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Encyclopedia > Slippy Toad
Slippy Toad

Slippy Toad in Star Fox Command.
Game series Star Fox series
First game Star Fox (1993)
Creator(s) Shigeru Miyamoto
Character designer(s) Takaya Imamura
Voice actor(s) (English) Chris Seavor (SSB Melee and Adventures)
Mike McAuliffe (Assault)
Voice actor(s) (Japanese) Kyoko Tongu

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Slippy Toad, son of Beltino Toad (one of the advisors in Star Fox: Assault), is the most humane member of the Star Fox team and Fox's childhood friend. His character has normal faults found in everyday humans such as his childishness and stammering. He is also the inventor in the Star Fox team, being behind most of the team's technology. This is a list of characters from the Star Fox series of video games. ... Stuttering (known as stammering in the United Kingdom, sometimes misspelled studdering ) is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases; and involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds. ...

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History

Star Fox

In the first game, Slippy is seemingly the greenhorn of the team, since he is the least skilled pilot. The fact that he constantly wears a baseball cap, a choker, and stammers also adds to this. While this game did not have any real voice work, a stylized "chatter" accompanied all characters' messages. Slippy's chatter was fairly deep, and suggested a large, fat character but it would appear that he is smaller than he sounds. A baseball cap worn with the bill at the front, shading the eyes A baseball cap is a type of soft cap with a long, stiffened and curved peak and it is worn by men, women and children. ...


Star Fox 64

In Star Fox 64 (also released as Lylat Wars), Slippy takes the role of the team's mechanic, analyzing the bosses and building vehicles such as the Landmaster (tank) and the Blue Marine (submarine). He continues to be a pilot as well. It is also noticeable that he speaks in a high-pitched and childish voice which contrasts the deep-voiced character of the previous game and portrays him as an inexperienced and innocent character. This is also when Slippy becomes more childish and begins to stammer more. He's also the one who seems to get in the most trouble. A Mechanic is a person who fixes things (generally machinery) or works to keeps things operating properly. ... The Landmaster in Star Fox: Assault. ... The Blue Marine The Blue Marine is a research submersible from the Star Fox series of video games. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ... A female child A child (plural: children) is a young human,or someone who has not yet reached puberty (someone who is prepubescent). ...


Star Fox Adventures

Slippy begins inventing things to help on Fox's journey instead of piloting an Arwing. The binoculars that he sent down wind up in Shabunga's Store and he also sends Fox a SharpClaw disguise. Slippy (along with Peppy Hare) was voiced by Christopher Seavor. In the video game series Star Fox, the Arwing is a fictional prototype aerospace fighter craft, developed by Space Dynamics. ... Peppy Hare is a fictional anthropomorphic hare from the Star Fox series of video games. ...


Star Fox: Assault

Slippy continues to pilot an Arwing and analyzes the boss, allowing one to see their life gauges. He frequently gets into trouble during missions. If one fails to save him, he will not be able to display the health of the level's boss. It should be noted that he has apparently aged enough to drop the much-ridiculed voice he had in Star Fox 64. Slippy also appears to be the brains since he was the first one to see through the Aparoid Queen's voice imitations. In VS. Mode, Slippy is a high-skilled character. He is also the only character to have a full five stars for Landmaster skills in his Character Abilities.


Star Fox Command

In Star Fox Command, Slippy falls for a female frog named Amanda, and proposes to her a month before the game begins. Because of this, he devotes most of his time to his newfound relationship rather than Star Fox. In several missions, however, the player has the choice of getting Slippy's help for the stage. His customized Arwing, the Bullfrog, comes equipped with Plasma Lasers (similar to the traditional Twin Lasers powerup, only packing more of a punch), a capacity to hold three Bombs, high shielding and mid-low boost/barrel roll capabilities. The only real downsides to the Bullfrog are the lack of a lock-on feature and low maneuverability compared to other vehicles, like Fox McCloud's Arwing II and Falco Lombardi's Sky Claw. Star Fox Command is a video game for the Nintendo DS, and the fifth released game in Nintendos Star Fox game series. ... [[Template:NihongoFox McCloud]] is a fictional anthropomorphic fox from the Star Fox series of video games. ... Falco Lombardi is an anthropomorphic falcon character in Nintendos Star Fox series of video games. ...


Trivia

  • During the gap between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures, Slippy briefly worked for Cornerian weapons R&D where he invented many spacecraft, weapons and gadgets for the Cornerian forces.
  • In the games Slippy is the one who needs help to deal with enemy aerial pursuit the most. He also is the first one to need help in every game (excluding Star Fox Adventures and Star Fox Command, in which the player is always flying solo). However, he seems more skilled at ground warfare, effectively clearing a small area in Assault's third mission, where he was on foot and eventually left in charge to take control of the remaining area as Fox goes to help Falco and Krystal fight Star Wolf.
  • Slippy makes several cameos in Super Smash Bros. Melee: he appears as a trophy, appears in a cutscene in Adventure Mode (after Fox is defeated), if Fox or Falco press left and right on the control pad on Venom or Corneria, they will receive a transmission from the other three members of Star Fox. Finally, an Event Match is called "Slippy's Invention", in which he makes Fox and Falco invisible. In the game, he was voiced by Chris Seavor.
  • On September 9th 2004, Nintendo sent this letter to Animal Crossing: Wild World players via Wi-fi:

"Dear ________,
Star Fox Command stats
are live! We were going
to give you Slippy, but
take this instead!
From Nintendo"

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Games Featuring Slippy

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External links

  • Star Fox official site
  • Slippy Toad in Penny Arcade
Star Fox series
Main games Star Fox (Starwing) | 64 (Lylat Wars) | Adventures | Assault | Command
Cancelled games 2 | Virtual Boy | Arcade
Characters Fox McCloud | Falco Lombardi | Peppy Hare | Slippy Toad | Andross | Wolf O'Donnell | Krystal | Others
Teams Star Fox | Star Wolf
Vehicles and Locations Arwing | Great Fox | Blue Marine | Landmaster | Wolfen | Planets and locations

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Foxgirl's Starfox Zone/Character Pages/Slippy Toad (257 words)
Some of the scrapes Slippy gets himself into sometimes adds comic relief to the situations your in during the mission.
Slippy is not the best pilot but what he lacks in Arwing skills he makes up for in his mechanical ability.
Starfox Adventures Description: Lately Slippy has been devoting a lot of time to Cornerian Weapons R&D, but he continues to work with his friends in the Starfox team.
Slippy Toad - Arwingpedia - a Wikia wiki (523 words)
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Slippy Toad (スリッピー・トード Surippī Tōdo) is a childhood friend of Fox, and has been flying with him for several years.
Slippy is the son of Beltino Toad, the Research Director for the Cornerian Defense Forces.
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