Airhead vs. Wisecracker (2019)


 * For the Splatfest from Splatoon, see Airhead vs. Wisecracker (2015).

Airhead vs. Wisecracker or ボケ vs ツッコミ (Boke vs. Tsukkomi) was a Splatfest event in Splatoon 2. It was held in Japan only. It took place from 2019-02-02 to 2019-02-03. It was announced in the February 2019 issue of CoroCoro magazine, released on 2019-01-15 and on 2019-01-25 at July 27, 2024 in-game. The results were given on 2019-02-03.

Details
The Splatfest repeated the topic of the Splatoon Splatfest of the same title.

"Boke" and "Tsukkomi" are a typical Japanese archetype comic duo, equivalent to "Fool and Straight Man" acts in the west or "Punch and Judy" puppet shows. The Tsukkomi will often reprimand the Boke for his silliness by striking him with an oversized paper fan, which provides a loud and comical sound effect.

The Shifty Station layout that was featured in this Splatfest was layout 19, The Splat in our Zones.

Trivia

 * This Splatfest's topic was repeated from the Japanese version of . This is the fourth time a Splatfest topic was repeated from the original game, following Rock vs. Pop, Money vs. Love, and Mushroom Mountain vs. Bamboo Shoot Village, and the second time it was repeated in the same region.
 * The panel image for this Splatfest is almost identical to its original iteration, with the only differences being that the Boke mascot is in a pot instead of a clamshell, and that the Tsukkomi mascot is an octopus instead of a squid, representing Marina instead of Marie.
 * The announcement in the magazines themselves had the Splatfest as starting Sunday, 2019-02-03. This was an error, as the CoroCoro website and the game itself listed the Splatfest as starting on Saturday, 2019-02-02.
 * The Splatfest team icons are unusually not the mascots. Rather, they are stylized Japanese text representing the two team names in katakana: ボケ and ツッコミ respectively, with the "ke" kana for Boke rotated counter-clockwise and written to resemble the romaji "K", and the "ko" and "mi" kana in Tsukkomi rotated 90 degrees clockwise.
 * The promotional artwork for the Splatfest features characters from the Splatoon manga, specifically: Goggles, Bobble Hat, Specs, Headphones, Skull, Gloves, Prinz, and Eight.
 * Chapter 31 of the Splatoon manga even features this Splatfest, with Goggles, Bobble Hat, Gloves, and Eight on Team Boke, and Specs, Headphones, Prinz, and Skull on Team Tsukkomi.
 * In the English translation of the manga, the Splatfest was translated as 'Funny Man vs. Straight Man'.

Japanese
Boke (ボケ) vs. Tsukkomi (ツッコミ)

Announcement

Introduction

Results

Results if Tsukkomi were to win