Slippy Toad is a childhood friend of Fox McCloud and has been flying alongside him for several years. He serves as the inventor and mechanic of the Star Fox team. The excitable amphibian member of the Star Fox Team, Slippy may seem like a hyper-doofus and his inferior piloting skill leaves a lot to be desired, but he has excellent mechanical knowledge, as he specialized in engineering at the Cornerian Academy and learned a lot from his father, Beltino Toad, the Director of Engineering at Space Dynamics Co. Ltd. He has invented a wide variety of gadgets and vehicles, creating some of them alongside his father, and after joining the Star Fox team, he helps his wingmates with his creations, his intellect and take cares of maintenance for their vehicles. Their combined inventions, from the Arwing, Landmaster and Blue-Marine to the Reflector and Blaster, have helped the Star Fox Team prevail over the enemy, making Slippy a major contribution to the team's success. Slippy's main role on the battlefield is providing a Shield Gauge to determinate the health of a boss, but only if he is present to do so. Slippy typically appears in all Star Fox games to date, as well as the comics and the Star Fox Zero promotional anime, as a supporting protagonist. He also appears as a background character in all Super Smash Bros. games, starting with Melee.