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''Manga/MyMonsterSecret''.
** Cindy Campbell argues that Ika could still be an alien even though she came from the ocean. Cut to several years later and one scientific paper tries to claim that Octopi are actually aliens [[https://news.yahoo.com/scientific-paper-claims-octopuses-actually-161100373.html]].
''Manga/MyMonsterSecret''.
** Cindy Campbell argues that Ika could still be an alien even though she came from the ocean. Cut to several years later and one scientific paper tries to claim that Octopi are actually aliens [[https://news.yahoo.com/scientific-paper-claims-octopuses-actually-161100373.html]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: In chapter 164, Cindy speculates that Ika Musume is a robot body being controlled by a much tinier alien inside her head, foreshadowing ''Squid Girl'''s future Weekly Shonen Champion sister series
series ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret''.
** Cindy Campbell argues that Ika could still be an alien even though she came from the ocean. Cut to several years laterand one scientific paper tries to claim that Octopi are actually aliens a [[https://news.yahoo.com/scientific-paper-claims-octopuses-actually-161100373.html]].html scientific paper actually tries claim that Octopi are actually aliens]].
** Cindy Campbell argues that Ika could still be an alien even though she came from the ocean. Cut to several years later
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* HilariousInHindsight: In chapter 164, Cindy speculates that Ika Musume is a robot body being controlled by a much tinier alien inside her head, foreshadowing ''Squid Girl'''s future Weekly Shonen Champion sister series ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret''.series
''Manga/MyMonsterSecret''.
** Cindy Campbell argues that Ika could still be an alien even though she came from the ocean. Cut to several years later and one scientific paper tries to claim that Octopi are actually aliens [[https://news.yahoo.com/scientific-paper-claims-octopuses-actually-161100373.html]].
''Manga/MyMonsterSecret''.
** Cindy Campbell argues that Ika could still be an alien even though she came from the ocean. Cut to several years later and one scientific paper tries to claim that Octopi are actually aliens [[https://news.yahoo.com/scientific-paper-claims-octopuses-actually-161100373.html]].
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* GeniusBonus: Apart from the Shout Out listed below, the American scientists also yell "I shall return!", which will only make sense to those familiar with UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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* GeniusBonus: Apart from the Shout Out listed below, the The American scientists also yell yells "I shall return!", which will only make sense to those familiar with UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Chapter 39 of the manga, which was not adapted for the TV series. Jokes about earthquakes and tsunamis didn't seem quite so funny in the aftermath of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake. The real knife-twist is that said chapter even mentions ''Tsunami''.
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* FriendlyFandoms: With ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', due to them both having squids. The creator of the manga has even drawn Splatoon fanart, and Ika's outfit is available as in-game content.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Chapter 39 of the manga, which was not adapted for the first season of the TV series and probably won't be for the second. Jokes about earthquakes don't seem quite so funny ever since 11 March 2011. The real knife-twist is that said chapter even mentions ''Tsunami''.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Chapter 39 of the manga, which was not adapted for the first season of the TV series and probably won't be for the second. Jokes about earthquakes don't seem quite so funny ever since 11 March 2011. The real knife-twist is that said chapter even mentions ''Tsunami''.
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* FriendlyFandoms: With ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'', due to them both having squids. The creator of the manga has even drawn Splatoon ''Splatoon'' fanart, and Ika's outfit is became available as free in-game content.
content in the first installment.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Chapter 39 of the manga, which was not adapted for thefirst season of the TV series and probably won't be for the second. series. Jokes about earthquakes don't and tsunamis didn't seem quite so funny ever since 11 in the aftermath of the March 2011.2011 Tohoku earthquake. The real knife-twist is that said chapter even mentions ''Tsunami''.
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* LesYay:
** Sanae ''really likes'' Ika... and likes, uh, dressing her up suggestively.
** Cindy really likes Ika too, thanks to her "alien heritage." At least for Ika though, she's not as creepy as Sanae.
** Sanae ''really likes'' Ika... and likes, uh, dressing her up suggestively.
** Cindy really likes Ika too, thanks to her "alien heritage." At least for Ika though, she's not as creepy as Sanae.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The anime changed the prize of the beach volleyball tournament in episode 12 from just a '''big''' television to a 3D television, a format that completely died on its ass shortly after the episode aired.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Chapter 390 features the Lemon staff playing baseball against Mr. Tokita and the lifeguards. It's never explained what led up to this, and what pushes it into [=BLAM=] territory is that they're all wearing customized regulation uniforms and equipment with no explanation why or how they got them.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: BizarroEpisode: Chapter 390 features the Lemon staff playing baseball against Mr. Tokita and the lifeguards. It's never explained what led up to this, this or what the stakes are, and what pushes it into [=BLAM=] bizarro territory is that they're all wearing customized regulation uniforms and equipment with no explanation why or how they got them.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Chapter 390 features the Lemon staff playing baseball against Mr. Tokita and the lifeguards. It's never explained why, what led up to this, and what pushes it into [=BLAM=] territory is that they're all wearing customized regulation uniforms and equipment with no explanation why or how they got them.
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* BigLippedAligatorMoment: BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Chapter 390 features the Lemon staff playing baseball against Mr. Tokita and the lifeguards. It's never explained why, and what pushes it into [=BLAM=] territory is that they're all wearing regulation uniforms and equipment with no explanation why or how they got them.
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* BigLippedAligatorMoment: Chapter 390 features the Lemon staff playing baseball against Mr. Tokita and the lifeguards. It's never explained why, and what pushes it into [=BLAM=] territory is that they're all wearing regulation uniforms and equipment with no explanation why or how they got them.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In chapter 164, Cindy speculates that Ika Musume is a robot body being controlled by a much tinier alien inside her head, foreshadowing ''Squid Girl'''s future Weekly Shonen Champion sister series ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret''.
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* MagnificentBastard: Chizuru.
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* CrazyAwesome: Chizuru.
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* AwesomenessWithdrawal: With only 13 episodes, some fans can't find the same kind of amusement when watching the anime shows in the Winter 2011 and beyond that they found in ''Ika Musume.'' Luckily the manga ran until Feburary 2016 for about 300 chapters.
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* AwesomenessWithdrawal: With only 13 episodes, some fans can't find the same kind of amusement when watching the anime shows in the Winter 2011 and beyond that they found in ''Ika Musume.'' Luckily the manga ran until Feburary February 2016 for about 300 chapters.
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* HoYay: Goro and Tatsuo seem to be very close with each other. Maybe a little bit too close.
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* LGBTFanbase: Goro and Tatsuo are ''really'' popular with gay men. Heaven knows why?
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* {{Adorkable}}:
** Ika is genuinely naive and childish in general, but because she's a FishOutOfWater, she has a childlike curiosity and naiveté regarding many different aspects and items of life on the surface. She also tends to take a lot of other things at face value and is often ComicallyMissingThePoint.
** Keiko Furukawa is a kind young policewoman, but her clumsiness, relative incompetence, and eagerness to do right despite her setbacks make her endearingly adorkable. For a specific example, her repeating map directions in her head was distracted by two kids reciting part of the Konami Code.
** Ika is genuinely naive and childish in general, but because she's a FishOutOfWater, she has a childlike curiosity and naiveté regarding many different aspects and items of life on the surface. She also tends to take a lot of other things at face value and is often ComicallyMissingThePoint.
** Keiko Furukawa is a kind young policewoman, but her clumsiness, relative incompetence, and eagerness to do right despite her setbacks make her endearingly adorkable. For a specific example, her repeating map directions in her head was distracted by two kids reciting part of the Konami Code.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Chapter 39 of the manga, which was not adapted for the first season of the TV series and probably won't be for the second. [[TooSoon Jokes about earthquakes don't seem quite so funny ever since 11 March 2011.]] The real knife-twist is that said chapter even mentions ''Tsunami''.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Chapter 39 of the manga, which was not adapted for the first season of the TV series and probably won't be for the second. [[TooSoon Jokes about earthquakes don't seem quite so funny ever since 11 March 2011.]] 2011. The real knife-twist is that said chapter even mentions ''Tsunami''.
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* EarWorm: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR64Xn5syrw Season 1]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omsnvWrBXBY OVA]] openings.
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* AwesomeMusic: The Season 2 opening, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ-rnoj4nME High Powered]].
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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The Season 2 opening, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ-rnoj4nME High Powered]].
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* FridgeBrilliance: When Squid Girl goes on a hypnosis rampage with an MIT-built hypnosis coin, Chizuru is the only one who isn't affected. Aside from her natural [[BadassAdorable badassedry]], there's also the fact that she's the only one [[EyesAlwaysShut who's eyes are usually closed.]]
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* FridgeBrilliance: When Squid Girl goes on a hypnosis rampage with an MIT-built hypnosis coin, Chizuru is the only one who isn't affected. Aside from her natural [[BadassAdorable badassedry]], there's also the fact that she's the only one [[EyesAlwaysShut who's whose eyes are usually closed.]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mini-Ika went over so well with viewers that she will star in a few mini episodes on the DVD release!
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mini-Ika went over so well with viewers that she will star stars in a few mini episodes on the DVD release!
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That's the very point; it's not like this was a serious scene meant to make the viewer feel threatened or something, it was merely a comedic moment.
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* {{Narm}}: Those dogs in the first DVD special are far more funny than they are threatening.
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* {{Moe}}: Ika and Mini-Ika.
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* {{Moe}}: Most female characters count in one way or another, but stand-outs include:
** Ika andMini-Ika.Mini-Ika, who are so insanely huggable that one can easily see why Sanae fell for her.
** Sanae herself, despite her unhealthy obsession, is also really cute.
** Chizuru, despite [[BewareTheNiceOnes her scary]] [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry angry side]], is really adorable when she's her usual kind and cheerful self.
** Kiyomi is an absolute sweetheart, both in personality and looks.
** Ayumi is likewise very kind and shy, yet so freaking cute.
** Keiko is a really kind and {{Adorkable}} policewoman.
** Ika and
** Sanae herself, despite her unhealthy obsession, is also really cute.
** Chizuru, despite [[BewareTheNiceOnes her scary]] [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry angry side]], is really adorable when she's her usual kind and cheerful self.
** Kiyomi is an absolute sweetheart, both in personality and looks.
** Ayumi is likewise very kind and shy, yet so freaking cute.
** Keiko is a really kind and {{Adorkable}} policewoman.
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* NightmareFuel: The episode "Who's The Mightiest Squid Of All". Squid Girl made several {{Nightmare Face}}s in that episode when she plots to kill them when she hears about food made of squid. ''Geez''.
** Also, whenever Chizuru opens her eyes.
-->'''Chizuru:''' ''[[TranquilFury We'll have none of that inside our shop, got that?]]''
** Doubles as NauseaFuel, chapter 113, which starts like a TearJerker to become a fullblown NightmareFuel by the end with a lot of WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids thrown into the mix and would maybe [[RuinedForever ruin the]] manga for {{Kindhearted Cat Lover}}s.
** Also, whenever Chizuru opens her eyes.
-->'''Chizuru:''' ''[[TranquilFury We'll have none of that inside our shop, got that?]]''
** Doubles as NauseaFuel, chapter 113, which starts like a TearJerker to become a fullblown NightmareFuel by the end with a lot of WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids thrown into the mix and would maybe [[RuinedForever ruin the]] manga for {{Kindhearted Cat Lover}}s.
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* TearJerker: ''The entirety of'' "Won't [[DeathIsASadThing You]] Keep It?". What the ''hell'', man.
** Ika Model One! You were a real hero!
** And the paper hat in the first episode. You know what, Ika can form a friendship with a ''rock'' and manage to make us tear up!
*** You had to say that! Episode 4-3, Season 2.
** Let's just have a moment of silence for Ika's umbrella, alright?
** Though she kinda deserves it for being so creepily obsessed, it was heartbreaking to see Sanae's increasing [[StepfordSmiler breakdown]] as she tries to give up her Ika-chan, culminating in her deleting all of her pics and burning the costumes from episode 2, while tearfully saying goodbye to her unrequited love.
** Ika Model One! You were a real hero!
** And the paper hat in the first episode. You know what, Ika can form a friendship with a ''rock'' and manage to make us tear up!
*** You had to say that! Episode 4-3, Season 2.
** Let's just have a moment of silence for Ika's umbrella, alright?
** Though she kinda deserves it for being so creepily obsessed, it was heartbreaking to see Sanae's increasing [[StepfordSmiler breakdown]] as she tries to give up her Ika-chan, culminating in her deleting all of her pics and burning the costumes from episode 2, while tearfully saying goodbye to her unrequited love.
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* FriendlyFandoms: With VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}, due to them both having squids. The creator of the manga has even drawn Splatoon fanart, and Ika's outfit is available as in-game content.
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* FriendlyFandoms: With VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}, ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', due to them both having squids. The creator of the manga has even drawn Splatoon fanart, and Ika's outfit is available as in-game content.
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* LesYay: Sanae ''really likes'' Ika... and likes, uh, dressing her up suggestively.
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* LesYay: LesYay:
** Sanae ''really likes'' Ika... and likes, uh, dressing her up suggestively.
** Sanae ''really likes'' Ika... and likes, uh, dressing her up suggestively.
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** Ika Musume wanted to test her 3D glasses by... grabbing Kiyomi's developing boobs!
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** Ika Musume wanted to test her 3D glasses by... grabbing Kiyomi's developing boobs!
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* AwesomeMusic: The Season 2 opening, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ-rnoj4nME High Powered]].
* AwesomenessWithdrawal: With only 13 episodes, some fans can't find the same kind of amusement when watching the anime shows in the Winter 2011 and beyond that they found in ''Ika Musume.'' Luckily the manga ran until Feburary 2016 for about 300 chapters.
* CrazyAwesome: Chizuru.
* EarWorm: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR64Xn5syrw Season 1]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omsnvWrBXBY OVA]] openings.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mini-Ika went over so well with viewers that she will star in a few mini episodes on the DVD release!
* FridgeBrilliance: When Squid Girl goes on a hypnosis rampage with an MIT-built hypnosis coin, Chizuru is the only one who isn't affected. Aside from her natural [[BadassAdorable badassedry]], there's also the fact that she's the only one [[EyesAlwaysShut who's eyes are usually closed.]]
* FriendlyFandoms: With VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}, due to them both having squids. The creator of the manga has even drawn Splatoon fanart, and Ika's outfit is available as in-game content.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Chapter 39 of the manga, which was not adapted for the first season of the TV series and probably won't be for the second. [[TooSoon Jokes about earthquakes don't seem quite so funny ever since 11 March 2011.]] The real knife-twist is that said chapter even mentions ''Tsunami''.
* GeniusBonus: Apart from the Shout Out listed below, the American scientists also yell "I shall return!", which will only make sense to those familiar with UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* LesYay: Sanae ''really likes'' Ika... and likes, uh, dressing her up suggestively.
** Cindy really likes Ika too, thanks to her "alien heritage." At least for Ika though, she's not as creepy as Sanae.
** Also, Eiko and [[spoiler:Ayumi, the latter being bashful around the former.]]
** Season 2, Episode 9.1 (Chapter 69 in the manga). See it for yourself.
--> '''Eiko:''' You were 90 percent serious.
--> '''Sanae:''' That's a lie! I was 100 percent serious!
** [[spoiler:Ika and Eiko can be (hardly) counted as one, especially with the finales of Season 1 and 2.]]
** Ika Musume wanted to test her 3D glasses by... grabbing Kiyomi's developing boobs!
* MagnificentBastard: Chizuru.
* MemeticBadass: Chizuru, and rightly so.
* {{Moe}}: Ika and Mini-Ika.
* {{Narm}}: Those dogs in the first DVD special are far more funny than they are threatening.
* NarmCharm: The intentionally terrible sea puns give a lot of charm to the dub. It says something that despite the usual SubbingVersusDubbing debates, very few fans consider the cheesy script a detractor in any way.
* NightmareFuel: The episode "Who's The Mightiest Squid Of All". Squid Girl made several {{Nightmare Face}}s in that episode when she plots to kill them when she hears about food made of squid. ''Geez''.
** Also, whenever Chizuru opens her eyes.
-->'''Chizuru:''' ''[[TranquilFury We'll have none of that inside our shop, got that?]]''
** Doubles as NauseaFuel, chapter 113, which starts like a TearJerker to become a fullblown NightmareFuel by the end with a lot of WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids thrown into the mix and would maybe [[RuinedForever ruin the]] manga for {{Kindhearted Cat Lover}}s.
* ParanoiaFuel: Ika. Not for the viewers, but for Nagisa.
* {{Squick}}: Southern Winds Owner's Ika-themed toilet.
--> '''Ika:''' I feel violated. *eyes tiny with shock/horror*
* TearJerker: ''The entirety of'' "Won't [[DeathIsASadThing You]] Keep It?". What the ''hell'', man.
** Ika Model One! You were a real hero!
** And the paper hat in the first episode. You know what, Ika can form a friendship with a ''rock'' and manage to make us tear up!
*** You had to say that! Episode 4-3, Season 2.
** Let's just have a moment of silence for Ika's umbrella, alright?
** Though she kinda deserves it for being so creepily obsessed, it was heartbreaking to see Sanae's increasing [[StepfordSmiler breakdown]] as she tries to give up her Ika-chan, culminating in her deleting all of her pics and burning the costumes from episode 2, while tearfully saying goodbye to her unrequited love.
* TheWoobie: Chizuru of all people. Even her own siblings are afraid of the sight of her with her eyes open, which leads her to stop wearing contact lenses. In Season 2 Episode 11.3 and OVA 1.2 she seems hurt by the fact that Ika and Ayumi don't think she's human.
* {{Woolseyism}}: Ika's VerbalTic wouldn't work well in English, so the dub replaced it with {{Smurfing}}. It works.
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* AwesomenessWithdrawal: With only 13 episodes, some fans can't find the same kind of amusement when watching the anime shows in the Winter 2011 and beyond that they found in ''Ika Musume.'' Luckily the manga ran until Feburary 2016 for about 300 chapters.
* CrazyAwesome: Chizuru.
* EarWorm: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR64Xn5syrw Season 1]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omsnvWrBXBY OVA]] openings.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mini-Ika went over so well with viewers that she will star in a few mini episodes on the DVD release!
* FridgeBrilliance: When Squid Girl goes on a hypnosis rampage with an MIT-built hypnosis coin, Chizuru is the only one who isn't affected. Aside from her natural [[BadassAdorable badassedry]], there's also the fact that she's the only one [[EyesAlwaysShut who's eyes are usually closed.]]
* FriendlyFandoms: With VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}, due to them both having squids. The creator of the manga has even drawn Splatoon fanart, and Ika's outfit is available as in-game content.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Chapter 39 of the manga, which was not adapted for the first season of the TV series and probably won't be for the second. [[TooSoon Jokes about earthquakes don't seem quite so funny ever since 11 March 2011.]] The real knife-twist is that said chapter even mentions ''Tsunami''.
* GeniusBonus: Apart from the Shout Out listed below, the American scientists also yell "I shall return!", which will only make sense to those familiar with UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* LesYay: Sanae ''really likes'' Ika... and likes, uh, dressing her up suggestively.
** Cindy really likes Ika too, thanks to her "alien heritage." At least for Ika though, she's not as creepy as Sanae.
** Also, Eiko and [[spoiler:Ayumi, the latter being bashful around the former.]]
** Season 2, Episode 9.1 (Chapter 69 in the manga). See it for yourself.
--> '''Eiko:''' You were 90 percent serious.
--> '''Sanae:''' That's a lie! I was 100 percent serious!
** [[spoiler:Ika and Eiko can be (hardly) counted as one, especially with the finales of Season 1 and 2.]]
** Ika Musume wanted to test her 3D glasses by... grabbing Kiyomi's developing boobs!
* MagnificentBastard: Chizuru.
* MemeticBadass: Chizuru, and rightly so.
* {{Moe}}: Ika and Mini-Ika.
* {{Narm}}: Those dogs in the first DVD special are far more funny than they are threatening.
* NarmCharm: The intentionally terrible sea puns give a lot of charm to the dub. It says something that despite the usual SubbingVersusDubbing debates, very few fans consider the cheesy script a detractor in any way.
* NightmareFuel: The episode "Who's The Mightiest Squid Of All". Squid Girl made several {{Nightmare Face}}s in that episode when she plots to kill them when she hears about food made of squid. ''Geez''.
** Also, whenever Chizuru opens her eyes.
-->'''Chizuru:''' ''[[TranquilFury We'll have none of that inside our shop, got that?]]''
** Doubles as NauseaFuel, chapter 113, which starts like a TearJerker to become a fullblown NightmareFuel by the end with a lot of WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids thrown into the mix and would maybe [[RuinedForever ruin the]] manga for {{Kindhearted Cat Lover}}s.
* ParanoiaFuel: Ika. Not for the viewers, but for Nagisa.
* {{Squick}}: Southern Winds Owner's Ika-themed toilet.
--> '''Ika:''' I feel violated. *eyes tiny with shock/horror*
* TearJerker: ''The entirety of'' "Won't [[DeathIsASadThing You]] Keep It?". What the ''hell'', man.
** Ika Model One! You were a real hero!
** And the paper hat in the first episode. You know what, Ika can form a friendship with a ''rock'' and manage to make us tear up!
*** You had to say that! Episode 4-3, Season 2.
** Let's just have a moment of silence for Ika's umbrella, alright?
** Though she kinda deserves it for being so creepily obsessed, it was heartbreaking to see Sanae's increasing [[StepfordSmiler breakdown]] as she tries to give up her Ika-chan, culminating in her deleting all of her pics and burning the costumes from episode 2, while tearfully saying goodbye to her unrequited love.
* TheWoobie: Chizuru of all people. Even her own siblings are afraid of the sight of her with her eyes open, which leads her to stop wearing contact lenses. In Season 2 Episode 11.3 and OVA 1.2 she seems hurt by the fact that Ika and Ayumi don't think she's human.
* {{Woolseyism}}: Ika's VerbalTic wouldn't work well in English, so the dub replaced it with {{Smurfing}}. It works.
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