History YMMV / Octodad

* DullSurprise: For the most part, the voice acting is decent in both games... However, the second game has a moment that really stands out. [[spoiler: Notably, not only does Octodad's wife take finding out he's an Octopus rather in rather well stride, all things considered, she and their kids [[CasualDangerDialog a rather soft-spoken when giving Octodad tips when he's facing the chef]]. Even if he takes a knife to the head.]]

* FridgeBrilliance: Octodad is an octopus, pretending to be a human. He's a mimic octopus.
** Doesn't look at all like a mimic octopus. Still, the comparison works.
** In ''Dadliest Catch'', during the flashback level you have to move items off a map. The map shows that the ship is sailing from Great Britain towards Iceland, hinting that "the war" might refer to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars Cod Wars]], an actual conflict between the UK and Iceland over fishing rights in the North Atlantic.
** The clumsy controls, and especially the Multiplayer makes a bit of sense when you learn that octopi have distributed intelligence, meaning that each arm has enough neurons to have a mind of it's own that is equal parts controlled directly and "autopiloted" based on information gained from the octopus' sensory organs.
* FridgeHorror: [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/10954-Octodad-Dadliest-Catch-Review-Splash-The-Patriarchy?utm_source=latest&utm_medium=index_carousel&utm_campaign=all This review]] points out some of the inherent FridgeHorror in the game's basic premise.
* FridgeLogic: The game tracks your "health" using a suspicion bar, which shows you how much others suspect you are an octopus. This makes sense in the first few levels, where you are trying to do normal tasks for your family, but later on, in Octodad's secret lab, the suspicion meter fills up when you're hit by ''lasers'', and the only other guy in the room with you already knows you're an octopus.
** In ''Dadliest Catch'', Octodad falls over like he died when the Suspicion Meter fills up fully. Though this does make a bit of sense when [[spoiler: you get hit by Fujimoto or his cleavers.]]
*** FridgeBrilliance: He's an octopus. If his cover is blown, what's the first instinct of an octopus? Hide.
** So, uh...where ''did'' the kids come from? (This question is lampshaded in ''Dadliest Catch'', but not answered.)
*** Adoption.
*** [[AWizardDidIt Magic]]
*** They're superhuman [[HalfHumanHybrid half-octopus hybrids]].
*** In-vitro?

* SpiritualSuccessor: If {{Creator}}/Foddy}} ever made ''{{VideoGame/QWOP}}: 3D'' it would probably be a lot like this.

* SpiritualSuccessor: If {{Creator}}/{Foddy}} ever made ''{{VideoGame/QWOP}}: 3D'' it would probably be a lot like this.

* SpiritualSuccessor: If [[{{Creator}}/{{Foddy}}]] ever made ''[[VideoGame/QWOP]]: 3D'' it would probably be a lot like this.

* SpiritualSuccessor: If {{Creator}}/{{Foddy}} ever made ''VideoGame/Qwop: 3D'' it would probably be a lot like this.

* CounterpartComparison: "[[WesternAnimation You wear a disguise to look like human guys, but you're not a man, you're an Octodad]]". And just like Chicken Boo there is that one guy who can somehow see through the disguise.

** The stealth sections in Dadliest Catch during the final few stages were so unpopular that they were removed in a patch for the PC version, and won't be present at all on the Playstation 4 edition.

*** FridgeBrilliance: he's an octopus. If his cover is blown, what's the first instinct of an octopus? Hide.

*** Magic
*** FridgeBrilliance: he's an octopus. If his cover is blown, what's the first instinct of an octopus? Hide.

*** FridgeBrilliance: he's an octopus. If his cover is blown, what's the first instinct of an octopus? Hide.

** [[spoiler: Making a pathway for Stacy in the fight against the Chef]]

* HilariousInHindsight: One of the things one of the biologists can say: "The only animal more vicious than
a shark is an OCTOPUS." [[Film/{{Sharktopus}} It's funny that you say that...]]

* HilariousInHindsight: One of the things one of the biologists can say: "The only animal more vicious than a shark is an OCTOPUS." [[Film/{{Sharktopus}} It's funny that you say that...]]

* NightmareFuel: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHiZR_Z4w-s This video]] uploaded by the developers regarding the various... ''[[BodyHorror issues]]'', they came across when coding the physics for Octodad's model.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Fujimoto's name is likely based on real life sushi chef [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Fujimoto Kenji Fujimoto]] who was Kim Jong Il's personal cook, and who later wrote the memoir on his experiences in North Korea.

** The stealth sections in Dadliest Catch during the final few stages were so unpopular that they were removed in a patch for the PC reversion, and won't be present at all on the Playstation 4 edition.

** World. Of. Kelp. That. Final. ''Course''.

** The stealth sections in Dadliest Catch during the final few stages tend to be unpopular.