OctocatFrom WhatPort80    Octocat Adventure is an animated series on YouTube. It all began when the first video was spawned on March 13 2008, by Randy Peters. His fantastic animation depicted the life-long struggle of Octocat, a red cat with eight tentacles, on his quest to find his parents. Since then, he has created a sequel and promises to make more.
The Search for Octocat's Parents Octocat is probably most famous for his quest to find his parents.
Octocat's creation storyIt is debated as to what extent Octocat took part in the History of the Universe, as during the film clip (13-17 seconds) there are clear references to Pandora's box where all the evil was let out and made Octocat run away in fear. There are also links to the creation of the sabbath day. Anonymous' Connections with OctocatOn the evening of March 13 2008, Anon was rolling around in its own urine and excrement as usual. However, this day, a few Anon discovered the Octocat video on YouTube in all of its awesome goodness. Figuring that it was better than simply sitting around and letting /b/ rot away with cancer, they trolled the video and spammed 5-star ratings and favorites. The video very quickly gained honors and popularity, and it continues to rise at the moment. Many Anonymous consider Octocat to be the The Chemo That Is Curing /b/|chemo that's curing /b/ and oldtimers rejoice at the original lulz-worthy content. Needless to say, the work was received very well.
Fail Kicks InAfter the many dumbass commenters that plague YouTube discovered the almighty success that Octocat was getting, they began to spam 1-star comments, resulting in many BAWWWWWS. Typical YouTube users only like Youtube Poop; anything original will get down-voted. However, this also prompted the Anons of /b/ to double the favoriting and 5-staring, as well as down-voting the top videos in order to bring Octocat to the top. You can help them by rating the video 5 stars and putting it in your favorites. You can also digg it by clicking here. David ORLYOn September 6th, 2008 award-winning professional animator David O' Reilly came forward as the original creator of Octocat.[1] The last video underscores this claim, as at the end of the video, O' Reilly's sign is shown. Besides that, The style of octocat is very similar to O' Reilly's style in other works of art, like the following. Well, what we can say is that we have been trolled. But on the other hand, Anonymous did keep on fighting for the recognition of the talent of this young boy, whilst being flamed by the rest of the internet. This shows Anonymous actually has a sense of art, and doesn't let itself get put down by popular views. ORLY Credits ED and 4chan
On September 8, David O' Reilly finally added a news report to his site that thanks ED and 4chan for their fan art and love. 'O Reilly also tries to add an emotional statement by adding that it doesn't matter how expensive and hip animation is, as long as the story is touching. Of course nobody will take this serious. Although David uploaded most of the Octocat fanart, even the Rule 34 stuff, to his site, he didn't seem too happy with the Russian Nazi Octocat porn image.
Octocat Adventure 2 Compelled by the cheers of Anons everywhere, Randy Peters made a sequel to the original Octocat video. Its name, eternally etched into the annals of time, was Octocat Adventure 2. It was posted on his YouTube account on March 27, 2008. In this new video, Octocat cries about missing his parents and continues to find him. He mumbles to himself and walks over a fence, which gets bigger and scares him. He runs away. He then finds 3 doors, one with a screaming self inside, another with a staring self inside and a third with another screaming self inside. He finally opens the second door again and finds a gem thingy. The sign over it says "Dont touch! for parents". After he touches it, there's flashing lights and he freaks out. The movie then ends suddenly, leaving the touched viewer to contemplate the madness.
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Octocat Adventure 4
After a three month holiday, Randy Peters showed the world that his talent was still running strong. On the fourth of july 2008, Octocat 4 was released, and was met with raving critics. In this installment Peters drives away from the high levels of surrealism that he so carefully reached in the first three adventures, and delves farther into the mind of our young hero. Octocat Adventure 4 shows a more raw, down to earth, Octocat, struggling with his newly earned status as a murderer. He seeks the solitude of the desert, and after a long journey of catharsis, he even gets rejected by his parents. This leads to the breakdown of Octocat, leaving him with a deep feeling of despair, and nihilism. It is obvious that Peters has taken the time to mature in his three months of leave, and we should see Octocat 4 as the beginning of a new era in the career of this young filmmaker.
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Octocat Adventure 5 End
In the most emotionally deep episode of the series, Peters made a brave move. On the seventh of September 2008, Octocat's adventures were even more spine-chilling than Anon had once thought. In a display of cowardice, Octocat attempts to run from the blac balloon, but when he realizes his attempts are in vain, the animation takes a turn for the brutal. With the most breathtaking 3D graphics ever shown, Octocat fights the blac balloon and defeats him.
There has been much speculation whether this is the last episode of the series or not.
But all is not won, as we see Octocat walking over a snowy horizon and his parents, who are revealed to have died, look down on his display of bravery. Anon was pleased. Octocat may not have found his parents, but he has found a more important person: himself.
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Octocat makes the Old Media
Not too long after episode 4 geek tv-channel G4 aired a two minute feature on Octocat. The short documentay features on the bizarre aspect of Octocat Adventure, and is centered around the question WTF?. Besides being unfunny, the presentor of the video, who talks in an extremely annoying and hyperactive voice, also completely misgrasps the concept of Octocat. To add insult to injury, they also included a shot of the ED article without permission.
Octocat Creator actually uploaded a less crappy version of the video itself on his youtube profile:
Controversy
There is currently controversy over whether to include or not Octocat's tail as one of his 8 legs. Early renditions show Octocat with anywhere from 5 legs + tail, to 8 legs + tail (In the famous "screaming"-scene he has 9 legs). The confusion is evident in recent fan art, where there is conflict amongst artists of whether Octocat should have 8 extremities or 9 extremities in total.
The real Octocat
The real Octocat appears to be
Octocat Tribute
After becoming a worldwide award-winning series, lots of fans tried to give Octocat a decent tribute... This one in particular, is the most touching tribute available on Youtube... See it for yourself...
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Links
- http://www.youtube.com/user/RANDYPETERS1 Randy on Youtube
- http://www.youtube.com/user/animationrelated David ORLY on Youtube
- http://www.davidoreilly.com/2008/09/octocat David's page on Octocat
- http://octocat.scribblewiki.com/Main_Page The Octocat-Wiki
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