Talk:Spyke

Do any of you think spyke is awesome? ~Chriscoded (talk) 01:17, 25 August 2015 (UTC) no -  Shrimp Pin  01:21, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * shOTS FIRED --Bzeep!  talk  03:47, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

He says the memephrase, "YOU WOT MATE?" referencing "u wot m8". So yeah. Spyke is a $waglord.

Lol wait so one day we're clAssy inkepedia gentlesquids, and the next, m e m e i f i e d skrublords? lololol get shrekt m80 --Sigma   talk 13:14, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Quotes
The quotes seem to be from the American version as far as I can tell, he has some differences in the AUEU version iirc Pinkolol16 (talk) 10:15, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Correct, I clarified in the article and I'll type up as much as I can tonight from my EU game. 12:32, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

just noticed how this page has like no resources
I literally just noticed this... does Spyke literally have NOTHING that we could use as a "information source" for this page? Just curious.

SPBOnion  (talk)  20:08, 8 June 2016 (UTC)


 * ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I guess not. Pretty much all of this is ripped directly from the game info boxes or Spyke's dialogue.
 * Skylar (talk) 00:03, 9 June 2016 (UTC)


 * So I'm assuming there's no official information from Nintendo about Spyke, other than the Nintendo Direct he was announced in? :/ Sucks for Spyke, then. Mariesignature.png SPBOnion  (talk)  02:30, 9 June 2016 (UTC)


 * So basically people just randomly found out he was Cockney? Hmm... I'm familiar with Cockney speak but I think most people on this wiki have never seen nor met a Cockney irl... how'd we find that out? This page confuses me xD


 * but seriously tho who was the first person to realize Spyke was portrayed as a Cockney The E-Litist Dr from squid squad face.jpg 20:28, 15 June 2016 (UTC)


 * E-Litist has a point here. I'm familiar with Cockney speak myself (because I've spent nearly my entire life in the presence of Cockneys) but who was the first person to figure out? Also, where is this conversation going? We went from Spyke's page having to resources to a discussion about Cockneys xD


 * we need to get back on track, thanks a lot ELitist. Mariesignature.png SPBOnion <font face="Corbel"><font color="#004d80"> (talk)  04:02, 9 June 2016 (UTC)


 * IDK. If you really care, I'm sure you could look into the history of this page, but who wants to take the time? I guess someone just guessed based on his in-game speech that he's a cockny. (i.e. YOU WOT MATE?!) Skylar (talk) 11:09, 10 June 2016 (UTC)


 * We try to have as many references as possible - if you find a source for something in a page, put it in. However, there is stuff for which there aren't any sources available, it's too basic to need a source, etc., so some pages might not have any. :/ --<font face="Corbel"><font color="#f2992e">Bzeep!  <font color="#f7c282">talk  18:55, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

I mean I could tell by his speech that he was a Cockney (literally 70% of the people I've met on my mother's side of my family is a Cockney) but sure enough I wasn't the first person ever to meet Spyke so IDK. BTW, if I find a resource I will definitely put it here <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#0099ff">SPBOnion  <font face="Corbel"><font color="#004d80"> (talk)  23:10, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

A page doesn't necessarily need references listed, especially if most info is common knowledge or from the game itself. I don't think we can easily source the discovery of the cockney accent either. 01:30, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

There are some good points here, really I don't think Spyke would have any resources other than the Nintendo Direct and whatever other stuff Nintendo put out before the game's release. Anything else is either really hard to find or not official :/ All I know is that he's an easily irritable Cockney, just like SPBOnion here. :) <font face="Arial Black"><font color="#33cc00">The E-Litist  20:28, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

"All I know is that he's an easily irritable Cockney, just like SPBOnion here." lol true xD But in all seriousness you're right about the sources, E-Litist. <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#0099ff">SPBOnion <font face="Corbel"><font color="#004d80"> (talk)  17:29, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Am I seeing things or does Spyke have 2 layers of eyelids
I mean, you have the normal blinking animation of the orange eyelid (basically his skin w/ a dark line under it). I have a picture of that eyelid, but I was trying to take the same picture again. And in a certain frame, you see a dark purple glossy-looking eyelid. I had a picture of that (but immediately went back to the game as it's a little disturbing).

Just wanted to know if anyone else saw this, as it's the first time I've seen it. And yes, I know this is a bit of a random topic. e.e <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#0099ff">SPBOnion  <font face="Corbel"><font color="#004d80"> (talk)  22:41, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

You have a post of the inner eyelids on your Miiverse, SPB. And you were right... that is a bit disturbing o.o <font face="Arial Black"><font color="#33cc00">The E-Litist  19:43, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

It may have been an edited picture, but I think that old entry in this page about his eyelids being dark and shiny may be his inner eyelids. It's like Spyke is mass producing new ways to freak me out every time I talk to him even though I still love him to death T_T <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#0099ff">SPBOnion  <font face="Corbel"><font color="#004d80"> (talk)  20:11, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Yup! It's not edited at all. The picture that got removed in the "Spyke's eyelids aren't dark while blinking" isn't edited. It's just Spyke's inner purple eyelids. Gonna wait for someone more experienced with this wiki to tell us what to do about it before adding it back. <font face="Arial Black"><font color="#33cc00">The E-Litist  20:26, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

I honestly want to see how much thought went into his name
"You know what sea urchins have? Spikes! We're gonna take the word 'spike', and give it a "y" so it looks cooler, and make 'Spyke'! HER HER HER HER

But seriously though I bet Nintendo took 5 minutes to figure out what to name him <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#00ff00">The E-Litist  <font face="Corbel"><font color="#009933"> (talk)  02:56, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

YES. All the other names are funny little puns of their species or whatnot. ANNIE-MOE-ne, Crusty Sean = Crustacean, SHELLdon, JELonzo... Even I wouldn't have thought of "Callie" and "Marie" for making two female names out of the word "Calamari".

But Spyke tho. They literally just took 'Spike' and replaced the "I" with a "Y". I bet a 5 year old would come up with that name if you gave it a picture of Spyke and said "What should we name this character?"

I love Spyke to death. His character design, the 'literal street urchin' thing... every other part of him was cleverly done. Just, his name. I mean, it suits him well, and he definitely does look like a Spyke... but... I don't think the guys over at Nintendo spent very long thinking of his name. <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#0099ff">SPBOnion <font face="Corbel"><font color="#004d80"> (talk)  01:41, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

You're so right, Spicy. I love how they took some creepy alley kid character and made him a sea urchin to go with the saying 'street urchin'. A sea urchin on the streets. Clever. I love his character design. It definitely fits his character role/personality. I just, really like his character in general.

I tell kids at my school about the name 'Sheldon' having 'shell' and Annie and Moe's names being combined to make 'anemone', and they say that those are such bad puns. But somehow the blandness of the name 'Spyke' for a sea urchin character doesn't seem to bother them. In my mind I'm like, 'Umm. Isn't Spyke a lot worse? I mean, it's not even a clever pun or anything. It's a sea urchin's most prominent feature, but respelled.'

I bet in the world of Splatoon this is the equivalent of naming your kid with brown hair "Brown" or something. Spyke's parents obviously couldn't think of anything else. I can't believe I'm talking about Spyke like this, but this is something that has bugged me for the past few days, and I had to get it off my chest. <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#00ff00">The E-Litist <font face="Corbel"><font color="#009933"> (talk)  02:00, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

Well, feel free to lift that weight off your chest, as it is something that's bothered me too. I'm having these Splatoon thoughts that won't leave my mind and make me constantly think about them, and like I said, Spyke's name is one.

Maybe there's more reasoning to it than just a sea urchin's spikes. Maybe reasoning to why they changed it to a Y.

What gets me the most is all his international names are really well thought out and are ACTUALLY A PUN TO HIS SPECIES LIKE EVERYONE ELSES AGHGDSDF--- I mean, Daunī, being a pun on 'uni', Eri from 'erizo de mar', Kipik, I even like his Italian name, Richie. I'd have been fine if they even just took one of those and made it his English name. It'd be better than just Spyke. <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#0099ff">SPBOnion <font face="Corbel"><font color="#004d80"> (talk)  02:57, 19 August 2016 (UTC)