Thang
The four thangs are a collectible in Octo Expansion, claimed by the Telephone to be necessary for Agent 8 and Cap'n Cuttlefish to escape the Deepsea Metro.
Description
The four thangs are the pieces of a giant blender, which the Telephone promises will produce a doorway to the promised land. In reality, it intends to use the blender to liquefy Agent 8 and Cap'n Cuttlefish. The thangs are as follows:
The foundational thang, the blender's base and motor (found in B09 Grab & Go Station).
The surrounding thang, the blender's jug (found in E02 Bust & Run Station).
The precision thang, the blender's blade (found in C13 Smash & Dash Station).
The sealing thang, the blender's cap (found in H06 Break & Bounce Station).
Whenever the player unlocks a line containing a thang, the station that contains it will be marked on the Deepsea Metro Map. Each of the thangs' stations is an empty railway terminal station with the same layout, where it doesn't cost anything to enter and Agent 8 can only choose the 
Splattershot and pop the protective bubble to take the thang, similar to a Rainmaker shield albeit much more durable. These statitions are all named in the format "<synonym of break> & <synonym of leave> Station", and their subtitles are "Here lies the ____ thang...". Agent 8 takes a selfie with the thang before carrying it back to the metro on a trolley. The loading screen that appears after that, in addition to the metro and C.Q. Cumber on its roof (which is the normal screen), also shows each thang being carried back to Central Station.
Trivia
- The thangs may have been inspired by Don't Starve, a game in which the player can optionally collect and assemble four "things" into a portal to escape. They are named in similar fashion: the Crank Thing, the Ring Thing, the Box Thing and the Metal Potato Thing.
- If the player revisits the stations originally containing the thangs, music will no longer be played in the station and there won't be any collectable present, as opposed to Octo Canyon having substitutes replacing the Zapfish once collected.
- According to the Splatoon 2 Anniversary Famitsu interview, every time a test subject collected the four thangs and ‘entered’ the promised land, the thangs were repositioned back to their original stations for the next subject.
Gallery
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The NILS Statue's laser have several objects resembling thangs attached to it.
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The thangs that Agent 8 used lays broken after Agent 3 attacked it.
Etymology
- "Thang" is a a slang term synonymous with the word "thing".
