Egg Flapper
From Sonic Retro
E-1002 Egg Flapper, or simply known as Egg Flapper, Flapper, Egg Drone, are enemies found 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.
List of Egg Flappers
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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. |
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Blue | Flappers equipped with rapid firing machine guns. |
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Green | Flappers equipped with laser guns. |
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Yellow | Flappers equipped with a search light. If the search light is crossed, it will call for Egg Pawns to appear. |
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Neon-green | Flappers that shoot an electrical beam to the ground. |
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Pink | Flappers that drop bombs, they are called Bomb Flappers in the Official Guide. |
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Yellow | Flappers equipped with a pair of red retractable spikes. |
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Silver | Armor-plated flappers that can only be destroyed by Power character (Though the can be destroyed by the Fly 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
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.