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Gray Fox

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Gray Fox
Gray Fox's Brawl render.
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Official artwork in Brawl.

Universe Metal Gear
Debut Metal Gear (1987)
Smash Bros. appearances Brawl
Most recent non-Smash appearance Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience (cameo, 2016)
Console/platform of origin MSX2
Species Cyborg
Gender Male
Place of origin Earth
Created by Hideo Kojima
Designed by Yoji Shinkawa
English voice actor Rob Paulsen
Japanese voice actor Kaneto Shiozawa
Article on Wikipedia Gray Fox (Metal Gear)

Gray Fox (サイボーグ忍者, Cyborg Ninja) is a character who has appeared since the original Metal Gear until his death in Metal Gear Solid. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, he is voiced by Rob Paulsen, who also voices him in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Taken from Smash Bros. DOJO!!
Gray Fox using his sword to reflect Link's arrow.

Gray Fox makes an appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as an unlockable Assist Trophy in his Cyborg Ninja form. He is unlocked as soon as the player unlocks Snake. His attack involves moving quickly around the stage and swinging his sword, with his swings capable of reflecting projectile attacks. If he falls off a stage, he can come back from the top. He can also teleport from anywhere in the stage and come back from the top. His skill, according to DOJO!, is so great, that it makes a few smashers want him as a playable character.

Trophy description

Gray Fox trophy from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
The Gray Fox trophy in Brawl.

An enigmatic soldier with great physical and combat skills. Calling himself "Deepthroat" and equipped with an enhanced environmental camouflage suit, he dedicated his life to fighting Snake. In a twist of fate, Gray Fox ends up protecting his sworn rival from Metal Gear REX. Long ago, Gray Fox fought Snake in Zanzibarland.

Metal Gear Solid
GameCube: Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Sticker

Name Game Effect Characters
Gray Fox Metal Gear Solid SpecialFlinchResistance+098StickerIconFlinchResistance.png +98 All charactersRandomHeadSSBB.png
Brawl Sticker Gray Fox (MGS The Twin Snakes).png
Gray Fox
(MGS: The Twin Snakes)

Origin

While Gray Fox as a character first appeared in Metal Gear for the MSX2, Gray Fox in his Cyborg Ninja form first appeared in Metal Gear Solid. In Metal Gear Solid, Gray Fox's main weapon is his sword, which he uses to slice through the Genome Solders and weaken Metal Gear REX that was controlled by Liquid Snake. When Snake and Gray Fox battle each other, Gray Fox initially uses his sword, but later switches to hand-to-hand combat. If Snake tries using any guns against him, he will always use his sword to block the bullets (unless he is "paralyzed" by chaff grenades). In Brawl, Gray Fox uses his sword against his opponents. Gray Fox's projectile-reflecting ability is a possible reference to how he blocks projectile attacks in Metal Gear Solid.

When Gray Fox is summoned in Brawl, he will say either "Make me feel alive again!", "You can't defeat me with a weapon like that.", or "Hand-to-hand. It is the basis of all combat." Whenever Gray Fox is summoned while Snake is on the battlefield (regardless of whether Snake or the opponent summons him), he either says "Like old times, Snake..." or "That's it! I've been waiting for this pain." All of these quotes are some of the things that Gray Fox says in Metal Gear Solid when battling Snake.

Gallery

Trivia

  • Gray Fox is voiced by Rob Paulsen in this appearance, with his voice samples lifted directly from The Twin Snakes; in the Japanese version, he uses archived sounds from Kaneto Shiozawa, his actor in Metal Gear Solid, who passed away in the year 2000.
  • If Gray Fox is summoned on PictoChat while a drawing with at least two walls is currently on the stage (e.g. Blocks or Spears), he will be stuck in his running animation and will be unable to escape until he disappears.