The Future Stares Back

"The Eel Deal Frye"

- Intro to Frye's boss fight.

The Future Stares Back is the second boss in Splatoon 3: Return of the Mammalians.

Boss appearance
The boss is Frye, who rides on the remains of the Octostomp and sends moray eels to attack Agent 3. The Octostomp's face now has a yellow color, and its eye sockets are empty.

Walkthrough
Note: Due to the level having no fee, you may retry from checkpoints as many times as you want, even if you lose all your lives.

The Octostomp's remains spin around on one of its corners, and its movement prevents it from being inked; touching it while it spins will inflict damage. Frye will occasionally try to charge at the player in between her eel dances, which can be predicted when the Octostomp jumps.

Every time Frye finishes a move, she will say "Mixing it up!" before making another move.

First Phase
Frye will use her "Eel Downpour" attack to make eels rain down from the sky; like the Tenta Missiles, their location is designated by small circles on the ground. She may also use "Hundred Eel Vision", summoning eels to shoot ink at the player. Shooting the eels will usually destroy them, but attacking the eels with masks will cause them to fly back at Frye. She will be stunned if she is hit with enough eels and cause the Octostomp to stop spinning, allowing the player to ink the Octostomp's sides and attack her directly. Should she recover before being splatted, she will repeat this pattern.

Second Phase
Frye will now begin to use her "Moray Whirlpool" attack, which sends out an expanding circle of eels. As before, the masked eels will fly back at Frye and potentially stun her. However, the Octostomp will take longer to stop spinning and Frye will remain stunned for less time.

Third Phase
In addition to her previous attacks, Frye will now use the "Great Moray Transformation". When this attack is performed, her eels will assume a fish-like formation and relentlessly charge at the player. Shooting the masked eels will continue to stun Frye if enough of them are sent back, but she will only remain stunned for a short time before resuming her attacks.

Trivia

 * Similarly to the final bosses of Octo Valley and Octo Canyon, some of the character dialogue changes on repeat playthroughs.
 * Frye's ink color has the Deep Cut logo similar to Shiver's and Big Man's ink colors.
 * When turning Color Lock on, Frye’s ink color will turn a deep indigo color.
 * Unlike Shiver and Big Man, Frye is the only Deep Cut boss that can recover from being stunned.