Overlorder
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- Order redirects here. For other pages uses of Order, see Order (disambiguation).
Order, also known by its boss name Overlorder and Smollusk after being defeated for the first time, is the main antagonist of Splatoon 3: Side Order. It is an AI created by Marina during her creation of the Memverse, and the overseer of the Spire of Order.
It is the final boss fought at 30F.
Appearance
Order resembles a black cloud comprised of glitches and noise, vaguely in the shape of a cartoon proportioned octopus, with a circular mouth akin to a siphon mouth, oval eyes with a line straight down the middle, and wisps trailing off the body that resemble tentacles. The exact proportions of the mouth and eyes constantly change with the glitches.
The Overlorder is an extremely oversized octopus, colored in the same black ink as Jelletons. All of its facial features are unnatural, as for example, it has two red ∞-balls for eyes. The ink it is covered in is also transparent, with white "bones" inside, similar to the Jelletons.
Once it is defeated for the first time, Order is forced into a miniscule form that is dubbed "Smollusk", thanks to Pearl greatly damaging Overlorder during the climax with a Killer Wail-like scream. As Smollusk, Order resembles an octopus paralarva with black tinted tentacles, albeit with mature octopus eyes.
Strategy
Like its previous duet form Marina Agitando, Overlorder is protected by a barrier that is linked to a set of nearby portals; if the portals are destroyed Overlorder will be exposed to attack. However, after the first set of portals is destroyed the following ones will begin to move across the arena, spawning more Jelletons all the while.
Overlorder has many different special attacks that the player must be prepared for. Overloader can shoot unk and barrages, fire Killer Wail beams, propel several Reefsliders consecutively, launch Super Chumps, spawn Jelletons, and send its tentacles out underneath the player in an attempt to launch them off the arena.
In his second form (fought exclusively during the first time clearing the Spire), Overlorder removes all the color chips out of Agent 8's Palette, reducing their effectiveness back to basics. However, not only has Overlorder done that, but he has gathered all of the color chips Agent 8 didn't get to use, and stashed them in his portals, and had even organized them by color. With each Portal destroyed, the player will get the effects of all the Color Chips of a given tone and have them enhanced to their maximum level. After all the portals are destroyed, the player must use their Special to have Pearl finish off Overlorder with her Color Wail.
Gallery
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Overlorder's icon
Quotes
The following text is quoted from the Jelleton Field Guide.
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Order was vicious. But we're no slouches ourselves. I always knew Eight and Pearl could do it. And so we returned to the real world, happily ever after. |
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Wasn't that li'l Order cuuute? I wonder where it went. |
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That's the last we'll see of THAT creep, I bet. And if not, then Eight, Marina, Acht, and me are gonna fry it up all over again! |
| Conclusion Even here, we stay Off the Hook! | |
Trivia
Reason: Add titles for the remaining rematches, from the seventh to the final eleventh.
- Much like with Commander Tartar in Octo Expansion and Mr. Grizz in Return of the Mammalians, players can re-experience the second part of the fight with Overlorder and the credits for Side Order by interacting with the Killer Wail 5.1 speaker used by the Pearl Drone, preserved in a glass case to the right of the elevator entrance in the foyer.
- The speaker on the left allows you to re-experience the first fight against Marina Agitando and the first fight against Overlorder.
- Order is the first final boss in Splatoon history that does not come from the past, being an infant compared to DJ Octavio, Commander Tartar, and Mr. Grizz.
- The Overlorder has a total of 12 different titles. It is known as The Magistrate of Order during the first encounter, The One Slight Catch during the first rematch, The Second Restoration during the second rematch, History Threepeats during the third, The Foursaken Remnant during the fourth, Pent-Up Frustration during the fifth, Back to Basix during the sixth.
- In the English version of the game, Smollusk speaks by having its L's and R's replaced with W's in a manner that can be considered childlike, to further portray its smaller and weaker nature.
Etymology
Overlorder is a portmanteau of "overlord" and "Order".
Smollusk is a portmanteau of "smol", an internet slang variant of "small" that is usually used to describe something that is cute and small, and "mollusk".
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
オーダ Ōda |
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 German |
Ordnung | Order |
 Russian |
Порядок Poryadok |
Order |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
秩序 Zhì xù |
Order |
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese |
オーダコ Ōdako |
Large Octopus
Also contains a large part of オーダー ("order"), while being reminiscent of コーダ ("coda") |
 Dutch |
Oordeler | From oordelen ("judging") |
 French |
Ordrissime | From ordre ("order") and the suffix -issime, a superlative expressing greatness |
| Russian |
Порядокракен Poryadokraken |
Order kraken |
| Chinese (Simplified) |
秩序巨蛸 Zhìxù jù xiāo |
Giant Octopus of Order |
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese |
コダコ Kodako |
Little Octopus |
| Dutch |
Molluskuul | From molecuul ("molecule"), mollusk and minuscuul ("tiny") |
| French |
Minusque | Portmanteau of minuscule and mollusque ("mollusk") |
| Russian |
Мелколюск Melkolyusk |
Smallusk |
| Chinese (Simplified) |
小小蛸 Xiǎo xiǎo xiāo |
From 小 Xiǎo ("Little") and 蛸 Xiāo ("Octopus"), which are very close in pronunciation. |
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