Onward!
English translations should be seen as unofficial or pseudo-canonical.
Note: Onward! is derived from the text on the mission clear screen. Mission Clear! (The Crater) is a direct translation from the Japanese track name in Splatune 3.
The reason given is: Move to Hero Mode - Onward! in line with Splatune
| Artist | Turquoise October |
| Game | Splatoon 3 |
| Heard in Splatoon 3 |
The Crater missions (once finished) |
| Album | Splatune 3 |
| Track list no. | 4 (Splatune 3 Disc 2) |
| Length | 0:05 |
| Audio file |
| Artist | Turquoise October |
| Game | Splatoon 2 |
| Heard in Splatoon 2 |
Octo Canyon missions (once finished) |
| Album | Splatune 2 |
| Track list no. | 24 (Splatune 2 Disc 2) |
| Length | 0:05 |
| Audio file |
| Game | Splatoon |
| Heard in Splatoon |
Octo Valley missions (once finished) |
| Album | Splatune |
| Track list no. | 15 (Splatune Disc 2) |
| Length | 0:05 |
| Audio file |
Onward! is a jingle.
Description
Onward! is a very short jingle, lasting roughly five seconds, taking a lot of elements from Turquoise October songs. It is the signature five-note melody of the Octarians playing twice, the second time with a higher pitch. Shortly after, a radio static sound effect is heard on the iris out shot of the Zapfish or a plush of it, although said sound effect is absent from the Splatune version. It is heard during the sequence that plays once the player finishes a mission in Octo Valley.
Remixes and covers
Onward! (Octo Canyon)
A remix of the jingle appears in Splatoon 2. Unlike the original, which has no artist given, the Splatune 2 booklet lists it as a Turquoise October song. Similar to the original, it plays after successfully completing a mission in Octo Canyon.
Mission Clear! (The Crater)
A remix of Onward! plays in Splatoon 3's single-player campaign Return of the Mammalians after completing one of the four missions in the Crater. However, it is replaced by a different jingle in Alterna.
Samples and interpolations
Eight-Legged Advance
- Main article: Eight-Legged Advance
The intro of Eight-Legged Advance is a version of the Onward! jingle. The "burp" sound effects have a great similarity to the sounds in Onward!
I am Octavio
- Main article: I am Octavio
A choral version of the Onward! jingle plays throughout I am Octavio as a musical motif.
Octo Eight-Step
- Main article: Octo Eight-Step
Like Eight-Legged Advance, the intro of Octo Eight-Step is a version of the Onward! jingle, this time on a flute.
Octarmaments
- Main article: Octarmaments
Octarmaments contains various distortions of the Onward melody.
Bomb Rush Blush (DJ Octavio)
- Main article: Bomb Rush Blush
Similar to its final boss theme predecessor, DJ Octavio's remix of Bomb Rush Blush also uses the Onward! motif throughout the track.
Scrapper jingle
Whilst stunning a Scrapper, a jingle is played, consisting of the Onward! theme being played with what sounds to be car horns.
Ebb & Flow (Demo)
- Main article: Ebb & Flow
Similar to DJ Octavio's usage of the jingle, the demo version of Ebb & Flow contains interpolations of the Onward! theme, alluding to Marina's Octarian origins.
Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape
- Main article: Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape
The Onward! jingle can be heard twice in the Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape. The first time, the same version of the jingle heard in Eight-Legged Advance plays, and the second, which seems to be the same choral version that plays in I am Octavio, is heard after the Opening jingle by Wet Floor.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
ヒーローモード つづく！ Hīrōmōdo tsudzuku! |
Hero Mode: To Be Continued! |
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese |
Mission Clear!（クレーター） Mission Clear! (kurētā) |
Mission Clear! (Crater) |
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