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Species of humanoid cephalopods in the Splatoon series that can transform into Squids and back to their humanoid form at will.

Use this species tag for any of the following characters, as long as they aren't depicted as an alternate species (e.g. a full-on human / humanization):

Characters

• Inkling player character
• Inkling Girl
• Inkling Boy
• Idols
• Callie
• Marie
• Pearl
• Frye
• Squidbeak Splatoon (story mode cast)
• Agent 1 (Callie)
• Agent 2 (Marie)
• Agent 3, player character for Splatoon 1's hero mode.
• Agent 4, player character for Splatoon 2's hero mode.
• New Agent 3, player character for Splatoon 3's hero mode. Can also be an Octoling.
• Cap'n Cuttlefish
• Other Inklings (WIP)
• Ichiya
• Nami
• Quinn
• Clash
• Jessika
• Yoko
• Baker
• Lionel

Identifying Inklings (as opposed to Octolings)

Inklings have a few key traits that Octolings don't:

• pointy ears
• a black line that connects their eyes. these were designed to give Inklings a mask-like appearance, similar to that of a domino mask.
• their suction cups appear within the inside of their tentacle hair (e.g. Danbooru post #6122993)
• sometimes depicted with star-shaped pupils (e.g. Danbooru post #7316406)
• (the named Inklings, particularly the Idols, are nearly always depicted with them)
• unique hairstyles, see this list of them (Splatoon wiki).
• Inkling girls have some longer hairstyle options than Octoling girls

Danbooru post #7190600 is a good comparison of these traits, with an Inkling on the left and an Octoling on the right

Typical tags common to both Inklings and Octolings include tentacle hair and thick eyebrows.

Note: Inklings do not usually have cephalopod eyes despite being based off Squid. Splatoon reserves those for Octolings, particularly the named Idol Octolings. Danbooru post #4589127 is a very rare example of an Inkling drawn with cephalopod eyes

The following tags implicate this tag: inkling_boy and inkling_girl (learn more).