History Videogame / Starfox64

** Its more of a ShoutOut to V'ger from StarTrekTheMotionPicture, because Spyborg is looking for it's creator.

''Star Fox 64'' provides examples of:

* TheStinger: After the credits and ranking in at the end of the game, cut to an invoice for services rendered - and General Pepper's reaction to the bill, which varies depending on how many bogies you shot down throughout the game. If you have about 900 to 1,200 kills, he will remark that it's expensive but worthwhile, but if you have over 1,200 points, he will give a BigWhat.

* AmusingInjuries / ElectronicEyes: When you face Star Wolf again on Venom(if you beat them previously), they reappear with new ships and somewhat altered looks; Leon gets a scouter over his right eye, Pigma's eyes turn purple, Andrew gets a huge replacement for BOTH his eyes so they now look like an electronic pet's, and Wolf... gets band-aids.

** When you enter [[AsteroidThicket Meteo]], the way the Great Fox enters the asteroid field, blasting asteroids out of its way, is very similar to TheEmpireStrikesBack. It's the same level where Peppy exclaims [[TheReturnOfTheJedi it's a trap]], too.

* EnemyChatter: In Area 6, you hear the enemy commanders organize the defenses you're in the middle of breaking through. As you get further along in the level, decimating their forces, [[MookHorrorShow they become increasingly desperate and horrified.]]

* BigWhat: If you get an especially high score, General Pepper gives one in response to Star Fox's invoice.

* GuestStarPartyMember: Bill and Katt help out the Star Fox team on Katina and Zoness, respectively. Once the levels are completed, they show up to help in the next level and their ship flies along with the Arwings during the end credits. Note that you can only get one of them on a single playthrough.

* LethalLavaLand: Solar, which is either a molten planet or the Lylat System's '' freaking sun'', depending on what source you ask. Either way, nothing was expected to be able to survive the heat, but the bioweapon there, Vulcain, apparently didn't get the memo.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to ''Star Fox'' and ''Star Fox 2''. The series became DarkerAndEdgier again with ''Assault''.

** Katina is basically IndependenceDay, down to the mothership's main weapon and weakspot and Bill Grey, who first appears in this level (and only appears in Solar or Sector X if the team gets there after successfully completing the mission on Katina for the former and unsuccessfully doing so in the latter's case), being named after General William Grey. A more subtle reference was made on Bolse, where Slippy is chasing one of the Bolse fighters while the force field is still up, and Slippy tells him that he has the enemy now, and then says "Those guys have shields, too!"

* SphereOfDestruction: The 64 version depicts most explosions as this.
* TheStinger: After the credits and ranking in at the end of the game, cut to an invoice for services rendered - and General Pepper's reaction to the bill, which varies depending on how many bogies you shot down throughout the game.

* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: The boss of Sector Y, who is already easily angered, has a tendency to say, "You're making me mad!"
* ThatOneLevel: Sector Z: it's an EscortMission of sorts, where you have to protect the Great Fox from incoming missiles. It's swarming with Invader-III fighters (''which have the best AI of all the enemies in the game bar Star Wolf or the Bolse Fighters'') which means you'll constantly be listening to your wingmen calling you for help and it has just enough junk on the outskirts to ensure that you'll almost certainly crash into something and rip off your wings. Worst still is that if you're going for the medal, your wingmen can actually steal your points if they're the one to land the last hit on the missile: and if you come from Zoness you'll have to contend with Katt kill-stealing from you as well.
** Aquas. There's only one way to get to it, the level is slow (and underwater) and due to how the Blue-Marine's missile work (locking on to the first target your crosshairs hits, and you can only fire one missile at a time), it's difficult to get the required 150 hits to earn the medal for the stage.

* OrIsIt: Standard ending in the game.

* TheArtifact: The "64" in the title is this in the remake, since the Nintendo3DS is a 32-bit system.

* LethalLavaLand: Solar, which is either a molten planet or the Lylat System's '' freaking sun'', depending on what source you ask.

* {{Leitmotif}}: The Star Fox and Star Wolf teams both have their own, as do Bill and Katt during their appearances. The teams' are significantly longer than the ones for individual characters.

* SuperTitleSixtyFourAdvance: Especially in the remake, since it has the 64 from the original and the 3D commonly found in the titles of Nintendo3DS games. That and, as mentioned above, the remake's system is actually 32-bit.

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* WastedSong: Venom, despite being the location of two levels, only has its level music actually play on the path from Bolse. When going there from Area 6, a fight with Star Wolf happens as soon as Star Fox reaches the surface (during which the former's own music plays), after which Fox heads for Andross. In contrast, on both paths, the music that plays during Fox's solo portions in which he heads for and confronts Andross [[spoiler:or at least a robotic decoy that looks like him]] is the same.