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'''Captain Falcon''' ({{ja|キャプテン・ファルコン|Kyaputen Farukon}}, ''Captain Falcon''), full name '''Douglas Jay Falcon''',{{fact}} is the main playable racer from the {{uv|F-Zero}} series of futuristic [[Nintendo]] racing games and is the mascot of the franchise. As a member of the "[[List of Super Smash Bros. series characters#"Perfect-attendance crew"|perfect-attendance crew]]", Captain Falcon has been featured as a playable character throughout the entire [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'']] series. His highly offensive playstyle, his signature moves (most notably his [[Falcon Punch]]) and his memorable quotes have made him a fan favorite character across the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series despite ''[[F-Zero (universe)|F-Zero]]''{{'}}s status as a lesser-known Nintendo franchise. His voice actor throughout the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series is Ryō Horikawa.

~~==Origin==~~

~~[[File:Falcon F-Zero X.gif|frame|left|Captain Falcon, as he appears in ''F-Zero X''. His design in this game inspired his design in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.]]~~

Nintendo originally meant for Captain Falcon to be the flagship character of the then-new Super Nintendo Entertainment System.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-f-zero F-ZERO Developer Interview - Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition - Official Site]</ref> However, this never panned out, and Captain Falcon was instead relegated to being the mascot of ''[[F-Zero]]''.

''F-Zero'' was released in 1990 for the Super Famicom in Japan and its western counterpart, the SNES. It introduced the first character design of Captain Falcon along with the other three ''F-Zero'' series characters that appeared in the game as racing pilots, along with their respective futuristic racing machines, such as Captain Falcon's [[Blue Falcon]]. The manual to the game featured an eight-page comic featuring these characters, with the comic's story revolving around one of Falcon's trademark bounty-hunting missions in his [[Falcon Flyer]] transport ship. Captain Falcon's design and backstory would be revised in future iterations of the ''F-Zero'' series; his design in ''[[F-Zero X]]'' for Nintendo 64 would be used for his appearances as a playable fighter in 1999's ''Super Smash Bros.'' and 2001's ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', and his most recent "main" design is in ''[[F-Zero GX]]'' for GameCube. In all these appearances, Captain Falcon and his machine are touted as the most balanced and easy-to-play-with machine for that game, so players of a new ''F-Zero'' game almost always play as Captain Falcon first. He is also known as the game's main character.

Captain Falcon is described as "an accomplished F-Zero pilot, a renowned and talented bounty hunter", and is also an eccentric man in his late thirties (36 in ''F-Zero X'' and ''Melee'', 37 in ''F-Zero GX''). His "Captain" title is rumored to originate from his possible status as an officer in the Internova Police Force in the past. He is a resident of Earth, hailing from the city of Port Town. His bounty hunting exploits have yielded him enough of a reputation that he has gained many enemies across the galaxy; to avoid the constant danger from his adversaries, when he is not racing or bounty hunting he lives in seclusion in his personal archipelago off the coast of Port Town. His need to shield himself from outsiders borders on paranoia (albeit not necessarily unwarranted), as whenever he wins a race, he compulsively dashes to his archipelago with his award money before others can get him. Living comfortably in solitude on his archipelago, Captain Falcon practices his F-Zero racing with a separate track built on each one of his islands.

His outfit consists of a purplish-blue, form-fitting racing suit and a red helmet with an opaque visor as well as a single pauldron on his right shoulder and a scarf around his neck. He always carries a sidearm in a holster on his right hip, although he has only been shown to use it once. When Captain Falcon removes his helmet, a scar above his left eye can be seen.

The ''F-Zero'' series' chronology has many vague elements up for debate, but it is stated by ''F-Zero X'' that Captain Falcon was involved in a huge accident that caused the suspension of the F-Zero Grand Prix; while he was hospitalized, his DNA was stolen and used by someone else to create his evil clone [[Blood Falcon]], who races against him in hopes of taking him out. The story mode of ''F-Zero GX'' shows Captain Falcon winning several races, then saving fellow pilot [[Jody Summer]]. He ends up in a heroic role when he races against and defeats the super villain Black Shadow, then a superior villain named Deathborn, and he goes on to even defeat the Creators of the ''F-Zero'' world.

Captain Falcon appears as a playable character in every ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' game in the series. As Falcon had almost never been depicted in combat in his home series, his moveset is largely original to the ''Smash'' series itself, where he is depicted as a pyrokinetic hand-to-hand brawler; his famous [[Falcon Punch]] made its debut in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and has been his signature move in the series ever since. Falcon's voice acting in the series is also part of this original portrayal (and inconsistent with his depiction in ''F-Zero GX''), as he is voiced by the Japanese Ryō Horikawa speaking in simple, overenthusiastic English phrases; his taunt of "Show me your moves!" has become strongly associated with the character in general, as seen in ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Kart 8}}''. He appears as an unlockable character in ''SSB'', but is made readily available as a starter in ''Melee'', and in both cases he is modeled after his ''F-Zero X'' incarnation. He also appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' as an unlockable character, with a design that mixes his ''F-Zero X'' and ''F-Zero GX'' designs, with a darker color palette and his scarf left loose like in ''F-Zero GP Legend''. He reappears in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' as a starter character and retains his ''Brawl'' design, though with a brighter color palette.

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 '''Captain Falcon''' ({{ja|キャプテン・ファルコン|Kyaputen Farukon}}, ''Captain Falcon''), full name '''Douglas Jay Falcon''',{{fact}} is the main playable racer from the {{uv|F-Zero}} series of futuristic [[Nintendo]] racing games and is the mascot of the franchise. As a member of the "[[List of Super Smash Bros. series characters#"Perfect-attendance crew"|perfect-attendance crew]]", Captain Falcon has been featured as a playable character throughout the entire [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'']] series. His highly offensive playstyle, his signature moves (most notably his [[Falcon Punch]]) and his memorable quotes have made him a fan favorite character across the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series despite ''[[F-Zero (universe)|F-Zero]]''{{'}}s status as a lesser-known Nintendo franchise. His voice actor throughout the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series is Ryō Horikawa.
-==Origin==
-[[File:Falcon F-Zero X.gif|frame|left|Captain Falcon, as he appears in ''F-Zero X''. His design in this game inspired his design in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.]]
-Nintendo originally meant for Captain Falcon to be the flagship character of the then-new Super Nintendo Entertainment System.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-f-zero F-ZERO Developer Interview - Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition - Official Site]</ref> However, this never panned out, and Captain Falcon was instead relegated to being the mascot of ''[[F-Zero]]''.
-''F-Zero'' was released in 1990 for the Super Famicom in Japan and its western counterpart, the SNES. It introduced the first character design of Captain Falcon along with the other three ''F-Zero'' series characters that appeared in the game as racing pilots, along with their respective futuristic racing machines, such as Captain Falcon's [[Blue Falcon]]. The manual to the game featured an eight-page comic featuring these characters, with the comic's story revolving around one of Falcon's trademark bounty-hunting missions in his [[Falcon Flyer]] transport ship. Captain Falcon's design and backstory would be revised in future iterations of the ''F-Zero'' series; his design in ''[[F-Zero X]]'' for Nintendo 64 would be used for his appearances as a playable fighter in 1999's ''Super Smash Bros.'' and 2001's ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', and his most recent "main" design is in ''[[F-Zero GX]]'' for GameCube. In all these appearances, Captain Falcon and his machine are touted as the most balanced and easy-to-play-with machine for that game, so players of a new ''F-Zero'' game almost always play as Captain Falcon first. He is also known as the game's main character.
-Captain Falcon is described as "an accomplished F-Zero pilot, a renowned and talented bounty hunter", and is also an eccentric man in his late thirties (36 in ''F-Zero X'' and ''Melee'', 37 in ''F-Zero GX''). His "Captain" title is rumored to originate from his possible status as an officer in the Internova Police Force in the past. He is a resident of Earth, hailing from the city of Port Town. His bounty hunting exploits have yielded him enough of a reputation that he has gained many enemies across the galaxy; to avoid the constant danger from his adversaries, when he is not racing or bounty hunting he lives in seclusion in his personal archipelago off the coast of Port Town. His need to shield himself from outsiders borders on paranoia (albeit not necessarily unwarranted), as whenever he wins a race, he compulsively dashes to his archipelago with his award money before others can get him. Living comfortably in solitude on his archipelago, Captain Falcon practices his F-Zero racing with a separate track built on each one of his islands.
-His outfit consists of a purplish-blue, form-fitting racing suit and a red helmet with an opaque visor as well as a single pauldron on his right shoulder and a scarf around his neck. He always carries a sidearm in a holster on his right hip, although he has only been shown to use it once. When Captain Falcon removes his helmet, a scar above his left eye can be seen.
-The ''F-Zero'' series' chronology has many vague elements up for debate, but it is stated by ''F-Zero X'' that Captain Falcon was involved in a huge accident that caused the suspension of the F-Zero Grand Prix; while he was hospitalized, his DNA was stolen and used by someone else to create his evil clone [[Blood Falcon]], who races against him in hopes of taking him out. The story mode of ''F-Zero GX'' shows Captain Falcon winning several races, then saving fellow pilot [[Jody Summer]]. He ends up in a heroic role when he races against and defeats the super villain Black Shadow, then a superior villain named Deathborn, and he goes on to even defeat the Creators of the ''F-Zero'' world.
-Captain Falcon appears as a playable character in every ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' game in the series. As Falcon had almost never been depicted in combat in his home series, his moveset is largely original to the ''Smash'' series itself, where he is depicted as a pyrokinetic hand-to-hand brawler; his famous [[Falcon Punch]] made its debut in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and has been his signature move in the series ever since. Falcon's voice acting in the series is also part of this original portrayal (and inconsistent with his depiction in ''F-Zero GX''), as he is voiced by the Japanese Ryō Horikawa speaking in simple, overenthusiastic English phrases; his taunt of "Show me your moves!" has become strongly associated with the character in general, as seen in ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Kart 8}}''. He appears as an unlockable character in ''SSB'', but is made readily available as a starter in ''Melee'', and in both cases he is modeled after his ''F-Zero X'' incarnation. He also appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' as an unlockable character, with a design that mixes his ''F-Zero X'' and ''F-Zero GX'' designs, with a darker color palette and his scarf left loose like in ''F-Zero GP Legend''. He reappears in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' as a starter character and retains his ''Brawl'' design, though with a brighter color palette.
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