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 {{Infobox Character General
 |name         = Captain Falcon
-|image        = {{tabber|title1=F-Zero GX|tab1=[[File:GX Captain Falcon.png|300px]]|title2=F-Zero X |tab2=[[File:Falcon F-Zero X.gif|300px]]}}
+|image        = {{tabber|title1=F-Zero GX|content1=[[File:GX Captain Falcon.png|300px]]|title2=F-Zero X |content2=[[File:Captain Falcon F-Zero X.gif|300px]]}}
 |caption      = [[File:FZeroSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert]]
 Official artwork of Captain Falcon from ''{{s|fzerowiki|F-Zero GX}}'' and ''{{iw|fzerowiki|F-Zero X}}''.
 |firstgame    = ''[[F-Zero]]'' (1990)
-|lastappearance= ''{{iw|mariowiki|WarioWare Gold}}'' (2018, cameo)
+|lastappearance= ''{{iw|fzerowiki|F-Zero 99}}'' (2023)
 |console      = Super Nintendo Entertainment System
 |species      = Human
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 |interwikipage= Captain Falcon
 }}
-'''Captain Falcon'''{{ref|a}} ({{ja|キャプテン・ファルコン|Kyaputen Farukon}}, ''Captain Falcon'') is a character from the {{uv|F-Zero}} series. Renowned throughout the Milky Way Galaxy as both a bounty hunter and racer, Captain Falcon is also the ''F-Zero'' series' de facto mascot.<ref name=FZEROdevs/>
+'''Captain Falcon'''{{ref|a}} ({{ja|キャプテン・ファルコン|Kyaputen Farukon}}, ''Captain Falcon'') is a character from the {{uv|F-Zero}} series. Renowned throughout the Milky Way Galaxy a prestigious race car driver, Captain Falcon is also the ''F-Zero'' series' de facto mascot.<ref name=FZEROdevs/>
 As a member of the "[[Fighter#"Perfect-attendance crew"|perfect-attendance crew]]", Captain Falcon has been featured as a playable character throughout the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series. His highly offensive playstyle, signature moves (most notably his [[Falcon Punch]]) and memorable quotes have made him a fan favorite character across the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series despite {{uv|F-Zero}}{{'}}s status as a lesser-known Nintendo franchise. His voice actor throughout the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series is Ryō Horikawa.
 ==Origin==
-Near the end of ''{{iw|fzerowiki|F-Zero}}''{{'}}s development, the game's designer, Takaya Imamura, sought to create a character in response to an internal request for a mascot to represent the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Following on the requester's naming suggestion of "captain", Imamura also sought to use a red, blue and yellow color scheme for the character, in reference to the Super Famicom's controller buttons.<ref name=FZEROdevs>[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> Although Imamura does not recall why his prototypical captain character was no longer sought to be the SNES' mascot, he nevertheless created concept art of ''F-Zero''{{'}}s four racers.
+Near the end of ''{{iw|fzerowiki|F-Zero}}''{{'}}s development, the game's designer, Takaya Imamura, sought to create a character in response to an internal request for a mascot to represent the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Following on the requester's naming suggestion of "captain", Imamura also sought to use a red, blue and yellow color scheme for the character, in reference to the Super Famicom's controller buttons.<ref name=FZEROdevs>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-f-zero/|title=F-ZERO Developer Interview - Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition - Official Site|date=2017-09-12|accessdate=2018-11-03|publisher=Nintendo.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912011823/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-f-zero/|archivedate=2017-09-12}}</ref> Although Imamura does not recall why his prototypical captain character was no longer sought to be the SNES' mascot, he nevertheless created concept art of ''F-Zero''{{'}}s four racers.
 During a discussion regarding the game's packaging, Imamura decided to depict these racers in [[fzerowiki:F-Zero: The Story of Captain Falcon|an eight-page comic]] that used an {{iw|wikipedia|American comic book}} art style, instead of reusing their original designs. Due to this comic gaining an overwhelmingly positive response from {{iw|wikipedia|Nintendo of America}}, it was included within ''F-Zero''{{'}}s game manual and, in Imamura's assumption, was the reason as to why Captain Falcon became the series' de facto mascot.<ref name=FZEROdevs/>
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 ''F-Zero'' was released in 1990 for the Super Famicom in Japan, and in 1991 for the SNES. Its comic introduced Captain Falcon, {{iw|fzerowiki|Dr. Stewart}}, {{iw|fzerowiki|Pico}} and [[Samurai Goroh]] alongside their [[Blue Falcon|respective]] [[fzerowiki:Golden Fox|futuristic]] [[fzerowiki:Wild Goose|racing]] [[fzerowiki:Fire Stingray|machines]], the F-Zero {{iw|fzerowiki|Grand Prix}}'s announcer {{iw|fzerowiki|Mr. Zero}}, and Captain Falcon's [[Falcon Flyer]] and his status as a reputable bounty hunter.<ref>[https://www.captainfalcon.com/comic.html F-Zero: The Story of Captain Falcon]</ref>
-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'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 series' main character, a fact that was solidified by his starring role in the story mode of ''F-Zero GX''.
 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.
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 His outfit consists of a a red helmet with an opaque visor and falcon-shaped ornament on his forehead, and an indigo, form-fitting racing suit with 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 {{iw|fzerowiki|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 a fellow pilot known as [[Jody Summer]]. He ends up in a heroic role when he races against and defeats the supervillain Black Shadow, then a superior villain named Deathborn, and he goes on to even defeat the Creators of the ''F-Zero'' world.
+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 {{iw|fzerowiki|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 a fellow pilot known as [[Jody Summer]]. He ends up in a heroic role when he races against and defeats the supervillain Black Shadow, then beats a superior villain named Deathborn, and finally goes on to even defeat the Creators of the ''F-Zero'' world.
 Captain Falcon also appears in ''{{iw|fzerowiki|F-Zero: GP Legend|anime}}'', an alternate contuinity of the ''F-Zero'' series. Although Falcon's depiction as a mysterious, yet very skilled racer who helps uphold law and order is retained as in the previous installments, he is not the main protagonist. Rather, ''GP Legend'' features him as a co-protagonist alongside one of its original characters, {{s|fzerowiki|Rick Wheeler}}.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/08/20/f-zero-the-cartoon F-Zero: The Cartoon]</ref> ''GP Legend'' also revamps Captain Falcon's backstory in a few major ways. In addition to working as a bounty hunter as shown in [[fzerowiki:F-Zero: GP Legend|''GP Legend''{{'}}s video game]], he is the owner and barista of the Falcon House café while under the name Burt Lemming. In reality, Burt/Falcon is actually Andy Summer, the long-lost brother of {{s|fzerowiki|Jody Summer}}.
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 {{Main|Captain Falcon (SSB)}}
 [[File:Captain Falcon SSB.png|90px|thumb|Official artwork of Captain Falcon from ''Super Smash Bros.'']]
-Captain Falcon has appeared in the ''Smash Bros.'' series from the first installment, beginning as his incarnation from ''F-Zero X''. He is an unlockable fighter, and his unlocking condition is for the player to complete the One-Player mode within 20 minutes, and defeat him in a match to earn him. Like {{SSB|Ness}} and {{SSB|Jigglypuff}}, he does not make an appearance in the game's One-Player mode. His entrance into a battle is to zoom in on the [[Blue Falcon]] and park for him to jump out, and the machine zooms into the background to vanish. His default costume is purple as opposed to the usual blue, while one of his alternate costumes is colored to resemble [[Blood Falcon]].
+Captain Falcon has appeared in the ''Smash Bros.'' series from the first installment, beginning as his incarnation from ''F-Zero X''. He is an unlockable fighter, and his unlocking condition is for the player to complete the One-Player mode within 20 minutes, and defeat him in a match to earn him. Like {{SSB|Ness}} and {{SSB|Jigglypuff}}, he does not make an appearance in the game's One-Player mode. His entrance into a battle is to zoom in on the [[Blue Falcon]] and park for him to jump out, and the machine zooms into the background to vanish. His default costume is purple as opposed to the usual blue, while one of his alternate costumes is colored to resemble [[Blood Falcon]], while his last alternate costume gives Captain Falcon's suit his normal blue color.
 Captain Falcon's special moves are the [[Falcon Punch]], his [[neutral special move]], a slow but powerful charge-up punch attack; the [[Falcon Dive]], his [[up special move]], a repeatable move involving a jump upward, grabbing an opponent he comes in contact with followed by an explosion; and the [[Falcon Kick]], his [[down special move]], a fiery flying kick that propels him downward from midair or forward on the ground.
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 {{Main|Captain Falcon (SSBM)}}
 [[File:Captain Falcon SSBM.jpg|200px|thumb|Captain Falcon as he appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''.]]
-Captain Falcon makes a return appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', still in his incarnation from ''F-Zero X''. This time, he is a [[starter]] character as opposed to being an unlockable character in the previous game, and as before, one of his alternate costumes is [[Blood Falcon]] in both coloration and the logo on his suit's back. His new [[side special move]] is the [[Raptor Boost]], a rushing uppercut attack. Newcomer {{SSBM|Ganondorf}} is a clone of Falcon due to their similar moves, but they have different animations for several attacks.
+Captain Falcon makes a return appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', still in his incarnation from ''F-Zero X'', but his suit is now a very dark gray-blue color. This time, he is a [[starter]] character as opposed to being an unlockable character in the previous game, and as before, one of his alternate costumes is [[Blood Falcon]] in both coloration and the logo on his suit's back. His new [[side special move]] is the [[Raptor Boost]], a rushing uppercut attack. Newcomer {{SSBM|Ganondorf}} is a clone of Falcon due to their similar moves, but they have different animations for several attacks.
 Captain Falcon ranks 6th on the current ''Melee'' [[tier list]]. Captain Falcon remains the most maneuverable character in the game, with the fastest running speed which lends itself to a fast and long [[Dash-dancing|dash-dance]] as well as a short hop that can cover great distances, a high falling speed, and the longest [[moonwalk]]. This complements his attacks well, particularly his aerial attacks: his [[forward aerial]], called the [[Knee Smash]], is a powerful, low-trajectory finisher, and his aerial attacks, in general, are low-lag and good at comboing in tandem with his [[throw]]s. Despite this strong aerial moveset, Falcon's ground attacks are generally slow and lack range, which is exacerbated by his lack of [[projectile]]s. Captain Falcon is a [[fastfaller]] which lends him the game's highest resistance to attacks of vertical trajectory, making him resistant to upward KO's but vulnerable to combos. Since his up special can not attack targets who may be hanging on a ledge, he can be easily [[edge-guard]]ed.
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 {{Main|Captain Falcon (SSBB)}}
 [[File:Captain Falcon SSBB.jpg|200px|thumb|Captain Falcon as he appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.]]
-In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', he has reverted back to [[secret character]] status and has since lost his title of fastest character to {{SSBB|Sonic}}. His moves are largely unchanged from the previous games, except he can do a reverse Falcon Punch. His design is a mix between his ''F-Zero X'' and ''F-Zero GX'' design, with his scarf hanging out instead of being tucked in. His Final Smash is his Blue Falcon, which he calls for then rams into opponents. His home stages are [[Port Town Aero Dive]] and the returning [[Big Blue]].
+In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', he has reverted back to [[secret character]] status and has since lost his title of fastest character to {{SSBB|Sonic}}. His moves are largely unchanged from the previous games, except he can do a reverse Falcon Punch. His design, this time, is mostly original, with his scarf hanging out instead of being tucked in, he now has two differently designed pauldrons with yellow rims, and he now wears light-yellow kneepads. His Final Smash is his Blue Falcon, which he calls for then rams into opponents. His home stages are [[Port Town Aero Dive]] and the returning [[Big Blue]].
 Falcon's position has fallen from one of the highest in ''SSB'' and ''Melee'' to one of the lowest in the [[tier list]] in ''Brawl''. He ranks 34th on the current ''Brawl'' tier list for many reasons: his power and speed were reduced, the game's lack of hitstun and physics changes severely hindered his combo game and efficiency respectively, and his [[Knee Smash]]'s [[sweet spot]] is more difficult to land. Also, one of his most glaring flaws from ''Melee'', being vulnerable to chain grabs, is only worse here as more characters have this ability.
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 *Many of Captain Falcon's minor animations, such as shield breaking or using battering items, appear on several characters who are otherwise not clones of him and often those with a similarly realistic physique (such as [[Solid Snake]], [[Little Mac]], and [[Simon Belmont]]), suggesting his animations are commonly used as templates.
 *Captain Falcon and [[Donkey Kong]] are the only characters to be listed with abbreviated names on the [[victory screen]], [[trophies]], and/or [[character select screen]]. In Captain Falcon's case, he is listed as C. Falcon in ''SSB'' and ''Melee''.
-*Captain Falcon's voice actor, Ryō Horikawa, reprised his role for the first time in over a decade in [[Min Min]]'s reveal trailer for ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. However, he only provided sounds of slurping noodles instead of new dialogue.
+*Captain Falcon's voice actor, Ryō Horikawa, reprised his role for the first time in over two decades in [[Min Min]]'s reveal trailer for ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. However, he only provided sounds of slurping noodles instead of new dialogue.
 **Regarding this appearance, Masahiro Sakurai stated that it was the first time that Horikawa voiced Captain Falcon since ''Smash 64''. However, Captain Falcon still received new voice clips in both ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''; Sakurai stated that voice clips that Falcon received later were simply unused, and voice clips for [[Blue Falcon]] and other [[Final Smash]]es are [[Unused content (SSB)#Gameplay|accessible within the game's debug menu]].
 *Captain Falcon and [[Ganondorf]] are the only pair of clones to come from different universes ({{uv|F-Zero}} and {{uv|The Legend of Zelda}}, respectively).