Difference between revisions of "Fox McCloud"

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| caption = Fox McCloud, as he appears in ''[[Star Fox Zero]]''.

| affiliations = Star Fox, G-Zero Racing (Possibly)

| teams = {{TeamFox}}

| mariowiki-pagename = Fox McCloud

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Fox has appeared in every game in the series since the very first game, which is ''[[Star Fox (game)|Star Fox]]'', as he is, as mentioned earlier, the main character, and often the only playable character, practically dominating the series whole in such a way. Due to this, as well as having the name "Fox" in common, Fox McCloud is often considered synonymous with the team Star Fox, albeit Star Fox existed long before he had taken over the team. Fox is often erroneously called "Star Fox" himself by some fans of the series.

== History ==

{{Quote|Head of the commandos-for-hire Star Fox team. He's responsible and extremely capable of assessing situations and giving orders, not to mention a fiery hero with a strong sense of responsibility and a record of success.|''Star Fox: Assault'' instruction booklet, page 36}}

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Fox McCloud was born to James McCloud and an unnamed mother eighteen years before the events of ''Star Fox 64''. Though it is unknown what happened to the mother, it is known that James was eventually forced to raise Fox on his own. Over time, Fox joined a pilot's academy with his old friend, [[Bill Grey]].

Eventually, Andross began his rise to power and [[General Pepper|Pepper]], General of the Cornerian Defense Force, hired his old friends the Star Fox team to take him down. Unfortunately, [[Pigma Dengar]], a member of this team, was on Andross's payroll and betrayed James to his supposed death. While James's fate remains unknown, the third pilot, [[Peppy Hare]], escaped and was left with unenviable task of informing Fox of his father's demise. Fox followed in the footsteps of his father by forming a new Star Fox team with his friends [[Slippy Toad]], Falco Lombardi and original member Peppy Hare.

The team soon made it to [[Area 6]] where they stormed through the [[Venomian Army]] with help from [[ROB 64]] and the Star Fox mothership, the [[Great Fox]]. Arriving at the entrance to Andross's lair on [[Venom]], Star Wolf attacked the team in their new [[Wolfen II]]s. Even with the advanced ships, Wolf's team was easily trumped by Star Fox and Fox continued on into the tunnels of Venom alone. There he confronted Andross.

The team then returned to Corneria to obtain their reward from General Pepper. Pepper asked the team if they would be willing to join the Cornerian Army, but Fox cut him off, saying that the team prefered doing things their own way. Fox then got a message from ROB 64 telling them the Great Fox was ready to go and the Star Fox team hurried on to a new adventure.

After arriving, Fox found two [[SharpClaw]] grunts with a captured Tricky in tow. He freed Tricky and defeated the grunts. At that point, Slippy sent down the translation device and Fox warned Tricky about his mother. Upon returning to ThornTail Hollow, Fox learned what was truly going on. [[General Scales]], leader of the SharpClaw tribe, had taken the [[SpellStone]]s from the [[Force Point Temples]] and released the [[Krazoa Spirit]]s from the [[Krazoa Palace]]. This caused the energies within Sauria to break the planet apart. Though he thought it odd, Fox understood and took Tricky to the [[SnowHorn Wastes]] where they met [[Garunda Te]], leader of the [[SnowHorn Tribe]] and GateKeeper of [[DarkIce Mines]]. Scales had threatened his tribe with death if Garunda did not let him into the mines. Though Garunda had not, his daughter [[Belina Te]] could not see the tribe destroyed allowed him into the mines. Fox proceeded to fly his Arwing to the piece of the planet that contains DarkIce Mines. Entering the mines, he eventually found Belina locked inside a SharpClaw cell. After freeing her, Fox continued on until he found a portal that led to the chamber of [[Galdon]]. Fox fought the monster and was eventually swallowed, allowing him to obtain the SpellStone and kill Galdon. As Fox walked back to his Arwing with Belina, he told her to forgive her father as he was only thinking of the good of the planet and she agreed.

Fox was next seen in the Great Fox getting a message from General Pepper. The General proceeded to send Star Fox the bill for their efforts and Falco walked in and asked to rejoin the team. At this point, Peppy remembered to play a message sent from Krystal to Fox. In the message, she apologized for being unable to talk long. While the message played, the team heared a noise from the Great Fox's boarding platform and, at the end of the message, Krystal enters. Fox was visibly blushing when ROB 64 accidentally revealed that Fox's internal temperature was rising and that he was clearly in love with Krystal. The scene ends with the two looking and smiling at each other.

[[File:Fox Before Katina Assault.png|thumb|left|Fox as he began searching for the source of a distress signal.]]

Another year passed and Fox was next seen in the Great Fox with his fellow team members flying into [[Fortuna|Fortunian]] space to assist the defense force against an insurgency led by Andross's nephew, [[Andrew Oikonny]]. Fox, Falco, Slippy, and Krystal chased the ape to the planet's surface and even to his base. When they finally confront him, Oikonny's ship had taken a similar form to Andross. Fox almost destroyed the machine when another laser seared through the head of the robot. Fox's team flew towards the origin of the laser and found an enormous robotic moth. After a wearisome battle, Fox destroyed the moth's wings and retrieved a strange orb from its head under Peppy's orders. The four made a retreat after an entire army of moths appeared in the skies.

Fox arrived on Fichina to find that the climate control center has been shut down by Pigma. Using a Landmaster, Fox destroyed the energy sources of the three shield generators that defend the center. Upon entering, Fox reactivates the climate control device, but he is then attacked by the security bots. He is saved by Falco after a short amount of time of defending himself and hopped on Falco's Arwing until Peppy could send him an Arwing. At that time, Slippy analyzed the security bots and found they were possessed by Aparoids. Pigma proceeded to escape and awaken an Aparoid that had possessed the climate device, causing it to go on a countdown to explosion. Fox forgot about Pigma and fires as many Smart Bombs into the device as possible, stopping the countdown and saving the device. He then followed Pigma to the [[Meteo Asteroid Belt]] where Pigma had built a new base for himself and the Aparoids. Fox and his team cleared the base to find Pigma's ship floating empty in space. Close by was a strange machine with Pigma, infected by Aparoids, seemingly swallowed by the enormous weapon. Fox managed to destroy the strange amalgation of machine and pig and retrieved the Core Memory.

Fox's team was then contacted by General Pepper who told them that they were able to find the location of the [[Aparoid Homeworld]]. Before Fox could go, Krystal received a telepathic message from Tricky on Sauria asking for help in dealing with an Aparoid invasion. Fox reached the planet to find no living Dinosaurs and any living ones in hiding. The planet had been infested with Aparoid Hatchers which Fox and Krystal were sent down to destroy. After destroying the hatchers, Fox and Krystal found Tricky, who poked fun at Fox and Krystal's obvious relationship and asked them to come back on their honeymoon. Fox, embarrassed, denied everything and Krystal stopped the fight.

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[[File:Fox and ROB 64 SF Command.png|thumb|left|Fox and ROB 64.]]

The two years following the fall of the Aparoids were not particularly kind to Fox McCloud. While he was proud of Peppy leaving to become the general of the Cornerian Army, he then did something he was not proud of. Ever since they met, Fox had silently loved Krystal, but he knew the dangers of being a pilot in the Star Fox team. He decided to fire Krystal from the team. After that, the team began to fall apart. Sometime later, the [[Anglar]] attacked and Fox, unable to go back to his former team and friends, went after them with only ROB 64 as an ally.

==== ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' ====

==== Fighter Description ====

==== ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' ====

[[File:Fox Brawl art.jpg|125px|thumb|Artwork from ''Brawl''.]]

===== The Subspace Emissary =====

[[File:Fox SSE.png|thumb|left|Fox's introduction image in ''The Subspace Emissary''.]]Fox was first seen in ''The Subspace Emissary'' flying over [[smashwiki:Pit|Pit]] and [[mariowiki:Mario|Mario]] in his Arwing and following the [[wikirby:Halberd|Battleship Halberd]]. His ship was unfortunately shot down, accidentally taking a nearby [[wikirby:Kirby|Kirby]] and whichever princess Kirby had saved with him.

Fox, as one of the original twelve fighters, appears once more in the fourth installment of the series and is unlocked from the start. He retains most of his moveset from Brawl, with a few minor tweaks. His model is also mostly unchanged from Brawl, with an altered blaster, better fur texture, and an overall brighter scheme to match the game's art direction.

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*''[[Star Fox Adventures]]''

*''[[Star Fox: Assault]]''

*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''

*''[[Super Smash Bros. 4|Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U]]''

=== Other appearances ===

=== Voice Actors ===

*Steve Malpass in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''Star Fox Adventures''

*Jim Walker in ''Star Fox: Assault'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''

== Trivia ==

{{Star Fox}}

{{Star Fox 64}}

{{Star Fox 2}}

{{Star Fox Adventures}}