Fox McCloud

**Fox McCloud** is an anthropomorphic red fox and the main protagonist of the *Star Fox series*, who sometimes literally goes by the name of **Star Fox**, especially by his many enemies. He is additionally a pilot, combatant, adventurer, and the leader of the Star Fox team. Fox is the son of James McCloud, who edified him throughout his childhood to never give up. Fox McCloud was a cadet at the Cornerian Defense Army Academy when he heard the news that his father, James McCloud, had met a violent end at the hands of the twisted genius, Andross. The senior McCloud had been betrayed by his own wingman, Pigma Dengar, and delivered into a deadly trap from which there was seemingly no escape. Only James's wingman, Peppy Hare, managed to limp home in his badly damaged starfighter. As the only survivor of the original Star Fox Team, Peppy insisted that the young Fox take on the leadership of the group and form a new team of pilots. Thrust into the leadership role that he wasn't prepared for, Fox recruited the hot-tempered Falco Lombardi and the mechanical genius Slippy Toad to make up the new Star Fox Team. For a price, this crack group will fight against any threat to the Cornerian star system. Although it may appear that the Star Fox Team is motivated only by financial gain, it will only accept missions that serve to uphold justice.

## **Physical appearance and traits**

Fox has green eyes which sometimes appear to be blue, orange-brown fur, and his golden-brown white-highlighted hair is cut into a crew cut. The rest of his skin is a cream-colored tone. He additionally has a bushy white-tipped tail. Fox is of medium/short height and medium weight, but this is contradicted in the *Super Smash Bros.* games, where he is a mid-sized target, but additionally very light.
Before *Star Fox Adventures*, Fox's eye color was inconsistently erratic. In-game, it was yellow-orange in *Star Fox*, but blue in puppets and most artwork (and infrequently green). It is also blue in *Star Fox 2*, which was originally in development for the SNES. It was black in *Star Fox 64* (along with the other characters), and given a consistent green afterwards.

Fox is an overall vigorous and loyal bellwether. Albeit scarcely of a cocky rogue with a propensity to disregard rules and regulations (and to repine if he's not being paid enough), he is ultimately, according to *Star Fox Adventures*, "pure of heart". Fox is shown to be very protective of his friends, as visually perceived in the games, of his team. Fox's countenance is always either a stoic look or cocky smile. In contrast to his personality and traits portrayed in Adventures, *Star Fox: Assault* depicts Fox as a professional and decisive mercenary.

Fox speaks in a rather youthful voice in all games, but the style and personality differs with each voice actor. Considering the multiple similarities between the Star Fox games and the Star Wars franchise, Fox's personality and character is similar to Luke Skywalker. The Nintendo Power Official Player's Guide for *Star Fox Assault* even compared Fox with Luke Skywalker.

## **TMNT X Pokemon**

Fox McCloud appears in Season 4 when the Turtles visit Corneria.

## **Trivia**

* Fox is the sole member of Star Fox whose full name is accurate to his species, as Peppy and Slippy are a rabbit and frog, contrary to their surnames. Yet the true identity of Falco's genuine species has become a controversy in a recent Iwata Asks interview.
* Fox's nose was black in every game, but as of *Star Fox Assault,* it has become a dark brown.
* Fox is the least verbalized member of his team during the Lylat Wars, with a count of 82 quotes. Omitting ROB who only speaks when compulsory.
* In the *Star Fox Adventures* official Circuit City art book, they incorrectly describe Fox's eyes as blue.
* *Star Fox: Assault* is currently the only game where Fox does not wear his trademark red scarf.
* In the pre-*Star Fox 64* materials (specifically, the *Star Fox* comic and the *Star Fox Missions Outline*), Fox McCloud, prior to forming Star Fox, was stated to be the leader of a group of bandits that stole from the Imperial Guard in the name of the oppressed. This refers to the story of Robin Hood, who frequently stole from the rich (specifically, Prince John) and returned them to the poor and downtrodden. Coincidentally, the Walt Disney adaptation of the tale had the titular character being portrayed by a fox, and his rival the Sheriff of Nottingham was portrayed as a wolf, which is also clairvoyant of Fox's rival becoming Wolf O'Donnell.
* Fox's last name "McCloud" is an origin of a Scottish family. His last name may have a relationship with Wolf's last name "O'Donnell", an origin of an Irish family, since there are Scottish Irish in Ireland.