Barry

Note: Some parts of this page may be lifted from Tide Pool's article on the Inkidols Wiki.

Barry (Japanese: マダ Mada) is part of the rock idol duo, Tide Pool and is one of the hosts of Snapper News in Snapper Square alongside Reif.

His main ink color is purple.

Appearance and Personality
Barry has light skin with yellow eyes that have an "X" shape on them. His tentacles are purple, but gradient out into a cream at the back.

His outfit consists of a baggy short-sleeved hoodie over a purple and dark grey turtleneck sweater, a pair a black ripped jeans and a pair of muted purple boots with dark grey soles. As for his accesories, he wears a pair of black, circle-shaped earrings and a pair of black bracelets on both of his hands.

On air and during performances, Barry presents himself as an energetic rockstar, always doing what he can to make sure all eyes are on him. In reality, he's much more mellow and enjoys being able to make friends through his music career with Reif.

Early Life/Splatoon 1
Like most octarians, Barry had spent his early life studying for and joining the Octarian Military. He met Reif here when Barry first joined his squad, Reif being the elite and of course, the leader of the team.

Compared to Reif and his fellow teammates, however, Barry wasn't as good at fighting. This lead to him getting a little extra training behind the scenes with Reif, which while is gave Barry more confidence in battle, is made their bond even closer in the process.

Splatoon 2
Barry served Octavio under the squad up until Agent 4's battle with him, to which the tunes of the Inkantation etched itself into Barry's soul, finally making him realized that the Octarian lifestyle wasn't the best. Barry ran off with Reif to Inkopolis and spent a few months there.

After pondering what to do with themselves, Off the Hook (particularly, it's octoling member, Marina) gave them the inspiration to become musicians. Prior to the Final Fest, the two caught a flight to New Sardine in order to start anew.

Recent Past
During the time in New Sardine, Barry and Reif formed Tide Pool, Barry specifically serving as one of the vocals as well as the guitarist. While there was a rocky start, things started to pick up. After the creation of C.O.L.R. City with the pop duo Deep Dive, Tide Pool would see a massive spike in popularity and because of this, they were chosen for the new hosts for Snapper News. Barry still finds that the girls deserved the place more, but given they're participation in splafests, he seemed happy that there were no hard feelings.

Trivia

 * His Japanese name comes from Madako (マダコ), the name of the Common Octopus in Japan.
 * This is also a reference to original idea where his species was going to be the Common Sydney Octopus.


 * His favorite weapon type is the Blaster family.
 * His original designs had him with blue ink instead of the purple he has in his current design.