Flippy the Fish is a major character in the Dog Man comic series by Dav Pilkey. He serves as one of the two main antagonists (alongside Flat Petey) of Dog Man: Unleashed and the main antagonist of Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties, before redeeming himself and appearing as one of the tritagonists of Dog Man: Fetch 22 and Dog Man: Grime and Punishment. He is a highly intelligent fish who attempts to steal all the treasure chests he can before realizing his wrongdoings and redeeming himself.
Biography[]
Dog Man: Unleashed[]
Flippy was a free gift from Penelope's Pets that Dog Man gave to Chief for his birthday. He received a can of Supa Brain Dots from two other officers. Chief ate one of his Supa Brain Dots in his office after bringing Flippy and his can of snacks there. The Supa Brain Dots can fell over and the brain dots fell into Flippy's fish bowl when Chief slammed the door shut and left for lunch with the others. This caused Flippy's brain to enlarge by 11 times and gave him psychokinetic abilities. Flippy then used his telekinetic powers to disguise himself and cause havoc across town.
In order to obtain enough wealth to buy the largest castle in the city, he looted Penelope's Pets, tied up Sarah Hatoff, Zuzu, and two Penelope's Pets employees, and then took a number of small plastic treasure boxes. Thankfully, Zuzu managed to get through the cords and Sarah managed to take a photo of the Mysterious Stranger. Because the orange-and-black striped stool resembled Petey the Cat's tail and legs, she assumed he was Petey the Cat and shared the picture on her news site. When Petey learned of it, he became furious and decided to get out of Cat Jail using a Flat Petey as a distraction while he constructed the Treasure Tank 2000 in his lab to capture his alleged "impostor".
Flippy the Mysterious Stranger continued to cause trouble in the meantime. But it wasn't until he went to pay for the treasure chests he had taken from Penelope's Pets that he discovered they were actually made of plastic. The owner informed him that gold-filled wooden boxes are what treasures are made of. Just then, they both caught sight of Petey the Cat hypnotizing people with his love ray on his Treasure Tank 2000 in order to steal everyone's money. While the owner declined, the Mysterious Stranger made the decision to go and steal it. When the stranger became enraged, he utilized his mental abilities to launch the owner into the air.
Just as Petey, Flat Petey, and the Mysterious Stranger (Flippy) are squabbling over the Treasure Tank 2000, Dog Man arrives with Sarah, Zuzu, and Chief. Flippy confesses his identity as Petey is pursued back to Cat Jail. He was about to steal the Treasure Tank 2000 when he noticed, too late, that Flat Petey and the Dr.Feeva under hypnosis had already escaped with it to the top of a snowy mountain while Flippy was speaking to Dog Man and the others. In a fit of wrath, the bad fish chased Petey's paper replica, and Dog Man and everyone else joined them. Flippy thaws out in his aquarium just as Flat Petey notices Dr. Boog. E Feeva no longer useful kicks him away causing his stuff to fall out of his bag. Flippy reads one of the Witch Doctor's books rapidly and learns the secret to eternal life. Flippy's soul seeks to take over Chief's body by focusing his mind and leaving his own body behind. Flippy's soul is placed in Dog Man's mouth, where it slowly disappears until it is gone. Dog Man, Zuzu, Sarah, Chief, and Boog E Feeva use Flat Petey's frozen body to sled down the mountain, leaving his empty body behind to freeze on the mountain.
Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties[]
Scientists rescue Flippy's frozen body from the mountain in order to examine his brain. Supa Mecha Flippy is created from his metal components after being revived with Living Spray. He creates an army of beastly structures and unleashes his wickedness on the city. With the aid of Sarah, Zuzu, and Chief, Dog Man destroys a number of the Beastly Buildings. Flippy makes a promise to Li'l Petey to throw him into a volcano in order to get rid of him when he destroys the remaining structures while in Robo-Suit Mode. Unbeknownst to Flippy, Petey assumes Li'l Petey's role as the robo-cat in an effort to save the latter. When Li'l Petey, who is no longer in Robo-Suit Mode, befriends Flippy, he turns into a kind person. Flippy then goes to fish jail for his crimes but is still happy as Li'l Petey promises to write to him.
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls[]
Li'l Petey mentions a letter that he is going to send to Flippy.
Dog Man: Fetch 22[]
Flippy is released from prison due to help from Cat Kid.
Dog Man: Grime and Punishment[]
Flippy is here briefly seen teaching frogs adverbs.
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