Gray Fox
| Gray Fox | |
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File:Gray Fox Metal Gear.jpg
Official artwork of Gray Fox from Metal Gear Solid. | |
| Universe | Metal Gear |
| Debut | Metal Gear (1987) |
| Smash Bros. appearances | Brawl Ultimate |
| 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. He returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where he was revealed on August 8, 2018.
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.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
As an Assist Trophy
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
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
: Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Sticker
| Name | Game | Effect | Characters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Fox | Metal Gear Solid |  +98
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.png) Gray Fox (MGS: The Twin Snakes) |
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
As an Assist Trophy
Gray Fox returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as an Assist Trophy. Instead of reflecting projectiles with his sword, he now seems to have an invisible reflector in front of him. Like with Snake, his series logo has also changed. He is also a Spirit for the game's Spirit mode.
Spirit
| No. | Image | Name | Type | Class | Ability | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 751 | Gray Fox | Attack | ★★★ | No Effect | Metal Gear Solid Series |
Gallery
Gray Fox's Brawl render.
Gray Fox as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Gray Fox preparing to attack Lucas on Golden Plains.
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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.
- Gray Fox is the only Assist Trophy from Brawl cut in Smash 4 who was from a universe with a playable character in Brawl.
- Gray Fox and Isaac are the only Assist Trophies to skip a game in the series.
- Both are also the only veteran Assist Trophies to receive promotional screenshots on Ultimate's website section devoted to the item.
- Gray Fox's nickname as "Deepthroat" in his trophy description is in reference to an event in American history known as "the Watergate scandal". During the investigation of the Democratic National Comittee break-in at the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC, Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein received information from an anonymous contributor to who was involved in the break-in. The contributor never named himself, but was given the pseudonym of "Deep Throat" by Woodward and Bernstein in their book All the President's Men alluding to the deep background status of his information. Deep Throat's true identity was later revealed in 2005 by Woodward and Bernstein to be that of former FBI director Mark Felt. At the time of Metal Gear Solid's release, the identity of Deep Throat had yet to be revealed, with Snake commenting that Gray Fox might be the same Deep Throat as in the scandal, carrying over into the Twin Snakes remake.
 Metal Gear universe
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| Fighter | Snake (SSBB · SSBU) |
| Assist Trophy | Gray Fox |
| Stage | Shadow Moses Island |
| Item | Cardboard box |
| Other | Colonel Roy Campbell · Mei Ling · Otacon |
| Trophies, Stickers and Spirits | Trophies · Stickers · Spirits |
| Music | Brawl · Ultimate |
