Desti

Desti was an Octoling character from SMG4's bloopers. She appeared in If Mario Was In... Splatoon 2 as the main antagonist. In the episode, Mario was helping Meggy train for the next Splatfest. Later, after Mario refused to join her team, she sent her Octoposse after him, which resulted in a fight and rivalry with Meggy. She is the first major character ever to presumably die in the series.

Background
Desti was a female Octoling who hails from Inkopolis. She was very popular, becoming shocked when Meggy doesn't recognize her. With her high skill in the Turf Wars, she was the leader of her team, as she gave the commands in both SMG4: The Mario Showdown and SMG4: The Splatfest Incident, named the Octoposse, which only consists of Octolings. She became enemies with Meggy and Mario very quickly.

Appearance
Desti had fuchsia tentacles, purple-colored ink, tan skin, and yellow eyes, with a silver heart tattoo beside her right eye. Her gear set consisted of Fake Contacts, a Shirt with Blue Hoodie and Neo Octoling Boots. The Shirt with Blue Hoodie has a unique design containing a light blue octopus wearing a Octoleet Goggles on its head on the left and light blue lines on the sleeves. Like many other Octolings, she also wore black, fingerless gloves.

Personality
Desti was usually arrogant, vain, and competitive. She was usually represented as an unfair and sadistic bully to Meggy, and she was shocked when she found out that Meggy didn't know who she was. Her goals and personality was seen as rather simple-minded: she only wants to humiliate Meggy and win Splatfests. She was willing to do anything to win, even if she had to forcefully ask people like Mario to team up with her, steal Splatoon weapons from her rivals, or using unfair cheating as a "strategy".

Despite this, she is deep-down good-hearted, as she agreed to find Meggy when she went missing. She claims that she still hates Meggy, but in a friendly way.

It is revealed that she wanted to save Meggy because she doesn't want to see her die rather than getting humiliated. After she saw Sephiroth's katana sticking out of her stomach, her final request to Meggy was to win the Splatfest for her, showing that she now considered Meggy a friend.

Weapons

 * Blaster: Her primary weapon. However, she is seen to use other ink weapons as well.
 * .52 Gal: Only appeared in If Mario Was In... Splatoon 2.
 * Wasabi Splattershot: Only appeared in SMG4: The Mario Showdown.

Appearances

 * If Mario Was In... Splatoon 2
 * SMG4: Meggy's Bootcamp
 * SMG4: The Mario Showdown
 * SMG4: The Splatfest Incident (Semi-Minor)
 * SMG4: The Inkling Disappearances
 * SMG4: Mario and the Experiment
 * SMG4: World War Mario (Possible death)

Trivia

 * According to Luke and Kevin in The Waluigi Arc EXPLAINED, Desti was originally going to have a role in the arc, starting with SMG4: Waluigi's Time.
 * She reappeared in SMG4: Meggy's Bootcamp as a minor antagonist, marking her second appearance in nearly 10 months. She then became a recurring character afterwards.
 * Her name might be taken from the word "destination" or "destiny" due to her confident, competitive, and ruthless personality.
 * She had some similarities to SMG3, but does not assemble nearly as evil or large-scale schemes as he does.
 * Unlike SMG3, Desti redeemed herself and died(?) in the end.
 * Desti was killed in the same month of her first appearance, which is in June.
 * Desti may not be permanently deceased, as there are various factors that could lead to her revival.
 * One of which are the Splatoon Spawn Points, which respawn Inklings and Octolings during Turf War and Ranked Matches. If Desti was still connected to the one she used in the splatfest, she would respawn, unless it only works if she gets splatted.