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{{quote|''[[Do a Barrel Roll|Do a barrel roll!]]''|'''Peppy Hare'''}}
''Star Fox'' is a long-running [[Nintendo]] [[Shoot
There are currently five games in the series, only four of which are "true" ''Star Fox'' games. Some of the games had different names for European releases due to trademark issues.
* '''''[[Star Fox (video game)|Star
* '''''[[Star Fox 64]]''''' (released as '''''Lylat Wars''''' in Europe), a [[Killer App]] for the Nintendo 64, was a [[Video Game Remake|remake]] of the original game, and is usually considered to be the strongest game in the series, with frenetic and fun dogfighting and good gameplay variety. It's short, though, and the difficulty swings wildly between too easy (on normal mode) and [[Fake Difficulty|cheaply difficult]] (on Expert). Notable as the first game to support the N64's Rumble Pak (the first mainstream vibrating controller accessory; yes Nintendo started that trend), which came bundled with it.
** A remake was released for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] in September 2011.
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There were also two official comics releases:
* '''''[[Star Fox (video game)|Star
* '''''[[Farewell Beloved Falco]]''''' was bundled with ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]'' [[No Export for You|only in Japan]], and fills in plot details after ''[[Star Fox 64]]'' and before ''Adventures''. As its title suggests, ''Farewell'' expands on Falco's story and background.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Krystal, Katt, Amanda, and Lucy
** Don't forget [[Elites Are More Glamorous|Chief Test Pilot]] Fara Phoenix.
* [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier]]: The Great Fox, Star Fox's base of operations from ''Star Fox 2'' onward, as well as several bosses.
** The bases in ''Command'' may also count, though they are mostly stationary.
* [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]]: It's not clear what kind of bird Falco is, but
** According to the [http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/starfox/0/2 Star Fox 64 3D Iwata asks], Falco is actually a ''pheasant'' believe it or not. Which would make his head, at least, very accurate.
** Katt was pink in ''64'' and suddenly changed to black in ''Command''. Maybe she used to dye her fur or something...
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* [[Art Evolution]]: While the main characters follow a mildly consistent appearance throughout 5-9 games and 3 comic books, they still change appearance a whole lot more than, say, Mario or Kirby.
* [[Art Shift]]: Does Fox McCloud have blue or green eyes? That depends on what game you're looking at. They appear to have settled on green, but interestingly, in an early promo art for ''Assault'', they appeared to be ''[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/starfox/images/0/0c/Foxblaster.jpg both]''.
* [[The Asteroid Thicket]]▼
* [[Asteroids Monster]]: Mostly literal asteroids, but also a straight example in ''Command''.
* [[Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!]]: In ''[[Star Fox 64]]'', during the boss battle in Macbeth.
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* Fox hits the lever to switch the rails, setting the train on a colission course with the factory*
'''Train driver:''' No! HIT THE BRAKES! }}
▲* [[The Asteroid Thicket]]
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Lucy Hare, she teaches Astrophysics when she's not flying with Fox against evil space fish fish.
* [[Badbutt]]: About half the cast, but most noticeably Falco "Time to kick some tail!" Lombardi and Wolf "What the heck!?" O'Donnell.
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: The Star Fox team is doing that on the Corneria level, and a couple other levels too.
** Star Wolf also did the same thing upon arriving in Corneria to save Fox.
* [[British Accents]]: Krystal and pretty much the entire population of Sauria besides Tricky. This can be attributed to ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]'' being created in the United Kingdom.▼
** Wolf's English dubbing in ''64'' has some British accent in it. His recent dubbing is closer to an American accent.▼
* [[Bottomless Bladder]]: Played straight mostly, notably in ''64'' and the original, where Fox, Falco, Peppy, and Slippy fight through seven airborne missions without a break. Possibly averted in ''Assault'', where the team takes a long break after the fifth mission.
** Although since they travel from planet to planet between most levels, they probably had some time to rest. However, the last two levels in both ''Star Fox 64'' and ''Assault'' are pretty much back to back.
▲* [[British Accents]]: Krystal and pretty much the entire population of Sauria besides Tricky. This can be attributed to ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]'' being created in the United Kingdom.
▲** Wolf's English dubbing in ''64'' has some British accent in it. His recent dubbing is closer to an American accent.
* [[Bullet Hell]]: While most of the game is just a standard shoot-em-up, the penultimate level on the "Hard" path of ''Star Fox 64'' gets a special mention. Area 6 is probably one of the most difficult levels in the franchise, probably because you might be so busy dodging the fire that you could run into the enemy ships which take up half the screen.
** Its still no Venom on the original game though. But then, that's less of a bullet hell and more of a [[Mind Over Matter|pillar hell]]. At least until you run into the [[The Dragon|Great Commander]].
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{{quote|'''Krystal:''' A ''mission together'' at last.
'''Fox:''' Oh... Uhhhh... Yeah. }}
* [[Dub-Induced Plot Hole]]: The original script contained no references to a [[Albert Einstein|human scientist]] that shouldn't exist in the game's world. Falco's equivalent line is something akin to "Agh! Can't you tell the difference between friend and foe?" when translated.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Wolf and Fox have teamed up on several occasions to fight a greater threat.
* [[Enemy Scan]]: Slippy does this for you in most games against bosses, allowing you to see the enemy shield. Other characters (Peppy, mostly) provide you with hints about how to beat the enemy.
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* [[For Massive Damage]]: This editor can't think of a boss that doesn't use this and isn't in a ship barely larger than the player.
** ''Command'' has this giant enemy crab... and you shoot its face for... oh forget it.
* [[Four
** [[The Cynic]] - Falco
** The Realist - Fox
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** Phlegmatic - Peppy
*** Krystal is arguably a Supine.
** Wolf - Superego▼
** Leon - Ego▼
** Panther - Id▼
* [[Friendly Fireproof]]: In the original and ''Assault'', your wing men will yell at you when you shoot them, but they aren't otherwise harmed by your blasts. Some minor characters in ''Star Fox 64'' are also immune to your fire, but otherwise it's generally averted.
** Especially on Katina, where you have to help out an allied squadron. If you manage not to shoot down one ally, you're rewarded with a special cutscene.
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* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]: Some allies in ''Star Fox 64'' and pretty much everyone in ''Assault'', averted otherwise as your teammates can and will be defeated if you don't help them.
* [[Gameplay Roulette]]: The series has had 3D [[Rail Shooter]], [[Action Adventure]], [[Third-Person Shooter]], and [[Turn-Based Strategy]] elements throughout the various installments...
* [[Green Hill Zone]]: [[Welcome to Corneria]], planet of Greenishness™.▼
** Fortuna in ''Assault'', though the first half of the level is set in space.▼
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Pigma has claw marks on his head in ''Assault''. It doesn't take much to figure out where he must have gotten those.
** Meanwhile, Panther has a stylized white "scar" on his right cheek. How does one get white scars? Depigmentation is a common effect of scarring.
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Not that there are a lack of vocal outbursts, but the sheer volume of G-rated curses is as corny as any Utah slang.
▲* [[Green Hill Zone]]: [[Welcome to Corneria]], planet of Greenishness™.
▲** Fortuna in ''Assault'', though the first half of the level is set in space.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]:
** Star Wolf in ''Assault''. By this time it consists of Wolf, Leon, and Panther.
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** Star Wolf also does an important role since Mission 7 in ''Assault'', with Star Fox ultimately failing had they not intervened in succeeding missions.
** At least one level in ''Star Fox 64'' has ''the freaking Great Fox'' cover you. Is it any more helpful than your wingmen? Not really, but it's still awesome.
* [[I Work Alone]]: Falco's reasons for leaving the team numerous times. He also states this as the reason why he'll never want a girlfriend.▼
* [[Inertia Is a Cruel Mistress]]: The fate of the "Train boss" if you manage to shoot all of the junction switches—trust us, it's worth the effort.
* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: Octoman from ''[[F-Zero]]'' appears as a boss in ''Command''.
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* [[Interplay of Sex and Violence]]: When Wolf thrashes an enemy, Leon [[Rape Is Love|envies]] the enemy for being punished [[Lust|by Wolf]].
* [[It's Quiet... Too Quiet]]: "Be careful, [[Obvious Trap|it's a trap]]!"
▲* [[I Work Alone]]: Falco's reasons for leaving the team numerous times. He also states this as the reason why he'll never want a girlfriend.
* [[Just a Kid]]: The English dialog of ''Assault'' has Wolf refer to Fox as "pup". Depending on your interpretation, it could mean that he's belittling the hero or it's [[Fan Yay|some other things]].
** ''Brawl'' suggests that Wolf is in fact older than Fox, old enough to have been James' rival when James was still alive.
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** General Scales.
** Andrew Oikonny could possibly apply, but on this other hand his presumed death in ''Assault'' is retconnable (although no sequels aside from ''Command'' have been made since ''Assault''). Yet after the aparoid shoots him down.
* [[Killer App]]: The original game showcased the Super FX chip, which was necessary for its 3D graphics (the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] was nowhere strong enough to do the necessary math calculations, so the chip handled that). The N64 version was the first major console game to feature force feedback vibration (other companies tried minor attempts, but it was Nintendo that really got it right and pushed it on the populace). This game also had extensive voice acting for a cartridge-based game, [[Technology Marches On|a massive technical achievement of its time]].
* [[Late to the Party]]: In ''Star Fox 64'', the team arrives when Andross already conquered most of the system. In ''Assault'', the team is arriving late in several missions.
** Falco is late in ''Adventures'' and ''Command'' (in the storylines where he shows up at all, that is). Even in ''Brawl'', he joins much later than Fox.
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** Portions of the original also count (though perhaps not to the same extent - your wings can survive a few hits at least!). In particular, the draw distance on later levels (closely-spaced pillars popping into frame just in front of you?) and Andross having a RIDICULOUS amount of HP.
* [[Nitro Boost]]: "Use the boost to get through!"
* [[No Ontological Inertia]]: {{spoiler|All Aparoids are destroyed along with the Aparoid Queen.}}▼
** Although to be fair, {{spoiler|destroying the Aparoid Queen allows the virus to kill them all via apoptosis and taking advantage of their [[Hive Mind]].}}▼
* [[Nobody Poops]]: Most likely the reason for the [[Bottomless Bladder]] listed above.
* [[Non-Lethal KO]]: If your teammates are shot down, they're just forced to take a break for repairs. Fox himself crashes and explodes while one of his teammates calls out "FOX!!!" or simply "[[Big No|NOOO!]]".
** The same apparently applies to Star Wolf, who manage to survive their Wolfen exploding every single time. The only time they appear to be hurt by this is in ''64'', where they are seen with bandages and cybernetic eyepieces in your second encounter with them.
** Wolf's [[Joker Immunity]] is subverted in Mission 7 at ''Assault''. If Fox fails to protect Wolf's ship while riding it, Wolf's Wolfen explodes while Fox plummets to his death.
▲* [[No Ontological Inertia]]: {{spoiler|All Aparoids are destroyed along with the Aparoid Queen.}}
▲** Although to be fair, {{spoiler|destroying the Aparoid Queen allows the virus to kill them all via apoptosis and taking advantage of their [[Hive Mind]].}}
* [[Not Me This Time]]: In ''Assault'': Star Wolf was initially suspected of being involved in Pigma's theft of the Core Memory. Turns out that, not only were they not involved at all, but they actually kicked Pigma off the team long before it happened.
** Also a meta-example in the same game: Thanks to the previous games, especially ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]'', and to a certain extent the next game (since it is implied that Andross created the Anglar Menace), you'd think that Andross might somehow be pulling the strings on the new menace. Turns out, the Aparoids have absolutely no affiliation with Andross.
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** Bound to happen with Pigma's Japanese voice, after the tragic [[Driven to Suicide|death]] of [[Daisuke Gouri]].
** The English version of ''Star Fox 64 3D'' subverts this. Mike West (Fox and James McCloud) and Lyssa Browne (Slippy and Katt) reprise their roles from the N64 original. Everyone else was recast however, [[Ruined FOREVER|which didn't go well for some fans]].
* [[Parental Bonus]]: A comic explained General Pepper's past some... and he was a busy [[The Beatles (band)|Sergeant]].
* [[People's Republic of Tyranny]]: Corneria's outward appearance is of a military dictatorship, with huge posters of General Pepper everywhere. Civilian leadership doesn't even get a ''mention'' until the end of ''Assault'', and even then barely warrants a footnote.
* [[Petting Zoo People]]: Animal jokes aside, the characters are strikingly human in lifestyle. This is more in line with the Japanese [[Kemono]] aesthetic.
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* [[Polluted Wasteland]]: Zoness's entire ocean and atmosphere was polluted horribly by Andross in its first sight in ''64'', but by ''Star Fox Assault'', most of the pollution was cleaned up.
* [[Polygonal Graphics]]: The original for the SNES is probably one of the first games to popularize this.
▲* [[Power Trio]]: Star Wolf.
▲** Wolf - Superego
▲** Leon - Ego
▲** Panther - Id
* [[Putting the Band Back Together]]: Poor Fox ends up all alone by the time ''Command'' starts, leading him to do this. Exactly how the band gets back together depends. For extra fun, one ending will get the entire original Star Fox team together, including Peppy, who's been retired since the past two games. This is also the one that ends with the whole team officially disbanding, however.
* [[Race Lift]]: Katt Monroe changed from a pink cat in ''Star Fox 64'' and ''Farewell, Beloved Falco'' to a Siamese cat with different colorings and markings in ''Star Fox Command''. Unknown if this change will be [[Canon]]ical.
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{{quote|'''Wolf:''' And if anyone's gonna tan your hide, it's gonna be me.
'''Panther:''' Riiiiight... }}
* [[Scanlation]]: The only way ''[[No Export for You|Farewell, Beloved Falco]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20131202212450/http://arwinglanding.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=3 made it to English].
* [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avgYsIKkBLQ#t=0m38s This] video briefly analyzes the Landmaster. Apparently ,it's an enormous target with relatively thin armor. No wonder Falco prefers the sky.
** Of course, that video forgets the tank has an Energy Shield in the place of armor and the fact that the armor could be an advanced alloy far stronger than anything the modern military uses.
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{{quote|'''Fox:''' (stuttering) What are you nuts?! We aren't... we're not yet...
'''Tricky:''' Not yet?
'''Fox:''' (noticing Krystal curiously awaiting his response) [[That Came Out Wrong|I mean... I mean...]] This isn't a conversation for children!! (Krystal begins laughing)
'''Tricky:''' You said you weren't gonna treat me like a kid anymore!
'''Fox:''' Then stop acting like one!
'''Tricky:''' You're just mad '[[Everyone Can See It|cause you don't wanna talk about it]].
'''Krystal:''' All right. Thats enough, ''boys''. }}
* [[Ship Sinking]]: Falco Lombardi and Katt Monroe, per ''Farewell, Beloved Falco''.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The ''Star Fox'' series seems to have a number of reciprocal Shout Outs in relation to ''[[F-Zero]]''. For starters, Fox McCloud and Falco Lombardi may have ''originally'' been Shout Outs, being an anthropomorphic ''Golden Fox'' and ''Blue Falcon'' respectively. Then, James McCloud (outfit and all, but in non-anthropomorphic human form) became a character in the ''F-Zero'' series starting with ''F-Zero X''. Then ''Star Fox Command'' references ''F-Zero'' yet again, {{spoiler|where one of its nine possible [[Multiple Endings]] has Fox and Falco becoming racers in a high-speed racing league called G-Zero.}}
** General Pepper not only owes his name, but also his very outfit, to the landmark album by [[The Beatles]]; Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band.
*** [[Lampshaded]] in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130327222927/http://arwinglanding.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=41 Nintendo Power comic].
*** Captain Shears, a character from "Farewell, Beloved Falco", is similar in both physical appearance and attire to Pepper and appears to have a name derived from "Billy Shears", the fictitious leader of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
** Falco is wearing [[F-Zero|Captain Falcon's boots]] in one of the ''Command'' endings.
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** ''Star Fox 64'' has Katina, which is pretty much the climax scene from ''[[Independence Day]]'', complete with Bill Gray, a nod to Gen. William Grey, Robert Loggia's character in the movie.
** "It's a Trap" is, of course, a reference to [[Return of the Jedi]]; also, Fox's escape from Andross' lair (moreso in the easy ending).
** The boss of sector X says "where is the creator?", and in its death throes, says "I must be complete." A referance to V'ger from ''[[Star Trek: The
* [[Sigil Spam]]: Giant posters of General Pepper are everywhere in ''64'', leading some to conclude that he's [[Alternate Character Interpretation|a Big Brother-esque military dictator]]. This theory was [[Jossed]] by the epilogue of ''Assault'', however, which mentions civilian government.
* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Basically everywhere.
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* [[Throw a Barrel At It]]: The robots in the Sargasso Space Hideout roll metal barrels down the ramps you have to walk up. Fortunately, Fox has a blaster.
* [[Timed Mission]]: Often defending something against missiles. ''Command'' has a timer for combat in general (fuel) and a turn limit for each mission.
* [[Took a Level
* [[True Companions]]: Fox and his team, and Wolf and his team. Fox's team, however, slowly shows signs of separation (Falco wanting to fly solo, etc.) Ironically, Wolf's removed the two dishonorable characters in his original team, replacing them with a loyal, funny-personified Panther, and the team's been solid since.
** How the separation turns out is one of the key elements in ''Command'''s multiple endings. From the team coming together again to Krystal joining Star Wolf, Slippy settling down and Fox and Falco becoming racers. Anything is possible.
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