Fly (disambiguation)
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A fly is any species of insect of the order Diptera.
Flight is the process of flying.
Fly may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Fly, Ohio, U.S.
- Fly, Tennessee, U.S.
- Fly River (or the Fly), New Guinea
People
[edit]Nickname or pseudonym
[edit]- Fly (artist), comic book artist and illustrator
- Fly (gamer), Israeli Dota 2 player
Surname
[edit]- C. S. Fly (1849–1901), American photographer
- Michael Fly (born 1983), American basketball coach
- Mollie Fly (née McKie, 1847–1925), American photographer
- Per Fly (born 1960), Danish film director
- William Fly (died 1726), English pirate
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Characters
[edit]- Fly (Archie Comics), an Archie Comics character who first appeared in 1959
- Fly (Impact Comics), a character from a DC Comics imprint loosely based on the Archie Comics character
- Fly, one of the three bugs in WordWorld
- Frank Fly, a video game boss from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System EarthBound
- Human Fly (comics) or The Fly, a Marvel Comics character
Films
[edit]- Fly (1970 film), a short film by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- Fly (2024 film), a documentary film, directed by Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz
- The Fly (1958 film), an American horror film by Kurt Neumann
- The Fly (1986 film), a remake by David Cronenberg of the 1958 film
- To Fly!, a 1976 short IMAX documentary film
Literature
[edit]- Fly (play), a 2009 play about the Tuskegee Airmen
Music
[edit]Groups and labels
[edit]- Fast Life Yungstaz, or F.L.Y, an American hip hop group
- Fly (band), an American jazz trio
- F.L.Y., a Latvian band
- Fly Records, a British record label
- The Flys (British band), an English punk band
- The Flys (American band), an American post-grunge group
Albums and EPs
[edit]- Fly (Sarah Brightman album) (1995)
- Fly (Dixie Chicks album) (1999)
- Fly (Fly album) (2004)
- Fly (EP) (2003), by Sick Puppies
- Fly (Yoko Ono album) (1971)
- Fly (Zucchero album) (2006)
Songs
[edit]- "Fly" (Wanessa song) (2009)
- "Fly" (Sugar Ray song) (1997)
- "Fly" (Hilary Duff song) (2004)
- "Fly" (Blind Guardian song) (2006)
- "Fly" (Jars of Clay song) (2002)
- "Fly" (Nickelback song) (1996)
- "Fly (The Angel Song)", by the Wilkinsons (1998)
- "Fly" (Nicki Minaj song) (2010)
- "Fly" (Maddie & Tae song) (2015)
- "Fly" (Avril Lavigne song) (2015)
- "Fly", by Marshmello (2018)
- "Fly", an English version of the song "Vole" by Celine Dion from Falling into You (1996)
- "Fly", by Epik High (2005)
- "Fly", by iamnot from Hope (2017)
- "Fly", by Luscious Jackson from Electric Honey (1999)
- "Fly", by Veruca Salt from American Thighs (1994)
- "Fly", by SMAP (1999)
- "Fly", by Sanctus Real from The Face of Love (2006)
- "Fly", by Faye Wong from Sing and Play (1998)
- "Fly", by Nick Drake from Bryter Layter (1979)
- "Fly", by Machiavel from New Lines (1980)
- "Fly", by Ludovico Einaudi from Divenire (2007)
- "Fly", by Monkey Majik from Thank You (2006)
- "Fly", by Lucky Daye from Spies in Disguise (2019)
- "Fly", by The Jam from All Mod Cons (1978)
- "Fly", by Sara Groves from All Right Here (2002)
- "Fly", by Sylvia Ratonel from Sylvia Ratonel (2010)
- "Fly", by MARi which represented New Hampshire in the American Song Contest (2022)
- "Fly", by Tzuyu from abouTZU (2024)
Radio
[edit]- Fly FM, a private radio station in Malaysia
- FLY FM 89,7, a radio station based in Greece
- Sirius XM Fly, a Sirius/XM radio station
- WFLY (FLY 92), a radio station in Albany, New York
Television
[edit]- "Fly" (Breaking Bad), an episode of Breaking Bad
- Fly TV, a former digital television channel from ABC Television, Australia
Computing
[edit]- Fly (pentop computer), a type of computer built into a pen
- Fly! a flight simulator program for personal computers
Ships
[edit]- Fly (brig), a brig that disappeared in 1802
- Fly (dinghy), sailing dinghy
- Fly-class brig-sloop
- HMS Fly, a list of ships of the Royal Navy
Sports
[edit]- Fly (American football), a pattern run by a receiver in American Football
- Fly (exercise), a strength training exercise
- Fly (tent), the outer lining of a tent or stand-alone material shelter without walls
- Butterfly stroke or fly, a stroke in swimming
- Fly ball (baseball) or batted ball, a ball batted up into the air in baseball
- Artificial fly, a lure used in fly fishing tied to look like an insect
Other uses
[edit]- Butterfly (options), also known as a fly
- Finley Airport (IATA airport code FLY)
- Fly Linhas Aéreas, a defunct brazilian airline
- Fly (carriage), a light carriage
- Fly (clothing), an opening in male garments
- Fly (solitaire), a card game
- Fly, a term in flag terminology
- FLY, Tsotsitaal's ISO 639-3 language code
- F.L.Y. (roller coaster), the roller coaster at Phantasialand
- Fly system or theatrical rigging system
- Housefly
- Striking clock fly, a mechanism employed by striking clocks to regulate speed