Masher

"This article is about the Masher enemy. For the other fish enemy, see Chopper or Kapupu. "

Masher (ちかん) is a Fish-type badnik that appears as an reoccuring enemy in Sonic Universe. It's a mass-produced badnik, and the successor to the Chopper.

Overview
Mashers are small red Fish-type badniks that like to live around waterfalls and pools of water, compared to Choppers and other fish badniks who live in wide areas of water and bridges.

Unlike Choppers who move around before using their jumping attack, Mashers constantly leap up and down in the same postion, biting upwards while doing so. Mashers can only damage the opponent via running into them while they're jumping, but any attack will dispatch them quickly. Unlike Choppers, they only appear in pools of water or waterfalls, but never bridges.

They give the player 100 points when destroyed.

Strategy
Although Mashers can be dispatched with a spin attack, they can be annoyances to characters who don't have one. The best was to avoid their attack is to wait until they fall back into the water, as there's a slight window of time before they jump in the air again.