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* AdaptationalVillainy: The anime notoriously did this to ''half the cast'':

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* AdaptationalVillainy: The anime notoriously did this to ''half the cast'':cast''. In order of severity:


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** Jack Levin, despite being one of the show's heroes, was a former member of the Bloody Chain.

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* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: Because the "Big Accident" is not present in the anime, how Black Shadow managed to create Blood Falcon goes unexplained.



** While they never went full-on evil, Mighty Gazelle, James [=McCloud=], and Draq all worked for Black Shadow at some point.

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** While they never went full-on evil, Mighty Gazelle, James [=McCloud=], and Draq all worked for Black Shadow at some point.point, with James also getting a decent dose of AdaptationalJerkass.
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** Ryu Suzaku. Suzaku is the name of [[TheFourGods a legendary bird]], foreshadowing [[LegacyCharacter his true destiny]]. Alternatively, "Ryu" could also mean "one step ahead", which is indicative of Rick's eventual driving abilities while essentially being BackFromTheDead. This overlaps with MeaningfulName.

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** Ryu Suzaku. Suzaku is the name of [[TheFourGods a legendary bird]], foreshadowing [[LegacyCharacter his true destiny]]. Alternatively, "Ryu" could also mean "one step ahead", which is indicative of Rick's eventual driving abilities while essentially being BackFromTheDead. This overlaps with MeaningfulName. Additionally, Ryu Suzaku roughly translates to Dragon Bird, which is the name of his F-Zero machine.
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* SecondSuperIdentity: Captain Falcon [[spoiler:is at one point killed. After that, the mysterious racer Berserker joins Dark Million. It is eventually revealed that Berserker was actually Captain Falcon, alive, and in disguise, spying on Dark Million.]]
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* MythologyGag: In the episode focused on him, James [=McCloud=] -- an {{Expy}} of the character of the same name from ''VideoGame/StarFox'' -- has more references to his original series included: he has a former comrade named O'Donnell (a reference to Wolf O'Donnel, leader of Star Wolf), and two allies named Peppy Hare and Pigma Dengar (other members of the original Star Fox team, before Pigma's betrayal and James's disappearance).

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* MythologyGag: In the episode focused on him, James [=McCloud=] -- an {{Expy}} of the character of the same name from ''VideoGame/StarFox'' ''Franchise/StarFox'' -- has more references to his original series included: he has a former comrade named O'Donnell (a reference to Wolf O'Donnel, leader of Star Wolf), and two allies named Peppy Hare and Pigma Dengar (other members of the original Star Fox team, before Pigma's betrayal and James's James' disappearance).
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* MythologyGag: In the episode focused on him, James [=McCloud=] -- an {{Expy}} of the character of the same name from ''VideoGame/StarFox'' -- has more references to his original series included: he has a former comrade named O'Donnell (a reference to Wolf O'Donnel, leader of Star Wolf), and two allies named Peppy Hare and Pigma Dengar (other members of the original Star Fox team, before Pigma's betrayal and James's disappearance).
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* WhamEpisode: Episode 35, Falcon's Confession -0 Captain Falcon is [[spoiler:not only Bart Lemming, but also Jody's brother Andy Summer!]]

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* WhamEpisode: Episode 35, Falcon's Confession -0 -- Captain Falcon is [[spoiler:not only Bart Lemming, but also Jody's brother Andy Summer!]]
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Renamed to Clone Angst, cutting non-examples, ZCEs, and no-context potholes.


* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Taken quite literally in the episode "Only One Falcon" (Episode 30) from ''Legend of Falcon'', as it revolves around Captain Falcon and Blood Falcon duking it out during a high-stakes race. Blood Falcon's machine [[StuffBlowingUp blows up]], but he gets better... [[CloningBlues sorta]].

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* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Taken quite literally in the episode "Only One Falcon" (Episode 30) from ''Legend of Falcon'', as it revolves around Captain Falcon and Blood Falcon duking it out during a high-stakes race. Blood Falcon's machine [[StuffBlowingUp blows up]], but he gets better... [[CloningBlues sorta]].sorta.



* WhamEpisode: Episode 35, Falcon's Confession - Captain Falcon is [[spoiler:not only Bart Lemming, but also Jody's brother Andy Summer!]]

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* WhamEpisode: Episode 35, Falcon's Confession - -0 Captain Falcon is [[spoiler:not only Bart Lemming, but also Jody's brother Andy Summer!]]

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''F-Zero: GP Legend''[[note]]''F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu'', which means ''F-Zero: The Legend of Falcon'', in Japan[[/note]] is a 2003 anime based on the ''Videogame/FZero'' series of games, but set in an AlternateContinuity. In the U.S., it aired as part of Creator/FourKidsEntertainment's "Fox Box" slate of {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, but was cancelled after only 15 of the 51 episodes were aired.

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''F-Zero: GP Legend''[[note]]''F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu'', which means ''F-Zero: The Legend of Falcon'', in Japan[[/note]] is a 2003 anime based on the ''Videogame/FZero'' ''VideoGame/FZero'' series of games, but set in an AlternateContinuity. In the U.S., it aired as part of Creator/FourKidsEntertainment's "Fox Box" slate of {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, but was cancelled after only 15 of the 51 episodes were aired.




* ActionGirl: Aside from Jody Summer, CanonForeigner Lisa Brilliant shows her mettle as the wife of Samurai Goroh in the anime.

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\n* ActionGirl: Aside from Jody Summer, CanonForeigner Lisa Brilliant shows her mettle as the wife of Samurai Goroh in the this anime.
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* {{Bishonen}}: Jack Levin, and's Leon [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent human form]].
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* ExplosivePunch: The Falcon Punch employed in the GrandFinale.
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** While they never went full-on evil, Mighty Gazelle, James McCloud, and Draq all worked for Black Shadow at some point.

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** While they never went full-on evil, Mighty Gazelle, James McCloud, [=McCloud=], and Draq all worked for Black Shadow at some point.



* RetiredBadass: A much younger than the norm example comes from James [=Mc=]Cloud in the anime. The heroes comes to him in search of guidance and training. Unbeknownst to them, he also [[spoiler:trained members of Dark Million in the past]].

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* RetiredBadass: A much younger than the norm example comes from James [=Mc=]Cloud [=McCloud=] in the anime. The heroes comes to him in search of guidance and training. Unbeknownst to them, he also [[spoiler:trained members of Dark Million in the past]].
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** While they never went full-on evil, Mighty Gazelle, James McCloud, and Draq all worked for Black Shadow at some point.
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** John Tanaka was a DoggedNiceGuy in the games, but in the anime he has no attraction whatsoever to Jody Summer and their relationship is purely professional.

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** John Tanaka was a DoggedNiceGuy in the games, but in the anime he has no attraction whatsoever to Jody Summer and their relationship is purely professional. He does, however, have a crush on [[MsFanservice Kate Allen]].



** Pico, Billy, and Beastman were originally well [[AntiHero meaning but morally questionable]] characters who had their negative qualities exaggerated.

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** Pico, Billy, and Beastman were originally well [[AntiHero well meaning but morally questionable]] characters who had their negative qualities exaggerated.
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** John Tanaka was a DoggedNiceGuy in the games, but in the anime he has no attraction whatsoever to Jody Summer and their relationship is purely professional.
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* BreatherEpisode: Lap 40, set in-between Blood Falcon's attempt at dissolving the team from the inside and a direct confrontation with all of Dark Million's heavy hitters, takes a moment to have the cast goof off.

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