Murch

Template:InfoboxCharacter Murch (Japanese: スパイキーSupaikī) is a character in Splatoon 2.

Appearance

Murch is a sea urchin, looking similar to Spyke other than the fact Murch has only one eye. Like Spyke, he has orange skin and green eyes, though with a purple iris and blue pupil. He wears a purple bandana with designs similar to Spyke's poncho, a white t-shirt with with black sleeves, black jean shorts, and blue shoes.

Description

Similar to Spyke in Splatoon, Murch offers services that tweak abilities on gear. In addition to the same services Spyke offered, he provides a new service called gear scrubbing. Gear scrubbing wipes a gear item clean of its filled sub ability slots, turning it back into an item with no slots filled. However, all abilities removed in this manner (and when re-rolling abilities) are turned into collectibles called "ability chunks". When enough ability chunks of the same kind are collected, they can be converted back into the corresponding ability and be put freely into a sub-ability slot on any gear. If ability chunks are used on a slot that is already filled, the new ability will replace the slot's contents and the old ability will be converted into an ability chunk.

He can also deliver orders made via SplatNet on the Nintendo Switch Online app.

Quotes

North America (English)

• “Take a look. It’s exactly what you asked for. Yeah, sometimes I amaze even myself”- When your order is exact.

• ”Wanna buy it?”

• “Whatevs. Get at me before the end of the day if you change your mind. I’ll trash it otherwise.”- When you refuse to buy your order.

• ”What piece of gear do you want to scrub, chum?”

• ”Scrub this?”

• ”Good as new, chum! Oh yeah, these ability chunks came out in the wash, so to speak, so here ya go. Don't lose 'em.”

• ”You got a Super Sea Snail for me? You don't have a single snail? Pssh. Come back when you're ready to talk business”- When you try to Increase Slots/Reroll without having any Super Sea Snails.

• ”What piece of gear do you want another slot in? It'll cost you one Super Sea Snail. I can also reroll the abilities of a piece of gear with full slots.”

• “Add another slot?”
• “Reroll the abilties?”

• “It's done.”- When you reroll a piece of gear.

• “Cool it, chum. You haven’t even ordered anything!”

• “Hey, the stuff you ordered from Annie was just delivered.”

• “Pssh. You already have that same gear! You know the rules. Which one do you want to keep?”

• “Whatevs. Get at me if you change your mind.”- When you choose to keep your old gear instead of purchasing the gear ordered from Annie.

• ”Word. Nice doing business.”- When buying something from him.

• ”Later.”- When leaving after not buying something from him.

Gallery

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  Murch asking the player if they want him to scrub the Yellow-Mesh Sneakers.

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  Murch wiping a pair of Yellow-Mesh Sneakers.

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  An official image advertising Murch's ability scrubbing service.

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  The soles of Murch's shoes glow in the dark.

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  Size comparison with an Inkling during a Splatfest.

Trivia

• The briefcase next to Murch can be seen slightly open. Inside the briefcase, some Super Sea Snails without shells can be seen. Murch can also be heard playing Squid Jump from Splatoon.
• Some of Murch's dialog suggests he looks up to Spyke.
  • This was confirmed in a developer interview, where it was stated that Murch and Spyke grew up in the same town, and Murch started working for Spyke since he had looked up to him for a long time.
• Murch appears to have been based off of a banded sea urchin.

Etymology

Murch's name is a combination of merch, short for "merchandise" and an allusion to his services, and urchin, referring to his species.