All 25 Star Fox characters — the Star Fox team, the rival Star Wolf squad, Cornerian allies and the villain Andross. Each entry lists species, role and faction with a sourced bio.
The best Star Fox characters fall into three camps: the heroic Star Fox team led by Fox McCloud with Falco Lombardi, Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare and Krystal; the mercenary rivals of Star Wolf under Wolf O'Donnell; and the Cornerian allies and villains — above all the mad scientist Andross. Below are all 25, each with species, role and faction.
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Fox McCloud is an anthropomorphic red fox and the main protagonist of the Star Fox series. He is sometimes referred to by the name of Star Fox, especially by his many enemies. He's an expert Arwing pilot, combatant, adventurer and the leader of the Star Fox team. Fox is the only son of James McCloud, who educated him throughout his childhood to never give up, with a keen…
Falco Lombardi is a blue-feathered avian and the ace pilot of the Star Fox team. Although the exact details on Falco's past are unknown, he himself was once the leader of a gang of space runaways known as Free-As-A-Bird. He is a longtime friend and friendly rival to Fox McCloud, and was specially hired by him to be an expert member of his mercenaries-for-hire team. He has…
Slippy Toad is an anthropomorphic green toad and a childhood friend of Fox McCloud, and has been flying alongside him for several years. He serves as the inventor and mechanic of the Star Fox team. The excitable amphibian member of the Star Fox Team, Slippy may seem like a hyper-doofus and his inferior piloting skill in an Arwing in comparison to the others leaves a lot to be…
Peppy Hare is a retired member of the legendary Star Fox team. Having had years of service in the Cornerian Military with his best friend James McCloud, they started the Star Fox mercenary team, intent on serving justice and freedom. As an experienced pilot, Peppy had learned many tricks in his years of flying and is also very knowledgeable about Andross' forces, since he once…
Krystal is a vixen from the planet Cerinia, having joined the Star Fox Team after the Plight of Sauria, as the most recent member and taking the retired Peppy's place as the team's fourth pilot. She serves as the team's telepathic advisor, an additional fighter pilot, and Fox's main love interest. Her telepathic abilities were first seen when interacting with the native…
Amanda is a frog and the love interest and possible future wife of Star Fox team mechanic, Slippy Toad. The two met and fell in love on the planet Aquas sometime after the events of the Aparoid Invasion of the Lylat System, but two years before the attack of the Anglar empire. Amanda pilots the customised Tadpole starfighter as her personal ship, which performs exceptionally…
Andrew Oikonny, usually called only by his surname, is the nephew of Andross and his successor to the empire. Despite being a highly inexperienced pilot, he was originally part of the the Star Wolf team of Space Pirates which consisted of Pigma Dengar, Leon Powalski and Wolf O'Donnell when Andross sent him under Pigma's supervision. He formed a rivalry with Slippy Toad during…
Andross is the central antagonist of the Star Fox series and the arch-nemesis of Fox McCloud. He is an evil mad scientist who is highly skilled in building technology, supernatural powers and battle tactics. His forces have tried to take over the Lylat System many times. Exiled to the distant penal planet of Venom for his destructive and dangerous experiments with…
Commissioner Beltino Toad is the Director of Engineering at Space Dynamics, as well as the Research Director for the Corneria Defense Force and also the father of Slippy Toad, and brother of Grippy Toad. He designed and developed many technologies, vehicles, weapons and gadgets that would later help the Star Fox team, in which his son joined. Slippy also worked closely with…
Bill Grey is a childhood schoolmate of Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi and Slippy Toad's, ace pilot and a commander of the Husky and Bulldog squadrons in the Cornerian Army that serve to defend Katina against the Androssian fleets and the Anglar Armies. Since ace star pilots of the Cornerian Air Force are few and far between, Bill and his units are very valued in high esteem by…
Dash Bowman or Ash Bowman is a young pilot who flies for the Cornerian Army, as well as the grandson of Andross and first cousin once removed of Andrew Oikonny. He pilots the customized Monkey Arrow, a starfighter which resembles the Arwing, presumably due to Dash's fandom of Star Fox.
Fara Phoenix is a character from the 1992 Star Fox comics, created by Benimaru Itoh, featured in Nintendo Power. In the comic, Fara was Fox McCloud's love interest and the chief test pilot for the Cornerian Army. She also bears a resemblance to Fox's mother, Vixy Reinard.
Fay is a girlish dog who, along with Miyu, was drafted from the Cornerian Army to join the Star Fox team exclusively in Star Fox 2. Her appearance suggests that she may be a Poodle or Cocker Spaniel. She is the daughter of an aristocratic family and is fighting to save her planet.
General Pepper, is the commander-in-chief of all Cornerian military forces stationed throughout Corneria's territories located in the Lylat System. A former associate of Andross, it was General Pepper who was responsible for the disgraced science officer's banishment and he has extensively worked hard to protect Corneria and the entire Lylat System from the evil mad…
James McCloud was a legendary and astonishing pilot who became the founder and leader of the legendary Star Fox Team, a mercenary-for-hire squadron in the Lylat System. James was talented in terms of fighting, piloting, and adventuring. He was well known for holding an unwavering loyalty to his friends. After his apparent and supposed death, James was later succeeded as leader…
Katt Monroe is a female feline acquaintance of Falco Lombardi, both having a past history together as colleague pilots, but it has never been revealed what they used to do, save that they were both in the Hot Rodders and they have never been romantically involved. Katt Monroe is not an official member of the Star Fox team, but she'll lend a blaster when it suits her, secretly…
Leon Powalski is a member of the Star Wolf team of space pirates, serving as the group's specialist in assassination, and is the only member other than Wolf O'Donnell himself that has been on the team since Wolf formed the notorious group. Contrary to his desire to express a reputable greatness, very little is known about who Leon was before his perpetual placement on the Star…
Lucy Hare is the daughter and only child of Peppy Hare and his late wife Vivian Hare. Lucy teaches Astrophysics at the Cornerian City established on Fichina, and is an accomplished pilot, having been trained by her father, who she became close to following the death of her mother many years ago due to illness. She is roughly the same age as Fox McCloud and Slippy Toad and it…
Marcus is the son of Fox McCloud and Krystal, who has only ever been seen or mentioned in the "Star Fox Command" ending "Good-bye, Fox" in which the two retire and settle down.
Miyu is a tomboyish feline from the Cornerian Army who, along with Fay, appears as a member of the Star Fox team exclusively in Star Fox 2.
Panther Caroso is a top class pilot and a new member of Star Wolf. Exact details on his past are unclear, but his skilled piloting allowed him a place on the team, thus replacing both the untrustworthy Pigma Dengar and the whining amateur Andrew Oikonny. Panther became infatuated with the "lovely" Krystal at the Sargasso Space Zone and tried to flirt with her, often to no…
Pigma Dengar was once a member of the legendary Star Fox team, but he betrayed his teammates James McCloud and Peppy Hare by leading them intro a trap to have them taken prisoners by the evil mad scientist Andross. During the Lylat Wars, Pigma cut his teeth on making a living by dealing in space piracy and bounty hunting when he became part of the first incarnation of the Star…
ROB 64, also known sometimes as ROB The Robot, is the robotic operator of Star Fox team's mothership, the Great Fox. ROB has the ability to completely control the Great Fox, technically making the ship fully autonomous. He is also networked to the ship's main computers, allowing ROB to process any information requested by the Star Fox Team. ROB can also use the ship's transfer…
Tricky is an EarthWalker and heir to the throne of The EarthWalker Tribe as their crown prince, the son of the King and Queen EarthWalker. When Fox McCloud came to the planet to stop it from breaking apart and exploding, Tricky was saved from the SharpClaw tribe, loyal to General Scales, and remained with Fox throughout his journey, serving as his constant companion and the…
Wolf O'Donnell is the leader of Star Wolf and archrival of Fox McCloud. In parallel to Fox and his team, Wolf is also known to go by the name of Star Wolf, as seen in Star Fox 2. He was initially hired by Andross during the Lylat Wars to take down the Star Fox team with his own team, due to his dedication of proving he is just as good a pilot as Fox if not better, but…