History Funny / Splatoon2

* The [[BuffySpeak "thangs"]] you collect. Funny once you start seeing your Octoling taking a selfie with one, then seeing them trying to push it into the train. Becomes dark comedy when you realize they're all blender parts to assemble, with your Octoling's only options when asked to enter the completed device being [[TooDumbToLive blind acceptance]] or [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snark and refusal]].

** While [[BigBad Commander Tartar]] is a [[ANaziByAnyOtherName very serious threat]], there is something darkly amusing about the DramaticIrony present when Tartar says that Inklings and Octolings are unworthy successors to humans because they get into wars over minor genetic differences and obsess over fashion. Evidently Tartar doesn’t know much about humanity.

!![[center: [- [[Funny/{{Splatoon}} Splatoon 1]] | '''Splatoon 2''' | [[Funny/Splatoon3 Splatoon 3]] -] ]]

* Like in the first game, you can rematch the FinalBoss at any time, and Marie's dialogue becomes more humorous than in the initial battle, [[MoodWhiplash turning what was once]] [[TearJerker/{{Splatoon2}} the most heartbreaking moment in the series]] [[ReverseCerebusSyndrome into one of its]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice most hilarious]]. Not only that, but why does Callie return to fighting on DJ Octavio's side for the rematch? [[WhatAnIdiot She puts the hypno-shades that brainwashed her back on because they look good on her.]]

--->'''Pearl:''' You should feel right at home here, Marina. You're used to [[IncrediblyLamePun skating by]] on your looks.\\

--->'''Marina:''' I would have gone with [[IncrediblyLamePun "calamity"]].

'''Marina''': At least soccer is a real sport which is played by athletes who are actually athletic! [[CriticalResearchFailure Baseball is the most contrived, artificial sport ever created! "Try to throw this ball past that player, but only in this small area... And if she hits it, pick it up and throw it at her, but only if she's stealing a-"]]\\

** It gets funnier if you consider that [[AchievementsInIgnorance neither sound nor phones work that way.]]

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** Website/YouTube comments later pointing out how similar the Squid Research Lab portion of the video is to the analysis videos that ''WebVideo/GameXplain'' is famous for.

* The very idea that immediately after just narrowly avoided being blended to a pulp themselves, Agent 8's first Splatfest is deciding whether or not they prefer orange juice with or without pulp. Even funnier when you choose to imagine that most Octolings don't even know what orange juice is.
** Which is then followed-up by a Splatfest that determines whether squid or octopuses are the superior species, when the ''Octo Expansion'' had the other characters reassure Agent 8 about race relations between Inklings and Octolings improving.
* Like Callie and Marie in the first game, Pearl and Marina's names when put together are a PunnyName...[[BlackComedy specifically]], [[CrossesTheLineTwice Pearl Harbor]].

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** It gets funnier if you consider that [[[AchievementsInIgnorance neither sound nor phones work that way.]]

-->'''Marie:''' [[SilentProtagonist You're not much of a talker, are you?]] Well you're still here, [[ItsUpToYou so I'm going to keep telling you to do stuff]].

-->'''MC.Princess (Pearl)''': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dh4ay5gdEk #$@%* Dudes Be #$@%* Sleepin]]"

** While [[BigBad Commander Tarter]] is a [[ANaziByAnyOtherName very serious threat]], there is something darkly amusing about the DramaticIrony present when Tarter says that Inklings and Octolings are unworthy successors to humans because they get into wars over minor genetic differences and obsess over fashion. Evidently Tarter doesn’t know much about humanity.

!![[center: [- [[Funny/{{Splatoon}} Splatoon 1]] | '''Splatoon 2''' -] ]]

* The fact that the ultimate reward for defeating the BonusBoss and the single most difficult challenge in the game, is a ''[[AndYourRewardIsClothes golden toothpick]]'' is mildly amusing. The fact that said toothpick is shaped like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoyaki a Takoyaki]] (a fried ball of minced octopus meat) is substantially funnier, due to the double whammy of Agent 8 having nearly been minced during the story and the fact that they probably [[ThatOneBoss feel like a fried octopus ball after the]] BonusBoss is done with them.

** Pearl quizes Marina what to call someone using the Booyah Bomb at the last 10 seconds of the match.

** Pearl notices the lack of personnel working the place. Marina quickly points out that robots took their jobs.

* When Cuttlefish first joins the chat, he promptly begins to chat in LeetLingo. ''[[AchievementsInIgnorance On accident]]''.

* Like Callie and Marie in the first game, Pearl and Marina's names when put together are a PunnyName...specifically, [[CrossesTheLineTwice Pearl Harbor]].

* The third boss subtitles are a total riot.

* Like in the first game, you can rematch the FinalBoss at any time, and Marie's dialogue becomes more humorous than in the initial battle, [[MoodWhiplash turning what was once]] [[TearJerker/{{Splatoon2}} the most heartrending moment in the series]] [[ReverseCerebusSyndrome into one of its most hilarious]]. Not only that, but why does Callie return to fighting on DJ Octavio's side for the rematch? [[WhatAnIdiot She puts the hypno-shades that brainwashed her back on because they look good on her.]]

* Like in the first game, you can rematch the FinalBoss at any time, and Marie's dialogue becomes more humorous than in the initial battle. Not only that, but why does Callie return to fighting on DJ Octavio's side for the rematch? [[WhatAnIdiot She puts the hypno-shades that brainwashed her back on because they look good on her.]]

'''Marina:''' (amused) Pearl, did you even read the Grizzco training manual?

** And then when the ''Octo Expansion'' trailer dropped and he explained the DLC, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/squid_researcher_pls.png he did another pose]], this time an "8", stating that 2018 was now "The Year of the Octoling". This pose also appeared in the ''Octo Expansion'' credits.

* After the debut trailer was shown, Hisashi Nogami joked that Callie was too busy with her business to participate in filming the trailer. [[spoiler:You know...her ''[[FaceHeelTurn new]]'' business.]]

* The very idea that immediately after [[spoiler:just narrowly avoided being blended to a pulp themselves]], Agent 8's first Splatfest is deciding whether or not they prefer orange juice with or without pulp. Even funnier when you choose to imagine that most Octolings don't even know what orange juice is.

* The first boss is [[EverythingTryingToKillYou an oven]] that [[PlayingWithATrope plays with]]/weaponizes ProjectileToast as its only method of attack. Throughout the battle, Marie makes [[HurricaneOfPuns a long string of bread puns]]. [[spoiler:Then, the oven starts to armor the bread, [[SarcasmFailure leaving Marie at a loss for words.]]]]

-->[[spoiler:''I'm BAAAAAAAAAAACK!'' — '''The Octostomp''']]

--->[[spoiler:''And I brought this sweet new coat!'' — '''Neo Octostomp''']]

* Like in the first game, [[spoiler:you can rematch the FinalBoss at any time, and Marie's dialogue becomes more humorous than in the initial battle. Not only that, but why does Callie return to fighting on DJ Octavio's side for the rematch? [[WhatAnIdiot She puts the hypno-shades that brainwashed her back on because they look good on her.]]]]

--->'''Octavio:''' [[spoiler:I re-remixed Callie's brain! AND NOW I'MA REMIX YOUR FACE!]]

* How does Marie [[spoiler:find out that it was Callie who is working with the Octarians? By Callie hacking into Marie's radio channel to leave a threatening message...[[CallBack only to find out she was holding her phone upside down]], [[PaintingTheMedium with her text appropriately upside down as well.]]]]
** It gets funnier if you consider that [[spoiler:[[AchievementsInIgnorance neither sound nor phones work that way.]]]]

-->'''Callie:''' Oh! Uh hey, Agent 4...It's Callie...Remember? [[spoiler:I tried to kill you?]]

** After [[spoiler:pulling Agent 8 and Cuttlefish out of the testing facility]], the first thing Pearl does is ''resume the rap battle.''

* The [[BuffySpeak "thangs"]] you collect. Funny once you start seeing your Octoling taking a selfie with one, then seeing them trying to push it into the train. Becomes dark comedy when you realize [[spoiler:they're all blender parts to assemble]], with your Octoling's only options when asked to enter the completed device being [[TooDumbToLive blind acceptance]] or [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snark and refusal]].
* One of the chat logs has an audio snippet of a demo Pearl made before she met Marina and started Off the Hook. While the song itself is pretty amusing (despite being a ''metal'' song, Pearl's voice is still as high-pitched as ever), the conversation after Pearl shares the demo is equally funny. [[spoiler:And if you take a listen, there actually is a prolonged SoundEffectBleep, meaning that, yes, Pearl is swearing.]]

** Marina is seen furiously typing on a laptop as if trying to [[spoiler:hack the NILS Statue]]...until she shows to Pearl (and the audience) crude drawings done on something similar to Microsoft Paint of what the thing does and the plan to stop it. The kicker is that her anime-style drawings of Pearl and Agent 8 look much better.

** Some fine MoodWhiplash: During the [[spoiler:BeamOWar between Pearl and Commander Tartar, the end-of-match results meter shows up on screen to determine who's winning the battle, before Pearl's side of the meter [[ReadingsBlewUpTheScale explosively breaks through the other end]], resulting in an ''888.8%'' victory for the Good Guys. The fight against the [[FinalBoss NILS Statue]] itself is also introduced like a standard Turf War battle]].

* The fact that the ultimate reward for defeating the BonusBoss and the single most difficult challenge in the game, is a ''[[AndYourRewardIsClothes golden toothpick]]'' is mildly amusing. The fact that said toothpick is shaped like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoyaki a Takoyaki]] (a fried ball of minced octopus meat) is substantially funnier, due to the double whammy of [[spoiler:Agent 8 having nearly been minced during the story]] and the fact that they probably [[ThatOneBoss feel like a fried octopus ball after the]] BonusBoss is done with them.

'''Marina:''' [[RealityEnsues I mean, you can, but they probably won't listen.]]

* The way the telephone speaks with its [[TotallyRadical "Contemporary Speech Mode"]] active. If that's not funny enough, its attempts to speak in slang are butchered by [[VerbalTic [SLANG_NOT_FOUND] ]]and [[VerbalTic [ERROR] ]]messages.

I am bout it bout it, so listen while I [[VerbalTic [SLANG_NOT_FOUND] ]]you the facts.\\
Only cats who have proven themselves can [[VerbalTic [ERROR] ]]the promised land. Do you dig, dog?\\
Here is your CQ-80 and CQ card. They are so bad. Guard them with you lizzife, because if you lose them, you will be [[CensoredForComedy [ERROR].]]

** Additionally, despite the bleep masking any swears in Inklish, one of the words that Pearl screams [[{{Mondegreen}} sounds very similar to 'kisama']][[note]]a very rough and rude way to say 'you' in Japanese, on par with calling someone a bastard[[/note]].

'''Marina:''' Use the... sponges? but one of my best friends is a [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepantssea sponge!]]

'''Marina:''' Use the... sponges? but one of my best friends is a sea sponge!

'''Marina:''' Use the... sponges? but one of my best friends is a [[WesternAnimationSpongebobSquarepants]] sea sponge!]]