Deep Cut

Deep Cut​

Deep Cut

Shiver (left), Big Man (middle), and Frye (right)

Species	Octoling (Shiver) Inkling (Frye) Manta ray (Big Man)
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Height
Hair color	Two-Tone Blue (Shiver) Yellow/Purple (Frye)
Eye color	Red (Shiver) Golden Yellow (Frye) Black/Dark Gray (Big Man)
Age
Gender	Female (Shiver and Frye) Male (Big Man)
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Relations
Location	Splatsville, Alterna, Spirhalite Islands
Shop
HP
Maximum HP
Members	Shiver, Frye, Big Man Non-virtual: Anna Sato (Shiver) Laura Yokozawa (Frye)
Other forms

“	Catch ya later!	”
— Deep Cut's catchphrase

Deep Cut is a band in Splatoon 3. It is a trio composed of Shiver, Frye and Big Man.

Description

Deep Cut serve similar roles in Splatoon 3 to those of the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook in previous games. They provide updates on the currently available stages and modes and other news and announcements via their television and radio show Anarchy Splatcast. They also host and perform in Splatfests, with Shiver, Frye, and Big Man each representing one of the three teams in every Splatfest. Additionally, they are major characters in the single-player mode Return of the Mammalians, serving as antagonists during the majority of the story, before taking on supportive roles during the finale.

Between broadcasts, Deep Cut can be seen in their news studio in Splatsville to the left of the lobby tower. In addition to their day job as presenters, they secretly work as bandits to steal treasure, sell it, and split the money among the poor while keeping a portion for themselves.

Songs

For solo songs, see Shiver, Frye, and Big Man.

See also: Fire & Ice, Now or Never Seven

History

Before Splatoon 3

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Six years before the release of Splatoon 3, the three members were students at the Splatlands Third Junior High School, but they didn't know each other. Shiver and Frye briefly met during recess, then they met Big Man while he was teaching piano practice.

Later, due to boredom, Shiver and Frye devised a macabre plan to entertain themselves and the other students, and executed it right during a formal high school ceremony. However, it got out of hand and caused a disaster, ending with the panic of the participants and the destruction of the school. Fortunately, Shiver and Frye escaped unharmed and took Big Man before fleeing.

Splatoon 3

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To help the less fortunate in Splatsville, Squid Sisters asked Big Man for a charity song called Liquid Sunshine, only Big Man hides himself under a secret identity. About a year later, Shiver and Frye find out about the omission and get angry at him, accusing of treason to Splatsville, composing the song Big Betrayal.

Six months later, Off the Hook played a concert in Splatsville, angering Shiver and Frye for trespassing on their territory, thus forming the song Suffer No Fools.

Five months later, due to the growing relationship between Inkopolis and Splatsville, Deep Cut wanted to discuss with Squid Sisters and Off the Hook about a possible reunion, thus forming the supergroup Now or Never Seven, a project that is part of the Grand Festival.

Anarchy Splatcast

Anarchy Splatcast is Splatsville's news program, announcing events and updates on new features in Splatoon 3. Deep Cut are the hosts of the program, replacing Off the Hook and their program Inkopolis News.

Return of the Mammalians

Deep Cut appear as antagonists in Return of the Mammalians, appearing shortly after Agent 3 falls into Alterna and asserting their right to loot the Splatlands (and thus Alterna, located under it) as bandits, attempting to intimidate the New Squidbeak Splatoon to no avail before disappearing. Thereafter, being each mistaken for a signal emitted by the missing Cuttlefish, Frye, Shiver, and Big Man are fought as the bosses of the second, fourth, and sixth sites, respectively. Once each member is defeated, they attempt to escape using a smoke bomb, which always malfunctions and results in sending themselves flying away, revealing a piece of "treasure".

Once all three members are defeated and each piece of treasure is collected, the New Squidbeak Splatoon assemble each of the pieces into a lawnmower-like tool, which the Captain uses to cut up the Fuzzy Ooze surrounding the Alterna Space Center, getting injured in the process. Agent 1 and Agent 2 agree to go ahead with Agent 3, but before they can, Deep Cut appears, once again trying to reclaim the treasure. To their great shock (and brief incredulity), Callie and Marie acquiesce to their demand to hand over the treasure, stating that they are "done" with it. Touched by their generosity, and now feeling guilty about attempting to fight Agent 3 to the death, they ask Marie to be their boss. She reluctantly accepts, and Deep Cut provides supportive commentary along with Callie and Marie as the player ascends through the Space Center and rocket, with Deep Cut also providing the reasons behind their banditry along the way.

At the top of the climb, after Mr. Grizz flies away on the rocket, Deep Cut join forces to propel Agent 3 into space: Frye recruits her eels to form a spiraling launch ramp, Shiver calls to Master Mega to be Agent 3's transport, and Big Man gives Agent 3 an astronaut helmet-like pair of headphones designed for space. During the mid-point of the battle against Mr. Grizz, Agent 3 is blasted off of the rocket before getting caught by DJ Octavio. Deep Cut and the Squid Sisters watch from the ground and collaborate to perform Calamari Inkantation 3MIX, prompting Smallfry's transformation into Hugefry, allowing Mr. Grizz to be distracted as Agent 3 attacks him with DJ Octavio's help.

Once Grizz is defeated, Deep Cut hosts a special Anarchy Splatcast announcing the return of the Splatsville Great Zapfish. They also discuss the release of a new Squid Sisters single, to which they initially react with indignation before recognizing Callie and Marie on the album cover and expressing their apologies. They then propose that they will go on tour with the Squid Sisters whenever the two like, before acceding to simply playing their new single in the meantime, segueing into the credits sequence by announcing Wave Goodbye.

Splatoon Raiders

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Deep Cut as seen in Splatoon Raiders

Splatoon Raiders will see Deep Cut appearing as major characters, as they investigate the mysterious Spirhalite Islands alongside the mechanic, chasing an unknown rumor about the islands while following a map found in a basement.

Quotes

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“	With that sorted, we'll put our beakers and graph paper away so we can OBSESS over Deep Cut! Shiver the shark tamer, Frye the eel master, and Big Man the dancing manta... WOW. We're already huge fans, and we can't wait to see what they're going to bring to future Splatfests.	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

“	The coolest musical trio in Splatsville. You can catch the latest happenings from Shiver, Frye, and Big Man (AKA Deep Cut). They host the Splatsville News program, "Anarchy Splatcast." You can tune in to Deep Cut for information on battle stages and news bulletins, or you can just keep them on in the background as you do your thing around Splatsville.	”
— Play Nintendo

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Trivia

• Deep Cut is the only idol band:
  • To be a trio.
  • To have a male member.
  • To have a member who is a vertebrate.
  • To not have a song that plays in a credits sequence.
  • To not be silhouetted in their album artwork.
• According to a Splatoon 3 developer interview, Shiver and Frye do most of the singing while Big Man composes the tracks. The same interview also reveals that each of Deep Cut's members are descendants of families that have overseen Splatsville's traditional festival (the predecessor to Splatfests) for generations.
• Each member draws inspiration from different cultures, demonstrated both by their designs and their solo songs during the first half of Splatfests; Frye is based on Indian culture, Shiver on Japanese culture, and Big Man on Brazilian/Latin culture.
• Deep Cut's logo (top right) is based on its Japanese name, resembling a stylized version of the hiragana "すりみ" ("Surimi"), as well as Japanese Senjafuda.
  • The logo has multiple variants seen in Alterna: a red and blue one that can read as "ふうか" ("Fūka"), a white and green one that can read as "まんた" ("Manta"), and a yellow and green one that can read as "うつほ" ("Utsuho"). These are based on the names of the members of Deep Cut.
• The circular mon emblem shown at the beginning of Anarchy Splatcast broadcasts consists of three "み" (Japanese hiragana character read as "mi", an alternate reading of the number three).
• Similar to the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook, the voice line used for Deep Cut's catchphrase "Catch ya later!" resembles the trio's Japanese name, "Surimi-rengo".
• The members of Deep Cut wear different stylized Noh masks as part of their thief personas, consisting of a shark, eel, and manta ray mask for Shiver, Frye, and Big Man respectively. The shark and manta ray masks in particular resemble a kitsune and hannya mask respectively.
• According to an interview with Deep Cut seen in the 2022 winter Nintendo Magazine, the trio were not close at all during childhood, with Big Man stating that they "knew OF each other", with the members saying hi in passing each time their families got together.
  • In the same interview, it is revealed that the group only started getting closer with one another during middle school, with Frye and Shiver bonding over music and Big Man joining later on.
• Like the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook, Deep Cut will wave when the player zooms in on them from outside. Their waving animations change after the player completes Return of the Mammalians, with them recognizing the player as Agent 3.
  • This is similar to Off the Hook's waving animations changing when the player is an Octoling in Splatoon 2, as they recognize them as Agent 8.
• In the Eeltail Alley dialogue during Anarchy Splatcast, it is stated that the trio had deep-fried tofu at food stalls after school together.
• If Big Man's signature color is considered to be red, Deep Cut's signature colors are the primary colors in traditional color mixing: red, yellow, and blue for Big Man, Frye, and Shiver respectively. If Big Man's signature color is considered to be gray, Shiver and Frye's colors (blue and yellow) are complementary while Big Man's color (gray) is a mix of the colors of the other two using digital color mixing.

Etymology

The term deep cut is used to refer to a more obscure song by a well-known musician. Like the Japanese band name, "cut" in the band's name is also a reference to minced seafood. It may also be because the members take a "cut" of the pay when they steal.

Names in other languages

Deep Cut

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	すりみ連合 Surimi rengō	Minced-fish (Fish-paste) Union
Dutch	Deep Cut	Same as English
French	Tridenfer	From Trident ("trident") + enfer ("inferno") or fer ("iron")
German	Surimi Syndicate	Surimi Syndicate
Italian	Trio Triglio	Mullet Trio
Russian	DEEP CUT	Same as English
Spanish	Clan Surimi	Surimi Clan
Chinese (Simplified)	鱼浆帮 yú jiāng bāng	Fish Paste Gang
Chinese (Traditional)	魚漿幫 yú jiāng bāng	Fish Paste Gang
Korean	삼합파 Samhappa	Samhap Mob
Portuguese (NOE)	Deep Cut	Same as English
Internal	IdolGroup_03 (Splatoon 3)	-

Catch ya later!

Language	Catchphrase	Meaning
Japanese	ほな カイサン！！！ hona kaisan!!!	Well then, dismiss!!!
Dutch	De mossel!	From de mossel ("the mussel") and de mazzel ("the good luck").
French (NOA)	Et on vous fait un gros bisou!	And a big kiss from us to you!
French (NOE)	Et on vous fait un bisou maousse !	And a huge kiss from us to you!
German	Macht Beute, Leute! (Falls wir euch was übriglassen!)	Make prey, folks! (If we leave you some!)
Italian	Ci peschiamo dopo!	We'll fish later!
Russian	До связи, язи! Do svyazi, yazi!	See you soon, ides!
Spanish (NOA)	¡Cuidado por ahí y no se dejen freír!	Be careful out there and don't (let yourselves) get fried!
Spanish (NOE)	¡Hasta la próxima!	Until next time!
Chinese (Simplified)	嗨呀，后会鱿期！ Hāiya, hòuhuì yóuqī!	"Hiya, squid ya later!" (Hiya, see ya later!)
Chinese (Traditional)	嗨呀，後會魷期！！！ Hāiya, hòuhuìyóuqī/qí!!!	"Hiya, squid ya later!" (Hiya, see ya later!)
Korean	그럼 이만 해산!!! geureom iman haesan!!!	Well then, dismiss!!!
Portuguese (NOE)	Até logo!	See you later!