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Psychosquid is an alien in Insaniquarium Deluxe that is first encountered in Tank 3. He attacks in a similar manner to Sylvester and Balrog, however, after a certain number of hits he will change colors and turn blue. During this blue stage, his movement speed slows down drastically and he cannot eat any fish. He also gains health when hit by the player's laser. He will go back to his regular state after a few seconds of this state.

Audio

Sound	Description
	Psychosquid's roar when he enters the tank and when he exists his blue state.

Anatomy

Psychosquid is a red squid with a bulbous mantle, two yellow eyes and six tentacles. Half of the tentacle are wielding a weapon, with them each holding a butcher's knife, a fly swatter, and a broken-off pitch fork respectively. He has the ability to change color from red to light-blue and back again.

Story

THE STORY OF
PSYCHOSQUID

PSYCHOSQUID's nickname was given to him by his ex-girlfriend. He could not comprehend when their relationship was over. He kept calling her as if nothing had happened. He would wait outside her door and ask what she had been up to. this is when she started calling him PSYCHOSQUID to her friends.

Strategies

Psychosquid can be a very big pain if one is not prepared. His biggest threat is his fast speed and unpredictability - he starts moving almost instantly after leaving his blue stage, at a fast speed nonetheless.

When using "the corner method" and Psych turns blue to regain health, keep him in the corner by firing only when he turns away.

Psych serves as one of the greatest threats in Challenge Mode. One strategy is to first use Presto as Gumbo when he initially spawns to lure your fish away from him, and then later transform Presto into Gash once Psychosquid becomes blue. This keeps the majority of your fish still in a safe location, and this can also quickly kill Psychosquid without having him enter the blue state a second time.

Trivia

Psychosquid can take 53 hits from regular lasers before he is destroyed.
If you try to shoot him when he's blue, a flashing green-text appears: "Stop shooting! Alien regains health!"
He makes the T-Rex scream from Jurassic Park when he comes into the tank, and when he comes out of his dormant period.
His title in his story does not list his species under his name, unlike others, which have "[Character name] the [species]". Psychosquid is the only one with a story that does this.
It's not actually known if Psychosquid is meant to be a squid or an octopus.
- According to his story, "Psychosquid" is just a nickname given to him by his ex-girlfriend, so it's possible he may not even be a squid at all.
- Both octopuses and squids have species that are able to change color to camouflage themselves, rendering Psychosquid's main trait pretty unhelpful in deducing his species.
- To make things more difficult, Psychosquid has six tentacles. while real life octopuses have eight and real life squids have ten.
  - However, it is a common misconception that squids only have six tentacles.
  - Ignoring the number, his tentacles more closely resemble those of an octopus as squids have two longer "arm" tentacles that octopuses lack.
- Octopuses have round heads, while squids have long heads with a triangular fin at the top. Psychosquid appears to have a squid's long head but rounded at the top like an octopus.
- Despite his nickname being "Psychosquid", he seems to most closely resemble an Enteroctopus, or Giant Octopus .
- He could also have been deliberately designed to be an ambiguous mash-up of both a squid and an octopus. or he could just be an alien species that coincidentally looks really similar to cephalopods. It's also worth noting that Psychosquid has the only story that doesn't list his species name.
A glitch can occur during the battle. After refilling his health when he's blue when Psychosquid turns red, he's invisible for a short time.
It is possible that Psychosquid will have much more health that is shown on his health bar (when Blip is used) when shooting him in dormant mode.

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 == Anatomy ==
-Psychosquid is a red squid with a coned head, 2 yellow eyes and 6 tentacles, 3 of them holding a butcher's knife, a fly swatter, and a broken-off pitch fork. He has the ability to change color from red to light-blue and back again.
+Psychosquid is a red squid with a bulbous mantle, two yellow eyes and six tentacles. Half of the tentacle are wielding a weapon, with them each holding a butcher's knife, a fly swatter, and a broken-off pitch fork respectively. He has the ability to change color from red to light-blue and back again.
 == Story ==
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 **According to his story, "Psychosquid" is just a nickname given to him by his ex-girlfriend, so it's possible he may not even ''be'' a squid at all.
 **Both octopuses and squids have species that are able to change color to camouflage themselves, rendering Psychosquid's main trait pretty unhelpful in deducing his species.
-**To make things more difficult, Psychosquid has 6 tentacles. while octopuses have 8 and squids have 10.
+**To make things more difficult, Psychosquid has six tentacles. while real life octopuses have eight and real life squids have ten.
 ***However, it is a common misconception that squids only have six tentacles.
-***ignoring the number, his tentacles more closely resemble those of an octopus as squids have 2 longer "arm" tentacles that octopuses lack.
+***Ignoring the number, his tentacles more closely resemble those of an octopus as squids have two longer "arm" tentacles that octopuses lack.
 **Octopuses have round heads, while squids have long heads with a triangular fin at the top. Psychosquid appears to have a squid's long head but rounded at the top like an octopus.
 **Despite his nickname being "Psycho''squid''", he seems to most closely resemble an Enteroctopus, or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enteroctopus Giant Octopus] .