Line #67 ComicStrip/StarFox


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3	A monthly comic strip based on ''VideoGame/StarFox1'', printed in issues 45 to 55 of ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' in 1993.
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5	Written and illustrated by Benimaru Itoh, the comic is a [[AdaptationExpansion canonical expansion]] of the original game's backstory and plot, following AcePilot Fox [=McCloud=] and his [[BadassCrew elite mercenary team]], from their days as {{outlaw}} [[LaResistance resistance fighters]] on Papetoon, to their becoming [[CelebratingTheHeroes the heroes of the Lylat Star System]]. The first issue was published before the actual game was released anywhere in the world, making it the very first glimpse that Nintendo players and comic readers alike would see of the Lylat System. Despite being made in Japan, the comic was specifically intended for the English-speaking fanbase and was printed entirely in a left-to-right text format just like any western comic book. Benimaru Itoh also had a hand in the ''[[http://www.glitterberri.com/star-fox/guidebook-intro/ Star Fox Mission File Printout,]]'' a strategy guide that also depicted an [[AdaptationExpansion expanded]] {{canon}}.
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7	Because it is an expansion of the story, the comic features several exclusive characters like Fara Phoenix, a vixen who becomes the fifth member of the Star Fox team after they save her from [[TheEmpire Venom's Imperial Guard.]]
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9	[[http://oldgamemags.tumblr.com/post/135462364237/nintendo-power-45-feb-1993-time-to-take-a A copy of the comic can be found at this link.]]
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11	Not to be confused with Starfox from the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
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14	!!Tropes:
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16	* AceCustom: Fara's black Arwing. After it gets blown to pieces, she gets a [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]] replacement.
17	* ActionGirl: Fara Phoenix. Though she makes her first appearance [[DamselInDistress as a hostage]], she is the Arwing's chief test pilot for a reason. She is a member of Star Fox, and just like the rest of the team, [[http://oldgamemags.tumblr.com/post/135730324697/nintendo-power-51-august-1993-star-fox-comic she demonstrates an amazing level of skill.]] Her only mistake was to [[SurpriseDifficulty greatly underestimate]] the [[http://oldgamemags.tumblr.com/post/135535374319/nintendo-power-46-march-1993-star-fox-comic power of the Battle Attack Carrier,]] a mistake she never repeated in any other instance.
18	* AdaptationExpansion: It's a canonical retelling and expansion of the original ''VideoGame/{{Star Fox\|1}}''. The comic was able to reveal the ''Star Fox'' universe in far greater detail than was possible in the game: in fact, one of the strategy guides in Japan had illustrations by the same artist detailing even more of the game's storyline. However, thanks to ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' being a ContinuityReboot, everything before its release isn't canon to later games.
19	* AirVentPassageway: Inside Andross's base, Slippy and Peppy manage to break into Venom's control center via a vent.
20	* AlmostDeadGuy: As the crippled freighter ship crashes, a lizard stumbles out of the smoking wreck. He cryptically says, "Beware the Stingrays...!" before collapsing.
21	* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing
22	-->'''Fox:''' Flat as an ape crepe!\
23	'''Falco:''' Yahoo! [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Papetoon pancakes!]]
24	* AngelsPose: Just look at the header pic.
25	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Andross warns General Pepper that [=McCloud=] is trying his patience.
26	--> "He has destroyed my Cornerian army, wiped out my space defenses and kidnapped [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative my favorite android pig]], Herbert!"
27	* AttackItsWeakpoint: Fox spots some blinking red transmitters on the stingrays' tails, and orders his team to target those. This comes in handy later when Andross sics a dragon on them.
28	* BadassBiker: Falco used to be one.
29	* BatmanColdOpen: Fox and his desperadoes shooting down one of Andross's ships in the prologue.
30	* BerserkButton: Do NOT imply that Fox [=McCloud=] and the band that he leads are thieves, or suggest raiding anything other than Imperial freighters. He does NOT take kindly to it.
31	** "'''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis WE\
32	ARE\
33	NOT\
34	THIEVES.]]'''''"
35	** Also, don't call him Junior. [[spoiler:Only his father can call him that]].
36	** Fox gets even more furious upon finding out that [[spoiler:Andross killed his mother with a car bomb meant for his father, and that his father being lost in the Black Hole was the result of Andross's sabotage of his ship]].
37	* BestServedCold: Andross rose up the ranks in the Academy to get revenge on those who wronged him.
38	* BigDamnHeroes: Star Fox leaping out of a cargo container to kick some lizard tail. Falco comments that they probably weren't expecting such "hazardous cargo."
39	* BigShutUp: Andross does not take kindly to his sanity being questioned.
40	* BondOneLiner: After Slippy takes out the kidnapper, Falco complains that they [[DudeWheresMyRespect could have used his help earlier]]. Peppy cheerfully says to go easy on him; "He really cleaned up!"
41	* CallToAdventure: General Pepper's [[{{Hologram}} holo-telegram]].
42	* CallBack: When Fox radios 'Flippy' to ask if he has enough leg room, Slippy replies, "It's b-b-better than Peppy's saddlebag!" (Slippy was crammed behind Peppy's cockpit seat in a previous chapter.)
43	* CelebratingTheHeroes: Papetoon throws a huge party for Star Fox in the last act.
44	* ChekhovsBoomerang: [[spoiler:Herbert, Andross' favorite android pig. Turns out, he's the main battery for Andross' psychic amplifier.]]
45	* ChildProdigy: Young Fox was in the best of his class at the academy. "He could fly circles around a flea, endure days of gravity training, recite the Cornerian Constitution backwards and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick belch on command]]." Fox's father was justly proud.
46	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Fox [=McCloud=] takes it upon himself to right every wrong he encounters, regardless of how it affects him. As leader of Star Fox, he leads the team [[WeHelpTheHelpless according to his own loosely defined and chronically heroic standards]].
47	* {{Cliffhanger}}: The team cockily chases Slippy's kidnapper to Sector Y, only to find that he's disappeared from radar. Making matters worse, they're running low on fuel. And the stingrays are moving in...
48	* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Fox. They NeverFoundTheBody of his father, but Fox's mom Vixy was confirmed to be (accidentally) killed by Andross.
49	* CoolShades: One of General Pepper's most distinguishing features, along with his distinctive uniform and the lollipop he was always sucking on.
50	* CrazyEnoughToWork: TheTeam laments that they can't get to Andross without first getting to Venom, which is impenetrable. Fox knows of a route that Andross might not have considered: "We'll go through the Black Hole!"
51	* CustomUniform: Fara wears a unique green and purple spandex flightsuit.
52	* CutTheJuice: [[spoiler:After discovering that Herbert is a battery, Peppy blasts him to smithereens, removing Andross's power supply during his duel with Fox.]]
53	* DangerDeadpan: [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/082ad4f5c4ef019a2c09f1a656075b83/tumblr_nw0ftvBN9u1rkrwaco5_1280.jpg With her Arwing on fire and missing a wing]], [[CasualDangerDialogue Fara talks as if everything is peachy keen]], even though her somber facial expression shows plainly that [[ThisIsGonnaSuck she's fully aware of just how bad the damage is]]. She's a test pilot, so it's likely she was [[EmotionSuppression trained this way]]: [[JustifiedTrope her flight data would be of future utility even if she died.]]
54	* DarkerAndEdgier: Just like the game it's adapted from, this comic is ''much'' darker than the later ''Star Fox'' games and comics. [[FreudianExcuse Andross' parents were killed in a military accident,]] Fox's mother is [[KilledOffForReal unambiguously killed]] with [[ExternalCombustion a car bomb]] that was [[MurderByMistake meant for his father]], and at one point the rest of Star Fox has to restrain Fox because [[SelfDestructiveCharge "he's beyond reason]] [[SenselessSacrifice and he'll kill himself unless we stop him!"]]
55	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Vixy Reinard and Fox [=McCloud=] Sr. are both dead before the events of the story. [[spoiler:Andross was wholly responsible. Also, Fox [=McCloud=] Sr. ''isn't'' actually dead.]]
56	* DerelictGraveyard: Fox notices many other floating ships that have gotten lost in the Black Hole, freaking him out.
57	* DieHardOnAnX: Fox, Falco, and Peppy stowaway on a cargo tube being loaded into a star freighter. After the ship exits Papetoon's atmosphere, the three climb out of the cargo hold to hear a battle happening on the floor above them. Some lizards have taken over the ship.
58	* DiedHappilyEverAfter: Inside the Black Hole, Fox finds himself lost, unable to find a way out. Suddenly, the image of his father appears in front of him, calling out "Junior! Follow me!" Fox flies into a white light at the end of the tunnel. [[spoiler:He makes it out okay.]]
59	* DistressedDude: Poor Slippy gets nabbed by Andross in Act 6. [[DamselOutOfDistress He then proceeds to rescue himself.]] Apparently, Slippy has been subject to some BadassDecay.
60	* DividedWeFall: When Andross started building power on Venom, Fox protested. The leaders of Corneria were ''very'' scared of Andross, so Fox and his friends were labeled as "dangerous radicals" and denounced for attempting to incite a rebellion. They fled Corneria and lived as outlaws on Papetoon.
61	* DoNotCallMePaul: Do not call Fox "Junior." Just don't.
62	* DontSneakUpOnMeLikeThat: General Pepper's lieutenant bursts into his room to alert that Fox has hijacked an Arwing; Pepper is so surprised that he [[SpitTake spills his coffee]].
63	* DrivenByEnvy: Falco chafes at Fox's leadership. Hasn't he gotten enough glory?
64	* DynamicEntry: At the Papetoon spaceport, Peppy mentions that Slippy is spending the trip in a cryo-mud bath. Later, as the hostage-taker is about to escape, Slippy bursts out of one of the bath tanks. The lid [[ImprovisedWeapon falls on top of the lizard's head]], knocking her out cold.
65	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This comic is a tie-in to the original ''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]''. Since the franchise was [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] ''and'' [[{{Retool}} retooled]] with ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', the characterizations of the Star Fox team and even the Lylat system itself are substantially different.
66	** Fox [=McCloud=] is already fiercely self-reliant, having already launched his military career, and subsequently wrecked it when he provoked Corneria's powers-that-be to exile him and his friends. Fox is also much less [[OnlyInItForTheMoney In It For The Money]] than he is in the reboot, believing that the assets they stole from Andross [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules should be liquidated]] for the benefit [[JustLikeRobinHood of Papetoon's needy downtrodden]]. At the time, this was Nintendo's official stance on his personality, as it's even [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/foxcardfrontback.jpg on his official trading card.]]
67	** Falco Lombardi is not a PrettyBoy. His head sports more of a feather mohawk than the pointy tip in his later appearances. All this works to make him more masculine in appearance. One thing that didn't change much about Falco's characterization, was that he is OnlyInItForTheMoney both here and the games, [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules much to Fox's annoyance.]]
68	** Peppy Hare appears to be barely middle-aged, and not old enough to be a ParentalSubstitute to a Fox who is already fully-grown. However, Peppy is still the best friend of Fox's father, so he is still the team's CoolOldGuy, and his affection towards Fox makes him the perfect BigBrotherMentor. His perky chirpy personality also makes him a lot more...[[MeaningfulName peppy]]. In addition, Peppy has [[TelepathicSpacemen telepathic powers,]] which he uses at least twice to find both [[PsychicRadar the positions and numbers of enemy soldiers without directly seeing them.]]
69	** Slippy Toad was notable for having no gender confusion possible, being unambiguously male and boyish (reflecting his deep baritone voice in the original game), all the while constantly wearing a [[UtilityBelt bead necklace]] filled with [[TrickBomb various grenades]]. Later on, when Slippy's voice become more [[VocalDissonance feminine]], his necklace had to go. Slippy also had a constant [[SpeechImpediment stutter]], and periodically punctuated his lines with "ribbit" -- which vanished entirely from his rebooted persona.
70	** In the rebooted continuity, Star Fox is the name of the mercenary team [[FamilyBusiness run by James McCloud, and revived by his son Fox McCloud after Pigma's betrayal.]] In this continuity, they were initially a group of [[LaResistance freedom fighters]] on Papetoon organized by Fox [=McCloud=] Junior, while [[AdaptationNameChange Fox McCloud Senior]] was part of the military, and had no mercenary team to speak of.
71	** In both the game and comic, Andross' forces are almost all lizards, which are the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed and enslaved]] natives of Venom. While lizards are seen in Andross' forces in ''Star Fox 64'', the lizards are apparently outnumbered by primates, and appear to be willing participants.
72	** In this continuity, Arwings are new, [[SuperPrototype experimental]] Cornerian-developed fighters. General Pepper did not have time to train pilots experienced enough to handle them so he hastily hired Star Fox for the job. In ''Star Fox 64'' and onward, [[{{Retcon}} Arwings are custom high-tech combat ships that have been synonymous with Star Fox from the start.]]
73	** In this continuity, Fox [=McCloud=] Sr. is presumed dead because Andross designed a gravity bomb that generated a massive artificial Black Hole, which actually trapped him in some sort of [[AlternateUniverse alternate reality]], which Fox used as a WarpZone to reach Venom. Inside, Fox found [[DerelictGraveyard a graveyard of lost ships.]] While the game's description of the black hole is very simplified, going there in-game reveals it to be a ship graveyard and warp zone that can indeed reach Venom. In later games, James [=McCloud=] and the original Star Fox team (including Peppy Hare and Pigma Dengar) were sent to Venom to investigate strange activity, but Pigma betrayed them, leaving only Peppy to limp home.
74	** The planet Titania is a giant artificial freezer controlled with a WeatherControlMachine, instead of a naturally occurring desert. Both versions are still [[SingleBiomePlanet single biome planets.]]
75	* EjectionSeat: Fara is able to bail out of her Arwing as it goes down. Her cockpit deploys helicopter rotors to slow her decent, while Fox swoops in with his Arwing and catches her between his wing.
76	* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Star Fox's [[HomeBase hideout]] on Papetoon.
77	* TheEmpire: Andross is explicitly said to rule an empire, with friends and foes alike referring to him as "[[TheEmperor Emperor]]" Andross.
78	* EvilGloating: Fara's hostage-taker. "Some ''hero'' you are, Fox [=McClown=]! [[SssssnakeTalk Ssss...]]"
79	** Andross can't resist crashing General Pepper's HQ to deliver one of these.
80	* EvilLaugh: Andross, of course. We also see a lizard laughing after stealing Fara's Arwing, with Slippy in tow.
81	* ExactEavesdropping: Fara overhears Falco's intent to usurp Fox as team leader. [[JustifiedTrope This is likely due to the size of her ears.]]
82	* TheExile: As per the games, Andross was exiled from the Lylat Star System. In a [[RuleOfDrama dramatic]] twist, the pilots who would become the Star Fox team were ''also'' exiled, after being deemed "dangerous radicals" on Corneria.
83	** Fox [=McCloud=] and his companions were originally {{Ace Pilot}}s in the [[RedShirtArmy Corneria Defense Force]]. When Andross - the MadScientist who created the [[UnrealisticBlackHole Black Hole]] ''and'' caused Fox Senior's disappearance - started gaining military power on Venom, Fox and his friends protested. The Cornerian leadership was terrified of Andross, [[{{Realpolitik}} so they exiled the crew to Fox's ancestral home planet Papetoon]] to try to avoid Andross's wrath. [[FromBadToWorse It didn't work]], and Venom soon conquered Papetoon and invaded Corneria, turning the latter into a tense war zone while Fox and his friends spent the next few years as [[LaResistance freedom fighters]], trying to hide and survive while [[JustLikeRobinHood occasionally stealing from Andross' forces and distributing the goods to Papetoon's inhabitants]]. At the beginning of the main story, General Pepper suspends their exile and they smuggle themselves back to Corneria.
84	* ExpospeakGag: "I'm thinking it is our sacred duty to relieve these lizards of the burden of command."
85	** "Call it a professional assessment."
86	* ExternalCombustion: Vixy Reinard's death was because of a car bomb rigged for Fox Sr. Not to be outdone, Andross rigged Fox Sr.'s ship to blow.
87	* {{Fanservice}}: [[ParentService Fara]] has a [[SensualSpandex very visible cameltoe]] under her [[FutureSpandex jumpsuit]].
88	* FlirtingUnderFire: At one point, Fox and Fara flirt with each other while dogfighting in their Arwings.
89	* ForGreatJustice: General Pepper calls on Fox to prove that he stands for "honor, decency and freedom of species."
90	* ForgotToPayTheBill: General Pepper's telegram remarks that the "Communications Cartel" shut off Fox's phone service due to nonpayment.
91	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The starship which saved Fox's father can only manifest in our reality as a SpaceWhale.
92	* FreudianExcuse: Andross is steamed about his pig foster parents getting blown up in a military accident.
93	* FunWithAcronyms: The full designation of the iconic spacecraft is "SFX Arwing", which may mean "Super FX" or "'''S'''pace '''F'''ighter, E'''x'''perimental".
94	* GenerationXerox[=/=]IAmXSonOfY: Fox [=McCloud=] is always being compared to his missing father Fox [=McCloud=] Sr., and in {{Flashback}}s Fox Sr. looks practically identical to his adult son. (This was before the later games gave James his trademark CoolShades.)
95	* GladIThoughtOfIt: Fox's "insane" plan to modify the Arwing to survive the Black Hole. After knocking Fox unconscious and sticking him in solitary confinement, Falco tells Slippy to get to work on the modifications.
96	* GloryDays: Falco reminiscing about being a thief. He's ''never'' happy.
97	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Fox gets these whenever he gets ''really'' pissed.
98	* GoodIsNotSoft: Fox and his friends are ''not'' averse to getting their hands dirty.
99	--> '''Fox:''' I'm thinking it is our sacred duty to [[DeadlyEuphemism relieve these lizards of the burden of command.]]
100	* HeroInsurance: General Pepper's lieutenant reports the team's success on Venom. Pepper marvels that he was "going to discharge the lot of them," but now he predicts parades and medals.
101	* HigherTechSpecies: Thanks to [[EmperorScientist Andross]], the [[TheEmpire Venomian Empire]] is far more technologically advanced than the rest of civilization in Lylat.
102	* HotBlooded: Fox, particularly where Andross is involved. Falco is also quite driven.
103	* {{Hover\|Board}}bike: Fox and the rest of the Star Fox team attack a freighter in the opening, using hoverbikes.
104	* HugeHolographicHead: Andross first appears to General Pepper in this form. For added effect, he smashes all of the windows.
105	-->'''General Pepper:''' [[ShapedLikeItself What an ape!]]
106	* HumanShield: Peppy wonders aloud why imperial troops were sent to hijack a freighter. Suddenly, they notice a lizard holding a woman hostage. Fox asks Peppy who she is, and he replies that she is Fara Phoenix, the spaceship magnate's daughter.
107	* HypnoTrinket: Andross's transmitters.
108	* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: The lizard attempting to kidnap Fara has shades of this. "Move your tail, precious."
109	* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: General Pepper states that Corneria needs all the help it can get, even if it's from "mangy outlaws."
110	-->'''Fox:''' Who is he calling mangy?
111	* IWorkAlone: Fara, concerned about Fox, [[DefiedTrope follows him into the Black Hole against his wishes]]. Needless to say, the rest of the team is in hot pursuit.
112	* IdenticalStranger: When Fara gets into one of Fox's mother's outfits, Fox remarks that she could be his mother's twin sister. This sets up an important reveal when [[spoiler:the first Andross clone mistakes Fara for Fox's mother, whom the original Andross loved long ago but mistakenly killed in his attempt to MurderTheHypotenuse]].
113	* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: In Andross's lair, a {{force field}} goes up right after Fox's Arwing flies through an entryway. The others are left behind.
114	* InsistentTerminology: Fox's gang aren't thieves! They are a "People's Appropriation Committee."
115	* InvisibleToNormals: As they exit the Black Hole, Fox asks if Fara saw his father, too. Fara says she just followed Fox into the light; she saw no one.
116	* ItRunsInTheFamily: Peppy glowingly (and sometimes not-so-glowingly) draws comparisons from Fox to his father. "Impatient like your dad."
117	* JustLikeRobinHood: The story begins with Fox and co. eking out a meager living [[TheExile in exile]] on Papetoon, raiding Andross's scows to give aid to Papetoon's oppressed people.
118	-->'''Peppy:''' Friends of the poor. Heroes to downtrodden aliens. [[TheTriple Snappy dressers]].
119	* KeepTheReward: Following Fara's rescue, Mr. Phoenix's valet comes over to inform Fox that Mr. Phoenix is ''very'' grateful. His teammates' eyes light up with dollar signs. Fox, remembering his uncomfortable stay in a cargo pod... asks for First Class tickets.
120	-->'''Falco''': [[DudeWheresMyReward You could have asked for a MOON]]!\
121	'''Fox:''' Moons aren't nearly as comfortable.
122	* LamePunReaction: Fox radioing General Pepper for some salt -- because "these ships really cook!" Pepper says to quit being a wise guy.
123	* LonersAreFreaks: Andross has only a robot pig for a friend.
124	* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Between Fox Sr., Vixy Reinard, and Andross]].
125	* MurderByMistake: [[spoiler:The first Andross clone mistakes Fara Phoenix for Vixy Reinard, the woman the original Andross loved, which sets up TheReveal about their past and sends Fox into UnstoppableRage mode]].
126	* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: As Andross' power grew on Venom, Fox protested. But, the leaders of Corneria were terrified of Andross, [[{{Realpolitik}} so they forced Fox and his friends to flee]] and live as [[{{Outlaw}} outlaws on Papetoon.]]
127	* NeverFoundTheBody: The sabotage that created the [[UnrealisticBlackHole Black Hole]] which sucked Fox [=McCloud=] Sr. into it. [[spoiler:He lived.]]
128	* NobleMaleRoguishMale: [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/062e8030e561085fd27ff32c8b3cb31f/tumblr_nw0ff99ODJ1rkrwaco1_500.jpg Fox is the noble one]], [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/1a7af51f6478f3c0352ff5a452b5f0b5/tumblr_nw0f0xF4TS1rkrwaco3_500.jpg Falco is the rogue]]. This trope is the source of some [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/a224d06a8948c45c3dea4973dac2a050/tumblr_nw0f0xF4TS1rkrwaco4_1280.jpg major conflict]] between them.
129	* OhCrap: The team realizing they're adrift in space, with stingrays about to chow down on their Arwings.
130	** Andross losing contact with the Monarch Dodora. Whoops.
131	* OfficialCouple: Fara is very unambiguously [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/d6a94a5d968e1b63e7d438d3d33b2677/tumblr_nw1juteuq61rkrwaco2_1280.jpg Fox's]] [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/8dc4545453b1ca2ee84d8380b2107d96/tumblr_nw1lm8qFQ31rkrwaco6_500.jpg love]] [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/82d03b2d21fb87c511792e9a261d62c2/tumblr_nw1ma2Whqt1rkrwaco1_1280.jpg interest]].
132	* {{Ojou}}: Fara's background certainly leans towards this trope, but it's [[DownplayedTrope not an overwhelming part of the character.]]
133	* OpaqueLenses: General Pepper.
134	* OralFixation: General Pepper is almost never seen without a lollipop.
135	* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: Slippy proposes using a gravity dilator in the Black Hole to create a shortcut through space. This fits into the real-life "gravity donut" theory of time travel.
136	* OwMyBodyPart: When Fox saves Fara's escape pod, Slippy is stunned at the stunt; his brain hurts just thinking about it.
137	* ParentalBonus: When first told about General Pepper, Fox recalls him being a sergeant. In case this is [[StealthPun too stealthy]], it is reused and expanded upon when Pepper explains the backstory between Fox's parents and Andross, ending with the revelation that he was unable to help because he was only a sergeant at the time. Complete with a picture of him and his associates, resembling [[SgtPeppersShoutOut a certain album cover]].
138	** General Pepper was also shown singing "[[Music/ElvisPresley Hound Dog]]" while shaving.
139	** General Pepper isn't the only character who likes lollies. At the start of Act 6, we see a freighter [[TheCaptain captain]] enjoying one -- the Captain [[AdvertisingCampaigns is an owl]].
140	* PercussivePrevention: Falco expresses concern that Fox is "beyond reason" and that unless they stop him from going into the Black Hole, he'll kill himself. Better knock his lights out, then. cracks knuckles Falco almost decks him a third time, when the others remind him that putting Fox in solitary confinement is a more sensible option. Fox later [[LaserGuidedKarma returns the favor!]] [[spoiler:Falco's real motive is revealed a few pages later, when he tries to steal Fox's Arwing to go make history himself.]]
141	* PhantomZone: The Black Hole.
142	* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Fara cockily compares one of Andross's carriers to a trash compacter. "Time to take out the garbage!" ([[AvertedTrope She gets shot down immediately]].)
143	** Falco, sitting in Fox's cockpit, says to himself, "I've got to concentrate. This isn't going to be easy." Fox suddenly pops up and says "Easy ''enough'', Falco!" He jumps in and knocks Falco out on his ass.
144	* PreMortemOneLiner: "How about some stir-fry?" [zaps a lizard]
145	** Slippy reminds Peppy of the android pig they captured on Papetoon, and says that the pig they're looking at is a literal "{{piggy bank}}" of data and the nerve center for the base. Peppy says it's time they "made a withdrawal," and shoots Herbert with his blaster.
146	** Fox taking out both of the Andross head's eyes. "Keeping an eye out, Andross?"
147	* {{Pun}}
148	** Fara performing — wait for it — [[MemeticMutation A BARREL ROLL]] and waving at Fox through her cockpit window. "Mind if I drop in?"
149	** Falco is impressed at the length to which Fox will chase a girl. "Talk about flirting with danger!"
150	* PunnyName: Fara Phoenix's surname is similar in pronunciation to "fennecs".
151	** Then there's '''Vixy Reinard''', whose first and last names are both fox terms.
152	* ReformedCriminal: As a cadet, Fox met a gangster "with enough [[StreetSmart street savvy]] to fill an encyclopedia." Falco wanted to fly, too, so he cleaned up his act and enrolled in the academy.
153	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Imperials consist entirely of [[RedEyesTakeWarning red-eyed lizards]]. Subverted, as they were once a peaceful people before Andross brainwashed them.
154	* RescueRomance: Fox and Fara. Although the first time, Slippy technically did the saving.
155	* RobotBuddy: Herbert and Herbert II.
156	* RuleOfCool: Falco dislikes Fox [[FinishingMove always getting the last shot]].
157	* SamusIsAGirl: Fox mistaking a black Arwing for an enemy bogy ("Who is that clown?"). Turns out it's Fara Phoenix, and she's the [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous Chief Test Pilot]].
158	* SciFiNameBuzzWords: Hyper-Twinkies.
159	** Holo-telegram.
160	** Anti-gravity underwear.
161	** Cryo-mud baths.
162	** Astro-Hockey.
163	* ShoutOut:
164	** General Pepper was once a Sergeant. In fact, in one panel, they recreate the cover of Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand ("Sgt Pepper Happy Heart"), but with anthros in the place of Music/TheBeatles.
165	** Herbert II's color scheme resembles that of the original [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Gundam]] (save for the head).
166	** Andross' monster, the Monarch Dodora, is clearly just a two-headed, green, [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]].
167	** Most of the Act titles are taken from popular songs from the 1960's and 1970's:
168	--> Act 1: Desperado - 1973 song by Music/TheEagles
169	--> Act 2: Silver Wings - 1969 song by Merle Haggard
170	--> Act 3: The Thrill is Gone - 1969 song by B.B. King
171	--> Act 5: Fixing a Hole - 1967 song by Music/TheBeatles
172	--> Act 8: Fire in the Sky - 1972 song by Music/DeepPurple (''Smoke on the Water'')
173	--> Act 9: Here Comes the Son - 1969 song by Music/TheBeatles (''Here Comes the Sun'')
174	--> Act 10: Close to the Edge - 1972 song by {{Music/Yes}}
175	--> Act 11: Hello, Goodbye - 1967 song by Music/TheBeatles
176	* SingleBiomePlanet: The whole planet Titania is merely a "freezer" with "the best [[OneProductPlanet frozen yogurt]] in the system!"
177	* SlaveMooks: Andross's lizard henchmen are nothing but {{Brainwashed}} slaves. The majority return to civilian life once Venom is destroyed; the remaining few are still under the Telekinetic Amplifier's thrall.
178	* SoundOff: "[[NationalAnthem Land of my species pride / World without ecocide / Evolution we won't abide / Let freedom bark!]]" ♪
179	* SpaceWhale: [[spoiler:Fox [=McCloud=] Sr. survived, but became permanently trapped in a [[AnotherDimension parallel dimension.]] He is now part of the crew of an inter-dimensional space ship that can only manifest itself in the normal universe as [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/965b6543d7ec56aa4663058164cf9af0/tumblr_nw1l1eoQHA1rkrwaco1_540.jpg a giant baleen whale that can emerge temporarily from the Black Hole.]]]]
180	* SpeechImpediment: Almost all of Slippy's dialogue contains stuttering.
181	* SquashedFlat: Andross by the Dodora.
182	* SssssnakeTalk: All of the lizards and reptiles under Andross's command speak this way.
183	* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The Black Hole aliens.
184	* SuicideMission: Everyone thinks going through the Black Hole is this. Disingenuously, the team quickly agrees to snub Fox (who is too passionate) by having Falco lead the mission.
185	* SurpriseDifficulty: An in-universe example: Fara makes ready to polish off the Battle Attack Carrier, but as Fox warns, she's badly outmatched.
186	* SurprisinglyEliteCannonFodder: Star Fox were [[TheExile already a group of undesirables]] thanks to [[MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting Fox's political views]]. When they got hired by Corneria as pilots, they were sent off to combat ''by themselves'', with no support of any kind. They won in spectacular fashion, which [[HeroInsurance allowed them to keep their contract]].
187	* TapOnTheHead: Falco lays out Fox with a few punches.
188	** While the rest of the team grab some ice cream, Slippy continues to work on Fara's Arwing. Suddenly, he is approached by an unseen figure and knocked out with [[ImprovisedWeapon crowbar]].
189	* TechnoBabble: Falco asks if they can modify the Arwing to be strong enough to withstand the Black Hole. Slippy holds to his theory that they could "triple the output of the G Induction Coils."
190	* TelepathicSpacemen: In this incarnation, Peppy is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] with limited [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling Clairvoyance and Clairaudience.]] When using this ability, the background always turns solid black, and he typically [[PstandardPsychicPstance raises both of his hands to the sides of his head]]. He uses this as a [[PsychicRadar radar of sorts]] at least twice: once to [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/ffc4fc1f270172f6baf77feb4a24aa27/tumblr_nw0f6jo5jx1rkrwaco3_1280.jpg warn the team about invading enemy soldiers]] on the freighter to Corneria, and another to [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/08a1883f5d7f7028150226eda8c46a03/tumblr_nw1kkdwX0s1rkrwaco6_540.jpg detect a lizard piloting Slippy's Arwing.]] He also used it to [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/158c9c18a950251a05d8dfa171f2a696/tumblr_nw0ff99ODJ1rkrwaco2_540.jpg identify Fara Phoenix on Fox's request.]] Andross is psychic as well, and uses a [[AmplifierArtifact telekinetic amplifier]] both to [[SubspaceAnsible communicate at faster-than-light speeds]] and [[MindOverMatter seriously harm his enemies]].
191	* TemptingFate: One of Venom's soldiers warns Fox not to attempt one of his "famous last-second rescues"... just before Slippy ambushes her from behind.
192	* TermsOfEndangerment: Andross is impressed that Fox made it all the way to Venom. "Your valiant effort should be rewarded, Junior!"
193	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Slippy shows off a photo of his girlfriend "Croakella," who gave him his [[FirstKiss first wart]]. (Aside from the red ribbon in her hair, she's totally identical to Slippy, much to Falco's dismay)
194	* ThingsGetReal: Fara boast that she's "been flying since [she] was a kit," and challenges Fox to a race. Peppy notices they're headed the wrong way, though. Back at base, General Pepper is alerted that two Arwings have entered Imperial Space.
195	* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Fox yells this at his team when he loses his mind during the final attack, after he learns that [[spoiler:Andross killed his mother]].
196	* TooDesperateToBePicky: Star Fox was explicitly hired due to their skill as pilots, and the fact that Corneria was short on personnel, [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/09943b8f64dd3180c63ef92f55f0bd7a/tumblr_nw0f6jo5jx1rkrwaco4_540.jpg not because they were desirable.]]
197	* TrackingDevice: Falco and Peppy are next to emerge from the Black Hole. Falco gloats, "I '''told''' you I'd get us through the hole!" Peppy reminds him that Slippy's tracking device was what locked onto Fox's route.
198	* TragicKeepsake: Fox keeps photographs of both of his [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/a224d06a8948c45c3dea4973dac2a050/tumblr_nw0f0xF4TS1rkrwaco4_1280.jpg lost]] [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/b1154caec9e7f81f0735c812c0a2db96/tumblr_nw1lm8qFQ31rkrwaco1_1280.jpg parents]].
199	* TroubledSympatheticBigot: Andross developed an utter hatred of Corneria after his foster parents were [[AccidentalMurder killed by a Cornerian a military experiment gone wrong]]. He joined the Cornerian Military Academy to find [[BestServedCold the most effective way to destroy them]].
200	* UniqueProtagonistAsset: The Arwings. An Arwing is the only ship that has the power to effectively fight Andross' forces, and only team Star Fox can effectively use them.
201	* UnrealisticBlackHole[=/=]OurWormholesAreDifferent[=/=]WarpZone: Created when Andross sabotaged the device Fox [=McCloud=] Sr. was taking into the [[AsteroidThicket Asteroid Belt]]. The Black Hole sucked in fully a third of the Asteroid Belt, and remained in interplanetary space. Unlike real black holes, this one was fully visible as a purplish maelstrom in outer space, and it functions more-or-less as a WarpZone to other locations in the [[SpaceZone Lylat system]].
202	* UnstoppableRage: Fox goes into a supremely awesome one of these near the end of the comic when [[spoiler:the first Andross clone reveals that not only was the original Andross after his father from the very beginning, but that he was responsible for killing his mother with a bomb that was meant for his father]]. "Payback time is overdue," indeed.
203	--> '''Peppy''': ...Fox? He's '''boiling over!'''
204	--> '''Falco''': I've never seen him so... ''twisted''! I'm glad I'm not Andross!
205	* [[UtilityBelt Utility Necklace]]: Slippy's necklace beads contain [[InstantSedation knock-out gas]] and [[GrenadeTropes grenades]], as needed.
206	* VehicularSabotage: Fox and co. are a bit hasty in chasing down Fara's stolen Arwing. When they arrive at Sector Y, they find their fuel tanks have been emptied.
207	** Done to the car of [[spoiler:Fox's parents as well, intended for [=McCloud=] Sr. It [[GoneHorriblyWrong didn't quite end well]] and [[AccidentalMurder killed Fox's mother Vixy instead]]]].
208	* VerbThis: After Slippy escapes captivity, he comes across two of the reptiles at the control center, and one of them says, "Engage invadersssss!"
209	-->'''Slippy''': ''[grabs the necklace of KnockoutGas beads]'' Engage ''this!'' ''[tosses the necklace at the foes, knocking them out]''
210	* VitriolicBestBuds: Fox and Falco have a tendency of pressing each other's {{Berserk Button}}s and exchanging moments of PercussivePrevention, but they're still good friends in spite of it all. Falco seems to express his most honest words of caring towards Fox while busy beating the shit out of him.
211	* WalkInChimeIn: Peppy does not initially see who kicked Falco out of the Arwing. Fox pokes his head out the cockpit to remind them that he's the only one qualified to navigate the Black Hole. Fara chimes in and says that he's "not the ''only'' one qualified!" She and Fox start up their Arwings.
212	* WhatMeasureIsAMook: The Venomian Army is composed of lizard men which are under the influence of a very powerful MindControl device. After Andross's first defeat, most of the lizards are glad to be free from his control while a few are still loyal to him.
213	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Fox and Falco.
214	* YoureInsane:
215	--> "You're m-m-mad! Fox will stop you!"
216	* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: As exiles on Papetoon, [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/51bd4a95633fd7750729ffa229cf5372/tumblr_nw1l9nDy4Q1rkrwaco2_1280.jpg Fox and his team generated quite a reputation among the inhabitants for their heroic behavior.]] Andross' soldiers, however, knew them as [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/31210c629226018cb419e3a33b4e1d48/tumblr_nw0f0xF4TS1rkrwaco6_1280.jpg desperate pirates,]] and even General Pepper calls them [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/09943b8f64dd3180c63ef92f55f0bd7a/tumblr_nw0f6jo5jx1rkrwaco4_1280.jpg "mangy outlaws"]] while in the very act of hiring them.

Context ComicStrip / StarFox