.
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** Walter is an epitome of SupportPartyMember turned up to eleven. While positioning him correctly to be efficient can be downright impractical, Walter allows player to use something like Amp and Angie combo fast in succession up to 5 times until the 10 second cooldown.
*GoddamnedBats:
** Every aliens can become this if the player has Gumbo.
**GoddamnedBats: Gus, the type-G alien. You can't hurt him with lasers, so you basically have to feed him to death. The problem is that when he first appears, you probably don't have a food quantity upgrade yet, so you can't just mash the left click button on him like other aliens. Once you have all food upgrades purchased however, Gus becomes little more than a minor nuisance.
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** Every aliens can become this if the player has Gumbo.
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** The ending to 4-5, the level before the FinalBoss. The egg hatching animation goes as normally... [[spoiler: only for Cyrax to appear with a loud, [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]]. And you have to fight him to get the Presto egg!]]
** Said FinalBoss, for that matter. [[spoiler:Your pets are all dropped into an eerie tank. Then Cyrax, the final boss, appears. None of your pets can do anything to fight him, and the aliens can eat them. Going through the entire game knowing your pets are safe from aliens just to find out that they're at risk in the end is horrifying.]]
** Said FinalBoss, for that matter. [[spoiler:Your pets are all dropped into an eerie tank. Then Cyrax, the final boss, appears. None of your pets can do anything to fight him, and the aliens can eat them. Going through the entire game knowing your pets are safe from aliens just to find out that they're at risk in the end is horrifying.]]
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** The ending to 4-5, the level before the FinalBoss. The egg hatching animation goes as normally... plays like normal... [[spoiler: only for Cyrax to appear with a loud, [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]]. And Turns out that you have to fight him to get the Presto egg!]]
** Said FinalBoss, for that matter. [[spoiler:Your pets are all dropped into an eerietank. Then Cyrax, the final boss, appears.tank, and Cyrax appears not long after. None of your pets can do anything to fight him, and the aliens can eat them. Going through the entire game knowing your pets are safe from aliens just to find out that they're at risk in the end is horrifying.]]
** Said FinalBoss, for that matter. [[spoiler:Your pets are all dropped into an eerie
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** Players are also not very fond of Gash, because he eats guppies, which includes adult guppies and [[spoiler:''royal guppies'']].
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** Players are also not very fond of Gash, Gash because he eats guppies, which includes adult guppies and [[spoiler:''royal guppies'']].
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* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: Justified, since the shells you get from the Virtual Tank can help you buy extra pets for the main game.
** [[spoiler:Sandbox mode might also count.]]
** [[spoiler:Sandbox mode might also count.]]
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* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: Justified, since SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer:
** The Virtual Tank allows you to buy guppies and carnivores in many different colors to keep as pets that you can name, in addition to the other fish available in the game. Your fish can't die, so it's incredibly laid-back compared to the other game modes. It doesn't hurt that the shells you get from the Virtual Tank can help you buy extra pets for the main game.
** [[spoiler:Sandbox mode]] also counts, provided that the player knows how to unlock it. [[spoiler:It allows you to infinitely spawn any fish, pet, and alien (With the exception of Cyrax and Mini-Sylvester) in the game with just a single corresponding key. A player could easily find themselves side-tracked from the rest of the game due to the endless possibilities Sandbox modemight also count.provides.]]
** The Virtual Tank allows you to buy guppies and carnivores in many different colors to keep as pets that you can name, in addition to the other fish available in the game. Your fish can't die, so it's incredibly laid-back compared to the other game modes. It doesn't hurt that the shells you get from the Virtual Tank can help you buy extra pets for the main game.
** [[spoiler:Sandbox mode]] also counts, provided that the player knows how to unlock it. [[spoiler:It allows you to infinitely spawn any fish, pet, and alien (With the exception of Cyrax and Mini-Sylvester) in the game with just a single corresponding key. A player could easily find themselves side-tracked from the rest of the game due to the endless possibilities Sandbox mode
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* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: Itis actually surprisingly common for people to question whether Psychosquid is actually a squid or an octopus, because of him having 6 tentacles, a coned (but finless) head, and his name being Psycho''squid''. Octopus have eight arms, while Squid have eight arms and two tentacles.
* WidgetSeries: This is a game where you take care of aquatic creatures while fending of aliens, robots, and other odd creatures from killing everything in the aquarium. There's a reason why it's called ''Insani''quarium.
* WidgetSeries: This is a game where you take care of aquatic creatures while fending of aliens, robots, and other odd creatures from killing everything in the aquarium. There's a reason why it's called ''Insani''quarium.
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* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: Itis It is actually surprisingly common for people to question whether Psychosquid is actually a squid or an octopus, because of him having 6 tentacles, a coned (but finless) head, and his name being Psycho''squid''. Octopus have eight arms, while Squid have eight arms and two tentacles.
* WidgetSeries: This is a game where you take care of aquatic creatures while fendingof off aliens, robots, and other odd creatures from killing everything in the aquarium. There's a reason why it's called ''Insani''quarium.
* WidgetSeries: This is a game where you take care of aquatic creatures while fending
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Some of the soundtrack is rather amazing.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Some of the soundtrack is rather amazing. In particular, the Chinese-inspired music from the third-tank is just lovely.
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** Every aliens can become this if the player have Gumbo.
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** Every aliens can become this if the player have has Gumbo.
