History Characters / SplatoonInkopolisAndSplatsville

* BadBoss: [[spoiler:His implied ownership of Grizzco after the end of ''Splatoon 3's'' campaign shows that he has made no changes to how the company is managed, still throwing Inklings and Octolings into life threatening Salmon Run's for the sake of obtaining Golden Egg hauls.]]

* AnimalisticAbomination: He appears to be a giant blob of the MutagenicGoo found throughout the story mode in the shape of a bear. During the last fight, he liquefies himself to move around the rocket before re-emerging and is able to fire a variety of attacks from his body.

* AmbiguouslyEvil:

** Come ''Splatoon 3'' and the ambiguity is [[SubvertedTrope thrown out the window]]. Turns out his real work was on the Fuzzy Ooze that would end the world as Inklings know it so mammals could rise again - the reason he was neutral is because which side won ''didn't matter to him'', he was planning to completely upend everything afterwards anyway.

''[When the player spends enough money at Hotlantis]'' "Oh. Hey. You've bought a lot of stuff from this place... Barry had a special message for that. He wanted me to thank you for being such a loyal customer. Then he had this whole bit where I'm supposed to give a 'funny' speech and present you with a badge..."

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The fact that Mr. Grizz lets you use his precious Golden Eggs as ammunition against a [[{{Superboss}} King Salmonoid]] rather than to meet a quota speaks volumes to the threat it poses.

* SurpassedTheTeacher: Unlike Spyke, who could only modify gear abilities by rerolling all slots at random, Murch can use ability chunks to tailor gear exactly to the player's liking, and in ''3'' he can even do this for main abilities. [[https://splatoonus.tumblr.com/post/159041611894/weve-managed-to-learn-the-name-of-the-young-boy His official introduction]] outright points out that this probably makes him more talented than his own idol. it doesn't take long for Spyke to catch up, as by the time he's reintroduced in ''3'' he offers the exact same services Murch does.

* DubPersonalityChange: Downplayed. In the original Japanese version, Mr. Grizz is (at least verbally) courteous and helpful regarding his workers' welfare, expressing more sympathy if you don't bring in a full haul. This is because the image of a BadBoss still being polite on the surface is more familiar to Japanese players; in fact, an abnormally polite boss in suspicious working conditions is considered a common employment red flag. For English-speaking players, this kind of courteousness would be taken as a more straightforward BenevolentBoss or at least a PunchClockVillain, so his English dialogue has more obvious tones of caring more about the egg haul than his workers' safety. Either way, he still gives you a pay cut when you fail and subjects you to life-threatening work, so both versions make it obvious that any kindness he shows his workers is PragmaticVillainy to make sure they can haul in as many eggs as possible.

** When it comes to Salmon Run bussiness, especially during Big Runs, he's the Evil to the destructive Salmonids Oblivion, helping defend Inkopolis, if solely for the sake of his profits.

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: His motive in "Return of the Mammalians" is to transform all life on Earth into mammals using his Fuzzy Ooze after reawakening on Earth and finding not a single trace of any other mammal.

* ALizardNamedLiz: He's a grizzly bear named Mr. Grizz (although he was originally just called "[[ADogNamedDog Bear]] [[YouAreNumberSix #03]]").

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The fact that Mr. Grizz lets you use his precious Golden Eggs as ammunition against a [[BonusBoss King Salmonoid]] rather than to meet a quota speaks volumes to the threat it poses.

** ''Splatoon 3'' introduces another pun that unfortunately doesn't translate well from Japanese. In Japanese, Mr. Grizz's name is just Mr. Bear, or Kuma-[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics san]]. This is pronounced the same way as his actual name, Bear #03--or "Kuma [[GoroawaseNumber San]]" in Japanese.

* DemotedToExtra: She has a sort-of presence in the second and third games, despite not actually appearing in-game: she runs the [=SplatNet=] shops, and Murch may mention her when taking orders.

* {{Jerkass}}: Moe has a habit of calling Inklings losers or geeks. [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Nemo he is not]]. A Sunken Scroll that may or may not reference the two mentions that, either Annie is giving Moe a place to rest, or Moe is manipulating her to do his bidding.
* NoCartoonFish: Played with. Moe is depicted as a realistic-looking clownfish, but he does have a colorful personality.

* PunnyName: Annie, Moe, anemone. Not quite "Crusty Sean", but how many anemone puns are there, really?

* PeekABangs: His "hair" resembles an urchin's shell with one part missing revealing part of his face.

-->'''Li'l Judd:''' [After winning] Mew. [[spoiler: (Ahhh. Victory is sweet, as always, but self-satisfaction is a fool's trap. I will not wallow.]] Mew! [[spoiler: (On the other hand, there is so much to learn from defeat! So much to reflect upon, so many skills to improve... I envy you. Truly.)]] \\
'''Li'l Judd:''' [After losing] Mew... [[spoiler:(Oh. Defeat has a bitter taste... but resentment serves as shackles for the weak.)]] Mew. [[spoiler:(Those who win are not ensured eternal victory. Better keep your own carelessness in check...or perhaps you enjoy a bitter taste?)]]
-->'''Li'l Judd:''' [After draw] Mew...[[spoiler: (Tableturf Battle creates curious encounters. Sometimes they end in neither victory nor defeat...)]] Mew![[spoiler: (As long as we both understand that this conflict was fruitless and held no honor... then I guess it's okay to call it a draw!)]]

* SeriouslyScruffy: His ''Splatoon 3'' design shows his fur to be spiky and brownish compared to his smoother, paler colours of his introduction. According to the artbook, he hasn't been grooming himself due to his constant failures at [[spoilermurdering Judd]] driving him to depression.

* BigFun: He's a plump cat who serves as the ref in Turf Wars and gives out both advice and Super Sea Snails.

* OneWordVocabulary: Judd doesn't so much meow as he literally says "Meow" as it's spelled out, and that's the one and only thing he says.

* AnimalisticAbomination: He's an actual large bear covered in MutagenicGoo. During the last fight, he uses it to dissolve himself to move around the rocket before re-emerging and is able to fire a variety of attacks from his body.
* AnimalJingoism: He has an AnimalMotif of a grizzly bear and sends the Inklings and Octolings against hordes of mutant salmons, a well-known prey of grizzly bears. ''Splatoon 3'' confirms he is in fact a real grizzly bear, and in the final boss fight against him, he ends up fighting the Smallfry buddy, who is turned into a gigantic Hugefry.

* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Because his fur is made of Fuzzy Ooze, he can pack extra onto his body to increase his size, an ability he takes advantage of for the second phase of his fight.

* MiniMe: They look like miniature versions of Sheldon, down to wearing similar Boy Scout-like uniforms. Do note, however, they're a pair of tadpole shrimps, not horseshoe crabs.

* MiniMe: They look like miniature versions of Sheldon, down to wearing similar Boy Scout-like uniforms.

* WouldHurtAChild: The playable Inklings and Octolings are teenagers, and Mr. Grizz not only doesn't show any compulsion [[spoiler:in killing New Agent 3 for getting in the way of his plans]], but the modus operandi of Grizzco Industries essentially amounts to luring them into working life threatening Salmon Runs with little regard for their survival and well-being beyond some friendly sounding warnings and paying them in gachapon capsules.

* SwordBeam: Well, a claw beam rather, but Mr. Grizz's claw swipes send out waves of ink.

* PungeonMaster: In his Wandercrust blog, Crusty Sean's picked up a massive affinity for frying-related puns. Nearly every Wandercrust post includes a reference to frying, crunchy food, oil, tempura batter, etc. Even his job posting for Shrimp Kicks called for someone with "extra crispy fashion sense", which Fred Crumbs [[LiteralMinded took too literally]].

* LiteralMinded: Fred filleted, breaded, and deep fried himself for the Shrimp Kicks position. Crusty Sean was being metaphorical when asking for someone with "extra crispy" fashion sense.

* Autocannibalism: His idle animation alternates between scratching at his tempura coating and eating it off his hands.

* SurpassedTheTeacher: Unlike Spyke, who could only modify gear abilities by rerolling all slots at random, Murch can use ability chunks to tailor gear exactly to the player's liking, and in ''3'' he can even do this for main abilities. [[https://splatoonus.tumblr.com/post/159041611894/weve-managed-to-learn-the-name-of-the-young-boy His official introduction]] outright points out that this probably makes him more talented than his own idol.

* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: He talks like an old, poorly translated video game.

!Introduced in ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''

[[folder:Li'l Judd]]
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A young cat resembling a juvenile Judd who judges matches alongside him in ''Splatoon 2'' and ''3''.

* MotorMouth: Unintentionally. If you haven't played for a while, he can potentially trap you in lengthy weapon updates that cannot be skipped. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''2'', at least partially; while it's been shown you can't skip them outright, you ''can'' fast forward through them. [[LampshadeHanging Even Pearl points out that they'll have to listen to him geek out whenever a weapon update is ready]].

* AllThereInTheManual: Information such as Harmony's neglect of her clownfish is found in official artbook ''[=HaikaraWalker=]'', which was only released in Japan.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Harmony is certainly an odd anemone, what with her perpetually vacant expression and unemotive personality, so it's pretty easy to forget that she's the lead singer of a well respected chiptune band.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Her blank stare, general demeanor, and fascination with a spring toy suggests she's not all there. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXp04Wg2Byk&lc=UgyH9ugDZmdUDAGUSo14AaABAg One YouTube comment]] (on a video joking about the possibility that she's a stoner, which is a notable meme amongst fans who joke that she's the way she is because she's constantly high on ''something'') points out how incongruous this is against her time in the Chirpy Chips:
-->''"It’s amazing how she's the lead in a band that apparently spans several albums. She acts like she can't even find the exit to the store."''
** There are some indicators this might be less "not entirely there" and more "so bored outta her mind she honestly doesn't care". Her little speech when handing over catalog items is perhaps the most confused she gets and even then she's most likely wondering, as a non-ink producing species, if Turf Wars are actual work.

* TheWonka: Though he never makes an actual appearance, Harmony's dialogue about him describes him as really odd. Despite this, Hotlantis is popular and reputed enough to [[https://twitter.com/inaRNP/status/1560588250095681536 bear signatures from many of the in-universe bands]] and get Harmony (of the ever-popular Chirpy Chips) to basically be its cashier while he's absent.

''[When the player spends enough money at Hotlantis]'' "Oh. Hey. You've bought a lot of stuff from this place... Barry had a special message for that. He wanted me to thank you for being such a loyal customer. Then he had this whole bit where I'm supposed to give a "funny" speech and present you with a badge..."

* IdenticalStranger: They can only be told apart by their uniforms, as they otherwise look identical. The [[https://twitter.com/SplatoonNA/status/1567135591413735428?s=20&t=kYb7DslW-oR46xu7ZSkYsQ Squid Research Lab tweet]] that introduces them outright wonders if they're the same person. Indeed, it's hinted that ''all'' of them are Marigold.

** Nichiyo Oranda has Oranda, which is the japanese name for goldfish.
* NoodleIncident: A sunken scroll shows that Marigold has ''several'' different [=IDs=] with different aliases, with much of their contents blacked out, and explains absolutely nothing as to why.[[note]] It's heavily implied they're some form of spy with different disguises for different cities but nothing is actually said.[[/note]]

* RagsToRiches: In the first game he lives in a seedy back alley and makes a living modifying clothes. In the second he appears in a sunken scroll claiming he made one million g's in a single year just by sitting around. Considering how expensive his services are in the first game if you don't have a super sea snail, this isn't surprising. Indeed, WordOfGod is that he's actually made enough money to retire for life.
* RichesToRags: He's back in his back alley in ''Splatoon 3''. As it turns out, he ended up investing in a lot of business ventures and lavish hobbies until he used up most of his wealth.
* SecretlyWealthy: In the version of Inkopolis featured in ''3'', he's still hanging out in the same back alley on the same carpet and the same pile of discarded shells as he was in ''1''; the only amenity he afforded himself between games is a tea set. This is despite his Sunken Scroll in ''2'' claiming the massive amount of money he made from handling gear in the first game.

** If [[https://twitter.com/SplatoonNA/status/1625286330476363784 his Squid Research Lab post is to be believed]], he wasn't naturally like this before, but ended up this way after mistakenly filleting and deep frying himself alive. This only raises more questions about his pre-cooked form, like the implication that his fillet form split a singular foot into two feet on either side of his body.

* ThemeTwinNaming: While the jury's still out on whether or not they're related, put the first two syllables of their names together, and you get "Sheldon".

* SecretlyWealthy: In the version of Inkopolis featured in ''3'', he's still hanging out in the same back alley on the same carpet and the same pile of discarded shells as he was in ''1''; the only amenity he afforded himself between games is a tea set. This is despite his Sunken Scroll in ''2'' claiming the massive amount of money he made from handling gear in the first game.

* BizarreAlienBiology: If he is indeed a horse mackerel like his appearance and Japanese name implies, then his overall anatomy is ''very'' weird. For example, his tail is on the top, his face is on the fish's spine, and he has a pair of feet in place of the missing head. It makes him stand out, compared to the other anthropomorphic fish that look more normal. If [[https://twitter.com/SplatoonNA/status/1625132779389198337 his Squid Research Lab post is to be believed]], he wasn't naturally like this before, but ended up this way after mistakenly filleting and deep frying himself alive. At least he can now wear both a left ''and'' a right.