Arlo (Goofy Dude)

Arlo is an OC owned by Jexilli!

## Appearance

Arlo is an Inkling of average height, with olive skin and blue eyes, with a black mask around them like a typical Inkling. He sports the Tinted Shades, Takoroka Nineties Nylon and Punk Blacks, though he used to wear the Retro Specs.

## Personality

Arlo is usually a pretty aloof person, watching drama from the background and not interfering with it. He does this so much that his teammates made the phrase “Don’t be an Arlo”, which they use to describe someone useless. Aside from that, he’s a pretty good teammate and friend, going to extreme lengths to get his way, be the center of attention, or to help anyone. Unfortunately though, this has led to Arlo nearly burning down Hotlantis twice, and destroying a Splatfest float multiple times just for some views on a certain social media platform, YouTuna. Thankfully, his cousin Halfall usually stops him from causing chaos just to be famous. He also claims to hate Fedora, despite enjoying time with him.

## Backstory

Arlo was born in Inkopolis and raised by his aunt, as his parents were always away on various buisness trips. Therefore, Arlo became great friends with his cousin Halfall, despite having practically opposite personalities at the time. Arlo was a loud and brash child, always believing he was in the right and usually getting into trouble and mischief with Halfall and their school friends. That was, until the one time he and Halfall took a different route home from school than usual. The two students (Both being in the Inkopolis equivalent of Year 5 and Year 6) encountered some Inklings who had tried to essentially kidnap (Squidnap??) and lure them, telling the two that they could take them back home. And being the stupid child he was, Arlo agreed and nearly ended up being the next victim of notorious criminals. The only reason he wasn't going to be on a missing poster was Halfall managing to realise what was going on and running away with Arlo. The experience took a toll on both of them. Halfall took it as a way to improve and educate herself more, though it sent Arlo into a spiralling feeling of mistrust and fear, knowing just how close he had come to possibly dying and the ruckus it had caused. The once happy-go-lucky child who belived that he did no wrong turned into a nervous, distant and skeptical worrier. Halfall desperately wanted his cousin back, and tried to help him with little to no luck. In fact, it only made Arlo worse. And thus the cycle would repeat for the next 2 years. Halfall would try to help Arlo, and Arlo would then feel worse and like a burden which in turn made Halfall even more concerned. Though, once Arlo got his humanoid form at the age of 11, he was invited to Team Freshstyle, the popular Turf War team in his school due to his sense of fashion. Arlo was a great member of the team for the year he was in it, which boosted his self esteem and made him happier than he had been for a while. Still nervous and shy, though he was better. However, the team captain felt like Arlo wasn't 'popular' enough for the team and promptly kicked him from Freshstyle, which made his former personality return even worse this time. By now, Halfall had been training for over a couple years to hopefully join a prestigious Turf War team, though with no hope. And after seeing Arlo's fall from grace and his worried self again, Halfall decided that she was going to make a team instead. And Arlo was going to be in it. Meanwhile, Arlo swapped his glasses to his Tinted Shades in hope that it'd make him feel better about himself. He also decided to try and start a YouTuna channel in which he made covers of the latest Cyberpod songs which only gave him stress, so it turned into a random vlog channel. For the next 4 years, Arlo would have a rather bland and boring life, always nervous, self-doubting and ashamed of himself and his feelings. But thankfully, Halfall soon managed to form the team Inutriste (Combination of 'inutil' and 'triste', useless and sad in Spanish - rather fitting for them all /hj), which slowly helped Arlo as he turned his mind to Turf Wars again rather than worrying about what others thought of him. And so, with his newly found passion, Arlo trained for several hours a week alongside his new friends Mountaineer and Fedora. From the start Arlo thought Mountaineer was a valuable member of the team, and the two became good friends. Fedora however, Arlo loathed. To him, Fedora was Arlo if he hadn't accepted the criminals' invite. If he hadn't been so gullible. But at the same time, Arlo admired Fedora. He felt like he shouldn't and that Fedora surely thought he was weird, though after the two reluctantly exchanged fighting tips at a training session, they both realised their similarities and became great friends. And slowly but surely, Arlo became Arlo once more. He returned to his former self, having overcome the worrying and quietness and low self-esteem. And although he now preferred to stay out of drama in fear that it'd go horribly wrong, Arlo was back. His energetic and happy self had returned, much to Halfall’s relief. He also returned to his old YouTuna account too, occasinally posting things and documenting his journey on being one of the most skilled Nautilus 47 players in one of the most skilled Turf War teams in Inkopolis. So in conclusion, Arlo’s life had been one of turmoil, stained by a misfortune encounter though in the end, he managed to find himself again, happy with who he was.

## Trivia

* Arlo seems to be a huge fan of Cyberpod, the idol group in a neighbouring city. He has a steadily growing collection of their posters in his room.
* He once got onto Anarchy Splatcast as a wanted Inkling for all the Splatfest floats he has destroyed.
* Arlo once convinced Fedora to pierce his tentacles with him, but they both chickened out.
* He traveled with Agent -3 and Ozzie for a short period of time, nearly loosing Zorro’s documents in the process. Despite the missions being top-secret, he made a vlog out of as much as Agent -3 permitted.
* Despite not having a huge appetite, Arlo loves cheese and onion crisps, thanks to Fedora’s vast knowledge on human food.
* The only three times Arlo has ever taken off his glasses were when he swapped his Retro Specs for his Tinted Shades, when Mountaineer joined Team Inutriste and when Halfall and him were arguing about crisp flavours.
* He has a light British accent.

## Quotes

* *“Hey guys, it’s your favourite squid Arlo, back with yet another video!”*
* *“Huh. These Splatsville freaks are weird.”*
* *“Wait. I thought you had the documents? Ah well, more content opportunities then!”*

## Gallery

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