Flipper

Flipper may refer to:

Film & Television:

• Flipper (1963 film), a film about an extremely intelligent bottlenose dolphin named Flipper, starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin
• Flipper's New Adventure, a 1964 sequel film starring Luke Halpin and Pamela Franklin
• Flipper (1964 TV series), an adaptation of the 1963 film which originally ran from 1964-1967
• Flipper (1995 TV series), a revival of the 1964 series which ran from 1995-2000
• Flipper (1996 film), a remake of the 1963 film starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood
• Flipper and Lopaka, a 1999 Australian animated TV series, with additional stories made in 2005

Music

• Flipper (band), a punk band from San Francisco
• Die Flippers, a German Schlager group

People:

• Henry Ossian Flipper (1856–1940), the first African American cadet to graduate from West Point
• Flipper Anderson, former National Football League wide receiver
• Nickname of Brazilian water polo player Leandro Ruiz Machado
• Nickname of American mobster Carmen Milano
• Flipper (mascot), Miami Dolphins mascot from 1966 to 1968

Other uses

• Flipper (anatomy), a limb on some animals
• A speculator who engages in flipping (buying and selling quickly)
• A scuba diver's swimfin
• Flipper (pinball), a part of a pinball machine used to strike the ball
• Flipper, the name of the ATi-produced Graphics Processing Unit chip used in the Nintendo GameCube videogame console
• Flipper (cricket), a type of delivery bowled by a wrist spin bowler
• Flipper, also known as a malasada, a fried dough pastry popular on Cape Cod
• Another name for the spatula cooking instrument
• A slang term for a temporary removable partial denture
• Operation Flipper, a British World War II commando raid with the goal of assassinating Erwin Rommel
• Another word for a television remote control
• Flipper (robot combat), a device used to flip over opposing robots