Editing Fighter Fly

{{Species-infobox

|image=[[Image:FighterFlyARCADE.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a '''Fighter Fly'''.

|first_appearance=''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1983|1983]])

|latest_appearance=''[[NES Remix]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2013|2013]])

A '''Fighter Fly''' (also spelled '''Fighterfly'''<ref>''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide, p. 16</ref>) is a grinning, moth-like pest that first appeared in the sewers of the original ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' arcade game. They are characterized by their ability to hop &ndash; an ability that allows them to cause trouble for [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]].

 

===''Mario Bros.''===

[[Image:Fighter_Flys.PNG|thumb|left|Old and new versions.]]

In ''Mario Bros.'', Fighter Flies are one of the myriad of pests that emerge from pipes to attack Mario and Luigi. They first appear in Stage Six. After a Fighter Fly emerges, it hops across the stage's platforms. As such, Mario has to precisely time his [[Jump]] when the Fighter Fly is on the ground to flip the creature over. If airborne, a Fighter Fly cannot be flipped over - not even if Mario uses the [[POW Block]]. Once flipped over, Mario has to run into the insect to clear it off the stage.

[[File:fighterflylandartwork.png|frame|A Fighter Fly (Fly) as featured in ''Super Mario Land''.]]

In ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', Fighter Flies are simply named '''Flies'''<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> and are seen in the [[Birabuto Kingdom]] of [[Sarasaland]]. In this game, they hop towards Mario, just like in ''Mario Bros.''. [[Kumo]]s from the [[Easton Kingdom]] attack in the same manner as Fighter Flies. They can simply be jumped on or be shot with a [[superball]] to be defeated. Flies award Mario with 400 points when he defeats them. They are only found in the first stage, World 1-1.

===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''===

{{MLinfobox

|name=Fighter Fly

|align=right

|image=[[File:Fighter FlySSS.png]]

|lvl=3

|speed=12

|fire=Critical

|thunder=Normal

|stun=30%

|burn=60%

|statdown=100%

|location=[[Stardust Fields]]

|item= Mushroom, 9.68%

|item2= Mushroom, 0%<br>(Super Mushroom, 9.68%)

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', they make a reappearance. They live in [[Stardust Fields]], the border between the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] and the [[Beanbean Kingdom]]. To attack, a Fighter Fly hops towards Mario or Luigi and tries to bump into the plumber. The heroes can [[jump]] to avoid the attack.

Mario and Luigi also encounter a stronger version of the Fighter Fly, the [[Super Fly (enemy)|Super Fly]], in the basement of [[Beanbean Castle]].

{{br}}

===''Super Mario 3D World''===

Fighter Flies appear in ''Luigi Bros.'', an additional game featured in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. Like the other enemies in ''Luigi Bros.'', Fighter Flies behave in the same way as ''Mario Bros.'', which this game is based on.

===''NES Remix''===

==Names in other languages==

{{foreignname

|Jap=ハエさん<br />''Hae-San''<br />ファイターフライ<br />''Faitā Furai''

|JapM=Mr. Fly<br /><br />Fighter Fly

|Ita=Falena

|ItaM=Moth}}

'''''Super Mario Land'''''

{{foreignname

|Jap=フーライ<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.</ref>

|JapR=fūrai

|JapM=Corruption of 「フライ」 ''furai'' (fly)

|Spa=Fly

|SpaM=-

|Ger=Fly

|GerM=-}}

'''''Super Mario All-Stars'''''

|Jap=ハエ丸

|JapR=Hae-Maru

'''''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'''''

{{foreignname

|JapR=hae maru

|JapM=Round Fly

|Fra=Mouchak

|FraM=Corruption of "mouche" (fly)

|GerM=Portmanteau of ''Fliege'' (fly) and the name suffix ''-mut'', used in male names such as ''Helmut''

|ItaM=Portmanteau of "calabrone" (European Hornet), and the suffix "-otto", meaning little

|Spa=Recluta Zzz  

|SpaM= Zzz (From his sound) recruit}}

*In later remakes of ''Mario Bros.'', the Fighter Fly was redesigned. It is still thin, but it has a different mouth instead of the grinning face. Its eyes also now resemble a Lakitu's goggles.

*Fighter Flies also appear on [[Mario Classic Court|Mario's Classic Court]] in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''. Like other enemies, they can trip up an opponent.

*For reasons unknown, the Fighter Fly is absent from the stage, [[Mario Bros. (stage)|Mario Bros.]], in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.

*The name of the enemy is a pun on the insect [[Wikipedia:Firefly|firefly]], and the word "fighter", which is another name for a boxer.

{{ML:SS}}

[[Category:Species]]

[[Category:Enemies]]

[[Category:Insects]]

[[Category:Mario & Luigi Series Enemies]]

[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]

[[Category:Mario Power Tennis Species]]

[[Category:Super Mario Bros. Special]]

[[Category:Super Mario Land Enemies]]