Fake Plastic Station

Fake Plastic Station is the first test in paid downloadable content, the Octo Expansion. It is the first station to be unlocked after Central Station.

Access
The player must make their way through the Abandoned Station, answer the Telephone when arriving in Central Station and then follow C.Q. Cumber's instructions to access this test.

Checkpoint 1
When the player begins the test, they find themselves in a small corridor that leads to an area full of trees and some crates with Power Eggs and armor in them. A cutscene plays, showing a Sanitized Octoling appearing from the ink on top of the pillar in the center of the area when the player approaches it. She uses an Octo Shot and occasionally throws a Splat Bomb. Splatting the Sanitized Octoling opens the gate to the next area, passing the second checkpoint.

Checkpoint 2
The second battle starts off similar to the first one, and consists of an Octoling which using the Hero Roller and another Octoling using the Hero Brella. They both use Splat Bombs. Splatting them both allows the player to enter the next area and get to the third and final checkpoint.

Final Checkpoint
The third and final battle consists of a single Octoling using the Hero Dualies and Splat Bombs, but starts off by using the Inkjet for a while. Splatting her opens a giant gate, allowing the player to reach the goal.

Mem Cake
"You paint the turf with graceful strokes. With watchful eye, I breathe a sigh. From sniper's perch, I go for broke."

- Inkling Girl (Orange) mem cake

Completing this test awards the player with the Inkling Girl (Orange) mem cake.

Quotes
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When the player enters this station for the first time: "At each station, the available weapons will be displayed atop the orange. orange are required to take each test. We'll grant you orange to start with. The orange indicates the number of CQ points needed to take the test. The orange is how many CQ points you will earn for passing the test. Now go ahead and press to select a weapon."

"This area we're in now is called a orange. You can find me here at each stop. If you'd like more info about a certain test, come talk to me. I'm always happy to help."

"This is a orange. Press to pay the orange and begin the test. If you don't have enough CQ points to take a test, you'll have to come back to it."

Advice before starting the test: "To pass this test, you must shoot and then touch the goal."

"The visibility here is quite poor, so be careful."

"Good luck."

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"Take care out there."

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"Once again..."

During the test: "When the goal is activated, touch it to pass the test."

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"Trees?! Man this subway is weird..."

"Octolings are your friends, right? Maybe try talking to them?"

"Egad! Are they really going to attack a fellow Octarian?"

"You might wanna talk a little louder!"

"That gate is open! I guess taking them out was a good idea after all."

"More trouble! Double trouble!"

"Get 'em before they get you! That's the number one rule of the battlefield!"

"Seems like they'd be friendly to you, yet they're attacking... But why?!"

"Well, whatever... The next gate has opened up, so get a move on!"

"They're still comin'!"

"Wha-? Where'd they get one of those?!"

"Don't panic! Hide in the trees, and scope out the lay of the land."

"Phew...you made it through somehow."

"The gate is open! Is this the way out?"

"Octarians hunting Octarians... What has the world come to?!"

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"Target acquired."

"Destroy."

"Seek and destroy."

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Trivia

 * The title of this station, along with the stage itself, is a reference to Fake Plastic Trees, a song by Radiohead from their album The Bends.
 * The subtitle is a reference to a line in the lyrics of the aforementioned song.
 * The Japanese name of this station is a pun on "Mori-gāru" (forest girl), the fashion style for young women invoking a soft, forest-like feeling.
 * This station has "Gayla Sky Spy" kites floating around in the background. These kites of the Japanese brand Gayla were popular in the seventies.
 * Instead of having their normal shape, the kites found in this level are squid shaped.
 * Pop Rock Station and Radical Rails Station have these kites floating around in the background as well.
 * Fake Plastic Station and Central Station are the only two adjacent stations with numbers that are not immediate successors and predecessors.