List of Star Fox characters
This is a list of characters from the Star Fox series of video games. They are listed in order of introduction. Template:Spoiler
Star Fox team
The Star Fox team is a group of mercenaries hired by General Pepper. The team is headed by Fox McCloud, with his teammates Falco Lombardi, Peppy Hare, and Slippy Toad. Star Fox 64 fills in the background of the team; at its founding, it was composed of James McCloud, Peppy Hare, and Pigma Dengar. In later games, Peppy retires from flight duty, and is replaced by Krystal. The team's primary aircraft is the Arwing, and the team's mothership is known as the Great Fox.
Star Fox
Fox McCloud
Fox McCloud is the main character of the Star Fox series, and leader of the Star Fox team since his father's capture. At the start of the series, Fox was young and still learning under the training of Peppy Hare, his father's friend and wingmate. Fox has since become an expert pilot, and has repeatedly brought tranquility to the Lylat System.
Falco Lombardi
Falco Lombardi is an expert pilot of the Star Fox team, and a good friend of Fox. Although he is often cocky and smart-mouthed, he thinks very highly of his teammates.
Although it has been hinted that Falco is a former gang member, his past still remains a mystery to the rest of the team. Falco is seen as the finest pilot of the Star Fox team, possessing a high skill level when at the controls of an Arwing. In Star Fox Adventures, it was revealed that after the events of Star Fox 64, Falco left the team for personal reasons, but did not find the same thrill he felt when flying for the Star Fox team. Falco returned to Fox at the end of Adventures, and has since been a member of the team again.
Falco is voiced by Hisao Egawa in the Japanese versions of the series, Ben Cullum in Star Fox Adventures and English dialogue of Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Mike Madeoy in Star Fox: Assault.
Peppy Hare
It was said in the prologue of Star Fox 64, that Peppy Hare originally flew for the Star Fox team, with leader James McCloud, and wingmate Pigma Dengar. After Pigma's betrayal, and James's supposed death, Peppy narrowly escaped to return to Corneria to inform Fox McCloud of his father's fate. Ever since then, Peppy became a new father figure to Fox, serving as his mentor, frequently giving Fox instructions and advice throughout the course of the game.
Before the events of Star Fox 64, Peppy and his wife, Vivian, had their daughter Lucy, who later became a teacher on the planet Fichina. When Peppy flew for the Star Fox team, Lucy was left in care of Vivian on Corneria. Not long after the defeat of Andross, Vivian succumbed to illness, leaving Peppy the only parent to Lucy.
As the years went on, and the Star Fox team grew famous across the galaxy, Peppy retired from flight duty in later games of the series.
Near the end of Star Fox: Assault Peppy sacrificed the Great Fox to open a passageway to the Aparoid Queen's lair to the Star Fox team. Peppy was thought to have been killed in the resulting explosion, but it was revealed that he left by means of an escape pod.
Peppy was made General of the Cornerian army, when the previous General, Pepper, grew deathly ill sometime before the events of Star Fox Command.
Slippy Toad
Slippy Toad is a childhood friend of Fox, and has been flying with him for several years. Young, kind, and intelligent, Slippy serves as the inventor of the team, and would never back down from his fellow wingmates.
Slippy is the son of Beltino Toad, the Research Director for the Cornerian Defense Forces. Slippy and Beltino invented and constructed many inventions for the team, including the Blue Marine. In the gap between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures, Slippy and his father briefly designed aircraft for Cornerian defense forces.
After the Aparoid race was destroyed in Star Fox: Assault, Slippy left the Star Fox team to pursue a relationship with his newfound love, Amanda. However, when Fox needs backup, Slippy is happy to come to his assistance once again.
Star Fox 2
See Star Fox 2
Later games
James McCloud
James McCloud is the father of Fox McCloud and the founder of the Star Fox team. He was betrayed by Pigma Dengar and captured by the evil Andross. Peppy Hare informed James's son about his fate.
Until Star Fox 64, Fox McCloud's father was not called James. Some references, such as the comic adaptation published in Nintendo Power, called him Fox McCloud, Sr.
In Star Fox 64, if the player takes the route leading up to Area 6, James will appear only to Fox, and guide him out of the exploding base of Venom. Afterwards, James' Arwing can be seen disappearing, leaving Fox to wonder if his father is truly alive or not.
In Star Fox Command, James makes his first playable appearance in single-player mode in the final boss fight against the Anglar Emperor on Venom in the Dash Makes a Choice storyline. The other characters, including Fox, apparently do not react to his presence, and Fox even mentions the "death" of his father.
James and Fox look very similar, although James is never seen without his black sunglasses. The two also appear to be wearing the same clothes in Star Fox 64. In Japanese, he is voiced by Tomohisa Aso, who also voices Peppy Hare. In Assault, he is voiced by Jim Walker, who also voices Fox.
ROB 64
ROB 64 is the robotic operator of the Great Fox mothership. In the Japanese version of the series, he is called NUS 064. "NUS" stands for "Nintendo Ultra Sixty-four," the original name of the Nintendo 64 system, and is part of the serial number of all N64 components: the controller, for example, is NUS-005.
ROB's name is a reference to the NES accessory R.O.B. The 64 is derived from the console of his first appearance, the Nintendo 64.
ROB has the ability to completely control the Great Fox, technically making the ship fully autonomous. It is also networked to the ship's main computers, allowing ROB to process any information requested by the Star Fox team. ROB can also use the ship's transfer device to send vehicles and items to Star Fox team members in the field.
ROB was nearly destroyed in Star Fox: Assault when Peppy Hare crashed the Great Fox into the shield protecting the entrance to the Aparoid Queen's lair, but Peppy and ROB managed to find an escape pod before the ship was destroyed.
Krystal
Krystal is the sole survivor of her doomed home planet, Cerinia. She made her first appearance in the series in Star Fox Adventures, where in search of answers to her planet's destruction, she comes across a distress signal from the planet Sauria (Dinosaur Planet).
Krystal was originally designed to be the main character of Dinosaur Planet before Nintendo turned the project into a Star Fox title. Her original design was that of a 16-year-old orphaned feline, who was raised by a wizard named Randorn. When Fox became the main character of Adventures, Krystal was redesigned into her present form as a 19-year-old orphaned vixen, and her role in the game became that of a damsel in distress (and somewhat of a love interest for Fox).
Krystal's past is shrouded in mystery. In Adventures, she carries with her a magical staff, which soon falls into Fox McCloud's hands. Without her staff, however, Krystal is capable of telepathic powers, including the ability to sense thought patterns from others, which is used in Star Fox: Assault, and in her dialogue in Star Fox Command.
Upon their meeting, Krystal and Fox shared a mutual respect for each other, which soon developed into love. Fox allowed Krystal to become a full-time member of the Star Fox team, and the two later pledged that they would never be without each other.
In the opening of Star Fox Command, it is said that Fox knew the dangers Krystal would be in if she were to stay with Star Fox, so he asks her to step down from the team. Heartbroken, Krystal runs away and is not heard from again, until she reappears as either a Cornerian pilot or a member of Star Wolf (depending on which path the player chooses). In some paths, Krystal has also started a relationship with Panther Caruso.
In English, Krystal is voiced by Estelle Ellis in Adventures, and Alesia Glidewell in Assault. In Japanese, she is voiced by Aya Hara.
Star Wolf team
In Star Fox 64, Star Wolf is a team of fighters hired by Andross to destroy the Star Fox team. They have since been working on their own as a team rivaling Star Fox. Their primary aircraft is the Wolfen.
Wolf O'Donnell
Wolf O'Donnell is the leader of Star Wolf, and rival of Fox.
Fox and Wolf were rivals sometime before Star Fox 64 took place. When Wolf's team was hired to take down Star Fox, Wolf wanted nothing but to fulfill Andross's orders and to kill Fox. The Star Wolf team ultimately failed their mission, causing Wolf to seek revenge for his own personal reasons.
Years later, in Star Fox: Assault, Wolf plans on taking down the Star Fox team once more, but the later invasion of the Aparoids brings out a new meaning to Wolf's plans. When Fox was ambushed by Aparoids on top of the Persimmon's Building in Corneria City, Wolf flew in to his rescue. However, he claims the only reason he did so was to kill Fox off himself later. It was at this point that Wolf told Fox "Don't hesitate. When the time comes, just act.", which got Fox through some later internal struggles.
Wolf and his team were thought to be killed in the explosion of the Aparoid Homeworld, but were revealed to have survived in Command, still with a bounty on their heads sometime later.
Leon Powalski
Leon Powalski is a member of the Star Wolf team, who has flown for Star Wolf since being hired by Andross during the events of Star Fox 64.
Leon's persona is harsh and cold-blooded, and he does not show any respect for anyone not flying with him. In battles against the Star Fox team, he tends to target Falco Lombardi specifically. It is hinted that his only true interest is in watching others suffer from his doing.
It is likely that his name comes from the group of lizards, Chameleons, with it being the last four letters. (chameLeon)
Leon is voiced by Shinobu Satouchi in Japanese. In English, he and Panther are together voiced by David Scully.
Pigma Dengar
Pigma Dengar was once a member of both the original Star Fox team, as well as Star Wolf.
Pigma is an exceptionally greedy character and does not care who he hurts or kills so long as he ends up with a large paycheck in the end.
Although Pigma's first appearance was in the unreleased Star Fox 2, he did not make his first canon appearance until Star Fox 64. Pigma was one of the original members of the first Star Fox team, headed by James McCloud. After the scientist Andross's exile to Venom, the team was sent to investigate strange activity coming from the planet. Upon their arrival, Pigma committed treason against Corneria by betraying the Star Fox team to join Andross. He was later hired to fly for Star Wolf, in which he focused his attacks on Peppy, his former teammate.
In Star Fox: Assault, it was revealed that Wolf O'Donnell later kicked Pigma off of the Star Wolf team due to Pigma's incredible greed. Pigma then attempts to control the Aparoids for his own purposes, but ends up being consumed by them instead. He becomes fused with a space station-like structure, which is later destroyed by Star Fox.
Pigma makes a subsequent appearance in Star Fox Command. His body remains transformed in the shape of a cube-shaped puzzle box, and he serves as a boss in Sector X and Sector Y.
As Shigeru Miyamoto states in issue 98 of Nintendo Power magazine, in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, "Pigma speaks in the Kansai dialect of Japan. In Kansai, people end their sentences with the word 'dengar.' So, it's sort of a Japanese joke."
Pigma is voiced by Daisuke Gori in Japanese. In the English version of Star Fox: Assault, he is voiced by Lev Liberman.
Andrew Oikonny
Andrew Oikonny, usually called only by his surname, is the nephew of Andross. In Star Fox 64, Oikonny flies with Star Wolf and primarily goes after Slippy Toad in battles against the Star Fox team. According to the official Star Fox 64 strategy guide, he is an inexperienced pilot who only flies to try to follow in Andross's footsteps. After Andross is thought to be killed, Oikonny leaves Star Wolf to avenge his uncle's death.
In Star Fox: Assault, Oikonny gathers Andross's remaining troops and forms a rebellion against the Cornerian Army. The Star Fox team tracks him down to the planet Fortuna, where his ship turns into a large likeness of himself (and resembles Andross's initial form in Star Fox 64). During this battle, Oikonny is unexpectedly shot down by a large Aparoid.
Oikonny appears again in Star Fox Command, apparently having survived his encounter with the Aparoid. Instead of fighting the Anglar Empire alongside his own nephew Dash, he joins the Anglars and pilots the Death Crab, confronting Star Fox in Fichina City.
In the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, he is voiced by Daisuke Sakaguchi. In the Japanese version of Star Fox: Assault, he is voiced by Yūsuke Numata, and in English, John Hugill.
Panther
Panther made his first appearance as the newest member of the Star Wolf team in Star Fox: Assault. His signature symbol, which is painted on his Wolfen, is a red rose, and in Assault, he introduces himself with the line, "I am Panther Caroso, and all who see my rose will meet death!" Despite his introduction, Panther usually refers to himself in the third person.
Panther is quite conceited, often embarrassing those around him (especially his teammates Wolf and Leon). He is also quite a flirt, considering himself a ladies' man. In Assault, he attempts to flirt with Krystal several times, but she either ignores or outright rejects him depending on the circumstances.
Panther appears again in Star Fox Command, where he has begun a relationship with Krystal after she joined the Star Wolf team (following her breakup with Fox).
He is voiced in Japanese by Tetsu Inada, while his English voice actor is David Scully (who also voices Leon).
In Assault, Panther's last name is spelled Caroso, and when spoken by Panther, it is also pronounced this way. However, in the pilot gallery in the more recent Command, his surname is Caruso (with a U). In the Japanese versions of both games, his surname is Caluroso.
Villains
Andross
Andross is the main villain of the Star Fox series.
As explained in Star Fox Command, Andross was once a brilliant scientist working for Corneria. Although his intentions were pure and beneficial towards Corneria and the rest of the Lylat System, his lust for power drove him to the brink of madness. General Pepper of the Cornerian Army caught wind of his potential, and banished him to the planetary wasteland of Venom.
As the years progressed, Andross began building forces on Venom, as well as conducting various threatening experiments on himself. Andross soon became a twisted shell of his former self, driven by insanity. His thoughts and intentions shifted from protecting Lylat, to making it his own, to eventually destroying it and ruling a new empire under his name.
Andross appears in several different forms throughout the Star Fox series, the most common of which is a giant disembodied head (and after the original Star Fox, an accompanying pair of hands). In Star Fox 64, it is revealed that his true form is that of a giant floating brain. He appears again in his head-hands form in Star Fox Adventures after posing as a Krazoa spirit. When he is defeated here, he is thought to have been killed. This is at least partially confirmed in Star Fox Command when his ghost appears on Titania.
Andross's legacy lives on his nephew, Andrew Oikonny, who wishes to defend his uncle and bring light to a new Lylat. Andrew, however, lacked the same mind as his uncle, and as such, he ignored the true intentions of Andross, and only desired to bring a stop to the current form of Corneria. Also, it is revealed in Star Fox Command that Andross had a grandson named Dash.
Andross is known as Andorf in the Japanese versions of the games.
General Scales
General Scales made his appearance in Star Fox Adventures as a villain of the game.
Scales' army were the SharpClaw, who carried out his orders. The SharpClaw originally wanted to be the ruling tribe of Sauria (also known as Dinosaur Planet), but were rejected and amassed an army under Scales to overpower the other tribes.
Scales, who was bent on taking control of Sauria, removed the four SpellStones that kept the planet together, causing chunks of it to break off. Scales then proceeded to take over each of the four pieces that broke off the planet.
It is revealed later that Scales carries the last of the Krazoa spirits that Fox was looking for. When Fox was prepared to fight Scales, Andross revealed himself and forced Scales to give the spirit to Fox so he could be revived, stating that Scales was merely just a puppet figure for him.
Scales' voice actor was John Silke.
Aparoid Queen
The Aparoid Queen, living deep within the Aparoid Homeworld, was the leader of the Aparoid race. From within the Homeworld, the Queen ruled over the Aparoids like a queen bee over her hive; Beltino Toad determined that if the Queen could be infected with a self-destruct program, then the rest of the Aparoids would die along with her. She has the ability to emulate personalities of people who were infected, or simply people close to her enemies. She emulates Peppy, Pigma, and James McCloud during the game.
Star Fox made their way into the Queen's chamber, and infected the Queen with the self-destruct program. The program was initially ineffective, and the Queen fled into the heart of the planet in an attempt to develop an immunity. Star Fox gave chase, weakening the Queen's defenses, which allowed the program to work. After the Queen's death, the program spread throughout the Homeworld, destroying it and all the remaining Aparoids.
Emperor Anglar
Emperor Anglar is the leader of the Anglar race in Star Fox Command. Originating on Venom, he appears as a final boss for several missions, and pilots a large serpent-like creature. In some of the final missions, he becomes a very large angler fish, capable of taking the player's ship into his mouth, similar to what Andross did in Star Fox 64, and also shooting panels out of his mouth like Andross in Star Fox. His three cronies are Zako, Zazan, and Octoman (apparently referring to F-Zero's Octoman.)
Supporting characters
General Pepper
General Pepper was the Commander-in-chief of the Cornerian Defense Forces.
Shortly after taking office, Pepper exiled the scientist, Andross, to the nearly uninhabitable planet of Venom for conducting dangerous experiments. Some time later, Pepper noticed strange activity coming from Venom, so he hired the mercenary group Star Fox, led by James McCloud, to investigate.
When James's son, Fox, dropped out of flight academy to take his father's place in Star Fox, Pepper soon became the team's primary source for missions.
During the Aparoid Invasion in Star Fox: Assault, Pepper came close to death when his flagship became infected and controlled by the Aparoids. Pepper as well was almost infected. At the General's command, Fox destroyed the ship with Pepper still on board. Pepper was rescued at the last second by long-time Star Fox member Peppy Hare.
As time passed, Pepper grew deathly ill and retired his position as General of the Cornerian Army. This role was passed on to Peppy Hare.
Bill Grey
Bill Grey was Fox's friend in the Cornerian Flight Academy, and appeared to help Fox during in Star Fox 64.
After Fox left the academy to avenge James's death, Bill rose through the ranks and was elected commander of two of Corneria's defensive military squadrons.
The Star Fox team meets up with him shortly on Katina to help him fight the enemy units attacking the Cornerian base. If the player finishes the stage, Bill will return briefly to assist the team in the next stage, regardless if the mission was accomplished or failed.
Bill makes his return in Star Fox Command, arriving to provide backup for Falco on Katina. He pilots the same ship as he did in the Lylat Wars and is now a playable character. His appearance is quite diffrent; His fur has gone from deep gray to light brown, and his black visor is now transparent blue. He also bears a slight Southern-American accent, using words like "Vermin" and "Reckon'"
Bill's name is likely a reference to the character General William M. Grey from the movie Independence Day. The entire Katina mission in Star Fox 64 is an homage to this film's climax.
Katt Monroe
Katt Monroe first appeared in Star Fox 64. She is a lone fighter who comes to the aid of the Cornerian Defense Force and the Star Fox team. She has a crush on Falco Lombardi, and frequently lets him know about it, which annoys him. He does, however, have a certain interest in her.
Katt returns in Star Fox Command, though she now bears dark gray fur instead of pink, and her overall appearance is very different. She appears in missions with Falco in the Asteroid Belt and Sector X, however, Falco insults her and Katt vows to never help him again. According to her profile in Star Fox Command, she wishes to join Star Fox to be close to Falco.
In Japanese, Katt is voiced Kyoko Tongu (also the voice of Slippy Toad). In English, she and Slippy are both voiced by Lyssa Browne.
Tricky
Tricky is an EarthWalker (or a triceratops) from the planet Sauria and serves as Fox McCloud's companion in Star Fox Adventures, in which Tricky performs different tasks for Fox when fed GrubTubs (mushroom-like food). He can open small caves and act as a flamethrower, among other abilities.
During the time of Star Fox Adventures, Tricky was a prince; he is the son of the King and Queen of the EarthWalker tribe. He accompanies Fox to save his imprisoned father.
His second appearance is in Star Fox: Assault. Tricky has physically matured, and is now the King of the EarthWalker tribe. After Fox and Krystal save his kingdom from the Aparoids, he promises to help repair Sauria.
He was voiced by Kevin Bayliss in Star Fox Adventures, and Chet Morgan in Star Fox: Assault.
Beltino Toad
Beltino Toad is the Research Director for the Cornerian Defense Forces and is also Slippy Toad's father.
Beltino previously worked for Space Dynamics Co. Ltd. as an engineer. He and his son also created the Blue Marine vehicle that Fox used to explore the planet of Aquas in Star Fox 64.
Beltino was first mentioned in the Star Fox 64 Player's Guide, but did not make an in-game appearance until Star Fox: Assault.
In Star Fox: Assault, it was Beltino who discovered two things that led to the destruction of the Aparoids: that they could have programs executed in them and that they were susceptible to apoptosis. He then coded a program that activated the apoptosis gene in the Aparoids. The program was carried by Fox McCloud to the Aparoid Homeworld where it was injected into the Aparoid Queen.
Beltino appears again briefly in two of Star Fox Command's mission briefings, giving Fox and the team information of the current situation.
In the Japanese version of Assault, Beltino Toad is voiced by Hirohiko Kakegawa, and his English voice actor is Scott Burns.
Amanda
Amanda is Slippy's fiancee, who was first shown in Star Fox Command. They met prior to the events of Command, and instantly fell in love. Amanda occasionally helps the team out in various missions, and pilots the Tadpole, a ship armed with a multi-lock. She considers herself more of the leader in her relationship with Slippy, and always wants to be on his side during a fight.
Lucy Hare
Lucy Hare debuts in Star Fox Command, and is Peppy Hare's only child. She is a bit of a tomboy, but is still very polite to her elders. Although pleased with her job as an astrophysics teacher on the planet Fichina, she does wish to become an expert pilot, like her father. In some missions, she fights the Anglar attackers in her aircraft, the Sky Bunny, armed with Plasma lasers and a single lock.
Dash Bowman
Dash Bowman is makes his first appearance during the time the Anglars attacked in Star Fox Command. He is a young pilot for the Cornerian Army, as well as the grandson of Andross. He thinks very highly of Fox and Falco, and wishes to join the Star Fox team.
Despite his grandfather's dark ways, he still appreciates his grandfather's forgotten aspirations, and wishes to carry on his legacy of making Lylat a better place. However, Dash's true future remains uncertain.
The aircraft Dash pilots is called the Monkey Arrow which has a twin laser and single lock.
Comic-only characters
These characters have only appeared in the Star Fox comic series that was published in Nintendo Power magazine from February to December of 1993.
Fara Phoenix
Fara Phoenix was a central character in the comic series. She was shown to be a Cornerian chief test pilot who introduces the Star Fox team to the Arwing. Fara provides crucial support to the team and flies with them on some of their missions. She also catches Fox's eye, leading the two to frequently tease each other in an ambiguously portrayed relationship. Later in the series, it is revealed that Fara closely resembles Fox's deceased mother, Vixy Reinard.
Vixy Reinard
Vixy Reinard, Fox's deceased mother in the series, only made a few brief mentions. Her name is a pun on the words "vixen" and "reynard", both of which refer to foxes (though the term "vixen" is specific to females.)
Andross had either previously dated or had desires to date Vixy prior to her meeting with Fox's father. After Vixy had fallen in love with Fox, Sr. and had given birth to their son, Andross was driven into a jealous rage during which he planted a bomb on Fox, Sr.'s car. However, it was Vixy who started the car, detonating the bomb, where she was killed in the blast.
Near the end of the story, one of Andross's two clones (Andross was killed earlier in the story) mistook Fara Phoenix for Vixy and admitted to her over a PA system from one of his flagships to killing Vixy. Fox McCloud hears this and then flies into a rage, destroying the flagship as well as the Dancing Insector.
References
- Nintendo Power Star Fox comic
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