Big Man
Big Man is a character in Splatoon 3 and one of the three members of the band Deep Cut, alongside Shiver and Frye, with whom he co-hosts both Anarchy Splatcast, the news show of Splatsville, and Splatfests. He is also the fourth boss of Return of the Mammalians. He speaks by saying the word "ay," followed by a translation of what he is saying in brackets. His signature colors are grey, red, and turquoise green (in boss fight).
Appearance
Big Man is a large dark-gray manta ray with white markings along his belly and on both sides of his pectoral fins. He stands on his pelvic fins like feet and his eyes and mouth are along the bottom of his body, giving him an anthropomorphic appearance.
He wears a red and white headdress where a regular manta ray's eyes and cephalic fins would be, which is tied to his head with a red rope between his eyes and mouth, giving him the appearance of the Kabuki character Nezumi Kozō wearing his hokkamuri tied around his nose.
Return of the Mammalians
Big Man and the rest of Deep Cut are initially hostile to Agent 3 and the New New Squidbeak Splatoon, declaring that all the treasure in Alterna is theirs to plunder and that they won't let anyone else have it. Later, when the team agrees to give the treasure (now a broken down tool) to Deep Cut, Big Man, along with Shiver and Frye becomes the player's ally and helps them in defeating Mr. Grizz.
Boss
Big Man is the fourth boss of the single-player campaign, Return of the Mammalians and the third Deep Cut boss.
First Phase
Big Man covers himself in his ink, then creates a giant blue shadow of himself that leaves a trail of ink as it moves. When he is hit, the shadow splits and will continue to split if continuously hit with ink; if left alone, the shadows fire projectiles similar to charged Tri-Stringer shots, drop Splat Bombs, or even use Splashdown. The shadows may occasionally become invisible as well, although they can still be tracked by their ink trails.
Among the shadows, one of them is the real Big Man. If the player hits a fake shadow when it is at its smallest possible size, an Octopod will be launched out of it and explode. Defeating the real shadow will reveal Big Man, leaving him vulnerable.
Second Phase
The shadows will become more aggressive and will attack more frequently. The Tri-Stringer attack will also gain increased range and fire more projectiles at once.
Third Phase
Four ledges rise out of the ground, making it more difficult to dodge Big Man's attacks. The shadows will also begin to use Torpedoes and Fizzy Bombs.
Trivia
- The boss battle with Big Man is a reference to the boss battle with Phantamanta in Super Mario Sunshine. Besides having a similar appearance of a splitting sihouette of a manta ray, the color of the ink Big Man leaves is also identical to the electric goop Phantamanta leaves. His title, "The Hype Manta Storm", is also a reference to the mission, "The Manta Storm", where Phantamanta is fought.
- In the Japanese version, Big Man is the only Deep Cut member not to speak in Kansai dialect, instead speaking in more standard Japanese and using "boku" as a personal pronoun in his translated subtitles; this is because of the fact that he speaks a different language than the other members.
Gallery
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Closeup introducing Big Man
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2D art of Deep Cut with Big Man in the middle
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3D art of Deep Cut with Big Man in the middle
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Big Man's character icon
Etymology
"Big Man" could be a pun being short for "Big Manta", which simply describes his looks.
Names in other languages
Speech in other languages
Ay! Ay! Template:Foreignname
Introduction in other languages
The Hype Manta Storm
Translation notes
References
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