Editing Fighter Fly

|image=[[File:MB Fighter Fly Artwork.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Mario Bros.''

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario-kun Special Selection]]'' (2023)

A '''Fighter Fly''' (originally spelled '''Fighterfly'''), also referred to as a '''firefly'''<ref>{{cite|quote=There are plenty of cagey critters to conquer -- turtles, crabs and fireflies, to mention a few.|date=1985|title=''Mario Bros.'' NES instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=2}}</ref> or '''bee''',<ref>{{cite|date=Spring 2001|title=''Nintendo Power Advance'' V.1|page=40}}</ref> is a hopping insect that first appeared in the sewers of the original ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' arcade game. The name Fighter Fly is a pun on the [[wikipedia:Fight-or-flight response|fight-or-flight response]].

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 Phase 6 in international releases and Phase 7 in Japanese versions. After a Fighter Fly emerges, it hops across the [[floor]]s. 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.

In ''[[Mario Bros. Special]]'', a 1984 semi-sequel by [[Hudson Soft]], Fighterflies can only be stunned if it is only a trampoline or conveyor belt that is being bounced on by Mario or Luigi. They first appear in Phase 9.

In ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', Fighterflies are simply named '''Flies'''<ref>{{cite|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=1991|title=Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=5}}</ref> and are seen in the [[Birabuto Kingdom]] of [[Sarasaland]]. In this game, they hop towards Mario, just like in ''Mario Bros.'' Some of them spawn in midair and hop downward when scrolled on-screen instead of appearing simply on the ground. [[Kumo]]s from the [[Easton Kingdom]] attack in the same manner as Flies. They can simply be jumped on or be shot with a [[Superball Mario|Superball]] to be defeated. Flies award Mario with 400 points when he defeats them. They are only found in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Land)|World 1-1]] and [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Land)|World 1-3]] where, in the latter, one poses as [[Princess Daisy]].

Fighter Flies appear in ''[[Luigi Bros.]]'', a remake of ''Mario Bros.'' featured in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|its Nintendo Switch port]]. No changes were made to Fighter Flies.

In ''[[Super Mario Land (manga)|Super Mario Land]]'', Fighter Flies, depicted like giant anthropomorphic flies (with compound eyes and proboscis), are met in [[Birabuto Kingdom]]. One attaches itself onto [[Mecha Kuribō (character)|Mecha Kuribō]], who is actually [[Princess Peach]] in disguise, making her yell in disgust when the enemy starts slurping with its mouth. Mario quickly defeats it. When Daisy is rescued from [[King Totomesu]], she jumps at Mario and starts to kiss him, only to reveal she was a Fighter Fly in disguise, making Mario gag.

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''A fly with wings that appears in Mario Land. Although it is a fly, it cannot fly high and jumps slightly. It can be defeated with a Superball, but it is easier to defeat it by stepping on it.''

*'''Official Nintendo Player's Guide:''' ''When a Fighter Fly attacks you, it hops once, pauses, then hops again. Jump at the end of the pause.''<ref>{{cite|author=Thomason, Steve|title=''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' Player's Guide|language=en-us|isbn=1-930206-43-7|page=33}}</ref>

|Jpn=ファイターフライ

|JpnR=Faitāfurai

|JpnM=Fighterfly / Fighter Fly

|Jpn2=ハエさん<ref>Family BASIC handbook{{page needed}}</ref>

|Jpn2R=Hae-san

|Jpn2M=Fly{{wp|Japanese honorifics#San|-san}}

|Jpn3=ハエ{{ruby|丸|まる}}<ref>{{cite|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオコレクション」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Collection'')|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|page=282}}</ref>

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|Jpn3M=From「{{ruby|蝿|ハエ}}」(''hae'', "fly") and「丸」(''-maru'', a suffix for young boys' names that was popular during the days of the samurai and also meaning "round"); an alternate spelling is used for an instance of [[Bee Fly#Names in other languages|Bee Fly]]

|Jpn4=ファイアフライ<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|page=[https://i.imgur.com/HYeUOpv.jpeg 178]}}</ref>

|Jpn4R=Faiafurai

|Jpn4M=Firefly

|Jpn5=フライ<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/mariobros/index.html|title=マリオブラザーズ|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref>

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|Jpn5M=Fly (used for Game Boy Advance ''Mario Bros.'' including ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' despite using an alternate name in the main game)<ref>{{cite|date=2003|title=''Mario & Luigi RPG'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|page=37}}</ref>

|ChiS=苍蝇<ref>{{cite|date=2004|title=超级马力欧2 (''Chāojí Mǎlìōu Èr'') instruction booklet|publisher=[[iQue]]|language=zh-hans|page=46}}</ref>

|Ita=Fighterfly

|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Fightergly|title={{a|MB}} ATARI 2600 European instruction manual|publisher=ATARI, CORP.|language=it|date=1989}}</ref>

|ItaN={{a|MB}} (ATARI 2600)

|Ita2=Mosca armata

|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=2001|title=''Super Mario Advance'' booklet|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=118}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2002|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' booklet|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=120}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2002|title=''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' booklet|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=120}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2003|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' booklet|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=120}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2003|title=''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' booklet|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=88}}</ref>

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

|Jpn=フーライ<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオランド (''Sūpā Mario Rando'') instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|page=19}}</ref>

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|JpnM=Mutation of "fly"

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|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' Italian manual|page=13}}</ref>

|Ita2=Mosca

|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' e-manual|page=14}}</ref>

|Ita3=Falena

|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=47}}</ref>

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

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|JpnM=Based on the name used for ''Super Mario All-Stars'' (see above)

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