Peppox

Peppox is the friend ship between Fox McCloud and Peppy Hare from the Star Fox fandom.

Past
Due to his close friendship with James McCloud, Peppy Hare had known his son Fox well ever since he was a small child and having him watch him grow up over the years has given him an interest in his future career. However, after Pigma Dengar has betrayed the Star Fox team which led them into captivity though Peppy would end up escaping and returned to tell Fox about the fate of his father, which left Fox grief-stricken by this as Peppy would become a father figure to him from that point forward. When the new Star Fox team was being reformed in wake of Andross's declaration of war on the Lylat System, Peppy was considered to be a candidate as a team leader for his experience, but apparently as a final wish from James, he insisted that Fox be the leader instead.

Star Fox 64
During the Lylat War, Peppy tags along with the team as they fight a barrage of enemies that would fight their way through enemies. Peppy is fittingly the team's advisor as he will often give advice on certain button commands, and he will point out the weaknesses of bosses when Fox isn't sure how to defeat them. After the first battle, Peppy will tell him that he is becoming more like his father and in other battles, when Fox has a huge number of enemy kill counts, Peppy will tell him that he is becoming a better pilot. Regardless of how the player reaches Venom, Peppy will call out in protest when Fox goes out alone to deal with Andross personally. After Fox emerged unscathed, Peppy will be happy that he came out on top and he was alright; if the Venom Hard Path is completed, Fox will be looking around for his father, who guided him out and wondered where he went as Peppy asks what was wrong, as Fox brushed him off his concerns. As General Pepper offers them a spot in the Cornerian Army though Fox turns down the offer as they prefer to do things independently

Star Fox Adventures
As the Star Fox team is in desperate need for funds to help restore their mothership to working order, where he will ask if the music playing on the jukebox is annoying him and Fox tells Slippy to turn it off though the former throws the wrench at it, which irritated him as General Pepper calls upon the team to save Sauria which is splitting apart and its total destruction will threaten Lylat if it's not prevented and promises a paycheck to be sent to them. While Fox is working to put the planet together, Peppy will give him advice on what to do next and has at one point told him to stay focus when he was distracted by the sight of the imprisoned Krystal. After Fox saves Krystal and Sauria, with the blue vixen boarding the Great Fox, Peppy is the only one who does not poke fun at his crush on the newcomer.

Fanon
Fans have grown to love Fox and Peppy's relationship due to how deep and impactful it had on the two of them. With him knowing Fox all his life, the loss of his biological father has left him orphaned without any parents or siblings in his life, so he helps him cope with his new situation and took him in as a father figure to him. Fox had been very respectful towards him and does not hesitate to save him from his pursuers as he does with his other friends, and it was during the cutscene in Star Fox: Assault where Peppy was sacrificing himself to crash the Great Fox into the shield of the Aparoid Homeworld to break it open that it almost reduced Fox to tears which shows just how close they are to each other before honoring his final request to get inside the planet to destroy the Aparoid Queen. Fox has managed to be fortunate enough to not actually lose Peppy as he managed to get into the escape pod before the Great Fox's destruction.

Fandom

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