Bomb Flapper

Bomb Flapper
A Bomb Flapper in Sonic Heroes
First appearance	Sonic Heroes (2003)
Latest appearance	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS (2009)
Variant of	Egg Flapper

The Bomb Flapper is a variant of Egg Flapper that debuted alongside them in Sonic Heroes. Like Egg Flappers, they are a Pawn Series Badnik model created by Dr. Eggman.

Bomb Flappers heavily resemble Egg Flappers, and have the round torso, black undercarriage, dome-shaped head, airplane-like wings, the two turbines on their backs that serve as jetpacks, pointy nose and panel-based mouth, and the flight visors that Flappers have. However, unlike the typical Flapper, Bomb Flappers are primarily magenta with red details, and they have claws on their undercarriage that they use to carry bombs, which they can drop on others.

History

Sonic Heroes

The Bomb Flappers made their first appearance in Sonic Heroes as enemies. They can be found in Rail Canyon and Lost Jungle.

In gameplay, Bomb Flappers have few hit points and float in a fixed position in midair. When they spot the playable characters, a speech balloon containing an exclamation point will appear above the Bomb Flappers. As a part of their attack patterns, they will periodically drop orange bombs so that they hit the ground directly below them. When hitting the ground, these bombs will then explode. Touching this explosion will cause the playable characters to take damage.

Because they float in midair, the Bomb Flappers typically float outside the reach of most of the player's attacks. The easiest way to destroy them is by using Thunder Shoot to knock them out of the sky, leaving them open to any attack. If Thunder Shoot is leveled up to at least Level 2, it could possibly defeat a Bomb Flapper within one hit. Destroying a Bomb Flapper grants 100 points to the playable characters.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS)

The Bomb Flapper in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the Nintendo DS

In the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, a Bomb Flapper is the subject of the Defeat Bomb Flapper! mini-game in Adventure Tours mode. In it, a Bomb Flapper, which has been modified by a Shy Guy to drop Bob-ombs, drops its ammunition around the field. The objective is for the playable character, Waluigi, to throw the Bob-ombs back at the Bomb Flapper several times within a minute. The Bomb Flapper occasionally drops green Bob-ombs that chase after Waluigi.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ボムフラッパー Bomufurappā