Octarian

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Agent 3 against an army of Octarians.

The Octarians are a race of octopus creatures and the main antagonistic species of the story mode in Splatoon. They reside in Octo Valley and Octo Canyon, and are responsible for stealing Zapfish from Inkopolis. Their main ink color is purple/magenta. At one point the Octarians were a neutral species coexisting with Inklings, but this ended as result of conflicting interests of territory that lead to the beginning of the Great Turf War (in which the Octarians lost).

Unlike Inklings, the species includes a great amount of sub-species that act differently from each other. Like Inklings, certain Octarians can switch between mollusk form and humanoid form at will.

Known Octarians

• DJ Octavio (Leader)
• Marina (Octoling, member of Off the Hook, and Show Host)
• Agent 8 (Octoling)
• The bass of Chirpy Chips (Octoling)
• Dedf1sh (Sanitized Octoling)

Types of Octarians

• Octotrooper
  • Shielded Octotrooper
  • Octodiver
• Twintacle Octotrooper
  • Deluxe Twintacle Octotrooper
• Octocopter
  • Deluxe Octocopter
• Octoball
• Octosniper
• Octobomber
  • Deluxe Octobomber
• Octostamp
• Octostriker
• Octohurler
• Octoseeker
• Octozeppelin
• Octoling
• Tentakook
• Octocommander
• Octoballer
• Sanitized Octarian

Machines

• Squee-G
• Flooder
• Octopod
• Giant Squee-G
• Octostamp DX

Great Octoweapons

• The Octostomp
• The Octonozzle
• The Octowhirl
• The Octomaw
• The Octobot King

Octobosses

• Octo Oven
• Octo Samurai
• Neo Octostomp
• Octo Shower

In the manga series

In the end of the fan-made issue of Splatoon, a then unnamed Glasses-Kun flies over a bunch of Octotroopers and Octoballs. They appear again in the Hero Mode issues, when Glasses and Rider are enlisted by Captain Cuttlefish to recapture the Great Zapfish.

Trivia

• According to the first artbook, Octarians aren't able to reproduce on their own and thus are created by cutting off a tentacle from a host. Their intelligence are linked to how many limbs they have, and high-class Octarians usually grow more limbs.

Gallery

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  Octotroopers shown in the trailer.

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  An army of Octotroopers marching forward.

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  A Twintacle Octotrooper.

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  Many types of Octarians.

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  Agent 3 shooting at a Shielded Octotrooper.

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  Concept art of Octocopters, Octobombers, and what may be an Octoball seen from the back.

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  Concept art of Octotroopers, with a Shielded Octotrooper's shield at the lower left.

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  Concept art of two bosses, the Octostomp and the Octonozzle.

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  Concept art of Octarian UFOs.

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  Concept art of Octarian Kettles.

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  Octotroopers in Turquoise October's album art, who may be Octarians themselves.

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  Some Octarians in the Splatoon manga.

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  The different-colored Octarians from the Octo Expansion. The label reads タコトルーパー（消毒済）^(JP), "Octotrooper (Disinfected/Sterilized)".