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These are the characters from ''Shinryaku! Ika Musume'' and tropes that are associated with them. |
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[[File:Shrinyaku 3825.jpg|frame|Takeru, Squid Girl, Sanae, Eiko, and Chizuru]] |
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== Lemon Beach House == |
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=== Ika Musume/Squid Girl === |
=== Ika Musume/Squid Girl === |
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[[File:Ikamusume 4388.png|frame]] |
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Hisako Kanemoto]] (Japanese) and [[Christine Marie Cabanos]] (English)}} |
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'''Voiced by''' [[Hisako Kanemoto]] (Japanese), [[Christine Marie Cabanos]] (English) |
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The |
The [[protagonist]] of the series, an anthropomorphic squid-girl who comes ashore to invade the surface world in retaliation for constant human pollution of the seas, only to end up being forced to work as a waitress at the Lemon Beach House restaurant in order to pay for a damaged wall of the restaurant. |
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Squid Girl include:}} |
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* [[Alien Hair]] |
* [[Alien Hair]] |
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* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type IV]] |
* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type IV]] |
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* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: In Seasons 2 episode 2.3 it turns out that Ika Musume can pick up heavy weights with her tentacles because she can manipulate her weight using her bracelets. |
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: In Seasons 2 episode 2.3 it turns out that Ika Musume can pick up heavy weights with her tentacles because she can manipulate her weight using her bracelets, which makes [[Required Secondary Powers]] a [[Justified Trope]] in the episode. |
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* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: She's shown to be extremely good at math, has mastered several skills that have nothing to do with world domination, and of course there's her extremely powerful tentacles. She could at least be a serious threat, if she wasn't so lazy and easily distracted (and, of course, if it weren't for Chizuru.) |
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** [[Required Secondary Powers]] |
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* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: She's shown to be extremely good at math, has mastered several skills that have nothing to do with world domination, and of course there's her extremely powerful tentacles. She could at least be a serious threat, if she wasn't so lazy and easily distracted (and of course, if it weren't for Chizuru.) |
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* [[Card-Carrying Villain]] |
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]] |
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* [[Combat Tentacles]] |
* [[Combat Tentacles]] |
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* [[Comically Missing the Point]] |
* [[Comically Missing the Point]] |
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* [[Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere]]: After she swears off shrimp. They pop up everywhere. |
* [[Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere]]: After she swears off shrimp. They pop up everywhere. |
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* [[Cry Cute]]: Every time Chizuru intimidates her into obeying her, or whenever a "comrade" of hers (e.g. Takeru in a squid paper-hat and an umbrella) "dies" (Takeru's hat blown away, the umbrella ran over by a truck). |
* [[Cry Cute]]: Every time Chizuru intimidates her into obeying her, or whenever a "comrade" of hers (e.g. Takeru in a squid paper-hat, and an umbrella) "dies" (Takeru's hat blown away, the umbrella ran over by a truck). |
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* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: And the tentacles. |
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: And the tentacles. |
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* [[Cute Clumsy Girl]]: Without the use of her tentacles she can barely kick a soccer ball. |
* [[Cute Clumsy Girl]]: Without the use of her tentacles she can barely kick a soccer ball. |
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* [[Cute Monster Girl|Cute Squid Girl]] |
* [[Cute Monster Girl|Cute Squid Girl]] |
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* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Ika is, in an appropriate and friendly way, friends with many kids of either gender, specifically Takeru and Kiyomi's respective groups of friends. Sanae and Cindy, on the other hand... |
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Ika is, in an appropriate and friendly way, friends with many kids of either gender, specifically Takeru and Kiyomi's respective groups of friends. Sanae and Cindy, on the other hand... |
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** In season 2 episode 9.1, Ika is asked by Risa to join her play as ''her husband.'' Minutes later, Eiko, Sanae, and Kiyomi all join in. They have different roles but they share one similar thing: they '' |
** In season 2 episode 9.1, Ika is asked by Risa to join her play as ''her husband.'' Minutes later, Eiko, Sanae, and Kiyomi all join in. They have different roles but they share one similar thing: they ''love'' Ika Musume. They even take their roles seriously and act as though they are ''genuinely in love with her'' (which isn't an act for Sanae, but is for Eiko). |
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* [[Face Your Fears]]: In Season 2, Episode 11.3, {{spoiler|she overcomes her fear of Chizuru, accidentally ticks her off again, and ''gets dragged by her to a room while |
* [[Face Your Fears]]: In Season 2, Episode 11.3, {{spoiler|she overcomes her fear of Chizuru, accidentally ticks her off again, and ''gets dragged by her to a room while '''showing NO signs of fear.'''''}} |
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{{quote|'''Ika:''' Oh? About what? {{spoiler|(while being dragged by Chizuru to a room)}}}} |
{{quote|'''Ika:''' Oh? About what? {{spoiler|(while being dragged by Chizuru to a room)}}}} |
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* [[Genius Ditz]]/[[ |
* [[Genius Ditz]]/[[Small Name, Big Ego]]: At her best, she is the former. At her worst, she is the latter. |
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* [[Genki Girl]] |
* [[Genki Girl]] |
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* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: Her reason for invading the surface world. Her subsequent experiences, however, apparently start to impress to her that the situation is more like "[[Humans Are Flawed]]". |
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: Her reason for invading the surface world. Her subsequent experiences, however, apparently start to impress to her that the situation is more like "[[Humans Are Flawed]]". |
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* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: The dub version makes many puns related to undersea creatures. |
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: The dub version makes many puns related to undersea creatures. |
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* [[I Call It Vera|I Call It Squid Unit 1, Hyperion and Eyjafjallajökull]]: [[Tear Jerker|Her]] [[Parasol of Pain|umbrella.]] |
* [[I Call It "Vera"|I Call It Squid Unit 1, Hyperion and Eyjafjallajökull]]: [[Tear Jerker|Her]] [[Parasol of Pain|umbrella.]] |
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** In a similar vein, |
** In a similar vein, Black Tiger, Black Tiger GT and Black Tiger Ticonderoga, for her bamboo boat. |
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* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] |
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] |
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* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: In Season 2, Episode 7.2. |
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: In Season 2, Episode 7.2. |
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** [[Light Is Not Good]]: and there is the fact of Ika being a [[Villain Protagonist]]. |
** [[Light Is Not Good]]: and there is the fact of Ika being a [[Villain Protagonist]]. |
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* [[Modern Major-General]] |
* [[Modern Major-General]] |
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* [[Multi |
* [[Multi-Armed Multitasking]]: Well, multi-''tentacled'' multitasking. |
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* [[Mundane Object Amazement]]: Given her little knowledge of the human world, this naturally comes in. |
* [[Mundane Object Amazement]]: Given her little knowledge of the human world, this naturally comes in. |
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* [[Mundane Utility]]: Her [[Prehensile Hair]] is frequently used like an extra set of hands for carrying food. |
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Her [[Prehensile Hair]] is frequently used like an extra set of hands for carrying food. |
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* [[Never Bareheaded]]: And for a very good reason: it's mentioned that her "hat" is actually her life source. If it's removed, she dies. Luckily, removing it is pretty hard since it's fused to her scalp. |
* [[Never Bareheaded]]: And for a very good reason: it's mentioned that her "hat" is actually her life source. If it's removed, she dies. Luckily, removing it is pretty hard since it's fused to her scalp. |
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* [[Nice Hat]]: It's more than just a [[Nice Hat]], she needs it to live. |
* [[Nice Hat]]: It's more than just a [[Nice Hat]], she needs it to live. |
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* [[No Social Skills]] |
* [[No Social Skills]]: |
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{{quote|'''Ika:''' "What's a military?"}} |
{{quote|'''Ika:''' "What's a military?"}} |
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* [[Offhand Backhand]]: To Sanae, every time she tries to glomp her. |
* [[Offhand Backhand]]: To Sanae, every time she tries to glomp her. |
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* [[Parasol of Pain]]: In her imagination at least. |
* [[Parasol of Pain]]: In her imagination at least. |
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* [[Prehensile Hair]] |
* [[Prehensile Hair]] |
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* [[Sick Episode]]: Ika falls ill to a Squid Girl disease. Symptoms include nausea, headaches, flushes in the face, fever, delirium, and death...{{spoiler|ly cravings for shrimp.}} |
* [[Sick Episode]]: Ika falls ill to a Squid Girl disease. Symptoms include nausea, headaches, flushes in the face, fever, delirium, and death...{{spoiler|ly cravings for shrimp.}} |
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* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Sometimes sees Goro as one. |
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Sometimes sees Goro as one. |
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* [[Woman in White|Squid Girl in White]] |
* [[Woman in White|Squid Girl in White]] |
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* [[Fish Out of Water |
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Figuratively ''and'' literally - as a Squid Out of the Ocean, everything about human life is new to her. |
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* [[Take Over the World]]: Her ultimate goal. Too bad she has no idea as to the strength of all the world's military forces. |
* [[Take Over the World]]: Her ultimate goal. Too bad she has no idea as to the strength of all the world's military forces. |
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* [[Tentacle Rope]] |
* [[Tentacle Rope]] |
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* [[Villain Protagonist]] |
* [[Villain Protagonist]] |
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* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Chizuru, Orcas and Sharks?]] |
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Chizuru, Orcas and Sharks?]] |
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** {{spoiler|After the end of Season 2, Episode 11.3, it looks like Ika is not afraid of Chizuru anymore, even if she accidentally ticks her off again and ''gets dragged by her to a room.''}} |
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* [[Work Off the Debt]] |
* [[Work Off the Debt]]: The premise of the entire series, even if it's in the background more often than not. |
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Sky-Blue Tentacles]] |
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Sky-Blue Tentacles]] |
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=== Eiko Aizawa === |
=== Eiko Aizawa === |
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[[File:Squid Girl - Eiko.png|thumb|250px]] |
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Ayumi Fujimura]] (Japanese) and Heather Pennington (English)}} |
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'''Voiced by''' [[Ayumi Fujimura]] (Japanese), Heather Pennington (English) |
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Middle of the Aizawa siblings and manager of the Lemon Beach House, as well as Ika Musume's principal "handler". |
Middle child of the Aizawa siblings and manager of the Lemon Beach House, as well as Ika Musume's principal "handler". |
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Eiko include:}} |
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* [[Bob Haircut]] |
* [[Bob Haircut]] |
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* [[Bodyguard Babes|Bodyguard Babe]]: She's like this towards Ayumi when she sees some [[Casanova Wannabe |
* [[Bodyguard Babes|Bodyguard Babe]]: She's like this towards Ayumi when she sees some [[Casanova Wannabe]]s try to flirt her. She almost breaks one of those guys' arms off. Here's a quote from the same guy: |
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{{quote|"Pain in the ass bodyguard!"}} |
{{quote|"Pain in the ass bodyguard!"}} |
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* [[Book Dumb]]: Studying isn't her forte, but she's also too proud to ask Ika for help. |
* [[Book Dumb]]: Studying isn't her forte, but she's also too proud to ask Ika for help. |
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* [[Fiery Redhead]] |
* [[Fiery Redhead]] |
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* [[Gamer Chick]]: Keeps a [[Famicom]] lookalike inside her room (in the anime it's a [[Mega Drive]] lookalike). Oftentimes Ika is her playmate. |
* [[Gamer Chick]]: Keeps a [[Famicom]] lookalike inside her room (in the anime it's a [[Mega Drive]] lookalike). Oftentimes Ika is her playmate. |
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: She's not a jerk per se, but given [[Genius Ditz|Ika's]] [[ |
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: She's not a jerk per se, but given [[Genius Ditz|Ika's]] [[Small Name, Big Ego|behavior]], can we really blame her for sometimes being abrasive towards her? |
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* [[Only Sane Man]]: Narrative-wise. She's also the person Ika interacts with the most. |
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Narrative-wise. She's also the person Ika interacts with the most. |
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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Red to Chizuru's blue. |
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Red to Chizuru's blue. |
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* [[Sailor Fuku]]: Her high-school uniform. |
* [[Sailor Fuku]]: Her high-school uniform. |
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=== Chizuru Aizawa === |
=== Chizuru Aizawa === |
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'''Voiced by''' [[Rie Tanaka]] (Japanese), Shelby Lindley (English) |
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Eldest of the Aizawa siblings. |
Eldest of the Aizawa siblings, Chizuru does the cooking at the Lemon Beach House. |
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Chizuru include:}} |
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* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: {{spoiler|Season 2, Episode 11.3}} focuses on her {{spoiler|and her quality time with Ika.}} |
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: {{spoiler|Season 2, Episode 11.3}} focuses on her {{spoiler|and her quality time with Ika.}} |
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** This is the first and only episode that is focused on her for this season. |
** This is the first and only episode that is focused on her for this season. |
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* [[Badass Adorable]] |
* [[Badass Adorable]] |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Her store and [[Big Brother Instinct|her siblings]]. |
* [[Berserk Button]]: Her store and [[Big Brother Instinct|her siblings]]. |
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** She has another one, as revealed in Season |
** She has another one, as revealed in Season {{spoiler|2, Episode 11.3: '''DO NOT EVER IMPLY THAT SHE'S INHUMAN!!!'''}} |
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Even Eiko is wary whenever she exudes an intimidating aura. |
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Even Eiko is wary whenever she exudes an intimidating aura. |
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* [[Cool Big Sis]] |
* [[Cool Big Sis]] |
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** Though she actually looks pretty good when she opens them [http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j396/Goosta/Chizuruopeneyes.png without malicious intent.] |
** Though she actually looks pretty good when she opens them [http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j396/Goosta/Chizuruopeneyes.png without malicious intent.] |
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* [[Flanderisation]]: In the early episodes she was extremely nice and rarely went berserk. By the end of the second season this behavior has almost gone to [[Once an Episode]] territory. |
* [[Flanderisation]]: In the early episodes she was extremely nice and rarely went berserk. By the end of the second season this behavior has almost gone to [[Once an Episode]] territory. |
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* [[Mentor Archetype]]: Teaches {{spoiler|Ayumi}} the art of self-defense while |
* [[Mentor Archetype]]: Teaches {{spoiler|Ayumi}} the art of self-defense while using Goro ''as her punching bag''. |
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* [[Nice Girl]]: Her default state. Annoy her and [[Beware the Nice Ones|she'll make you regret it for the rest of your life]]. |
* [[Nice Girl]]: Her default state. Annoy her and [[Beware the Nice Ones|she'll make you regret it for the rest of your life]]. |
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* [[Nightmare Face]]: At least to Ika's eyes. |
* [[Nightmare Face]]: At least to Ika's eyes. |
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** The first time Ika Musume sees Chizuru's scarier side, you can [[Bring My Brown Pants|hear some sort of liquid trickling in the background]]... |
** The first time Ika Musume sees Chizuru's scarier side, you can [[Bring My Brown Pants|hear some sort of liquid trickling in the background]]... |
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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Blue to Eiko's red. |
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Blue to Eiko's red. |
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* [[Troll]]/ |
* [[Troll]]/[[The Gadfly]]: sometimes she does things because it might be ''fun''. |
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* [[Weight Woe]]: Her only weakness. Ika may have a chance of ''actually beating her'' using only this weakness, if she's smart enough to notice it. |
* [[Weight Woe]]: Her only weakness. Ika may have a chance of ''actually beating her'' using only this weakness, if she's smart enough to notice it. |
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** She is also concerned with her muscles, as {{spoiler|Eiko}} exploits it in an attempt to eat more meat. |
** She is also concerned with her muscles, as {{spoiler|Eiko}} exploits it in an attempt to eat more meat. |
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=== Takeru Aizawa === |
=== Takeru Aizawa === |
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[[File:Squid Girl - Takeru Aizawa.jpg|thumb|200px]] |
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Miki Ootani (Japanese) and Amanda C. Miller (English)}} |
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'''Voiced by''' Miki Ootani (Japanese), Amanda C. Miller (English) |
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Youngest of the Aizawa siblings. |
Youngest of the Aizawa siblings - a typical elementary-school student. |
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Takeru include:}} |
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* [[Anime Hair]] |
* [[Anime Hair]] |
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* [[Cross Dressing Voice]]: If you look at his seiyuu's name above, then yes. |
* [[Cross Dressing Voice]]: If you look at his seiyuu's name above, then yes. |
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* [[Out of Focus]]: In Season 2 Episode 10.1, ''Ika, Eiko, and Chizuru'' all forget about him while they try to eat as many cuts of meat as they can. Luckily, Chizuru has reserved some cuts (which she intends to eat them herself) for him. |
* [[Out of Focus]]: In Season 2 Episode 10.1, ''Ika, Eiko, and Chizuru'' all forget about him while they try to eat as many cuts of meat as they can. Luckily, Chizuru has reserved some cuts (which she intends to eat them herself) for him. |
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=== Nagisa Saito === |
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'''Voiced by''' Azusa Kataoka (Japanese), [[Cristina Valenzuela]] (English) |
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A surfer and part-time worker for Lemon Beach House, and perhaps the only person who sees Ika as a genuine threat to humanity. |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shinryaku_ika_musume/v07/c117/4.html Don't take surfing lightly. Even if you're Ika Musume.] |
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* [[Bifauxnen]]: Just sweeping her hair back is enough to make her look like a [[Bishounen]]. |
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: She became a background character from Season 2 Episode 2 through to Episode 11, to the point of not appearing in a few episodes. Poor girl. |
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* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Enough to make most, if not all, of the girls squee for her in Season 2, Episode 2.2. |
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* [[Only Sane Man]] |
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* [[Surfer Dude|Surfer Babe]]: And she [[Serious Business|takes it seriously]]. |
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* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have to be Ika Musume?!]] |
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=== Ayumi Tokita === |
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Voiced by [[Ayako Kawasumi]] (Japanese), Sarah Williams (English) |
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Daughter of the manager of Southern Winds, Lemon Beach House's rival restaurant from a neighboring town. She sometimes works part-time at the Lemon Beach House. |
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* [[Antenna Hair]] |
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* [[Beautiful All Along]]: Without those creepy "Fake Ika Musume" ''kigurumi'' masks her father has her wear. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Beware the Nice Ones]]: After episode 10.2, you better show some manners while talking to her, as her father finds out after ''she throws him down.'' Though that one is an accident.}} |
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** {{spoiler|She learns self-defense from ''Chizuru''. Yes, ''that'' '''''[[Mentor Archetype|CHIZURU!]]'''''}} |
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* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Her father tells Eiko, Chizuru, and Ika that ever since she started working with them, her sociability has been improved. [[Does Not Like Men|She's still afraid of men though.]] |
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* [[Dude Magnet]] |
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* [[The Faceless]]: Not exactly with her appearance (she's even actually quite the looker), but she's this personality-wise; as her father told Eiko, she cannot actively interact with people outside her masks. |
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* [[Fridge Horror]]: Her father tried to trade her to the Lemon Beach House in exchange for the original Ika Musume. Behavior like this is probably why she's so insecure to begin with. |
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* [[Les Yay]]: Implied with her bashfulness around Eiko. |
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* [[Meido]]: In Chapter 162 (Season 2, Episode 2.2 in the anime), she is this while working at the store and while wearing ''bladed brass knuckles!'' (Which her father correctly identifies as trading one mask for another; see "The Faceless", above.) Needless to say, male customers are petrified at the unusual sight. |
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* [[Not Good with People]]: Chapter 210 reveals she can speak normally with Ika, because ''she doesn't consider her human''. The matching anime scene indicates this is why {{spoiler|she can speak with Chizuru normally, too.}} |
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* [[The Quiet One]] |
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* [[Shrinking Violet]] |
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=== Goro Arashiyama === |
=== Goro Arashiyama === |
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[[File:Squid Girl - Goro Arashiyama.jpg|thumb|200px]] |
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Yuuichi Nakamura]] (Japanese) and Jason Wishnov (English)}} |
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'''Voiced by''' [[Yuuichi Nakamura]] (Japanese), Jason Wishnov (English) |
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A lifeguard and Eiko's childhood friend, who has his sights for Chizuru. |
A lifeguard and Eiko's childhood friend, who has his sights for Chizuru. |
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Goro include:}} |
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* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: His tan is justifiable with his career. |
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: His tan is justifiable with his career. When he tries to recruit Ika-chan as a lifeguard and she asks if she has to tan, he quickly replies "It's not a uniform!" |
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* [[Bishonen]] |
* [[Bishonen]] |
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* [[Childhood Friends]]: With Eiko. It is also through this friendship that he met and fell in love with Chizuru. |
* [[Childhood Friends]]: With Eiko. It is also through this friendship that he met and fell in love with Chizuru. |
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=== Sanae Nagatsuki === |
=== Sanae Nagatsuki === |
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Voiced by [[Kanae Ito]] (Japanese), Xanthe Huynh (English) |
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Eiko's neighborhood friend who has taken an obsessive liking to Ika. |
Eiko's neighborhood friend (and classmate, in the anime) who has taken [[Stalker with a Crush|an ''obsessive'' liking]] to Ika. |
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Sanae include:}} |
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Well, she's actually cute, but this is how Ika sees her. |
* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Well, she's actually cute, but this is how Ika sees her. |
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* [[Bodyguard]]: In the sixth episode of the second season, Sanae becomes Squid Girl's self-appointed [[w:Security Police (Japan)|"SP"]]. Since Sanae is [[Stalker with a Crush|one of the people who Squid Girl sometimes needs to be protected from]], this does not fill her with confidence. |
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* [[Camera Fiend]] |
* [[Camera Fiend]] |
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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: The mere sight of Ika having a friendly chitchat with Kiyomi and her friends made her exude a dark aura that made a chill run down Eiko's spine. |
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: The mere sight of Ika having a friendly chitchat with Kiyomi and her friends made her exude a dark aura that made a chill run down Eiko's spine. |
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* [[Hopeless Suitor]] |
* [[Hopeless Suitor]] |
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* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: The main reason why Ika dislikes her. |
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: The main reason why Ika dislikes her. |
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* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: She's Camp Ikasexual. |
* [[Single-Target Sexuality]] / [[Token Lesbian]]: She's Camp Ikasexual. |
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* [[Stalking Is Love]] |
* [[Stalking Is Love]] |
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* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Or at least willing to get beaten up by Ika. |
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Or at least willing to get beaten up by Ika. At the end of the story when she gives up stalking her crush, she ends up ''wanting'' the violent interaction to resume. |
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* [[Yandere]]: She looks like this whenever she sees Ika chatting with another girl. |
* [[Yandere]]: She looks like this whenever she sees Ika chatting with another girl. |
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=== Cindy Campbell === |
=== Cindy Campbell === |
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'''Voiced by''' [[Hitomi Nabatame]] (Japanese), Laura Post (English) |
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An American alien researcher who comes to Japan to investigate Ika. |
An American alien researcher who comes to Japan to investigate Ika. |
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Cindy include:}} |
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* [[Alliterative Name]] |
* [[Alliterative Name]] |
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* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: In her introduction Eiko tried an "American" accent |
* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: In her introduction, Eiko tried out an "American" accent with her until Cindy revealed she could speak fluent Japanese. She was so fluent in Japanese that she eventually discovered, much to her horror, that even her native English tongue got a Japanese accent. |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: [http://fanfox.net/manga/shinryaku_ika_musume/v20/c362/1.html#ipg6 Do NOT EVER pull her jacket off]. |
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** She was so fluent in Japanese she eventually discovered, much to her horror, that even her native English tongue got a Japanese accent. |
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* [[Eagle Land]] |
* [[Eagle Land]]: A mix of both types. |
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* [[Foreign Fanservice]]: A sexy blonde woman with a |
* [[Foreign Fanservice]]: A sexy blonde woman with a ponytail (for the most part), wearing a jacket ([http://fanfox.net/manga/shinryaku_ika_musume/v20/c362/1.html#ipg7 usually,] [https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/242/113/836.png anyway]) over a striped bikini or a tube-top and short shorts? Yes, please. |
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* [[Hot Scientist]] |
* [[Hot Scientist]] |
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* [[Mad Scientist]] |
* [[Mad Scientist]] |
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* [[Name's the Same]]: She shares her name with a character from ''[[Scary Movie]]''. |
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* [[Phenotype Stereotype]] |
* [[Phenotype Stereotype]] |
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* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Her obsession with Ika sometimes goes beyond finding her "alien heritage |
* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Her obsession with Ika sometimes goes beyond finding her "alien heritage". |
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* [[Too Kinky to Torture]] |
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]] |
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* [[Walking Swimsuit Scene]] |
* [[Walking Swimsuit Scene]]: Does this for the majority of the series. |
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=== Nagisa Saito === |
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Azusa Kataoka (Japanese) and [[Cristina Valenzuela]] (English)}} |
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A surfer and part-time worker for Lemon Beach House, and perhaps the only person who sees Ika as a genuine threat to humanity. |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shinryaku_ika_musume/v07/c117/4.html Don't take surfing lightly. Even if you're Ika Musume.] |
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* [[Bifauxnen]]: Just sweeping her hair back is enough to make her look like a [[Bishounen]]. |
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: She became a background character from Season 2 Episode 2 through to Episode 11, to the point of not appearing in a few episodes. Poor girl. |
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* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Enough to make most, if not all, of the girls squee for her in Season 2, Episode 2.2. |
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* [[Only Sane Man]] |
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* [[Surfer Dude|Surfer Babe]]: And she [[Serious Business|takes it seriously]]. |
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* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have to be Ika Musume?!]] |
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=== Ayumi Tokita === |
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Ayako Kawasumi]] (Japanese) and Sarah Williams (English)}} |
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Daughter of the manager of Southern Winds, Lemon Beach House's rival restaurant from a neighboring town. She sometimes works part-time at the Lemon Beach House. |
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* [[Antenna Hair]] |
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* [[Beautiful All Along]]: Without those creepy "Fake Ika Musume" ''kigurumi'' masks her father has her wear. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Beware the Nice Ones]]: After episode 10.2, you better show some manners while talking to her, as her father finds out after ''she throws him down.'' Though that one is an accident.}} |
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** {{spoiler|She learns self-defense from ''Chizuru''. Yes, ''that'' '''''[[Mentor Archetype|CHIZURU!]]'''''}} |
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* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Her father tells Eiko, Chizuru, and Ika that ever since she started working with them, her sociability has been improved. [[Does Not Like Men|She's still afraid of men though.]] |
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* [[Dude Magnet]] |
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* [[The Faceless]]: Not exactly with her appearance (she's even actually quite the looker), but she's this personality-wise; as her father told Eiko, she cannot actively interact with people outside her masks. |
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* [[Fridge Horror]]: Her father tried to trade her to the Lemon Beach House in exchange for the original Ika Musume. Behavior like this is probably why she's so insecure to begin with. |
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* [[Les Yay]]: Implied with her bashfulness around Eiko. |
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* [[Meido]]: In Chapter 162 (Season 2, Episode 2.2 in the anime), she is this while working at the store and while wearing ''bladed brass knuckles!'' Needless to say, male customers are petrified at the unusual sight. |
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* [[Not Good with People]]: Chapter 210 reveals she can speak normally with Ika, because ''she doesn't consider her human''. |
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* [[The Quiet One]] |
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* [[Shrinking Violet]] |
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=== Mr. Tokita === |
=== Mr. Tokita === |
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'''Voiced by''' Rikiya Koyama (Japanese), [[Tony Oliver]] (English) |
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Ayumi's father whose first name is unknown. He is the Southern Wind's owner. He is fond of making creepy kigurumi based on Ika. |
Ayumi's father whose first name is unknown. He is the Southern Wind's owner. He is fond of making creepy kigurumi based on Ika. |
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Mr. Tokita include:}} |
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: His Ika kigurumi are both cute and creepy, but creepy most of the time. He even has built a ''toilet room'' out of them. |
* [[Mad Scientist]]: His Ika kigurumi are both cute and creepy, but creepy most of the time. He even has built a ''toilet room'' out of them. |
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* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]] |
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]] |
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=== Harris, Clark and Martin === |
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A trio of American [[Mad Scientist |
A trio of American [[Mad Scientist]]s and MIT graduates (each of whom graduated at the top of his class) who, together with Cindy, investigate Ika. |
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* [[Eagle Land]] |
* [[Eagle Land]] |
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* [[Geek Physiques]]: Harris is a little skinny, Clark is ''very'' skinny, and Martin is fat. |
* [[Geek Physiques]]: Harris is a little skinny, Clark is ''very'' skinny, and Martin is fat. |
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** When Ika is gone in episode 12.1, they become depressed -- Harris and Clark gain a ton of weight, while Martin loses quite a bit. |
** When Ika is gone in episode 12.1, they become depressed -- Harris and Clark gain a ton of weight, while Martin loses quite a bit. |
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* [[Gratuitous English]]: Humorously, a few of their Gratuitous English lines go unaltered in the English dub. "You're a god, man! We are god men!" |
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Humorously, a few of their Gratuitous English lines go unaltered in the English dub. "You're a god, man! We are god men!" |
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* [[Mad Scientist]] |
* [[Mad Scientist]]s |
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* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: In their zeal to discover Ika's "alien" heritage, they conveniently overlook their other, far more important discoveries: a universal language translator ''and'' a cure for cancer. Being that we actually learn this ''from them'', they appear to have some faint awareness of the fact that they're squandering their talents and discoveries |
* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: In their zeal to discover Ika's "alien" heritage, they conveniently overlook their other, far more important discoveries: a universal language translator ''and'' a cure for cancer. Being that we actually learn this ''from them'', they appear to have some faint awareness of the fact that they're squandering their talents and discoveries. |
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* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: They never pass up a chance to remind people that each of them graduated at the top of his class at MIT. (Cindy graduated at the top of her class at MIT, as well, but we only hear her mention that once during the entire anime, in reply to one of their boasts.) |
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* [[Villain Team-Up]]: While they are not really villainous, the trio and Ayumi's father join forces in Season 2, Episode 11.2 to build a [[Robot Me|Mecha-Ika Musume]]. This Mecha-Ika has almost all of the original's powers as well as the ability to speak. |
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* [[Villain Team-Up]]: While they are not really villainous, the trio and Ayumi's father join forces in Season 2, Episode 11.2 to build a [[Robot Me|Mecha-Ika Musume]]. This Mecha-Ika has almost all of the original's powers and the ability to speak. |
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=== Kiyomi Sakura === |
=== Kiyomi Sakura === |
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'''Voiced by''' Kokoro Kikuchi (Japanese), [[Carrie Savage]] (English) |
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A middle-school student who Ika befriends after a prank gone wrong. |
A middle-school student who Ika befriends after a prank gone wrong. |
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Kiyomi include:}} |
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* {{spoiler|[[A-Cup Angst]]: She is so angsty about it that her original wish for [[Tanabata]] is to ''have a bigger bust.''}} Somewhat odd for a sweet girl such as herself, but compared to her classmates that we see in the anime, it's understandable. |
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* [[Meganekko]] |
* [[Meganekko]] |
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* [[Nice Girl]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shinryaku_ika_musume/v10/c185/8.html Clearly seen] in Chapter 185 of the manga, for example. |
* [[Nice Girl]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shinryaku_ika_musume/v10/c185/8.html Clearly seen] in Chapter 185 of the manga, for example. |
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* [[Sailor Fuku]] |
* [[Sailor Fuku]]: Not her only outfit, but she is a middle-school student. |
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* [[Sick Episode]]: Season 2 episode 7.3, which ends in a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] for both Kiyomi and Squid Girl. |
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* [[The Rival]]: Sanae sees her as this. Of course, this has something to do with [[Love Triangle|Ika.]] |
* [[The Rival]]: Sanae sees her as this. Of course, this has something to do with [[Love Triangle|Ika.]] |
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=== Tatsuo Isozaki === |
=== Tatsuo Isozaki === |
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[[File:Squid Girl - Tatsuo Isozaki.jpg|thumb|200px]] |
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Shinzou Miyasaka}} |
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'''Voiced by''' Shinzou Miyasaka (Japanese) |
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Goro's friend and fellow lifeguard who tries to flirt with Ayumi. |
Goro's friend and fellow lifeguard who tries to flirt with Ayumi. |
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* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Like Goro, his tan is justifiable with his career. |
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Like Goro, his tan is justifiable with his career. |
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* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Tries to flirt with Ayumi, much to the annoyance of Eiko. |
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Tries to flirt with Ayumi, much to the annoyance of Eiko. |
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=== Kozue Tanabe === |
=== Kozue Tanabe === |
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'''Voiced by''' [[Akemi Kanda]] (Japanese), Erika Harlacher (English) |
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A gentle girl {{spoiler|implied to be an anthropomorphic "tako musume" (octopus girl)}}. |
A gentle girl {{spoiler|implied to be an anthropomorphic "tako musume" (octopus girl)}}. She never gives her name in the anime. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Cute Monster Girl|Cute Octopus Girl]]}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Cute Monster Girl|Cute Octopus Girl]]}} |
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* [[Humans Are Flawed]]: Her basic philosophy, which she sometimes shares with Ika. |
* [[Humans Are Flawed]]: Her basic philosophy, which she sometimes shares with Ika. |
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* {{spoiler|[[There Is Another]]}} |
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===Invasion Club=== |
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Kiyomi's classmates, '''Tomomi Mochizuki''', '''Yuka Nishimura''' and '''Ayano Watanbe'''. |
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* [[Walking Swimsuit Scene]]: Tomomi, although not as often as Cindy does. |
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===Keiko Furukawa=== |
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'''Voiced by''' [[Misato Fukuen]] (Japanese) |
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A police officer who is very suspicious of Squid Girl, but eventually befriends her. |
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Latest revision as of 01:46, 27 January 2024
Characters from Squid Girl include:
Lemon Beach House
Ika Musume/Squid Girl
Voiced by Hisako Kanemoto (Japanese), Christine Marie Cabanos (English)
The protagonist of the series, an anthropomorphic squid-girl who comes ashore to invade the surface world in retaliation for constant human pollution of the seas, only to end up being forced to work as a waitress at the Lemon Beach House restaurant in order to pay for a damaged wall of the restaurant.
- Alien Hair
- Anti-Villain: Type IV
- Applied Phlebotinum: In Seasons 2 episode 2.3 it turns out that Ika Musume can pick up heavy weights with her tentacles because she can manipulate her weight using her bracelets, which makes Required Secondary Powers a Justified Trope in the episode.
- Brilliant but Lazy: She's shown to be extremely good at math, has mastered several skills that have nothing to do with world domination, and of course there's her extremely powerful tentacles. She could at least be a serious threat, if she wasn't so lazy and easily distracted (and, of course, if it weren't for Chizuru.)
- Card-Carrying Villain
- Combat Tentacles
- Comically Missing the Point
- Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere: After she swears off shrimp. They pop up everywhere.
- Cry Cute: Every time Chizuru intimidates her into obeying her, or whenever a "comrade" of hers (e.g. Takeru in a squid paper-hat, and an umbrella) "dies" (Takeru's hat blown away, the umbrella ran over by a truck).
- Curtains Match the Window: And the tentacles.
- Cute Clumsy Girl: Without the use of her tentacles she can barely kick a soccer ball.
- Cute Squid Girl
- Even the Girls Want Her: Ika is, in an appropriate and friendly way, friends with many kids of either gender, specifically Takeru and Kiyomi's respective groups of friends. Sanae and Cindy, on the other hand...
- In season 2 episode 9.1, Ika is asked by Risa to join her play as her husband. Minutes later, Eiko, Sanae, and Kiyomi all join in. They have different roles but they share one similar thing: they love Ika Musume. They even take their roles seriously and act as though they are genuinely in love with her (which isn't an act for Sanae, but is for Eiko).
- Face Your Fears: In Season 2, Episode 11.3, she overcomes her fear of Chizuru, accidentally ticks her off again, and gets dragged by her to a room while showing NO signs of fear.
Ika: Oh? About what? (while being dragged by Chizuru to a room) |
- Genius Ditz/Small Name, Big Ego: At her best, she is the former. At her worst, she is the latter.
- Genki Girl
- Humans Are the Real Monsters: Her reason for invading the surface world. Her subsequent experiences, however, apparently start to impress to her that the situation is more like "Humans Are Flawed".
- Hurricane of Puns: The dub version makes many puns related to undersea creatures.
- I Call It Squid Unit 1, Hyperion and Eyjafjallajökull: Her umbrella.
- In a similar vein, Black Tiger, Black Tiger GT and Black Tiger Ticonderoga, for her bamboo boat.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: In Season 2, Episode 7.2.
- Light'Em Up: Like certain types of squid, she can emit light from her body.
- Light Is Not Good: and there is the fact of Ika being a Villain Protagonist.
- Modern Major-General
- Multi-Armed Multitasking: Well, multi-tentacled multitasking.
- Mundane Object Amazement: Given her little knowledge of the human world, this naturally comes in.
- Mundane Utility: Her Prehensile Hair is frequently used like an extra set of hands for carrying food.
- Never Bareheaded: And for a very good reason: it's mentioned that her "hat" is actually her life source. If it's removed, she dies. Luckily, removing it is pretty hard since it's fused to her scalp.
- Nice Hat: It's more than just a Nice Hat, she needs it to live.
- No Social Skills:
Ika: "What's a military?" |
- Offhand Backhand: To Sanae, every time she tries to glomp her.
- Parasol of Pain: In her imagination at least.
- Prehensile Hair
- Sick Episode: Ika falls ill to a Squid Girl disease. Symptoms include nausea, headaches, flushes in the face, fever, delirium, and death...ly cravings for shrimp.
- Again in Season 2 episode 8.3. Unlike in the first season, she appears to have a normal fever which she gets from Kiyomi.
- Sitcom Arch Nemesis: Sometimes sees Goro as one.
- Squid Girl in White
- Fish Out of Water: Figuratively and literally - as a Squid Out of the Ocean, everything about human life is new to her.
- Take Over the World: Her ultimate goal. Too bad she has no idea as to the strength of all the world's military forces.
- Tentacle Rope
- Trademark Favorite Food: Shrimp
- Tsundere
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: No one save Nagisa ever takes notice of her strange appearance and Prehensile Hair.
- Verbal Tic: -de geso. The English version of the anime translates this into frequent ocean life puns, apparently as an Ascended Meme from the fansubs.
- Villain Protagonist
- Why Did It Have To Be Chizuru, Orcas and Sharks?
- After the end of Season 2, Episode 11.3, it looks like Ika is not afraid of Chizuru anymore, even if she accidentally ticks her off again and gets dragged by her to a room.
- Work Off the Debt: The premise of the entire series, even if it's in the background more often than not.
- You Gotta Have Sky-Blue Tentacles
Eiko Aizawa
Voiced by Ayumi Fujimura (Japanese), Heather Pennington (English)
Middle child of the Aizawa siblings and manager of the Lemon Beach House, as well as Ika Musume's principal "handler".
- Bob Haircut
- Bodyguard Babe: She's like this towards Ayumi when she sees some Casanova Wannabes try to flirt her. She almost breaks one of those guys' arms off. Here's a quote from the same guy:
"Pain in the ass bodyguard!" |
- Book Dumb: Studying isn't her forte, but she's also too proud to ask Ika for help.
- Cool Big Sis: For Ika, some of the time.
- Fiery Redhead
- Gamer Chick: Keeps a Famicom lookalike inside her room (in the anime it's a Mega Drive lookalike). Oftentimes Ika is her playmate.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's not a jerk per se, but given Ika's behavior, can we really blame her for sometimes being abrasive towards her?
- Only Sane Man: Narrative-wise. She's also the person Ika interacts with the most.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Chizuru's blue.
- Sailor Fuku: Her high-school uniform.
Chizuru Aizawa
Voiced by Rie Tanaka (Japanese), Shelby Lindley (English)
Eldest of the Aizawa siblings, Chizuru does the cooking at the Lemon Beach House.
- A Day in the Limelight: Season 2, Episode 11.3 focuses on her and her quality time with Ika.
- This is the first and only episode that is focused on her for this season.
- Badass Adorable
- Berserk Button: Her store and her siblings.
- She has another one, as revealed in Season 2, Episode 11.3: DO NOT EVER IMPLY THAT SHE'S INHUMAN!!!
- Beware the Nice Ones: Even Eiko is wary whenever she exudes an intimidating aura.
- Cool Big Sis
- Creepy Blue Eyes/Icy Blue Eyes
- Curb Stomp Battle: And she's always on the winning side.
- Eyes Always Shut: And when she opens them, expect a person or two cowering in fear.
- Though she actually looks pretty good when she opens them without malicious intent.
- Flanderisation: In the early episodes she was extremely nice and rarely went berserk. By the end of the second season this behavior has almost gone to Once an Episode territory.
- Mentor Archetype: Teaches Ayumi the art of self-defense while using Goro as her punching bag.
- Nice Girl: Her default state. Annoy her and she'll make you regret it for the rest of your life.
- Nightmare Face: At least to Ika's eyes.
- Oblivious to Love: Probably subverted. She may be aware of Goro's love for her and she uses it to her advantage.
- Oh Crap: The reaction she elicits from anyone who chances upon her scarier side.
- The first time Ika Musume sees Chizuru's scarier side, you can hear some sort of liquid trickling in the background...
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Eiko's red.
- Troll/The Gadfly: sometimes she does things because it might be fun.
- Weight Woe: Her only weakness. Ika may have a chance of actually beating her using only this weakness, if she's smart enough to notice it.
- She is also concerned with her muscles, as Eiko exploits it in an attempt to eat more meat.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
Takeru Aizawa
Voiced by Miki Ootani (Japanese), Amanda C. Miller (English)
Youngest of the Aizawa siblings - a typical elementary-school student.
- Anime Hair
- Cross Dressing Voice: If you look at his seiyuu's name above, then yes.
- Cute Shotaro Boy
- The Generic Guy: Lampshaded when Squid Girl tries to draw the Aizawas using her tentacles (which she explains goes by her mental images of them.) Chizuru gets drawn as an oni, Eiko as a killer robot, and Takeru...is a more photorealistic version of himself.
- Made of Iron: His very first appearance has him getting thrown around and slammed into the ground by Squid Girl's tentacles, only to get right back up and proclaim "That was so cool!"
- Not So Above It All: Despite treating Ika like a playmate most of the time, Eiko notices that he's slowly learning to subconsciously control Ika -- which is easy enough, given her immense gullibility.
- Out of Focus: In Season 2 Episode 10.1, Ika, Eiko, and Chizuru all forget about him while they try to eat as many cuts of meat as they can. Luckily, Chizuru has reserved some cuts (which she intends to eat them herself) for him.
Nagisa Saito
Voiced by Azusa Kataoka (Japanese), Cristina Valenzuela (English)
A surfer and part-time worker for Lemon Beach House, and perhaps the only person who sees Ika as a genuine threat to humanity.
- Berserk Button: Don't take surfing lightly. Even if you're Ika Musume.
- Bifauxnen: Just sweeping her hair back is enough to make her look like a Bishounen.
- Demoted to Extra: She became a background character from Season 2 Episode 2 through to Episode 11, to the point of not appearing in a few episodes. Poor girl.
- Even the Girls Want Her: Enough to make most, if not all, of the girls squee for her in Season 2, Episode 2.2.
- Only Sane Man
- Surfer Babe: And she takes it seriously.
- Why Did It Have to be Ika Musume?!
Ayumi Tokita
Voiced by Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese), Sarah Williams (English)
Daughter of the manager of Southern Winds, Lemon Beach House's rival restaurant from a neighboring town. She sometimes works part-time at the Lemon Beach House.
- Antenna Hair
- Beautiful All Along: Without those creepy "Fake Ika Musume" kigurumi masks her father has her wear.
- Beware the Nice Ones: After episode 10.2, you better show some manners while talking to her, as her father finds out after she throws him down. Though that one is an accident.
- She learns self-defense from Chizuru. Yes, that CHIZURU!
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Her father tells Eiko, Chizuru, and Ika that ever since she started working with them, her sociability has been improved. She's still afraid of men though.
- Dude Magnet
- The Faceless: Not exactly with her appearance (she's even actually quite the looker), but she's this personality-wise; as her father told Eiko, she cannot actively interact with people outside her masks.
- Fridge Horror: Her father tried to trade her to the Lemon Beach House in exchange for the original Ika Musume. Behavior like this is probably why she's so insecure to begin with.
- Les Yay: Implied with her bashfulness around Eiko.
- Meido: In Chapter 162 (Season 2, Episode 2.2 in the anime), she is this while working at the store and while wearing bladed brass knuckles! (Which her father correctly identifies as trading one mask for another; see "The Faceless", above.) Needless to say, male customers are petrified at the unusual sight.
- Not Good with People: Chapter 210 reveals she can speak normally with Ika, because she doesn't consider her human. The matching anime scene indicates this is why she can speak with Chizuru normally, too.
- The Quiet One
- Shrinking Violet
Others
Goro Arashiyama
Voiced by Yuuichi Nakamura (Japanese), Jason Wishnov (English)
A lifeguard and Eiko's childhood friend, who has his sights for Chizuru.
- Ambiguously Brown: His tan is justifiable with his career. When he tries to recruit Ika-chan as a lifeguard and she asks if she has to tan, he quickly replies "It's not a uniform!"
- Bishonen
- Childhood Friends: With Eiko. It is also through this friendship that he met and fell in love with Chizuru.
- Dogged Nice Guy: That includes getting his butt kicked by Chizuru.
- Sitcom Arch Nemesis: Is sometimes seen as this by Ika.
- Stalker with a Crush: Not exactly a stalker, but he keeps lots of pictures of Chizuru.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Given his job, this is to be expected.
- Why Did It Have to be Ghosts?
Sanae Nagatsuki
Voiced by Kanae Ito (Japanese), Xanthe Huynh (English)
Eiko's neighborhood friend (and classmate, in the anime) who has taken an obsessive liking to Ika.
- Abhorrent Admirer: Well, she's actually cute, but this is how Ika sees her.
- Bodyguard: In the sixth episode of the second season, Sanae becomes Squid Girl's self-appointed "SP". Since Sanae is one of the people who Squid Girl sometimes needs to be protected from, this does not fill her with confidence.
- Camera Fiend
- Clingy Jealous Girl: The mere sight of Ika having a friendly chitchat with Kiyomi and her friends made her exude a dark aura that made a chill run down Eiko's spine.
- Cosplay Otaku Girl
- The Ditz
- Even Creepy Stalkers Have Standards: Despite Ika Musume's fears, Sanae won't take advantage of Ika when she's helpless from heatstroke.
- Genki Girl
- The Glomp: Subverted; she tries, only to get back-tentacled by Ika.
- Hopeless Suitor
- No Sense of Personal Space: The main reason why Ika dislikes her.
- Single-Target Sexuality / Token Lesbian: She's Camp Ikasexual.
- Stalking Is Love
- Too Kinky to Torture: Or at least willing to get beaten up by Ika. At the end of the story when she gives up stalking her crush, she ends up wanting the violent interaction to resume.
- Yandere: She looks like this whenever she sees Ika chatting with another girl.
Cindy Campbell
Voiced by Hitomi Nabatame (Japanese), Laura Post (English)
An American alien researcher who comes to Japan to investigate Ika.
- Alliterative Name
- Anime Accent Absence: In her introduction, Eiko tried out an "American" accent with her until Cindy revealed she could speak fluent Japanese. She was so fluent in Japanese that she eventually discovered, much to her horror, that even her native English tongue got a Japanese accent.
- Berserk Button: Do NOT EVER pull her jacket off.
- Eagle Land: A mix of both types.
- Foreign Fanservice: A sexy blonde woman with a ponytail (for the most part), wearing a jacket (usually, anyway) over a striped bikini or a tube-top and short shorts? Yes, please.
- Hot Scientist
- Mad Scientist
- Name's the Same: She shares her name with a character from Scary Movie.
- Phenotype Stereotype
- Single-Target Sexuality: Her obsession with Ika sometimes goes beyond finding her "alien heritage".
- Too Kinky to Torture
- Walking Swimsuit Scene: Does this for the majority of the series.
Mr. Tokita
Voiced by Rikiya Koyama (Japanese), Tony Oliver (English)
Ayumi's father whose first name is unknown. He is the Southern Wind's owner. He is fond of making creepy kigurumi based on Ika.
- Mad Scientist: His Ika kigurumi are both cute and creepy, but creepy most of the time. He even has built a toilet room out of them.
- Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant
- No Name Given
- Villain Team-Up: With Harris, Clark, and Martin. All of them are not really villainous; only to Ika.
Harris, Clark and Martin
Voiced by Seiji Sasaki, Anri Katsu, and Tetsuo Goto (Japanese); Phineas, Tony Oliver, and Jonathan Meza (English)
A trio of American Mad Scientists and MIT graduates (each of whom graduated at the top of his class) who, together with Cindy, investigate Ika.
- Eagle Land
- Geek Physiques: Harris is a little skinny, Clark is very skinny, and Martin is fat.
- When Ika is gone in episode 12.1, they become depressed -- Harris and Clark gain a ton of weight, while Martin loses quite a bit.
- Gratuitous English: Humorously, a few of their Gratuitous English lines go unaltered in the English dub. "You're a god, man! We are god men!"
- Mad Scientists
- Reed Richards Is Useless: In their zeal to discover Ika's "alien" heritage, they conveniently overlook their other, far more important discoveries: a universal language translator and a cure for cancer. Being that we actually learn this from them, they appear to have some faint awareness of the fact that they're squandering their talents and discoveries.
- Small Name, Big Ego: They never pass up a chance to remind people that each of them graduated at the top of his class at MIT. (Cindy graduated at the top of her class at MIT, as well, but we only hear her mention that once during the entire anime, in reply to one of their boasts.)
- Villain Team-Up: While they are not really villainous, the trio and Ayumi's father join forces in Season 2, Episode 11.2 to build a Mecha-Ika Musume. This Mecha-Ika has almost all of the original's powers and the ability to speak.
Kiyomi Sakura
Voiced by Kokoro Kikuchi (Japanese), Carrie Savage (English)
A middle-school student who Ika befriends after a prank gone wrong.
- A-Cup Angst: She is so angsty about it that her original wish for Tanabata is to have a bigger bust. Somewhat odd for a sweet girl such as herself, but compared to her classmates that we see in the anime, it's understandable.
- Meganekko
- Nice Girl: Clearly seen in Chapter 185 of the manga, for example.
- Sailor Fuku: Not her only outfit, but she is a middle-school student.
- Sick Episode: Season 2 episode 7.3, which ends in a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming for both Kiyomi and Squid Girl.
- The Rival: Sanae sees her as this. Of course, this has something to do with Ika.
Tatsuo Isozaki
Voiced by Shinzou Miyasaka (Japanese)
Goro's friend and fellow lifeguard who tries to flirt with Ayumi.
- Ambiguously Brown: Like Goro, his tan is justifiable with his career.
- Casanova Wannabe: Tries to flirt with Ayumi, much to the annoyance of Eiko.
- Stalker with a Crush: To Ayumi.
- Walking Shirtless Scene
Kozue Tanabe
Voiced by Akemi Kanda (Japanese), Erika Harlacher (English)
A gentle girl implied to be an anthropomorphic "tako musume" (octopus girl). She never gives her name in the anime.
- Cute Octopus Girl
- Humans Are Flawed: Her basic philosophy, which she sometimes shares with Ika.
- Last-Episode New Character: More like the Last Episode Octo-Girl of the show. She has only appeared in the last episodes of Season 1 and 2.
- Meaningful Name: Tanabe Kozue. "Tako" is Japanese for octopus.
- Nice Girl
- There Is Another
Invasion Club
Kiyomi's classmates, Tomomi Mochizuki, Yuka Nishimura and Ayano Watanbe.
- Walking Swimsuit Scene: Tomomi, although not as often as Cindy does.
Keiko Furukawa
Voiced by Misato Fukuen (Japanese)
A police officer who is very suspicious of Squid Girl, but eventually befriends her.
- Back to Squid Girl