Octocopter
An Octocopter
| Species | Octarian |
| Eye color | Bluish gray with green sclera |
| Location | Octo Valley, Octo Canyon, Deepsea Metro, The Crater, Alterna |
| “ | Avast! Octocopters below! | ” |
Octocopters are Octarian fighters that possess the ability to fly and shoot slow-moving balls of purple ink.
Description
Octocopters are small Octarian fighters equipped with a large propeller helmet that allows them to hover. They have small legs adorned with what appear to be helicopter landing skids, but they are never seen using them as they are always in the air. Octocopters hover in one area until they see the player, at which point they become visibly agitated and begin to move, with difficulty, towards them. They are capable of firing slow-moving balls of purple ink, like Octotroopers, and can be splatted easily from a close distance. However, firing ink at them from far away will slightly knock them backwards, possibly knocking them out of range.
Appearances
Octo Valley
Octocopters appear in thirteen Octo Valley missions as well as one boss mission.
- Rise of the Octocopters (Mission #3)
- Gusher Gauntlet (Mission #4)
- Floating Sponge Garden (Mission #5)
- Propeller-Lift Playground (Mission #6)
- Spreader Splatfest (Mission #7)
- Unidentified Flying Object (Mission #9)
- Inkvisible Avenues (Mission #11)
- Shifting Splatforms (Mission #13)
- Undeniable Flying Object (Mission #15)
- Propeller-Lift Fortress (Mission #16)
- Spinning Spreaders (Mission #18)
- Unwelcome Flying Object (Mission #21)
- Pinwheel Power Plant (Mission #24)
- Enter the Octobot King! (Boss #5)
Octo Canyon
- Sunset Octocopter (Mission #3)
- The Octopark (Mission #5)
- Back-Alley Cleanup (Mission #7)
- Spinning Campground (Mission #8)
- Dancing Floors (Mission #13)
- Secret Bowling Alley (Mission #16)
- Towering Heights (Mission #18)
- The Experimentorium (Mission #19)
- Propellerland (Mission #20)
- The Octo Shower (Boss #4)
- The Octogalaxy (Mission #23)
- Platform Madhouse (Mission #25)
Octo Expansion
- A07 Maverick Station
- B14 Breakdance Station
- C02 Shrinky Ink Station
- C11 Abracadabra Station
- D01B15 Ink from Above Station
- D09 Goose Station
- E08 Da Bomb Station
- E11 Bodacious Rotation Station
- F10 Cubular Station
- G02 Hasta La Vista Station
- G04B10 Ink 'n' Slide Station
- G10E07 Iceman Station
- I04 Can't Touch This Station
- I06 All Eyez Station
- I07C07 Ride with Me Station
- J01H07 Cool Your Jets Station
- J07 Outrageous Station
- Escape 01 Coccyx Phase
- Escape 03 Belly Phase
- Escape 05 Diaphragm Phase
- Escape 06 Peristalsis Phase
Return of the Mammalians
- No. 3 Boxes Locked! Keys, Please!
- 0104 Doors, Doors, Doors! And More! (Doors)
- 0109 The String's the Thing
- 0401 Propellered to Greatness
- 0404 Splash the Block Party
- 0509 Low Viz, High Risk
- 0602 Octarian Heights
- 0610 Mission: Fly-Fishin'
- Rocket 02 Alterna Space Center: Hangar
- Rocket
1 Rocket Battle - Rocket 2 Return of the Mammalians
1Trivia
- When Octocopters are in groups and cannot see the player, they will sometimes appear to be dancing.
- In Octo Canyon, Octocopters and Rocket Octocopters are the only Octarians to appear alongside a boss that is not unique to the boss mission, the Octo Shower.
Gallery
Agent 3 battling an Octocopter.
An Octocopter approaching an Inkling.
Size comparison with an Inkling.
Rise of the Octocopters icon.
Unwelcome Flying Object icon.
Concept art of Octocopters, as well as Octobombers and what may be an Octoball seen from the back.
A render of an Octocopter from Splatoon 2.
A Sanitized Octocopter.
Agent 8 fighting a horde of Sanitized Octocopters using the Heavy Splatling in the Octo Expansion.
The mem cake of an Octocopter.
Unofficial render of the Octocopter's game model from Splatoon 2 on The Models Resource.
An Octocopter among numerous Octarians that appear in Splatoon 3.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
タコプター Takoputā |
Octopus-copter |
 Dutch |
Octokopter | From octo and helikopter (helicopter) |
 French (NOE) |
Tentavole | From tentacle and voler (to fly) |
 German |
Oktokopter | From okto (octo) and Helikopter (helicopter) |
 Italian |
Polpottero | From polpo (octopus) and elicottero (helicopter) |
 Russian |
Осьмолёт Os'molet |
From осьминог os'minog (octopus) and -лёт -lyot, indicating something flying |
 Spanish |
Octocóptero | From octo and helicóptero (helicopter) |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
章鱼螺旋桨兵 Zhāngyú luóxuánjiǎng bīng |
Octopus propeller trooper |
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