.96 Gal

The .96 Gal is a main weapon in the Splatoon series, created by Deco.

As a member of the shooter class, this weapon distinguishes itself by sacrificing fire rate, ink efficiency, mobility, and accuracy for powerful shots and long range, being the ink-thirstiest and slowest of all regular shooters. The .96 Gal and its close relative the .52 Gal share their visual design and high-damage, low-accuracy performance.

Appearance
The .96 is designed resembling a revolver-type grenade launcher, with a water cooler bottle as a base, taking the role of the weapon's chamber (or, in this case, ink tank). A grip, sight, and high-caliber gun barrel are clamped to the bottle. The parts surrounding the bottle are black plastic with pink accents, while the bottle matches the player's ink color. In and, the sights are large and rectangular, and the barrel is black with pink polka-dot indents, while in  the sights are smaller, more rounded, and have a glass element, and the barrel is transparent and filled with light-colored gravel or powder, with a metal muzzle and black stand attached. The frame of the weapon, which includes the sights and stock, is shaped differently in Splatoon 3.

When the .96 fires, it emits large ripples in the air from its barrel, and produces a deep booming sound.

This weapon is notably very similar in appearance to the .52 Gal, the main difference being that the .96 has a longer barrel, and in Splatoon 3 has a differently designed barrel, muzzle, sights, and underside of its frame.

Splatoon
The .96 Gal comes in a set with Sprinklers and the Echolocator.

Quotes

 * Notes

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCQzzrDgcb8

Splatoon 2
The .96 Gal returns in Splatoon 2 looking identical to how it did in the first game. It comes with Sprinkler and Ink Armor.

It appears in one Octo Expansion station:
 * Dinky Ink Station

Demonstration
https://youtu.be/4Myy67xqHfY

Splatoon 3
The .96 Gal returns in Splatoon 3 with a new design. The barrel is translucent, revealing a water filter design. Its kit is the Sprinkler and Ink Vac.

It appears in only one mission in Alterna:
 * Getting Lost in Three Easy Steps

Badges
Reaching certain Freshness levels with the .96 Gal will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

Strategy
For competitive tips about the .96 Gal

Trivia

 * The .96 Gal, the .52 Gal, and their variants are created by Deco.
 * In the community, the name is commonly abbreviated to '96 Gal', or simply '96'.
 * In all three games, the .96 Gal has had Sprinkler as its sub weapon and various forms of a supportive-based special weapon.
 * Unlike the .52 Gal which has consistently dealt 52 damage per shot throughout the Splatoon series, the .96 Gal has never dealt 96 damage per shot to match its name.

Etymology
.96 Gal is short for .96 Gallon. "Gal" is also a play on Cal, the short form of Caliber, a term commonly used when describing the diameter of bullets for firearms.

.96ガロン .96 Garon has the same origin as the English name, but without Gallon shortened to Gal.

.96 Gal is also a example of japanese wordplay. "9" and "6" are read as "ku" and "ro", respectively in On'yomi readings. "Kuro" means black in japanese. Gal (gyaru) means a fashionable girl also in japanese. So, ".96 Gal" can be read as "kuro-gal" (by ignoring heading dot). "Kuro-gal" is a slang term for a type of girl fashion of darkening her skin with makeup or tanning.