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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's 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, 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[]

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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.

In the space of two years after the loss of James, Peppy became part of the new team, led by Fox and the two new members, the more honest and loyal Slippy and Falco. Despite the fact he was older and more experienced than everyone else, he insisted that it was Fox who should be the leader. Occasionally the team would encounter the rival mercenary group, Star Wolf, led by Wolf O'Donnell and consisting of, Leon Powalski, Andrew Oikonny and former Star Fox team member, Pigma Dengar. Peppy was the main target of Pigma, chasing him without remorse and remarking about being his "old pal". After Star Fox defeated Star Wolf, when Fox orders everyone to let him go by himself to defeat Andross, Peppy, like the others, was horrified and tried to stop him, but he didn't listen. He is then full of relief when Fox returns victorious, and then asks him what the matter was when noticing him searching in space for something, but Fox assured Peppy that nothing was wrong before Team Star Fox returned home and were paid handsomely by General Pepper.

During the four years of peace in the Lylat System, Peppy and the rest of the Star Fox team had little in terms of work. They then received a S.O.S. signal from Katt Monroe, and Peppy was unsure of whether to respond to her S.O.S., as she had a criminal record. However, they eventually went to the source of the S.O.S., Titania, due to Falco rushing out to help Katt before a proper decision could be made. They then went over to one of the Titanian research bases, run by Captain Shears. Shears agreed to help Star Fox out to find Falco, under the condition that they stop some Venomian Army remnants who allegedly stole some of Andross's research that the base planned to replicate for peaceful applications. After the Star Fox team fought against the supposed Androssian vessel, as well as Fox getting into a dogfight against Falco, Peppy gave Fox a severe tongue-lashing in regards to fighting Falco, viewing it as irresponsible on Fox's part, asking him what his father would think of him. However, when he learned the reason why Fox got into a dogfight with Falco in the first place, he became disturbed at the implications of what is happening, as well as growing more suspicious of Shear's true motives after realizing that the Titanian base seemed far too quiet for supposedly being in danger and deployed Slippy to investigate because he was too old for active duty and Fox's Arwing was going under repairs. Afterwards, they were hailed by the supposed Venomian Army remnants, who turned out to be Katt's group. After learning that they had stolen some files from the base and planned to leak them onto the black market, although they didn't actually know what was inside the contents of the file, Peppy requested that ROB open the files to see what was really going on. They then learned upon reviewing the files that it was even worse than previously believed: Shears wasn't planning on reviving Andross's research, but Andross himself via cloning. Peppy then realized that he inadvertently placed Slippy in grave danger earlier and attempts to call Slippy back, but learns from ROB that his communication with Slippy was cut a while back. Peppy then acted as the monitor of the mission to rescue Slippy, telling Fox where to go while Katt and her team acted as the distraction. After Fox rescued Slippy and defeated both Shears and a newly revived Andross, Peppy tried to get away from a cloning culture fluid-soaked Slippy.

Four years afterwards, during the Sauria Crisis, Peppy retired as a pilot because of his old age and became an adviser and navigator within the Great Fox, alongside ROB 64 (and during this time, Slippy). His role of studying Saurian Maps and the planet's History during this period of peril was important, but minor nonetheless. He was glad to receive the monetary reward knowing that Great Fox was in dire need of repairs and managed to remember he received a message from Krystal in time for her arrival on the bridge.

Despite retiring from active flight duty, Peppy still stayed aboard the Great Fox and acted as a secondary commander where he and ROB would give battlefield instructions and valuable advice to the Star Fox team, which now included Krystal taking his place as fourth pilot. When chasing Pigma into the Asteroid Belt, Peppy made a note that the Pig was always ahead of everyone, having said it was like Pigma to never miss a trick. By the time the team, with Star Wolf's help, had defeated the Aparoids at Corneria, Peppy somehow found his way back into an Arwing after General Pepper was captured by the Aparoids and arrived at the last moment to save Pepper from a fatal crash, although the rescue attempt also led to him being injured too, jokingly stating that it he would seemingly never make full retirement before groaning, and then requesting that Fox contact the Medical Corps.

During the Invasion of the Aparoid Homeworld, the Great Fox acted as the Cornerian Fleet's leading flagship with Peppy and ROB at the helm and in full command of the invasion. In the skirmish against the Cornerian Fleet and the Aparoid Air Force, Peppy lamented that he was not putting up a good fight as the Cornerians were losing badly and forced to retreat after taking 20% in casualties. Despite the success of the ground Mission to turn off a powerful shield generated over the entrance to the planetary interior, another shield was generated that blocked the team's progress. It was at this point that the Great Fox was badly under attack and Peppy boldly chose to spearhead the Great Fox into the shield before he and the mothership could be fully assimilated, and give the team a vital chance to enter the planet interior. Despite the crashed Great Fox breaking the shield, Peppy demanded the protesting shocked and saddened team to continue onward to thwart the Aparoid Queen.

During the battle against the Aparoid Queen, the Queen impersonated Peppy, among other supposedly deceased acquaintances, and attempted to discourage the team. After the Star Fox team's victory and escape, a moment of mourning is interrupted by the arrival of both Peppy and ROB, who had escaped the destruction of the Great Fox using the bridge as an emergency escape ship. Fox reveals that he was well aware of Peppy and ROB's survival, and Peppy tells the team that he intends to retire for good.

During the Anglar Blitz, General Pepper had fallen ill and was confined to his sickbed, so at his request it was his old friend Peppy who he elected to replace him as the commander-in-chief of the Cornerian Army. General Peppy also entrusted his daughter Lucy Hare, who was teaching astrophysics at Fichina, to remain on Corneria and protect their homeworld in his place while Peppy flew to join up with his old Star Fox team. Instead of a flagship akin to the one piloted by General Pepper, Peppy piloted his own Arwing on the battlefield, which resembled the Aparoid Invasion model. Following the defeat of the Anglar armies and their Emperor, the successful Cornerians threw a celebration which Peppy and Lucy attended but slipped away from to fondly remember their lost wife and mother, Vivian.

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
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)

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