History WesternAnimation / TheOctonauts

* FiveManBand: The Octonauts, as well as their Gups.
** TheHero - The Gup-A
** TheLancer - The Gup-B
** TheBigGuy - The Gup-C
** TheSmartGuy - The Gup-D
** TheChick - The Gup-E

''The Octonauts'' follows an underwater exploring crew made up of stylized anthropomorphic animals, a team of eight adventurers who live in an undersea base, the Octopod, from where they go on undersea adventures with the help of a fleet of aquatic vehicles. The subject matter is reminiscent of a blend of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and Jacques Cousteau. Although it is science fiction as regards its technology, the exotic creatures and locations that the crew encounter are real marine animals in their natural habitats.

''The Octonauts'' is a British-American children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for Cbeebies and animated by Brown Bag Films. The TV series is based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy of Meomi Design Inc. In the United States, it airs on [[DisneyChannel Disney Junior]].

* [[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase The Octonauts and The Specific Sea Creature]]

* [CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase The Octonauts and The Specific Sea Creature]

''The Octonauts'' is a British - American children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for Cbeebies and animated by Brown Bag Films. The TV series is based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy of Meomi Design Inc. In the United States, it airs on [[DisneyChannel Disney Junior]].

The Octonauts follows an underwater exploring crew made up of stylized anthropomorphic animals, a team of eight adventurers who live in an undersea base, the Octopod, from where they go on undersea adventures with the help of a fleet of aquatic vehicles. The subject matter is reminiscent of a blend of Star Trek and Jacques Cousteau. Although it is science fiction as regards its technology, the exotic creatures and locations that the crew encounter are real marine animals in their natural habitats.

* CarnivoreConfusion: One way to avert the PredatorsAreMean subtrope is to emphasize how [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute "tiny"]] their prey are (e.g. krill). When a cute animal is acknowledged as prey, they are usually saved by the heroes, to the chagrin or annoyance of the predator.
* ChekhovsGun: Dashi found a pretty seashell in "The Hermit Crabs" early on, and when Peso and Tweak needed to find a bigger shell for the hermit crab they helped, Dashi uses the shell she found.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: It's used as a RunningGag, where in some episodes Barnacles explains a plan to Kwazii, Peso, and/or Shellington, but then he sees Kwazii swimming out of the Gup.

* NeverSayDie: Death is not mentioned but sometimes alluded to e.g. "If that shark stops swimming, he won't be able to breathe!" or "You'll be sucked into that whirlpool!" or "Those are terrestrial crabs - they can't swim!"

* WhiteAndGreyMorality: This show features ''absolutely zero'' villains. In fact, some creatures who could be considered villains in other shows, such as sharks, can be quite friendly and are only hostile because of their need to sustain themselves, not because of actual malice.

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Averted hard. Every success is somehow related to the high amount of training each team member has in their field.

* OhCrap: Tweak's ears twist up when something bad happens.

''The Octonauts'' is a British - American children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for Cbeebies and animated by Brown Bag Films. The TV series is based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy of Meomi Design Inc.

* Adorkable: Shellington.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: It's even used as a RunningGag, where in some episodes Barnacles explains a plan to Kwazii, Peso, and/or Shellington, but then he sees Kwazii swimming out of the Gup.
* FiveManBand: The Octonauts
** TheLeader - Captain Barnacles Bear
** TheLancer - Kwazii Cat
** TheHeart - Peso Penguin
** TheSmartGuy - Shellington Sea Otter
** TheChick - Dashi Dog
** TheBigGuy - Tweak Bunny
** TheMentor - Professor Inkling Octopus
** KidAppealCharacter - Tunip the Vegimal

'''''The Octonauts''''' is a British - American children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for Cbeebies and animated by Brown Bag Films. The TV series is based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy of Meomi Design Inc.
The Octonauts follows an underwater exploring crew made up of stylized anthropomorphic animals, a team of eight adventurers who live in an undersea base, the Octopod, from where they go on undersea adventures with the help of a fleet of aquatic vehicles.
The subject matter is reminiscent of a blend of Star Trek and Jacques Cousteau. Although it is science fiction as regards its technology, the exotic creatures and locations that the crew encounter are real marine animals in their natural habitats.

'''The Octonauts''' is a British - American children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for Cbeebies and animated by Brown Bag Films. The TV series is based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy of Meomi Design Inc.

''The Octonauts'' is a British - American children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for Cbeebies and animated by Brown Bag Films. The TV series is based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy of Meomi Design Inc.

Accidental innuendo: In the Octonauts book "The only lonely monster".