General Pepper has been an important supporting character in the Star Fox series ever since the first game, therefore he has made appearances in the comics, and appears in the promotional anime for "Star Fox Zero", where he made a major role.
Comic Appearances[]
Star Fox Comics[]
General Pepper appeared in the Star Fox Comics made by Nintendo Power, based on the original Star Fox title. He has a sweet tooth for lollypops.
- In Benimaru Itoh-produced artwork, General Pepper's eyes alternate between light green and reddish-brown.
Lylat Wars Comic[]
General Pepper appeared in the Lylat Wars Comic, filling the similar role he had in the game. He first appears making an emergency plea to Star Fox, projecting himself from the commlink to grabbing Fox by his throat in desperation. Pepper continues to brief the Star Fox Team about the war efforts during their travels of the Lylat System. When Team Star Fox return to Corneria City after Andross's defeat, General Pepper is even more generous with his offer in making Fox the Cornerian Minister of Defense. Fox turns this offer down feeling his unit are better as a small quick team than a space fleet, but promises the General that he can always count on them. When Great Fox takes off into space and leaves Corneria, Fox takes a coffee break and bills General Pepper for their services in response to the destruction of Andross, where Pepper is astonished at the bill's total.
Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins[]
General Pepper in Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins.
General Pepper appears in the promotional anime short, playing a major role to coincide with the release of Star Fox Zero. The short begins with Andross watching footage of the man responsible for his exile: General Pepper; making public announcements and uncovering a prized portrait in his honor, where he wears multiple medals of valor. This greatly angers the ape emperor, so he orders his lieutenant Granga to bring Pepper to him before the Androssian army being their attack. From his command tower, General Pepper watches with pride as the inhabitants live pefectly in harmony, until the warp zone opens above the command tower.
En route to Corneria from a ten-day flight from Sauria, ROB reports a distress signal from General Pepper that the Androssian forces are attacking Corneria City. Strider units start to scale the tower but they are leaving the tower intact to take General Pepper hostage since he is the focus of the attack. Peppy is noticeably nervous and Pepper wonders about something that Andross dared to rebuild, while Falco ponders why they don't blow the tower up when they caught the army by surprise, which Pepper reveals that they came for him. Slippy then suggests that the crab robots are using bio-tracking tech to find General Pepper and thinks they need to separate his bio-signal from their sights, which Falco thinks is crazy and gives Peppy an idea, pulling Slippy away to the lab.
The Striders overwhelm the tower so Pepper orders the tower to evacuate and stays behind since the army has come for him, but two loyal Dog Soldiers say behind with him. Once the Arwings appear on Corneria's seas, Fox advises General Pepper to take shelter in a confined space, so the two Dog Soldiers stuff the general into a cleaner robot, much to his dismay. Peppy then fires the test tube item out and creates a blast radius which draws the other robots away from the tower, because Slippy used the lock of Pepper's fur from Peppy's lucky charm to make missiles of Peppers life signs to draw their targeting away.
When the invaders and their mothership Androsa downed, Granga gets ready to takeoff and retreat, leaving one crab left on the tower's command bridge, which is stopped in the nick of time by Fox, who gives Pepper a thumbs up before leaving for the Great Fox. The Cornerian people cheer for the victory and General Pepper thanks Star Fox for saving them once more, and hates to ask for more of them but there's a battle going on in Sector α and request urgent back up support from them. However, General Pepper speaks with Peppy on his secret private channel because the discussion is strictly between them concerning that the attack was only the beginning and then discuss the importance of a weapon that Andross dared to rebuild. Pepper asks Peppy to do what must be done when the time comes, but it must kept strictly between them and the team must not find out.
Notes[]
Although General Pepper did not appear in the "Farewell, Beloved Falco" manga himself, the Cornerian turncoat Captain Shears is modelled on Pepper's character design set to have been used in "Star Fox 2". It was originally believed that the Cornerian officer appearing in the formerly canceled game was a separate character before being officially reconfirmed to be Pepper when the game was finally released in 2017.
External links[]
- Nintendo Power Comic
- Lylat Wars Comic translated
- "Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins" on Nintendo's Youtube Channel
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| Others | Free-As-A-Bird • Marcus • Slippy's son • Peppy's granddaughter • Fara Phoenix | |
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| Other Vehicles |       • Roadmaster
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| Inhabitants |  • Vivian Hare • Vixy Reinard •
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| Companies | Bulldog Squadron • Cornerian Academy • Cornerian Defense Force • Corneria Precious Metals Ltd. • Free-As-A-Bird • G-Zero Grand Prix • Husky Squadron • Space Dynamics • Star Falco • Star Fox | |
| Vehicles |    • Cornerian Transport  • Pleiades-class Cruiser
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| Technology | AegisCam  Re-block • RE:BOT • Self-destruct program • Sentry Bot
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| Bases | Area 3 • Climate control center • Corneria City • Fichina Base • Katina Frontline Base • Katina Outpost • Orbital Gate | |