Egg Flapper

"Flapper" redirects here. For the enemy from Sonic and the Black Knight, see Flapper (Sonic and the Black Knight).

Egg Flapper
Games: Sonic Heroes, Sonic Rush, Sonic Colours (Nintendo DS), Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS)
Affiliation: Eggman Empire

The Egg Flapper, sometimes known as Flapper, or Egg Drone, is an enemy introduced in Sonic Heroes. They basically can be considered as airborne Egg Pawns.

Egg Flappers are the one of the most common enemies in the game besides the Egg Pawns themselves. They resemble airplanes and use jet engines to keep themselves afloat. The easiest way to destroy them is with Thunder Shoot. There are many different kinds of flappers that are equipped with different weapons and come in a variety of colors. (Laser Flappers, Cannon Flappers, Search Flappers, Bomb Flappers, Needle Flappers, and Solid Flappers.)

List of Egg Flappers

Image	Colour	Description
	Red	Most basic Flapper, usually stands around but they can patrol an area. They don't have any weapons and are mainly used as Homing Attack fodder.
	Blue	Flappers equipped with rapid firing machine guns.
	Green	Flappers equipped with laser guns.
	Yellow	Flappers equipped with a search light. If the search light is crossed, it will call for Egg Pawns to appear.
	Neon	Flappers that shoot an electrical beam to the ground.
	Pink	Flappers that drop bombs, they are called Bomb Flappers in the Official Guide.
	Violet	Flappers equipped with a pair of red retractable spikes.
	Silver	Armor-plated flappers that can only be destroyed by Power Type characters (Though the can be destroyed by a Fly Type character if Thunder Shoot is used enough). They can be equipped with any weapon as their colored counterparts or no weapon at all.

Other appearances

Sonic Rush

Flapper units in Altitude Limit.

The basic Flappers, along with their ground-based compatriots the Egg Pawns, make a nuisance out of themselves in Sonic Rush; particularly in Altitude Limit, where they get quite lethally in the way of rocket-pad steering. The drones can also be found in the game's Special Stages, where they can be destroyed by Homing Attacking them with the DS stylus. Cannon Flappers and Laser Flappers also return, while 2 new variants are introduced. (Battle Flapper and Sea Flapper)

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

Egg Flappers make an appearance in the Dream Gliding event in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. The point of the game is to shoot down the Flappers while riding a hang glider. They come in red and gold. Red Flappers are worth two points and Gold Flappers are worth five points.

Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS)

Egg Flappers also return in the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations, where they can be found in Water Palace, simply serving as Homing Attack fodder once again. Sea Flappers also return, with a giant variant being found as well.

In other media

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