History Headscratchers / Splatoon

* How the hell could have [[spoiler:one cataclysmic event wipe out all of humanity? I am not accounting for any interplanetary colonization, which should be considered given the time period. But back on Earth, we've colonized mountains, built on the underground, but how can one huge cataclysm wipe us all out]]?

* How the hell could have one cataclysmic event wipe out all of humanity? I am not accounting for any interplanetary colonization, which should be considered given the time period. But back on Earth, we've colonized mountains, built on the underground, but how can one huge cataclysm wipe us all out?
** Even worse (same troper here): How can there even be a cataclysm of this big of a scale? No tsunami, melting of the ice caps, or whatever else can raise the sea levels can possibly raise the sea levels higher than 400 feet, maybe 1000.

* So if sea creatures can't swim (well, that's what Cap'n Cuttlefish says, at least), what is a pool doing in Mahi-Mahi Resort? That's an awfully dangerous way to relax.

** That already exists. The Octarians call them Flooders.

** Remember, turf wars are a sport; it's not about efficiency, it's about fun! Of course they wouldn't allow something completely broken like that.

* Consdering how powerful the Splash Wall is, couldn't a Splash Wall theoretically be hooked up to an ink tank, held by its arms and facing forward, and possibly have wheels or harnesses if it's too heavy to be held continuously? It'd be a one-hit KO continuous weapon with greater range than any Roller or Brush.

** Maybe the VoluntaryShapeshifting is restricted to young Inklings/Octolings, and Octavio probably [[spoiler: was stuck in his octopus form.]] So it would explain why the Cap'n, and even the Squid Sisters, are never shown as squids (or at least not onscreen).

** Now features WordOfGod, see AliensStealCable. [[note]]Thus, the messages being from executives is Jossed, but not the entire Game Show Gimmick.[[/note]] Basically, this made it possible to have ProductPlacement Splatfests that normally make no sense, because they were actual human arguments in the past.

** Now features WordOfGod, see AliensStealCable. [[note]]But it still doesn't joss any of these theories yet.[[/note]] Basically, this made it possible to have ProductPlacement Splatfests that normally make no sense, because they were actual human arguments in the past.

** Now features WordOfGod, see AliensStealCable. [[note:But it still doesn't joss any of these theories yet.]] Basically, this made it possible to have ProductPlacement Splatfests that normally make no sense, because they were actual human arguments in the past.

* When Octavio had Cuttlefish tied up, why didn't he just slip out in squid form? Does he have Alzheimer's? Is he just not that bright to begin with? Was he staying there willingly just to humor Octavio? Or did he [[spoiler: lose his squid form at some point like Octavio apparently lost his Octoling form?]]

* All damaging weaponry in ''Splatoon'' have one thing in common: they involve drenching enemies with ink until they explode (arguably, even the Kraken)... except one: The Killer Wail. Why do enemies hit by the Killer Wail explode in the shooter's ink color instead of their own, assuming the excuse is that the sound waves make it difficult for them to keep their body together? (Note: In the Japanese version, Killer Wail is called Megaphone Laser, but for now, I'm just assuming "Laser" to them is a generic term for a weapon that fires in a straight line that isn't a bullet, and they still consider it a sound attack.)

* All damaging weaponry in ''Splatoon'' have one thing in common: they involve drenching enemies with ink until they explode (arguably, even the Kraken)... except one: The Killer Wail. The Headscratcher being why enemies hit by the Killer Wail explode in the shooter's ink color instead of their own, assuming the sound waves make it difficult for them to keep their body together.

*** Or the water didn't cover everything and gulls were able to migrate to those places, which were too small to support humanity

** As for the seagulls, maybe some fish species evolved the ability to transform into birds, like the Inklings can transform into humans.

** Perhaps non-Judd cats and dogs in Splatoon are like dinosaurs in the real world - they're extinct, but there's still interest in them.

* If all vertebrate terrestrial life is gone in the ''Splatoon'' world, why are there seagulls flying over Saltspray Rig, and how can there be a "Team Dog"? (For that matter, "Team Cat" can't simply be dedicsted solely to Judd.)

*** Use of a foreign language, whether ancient or modern, to make something seem to have religious significance or make it seem cooler is not unheard of. (Say, OminousLatinChanting.) Plus, the arrangement of candles and traditional Japanese doodads imply that it may be religious, but it doesn't totally disprove the "TV show gimmick" theory. (I can think of Wrestling/TheUndertaker as an example of having skits that seem mystical and use religious themes.)

**** Use of a foreign language, whether ancient or modern, to make something seem to have religious significance or make it seem cooler is not unheard of. (Say, OminousLatinChanting.) Plus, the arrangement of candles and traditional Japanese doodads imply that it may be religious, but it doesn't totally disprove the "TV show gimmick" theory. (I can think of Wrestling/TheUndertaker as an example of having skits that seem mystical and use religious themes.)

*** Use of a foreign language, whether ancient or modern, to make something seem to have religious significance or make it seem cooler is not unheard of. (Say, OminousLatinChanting.) Plus, the arrangement of candles and traditional Japanese doodads imply that it may be religious, but it doesn't totally disprove the "TV show gimmick" theory. (I can think of Wrestling/TheUndertaker as an example of having skits that seem mystical and use religious themes.)

*** Somewhat going against this explanation, though, is the fact that there are markings on the fax machine, and they appear to be in Kanji rather than in the [[ConLang usual Inkling-ese character set]]. It can be seen [[http://i.imgur.com/9UfodiM.jpg here]]. Also seen in that picture is that the fax machine is in a dim room with candles placed around it in a seemingly ritualistic manner.

*** Somewhat building on this line of reasoning, a possibility is that the Octarians had lived in the lowlands while the Inklings lived at higher elevations. As the sea levels continued to rise, their lands started to be underwater while the Inkopolis was not threatened. In response, Octarian leaders got desperate and decided to take the Inklings' land by force. Initially the attacks came as a surprise (thus the sunken scroll about the Inklings losing the first few battles due to not getting up early enough in the morning to defend themselves), but the tide turned and the invasion ultimately failed. And with their relationship with the Inklings soured and any possibility of simply trying to immigrate to Inkopolis as peaceful refugees ruined by the failed attempt at invasion, their only remaining choice was to build the underground domes at Octo Valley. The Inklings, on the other hand, didn't really have a problem with immigration as long as it wasn't not from a group that just tried to invade them and take over their country. Thus, the Jellyfish people and etc. living there without issues (and judging by Sheldon's grandfather, even before the war there were at least a few non-Inkling citizens of Inkopolis, who sided with them in the war.)

** One possibility is that the Octarians had lived in the lowlands while the Inklings lived at higher elevations. As the sea levels continued to rise, their lands started to be underwater while the Inklings' land was not threatened. In response, Octarian leaders got desperate and decided to take the Inklings' land by force. Initially the attacks came as a surprise (thus the sunken scroll about the Inklings losing the first few battles due to not getting up early enough in the morning to defend themselves), but the tide turned and the invasion ultimately failed. And with their relationship with the Inklings soured and any possibility of simply trying to immigrate to Inkopolis as peaceful refugees ruined by the failed attempt at invasion, their only remaining choice was to build the underground domes at Octo Valley.

*** Somewhat going against this explanation, though, is the fact that there are markings on the fax machine, and they appear to be in Kanji rather than in the [[ConLang usual Inkling-ese character set]]. (See pic [[http://i.imgur.com/9UfodiM.jpg here]])