“ | Let's Finish This! Enter the Octobot King | ” |
— Subtitle in the original final boss of Splatoon
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“ | DJ Octavio feat. Callie...Octobot King II | ” |
— Subtitle in Splatoon 2
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“ | "Don't forget about us!" One has tasted bitter defeat in battle. The other is literally a copycat. These two may be nothing alike, but their desire to step out of the shadows and into the light burns with all the chaos of a firestorm. | ” |
— DJ Octavio & Li'l Judd reason for joining Team Chaos.
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DJ Octavio (DJタコワサ将軍 DJ Takowasa shōgun?, lit. General DJ Takowasa) is the leader of the Octarians and the central antagonist of the Splatoon Trilogy. He serves the main antagonist of both Splatoon and Splatoon 2, a mentioned antagonist of Octo Expansion and a minor antagonist turned anti-hero of Splatoon 3. He is Craig Cuttlefish's former friend turned Archnemesis.
Appearance[]
Octo Form[]
Unlike most Octarians, which appear to be severed tentacles of octopuses, DJ Octavio is an octopus in his entirety. He is a dull red-violet with darker areas around his eyes and tentacles and appears to be perpetually angry. When he is angry, his eyes slant down even more, resembling furious eyes. He wears a large gold helmet in the style of kabuto with an octopus-shaped emblem on the front, and one of the two tentacles that are always crossed in front of him bears a large, green, X-shaped scar identical to the ones seen on other bosses. It is unknown how he and the bosses get their scars, but it is likely DJ Octavio got his during the great Turf War.
In Splatoon 2, Octavio's appearance has also changed: his kabuto helmet is black with golden accents including gold spikes and his kabuto appears to be based off of a snapback hat. He also wears gold chain bracelets on the two tentacles that he holds his wasabi stalks with and gold shutter shades.
In Splatoon 3, He seems to be wearing a desert tan colored military helmet style kabuto with a camera attached to it, as well as safety goggles. He still wields his signature wasabi.
Humanoid Form[]
His humanoid form, found in a Sunken Scroll, wears the kabuto hat alongside what appears to be casual sweatpants and a shirt with sleeves resembling those on kimonos. His eyes were mainly covered by his kabuto, but it is likely they are the same color as his eyes are in octopus form. In this form his tentacles were also very long and hung out the kabuto, resembling his cephalopod form's tentacles.
It’s revealed in the October 2018 issue of Nintendo Dream magazine, that he is unable to take on his humanoid form due to having multiple injures from the loss of the Great Turf War.
History[]
Before Splatoon[]
DJ Octavio has been the leader of the Octarians for an extremely long time, as far back as when they and the Inklings were allies. However, rapidly rising sea levels forced the two species to fight over land, and Octavio held his position as the leader of the Octarian army during the resulting Great Turf War. This even led him to battle his previous ally Cap'n Cuttlefish "during the bitter siege of Arowana Castle", which the Octarians lost.
Despite some early victories for the Octarians, a combination of good luck, superior tactics, and a higher number of limbs resulted in the Inklings being victorious, forcing Octavio and the rest of the Octarians underground into domes later called Octo Canyon and Octo Valley.
Splatoon[]
Around 100 years later, during the events of Splatoon, dwindling energy reserves underground led the Octarians, still led by Octavio, to steal the Great Zapfish and a series of regular Zapfish that the Inklings used for power. To counteract this before the problem got too severe, Cap'n Cuttlefish secretly recruited a young Inkling that he nicknamed Agent 3 to join his New Squidbeak Splatoon, intending to recover the Zapfish and defeat the Octarians again.
However, after Agent 3 defeated the Octowhirl, Octavio kidnapped Cuttlefish himself, forcing Cuttlefish's granddaughters, Agents 1 and 2, to guide Agent 3 to Octavio's base. Finally, in Enter the Octobot King!, the group was reunited as Octavio battled the New Squidbeak Splatoon. During the battle, the two agents revealed their true identities as the Squid Sisters and overrode Octavio's music, freeing Cuttlefish and spurring Agent 3 to finally defeat him, rescuing the Great Zapfish and saving Inkopolis in doing so.
After this fight, Octavio is kept imprisoned in a snow globe next to Cuttlefish in Octo Valley. If the final boss battle is repeated, it is explained that Octavio broke out while Cuttlefish was distracted by eating crabby cakes.
Splatoon 2[]
Around nine months after the Callie vs. Marie Splatfest, Cuttlefish deserted his shack in Octo Valley, giving Octavio the chance to escape. Marie was the first person to notice, after Callie's disappearance, and shortly afterwards, Octavio stole the Great Zapfish a second time and fled to Octo Canyon. Realizing the two events had to be connected, Marie stationed herself there and recruited a new young Inkling as Agent 4, and the two worked together to rescue Callie and the Great Zapfish.
Eventually, in "Tide Goes Out", Octavio was discovered to have kidnapped and brainwashed Callie into working for him. In the ensuing battle, Agent 4 defended their attacks for long enough so Marie could shoot off Callie's hypnoshades, returning her to her normal self. With some help from Sheldon, the group eventually defeated Octavio a second time, imprisoning him in a new snow globe in Octo Canyon. If the battle is repeated, it is explained that Octavio was able to escape thanks to Callie wanting to try on the hypnoshades again.
Splatoon 3[]
In Splatoon 3, DJ Octavio appears in the single-player mode, Return of the Mammalians. Unlike previous appearances, he's the first boss of the game, piloting a modified version of the Octobot King called the Octobot King L3.Gs.
Shortly after Agent 3 clears out the Fuzzy Ooze blocking the center of The Crater outside Splatsville, DJ Octavio arrives and accuses Craig Cuttlefish of being behind the disappearance of his entire Octarian army. In turn, Cuttlefish accuses Octavio of stealing the Great Zapfish from Splatsville, provoking a fight between Agent 3 and the Octarian leader.
After being defeated, DJ Octavio laments that Agent 3's gear is too powerful as Cuttlefish comments on how easy the fight seemed. An irritated Octavio asserts that he didn't steal the Great Zapfish this time, explaining why his mech was so much weaker than previous models. Before anyone can ponder this further, a huge mass of Fuzzy Ooze erupts from below, dragging Octavio's mech through the ground with enough force to shatter it. Octavio is seen tumbling into the darkness along with everyone else, his fate left unclear for most of the game.
Although Octavio is not seen in Alterna, he apparently recovered his mech and began upgrading it with technology found around the underground city, allowing it to fly into space. He makes a sudden appearance during the battle against Mr. Grizz, catching Agent 3 and their Little Buddy after they were blown off of Mr. Grizz's rocket. With the CEO of Grizzco Industries supercharged by Fuzzy Ooze, Octavio counters by playing "Calamari Inkantation 3MIX", curiously calling it a heavenly melody, on the Octobot King's speakers; this infuses Agent 3's companion with tremendous amounts of "marine life energy", allowing them to transform into Hugefry.
As Hugefry battles Mr. Grizz head-on, DJ Octavio had Agent 3 take control of the Octobot King in order to use its giant Ink Vac to drain the Fuzzy Ooze from Mr. Grizz's body. When even this proved insufficient to stop Mr. Grizz, Octavio switched the Ink Vac to cannon mode, converting the absorbed Fuzzy Ooze into a massive ink laser that Agent 3 fired right into Mr. Grizz's face. With the Ursine Anomaly defeated for good, Octavio used his mech to transport himself, Agent 3, and the Smallfry back to Earth. He presumably regained his army following the destruction of Fuzzy Ooze, but it is unclear if his team-up with the New New Squidbeak Splatoon was a temporary alliance against a common foe or a sign that he may be moving away from his previous antagonism, although the fact that he called the Calamari Inkantation a "heavenly melody" after having once hated it makes a better case for the latter, and when he rescued Agent 3 and their Smallfry, he told Mr. Grizz that he would not allow the Ursine Anomaly to mess with "their" turf, indicating he was protecting both Inkling and Octoling/Octarian kind from Mr. Grizz and his doomsday plan for Earth alongside the New Squidbeak Splatoon.
Music[]
During an interview. Toru Minegishi (the sound director of Splatoon) revealed that the techno-like music in Octo Valley was actually composed by DJ Octavio and his direct subordinates. Also, it was implied that they broadcast their music in order to control the many Octarians.[1]
Name | Artist | Length | Music Track |
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I am Octavio | DJ Octavio | 2:15 | |
I am Octavio (Missile) | DJ Octavio | 1:40 | |
"Bomb Rush Blush Remix" | DJ Octavio featuring Callie | 3:59 | |
“Tidal Rush” | DJ Octavio featuring Callie vs Marie | 3:43 | |
"I'm Octavio (F34RME Remix)" | DJ Octavio | 3:38 | |
"Calamari Inkantation 3MIX" | DJ Octavio featuring the Squid Sisters and Deep Cut | 4:11 |
Regional Differences[]
Splatoon is regionalized depending on if you are in the EU (Europe), NA (North America) or JP (Japan). DJ Octavio's dialogue throughout the battle differs in these versions. In the JP and EU versions of the boss fight, the dialogue is more straightforward, whereas the NA version contains a number of puns and music-related insults, making the NA version dialogue seem more quirky and less serious.
Examples:
- NA: "I'ma remix your face!"
- NA: "I'ma dubstomp you into oblivion!"
- EU: "I will take back what is mine!"
- EU: "Time...to...put an end...to you!"
Sunken Scrolls[]
- A younger DJ Octavio is featured in Sunken Scroll #16, beside a young Craig Cuttlefish; this makes him one of two males Octarians (the other being the Octo Samurai) seen with the ability to assume humanoid form; either that or Octavio may be a full-fledged Octoling.
- He is also shown in Splatoon 2's 24th Scroll, which features his tentacle getting severed to create/empower the Mighty Octostomp.
Trivia[]
- Upon returning to this level after beating DJ Octavio for the first time, the initial dialogue will not be repeated. Instead, new dialogue will be used, mainly to re-establish the cutscenes as taking place after the game has in fact been beaten. The player is told that Octavio escaped his snow globe, and recaptured Cap'n Cuttlefish while he was out eating crabby cakes or biscuits.
- A poster seen in the Deepsea Metro has a picture of an octopus with Inkling text that resembles the word "octavi", possibly advertising a DJ Octavio album or concert.
- The Octobot King's Tennis Bombs have small pink shutter shades just above the front opening. They closely resemble the glasses that Octavio himself wears in the second installment.
- DJ Octavio's Japanese name is "DJ Takowasa Shogun" (DJタコワサ将軍). "Takowasa" is a cocktail snack that consists of wasabi-seasoned octopus' bits.
- A "shogun" was a high-ranking military ruler who governed Japan on the Emperor's behalf during medieval and early modern times. Examples of the shoguns of Japan were Minamoto no Yoritomo, Ashikaga Takauji, and the shoguns of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
- He is never seen without his wasabi, even when captured in the snow globe after his defeat.
- When you splatter DJ Octavio's snow globe, he will react.
- Similarly to the prequel's Hero Mode, when reentering DJ Octavio's battle, different dialogue from Callie and Marie will appear.
- This is when Marie notices that their names form "calamari".
- The ending 'Game' banner across the screen is different to all the boss endings, as it is the same as when you win a match of Rainmaker in ranked battle.
- However, instead of displaying 'Game' on the banners, it displays 'Victory'.
- The Charger that Marie uses to shoot off Callie's shades is the Hero Charger, which could've been the weapon she used as Agent 2.
- The floor for DJ Octavio's boss fight in Splatoon 2 resembles that of Inkopolis Plaza.
- His wasabi sticks, and DJ table are seen in the secret boss stage in Octo Expansion.
- This seems to imply that the battle with Inner Agent 3 took place just after the events of Enter the Octobot King!
- While he is not an opponent for Table Turf Battle, he does have his own card which is used by both Cuttlefish and Agent 1 as a nod to their connections to the DJ.
- The purple markings under his eyes are not eye bags, but instead purple eyeliner.
- He is the only antagonist in the series to receive a redemption arc.
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Language | Name | Meaning/Notes |
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Japanese (日本語) | DJタコワサ将軍 DJ Takowasa shōgun |
General DJ Takowasa (A Japanese dish: octopus marinated in wasabi) |
Dutch (Nederlands) | DJ Octavio | DJ Octavio |
French (français) | DJ Octave | From octo and octave |
German (Deutsch) | DJ Oktario | From okto (octo) |
Russian (русский) | DJ Октавио DJ Oktavio |
Transcription of English name |
European Spanish (castellano) | DJ Octovius | From octo and octava (octave) |
Italian (Italiano) | DJ Octavius | From octo and ottave (octave) |
Chinese (汉语/漢語) | 章鱼芥末将军 DJ zhāngyú jièmò jiāngjūn |
From Japanese name |