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'''Fox McCloud'''<br />フォックス・マクラウド<br />''<small>Fokkusu Makuraudo</small>''

 

Takashi Ohara (''Star Fox 64 3D'') }}

 

Jim Walker (''Star Fox Assault'', ''Super Smash Bros Brawl'') }}

 

* [[Battle Couple]]: Krystal accompanies him for the ground based missions on Sauria and the Aparoid Homeworld during ''Assault''

* [[Berserk Button]]: In the [[Star Fox (video game)|Nintendo Power comic]], after Fox discovers that Andross was the sole reason he became an orphan (see [[Conveniently an Orphan]] below), Fox is sent into a fit of [[Unstoppable Rage]] and he single-handedly destroys Andross's flying ship base.

'''Falco:''' I've never seen him so... twisted! I'm glad I'm not Andross! }}

** He also hated being called "[[Embarrassing Nickname|Junior]]" in [[Star Fox (video game)|the comic]].

* [[Cutscene Incompetence]]: In ''[[Star Fox Adventures|Adventures]]'', Fox is faced with the [[Big Bad]] in a cutscence and takes ten shots at him with his [[Kill It with Fire|fire-blasting]] staff. He misses ''all ten'' shots. He even fails to hit the Mook that the [[Big Bad]] attempted to use as a [[Human Shield|Dino Shield]]. This coming from an [[Ace Pilot]], and if dialogue is an indication, a crack shot with personal weapons as well. Also occurs repeatedly in ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]''; typically, Pigma's ship gets away because Fox has to do something else or is distracted. The script tends to forget the three ''other'' members of the team at such times.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Seems to be a bit of his characterization in ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]''.

'''Fox:''' ''Great''. Good to see the transmission system's targeting is as ''sterling'' as ever. }}

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Fox tries to keep his affection towards Krystal under wraps in ''Adventures'' and ''Assault''. Not that it makes any difference, since all of his teammates know him too well, ROB [[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That|has a way of putting it out in the open]], and others like Tricky assumed they were already together.

* [[Say My Name|Scream My Name]]: In the Japanese versions, his team members will do this if Fox is killed (These are replaced with a [[Big No]] in the English version). In the English version, the only instances of this trope being applied towards Fox is when Slippy is swatted towards Titania by Spyborg, Slippy just before the battle against Goras, and by his team members when Fox is going to "go it alone" against Andross inside his base (both paths), and the last part only if his teammates aren't undergoing repairs of their Arwings. Fox himself also used the trope twice: First when Slippy was knocked away to Titania, and the second when Fox finds Slippy in Gora's claw (before it awakens).

* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: In stark contrast to Falco's [[Only in It For the Money|greed]], Fox always practices the [[Robin Hood]] credo, and is unconcerned with becoming rich. That is not to say Fox doesn't enjoy luxuries now and then.

'''Fox:''' Moons aren't nearly as comfortable. }}

** And it's not like he ever ''doesn't'' bill General Pepper for Star Fox's services.

**** Well sure, you still have to put food on the table. Similar issues in episode plots of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' come to mind. It probably takes an assload of cash just to maintain the Great Fox (not to mention their expensive ''Arwings''), which is especially worrisome when business is slow, and it is implied that the Great Fox was in severe disrepair by the time of the game. In ''[[Farewell Beloved Falco]]'', they were all practically ''living'' on that ship in deep space, and spent a lot of boring days playing video games (labelled as training). That's also not even getting into the issue of how Fox, after inheriting the Great Fox from his father, also ends up having to pay the remainder of his dad's eighty year loan that his father got simply by getting the ship. However, in the older comic where Fox's credo came up, they weren't in the Great Fox, but in their Papetoon Rebel Hideout underneath a tree in the desert, where cost of living may have been less expensive.

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Once in ''Assault'' relating to Krystal. Tricky assumes that Fox and Krystal are already a couple and promises to keep Sauria intact until they can come back on their honeymoon. Fox unfortunately phrases his response in a way that makes it clear that even though they aren't, he does want them to be, causing much embarrassment until he can change the subject.

'''Krystal''': Alright, that's enough boys. }}

* [[Technicolor Eyes]]/[[Brown Eyes]]/[[Blue Eyes]]/[[Green Eyes]]/[[Green Is Blue]]: Fox was shown having brown eyes in the title screen of the original ''[[Star Fox (video game)|Star Fox]]'', then blue eyes in the Itoh comic (though inconsistently green or blue in the first chapter), in ''[[Star Fox 2]]'' and in ''[[Super Smash Bros]] Melee''. Since ''[[Farewell Beloved Falco|Farewell]]'' and ''[[Star Fox Adventures|Adventures]]'', Fox has had green eyes, which he's had ever since, except for one promotional ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]'' artwork where he appears to have ''both'' blue and green eyes (fading from one color to the other in the same iris, no less!). But since the green eyes became fixed, they have usually been some of the nicest hue of green imaginable. Green eyes of course exist in reality, but it's not often you see someone with such a penetrating emerald color.

'''Falco Lombardi'''<br />ファルコ・ランバルディ<br />''<small>Faruko Ranbarudi</small>''

 

 

Dex Manley (''Super Smash Bros Brawl'') }}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Cool Old Guy]]}}: {{spoiler|In one of the endings of ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]'', Falco serves this role, playing mentor to Fox's son Marcus just as Peppy was Fox's mentor. And like Fox above, Falco wears awesome sunglasses.}}

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Everything's Better with Chickens]]: In the Nintendo Power comics, Falco notes that he has a cousin who's a chicken.

* [[Feather Fingers]]

'''Peppy Hare'''<br />ペッピー・ヘア<br />''<small>Peppī Hea</small>''

 

 

Dex Manley (''Super Smash Bros Brawl'') }}

 

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] / [[Disney Death]]: In ''[[Star Fox Assault]]'', Peppy ends up sacrificing the Great Fox, and himself in the process, by ramming the Great Fox (which was gradually being aparoidized by the Aparoids) into the shields of the Aparoid Homeworld's core in order to allow the rest of his team entry. Turns out, he survived by using the Great Fox's bridge as an escape pod.

* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: He essentially tells his teammates this during the penultimate level (which is also before he {{spoiler|ended up [[Disney Death|nearly]] [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrificing himself]] as well as sacrificing the Great Fox by kamikazing it into the shield generator}}).

'''Peppy:''' Err... nothing, I'm just babbling, that's all. }}

* [[The Obi-Wan]]

* [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]: It doesn't take much to convince him to get back in the cockpit.

** Until ''[[Farewell Beloved Falco]]'', when suddenly a 45-year old man insists he's "too old" to pilot the Landmaster, and insists that [[Recycled Script|Slippy do it]].

* [[Tsundere]]: Peppy can often be kind, friendly, and even fun-loving, but [[Beware the Nice Ones|his angry moments]] can paint the walls.

* [[You Remind Me of X]]: Fox reminds him of James.

'''Slippy Toad'''<br />スリッピー・トード<br />''<small>Surippī Tōdo</small>''

 

 

Mike McAuliffe (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'', ''Super Smash Bros Brawl'') }}

 

[[Retcon|Previously]]<br />'''Fox McCloud Sr.'''<br />フォックス・シニア<br />''<small>Fokkusu Shinia</small>''

 

Hirohiko Kakegawa (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'') }}

 

Jim Walker (''Star Fox Assault'') }}

 

'''General Pepper'''<br />ペパー将軍<br />''<small>Pepā-shōgun</small>''

 

Michihiro Ikemizu (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'') }}

 

Gray Eubank (''Star Fox Assault'') }}

 

* [[Body Horror]]: By the time Fox actually faces him, Andross has long since left his original body behind, being no more than a giant floating head with separately detached floating hands. Blowing off his skin leaves his brain and eyeballs (attached together via neural stems) still active. {{spoiler|And when he's resurrected in ''Adventures'', at least ''half'' of him isn't actually his own body, he's attached to the rear of a Krazoa statue's head}}.

* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: In reference to [[Murder the Hypotenuse|his accidental murder of Vixy]]:

* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Going by the fact that there were references to Andross creating both the Anglar Race (according to the Farewell Fox storyline) and the means to defeat them (the whole removing poison from the sea thing), it's hard not to suspect that Andross was probably planning to invoke this trope in a bid for power. That, or he made a failsafe should [[The Starscream|they turn on him]].

* [[Cloning Blues]]: Andross was cloned in both the Super NES comic and in ''[[Farewell Beloved Falco]]''.

** Also, said polygonal face also made a cameo in the climax of ''[[Farewell Beloved Falco]]'' when Andross's clone was beginning to develop telepathic thoughts.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: The giant brain in ''[[Star Fox 64|64]]''.

'''Fox:''' So Andross, you show your true form. }}

* [[Only One Name]]: Though his nephew and grandson have both a first and last name.

'''Wolf O'Donnell'''<br />ウルフ・オドネル<br />''<small>Urufu Odoneru</small>''

 

Mahito Oba (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros]] Brawl'') }}

 

Jay Ward (''Super Smash Bros Brawl'') }}

 

* [[The Obi-Wan]]: During their [[Enemy Mine]] moments, Wolf gives Fox guidance.

* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: This is why he won't let the Aparoids kill Fox in ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]''. And he delivers it in a manner full of [[Homoerotic Subtext]]:

* [[Opera Gloves]]: His gloves in ''[[Super Smash Bros|Brawl]]'' come very close to this.

* [[Purple Eyes]]: And has the badassery to match them... er, it.

'''Leon Powalski'''<br />レオン・ポワルスキー<br />''<small>Reon Powarusukī</small>''

 

 

Jim Walker (''[[Super Smash Bros]] Brawl'') }}

 

* [[Evil Laugh]]

* [[In Love with Your Carnage]]/[[Have I Mentioned I Am Gay?]]: How he ''[[Homoerotic Subtext|feels]]'' towards Wolf.

* [[Informed Attribute]]: We've never actually seen him kill anyone, even though he's supposed to be a cold-blooded killer with no conscience. Some of this may be because of the game's target audience. His dialogue does show him to be depraved.

* [[Lizard Folk]]

* [[Psycho for Hire]]

'''Pigma Dengar'''<br />ピグマ・デンガー<br />''<small>Piguma Dengā</small>''

 

 

Lev Liberman (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'') }}

 

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]: His response to Fox telling him not to steal the core memory.

** Also, in the Bolse mission in [[Star Fox 64]]:

* [[Large Ham]]: No [[Pun]] intended. He shines in ''64'' as the hammiest character, and that's saying a ''lot''.

* [[Laughing Mad]]: By the time of ''[[Star Fox Assault]]'', he seems to have lost a lot of his sanity, as about half of his speakable appearances is him laughing, and it is eventually topped when {{spoiler|he ends up Aparoidized.}}

* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: Although he intended to use the Core Memory to make himself rich, he certainly did not intend to actually work with the Aparoids, since obviously obeying them would have meant turning down a profit.

* [[Psycho for Hire]]: It is implied in the Bolse level that, aside from the obvious one of wanting to get rich with money, another reason why he betrayed Star Fox and presumably why he even takes various jobs is because he truly enjoys hurting people.

* [[Punny Name]]: He is named for the common sentence ender "dengā" in the [[Kansai Regional Accent]], with [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], the producer of the series, being from Kansai himself (specifically, Kyoto, not unlike his employer). The English spelling "Dengar" rhymes with this in non-rhotic accents.

* [[Puzzle Boss]]: In ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]''.

[[Continuity Reboot|Originally]]<br />'''Algae'''<br />アルジー<br />''<small>Arujī</small>''

 

Yusuke Numata (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'') }}

 

John Hugill (''Star Fox Assault'') }}

 

* [[Mission Control]]

* [[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That]]: In the ending of ''[[Star Fox Adventures|Adventures]]''.

'''Fox:''' ...I'm gonna be just fine. }}

* [[Robot Buddy]]

'''Bill Grey'''<br />ビル・グレイ<br />''<small>Biru Gurei</small>''

 

 

Fox's old buddy from flight school who stayed in the Cornerian Army while Fox went freelance. He appears in ''[[Star Fox 64|64]]'' on the Katina stage, where he and his squadron help the Star Fox team destroy an enemy mothership. He later reappears as a playable character in ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]''.

* [[Surfer Dude]]: Has this type of voice in ''[[Star Fox 64|64]]''.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Whenever you shoot down one of his fighters in ''[[Star Fox 64|64]]''.

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'''Katt Monroe'''<br />キャット・モンロー<br />''<small>Kyatto Monrō</small>''

 

 

Katt is a woman from Falco's past, when they were both members of the Hot Rodders gang. The canonical [[No Export for You|Japan-only]] [[Manga]] ''[[Farewell Beloved Falco]]'' shed some light on the mysterious nature of their relationship, revealing even more about Falco and Katt themselves.

'''Beltino Toad'''<br />ベルツィーノ・トード<br />''<small>Berutsīno Tōdo</small>''

 

 

Slippy's Father and head research director for the Cornerian Defense Forces. He sometimes shows up in debriefing sessions in ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]'' and ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]''.

'''Krystal'''<br />クリスタル<br />''<small>Kurisutaru</small>''

 

 

Krystal is Fox's on-again off-again [[Love Interest]] who was introduced in ''[[Star Fox Adventures|Adventures]]''. She is a telepath, and replaced Peppy as the fourth active member of the team in ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]''. Extremely popular with the [[Furry Fandom]]. The ones that are into girls, anyway.

* [[That Man Is Dead|That Woman Is Dead]]: Seems to be her attitude when she becomes Kursed in one of ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]'''s alternate endings. She turns her back on Star Fox, Star Wolf, and the entire Lylat System altogether. So much is her departure from her former life, that she encounters Fox some time later, and ''he doesn't even recognize her'' (one must wonder how many other blue vixens exist in Lylat).

** Even before becoming Kursed, she had hints of this in her dialogue when Fox rediscovers her among Starwolf. Before becoming Kursed, it had more to do with her changed attitude from being gentle and sweet to bitter and spiteful than it did her persona as "Krystal".

* [[Telepathy]]

* [[Woman Scorned]]: In ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]''.

'''General Scales'''<br />スケール将軍<br />''<small>Sukēru-shōgun</small>''

 

 

Head of the SharpClaw tribe of dinosaurs on Sauria, he is a warlord in the midst of conquering Sauria for his own--and has even managed to shatter Sauria into pieces by removing its Spellstones. He is the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]''. {{spoiler|Or Is He? He's actually being manipulated by Andross into gathering Krystal's life force and the Krazoa spirits of Sauria in a bid to make Andross a [[Physical God]].}}

'''Panther Caroso'''<br />パンサー・カルロッソ<br />''<small>Pansā Karurosso</small>''

 

 

The newest member of the Star Wolf team, who debuted in ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]''. Panther is an unabashed ladies man who constantly tries to hit on Krystal every chance he gets. He always carries his signature rose.