History Characters / SplatoonOctarians

* StillFightingTheCivilWar: For DJ Octavio, the Great Turf War never really ended. Even after Judd the Cat declared the Inklings as the winners, Octavio still plots to bring victory for the Octarians with his plans to steal Zapfish and power up the Great Octoweapons to restart the war. The problem is... the Great Turf War ended 100 years ago, and the modern generation of Inklings don't even know or care about it, even mistaking Octavio to be a rad DJ musician rather than a feared general. The only Inklings that actually bother to fight the Octarian Army are members of the New Squidbeak Splatoon, which only [[SuspiciouslySmallArmy consists of 3-4 Agents]] and his old ArchEnemy Cap'n Cuttlefish. It's even more obvious after ''Octo Expansion'' features a large population of Octolings successfully immigrating to Inkopolis Square, meaning Octavio doesn't even have "legit" reasons for war anymore.

* StillFightingTheCivilWar: For DJ Octavio, the Great Turf War never really ended. Even after Judd the Cat declared the Inklings as the winners, Octavio still plots to bring ultimately victory for the Octarians with his plans to steal Zapfish and power up the Great Octoweapons to restart the war. The problem is... the Great Turf War ended 100 years ago, and the modern generation of Inklings don't even know or care about it, even mistaking Octavio to be a rad DJ musician rather than a feared general. The only Inklings that actually bother to fight the Octarian Army are members of the New Squidbeak Splatoon, which only [[SuspiciouslySmallArmy consists of 3-4 Agents]] and his old ArchEnemy Cap'n Cuttlefish. It's even more obvious after ''Octo Expansion'' features a large population of Octolings successfully immigrating to Inkopolis Square, meaning Octavio doesn't even have "legit" reasons for war anymore.

Jumping Octarians that launch blasts of ink at intruders, introduced in ''Splatoon 3''.

* SpringCoil: Their primary gimmick is that they're always hopping around.

[[folder:Octocopters]]
[[quoteright:218:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/octocopter_6.png]]
Flying Octarians who are essentially the airborne version of Octotroopers.

* AirborneMook: They are the first flying enemies that the player will face in single-player campaign.
* TheGoomba: Of the flying variant. Being in the air doesn't make them any more faster or stronger than a standard Octotrooper.
* HatOfFlight: They wear propeller hats to fly.
* TrickedOutShoes: Wear what look to be helicopter landing skids as shoes.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: Fires ink from a nozzle on its helmet.

[[folder:Octobombers]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/octobomber_3.png]]
A larger version of the Octocopter with five tentacles that fires Splat Bombs.

* AirborneMook: Two of their tentacles even sort of function like wings.
* EliteMook: Stronger and tougher than the standard Octocopter.
* HatOfFlight: Like the Octocopter, they wear propeller hats to fly.
* TrickedOutShoes: Their shoes each have two landing skids on the bottom, instead of the Octocopter's one.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: Their Splat Bombs come from the nozzle on their helmet.

[[folder:Octostrikers]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/octostriker_8.png]]
A ''Splatoon 1''-only variant of the Octobomber that fires Inkstrikes.

Pill-shaped enemies who charge at intruders to explode in their faces.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The large tentacle on top is their weak point.

[[folder:Octohoppers]]
Jumping Octarians that launch blasts of ink at intruders, introduced in ''Splatoon 3''.

* SpringCoil: Their primary gimmick is that they're always hopping around.

%%[[folder:Octodiscos]]
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Octostamps]]
[[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/octostamp_0.png]]
Box-shaped Octarians that attack by leaping and slamming the ground with their face.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Can only be splatted by being shot in its fleshy back, which is easiest to do right after it faceplants.
* DegradedBoss: Basically smaller versions of the Great Octostomp, despite not appearing until after the latter is defeated.
* GroundPound: Ground ''Faceplant'', really.
* ShockwaveStomp: Spreads a small pool of ink during each attack. Amped Octostamps from ''Splatoon 3'' create more powerful shockwaves that damage the player if they don't jump over them.

[[folder:Octohurlers]]
[[quoteright:327:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/octohurler_4.png]]
Giant Octarians with four tentacles which appear in ''Splatoon 2'', Octohurlers vomit out bundles of giant tubes ("Rolonium").

* GogglesDoNothing: Unlike the Octostrikers', their googles don't seem to have any practical function.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Their Rolonium can be deflected right back at them for an instant splat.
* StomachOfHolding: The only explaination for how they're able to store Rolonium despite each bundle being the size of their entire body.
* SuperSpit: They attack by barfing out bundles of Rolonium.

[[folder:Octomissiles]]
[[quoteright:343:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/octomissile_6.png]]
Octarian tentacles converted into missiles, debuting in ''Splatoon 2''.

* ActionBomb: Considering that severed Octarian tentacles seem to be at least somewhat sentient, you could consider these to be suicide bombers.
* AscendedExtra: They appear in only one level in Hero Mode, but are much more prominent in ''Octo Expansion'', and they also play a decent role in ''Splatoon 3's'' Hero Mode.
* LivingWeapon: Basically a living tentacle with a warhead and engine strapped to it.

[[folder:Tentakooks]]
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tentakook_7.png]]
Small Octarians first appearing in ''Splatoon 2'' who will attempt to flee upon seeing the player.

* CowardlyMooks: Which wouldn't be a problem except that they tend to carry keys needed to progress through the level.
* RollerbladeGood: They move around on roller stakes, each with an attached inktube that coats the wheels so they can move through enemy ink.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: They throw Splat Bombs to deter pursuers.

[[folder:Octoballs]]
[[quoteright:266:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/octoball_3.png]]
Spherical Octarians from the first game who move by rolling, leaving behind an ink trail wherever they go.

* BeTheBall: Their rediculously tiny legs means that they can only really move by rolling around.
* {{Cyclops}}: Unlike most Octarians, they have only one eye.
* KungFuProofMook: Shooting them will only push them back unless they are submerged in your ink first.
* RollingAttack: Their main means of attack instead of shooting ink.
* WaddlingHead: Basically a head with tiny legs.

[[folder:Octoballers]]
[[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/octoballer_3.png]]
Giant balling balls "piloted" by Octotroopers, introduced in ''Splatoon 2''.

* AttackItsWeakpoint: Standard Octoballers can be destroyed by splatting their Octotrooper.
* GiantMook: The Kingpin Octoballer is a bigger version controlled by two Octotroopers that can only be destroyed by an Ink Cannon, as the pilots are protected by a glass canopy.
* PaletteSwap: In the form of yellow Octoballers that give ten Power Eggs when splatted.
* RollingAttack: Will instantly splat anything caught in their path, with most also leaving behind a large trail of ink.

[[folder:Octoseekers]]
[[quoteright:338:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/octoseeker_8.png]]
Large Octostomp-like patrol aircraft piloted by Twintacle Octotroopers that will literally stamp down on any enemy they come across, who appear in ''Splatoon 2''.

* AirborneMook: They're basically stamp-shaped helicopters.
* DeathFromAbove: Besides its slam attack, the Octoseeker also constantly rains down ink from its underside in order to prevent the player from just hiding underneath it.
* EliteMook: Presumably, the most elite Twintacles operate this deadly machine.
* GogglesDoNothing: There are monitors inside the cokpit, but there is no known gameplay effect.
* HumongousMecha: The Octoseeker is pretty big.
* PatrollingMook: When not aggro'd, they patrol around set areas, using the searchlight located on their front to suss out any intruders.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Even if they spot you, they take their sweet time setting up a sudden landing to crush you, enough for you to easily slip away. Then once they lose sight of you, they resume their regular patrol, never noticing, say, the ink along their sides or you on top of their roof.
* OutsideRide: There are parts in the campaign where getting from point A to B will involve luring an Octoseeker to slam on the ground so you can ink its side and swim up to its top.

[[folder:Octolings (Enemies)]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/octoling_enemies.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:An octoling on the left, an elite octoling on the right.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Yuki Mizutani (Octolings), Mari Kikuma (elite Octolings)
The most elite soldiers in the Octarian military and the most equal to the Inklings.

* EightiesHair: Their tentacles are fashioned in a "poofy" style reminiscent of this- and they are much poofier than the female Octoling's option.
* AmazonBrigade: The human-form Octolings seen in the first two single-player campaigns are females trained for combat. Made even more explicit in their Japanese name, ''Takozonesu'' ("Octozons"). WordOfGod confirms that the squads you fight are comprised entirely of elite female Octolings.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: It's hinted that the Octoling Shades they wear in ''Splatoon 2'' use the same hypnoshades technology that brainwashed [[spoiler:Callie]] to the Octarian army. Considering that none of the Octolings are wearing the classic Octoling Goggles like in the first game, this implies that DJ Octavio was not taking any chances of more Octolings defecting.
* DemotedToExtra: In the first two games and the ''Octo Expansion'', Octolings are fairly common recurring enemies and even have several levels entirely dedicated to them. In ''Splatoon 3'', they only make three appearances total, all in late-game levels, with only one of these being an Octoling-focused level. [[spoiler:They also appear in the final section of the BrutalBonusLevel to fight you one final time]].
* EliteMook: Octolings are already among the most elite Octarian soldiers as they can match every Inkling ability, but they have their own elite version, which have darker tentacles and seaweed in their hair, and are faster and stronger than the others.
* EvilCounterpartRace: To the Inklings in general, being Octopus that turn into humanoids and use the same weapons as their long-time rivals. For Agent 8, a heroic Octoling trapped in Deepsea Metro, Sanitized Octolings which share the same general appearance as the Octarian-aligned Octolings take up this role.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CrxAL64vD4 Octoling Rendezvous]], which is associated with stages where they attack in squads.
* MirrorBoss: Some Deepsea Metro stations have Agent 8 playing a modified version of a Ranked Battle objective with a squad of Octolings as their opponents.
* MookChivalry: In ''Octo Expansion'', one test chamber has you defending an orb from a squad of them. They will only engage you one or two at a time. ''[[SubvertedTrope Unless]]'' you try to charge the wall they are on to take them all out swiftly, [[NoFairCheating in which case they will Super Jump onto the main portion of the stage en masse to shut you up]].
* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: They wear much more revealing clothes than their Inkling counterparts, with shorts along with a tank top armor [[BareYourMidriff that shows quite a bit of navel]]. To drive this point home, the unlockable Octoling Armor doesn't show nearly as much skin when worn by an Inkling (or Octoling) of either gender.
* SinisterShades: In ''2'' they wear red-rimmed sunglasses with a Franchise/{{Terminator}}-style glowing red eye.
* SuperpoweredMooks: Octolings have all of the same abilities as an Inkling and wield ink weapons and subweapons in the same way, making them some of the most dangerous Octarians enlisted in their army and on par with both Inklings and the heroic/civil Octolings. In ''Octo Expansion'' [[spoiler: and in the final part of After Alterna, the secret level of ''Splatoon 3's'' Hero Mode,]] they can even use specials.
* VariableMix: Whenever their {{Leitmotif}} plays, the drums cut in if you're actively engaged in battle with one of them, and out if you aren't.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: They are the only enemy to share the Inklings' ability to transform from human to cephalopod and back at will. Their Octopus forms are much more menacing and evil-looking compared to Agent 8 and other Octolings that took up residence in the surface world.

%%[[folder:Octohoppers]]

* VillainDecay: Not an example across multiple titles, but rather when his boss fight is replayed. After being beaten the first time [[spoiler:(in both games)]], ''nobody takes him seriously''. The Squid Sisters make casual banter while he tries desperately to come off as a credible villain, poor guy. The problem is, Agent 3[[spoiler:/4]] has already beaten him once and he still doesn't change his tactics, so nobody expects Octavio to actually ''win''. [[spoiler:The decay wears off after he starts a ''new'' scheme in ''Splatoon 2'', but as noted, it immediately sets in again once defeated, as the boss fight ends up being more of a proxy for the argument between Marie and Callie over the latter putting on the hypnoshades again.]] A more ''traditional'' decay occurs in ''Splatoon 3'', where he's the first boss and goes down much easier compared to previous games, [[spoiler:though he does contribute to the BigDamnHeroes at the end]].

* IsntItIronic: According to [[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/splatoon/en/character/#modal_character-13 the official website]], DJ Octavio once hijacked the Inkling radio network to broadcast a song that is meant to provoke the Inklings into war with the Octarians. Unfortunately for Octavio, the Inklings thought it was a publicity stunt, and [[InsultBackfire genuinely liked it]].

* ShockwaveStomp: Spreads a small pool of ink during each attack. A variant in ''Splatoon 3'' creates more powerful shockwaves that damage the player if they don't jump over them.

%%* WeaksauseWeakness: While still a force to be reckoned with, they can be instantly splatted [[spoiler:by getting Smallfry to wail on them]].

* ShockwaveStomp: Spreads a small pool of ink during each attack. A variant in Splatoon 3 creates more powerful shockwaves that damage the player if they don't jump over them.

An Octosniper variant from ''Splatoon 2'' that swaps out the Charger for a Splatling.

* ShockwaveStomp: Spreads a small pool of ink during each attack.

Giant Octarians with four tentacles introduced in ''Splatoon 2'', Octohurlers vomit out bundles of giant tubes ("Rolonium").

* AscendedExtra: They appear in only one level in Hero Mode, but are much more prominent in ''Octo Expansion''.

Large Octostomp-like patrol aircraft piloted by Twintacle Octotroopers that will literally stamp down on any enemy they come across. Introduced in ''Splatoon 2''.

* SuperpoweredMooks: Octolings have all of the same abilities as an Inkling and wield ink weapons and subweapons in the same way, making them some of the most dangerous Octarians enlisted in their army and on par with both Inklings and the heroic/civil Octolings. In ''Octo Expansion'' they can even use specials.

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: His situation in ''Splatoon 3''. His Octobot King [=L3.Gs=] is noticeably more dull and beaten-up compared to the previous models, even resorting to using legs rather than hover technology, and he mentions that his Octarian army [[spoiler:has gone missing]]. And he goes down much faster than his previous boss fights, lampshaded by Cuttlefish. This is because [[spoiler:Mr. Grizz has stolen both the Great Zapfish and the Octarian Army, two factors that made Octavio a genuine threat in the past.]]

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: His situation in ''Splatoon 3''. His Octobot King [=L3.Gs=] is noticeably more dull and beaten-up compared to the previous models, even resorting to legs rather than hover technology, and he mentions that his Octarian army [[spoiler:has gone missing]]. And he goes down much faster than his previous boss fights, lampshaded by Cuttlefish. This is because [[spoiler:Mr. Grizz has stolen both the Great Zapfish and the Octarian Army, two factors that made Octavio a genuine threat in the past.]]

* IsntItIronic: According to [[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/splatoon/en/character/#modal_character-13 the official website]], DJ Octavio once hijacked the Inkling radio network to broadcast a song that is meant to provoke the Inklings into war with the Octarians. Unfortunately for Octavio, the Inklings thought it was a publicity stunt, and [[SpringtimeForHitler genuinely liked it]].

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: His situation in ''Splatoon 3''. His Octobot King [=L3.Gs=] is noticeable more dull and beaten up compared to the previous models, even resorting to legs rather than hover technology, and he mentions that his Octarian army [[spoiler:has gone missing]]. And he goes down much faster than his previous boss fights, lampshaded by Cuttlefish. This is because [[spoiler:Mr. Grizz has stolen both the Great Zapfish and the Octarian Army, two factors that made Octavio a genuine threat in the past.]]

* {{Brainwashed}}: [[WordOfGod According to Minegishi]], many Octarians are controlled by broadcast music composed by DJ Octavio and his direct subordinates. [[spoiler:It's only when Callie and Marie hijack Octavio's speakers and play Calamari Inkantation instead that the trance is broken, especially among the Octolings.]]

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: His situation in ''Splatoon 3''. His Octobot King [=L3.Gs=] is noticeable grayer and beaten up compared to the previous models, even resorting to legs rather than hover technology, and he mentions that his Octarian army [[spoiler:has gone missing]]. And he goes down much faster than his previous boss fights, lampshaded by Cuttlefish. This is because [[spoiler:Mr. Grizz has stolen both Great Zapfish and the Octarian Army, two factors that made Octavio a genuine threat in the past.]]

* IsntItIronic:

* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Splatoon 2'', it's quite clear he learned from his defeat the first time around. [[spoiler:His first act was to put one of the people who captured him to begin with under MindControl and use her talents for his new Octobot King mech. He also disposes of the ladder-shades missile and will use [[SpectacularSpinning spinning punches]] on Agent 4 that can't be deflected.]]

[[center: [-'''[[Characters/{{Splatoon}} Main Character Page]]'''\\
[[Characters/SplatoonPlayableCharacters Playable Characters]] | [[Characters/SplatoonIdolGroups Idol Groups]] | [[Characters/SplatoonInkopolisAndSplatsville Inkopolis and Splatsville]] | '''Octarians''' | [[Characters/SplatoonSalmonids Salmonids]] | [[Characters/SplatoonDeepseaMetro Deepsea Metro]] | [[Characters/SplatoonMangaCharacters Manga Characters]]-]]]

* VillainDecay: Not an example across multiple titles, but rather when his boss fight is replayed. After being beaten the first time [[spoiler:(in both games)]], ''nobody takes him seriously''. The Squid Sisters make casual banter while he tries desperately to come off as a credible villain, poor guy. The problem is, Agent 3[[spoiler:/4]] has already beaten him once and he still doesn't change his tactics, so nobody expects Octavio to actually ''win''. [[spoiler:The decay wears off after he starts a ''new'' scheme in ''Splatoon 2'', but as noted, it immediately sets in again once defeated, as the boss fight ends up being more of a proxy for the argument between Marie and Callie over the latter putting on the hypnoshades again.]] A more ''traditional'' decay occurs in ''Splatoon 3'', where he's the first boss and goes down much easier compared to previous games, [[spoiler:though he does contribute to the BigDamnHeroes at the end.]]

* FinalBoss: He's the driving force of the Octarian forces, and the one who abducted Cap'n' Cufflefish. His surprising difficulty is one of the reasons he's considered one of the best bosses in Nintendo history. [[spoiler:He reprises this role in the second game.]]

[[/folder]]

[[Characters/SplatoonPlayableCharacters Playable Characters]] | [[Characters/SplatoonIdolGroups Idol Groups]] | [[Characters/SplatoonInkopolisAndSplatsville Inkopolis and Splatsville]] | '''Octarians''' | [[Characters/SplatoonSalmonids Salmonids]]|[[Characters/SplatoonDeepseaMetro Deepsea Metro]] | [[Characters/SplatoonMangaCharacters Manga Characters]]-]]]

* PunnyName: A two-for-one deal. Octavio is a reference to both "octopus" (obviously) and "octave" (he's a music-themed boss).

* AnArmAndALeg: One of the chatlogs in the ''Octo Expansion'' [[spoiler:seems to imply that Octavio's scar translated from Cuttlefish shooting off one of his limbs in his Octoling form.]]

* DamageSpongeBoss: Considerably tankier than the rest of the Octarian bosses. [[spoiler:In Splatoon 2, he takes a total of 32 fist deflections to beat.]]

* DumbassDJ: Not so much "dumb", but he still throws around the awful jokes you'd expect from the trope. Note that all of his DJ based puns is only in the American version as the EU translation more closely follows the much more serious (If still largely stock dialogue) Japanese BossBanter.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:In ''Splatoon 3'' he helps New Agent 3 fight Mr. Grizz using another new Octobot King model]].

* FinalBoss: He's the driving force of the Octarian forces, and the one who abducted Cap'n' Cufflefish. His surprising difficulty is one of the reasons he's considered one of the best bosses in Nintendo history. [[spoiler:He reprises this role in the second game]].

* TheGeneralissimo: He's undoubtedly a leader, if not ''the'' leader, of Octarians and was a military commander during the Great Turf War. Based on info from the Sunken Scrolls and ''Octo Expansion'', Octarian society under his rule is a deteriorating mess driven by military needs. Nearly all Octarian technology is exclusively devoted to the army, propaganda against the Inklings is at an all-time high, and WordOfGod states that Octavio uses his music to brainwash the Octarians from thinking about life beyond his regime. Granted, [[LaughablyEvil he is consistently portrayed as goofy DJ boss]] instead of a ruthless dictator like most examples of the trope.

* InvoluntaryDance: At the final phase of the boss fight, the Squid Sisters play Calamari Inkantation which causes DJ Octavio to suddenly start dancing. Though he still launches his mechanical fists and any other weapons he still has, Octavio will continue to dance until he is beaten. [[spoiler:His dialogue during his VillainousBreakdown in ''Splatoon 2'' implies that he is feeling the positive effects of that heavenly melody, and [[RedemptionRejection desperately tries to resist its power in vain]].]]
* LargeHam: Present in all languages but the American English BossBanter is the silliest by far.

* LaughablyEvil: The boss presentation of DJ Octavio is campy; a DumbassDJ who spouts one-liners and operates on flying turntable with giant fists. He still has his moments of seriousness from time to time though.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He's less interested about helping his people during an energy crisis and more preoccupied of starting another Great Turf War to get back at the Inklings (especially Cap'n Cuttlefish). His broadcast music, for instant, is used to keep the Octarians under his control and the ''Octo Expansion'' reveals that many Octolings abandoned the Octarian society because the "Calamari Inkatation" made them realize there's a better life waiting for them in Inkopolis, which is now big enough to allow both species to co-exist in harmony, thus negating the need of stealing the Zapfish.

* Really700YearsOld: If the Sunken Scrolls and Cuttlefish's own testimony is anything to go by, Octavio was around for the Great Turf War, which means that much like Cuttlefish the guy is over a ''century'' old. Unlike poor Cuttlefish, though, Octavio seems to still be in generally excellent shape.

* WalkingSpoiler: While he actually doesn't have that many secrets relevant to the plot (that he was Cap'n' Cufflefish's friend are about all there are), his boss fight and characterization are unique enough that players don't want to spoil others on his surprises. ''Splatoon 2'' manages to continue the trend of showing more things that are difficult to talk about with ruining some surprises.
* WeaponsThatSuck: The Octobot King [=L3.Gs=] from ''Splatoon 3'' equips itself with a giant Ink Vac. [[spoiler:It's instrumental in taking out the FinalBoss]].