- “This is Peppy. All systems go.”
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Peppy Hare is a retired member of the legendary Star Fox team. Having had years of service in the Cornerian Military with previous comrade and best friend James McCloud, they both started the Star Fox mercenary team, intent on serving justice and freedom. An experienced pilot, Peppy had learned many tricks in his years of flying and is also very knowledgeable about Andross' forces, since he once had to escape captivity at their hands after a scouting mission ended badly due to the betrayal of their unfaithful teammate Pigma Dengar. Peppy barely managed to escape on his own to return to Corneria to inform James's only son Fox of his father's fate. Peppy then joined the newest Star Fox team, consisting of himself and Fox McCloud, ace pilot Falco Lombardi and mechanical engineering expert Slippy Toad. Even though Peppy was much older than all the other team members, he declined the leadership role and insisted that it should be the younger McCloud to take over the team, probably as per James' last wishes before he was presumed to have been slain by Andross. Peppy then served as Fox's mentor and fatherly figure to the whole Star Fox team, frequently giving valuable instructions and advice throughout the course of their following missions.
Peppy typically appears in all Star Fox games to date, as well as the comics and the Star Fox Zero promotional anime, as a supporting protagonist. He also appears as a background character in all Super Smash Bros. games, starting with "Melee".
Biography
Originally, Peppy served in the Cornerian Army alongside James McCloud under orders from their superior officer General Pepper, before pulling out to become a founding member of a much more independent organisation of mercenaries for hire, intent of serving justice and freedom to the Cornerian territories with the aid of their clever wingmate and fellow expert pilot Pigma Dengar. Away from the line of duty, Peppy had a daughter, Lucy, by way of his late wife Vivian. Five years after the banishment of the disgraced chief scientist Dr. Andross, Peppy along with James and Pigma were called to make a special recon mission on the far away planet of Venom by General Pepper to investigate sightings of strange activity coming from the planet. Upon their arrival, the two best friends discovered too late that the forces of Venom were waiting in ambush for them, made even worse when Pigma betrayed his team by delivering Peppy and James into captivity by Andross. James was supposedly killed, and Peppy barely managed to escape but learned a few tricks about the Androssian ways. Returning home, Peppy informed James' son, Fox, about his father's fate, and the new team was born. By that moment on, he took care of Fox's future, becoming like a second father to him, as they worked together to carry on what Peppy and the lost James started.
Reception
Peppy has remained another fan favorite over the years, and is famous for one of his most recognised "Star Fox 64" quotes, "Do a Barrel Roll" becoming the subject of a popular internet meme and one of the Star Fox series' trademark quotes. In fact, a music video of the meme that is on the internet is based off the 1979 Dschinghis Khan disco song, "Moskau".
Trivia
- In the Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins anime short, Peppy's surname is spelled out on the transmission channel as his Japanese version; "Hair" instead of the English "Hare".
- Considering the many similarities between Star Fox and Star Wars, Peppy's personality is like Obi-Wan's, just like how Fox McCloud's is like Luke Skywalker's and Falco Lombardi's is like Han Solo's. Like Obi-Wan, Peppy is wise, caring and fatherly and survived an incident which Fox's father apparently did not survive, similar to Obi-Wan surviving the Jedi order's fall. His quote, "I've got a bad feeling about this, Fox", is a Star Wars reference as well.
Names in Other Languages
| Language | Name |
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| Japanese | ペッピー・ヘア (Peppī Hea) |
| Chinese | 派比•海爾 (Pàibǐ Hǎi'ěr) |
| Korean | 페피 헤어 (Pepi He'eo) |
| Russian | Пеппи Хэйр (Peppi Kheyr) |
| Serbian | Пепи Харе (Pepi Hare) |
References
1993 Instruction Booklet
NINTENDO POWER: Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Redmond, WA, Nintendo of America. 1997.- .com
1997 Instruction Booklet; PAL
2002 Instruction Booklet
;Nintendo Power's Official Player's Guide; Nintendo of America Inc, 4820 150th Ave NE, Redmond, Washington 98052; (C) 2004-2005 Nintendo- 2004-05 Instruction Booklet
2006 Instruction Booklet
2016 Instruction Booklet
2017 Manual- http://starfox64.baldninja.com/sf64cast.htm
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