About
“Splat Tim the Woomy” (or better known as just “Splat Tim”) is an image of a male Inkling from the Nintendo’s third person shooter Splatoon with a distorted face, typically captioned with the expression “He Does It!”
Origin
On July 6th, 2015, Instagram user @marble.soda posted a picture of a distorted Inkling character wearing a teal shirt with a dog printed on the front (shown below, left). On July 17th, the image was reposted by Twitter user @Cloesy,[3] along with the caption “it splat tim”, a misspelling of the phrase “It’s splat time” (shown below, right).
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.Clik here to view.
Spread
On August 3, 2015, Twitter user @McBedtime tweeted a photoshopped box art mock-up for a “Splat Tim” game (shown below).[4]
Clik here to view.
Images of the character subsequently began circulating on Tumblr, often featuring Splat Tim in a variety of other video games. In September, an ask blog for Splat Tim along with various other Splat Tim-themed Tumblr blogs.[2][5][6][7] On January 12th, 2017, DeviantArtist[8] Bromighty uploaded a painting of Splat Tim (shown below, left). On August 28th, Redditor tayne_peach posted a photograph of himself cosplaying as Splat Tim to /r/splatoon[9] (shown below, right).
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.Clik here to view.
Various Examples
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.Clik here to view.
Search Interest
External References
[2]Tumblr – Ask Splat Tim
[3]Twitter – @Cloesy – it splat tim
[4]Twitter – @McBedtime
[6]Tumblr – Splat Tim!
[9]Reddit – /r/splatoon
