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{{Character|
image=[[File:Slipp.jpg|200px|Slipp]]
|caption=
|color=background:#ff8080
|character_name=Slipp
|species=[[:Category:Rats|Sea rat]]
|origin=Unknown
|gender=Male
|sibling=[[Strapp]] (brother)
|weapon=[[dagger|Knife]]
|death=Asphyxiated by [[Blaggut]]
|books= ''[[The Bellmaker]]''
|voice=Greg Longridge
|}}

''' Cap'n Slipp''' was the male sea rat captain of the ''[[Pearl Queen]]'', which he stole from [[Finnbarr Galedeep]]. He was the brother of [[Strapp]]. Slipp and his brother got into an argument, and he was left alone on the ''Pearl Queen'' while his crew partied with Strapp aboard the ''[[Shalloo]]''.

Finnbarr took advantage of this and threw Slipp overboard, reclaiming his vessel. Slipp tried to swim to the ''Shalloo'' for help, but he was betrayed by his brother, who left him to drown and chased after the ''Pearl Queen'' himself. He washed up on the shores near [[Mossflower Woods]] with former boatswain [[Blaggut]], who also had been left behind. Slipp abused and beat Blaggut often, taking advantage of the simple rat's gentler nature.

The two sea rats found [[Mousebabe]] and [[Furrtil]] wandering around Mossflower, and took them back to [[Redwall Abbey]], on the pretense of being a carpenter and a cook. Blaggut, much to Slipp's disgust, enjoyed the little ones' company and showed an inclination to retire and renounce his evil ways. Slipp, however, had his mind set on finding Redwall's "secret treasure" after being told about it by the [[Dibbun]]s, and bullied Blaggut into helping him.

After his first attempt at cooking went horribly wrong, Slipp was told off by [[Mellus|Mother Mellus]] and forced to scrub every dish in [[The Kitchen|the kitchen]]. He was told off by several others as well, and held a grudge. Furthermore, he and Blaggut began to be haunted by a "black shadow" - really [[Brother Simeon]] in disguise, trying to keep them out of trouble - though Slipp refused to admit the specter actually existed and kept up his search.

They eventually lost Simeon and sneaked off during the commotion when the Redwallers held a singing competition. By this point, Blaggut had convinced Furrtil and Mousebabe to tell him where the treasure was buried, and led Slipp to the spot. However, they quickly discovered the "treasure" was just a toy box buried by the Dibbuns themselves. Blaggut thought it was funny, but Slipp flew into a rage.

Simeon, Mousebabe, Furrtil, and Mellus arrived on the scene. Slipp was about to kill the Dibbuns for "tricking" him, but Mellus pounced onto Slipp. Killing the badger, Slipp made a break for it with Blaggut, taking a special badger chalice won by the Dibbuns in the singing competition as his spoils. Once they were in the woods, Slipp suddenly found he was unable to get Blaggut to obey, as the gentler sea rat was grieving Mellus' death. Slipp destroyed the surrounding woodland shrubbery and beat Blaggut mercilessly in his rage, but Blaggut still refused to move. When Slipp called him a fool, however, Blaggut suddenly got up, forever renounced his villainous ways and strangled Slipp to death, apologizing as he did so but saying it was necessary to keep others safe from Slipp's cruelty.

[[Category:Villains]]
[[Category:Rats]]
[[Category:The Bellmaker Characters]]
[[Category:Males]]
[[Category:Villain Leaders]]
[[Category:Corsairs]]
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[[Category:Sea Rats]]

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imported>LordTBT at 22:44, 5 June 2026