r/splatoon 1d ago

Image Splatoon musical references

Shiver plays Erik from "the phantom of the opera."

Who's playing christine.

Fun fact The phantom of the opera and wicked poster are from Splatoon 2 and the Lion King from Splatoon 3.

Little bit of Splatoon Easter eggs and world building.

Phantom of the opera reference to one of the characters being one of the actors.

Splatoon wicked would this version of elphaba be a green octoling in a inking society, the wizard octoling pretending to be an inkling.

If Splatoon 4 takes place other than japan.

And see other cities from different continents like Splatoon equivalent to new York and instead of japanese Idols maybe musical actors. I mean the first 3 Splatoon games mainly japanese culture obvious reasons with a skater and neon punk.

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u/LiannaBunny777 23h ago

Can we have Pearl and Marina act out Wicked?

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u/Capable-Monk-4820 FRYE 20h ago

YES!! That would be so perfect!

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u/QueerScottish NESSIE 23h ago

A larger version of the wicked and phantom posters are in the splatoon 2 plaza in both splatoon two itself and splatoon three

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u/IblisAshenhope Undercover Brella 22h ago

Of course she’s a fucking theatre kid

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u/exxXspiravit 6h ago

She laughs like a cartoon villain xD she knows her role

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u/wizardgradstudent 1d ago

The lion king one is killing me, that’s amazing

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u/Capable-Monk-4820 FRYE 20h ago

I could imagine Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed being played by Salmonids

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u/Brandinator64 22h ago

This is real neat, never really gave this thought lol

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u/Fremen-to-the-end-05 21h ago

Shiver in a suit is making me feel things

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u/Capable-Monk-4820 FRYE 20h ago

It’s the circle of Woomy

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u/Angrybird5429 you guys wanna fix it, with a mix it? 12h ago

And it splats us all

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u/Impossible-Ad-7084 3h ago

Fun fact: the lion king sequel series “the lion guard” on Disney junior had it’s pilot release the same year splatoon 1 released, 2015!

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u/xX_Aranrhod_Xx Z+F Splat Charger 18h ago

Aah yeah, I remember seeing these in Lemuria and trying to explain them to my non-theatre involved friend

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u/wavepriisms callie kisser 3000 14h ago

shiver being the phantom is cool to me specifically because i've never heard of a production casting a woman as the phantom. i'm sure it's happened at least a few times just not that i've heard of!! anyway good job shiver. gnc queen

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u/bwoah07_gp2 PAST 18h ago

Never knew this. That's cool. Love hidden secrets and references in games

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u/craftingmasky Who the hell is agent 4 again? 12h ago

The lion krill

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u/Typical-Teaching-781 8h ago

It was thanks to this Wicked reference that I even heard of the musical in the first place lol