If it makes you feel any better, one knockoff got taken down by a squirrel to the face.

[ Technically, Doreen's clone Allene had defeated Lady Octopus via creatively-deployed squirrel, then stolen the tentacle-backpack along with a bunch of other bad guy weaponry, and the fight against Allene hadn't been fun, but. Nevermind that! Staying positive! One of the tentacles just waved at her, that's awesome! ]

Ohmygosh. [ SHE IS DELIGHTED ] Wait, so... they're doing their own thing? How much of this is independent AI vs you kinda muppeting them around?

[ She kinda wiggles her fingers to indicate muppety tentacles. She is a computer science geek! She is genuinely interested! ]