The fact that someone made a whole analog horror series based on people accidentally falling in the water at the end of salmon run shift and being left behind

My biggest complaint with big runs is how casual they seem. Deep Cut is just like "oh hey go protect the town or something, you might get a cool trophy" and "can we steal this fully sentient member of this tribal species and keep it as a pet?" when the whole thing is some insane biblical level event prophesied ages ago in that one scroll you find in Splatoon 2. You'd just think people would me more scared

that "she would've turned 15" gives me chills every time

The reason Kaia was born in the 14th century is because splatoon actually takes place millions of years after the extinction of humans, so for the inklings and octolings it could likely be their 14th century currently rather than being meant to reflect it being a glitch or anything story related Edit: the SPD is mostly likely referring to a Splatville Police Department rather than a Splatoon department

Kaia screams are absolutely horrifying. Does not help that I ended my Grizzco shifts on Marooners Bay just before this

My theory on the grizzco tapes is that Kaia decided to do overtime but because she was alone, the salmonids dragged her into the water and she saw cohozuna before she died.

I feel that Kaia’s incident in the Grizzco tapes might be the first encounter with a King Salmonid. Could explain why they didn’t see it coming and it resulted in her death. Also explains why they were also so hush hush about it, not just cause a young employee died on the job but because they also couldn’t explain what the hell took her

Nobody’s talking about the very clear salmonid calls that are faintly heard while Kaia is taken. Those are *snatcher* calls. Snatchers, which have the strength to hold dozens of golden eggs (inklings and octolings can only hold one). Snatchers, which are important to remember when collecting eggs from bosses (the bosses section of the video that was skipped)

"Somthings in the water." Im suprised noone has pointed out inklings cant be near water as it kills them. in fact in like instant acid to them. Kaias wepons and stuff may be down there but not her.

I gotta give massive props to the way the screaming was done in tape 3. There really isn’t any screaming voice clips in splatoon, and the splatoon voice filter is very hard to remake. The device’s pictures and audio recordings in tape 3 is really really cool too.

I’m surprised that someone actually did this, but then again, Splatoon has bizarre and horrific lore in the series if you look closely. Humanity wipes itself out and those left behind to continue life decides to wipe out the advanced ocean life instead. With the means of doing so being… unholy.

This was surprisingly scary for something based on Splatoon. Nonetheless, pretty interesting, hope some more answers are on the way

God Kaia’s scream is disturbing. And the pleasant, calm music playing right after just makes it all so horribly uncomfortable.

I was thinking that random PH number might have been an acidity related thing. Like how liquids have a PH to messure how acidic or alkaline it is

18:55 Not sure if anybody's commented on this, but that image is a male salmon in the aftermath of spawning. Their bodies break down while they're still alive and they end up dying after successfully fertilizing eggs. This one looks to have maybe half decomposed, or a bird got to it first before anything else, judging from the lack of eyes

Something I want to point out: It is shown that when Inklings fall in water, they die. Now, normally this isn't an issue as ,normally, they simply respawn. From the tapes, however, it seems to show Kaia falling onto the water at the very end of the shift and being left behind, unable to respawn. This begs the question, what happened to her if she can't respawn, does something just have her soul? Is she just simply dead?

a few things from the grizzco tapes I needed to add bc it would kill me if ppl didn't know these - In 8:00 she is born 13XX because it took 12k years for squids to evolve into inklings, and 1k years to develop into the society they are in now. - In 18:45 if you look closely you can see a salmonid in the picture. It looks limp and likely dead. - In 21:35 It isn't warabi from diss pair. Warabi is an octoling, and this warabi has pointed ears, meaning that they are an Inkling. - In 23:55 the low pitched horn you mentioned is the xtrawave horn. My assumption is xtrawaves weren't well known yet and they left marooner's bay without Kaia, not knowing about the Cohozuna. - In 25:40 the person talking isn't Kaia, it's Mr. Grizz. "even a fake sky would suffice" is referring to Alterna, where they built panels to simulate the real world's sky while they were underground. - Her name is pronounced (Ky-Yuh She-Rue-Ee) because It's likely a Japanese name and that is how you would pronounce it. I've only watched the grizzco tapes so I don't know anything about the big run employee handbook so this is all referring to the grizzco tapes

Hearing Kaia screaming while a snatcher was dragging her into the water gave me chills. Knowing nobody would find her body, if she died, is even creepier.

The octoling trying to survive really gives me Mandela Catalogue vibes, poor octoling though, got beaten to death or something

These tapes were AMAZING! There was one detail missing though, and it was that player in the life preserver always super jumps with their team, and their life preservers are always within bounds, even when players jump into the water. Maybe this takes place inside an alternate Splatoon world, and that the life preservers are made to automatically super jump after each shift after this incident.

Remember when Big Run was first announced, and we had all these fan-made announcements that looked too traumatizing for even a E 10+ game? Yep, those were insane. And ow we got this. Joy.

Took me a bit to realize this is not canon to the game and it was just a story made by a youtuber but DANG its so well done and I was actually horrified at some parts oml

The analog horror for Splatoon reminds me how at the end of shifts people sometimes jump into the water to celebrate... Then the idea of the BIG Runs killing or harming Inklings and Octos really shows how dangerous the world must be. Considering they have frying pans, I don't think locking the windows is the best idea as in the call we heard glass breaking. I found this very interesting though, thank you and the algorithm for introducing this to me.

The octoling might of been attacked by a goldie which might mean that glowlies were involved as usually goldies do not attack.

18:46 looking at the spectorgram of audio and zooming in just right gives us an upsidown Grizzco logo

It's after watching this video that I realize the salmonoids and sketchy business practices of Grizzco make for great horror material. Because of it, I was able to come up with an AU where Salmonoids completely overrun Inkopolis and Splatsville just now! Just imagine Inkling and Octoling survivors living amongst the flooded remains of their home as they try to avoid boss salmonoids patrolling the streets and skies like aliens.

Even though Splatoon isn't my type of game, I'm a sucker for analog horror. So, thank you Sunflower for bringing this to my attention. (Still waiting on that Sunflower Iceberg👀👀)

I have a few bits of info to add about the recording at the end of the third Grizzco tape, mostly involving how it relates to the in-game experience. Right before we hear distressed voices coming from the crew, either from Kaia or her team, we can distinctly hear the voice of a Snatcher salmonid. Normally they are there to take golden eggs that haven't been delivered to the basket, and they do not attack or interact with the team. But no salmonids are supposed to appear at the end of wave three, so clearly this is not a typical event. The location of the event, Marooner's Bay, is a map available in both Splatoon 2 and 3, so we are not able to discern from that map if the appearance of salmonids after the third wave is related to a king salmonid appearance. I think this map choice is intentional, to further obscure information. However, the horn that we hear calling the end of the third wave is typically distorted when a king salmonid appears, repeatedly swapping left ear and right ear noises. I cannot recognize the low "horn" that we hear after the normal horn, unless it is an edited sound. But it could be another form of distortion, as even though the distortion is consistent in-game, I wouldn't know what else to call that sound other than some kind of horn. So maybe in this story, there is a different horn to warn people of the arrival of a king salmonid? I'm not sure. Next sound I wanted to mention, during that same moment before Kaia disappears, you can hear the sound of the tides changing -- possibly rising. King salmonid fights do not change the tide; it remains consistent to the level of the third wave. So perhaps this is another change that is specific to this abnormal event? Lastly, the life ring that players use during salmon run waves are supposed to float to shore, allowing the player to return to where they last touched the ground before dying. This means Marooner's Bay, the location in which Salmon Runners are currently banned, would be the most likely location for Kaia to show up-- unless it is banned because they have surveillance watching the grounds for any sign of her. Because unless Kaia's life ring was damaged, she would have survived in the water after she was taken. This relates to the text seen at the end of the recording, especially "I am feeling every part of." Perhaps Kaia is being constantly revived and killed as the life ring attempts to save her...

Oh my god. The struggling Inkling voices during Tape 3 is really good. Made me feel a chill down my spine due to how somewhat realistic it is.

note that Kaia's co-workers supposedly didn't report her missing, and we later learn that (in this version of the Splatoon universe) Grizzco employees are urged not to report anything to the police.

Why does a cute paint fighting game have terrifying lore

Thank you so much for looking at this sunflower! I want you to know I was in VC and started fucking screaming and giggling like a small schoolgirl when I saw this! (I have a video clip. I am shaking as I'm writting this.) This is definitively inspirping me to actually finish off the series now. College is just kicking my a$$.

I think its safe to assume that Kaia had been eaten by the salmonids, the way Grizzco covered it up like it was a murder, and the lack of information being to a point where She might as well be considered Dead, the fact that she dissapeared and will likely never reappear during a Big Run. makes it pretty obvious that The Salmonids ate her or Fed her to a king salmonid (like Cohozuna)

Im not sure if anyone brought this up, but what if Kaia managed to survive and ended up in Alterna??? Maybe the "Even a fake sky would suffice" hints at that!

23:58 Here We Can Probably See Kaia Being Dragged By A Salmonid Into The Water And Drowned While Submerged Due To Some Noises Of Salmonid But Can Hear Her or him Trying To Be Let Go By The Salmonid But Failed..

With how messed up actual Splatoon lore can get, imagine if Nintendo contacted them and asked "How would you like to be on the writing staff for Splatoon 4?"

3:39 It is, as you can hear Frye talking. Probably either just trying to do the broadcast as normal, asking what happened or indeed… panicking Honestly, these Grizzco videos have has so much creepypasta potential, I love it ‘Redacted’ made me cry, especially when it mentioned her birthday, SHE WAS ONLY A KID! 21:35 “Warabi” You mean like, Warabi from DISS PAIR?!

In both videos, It shows the dark reality of grizzco industries, and it shows how Mr.Grizz was a real villain all along, And for the poor inklings girl, kai, what i can hear from the video record, it is sound like a salmonids taken her into the depths of the sea, for what i really imagine that the salmonid drowned her and killed her, and they eats her or feed to the king Salmonids, the something in the water, i believe it is mean king salmonid, cohozuna and horrorboros, what is scary that there is more of them under the sea, waiting to be revealed, you don't know how many are there. The second is that it feels like an actual big run event, i believe. But the first one, it doesn't feel like a big ship, but a horror case of the missing person and the dark side of grizzco industries. If anyone said what is scary ? This video

What I find funny is that I watched the entirety of Blood C unphased but as soon as i hear a drowning inkling my brain decides that *that* is what's going to traumatize me lmao

31:08 it is confirmed that they lived, this is them getting bounced around

7:56 Correction: It takes place 12,000 years from now but still stays similar, like how Splatoon 1 takes place in 14015, Splat 2 in 14017, etc

The screams coming from kaia on tape 3 make me feel so uncomfortable

With the big run employee handbook, in the recording where the octoling is struggling, you can distinctly hear the sounds of a Goldie As for Kaia falling in the water, it’s a jumble of sounds but the main one I took notice of was the frequent Snatcher chuckles Just figured to point it out in case it’s helpful later, sorry if anyone already discussed this

phenominal work to both creators here, clips like kaia's screams as she sinks and the octoling fighting as salmonids break into her home instill a deep, unique dread that makes me tear up

the grizzco tapes are kinda mixed in terms of quality imo, there are some scenes where it feels like its trying to hard but then others where it absolutely knocks it out of the park with immersion like the interview clip. overall i like it alot :] (the employee handbook is just blatantly ripping off the mandela catalouge, so im not as impressed with that one personally)

after I heard Kaia struggling to stay above water it has left me a tiny bit traumatized

So when I saw the thumbnail I thought a splatoon KZfaqr disappeared but this is more scarier then I thought

I was kinda let down by big runs, no scary things, no lore, no nothing, those grizzco tapes is what I would have loved to be in big run. Edit: ZAMMMNNNN 250 LIKES Edit²:ZAMNNNNNNNNNNNN 420 LIKES LETS GOOOO

Fun fact! The S in PTSD stands for Sunflower

i’m just gonna say this now: “i do not recognize the bodies in the water.”

Ah yes, the Splatoon Analog Horror that I never knew I wanted until now

I have seen that big run thing. It would have been more fun for big run and what I thought the announcement would have been. That would have been great. The rest of those tapes I have seen but never gave them all that much thought. Mainly because they never really interested me. I’ve only just seen it as attempts for a Splatoon creepypasta. But big respect to the creator though for their imagination

I don’t think the thing that killed her was a king Salomonid, it would’ve just been a loss, I think it was something so frightening and so earth shattering for even grizzco they’re trying to cover up it all.

You know when I heard "Splatoon Analog Horror" I thought this was gonna be some edgy 14-year-old's attempt to be scary. This is so much better than I expected.

I thought inklings and stuff actually melted apart once they hit water, and it was deadly to them - is this not the case?

The clam protocol reminds me of the police protocol in Mandela catalog for the case of there being an alternate in the house, tell the caller there’s help (there never was) and to stay hidden

24:10 I have a vague knowledge of splatoon lore and some gameplay but hearing those screams was _bone chilling_ . Props to the sound design for this bit!

5:29 actually it likely connects into it as "Primary Entry Point System Issues an Emergency Notification" (not sure on the Alek part though)

This just makes you realize how grim the grizzco job is in the game. You can get mauled by a bunch of salmons and your whole crew and nobody would even know what happenx

when kaia was being taken, there was a bunch of snatcher noises (snatchers are the salmonids who take golden eggs back if theyve been left on the ground for too long) When the octoling was taken, there was the voice of a goldie (a rare boss salmonid that drops a lot more eggs than other bosses)

I always thought that golden eggs were like chicken eggs and inklings would cook them like regular eggs. E.g. scrambled sunnyside up etc.

Finally you're covering this! I remember when the first few episodes had just came out and shared it with all my friends :)

MatPat gonna have a field lesson about this.

I noticed in the Big run Employee Handbook video, during the call between the now missing octo and police, you can hear not only her weapons, but the sound of a possibly younger octoling child crying and screaming during the fight. that terrifies me so much

I didn't expected a splatton analog horror IST creepy and well made cool video bro

lmao watching this got something else in my recommended 'BIG RUN 333% MAX HAZARD HORRORBORROS SWEEP'

This all gave me goosebumps Now I just have new ideas to make something similar but without any experience in editing, audio editing and animation then it’s gonna be a while to make that come true I hope more of these come out because it gives splatoon more depth even if it’s non cannon

I think Jerm and Octa should collab cuz they could make it to where whatever happened to Kaia unleashes a beast/BIGgest run ever.

Genuinely can't wait for jerm to continue the Kaia tapes

Salmon run has basically tramautized me because the salmanoids are clearly sentient and when they die they dont respawn meaning my character and therefor me have commited actual genocide and i know that there attacking our city and eat inklings and octolings but these are still people and it absolutely terrifys me that even tho ive only ever done salmon run 7 times ever most being big run ive killed atleast 100 people

I very much like the concept of a Splatoon survival horror: you are alone in your house/condo in a suburban neighbourhood far from Inkopolis, and you must find a way to save/defend yourself and make your way to where other survivors are

I believe Kaia could be in the deep sea metro. In the comics (I’m not sure if they’re canon or not), Goggles falls into the water after a salmon run shift where he ends up in the deep sea metro. Also, the “fake sky would suffice” quote could also be talking about the deep sea metro because there is an absence of the sky. This might be a situation similar to Agent 8’s where Kaia could be stuck in the deep sea metro and not able to get to Inkopolis or Splatsville due to the train system.

I appreciate your work so much! Every upload makes me happy again❤

I love this splat analog horror it’s amazing and scary and somewhat real, I hope to see more and from what I can tell the picture is that of a salmon king (not horrorborros, but a salmon king body, an irl SK, and a horses head, wide head, weird lips, and a the body of a fish) this reminds me of a creature in Irish/Norse mythology a creature which drowned people or in this case inklings and octolings, and it had the the top half as a horse and the bottom as a fish, it was a deceiver, and I would assume this creature would be the megalodon of salmon, it’s a baby one which is how it might’ve taken kaia without giving away its big, maybe it’s a baby horrorborros that evolved, or even worse and new type of SK, or like we saw in the ending of Splat 3 hero mode, it’s a baby salmon a small fry which turned into a beast to stop salmon run

when it said “she would have turned 15” it struck something deep inside me. she’s literally supposed to be the same age as I am

""The last Extinction squad to come through this town went M.I.A. Gah, this place is a bloody battleground since they unearthed. Spectre 1, take this drill and destroy any hives on your way to the crater. Arm that nuke, then haul ass back here. Good luck gentlemen!""

The moment I saw the thumbnail I thought this was going to be a story about a splatsource member having problem's with it's life, or maybe the explanation of it's death, that would be cool but it'll be disturbing at the same time.

18:42 That is a corpse of a Salmonid and if you turn the audio in a spectrogram, it has the Grizzco logo upside down next to what says, "I'm feeling every part of it."

This is why I love the splatoon and it's community. This game has such a good worldbuilding that it has endless room for imagination and storys.

the Kaia salmon run thing and other stuff like it actually scares me so much that if there was a not even frightening jumps care I'd immediately shit myself and wouldnt only never play salmon run again, but not sleep for a good 3 days

To the part of whatever took her is I’m pretty sure they are smallfrys and for the picture at 17:58 what I see is a angry chum and a regular looking salmon and ocean floor like rocks I hope this helped a little bit

These are exactly what I wanted when the first Splatoon came out can't believe it's taken this long thanks for covering these

I never thought i be so interested in Splatoon anolg horror

18:47 my quick take on this image, i think thats kaia's dead body at the bottom of the see...just rotting away.. Or a mini boss salmon who ate kaia in the water and died..?

*and so it begins*

I think that The Grizzco Tapes storyline is “ that Kaia works overtime for Grizzco, and ends up getting captured and splatted by a King Salmonid, which ends up bringing her to Alterna, and so the Ikai team investigates the disappearance, and then that ends up playing on with the three volumes of The Grizzco Tapes, and then before the three volumes, the Big Run video times place.

When you think about it, a Big Rush event IS a horror scene. The whole point of salmon rush is to keep the solmonids from breaching the city (and getting paid along the way) While a Big Rush is on a normal multiplayer map, which are _IN THE CITY_

After Mario, Zelda and Splatoon analogue horror I need a Metroid one, imagine how scary that could be

Is this what happens when you play marooners bay at 3am

Man I love analogue horror. Especially when it’s done with big companies desperately trying to hide something and every file or video drags you deeper into the rabbit hole. If anyone wants to read a good analogue horror story like this one I highly recommend looking up SCP-2316

God, i just got off a fight with Cohozuna and this just inmediately sent chills down my spine Great vid!

I'm def interested in seeing more from you, as this is my first time seeing your content

5:10 - "We know that this emergency, because it says so" Amazing Logic

This Splatoon analog horror kinda feels like a mixed version of The Backrooms and The Mandela Catalog and I love it. falling in the water is the same concept as no clipping in The Backrooms

The CLAM protocol is a reference to the 911 operator Alternate training in Mandela Catalogue. In the video, operators are told to assure the caller that help will arrive, when it won't. They are told to wait until the caller stops screaming and keep their voice to a minimum, as to not let alternates get the operators as well.

My theory is that probably maybe while Kaia was still in the salmon run, she was taken into the water by salmonoids, she was probably using her rescue life saving for about a few times while screaming for helping in the water, but she finally got pulled back into the water, the thing in the water may be Kaia or just her equipment.

We need another video on this.

Casual Sunflower Dub!!!!! Glad you covered this!

It should be noted in the 13XX thing is that not everyone uses the same type of calendar, and since Splatoon takes place long after the humans went extinct, 13XX may be referring to their own calendar system. Possibly using a similar BC/AD system because the series’ main events take place around around at least 2,000 years after the Mollusc Era, when I believe could be when a calendar could be considered. Splatoon’s timeline flows like ours, but not in the same year as us, as that would bring human technological advancement by the time of extinction into question. (seriously, a Wii U 10,000 years ago if Splatoon takes place from the 2010s to 2020s?)

I feel like the thing that might’ve pushed or dragged Kaia to the water might be a snatcher do they salmonid noises also the horn could’ve also meant one of the first cohuzuna encounters which also means she could be feeling every part of the water during the encounter with the king salmonid. Another theory also includes the snatcher taking Kaia could be that salmonids are starting to experiment on inklings/octolings like how octarians started experimenting on inklings in the splat 2 scrolls. The picture at 18:02 is a salmon ripped apart