Iso Padre

"I've been riding this train a long, long time, but a thing I've never left behind is myself."

- Dialogue on the Deepsea Metro

"Iso Padre" is the name given to a character in the Octo Expansion.

According to Iso Padre himself, he originally had a different name but cannot remember it after spending so long on the Deepsea Metro.

Appearance
Iso Padre is a pale blue giant isopod wearing gold-rim sunglasses, a golden neck chain, and a black leisure suit under his carapace. While he has a relativley naturalistic appearance like many of the other denizens of the deep, he has fewer pair of legs compared to a real isopod, with three pairs near his chest and one near the bottom of his body, which isn't a part of his carapace, giving him an anthropomorphic appearance. He has some Sanrio-esque stickers on his carapace and is seen besides a briefcase filled with toys.

Personality and traits
Iso Padre is described as a gentleman and when talked to, he gives philosophic and poetic lines. He likes mem cakes, but because he washed out early when he tried the tests at the Deep Sea Metro, he instead wants to see the ones received by Agent 8. His briefcase with toys contains "hopes and dreams". He seems to have good relations with Craig Cuttlefish, often talking with him while on the train and one of Craig's raps calling Padre "[his] boy".

Mem cakes
Iso Padre is seen in the Deepsea Metro trying to get to Inkopolis. He also has a close relation to mem cakes. When he arrives onto the train, he notices Agent 8 has some mem cakes and asks them to gather more. When Agent 8 completes a full set of mem cakes (including grayscale mem cakes obtained by completing a station with Marina's help), they receive a piece of gear that is unlocked when the player completes the Octo Expansion.

Iso Padre gives a piece of gear for every mem cake set completed. These gear items are listed below.


 * He rewards the Neo Octoling gear set for the first three sets.
 * - One set completed
 * - Two sets completed
 * - Three sets completed
 * For the next three sets, he rewards the Null Armor Replica set: the maximum armor set worn by Agent 8.
 * - Four sets completed
 * - Five sets completed
 * - Six sets completed
 * For the next three sets, he rewards the Old-Timey set: the clothes worn by Cap'n Cuttlefish in the Octo Expansion.
 * - Seven sets completed
 * - Eight sets completed
 * - Nine sets completed
 * For the final set, he awards the.

In the manga series
Iso Padre makes a brief cameo appearance in Volume 7. He plays no major role in the story of the manga itself, but he is seen greeting Goggles and Eight while on the train.

Quotes
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General dialogue

 * "I may not have much left, but I still have my health. Every day I pray I don't lose that too."
 * "Don't turn your back on what's shabby. And don't embrace a thing because it's clean."
 * "When you see a beauty in what's broken or run-down, then the whole world will be art."
 * "Whether a thing is trash or treasure, well, that depends on if you see it with love."
 * "Dreaming too hard takes a lot out of you."
 * "Freshness advice, eh? A fine set of well-groomed whiskers won't steer you wrong."
 * "The elder squid aims to teach me to rap. But I tell my tale slow, to no one else's boat."
 * "I've been riding this train a long, long time, but a thing I've never left behind is myself."
 * "If there's a final destination where we're all headed, we haven't reached it yet."
 * "Stay somewhere long enough and you forget what it's like to be anywhere else."
 * "I envy you your mem cakes, young squire. Both the memories and the cake."
 * "Where am I headed? Oh, nowhere in particular. I ride for the pleasure of riding."
 * "C.Q. Cumber works his tail off morning, noon, and night. Me, I prefer the labor of the mind."
 * "This train glides through the dark of the sea floor. You might be the headlight we need."
 * "The well-dweller knows nothing of the ocean's breadth. But the water's darkness? Now that's a subject with which it's intimately familiar."
 * "You wish you had a confidant closer to your own age? I can sympathize."
 * "I ride a subway called Desire, on a long and winding path to Inkopolis Station."
 * "Is it worse not knowing where you are or how you came to be there? I ponder that myself."
 * "If you need to roll around in the mud awhile, can't no one blame you for that."
 * "Once your life's derailed, it's not so easy to get it back on track."}}

Trivia

 * Iso Padre's given name is a pun on "isopod", referring to his order, and "padre", Spanish for "father". This is likely a reference to the film The Godfather, due to Iso Padre's similarities with the main character Don Vito Corleone.
 * He reveals to Agent 8 that he only managed to obtain two mem cakes when he was still a test subject.
 * He was on Team Chaos for the Chaos vs. Order Splatfest.
 * It is mentioned in HaikaraWalker that Iso Padre's Octotrooper plush is something that he always takes with him.
 * His quote that mentions "a subway called Desire" may be a reference to A Streetcar Named Desire, a 1951 American film.