Parallel Canon

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Parallel Canon​

Parallel Canon

Species	Jelleton
Habitat	Boss floors
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Eye color	Red
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Location	10F and 20F (Intensifying-Harmony.Floor)
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“	The Intensifying Harmony Parallel Canon	”
— Parallel Canon's boss introduction

Parallel Canon is a boss fight featuring humanoid Jelleton enemies in Splatoon 3: Side Order.

Description

Parallel Canon with the center one featuring the "Hipster" hairstyle.

Parallel Canon is a copy of Agent 4's data acquired by Order, with the masked figure being a direct copy of Agent 4 and the helmet wearers being copies of the mask wearer. Like Agent 8, they wear the Order Suit, Order Boots, wield one of the Order weapons and are accompanied by a drone. Even though the Parallel Canon bodies are always depicted with red glowing eyes, their swim forms resemble normal squids with black ink.

Appearance

If the player has Splatoon 2 save data on their Nintendo Switch, the masked figure mimics the appearance of that user's Inkling in Splatoon 2. By changing the Inkling character in Splatoon 2 and proceeding into Side Order's Player Settings the appearance of the masked figure will be updated.

Otherwise, the masked figure has the feminine style and the "Haircut" hairstyle by default.

Strategy

Parallel Canon is battled in a series of waves, with the exact number of foes per wave varying depending on whether it is fought on 10F or 20F.

• The first wave is one or two enemies.
• The second wave is two or three enemies.
• The third wave is four or five enemies.

Parallel Canon always enters the arena by dropping off from a cage on the side opposite where Agent 8 lands. Each of Parallel Canon's bodies are equipped with one of the following weapon sets:

Main weapon	Sub weapon	Special weapon
Order Shot	Splat Bomb	Triple Splashdown
Order Dualies	Curling Bomb	Tenta Missiles
Order Brella	Splat Bomb	Ink Storm
Order Blaster	Curling Bomb	Wave Breaker
Order Slosher	Splat Bomb	Tenta Missiles
Order Roller	Curling Bomb	Big Bubbler
Orderbrush	Splat Bomb	Ink Storm

Only the enemy with visible hair wields the Order Shot, entering the battlefield by using their Triple Splashdown. They always appear at least once.

The drones lock onto the player at all times, making hiding from them ineffective, but also drawing attention to their location. They can also summon Jelleton reinforcements.

Sub and special weapons that reveal the positions of enemies in online matches, like the Ink Mine or Wave Breaker, can reveal the Parallel Canon enemies' location.

Parallel Canon will also use color chips based on the player's palette, often copying the chips the player has in their palette. Below is the list of chips Parallel Canon will copy if used in the player's palette:

• Power Chips: Main Firing Speed, All Damage Chips, and Soundwave Damage
• Range Chips: Main Turf Coverage, Special Power Up, Hinderance Damage, Main Firing Range, and Splash Radius
• Support Chips: Ink Saver (Main and Support), Brella Lock (Rare), Bella Recharge Time, and Shot Spread Reduction
• Mobility Chips: Run and Swim Speed Up, Mobile Special Charge, and Extra Dodge Rolls

If other chips are used besides these, a random chip from the list above is used.

Quotes

The following text is quoted from the Jelleton Field Guide.

Parallel Canon

Habitat: Boss floors

(1)	They're tough opponents who look...a lot like Eight. It goes past looks too. The more powered-up your Palette is, the more resourceful they get.
(3)	Don't get caught in a pincer maneuver! Use the high ground in the middle to force one-on- one skirmishes.
(8)	They can do Triple Splashdowns out of nowhere?! Where'd these biters learn THAT trick?
Conclusion Pick 'em off one at a time!

Gallery

• 

  Parallel Canon's icon

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  Parallel Canon with no hair

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  Parallel Canon with the Mush Cut. Their weapon also has the visuals when enough color chips of a select type is collected.

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  Parallel Canon's swim form

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  Different angle

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  Concept art

Trivia

• The Parallel Canon bosses use distorted voice clips from Inklings, both male and female. The only exception is the initial boss cutscene, where it will always use the female voice clips.
• Despite ostensibly being enemies to Agent 8, the sounds produced by Parallel Canon are notably associated with teammates in online matches: as they enter battle from their cage, they emit the same alert sound heard from allies Super Jumping to the player's position; and when they are splatted, they emit the voice clips allied Inklings use when they issue an "Ouch..." signal.
• In Smollusk's top-secret notes, it is implied that Agent 4 was used as the template for the Parallel Canon. An interview with Famitsu confirmed it was a copy of Agent 4's data and that the look of the Inkling player in Splatoon 2 affects the appearance of Parallel Canon.
• Unlike other bosses which are already in the stage, Parallel Canon originally starts in a spawn area similar to Agent 8's.

Etymology

Parallel refers to two lines that are equally distant from one another and never intersect, or two analogous, comparable elements. It is also a term used in science fiction to refer to an alternate version of something, for example, a "parallel universe". The boss' name could allude to the figures being a "parallel" to the player character. It could also refer to be a parallel to Agent 8 specifically, since they are based of Agent 4, the alternate player character in Splatoon 2.

A canon in a musical composition sense is a technique where an instrument plays a melody then different instruments copy the same melody afterwards. It can also refer to a generally accepted principle or rule, or a group of official sources regarding a work considered part of a franchise's main continuity within its fictional universe.

Names in other languages

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Parallel Canon

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	イカイノカノン Ikainokanon	Otherworldly Canon
Dutch	Parallelle Canon	Parallel Canon
French	Canon surréel	Surreal Canon
German	Paralleler Kanon	Parallel Canon
Italian	Canone Parallelo	Parallel Canon
Russian	Параллельные мультиканоны Parallel'nye multikanony	Parallel multicanons
Spanish	Canon irreal	Unreal canon
Chinese (Simplified)	异界卡农 Yìjiè kǎnóng	Otherworld Canon
Internal	RivalKing

The Intensifying Harmony

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	増殖し共鳴する Zoshoku shi kyomei suru	The Multiplying and Resonating
Dutch	De aanzwellende harmonie	The crescendoing harmony
French	L'harmonie crescendo	Gradual harmony
German	Eskalierende Harmonie	Escalating harmony
Italian	L'armonia crescente	The growing harmony
Russian	Распространяющие гармонию Rasprostranyayushchie garmoniyu	The ones spreading the harmony