Vixy Reinard McCloud

Vixy McCloud (née Reinard) was the mother of Fox McCloud and the wife of James McCloud. Very little is known about her, as her only appearance was in the 1993 Nintendo Power Star Fox comic. She was described as being very beautiful and caring, and attracted the attentions of Andross, who became infatuated with her. Unfortunately, she was already in love with and married to James, and had a son. So Andross planned to get rid of them by putting a bomb in James's car. Unfortunately that day, Vixy's car was broken down and James let her drive his in order to get to work, unknowing of what Andross had done. The moment she started it, she was killed in the following explosion, leaving both James and Andross stricken with grief.

Trivia

• Her appearance is only seen in a photograph that Fox keeps of her, however Fara Phoenix was noted for having an uncanny similarity to her. Possibly meaning that although she clearly is a Red Fox in the photo, she may have been part Fennec.
• Despite the Nintendo Power comic largely being incompatible for the current games, the reason being it was based off the first (now non-canon) Star Fox game, Vixy (at least as a character) is one aspect from the comic that can easily fit in with the current timeline.
• Vixy's death means that Andross was supposedly responsible for the demise of both of Fox's parents, the difference being Vixy's was unintentional, whereas Andross clearly had a hatred for James.
• Vixy's first name comes from Vixen which is the term for a female Fox.
  • Her last name comes from the "Reynard Cycle", a medieval French book about the adventures of a clever fox named Reynard (fr: Renart) and that was so popular in the Middle Ages that it gave its name to the animal (French for fox is renard, formerly goupil.)
    • With this in mind, it may provide a slight explanation for Fox's first name.