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|image=[[File:FlophopperSM3DL.png]]
|image=[[File:FlophopperSM3DL.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])
|variant_of=[[Swaphopper]]
|relatives=[[Swaphopper]]
|comparable=[[Bramball]]
|comparable=[[Bramball]]
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'''Flophoppers'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=16|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 13, 2011|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. These bug-like creatures are a species of [[Swaphopper]], but unlike their cousins, Flophoppers do not attack by using gravity tactics but by moving around in a set area by flipping themselves around instead, similarly to a [[Bramball]]. Flophoppers cannot be [[jump]]ed on while their spiked helmets are exposed, so [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) must wait until they flip and their undersides are exposed, a vulnerability shared with Swaphoppers. They can also be defeated by [[Fire Mario]], [[Boomerang Mario]], or [[Tanooki Mario]].
'''Flophoppers'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=16|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 13, 2011|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. These bug-like creatures are similar to [[Swaphopper]]s, but they do not attack by using gravity tactics.  Instead, they move around in a set area by flipping themselves around, similarly to a [[Bramball]]. Flophoppers cannot be [[jump]]ed on while their spiked helmets are exposed, so [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) must wait until they flip and their undersides are exposed, a vulnerability shared with Swaphoppers. They can also be defeated by [[Fire Mario]], [[Boomerang Mario]], or [[Tanooki Mario]].


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===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===
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{{foreign names
|Jap=ペッタン
|Jpn=ペッタン
|JapR=Pettan
|JpnR=Pettan
|JapM=A Japanese term meaning "flattening"; also from「ぺたぺた」(''petapeta'', an onomatopoeia for the sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something)
|JpnM=A Japanese term meaning "flattening"; also from「ぺたぺた」(''petapeta'', an onomatopoeia for the sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something)
|Ger=Stachelstelzer
|Ger=Stachelstelzer
|GerM=Spike stelter
|GerM=Spike stelter
|SpaE=Vueltiespino
|SpaE=Vueltiespino<ref>{{cite|date=2017|title="Super Mario 3D Land" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros 30ª Aniversario]]''|location=Madrid|publisher=Planeta Cómic|language=es|isbn=978-84-9146-223-1|page=181}}</ref>
|SpaEM=From ''vuelta'' ("turn") and masculine form of ''espina'' ("thorn")
|SpaEM=From ''vuelta'' ("turn") and masculine form of ''espina'' ("thorn")
|Ita=Girignotto
|Ita=Girignotto

Latest revision as of 19:20, March 30, 2025

Flophopper
Artwork of a Flophopper from Super Mario 3D Land.
First appearance Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Relatives
Comparable

Flophoppers[1] are enemies in Super Mario 3D Land. These bug-like creatures are similar to Swaphoppers, but they do not attack by using gravity tactics. Instead, they move around in a set area by flipping themselves around, similarly to a Bramball. Flophoppers cannot be jumped on while their spiked helmets are exposed, so Mario (or Luigi) must wait until they flip and their undersides are exposed, a vulnerability shared with Swaphoppers. They can also be defeated by Fire Mario, Boomerang Mario, or Tanooki Mario.

Naming

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario 3D Land romfs/ObjectData/Sokuten.szs Sokuten Cartwheel

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ペッタン[?]
Pettan
A Japanese term meaning "flattening"; also from「ぺたぺた」(petapeta, an onomatopoeia for the sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something)
German Stachelstelzer[?] Spike stelter
Italian Girignotto[?] From girare ("to spin") and Saltignotto ("Swaphopper")
Spanish (NOE) Vueltiespino[2] From vuelta ("turn") and masculine form of espina ("thorn")

References

  1. ^ von Esmarch, Nick (November 13, 2011). Super Mario 3D Land PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89386-4. Page 16.
  2. ^ 2017. "Super Mario 3D Land" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros 30ª Aniversario. Madrid: Planeta Cómic (Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 181.