Squee-G

“	Ooh, that's a Squee-G... Ya can't hurt these fellas!	”
— Cap'n Cuttlefish

Squee-G (Suckerfish in the European version of Splatoon) are Octarian-made machines that appear in Octo Valley, Octo Canyon, the Octo Expansion, Return of the Mammalians, and the Shifty Station Zone of Glass. They cannot harm the player, instead serving to hinder progress by removing their ink. Splatoon 2 features a large, harmful variant known as the Industrial Squee-G.

Description

Squee-Gs are small, fish-like robots attached to a surface, either on the ground or a wall. When ink is on this surface (regardless of color), they automatically move to clean it up while making squeaking sounds. They cannot be destroyed, but are momentarily slowed down when shot at or stood on. Their eyes, fins, and mouths are a light teal when idle and turn yellow when they spot ink. Most Squee-Gs are generally square-shaped, although a few, which can be found at the Shifty Station Zone of Glass, have a rectangular appearance. Throwing Smallfry at one will cause it to panic because it's being bitten, thus rendering unable to move much, similar to Smallfry's interaction with Flooders.

Collectibles such as Power Eggs or armor can sometimes be found on their backs.

Industrial Squee-G

Main article: Industrial Squee-G

In Splatoon 2, there is a larger version of the Squee-G. This type of Squee-G can instantly break the player's armor or splat them (or any Octarians) on contact.

Appearances

Octo Valley

• Lair of the Octoballs (Mission #2)
• Unidentified Flying Object (Mission #9)
• Inkvisible Avenues (Mission #11)
• Octosniper Ramparts (Mission #17)

Octo Canyon

• Welcome to Octopia (Mission #2)
• Back-Alley Cleanup (Mission #7)
• The Experimentorium (Mission #19)
• Underground Expressway (Mission #22)

Octo Expansion

• C02 Shrinky Ink Station

Shifty Station

• Zone of Glass

Return of the Mammalians

• 0101 Get to Know Alterna, Your Only Choice
• 0411 Stamp 'Em Out

Gallery

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  A Squee-G on a clean surface.

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  A Squee-G cleaning an Inkling's ink.

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  A render of a Squee-G from Splatoon 2.

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  A Squee-G in the Deepsea Metro.

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  A Squee-G sucking up ink.

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  Concept art of the Squee-G, from The Art of Splatoon.

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  Design concepts.

• File:Squee-G Model.png

  Unofficial render of the Squee-G and Industrial Squee-G's game models from Splatoon 2 on The Models Resource.

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  A rectangular Squee-G seen in Zone of Glass.

• File:S3 Tableturf Card Squee-G.png

  The card for Squee-G in Tableturf Battle.

Etymology

"Squee-G" is derived from the surface cleaning tool, the squeegee.

"Suckerfish" comes from the robot's ink-sucking ability as well as real-life suckerfish.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	インククリーナー Inku Kurīnā	Ink Cleaner
Dutch	Verfschraper	Paint scraper
French	Mécabuvard	From mécanique ("mechanical") and buvard ("drinker")
German	Tintenkiller	Ink eraser
Italian	Scolorator	A robot-sounding name with a -s prefix which indicates the absence of color
Russian	Рыбочист Rybochist	From рыба ryba ("fish") and чистить chistit' ("to clean")
Spanish	Raspatinta	Ink scraper
Chinese (Simplified)	吸墨器 Xī mò qì	Ink sucker
Chinese (Traditional)	吸墨器
Korean	잉크 클리너	Same as Japanese
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