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== Appearance ==
== Appearance ==
Frye is an [[Inkling]] with dark brown skin, golden eyes with orange pupils in the shape of an cross, finger and toes tinted purple at the tips, two eyelashes on each side, yellow tentacles with a lock on the right side in the front and a small lock on the left in the back and yellow triangular eyebrows. She has rather long pointed ears, the left ear having three piercings with sharp tooth earrings. Her outfit consists of a sleeveless yellow turtleneck crop top under a small yellow transparent shawl, white baggy pants with holes on the right side that have purple trims, and white toeless socks.
Frye is an [[Inkling]] with dark brown skin, golden eyes with orange pupils in the shape of a cross, fingers and toes tinted purple at the tips. Her inkling "mask" markings are fairly thick, she has thick yellow-orange eyelashes, yellow, purple-tipped tentacles with a lock on the left side in the front, a smaller lock on the left in the back and yellow triangular eyebrows. She has long and sharp pointed ears, the tips of which are a lighter orange color.
 
Her right ear is pierced with sharp tooth earrings. Her outfit consists of a sleeveless yellow turtleneck crop top under a small yellow transparent shawl, white baggy pants with holes on the left side that have purple trims, and white toeless socks. She wears an off-white rope on her front left hair tentacle, forming an X shape and below it a smaller hair tie from the same material. Around her waist is a belt made of the same sort of rope, with a large golden squid head charm with purple tassels hanging from it on the front left. On top of her head is a decoration that looks like Mābō Dōfu or a similar fried food.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
"Frye" comes from "fry", the action of cooking food over heat. The relation to heat is in contrast to Shiver's name.
"Frye" comes from "fry", the action of cooking food over heat. The relation to heat is in contrast to Shiver's name.


"Utsuho" is derived from ''utsubo'' (鱓), the Japanese word for "moray eel". This is in reference to Frye descending from a clan of moray eel users.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SplatoonJP/status/1557362181372461057 {{TWI}} @SplatoonJP on Twitter]</ref>
"Utsuho" is a rare Japanese female given name usually spelled with the kanji 空 (sky/void) or 空穂 (sky/void-ear), most notably used for the character Utsuho Reiuji from [[wikipedia:Touhou_Project|Touhou Project]]. It is also a pun on 鱓 ''utsubo'', the Japanese word for "moray eel". This is in reference to Frye descending from a clan of moray eel users.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SplatoonJP/status/1557362181372461057 {{TWI}} @SplatoonJP on Twitter]</ref>
 
===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===
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Frye is a character in Splatoon 3. She is an Inkling who resides in Splatsville. Along with her co-stars Shiver and Big Man, she is a member of the band Deep Cut, with whom she co-hosts both Anarchy Splatcast, the news show of Splatsville, and Splatfests. She has an excitable and enthusiastic personality. Her signature color is yellow.

Appearance

Frye is an Inkling with dark brown skin, golden eyes with orange pupils in the shape of a cross, fingers and toes tinted purple at the tips. Her inkling "mask" markings are fairly thick, she has thick yellow-orange eyelashes, yellow, purple-tipped tentacles with a lock on the left side in the front, a smaller lock on the left in the back and yellow triangular eyebrows. She has long and sharp pointed ears, the tips of which are a lighter orange color.

Her right ear is pierced with sharp tooth earrings. Her outfit consists of a sleeveless yellow turtleneck crop top under a small yellow transparent shawl, white baggy pants with holes on the left side that have purple trims, and white toeless socks. She wears an off-white rope on her front left hair tentacle, forming an X shape and below it a smaller hair tie from the same material. Around her waist is a belt made of the same sort of rope, with a large golden squid head charm with purple tassels hanging from it on the front left. On top of her head is a decoration that looks like Mābō Dōfu or a similar fried food.

Etymology

"Frye" comes from "fry", the action of cooking food over heat. The relation to heat is in contrast to Shiver's name.

"Utsuho" is a rare Japanese female given name usually spelled with the kanji 空 (sky/void) or 空穂 (sky/void-ear), most notably used for the character Utsuho Reiuji from Touhou Project. It is also a pun on 鱓 utsubo, the Japanese word for "moray eel". This is in reference to Frye descending from a clan of moray eel users.[1]

Names in other languages

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References