TV series

The Octopuses from the Second Floor

1986 · 1 season

A gentle, playful children's adventure with bickering parents, mischievous clay creatures and a cozy sense of wonder.

Overview: While on vacation with their bickering parents in Portugal, Eva and her little brother Johnny find two strange clots of clay on a polluted beach, who can speak and move on their own. They create two octopuses out of the blue and green material and take them home to Prague, soon discovering that their new pets attract electricity and other disasters.
How it feels: Whimsical, warm, light and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, found family, parenthood, environment
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: The Octopuses from the Second Floor

In the USNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

In your watch list

More like this

Like The Octopuses from the Second Floor, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
found family
parenthood
environment
healing
Places: big city
sea
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none