Return of the Mammalians (mission)

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“	You ooze, you lose. Go back to Ursa WHINER!	”
— Frye to Mr. Grizz right before the battle begins.

Return of the Mammalians is the sixth and final phase of Alterna Space Center in Splatoon 3: Return of the Mammalians.

Boss Appearance

After having three of his Fuzzballs splatted, Mr. Grizz absorbs all the Fuzzy Ooze on the rocket and grows into a ginormous size, knocking Agent 3 and Smallfry away in the process. They are saved by DJ Octavio in his modified Octobot King L3.Gs. Smallfry then transforms into Hugefry, and will battle Mr. Grizz while Agent 3 and DJ Octavio vacuum up four Fuzzballs on Mr. Grizz's body.

Walkthrough

Note: Due to the level having no fee, you may retry as many times as you want. However, this "stage" has no checkpoints.

Agent 3 will need to pilot the Octobot L3.Gs and use the Ink Vac to suck in four Fuzzballs on Mr. Grizz's body, before firing the ooze back at him in under 3 minutes and 33 seconds.

• Octarian enemies will appear as the Fuzzballs are being sucked in. Agent 3 must defeat these enemies before they continue. Possible combinations include:
  • An Octotrooper and an Octocopter
  • A Twintacle Octotrooper and an Octobomber
  • Two Octostamps and one Amped Octostamp
  • Two Octohoppers
  • Three Rocket Twintacle Octotroopers
  • Two Octobombers, two Rocket Octocopters, and a Shielded Rocket Twintacle Octotrooper

• After the player destroys one Fuzzball, fake Fuzzballs will appear on the way to the real Fuzzball. These resemble gigantic Burst Bombs coated in Fuzzy Ooze, and will float around in set paths to block the player from reaching Mr. Grizz. Making contact with them or trying to suck them in will break the player's armor and cause the Octobot to be knocked back a small distance.
• Being hit by Mr. Grizz or Hugefry will also cause the Octobot to be knocked back.

It's possible to get hit by the fake Fuzzballs or Mr. Grizz or Hugefry while fighting Octarian enemies, as the player cannot pilot the Octobot while fighting. Repeatedly getting hit will not cause Agent 3 to get splatted or impact their health, but will severely hinder the progress of sucking in the real Fuzzballs.

Once all Fuzzballs are sucked up, DJ Octavio will reverse the effect of the Ink Vac, allowing Agent 3 to send back the Fuzzballs at Mr. Grizz, defeating him.

If the player fails during this phase by either getting splatted by the enemies or running out of time, a cutscene of the Earth being covered in Fuzzy Ooze, and the Inklings and Octolings turning into fuzzy creatures as O.R.C.A. reports that the Earth has turned into a giant Fuzzball, will be shown before the usual "Continue?" screen shows up. Mr. Grizz can also be heard laughing while the cutscene plays as the screen turns white. A hollow siren-reminiscent song plays over this.

Enemies and Mechanics

First Introduced

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  Fake Fuzzball

Previously Introduced

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  Octobot King L3.Gs

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  Mr. Grizz

• File:S3 render Octotrooper.png

  Octotrooper

• File:S3 Tableturf Card Shielded Octotrooper.png

  Shielded Octotrooper

• File:S3 Tableturf Card Octocopter.png

  Octocopter

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  Rocket Octocopter

• File:S3 Tableturf Card Twintacle Octotrooper.png

  Twintacle Octotrooper

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  Rocket Twintacle Octotrooper

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  Shielded Rocket Twintacle Octotrooper

• File:S3 Tableturf Card Octohopper.png

  Octohopper

• File:S3 Tableturf Card Octostamp.png

  Octostamp

• File:S3 Tableturf Card Amped Octostamp.png

  Amped Octostamp

• File:S3 Tableturf Card Octobomber.png

  Octobomber

Quotes

For a list of quotes during the mission, see Return of the Mammalians (mission)/Quotes.

Gallery

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  DJ Octavio saving Agent 3 and Smallfry in his Octobot L3.Gs

• File:Hugefry.jpg

  Smallfry becomes Hugefry

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  Fuzzy Ooze raining down, as seen in the cutscene played when the mission is failed

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  Inklings and Octolings being turned into fuzzy creatures

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  The Earth being covered in Fuzzy Ooze

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  The message displayed at the end of the credits.

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  Agent 3 holding little buddy after defeating Mr. Grizz

Trivia

• Similar to the final boss mission in Octo Expansion, the final phase involves the player defeating the boss under a time limit, and failing this phase will cause a cutscene of the aftermath to play while a siren-reminiscent cover of a track plays (Color Pulse in the Octo Expansion's case).
  • Another similarity is that when DJ Octavio fires the fuzzy ooze back at Mr. Grizz, the UI will begin to glitch out, and in Octo Expansion, when Pearl fires her Princess Cannon at the NILS Statue, the UI also displays unusual things as the result bar breaks and the percentage goes up to 888.8%.
• The 3 minutes and 33 seconds time limit, as well as Calamari Inkantation 3MIX, are references to the number 3, as it is a common theme throughout Splatoon 3.
• During the final phase, as time passes, the surroundings will get progressively redder and hotter. This is a reference to how near-Earth objects gain heat as they make contact with the Earth's atmosphere, as Mr. Grizz is heading to Earth himself like one.
• In the Japanese, Korean, and Chinese versions, instead of showing the title in the language directly, the English title 'Return of the Mammalians' is shown, with the respective translation below it and with a smaller font.
• After the first time the player gets the bad ending during an attempt, O.R.C.A will not comment on it.
• Frye's quote (see the top of this article) is a reference to the constellation Ursa Minor, also known as 'Little Bear'.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	哺乳類の帰還 Honyūrui no kikan	Return of the Mammals
Dutch	De terugkeer van de Mammalianen De beer is los!	The Return of the Mammalians All hell broke loose!
French	Le retour des mammifériens L'heure est velue !	The Return of the Mammalians Time's up fur you!
German	Rückkehr der Mammalianer	Return of the Mammalians
Russian	Возвращение молокоедов Vozvrashcheniye molokoyedov	The return of the milk eaters
Spanish	El regreso de los mamiferoides ¡La cosa se pone peliaguda!	The return of the mammalians The thing gets hairy!
Chinese (Simplified)	哺乳类的回归 Bǔrǔlèi de huíguī	Return of the Mammalians
Chinese (Traditional)	哺乳類的回歸 Bǔrǔlèi de huíguī	Return of the Mammalians
Korean	포유류의 귀환 Poyulyuui Gwihwan	Return of the Mammalians