History VideoGame / Octodad

* PinocchioSyndrome: Octodad is an octopus who wants to live as a human. During the "Dad Romance" short, he answers Scarlet's question of "If you could be any animal, what would you be?" with "human".

** Patient 205 turns out to have secretly been a robot. When discovered, he immediately says 'BEEP. BOOP. WHAT IS LOVE?' in a way that sounds suspiciously like the Soldier in ''TeamFortress2''.

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

** There's a poster of [[Machinima/VideoGameChampionshipWrestling VGCW]] (Virtuous Gentlemen's Championship Wresting) in the grocery store, referencing Octodad's escapades there.

** "[[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Mintcraft]]" cookies are on sale at the grocery store, complete with a box that looks like a Creeper head and even hisses at you while flashing red when you touch it. Posters in other parts of the store also reference ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}'', ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'', and ''Machinima/VideoGameChampionshipWrestling'' (the last of which Octodad is a character in), and there's also a [[VideoGame/BitTrip Commander Video]] vending machine. The rocket ship from ''VideoGame/RetroGrade'' appears as a toy. The produce section boasts LetsPlay/{{Seananners}} brand bananas. When the chef chases Octodad in the back room, Octodad must maneuver around [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit Total brand Biscuits]], [[http://www.vlambeer.com Vlambeerio's]], cans of "[[LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts Freelance Astro-nuts]]", and "[[LetsPlay/PewDiePie Pewdie Pies]]."

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Stacy.

* HumanMomNonHumanDad: While Octodad is an octopus, his wife is a human. Their kids seem to be wholly human. [[spoiler:In the end of the second game, after his family learns Octodad's secret, Tommy lampshades this by questioning how he and his sister came to be from this marriage.]]

''Octodad'' (the first game) is a freeware [[StealthBasedGame stealth game]] made by a team of students from [=DePaul=] University. To quote the official site, ''Octodad'' is a third-person adventure game about destruction, deception and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about a day of his life. His existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks [[SomeDexterityRequired with his unwieldy boneless tentacles]] while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodian nature a secret from his human family. You can read about and download the game [[http://octodadgame.com/index.php here]].

* BadassMustache: Two of Octodad's tentacles form one. Scarlet suggests getting his "mustache" cut in the sequel, and Octodad is understandably horrified.

* BadassAdorable: Stacy and Tommy become pretty damn brave at the end in [[spoiler:saving their father by throwing their toys at the evil psychopathic chef]].
-->'''Stacy:''' I don't like your hat!

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of Octodad's unlockable ties is a [[{{Hentai}} tie with a picture of a hen on it]]. The description reads, "I've seen enough [[{{Pun}} hen ties]] to know where this is going."

* TheSouthPaw: In the first game, we see Octodad writing in his journal with his left tentacle. However, in the second game, he's holding up the [[ItemGet items he obtains]] with his ''right'' tentacle. He may be ambidextrous, or more likely neitherdextrous. (But then again, he is an octopus, so clearly this is irrelevant.)

* OnlySaneMan: Ironically, the AxCrazy chef is the only one who seems to know about Octodad's true identity. [[spoiler:Plus, it's revealed in the sequel that Stacy is the only family member to know about her father's secret.]]

* SecretKeeper:
** [[spoiler:Octodad's whole family know about their patriarch's secret by the end of the sequel.]]
** [[spoiler:Stacy managed to be an unintentional secret keeper even before this. She had always known her father was an octopus, but never said anything as she assumed [[LampshadeHanging that it was obvious and thus common knowledge]].]]

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Why play as an octopus? 'Cause it's awesome!

* [[GoodParents Good Dad]]: He may be an octopus, but he's still a pretty good dad for making sure his little girl Stacy gets a good night's sleep free of monsters and spiders.

* TheKlutz: Octodad usually leaves a big mess while completing his objectives, as [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods he has no bones]].

* LastNoteNightmare[=/=]SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: Screwing up too much and raising your Suspicion meter will cause the music to go increasingly off-key.

* {{Why Did It Have To Be| Snakes}} {{Banana Peel}}s?: Which are, in Octodad's own words, the demonspawn from his darkest nightmares.

* FiveFiveFive: {{Averted|Trope}}. The phone number for Fujimoto's restaurant is "207-DIE-FISH". This puts the restaurant, and by extension the rest of the game, in Maine.

* [[{{Somethingitis}} Something-itis]]: In the hospital-themed bonus level, there is a disease called "Unicornitis", where the afflicted person gains a unicorn horn and the ability to fly. Justified because the level is actually a story being told by Octodad's children.

** Fujimoto believing Octodad to be the advance guard of some oceanic invasion force references [[Manga/ShinryakuIkaMusume supposedly human Squid Girl]]'s objective.

** There's a poster of [[WebOriginal/VideoGameChampionshipWrestling VGCW]] (Virtuous Gentlemen's Championship Wresting) in the grocery store, referencing Octodad's escapades there.

** "[[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Mintcraft]]" cookies are on sale at the grocery store, complete with a box that looks like a Creeper head and even hisses at you while flashing red when you touch it. Posters in other parts of the store also reference ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}'', ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'', and ''WebVideo/VideoGameChampionshipWrestling'' (the last of which Octodad is a character in), and there's also a [[VideoGame/BitTrip Commander Video]] vending machine. The rocket ship from ''VideoGame/RetroGrade'' appears as a toy. The produce section boasts LetsPlay/{{Seananners}} brand bananas. When the chef chases Octodad in the back room, Octodad must maneuver around [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit Total brand Biscuits]], [[http://www.vlambeer.com Vlambeerio's]], cans of "[[LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts Freelance Astro-nuts]]", and "[[LetsPlay/PewDiePie Pewdie Pies]]."

*** [[FridgeBrilliance "...Tried to make me breakfast but he broke my eggs..."]]

* [[{{Somethingitis}} Something-itis]]: In the hospital-themed bonus level, there is a disease called "Unicornitis", where the afflicted person gains a unicorn horn and the ability to fly.
* SpiritualSuccessor: If {{Creator/Foddy}} ever made ''{{VideoGame/QWOP}}: 3D'' it would probably be a lot like this. Justified because the level is actually a story being told by Octodad's children.

** Patient 205 turns out to have secretly been a robot. When discovered, he immediately says 'BEEP. BOOP. WHAT IS LOVE?' in a way that sounds suspiciously like the Soldier in ''{{VideoGame/TeamFortress2}}''.

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Why play as an octopus? Cause it's awesome!

** There's a poster of [[WebOriginal/VideoGameChampionshipWrestling VGCW]] (Virtuous Gentlemen's Chamionship Wresting) in the grocery store, referencing Octodad's escapades there.

** "[[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Mintcraft]]" cookies are on sale at the grocery store, complete with a box that looks like a Creeper head and even hisses at you while flashing red when you touch it. Posters in other parts of the store also reference ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}'', ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'', and ''WebVideo/VideoGameChampionshipWrestling'' (the last of which Octodad is a character in), and there's also a [[VideoGame/BitTrip Commander Video]] vending machine. The rocket ship from ''VideoGame/RetroGrade'' appears as a toy. The produce section boasts LetsPlay/{{Seananners}} brand bananas. When the chef chases Octodad in the back room, octodad must maneuver around [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit Total brand Biscuits]], [[http://www.vlambeer.com Vlambeerio's]], cans of "[[LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts Freelance Astro-nuts]]", and "[[LetsPlay/PewDiePie Pewdie Pies]]."

** Patient 205 turns out to have secretly been a robot. When discovered, he immediately says 'BEEP. BOOP. WHAT IS LOVE?' in a way that sounds suspiciously like the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Tin Soldier]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: If {{Creator/Foddy}} ever made ''{{VideoGame/QWOP}}: 3D'' it would probably be a lot like this.Justified}} because the level is actually a story being told by Octodad's children.

* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: Well, Octodad is an octopus in the shape of a human, so that counts. In ''Dadliest Catch'', Cthulhu is depicted in one of the "church's" stained glass window.

* AllLovingHero: Octodad's a loving father & husband, took up Tommy's challenge in the first game instead of grounding him (though it was admittedly also in order to keep his son in the dark about his cephalopod nature), and [[spoiler:even forgave Fujimoto while expressing a love for humanity in general]] in Dadliest Catch.

* CharacterTic: Octodad tends to put on his [[http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/358/c/1/octodad_game_face_by_allora1313-d5p0chk.jpg Game Face]] whenever [[LetsGetDangerous the gloves are off]].