The F-Zero: GP Legend (or F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu if you prefer) subseries is peculiar. It contains an anime and two games, serving as an alternate continuity to the F-Zero series taking place in the 23rd century rather than the 26th and beyond. The anime and the first game are both called GP Legend. We'll refer to the anime as (The) Legend of Falcon and the first game as GP Legend on this page.
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Characters Debuting in F-Zero: GP Legend
# 00 - Rick Wheeler
Japanese Name: Ryu Suzaku
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (JP), Frank Frankson (EN)
- Animal Theme Naming: Dragons, in the Japanese. Himself, Ryu Suzaku, and his machine, Dragon Bird.
- Because Destiny Says So: Jody and Dr. Stewart's big reveal before the Grand Finale counts as this. See The Chosen One, below.
- Becoming the Mask: As Captain Falcon II. His voice is noticeably deeper and he has the same professional air of detachment as his predecessor.
- The Chosen One: He's The Savior, the one person who can tip the perpetual deadlock between Good (Captain Falcon) and Evil (Black Shadow) in Falcon's favor.
- Cowboy Cop: Before his run-in with Zoda.
- Determinator: You'd better believe it.
- Distressed Dude: He's capture-prone, but when he escapes, he'll repay you in full.
- 11th-Hour Superpower: "BOOSTO FAIYA! FURU POWAH!" What a way to end the show...
- Fiery Redhead: Unfortunately, his explosive temper and his proclivity towards rushing head-first into danger without a viable plan of attack (especially if Zoda is involved) tends to screw him over. His allies usually have to call him out on this (sometimes with the desired effect); Jody even delivered a slap on one occasion.
- Fish out of Temporal Water: He was in cryostasis for a century and a half after an accident almost killed him.
- It's Personal with the Dragon: While Black Shadow is the Big Bad of the anime, Ryu's main opponents are Co-Dragons Zoda and Miss Killer. Justified, as Zoda is the one who killed him 150 years ago, while Miss Killer turns out to be Misaki Haruka, his brainwashed girlfriend.
- Jack of All Stats: An odd example of a possible
Game-Breaker being one; all of the Dragon Bird's stats are graded B. - Lost in Translation: His machine's name, Dragon Bird, makes reference to his Japanese name; "Ryu" means dragon and "Suzaku" is a bird (specifically, one of The Four Gods). This wordplay is lost with his localized name, Rick Wheeler.
- Meaningful Name:
- His first name Ryu means dragon. His last name is Suzaku, the vermillion bird and one of The Four Gods. Put them together and you get the name of his car, the Dragon Bird. He also goes on to inherit the mantle of Captain Falcon.
- The English dub gives him the surname "Wheeler", fitting for the protagonist of an anime based upon a racing game.
- Mid-Season Upgrade: When he, Jack, and Lucy need to access a warp gate to save Jody from Zoda, Falcon helps Ryu reconfigure the Dragon Bird into order to use the Boost Fire technique. Even better, a hard-rock rendition of Big Blue's "Decide In The Eyes" is blaring in the background.
- Naïve Newcomer: At first.
- Power Glows:
- The Dragon Bird radiates a golden hue when at full power.
- He also draws on some Heroic Willpower while Black Shadow has him trapped in a stasis tube (thanks to the cries of Misaki/Miss Killer), causing him to create a Battle Aura, bust out of his confinement, and call on the Dragon Bird.
- Rebel Relaxation: Every once in a while, you'll see him doing this.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Captain Falcon's Blue. As Captain Falcon's successor, he mellows out considerably and becomes the Blue Oni to Clank.
- Revenge: Against Zoda. He gets better.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: With Misaki/Miss Killer. The two face a colossal mountains of trials, but eventually earn a bright future together— in one of the sweetest moments of the anime, he even gets to pop the question to a joyfully tearful Misaki.
- Super Cop: Of the Badass Normal variety. His expertise as a cop stems from the tricks and strategies he picked up as a circuit champion. Unfortunately, his run-in with Zoda has him up the creek without a paddle, and with a giant stick up his ass.
- Troubled, but Cute: Initially being the only Living Relic of his era, Ryu has to cope with Survivor Guilt somewhat often, occasionally making him stand-offish. As time progresses, his disposition improves.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: See Jack's entry.
- You Are Not Alone: Late in the series, Jody reminds him that the Mobile Task Force has his back in the battle against Dark Million.
# 31 - Lucy Liberty
Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (JP), Amy Birnbaum (EN)
- The Apprentice: Is learning under the tutelage of Dr. Clash. They share a very sweet father/daughter relationship.
- Ascended Fangirl: Not to Draq levels, but she's still a few tiers above the rest.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Miss Killer learned this lesson the hard way...
- The Cutie: To an extent.
- Expy: To Lord Cyber's Dirty Joker/Sly Joker from F-Zero: Maximum Velocity. Both pilots' machines share the same quirky boost where the speed decay after the boost ends is extremely slow, effectively extending the time that she spends boosted unless she crashes or uses the brakes. However, her machine's actual boost mode lasts far longer than the Dirty Joker's boost mode.
- Genki Girl: To a degree, although she surprisingly mixes this with Shrinking Violet when some dolt tries to break her or presses one too many of her buttons.
- Jack of All Stats: The Elegance Liberty in GP Legend is this undeniably - it's a little weak on the top speed front but has decent boost power, coupled with fantastic handling and good durability. In Climax, however, it got a sizable buff in base top speed to make it a Lightning Bruiser.
# 32 - Miss Killer
Real Name: Misaki Haruka
Voiced by: Sayuri Yoshida (JP), Karen Nell (EN)
- Anti-Villain: Evil? Yes. But she's far more noble than her cohorts. She slides towards Type II as the series goes on, culminating with a Heel Realization and a Heel–Face Turn.
- The Baroness: Arguably shares the position of Dragon with Zoda, and is ultimately more capable and more devoted to serving Black Shadow.
- Beauty Is Bad: She is not above assuming the guise of a weak, defenseless girl to get what she desires. Definitely a Manipulative Bitch. Inverted as Misaki, where she's shown to be docile and virtuous.
- Bowdlerise: In the dub of Legend of Falcon, Miss Killer is renamed "Luna Ryder." This is an arguable case of Woolseyism, as she drives the Moon Shadow, but it's also a case of Never Say "Die", which is par for the course with 4Kids.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: And when she finally breaks free of it, she is horrified. Cue Black Shadow's Slasher Smile and freezing her in carbonite.
- Broken Bird: Couple together her distressed reaction to the "death" of her boyfriend and her brainwashing and you get the recipe for one character that needs a hug. No worries, though; she gets better.
- Dating Catwoman: With Ryu. Later subverted when it's revealed that she's his actual girlfriend.
- Evil Sounds Deep: Whereas Misaki Haruka is cheery, her Miss Killer persona uses a deeper, more sultry tone.
- Never a Self-Made Woman: Averted. She already had a successful life before being involved with Ryu, and while it was a missed opportunity that Misaki didn't form a Battle Couple with her husband (Mrs. Captain Falcon/Captain Falconess would be awesome to see), one has to remember that Misaki's action merits were a byproduct of Black Shadow's manipulation. Her real self (as seen briefly through flashbacks) was a demure, but capable woman who had no reservations about waiting for her beloved to return home. Hence, Misaki has no qualms taking up Bart's job as a bartender.
- My God, What Have I Done?: This trope hits like her like a semi when she finally breaks free of Black Shadow's brainwashing.
- Psycho Supporter: Towards Black Shadow. He milks it for all it's worth.
- The Mole: When her brainwashing wears off, Misaki temporarily acts as this (staying in character as Miss Killer) until her ruse is discovered by Black Shadow.
- Taking You with Me: Upon discovering Ryu's fate in the present time, Misaki storms Zoda's hideout, gun-in-hand.
- Tears of Joy: In what is probably the sweetest moment of the anime, she cries these as Ryu finally proposes to her.
- Tears of Remorse: The poor girl.
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Her true personality is this: a demure but strong-willed Japanese woman.
- Yandere: She comes across as this towards Ryu and Black Shadow-sama. Upon reverting to her original personality, she loses the "yan" and the affection for Black Shadow.
# 33 - Lisa Brilliant
Voiced by: Mayumi Asano (JP), Lisa Ortiz (EN)
- Action Girl: She's Samurai Goroh's wife for a reason, y'know.
- Canon Foreigner: While Goroh had a child in the games, his wife was never mentioned, and it's unlikely he currently had one given how Princia lusts after him.
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The Danza: Lisa Brilliant is voiced by Lisa Ortiz - Femme Fatale: In her debut appearance, she seduced the 20 something Jack Levin and took his machine.
- The Gunslinger: Perhaps to compliment her spouse, Lisa is seen brandishing a gun on several occasions. She does use a katana at least once, though.
- Humongous Mecha: Calls upon her gang's Cool Starship (which transforms into this) to attack some of the other racers during the rapidly-escalating Cat Fight sequence of Episode 21.
- Lady in Red: When we're first introduced to her, Lisa is clad in a crimson, curve-clinging mini-dress with a low hemline. The reaction given by Jack (and the viewers) is perfectly acceptable.
- Romantic Ribbing: Despite their marriage, Lisa is explicitly not a member of Goroh's gang, instead being a thief in her own right. This often puts them at objective odds with each other, and neither pulls any punches, although the show also shows that despite this they still very much love and are dedicated to each other.
- Lovable Rogue: Obviously, being Goroh's wife, this is a shoe-in, given his own Adaptational Heroism.
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: She's at least One Head Taller than Goroh, if not more.
Characters Debuting in F-Zero Climax
Clank Hughes
Voiced by: Rika Komatsu (JP), Isshin Chiba (JP, older), Suzanne Goldish (EN)
- Child Prodigy: His post-Time Skip self would appear to be the teenage equivalent of this trope.
- Expy: After the Time Skip, Clank seems to take after Ryu, with a more brash disposition (although he was something of a Bratty Half-Pint in his youth) and similar clothing. He even inherits the Dragon Bird and mimics Ryu in the final shot of the anime: a recreation of the anime's pilot episode.
- Gadgeteer Genius: With shades of Mr. Fixit.
- Goggles Do Something Unusual: That scouter-like device he wears isn't just for show.
- He Is All Grown Up: In six years (2207), Clank grows up to be a stud.
- Human Aliens: Comes from the planet Forno.
- Kid Sidekick: Although he isn't an official member of the Mobile Task Force, he serves this role.
- Parental Abandonment: His father is dead not! and Mrs. Hughes has never been mentioned in the series.
- Robot Buddy: In F-Zero Climax, Clank inherits the Dragon Bird and retools it into the Dragon Bird EX. Since he's of a young age (approximately 11), his robotic aide Tech helps him pilot.
- Spell My Name With An S: Since "l" and "r" are (more or less) same consonant in Japanese, expect to see his name spelled as the oddly-fitting "Crank" at times.
- Tagalong Kid: He usually is this to Ryu, Jody, or Captain Falcon.
- Tragic Keepsake: Captain Falcon's helmet is initially treated as such. The cast shed Manly Tears. So did we.
- You Killed My Father: Holds Captain Falcon responsible for the death of his father, Roy Hughes. In reality, Roy sacrificed himself in order to give Falcon enough time to escape. His brain is preserved inside of Mighty Gazelle.
Berserker
A mysterious enforcer of Don Genie's.
- Badass Long Robe: Complete with a hood that's great for concealing his face.
- The Dragon: Don Genie's right-hand man and most efficient racer.
- The Mole: Seeing as he's really Captain Falcon and all.
- The Quiet One: Does not utter a single word in any of his appearances. That is, until Berserker reveals himself to be Captain Falcon in disguise.
- Revealing Skill: Clank quickly picks up on the fact that Bersker's racing style is identical to Falcon's.
Death Soldier
Robotic foot soldiers for Dark Million.
- Heel–Face Brainwashing: In Climax, Lisa shows its possible to reprogram them.
- Mecha-Mooks: They are robot soldiers. They never receive dialogue in the anime, however they seem to show small emotions such as fear.
- Mooks: One of Black Shadow's goons.
- Palette Swap: Their vehicles are copies of the Death Anchor with slightly different stats. In the anime, some also ride palette swaps of the Red Bull.
- Player Mooks: In F-Zero Climax, he can be unlocked for use by the player.
Returning Characters in The Legend of Falcon
This section is for tropes/information exclusive to The Legend of Falcon. For character details shared with or exclusive to the main series, see F-Zero and F-Zero X. # 01 - 10
#01 - Mighty Gazelle
Voiced by: Takayuki Fujimoto (JP)
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Roy Hughes looks absolutely nothing like Gazelle's human form in the games.
- Brain in a Jar: Turns out the brain belongs to Roy Hughes, Clank's Disappeared Dad.
- Near-Death Experience: He kind of actually died, but that's not what matters.
- Unexplained Recovery: He's human again for the finale. Its possible this is a cloned or otherwise artificial body, but it isn't explained.
- What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: Gazelle!Roy is initially unable to remember his life as a human. He finally comes to his senses thanks to the cries of his son, hugging Clank to shield him from an explosion and shutting down due to the damage he sustained. He is reassembled later on.
#02 - Jody Summer
Voiced in the anime by: Kikuko Inoue (JP), Veronica Taylor (EN)
- Heartbroken Badass: Towards her dead older brother. Unlike Ryu, she's decided to move on and enjoy the finer things in the world, not letting her life be controlled by revenge.
- No Hero to His Valet: For Captain Falcon. She is his younger sister, after all.
- Onee-sama: Plays this role to the entire Mobile Task Force. As her sweet side begins to surface, she upgrades to Team Mom.
- Fittingly so, her voice is provided by Kikuko Inoue. Perfect casting choice.
- Related in the Adaptation: Spoiler Ahead! In the anime, Jody is Captain Falcon's sister. They're not related in the games though.
- Robotic Reveal: When Jody is injured early on in the anime thanks to Ryu's recklessness, he discovers that she's a Cyborg, something she very much is not in the games.
- Super Cop: Before joining the Mobile Task Force.
- Wave-Motion Gun: The "Holy Shit!" Quotient skyrocketed during Jody's in Episode 21, where she nonchalantly reveals her White Cat to be equipped with one and opens fire on every other single racer. Not even Black Shadow can muster up the right combination of words to explain it.
#03 - Dr. Robert Stewart
Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP), Dan Green (EN)
- This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself: When Black Shadow uses Dr. Stewart's tech and talents to create Blood Falcon, Dr. Stewart is prepared to eradicate Blood using a bio-weapon that destroys artificial DNA.
#04 - Baba
Voiced by: Yasunobu Iwata (JP), Ted Lewis (EN)
- Adaptational Gender Identity: Unlike his game counterpart, this Baba strictly identifies as male.
- Adaptation Personality Change: In the games Baba was very flamboyant, using both feminine and masculine pronouns to refer to himself. Here Baba isn't nearly as flamboyant as he is in the games and strictly identifies as male.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the games, Baba was simply a snooty racer, here he's a member of Dark Million. Climax explains this as Baba being a young man from a very rural planet, when he arrived to Mute City, Zoda took Baba under his wing and taught him all the wrong things.
- Not What I Signed Up For: Like the rest of Dark Million's regular henchmen, Baba decides Black Shadow's Dark Reactor is too much and reasons that if he turned out Zoda, he could turn on them too.
#05 - Samurai Goroh
Voiced by: Yasunobu Iwata (JP), Eric Stuart (EN)
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: In his anime debut, he effortlessly cuts through a missile. It gets better from there on.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Whereas he's somewhat pudgy and oafish-looking in the games, Goroh's anime counterpart is ruggedly handsome.
- Adaptational Badass: This version of Goroh oozes badassery. He's probably second only to Falcon in this regard.
- Badass Creed: "Steal, but never kill."
- Cool Starship: His crew gets one. Its signature weapon? A retractable space katana.
- Kavorka Man: Subverted in this series, where he's shown to be more levelheaded and mellow, with a noble and sagacious personality. He even has a wife, the equally foxy Lisa Brilliant.
- Lovable Rogue: His Butt-Monkey status is revoked here, with Goroh pretty much serving as Ryu's mentor.
- Master Swordsman: Unparalleled. Hyper Zoda only won because he's a cheater.
- Pet the Dog: When he and Ryu part ways during their first meeting, Goroh may have stolen the goods, but he leaves the medicine Ryu had been searching for and tells him that he doesn't pilfer from those worse off than him and tries not to harm others unless it's absolutely necessary (i.e. self defense). Ryu realizes that despite being a thief, Goroh's a decent man with morals. For this reason, he's one of the first people to defend Goroh when Antonio Guster frames him and often seeks out the samurai's advice.
- Romantic Ribbing: Despite their marriage, Goroh's wife Lisa is explicitly not a member of his gang, instead being a thief in her own right. This often puts them at objective odds with each other, and neither pulls any punches, although the show also shows that despite this they still very much love and are dedicated to each other. Goroh is however the more reasonable one between the two.
- Stout Strength: Averted here; he loses the "Stout."
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Subverted, as anime!Goroh is far more attractive than his video game self.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Anti-Hero, actually, but close enough. He gets this from both Ryu and his wife for blowing up a cargo transport, although he was framed by Antonio Guster's bomb-happy antics.
#06 - Pico
Voiced by: Kenichi Mochizuki (JP), Sean Schemmel (EN)
An alien assassin who occasionally works for Dark Million.
- Adaptational Villainy: While bloodthirsty in the games, he opposed Black Shadow, here he is willing to take jobs for Black Shadow.
- Somebody Set Up Us the Bomb: Tries to get rid of John Tanaka this way. The key word here is tries.
#07 - Captain Falcon
Real Name: Andy Summer/Bart Lemming/Ryu Suzaku
Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka (JP), David Wills (EN)
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Falcon has black hair in the games, but he's a brunette in this series.
- Adaptation Name Change: "Falcon" in this series is not a name but a title.
- Aloof Big Brother: Subverted. It's made clear that Falcon's actions towards Jody is a facade to ensure that she isn't caught in the crossfire.
- Back-to-Back Badasses: Any time Ryu and Falcon team up.
- Badass Long Robe: As Berserker, The Dragon to Don Genie.
- Becoming the Mask: Without the Captain Falcon facade, he's rather timid and a little silly.
- Big Brother Mentor Bart Lemming is this in regards to several characters, such as Ryu, Clank, and Jody. Ryu even calls him "old man." As Falcon, he serves as the teacher to Ryu, complete with an Obi-Wan Moment.
- Canon Character All Along: Jody's supposedly dead brother is actually Captain Falcon.
- Chekhov M.I.A.: Captain Falcon/Bart Lemming is none other than Andy Summer, Jody's Not Quite Dead older brother. Turns out that he survived his Heroic Sacrifice in her Backstory.
- Dying Moment of Awesome: Captain Falcon's death involves him Falcon Punching Black Shadow into an explosion, saving the galaxy at the cost of his own life. One cannot be blamed for feeling jealous of his ultimate fate.
- Go Out with a Smile: Seconds before he's completely disintegrated by the explosion of the Dark Matter Reactor, he goes out with a look of relief that he rid the universe of Black Shadow's evil.
- Heroic Sacrifice: It's the most iconic moment of the entire anime.Captain Falcon: The name "Captain Falcon" is a title given to those worthy of it. Ryu Suzaku... as of today, you are the new Captain Falcon.
- Legacy Character: As Captain Falcon had hinted throughout the series, only those who can match or even surpass Captain Falcon could don his mantle, and it's implied the present Captain Falcon got it from a predecessor himself. At the climatic finale of the anime, he deem Ryu Suzaku worthy and passes it to him before pulling off his Heroic Sacrifice to destroy Black Shadow once and for all.
- Meaningful Echo: After defeating Blood Falcon in Episode 30 of the anime, Falcon muses, "Only the one who has exceeded Falcon can become Falcon." Doubles as Foreshadowing.
- Megaton Punch: The one and only Falcon Punch, which Captain Falcon finally used against Black Shadow in the finale and most epic moment of the series, hitting Black Shadow in the face with enough force that it utterly obliterates him.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Both Jody and Clank quickly deduce that Bart Lemming is Captain Falcon, with Jody easily recognizing him as her brother Andy. Even after this reveal, the show goes out of its way to avoid showing the two are the same up until the final episode's climax. Inverted with Berserker, whose identity Clank correctly guesses by analyzing and studying his racing strategy.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Ryu's Red.
- Related in the Adaptation: In the anime, Captain Falcon (real name Andy Summer) is Jody's brother. They're not related in the games though.
- Talk to the Fist: His Shut Up, Hannibal! to Black Shadow when the Dark Reactor is Going Critical moments before his death is the Falcon Punch.
#08 - Octoman
Voiced by: Takeshi Yamato (JP), Eric Stuart (EN)
- Adaptational Villainy: By far the strangest example. Not only was he unambiguously a good guy in the games, he was probably the nicest and friendliest member of the cast along with Leon. While his sympathetic motives are retained, it doesn't save him from being treated like crap every other episode.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: In his starring role in Lap 24, despite having some difficulty in the race that his family have came to watch, Octoman still ends up winning, and kept his promise to them that he would win.
- Not What I Signed on For: In the Final Battle, Octoman realizes that Black Shadow's will endanger Takora and the universe, and leaves.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He races to support his family, not the ambitions of Dark Million.
- Villainous Friendship: Octoman and Bio Rex are close friends, often watching the races together.
#09 - Mr. EAD
Voiced by: Yasunobu Iwata (JP), Wayne Grayson (EN)
- Bodyguard Crush: Towards Kate Alen in the anime (he's an android and she's a human; we know), prompting him to enact a You Shall Not Pass! Heroic Sacrifice by taking the brunt of a speeding F-Zero machine head-on. Luckily, he's A-Ok.
#10 - James McCloud
Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (JP)
- Retired Badass: He offers up his training and advice to the heroes when they scout out him out. He's also harboring a dangerous secret: he once functioned as a drill sergeant for Dark Million in the past.
- Shout-Out: On top of the myriad of Star Fox nods from the games, James is given a partner named O'Donnell in flashback sequences.
# 11 - 20
#11 - Billy
Voiced by: Masaki Aizawa (JP)
- Adaptational Villainy: An exaggeration of the Money Fetish he had in the games.
#12 - Kate Alen
Voiced by: Ai Maeda (JP)
- Ascended Extra: Despite being featured in the show's opening, Kate is very much a background character outside of her one starring episode.
#13 - Zoda
Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (JP), Jamie McGonnigal (EN)
- Adaptation Origin Connection: In this adaptation, Zoda was archenemies with Ryu in the past and was revived by Black Shadow.
- Adaptational Jerkass: While already a bad guy in the games, he was an independent Harmless Villain.
- Ascended Extra: Although a professional supervillain, Zoda was just one of many racers in the game, in the anime, Zoda is the second most prominent antagonist after Black Shadow himself.
- Because Destiny Says So: In the anime, it turns out that Zoda was created by Black Shadow and sent to the past to find Ryu to enact a centuries-long Ancient Conspiracy. Zoda does not take in this tidbit well.
- Car Fu: How he takes care of Ryu in the anime's pilot episode: he kicks off the door of his getaway vehicle and sends it flying right through his pursuer's front windshield.
- Creepy Crossdresser: Episode 21. It's like Sailor Moon, except horrifying.
- The Dragon: To Black Shadow, at first. He then starts taking advice from Starscream, and ends up failing as hard as you'd expect him to.
- Eviler Makeover: When unthawed in 2201 in the anime, Zoda's human body is remodeled to assume his design from the games.
- Gratuitous English: Although many of the characters have their moments where they'll say an entire phrase in English, Zoda deserves special mention, with him spouting phrases like, "IT'S SHOWTIME!", "GOOD MORNING, JODY!", and even "TRICK... OR TREAT?", all in English.
- Human Popsicle: In the anime.
- New Powers as the Plot Demands: He inexplicably gains the ability to turn his Death Anchor into a fiery dragon for all of one scene. It's awesome, no doubt, but it makes no sense.
- Not Quite Dead: Although he was thrown into the Dark Reactor by Black Shadow, he appears alive and well for the ending of the anime. Baba and The Skull are mortified.
- One-Winged Angel: Thanks to the power of the Reactor Mights, Zoda transforms into Hyper Zoda about halfway through the anime. By the time he returns from his presumed death in the final episode, he's returned to "normal".
- Smug Snake: Though he starts to push towards Manipulative Bastardry towards the climax of the anime.
- Sweet Tooth: Often seen devouring copious amounts of ice cream and cake, and constantly complaining that they're not sweet enough.
#14 - Jack Levin
Voiced by: Kazuki Yao (JP), Marc Thompson (EN)
- Adaptational Jerkass: Compared to his game counterpart, Jack is easily frustrated, quick to anger and is not above taking his irritation out on other people, exemplified when he sabotaged Ryu's Dragon Bird purely out of jealousy.
- Always Second Best: Jack is generally regarded as the "backup" of the team, something he does not take kindly to. It's implied that prior to Ryu joining the team, Jack was considered their best racer (although comments by Jody imply this might be more his own ego than fact). Even after Ryu and Jack bond as friends, Jack is frequently second-place to Ryu's first-place victories, which leaves him very bitter and frustrated.
- Chest Insignia: Has a "J" on his jumpsuit.
- Handsome Lech: He's so much like this that Lisa Brilliant uses her womanly wiles to gain access to the Mobile Task Force HQ, ransack it, and make off with Jack's Astro Robin.
- Heel–Face Turn: Prior to the start of the series, Jack was once part of Michael Chain's death as the ponytail-sporting "Death Reaper."
- Idol Singer: Downplayed. While Jack's status as a celebrity idol singer is his defining trait in the games, it was merely a brief stint in his life in the anime, and is rarely referenced.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite Jack's attitude and tendency to lash out at others, deep down his heart is in the right place, and he does attempt to make up for his actions whenever he goes too far.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Ryu. Doubles as a Big Brother Mentor when the two aren't feuding.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: Episode 21 of the anime eventually explodes into one particularly nasty racing variant of a Cat Fight. He and Ryu disguise themselves as women to help out, but this doesn't fly once they realize how stupid it is trying to navigate in high heels.
#15 - Bio Rex
Voiced by: Takayuki Fujimoto (JP), Marc Thompson (EN)
- Adaptation Origin Connection: In the game series, a team of scientists created Bio Rex. In the anime, Dark Million created Bio Rex explaining his Adaptational Villainy.
- Adaptational Villainy: It should be a no-brainer that he was made into a villain based on how he looked.
- Butt-Monkey: In some missions from GP Legend's Story Mode, e.g. chasing Zoda as Ryu and Falcon and destroying Blood Falcon's machine as Jack, the pursed racers leave a scapegoat piloting their machines allowing them to escape. Said scapegoat is always Rex.
- Mythology Gag: He fears Beastman, who was his main rival in the games.
- Not What I Signed Up For: Like the other members of Dark Million, Bio-Rex decides Black Shadow went too far in the last episode and quits.
#16 - The Skull
Real Name: Sterling LaVaughn
Voiced by: Takayuki Fujimoto (JP), Andrew Rannells (EN)
- Adaptation Origin Connection: In the anime continuity, Skull was revived by Dark Million.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the game, Skull, despite his terrifying appearance was a neutral figure who was friendly to the public. In the anime, Skull is a criminal working for Dark Million.
- Adaptational Wimp: Ironically despite his villainy, he's a much more meek and un-intimidating character here.
- Not What I Signed on For: Decides Black Shadow's plan to destroy the universe and rule of the wreckage is too much and leaves.
#17 - Antonio Guster
Voiced by: Takeharu Ōnishi (JP)
- Adaptational Jerkass: While still a criminal, Guster is far more bloodthirsty than he was in the games. This pairs with Goroh's Adaptational Niceguy, as his backstory places him more at fault rather than Goroh.
- Goggles Do Nothing: Swapped in for his Cool Shades in the games.
- Obnoxious In-Laws: Antonio is the brother of Lisa Brilliant and was the loose cannon among the group of bandits led by her husband, Samurai Goroh.
- Mad Bomber: He's an explosives expert with an itching trigger-finger (earning him the nickname of "Dynamite Guster" in the dub). It is not a good idea to be around him. Because of his danger factor and mass collateral damage, Goroh kicks him out of his gang. Guster does not enjoy this.
#18 - Beastman
Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (JP)
- Adaptational Villainy: Was originally a paranoid Well-Intentioned Extremist who thought that all wild animals were dangerous. Here, he kills animals for the sake of killing them.
- Only in It for the Money: He's an amoral game hunter (and a Jerkass to boot) in this series.
#19 - Leon
Voiced by: Kenji Nojima (JP)
- Adaptational Jerkass: While not an outright villain, Leon becomes wild and crazy once he becomes a beast.
- Adaptation Species Change: In the game, Leon was a mostly feline alien with some canine features, in the anime, Leon is a human who turns into a mostly canine alien with some feline features.
- Dogged Nice Guy: Towards Lucy, although there is some chemistry between them.
- In Name Only: The anime incarnation of Leon has a different backstory, a different personality, and is even a different species.
- Our Werewolves Are Different: Leon's transformations are not of his own volition, induced by surges in his adrenaline.
#20 - Super Arrow
Voiced by: Yuichi Nagashima (JP), David Wills (EN)
- Heroic Spirit: Often tries to invoke this, but it more often than not only results in him getting horribly hurt or embarrassed.
- Heroic Willpower: Regardless of his horrible ineffectiveness as a superhero and how often he ends up getting in over his head, it can't be denied he'll always go down doing his best to do what's right.
- Idiot Hero: He hits this wall and keeps on going, almost to Super Zeroes levels. There are a few moments of laudable competence here and there, but Super Arrow is generally meant to be Plucky Comic Relief.
- Played for Laughs when Michael Chain kidnaps him and several other characters. His Dream Sequence consists of him doing crazy stuff like cutting through their laser-encased prison with a katana. Supes is distraught when he wakes up.
- Large Ham: Taken to unprecedented levels.
- Love Makes You Crazy: There is not one single thing in the world more precious to Super Arrow than his wife Mrs. Arrow, whom he almost exclusively refers to as "Honey". If she is ever in danger, absolutely nothing will get in his way of rescuing her, regardless of the danger or risks involved.
- Robot Buddy: Speed Bird, who also serves as Plucky Comic Relief. Despite his role, he's quite vocal about his distaste for the Arrows and their antics, especially Mrs. Arrow, who he considers a "horrible wife".
- Super Zeroes: Unlike his video game counterpart, Super Arrow has no actual superpowers.
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#21 - Mrs. Arrow
Voiced by: Yuka Komatsu (JP), Lisa Ortiz (EN)
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Subverted. Like most of the female F-Zero racers, Mrs. Arrow could hardly be considered unattractive, but she was a bona-fide Amazonian Beauty. Here, her build is slimmed down and quite slender, giving Mrs. Arrow the same curvy and conventionally feminine body type as the other adult women in the series.
- Cool Shades: Which now appear more goggle/visor-like as opposed to Triangle Shades. Whereas her game counterpart lost the shades after F-Zero X, this Mrs. Arrow keeps them on at all times.
- Love Makes You Crazy: Similar to her husband, Mrs. Arrow is fanatically devoted to her husband (as opposed to the games where she is both more sensible and rather dominering towards him) and will abandon all common sense should it conflict with her confidence in him.
- Took a Level in Dumbass: Compared to her video game counterpart, who is presented as the more sensible one between herself and her husband, Mrs. Arrow is considerably more naive and outright oblivious in this adaptation, though she is steadfast in supporting him at every turn.
#22 - Gomar & Shioh
Gomar voiced by: Takashi Nagasako (JP)
- Adaptational Villainy: A far cry from the games, in the anime they are wannabe supervillains who want to work for, you guessed it, work for Black Shadow.
- Demoted to Extra: They only show up once.
- Evil Is Cool: In-Universe, the reason they want to become Super Villains is they think Black Shadow is so cool.
- Fragile Speedster: During their one-shot appearance in the anime, boosting caused the Twin Noritta to wreck its own armor.
- Heel–Face Turn: Overlapping with Reformed Criminal, whilst being hauled off to jail for fraud, the two are touched by Lucy's compassion for them and resolve to become honest racers after serving their sentence. Whilst they never appear again in person, their Twin Norrita vehicle, appears again in several later episodes, implying they kept their word.
- Snake Oil Salesman: They're wanted for several scams like this. They trick Lucy Liberty into buying every single one of their fake products including a backpack and "magical" goblet that they claim will be a miracle cure for weight loss.
#23 - Silver Neelson
Young!Silver voiced by: Kenichi Mochizuki (JP), Marc Diraison (EN)
Old!Silver voiced by: Bin Shimada (JP)
- Dirty Old Man: Downplayed Trope, but Neelson does seem pretty happy to see he has fangirls.
- Kavorka Man: At the end of his Character Focus episode, two noticeably younger babes show an interest in him. His reaction shouts "Dirty Old Man!" but to his credit, young!Silver was pretty handsome.
#24 - Michael Chain
Voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura (JP), Dan Green (EN)
- Adaptational Badass: Quite a bit more imposing here than in the games proper.
- Badass Crew: Played a tad straighter with his Space Racer Clan in this series than in the main games, although it's nothing remarkable.
- Blackmail: He pressures a millionare named Truman to capture strong racers so that he can easily make it to the top, threatening to harm his girlfriend Dream if Truman didn't reply. Ryu, Lucy, and the Arrows are on his list, but band together to screw over Michael.
- Whip Sword: Has a kunai-tipped chain-whip.
#25 - Blood Falcon
Voiced by: Banjo Ginga (JP)
- Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better: Tries to invoke this on Falcon. The one time he manages to one-up Falcon ("BURAKKU FAIYA!"; the dark, purple-tinted counterpart of the Boost Fire technique), it only lasts for about five seconds.
- Clone Army: After the first Blood Falcon's defeat, Black Shadow reveals that he has plenty more to call on.
- Evil Sounds Deep: Courtesy of Banjo Ginga, who gives Blood a voice as deep as Falcon's, but with a much hoarser tone.
- Made of Iron: He's strong enough to take hits from both Ryu and Jody, and beat them without any trouble.
- There Can Only Be One: An entire episode (Ep. 30, "Only One Falcon") is devoted to this. It doesn't end well.
#26 - John Tanaka
Voicedby: Isshin Chiba (JP)
- Butt-Monkey: Due to his status as a Lovable Coward.
- Fanboy: Of Kate Alen.
- Mistaken for Badass: By Pico. Seriously, Pico? Seriously?
- Zoda, too. They have him tied up, screaming for mercy, but Zoda and Pico believe John to be this daring hero with nerves of steel who single-handedly figured out their schemes and is acting as The Bait so his crew can sneak up and bust them. It is hilarious how far they are from the truth; John was merely there so that he could attend Kate Alen's concert.
- His allies from the Mobile Task Force compliment John as well. John lies about how he figured out Dark Million's plan days in advance, and the entire fiasco was pure luck on John's part (for example, he trips up Pico by running away, causing Pico's foot to be tangled in a rope). Jody remarks that the team may need to start taking him seriously for once.
#27 - Draq
Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka (JP), Eric Stuart (EN)
- Blue Oni: To Roger's red, the exact opposite of the main series.
#28 - Roger Buster
Voiced by: Takayuki Fujimoto (JP)
- Red Oni: To Draq's blue, the exact opposite of the main series.
- Hot-Blooded: As opposed to the far more mellow Roger of the games.
#29 - Dr. Theodore Clash
Voiced by: Isshin Chiba (JP), Maddie Blaustein (EN)
- Mentor: To Lucy Liberty.
#30 - Black Shadow
Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (JP), Eric Stuart (EN)
- Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: A variation occurs; knowing that Zoda's jealousy would lead him to try to take out Miss Killer, Black Shadow sends a decoy Black Bull to save her. Subverted in that this was most likely done to further manipulate Miss Killer.
- Composite Character: See Voluntary Shapeshifting below.
- Defiant to the End: When his ultimate plan is thwarted and both his and Captain Falcon's vehicles are sent flying into the maelstrom of destruction, a raging Black Shadow jumped out of his ride directly towards Captain Falcon, who does the same towards him, with Black Shadow screaming that he will not die (or let his dream die, depending on the translation). Captain Falcon responded with an epic Falcon Punch that utterly obliterates him.Black Shadow: I am not going to die!/I will not let my dream die!Captain Falcon: FALCON-PUNCH!!!
- Diabolical Mastermind: Whether or not he's this or an Evil Overlord is debatable, but he whips out the magnificence like it's nobody's business.
- Evil Sounds Deep: Given he's voiced by Norio Wakamoto, it's no surprise this evil mastermind has a deep baritone voice.
- Fangs Are Evil: Though seemingly human, Black Shadow has a mouth filled with sharp and pointy teeth.
- In Their Own Image: Wants to destroy the current world and remake it in his own image.
- Magic Is Evil: He displays a few unexplained powers, but they're definitely evil.
- Near-Villain Victory: He was not expecting Zoda's interference.
- Nebulous Evil Organisation: Dark Million, which leans towards something of a Standard Evil Organization Squad.
- Orcus on His Throne: Complete with the mandatory Slouch of Villainy. However, the rare times when Black Shadow actually makes his presence known on the circuit, you can easily see why he's the leader of Dark Million.
- Overclocking Attack: How the Dark Reactor is overloaded, thwarting Black Shadow's plans. Memetic Mutation attributes to this to the Falcon Punch, though.
- Physical God: He has ample levels of Nigh-Invulnerability. Case in point: he's eaten alive by a flaming dragon that Zoda creates from his Death Anchor and comes back a few episodes later completely unscathed, laughing off the event like nothing happened. The only characters able to get past his Plot Armor are Falcon and Ryu, and that's Because Destiny Says So.
- Villainous Breakdown: His ultimate plan ruined, a raging Black Shadow jumps out of his vehicle towards his Arch-Enemy Captain Falcon who does the same as both of their rides are sent flying into the malestrom of destruction, all the while screaming that he will not die/let his dream die. Captain Falcon proceeded to shut him up with an epic FALCON PUNCH that utterly obliterates him.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: Don Genie and Deathborn are just Black Shadow using his shapeshifting powers. This doesn't explain how all three were present in the same room previously at one point.
