Star Fox (series): Difference between revisions

* [[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]''.

* [[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.

* Fox hits the lever to switch the rails, setting the train on a colission course with the factory*

'''Train driver:''' No! HIT THE BRAKES! }}

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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]].

** Phlegmatic - Peppy

*** Krystal is arguably a Supine.

* [[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.

* [[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...

* [[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.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]:

** Star Wolf in ''Assault''. By this time it consists of Wolf, Leon, and Panther.

** 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.

* [[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''.

* [[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]]!"

* [[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.

** 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!"

* [[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.

* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]: Averted. Slippy is apparently still a kid in ''Star Fox 64'' (although The Inevitable Wiki claims that he's the same age as Fox), but has a noticeably deeper voice in ''Adventures'' and gets married after the events of ''Assault''.

** Additionally, Peppy retires, considering himself too old for flying.

* [[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.

* [[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.

{{quote|'''Fox:''' (stuttering) What are you nuts?! We aren't... we're not yet...

'''Tricky:''' Not yet?

'''Krystal:''' All right. Thats enough, ''boys''. }}

* [[Ship Sinking]]: Falco Lombardi and Katt Monroe, per ''Farewell, Beloved Falco''.

** ''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).

* [[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.