Flipper

Flipper may refer to:

Common meanings

 * Flipper (anatomy), a forelimb of an aquatic animal, useful for steering and/or propulsion in water
 * Alternate name for a swimfin, footwear that boosts human swimming efficiency
 * Flipper (cricket), a type of delivery bowled by a wrist spin bowler
 * Flipper (pinball), a part of a pinball machine used to strike the ball
 * A speculator who engages in flipping (buying and selling quickly)
 * Flipper (tool), used for flipping food over while cooking

Film and television

 * Flipper (1963 film), about a bottlenose dolphin named Flipper
 * Flipper's New Adventure (1964), sequel to the 1963 film
 * Flipper (1996 film), a remake of the 1963 film starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood
 * Flipper (1964 TV series), an adaptation of the 1963 film which originally ran from 1964 to 1967
 * Flipper (1995 TV series), a revival of the 1964 series which ran from 1995 to 2000
 * Flipper, one of the title characters of the Australian animated series Flipper and Lopaka

Music

 * Die Flippers, a German Schlager group
 * Die Flippers (album), the group's first studio album, released in 1970
 * Flipper (band), a punk band from San Francisco, California
 * Flipper, a former member of the lesbian punk band Tribe 8

Military

 * Operation Flipper, a British World War II commando raid with the goal of assassinating Erwin Rommel
 * Flipper, NATO reporting name of the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152A Soviet fighter aircraft
 * M138 "Flipper" portable mine layer, see GEMSS mine system

People

 * Henry Ossian Flipper (1856–1940), first African-American cadet to graduate from West Point
 * Willie Flipper Anderson (born 1965), former National Football League wide receiver
 * Kirsten Flipkens (born 1986), Belgian tennis player
 * Leandro Ruiz Machado (born 1977), Brazilian water polo player
 * Carmen Milano (1929–2006), American disbarred lawyer and mobster

Other uses

 * Flipper (mascot), Miami Dolphins mascot from 1966 to 1968
 * Flipper (US dinghy), an American sailing dinghy design
 * Flipper (Danish dinghy), a Danish sailing dinghy design
 * Flipper (robot combat), a device used to flip over opposing robots
 * the ATI-produced Graphics Processing Unit chip used in the Nintendo GameCube videogame console