A Fox in Space - Episode Two - "Fixing a Hole" [4K] [MP4 DOWNLOAD LINK IN DESC]
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Ten years before the events of episode one, James McCloud and Peppy Hare set out on a top-secret mission to the planet Venom.
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Crazy Nintendo made a whole franchise off your series!
can't wait for the "A Fox in Space" gamer chair
I don't like how they changed the name for the games. Now more people are calling him Star Fox.
Crazy to believe more people are probably more excited for this than any game Nintendo could release these days. I still have Star Fox Zero PTSD.
@@supermariofan130 Star Fox Zero wasn't *that* bad
the worst part about it was the awful Wii U controls
@@anachronity9002 And that it rehashed the story of Star Fox 64 instead of telling a new story continuing on from Assault or Command.
So sick seeing this come to life. Excellent work fox.
Weirdly enough, “A Fox in Space” sounds like the title you’d probably use if you ever made a Star Fox parody.
Yoooo! It's awesome seeing you here Meat! Love your work too man. Hoping Fox here can get all the love and views he can.
Hello MeatCanyon!
❤️❤️❤️
Kool beanz
I genuinely cackled when Falcos dad said “Shut up and eat your fuckin’ fazool”
I fucking love the idea of Falco being a hotblooded Italian.
Well, his name and surname are strikingly Italian sounding.
Matt did a great job voicing him. Really shows his character range. As an Italian American, I feel like he really got the cadence right. Just the right amount of silly and endearing.
@@scorpionfiresome3834 Falco's surname is spelled with an "i," but there is an region in Italy called "Lombardy."
@@sixstanger00 Lombardia, yes.
@@sixstanger00 Lombardi Is litterally just a common italian surname.
For those curious, the sign language at the 33:17 mark translates to:
"This is why I warned you to bring your gun today."
thank you!
I know what he said
I know what he said
oh.. i thought the guy doing sign language was just trying to mouth something and rubbed his own nips too
I thought so
...Can I just say I enjoy that when Wolf gets distracted by realizing Fox is on level 9, he sounds genuinely impressed. The little moments.
My new favorite headcanon is Wolf's rivalry of Fox started because Fox could make it to Level 9 in "The Violence" and Wolf can't lol
the plot of this show exists just to stitch the little moments together and i love it X'D
Fara knows the music to the level, so she probably can reach level 9 too. It's just Wolf that can't. He's got so much to prove, poor guy.
"Uh- Is he on level 9"
"Yeah, that's the music"
"Hmmm"
Fara casually butting her head in under him is relationship goals
I love how "lived in" this world feels.
Oftentimes in fan animations, the "atmosphere" is missed. The soap commercial, the interaction with Wolf's dad, Fara pulling Fox aside to ask about a video game (while Fox disinterestedly tries to describe it in five seconds to get back to playing the video game) - like, this is how people actually talk.
Nothing is overstated. Characters aren't overhamming the big bad and aren't pretending the world is about to end in three days, despite the weight of the situation.
Nothing is understated. Care is given to two coworkers having a spat over a gift when they will (likely) never have importance again. Hell, the espionage incident is just a thing that happens - maybe a precursor to the Wolfen.
Every single character in this video feels like a person.
Couldnt agree more, I love the pacing of this series and the moments of silence that are played out
The "nothing overstated, nothing understated" is a great observation. _Really_ hard for a story to hit that balance.
THAT'S FOX??? holy shit
@@imnotchilla9482Fox McCloud! Star Fox is the name of the team.
@@camwyn256 I'm talking about the kid, I didn't know that was Fox
It bothered me why Eckblade's partner was really slow to react to Pigma shooting them down. I thought it was an oversight, but in 33:43 on the second watchthrough, I realized since he's deaf and Eckblade is blocking line of sight on Pigma, he basically almost had no time to react, leading to his death. I also like the fact that if you look closely, he's always focused on catching what people are saying as opposed to other characters whose gazes tend to drift around based on what they're saying. At 33:08, you can tell he's focusing on his partner's mouth to sus out what he's saying, which is a common tactic for anyone who's grown up hearing impared. At 33:20, you can see Eckblades pupil's perfectly tracking his hands while communicating in sign language. All of this in about 40 seconds of animation. So much attention to detail packed into one scene, this animation is freaking mind boggling.
Holy crap that's just so much attention to detail I love it.
Damn. Nice catch!
Why did Pigma shoot them anyway? Isnt pigma with them?
@@Grumbledookvid This was a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand was doing. Andross wasn't the one who sent them after James but that traitor Captain Shears.
@@Grumbledookvid To give James a sense of security and get his guard down.
Wolf saying "I'm your biggest fan" is eerie foreshadwing knowing when he says it years later in Episode 1
Right??? Full on goosebumps man. I rewatched ep1 just to see the delivery again.
It's so fucking good!
Favorite moment of an episode dripping with quality
This doesn't even feel like fanfiction, it's breathing life into the story.
I was watching this like a legit drama, but a brief second I was like "I forgot Hare is literally the do-a-barrel-roll guy"
Sadly, this is still technically fan fiction. On the bright side, there do exist some fan fictions out there that are as well-written as this, just without the luxury of having any art to go with them, much less animation or sound.
I've read fanfics that had just as much life in them. What've you been reading?
Nintendo dropped the ball, I'll take this over anything they have done with the IP
@@Edward256 Yeah, I was gonna say. Good writing is good writing
21:30 The body language...
You can tell Wolf isn't truely mad at Bill because his ears never sweep back. When his dad scolds him earlier, you can see how they would react when he's scared or frustrated.
*Chef's kiss*
6:58 The way Wolf’s dad affectionately glances over at Fox while he’s playing video games conveys so much character. Gruff retired military divorcee genuinely cares about the next generation. Maybe some pining for Fox’s innocence that he, James, and now his own son have lost. I dunno man. Little moments like that make this work stand out so much.
omfg I totally got that scene wrong.
He saying not knowing when the father is back and then looking at the kid-fox AND THEN THE WOMAN SAYING "A HORRIBLE LIFE RUINING DISASTER"...
I... I thought it was implied that he did the no-no with Fox.....
love how you can take a cheesy ass line like “only i have the brains to rule lylat” and turn it into a genuinely stunning moment
right??? that blew my f**kin wig back
I'm still reeling over "I can't believe I lost to this scum!!!"
Glad I ain't the only one who realized that. He took it and made it menacing.
I'd -vote for- select someone so hard if that was their pitch
LOL genuinely stunning, it was okay man
I love how you just let the characters breath, think and observe. That is sadly lacking with majority of online animation, or just animation in general - and with your style it brings so much gravity and realism to the medium. This deserves several rewatches. Anyways my dude, kudos on finishing this episode and best wishes for the future.
Umami!!!
I guess most audiences’ attention spans are too short these days.
You and Matthews style have always been immaculate. I’ve never seen a better animated series than both Interface and this series now. Keep up the great work man 👍
@@geoffreyrichards6079 more so that there’s only so much that you can fit in 10 min/20 min episodes, and normally an episodic format comes with a pattern of “new issue comes up, conflict, issue is resolved, next episode”. It’s hard to fit in those slower moments depending on the case.
The silence, and like you said breathing room, raises the emotions and tensions of the drama and humor so elegantly.
32:00 “This is… such an ugly planet.”
(Minor spoilers for those of you read comments before/during watching the video.) To me this line really stands out as being extremely sad. Dess doesn’t like Venom, doesn’t want to be there, but here he is. And while we don’t know exactly what happened to him, whatever it was seems to have been surefire enough for him to know he was about to die. He didn’t want the last thing he saw to be Venom’s landscape.
That's the hardest hitting line for me as well. Really well delivered in all the unspoken regret it carries.
Thanks so much for pointing this out! It's such a great bit of writing!
It's possible the disks Dess was handing over pertained to research to make Venom more habitable (definitely something Andross would want to get his hands on). If so, then his final words being about how ugly the planet is are even more poignant.
Rewatching for the hundredth time, a few things I love.
-Every character that calls him Jim. In the games, James has always been this sort of legend. This legacy that Fox has to live up to. This thing that Fox is chasing after. Hearing people call him "Jim" humanizes him more than anything else he says or does. To Fox, and to the audience, James McCloud is someone we can never truly know. But to Peppy and Dess, he's just a guy.
-Dess' eyes. We see them reflecting light in his last few lines. It's not something we see too often. Most of the time, characters' eyes are flatly colored. But in his final moments, we can still see the light in his eyes.
-When James is talking to Bel, he never refers to himself. He always refers to both him and Peppy, and always speaks AFTER Peppy.
Peppy: My cruise is charged
James: Alright, Bel. We're ready.
Dunno if it means anything. Maybe James is trying to distance himself from the mission. Maybe he's letting Peppy take the lead on confirming details just to make sure Peppy is actually committed to the mission. Just something I noticed.
-Wolf's dad. He really seems like a good guy. The way he talks to Fox, he's clearly disappointed in James for dumping his kid on him so frequently. At first glance, he looks like a dull-eyed, drunken slob sitting on the couch who doesn't care about Wolf or could be abusive. But the only time he actually gets aggressive is when the subject of Wolf's mom comes up. He's probably going to be heartbroken when he realizes Wolf isn't coming back.
-Farah's face journey when she realizes Wolf ditched her. The way it ends with her narrowing her eyes and her ears pointed up. Switching from "He's abandoning me" to "He USED me".
-On that note, if the show follows the games, it's funny that all of Wolf's friends (Bill, Farah, Miyu, Fay) will end up being closer to Fox than him.
One thing I love or add to that is the liners used.
"Only I have the brains to rule Lylat." Can be Andross taking advantage of the hype surrounding him and his followers, even if he probably hates stooping to that level.
"Everyone knows I'm an asshole." He's talking to the audience. We KNOW how this ends. What'll happen to James, and despite being an asshole, Pigma's not gonna bother changing despite being uncomfortable with the whole setup. And if the "Hole" is a reference to an impending Aparoid invasion, we all know what happens to Pigma...
seemed to me James was more into how his past is quickly coming back to bite him in the tail, its one of those bad feelings you get.
I thought the "brains to rule Lylat" line was just a fun call-back to Star Fox 64 the first time around but upon re-watch, I see that he's hinting at many of his loyal soldiers being brain transplants. Today was also the first time I noticed Wolf checking his pulse before confronting his friends at the base, and seeing Desslar cough up blood onto his hand when he says "planet".
Also, Peppy is generally detail oriented. He's the one that's the living encyclopedia of information and advice in the game. James, like Fox, defers to Peppy
I think Wolf ultimately knew that we wasn't going to have much of a life if he stuck around: Farah's father would never accept him as his daughter's boyfriend, he had washed out of the Academy (presumably because of his lost eye), and if he stayed on his current path he'd wind up just like his father.
i love the “everything’s going to get incredibly bad in any moment” atmosphere
under appreciated element to the show, especially this episode
We know that Jame's mission goes poorly but even so, the buildup to it is done really well.
20:46 "Gone forever, didn't even leave a note." Perfect foreshadowing for what Wolf is about to do. ^^
Other interesting details/foreshadowing:
-Re-watching Wolf's scenes knowing that he's planning on running away, he's clearly savoring what he knows will be his final moments with Fara (or at least, the final moments where she'll have any good thoughts of him; if ever by any chance they cross paths in the future, the feelings will be bitter).
-Wolf's dad remarks that his son's hair looks the same, which makes me suspect Wolf didn't spend the 20 for any "styling," and was gambling on his father loaning him more money for the road.
-When the girls are talking about not handling anymore stress, Wolf comments on how he should work on his timing; he knows his stealing the plane will result in PLENTY of stress for them.
-"I just wanted to show off one more time." Yeah... the last time.
Also, I love how little Fox is saying how he has no intention of flying a ship... until he sees Wolf flying one. Obviously, that awoke something in Fox (and using language like that makes me recall how Matt stated his series was meant to acknowledge the very popular Fox/Wolf ship, lol). Heh heh, but this makes this one particular action of Wolf's even more impactful: not only did he run away, abandon Fara and become the criminal he is today, he unknowingly created his own biggest rival in that moment.
Great job! I wish this comment was farther up haha
@@utisti4976 Oh thank you! Haha, yeah... well, if it keeps getting attention, it just might get higher. ;)
Lost his lover & made his rival all in the same instance - which is carried through both of their expressions alone in that moment.
This reminds me of the parallels between both Lobo & Kitty's relationship with Puss in the new "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" film :3
@@GalekC For anyone who doesn't know, Puss calls the Wolf "Lobo". I had to google that myself XD
Great movie
Don't forget that Wolf balked at the idea of taking a child with him to Fara's airbase, and that the first thing he did before leaving Corneria forever was point his fighter directly at Fox and Fara. I have a distinct impression that he was initially planning on attacking the base after taking off to prevent anyone from pursuing him, but didn't actually want to harm young Fox or Fara in the process, leading him to try his luck just stealing the fighter.
@20:30 Wolf checks his pulse to make sure he’s chill before lying his snout off
Wow really ? I didn't know that 😮
I didn't even notice it until now but Dess spits blood on his hand when he says the "P" in planet right before dying; this shit is insanely detailed
I missed that too.
"James...please."
A part of me feels that Andross did really want James to work with him without force or malice. For a moment he dropped the dictator side to ask a friend hoping that would sway him over.
I do appreciate that while Andross is still absolutely a maniacal dictator in this... there is a genuinely "human" side to his character and he's not twirling his moustache. He has an ultimately un-selfish goal that he's working toward. Yeah, it involves taking over the system, but it's WHY he wants to that's important here. He found something - something he truly believes is an imminent threat to all of Lylat. And he doesn't think they're ready for it.
@@BlaziethIf it's what I think it is (according to this show), he may have been right 10, 15 years ago, but who could predict they would've been ready 20 years later?
@@AkaiAzul My guess is that he found those things from Star Fox Assult.
@@Brandonious15987 The Aparoids? Thatd be crazy. :O I do wonder what it was Andross was referring to when he said "you saw what was on the other side of the hole."
@tailedgates9 Thanks and yes the Aparoids. As far as I know they were the biggest threat to the Lylat system.
This is a master class in facial animation and acting, the subtleties are amazing. When Farah is watching Wolf fly off in the ship, when James takes a moment before leaving Peppy on the train, when Andross's expression changes after James rejects his offer, hell even the lingering shot on Pigma trying to figure out wtf these two were talking about in the car. The world doesn't contain enough chef kiss emojis~
Even little things like when she’s looking at Wolf in the car and then when Fox says her name, her eyes shift very very slightly but clearly they move to look at Fox when he calls her name. He didn’t have to do that at all, but it’s a sweet details that adds up to make things feel more alive
Seriously. The amount of subtleties found in animation are so infinite. And Matt figured out how to draw it and stage it better than many big budget animated films with entire teams animating.
Not to mention, in the in one close shot of Pigma in the car... you can see the guilt on Pigma's face as he's struggling with the decision he made to betray Fox. He isn't just a one-off asshole like he is in the games - Matt gives him some depth in the little screen time he has. LOVE this episode so much.
I like the look Wolf's dad gives Fox after talking about James not mentioning where he was off to. No character in this show is one-dimensional.
@@AJR-zg2py james, not fox, but yea
That realization hitting Farah as Wolf flies away fucking hurtttts
This is what finding out the person you loved cheating on you feels like. You can't believe it's happening, you wonder if you're even going crazy for a second, but nope; there it is! Crystal clear!
I love how beltino, scientist and engineer, designer and manufacturer of the most advanced dogfighter plane in existance, creator of an engine capable of disrupting gravitational fields, gets to work by bus
gotta keep that low profile
The six years of dedication are equally impressive as the animation. This feels like a adult swim movie from an alternate universe.
I too felt like I was in another universe.
Someone did make it look like it aired on Adult Swim.
th-cam.com/video/9siAJ5pQpgM/w-d-xo.html
Watching this actually made me feel like a kid again being up late at night when cartoon network ended and rolled into adult swim.
That look on Fara's face when she realized he was either:
A - Not coming back.
B - Doing something to get her into so much trouble that she gets kicked out of being a test pilot.
C - Both.
"A horrible, life-ruining disaster of an idea."
So much was said without even saying a word. It was magical.
All I wanna do is peer into the minds of these characters to know, but the series forces you to guess and it's marvelous.
it was a metaphor for him dumping her
At this point knowing wolf my assumption was that he used her all this time to finally escape his previous life with a sweet ride.
An absolute hail Mary long shot I know, but I love the idea that the "them" on the other side of the "hole" is the Aparoids.
That’s what I assumed it was
I'm expecting a Kirby crossover with metaphysical entities.
18:18. Wolf teases Fox about his supposed taste in older women; it gets quite sad when you remember Fox's mother canonically dies when he's an infant.
Damn Wolf taking off and the quiet close up to Farah realizing he's leaving was heartbreaking I did not expect that
She had that look in her eyes, and I was just like, "Oh... this is not going to end well."
It explains how they ended up as mercs.
Ticking off the wrong people in the military can see your career hit a dead end...even if Farahs father could pull strings to keep her in it.
@@warherojango936 Too right. Allowing someone who wasn't supposed to be on base takes a military starcraft that's probably worth over a million. Yeah...that's definitely going to kill whatever promising military careers, they got planned for the future.😮😅
Yeah I mean damn. What Wolf did...that right there is cold as shit man. That's a real dick move. He used Fara and left her in the worst way possible. I mean you can see it in her eyes, the utter heartbreak and betrayal. Not to mention he pretty much killed whatever promising military career she had planned for herself.
@@warherojango936 The fact that wolf didn't have a keycard and manipulated Farah and Bill led me to believe that he already got kicked out or discharged somehow. That's why he knew how to get a ship but didn't have access for it.
My guess is he flew that one off to start his career as a mercenary.
It's terrifying to know that the Hyena dude was just hiding in the dark with just his eyes showing at 33:55
oh my god, i didn’t even notice that!
thanks for the nightmares!
how many subtle details can the creator possibly fit into one episode holy crap
Mr. Rhys must have worked for a defunct pizza and children's entertainment joint before he became a high-ranking officer for Andross
@@BronzeAgePepper "Toreador March" intensifies
"Whatever happens, its going to be your fault" is a cold thing to say. Fantastic writing.
Peppy saying “My man” Makes his character feel so real lol
28:35 It's genuinely amazing how Andross saying the funny line and everyone clapping can come across so *sinister.*
@@EmeraldLavigne
With thunderous applause.
A lot of things happened to me while this was being made. I went through college. I graduated. Worked multiple jobs. Gained friends. Lost friends. Played a lot of games. Completed a lot of games.
Seeing this come out, it's almost unreal. But it's here. And I haven't even watched it yet.
There wasn’t any more friends anymore since year 2020.
Entire empires rose and fell since the last episode
Sadly animation is a massive time sink; 40 minutes of this quality? No wonder it took years.
Same
Holy shit, this hits different.
23:12 my jaw dropped I did NOT expect this to happen and I feel so friggin bad for Ferah
The fact that Slippy's dad immediately gets to business once the thugs leave, tells me that he experiences such events on a regular basis at this point.
Beltino just assumed corporate espionage cus that's what he's familiar in dealing with, but if you know the lore around Captain Shears then you know it's not quite what it seems on the surface.
@@BronzeAgePepperif I may ask, what’s the lore around Captain Shears?
@@breezybeezz9090 he's from a tie-in manga "Farewell Beloved Falco", I think it's canon just within the SF64-thru-Command continuity and it tells the story of what happened between SF64 and SF Adventures. Pretty easy to find translated online for free. I'll leave the spoilers explaining it under "Read More."
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in the manga, the Cornerian Army's Captain Shears turns out to be a double agent for Andross trying to resurrect him after SF64's ending. I'm not totally sure what his alignment is here, maybe he's instead a double agent for the "Separatists" mentioned by Andross since he sends the lemurs after James and Peppy, only for Andross' men to dispose of them to capture James, or he's a plant for the Venomian government but not Andross since the latter is yet to be made premier.
@@BronzeAgePepper I didn't realize Shears was a in-lore character, i thought he was made for this animation only. I gotta ask, at the end when Andross talks about a "hole" and "what's on the other side" of it and that "they know we are here", is that a reference to anything established in Star Fox? or is that a thing made up for the animation?
@@DarkOmegaMK2 both the "hole" and "they" are indeed lore allusions. Wormholes are often found in secret places in the actual games, usually leading to skipping ahead many levels, or entirely new levels...some a bit psychedelic or disturbing like "Out Of This Dimension" in Star Fox SNES. In the lore, Desslar Coba, whom here gave James the discs of his and his late wife Vixy's wormhole research, was an actual character in the SNES/SF2 continuity that went lost in the "Out Of This Dimension" space and never returned (and in the SNES game, you literally can't leave that level unless you turn the game off and start over).
"They" likely alludes to the Aparoids from Star Fox Assault, basically insect versions of the Borg from Star Trek assimilating all races they find into their hivemind. Their homeworld requires FTL travel to reach from Lylat, so it would make sense for Andross and the McCloud parents' experiments with wormholes to accidentally discover them and alert them of the Lylat system's presence, which would make even Andross afraid and plead to James to help complete his work before the threat becomes real (while also affirming his megalomaniacal ideals about ruling Lylat, since he sees himself as the only capable leader to resist the Aparoids).
This was better than I ever could of expected, Wolf using Farrah was just absoutely heart wrenching man.......
For real! When he just left after playing everyone like that, and kept going. I felt the heartbreak as her smile fades to a frown.
I was trying to understand what happened during that scene but damn, that's heartbreaking
@@dracodancer3262 he dated her just to steal a ship.
Yeah wolf sucks, I feel bad for fara now.
@@LazyPirate8 I don’t think he did it just to steal it but he did use her at the end
I absolutely love the scene about the gimball between Peppy and Beltino and Beltino telling him exactly how to fix the guns and Peppy just going "my man"
I wonder if this system is how the lock on shot works
@@OnyDeus It's a reference to how Star Fox Zero controls.
Matthew posted that scene in a separate video a while back. Someone asked for a downloadable sounds clip of Peppy saying that and he gave them a link.
@@VirtualKnight64 I was the one who asked.
I was just memeing, didn't expect him to do it. Cemented Matt as a man of the people.
I still regularly use it
That Lollipop bite was very persuasive. The mans entire fate rested in a lollipop crunch.
Well Pepper is a dog after all. Stronger bite forces and such.
26:25 "Sir!..please stay in line we'll be right with you, we appreciate your patience!" The smoothest animation I've seen yet, whoever worked on that scene should get paid double, also the VA, cause his "customer service" voice is SUCH A VIBE!!
The actor is known "Laphin" Hyena. The animator is most likely the creator of this entire thing here, who also voices Fox, Wolf, and many of the other characters.
LOL that's me working at taco bell
it gave me such Saka vibes from avatar last airbender
I know!!! ❤❤ it was so good!
I'll say this... the one scene that sticks with me is James's conversation with Desslar. James finding out Dess hasn't seen Pigma, Dess's hesitancy at learning Pepper sent James, having to turn over the old test disks, his plea not to let it all go to waste, and if the implications were true, his last words... "This is... such an ugly planet..."
I don't know Desslar's backstory, but just his tired composure along with the implications of what was done to him just hurts to see and hear. I knew from the previews that 2 would be the step into James's past, but this one conversation has a really somber, tragic tone to it all. Really hammers in how bad Andross and Venom really are for me.
I keep rewatching that scene over and over, just amazed at how much I feel for this character over the course of just two minutes. I wanna hug him, truly.
Yeah Gafford did a fantastic job of introducing some new characters to the SF universe. I got the impression that Dess was an undercover spy for General Pepper, and staying under the radar in Venom's totalitarian regime was probably a nightmare; imagine being in that position - being on a hellish planet, being unable to trust anyone because they could be a Venom agent and/or an assassin. Dess probably couldn't afford to sleep.
What I find most intriguing is Vixy's findings on Titania. Andross mentions a portal, and implies that some form of beings exist on the other side. Could be a reference to the Aparoids from SF: Assault, or the temple gods from SF: Adventures.
@@sixstanger00 If you look closely, There's blood in Dess' nose and mouth after the "Your friend looks tired" comment. Dude hid a fatal injury from James and held out long enough to deliver the disks.
@@Blazieth I thought he was poisoned
@@EricToTheScionti Could be either one, to be fair. We're not told cause of death. i figured hiding an actual wound would explain the exhaustion, and turn the "no sleep" claim into part of the lie.
At first, I didn't understand why Wolf left the way he did. But after rewatching this, I think it makes sense. Wolf has nothing else keeping him on Corneria.
To Wolf, he no longer has a girlfriend in Fara. With Fara's father running for premier (and likely winning), Wolf believes her father will not allow them to be together. He says it himself "Look, I'm just not Cornerian Premier's... daughter's... boyfriend... material, Fara." Rather than wait for the consequences (being forced to break up with Fara) of telling her father about him, he decides to leave. Because to him, it's a "horrible, life-ruining disaster of an idea".
Wolf also no longer can be a pilot if he stays on Corneria. We don't really hear about how, or why Wolf lost his eye. However, it's clearly the reason he was discharged from the Corneria Flight Academy. When Wolf asks what the "lovely ladies" in the hangar have that he doesn't, Bill responds with "depth perception". Depth perception is a necessary physical attribute when piloting any aircraft safely. Wolf was likely discharged because he no longer has the physical qualities required by the CFA to be a pilot. With Wolf being unable to fly per the CFA, Corneria no longer provides Wolf with a means to do what it is he loves, flying. Thus, he leaves.
Lastly, I think Wolf no longer wants anything to do with his family. We hear very early that Wolf was living with his father to get away from that "crazy mother" of his. While Wolf's father doesn't seem like a bad guy, he acts as an authority over Wolf. His father says, "now you listen, and you list good : If you're gonna stay here to get away from that crazy mother of your, you're gonna have to follow the rules". Well by leaving Corneria, Wolf no longer has to follow the rules. This also in a way ties in with my second point about no longer being allowed to be a pilot. CFA likely has rules that don't allow people with a lack of depth perception to become pilots. By leaving Corneria, Wolf no longer has to follow the rules of his father or the CFA. So, Wolf leaves to become a pilot and his own rule maker.
It's actually pretty relatable when you take a step back and look at the situation he is in. Wolf is one of my favorite Star Fox characters, and I love the new life this series has given him and the Star Fox series as a whole.
To the creator - Keep doing what you're doing, people love your work.
Interestingly, it also puts us in the same shoes as the other characters around him who like him: His dad obviously cares for him, Fara, Bill; it's very easy to like this rendition of Wolf, but he leaves ALL of it. He shows them, and the viewer the depths of his capabilities of deception.
I think Wolf lost his eye after being captured and tortured by Venomians, but I'm not sure if this is still canon.
Monocular vision really isn't that big of a deal as a pilot versus other things. You can even get a pilot's license if your remaining eye passes an eye exam. It is not unreasonable however to believe there ane militaries that would think otherwise.
Surprisingly good analysis for a TH-cam comment.
Oh damn you got noticed!
I don't know why or how I've missed the premier of this absolutely legendary episode, but if there's one thing I must comment on... It's the atmosphere. Every single moment, ever single frame goes unwasted, featuring defining characterization and details, it's simply beautiful. The charm of Fox's innocence, the way Wolf skirts around topics and subjects, even the way Pigma's brow never unfurls and stays stern as if to say that he's always been upset with himself but could never change how he behaves... or would if he had the chance.
The comedy, the tension, and the sheer amount of information you can pick up just off of singular interactions. And most of all? Andross referring to that... "Hole."
I watched the first episode several times just for the charm of reproducing that era of television, let alone the characterization. Now after watching this once? I already want to jump back in and drown in every rich line. Even the silent ones. An amazing team effort that's unified by a genius of a director, writer, and composer. Thank you for this.
Same here been waiting for episode 2 since the first one but don't remember getting the notification for it
The subtle potshot at Star Fox Zero's aiming mechanics with the "gimbaled cannons" joke at 11:59 ... clever.
assault also has that as a control option, but most people left it off
Where is the setting to gimble my cannons? Never found it in assault
@@truearwingace if you go to control options, there's options for single stick mode, dual stick mode, and R button run. Dual stick and R button modes let you control your gun separately
@@MizoxNG even when piloting the Arwing?
@@truearwingace ah, seems like it doesn't affect the arwing. my bad lol
That whole exchange between Coba and James, the parental taunting between Wolf and his dad, and how incredibly faceted Andross was in this episode. The balance of comedy and drama was perfect.
As someone who doesn't know a thing about Starfox, I can confirm that context and understanding are not required to experience a masterpiece. Every scene is more exceptional than the last.
Favorite moments: "Your friend looks tired." "He's not supposed to go that far." "With her eyes done up like that?"
OH! Young Falco was also an amazing scene. God damn, such good characterization.
If anything, it's even better without context because the references are laid on a little thick. That's my only real complaint though. Still adore pretty much everything about this.
Star Fox 64, 64 3D, and Zero all explain the story so that you don’t have to.
Agreed to an extent you'll appreciate it more when you see that some lines used came from the games and know the lore
Can't help but feel like these aren't references to old films or the like, as if he created those lines himself.
7 years well spent my man, this is amazing!
36:06
Okay, I don't know if this is foreshadowing or referencing the games, but the fact that Andross is just a head in the hologram is genius and took me a few rewatches to get!
To be honest, this is a historic moment for the Star Fox community. I am incredibly happy that it’s finally happening. Thank you so much for sticking with this project and we’re all excited to see what you’ll make next.
Thanks for not writing "an historic" like all the official outlets do. An is used to bridge vowel sounds and you pronounce the h in historic, so I never understood why people say "an historic".
@@kittah4 I think it just rolls off the tongue than saying “a historic”. I am an editor/journalist for my highschool newspaper and it happens a lot when I’m editing articles.
I know nintendo would never do it but could you imagine if they made star fox a lot more gritty like this story and gameplay wise?
This isn’t just good _Star Fox_ writing; it’s good _writing,_ period. Even if I knew nothing about _Star Fox,_ this would hook me. Look at the characters:
There's Andross: arrogant, at ease, in his prime. Right now, he’s all smiles. After ten years learning that conquering Lylat is easier said than done, he won’t be grinning anymore.
There’s Wolf: talented, charming, and insecure-about his family, his eye, his record, and recently an uncomfortably talented fox staying with him. He’s made mistakes, but it isn’t too late to get back on track. We like him, but that sideways “I’m your biggest fan” shows a nasty side to his insecurity-for now mostly directed at Fox, partly out of not-quite-yet jealousy and partly because Fox is little enough to pick on-that’ll define Wolf more and more once he decides to leave the law, his friends, and his girl behind and fly off into the night.
There’s Pigma, a few years further down the same road Wolf just started. He’s a scumbag and knows it, but maybe has enough of a conscience left to see Andross for what he is and regret betraying James to him. 10 years later, that will be gone. (“Peppy! Long time no see!”)
There’s Fox, a gifted innocent awkward boy, least aware of anyone what’s going on… and just _one_ personal tragedy away from all the motivation he needs to become hero of the system.
The star is James, for once not dead before the opening credits of a _Star Fox_ story. Loyal, brave, and a bit worse for wear, he’s in over his head but sticking things out best he can. The tension as he enters the belly of the beast to meet his inevitable fate beats the snot out of anything Hollywood’s done for years.
Prequels are SO hard to do right. The brilliance _here_ is showing all the ingredients were there for everyone to go from what they _were_ to what they _are_ in Episode 1, if they got the right push. Pepper sending James to Venom is the catalyst that’ll make heroes out of some, villains out of others, and change Lylat forever.
I was more excited for this than anything that’s come out in years. Animation, sound, voice acting, aesthetic, worldbuilding, writing-it’s firing on ALL cylinders, done with love and effort. This franchise can use it. I can’t thank you enough for sticking with it all these years. It was absolutely worth the wait.
Perfectly said.
100% agreed. I never played the Star Fox games, so these characters, this world, it's all new to me and has been made into something both plausible and engrossing.
I never played Star Fox and I was hanging onto every second!
I never played the games but I love this series
"I was more excited for this than anything that’s come out in years." ...YES
This is the best. I would never have thought almost thirty years ago when I played Starfox on the SNES that I would be sitting here in my early forties watching something like this. 😂
16:00 Young Falco is an absolute gem.
I can relate to Young Falco
Because I’m known to raising my voice at certain things
And my mom keeping her patience
And my dad yelling and with cursing
It’s not abuse but it does make me cry
When I heard Dess say that "this is such an ugly planet" line as he was looking out the train window and not answering James right away, I actually felt dread from that.
Good job.
"This is such an ugly planet" is delivered like a punch to the gut. There's just something about it...
He was probably thinking "This planet is ugly, wish this wasn't where I'm spending my last moments"
It's not even funny that Dess was attacked and deadly wounded. And to know that something terrible happened concerning the people James knew and cared about, which made his mission all the more important to complete, and he had to say farewell to a friend who is on the same planet where he will die and dreads that James is going to have a hard time getting off this planet where Andross has plans to take revenge.
@@leon4000 pretty sure dess was used as bait
My expectations on Wolf's dad were high, and I can safely say that they got respected.
I love him.
He raised a hot mess of a kid and knows all the tells behind wolf's badass facade
That line about the barber and about Farah's eyeliner was so perfect.
@@TheChildofAuraReborn Omg so true. I burst out laughing like a maniac.
Maybe it's just me, but at 19:50, even though you only see the side of his face with his patch, Wolf looks kinda sad knowing what he's about to do to so many people who trust and care about him.
This series is criminally obscure
Your Fox and Wolf are genuinely the best versions of the characters, they're just so much fun on acreen!
19:57 I absolutely adore how Fara's ears have to bend up against the car roof.
Honestly she's easily the dandiest of the cadets.
lol
@@Game_Hero I think someone is a furry😅😅
The *dandiest* cadeeet...
@@fiftyfive I just think it's a charming funny little detail, same with 7:40
"I'll be picking it out of the wall behind you if you cut him"
Such a raw line.
The entire convo with James and Andross is so gripping and gives Us an interesting side to Andross. He genuinely wanted James to cooperate with him, not as a prisoner but as an old friend
625k views?
It is insulting.
someone gives 1 millon dollars budget to this guy to see an academy award shit
The voice work and dialogue feels so effortlessly natural. Wolf flirting with his girl, awkward little fox, Falco gettin it from his dad or the scathing remarks between wolf and Bill. This kind of quality in writing and acting cannot be found just anywhere, but it is here.
Something else is the small details of Wolf's actions and attitude on a second watch, after you know what he's planning.
Him suddenly getting sweet on his GF and saying "I'd like to think so" to her proclamation of love, then instantly trying to get them to leave, honking her to push her away after she talks of him being sweet. Him saying she'd get hooked up with a Dandy cadet as if it was inevitable.
Wolf NOT having money on a supposed date lmao, the way he reacts when questioned on it.
Jammy5558. You’re right. It’s always a good sign when rewatching something adds new layers.
Peppy's delivery on that "...my man" just cracks me up
The way he leans to the side with "I don't think I want that" was really my favorite part in the whole thing. Classic fear of change moment
@@TKamp09 I think it's meant as a jab against Star Fox Zero's crappy gameplay with the Wii U tablet.
I've never even touched a Star Fox game but I am so invested in this
Update: I ordered Star Fox 64 and it's your fault for getting me into it
@@Interloper783 Good luck♪
It's a good game. How's the adventure so far? :D
Yes! It’s so welll paced and written
Andross legitimately sounds like he's voiced by Clancy Brown during the video call at the end, especially the line "You saw what was at the other side of the hole, and they know we're here..."
Great work, Matt, I'm happy your project is seeing the light of day after being in development for so long.
Ahoy, Star Boy me Fox! I killed your father! ARGAHRGAHRGAHRGAHRGAHRGAHR!
I thought he sounded more like a dead ringer for Darin DePaul -- Revenant in Apex, Escharum in Halo Infinite, and easily my favorite of his, Samuel Hayden in the BethesDoom games.
Not just the voice and personality being a freaking 10/10, but Andross brings the same _"I am not the villain in this story"_ energy in his conversation with James, where he commands respect for his scientific genius and perhaps being the only one with the ability to stop an interdimensional threat, but his ego is simply too large and his methods vastly too unethical to be aligned with the good guys of the story. (actually since you mentioned Clancy Brown, a lot of people heard DePaul's voice for Reinhardt in Overwatch and thought he sounded a whole lot like Clancy's Mr. Krabs, but German.)
did ya notice the News Anchorwoman looked like Dr Zira from Planet of the apes?
You've given Star Fox something it sorely needed: a fleshed-out backstory of James McCloud. Well done.
Sad that nintendo won’t touch this. So damn sad.
The fact that you managed to create a genuinely compelling & atmospheric thriller based on a 16-bit rail shooter featuring a stable of anthropomorphic animals not once but twice with a third part on the way is divine magic.
16 and 64 bit
@@normanred9212 and 128 bit
A 3rd game was announced?!
@@hiichur25 I think he means a third part in this animated series
@@TazCopycat Ohh right, my bad I didn't quite thoroughly read their comment the first time. 😅
5:05 Jerma spotted. I love that you got him on this project, I know how much he enjoys acting ❤
Who's Jerma?
I really love how this feels like it was made in the 80s/90s. The sound design with the audio quality in the vocals. The attention paid to the animation feels like a gritty Disney's Robinhood. Movement feels almost like you used film and animated over it. Beautiful work.
Yeah, those late '70s, early '80s cartoons and Nintendo power comics. We're definitely the inspiration to this and it's amazing that one guy did all this with a shoestring budget. I remember the first episode he did those views surpassed Nintendo's Starfox cartoon.
Actually insane how a fan has given the Starfox series so much depth, including proper backstory as to what happened to James and Peppy on Venom. I wish Nintendo would care about Starfox as much as you do.
The possibilities are endless. There's no reason for them to constantly reboot the story.
You know Vulpes, I can’t put my finger on it, but for some reason I had a hunch you’d like this show.
@@NekoBoyOfficialNo ideas and lack of popularity in the home country.
They don't do cool stuff with their properties and they get mad when someone else does, cringe.
This is stunning. A lot of folks picked up on the "only I have the brains to rule Lylat," and that is incredible, but I laughed out loud at an entire commercial centered around "I can't believe I lost to this SCUM!" playing on the TV.
Everything about this is incredible, I cannot express how much I love it.
I had to pause the video to laugh it out because he took such a ridiculous line and made it even more ridiculous by making it LITERAL scum. XD
That infomercial is made even better knowing that it was Jerma who delivered that performance.
@@Sly_Maverick_19 wait he did!? I somehow didn’t catch that in the credits
@@Sly_Maverick_19 ohhhhh Jeremy Elbertson hahaha
I love the jab against Starfox Zero.
In what way? Timestamp?
@@purpleblastoise12:00 In regards to the forced motion controls. At least Beltino provided the option to turn them off.
When the gate drops at 19:36, I noticed the speed bump in the road and thought to myself "there's no way they'd bother to account for that and animate the motion of the car going over".
Much to my surprise, not only was the "bump" animated, but it was done twice for both sets of wheels passing over it. The characters also moved in the correct motion, and a faint "thud" of both wheel sets passing over can be heard. Not only that, the first "thud" you hear is slightly louder in left side, then louder in the right when the back wheels pass over, based on the viewing angle of the camera...
None of this was necessary to do, but the fact is was just shows how much care and attention to detail was put into this project. Great stuff, truly.
This series is so different from anything else being made nowadays. It has a slow pace yet still creates such a tense, character driven drama. I am looking forward to episode three!
Fr, its a breath of fresh air
@Wiegraf Abstract art is also good.
I can see where you are coming from but I think the pace is pretty fast actually. I just don't think there's a lot of "action" per say. However, there were a lot of big decisions made by multiple characters and we got to learn the reasoning for most of them.
At this stage I think I would read the storyboard for episode three if it was available.
The subtleties in Dess, his voice acting, the facial expressions... what an incredible character in such a short time.
Couldn't have said it better
Bro, I feel like the voice actor actually stayed awake for like a week in order to achieve that tired, weary, mentally-beaten-to-shit delivery. It’s fucking incredible.
The line delivery of, "This is such an ugly planet..." was excellent. And hits hard knowing that he seemed to know that he'd never leave it...
And it's all thanks to the power of the Tomar Emeralds.
@@YorkJonhson I really just wanted to hug the poor little guy. It’s so sad.
i like that subtle look Wolf's pop gives to Fox, almost as if he's thinking "Poor kid. Lost his mom, now his old man's going off to who knows where doing who knows what...and here he is playing video games to cope..."
Is it me or is Andross... like TEN TIMES MORE INTIMIDATING than the original?!
Right?? He is _such_ a mob boss in this, it's amazing.
@@twaggytheatricks4960 A mob boss who becomes a Stalin style dictator.
The part with the two guys interrogating Bill and using Rob to make him talk. I had just realized it's a take on that Star Fox 64 promotional video with the two guys from Sega and Sony holding a Nintendo employee captive and forcing him to talk by torturing a Mario plush doll. Brilliant!
And they are homages to the companies "mascots". Their names are Sagan Hachok (~ Sega Hedgehog) who appears to be a hedgehog, and Sonny Van Der Kut (~ Sony Bandicoot) who looks like he could be Crash.
It even amalgamates that with the commercial with Crash Bandicoot causing trouble outside Nintendo HQ.
@@darthpi314 That and Peppy not liking the gyro controls are hilarious little additions.
@@dynamicsketch It's a cute touch because that's how he usually goes down in Star Fox 64 -- the player (Fox) shooting him on accident when aiming at enemies.
THE RUMBLE PAK
After 7 long years, I have to say this was absolutely worth the wait. Episode 2 went beyond the stars. The visuals, storytelling, voice acting, the music - every aspect of it were top-notch. You and your team have done an amazing work and I gotta say, I'm gonna forever stay as your *biggest fan*
Are they hinting at something serious with "You saw what was on the other side of the hole...and they know we're here!"
sounds like maybe the aparoids were around longer then we originally thought
22:16 I can't get over the way his eyes light up seeing the Ar-Wing in the air.
23:05 "Gone forever, didn't even leave a note." Probably stung like hell when Bill and the girls figured that one out.
8:48 I just love that little touch of Fara mouthing out, “Oh, my god” to herself.
Thanks, I always wondered what she was saying.
I love how this show doesn't try to talk in common languages and phrases everyone would know, and introduce new stuff as well. The expressions for characters such as the guards at about 26:20 are using expressions and movements overall that I haven't seen in over a decade in anything animated or live action even. Next level impact
That part with wolf leaving and slowly watching her reaction shift was heart breaking. Even I was sitting there going "oh cool whats he going to do?" till realizing with her that he wasn't coming back
i can see the exchange already.
Fox puts his paw on her back and says "I know what thats like." but Fara goes "You don't with this one kiddo, he's gone for good." she mumbles to herself afterwards "I can't believe he used me like that..." fox gives a look of confusion, fara notices this and gives a reassured look. "Your dad should be back shortly. I'll stay with you until he does, hows that sound?" Fox perks up and goes "can i stay up a little late so i can finish this level?"
Dang, Fara's face when she watches him fly away and realize he isn't coming back.
God I cannot stop rewatching this. The voices and subtle details are just so fun
The best thing about this series is that the character interactions seem so organic. Like hazbin hotel has an insane amount of views but it felt like so much more effort was put into this. I hope you get the notoriety you deserve AFIS
That scene with Falco's family is pure gold. I could watch a whole sitcom about just them
His dad looks like a falcon version of Tony soprano lmao
@@militantautist9811 WHOA what ya trying to there bud? Thinkin all hardworkin Italian birdos involved in criminal enterprises?!?! That's a negative stereotype! Now shut ya gob and pass the gabagool!
I didn't know what a bacanuge was before I saw Italian Falco.
Ironically on Sopranos Carmela is played by Edie Falco
“BUT DAT’S DA FRIGGIN’ G A I THOUGH!!”
The whole scene with James meeting Dess and the lemurs completely blew me away. Just a really solid piece of atmospheric tension and subtle character building.
My favorite part is how Dess changes his face and tone of voice when he learns that Pigma is on the train. From utter confusion at the sight of James, slowly tofear at the thought of Pigma. He realized when he heard his name that it was a setup, and even tried to warn James. Makes his line of defeat that much more bitter, knowing that he attempted to do something "maybe a little better" by turning the research over to Pepper, only to know that it didn't matter. His realization that Venom, and the way it works, is too sinister for that to have worked out the way he hoped.
Am I the only one who was hoping for a more exciting conclusion to that scene than the two of them getting shot in the back by Pigma? Seemed pretty anticlimactic to me.
@@compulsoryevacuationdevice The scene between James and Andross more than makes up for it in my opinion.
@@SpacepoetYT it’s funny since the way Dess stares out the window before James enters says it all. He knows he’s only minutes from death and he has to spend it on a non-stop train on an ugly planet. The moment James tells him Pigma’s on the train, you can see the hope fade from his eyes. Not only will he die, but now he knows James will likely go down with him. The line “At least it’ll get you off the hook” is a bit tongue in cheek as he’s making light of the hopeless situation they’re both in.
@@compulsoryevacuationdevice Eckblade and Clem got headshotted by Pigma. If you look closely at theres Forheads where looking to Pigma and the Time of the Shot, some Blood splats out, even on the Scenes where they both lays on the Floor, Blood is still tripping slowy
I absolutely love the bladerunner vibes this show has. Starfox combined with bladerunner is a perfect combo
This animation is literally better than most of what whole companies put out!
6 years... It was worth the wait. EVERY. SINGLE. SECOND.
THIS IS NOT A DRILL, I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL
All hands man your battle stations! (a nice original battlefront two reference for those who don’t know😉)
Oh my GOD okay its happening, everybody stay calm
@@theeskrungly “what’s the procedure?!”
@@lucasquintanilla1673 STAY FUHCKING CALM
BATTLE STATIONS PEOPLE GOGOGO
40 mins of immaculate vibes and awesome animation. Sad that the youtube algorithm ain’t giving this the spotlight it needs.
Sincerely, this may be the most well made animation I've ever seen. The characters feel real. You can see how Pigma feels, he plays up the "being an asshole" thing but HE knows hes a piece of shit for what hes doing. The incredibly minute eye movements of the deaf character watching his buddy's lips as he talks, and the buddy watching his hands. James saying "I know what he said". The INCREDIBLE writing of Wolf using and betraying his friends and abandoning everyone. The world of cinema is so much better for having this in it.
I hope so strongly that we get a ton more of this in my lifetime.
The microexpressions and subtleties of this animation are breathtaking. I don't mind waiting years between episodes if the quality stays this good
micro-expressions? A CAF captain...gonna glare at someone to death?
30:58 was just... wow.
I remember watching episode 1 several years ago, now the second episode is finally coming out
"several years ago"
lol, lmao even
@@theytookmybeard551 it was released several years ago.
@@theytookmybeard551 the first episode is from 6 years ago
@@JustGarbo14 closer to three, I remember watching it the day it was uploaded
@@vg_grover4828 it's literally 6 years old now.
Andross has the kind of villain voice that feels like warm butter sliding down on the eardrums.
Oof, I think I know what you mean, but that description sounds distinctly unpleasant.
@@feyefall4855 I think you're making the mistake of VISUALIING the metaphor rather than trying to imagine what it would FEEL like.
kinda like James Earl Jones when he does his Darth Vader or Thulsa Doom characters
@@TheBermudaMan butter in my eardrums would feel awful lol
@@feyefall4855 It's a metaphor, dipstick.
21:36 I love how Fay and Miyu portray completely different reactions to Wolf and Bill's interaction. Fay looks absolutely terrified while I can only assume Miyu is eager to see a fight happen, followed by when it ends in their disappointment/relief/confusion. Also reflects Miyu's humorously impertinent personality (21:28).
That end glance between the two of them just screams "Ugh, boys."
I got chills from Andross' villain speech. What a brilliant way to use his famous "Only I have the brains to rule Lylat" line.
only EYE have the BRAINS to rule lylat!!
The little smirk he made, building up to that line, really made it. I love how that moment builds up to the line, because we KNOW he is going to say it but it's done in such a way that it makes Andross almost seem in on the reference (as we are).