Octohurler
Octohurlers are Octarians that appear in Splatoon 2's single-player modes, Octo Canyon and the Octo Expansion.
Description
Octohurlers are large Octarians that have four tentacles that help toss Rolonium. They also wear goggles with green lenses and are always sitting on a small stool with what appear to be tiny Rolonium bundles.
Octohurlers periodically spit Rolonium directly ahead. This Rolonium can be reflected if it is hit with ink, which instantly splats the Octohurler if it hits it (as well as any other Octarians it hits before breaking). Octohurlers are stationary, but they sometimes appear on Spreaders.
Appearances
Octo Canyon
- Enter the Octohurler (Mission #04)
Octo Expansion
- H02 Ballercise Station
- Escape 02 Villi Phase
Gallery
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Front view of an Octohurler.
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An Octohurler from behind.
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An Octohurler next to Agent 4.
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An Octohurler in the middle of spitting up Rolonium.
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A Sanitized Octohurler, as seen in the Villi Phase.
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Enter the Octohurler icon.
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Unofficial render of the Octohurler's game model from Splatoon 2 on The Models Resource.
Trivia
- Octohurlers are similar to Spikes from the Mario series. Both are enemies that spit out a rolling projectile, Spike balls for Spikes, and Rolonium for Octohurlers.
- In spite of the enemy's large size and increased health pool, it only drops one Power Egg when splatted.
- Upon closer examination, the Octohurler exhibits some quite odd behaviors:
- The Octohurler can spit out Rolonium regardless of whether it sees the player or not. The 'battle beat' is not heard in the background - implying that the player is not being seen by any enemies at this time.
- When the player gets behind the enemy, it gets confused. However, instead of going into an idle state afterwards, the animation plays on loop, with the question mark appearing above the Octohurler's head every time the animation reaches its starting point. During that state the 'battle beat' can be heard - implying that the player is currently being seen by an enemy.
- Hiding in ink while the Octohurler is in the confused state causes it to eventually return to its Rolonium-spitting state, and the battle beat ceases.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
タコリバーサー Tako Ribāsā |
Octopus Reverser. "Reverse" is the slang term for vomiting in Japanese. |
 Dutch |
Octorolmops | Octo-rollmops |
 French (NOE) |
Tentacrache | From "tentacule" ("tentacle") and "cracher" ("to spit") |
 German |
Oktospeier | Octovomiter |
 Italian |
Sputacchiolpo | Spit-octopus |
 Russian |
Осьмохимик Os'mokhimik |
Octochemist |
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