Flea Man

The Flea Men are the Hoppers that appear in most recent Castlevania games. Like all Hoppers, flea men tend to hop around in short or long movements back and forth. They maintain the Hunchback's hunched back, but have more flea characteristics, with tiny heads and arms and sometimes antennae.

Some flea men are armed with different things. The Armored Fleaman has armor that must be destroyed first and wields a large axe which can deal out a large amount of damage. Flea men usually wield twin axe blades in each hand in the 3D games Castlevania: Lament of Innocence and Castlevania: Curse of Darkness. Flea men known as Rippers will often throw knives.

Like other Hoppers, these can be dropped by an aerial enemy, in this case a large Bat. They have several additional methods of transporting themselves around. Instead of being dropped by Eagles like Hunchbacks, Flea men will mount them and ride about. They also will ride White Dragons and referred to as Dragon Riders. In Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, if you knock a flea man off of a free floating White Dragon (or Wyrm, called Ouroboros), it will be released and help you destroy any other enemies in the room out of gratitude. A reference to this in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is that when a White Dragon familiar is summoned, minimized Soma will be riding it.

Some Flea Men are "grown" inside of WakWak Trees and will pop out of bubbles on their branches when they are fully grown.