List of Star Fox characters

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Falco, Fox and Wolf as seen in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

This is a list of characters from the Star Fox series of video games, listed in the order in which they were introduced to the series.

Star Fox

The current Star Fox team. From left to right: Krystal, Fox McCloud, Slippy Toad, and Falco Lombardi from Star Fox: Assault

The Star Fox team is a group of mercenaries hired by General Pepper and are the main protagonists of the series. The team is headed by Fox McCloud, with his teammates Falco Lombardi, Peppy Hare, Slippy Toad, and Krystal. Star Fox 64 fills in the background of the team: at its inception, it was composed of James McCloud, Peppy Hare, and Pigma Dengar. Peppy later retires from active flight duty at the end of Star Fox: Assault, and was more or less replaced by Krystal. The team's primary aircraft is the Arwing, their land craft is the Landmaster, and the team's mothership is known as the Great Fox.

Fox McCloud

Main article: Fox McCloud

Fox McCloud (フォックス・マクラウド, Fokkusu Makuraudo) is the main character of the Star Fox series, and leader of the Star Fox team ever since his father, James McCloud, went missing after his capture by Andross. When he heard about his father's death, he dropped out of the Cornerian Air Force. At the start of the series, Fox was young and still learning under #Peppy Hare, his father's friend and wingmate. He has since become an expert pilot, and has repeatedly defended the Lylat System. Fox is skilled in both air- and ground-based attacking, as demonstrated in Star Fox: Assault.

Fox also appears in the Super Smash Bros. series as a playable character. He has appeared in all Smash Bros. games to date.

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Falco Lombardi as seen in Star Fox Command

Falco Lombardi

Falco Lombardi (ファルコ・ランバルディ, Faruko Ranbarudi) is an expert pilot and a friend of Fox. Falco joins and leaves the Star Fox team several throughout the series of games and is seen as somewhat of a sidekick and friend to Fox. After Star Fox 64, Falco leaves the team out of boredom and tiredness, but returns at the end of Star Fox Adventures. During the final battle against Andross in Adventures, Falco comes to Fox's rescue.

His period of absence from the team is chronicled in the Nintendo comic Star Fox: Farewell, Beloved Falco, which was bundled with Star Fox Adventures in Japan. In this comic Falco gets a call for help from his love interest, Katt, so he heads out, and Fox follows soon after. At the end of the comic Falco decides to stay with Katt and Fox goes back to the rest of the team without him.

Falco has also appeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a playable character. He is voiced by Hisao Egawa in the Japanese versions of the Star Fox series, Bill Johns in the English version of Star Fox 64, Ben Cullum in Star Fox Adventures, Mike Madeoy in Star Fox: Assault, and Dex Manley in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He is named after both Falco, an Austrian musician, and Carlo Lombardi, special effects artist in Hollywood.

Peppy Hare

Peppy Hare (ペッピー・ヘア, Peppī Hea) was a member of the original Star Fox team, with leader James McCloud and wingmate Pigma Dengar. After Pigma's betrayal and James' capture, Peppy narrowly escaped to returned to Corneria and inform Fox McCloud of his father's fate. Ever since then, Peppy has served as Fox's mentor, frequently giving Fox instructions and advice throughout the course of the games. Peppy's phrase from Star Fox 64, "Do a barrel roll!", has become a popular internet meme.

It is revealed in Star Fox Command that he has a daughter, Lucy, and is the widower of his wife, Vivian. He retires from flight duty, taking up a post in the "Great Fox." Peppy is eventually made general of the Cornerian army, after General Pepper becomes ill.

Peppy has been voiced by Tomohisa Asō in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 and Star Fox: Assault, Isaac Marshall in the English version of Star Fox 64, Chris Seavor in Star Fox Adventures and the English version of Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Henry Dardenne in the English version of Assault.

Slippy Toad

Slippy Toad (スリッピー・トード, Surippī Tōdo) is a longtime friend of Fox. Young, kind, and intelligent, he serves as the team's inventor. Throughout the series, Slippy's father Beltino Toad, the Research Director for the Cornerian Defense Forces, invents and constructs many inventions for the team, including the Blue Marine and the Landmaster. After the Aparoids are destroyed in Star Fox: Assault, he temporarily withdraws from the Star Fox team. However, when Fox needs backup in Star Fox Command, he comes to his aid again. He is currently engaged to a frog named Amanda, and in two of the endings of Star Fox Command they have children together.

Slippy makes a cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as one of Solid Snake's contacts on his Codec (via hacked transmission) whenever Snake faces Falco. He gives advice to Snake about Falco.

He is voiced by Kyouko Tonguu in the Japanese version of the series, Lyssa Browne in the English version of Star Fox 64, Chris Seavor in Star Fox Adventures, and Mike McAuliffe in Star Fox: Assault and Super Smash Bros Brawl.

Krystal

Krystal (クリスタル, Kurisutaru) is the sole survivor of her doomed home planet, Cerinia. She makes her first appearance in the series in Star Fox Adventures, where in search of answers to her planet's destruction, and the death of her parents, she comes across a distress signal from the planet Sauria. After being rescued by Fox, he allows Krystal to become a full-time member of the Star Fox team, but she soon leaves, heartbroken, as Fox fears for her safety. Various paths and endings are available in Star Fox Command; some show Krystal returning to the team and to Fox himself, settling down together raising their son Marcus. Others show her defecting to Star Wolf or the Cornerian Army, or even abandoning Lylat altogether due to public ridicule and adopting a new identity under the name Kursed, changing so drastically that Fox fails to recognize her when the two cross paths on a planet named Kew two years later.

Krystal was originally designed to be a 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 orphan, and her role in the game became less central. In the English version of the series, Krystal has a British accent and is voiced by Estelle Ellis in Adventures, and Alésia Glidewell in Assault and Brawl. In Japanese, she is voiced by Aya Hara.

Other members

In the unreleased Star Fox 2, the characters Miyu (ミユ), a female lynx, and Fay (フェイ, Fei), a female dog, were added to the Star Fox team. Miyu and Fay did not return in any subsequent titles in the series. Fara, a character from the Nintendo Power comic series, was a member of Star Fox in that series. Her only appearance was in the early Star Fox 2 beta. Pigma Dengar was also a member of the original Star Fox team along with James McCloud and Peppy Hare, before betraying them and joining the Star Wolf team.

James McCloud

James McCloud (ジェームズ・マクラウド, Jēmuzu Makuraudo) is the father of Fox McCloud and the founder of the Star Fox team. On a scouting mission to Venom, he is betrayed by Pigma Dengar and captured by the evil Andross. Though his true fate is ambiguous, he is presumed dead by most characters throughout the game series. He appears to Fox in Star Fox 64 to lead Fox out of Andross's exploding base; in Star Fox Command, during a final boss fight, James makes his first playable appearance piloting an arwing like Peppy's, although none of the other characters acknowledge him.

There is also a character of the same name in the F-Zero series.

ROB 64

ROB 64 (ナウス64, Nausu Rokujūyon, NUS64) is the robotic operator of Star Fox's mothership, the Great Fox. ROB controls the "Great Fox", piloting it, providing information to the team, and aiding them with items and vehicles. After the first Great Fox is destroyed in Star Fox: Assault, he returns in Star Fox Command, piloting the new version of the Great Fox. On some paths in the game, ROB joins Star Wolf when no "hero" character is available. ROB is voiced by Daisuke Sakaguchi in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 and Yusuke Numata in the Japanese version of Star Fox: Assault. He is voiced by Dex Manley in the English version of Assault.

Tricky

Tricky (トリッキー, Torikkī) is the prince of the EarthWalker tribe from the planet Sauria and serves as Fox's companion in Star Fox Adventures, in which Tricky performs tasks for Fox. He can open small caves and act as a flamethrower. Fox makes him an honorary Star Fox member at the end of Adventures. He appears again in Star Fox: Assault, in which he 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.

Tricky also makes a cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a collectible trophy. He was voiced by Kevin Bayliss in Star Fox Adventures, and Chet Morgan in Star Fox: Assault. In the Japanese version of Star Fox: Assault, he is voiced by Hirohiko Kakegawa, who also voiced Beltino and James McCloud in the same game.

Star Wolf Team

Star Wolf (スターウルフ, Sutā Urufu) is a team of mercenaries hired by Andross to eliminate the Star Fox team. They have since been working on their own as Star Fox's rival team, occasionally helping Star Fox in Star Fox: Assault. Their primary aircraft is the Wolfen. Though Star Wolf were planned to appear on the cancelled Star Fox 2, they first appeared in Star Fox 64. They have appeared in every game except for the original Star Fox and Star Fox Adventures. The current group is made up of Wolf O'Donnell, Leon Powalski and Panther Caroso.

Wolf O'Donnell

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Wolf O'Donnell as seen in Star Fox: Assault.

Wolf O'Donnell (ウルフ・オドネル, Urufu Odoneru), sometimes called Lord O'Donnell, is the leader of team Star Wolf, and rival of Fox McCloud. Wolf's team is initially hired by Andross to take down the Star Fox team. The Star Wolf team ultimately fails 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 causes him to come to Fox's rescue. Wolf says the only reason he rescues Fox is so that he can kill Fox off himself at a later point. Wolf also helps Fox during some scenarios of Star Fox Command, where it states that he feels a grudging respect towards Fox. Wolf also appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, alongside Fox and Falco.

Wolf is voiced by Hisao Egawa in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 and Mahito Ōba in the Japanese version of Star Fox: Assault and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He is voiced by Grant Goodeve in the English version of Star Fox: Assault, and by Jay Ward in the English Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Leon Powalski

Leon Powalski (レオン・ポワルスキー, Reon Powarusukī) is a member of the Star Wolf team, and the only original member other than Wolf himself that has consistently stayed with the team since Star Fox 64. Leon is a chameleon, whose secretive nature is emulated in his being very cold, calculating, and cunning. He has had some past rivalry with Star Fox member Falco, whom he mainly concentrates on in Star Fox 64 (as he is usually saying, "Annoying bird! I am the great Leon!") and bickers with in Star Fox Assault. In Star Fox 64, although he speaks with an eloquent and classy manner, he obsesses with the idea of mercilessly torturing his prey, and inflicting pain is his specialty. Leon is voiced by Shinobu Satouchi in Japanese. In the English version of Assault, he and Panther are voiced by David Scully. In the English version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, he is voiced by Jim Walker, who also voices Fox McCloud.

Pigma Dengar

Pigma Dengar (ピグマ・デンガー, Piguma Dengā) is one of the original members of the Star Fox team, and after he betrays the team to help Andross, he joins Star Wolf. He is an exceptionally greedy pirate who does not care whom he hurts so long as he ends up with a large paycheck in the end. When fighting Star Fox in Star Fox 64, he focuses on Peppy because they were once teammates. Wolf O'Donnell later expels Pigma from Star Wolf due to his incredible greed and distrustful nature. Pigma attempts to control the Aparoids in Star Fox Assault, but fails and later undergoes assimilation, which fuses him with a spacecraft. His spirit continues to live on in the form of a cube-shaped puzzle box cyborg after his body is destroyed. He serves as a boss in Star Fox Command; whether the player encounters him depends on certain decisions made during the game.

Pigma is voiced by Daisuke Gōri in Japan. In the English version of Star Fox: Assault, he is voiced by Lev Liberman.

Andrew Oikonny

Andrew Oikonny (アンドリュー・オイッコニー, Andoryū Oikkonī) is the nephew of Andross. He is an inexperienced pilot who only flies to try to follow in Andross' footsteps. Sometime after Andross is killed, Andrew leaves Star Wolf, and plans to avenge his uncle's death. In Star Fox: Assault, going by his last name (Oikonny), he 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, which resembles Andross' form. During this battle, Oikonny is unexpectedly shot down by a large Aparoid. He returns in Star Fox Command, where 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. In "Star Fox 64", he primarily targets Slippy, usually saying, "Stick to the pond, Froggie."

Panther Caroso

Panther Caroso (パンサー・カルロッソ, Pansā Karurosso, Panther Caluroso) makes his first appearance as the newest member of Star Wolf in Star Fox: Assault. His signature symbol, which is on his Wolfen, is a red rose. Panther is quite conceited, often embarrassing those around him. He is also quite a flirt, considering himself a ladies' man. In the game, he attempts to flirt with Krystal several times, but she either ignores or rejects him depending on the circumstances. Panther appears again in Star Fox Command, where he attempts to begin a relationship with Krystal after she joins the Star Wolf team following her breakup with Fox. He is voiced in Japanese by Tetsu Inada in both Star Fox Assault and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, while his English voice actor in Star Fox Assault is David Scully. The English version of Command has Panther speak in the third person. In Command, he is known as Panther Caruso (not Caroso) and the bounty put on his head by Corneria is double that of Leon's, showing his undeniable skill.

Villains

Andross

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Andross, as seen in Star Fox 64

Andross (アンドルフ, Andorufu, Andorf) is the most-often recurring villain of the Star Fox series, and the archenemy of the Star Fox team. Andross is the primary antagonist in Star Fox, Star Fox 64, and Star Fox Adventures. He also appears in Star Fox Command as a ghost spirit on the planet, Titania. Andross is voiced by Daisuke Gōri in the Japanese games, and by Duncan Botwood in Star Fox Adventures

Before the opening of the story, Andross was a scientist working for Corneria. Although his intentions were pure and beneficial, his lust for power drove him to the brink of madness and his experiments became more perverse, to the point that he unleashed a deadly weapon upon his home world of Corneria. Subsequently banished to the waste planet, Venom, for this crime, he built an army and plotted to dominate the Lylat System. Soon after, the Star Fox team was sent to investigate; the investigation ended when Pigma Dengar defected to Andross's side, and sent his friends to Andross, resulting in the death of James McCloud. Andross then proclaimed himself emperor of the Lylat System, and invaded the neighboring worlds.

Andross appears in several different forms throughout the Star Fox series, the most common of which is a giant disembodied head with two floating hands. In the first game, he takes the form of a large metallic head that contains a cube covered in images of his face. In Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures, the shell is a large version of his head, which contains an enlarged brain that can act and move on its own.

Andross also appears in the Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl as an Assist Trophy character, resembling his metallic form from the first Star Fox game.

Captain Shears

Captain Shears (シールズ大佐, Shīruzu Taisa) appears in the manga Star Fox: Farewell, Beloved Falco, which came with the Japanese version of Star Fox Adventures. The manga explains what happens during the eight year gap between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures. Shears conducts his operations in a base on Titania. Working as a double agent, he tells the Star Fox team he and his group of scientists are planning to reconstruct Andross's research, claiming there might still be Venom soldiers on the planet. However, Katt Monroe does not trust him and tells Falco of Shears' plan, leading to a dogfight between Fox and Falco.

Afterwards, the Star Fox team and Katt's gang team up and learn Shears is not planning to reconstruct Andross' research, but to resurrect Andross himself. After hearing this, Fox storms into Shears' base, and enters the rejuvenation lab right after rescuing Slippy (Shears' henchmen, or rather, the Golas, kidnapped Slippy as well as the Landmaster when he was sent to investigate their motivations earlier) where Andross' revival is happening. Shears then boasts about his plan and attacks Fox with a sword, on a large, mutant boar. After fighting, Fox defeats Shears. However, Shears attempts to escape on his boar, only to be crushed under the weight of the newly constructed Andross.

General Scales

General Scales (スケール将軍, Sukēru Shōgun), voiced by John Silke, makes his appearance as the initial antagonist of Star Fox Adventures. Scales leads the SharpClaw tribe, which strives to be the ruling tribe of Sauria. After being rejected, Scales amasses an army of Sharpclaws, and breaks four pieces of the planet apart by removing the four SpellStones, his army occupying each chunk. Soon he discovers Andross, who promises him godlike power in return for capturing Krystal and the Krazoa Spirits. At the end of the game, Andross betrays Scales and relinquishes the last Krazoa spirit from Scales' body, possibly killing him. It is widely accepted that Scales influence over his SharpClaw army diminished and they finally turned on him, as one of them holds up the General's belt in the games ending sequence.

Aparoid Queen

The Aparoid Queen (アパロイドマザー, Aparoido Mazā, Aparoid Mother) is the leader of the Aparoid race and the primary antagonist of Star Fox: Assault. From within the Homeworld, the Queen rules over the Aparoids like a queen bee over her hive; Beltino Toad determines that if the Queen is infected with a self-destruct program, then the rest of the Aparoids will die along with her. She has the ability to emulate personalities of people who are infected, or simply people close to her enemies. She emulates Peppy, Pigma, General Pepper, James McCloud, and ROB during the game. Star Fox make their way into the Queen's chamber, and infect the Queen with the self-destruct program. After weakening the Queen, the program takes effect, and the rest of the Aparoids are wiped out. She is voiced by Alésia Glidewell, who also voices Krystal.

Emperor Anglar

Emperor Anglar (アングラー皇帝, Angurā Kōtei) is the leader of the Anglar race, and the primary antagonist of 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. His four cronies are Zako (Corneria), Zazan (Corneria), Zoldge (Solar), and Octoman (Aquas). Anglar resembles an anglar fish.

Supporting characters

General Pepper

General Pepper (ペパー将軍, Pepā Shōgun) is the Commander-in-chief of the Cornerian Defense Forces. He originally exiles Andross to Venom, and hires the Star Fox Team to investigate it five years later. Soon after, he becomes the primary source for the new Star Fox's missions. Pepper assigned the proposition for Star Fox to investigate Dinosaur Planet (Sauria) in Star Fox: Adventures. During the Aparoid invasion in Star Fox: Assault, Pepper comes close to death when Aparoids fuse to him and his flagship. At the General's command, Fox hesitantly destroys the ship with Pepper still on board, and he is rescued by Peppy Hare. As time passes, Pepper grows ill and retires his position as General of the Cornerian Army. He passes this role on to his friend Peppy Hare, and is confined to his bed during Star Fox Command. In the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, he was voiced by Daisuke Gōri, and he is currently voiced by Michihiro Ikemizu. He is voiced by Gray Eubank in English. General Pepper resembles a dog, but his breed is disputed.

Bill Grey

Bill Grey (ビル・グレイ, Biru Gurei) is Fox's friend who appears to help him in Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Command. They originally are together in the Cornerian Flight Academy, and after Fox leaves to join Star Fox, Bill rises through the ranks and is elected commander of the Husky and Bulldog squadrons of Corneria. In both games, he assists Fox when Star Fox reaches Katina. Like General Pepper, Bill resembles a dog.

Katt Monroe

Katt Monroe (キャット・モンロー, Kyatto Monrō) is a lone fighter who comes to the aid of the Cornerian Defense Force and the Star Fox team. She appears in Star Fox 64 on the planet Zoness, and will either appear to defend the Great Fox in Sector Z, or shoot switches on Macbeth. She has a crush on Falco Lombardi, and she frequently lets him know about it, wishing to join Star Fox to be close to him. Katt returns in Star Fox Command. She appears in missions with Falco in the Asteroid Belt and Sector X. However, they have an argument in which Falco insults her and Katt vows to never help him again, though later in the storyline, she does say she "can't just sit and watch him from the sidelines." In Japanese, Katt is voiced Kyoko Tongu. In English, she is voiced by Lyssa Browne. Katt resembles a cat, and first appears with dyed pink fur in Star Fox 64, then re-appears in Star Fox Command with black fur.

Beltino Toad

Beltino Toad (ベルツィーノ・トード, Berutsīno Tōdo) is Slippy Toad's father, who works as the Research Director for the Cornerian Defense Forces. Beltino originally worked for Space Dynamics Co. Ltd. as an engineer. He and Slippy construct many inventions for the Star Fox team, including the Blue Marine and the Landmaster. Beltino is first mentioned in the Star Fox 64 Player's Guide, but does not make an in-game appearance until Star Fox: Assault, released eight years later. Beltino discovers the way to defeat the Aparoids, and eventually allows Star Fox to destroy them using a program he developed. In the Japanese version of Assault, Beltino Toad is voiced by Hirohiko Kakegawa, and his English voice actor is Scott Burns.

Amanda

Amanda (アマンダ, Amanda) is Slippy's fiancée, who first appears in Star Fox Command. They meet two years prior to the events of Star Fox Command, and instantly fall in love. Amanda occasionally helps the team out in various missions, and pilots the Tadpole (タッドポール, Taddopōru), 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. In two endings, she and Slippy settle down with children, one of whom joins Fox and Krystal's son, Marcus McCloud, as well as Lucy Hare's daughter and Falco Lombardi himself in forming a new Star Fox team. In another ending, she herself joins the Star Fox team to be close to Slippy.

Dash Bowman

Dash Bowman (アッシュ・ボウマン, Asshu Bouman, Ash Bowman) is a young pilot for the Cornerian Army, as well as the grandson of Andross and cousin once removed to Andrew Oikonny. He thinks very highly of Fox and Falco, and wishes to join the Star Fox team. He makes his first appearance during the time the Anglars attacked in Star Fox Command. 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. One of the endings shows him joining Falco and Katt to form the Star Falco team, while another two show him becoming ruler of Venom, one of which shows him becoming corrupt with power like Andross.

Lucy Hare

Lucy Hare (ルーシー・ヘア, Rūshī Hea) debuts in Star Fox Command, and is Peppy Hare's only daughter. Her mother, Vivian Hare (ビビアン・ヘア, Bibian Hea), died shortly after the Lylat Wars due to an illness. 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. It is said as well that she and Krystal are good friends. In some missions, she fights the Anglar attackers in her aircraft, the Sky Bunny (スカイバニー, Sukaibanī), armed with plasma lasers and a single lock. In one of the endings, her daughter becomes a member of the new Star Fox team, led by Marcus McCloud, Fox and Krystal's son.

Reception

When reviewing Star Fox Adventures, GameSpot reviewer Greg Kasavin commented that the game has a "likable cast of characters who manage to be cute and pretty cool at the same time."