On March 13, 2008, YouTube user RANDYPETERS1 submitted his first video, a 43-second scribbled mess called OCTOCAT ADVENTURE 1. It looked like the frames of the video were created, sloppily, in MS Paint, and the voice-over work was frankly quite terrible. The story was about a red octopus with a cat face named Octocat, who, for whatever reason, was looking for his parents.

The sequence of events makes little sense. After declaring his mission, Octocat opens a black box, out of which sprouts a black, tree-like shape that quickly fills the screen with its branches. Octocat flees into a new frame, entirely devoid of background. He has a cup of tea and relaxes, and then we find our hero standing on a hill, screaming "I WILL FIND MY PARENTS, AUUUGHHHHH!" The sound and video both loop as we are treated to a closeup of Octocat's anguished face.

The description RANDYPETERS1 gave for the video was: "octocat looks for his parents who are lost i hpe he can find them! "

Anyone who was intrigued by the childish art and bizarre story went on to explore RANDYPETERS1's Channel page, and found that he was a 14 year old from Chicago who enjoys making movies on the computer. It would seem that Octocat was destined for obscurity.