Goggles (character)

Goggles is a character from the Splatoon manga and the series' mascot, who first appeared in Chapter 0, a fan-made promotional manga published in June's CoroCoro Special issue in 2015, in which he was in a different outfit, more in-sync with the promotional-art character he was based on. He has appeared in every chapter since.

Description
Goggles has worn six different outfits through the course of the manga, excluding his short-lived outfits that were only featured in one chapter, like his outfit changes in Chapter 3. They all (excluding the Octo Expansion gear) share the same headgear, the Pilot Goggles, which the character was named after. In Chapter 0, he wore the Zink Layered LS and Purple Hi-Horses. Throughout the CoroCoro Cup, he wore the Armor Jacket Replica and Hero Runner Replicas. During the Hero Mode chapters, he wore the Hero Headset Replica with his goggles, Hero Jacket Replica and Hero Runner Replicas. In the Square King Cup arc and onwards (excluding the Octo Expansion arc) he wore the Eggplant Mountain Coat and Hero Runner Replicas. In the Octo Expansion arc, he wore the Sennyu Goggles, Sennyu Suit and Sennyu Inksoles. In the Hero Mode 2 arc, he wears the Hero Headphones Replica, with his goggles yet again, the Hero Hoodie Replica and the Hero Snowboots Replicas.

Personality
Throughout the manga, Goggles is shown to be quite naïve and often not serious, a trait that is shared with fellow teammate Bobble Hat. He often does not take things seriously and is not intimidated by strong foes, seeing battles as fun sports unlike some other inklings. In the first volume of the manga, his info in the Inkling Almanac reveals that he is a restless sleeper. In addition to this, he is also shown to engage in practical jokes, mostly pantsing other Inklings (notably Rider) and getting naked in public. He has also confused wasabi with tooth paste. He cares deeply about his friends and goes to extreme lengths for them, although his 'help' can lack well-thought-out consequences.

Relationships
He is shown to get along well with the other members of Team Blue, despite Headphones and Specs taking often offense to his actions, while Bobble Hat seems to not mind his shenanigans. Rider is Goggles' best friend outside of Team Blue. Originally Rider was a self-centered enemy to Goggles, but Goggles' compassion for his team members taught Rider to be nicer to his teammates. Goggles looks up to Gloves and the S4. The only time he seemed to visibly be angered was when he witnessed the X-Blood harrassing a competetor who believes in 'wish notes' in the sacred Skipper Pavilion. Eight, or Hachi in some translations, is an Octoling who Goggles named. Besides Bobble Hat, Eight seems to be the only friend of Goggles who does not mind the latter's ridiculous behavior.

Trivia

 * He is hard of hearing and often confuses things, such as "Turf War" for "Surf War".
 * According to the Inkling Almanac, the pickled plums that he is often seen eating are made by his grandmother.
 * An Inkling who looks like Goggles appears in The Art of Splatoon 2. It is unknown if it was coincidental.