Agent 8

Agent 8 (also known as simply Eight) is the tritagonist of the franchise, serving as the main protagonist of the DLC pack, Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion and DLC expansion Side Order. They are an Octoling that rebelled against the Octarian society after the events of the first Splatoon and hearing the Calamari Inkantation.
They were stranded in the Deepsea Metro following a fight with Agent 3, leading them to team up with Cap'n Cuttlefish to reach the surface.
==Personality==
While they are silent, they do the best they can to regain the memories they have lost, and show notable acts of heroism, such as saving Inkopolis from total destruction by Commander Tartar. 
Despite being silent, Eight does express some of their feelings via the descriptions of the Mem Cakes, which display that they show a fondness for poetry. Eight seems rather sensitive, showing scepticism to the fact that Inklings and Octarians are destined to be mortal enemies, though they do feel anxiety on what their former comrades think of their decision to defect and is regretful for abandoning their leader DJ Octavio so suddenly. They also express an admiration for Marina, being glad that she managed to arrive safe and sound on the surface and is leading a happy life. Furthermore, it’s revealed in Side Order that while too shy to talk, Eight is quite brave, volunteering to help Marina test out the Memverse and even help out with security.
==History==
Agent 8 was originally an Octoling soldier, but had a change of heart when Calamari Inkantation was playing during the fight between Agent 3 and DJ Octavio. This made Agent 8 quit the Octarians, just like Marina. At Octo Valley, Agent 8 encountered Cap'n Cuttlefish and Agent 3. Agents 3 and 8 fought together, until they were attacked by "someone" and thus were knocked into the Deepsea Metro. Agent 8 lost their memories from the injuries they suffered during the fall through the ceiling and soon, Agent 8 became a test subject of the metro. According to Marina, Octolings that hear the song become disgusted with Octarian society and choose to strike out on their own.
After passing many tests, Agent 8 and Cuttlefish were greeted by Commander Tartar. Tartar then asks Agent 8 if they want to go to "the promised land". Agent 8 agrees, only to find out that it was a trap and all of a sudden, he/she and Cuttlefish are stuck in a blender and Tartar attempts to turn them into a smoothie. Marina tries to hack the blender, but fails. 
Luckily, Agent 3, recovered, rescues Agent 8 and Cuttlefish. Agent 3 gets knocked out again, but Agent 8 and Cuttlefish thank Agent 3. Agent 8 then super jumps into the upper part of the Deepsea Metro. After going through the stations in the upper area, Agent 8 soon faces off against a corrupted Agent 3-Inner Agent 3, a sanitized Agent 3 after Tartar recovered somewhat and attacked them. Agent 8 fights Agent 3 and after a long battle, Agent 3 is defeated and brought back to normal.
Agent 8, Agent 3 and Cap'n Cuttlefish are next seen leaving the Deepsea Metro. Pearl and Marina appear and offer the three a ride to Inkopolis on their dual top-rotor helicopter with their escort of support helicopters. After Pearl and Cuttlefish are done rapping, the NILS Statue, a statue that bears a resemblance to the Greek god Hermes, rises from the ocean. Commander Tartar appears, and reveals its plan to wipe out Inkopolis with a primordial ooze it developed using the mutilated and blended remains of all the test subjects before Agent 8. 
Following Marina's plans, Agent 8 goes to cover the statue up with ink using Marina's prototype Hyperbombs. When the statue was completely inked, Pearl did the final blow by using a Killer Wail powered by her own voice, her custom Princess Cannon. Soon, Tartar was stopped and Inkopolis was saved, thus allowing Agent 8 to get into the "promised land".
Some time after leaving the Deepsea Metro, Agent 8 went with Off The Hook on their world tour as support. During this time, Marina was working on a VR program to help reverse the effects of the sanitization process witnessed in the Deepsea Metro because of Tartar's actions. However, the AI of her program, Order, went berserk, captured her, and brainwashed her as its unwilling host to take over the program, known as the "Memverse". Agent 8 wakes up in said world in what appeared to be a lifeless version of Inkopolis Square, with a strange building taking the place of Deca Tower. Joined by Pearl in the form of a drone and provided with a pair of Dualies for self-defense, Agent 8 and Pearl soon meet Acht, also known as Dedf1sh, a Sanitized Octoling that was regaining her memories and ability to talk, despite physically still looking sanitized, and sporting bandages on her left lower arm and hand from an injury she sustained and had not healed from yet. Acht also reveals she's an old friend of Marina. (Later conversations reveal that Acht served in DJ Octavio's Octarian Army alongside Marina)
Acht helps explain how to navigate the building, known as the Spire of Order, and upon reaching the 10th floor, Pearl and Agent 8 find Marina, sporting her outfit from when she supported Team Order in the Final Fest, Splatocalypse, back in Splatoon 2. However, she immediately senses their presence and activates the device she's in to attack, forcing Agent 8 to engage it and take out the Jelleton spawn points to remove the barrier shielding Marina. Once the shield is down, Agent 8 pummels the device until it finally conks out from being overloaded with their ink, freeing Marina, who is a little dazed and confused by what happened, before Order materializes, explains what it did, then blasts Agent 8 and Off The Hook out of the Spire before transforming it into a much more dangerous looking, and taller, appearance. Pearl is able to carry Agent 8 and Marina to safety, before Marina is then able to use her laptop to revert Pearl from her drone form back to her real self while changing from her Team Order outfit back into her Damp Socks feat. Off The Hook outfit.
When Agent 8 recovers themselves, Marina explains the situation with Order to everyone, including Acht, who managed to get out of the Spire as well, and realizing the danger Order poses to the rest of the Memverse and reality if it is not stopped, Off The Hook, Acht, and Agent 8 attempt to storm the Spire and stop Order, but the ability to make it to the 30th floor to fight Order was not going to be easy as Agent 8 would have to face the Jelletons on every floor and face increasingly harder objectives to reach the top floor armed with whatever weapon, sub-weapon, special, and palette that they entered the Spire with, along with bosses to face on the 10th and 20th floors before reaching Order on the 30th.
To help, Marina is able to hack into the Spire and grant permanent buffs to Agent 8 to make future attempts more successful should Agent 8 fail to reach the top before losing all their lives. With the added benefits of more armor, lives, damage reduction to themselves and damage increase to their weapons against the Jelletons, Agent 8 is able to fight their way up to the 30th floor and defeat Order. With Order's destruction, Marina is able to retake control of the Memverse, and Agent 8 is then able to use the Spire to unlock new weapons for them to use back in Splatsville and Inkopolis upon clearing it again with the other palettes they unlocked until they've unlocked all of them.
==Other Media==
===Super Smash Bros.===
Agent 8 appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a spirit in their both genders; Octoling Girl & Octoling Boy, they are a ace primary attack spirit. Their spirit battle are on the Midgar stage against two Inklings who have increased power on special moves.
==Quotes==
==Gallery==
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Agent 8 boy Octo Expansion.png
Agent 8.png|Agent 8 as both a female and a male.
Agent_8_Octo_Expansion_poster_version.jpg|A female Agent 8 as she appears in the Octo Expansion cover art.
Sleepingagent8.png|An unconscious Agent 8, shown in the Nintendo Direct trailer.
Agent_8_Lab.png|Agent 8 in an ink tank.
Agent8Octoform.jpeg|Agent 8 in their octo form.
Agent8_girl_boy_promo.jpg|Promotional art for Agent 8.
Agent8OrderVsChaos.jpg|Agent 8's Final Fest poster.
==Trivia==
*Agent 8 is seemingly female in canon, as most artwork depict them as female. along with all the other agents.
*Although their name is Agent 8, it is uncertain whether or not they are an official member of the New Squidbeak Splatoon. They were given the name because Cap'n Cuttlefish thought it was easier than having to say No. 10,008 all the time.
**However, it is speculated by fans that they're a member.
*Agent 8's the only Agent in the Splatoon series to not be assisted by Callie and Marie by them singing Calamari Inkantation.
*Thanks to the headgear associated with Agent 8, the Golden Toothpick, having motifs similar to the clothes and accessories DJ Octavio wears, it’s been theorised that Agent 8 is a relative of his in some way, explaining their enhanced abilities compared to other Octolings.
*It’s speculated by Marina that 8’s memory loss is thanks to being partially sanitised, as information from Side Order reveals that sanitisation first removes the victim’s memories, with the conversion into a mindless slave being a different part of the process.
==External Links==
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*Agent 8 on the Inkipedia
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