Parallel Canon

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Parallel Canon
Species Jelleton
Habitat Boss floors
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Eye color Red
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Location 10F and 20F (Intensifying-Harmony.Floor)
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The Intensifying Harmony
Parallel Canon
— Parallel Canon's boss introduction

Parallel Canon is a boss fight featuring humanoid Jelleton enemies in Splatoon 3: Side Order.

Description

Parallel Canon with the center one featuring the "Hipster" hairstyle.

Parallel Canon is a copy of Agent 4's data acquired by Order, with the masked figure being a direct copy of Agent 4 and the helmet wearers being copies of the mask wearer.[1] Like Agent 8, they wear the Order Suit, Order Boots, replicate any visual change obtained through color chips, wield one of the Order weapons and are accompanied by a drone. Even though the Parallel Canon bodies are always depicted with red glowing eyes, their swim forms resemble normal squids with black ink.

Appearance

If the player has Splatoon 2 save data on their Nintendo Switch, the masked figure mimics the appearance of that user's Inkling in Splatoon 2. By changing the Inkling character in Splatoon 2 and proceeding into Side Order's Player Settings the appearance of the masked figure will be updated.

Otherwise, the masked figure has the feminine style and the "Haircut" hairstyle by default.

Strategy

Parallel Canon is battled in a series of waves, with the exact number of foes per wave varying depending on whether it is fought on 10F or 20F.

  • The first wave is one or two enemies.
  • The second wave is two or three enemies.
  • The third wave is four or five enemies.

Parallel Canon always enters the arena by dropping off from a cage on the side opposite where Agent 8 lands. Each of Parallel Canon's bodies are equipped with one of the following weapon sets:

Main weapon Sub weapon Special weapon
Order Shot Splat Bomb Triple Splashdown
Order Dualies Curling Bomb Tenta Missiles
Order Brella Splat Bomb Ink Storm
Order Blaster Curling Bomb Wave Breaker
Order Slosher Splat Bomb Tenta Missiles
Order Roller Curling Bomb Big Bubbler
Orderbrush Splat Bomb Ink Storm

Only the enemy with visible hair wields the Order Shot, entering the battlefield by using their Triple Splashdown. They always appear at least once.

The drones lock onto the player at all times, making hiding from them ineffective, but also drawing attention to their location. They can also summon Jelleton reinforcements.

Sub and special weapons that reveal the positions of enemies in online matches, like the Ink Mine or Wave Breaker, can reveal the Parallel Canon enemies' location.

Quotes

The following text is quoted from the Jelleton Field Guide.

Habitat: Boss floors
Acht
(1)
They're tough opponents who
look...a lot like Eight. It goes past
looks too. The more powered-up
your Palette is, the more
resourceful they get.
Marina
(3)
Don't get caught in a pincer
maneuver! Use the high ground
in the middle to force one-on-
one skirmishes.
Pearl
(8)
They can do Triple Splashdowns
out of nowhere?! Where'd these
biters learn THAT trick?
Conclusion
Pick 'em off one at a time!


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Trivia

  • The Parallel Canon bosses use distorted voice clips from Inklings, both male and female. The only exception is the initial boss cutscene, where it will always use the female voice clips.
  • Despite ostensibly being enemies to Agent 8, the sounds produced by Parallel Canon are notably associated with teammates in online matches: as they enter battle from their cage, they emit the same alert sound heard from allies Super Jumping to the player's position; and when they are splatted, they emit the voice clips allied Inklings use when they issue an "Ouch..." signal.
  • In Smollusk's top-secret notes, it is implied that Agent 4 was used as the template for the Parallel Canon. An interview with Famitsu confirmed it was a copy of Agent 4's data and that the look of the Inkling player in Splatoon 2 affects the appearance of Parallel Canon.
  • Unlike other bosses which are already in the stage, Parallel Canon originally starts in a spawn area similar to Agent 8's.

Etymology

Parallel refers to two lines that are equally distant from one another and never intersect, or two analogous, comparable elements. It is also a term used in science fiction to refer to an alternate version of something, for example, a "parallel universe". The boss' name could allude to the figures being a "parallel" to the player character. It could also refer to be a parallel to Agent 8 specifically, since they are based of Agent 4, the alternate player character in Splatoon 2. Finally, the word "parallel" may be a reference to parallel processing, a term in computing referring to when multiple processes are executed simultaneously.

A canon in a musical composition sense is a technique where an instrument plays a melody then different instruments copy the same melody afterwards. It can also refer to a generally accepted principle or rule, or a group of official sources regarding a work considered part of a franchise's main continuity within its fictional universe.

Names in other languages

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Parallel Canon
Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese イカイノカノン
Ikainokanon
Otherworldly[a] Canon
Netherlands Dutch Parallelle Canon Parallel Canon
CanadaFrance French Canon surréel Surreal Canon
Germany German Paralleler Kanon Parallel Canon
Italy Italian Canone parallelo Parallel canon
Russia Russian Параллельные мультиканоны
Parallel'nye multikanony
Parallel multicanons
SpainMexico Spanish Canon irreal Unreal canon
China Chinese (Simplified) 异界卡农
Yìjiè kǎnóng
Otherworld Canon
South Korea Korean 이계의 카논
Igye-ui kanon
Otherworldly Canon
 Internal RivalKing
The Intensifying Harmony
Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese 増殖し共鳴する
Zoshoku shi kyomei suru
The Multiplying and Resonating
Netherlands Dutch De aanzwellende harmonie The crescendoing harmony
CanadaFrance French L'harmonie crescendo Gradual harmony
Germany German Eskalierende Harmonie Escalating harmony
Italy Italian L'armonia crescente The growing harmony
Russia Russian Распространяющие гармонию
Rasprostranyayushchie garmoniyu
The ones spreading the harmony
South Korea Korean 증식하여 공명하는
Jeungsikha-yeo gongmyeonghaneun
Propagating and Resonating

Translation notes

  1. Also a pun on イカ(ika, squid)

References