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The '''Flipper''' ({{ja|グルグル|Guruguru}}, ''Spinning''), sometimes referred to as the [[Bumper]] by fans, is a [[Item #Projectile Items|projectile item]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and also a stage hazard in {{for3ds}} and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]].

The flipper originates from the {{s|nwiki|Nintendo Entertainment System}} game, ''Balloon Fight''. In ''Balloon Fight'', if a player bumps into a flipper, it starts to spin. If a player or enemies hits the flipper while it's spinning, the player temporarily flies out of control. After awhile, the flipper stops spinning. In ''Melee'', the flipper can be picked up and thrown.

==Operation==

The Flipper acts as a projectile item which can be picked up and thrown. After the Flipper travels a certain distance, it stops in midair. When hit, it spins either slowly or quickly (depending on either the speed of someone who has contacted it, or the strength of the attack), blocking passage and causing light (though generally repeated) [[damage]] when touched. Aside from causing general havoc in a fray, they can also be placed strategically at integral locations, such as [[ledge]]s or against walls. This will prevent opponents from recovering, or not allow them to pass through certain points. The downfalls of this item are that it can be avoided with relative ease and has a relatively short duration on the field. After a certain period of time, the flipper will slow down and eventually stop spinning. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsftegYjaiQ]

Due to having near-identical usages and effects, the Flipper serves as ''Melee''{{'}}s equivilant of the Bumper from the original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' game. This is further supported as the Bumper is the only item which didn't return from ''Smash 64'', as well as the Bumper's return and Flipper's absence in ''[[Brawl]]'', combined with Bumper's new ability to be set in midair being identical to the Flipper's. Furthermore, when [[Masahiro Sakurai]] revealed the return of the Bumper for ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', he stated "This also means there will be no Flippers," an official confirmation that the items were intended to fill the same niche and not appear in the same game together. As such, the fandom often considers it and the Bumper as the same item.

Multiple Flippers appear on Luigi's [[Break the Targets]] stage in ''Melee''. Uniquely, these Flippers do not remain stationary in midair as the do in item form; instead, they move in random directions accross the stage. Otherwise, they function the same as they do as an item.

Although Flippers are not items in ''Smash 4'', multiple ones appear as [[stage hazard]]s in the [[Balloon Fight]] stage in {{for3ds}}. Similar their effect as an item, they will knock players upwards to the left or right (depending on the directiob they hit it) and deal 1% damage. Unlike in ''Melee'', it'll only knock players left or right. In ''Ultimate'', Flippers once again appear as hazards on the [[Balloon Fight]] stage, functioning the same as they previously did on the stage.

===Damage===