Peppy Hare

Peppy Hare (, Peppy Hare) is a character from the series.

Origin
Peppy was a founding member of the original Star Fox team alongside, Fox's father, and. While Fox was a teenager, the team was contracted by to investigate planet  and potentially take down Andross. When they reached the planet, Pigma revealed himself to be a traitor and James was supposedly killed by Andross. Peppy narrowly escaped to tell the galaxy about Andross and Fox about the fate of his father. Years later, Peppy would join Fox, Falco and Slippy as a member of the new Star Fox team.

Peppy always acted in a supporting role to the team, giving advice and strategies to the other pilots. He is able to hold his own in a fight, dogfighting his former teammate Pigma, who had resurfaced as a member of team Star Wolf. After Krystal officially became a member in , Peppy decided to retire as a fighter pilot, but stayed with the team as a strategist and captain of the. In , Peppy has become the new general of, succeeding General Pepper, who grew ill after the events of Assault. In spite of having retired from active combat, Peppy is still playable in the Versus Mode of Assault as well as in a few missions in Command.

Peppy is seen as a surrogate father figure to Fox, congratulating him on his victories by saying he is getting more and more like his father. Peppy also has a family of his own. He previously had a wife named and they had a daughter named. However, Vivian would die of an unknown illness shortly after the conclusion of the Lylat wars. In one of the endings for Command, Peppy and Lucy would reminisce about the memories of Vivian for a whole night.

In Super Smash Bros.
Peppy was considered for inclusion as an alternate costume for Fox, alongside Falco and Slippy.

As a background character
Peppy appears as part of Fox's and Falco's Smash Taunts on Corneria and Venom, giving advice to the fighters. His appearance is taken directly from Star Fox 64.

As a background character
Peppy appears as a part of Fox's, Falco's, and Wolf's Smash Taunts, reprising his role on Corneria as well as appearing on Lylat Cruise. On Lylat Cruise, he uses his appearance from Star Fox Assault.

As a background character
Peppy returns as part of Fox's and Falco's Smash Taunts on both Corneria and Lylat Cruise, as well as the new taunts on Orbital Gate Assault. Much like Lylat Cruise, Orbital Gate Assault uses Peppy's appearance from Star Fox Assault. Jaz Adams, his Star Fox 64 3D English voice actor, voices Peppy.

Trophy
Peppy's trophy appears in both versions. In it is part of the Star Fox Trophy Box.

As a background character
Peppy reprises his role as a character for the Corneria, Venom, and Lylat Cruise Smash Taunts. The Corneria and Venom conversations have updated his appearance to be based upon Star Fox 64 3D.

Spirit
Peppy operates the Air Style Dojo which increases air power and jump height but decreases ground power and move speed. His dojo is found in the space area in World of Light on a planet resembling Eladard (the bluish-purplish planet with Saturn-like rings).

The following is a list of quotes that Peppy can say when a player visits his dojo.
 * "Hello there!"
 * "This is what'll happen if the spirit masters the Air Style."
 * "What would ya like to do?"
 * "Never give up! Trust your instincts!"
 * "What did ya want to do with this spirit?"
 * "Ya want to take this spirit back?"
 * "All right, keep it up!"
 * "Do you want to spend [number]00 SP to learn Air Style?"
 * "All right! I have nothin' more to teach!"
 * "Mission complete! Come back later."