Octocopter
An Octocopter
| Species | Octarian |
| Eye color | Green |
| Gender | Unknown |
| Location | Octo Valley, Octo Canyon, Deepsea Metro |
| “ | 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
- D01 B15 Ink from Above Station
- D09 Goose Station
- E08 Da Bomb Station
- E11 Bodacious Rotation Station
- F10 Cubular Station
- G02 Hasta La Vista Station
- G04 B10 Ink 'n' Slide Station
- G10 E07 Iceman Station
- I04 Can't Touch This Station
- I06 All Eyez Station
- I07 C07 Ride with Me Station
- J01 H07 Cool Your Jets Station
- J07 Outrageous Station
Escape
- Coccyx Phase (Phase #1)
- Belly Phase (Phase #3)
- Diaphragm Phase (Phase #5)
- Peristalsis Phase (Phase #6)
Trivia
- When Octocopters are in groups and cannot see the player, they will sometimes appear to be dancing.
- In Octo Canyon, Octocopters are the only Octarians to appear alongside a boss that is not unique to the boss mission, the Octo Shower.
Gallery
An Octocopter approaching an Inkling.
Size comparison with an Inkling.
Concept art of Octocopters, as well as Octobombers and what may be an Octoball seen from the back.
Agent 8 fighting a horde of Sanitized Octocopters using the
Heavy Splatling in the Octo Expansion.
A single Sanitized Octocopter.
Model of a Deluxe Octocopter from Splatoon 2.
Octocopter Mem cake
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) |
Tentevole | From tentacle and voler (to fly) |
 German |
Oktokopter | From okto (octo) and Helikopter (helicopter) |
 Italian |
Polpottero | From polpo (octopus) and elicottero (helicopter) |
 Russian |
Осьмолет Os'molet |
From осьмо os'ma (octo) and самолёт samolyot (airplane) |
 Spanish |
Octocóptero | From octo and helicóptero (helicopter) |
