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Not This Thang Again?! is a fictional mission in Splatoon 3's story mode Return of the Mammalians and was created by YOLO2020.

Location
This mission cannot be accessed physically in-game because it is a fictional mission. If real, it would be accessed by walking up the stairs that are located next the entrance of The Crater, which is located in Splatsville. Taking these stairs would reveal a Launchpad that would take you back to Octo Valley. The Kettle would be located right above the Octosniper Ramparts mission in Area 4.

Ashley
Ashley is the main boss of this mission, where she is partially sanitized. She retains her hairstyle and eyebrow features, but wears the Ink-Tinted Goggles, White Inky Rider, and Punk Whites. Her legwear changes to the "colored patterned leggings", her ink color becomes turquoise, and her eye color changes to the Cyan + Orange Ring option. She also has a piece of the sludge that Commander Tarter created in her goggles. Her weapon is the E-liter 4K Scope. She is guarded by three of the five Great Octoweapons.

Great Octoweapons
The Great Octoweapons that guard Ashley are the Octonozzle, the Octowhirl, and the Octomaw. They act as secondary bosses that must be defeated in order to splat Ashley. The Octonozzle has a different appearance. The seaweed around it is the same color, but its eyes have changed to match a Sanitized Octarian's eyes. Its shoes have changed from being purple to white. The Octowhirl has a slight change in appearance, that being every part of its body that was originally magenta is now turquoise. The Octomaw also has a slight change in appearance, that being its eye color changing from magenta to turquoise.

Gameplay
The three idol groups and playable agents fight during the three phases. The layout looks like this:
 * Phase 1: Squid Sisters and Agent 3 have to fight the Octonozzle, while Ink Me Up is playing in the background.
 * Phase 2: Off the Hook and Agent 4 have to fight the Octowhirl, while Nasty Majesty is playing in the background.
 * Phase 3: Deep Cut and Agent 8 have to fight the Octomaw, while Till Depth Do Us Part is playing in the background.

Walkthrough
The boss fight takes place in an circular arena similar to the other boss fights in previous games. Directly to the right behind the Spawn point is a speaker that plays the disturbing boss screams found in Octo Valley and Octo Canyon. Despite the kettle being located in Octo Valley, the mission takes place in Splatsville because it is only accessible through Splatoon 3.

Phase 1
During phase 1, Ashley will be standing on top of a Sanitized Octonozzle. During the fight with the Octonozzle, Ashley will be attempting to splat you with her E-liter, and you'll have to restart at the checkpoint if you get splatted. The Octonozzle can be defeated in the same way in Octo Valley. The Octonozzle will have all its layers extended, so to defeat it, you have to shoot all of the tentacles from all three layers. Once all tentacles have been destroyed, the Octonozzle will explode, making Ashley fall, allowing you to splat her.

Phase 2
During phase 2, Ashley will be standing on top of a Sanitized Octowhirl. During the fight with the Octowhirl, Ashley will be attempting to splat you with her E-liter, but after being knocked off, she will place three Ink Mines as another defense. Like the Octonozzle, the Octowhirl can be defeated in the same way in Octo Valley. To defeat the Octowhirl, you have to get it completely submerged in your ink, which will make Ashley fall and reveal the tentacle. You then shoot the tentacle to destroy the Octowhirl, allowing you to splat Ashley.

Phase 3
During phase 3, Ashley will be standing on top of a Sanitized Octomaw. During the fight with the Octomaw, Ashley will be attempting to splat you with her E-liter, but after being knocked off, she will place a Wave Breaker as another defense. Like the Octonozzle and the Octowhirl, the Octomaw can be defeated in the same way in Octo Valley. The Octomaw will already have its gold teeth, so to defeat it, you need to knock down most of its teeth and throw either a Splat Bomb or Burst Bomb in its mouth. This will cause the Octomaw to swallow the bomb and explode, making Ashley fall and allowing you to splat her.

Quotes
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S3 Icon Inkling.png Ashleygreen
"I'm no longer the Ashley you once knew..."

"...for I've been sanitized by Commander Tartar."

"You can never defeat me...arise, my Dreaded Octonozzle!"

"Y'all ready for this!"

"Ugh...time to turn up the sea bass...spin, my Rampaging Octowhirl!"

"Turning up the spicy wasabi beat!"

"Oof...now serving the main entree...swim, my Ravenous Octomaw!"

"Imma dubstomp you into oblivion!"

"Ow...my head..."

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S2 Icon Callie 2.png Calliegreen
"Ashley...is that you?"

"The Squid Sisters are here to save you!"

"You got it...hey Octonozzle, over here!"

"Way to go, Agent 3!"

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S2 Icon Marie 2.png Mariegreen
"Looks like she's been sanitized..."

"Commander Tartar, you're going back to the prehistoric age."

"Callie, go distract the Octonozzle with your Hero Roller while I shoot the tentacles with my Hero Charger."

"That's the last one..."

"You mean Captain?"

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S2 Icon Pearl.png Pearlgreen
"That crazy telephone's at it again?!"

"Ready for my Princess Cannon...BOOYAH!"

"Agent 4, where'd you come from?"

"It's gone?! How?!"

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S2 Icon Marina.png Marinagreen
"COMMANDER TARTAR?!"

"We'll save you, Ash!"

"That didn't do anything...time for my Hyperbombs!"

"Good job, Agent 4!"

"Well, what matters is that Ash is ok."

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S3 Icon Shiver.png Shivergreen
"Telephone! The same telephone that we have heard stories of it sanitizing Octarians?"

"Time for another lesson from Master Mega."

"Awesome, Agent 8."

"Well said, Marina."

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S3 Icon Frye.png Fryegreen
"You're going DOWN, TELEPHONE!"

"Go, my precious eels!"

"Octomaw...more like Octagon!"

"Wait...where'd that slimy telephone go?"

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S3 Icon Big Man.png Big Mangreen
"Ay! (What they said!)"

"Aay! (I'll be the hype manta!)"

"Ay! (You rock!)"

"Ay! (Agreed!)"

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S2 Icon Commander Tartar.png Commander Tartargreen
"I will find a way to destroy this planet, and begin again..."

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S3 Icon Mr Grizz 2.png Mr. Grizzgreen
"I can show you the way...if you want to team up?"

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Trivia

 * The mission name is a reference to the four thangs and Commander Tartar.
 * There are multiple reference to the number "three" in this boss fight:
 * The mission number is 33.
 * There are three phases.
 * The three idol groups from each of the three Splatoon games appear: Squid Sisters from Splatoon, Off the Hook from Splatoon 2, and Deep Cut from Splatoon 3.
 * The three playable agents also appear: Agent 3, Agent 4, and Agent 8.
 * There are three Great Octoweapons that guard Ashley: the Octonozzle, the Octowhirl, and the Octomaw.
 * In each of the three phases, three different songs can be heard.
 * Marie uses her Hero Charger to knock off Ashley's sanitized goggles in a similar way she knocked DJ Octavio's hypnoshades off of Callie in Tide Goes Out (mission).
 * Ashley doesn't lose consciousness after this, though it is unknown why that is.
 * There is no alternate dialog for repeating the mission, as it cannot be repeated.
 * Marina is the first character to refer Ashley by her nickname since Ashley left Inkopolis.
 * The location of the kettle being in Octo Valley is referencing how Ashley was originally born in Inkopolis Plaza.
 * After everyone has left, there is a very short conversation between Commander Tartar and Mr. Grizz.
 * Ashley's dialogue references DJ Octavio's dialogue in Enter the Octobot King! and she calls the Great Octoweapons by their mission titles: The Dreaded Octonozzle!, The Rampaging Octowhirl!, and The Ravenous Octomaw!.
 * Frye makes a pun when she says "Octomaw...more like Octagon!" An octagon is an eight sided shape.
 * Ashley's dialogue icon is likely a placeholder icon, as the developers didn't have time to make a custom icon.
 * The Squid Sisters and Off the Hook are in their primary outfits, not their Splatoon 3 outfits.

Etymology
"Thang" is a slang term meaning "thing".