Star Fox

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Star Fox



Bumblebee Babble


At the end of each level, each member reports their status to Fox. Rather than using vocal samples, each character would speak in their own distinct gibberish sounds. Falco's in particular sounded vaguely like English to Adam, who started vocalizing it as "Bumblebee Babble" and the phrase has stuck since.

"Oy mey oy mey oy mey"


Andross, the final boss, is made of of solid panels that morph together into a very angular, polygonal face. As he floats around attacking, his mouth is often opening and closing. Josh noticed that it seemed Andross was mouthing words and so began to so "Oy mey oy mey oy mey" along with the mouth movements.

Star Fox 64



Notable Phrases


"Owwie!"
On the hardest difficulty, Andross, the boss, is revealed to be just a giant brain with floating eyes attached. As the first phase of attack, the player must shoot the eyes until they blow up. As they are shot, they writhe with the impact. Adam and Josh considered that this would be particularly painful and Adam took to yelling "Owwie owwie owwie!" as they got shot, and then "Aww shit!" as they exploded.

"Use bombs wisely!"
As the oldest of the Star Fox crew, Peppy often gives advice to the rest of the crew. Peppy's advice tends to slant on the obvious. Adam and Josh, having played the game numerous times, got tired of Peppy's useless tips. Josh began to sarcastically reply to Peppy's comments, in particular, the "Use bombs wisely!" tip. After Peppy would make the comment, just would let a beat pass before saying dryly "...really?"

"This his horrible!"
The first level of the game takes place on a planet that has just been severely attacked by the enemy. As they fly through the devastation, Fox and his crew lament at the damage. Josh took particular note of Falco's phrase "This is horrible!" due to the fact that the voice actor seemed to put an interesting emphasis on the "or" sound in horrible. Josh began to overemphasize the sound, repeating it as "This is HHOHrrible!". Since beginning this practice, Josh has continually pronounced the word "HHOHribble" regardless of the context in which it is being used.

Slippy's Ostracision


Slippy is the youngest and least experienced of the Star Fox crew. Adam and Josh took this to mean that he was also the least respected and came up with multiple scenarios that illustrate this point.

In one scenario, Slippy, who tends to fall behind, is left scrambling to take off and catch up after the others have already left. In his haste, Slippy takes off leaving the cockpit door open and his seat belt unlatched. Due to the speed of travel, Slippy is unable to do much as he flops and flails against the side of his Arwing. Calling out "Guuuuys?!" in a trembling, highly concerned tone, Slippy still tries to catch up to his teammates who couldn't care less about his situation let alone whether he even joined them at all.

During the ending credits, there is a long scene in which the team is running. From front to back, it is Fox, Falco, Peppy, then Slippy. Peppy is noticeably behind Fox and Falco who are nearly side by side. As the credits go on, Peppy and Slippy keep falling further behind the other two. Adam and Josh imagined a scenario in which Peppy thinks to himself "Heh heh... we're ditchin' Slippeh!", unaware of the fact that it is actually Fox and Falco who are ditching them both.

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