Mr. Grizz

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## Magnificent Baddie

* Mutated
* Empowered
* Former

### Alias

Mr. Grizz
Grizz
Raspy Voice
The Ursine Anomaly - #03
Overgrown Furball (by Callie)
**Translations**:
クマサン/Kuma-san (Japanese; translates to "Mr. Bear")
Ursus (Italian; Latin for "bear")
Ted B. (Dutch; from "Teddy Bear")
M. Ours (French; translates to "Mr. Bear")
Herr Bär (German; translates to "Mr. Bear")
Потапыч/Potapych (Russian; translates to "son of Potap", which is a common bear name in Russian fairytales)
Don Oso (translates to "Mr. Bear")
熊先生/Xióng xiānshēng (Chinese; translate to "Mr. Bear")
Mr. 베어/Mr. be'eo (Korean; translates to "Mr. Bear")

### Allies

Employees of Grizzco
Fuzzy Octarians (both formerly)

### Powers/Skills

High intelligence
Authority
Influence (both formerly)
Manipulation
Láspikinesis
Shapeshifting
Sonic roar
Retractable claws
Superhuman strength
Summoning
Vacuum adaptation
Melanokinesis

### Goals

Collect Golden Eggs from the Salmonids
Launch the rocket into space (both succeeded)
Restore mammalian life to Earth by flooding it with Fuzzy Ooze (player dependent)

### Crimes

Mass murder (inc. infanticide)
Mass theft
Mass kidnapping
Mass brainwashing
Abuse of power
Biological warfare (implied)
Attempted genocide by forced species conversion

### Type of MB

Affable Businessman

**Bear #03**, better known as **Mr. Grizz**, is one of the overarching antagonists of the *Splatoon* franchise. He is an anthropomorphic grizzly bear who plots to restore mammals to Earth by firing a rocket of Fuzzy Ooze at it. He funded this venture by becoming the CEO of Grizzco, sending Inklings and Octolings alike to collect power eggs from the Salmonids, all while hiding behind an innocuous radio.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

* He has a genuinely tragic backstory, having been hibernated (but left conscious) for 12,000 years on the spaceship "Ark Polaris", with everyone in it but him dying. As if that wasn't enough, upon returning to Earth, he found out that there were no other mammals left (even though Judd and Lil Judd do exist, but he likely wasn't aware of their existence).
* He's shown to be very skilled, managing to repair some of Alterna's facilities and experimenting with the crystals, eventually creating the Fuzzy Ooze. He also manages to create an entire company from scratch and manipulating Inklings and Octolings into working for him.
* He has a genuinely affable personality, and he maintains it even after his reveal as a villain, even coming off as amusing from time to time.
* He's a well-intentioned extremist who wants to bring mammals back to Earth to re-establish what he considers the balance of nature.
	+ It's also worth mentioning that he doesn't hold any grudge against sea creatures, and is merely doing what he does because he genuinely thinks it's the right thing to do.
* He takes his defeat gracefully, accepting that his plan failed and that sea creatures are now the dominant species, showing to be honorable.
* While he does deny the new Agent 3 any severance pay, it's mostly played for laughs (and apparently it's a localization joke since in the Japanese text he congratulates to them for their hard work), making it not too disqualifying.

## What Makes Him A Baddie?

* He sent his employees to fight against dangerous Salmonoids, clearly not caring that much about their safety (although some lines suggest that he does have some care for them).
* He stole the Salmonoids' Golden Eggs through his employees to create the Fuzzy Ooze, and since small creatures can be seen inside the eggs, this essentially makes him a mass infanticide. However, while heinous, this action doesn't detract too much from his magnificence since it's never shown how he actually uses the eggs to create the Fuzzy Ooze, making his mass infanticide mostly an implication.
* He kidnaps Splatville's Great Zapfish alongside a large amount of Octarians, turning the latter into his soldiers.
* After capturing Cuttlefish, he reaps the old man's essence in order to steal his brain, dehydrating and almost killing him in the process.
* He tries to cover the entire planet Earth with the Fuzzy Ooze to forcefully turn sea creatures into mammals (and succeeds in doing so in the bad ending), which essentially counts as genocide. This however isn't too heinous since, unlike Commander Tartar, he isn't trying to outright kill sea creatures for a new species to rise and the exact effects the Fuzzy Ooze has on the victims' minds is never explored in full detail.
* He attempts to kill the new Agent 3 and Little Buddy.

## Trivia

* He's the only Magnificent Baddie in the entire *Splatoon* franchise.

## External Links

* Mr. Grizz at the Villains wiki
* Mr. Grizz on Inkipedia
* Mr. Grizz at the Splatoon wiki
* Mr. Grizz at the Inconsistently Heinous wiki