History VideoGame / Insaniquarium

* DeathByGluttony: Gus is an alien then is [[ImmuneToBullets immune to lasers]]. Thankfully, he loves to eat! Enough to gobble all the food the player gives him. Until he ''explodes''.

* AnimalGenderBender: Gumbo the anglerfish is described as "he" despite having female-specific characteristics such as size and shape.

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Gumbo is a deep-sea anglerfish (illuminated esca rather than one which looks like a worm) and could not survive anywhere near the surface, much less in an aquarium. Also, the bioluminescence of a deep-sea anglerfish's esca is due to bacteria; it cannot be switched on or off.

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

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* BackFromTheDead: The basis of Angie the Angelfish's powers.

* BioluminescenceIsCool: Gumbo the anglerfish, or at any rate his -- er, her esca.

* DeadEndRoom / UnwinnableByInsanity: [[http://insaniquarium.wikia.com/wiki/Tank_6_%28Glitch%29 The Tank 6 Glitch]].

* TentacledTerror: Psychosquid, which is, as its name doesn't imply, an ''octopus''. Well, an evil, fish-devouring alien octopus wielding a flyswtter, a pitchfork and a meat cleaver simultaneously.

The basic idea: The player runs an aquarium, feeding and caring for cute little guppies which can ''[[http://www.angryflower.com/pcap/pstrip06.gif poop cash]]'' that the player must collect while preventing said fishies from getting eaten by aliens who randomly invade your tank. There are a number of "pets"; invincible creatures with a variety of functions that can be earned as the player progresses through the many levels in regular mode.

The basic idea: The player runs an aquarium, feeding and caring for cute little guppies while collecting money from their own ''[[http://www.angryflower.com/pcap/pstrip06.gif cash-pooping]]'' fish while preventing said fishies from getting eaten by aliens who randomly invade your tank. There are a number of "pets"; invincible creatures with a variety of functions that can be earned as the player progresses through the many levels in regular mode.

* AlienInvasion: Subversion: Aliens often pop into the tank and start destroying or eating the player's fish. They don't seem to be in the mood for conquering. And according to their stories, some of the pets' have bad blood with the aliens such as [[BloodKnight Gash]], [[RoaringRampageofRevenge Itchy]] and [[SoleSurvivor Blip]].

''Insaniquarium Deluxe'' is a computer game, created by Flying Bear Entertainment, originally published by Creator/PopCapGames, later taken up by a number of other publishers and based on ''Insaniquarium'', which is similar, albeit simpler. The basic idea: The player runs an aquarium, feeding and caring for cute little guppies while collecting money from their own ''[[http://www.angryflower.com/pcap/pstrip06.gif cash-pooping]]'' fish while preventing said fishies from getting eaten by aliens who randomly invade your tank. There are a number of "pets"; invincible creatures with a variety of functions that can be earned as the player progresses through the many levels in regular mode. In the Virtual Tank, an advanced version of the game, dollars have been replaced with shells, and more features are present: There are a few new pets, fish with different moods, new food items, and fish with special attributes.

''Insaniquarium Deluxe'' is a computer game, created by Flying Bear Entertainment, originally published by Creator/PopCapGames, later taken up by a number of other publishers and based on ''Insaniquarium'', which is similar, albeit simpler. The basic idea: The player runs an aquarium and collects money from ''[[http://www.angryflower.com/pcap/pstrip06.gif cash-pooping]]'' fish while preventing said fish from dying by aliens who randomly invade your tank. There are a number of "pets"; invincible creatures with a variety of functions that can be earned as the player progresses through the many levels in regular mode. In the Virtual Tank, an advanced version of the game, dollars have been replaced with shells, and more features are present: There are a few new pets, fish with different moods, new food items, and fish with special attributes.

* ScarySquid: Psychosquid, which is, as its name doesn't imply, an ''octopus''. Well, an evil, fish-devouring alien octopus wielding a flyswtter, a pitchfork and a meat cleaver simultaneously.

* ScarySquid: Psychosquid, which is, as it names doesn't imply, an ''octopus''. Well, an evil, fish-devouring alien octopus wielding a flyswtter, a pitchfork and a meat cleaver simultaneously.

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Psychosquid, a, well, [[ShapedLikeItself squid.]]

* OctopoidAlien: The Psychosquid takes this trope rather literally: it is a red alien that looks almost exactly like an octopus, only with less tentacles and more weapons.

* SapientCetacean: Blip the Porpoise has very high intellect and incredible psychic powers.

* ExplosiveBreeder: Preggo the Momma Fish gives birth to a new guppy approximatively every ''minute''. And the Breeders from Tank 4 are just the same.

* ClamshellCurrency: The Fish Emporium from the Virtual Tank uses seashells instead of the regular dollars used everywhere else in the game and provides the trope's image. Fittingly, the fishes in there drop seashells instead of coins and diamonds.

* CatSmile: The Star Catcher.

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Gumbo is a deep-sea anglerfish (illuminated esca rather than one which looks like a worm) and could not survive anywhere near the surface, much less in an aquarium.

* AnimalGenderBender: Gumbo the anglerfish is described as "he" despite having female-specific characteristics such as size and shape. Gumbo is also a deep-sea anglerfish (illuminated esca rather than one which looks like a worm) hence could not survive anywhere near the surface, much less in an aquarium.

*** [[spoiler: Averted in the final level where you can shoot Gus just fine]].

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Itchy and Gash will work together to kill aliens, despite Gash wanting Itchy mounted on his wall.]]
** [[spoiler: They were actually once friends but Itchy abandoned Gash. As a result, Gash became a tweener at most]].

* MookChivalry[=/=]GenreBlindness: Apparently, Ulysses, the type-U alien, [[spoiler: can shoot already-lasered energy balls if he wants to, but he doesn't due to an honor code that all cyclopes share. Also, he's dumb.]]

* ShoutOut: One species of alien is called 'Balrog', a reference to the Creator/JRRTolkien's evil [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings humanoids]] [[Literature/TheHobbit from]] [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Middle-earth]].
** Another, Sylvester, looks like the Alien from... well... ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''

* KonamiCode: Used to unlock [[spoiler:Sandbox Mode]]

** Meryl is a former well-known pop star; when she sings, the fish drop coins.

* SolidGoldPoop: The various fishes "produce" a wide range of valuables, including coins, pearls, diamonds and '' '''treasure chests''' ''.

* TheScrappy[[invoked]]: In-universe example. [[spoiler: Rhubarb is considered the worst pet in the game. However, Rhubarb isn't really for the attention, he just hates when fish are at the bottom of the tank.]]