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| {{Creature-infobox | | {{Enemy-infobox |
| |image=[[File:Brinstar Ripper m1 Artwork.png|A Brinstar Ripper]] | | |image=[[File:Rippers.png|Rippers]] |
| |caption=A [[Brinstar]] Ripper | | |caption=Ripper concept art |
| |games=*''[[Metroid (game)|Metroid]]'' | | |games=*''[[Metroid (game)|Metroid]]'' |
| *''[[Metroid Fusion]]'' | | *''[[Metroid Fusion]]'' |
| *''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]] | | *''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]] |
| *''[[Super Metroid]]''
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| |appearance= | |
| |mainspecies= | | |mainspecies= |
| |damage=Contact | | |attacks=Contact |
| |weaknesses=*[[Screw Attack]]
| | |immunities=Most conventional weapondry |
| *[[Shinespark]]
| | |vulnerableareas= |
| |immunities=*All [[Beam]]s and [[Missile]]s | |
| *[[Morph Ball Bomb]]s
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| *[[Power Bomb]]
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| |vulnerablearea=
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| |threat=Damaging, Non-hostile | |
| |rewards= | | |rewards= |
| |habitat=*[[Brinstar]] | | |habitats=[[Zebes]] |
| *[[Crateria]]
| | |location=[[Biologic Space Laboratories Research Station|B.S.L Research Station]] |
| |location=[[Biologic Space Labs Research Station|B.S.L research station]] | | |sprite= |
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| '''Rippers''' are small insectoid creatures that are capable of hovering with little effort. They seem to have little-to-no intelligence due to their lack of brains and their excessively repetitive movements.<ref name="Metroid Manual Brinstar" />
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| ==Biology==
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| Rippers can only be destroyed by the [[Screw Attack]] or [[Speed Booster]], although they can be frozen. Rippers are some of the most common enemies used as platforms for [[Samus Aran|Samus]] when [[Ice Beam|frozen]]. In fact, a section of [[Brinstar]] in ''[[Super Metroid]]'' requires their use as platforms. The [[X Parasites|X]] also mimicked them on the [[Biologic Space Labs Research Station|B.S.L research station]].
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| There are three types of standard Rippers. There are Brinstar Rippers, which are purple, and normal, brown Rippers appearing everywhere else. There is also one unique [[Winged Ripper]] appearing in only one room in ''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]'' while fighting the larval form of [[Kiru Giru]]. This special ripper cannot be destroyed by any means, not even the Screw Attack if it is obtained through sequence breaking. The purpose of this Ripper is for Samus to use as a platform once frozen to shoot down Kiru Giru. It is not necessary, however, as Samus can [[Wall Jump]] to reach Kiru Giru instead.
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| There are also faster, more advanced version of the Ripper aptly named [[Ripper II]]. These versions seem jet propelled. They deal more damage then regular Rippers and move at a much higher speed. They are seen shortly before obtaining the Screw Attack in ''Zero Mission''.
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| The X-mimicked Rippers show no appreciable difference in behavior and appearance from the Rippers appearing in ''Super Metroid''. It is interesting to note that because the X are a species with cognitive capacity, mimicking Rippers appears to lower their intelligence, considering that they are reduced to forward and backwards motions from their sporadic motions exhibited before.
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| ==Data==
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| ===Manual===
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| {{Manual
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| |game=m1
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| |name=Ripper
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| |entry=These strange creatures do not have brains. They simply fly around sluggishly in straight lines.<ref name="Metroid Manual Brinstar">{{cite manual|These strange creatures do not have brains. They simply fly around sluggishly in straight lines.|Metroid|29}}</ref>
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| |notes=Brinstar Ripper entry
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| |order=top
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| |clear=no
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| |image=[[File:Brinstar Ripper m1 Manual Image.jpg|Brinstar Ripper]]
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| {{Manual
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| |game=m1
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| |name=Ripper
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| |entry=These slow creatures don't attack but fly aimlessly in straight lines. It is wiser to run away from them than to try fighting them.<ref>{{cite manual|These slow creatures don't attack but fly aimlessly in straight lines. It is wiser to run away from them than to try fighting them.|Metroid|31}}</ref>
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| |notes=Brown Ripper entry
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| |order=mid
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| |clear=no
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| |image=[[File:Brown Ripper m1 Manual Image.jpg|Brown Ripper]]
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| |game=sm
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| |name=Ripper
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| |entry=The armor of these flying creatures is so strong that standard [[beam]]s cannot beat them.<ref>{{cite manual|The armor of these flying creatures is so strong that standard [[beam]]s cannot beat them.|[[Super Metroid]]|27}}</ref>
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| |order=mid
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| |clear=no
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| |image=[[File:Ripper sm Manual Image.jpg|Ripper]]
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| {{Manual
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| |game=zm
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| |name=Rippers
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| |entry=For the most part, these organisms just fly slowly through the air in straight lines. They are impervious to most attacks.<ref>{{cite manual|For the most part, these organisms just fly slowly through the air in straight lines. They are impervious to most attacks.|[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]|32}}</ref>
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| |order=bottom
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| |clear=no
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| |image=[[File:Ripper zm Manual Image.jpg|Ripper]]
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| {{clear|left}} | | {{clear|left}} |
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| ===Sprite===
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| |m1=[[File:Ripper m1 Sprite.png]]
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| |sm=[[File:Ripper sm Sprite.png]]
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| |mf=[[File:Ripper mf Sprite.png]]
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| |zm=[[File:Ripper zm Sprite.png]]
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| |bottomright=zm
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:Brown Ripper m1 Artwork.png|A Ripper depicted in the original ''Metroid''
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| File:Ripper zm Manual Artwork.png|A Brown Ripper
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| File:Ripper mf Screenshot 1.png|An [[X Parasite|X-mimicked]] Ripper on [[Sector 5 (ARC)]]
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| MP1 Creature Ripper.png|Unused model of a Ripper from [[Metroid Prime]]
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| File:Ripper mp1 Unusedmodel 02.png|Side view of unused model of a Ripper from [[Metroid Prime]]
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| </gallery>
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *The Ripper is one of only five enemies with entries in ''[[Metroid: Zero Mission|Metroid: Zero Mission's]]'' manual.
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| *Rippers were intended to appear in [[Metroid Prime]], but were replaced with the [[Glider]], a similar creature.<ref>{{Cite web|quote= In the case of the Ripper, it was eventually replaced with the Glider, with the hook on the bottom being used as a grapple point.| url= https://tcrf.net/Metroid_Prime#Ripper| title= Metroid Prime#Ripper| site= The Cutting Room Floor}}</ref> In the game's files is a fully-textured model of the Ripper.<ref>{{Cite web|quote= A fully-textured model present in Phendrana Drift's files as well as the Phazon Mines.| url= https://tcrf.net/Metroid_Prime#Ripper| title= Metroid Prime#Ripper| site= The Cutting Room Floor}}</ref>
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| [[Category: Brinstar Life Forms]] | |
| [[Category: Crateria Life Forms]]
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| [[Category: Sector 2 (TRO) Life Forms]]
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| [[Category: Sector 5 (ARC) Life Forms]]
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