Splatoon (Film)

Splatoon is a upcoming 2023 computer animated action adventure film directed by Karey Kirkpatrick and Tim Johnson. Based on the 2015 video game of the same name. It is the first DreamWorks Animation movie to be based on a video game.

Splatoon was originally scheduled to be released on June 9, 2023 in the United States, produced by DreamWorks Animation and Nintendo, and distributed by Universal Pictures. A sequel is scheduled to be released on July 4, 2025 and another sequel is scheduled to be released on August 7, 2027.

Premise
In the Mollusc Era, humans on earth are reportedly extinct, and the squid kids, also known as the Inklings, are born in a city called Inkopolis. Six Inklings, Ika, Bloo, Debbi, Marco, April and Justin set off for a mission to save the Great Zapfish from DJ Octavio and the octarians.

Plot
In the Mollusc Era, inklings are born many years ago. On Inkopolis, Florida, an orange inkling named Ika (Abigail Howard) travels to Inkopolis Plaza. She was about to exit of the train but she accidentally bumps into a blue inkling named Bloo (Justin Long). As they went in, she met her friends Debbi (Kristen Schaal), Marco (Harvey Guillén), April (Maya Rudolph) & Justin (Bill Hader) and went to the lobby. After Ika won won the turf war, Bloo lost when he must practice the turf war. The next day, the inklings practice the turf war when they used their weapons. One night, Ika & Bloo discovered the Octo UFO which crashed landed. At night, the inklings went to their home called The Squid House and went to bed.

The next day at Ika's home, Ika is shocked when the Squid Sisters, Callie (Britney Spears) & Marie (Billie Eilish), announced the Great Zapfish is squidnapped by DJ Octavio and the Octarians. She tells Bloo how the Octarians did it and they met Captain Cuttlefish (Mahito Yokota) after that. All the inklings travelled to the Octo Valley and they met a lime inkling named Ashley AKA. Agent 3 (Tina Fey). She tells the six Inklings to go on the Zapfish mission to defeat every octarian and rescue every zapfish.

For the first mission, the seven inklings need to hunt the Octarians down and rescue 4 of the zapfishes. When they arrived, the Octostamp tries to stomp them all, but they dodged, splats the Octostamp and rescued one zapfish. The seven inklings rescued 9 zapfishes, defeated the Octonozzle and rescued another zapfish in their second mission.

The third mission begins, with 14 zapfishes needed to be rescued. After they defeated the Octowhirl, Captain Cuttlefish is captured by DJ Octavio, while Bloo, Marco and Justin are captured by a group of Octolings. Ika, Debbi, April and Ashley met Callie & Marie (known as Agents 1 and 2) and they traveled to the Octoling base.

The forth mission begins shortly after. As the six female inklings are rescuing zapfishes, they saw Bloo, Marco and Justin, tied up by the Octolings. Ika defeated every Octoling as she rescued Bloo, Marco, Justin and the zapfish. After they traveled to the Octomaw base and defeats the Octomaw, the Inklings met three Octolings named Rose, Scarlet & Jazzy. The final mission begins as the nine inklings rescued all of the zapfishes. They traveled into DJ Octavio's UFO and saw Captain Cuttlefish tied up. They also saw DJ Octavio who stole the Great Zapfish. The nine Inklings are off to the rescue. When Ika, Bloo, Debbi, Marco, April, Justin and Ashley rescued Captain Cuttlefish, they heard Callie & Marie singing "Calamari Inkantation". Once they defeated DJ Octavio, the Great Zapfish freed itself from the Octobot king and they escaped.

As Inkopolis is saved, Ashley and Captain Cuttlefish thanked Ika, Bloo, Debbi, Marco, April & Justin for completing the zapfish mission and as for now, Callie & Marie announced the Splatfest has begun. Ika tells Bloo that he must win the turf war on the Splatfest. After they won the Splatfest, Ika & Bloo kissed as Bloo is now Ika's love interest, and every inkling celebrated the Splatfest party in Inkopolis as the fireworks arrives, writing "Thank you, Inklings!". They danced at the party and Ika & Bloo kissed.

In the mid-credit scene, DJ Octavio is trapped in the snowglobe. Meanwhile, a pink inkling named Jenny texts that Ika is here and her green inkling friend Felix traveled to Inkopolis Square along with Off The Hook, Pearl & Marina meanwhile, a tube begins glowing and it reveals to be a octoling inside, the screen cuts black and the octoling's voice is heard. After the credits end, the Squid Sisters' voices are heard.

Cast

 * Abigail Howard as the voice of Ika: a orange female Inkling who is the leader of Team Squid. She is a mascot of the film franchise.
 * Justin Long as the voice of Bloo: a blue male Inkling who is the secondary leader of Team Squid and Ika's love internet. He is a mascot of the film franchise.
 * Kristen Schaal as Debbi: a pink female inkling.
 * Harvey Guillén as Marco: a cyan male inkling.
 * Maya Rudolph as April: a lime green female inkling.
 * Bill Hader as Justin: a purple male inkling.
 * Yuki Tsujii as the Inkling's normal voice. He provides Ika, Bloo, Debbi, Marco, April, Justin and Ashley's normal voice. Tsujii reprises his role from the Splatoon video games.
 * Britney Spears as Callie: the member of the Squid Sisters.
 * Billie Eilish as Marie: the member of the Squid Sisters.
 * Yuki Kudara (Keity.pop) as Callie's normal voice.
 * Mari Kikuma as Marie's normal voice.
 * Tina Fey as Ashley "Agent 3": a lime female inkling.
 * Cody Cameron as Sheldon.
 * Hailee Steinfeld as Annie.
 * TBA as Moe.
 * Craig Robinson as Jelonzo.
 * Rodger Bumpass as Crusty Sean.
 * Walt Dohrn as Spyke.
 * George Lopez as Judd.
 * Amy Poehler as Rose: a red female Octoling and the sisters of Jazzy and Scarlet and the daughter of DJ Octavio.
 * Tara Strong as Scarlet: a red female Octoling and the sisters of Jazzy and Rose and the daughter of DJ Octavio.
 * Scarlett Johansson as Jazzy: a red female Octoling and the sisters of Jazzy and Rose and the daughter of DJ Octavio.
 * Conrad Vernon as Craig "Cap'n" Cuttlefish: a elder inkling and Callie and Marie's Grandfather.
 * Mahito Yokota as Craig "Cap'n" Cuttlefish's normal voice.
 * James Franco as DJ Octavio: A leader of octarians and rival of Craig "Cap'n" Cuttlefish and the father of Rose, Scarlet and Jazzy.
 * Idris Eiba as DJ Octavio's normal voice.
 * Shaquille O'Neal as himself.

Development
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Animation, design, and influences
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Music
Abigail Howard, Justin Long, Kristen Schaal, Maya Rudolph, Danny McBride & Bill Hader released a version of the song for the film, titled "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" on May 19, 2023. Splatoon released Squid Sisters' songs, "City of Color", "Ink Me Up", "Calamari Inkantation", "Maritime Memory", "Bomb Rush Blush" and "Tide Goes Out".

Soundtrack

 * 1) Turf War In The Past
 * 2) Welcome to Inkopolis Plaza
 * 3) UFO Crashed Landing
 * 4) The Great Zapfish Is Squidnapped!
 * 5) Cap'n Cuttlefish
 * 6) Octo Valley
 * 7) Meet Agent 3
 * 8) The Zapfish Mission
 * 9) Octostomp!
 * 10) Octarian Ambush!
 * 11) Octonozzle!
 * 12) More Octarian Ambush!
 * 13) Octowhirl!
 * 14) Cap'n Cuttlefish, Bloo, Marco and Justin Are Squidnapped!
 * 15) Octolings Attack!
 * 16) Ika Rescues Bloo, Marco and Justin
 * 17) Octomaw!
 * 18) More Octolings Attack!
 * 19) Rescue The Great Zapfish!
 * 20) I am Octavio
 * 21) Inklings To The Rescue!
 * 22) Calamari Inkantation - Squid Sisters
 * 23) The Great Zapfish Rescued!
 * 24) Inkopolis is Saved
 * 25) Splatfest, Here We Come!
 * 26) City of Color - Squid Sisters
 * 27) Ink Me Up - Squid Sisters
 * 28) Squids In Love
 * 29) Thank you, Inklings!
 * 30) Credits
 * 31) Maritime Memory - Squid Sisters
 * 32) Bomb Rush Blush - Callie
 * 33) Tide Goes Out - Marie

Original Music

 * 1) Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Abigail Howard, Justin Long, Kristen Schaal, Maya Rudolph, Danny McBride & Bill Hader

Other Music

 * 1) Kickstart My Heart - Mötley Crüe
 * 2) Beat It - Fall Out Boy
 * 3) Material Girl - Madonna
 * 4) Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye feat. Kimbra
 * 5) Move Your Body - Eiffel 65
 * 6) Love Message - Klubbingman (Feat. Trixi Delgado)

Music From Trailers

 * 1) Splattack! (Epic Version) (Teaser Trailer, Official Trailer and Final Trailer)

Marketing
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Merchandise and other tie-ins
On May 15, 2023, it was revealed that DreamWorks Animation will release a graphic novel based on the film.

A set of 6 Splatoon toys were also sold at McDonald's.

Wicked Cool Toys, the current toy partner for the franchise, released figures and plush toys for retail as well.

Release
Splatoon is scheduled to be released on June 9, 2023 in the United States by Universal Pictures.

Box office
As of June 9, 2023, Splatoon has grossed TBA million in the United States and Canada, and TBA million in other territories, for a worldwide total of TBA million.

In the United States and Canada, Splatoon was initially projected to gross around TBA million from 4,000 theaters in its five-day opening weekend. It is also expected to gross around TBA million internationally. After making TBA million on its first day, five-day estimates were raised to TBA million.

Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of TBA reviews are positive, with an average rating of 10/10. The website's consensus reads, "Splatoon is a colorful -- a superFRESH -- animated action adventure that has about as many Nintendos." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 100 out of 100, based on TBA critics, indicating "positive reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.

Accolades
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Shorts
Splatoon: Octo Run

Specials
Splatoon: Splatoween Party, Splatoon: A Very Merry Squidmas

Sequels
Splatoon 2 (Film), Splatoon 3 (Film)

TV Series
Splatoon: The Animated Series, Splatoon: Squid Adventures, Splatoon: The Third Dimension

Transcript
Splatoon (Film)/Transcript

Trailer Transcripts
Splatoon (Film)/Trailer Transcripts

Trivia
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