Flibbee

Flibbee
Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013)
Variants Flibbee R

Flibbees are yellow bees with red eyes and two feet that appear in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, located uncommonly in Mushrise Park. In the field, Flibbees are at first seen walking around, but if they spot Mario and Luigi, the insectoid creatures take to the air and charge. In battle, Flibbees attack differently, depending on their position. A Flibbee's position can change if struck by a bro on its attack turn, dropping down if it was in mid-air and taking flight if it was on the ground.

In mid-air, Flibbees have two antennae and no legs, and their eyes are angry. Due to their stinger being pointed downward, the creatures can be jumped on safely, but ground attacks have no effect. When it attacks while airborne, the Flibbee will come flying at a bro on its side after possibly rolling its eyes in circles up to three times. It will then do the same amount of loops as the number of times it rolled its eyes in a circle, and then fly into the bro, who must jump before it hits him in order to dodge.

If it is on the ground, the Flibbee, who now stands on two feet and lacks antennae, will deflect jump attacks with its upward-pointing spike (also dealing damage to the attackers). However, ground-based attacks will now be able to strike it. A Flibbee that attacks in this state will fly at a bro and aim its spike at him as it flies back and forth barely away from the bro; the target must smack it with his hammer when it comes into range to knock it into another enemy, in normal mode dealing 7 damage to other Flibbees, 6 to Capnaps, and 5 to Thorbs. If there are no others, the Flibbee will crash into the ground when the bro strikes it. In hard mode, this deals 11 damage to Capnaps and other Flibbees.

First striking them on the field can also affect how the battle begins. If the hammer is used to deliver the first strike, and the Flibbee is on the ground, it will always move up into the air before anyone can take their turn. Conversely, if a jump is used to deliver a first strike, and the Flibbee is in the air, then it will become grounded before anyone can move.

A stronger version of Flibbees called Flibbees R appears later on in the game on Mount Pajamaja.

Statistics

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team enemy
Flibbee
	HP	36	Role	Common	Level	6	Location(s)	Mushrise Park
	Power	41	Position	Normal	No Hitter	7
	Defense	36	World	Real	Weakness	None	Item drop	Syrup Jar (10%) So-so Hammer (2%)
	Speed	31	Experience	17 (20)	Coins	7 (100%)

Gallery

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  A standing Flibbee.

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  A flying Flibbee.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	サカバチ[?] Sakabachi	Portmanteau of「逆さ」(sakasa, "inverted") and voicing of「蜂」(hachi, "bee")
French (NOA)	Abeillenvers[?]	Portmanteau of abeille ("bee") and à l'envers ("upside down")
French (NOE)	Bavette[?]	Diminutive form of baver ("to slobber")
German	Reversiene[?]	Portmanteau of revers ("reverse") and biene ("bee")
Italian	Verticape[?]	Portmanteau of verticale ("vertical") and ape ("bee")
Portuguese	Invertibelha[?]	Portmanteau of invertida ("flipped") and abelha ("bee")
Russian	Жалокрут[?] Zhalokrut	Portmanteau of жало (zhalo, "stinger") and крутить (krutit, "to spin")
Spanish	Abejabajo[?]	Portmanteau of abeja ("bee") and abajo ("downwards")

Trivia

• Weeping Troopers in Mario & Luigi: Brothership can change their stances in a similar method to the Flibbee, having both grounded and flying forms with different attack tactics. However, a Weeping Trooper has two grounded forms, with one lacking the spike on top of the body.