History Manga / Splatoon

* MythologyGag: The main squads of the ''1'' and ''2'' era, Blue Team and Green Team, are based on the inklings used in promotional pieces like the official game site. Goggles himself is based off of the goggle-wearing blue inkling on the ''1'' cover, Gloves is based on the roller wielding green inkling on the ''2'' cover, and Mitsunami is based on the yellow inkling on the ''3'' cover.

** The first Hero Mode arc features both Goggles and Rider acting as Agent 3, even though only one Inkling could act in their place during the first game. By the time of the ''Octo Expansion'' arc, this is dealt with by having Goggles be an "agent" (in the SecretAgent sense) with the rest of Blue Team, while Rider gets Agent 3's in-game appearance. The second Hero Mode arc does the same as the first, though with Gloves accompanying Goggles as Agent 4.

* AdaptedOut: Every boss from the first game except The Mighty Octostomp and Octavio.

** For the ''Octo Expansion'' Arc, Agent 8 gets split into the Octo Boy Eight as Agent 8 and the Octo Girl Seven as Agent 7.

Beginning as a promotional one-shot released prior to the game's release in May 2015, the manga would continue later that December, before gaining a regular monthly schedule in February 2016. Creator/VizMedia would start localizing the manga in English in December 2017. The original series ran for 65 chapters across 16 volumes. The series also had a two-episode {{motion comic}} adaptation featuring the voices of Creator/MikakoKomatsu, Kondo Rena, and Haruka Shiraishi, which released in August 2017.

* AnimatedAdaptation: ''Sort of''. In reality, it's just [[MotionComic the manga coloured and voiced over]].

Beginning as a promotional one-shot released prior to the game's release in May 2015, the manga would continue later that December, before gaining a regular monthly schedule in February 2016. Creator/VizMedia would start localizing the manga in English in December 2017. The series also had a two-episode {{motion comic}} adaptation featuring the voices of Creator/MikakoKomatsu, Kondo Rena, and Haruka Shiraishi, which released in August 2017.

The original series ran for 65 chapters across 16 volumes, ending in December 2021. After a one year hiatus, it would be followed in September 2022 by the SequelSeries ''Splatoon 3: Splatlands'', based on content from ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''.

From December 2021 to August 2022, the manga went on hiatus. It returned in September 2022 with the serialization ''Splatoon 3: Splatlands'', based on content from ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''.

From December 2021 to August 2022, the manga went on hiatus. It returned in September 2022 with the serialization ''Splatoon: Bankara!'', based on content from ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''.

* BreakingOldTrends: The main character of ''Bankara!'' is based on the feminine yellow Inkling, going against previous arcs using male Inklings or Octolings as leads.

* GenderFlip: The "Hero Mode" chapters use Goggles, Rider, and Gloves as the agents, while the ''[[VideoGame/Splatoon2 Octo Expansion]]'' story arc has Agent 8 be male. Promotional materials for ''Splatoon'' games always have the protagonist roles for the single-player campaigns filled by females, with the developers [[CuttingOffTheBranches often alluding to this being canon]]. That being said, the Octo Expansion arc plays with this a bit by revealing that not only did Eight have a companion in the form of the female Octoling girl (who gets the name "Seven"), but two other companions with the other two Octoling hairstyles.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The Volume 10 bonus chapter is ''Dear Senpai'', an in-universe manga by Marina that focuses on the relationship between her and Pearl.

* DecompositeCharacter: Both Goggles and Rider are Agent 3, though Rider is officially designated Agent 3.5. Meanwhile for the ''Octo Expansion'' Arc, Agent 8 gets split into the Octo Boy Eight as Agent 8 and the Octo Girl Seven as Agent 7.

* MythologyGag: The main squads of the ''1'' and ''2'' era, Blue Team and Green Team, are based on the inklings used in promotional pieces like the official game site. Goggles himself is based off of the goggle-wearing blue inkling on the ''1'' cover, while Gloves is based on the roller wielding green inkling on the ''2'' cover.

From December 2021 to August 2022, the manga went on hiatus. It retruned in Sptember 2022 with the serialization ''Splatoon: Bankara!'', based on content from ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''.

* LimitedWardrobe: The characters are named after their gear, but they don't change outfits in general. Parodied in chapter 3 when Goggles goes shopping for new clothes after suffering ClothingDamage, and ends up getting the exact same ensemble as he had before, though he claims to have different underwear.

* LimitedWardrobe: The characters are named after their gear, but they don't change outfits in general.

* GenderFlip: The "Hero Mode" chapters use Goggles, Rider, and Gloves as the agents, while the ''[[VideoGame/Splatoon2 Octo Expansion]]'' story arc has Agent 8 be male. Promotional materials for ''Splatoon'' games always have the protagonist roles for the single-player campaigns filled by females, with the developers [[CuttingOffTheBranches often alluding to this being canon]].

On December 2021, it was announced that the manga would go on hiatus, but will eventually return with content relating to ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''.

* DecompositeCharacter: Both Goggles and Rider are Agent 3, though Rider is officially designated Agent 3.5. Meanwhile for the ''Octo Expansion'' Arc, Agent 8 gets split into the Octo Boy Hachi as Agent 8 and the Octo Girl Nana as Agent 7.

** Hachi after the Octo Expansion arc.

* GenderFlip: The "Hero Mode" chapters use Goggles and Rider as the agents, while the ''[[VideoGame/Splatoon2 Octo Expansion]]'' story arc has Agent 8 be male. Promotional materials for ''Splatoon'' games always have the protagonist roles for the single-player campaigns filled by females, with the developers [[CuttingOffTheBranches often alluding to this being canon]].

* SuddenlyVoiced: To an extent. While the Inklings did speak in the game, they spoke in an entirely [[{{Conlang}} fictional Inkling langauge]]. In the motion comic though, they speak in full Japanese, making it the only ''Splatoon'' work to have them speak in a human langauge.

On December 2021, it was announced that the manga would go on hiatus, but will eventually return with content relating to VideoGame/Splatoon3.

* SignatureWeapon: Everyone has one. For Blue Team in particular, Goggles always uses the Splattershot, Specs always uses the Inkbrush, Headphones always uses the Splat Charger, and Bobble Hat always uses the Slosher.

* DenserAndWackier: Though the games can be pretty tongue-in-cheek even during its more serious moments, the manga tends to take it to another level.

* IdiotHero:
** While everyone is goofy to a degree, Goggles is more-so than most and isn't the brightest Inkling.
** Bobble Hat's [[ThePollyanna constant happiness]] and obliviousness often causes her to be this way.

''Splatoon'' is a GagSeries manga serialized in ''Magazine/CoroCoroComic'', written and drawn by Sankichi Hinodeya, and based on the Creator/{{Nintendo}} video game franchise [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} of the same name]]. While it does briefly adapt some of the various single-player campaigns, the manga puts the bulk of its attention on the main multiplayer modes.