Pike

Pike is one half of Radio-Octave, one of the two main idol groups in Splatoon 3. Along with Tetra, she interrupts Inkopolis News. The duo broadcast from the Octarian city known as Splatlantis, and produce rock music. Pike's signature colour is orange.
==Appearance==
Pike is an adult female Octoling, the same height as Callie and Marie. She's got the body of a typical female performer, and sports a heavy tan. Her hair is orange coloured and short, styled in a pixie cut waving off to her right, and shaved at the side. Her irises are orange, with purple X-shaped pupils. Pike sports what appear to be eyelashes resembling traditional heavy metal facepaint. Pike's fingertips are tinted with orange.
As a performer, Pike's outfit is heavily inspired by old school English rock outfits. She wears a black, sleeveless crop top with a high neck, adorned with Radio-Octave's icon. On her right wrist she wears a spiked bracelet, while she wears a worm out fingerless, long glove with many holes on her left. Pike wears a purple tie around her waist, tied at her left with two long ribbons. She wears a short black skirt made of soft fabric over her orange shorts, which seem to be of a similar material to the Squid Sisters' leggings, but with many rips and tears. Her shoes are a pair of high canvas sneakers with a black main body, white soles and tips, and orange tops. On each shoe, she has laces forming an X. She wears 2 silver clasps on the top of her right ear, and a golden earring on either ear. Her bellybutton is pierced with a bright orange ornament.
During Splatfests, the orange aspects of her outfit will be hue-shifted to match her team colour. Her hair and eyebrows also change colour, with the tips of her hair being slightly off the team colour.
==Personality==
Pike is a snarky Octoling, who appears to be the toughest person you'll ever meet. In reality, though, this is just a face she puts on. She's a real softie, with an undying love for bad jokes and her pet Zapfish, Zippy. She hates living underneath the reign of Chrysaora - who's just as tyrannical as DJ Octavio - but uses her music as an escape. She's also prone to jealousy, mostly towards Inklings and Octolings living in freedom in Inkopolis.
Pike is an avid gamer, and also has a passion for architecture. She was never all that bright when it came to operating Octarian tech, but has always admired it from a design standpoint. However, she's prone to doing some very unorthodox and chaotic activities - like eating pizza from the crust - all under the guise of "sticking it to the man".
Pike provides many of the basslines and drums for Radio-Octave's music. She's not the best at the practice of playing an instrument, but has the theory down to a tee. Her voice is loud and gravely, and she feels a constant need to up the volume of their concerts. Though most of the band's songs are written by others, Pike has a few in the works that she'd never show anybody.
==ELITE OCTOLING - PIKE SUKOMI==
Cap'n Cuttlefish of the Squidbeak Splatoon managed to dig up an old file from the Octarian database, detailing Pike's time as an Elite Octoling.
TBA!
==Octostamp RCK==
Pike uses her Octostamp RCK in ink battles. It's a reskinned Octostamp made for her under request of Chrysaora, tailored to her interests. She's very aggressive in her battle strategy, and focuses on getting splats and charging her special moreso than inking turf. She gets splatted a lot, and doesn't tend to use her Spray Bomb very often. But when she gets her Takoyaki Launcher ready, carnage breaks loose.
==Splatfests==
Pike has participated in a total of 9 Splatfests, and has won 2 solo Splatfests, and 2 duo Splatfests.
Mario VS Bowser 	Mario VS Bowser
Team MarioRising Tide 	Team BowserRadio-Octave
Loser... 	Winner!
Handheld VS Docked 	Handheld VS Docked
Team HandheldPike 	Team DockedTetra
Winner! 	Loser...
Crust First VS Tip First	Crust First VS Tip First
Team CrustPike 	Team TipRemora
Loser... 	Winner!
Reten VS Sakeena 	Reten VS Sakeena
Team RetenPike 	Team SakeenaTetra
Loser... 	Winner!
Unten VS Sakeena 	Unten VS Sakeena
Team UntenRising Tide 	Team SakeenaRadio-Octave
Winner! 	Loser...
Dresses VS Suits 	Dresses VS Suits
Team DressMeena 	Team SuitPike
Loser... 	Winner!
Pikachu VS Eevee 	Pikachu VS Eevee
Team PikachuPike 	Team EeveeTetra
Loser... 	Winner!
Cute VS Cool 	Cute VS Cool
Team CuteRising Tide 	Team CoolRadio-Octave
Loser... 	Winner!
Sun VS Shade 	Sun VS Shade
Team SunMeena 	Team ShadeRemora
Loser... 	Winner!
==Relationships==
===Tetra===
When Chrysaora rescued the leftover Octarians and brought them to Splatlantis, she brought Pike - the leader of her Elite Octoling unit - to reintroduce Tetra to society after her years in the Deepsea Metro. The two got off to a rocky start, but eventually became great friends. While it wasn't their idea to start Radio-Octave, they were eager to form a band together, and spread their music to the world. Pike hopes to one day introduce Tetra to the Calamari Inkantation if she can ever get her hands on the sheet music, but until then, their rock music will have to suffice.
===Meena and Remora===
The two bands have a rivalry, everybody knows that. However, it's all for show. The four musicians have a group chat together on the down-low, where they'll help each other out with their own projects. Pike's usually the first to initiate a conversation, and always the first to point out an embarrassing typo. She's gotten Remora with Alt + F4 on multiple occasions.
==Gallery==
Pike Transparent.png|Initial art
Pike Background.png
Pike Icon New.png|News icon
Pike Jelly Icon.png|Electric Slide icon
Pike Jelly.png
Pike Sketch.jpg|Concept art
Pike Icon.png|An old icon
Pike Sprite.png|Super Mario Maker Switch costume
Radio Octave.png|By 
Pike_Lineart_by_Samtendo.png|
Pike Redux New Transparent.png|Official art
Pike Redux New.png
===Splatfest Gallery===
Radio-Octave Bowser.png|Team Bowser
Undocked Pike.png|Team Handheld
Pike Crust.png|Team Crust
Pike Reten.png|Team Reten
Radio-Octave Sakeena.png|Team Sakeena
Pike Suit.png|Team Suit
Pike Pikachu.png|Team Pikachu
Radio-Octave Cool.png|Team Cool
Radio-Octave Sunny Fest.png|Team Sun
==Trivia==
*Pike is loosely based on Pearl's concept art design.
*Pike's signature colour being orange is a callback to the main marketed inkling of the original Splatoon being orange.
*Pike's pet Zapfish - Zippy - is kept in a fish bowl resembling a lightbulb.
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