Lap 35 - Falcon's Confession

Falcon's Confession is the 35th episode of the F-Zero Farukon Densetsu anime.

## Overview

In Black Shadow’s throne room, Miss Killer reports her findings pertaining to winners of the last 20 F-Zero races; Captain Falcon has won 9 of them, and Ryu has won 5, while Dark Million has only won 3. Black Shadow reminds Miss Killer of Dark Million’s reason for racing, and urges her to eliminate the competition.

At the Falcon House, a snippet about Captain Falcon plays on one of the screens, revealing that nothing is known about him except that he comes from Port Town. Clank asks Bart about Captain Falcon, but Bart simply suggests that everyone has their own secrets. As Clank plans to look up Falcon’s earnings, Bart remarks that Clank has a bad habit, and tells him to be careful, otherwise he’ll be eating outside. Ryu and Lucy enter the Falcon House, asking for the usual. Bart then announces that he’ll be going to the next race, and wishes Ryu and Lucy good luck. Clank notes that Bart watches every race, even while working at the Falcon House, but has never accompanied Bart to a race before. Bart serves Lucy her coffee, as Lucy assumes that Bart has a secret girlfriend. Ryu and Clank join in on the teasing, which flusters Bart.

In the Falcon House’s living quarters besides the cafe, Clank is asleep. The room next to his, however, is empty. The next day, Dr. Clash works on the Dragon Bird, while Clank looks for Bart’s alleged girlfriend in the crowd. Through his binoculars, he notices Bart handing a drink to a woman, and assumes that the woman is his girlfriend. However, it turns out that Bart was simply offering a gift to a random stranger.

The Blue Falcon arrives at the starting line, as Ryu remarks that he won’t lose to him this time. Falcon gives a two finger salute, and the race begins. Both of their machines stay in the lead, with Miss Killer’s Moon Shadow behind them. Black Shadow watches the race from his throne room. Bio Rex, Octoman, and Baba each declare their attempt to defeat Ryu, but the Dragon Bird clashes with the Iron Tiger. The Iron Tiger then clashes with the Moon Shadow, sending it off to the side. Miss Killer steps out of her machine, watching the Blue Falcon and Dragon Bird use Boost Fire.

Ryu is announced to be the winner of the race, and the race queens arrive with bouquets at the winner’s circle. However, Falcon notices something off about one of them, as Super Arrow seems unaware. The race queen fires a laser aimed at Ryu from her bouquet, but Falcon intervenes and takes the hit to his shoulder. Ryu confronts the race queen who attempted to shoot him, but she evades, and her wig comes off, revealing her to be Miss Killer. Super Arrow attempts to stop her, but she steps on his cape and causes him to fall. She then retreats as an ambulance and security arrive. Ryu finds Falcon in the hangar, urging him to go to the hospital. Falcon refuses, insisting that he is fine before driving off in Blue Falcon. The Blue Falcon returns to a garage, and Captain Falcon struggles to head up the stairs.

At the Falcon House, Clank inquires about Bart’s “date,” but Bart instead talks about the race. Clank laments that while it was a great race, Captain Falcon was injured. He then asks why Dark Million would injure Falcon, and wonders about his identity. Just then, Bart drops a cup and plate on the ground, before holding his shoulder in pain. Clank asks if he’s alright, but Bart assures him that he’s fine, and that he’ll simply close early for the night. At the living quarters, Clank looks into finding more information about Captain Falcon on his computer, while hearing strange noises. Slowly, Clank starts to wonder if there is a correlation between the times that Bart worked at the Falcon House and the times Captain Falcon didn’t participate in a race. He then decides to ask Bart directly, but finds that his room is empty. Upon heading back to the Falcon House, and looking for some juice in the fridge, Clank realizes that pulling the orange juice back had activated a secret passageway. Entering the doorway, he begins to walk down the steps to another door, noting that his surroundings seem more like a base.

As Clank enters the next room, the floor lowers and the lights turn on, revealing the Blue Falcon in front of him. Clank then realizes that Bart is indeed Captain Falcon, and has a flashback to when Falcon encouraged Clank to leave Heru, and Bart hired Clank to work at the Falcon House. Falcon then steps in, confirming the truth. He approaches Clank and raises his visor, revealing the rest of his face. Clank is awed, and Falcon tells Clank that he knew his father, Roy Hughes. He explains that they were best friends, and that Roy was a spy for the Galaxy Police, infiltrating Dark Million’s transport ship on the planet Heru. However, Falcon did not know that Roy was there on that day. The transport ship incident plays out as a flashback, but after Roy tackles Zoda in order to buy time for Falcon to escape, Roy calls out Falcon’s name upon realizing he is Andy Summer. Falcon apologizes to Clank, but Clank assures him that he’ll be fine, thanking him for making him give up his old life as a hacker. He also tells Falcon that while Roy is now a cyborg, Dr. Stewart says that “he’ll be fixed in no time.” Falcon smiles, but winces from the pain. Clank reaches out to him, and Falcon asks Clank to keep his identity a secret between the two of them.

The next day, Lucy is surprised to see Clank serve behind the counter. Bart states that he’s teaching Clank, as Ryu looks out from the window. Ryu reflects on how Falcon saved him from being shot, and Clank states that Falcon will be alright as he has someone looking out for him. Lucy assumes that the “someone” refers to a girlfriend, and Bart laughs in response. Clank then serves Lucy and Ryu their coffee, but they spit it out. Clank explains that he’s trying to use fewer beans in order to save money for the Falcon House, but Ryu tells him not to do that.

In the preview for the next episode, Jack pretends to be Haruka and approaches Ryu. Jack then confesses that “Haruka” is a man, and Ryu screams. He then reacts as if he was waking up from a dream.

## Bart's Classroom

Bart answers a viewer’s question about where he lives, revealing that while the Falcon House is a cafe, it is a few stories below Bart’s actual home in the building beside it. He states that there are 7 rooms, and Clank gets lost in there, to Bart’s puzzlement. Ryu and Jack are also stated to have resided there at some points, with Ryu keeping his room clean while Jack is messy. Bart then notes that “your room should be cleaned 5 times a day” and jokes about which room he’ll choose to sleep in for the night.