Sanitized Octarian

Sanitized Octarians​

Sanitized Octarians

Species	Octarian
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Eye color	Cyan with black sclera
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Location	Deepsea Metro
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“	They look like Octarians, but there's something weird about them...	”
— Marina

Sanitized Octarians are a variation of Octarians that have been sterilized or disinfected and had "life's energies" purged from them, thereafter having been brainwashed to work for Kamabo Corporation. They resemble ordinary Octarians but with different coloration.

During the Turf War, Commander Tartar itself is revealed to be coated in an amount of the sanitizing ink, wherein it has a sanitized Octarian tentacle. The NILS Statue's cannon is also armed with sanitizing ink.

Appearance

Sanitized Octarians are visually distinct from normal Octarians by their coloration: a blue-to-neon green gradient on their tentacles and eyes with black sclera and glowing aqua blue irises. Elite versions (such as sanitized Elite Octolings, sanitized Rocket Octocopters, and sanitized Rocket Twintacle Octotroopers) have a darker blue and the same yellow in the gradient of their tentacles. Octolings have normal eyes in humanoid form, with regular enemy Octolings having dark grey eyes.

Their voices sound more digital and compressed, and when splatted, they briefly produce glowing blue pixels and glitch-like squares. Instead of the glitter-like effect that ink has in Octo Canyon, the sanitized Octarians' ink, which is the same as the one used to sanitize them, is cyan with a marbling patttern and resembles dishwasher detergent or hand sanitizer.

Creation

Sanitized Octarians have been sterilized of life's energies with blended ink created by Commander Tartar. Subjects who are chosen as candidates to aid in this ink's creation are tested beforehand through the Kamabo Co. underground research facilities; if successful, the tests conclude with Tartar tricking the subjects into being blended to help create the ink. The process of sanitizing Octarians with this ink results in them losing all memory and identity, and submitting to Kamabo Co.'s ideas. Marina notes that the sanitized Octarians appear to have no pulse or signs of life.

Some time later, Marina determines that sanitization works by removing the victims' thoughts and memories — which are then turned into mem cakes. The structures housing the soul are thereupon left in a hollow state, and can be implanted with "dummy data" in order to make the victim's mind fall under the control of the implanter. Based on this idea, she devises a plan to undo the sanitization process by restoring the mem cakes to their rightful owners through a virtual reality of her own creation: the Memverse. Acht, who was unintentionally pulled inside it during Marina's trial launch with Agent 8, appears to have successfully recovered.

Types of sanitized Octarians

The following Octarian types have sanitized variations. Types denoted with an asterisk have only appeared in their sanitized forms.

• Octotrooper
  • Shielded Octotrooper
  • Octodiver
• Twintacle Octotrooper
  • Rocket Twintacle Octotrooper
• Octocopter
  • Rocket Octocopter
• Octosniper
• Octobomber
  • Rocket Octobomber
  • Missile Octocopter*
  • Speedy Missile Octocopter*
• Octoball
• Octopod
• Octostamp
  • Octostamp DX
• Octohurler
• Octozeppelin
• Octomissile
• Octoling
• Tentakook
• Octocommander
• Octoballer
• Octorpedo
• Octo Oven (as "Octo Oven XXL")
• Octo Samurai (as "Revenge of Octo Samurai")
• Neo Octostomp (as "Octostomp Redux")
• Octo Shower (as "Octo Shower Supreme")

Additionally, Acht was sanitized.

The following Octarian machines appear using sanitized Octarian ink:

• Flooder
• Octowasher
• Ink Piston

Gallery

Splatoon 2

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  Agent 8 fighting a horde of sanitized Octocopters using the Heavy Splatling.

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  Agent 8 fighting sanitized Octozeppelins using the Inkjet.

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  Sanitized Octolings, each carrying different weapons.

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  A group of sanitized Octocopters.

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  The sanitized Octoling's octopus form and Agent 8's octopus form next to each other.

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  A sanitized Octomissile.

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  A sanitized Octocopter.

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  A sanitized Octozeppelin.

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  A sanitized Octoball as seen in the Belly Phase.

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  A sanitized Octoball inside the NILS Statue cannon.

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  Sanitized Octoballs flying out of the exploding NILS.

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  The Octo Oven XXL.

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  The Revenge of Octo Samurai.

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  The Octostomp Redux.

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  The Octo Shower Supreme.

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  The Sanitized Boss Tentacle.

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  The dialogue portrait for a sanitized Octoling.

Splatoon 3

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  Acht, who was sanitized

Related cases

In the Spinal Phase of Octo Expansion's finale, it is revealed that Agent 3 was brainwashed by blended ink applied to their head by Commander Tartar. In this brainwashed state, they incapacitate Cap'n Cuttlefish and attack Agent 8 to prevent them from escaping to the surface. This brainwashing is temporary and has visual indicators (their ink is green and their eyes glow bright green), but they do not show any specific physical resemblance to sanitized Octarians. After their defeat, they lose consciousness and are freed from the brainwashing as the blended ink disappears. They do not appear to have experienced any lasting effects from this brainwashing after Octo Expansion.

In the Splatoon manga series, Rider takes on the role of the brainwashed Agent 3.

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  Agent 3 while mind controlled.

Trivia

• The Japanese name for the Belly Phase can be translated as the "Stomach Sanitization Site". In this phase, boxes are seen coming out of blended ink containers with sanitized Octarians packed inside. Concept art and commentary from HaikaraWalker reveals that the Octarians are sanitized in the facility, then packaged. They are transported to their respective test sites.
• Octoballs briefly appear in sanitized form during the Escape phases despite their non-sanitized forms not making an appearance in Splatoon 2. They first appear in moving containers during the Belly Phase, where they can be seen playing Game Boys, then later appear again during the Turf War final boss battle, in which they are inside the NILS Statue's cannon.
• The reason for the sanitized Octarians sporting different colors than others is so the player can see them better in comparison to Agent 8. It is also to give the feeling of brainwash and poisoning.

Names in other languages

Sanitized

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	消毒 shōdōku	Disinfected
Dutch	Gereinigd	Cleaned
French (NOE)	Purifié	Purified
	Asepsie	Asepsis or Sanitization
German	Sanitisiert	Sanitized
Russian	Паштетизированный (Octo Expansion) Pashtetezirovannyy	Pated, turned into a pate
	Детонизированный (Side Order) Detonizirovannyy	Detoned
Spanish	Higienizado	Sanitized
Chinese (Simplified)	消毒 Xiāo dú	Disinfected
Korean	소독 sodog	disinfected