Child Soldiers: Played fairly straight in Hero mode, where a young Inkling undertakes serious missions against the Octarians singlehandedly.Justified because it's all but stated that it's the ink that sends them back. Charles Atlas Superpower: During the Inkling Boy amiibo's version of the Final Boss, you can bat back Octavio's Rocket Punches and missiles with the roller.In the sequel, most if not all of these were changed into signs of dissatisfaction and disappointment, and are more calm and tame overall than the first game's lose animations. Some round loss animations (with exceptions) from the first game showed Inklings throwing mild tantrums in rage. Characterization Marches On: A variant.The main things available for the player to spend their hard-earned money on are weapons and new outfits. The sequel added customization options for hairstyle and legwear.
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Boyish Short Hair: The "hippie" hairstyle (the only one available in 1 for girls) is this with huge tentacle sidetails.Doesn't mean they aren't good at what they do best battling and looking fashionably fresh. Most of them have less-than-adequate mathematic skills, don't venture beyond places they already know, and believe that Octolings are just Inklings with exotic hairstyles. Book Dumb: Not the brightest cephalopod species to walk on land.Blood Knight: They mainly care about two things fashion and ink-based warfare.(Interestingly, though, the smartphone companion app does keep track of how much turf you've inked as an Octoling separately from Inkling turf.) Bag of Sharing: Once Octo Expansion's story is complete, the Inkling and Octoling characters share a multiplayer inventory, rank progress, and Grizzco pay grade.Badass Adorable: Cute humanoids who can shapeshift into cute squids, who can take on an entire army single-handedly.Action Fashionista: Inklings inevitably collect an impressive amount of fresh outfits to battle in.Some tropes listed here (mostly gameplay-related) apply to playable Octolings as well.