Cuttlefish

Craig Cuttlefish, originally titled Cap'n Cuttlefish and commonly referred to as simply Cuttlefish, is a major character in the Splatoon series. As a veteran of the Great Turf War and former captain of the Squidbeak Splatoon and New Squidbeak Splatoon, he often acts as a guide for the protagonist. He is also the grandfather of Callie and Marie. Full name: Craig Cuttlefish Age: 130+ Species: Inkling Relatives: Callie and Marie (granddaughters) Craig Cuttlefish is an elderly Inkling and therefore has several notable differences from the younger Inklings: he is visibly skinnier with a bonier look (despite Inklings having no bones) and has thinner, drooping ears and bulging brown eyes—a trait that he regularly comments on. He is almost entirely bald except for a white ponytail with faded orange tips, while also uniquely has a bushy white beard that fully covers his mouth and equally bushy eyebrows. Additionally, his squid form retains his beard.

He wears a red short-sleeved Hawaiian shirt with black and white palm trees and a cyan coral pattern around the bottom, still with his signature badges attached. He also wears brown shoes with holes on them,

He is always seen leaning on an old Bamboozler with a red ribbon tied around it, using it as a makeshift cane. Cap'n Cuttlefish is a decorated hero who fought in the Great Turf War between the Inklings and Octarians as the leader of the Squidbeak Splatoon. He was originally a good friend of DJ Octavio but became his nemesis due to the Great Turf War. After winning the war, he began watching over the Octarians in Octo Valley, but failed to prevent them from stealing the Great Zapfish.

Cap'n Cuttlefish's favorite food, as pointed out both by himself and Agents 1 and 2, is botamochi (a type of traditional Japanese sweets) in the Japanese version and crabby cakes in the English version. A plate of botamochi is present in Cuttlefish Cabin in Octo Canyon, alluding to this. He is often distracted by his favorite food, giving DJ Octavio the chance to escape from his snow globe prison. In the Commonwealth English version of Splatoon, his favorite food is biscuits instead of crabby cakes, but in later games, it is consistently crabby cakes due to most differences between the two English versions being removed.

Cap'n Cuttlefish is fond of rapping, something made explicit during the Octo Expansion. Sometime after the events, during the Low Water Party, he and Pearl participated in a rap battle with language so vulgar it could not be put on the airwaves nor on paper.

He refers to his granddaughters with "grandsquids". Cap'n Cuttlefish hails from Calamari County, and around one hundred years before the events of Splatoon, he was a member of the Inkling military. He personally knew DJ Octavio the leader of the Octarians, and the two of them were on good terms until the rise of the sea levels. This crisis, leading up to the Great Turf War, has forced Cap'n Cuttlefish to battle the Octarians, where he served as leader of an Inkling army division called the Squidbeak Splatoon.

Cuttlefish battled Octavio during the siege of Arowana Castle. Thanks to Cuttlefish's efforts, he was subsequently promoted to the rank of captain and the Inklings eventually won the war. Cuttlefish decides to watch over the Octorians in the Octo Valley. At some point before the beginning of Splatoon, Cuttlefish reforms the Squidbeak Splatoon under the name of New Squidbeak Splatoon by recruiting his granddaughter Callie (known as Agent 1), who in turn recruits her cousin Marie (known as Agent 2), in order to retrieve the stolen Great Zapfish.

After DJ Octavio and his forces returned to steal the Great Zapfish in Inkopolis City, Cuttle recruited a young Inkling to help him with his mission, dubbing them by "Agent 3". Agent 3 were able to stop Octovio's plans and brought the Great Zapfish back to Inkopolis.

A few years later, Cuttlefish later retired and handed over his title of captain of the New Squidbeak Splatoon to Agent 3.