What Happens to Grizzco Now? The NEW CEO/VILLAIN?!

[@christianrolle2548]

That's not the only thing providing proof for the lil Judd theory. If you fight him in table turf he only uses grizzco cards and hes the one that gives you the grizzco card sleeves after beating him!

[@theminiyosshi2901]

Card sleeve?

[@CATLOAFMAN]

This needs to be pinned or something

[@christianrolle2548]

@@theminiyosshi2901 card sleeves are the way you customize the outside of your deck. Every character (besides the jellies I think) Have some really cool Card sleeves that usually have something to do with them. Judd has his face on it, gnarly eddy has his shell, and right now I'm grinding to get Sheldon's card sleeve. Lil Judd is the only one whose card sleeve has nothing to do with him and instead has to do with an outside company that I know of, I haven't maxed out on my table turf yet. Idk if he's in charge but Lil Judd definitely has a part to play in grizzco.

[@landsquid9509]

@@christianrolle2548 specificly after mr grizz is defeated you cant fight him till after story i believe

[@NeonTailz]

Question tho: why would Lil judd want to continue salmon run or possibly bring back mammals? Lil judd already wants to get rid of Judd, the only other mammal on earth. Not to mention that it's completely useless to continue salmon run since he wouldn't get any actual salmon. He just gets the eggs.

[@christygodfrey1752]

We see the Grizzco statue is in Alternia after the storymode. My theory is in order to prevent any one getting suspicious, Squibeak Splatoon asked Lil Judd to manage it. Lore wise no one knows who or what Grizco is. And I think the Salmonoids have to be stopped or they may invade the land and need to be put in their place.

[@Danny328DT]

Nobody at Deep Cut knows who Grizz is? Why manage something that could help the enemy? It feels more like a plot hole. Honestly it's just done that way to make Salmon Run open 24/7.

[@raphaelunger3057]

@@Danny328DT The entyrety of the squidbeak splatoon is in secrecy from society

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Could be

[@krabkake3544]

In my opinion I think that little judd may have taken over the company somehow, but I don’t necessarily think that means he’s evil though it’s still possible. There’s plenty of official cannon sources in and out of the games themselves talking about how salmonids and inkling society have an ongoing back and forth conflict. Salmonids invade inkling society and destroy and kill, and inklings invade salmonid territory and do the same. We can even see this in game now with the new mode where you fight salmonids in the regular maps. There’s also the fact that power eggs are a power source, grizz only needed the golden eggs for the ooze so it very well may be that he sold the power eggs for all the company equipment, advertising, and stuff like that. For all we know golden eggs are just a much stronger power source and could be very profitable even if morally questionable. I think lil judd definitely has some strong connection to grizz co but I don’t necessarily think he’s evil, I also think that having the dlc’s campaign villain just be grizzco again would be a bit underwhelming

[@christygodfrey1752]

I agree but in my opinion, you know how post game the statue/cut out of the bear is at Alternia and is replaced. I think in order for society to not get suspicious over the industry going shut they got Lil Judd to manage it. Lore wise there's always conflict like you say so they need to be in check.

[@TreblePhoenix]

And Lil' Judd has tried on multiple occasions (and failed) to overthrow Judd.

[@butterycheeseburger5180]

and since gold eggs are power sources the inklings/octolings my still need them for backup power

[@mayanightstar]

i do like the idea of lil judd taking it over just cuz he wants fish and money. But the lore does seem to be setting him up to be a little more nefarious than that...

[@slob5041]

You’re right. It wouldn’t be surprising if the dlc ends up being that the cats help you fight off messed up marigolds created by the lobby owner who tries to instill order in the city of chaos.

[@SnoogisAnimations]

in the official art of splatoon 2, it says that lil judd is waiting for his chance to backstab judd, because he is mad that his entire purpose was for quote: to keep judd from getting lonely". AND in sunken scroll 23 of splatoon 3 it describes lil judd's preparations for a future assassination attempt on judd. i think lil judd is posing as mr grizz to get golden eggs and power eggs to power some device hes using for what he's doing. AND mr grizz seems nicer and more soft in his broadcast toward the crew. like after defeating cohozuna, he says things like "whoa, didn't expect an extra wave." or if you lose he says "at least you tried, but you still got a LOT of golden eggs!" so maybe DLC or splatoon 4 we will have to stop lil judd's plan and save judd.

[@javierowo]

Mr Grizz Prerecorded lots of the things before hand I believe

[@brayangonzalez5377]

It was implied in a developer interview that the lines given to you during Salmon Run are prerecorded lines for his employees and even after he’s been defeated, Little Judd uses those same lines. I also like to believe that this might be apart of Little Judd’s plan to take the place of normal Judd since it was said that Little Judd is jealous of the fact that he’s an inferior clone to Judd

[@Toadandacone]

Hope dlc can tell us where lil judd was and why he isnt in lobby with normal judd

[@LucasGnagy]

I’ve always assumed Salmon Run was something akin to laser tag for Inklings and Octolings, and the whole “job” thing was part of the experience. Deep Cut probably figured they couldn’t just shut it down abruptly so made Lil Judd a stand-in until they figure out something more permanent

[@ghostboy9899]

when you think about the salmonid are still bad except lil buddy he's good but if you look at the splatoon direct they said in big run they invade the city so maybe that's why it's still running

[@yeahimagamer2740]

nobody is bad in the splatoon universe. they all have different living styles and cultures. the inkling society and salmonid have been at war for a long time. what you do in salmon run is just normal for these societies. it is how they interact with eachother. salmonid actually accept death as a part of the circle of life

[@starsofskies2328]

Little Judd could be running the operation and selling the eggs to the city as power. Then he uses the persona Grizz to not throw off working inklings and since it's helping the city nobody calls the company out or shuts it down.

[@SideShowBatt]

I believe that Grizzco is some big conglomerate the company that the player works for is just one facet. I believe that Grizzco is a bigger company that has it's fingers or claws in this case in other companies in the Splatoon world. And that maybe Li'l Judd is acting as Mr.Grizz because if a big company does just up and goes out of business it would send shockwaves to the economy especially if word got out that the CEO of said corporation was out to basically cause mass genocide on a global scale. So they just have a shadow CEO in charge to keep things rolling.

[@TheAnimalzz]

About the thing about deep cut still announcing salmon run, I don't know how Canon that actually is since Nintendo can't both a) remove salmon run and b) they can't really have another character anounce salmon run as that would be odd and confusing, so my beliefe is that they did try and shut it down, and maybe they succeeded or maybe they failed, because we don't really know what happend after grizz was defeated. The reason I say maybe they succeeded is because, well maybe they canonically did succeed but we aren't seeing that come into effect quite yet or maybe nintendo are waiting for splatoon 4 or something like that to have those changes come into effect. Or maybe behind the scenes deep cut are trying to cancel grizzco. My point is we really don't know what's happening with these characters.

[@aceflare2431]

The way I see it, splatoon 1 is the last part of the inkling/octoling conflict. Splatoon 2 is Octavio and a small faction of said octolings having a last hurrah until a greater threat, Tartar, is revealed, ending the war proper, with the salmon run revealing the potential threat of the salmonids. Splatoon 3 explores the last recorded history of the humans and mammals, with Grizz so desperate to have mammal company that he unleashes his mad plan to mammalize the world. Splatoon 4 could be attempts to reclaim parts of the world that haven't recovered from the great war and super-disasters that decimated humanity. As for the mention of the Great Zapfish's looking a little fried... Perhaps even looking for a new power source to take the burden off the zapfish, or even letting it go after setting something up, giving them a chance to breed.

[@eniobiondi2749]

Does anyone knows why lil judd's fur is brownish now? That looked like an important detail to me

[@nono-nt8je]

I hope one of the bosses in the DLC is mini judd controlling a (really) souped up octostomp and the boss title caption is "Bet you never saw me coming!"

[@Danny328DT]

And when the introduction plays, it zooms into his little black eyes.

[@GamerGram99YT]

Ok so. Question number 1: Why are we still killing salmonids? Salmonids are still a threat to Splatsville, they are naturally aggressive creatures who attack anything basically. I'd recommend looking at Rassicas for more, they got a couple lore videos on Salmon Run and stuff. Maybe more will be revealed during Big Run though. As for question number 2: Why is Mr. Grizz still there? These could easily be pre-recorded messages, he says the same things over and over again (I know, video game limitations, but it would make sense). Maybe LJ is just there to try and help stop Big Run or something. Like I said, Big Run might provide some more answers. Who knows.

[@Thunderman-2001]

My theory, Is it's taken over by a Salmonid that wants the Golden Eggs to birth a new generation of Salmonids that are living in harmony of Inklings and Octolings.

[@broham9877]

Most of Mr. Grizz’s Dialogue lore wise are just recordings and not actually him talking so lil Judd could just be managing from behind the scenes, he wouldn’t even need to make new voice lines

[@JTruong3rd]

Interesting thig Grizz isn't quite dead, nor is he gone. Just his current predicament in credits heavily imply hes alive and well but with no way to come back on his own. So I like to add that we'll see him again eventually and a certain little clone may have something to do with it should he show up again.

[@TheGoose.]

Yes

[@eggcat1759]

One (non plausible) idea I had for this topic was that O.R.C.A could do it, maybe the reason being it needs power to sustain itself? I would like to see more ORCA in the DLC at least.

[@Ludyrtosetto]

i think that the things mr grizz says in salmon run are pre recorded messages, hence why theyre always the same

[@icy101yt]

There is a perfect (and canon) explanation for why grizz still talks in salmon run It’s all pre recorded

[@crystalcat3696]

i think lil judd is running salmon run and using the salmon/power eggs/golden eggs to somehow take down judd like he was always plotting

[@guywholikesmemes4993]

Lil Judd seems to be pretty sus rn. Maybe the DLC will give some more background lore context to clear up things a bit.

[@blaster3190]

I think it's more simple, money. Mr grizz and/or lil judd is probably continuing the business due to how profitable it is, and the inkling and octolings also profit from working there too. In short, if you can beat them, join them.

[@alexandertkachenko1432]

I think that the mr grizz statue is actually some kind of ai mr grizz programmed by him to run salmon run whilst he creates fuzzy ooze

[@abstractmanager]

Well in the credits for the story mode if you stay long enough you can see Mr. Grizz not dead but stuck in space basically orbiting earth

[@r3x85]

Actually, in the credits you can see Mr Grizz floating in space, showing that hes alive

[@silverblaze8766]

So hear out, a vid I watched yesterday on Salmonid lore kind of explains why we still do salmon run and I got preface this vid was made a year ago in January. In this vid it said that the Salmonid had a spartan like culture that believe in the circle of life way more then a sentient race should their whole goal is to be eaten and that they don't like their golden eggs stolen. Also neither side is entirely innocent as apparently Inklings and possibly other creature eat Salmon (shown in the mall stage apparently) and Big Run is a thing where the Salmonid attack inkopolis Side note: Once upon a time while trying to figure out what this large scale dlc for Splatoon 3 would be, one of these ideas was a dlc campaign thing known as "The lair of the bear" where Pearl and Marina were investigating Grizzco on why Big Run happens

[@littlekingbaku5092]

I kinda want grizz to stay alive since his story is more sympathetic because like he some of the only mamals still alive maybe him and lil judd are working on being a better business, maybe they could sponsor splatfest

[@spark.2465]

Me finishes story mode Ok now time to play salmon run and contribute to world destruction

[@exploshaun]

It just makes perfect sense that a mammal would take over the company of another mammal. Whether or not little judd is using the company for profit or evil is dependent on future stories.

[@Joker_Kirby]

I'm starting to think our Smallfry isn't an actual salmonid. Considering he has the ability to "respawn", and he matches your ink color when salmonids only have green ink. Also, Agents 4 and 8 haven't returned yet and are left unmentioned.

[@navyshark2286]

Well my theory is that it's automated grizco doesn't require maintenance and they don't shut it down because of a trade deal like the samonids and the octolings

[@wintercj]

If there's an explanation for questions that been asked how did Mr. Grizz survived from rocket explosion?

[@icy101yt]

He didn’t :) it was confirmed in a QnA with developers that grizz in salmon run is all pre recorded voice lines

[@wintercj]

@@icy101ytYou're saying Mr. Grizz is gone? Is so then explain this, Some fans claim Mr. Grizz is not dead because they saw him at the end credits that if you can look closely..

[@icy101yt]

@@wintercj he doesn’t move in the credits though and his eyes are blacked out

[@thatman13545]

for me personally, I think that, from observations, the things said by mr. grizz after the story being beaten might be recordings that are changed to fit what is going on by little Judd. kind of like tapes on a tape recorder.

[@epicfox8887]

i have a theory and its probably that his voicelines are now pre-recorded and each event triggers a voiceline. This could be true considering the fact that umm.. in salmon run we arent in person with him, only in campaign mode we get to.

[@Dr.Slug1018]

Ok I'm gonna say it. When Mr. Grizz is about to explode, he looks like a crunchy cheeto

[@elnic_kai]

as soon as i saw the sunken scrolls for lil' judd i was convinced he'd be the villain of the dlc.

[@shimoyaki5980]

I feel like if we get a reveal on what's going on with this before the DLC, it'll be in the new Big Runs that we still don't really have a lot of info on yet.

[@Geometric_CupCake]

The gameplay reason Mr. Grizz still commands ya is so it wouldn’t complicate things. But I’m pretty sure the LORE reason he still speaks is Lil’ Judd using the prerecorded audio files

[@mayanightstar]

I always thought Mr. Grizz's voice during Salmon Run was somewhat automated anyway

[@Aisenhelm]

A theory I said in another video talking about this same topic, was that Grizz used the golden eggs for power until he decided to steal and use the zap fish, we have seen COUNTLESS times that energy is scarce in this new world needing to rely on possible one giant electrical fish(we still don't know if there are more then one great zap fish in the world). We have seen that DJ Octavia steal the zap fish to help his kind have an energy source, and now that DJ Octavia is possibly on our side we have double energy consumption, now one giant zap fish needs to work extra hard to support the new population, this leads to the comment that Deep Cut said about the zap fish looking different, possibly meaning that the zap fish is losing it power. Leading to Grizz Co industry's becoming an energy supplier, but we may not know until the DLC is out but that's my theory on that topic.

[@Gecko_Head]

Also, lil Judd is theoretically jealous of Judd and is planing to kill him! Yet more proof that lil Judd will be the Main villain of Splatoon 4!

[@icy101yt]

There will be no splatoon 4, the direct says that splatoon 3 is the finale of the saga

[@Gecko_Head]

@@icy101yt that’s to bad

[@Gecko_Head]

I was just playing the game and realized that lil Judd is on the BAD GUYS side when judging matches!

[@icy101yt]

@@Gecko_Head he was like that in splatoon 2 aswell

[@Ryrazzz]

maybe lil judd decided to keep it going and now he eats the power eggs and places back the power eggs for sustainability he also would've needed the inklings to have a money source

[@KugelWasHere]

my theory , mr grizz isnt actually dead because his body was reduced and it became smaller cause of the fuzzy ink, since hes still speaking through the phone/radio he might be still alive , but he became skinnier.

[@Mr_Ladderhorns_Gaming]

You can see mr griz floating in space in the credits.

[@undynesgaming9462]

Mr grizz isn't dead, during the end credits you see him floating around in space still

[@kawstik]

I feel little Judd will harness the power eggs and golden eggs for their power to help others with energy

[@CAIORAZ]

My theory is that Mr grizz is still alive but he's now working with little Judd who I think will be the main antagonist for Splatoon 4.

[@crispinbohannon7996]

If we get a splatoon 3 DLC we need a new agent dubbed “agent X” and they along with pearl,marina, And a steelhead would band together to stop a race of Shark-like Creatures know as the “Fuka” they’re similar to The Octarians, but their only goal is replace the current life on earth with sharks, I believe the final battle would be the Inklings,octolings and salmonids batting this New threat.

[@jackygemme863]

That’s too specific

[@crispinbohannon7996]

@@jackygemme863 Duh yeah what you think? kracken vs Jaws.

[@chaosqueen671]

Also on top of that Lil Jud is always on the bad guys side, that could also be a hint

[@PeterGriffin11]

If Lil Judd is secretly evil then I can't help but wonder if Lil Judd being on the bad guy side during the results screen of online matches has been foreshadowing this all along. Another unanswered question I have is where Lil Buddy came from and why he helped us when all the other salmonid are aggressive toward Inklings and Octolings and I'm surprised the Salmonid didn't have any kind of significant role in the main story of Splatoon 3 besides Lil Buddy considering you need to defeat Salmonid and take their eggs for Mr.Grizz at Grizzco.

[@amandaletcher1320]

Im guessing lil judd is just hungry and wants some fish

[@MagicianStevey]

Worst part about this video is the fact that there is no spoiler warning and stuff

[@catsolo97]

Maybe there is a secret mammalian cult where grizz was in charge and Lil Judd second in command.

[@evoli9347]

my theory is that grizz never truly spoke to you he was too busy with his work on taking over the world and tunring everyone into mamals that he just made an AI to speak in his place and that AI is still workin as for lil jud and the new statue at grizz co, maybe lil jud took over grizz co and maybe splatsville uses salmon eggs for things now am kinda lost on those two parts but yeah thats my theory

[@Zekrozma3]

In splatoon 4 , mr grizz will come back like dj octavio after being stabbed in the brain with the rainmaker. To me , lil jud is going to become weird af after like , eating or touching the fuzzy ooze and want to eat the inklings and octolings

[@lucomc32607]

A lot of people think the voice talking to you when shopping inside Grizzco is Lil’ Judd. Well I’m sorry to burst ya’lls bubble but unless Lil’ Judd sounds exactly like a gold fish then it’s not him. It’s just another Marigold, the speech noise is the same. Now that’s not to say Lil’ Judd didn’t take over Grizzco! I think that’s VERY likely!

[@CraigTucker2023]

When lil judd falls over if that team loses i just laugh😭

[@rameysue]

lil Judd might be doing it because he is little and thinks what Mr. Grizz was doing was good so now, he trying to do what Mr. Grizz couldn't do.

[@Toadandacone]

I believe that the mr grizz instructions is just pre recorded

[@ripme123l7]

As for why grizzco is still open for business, I have another theory. Remember in the splatoon 3 direct they announced big run? I thing that happens every few months where the salmonids invade the city? I’m guessing part of the reason for grizzco still being open is to help fight against it, but that’s just my guess.

[@luigipowdemo6458]

Wait, the Big Run...

[@chickenonacookie2045]

I think that everybody in the game knows something we don’t like grizzco had a “change in heart” and are now working to protect us but in truth there is something more sinister still happening

[@UniversalSuns]

Actually mr grizz is not ded on the credits you have a chance to see him

[@SapphireQuartz7890]

I think the Mr. GRiZ learned his lesson and cap salmon run open as a little fun games for the for the inklings To play

[@russianoftheinternet8907]

wait if the fuzzy ooze turns everything into mammals, then what happened to all the octarians we murdered-

[@billy8944]

You guys know little jud isn't evil he just hates jud

[@kelsmakers_space69]

You forgot about Big Run. That could be the revenge

[@atwinmin]

...I never thought lil judd would be evil..

[@timtamTom.2]

Killing salmonids has nothing to do with the main story like, its the golden eggs he is after and killing the salmonids is a byproduct of that

[@osiohanu8166]

Y’all, there are thousands, maybe millions of rotting human and animal corpses inside of that rocket😶

[@derpy2939]

Lil'Judd the new splatoon 3 dlc villain? Like you pointed out he is a mammal and he is cloned..

[@catborg780]

It'd be cool if they were furry salmon now & you have to get the eggs back for the non fuzzy salmon.

[@Pancake_man102]

It might not lil Judd like in splatoon 2 when you speak to him he just says meow so if it was lil Judd there would be meows In The dialogue just remember this is a theory :)

[@sidreynders4263]

The new ceo is little judd he wears a headset after bezting the story

[@krisp166]

Maybe lil Judd is a villain because if you lose he will be happy

[@splatboynick5149]

well now i guess ill have to agree with the lil jud murdering jud memes

[@HelpfulArtifact]

Mister grizz actually never talks to you in salmon run. It’s all prerecorded messages

[@Side_N0te]

I don't know if I would have preferred if after story mode the voice changed back into "Raspy Voice" like it does if you are playing in The Shoal or not.

[@skistorm739]

what about time-travel, portal technology? maybe human in this timelines more advanced a few 1000's early.

[@adamgz12]

Fact:Mr grizz in salmon run IS actually pre recorded audios from him telling you to get even more eggs P.S:this Is only for those Who Dont know

[@talulupepe6846]

Even if u are onto something i think lil judd is just hungry or smth bc if u think on it he doesnt lead the new matches. Hes also a bit pathetic so im not sure how he'd be able to attack and stuff

[@hoppie4263]

What happens if you fight grizz again

[@youtuby7656]

Salmon is also the only type of fish i eat

[@Huziplayz2010]

I actually think Mr.Grizzco has automated messages and when to be used…The little jud theory is actually a good theory…I don’t think little jud is evil…I think he is just trying to keep the salmon run on going..?

[@Mr.Ducky.o7]

Yeah I was thinking something similar maybe seven run has become such a large part of the splatoon economy that shutting it down would cause an economic collapse and Little jud just wanted to help

[@Steefgamer364]

The messages could also y'know, be pre-recorded.

[@The_WellKnown]

Little buddy will be the new ceo

[@kriskidot930]

Mr grizz is still alive he in the credits

[@jaydenwild9826]

Shall I do the mr grizz boss again

[@NitnerockBobarr]

That's not really a theory. It's an observation

[@bob_marlee03]

lil' judd is the villian of the dlc

[@Lord.cococrab]

Why Does Little Judd and Judd have the Same Moustache as Big Man?

[@newquilter02]

Grizzco is bear 3 who’s bear 1 and two?

[@Ballistic2770]

NO NOT LIL JUD!!🥺🥺🥺

[@jeremiahhargrove7421]

I wish I could watch your videos about Splatoon 3 but I don't want to spoil the game but your videos are great nin10doland pin this

[@torinoconnor4296]

Cool!

[@blue_axolotl64]

hey man can you not put spoilers in the thumbnail/title? kinda havent beat it yet

[@golisopod768]

worth mentioning that the developers have said in an interview that mr. grizz might not actually be watching when you do salmon run & all of his speech might be pre-recorded, so just because we still hear it after completing story mode doesn't necessarily mean he's still alive

[@starsofskies2328]

That makes sense but how would Grizz know when you get more than 100 eggs? Or when you die on high to low tide or certain events like Goldie. He might not watch as you play but does look at your rollout and what you died to

[@icy101yt]

@@starsofskies2328 because in splatoon 2 there was a boat with a satellite dish (person driving the boat probably played the voice lines) and here in 3 the helicopter circles you the whole time (and there is definitely a helicopter pilot)

[@themrgameboy12]

I would imagine that Mr Grizz made an AI to respond to the situation using either pre-recorded voice lines or what I think is more likely is that he has another program that mimics his voice and he uses it in conjunction with his AI, to give the illusion that he's actually there overseeing the workplace

[@MetaKnight964]

@@themrgameboy12 But what's the point of doing all that?

[@WunderwaffePrime]

@@MetaKnight964 hiding his identity and giving him free time for his experiments with golden eggs and fuzzy ooze