Editing Octo

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{{character infobox
|image=[[File:WL3 Scowler sprite.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Wario Land 3''
|species=Squid
|first_appearance=''[[Wario Land 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
}}
{{quote|Ohhh... My achin' head. Help me out, [[Dr. Mario|Doc]].|Octo|[[Dr. Mario 64]] }}
'''Octo''', originally known as '''Scowler'''<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20010501134124/http://www.warioland3.com/strategy/body.asp?key_id=N6_SILVER&land_id=N6|title=Official American ''Wario Land 3'' website|publisher=Nintendo.com|author=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> or the '''Squid''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 133|page=64|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=June 2000|quote=Smash through to the right and down to reach the Squid boss. Jump on the Squid’s head, then hit its underside to defeat it.}}</ref> is a big squid that first appeared as one of the bosses in ''[[Wario Land 3]]''. 
==History==
===''Wario Land 3''===
In ''Wario Land 3'', Scowler is the boss found in [[Sea Turtle Rocks]]. His main attack is to try to grab [[Wario]] with his tentacle. If he does, Wario will be thrown out of the cave and on the surface at the left side in the main area. Initially, Scowler's weak spot is its head, and mainly moves all the way horizontally, and then move vertically after it is all the way left or right. Occasionally, it will shoot out ink, which if it hits Wario, cause the screen to temporarily darken except for its face and Wario's location. After touching the glowing bump on its head, it will retract the bump and then expose a glowing underside while moving diagonally and ricocheting across the water. In this state, Wario must go underneath it to touch the glowing bump to hit it, causing it reverts back to its previous state. After three such hits, Scowler will be defeated and then a floating ring will float up, which will move up if Wario steps on it to be able to reach a platform that leads to the Gray Chest, containing the third of the five [[Music Box|music boxes]].

===''Dr. Mario 64''===
Scowler, now renamed Octo, reappears in ''[[Dr. Mario 64]]''. In Story mode, Wario faces Octo as his fifth opponent. The introduction of the Story mode for both Dr. Mario and Wario shows Octo being sick, where [[Dr. Mario]] uses his [[Capsule#Dr. Mario 64|Megavitamin]]s to cure him. Later on, in Wario's storyline, when [[Mad Scienstein]] runs away from both Dr. Mario and Wario at the beach, Mad Scienstein knocks a coconut down from a coconut tree, and then Dr. Mario kicked the coconut into the ocean. Wario, who is not far behind, notices Octo emerging from the ocean with a bump on his head, where he is dragged into the ocean for wrongly assuming that Wario is responsible for his injury, initiating a battle underwater. As an opponent in Vs. mode, Octo has the second-lowest AI level, tying with [[Silky]], [[Appleby]], and [[Jellybob (Wario Land 3)|Jellybob]].

Unlike in his original appearance, Octo's body is colored orange rather than black in the American release of the game. In the later port of the game released in Japan as part of ''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]'', he retains his original black color scheme. His appearance may have been changed in ''Dr. Mario 64'' due to a possible resemblance to blackface actors.

==Gallery==
===Sprites===
<gallery>
Octo DM64 sprite.png|Octo in the English version of ''[[Dr. Mario 64]]''.
Octo DM64 JP sprite.png|Octo in the Japanese version of ''Dr. Mario 64''.
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
WL3 S SeaTurtleRocks4.PNG|Wario fighting Scowler in ''Wario Land 3''.
DM64 Octo Icon US.png|Octo's selection icon in ''Dr. Mario 64''.
DM64 Octo Icon JP.png|Octo's Japanese selection icon in ''Dr. Mario 64''.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=イカタコテング
|JpnR=Ikatakotengu
|JpnM=Compound of「{{hover|烏賊|イカ}}」(''ika'', squid),「{{hover|蛸|タコ}}」(''tako'', octopus), and「天狗」(''{{wp|tengu}}'')
|Spa=Calamar<ref>{{cite|url=www.guiasnintendo.com/3_GB_GameBoy/waland3/waland3_sp/welcome.html|title=Official ''Wario Land 3'' website|publisher=Guías Nintendo|language=es-es|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
|SpaM=Squid
|ChiS=八爪怪<ref name="DM64 CN Box">[[:File:IQue Dr Mario back.png|Chinese back cover of ''Dr. Mario 64'']].</ref>
|ChiSR=Bāzhuǎguài
|ChiSM=Octopus Monster
}}

==Trivia==
*On the back cover of Chinese version for ''Dr. Mario 64'', Octo, along with [[Spearhead (enemy)|Spearhead]], [[Appleby]] and [[Hammer-Bot]], were referred as [[Mad Scienstein]]'s minions.<ref name="DM64 CN Box"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Cephalopods]]
[[Category:Dr. Mario 64 characters]]
[[Category:Wario Land 3 bosses]]
[[Category:Playable characters]]