Deep Cut

Deep Cut, consisting of Shiver, Frye and Big Man, are major characters in Splatoon 3 and the three secondary antagonists of it's story mode Return of the Mammalians. They host Anarchy Splatcast, where they reveal current battle stages for the player, as well as the Splatfest events, taking over the role that the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook have had previously hosting Inkopolis News in Inkopolis Plaza and Inkopolis Square respectively in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. However, like the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook, if the player goes into first-person and looks in on them at their studio, they will acknowledge the player's presence after some time before returning to their chat amongst themselves. During Splatfests, unlike Callie, Marie, Pearl, and Marina, who always perform on stage near or above the entrance to the battle lobby, during the first half of the Splatfest, they will parade around Splatsville on individual floats singing their individual versions of their song, "Anarchy Rainbow", which is known as "Anarchy Poisons" when they sing it separately with their own individual accompanying music and lyrics. After announcing the halftime results for the Splatfest, they will combine their floats into a single mainstage outside Hotlantis, next to the large Chinese-style gate, where they will perform "Anarchy Rainbow" together. Like with the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook in Inkopolis, every jellyfish, Inkling, Octoling, and some of the other residents of Splatsville, like Murch and Staff/Marigold, will dance to Deep Cut's music during the Splatfest.
In the story mode of the game, titled "Return of the Mammalians", it is revealed that they secretly work as bandits, scouring the lands for treasure in order to provide money for the people of Splatsville.
== Biography==
In the story mode, Deep Cut mysteriously appears right after the first boss, DJ Octavio, shortly after the ground at the bottom of the Crater is collapsed by a surge of Fuzzy Ooze, pulling Octavio, his Octobot King L3.Gs, Cap'n Cuttlefish, New Agent 3, and their Smallfry into the world below, with Deep Cut watching them fall into the abyss with interested looks on their faces. At the end of the first proper world (called a "site"), they formally introduce themselves to the New Squidbeak Splatoon, with Frye claiming that the Splatlands are their turf, and Shiver adding on that any treasure found there belongs to them, Big Man punctuating that with his agreement, before striking their group pose. Marie recognizes them from their Anarchy Splatcast news show, and Frye explains that the news show is their "day job", as they are bandits when not in the studio. Later, they appear as boss fights, with Frye being the boss of the second site with her eels in what's left of an Octostomp, Shiver the boss of the fourth site with her megalodon shark Master Mega, and Big Man the boss of the sixth site, in a shout-out to the Phantamanta boss from Super Mario Sunshine. Right before the final level, they appear again as they attempt to threaten the New Squidbeak Splatoon into giving them the treasure they found, to which Marie just decides to give them it, claiming they're done with it and don't need it anymore, so it's all theirs.
Their kindness shocks Deep Cut, who initially are at a loss of words over this showing of generosity. Shiver suspects it's a trick, with Frye complaining about the Squid Sisters just handing over the treasure after all the trouble Deep Cut gave them with their boss fights earlier, before realizing how dumb she is acting right now, accepting the treasure with thanks, after which Deep Cut kneel before before Marie and ask about becoming her employees so they can donate what they find in Alterna to help out those in need back in Splatsville, feeling ashamed of their earlier actions with fighting New Agent 3 over the treasure in their boss fights when the Splatoon was just going to hand it over anyway once they were done with it. Callie teases Marie about the ordeal, while Marie grumbles in disgust at her predicament. 
Later, after the New Squidbeak Splatoon find and confront Mr. Grizz, only for him to escape on his rocket and out of their reach, Deep Cut come and help out. They use their powers to help New Agent 3 get to the rocket that Mr. Grizz is on, with Frye making a chain of her eels to form a trail of ink to reach Grizz, Shiver lending Master Mega to carry New Agent 3 there, and Big Man giving them a space helmet with a communicator to keep in contact with them. Later on, they, along with the Squid Sisters, perform Calamari Inkantation 3MIX when DJ Octavio plays it on the Octobot King L3.Gs speakers, which has supernatural power that makes Smallfry turn huge in order to defeat Mr. Grizz, especially after Octavio declares that he won't let Mr. Grizz mess with "their" turf, temporarily burying his hatred of Inkling-kind to ally with the Squid Sisters and Deep Cut to save the planet by mixing his patented spicy wasabi beats with their music. 
After the boss, they are seen at the end of the game, realizing that the Great Zapfish is back and that Agent 1 and 2 are the Squid Sisters after recognizing them on a cue card one of their jellyfish support crew was holding up for them to see, offering to go on tour with them whenever they want. They then play the Squid Sister's new single, "Wave Goodbye", as the credits roll.
Following the release of the Side Order DLC, Deep Cut have a special news report about Inkopolis Square and how things seem to be abnormal there. Later on, once the main boss of the DLC is defeated, Deep Cut announce that Off The Hook has returned to Inkopolis Square from their world tour as Deep Socks feat. Off The Hook, having recently released a new album they made with Acht. Later on, when Off The Hook announces their concert in Splatsville, Frye and Shiver, who're more defensive of their native audience, abandon Big Man (who's a fan of the rival duo) to go and confront Pearl and Marina in the rap battle "Suffer No Fools".
==Gallery==
File:Deep cut 2d.jpg|2D art of Deep Cut
File:Deep cut splatfest.jpg|Performing "Anarchy Rainbow" during Splatfest
File:Deep cut story mode.jpeg|Deep Cut in Return of the Mammalians, introducing themselves.
File:S3 Banner DeepCut Shiver.png|Shiver's banner in Splatoon 3
File:S3 Banner DeepCut Frye.png|Frye's banner in Splatoon 3
File:S3 Banner DeepCut BigMan.png|Big Man's banner in Splatoon 3
==Trivia==
*Deep Cut is the first Splatoon idol band to have a male member and be a trio.
*There was initially confusion over Shiver's gender, as she wasn't initially referred to by any pronouns. Coupled with her androgynous look, some fans speculated she could be non-binary or otherwise ambiguous in her gender. However, it was eventually confirmed that she was female and uses "she/her" pronouns.
*For the 2023 Halloween/Splatoween Splatfest, Zombies vs Skeletons vs Ghosts, Deep Cut dressed up in Halloween/Splatoween costumes of their own to help celebrate.
==External links==
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*Deep Cut on Inkipedia.
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