Splatoon: The Movie (2025 film)

The Splatoon Movie is a 2025 American computed-animated action-adventure comedy film that serves as a film adaptation to the Splatoon franchise. It was directed by Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis and Rian Johnson and written and produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The film was produced by DreamWorks Animation in association with Nintendo and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is divided into 5 chapters each revolving around different characters and arcs. 
The Splatoon Movie premiered in Los Angeles on May 21, 2025 was released in select theaters on May 28, 2025. The film received critical acclaim and won Best Animated Feature At the 98th Academy Awards and 83rd Golden Globe Awards.
== Synopsis ==
=== Chapter 1 ===
In Chapter 1, a female inkling living in the city of Inkopolis accidentally falls down a manhole and winds up in Octo Valley. She encounters an old man named Cap'n Cuttlefish, who explains to her that DJ Octavio is planning to steal the Great Zapfish which will remove all electricity from Inkopolis and get him his revenge on Cuttlefish for defeating his Octarian army in the Great Turf War. He assigns her the name Agent 3 and she goes on an adventure, battling The Mighty Octostomp, The Dreaded Octonozzle, and more. Agent 3 eventually fights Octavio, retrieves the Great Zapfish, and restores balance to Inkopolis. 
=== Chapter 2 ===
In Chapter 2, a male inkling, like the previous inkling, falls down another manhole leading to Octo Canyon. The inkling encounters Marie, a former popstar who now defends Inkopolis from threat. Marie explains that her cousin Callie has gone missing, and DJ Octavio escaped his snow globe prison. Marie assigns the inkling the name Agent 4 and he goes on an adventure, battling Octo Oven, Octo Samurai, and more. Agent 4 finds Octavio, and finds out that Callie has been kidnapped and enslaved by Octavio via brainwashing glasses. Agent 4 battles Octavio, rescues Callie, and restores balance to Inkopolis once again. 
=== Chapter 3 ===
A female octoling wakes up in an underground train station called Deep Sea Metro. She encounters an older Cap'n Cuttlefish, who at first thinks she is malevolent when she is not. The octoling and Cuttlefish meet Telephone, an AI telephone who gives the octoling a device to navigate the different stations of Deep Sea Metro. Cap'n Cuttlefish names the octoling Agent 8, and they board a Deep Sea Metro train. Agent 8 travels to many stations, and eventually collects all of the four thangs. After Telephone attempts to kill Cuttlefish and Agent 8 by assimilating the four thangs into a blender, the two ascend to the surface where they battle a brainwashed Agent 3. The two reach the surface, where Telephone (whose real name is Commander Tartar) has raised up a giant statue called NILS equipped with a giant canon that shoots out sanitized ink. Agent 8 coats the entire statue in ink, but that doesn't stop it from firing. Pearl defeats the statue and Tartar with a killer-wail battle cry and saves Inkopolis from it's ultimate doom.
=== Chapter 4 ===
In the bustling city of Splatsville, a female inkling (like the previous two inklings) falls down a manhole and is brought to a place called The Crater. After meeting Cap'n Cuttlefish and battling DJ Octavio for a third time, giant holes open up in the ground and suck the inkling into Alterna. In Alterna, the inkling meets Callie, Marie, and the original Agent 3 (called the Captain). Callie declares the inkling Agent 3 of the NEW Squidbeak Splatoon. Agent 3 is given Smallfry (a tiny salmonid to assist her on her adventure) and she begins her adventure. After battling Shiver, Frye, and Big Man, Agent 3 infiltrates the rocket. Agent 3 meets Mr. Grizz, the CEO of Grizzco who created fuzzy ooze in an attempt to restore mammals to Earth. Agent 3, with the help of DJ Octavio and Smallfry (who becomes Hugefry), defeats Mr. Grizz and saves the entire world. 
=== Chapter 5 ===
A female octoling (named Agent 8) wakes up in a twisted version of Inkopolis square. She meets Pearl, who has become a drone. The two enter the Spire of Order, where they meet Acht. As the three ascend the Spire of Order, they defeat characters such as Marina Agitando, Asynchronous Rondo, and more. After reaching the final floor, they battle a being calling Order, who transforms into a giant octopus named Overlorder. Agent 8 battles Overlorder, but Overlorder wins the battle and the entire world begins to become infinitely orderly. Pearl weakens Overlorder with a battle cry, and Agent 8 successfully defeats Overlorder, both saving the world turning him into Smollusk. 
== Voice cast ==
* Amy Poehler as Agent 3, a female inkling who gets recruited to fight against the Octarians
** Poehler also voices Agent 8, a female octoling who travels through Deep Sea Metro
* Will Smith as Agent 4, a male inkling who gets recruited to fight against the Octarians and retrieve Callie
* Adele Adkins as Marie Aori, a former pop star who now defends Inkopolis from threat
* Kelly Clarkson as Callie Aori, a former pop star who gets kidnapped and enslaved by DJ Octavio via brainwashing glasses
* Kanye West as DJ Octavio, an octopus and the leader of the Octarian army who kidnaps Callie and steals the Great Zapfish to eradicate electricity from Inkopolis
* Eric Andre as Big Man, one of the three members of the band Deep Cut who is initially hostile but turns out to be benevolent
* Breanna Yde as Frye, one of the three members of the band Deep Cut who, like Big Man, is initially hostile but turns out to be benevolent
** Yde also voices Shiver, one of the three members of the band Deep Cut who, like the previous two idols, is initially hostile but turns out to be benevolent
* Kendrick Lamar as Mr. Grizz, an anthropomorphic grizzly bear who at first seems to be the benevolent CEO of Grizzco, but actually plots to wipe out inklings and restore mammals to Earth by raining down Fuzzy Ooze on Earth 
* Morgan Freeman as Cap'n Cuttlefish, the leader of the Squidbeak Splatoon
* Will Ferrell as Commander Tartar, a 12,000 year old AI who plots to wipe out inklings and bring humans back to Earth
* Isabela Merced as Marina, one of the two band members of Off the Hook, and the creator of the Memverse
* Britney Spears as Pearl, one of the two band members of Off the Hook along with Marina
* Christopher Lloyd as Order, the ruler of the Memverse who plots to plunge the world into a boring, orderly abyss
Category:Splatoon
Category:DreamWorks Animation
Category:Universal Pictures
Category:2025 films