Difference between revisions of "James McCloud"

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| picture = James Portrait Command.png

| caption = James McCloud as seen in ''[[Star Fox Command]]''.

 

'''James McCloud''' was the leader of the original [[Star Fox (team)|Star Fox]] team. He is also the father of current team leader [[Fox McCloud]]. After a failed mission against the evil [[Andross|Dr. Andross]], he was supposedly killed.

James McCloud's signature has, since ''[[Star Fox 64]]'', been wearing a pair of sunglasses. Otherwise he carries a close resemblance in both appearance and apparel as his son, Fox McCloud. His eyes are olive green in Star Fox 64 3D, instead of Fox's green.

 

== In game History ==

Eight years later, Fox obtained a message from James when he deposited a [[Items in Star Fox Adventures#Cheat Token|Cheat Token]] in the maze beneath the [[WarpStone]]. During the fight against the Aparoid Queen, the Queen used James's voice in an attempt to turn Fox to her side. [[Falco]] snapped him out of it when he reminded Fox that his father was dead, but the Queen continued to use his voice to trick the team.

While he is arguably dead in the canon, the [[1993 Nintendo Power Comic]] portrays James as having, in some way, been sucked into a [[Wikipedia:black hole|black hole]] during his fateful mission against Andross. [[Fox McCloud]] later dives into a black hole and is lead through it by some sort of physical manifestation of his father.

*Mike West in ''Star Fox 64''.

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| ssb4_description = [[File:JamesMcCloudTrophy3DS.png|left|150px]]'''NTSC-U''': Fox's father and the founder of Star Fox. He was betrayed by Pigma Dengar while scouting the planet Venom. James died a hero, caught in Andross's clutches. The F-Zero series also has a racer named James McCloud (also with dashing shades!), but Fox McCloud's dad isn't related to that human.<br><br>'''PAL''': Fox's father and the founder of Star Fox. He was betrayed by Pigma Dengar while on a scouting mission to Venom. James died a hero, caught in Andross's clutches. The F-Zero series has a racer of the same name (with suitably dashing sunglasses to boot), but that James McCloud is certainly not of the fox persuasion.  

| ssb4_obtain = Random drop.

File:Itoh James.jpg|James, or "Fox McCloud Sr.", in the first Nintendo Power comic.

File:SFteam3d.png|James with the original Star Fox team.

File:JamesHeadshot.png|James' headshot from [[Star Fox 64]].

File:James McCloud Headshot.png|James' headshot as projected by the [[Aparoid Queen]] from Fox's memories, from [[Star Fox Assault]].

File:James Command.png|James' headshot from [[Star Fox Command]].

File:JamesHead3D.png|James in [[Star Fox 64 3D]].

File:five-years-ago.jpg|James with the original Star Fox team in [[Star Fox Zero]]

File:SFZ-James McCloud.png|James' headshot from [[Star Fox Zero]]

| name = James McCloud

| line =  "Don't ever give up, my son!"

| game = Star Fox 64

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| name = James McCloud

| line = "Follow me, Fox... This way, Fox... Never give up, Trust your instincts... You've become so strong, Fox."

| game = Star Fox 64

*James McCloud shares many similarities with an F-Zero pilot of the same name. Both lead a squadron of mercenaries, both have ships of similar appearances, as well as others

*James' scarf colour is red throughout Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Assault, although Argonaut Software later retconned this so that before his betrayal, his scarf is red (for example, in the introductory sequence in SF64 3D), and afterwards it is yellow (during the escape sequence of SF64 3D and his appearance in Command).

 

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