An Octopus is My Best Friend/Tropes

Octopus is My Best Friend is an American animated television series created by Catherine Uhlman, aired on Disney Channel from 2005 til 2008. This page shows the tropes for the show

Tropes

 * Actor Allusion: TBD.
 * All Just a Dream: TBD.
 * All-Star Actor: TBD.
 * Book End: TBD.
 * Beserk Button: Whatever you do, do NOT call Octo a "pipsqueak".
 * Best Friend: Shirley has five (Octo, Taylor, Jayden, Marvin and Cindy).
 * Crossover: [with Freaky Mona]
 * Cry Cute: [Shirley and Taylor]
 * Darker and Edgier: The Terror Swarm is one of the darkest episodes of the series to date. Of course this episode is actually a story told by Octo, but it still counts as that.
 * Dumb, but Diligent: Despite his stupidity, Jason deeply cares for his kids, even making sure they are safe and he does have some smart moments.
 * Funny Animal: Octo and Squick
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Suzy is this. Despite being usually grumpy and cynical (often being snarky at kids), Suzy actually does care about her friends, especially Shirley and Octo.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Katherine is this.
 * Official Couple:
 * [Shirley/Taylor if decided to be official]
 * Generic Cuteness: TBD.
 * Talking Animal: Octo and Squick
 * The Rival: Squick has been Octo's rival since they were younger.
 * Tomboy with a Girly Streak: [Taylor, reserved for Green]
 * Easter Egg:
 * In the episode TBD, pictures of Howie, Eddie the Leech, Gerrett, Rufus, Sparky, Sara and Mr. Whiskers are seen on a wall full of pictures of animals.
 * A tiny drawing of Mr. Sticks is seen in one episode.
 * In one episode, one of the movie posters has Maddie Crowell.
 * A graffiti of Freaky Mona can be seen with the word, "Soon", next to it.
 * Pepper Ann makes a cameo walking by Taylor.
 * Skirts, Dresses and Gowns: Shirley wears an overall jean skirt and Taylor wears a knee-length jean skirt.
 * Youthful Freckles: Taylor has these.

YMMV

 * Crossover Pairing:
 * Ensemble Dark Horse:
 * Taylor is the most-popular character in the entire series.
 * Fan-Preferred Couple:
 * [Shirley and Taylor, or make it an official couple]
 * Anna/Anthony.
 * Fandom Rivalry:
 * [The Nutshack, for obvious reasons]
 * Fans of The Buzz on Maggie has a flame war with this show's fanbase (as both shows came in 2005), mainly since the former ended up becoming less popular than the latter. Additionally, the former ended up getting cancelled and bit the dust while the latter became popular and gaining three new seasons.
 * Fans of Prince and the Porpoise have a rather poor relationship the show's fanbase, since they consider it a "ripoff"
 * TBD
 * Friendly Fandoms:
 * [TFPWL, since it was created by Diana, Catherine's sister]
 * Me and My Guardian Angel fans has shown likings on this show and gets along with this fanbase very well, and vice-versa.
 * Fans of this and Me and Sparky has a rather healthy relationship with each other.
 * Kim Possible fans rather get along with this fanbase rather well.
 * [Outback Snake]
 * Fans of Ferret and Parrot has shown a pretty good liking on this show, and vice versa, therefore getting along with each other very well.
 * [Girl and Her Dinosaur]
 * [Freaky Mona]
 * It helps that this show had a crossover with The Freaky Tales of Freaky Mona.
 * Fans of this and My Name's Mr. Sticks! both get along with each other very well.
 * [other DC shows]
 * [Finding Nemo and Finding Dory, idk why]
 * Fans of this actually enjoyed Soul and vice-versa, therefore having a healthy relationship with each other.
 * [Tadashi cause why not]
 * [Video People]
 * Fans of this actually enjoyed Brothers and Monsters and vice-versa.
 * Me and the Moose fans revealed that they are fans of Octopus is My Best Friend, getting along with each others' fanbases.
 * Despite the poor relationship, some fans of Prince and the Porpoise actually enjoyed the series, calling it "Prince and the Porpoise before Prince and the Porpoise".
 * Memetic Mutation:
 * [Shirley-related]

Trivia

 * Adored by The Network: [reserved for Green].
 * Big Name Fan:
 * [Diana Uhlman]
 * [Billie Ellish]
 * Channel Hop: [streaming rights from Netflix to Disney+]
 * Comic Book Adaption: Octopus is My Best Friend Forever.
 * Executive Meddling:
 * During production of the series, Taylor was first created to be a bully to Shirley and Octo, harrassing them for no reason, even during inappropriate timing, and even liking to kidnap Octo. However, due to it being disliked by test audiences and even crew members (and hell, even Catherine Uhlman was not impressed with it), Taylor was eventually revamped to what we know and love today.
 * TBD
 * God Does Not Own the World: While the series was created by Catherine Uhlman, the series' assets and elements are owned by The Walt Disney Company.
 * Revival: Octopus is My Best Friend Forever, being a comic.
 * What Could Have Been:
 * Octopus is My Best Friend was originally planned to be called My Best Friend is An Octopus.
 * Originally, Taylor was originally going to be a completely different character, being a big bully to Shirley and Octo, as well as sporting a different look and appearance. However, it was disliked by many test audiences and crew members. With a bit of Executive Meddling, Taylor was eventually revamped to a skirt-wearing tomboy we all know and love today.
 * Octo is originally going to be named Tentacles.
 * The series, at first, was proposed to Nickelodeon, but ended up getting rejected by that channel, resulting the series to be picked up by Disney Channel instead.
 * Shirley was originally named Stacy.

Tear-Jerker

 * [Taylor being insulted by tomboy girls]