Editing Flipper

{{about|the object from the [[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]] franchise|other uses|[[Flipper (disambiguation)]]}}
{{Distinguish|[[One-Way Wall]]}}
[[File:RaphaelTheRavensCastle1.png|thumb|Flippers in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'']]
Throughout the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], many courses feature objects that act as access points for the player character that, once passed through, prevent access to the area before. They may be referred to as '''flippers'''<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|date=1995|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=122}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|date=November 6, 2006|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide|page=72, 80, 82, and 127|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-59812-016-6}}</ref> (due to their common resemblance to {{wp|pinball}} flippers) or '''one-way gates'''.<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=94, 173, 175, 179, 180, 190, 193, 197, 212, 213, 220, 225, 228, 264, 267, 271, and 274|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=December 19, 2006|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-5576-5}}</ref> Once activated, they remain open as long as the player character stays at their threshold. Flippers are encountered both horizontally and vertically.

==History==
===''Yoshi'' franchise===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance''====
In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]], flippers open up to any moving entity, including a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]], an enemy, or a thrown [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]].

====''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''====
Flippers reappear in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', serving the same function as in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' and its [[reissue]].

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Flippers appear in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' in the following [[World-e]] levels: [[Slidin' the Slopes]], [[Doors o' Plenty]], [[Swinging Bars of Doom]], [[Sea to Sky]], [[Puzzling Pipe Maze]], and [[Treacherous Halls]]. In this game, the flippers are colored yellow.

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
A similar type of flipper appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' in [[World 2-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-3]] only. These flippers are wooden with red arrows on them indicating which way they open to, and they are usually found individually rather than in pairs. When touched from the opening side, they swing forward 90 degrees around their pivot and remain in place as long as [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] is in its range of rotation, returning to the previous position once the character departs from it. They are solid objects; after opening, they act as platforms or ceilings if they stand horizontally, or as walls if they stand vertically.

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' features flippers with a near-identical design and function to those from ''New Super Mario Bros.'' They are found in a few [[level]]s, such as [[World 1-A (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-A]].

===Unused appearances===
Flippers exist in the assets of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They use their design from ''New Super Mario Bros.''<ref>{{cite|title=[[tcrf:New Super Mario Bros. Wii/Unused Objects#One-Way Gate|New Super Mario Bros. Wii/Unused Objects § One-Way Gate]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=May 28, 2024}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
NsmbFlipper.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
NSMB2 Asset Sprite Flipper.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=一方通行ゲート<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''|page=118 and 199|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapR=Ippōtsūkō Gēto
|JapM=One-Way Gate
|Ita=Porta unidirezionale<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=118 and 199}}</ref>
|ItaM=Unidirectional door
}}

==See also==
*[[One-Way Wall]]

==References==
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[[Category:Hazardous objects]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. objects]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. 2 objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island objects]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]
[[Category:Yoshi's New Island objects]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Woolly World objects]]