10 Video Game NPCs Hiding Dark Secrets

10. Judd The Cat - Splatoon

When you look at Splatoon you might not think of there being anything less dark than shooting paint at these uber colourful squid kids, and you’d think this character, a cat called Judd, is even further from anything evil or disturbing. But that’s just what they want you to think.

Cats, after all, are one of humanities cuddliest allies, so it’s utterly surprising to think that Judd may have had a hand in or witnessed the downfall of all humankind before the events of the Splatoon games begin.

In the collectable Sunken Scrolls, you find information and images of Splatoon lore, and we learn that life was able to take this squid kid shape because of the previous land mammals dying out as water levels rose. Who were these unfortunate souls? Well, humans according to Sunken Scroll #26 - which shows a skeleton playing a WiiU.

Judd is shown to have been alive before these events thanks to what appears to be him inside Scroll #4 and so it’s plausible to think that while the world got wet, Judd just sat there and watched. In fact, as he’s a judge of Turf War events, who’s to say he didn’t also have a paw in our demise as well? Creepy.