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[[File:Space Animals.jpg|thumb|An illustration depicting all three {{uv|Star Fox}} fighters, colloquially referred to as "Space animals".]]

'''Space animal''', sometimes contracted as '''spacie''', is a collective slang term that commonly refers to the {{uv|Star Fox}} characters ([[Fox]], [[Falco]], and [[Wolf]]). The terminology arose out of the study of competitive ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', where the stark similarity between Fox and Falco's physical properties (most importantly high [[falling speed]], high [[gravity]], and light [[weight]]) can be exploited by opponents in similar ways, such as in chain throws like {{SSBM|Marth}}'s [[up throw]] [[chain throw]] in ''Melee'' and {{SSBB|Pikachu}}'s [[zero-death]] [[down throw]] chain throw in ''Brawl''. This also applies to specialized combos well, as in the case of '' Smash 64'' and ''Melee'', {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}}'s [[space animal slayer]]. However, having light weight isn't a consistent property of a space animal, as in the case of {{SSB|Fox}} in ''Smash 64'', who was a middle weight, but possessed high falling speed and gravity. Wolf was added when he was introduced in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', having high falling speed, high gravity while at the same time being a heavy weight.