Jelleton

Jelleton​

Jelleton

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Eye color	Red
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Location	Spire of Order
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The Jelletons are enemies encountered within the Spire of Order's Floors in Splatoon 3: Side Order.

They enter Floors via portals. It is unclear if they are living organisms or machines, and they relentlessly stalk Agent 8 in pursuit of following an unknown objective.

Appearance

The Jelletons are mechanical-looking enemies that appear as skeletal sea creatures encased in transparent black gelatin save for their tails, as well as their fins in the case of the larger ones. They are entirely white and have red and white eyes popping out of their sockets.

These enemies attack by lunging directly at Agent 8. The smaller variants appear to be able to manipulate their height via their gelatinous components.

Types

In order of the Jelleton Field Guide from left to right:

Regular

• File:SO enemy 3D art 5.png Swarming Languendo
• File:SO enemy 3D art 2.png Marching Andante
• File:SO enemy 3D art 1.png Battering Lento
• Portal
• Drizzling Cappriccioso
• File:SO Icon sunfish-like Jelleton.png Panicking Alla Mambo
• Whirling Accelerando
• File:SO lamprey-like Jelleton.png Springing Spiccato
• Gushing Trionfale
• Spawning Accordo
• File:SO anglerfish-like Jelleton.pngHoming Arpeggio
• Towering Nobilmente

Bosses

• Asynchronous Rondo
• Pinging Marciale
• Parallel Canon
• Marina Agitando
• Overlorder

Quotes

“	These mysterious enemies pursue Agent 8 relentlessly in Wave 2 of the #Splatoon3: Expansion Pass, Side Order. Are they lifeforms, or machines? Whatever they are, they seem to be gearing up for something…	”
— @NintendoEurope on Twitter

“	This just in from SRL Oppo Research: some fishy foes are all over the Spire of Order. They look like animated fish bones—biological or mechanical, we have no idea. All of them seem to act in harmony toward the same goal, but alas, that goal is to relentlessly harass Agent 8.	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

Gallery

3D artwork

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  A Battering Lento

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  A Marching Andante

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  A Marching Andante seen from another angle

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  A Swarming Languendo

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  A Swarming Languendo seen from another angle

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  Several Jelletons of different sizes

2D artwork

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  Black and white art of a Marching Andante

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  Sketch of a large-sized Jelleton

Promotional screenshots

Gameplay

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  Agent 8 in combat with several types of Jelleton.

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  Agent 8 using the Pearl Drone to escape a horde of Jelleton.

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  Agent 8 pursuing a sunfish-like enemy.

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  Agent 8 attacking several small and a Lamprey-like Jelleton.

Website graphics

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  Several Jelleton being targeted by Agent 8's Killer Wail 5.1-like weapon

Trailer screenshots

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  A pipefish-like Jelleton.

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  A sunfish-like Jelleton with a shiny body.

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  A clam-like Jelleton.

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  An anglerfish-like Jelleton.

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  Two flying Jelletons that seem to use Sprinklers.

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  A lamprey-like Jelleton.

Trivia

• Many of the Jelletons resemble sea animals that play a significant role in bioerosion, a phenomenon that is known to cause the destruction of coral.
• Jelletons are the first enemy species in the Splatoon series' story campaigns to not be Octarian or a variant (sanitized and fuzzy) of them.
  • However, they share similarities with Salmonids, as most of them are based on fish and they attack the player continuously instead of being stationary until provoked. The three basic types are similar to the Lesser Salmonids, namely Smallfry, Chums and Cohocks.
    • The rare sunfish-like Jelletons are comparable to Goldies, being similarly shiny, having higher HP and are only seen is specific events (Goldies in Goldie Seeking & Glowflies and the Sunfish in its specific mission). They also behave like Tentakooks with how they leave Splat Bombs when running away.
• Most Jelletons are named after musical terminology.

Etymology

"Jelleton" is a portmanteau of "jelly" and "skeleton", as well as a play on "gelatin".

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スケルトーン Sukerutōn
Dutch	Drilgruwel	From dril (the jelly-like substance containing the eggs of fish and amphibians) and gruwel ("abomination")
French (NOE)	Squelécailles	From squelette ("skeleton") and écailles (scales)
German	Viskelloide	From Viskosität ("viscosity") and Skelett ("skeleton")
Russian	Консервитор Konservitor	Possibly from консервы konservy ("conserve", "canned food"), консервировать konservirovat' ("to conserve", "to preserve"), or консерватория konservatoriya ("conservatory", given that all Russian Jelleton names reference music terms)
Chinese (Simplified)	骷髅鱼 Kūlóu yú	Skeleton Fish