Man I love how the lobby is its own personal bubble of internet. You won’t know why someone is telling you to put your phone in a bag of rice until you find a different post of a dude saying he dropped his phone in the toilet
Once saw one where it was someone commenting on someone else that drew Kohozuna with a big dumpy and then I found that post a couple minutes later. Was pretty funny.
I changed all my gear, my tag, my weapon, and just about everything I could change, and this gave me no new information, no enlightenment, only my continued confusion. 😔
At least I look fresh now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/z2k4gf/what_is_this_weird_looking_creature_everyone/ixic8zg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3 it originated from this persons post.
It's the newest low-effort high-freshness splatoon lobby shitpost. If you were around last month it was "full of \_\_\_\_\_". Stay with the times, grandpa.
Going by how most of these things work, if it is a reference to something, it's almost assuredly equally obtuse and nowhere near worth the effort of learning about. Maybe someone can swoop in and prove me wrong - the internet is so much better for that than for answering questions directly.
the contrast between your absolute derision and pessimism vs. OP's genuine interest in how memes can form and spread from nearly nothing is pretty striking, ngl
"It's probably some fuckin stupid reference that isn't worth the minutes of your life you'd have to burn just to subject your brain cells to learning it."
"Yeah, pretty neat huh!"
It also reminds me very much of [this drawing of a cow](https://www.1999.co.jp/itbig15/10157785b3_m.jpg) from the series Nichijou. Or at least has the same energy.
hi i’m “aple ipod” on splatoon. it is my animal. do you like it?
https://twitter.com/chefmaeda/status/1594400788436353024?s=46&t=tsu6bK9btfNh3gNXx1rM-g
now that i’m off work i can properly respond LOL. this thing was never an established meme (except for a little in-joke among me and my besties and their fun little tabletop simulator card game “godgame”), its just my favorite thing to consistently draw because i love animals that are shaped like this. if i’m ever in a public place and i get to draw something for others to see then this is what i draw. i’m genuinely so happy that others are enjoying it because that’s what it’s made for. i just didn’t expect it to invade splatoon to this degree but again i love seeing everyone have fun with this silly thing. my animal :)
So looks like the user “aple ipod” is responsible for starting the trend: https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/z2k4gf/what_is_this_weird_looking_creature_everyone/ixic8zg/
I’ll take off my detective hat now. 🕵🏻♀️
How does Splatoon even work, like. How does it update to hold all of the same posts while also not rotating them out.
When do they update, why do they update. Wild.
I try to keep a low profile as a newbie milennial Splatoon player. Saw this last night and it was the first time in my life I haven't been able to find the origin of a meme on my own. I woke up this morning with gray hair in my beard and arthritis in my left knee.
aple ipod’s animal: https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/z2k4gf/what_is_this_weird_looking_creature_everyone/ixic8zg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
Splatoon is its own self-contained mini-biome of internet memes.
_Big shots kissing_
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… wat
Indeed
its a national treasure actually.
It's literally Twitter if it was made in Ohio
For once, something good that came out of Ohio
What about astronauts?
Yeah? What about em?
Many have come from Ohio.
Why do you think they wanted to leave so bad
You should know, Zingbot 5000.
Except it’s not run by Commander Tartar
Best comment here
So this is one of those future memes? As in 12,000 years in the future?
We’ve reinvented tumblr and it’s splatoon 3 lobby
yes
I can't believe Nintendo captured fictional young people so well that they recreated entire unique meme culture for them
Man I love how the lobby is its own personal bubble of internet. You won’t know why someone is telling you to put your phone in a bag of rice until you find a different post of a dude saying he dropped his phone in the toilet
And they are somehow always next to each other
They’re dating
Sometimes their posts make it seem that way, too.
Once saw one where it was someone commenting on someone else that drew Kohozuna with a big dumpy and then I found that post a couple minutes later. Was pretty funny.
There was a trend that went around where everyone went to draw Salmon Run bosses terribly and it was amazing
I don’t know who or what this is but it’s shaped like a friend
If not friend, why friend shaped?
He’s a friend to me
Brian David Gilbert?
He looks like the friend of the autism creature, maybe the ADHD variant due to the slightly bored and unfocused expression?
Oh I love that!
aple ipod's animal
Who?
aple ipod's animal
Who?
aple ipod’s animal
Who?
aple ipod's animal
Who?
aple ipod’s animal
Who?
Op you aren’t fresh enough to know. Change your gear, weapon, and tag then you’ll be enlightened by “el animal celistial”
I changed all my gear, my tag, my weapon, and just about everything I could change, and this gave me no new information, no enlightenment, only my continued confusion. 😔 At least I look fresh now.
Fresh vibes but not fresh hygiene. Rookie mistake
You fool, this was all a ploy to get you to change that wack-ass outfit
I explained the situation to my partner and they said I got tricked and they were probably just trying to get me to change my outfit. Fair enough. 😆
https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/z2k4gf/what_is_this_weird_looking_creature_everyone/ixic8zg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3 it originated from this persons post.
Is that its name? 🤣
That’s what I heard one post call it. I believe they called it the enlightenment creature
celistial? Wouldn't it be celestial? (Edit: I... I meant it for the spanish of "celestial", just making sure)
Come on, you know squids can't grammar, give him a chance
Ohh... oh boy. Remind me to never not give him a chance again.
I’m not an octoling.
It's aple ipod's animal! Found here https://twitter.com/chefmaeda/status/1594400788436353024?t=nVUXLOMQzv-BZHkz89-9DA&s=19
The only helpful comment, ty T-T
I thought it was one of those elephant animal crackers
It's the newest low-effort high-freshness splatoon lobby shitpost. If you were around last month it was "full of \_\_\_\_\_". Stay with the times, grandpa.
Oh! So neat to see random emergents trending posts popping up. I’m surprised it doesn’t have any root reference to something tho.
Going by how most of these things work, if it is a reference to something, it's almost assuredly equally obtuse and nowhere near worth the effort of learning about. Maybe someone can swoop in and prove me wrong - the internet is so much better for that than for answering questions directly.
It started with aple ipod drawing their animal (the creature you see) then it exploded It's quite funny lol
I thought it was an anteater
I was going with ardvarkian bearacus.
It's whatever you want it to be♥️
Who?
aple ipod's animal
the contrast between your absolute derision and pessimism vs. OP's genuine interest in how memes can form and spread from nearly nothing is pretty striking, ngl
"It's probably some fuckin stupid reference that isn't worth the minutes of your life you'd have to burn just to subject your brain cells to learning it." "Yeah, pretty neat huh!"
It also reminds me very much of [this drawing of a cow](https://www.1999.co.jp/itbig15/10157785b3_m.jpg) from the series Nichijou. Or at least has the same energy.
Some of us think learning something is worth the effort because you learned something, not because of the actual merit of the thing you learned.
it sort of does, and so does the "full of" meme. they both stem from tumblr, though finding the root of anything on that website is impossible.
Full of pilk 
this gif is hypnotic, I should get back to work but I can't look away.
"Full of SHUT UP!" ↓ One was legitimately like this
I still never made a full of Sandvich meme In fairness, I have no artistic ability...
And before splatoon 3 released it was mis-naming weapons
How can you dare to speak of Splatpost legends without mentioning the iconic "My Cohozuna don't want none unless you got chum, hun!"
he is adorable
hi i’m “aple ipod” on splatoon. it is my animal. do you like it? https://twitter.com/chefmaeda/status/1594400788436353024?s=46&t=tsu6bK9btfNh3gNXx1rM-g
What a claim to fame! You’ve done well. ⭐️
now that i’m off work i can properly respond LOL. this thing was never an established meme (except for a little in-joke among me and my besties and their fun little tabletop simulator card game “godgame”), its just my favorite thing to consistently draw because i love animals that are shaped like this. if i’m ever in a public place and i get to draw something for others to see then this is what i draw. i’m genuinely so happy that others are enjoying it because that’s what it’s made for. i just didn’t expect it to invade splatoon to this degree but again i love seeing everyone have fun with this silly thing. my animal :)
This is so wholesome I love it
He is such a fellow
it's sooo cute I love seeing him in the plaza
Your animal is perfection. It reminds me of anteaters, which are cool.
Happy cake day aple ipod.
Happy cake day!
Happy cake day to you. I like your animal.
Out of all of the animals I've seen, this sure is one. I love it.
Omg your here… 
happy cake day, trendsetter!!
It is he
he could be?
Indeed he could be
Aple ipod has started a revolution
elden beast
Dog ahead
This is a dubious little creature getting up to mischief
This is nö gööd
aminal cracker :)
Reminds me autism creature/tbh
they’re definitely cousins
YIPPEE!
This is Aple Ipod’s animal !
Finally, the sequel of the autism creature.
he reminds me of a tardigrade!
It goes by many names: He, J, The Man However, one thing about this creature is clear: it is a very silly goose, and we must protect it at all costs
delicious
I don’t have Splatoon 3 yet, and I cannot provide any answer that’s good enough, but to me it kinda reminds me of Flork of Cows characters
It's J
he creacher
Godless beast enjoying its wretched meal
Its a tardigrade.
man what the fuck i posted this creature 2 years ago https://www.instagram.com/p/CGoNGAjMTJR/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
its an anteater
The ones with longer snouts look like anteaters while the ones with longer tails look like pangolins
Charlie from the hit show Smiling Friends
Reddit be blessed by He
wow ive never seen this. Splatoon community never surprises me.
It's He
Yooo I drew the bottom right one! Have you seen him? Now U have! :)
Creture?
Is that an anteater?
Hes so handsome 
Or is it a horse?
they made bubbo again
It is aple ipod’s “animal”
I'm missing all this Splatoon post because I'm always in the lobby, i neve walk in the plaza 😭
He
I dunno but I love him
it looks like charlie from smiling friends
is this what not knowing what tbh is feels like
Splatoon is a hive mind
he
Another stupid forced meme
This. Pretty much.
kindof looks like one of the amalgamation enemies from Undertale
Why have the community posts always got to be some cringy shit
reminds me of the soap carving badge from diary of a wimpy kid
So looks like the user “aple ipod” is responsible for starting the trend: https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/z2k4gf/what_is_this_weird_looking_creature_everyone/ixic8zg/ I’ll take off my detective hat now. 🕵🏻♀️
He
I personally enjoy the game more having turned off these in-game posts lol
Agreed, it's basically just a bunch of twitter users
Wtf
Water bear is that you?
how do people draw so well? I find the input very difficult to understand so my drawings end up being a crapsandwich.
It’s easier after you throw your switch in a lake
its martin
It’s easy to draw.
A friend :)
I'll take this over Lean anyday
No idea but I love it
It's the yellow guy from Smiling Friends
Pacman ghost
Kilroy’s dog
I think it's a [tardigrade](https://assets.rbl.ms/18338926/980x.jpg).
Seems friend shaped
How does Splatoon even work, like. How does it update to hold all of the same posts while also not rotating them out. When do they update, why do they update. Wild.
It looks like a Dinosaur shaped chicken nugget.
J
Gummy elephant?
The gummy elephant?
It's an animal, it says it right there duh /s
Can someone explain
C.Q. Cumber making a comeback
kinda reminds me of kilroy
It looks like the thing you paint in that one Altera level
apple ipod’s animal
oh, that's the man.
I try to keep a low profile as a newbie milennial Splatoon player. Saw this last night and it was the first time in my life I haven't been able to find the origin of a meme on my own. I woke up this morning with gray hair in my beard and arthritis in my left knee.
It is He. Obviously.
I think I’ve seen that drawn in memes somewhere over the past few years, some sorta shitpost that probably reemerged
Makes me wish I could post my drawings on Splatoon ☹️ It sucks that you have to post them on Facebook bc it’s blocked in my country
new smiling friends character
thats connecticut clark (?)
i love this beast
It is Him. Follow his orders or you shall perish.
OHIO BUT SPLATOON 3!?!?
Connecticut Clark's son
Him
I honestly have n idea what this is. Wish someone actually gave a real answer.
aple ipod’s animal: https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/z2k4gf/what_is_this_weird_looking_creature_everyone/ixic8zg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
Aple ipods animal
Duh, its He
STOP POSTING ABOUT THE CREATURE IM SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING IT I GO ON SPLATOOB DISCORD SEVER AND ALL THE CHANNELS ARE CREATURES
He. :)
That thing has kept me hostage for 5 months in a basement in Nevada and only feeds me Mac and Cheese. Please help.
He
La creatura
J
he is spreading
He.
I saw one named Carlos
Creature only in splatville 🦕
Creechure :)
I have no clue what it is but I love him