Flippy is the main antagonist in the 2025 DreamWorks film, Dog Man. He is voiced by Ricky Gervais.
Background[]
Personality[]
He was originally just a fish, before being accidentally fed Supa Brain Dots, which turned him "supa" evil. His villainy improves further when Petey reprogramed him into a pure evil monster.
Physical Appearance[]
Like his book counterpart, Flippy resembles a purple butterfly fish with many robotic upgrades, such as a metallic end of his body with light blue stripes with bolts in it and having mechanical arms. He is also shown with large eyes with red pupils and large lips, which was made fun of during his childhood.
Role in the film[]
Sometime before the events of the movie, he was bullied by other fish and called "Fatty Fish Face". Within his adult years, he somehow ended up in a pet store (possibly Penelope's Pets because of the books’ continuity).
At an unknown point between the prologue of the film and the main story, Dog Man bought him from the pet store for Chief's birthday. He also got Supa Brain Dots for his birthday and they accidentally spilled into Flippy's tank, giving him telekinetic powers, using it to pretend to be Petey and obtain every treasure chest to become the richest fish in the world. However, he freezes on top of a mountain (these were also the events that took place in the second Dog Man book).
During the movie’s main storyline, Chief gave Flippy's dead body to The Supa Awesome Science Center Ova There so scientists would study him (though Dog Man impulsively rolls around on his dead body, replacing most of his parts for robotic improvements), and Dog Man was supposed to keep an eye on the security cameras to make sure nobody stole him. Then, Petey got an idea to destroy Dog Man by bringing back Flippy to him, so he stole the fish, making Dog Man chase after Petey using a drone. However, Dog Man's drone was destroyed, so Petey got away with Flippy. Afterwards, Petey reprogrammed Flippy's brain to destroy all do-gooders. At that moment, a cloning machine arrived, so Petey cloned himself, making Li'l Petey, so when Petey tried to follow the procedure to make Flippy come to life, Li'l Petey pressed a button to make Flippy go down the wrong pipe, trapping him in the Living Spray Factory.
Later, Rocco and Janet discovered Flippy in the factory's mechanical systems, and after throwing Flippy away, one of his new robotic claws poked a hole into a pipe, causing Living Spray to leak out and bring him back to life. The whole building soon came to life afterwards, so he now has a Beasty Building and a task of destroying all do gooders.
He finds Petey, Dog Man, and Li'l Petey when Dog Man is trying to arrest petey. There, Flippy kidnaps Li'l Petey for his pure heart, forcing Petey and Dog Man to work together. Petey creates the Mecha Mail Man 2000, which puts up a fight with Flippy's Beasty Building.
During the fight, Li'l Petey is freed, more Beasty Buildings come to life, and the Mecha Mail Man 2000 is destroyed. Then, Li'l Petey uses 80-HD to destroy all the Beasty Buildings (except one shown at the end of the movie).
Flippy angrily goes after Li'l Petey and uses his telekinesis to throw him away. There, Petey replaces Li'l Petey to save the latter, and as everyone else leaves, Flippy almost drops Petey into a volcano, until Li'l Petey shows Flippy a comic. Flippy loves the comic and finds out his powers were getting weaker, releasing Petey from the volcano. Flippy is soon arrested by Chief afterwards, which makes Sarah Hatoff fall even further in love with him.
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Miscellaneous[]
External links[]
- Flippy on the Villains Wiki
- Flippy on the Heroes Wiki
- Flippy on Dog Man Fandom
