#captain barnacles

[mooshie-blue]

[star-critter]

@your-compadre-infinity & @tigermisty6

SOUND THE OCTO-ALERT, WE'RE GOING ON VACATION!

GUYS THERE'S A OCTONAUTS HOTEL ROOM

like i'm not joking this is just a real thing

its like it's real it's not even defunct or anything you can like actually go there apparently WHAT

[dthebean1116]

Do yall ever just…

Rediscover your childhood?

…..don’t judge me

[octonauts-daily]

[impermbanned]

Bro why he so mad😭?

[nixtheoctoagent]

Captain Barnacles, my beloved

[urautismdiagnosis-wistie]

barnacles kwazii qpr is SO REAL

hehehe

their platonic love gives me LIFE

had this for so long, but here

doodles

kissing da homie gn

Barnacles, thinking: "Literally kissing the homies goodnight* cant be that weird and maybe Im just overprotective and weird its not like I wanna MARRY- NONONONONONO"

*Barnacles gives Kwazii forehead kisses every single night

Tweak, thinking: "Dang, he just WONT come out of the closet... (Not sure what closet but-"

meanwhile Kwazii is just.... "hehe food yum, yum"

bonus future hairstyle for barnacles

also they totally have soulmate tattoos that look like their paw prints

id post the doodle I have of it but I'm a bit shy since they're shirtless

[dead-star]

I think it’s interesting how they’re both Y7 but have completely diff views

Nobody asked but my thoughts about these are below + a clip from a wk episode about it

Octonauts’ setting is a double edged sword- because they give every organism a voice, they can make people empathize with bacteria, coral, and other things people forget to see as living beings. However, that also means they portray consumers/predators as the bad guys, even when they try not to have a bias. Which means for when the urchins had to be eaten, they couldn’t be portrayed as alive (or at least at the same level of consciousness as other animals).

For the record, I do think their setting of making every animal talk is good for helping others understand issues a species might face, especially for man-made causes like pollution and climate change which the show covers. it’s definitely something I think should be taught bc I still know a lot of people my age or older who end up mistreating animals simply because they don’t communicate in the same way we do.

On the flip side, Wk uses predator/prey relationships to show off the different abilities an animal has. I was honestly very surprised with how they handled the topic of death? For a couple animals, their life cycle is taught by following a particular individual of the species, from the start of their journey to the day they die. And even though they passed on, their offspring can continue the journey their parents started. I think that’s a good way to look at it imo. Every animal has a role, and even in death their life is not wasted. They even bring up the fact it can be dangerous to be a predator, since prey animals have developed a bunch of defense mechanisms, and losing to those could mean dying. I’m glad they cover death along with life, and they handle it well considering it’s a tricky subject esp for a younger audience. I think it can be summarized well in this clip from the king cobra episode

They also touch on it in the episode where kid musky is introduced (forgot the name but Chris basically goes on a monologue abt the human perspective on prey/predator relationships and how hard it can be to watch. I thought that was neat)

That being said: I do think sometimes the deaths are a little mean, and the fact they’re so comfortable with it after s1 sort of gives you a shock when you remember the rating. Like we JUST met and named the snake in the clip and then bro dies🫡 not to mention the life cycle episodes getting us attached to an animal for 22 minutes and then they die at the end. Juice’s death was even played for comedic effect (at least I think it was. It made me laugh. Maybe that’s just me LMAO)

TLDR: both methods are good for diff aspects of wildlife education but I think wk handles it in a better way esp when they consider the fact that humans are outsiders to it. Send post

[synergystar]

I’m too old to be watching Octonauts, but I do not care because you can never be too old for anything and this show was kinda fire.

I was watching it with a friend last summer, and Season 2, Episode 10a “Manatees” was hilariously insane and I just had to make a little comic about it. (Plus this fandom is tiny and dead)

[elmushterri]

The Octonauts were human five years ago, here they are. I made Barnacles a bit younger cause apparently he’s in his 30s in the real show but I made him 60 😭 So now hes about 50? Or 40 but looks older. They’re living through the apocalypse I think they’re not paying much attention to skin care.

Ages: Inkling (70s-80s), Barnacles (45s-50s), Kwazii (40s), Tweak (late 30s-40s), Dashi (mid 30s), Peso (Mid to late 30s), Shellington (40s)

Also yeah Tweak has THE blue eyed stare.

[calamaroo]

Good boy meme with my human au designs for Barnacles and Kwazii💙🧡

This is an older drawing, and I've since updated their designs, but not by much, and I'm still proud of this one

[mooshie-blue]

Calling all Octonauts!!

The Vegimals are coming soon!

[chickengoldnuggets2]

V1 OCTONAUTS REDESIGNS!!!!!!!!! i am not joking this took me an entire day for how rusty it looks because i couldn't decide on a lineart style. but for now this mostly serves as a guide for myself

i love them with all my heart and added some insults jotted statements or headcanons on how i view each character

anyway I'll work on their clothes, especially for shel, kwazii, peso, and dashi for as long as my interest runs

[ask-the-octonauts]

Crew gets uppies

[octonauts-daily]

show me the most Disney princess moment that Octonauts have

[cacartoon]

Kwazii cannot compute