Octoling (enemy)


 * For the single player enemy by the same name, see Octoling (Hostile).

Octolings (Japanese: タコ Octopus) are a secondary playable species in Splatoon 2 made available by completing the Octo Expansion.

Appearance and traits
Depending on the player's choices, they can have different eye and skin colors, as well as being either a boy or a girl. They have angled eyes with black markings around their eyes (with a dash at the end for the female only), a sharp tooth on the opposite side of their teeth bottom and on top, a flat, pointed ear on the left and human-like, rounded ear on the right, small suckers, semi-pointed fingers, gray under their hair, and ring-like spots at the ends of their tentacles. Octolings will be able to wear the gear sold in the shops.

Notable Octolings

 * Marina
 * Agent 8

Trivia

 * While both the playable character and the enemy type are called "Octolings" in English material about the expansion, the Japanese material notably makes a distinction between the player Octoling, called タコ"Octopus" and the enemy Octolings, called タコゾネス, "Octopus-Amazon".
 * In Splatoon 2, none of the octoling gear is available to wear after completing the Octo Canyon story mode. This is unlike the first game, where it was acquired after defeating DJ Octavio. The reason for this is unknown, though it might be unlocked by completing the Octo Expansion.
 * The Octolings' "hairstyle" bears a resemblance to one commonly seen on female Majins from Dragon Ball Online. Both consist of four tentacles, with two in the front framing the face and two in the back curling up.


 * In the art book, they were originally going to have Inkling masks and floppy ears like a dumbo octopus. The ideas were discarded except for the curly, above suckers hair and armor.
 * However, the rounded ears may have been reintroduced in Agent 8's design and the design of the playable Octolings.
 * The Octolings' small rounded ears on their models are actually shared the same with Inklings wearing headgear that covers their ears such as the Hockey Helmet.
 * Concept art of Salmon Run show both Inklings and Octolings fighting together against early versions of the Salmonids, suggesting that Octolings were planned to be playable.