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{{Infobox Character General
{{Infobox Character General
|name = Octoling
|name = Octoling
|image = {{tabber|width=265px|title1=Enemy|tab1=[[File:SSBU spirit Octoling.png|x300px]]|title2=Playable|tab2=[[File:SSBU spirit Octoling Girl & Octoling Boy.png|x300px]]}}
|image = {{tabber|width=265px|title1=Enemy|content1=[[File:SSBU spirit Octoling.png|x300px]]|title2=Playable|content2=[[File:SSBU spirit Octoling Girl & Octoling Boy.png|x300px]]}}
|caption = [[File:SplatoonSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert]]<br>Official artwork of an Octarian army Octoling from ''{{s|inkipedia|Splatoon}}'' and playable Octolings from ''[[inkipedia:Octo Expansion|Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion]]''.
|caption = [[File:SplatoonSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert]]<br>Official artwork of an Octarian army Octoling from ''{{s|inkipedia|Splatoon}}'' and playable Octolings from ''[[inkipedia:Octo Expansion|Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion]]''.
|universe = {{uv|Splatoon}}
|universe = {{uv|Splatoon}}
|firstgame = ''{{s|inkipedia|Splatoon}}'' (2015, enemy)<br>''{{s|inkipedia|Splatoon 2}}'' (2017, playable)
|firstgame = ''{{s|inkipedia|Splatoon}}'' (2015, enemy)<br>''{{s|inkipedia|Splatoon 2}}'' (2018, playable, via DLC)
|lastappearance = ''{{s|inkipedia|Splatoon 2}}'' (2017, both enemy and playable)
|lastappearance = ''{{s|inkipedia|Splatoon 3}}'' (2022)
|games =''[[Ultimate]]''
|games =''[[Ultimate]]''
|console = Wii U (enemy)<br>Nintendo Switch (playable)
|console = Wii U (enemy)<br>Nintendo Switch (playable)
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Octolings are the {{iw|inkipedia|Octarian}} equivalent to [[Inkling]]s.
Octolings are the {{iw|inkipedia|Octarian}} equivalent to [[Inkling]]s.


Some female Octolings serve the Octarian army as elite soldiers, who can be encountered as enemies in single-player modes of ''Splatoon'' and ''Splatoon 2''.
Some female Octolings serve the Octarian army as elite soldiers, who can be encountered as enemies in single-player modes of the ''Splatoon'' series.


The ''Octo Expansion'' DLC of ''Splatoon 2'' introduces playable Octolings who look significantly different from the Octarian soldier ones and could be unlocked for multiplayer upon beating the DLC. However, despite the player controlling an Octoling in the DLC, Octarian soldier Octolings still appear as enemies, albeit [[inkipedia:Sanitized Octarian|"sanitized"]] (brainwashed by the {{iw|inkipedia|Kamabo Corporation}}). Octolings were also temporarily playable in multiplayer without the DLC for players who chose Team Octopus in the [[inkipedia:Squid vs. Octopus (2018)|Squid vs. Octopus Splatfest]].
The ''{{iw|inkipedia|Octo Expansion}}'' DLC of ''{{iw|inkipedia|Splatoon 2}}'' introduces playable Octolings who look significantly different from the Octarian soldier ones and could be unlocked for multiplayer upon beating the DLC. However, despite the player controlling an Octoling in the DLC, Octarian soldier Octolings still appear as enemies, albeit [[inkipedia:Sanitized Octarian|"sanitized"]] (brainwashed by the {{iw|inkipedia|Kamabo Corporation}}). Octolings were also temporarily playable in multiplayer without the DLC for players who chose Team Octopus in the [[inkipedia:Squid vs. Octopus (2018)|Squid vs. Octopus Splatfest]]. They return in ''{{iw|inkipedia|Splatoon 3}}'', where they can be played from the start.


Though this cannot happen in-game, lore-wise [https://www.famitsu.com/news/201807/21160955.html a ''Splatoon 2'' Anniversary Famitsu interview] reveals that only several female playable Octolings can become the aforementioned elite Octarian soldiers.
Though this cannot happen in-game, lore-wise [https://www.famitsu.com/news/201807/21160955.html a ''Splatoon 2'' Anniversary Famitsu interview] reveals that only several female playable Octolings can become the aforementioned elite Octarian soldiers.