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The Lemon Beach House, run by the Aizawa sisters, is booming with customers in the middle of the summer. This peace will be short-lived. A girl calling herself "Ika Musume" (Squid Girl) emerges from the sea, stating her goal of taking over the world as a revenge on humanity for polluting the oceans. This army of one has a long way to go, though. When she breaks a large hole in the beach house, the sisters force Ika to work for them until she can pay for the repairs. Thus begins a cute comedy about the friends at the Lemon Beach House and world domination... supposedly.

Based on Masahiro Anbe's manga, ''Shinryaku! Ika Musume -The invader comes from the bottom of the sea!-'' was adapted into a [[Twelve Episode Anime]] in fall 2010. It's currently licensed and dubbed by [[Media Blasters]].

Based on Masahiro Anbe's manga, ''Shinryaku! Ika Musume -The invader comes from the bottom of the sea!-'' was adapted into a [[Twelve-Episode Anime]] in fall 2010. It's currently licensed and dubbed by [[Media Blasters]].

Season 2, titled ''Shinryaku!? Ika Musume'', aired in fall 2011.

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* [[Always a Bigger Fish]]: invoked in ep. 11 when Ika and the family hike up a mountain, encountering animals that keep getting scared off by bigger or more dangerous animals, culminating in a king cobra. {{spoiler|Amazingly, it doesn't bite Ika - ''it [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomps]] her''.}}

* [[Amplified Animal Aptitude]]: Alex, Sanae's dog, seems to understand human speech quite well.

* [[And Then What]]: Brought up in Episode 5.2 of Season 1, and again in Episode 12.1 of Season 2.

* [[And Then What?]]: Brought up in Episode 5.2 of Season 1, and again in Episode 12.1 of Season 2.

* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: Eiko tries several languages with Cindy, until it becomes clear that she can speak Japanese flawlessly.

** Despite their own fluency, however, her scientist colleagues avert this trope -- the voice actors try to give their characters stereotypical "American" accents.

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* [[Bifauxnen]]: In chapter 148/Episode 2 of season 2, Eiko makes Nagisa dress up as a guy to attract more female customers.

* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Chizuru turns up the sparkles to convince Goro to watch Takeru for her. It works.

* [[Bland Name Product]]: In episode 9 Ika and Kiyome play ''[[Street Fighter|Stocking Fighter IV]]'' and Ika picks Dhalsim-expy Mr. Yoga.

* [[Bland-Name Product]]: In episode 9 Ika and Kiyome play ''[[Street Fighter|Stocking Fighter IV]]'' and Ika picks Dhalsim-expy Mr. Yoga.

** And then they get a copy of ''[[Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing|Hedgehog Kart]]''.

* [[Blatant Lies]]: When Ika gets amnesia in episode 7.2 in Season 2, Cindy and Sanae concoct a made up story of how she's an alien (Cindy) and fell in love with Sanae at first sight (Sanae). Ika nearly falls for it until Eiko tells them to stop trying screw up her memory.

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* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: {{spoiler|Ika in episode 12. In the manga version of this story, Ika's abilities are restored when she is "attacked" by an orca float.}}

* [[Camera Fiend]]: Sanae has entire photobooks of Ika, and more or less holds her hostage to get more. The so-called invader is powerless against this.

* [[Card Carrying Villain]]: Ika Musume is not a fan of the "winning the people's hearts" method of world-conquering, and considers being fearsome and terrifying to be job requirements. Nothing depresses her more than people thinking she's nice, and consequently she has a soft spot for Nagisa (who's scared to death of her).

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Ika Musume is not a fan of the "winning the people's hearts" method of world-conquering, and considers being fearsome and terrifying to be job requirements. Nothing depresses her more than people thinking she's nice, and consequently she has a soft spot for Nagisa (who's scared to death of her).

* [[Catgirl]]: [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Cat Squid Girl]], actually. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shinryaku_ika_musume/v06/c113/4.html Behold!]

{{quote| '''Eiko:''' How odd... (because of the squid portions)}}

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** Or the fact that Japan is well known for overfishing their waters. That said the show is more [[Humans Are Flawed]]: everyone is good, they just shouldn't dump trash in the water. {{spoiler|Part of Ika's character development as the show goes on is her own realization of this.}}

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: All the episode/chapter titles are in the form of questions, ending with, in Japanese, "-na'''i ka'''", which signifies a question in the informal mode, with the "i ka" in katakana for emphasis. This makes for a pun with "ika", which by itself means squid.

** [[Pun Based Title]]: [[Woolseyism|Since that doesn't work in English]], the translation makes most of the chapter titles' puns on "Squid," "Ink," or "Fish," such as "Feeling Inkquisitive?" and "How about a squiddle walk?!"

** [[Pun-Based Title]]: [[Woolseyism|Since that doesn't work in English]], the translation makes most of the chapter titles' puns on "Squid," "Ink," or "Fish," such as "Feeling Inkquisitive?" and "How about a squiddle walk?!"

* [[Idiot Ball]]: Cindy carries it for a little while in S2 4.1 when she fails to realize Eiko is still speaking Japanese instead of English and the [[In My Language That Sounds Like]] phrases get more and more ridiculous. It's still hilarious though.

* [[I'm Taking Her Home With Me]]: The beginning of "Won't You Keep It?". Sanae tries to do this on a regular basis to Squid Girl, but always gets punched away.

* {{spoiler|1=[[Important Haircut]]/[[Bob Haircut]]}}: {{spoiler|Ika in episode 12. [[Fridge Brilliance|Interestingly, she cuts her tentacles at the same angle as Eiko's hair]].}}

* [[In Series Nickname]]: The Three Stooges, for the MIT guys. Even Cindy herself calls them that (''in English!'').

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: The Three Stooges, for the MIT guys. Even Cindy herself calls them that (''in English!'').

* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Ika Musume-chan.

* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: Averted. Sanae wanted Ika to be this, and was very disappointed to discover that, yes, she does wear something under her dress. And not even panties: she wears a modest one-piece swimsuit so that ''nothing'' is exposed when Sanae gets a peek.

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* [[Last Episode New Character]]

* [[Laughing Mad]]: Eiko, when she finds out Squid Girl is far, far better at math than her.

* [[Lawyer Friendly Cameo]]: [[Kamen Rider|Nohmen Rider]]. Ika, of course, roots for the Dr. Shinigami-like squid monster.

* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: [[Kamen Rider|Nohmen Rider]]. Ika, of course, roots for the Dr. Shinigami-like squid monster.

* [[Light Em Up]]: Like certain species of squid, Ika's able to make herself luminous.

* [[Light'Em Up]]: Like certain species of squid, Ika's able to make herself luminous.

** [[Light Is Not Good]]: and there is the fact of Ika being a [[Villain Protagonist]].

* [[Loophole Abuse]]: In one episode, Ika plays soccer with some of Takeru's schoolmates. However, she doesn't know how to play, and when she's told she can't use her hands, she resorts to using her tentacles instead, which to the kids still looked like she held the ball in her "hands".

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* [[Meganekko]]: Kiyomi Sakura.

* [[The Men in Black]]: In chapter 170 (Season 2, Episode 6.2 in the anime), Sanae becomes Ika's Secret Service. The chapter ends with Sanae beating herself up over it. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shinryaku_ika_musume/c170/8.html Literally.]

* [[Modern Major General]]: Ika seems able to do nearly anything... except the thing that matters most to her: [[Take Over the World|invasion.]] The huge global population, {{spoiler|tentacle-severing karate chops,}} and [[Status Quo Is God|status quo]] make her invasion [[Just for Pun|dead in the water.]]

* [[Modern Major-General]]: Ika seems able to do nearly anything... except the thing that matters most to her: [[Take Over the World|invasion.]] The huge global population, {{spoiler|tentacle-severing karate chops,}} and [[Status Quo Is God|status quo]] make her invasion [[Just for Pun|dead in the water.]]

{{quote| '''Ika:''' "[[Lampshade Hanging|Why do I have to be good at everything]] ''[[Lampshade Hanging|but]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|invading, de geso~?!]]"}}

* [[Multi Armed Multitasking]]: Ika appears to specialise in this with her tentacle hair.

* [[Mundane Utility]]: Ika possesses ten tentacles with super strength, super speed and super dexterity. They come in really handy in her job as a waitress. Oh, and the squid ink she can produce makes a formidable pasta sauce.

* [[Mundane Object Amazement]]: Being an invader from the sea, this is to be expected. Especially in the last segment in Episode 8.

* [[~~Names~~ the Same]]: Cindy's last name is [[Scary Movie|Campbell.]]

* [[Name's the Same]]: Cindy's last name is [[Scary Movie|Campbell.]]

{{quote| '''Ika-Musume:''' [http://mangable.com/shinryaku_ika_musume/chapter-84/5/ "Your tentacles become grotesque shapes and attack people around you indiscriminately de geso!"]}}

* [[New Age Retro Hippie]]: After following her bamboo boat along the river all the way to the sea, Ika ends up at the ''[[The Beatles|Lenon]]'' (sic) Beach House.

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* [[Oh Crap]]: When anyone realizes just how fucking ''scary'' the supposedly sweet big sister Chizuru can be.

** Nagisa on first seeing Squid Girl.

* [[One Dialogue Two Conversations]]: Ika and Goro both consider themselves "protectors of the sea", and thus form an uneven alliance, as their motivations (world domination vs. saving people) are rather different.

* [[One Dialogue, Two Conversations]]: Ika and Goro both consider themselves "protectors of the sea", and thus form an uneven alliance, as their motivations (world domination vs. saving people) are rather different.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Nagisa considers herself to be this, seeing as she's the only one in the whole beach to consider Ika-chan as actually threatening. Understandable, as she's never seen Chizuru in action (she finally ''does'' at the end of episode 9, and her reaction is what you'd expect). Narratively, though, Eiko fills the role more obviously; she's incredulous about Ika's origins at first, she's often the one who has to rein the other characters in (Ika and Sanae in particular) and her only "quirk" is her [[Fiery Redhead|hot-ish temper]] (and really, given how Ika acts, can you blame the poor girl?)

* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: When [[Eyes Always Shut|Chizuru]] opens her eyes, expect to get your ass handed to you.

* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: They're not trying to spirit you away to the afterlife, they're just showing you a way back home.

* [[Pac Man Fever]]: An odd mix. Eiko's game system is a cartridge-based one, with plenty of [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] to actual 16-bit era games (especially [[Sega]] games,) but it also plays a [[Bland Name Product]] version of [[Street Fighter|Street Fighter IV.]]

* [[Pac-Man Fever]]: An odd mix. Eiko's game system is a cartridge-based one, with plenty of [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] to actual 16-bit era games (especially [[Sega]] games,) but it also plays a [[Bland-Name Product]] version of [[Street Fighter|Street Fighter IV.]]

* [[Paper Thin Disguise]]: Literally. Takeru pretends to be Squid Boy with a disguise consisting of a paper hat and coloured strips of paper. Ika falls for it. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Even when it's removed.]]

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Literally. Takeru pretends to be Squid Boy with a disguise consisting of a paper hat and coloured strips of paper. Ika falls for it. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Even when it's removed.]]

** Chizuru in episode 12 after Eiko crashes into her. She then switches places with her and dons a wig and the Noh Mask Rider Hannya mask -- with her real hair hanging out quite obviously.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Chizuru, Eiko and Takeru are siblings and live together, but their parents seem to be nonexistent. So far it has not been mentioned if they are away or dead, but Chizuru says in the fifth volume of the manga that nobody uses their bedroom anymore. They appear in a [[Happy Flashback]] Eiko has in Chapter 79 (Season 2, Episode 9.3 in the anime), {{spoiler|which makes her cry}}.

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*** ''Ika Musume herself'' can be considered as Japan's gender-flipped and '''moefied''' Squidward Tentacles.

* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: In their pursuit of extraterrestrial life, the MIT scientists have cured cancer and created a universal translator. Unfortunately, in their single-minded pursuit of the bizarre, they don't give a crap about either of these discoveries.

* [[Relax O Vision]]: In Season 2, Episode 8.3 (Chapter 156 in the manga), Ika suffers a heat stroke and can barely move. While she [[Imagine Spot|imagines]] what Sanae could do to her in that incapacitated, defenseless state, we are shown this instead. Fortunately for Ika, [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Sanae Has Standards]], and she actually refuses to take advantage of the situation.

* [[Relax-O-Vision]]: In Season 2, Episode 8.3 (Chapter 156 in the manga), Ika suffers a heat stroke and can barely move. While she [[Imagine Spot|imagines]] what Sanae could do to her in that incapacitated, defenseless state, we are shown this instead. Fortunately for Ika, [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Sanae Has Standards]], and she actually refuses to take advantage of the situation.

* [[Remembered I Could Fly]]: Ika Musume almost drowns and gets rescued by Goro. Eiko asks why she drowned, Ika Musume explains that [[Comically Missing the Point|her tentacles cramped because she forgot to stretch]]. After more prodding she remembers that she can't drown, because she's a squid.

** And Season 2, Episode 2.3 (Chapter 166 in the manga) reveals she ''can'' "fly" anyway.

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** In episode 11.1, Eiko brings a doll out of storage because it's picking up in value as a collectors item. It was part of a pair of doll toys known as [[Johnny Depp|Johnny & Depp]].

** Episode 7.1 of the second season starts with Squid Girl playing [[Golden Axe]], and in 7.2 she's playing [[Bonanza Bros]].

** There's also a [[Bland Name Product]] version of [[Street Fighter|Street Fighter IV]], as well as "[[Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing|Hedge]][[Sonic the Hedgehog|hog]] [[Mario Kart|Kart.]]"

** There's also a [[Bland-Name Product]] version of [[Street Fighter|Street Fighter IV]], as well as "[[Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing|Hedge]][[Sonic the Hedgehog|hog]] [[Mario Kart|Kart.]]"

** In the background of Takeru's ''elementary school'' classroom, you can see Aho, Sethi, and Ullman's seminal computer science book "Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools" (first edition). The other books on the shelf are apparently also computer science books.

* [[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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*** In the dub, she loses her squiddy mannerisms, and "dawa" is changed to "You Know?" Lampshaded by Eiko later in the episode.

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Though it's ''very'' easy to forget, considering just how cute Ika Musume is.

** That and the purpose of her "invasion". While not the smartest way to go about it, [[Anti Villain|her motivation for doing so is valid]].

** That and the purpose of her "invasion". While not the smartest way to go about it, [[Anti-Villain|her motivation for doing so is valid]].

* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: It's eventually revealed that Squid Girl can vomit ink at will. [[Played for Laughs]] whenever it happens.

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Goro. Justified since he's a lifeguard. Coincidentally, [[Fairy Tail|Gray]], who's also included in this trope, is voiced by the same [[Yuuichi Nakamura|voice actor]].

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* [[Waterfall Puke]]: Played with. Though not actually vomit, Ika-Musume replicates the visual perfectly when she horks up some ink to make squid ink pasta.

{{quote| '''Eiko''': "How can you eat that after watching her vomit?"}}

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Invoked in ep 5-3, which answers the question of what would happen if Ika and Eiko had initially gotten on better terms. The answer? {{spoiler|It ends in a [[Tear Jerker]] as [[Who Wants to Live Forever|Ika will most certainly outlive any human]].}}

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Invoked in ep 5-3, which answers the question of what would happen if Ika and Eiko had initially gotten on better terms. The answer? {{spoiler|It ends in a [[Tear Jerker]] as [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|Ika will most certainly outlive any human]].}}

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Takeru and Nagisa, apparently.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|Why Did It Have To Be Orcas and Sharks?]] -- Ika is terrified of her greatest natural predators, even in inflatable toy form. Also the banana in inflatable toy form, since she's never actually seen a banana.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Orcas and Sharks?]] -- Ika is terrified of her greatest natural predators, even in inflatable toy form. Also the banana in inflatable toy form, since she's never actually seen a banana.

** She's also scared of Chizuru [[Beware the Nice Ones|(but she has very good reasons to be)]].

** Goro's not afraid of near-drowning -- as a lifeguard, he takes risks regularly -- but he is absolutely ''terrified'' of ghosts. Although it takes a lot to get him to admit it in front of Chizuru.

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