Octopod

Octopod

An Octopod

Species	Octarian
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Eye color	Purple
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Location	Octo Valley, Octo Canyon, Deepsea Metro, Alterna
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Octopods are pill-shaped Octarians that appear as enemies in Octo Valley, Octo Canyon, the Octo Expansion, and Return of the Mammalians. They run towards the player and explode in ink when close to them.

Description

Octopods are small, mechanical Octarians with two large, purple eyes, a nozzle for a mouth, and two legs adorned with indigo-colored sneakers. When undisturbed, Octopods are calm and meander slowly in various directions or simply sit in place. However, when spotting a player, they become angry and produce a 'barking' sound. After 'barking' a second time, they activate a thruster and run towards their target (being slowed down if submerged in the player's ink, as with most enemies). When they are close enough to the player, they leap towards them and explode in a burst of their ink. However, they can be splatted before this happens if they are attacked before they reach their target. In Splatoon and Splatoon 2, splatted Octopods explode in the player's ink on the spot, whereas in Splatoon 3, splatted Octopods fly backwards and explode on contact with anything, including other Octarians.

A larger variant of the Octopod, called an Oversized Octopod, appears in Return of the Mammalians. It functions similarly to an Octopod, but is much larger, slower, and more resilient, and has a larger blast radius.

Despite their robotic appearance, the Octopod mem cake obtained by Agent 8 in the Octo Expansion reflects Agent 8's own memories of the Octopod corps and hints at their own remorse for the danger they are forced to put themselves in for the Octarian cause.

Appearances

Octo Valley

Lair of the Octoballs (Mission #2)
Gusher Gauntlet (Mission #4)
Floating Sponge Garden (Mission #5)
Propeller-Lift Playground (Mission #6)
Inkrail Skyscape (Mission #10)
Inkvisible Avenues (Mission #11)
Tumbling Splatforms (Mission #19)

Octo Canyon

Welcome to Octopia (Mission #2)
Enter the Octohurler (Mission #4)
Spinning Campground (Mission #8)
Dancing Floors (Mission #13)
Propellerland (Mission #20)
Underground Expressway (Mission #22)

Octo Expansion

Return of the Mammalians

0000 After Alterna
0102 Octopods at Rest Tend to FLIP OUT!
0603 Torture Tour
0604 Conserve Ink—Splat Sustainably
0610 Mission: Fly-Fishin'
06 The Obscurest Chiaroscurist
Rocket 02 Alterna Space Center: Hangar

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Gallery

Agent 3 being attacked by two Octopods.
Gusher Gauntlet level icon.
Concept art of the Octopod, from The Art of Splatoon.
Concept art of the Octopod, from The Art of Splatoon.
A render of an Octopod from Splatoon 2.
A Sanitized Octopod.
The mem cake of an Octopod.
Model of an Octopod from Splatoon 2 on The Models Resource.
Model of the sanitized version.
Promotional image of some Octopods and an Oversized Octopod charging at their target.
The Tableturf Battle card icon of the Octopod.
Octopod artwork from the credits of Splatoon.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	タコポッド tako poddo	Octopus pod
Dutch	Octopod	-
French	Podo-missile	Podo (from pied = foot) + Missile
German	Oktopod	Octopod
Italian	Octopod	Octopod
Russian	Бомбоног Bombonog	Bomblegs
Spanish (NOA)	Tintápsula	From tinta ("ink") + cápsula ("capsule").
Spanish (NOE)	Octópodo	Octopod
Chinese (Simplified)	章鱼弹舱兵 Zhāngyú dàncāng bīng	Octopus bomb bay trooper
Chinese (Traditional)	章魚彈艙兵
Korean	문어 포드	Same as Japanese
Internal	Msn_EnmOctPod_01 Enm_Hohei TakoPod^[1]	Tako is the romanization for the Japanese name of Octo, Pod is part of the name.