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== Since ''[[Star Fox (video game)|Star FoxFOX]]'' and its comic ==
The first game, in 1993. So overshadowed by ''[[Continuity Reboot|Star Fox 64]]'' in 1997 that some fans don't even know there were ''Star Fox'' games or stories before that.
 
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'''Fox McCloud'''<br />フォックス・マクラウド<br />''<small>Fokkusu Makuraudo</small>''
 
{{quote|'''Voices (Japanese):''' Shinobu Satouchi (''[[Star Fox 64]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', ''Super Smash Bros Melee'')
[[Kenji Nojima]] (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'', ''Super Smash Bros Brawl'')
Takashi Ohara (''Star Fox 64 3D'') }}
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* Landmaster dramatically 'ports in in the middle of a swarm of Aparoids*
'''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.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: Probably the reason James is always shown wearing shades and Fox never does -- without them, father and son look exactly the same.
* [[Happily Married]]: One of ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]'''s endings has him as this with Krystal.
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*** Hell, in ''[[Star Fox Adventures|Adventures]]'', he spends a lot of time complaining that he's not getting paid nearly ''enough'' for what he's doing. What exactly is the game in which Fox seems to have anything other than mercenary purposes? He definitely seems to be about the cash, even if he's, y'know, nice about it.
**** 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.
{{quote|'''Fox''': What are you nuts?! We aren't- we not yet-
'''Tricky''': "Not yet"?
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'''Tricky''': You're just mad 'cause you don't wanna talk about it.
'''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 FoxFOX]]'', 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.
* [[Trigger Happy]]: Some dialogue in ''[[Star Fox Adventures|Adventures]]'' implies that he's like this (specifically General Pepper forbidding him from taking a blaster to his first Sauria mission and shooting everything in sight to solve his problems, requiring him to find a different, yet suitable weapon for the circumstances), but so far it's been an [[Informed Attribute]].
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{{quote|'''Voices (English):''' Bill Johns (''[[Star Fox 64]]'', ''Star Fox 64 3D'')
Ben Cullum (''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'', ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]'')
Mike Madeoy (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'')
Dex Manley (''Super Smash Bros Brawl'') }}
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{{quote|'''Voices (English):''' Isaac Marshall (''[[Star Fox 64]]'', ''Star Fox 64 3D'')
Chris Seavor (''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'', ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]'')
Henry Dardenne (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'')
Dex Manley (''Super Smash Bros Brawl'') }}
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{{quote|'''Voices (English):''' Lyssa Browne (''[[Star Fox 64]]'', ''Star Fox 64 3D'')
Chris Seavor (''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'', ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]'')
Mike McAuliffe (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'', ''Super Smash Bros Brawl'') }}
 
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** His second time was in ''[[Star Fox 64|64]]'', and Fox had to rescue him in the Landmaster (although it's less of a kidnapping as much as being shot down by Spyborg, crashlanding into the arms/jaws of an alien lifeform known as Goras, and then the Goras awakening when Fox arrived to rescue Slippy).
** His third time was in ''[[Farewell Beloved Falco]]'', even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] how he had been in a dangerous situation before. This time Slippy is kidnapped ''while driving the Landmaster'', by the same creature as before (or at least a creature of the same species), and Fox needs to rescue him on foot.
* [[Like Father, Like Son]]: Though the similarities between father and son are applied somewhat differently. His father Beltino is a geeky, stuttering, absent-minded inventor of ships and weaponry ([[Non-Action Guy|though no indication is given he's the type whose been in a fight]]), whereas Slippy is a geeky, [[Depending on the Writer|mostly]] non-stuttering, occasionally absent-minded inventor ''and'' operator of ships and weaponry.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: In ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]'', his ship, the Bullfrog, has a huge health meter and gets plasma shots, but it has a tiny boost meter and isn't very mobile.
* [[Missing Mom]]: Who ''is'' Slippy's mom? Out of all the major Star Fox characters whose parents have actually been shown, Slippy is the only one who has been depicted with no mother whatsoever.
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* [[Green Eyes]]
* [[Identical Stranger]]: Fara looks just like Fox's dead mother Vixy, to the point of being virtually indistinguishable from her when she puts on one of Vixy's dresses (in spite of the two being ''different species'' no less; Fara is a Fennec Fox, whilst Vixy is a Red Fox). Even Andross confuses Fara for Vixy, which causes him to become sentimental and delusional, and apologize ''[[Engineered Public Confession|on loudspeaker]]'' for the [[Accidental Murder]] of Vixy that no one else knew he'd committed.
* [[Ojou]]
* [[Pink Means Feminine]]: Fara had a pink jumpsuit, and even her personal Arwing was pink when all the others were white.
* [[Rescue Romance]]: Implied with Fox at the very least. Fox (and Slippy) save her from getting her head blown off by one of Andross's lizard troopers (attempting to use her as a hostage), he later stops his team from opening fire on her ship when she shows up during a training exercise, and then when they enter real combat, when her Arwing goes down Fox manages to catch her ejected cockpit mid-air with his, before it crashes into the ground below. The second and third saves are commented upon.
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* [[Animal Theme Naming]]: Her first name "Vixy" alludes to "vixen", which is a term for a female fox. Also [[Species Surname]], see below.
* [[Canon Discontinuity]]: Vixy has made no appearance, nor received any mention in the post-64 continuity. That said however, Fox ''is'' an orphan, meaning he obviously had a mother at some point whom perished so he could be left to be raised primarily by his father, and her character is one that can very easily fit into both continuities, with essentially no real changes to her character backstory across either one.
* [[Death by Origin Story]]
* [[Hot Mom]]: She was referred to as being very beautiful. Her death was even a result of Andross's lust for her.
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* [[Murder by Mistake]]: Andross planted a car bomb intended for James. Unfortunately, Vixy used James's car to get to work on that day, and she was killed when it was automatically set off.
* [[Posthumous Character]]
* [[Punny Name]]: Vixy's name comes from "Vixen", which is a term for a female fox.
** Her last name comes from the "Reynard Cycle", a medieval French book about the adventures of a clever fox named Reynard (fr: Renart). The book was so popular in the [[Middle Ages]] that it gave its name to the animal ("Renard" is French for fox). In-universe, going with the concurring theme of being named after one's species, it may provide a reason for why Fox received ''his'' name.
* [[Species Surname]]: Her maiden name "Reinard" is close to "renard", the French word for fox.
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* [[The Man Behind the Monsters]] / [[The Chessmaster]]: With the exception of ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]'', pretty much every threat in the series, if it isn't Andross, had some ties to Andross: In ''[[Farewell Beloved Falco]]'', a renegade Cornerian Officer named Captain Shears attempted to revive Andross via [[Cloning Blues|Cloning]]. In ''[[Star Fox Adventures|Adventures]]'', he [[Hijacked by Ganon|manipulated]] General Scales and his Sharpclaw Army into doing his bidding, and in ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]'', it is implied that he was the one who created the Anglar Race in one of the scenarios.
* [[Maniac Monkeys]]
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: Andross in the original ''[[Star Fox (video game)|Star FoxFOX]]'' uses telekinesis as a weapon.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: In the ''Nintendo Power'' comic based on the Super NES game, this was what he intended to do to James because he was in love with his wife Vixy. But it didn't go as planned, and [[Murder by Mistake|Vixy was killed by mistake]].
* [[Mythology Gag]]: A giant polygonal face was used as a last boss in the first game, presumably because a monkey scientist isn't the best battle for a starfighter. Andross has regularly appeared as an enormous floating head in some form ever since.
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* [[Badass]]
* [[Badbutt]]
* [[Cast Full of Gay]]: Most prominent during ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]'', with the [[Manly Gay]] Wolf and [[Camp Gay]] Leon (who are also the only members present in every incarnation of the team), with Panther being the only one interested in women (namely in Krystal). Leon is most obvious from the beginning (at least in Japanese), but Wolf [[Flanderization|increasingly personifies]] the [[Manly Gay]] stereotype over time, reaching his greatest flamboyance (so far) in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In their first appearance, they were depicted as completely amoral [[Psycho for Hire]], especially Leon and Pigma. In later games, Pigma's been kicked off the team for being too evil and the more sociopathic attributes of the team have become more subdued. They become more like [[Anti-Hero|Anti-Heroes]] and the [[Worthy Opponent|Worthy Opponents]] of Star Fox.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]
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{{quote|'''Voices (Japanese):''' [[Hisao Egawa]] (''[[Star Fox 64]]'')
Mahito Oba (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'') }}
 
{{quote|'''Voices (English):''' Rick May (''Star Fox 64 3D'')
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* [[Badass]]
* [[Big Badass Wolf]]
* [[British Accents]]: Wolf's English dubbing in ''[[Star Fox 64|64]]'' has some British accent in it. His recent dubbing has a stronger American accent, such as the [[Deep South|Southern American]] accent he had in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''.
* [[Carpet of Virility]]: In ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Brawl]]''. Whoever thought of giving him white chest fluff was a genius.
* [[Clear My Name]]: His motive for defeating the Anglars in ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]'' is so that he can get a rather sizeable bounty off of his head.
* [[Costume Porn]]: Especially in ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Brawl]]''.
* [[Deep South]]: Obviously not actually from there since he's from a planet in another star system, but he has the accent in his debut in the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series.
* [[Detached Sleeves]]: His [[Super Smash Bros.|Brawl]] outfit.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: He and Fox have teamed up on several occasions to fight a greater threat.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: He kicked perennial money-grubber and backstabber Pigma out of his team.
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* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Some storylines in ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]'' have him do this.
* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: Helps his [[Badass Biker]] look nicely
* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: In ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]'' compared to ''[[Star Fox 64|64]]''. Then even ''more so'' in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''.
* [[Joker Immunity]]: Neither Wolf nor his wingmates will die if they are shot down in a dogfight.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: A specifically homoerotic version.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Wolf's [[Costume Porn]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Brawl]]'' is a [[Shout-Out]] to his outfit in the [[Vaporware]] ''[[Star Fox 2]]'', down to the vest and the [[Spikes of Villainy]]. It has also proven (in various [[Shirtless Scene|states of undress]]) to be his most popular outfit in fanart, where it helps accentuate his [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]] and [[Manly Gay]] for certain parts of the fanbase.
* [[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]]:
{{quote|'''Wolf:''' And if anyone's gonna tan your hide, it's gonna be me.}}
* [[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.
* [[The Rival]]
* [[Secret Character]]: In ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''.
* [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]]: Originally the same age as Fox in ''[[Star Fox 64|64]]'' (18 years old); gets a six-year age bump in ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]'', easily placing him in his early thirties at that point.
* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: He wears spiked shoulder pads.
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{{quote|'''Voices (English):''' Rick May (''[[Star Fox 64]]'')
David Scully (''[[Star Fox Assault]]'')
Jim Walker (''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'') }}
 
Leon is the insane and unpredictable assassin and member of Star Wolf. In his first appearances in ''[[Star Fox 2]]'' and in ''[[Star Fox 64|64]]'', his personality was much different from the [[Ax Crazy]] persona he seems to have developed after ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]'', although there were still hints of it ("I think I'll torture you for a while"). Come ''Assault'', however, and he's a babbling psycopath. He plays [[The Rival]] to Falco.
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'''ROB/NUS 64'''<br />ナウス64<br />''<small>Nausu-64</small>''
 
The robotic operator of the Great Fox. He is first seen in ''[[Star Fox 64|64]]'', where he pilots the ship. In ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]'', he acts as Peppy's assistant and beams down vehicles from the Great Fox to the ground level. He is the only character in ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]'' that is present in every mission.
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'''Krystal'''<br />クリスタル<br />''<small>Kurisutaru</small>''
 
{{quote|'''Voiced By:''' Aya Hara (Japanese, all games), Estelle Ellis (English, ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]''), Alesia Glidewell (English, ''[[Star Fox Assault]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'')}}
 
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.
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* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Her and Fox's relationship. She generally tries to be more open about her feelings than Fox does, however.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: ''Sort of''. In ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]'', Fox dumped Krystal and she left Star Fox... and joined Star Wolf to be with [[Romantic False Lead|Panther]].
* [[Fake Brit]]: Alesia Glidewell as her voice in ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Brawl]]''; averted in ''[[Star Fox Adventures|Adventures]]'' where her actress, Estelle Ellis, actually ''was'' British.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: In ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]''.
* [[Happily Married]]: One of ''[[Star Fox Command|Command]]'''s endings, a possible future has Krystal as this with Fox.
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'''Panther Caroso'''<br />パンサー・カルロッソ<br />''<small>Pansā Karurosso</small>''
 
{{quote|'''Voices:''' [[Tetsu Inada]] (Japanese, all games), David Scully (English, ''[[Star Fox Assault]]''), Dex Manley (English, ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'')}}
 
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.
 
* [[Bishonen]]
* [[Casanova]]: Described as a ladies man [[Word of God|by Nintendo themselves]] and had apparently fallen in love with Krystal before he had even met her ("words do you no justice"). Possibly crosses over into [[Casanova Wannabe]], at least where Krystal is concerned, as for the majority of his time throughout ''Assault'', he tries, mostly in vain, to win her over with his words and the same thing happens in ''Brawl''. Krystal generally tries to ignore him, merely [[Sarcasm Mode|humours him]] or outright rejects him. His level of success does seem to have improved by ''Command'', but not only is the [[Canon Discontinuity|canonicity of that game's events up for debate]], but it's implied the only real reason Krystal joined up with Star Wolf and started up a relationship with him, was to [[Operation: Jealousy|get back]] [[Woman Scorned|at FoxFOX]] for kicking her off Star Fox rather than falling for his charms legitimately. Notably though, whilst Krystal's cameo appearance in ''Brawl'' was [[Word of God|confirmed]] to be speaking sarcastically as far as her English dub went, the Japanese dub in general portrayed her as far more sincere and flattered by his comments towards her.
* [[Chest Insignia]]: Panther wears armor that represents his symbol, the rose.
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Sure, he is a ladies' man, but he is quite dedicated to the person he cares about and actually loves them.
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The main villain of ''[[Star Fox Assault]]''. The [[Hive Queen]] of the [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Aparoids]], she wants all life forms to become one with her hive, because she believes only through assimilating living souls can she and her species truly evolve. A big fan of [[Mind Rape]].
 
* [[Assimilation Plot]]:
* [[Big Bad]]: In ''[[Star Fox Assault|Assault]]''.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Borg]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Starship Troopers (film)|Space Bugs]].
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