History YMMV / FZero

* FandomHeresy: Saying that you like ''F-Zero'' games besides the much critically-acclaimed ''F-Zero GX'' is fine. Saying you like them as much as, or heaven forbid, more than ''GX'' will get you Side Attacked off the road.

* ''YMMV/FZeroGPLegend'' (anime)

* BadassDecay:
** Black Shadow gets hit with this stick ''hard'' in ''GX''. The moment Deathborn appears on the scene, Black Shadow goes from "imposing, nefarious villain" to "shrewd, sniveling wimp". Justified, in that it's ''[[EvilerThanThou Deathborn]]'' (see NightmareFuel below).

** With ''Franchise/StarFox'' and ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' due to all three having science fiction themes and being generally considered by fans to be Nintendo's more overlooked franchises. [[note]]That said, Nintendo has always given the other two ''far'' more attention, with both series seeing numerous new entries since the [=GameCube=] and GBA, while ''F-Zero'' hasn't seen a new title since 2004.[[/note]]

* LowTierLetdown: The Golden Fox was this in the original ''F-Zero''. While it has the best acceleration and turn speed, it has the worst traction, worst top speed, and the least HitPoints of any machine, making this machine the worst at dodging sudden obstacles and liable to fall behind other machines. Later F-Zero installments that use boosts that are CastFromHitPoints based on a set fraction of a machine's HitPoints made this machine viable since it would quickly recharge its small pool of HitPoints whenever it drives over pit areas, enabling it to boost many times per lap. Machines with stronger armor in games that use boosts that are CastFromHitPoints would have to spend far longer in the pits to recharge their much larger pools of HitPoints in order to boost as often since machines that have better armor and more HitPoints spend more HitPoints in order to boost, giving an armor vs. boosting tradeoff that balanced the machines.

** Mighty Gazelle suffered some of the worst injuries as a result of the great F-Zero accident, to the point where he had to be rebuilt as a cyborg. Yet he's as chipper as ever and enthusiastic about racing, and he's not bothered when Mr. Zero asks him questions about the accident.

** Black Shadow gets hit with this stick ''hard'' in ''GX''. The moment Deathborn appears on the scene, Black Shadow goes from "imposing, nefarious villain" to "shrewd, sniveling wimp." Justified, in that it's ''[[EvilerThanThou Deathborn]]'' (see NightmareFuel below).

* CatharsisFactor: Beating any cup on [[HarderThanHard Master difficulty]] is such a gruelling experience, that hearing [[https://youtu.be/RgpaGq6XTws "Hurrah for the Champion"]] kick in as your character does a victory lap across Mute City is an extremely satisfying feeling.

** Zoda, with an emphasis on the [[AxCrazy "crazy."]] He is riding around in a modified missile. We repeat, ''he is riding around in a modified missile''.

--->'''Kyo:''' "That's what I'm all about: gettin' f***ed."

* MemeticBadass: '''[[MegatonPunch "FALCON PUNCH!"]]''' Though it mostly applies to the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, it nearly came full circle when Captain Falcon used it in ''GP Legend''. In the words of the ending song of ''GX'', "Thank Heaven he's on the right side or else ''there'd be nowhere to hide''."

** Variation with Mr. Zero. He's seen as a {{Memetic|Molester}} ''{{Ephebophile}}'' [[AccidentalInnuendo due to his interviews]] with Princia Ramode and Lily Flyer, neither of whom are legal.

** Most of the [[Franchise/StarFox other James']] words of wisdom (i.e. [[YouAreNotAlone "Don't ever give up, my son..."]]) gets tacked onto James [=McCloud=]. Unlike Leon (see directly below), ''it works''.

** ♫ ┌༼ຈل͜ຈ༽┘ ♪ CAUSE I'M MORMON ♪ └༼ຈل͜ຈ༽┐ ♫ [[labelnote:Explanation]]A mondegreen of the lyrics appearing in the "Theme of Dr. Stewart" from ''GX''. The actual lyrics are "'Cause I'm moving."[[/labelnote]]
** Most of Samurai Goroh's lines from his appearance in Chapter 2 of ''GX'', all of which are especially quotable for Fire Stingray players. The most famous being "I can't lose in my Fire Stingray."
%% ** Barack Obama in Vietnam!

** [[SignatureLine "YOU'VE GOT BOOST POWER!"]]

** ''X'' features a quirky and hammy as hell announcer, whose delivery of lines such as "YOU GOT BOOST POWER!", "POUR IT ON, YOU'RE WAY OUT IN FRONT!", and [[HaveANiceDeath "TOO BAD! YOU LOST YOUR MACHINE"]] can and ''will'' hammer themselves into your head.

** Fans think that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOnXiT6hlgc "Devil's Call in Your Heart,"]] the background music of Devil's Forest in ''X'', sounds an awful lot like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpbpOgUybBM "Heartwork"]] by Music/{{Carcass}}.
** And the title screen music (the first song in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYyTsEmfKNI this video]]) for the original ''F-Zero'' uses a whole riff from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFal0CC4Cmw&t=3m59s the third impression]] of Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Karn Evil 9."

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzi0DIXpUX4 Big Foot level music]] from ''F-Zero X''[='s=] ''Expansion Kit'' sounds suspiciously like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSsfjHCFosw "At Doom's Gate"]] from the original ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Despite the fact that his name reads--''as clear as day''--Digi-'''Boy''' and he has a distinct, if not high-pitched, voice (he ''is'' a pre-pubescent boy after all), Terry "Digi-Boy" Getter ([[OverlyLongGag did you notice the "Boy?"]]) sometimes receives this.

** With ''F-Zero'' having been absent from Nintendo platforms since the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance until ''VideoGame/FZero99'', fans of ''F-Zero'' had turned to the ''VideoGame/{{FAST Racing|League}}'' series for their supersonic racing fix, seeing as [[SpiritualAdaptation it's F-Zero in all but name]]. The fact that [[Creator/ShinenMultimedia Shin'en]] acknowledges and plays up these similarities, including hiring Jack Merluzzi, the LargeHamAnnouncer for ''GX/AX'', to serve as the race announcer in ''Neo'' and ''RMX'', helps. By the late 2010s, it got to the point where many fans wanted the studio to outright made an official ''F-Zero'' title.

** Nintendo created the original ''F-Zero'' as their opening shot in the 16-bit UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars, [[TechDemoGame demonstrating the then-impressive pseudo-3D Mode 7 graphics]] of the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, which the competing UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis couldn't do. Over 10 years later, after Sega had quit making hardware, they collaborated with Nintendo to produce ''F-Zero GX'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, which many fans consider to be the best game in the series. Sega really does what Nintendon't!

** ''GX'' has a few tricks centered around the fact that the developers didn't program machine behavior when it goes above top speed properly--if you hold acceleration when you're above your machine's max speed, it will rapidly decelerate until it reaches that machine's max speed. But if you let go of acceleration while the machine is above its top speed, you lose speed at a much slower and more linear rate. This means that after a certain point in a boost, [[ViolationOfCommonSense you retain more speed if you let go of the acceleration that if you hold it down.]] This trick is known in the community as Momentum Throttling (MT) and is the basis for other advanced techniques, such as Momentum Turn Sliding (MTS) and Momentum Turn Rail Sliding (MTRS).

%%* EvilIsSexy: Blood Falcon.

* EvilIsCool: Black Shadow certainly counts, particularly for his anime appearance where he was voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto and for his involvement in the {{memetic|Mutation}} Falcon Punch scene. Many fans joke that, if he joined ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', he'd be the [[EvilIsHammy hammiest thing ever]] given how hammy Wakamoto and ''Smash'' Falcon are to begin with.

** Samurai Goroh must be one, considering [[AdaptationalBadass the treatment]] [[AdaptationalAttractiveness he received]] [[LovableRogue in the anime]], as well as the fact that he was the ''only'' character outside of the Captain himself to get some sort of non-Trophy representation in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' (being included as an [[AssistCharacter Assist Trophy]] from ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'' onward).

* LoveToHate: Between his '''thunderstorm''' of cheese, him being so unapologetically evil, and the vocal stylings of Creator/NorioWakamoto in the anime, Black Shadow is this. As such, he is ''always'' the first choice for this series in "Who do you want to see in ''Smash''?" lists. (Granted, a lot of this is because the best option after Captain Falcon, Samurai Goroh, is an Assist Trophy.)

%%* EvilIsSexy: [[CloningBlues Blood Falcon.]]

* SequelDifficultyDrop: On the "story mode" front, ''GP Legend''[='=]s is much easier than that of ''GX''. Most of the races have straightforward objectives, with only a few {{Gimmick Level}}s thrown in like "beat this race without working brakes" (most players don't even consider this a problem since releasing the accelerator and banking or blast-turning can provide enough maneuverability without the need to brake) or "win this race ''or'' help this ally win", and the AI opponents are nowhere near as notorious as ''GX'' Story Mode opponents.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: On the "story mode" front, ''GP Legend''[='=]s is much easier than that of ''GX''. Most of the races have straightforward objectives, with only a few {{Gimmick Level}}s thrown in like "beat this race without working brakes" or "win this race ''or'' help this ally win", and the AI opponents are nowhere near as notorious as ''GX'' Story Mode opponents.