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-{{species-infobox
+{{distinguish|Flaptor|Floater}}
-|image=[[File:SM3DW Screenshot Flopter.png|250px]]
+{{species infobox
-|first_appearance= ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
+|image=[[File:Flopter SM3DW Prima.jpg|200px]]
+|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
+|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
+|comparable=[[Choppah]]<br>[[Spindrift]]<br>[[Twirlip]]
 }}
-'''Flopters'''{{ref needed}} are bug-like enemies that appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. They have a bee-like body and four wings and attack by ramming into the player. Their name is a combination of the words "fly" and "copter", describing their behavior. Flopters can be defeated by any attack and are usually found in groups. When undisturbed, they normally fly at a high altitude. Flopters make their first appearance in the level [[The Bullet Bill Express]]. Flopters have wings that spin around rapidly much like [[Twirlip]]s.
+[[File:FloptersSM3DW.jpg|thumb|left|Two Flopters]]
+'''Flopters'''<ref>Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. ''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 25.</ref> are bug-like enemies that appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. They also reappear in its [[Nintendo Switch]] port ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. They have a bee-like body and four wings, and attack by ramming into the player. Their name is a combination of the words "flower" and "copter", describing their appearance and behavior, respectively. Flopters can be defeated by any attack and are usually found in groups. When undisturbed, they normally fly at a high altitude. Flopters make their first appearance in the level [[The Bullet Bill Express]]. Flopters have wings that spin around rapidly much like [[Twirlip]]s and [[Choppah]]s.
-==Names in other languages==
+[[File:Catflopter.png|thumb|left|120px|A Fur Spinner in ''Bowser's Fury'']]
+A cat form, '''Fur Spinner''',<ref>''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'' internal filename (<tt>SpinnerFur</tt>)</ref> appears in [[Lake Lapcat]] in ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''. They gain catlike features, such as paws and ears, but otherwise have the same behavior as their normal counterparts.
+{{br|left}}
+==Additional names==
+===Internal names===
+{{internal names
+|game1=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
+|file1=<tt>content/ObjectData/Spinner.szs</tt>
+|name1=Spinner
+}}
+===Names in other languages===
 {{foreign names
-|Jap=フラッパー
+|Jap=フラッパー<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section, page 227.</ref>
 |JapR=Furappā
-|JapM=Flapper
+|JapM=Flapper; also a play on English word "flower"
+|Fre=Flopter
+|Ger=Flopter
+|SpaE=Zumbacóptero
+|SpaEM=From "zumbar" (to buzz) and "helicóptero" (helicopter)
 }}
+==References==
+<references/>
 {{SM3DW}}
 [[Category:Insects]]
-[[Category:Super Mario 3D World Enemies]]
+[[Category:Bowser's Fury enemies]]
+[[Category:Super Mario 3D World enemies]]
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+[[it:Flopter]]