Flop Dugong is a character role-played by ChrisTombstone.
General Description
Flop Dugong was a Senior Officer for the Los Santos Police Department, Badge #225. He retired on July 25th, 2024, following a near-death kidnapping involving Hydra, and a build up of grievances with the PD.
Flop is a Hangaround for the Already Dead MC. He also claims to be the unofficial but self-proclaimed Old Lady of the ADMC.
Background Information
2.0/Prior Summary
Flop was born in Florida to Mark and Eleanor Dugong. Eleanor was a coke addict, and was shot in a deal that went bad. Mark worked as a fisherman, and Flop developed a love for the sea and its creatures from spending time with him, originally aspiring to be a marine biologist (as well as a dugong). Mark would become an alcoholic after the death of Eleanor, and eventually disappeared during a deep sea trip. Flop would move to Los Santos with money left by his parents. He worked as a tow truck driver for some time, where he met Richard Dark who would later adopt him.
3.0 Summary
Early 3.0
Flop was originally a civilian. During this time, he tried out a variety of jobs including a failed security company led by Thomas Dwayne, a job as a mechanic for Harmony, and some less-legal activities such as occasional street racing under the alias Blackjack. He eventually bought a beach house with Bryce Miller, and joined EMS.
Eventually, Flop interviewed with the BCSO and was hired as a cadet for the department to serve alongside his adoptive fathers Matt Rhodes and Richard Dark, as well as his brother Cody Sharp. He was blooded in to the PD in the bathrooms at MRPD.
Investigations
As a cadet, Flop took on an investigation into the Vagos over the death of Chino Gonzalez and the mass bloodout resulting in the eventual formation of Seaside. Although ultimately the case was closed without any suspects being charged, because of his investigation he grew a strong relation with some of the members of Seaside, who regarded him as SSPD.
Reggie Might later approached Flop with another investigation regarding a serial killer who had died years before by the name of Jasper Saxon. Flop led the case alongside Mackenzie Hayes into the "copycat cassette killer", who would leave video recordings of his victims inspired by Jasper's cassettes. At one point during the investigation, Flop ended up shooting one of the victims himself (Tate Hudson, the brother of one of the killer's previous victims) when the copycat killer (Alvin Kohawl) tipped Hayes off as to his location and appearance via a partial recording. The investigation concluded when Kohawl was arrested after being stabbed by Reggie for kidnapping Ash Ketchup. He was sentenced to death and was executed by firing squad at the prison.
Flop would later shoot Rob Kendrick, the brother of 2 of Kohawl's other victims, when he pulled a gun on Flop after having arranged a meeting between them claiming to have information on Jasper.
Flop's Relationships
Flop was originally dating Sherry Paie, and later became simultaneously interested in Winston Walker who had helped him with his Vagos investigation while they were cadets. In order to prove a point to Tommy Horver, Flop called up Ziggy Buggs and asked him to be his boyfriend. His fathers immediately disapproved and he broke up with Ziggy about 7 minutes later, although they began riding together more frequently and eventually considered it official to some extent.
About two weeks later, Sherry married Reed Dankleaf before Flop could propose to her. Flop told Ziggy who then suggested they should get married, which prompted Flop to propose with the metal pipes he found in his pockets. Nancy Ree married them about an hour later at MRPD.
Norman/Purgatory
Flop grew close with Cleo Shaw after reconnecting with her months after she was fired from the PD. They eventually began to regard each other as siblings, prompting Flop to eventually become the god-son of Jeffrey and Lennon Bundy. When Norman Bones began plaguing the Bundy Bunch with signs and threats of death, Flop joined them in blowing the lighthouse up in an unsuccessful attempt to stop him.
Norman reached out to Flop regarding Rhodes, who had run from him years ago when he had tried to stab him. Rhodes and Dark, fearing for Flop and each other, made a deal with Norman to deliver another person to him in exchange for their lives. The family found out about Norman's brother, Isaac, and attempted to use the knowledge as leverage against him without success. Isaac kidnapped Flop after he got shot by Finley Milton for putting on a Kutte in front of him. He was saved by Jackie Snow who happened to be patrolling the area at the time, but was given morphine at the hospital which he used to cope with everything happening around him.
While Dark was in the ICU for an unexplained illness brought about by the brothers, Norman called Flop, and informed him that he would have to bring Kiki Pendragon to him in order to complete his fathers' deal. Unable to do so, he eventually went to the lighthouse on his own and offered his memories of his families instead, which Norman accepted after sending him to Purgatory for a brief period.
Upon his return, he had forgotten his birth parents, the Bundy Bunch, Dark-Rhodes, and Ziggy. Rhodes attempted to convince him that he was adopted, while Dark tried a more gentle approach before collapsing and being taken to the hospital again. Flop also was admitted, and a rat was found in his stomach. Cody showed up at the hospital and punched Flop after being told he didn't know him. Later, as Flop was leaving the hospital, he saw Cody being transported back inside after being shot by Brian Knight.
Parsons/The Butterfly Killer
Ziggy took Flop's memory loss as an act, and after a few days used his rank to order Flop to be married to him again. Flop ended up accepting Ziggy after the latter bought a car bomb from Seaside to get revenge on William Gunner for kicking Flop's face and teasing Cody's death to him. When Parsons burned down, Ziggy confided in him about his worries regarding Fae Adaire's escape. Flop began looking into Kyle Pred for potential charges including arson, while both he and Ziggy attempted to locate Fae and get an idea of her mental state.
Flop read through all of the old files from when Ziggy was first investigating the Butterfly Killer. Pixie Plum also provided them with notes and journal entries made by Fae during her time at Parsons. At Flop's encouragement, Ziggy left his number for her and she later contacted him. She spoke with Ziggy through a radio while Flop listened and transcribed the conversation, during which she spotted him and asked who he was. He left a cup of hot cocoa for her in a parking booth and returned to leave more food and supplies on occasion.
Months later, Flop found a poem left at the ranger station, asking for a high ranking ranger to reach out. Being a Sergeant at that point, he attempted to call the number, but they replied to only speak through text. Ziggy later confirmed that it was almost certainly Fae, who continued to sporadically exchange texts with both Flop and Ziggy, mostly questioning why she should trust Parsons or the PD.
Rangers
Before Flop had joined the PD, he had mentioned on a few occasions a desire to join the Rangers, which continued into his time in the BCSO. After his marriage to Ziggy, he became more passionate about it, patrolling the mountains more both together and on his own. He denied Ziggy's first offer to let him join, as he didn't want to be seen as hired only due to his relationship with the Game Warden at the time. A few months later, when he was given the offer again, he accepted. After Tessa Lamb became the new Game Warden, Flop was promoted to the position of Sergeant alongside Bundy.
4.0
5 Year Gap
During the 5 years between 3.0 and 4.0, Flop lived in Spain with his husband, Ziggy, and his sister, Etta Hawthorne. Most of his time there was spent in Barcelona, and he lost most of his money selling his assets in an attempt to prolong their stay in Spain. He moved back to Los Santos with Ziggy, receiving a letter to come to MRPD where he was then offered a position as part of the skeleton crew for the LSPD as the government began to be rebuilt.
Meeting Hank/Adopting Rue
Not long after Flop came back from Spain, Hank Clover, Ziggy's adopted son from a previous relationship, also returned to the city. Ziggy introduced the two, and they immediately began arguing. Despite their first encounter, Flop decided to make a good attempt to be a father to Hank for Ziggy's sake. The two of them began getting along much better as they started running into each other more often.
Following the death of TJ Walker and subsequent bloodout of Solomon Walker, Ziggy invited Rue Minmi to stay at their house in Paleto and recover from the events. Flop, having known her long before going to Spain, offered to be there if she needed anything. She would call Flop on a few occasions to talk to him about some of the struggles she was having, as well as for help with getting her car unstuck from whatever strange places she managed to find herself. Flop grew protective over her during this time, and agreed to adopt her with Ziggy.
Kidnapped by Hydra/Leaving the PD
As Flop was clocking off duty after a shift, he was pulled aside by someone looking for information on their application just outside of the MRPD entrance. Members of Hydra pulled up and surrounded him, looking for officers that they could use to send a message to the PD in regards to intrusions on their turf. Realizing it was Flop, they kidnapped him and brought him to a camp in the mountains. They allowed him to make a phone call to say goodbye to his family which he used to call Etta. He was then ordered back into the trunk of one of their cars and taken to a spot near the lumber mill. During the drive, they expressed that the best version of Flop was when he was a Ranger, and instead of shooting him they would force him to face a mountain lion. The attack left Flop with a large gash across his throat from the cat's bite, and he was taken to the ICU for a few days where he was intubated until he could breath on his own again. During his stay at the hospital, Ziggy and Rue slept in the room with him so that he wouldn't have to wake up alone. Additionally, Sean McQuillen paid Flop a visit in which he left a pocket watch in his shirt pocket, telling him to return it when the time was right.
Upon leaving the ICU, he spent his time recovering amidst his family. He revealed that he was deeply scarred by the incident, and was unsure he would be able to return to duty as normal with the possibility of encountering Hydra members. He spent a few days recovering physically and mentally before considering clocking back in. Having been given morphine at the hospital before waking up, he also was dealing with urges to seek out more which he dealt with by getting tattoos to remind him of himself and what he survived. Shortly after Flop left the hospital himself, Dark was admitted to the ICU after being chased into a lake by Eugene and MacGregor.
When he clocked back in for the first time since his incident, Flop was met with the news of two homicide cases at the hospital. He was asked to collect the names of everyone in attendance around the ICU ward. Not long after, he was roped into aiding with a group of individuals being brought to the hospital with various wounds. While retrieving one of the individuals from an ambulance, Rue approached, and the individual identified her as having executed them. Flop brought him inside for treatment, after which he pulled the individual aside to get a full statement. Subsequently, it was called over radio that one of the other victims, Chastity Marie Sanders, had died from her injuries.
Flop quickly began to get overwhelmed, and tried to leave the hospital to assist with a scene but was told to stay behind. He found his way to the corner of the corridor to the cafeteria, where he broke down on the floor into tears over everything. Sean, who was looking to snoop at the hospital, found him there and spoke to him about his mindset on the PD. Upon hearing that he was done with the PD, Sean gave Flop his gun which had been used in the incident with Chastity. Flop gave it back, wishing to go out of the PD on his own terms.
Shortly after, Flop gave his two weeks notice to Skye Faye, setting his date of retiring from the PD to be the 25th of July, 2024.
| Flop's retirement letter |
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225 Snr. Officer Detective Flop Dugong Saying goodbye is never easy. Sometimes it’s a sudden shock, and sometimes it’s been given time to culminate. This time it was under plenty of thinking and thought. As of July 25th 2024, I, Flop Dugong, will be retiring from the Unified Police Department. In my time serving as an officer, I have had many ups and downs that have left me being proud to serve next to this family. My brothers, my sisters, and the ones we serve - the citizens of this great island. In the last few weeks many of you know I went through a severely traumatic experience that left me in a position scared to come home to all of you. It has been harder for me to serve by your side. In saying that, my personal family is what has become a priority. It is the one constant I cannot lose. With this formal farewell, I want to remind you all of core values that this police department will continue to grow on:
I don’t know where my life is going to end up, but I do know one thing that I want everyone to remember - I am happy. I will continue to be happy. You are still going to see me and know me. Regardless of how you see me, just know I am at peace with this decision. I hope regardless of how you viewed me, you saw me as a leader in your own ways here. This is not a goodbye, this is goodbye for now. C'est La Vie. |
Early After Retirement
After officially retiring from the Police Department, Flop began racing again under his old alias Blackjack. In a conversation with Dark, he mentioned his plans, leading to a heated argument in which Dark attempted to persuade Flop against any sort of crime. Dark told Flop he didn't want him ending up like TJ Walker with a gun to the back of his head, igniting a small bit of trauma in Flop regarding the recent events which pushed him to leave the department. Upon Dark expressing that he would be worried if he was already considering crime, Flop walked away, telling him to "be worried."
Flop grew close with Tallie Marks, whom he would frequently hang out with either while racing or doing civilian jobs such as sanitation. Quickly becoming good friends, she offered him the advice to take his time to find his place in the city after retiring. The same advice was echoed by Reggie Might as well as a few others who had known Flop for a long time.
The End of the Dark-Rhodes Family
Not long after leaving the PD, Flop's relationship with his adoptive family grew more distant. As time went on, he was regularly seen around members of the ADMC, prompting some level of distrust in his intentions for retiring. The tension and lack of communication eventually led Flop to feel alienated from his family, and increased the growing distrust between parties. The ADMC, seeing the stress put on Ziggy and Rue from Flop's family, and wanting to ensure a stop to the targeting they perceived from Dark, kidnapped Etta and carved "victim" into her back.
Flop was called to the hospital, where he visited Etta and heard what occurred, being told that no members of the ADMC were to be allowed near her. Exiting the hospital, he spoke to JT briefly, asking if there was a reason, to which he was answered with the statement that there is always a reason. He left the hospital and eventually met with Irish, who gave the details and the intentions behind the kidnapping. In that meeting, Ivy, who stabbed Etta, gave Flop the knife that she did it with which he later dumped with Tallie.
Flop continued to sleep at Rue's apartment and hang out with the club afterwards, prompting Dark to call him upon seeing a granger parked at the block matching the description of his. Dark questioned Flop on his intentions for leaving the PD, the lack of communication from him, and why he would still stand next to the people that stabbed his sister, the call growing increasingly heated as it went on. Dark told Flop that if he continued hanging out with the ADMC, he would no longer be his son, and Flop responded that he was not his son anymore then and ended the call.
Becoming a Hangaround
[Coming Soon]
Momentous Dates within the Government
Unified Police Department
| Rank | Insignia | Note | Date | |
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| Officer | 
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Invited to the LSPD; Badge #125 | December 15th, 2023 | |
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FTO Certified | January 7th, 2024 | ||
| Senior Officer | 
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Promoted to Senior Officer | January 18th, 2024 | |
| Changed Badge Number to #225 | June 10th, 2024 | |||
| Retired | July 25th, 2024 | |||
Criminal Record
- No current criminal history.
Trivia
- Is a self-proclaimed "Old Lady" for ADMC, due to his marriage with Ziggy.
- Tallie Marks is his jacket as Hangaround.
Gallery
May 19th, 2024
Clips
References
| Played By: ChrisTombstone |
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| Characters: Flop Dugong • Jarvis Cromwell • Marki Guiseppe |