Line #22 YMMV/Octodad


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
2	** [[https://younghorsesgames.bandcamp.com/track/blub-choir "Blub Choir"]]. The sheer concept of [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Latin Blubbing]] is just so unbelievably stupid that it ''works''.
3	** It later gets a TriumphantReprise for the [[https://younghorsesgames.bandcamp.com/track/final-showdown final boss]].
4	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Stacy gains this status in Dadliest Catch because of her CloudCuckoolander tendencies.
5	* EvenBetterSequel: ''Dadliest Catch'' features much smoother gameplay and way better looks than the first game.
6	* FanNickname: Octodad is sometimes called Cthulhudad by fans, due to his tentacle face. Given a FandomNod in ''Dadliest Catch'', since his wedding was in a Church of Cthulhu.
7	* HeartwarmingInHindsight: In the first game, Stacy believes that her favorite octopus doll will help protect her from monsters. This becomes much sweeter in the sequel, when she reveals that [[spoiler:she already knew that her father was an octopus]].
8	* 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...]]
9	* ItsShortSoItSucks: ''Dadliest Catch'' is only about 2 hours long for $15, so it was bound to be hit with this.
10	* JerkassWoobie: Fujimoto is a violent conspiracy nut who wants to kill Octodad, but is also [[spoiler:a ShellShockedVeteran of a war where the trauma of killing enemy soldiers led him to hallucinate they were actually fish]].
11	* MemeticMutation: Statements along the lines of: "I don't ''get'' it. Who wants to play a game about a normal guy going about his day?" are quite popular.
12	* 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.
13	* PlayAlongMeme: Since the main conceit of the game is almost nobody realizing the titular character is an octopus in disguise, it's become common for videos and pictures of him to be met with comments wondering what's so interesting about this normal everyday dad doing normal everyday things.
14	* SpiritualLicensee: Probably the closest we'll ever get to a ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Chicken Boo]]'' game.
15	* ThatOneLevel: From the first game: the spiders in Stacy's bedroom
16	** In ''Dadliest Catch'', there's the escalator in the Deep Sea Exhibit. You have to climb an escalator as it moves in the opposite direction, and then once you've finally beaten it, there's ''another'' escalator that's going even faster.
17	** 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 weren't in the Playstation 4 version.
18	** [[spoiler: Walking across the ceiling rafters to make a pathway for Stacy in the fight against the Chef]].
19	** The part in ''Dadliest Catch'' where Octodad has to escape the Chef at Gervason's.
20	* SpiritualSuccessor: If {{Creator/Foddy}} ever made ''{{VideoGame/QWOP}}: 3D'' it would probably be a lot like this.
21	* UglyCute: Octodad of course. He may just be an octopus, but with his big, bulging eyes and general nervous demeanor it's hard not to love him.
22	* TheWoobie:
23	** It's hard not to feel for Octodad, especially since the game communicates very effectively how tough getting through the day is.

Context YMMV / Octodad