Fox McCloud Sr. (Benimaru Itoh)

Fox McCloud Sr. is a minor character in the Star Fox Nintendo Power comics. He is the father of Fox McCloud and the husband of Vixy Reinard. He was once a revered pilot in the Lylat System up until he was suddenly trapped in the Black Hole. 
==Biography==
While Fox's father was unseen and unnamed in the original Star Fox game, he was given a name and backstory in the Nintendo Power Star Fox comic adaptation, under the name Fox McCloud Sr. (as he is known here) was born and grew up on the planet Corneria. Much of his past remains unknown, but he graduated from the Cornerian Flight Academy, married Vixy Reinard, and had only one child, whom he raised on his own. Jealous, Andross rigged a bomb into Fox Sr.'s car and since Vixy's car was out of gas, Fox Sr. offered to let Vixy use his car, unaware of Andross's scheme. When Vixy turned the car's ignition, the bomb exploded, resulting in her death. Both Andross and Fox Sr. were stricken with grief by the sudden loss. Later, Fox Sr. was presumed dead when an experimental bomb testing "went wrong." Designed by Andross, then a Cornerian scientist, the bomb was secretly supposed to detonate when Fox Sr. reached critical velocity. However, the Black Hole was created from the explosion. This resulted in his exile to the planet Venom. Fox Sr. is later seen to be alive in some form when the hidden Space Whale who releases items from Sector Y is revealed to have Fox's father on board. While he is still alive, he is confined to exist only inside the Black Hole and is unable to return to the other side.
==Trivia==
*Fox Sr. is the only character who went through a name change in the main Star Fox timeline; he is given his canon name James McCloud.
*Unlike his game counterpart, this version of James McCloud is not betrayed by Pigma Dengar, who back then was not created at the time. This incarnation doesn’t have any connection with Peppy Hare neither. 
==Licensing==
This article contains content derived from the "James McCloud/Other" article on the Star Fox Wiki, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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