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Firefly is a common name for a bioluminescent beetle in the family Lampyridae.

Firefly or fireflies may also refer to:

Organizations and companies

• Firefly (airline), a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines
• Firefly (car rental), an international car hire company owned by Hertz
• Firefly Aerospace, a private aerospace firm based in Austin, Texas; formerly "Firefly Space Systems"
• Firefly Arts Collective, a New England regional burning event
• Firefly Distillery, a distillery based in South Carolina that manufactures a line of vodka products
• Firefly Tonics, an English producer of fruit juice drinks with added herbal extracts
• Firefly Learning, an educational technology company from London
• Firefly Studios, a computer game developer from London

Entertainment

Fictional elements

• Firefly (DC Comics), a Batman villain
• Firefly (Archie Comics), a character in the Archie comic book universe
• Firefly (G.I. Joe), a villain in the G.I. Joe universe, member of Cobra
• Rufus T. Firefly, a character played by Groucho Marx in the 1933 film Duck Soup
• The Firefly family, a group of characters created by Rob Zombie
• The Fireflies, a rebel militia in the game The Last of Us
• Firefly, a character featured in the Penacony chapter of the game Honkai: Star Rail

Film and television

• Firefly (TV series), a 2002 science fiction TV program created by Joss Whedon
  • Firefly (franchise), a science fiction franchise stemming from the TV program created by Joss Whedon
• Firefly (2000 film), a Japanese film directed by Naomi Kawase
• Firefly (2005 film), an independent film directed by Pete Marcy
• Firefly (2023 film), a Philippine film directed by Zig Dulay
• The Firefly (1937 film), the 1937 film adaptation of the Rudolf Friml operetta starring Allan Jones
• "The Firefly" (Fringe), a 2011 episode of the television series Fringe
• The Firefly (2015 film), a Colombian film directed by Ana Maria Hermida
• Fireflies (2014 film), a Bollywood film by Sabal Singh Shekhawat
• Fireflies (TV series), a 2004 Australian TV series
• Fireflies (2018 film), an Indian Meitei-language documentary film
• Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu, an Indian web series

Literature

• Firefly, a 1990 science-fiction novel by Piers Anthony
• Firefly (novel), a 2021 novel by Philippa Dowding
• Fireflies, a 1988 memoir by David Morrell
• Fireflies (novel), a 1970 novel by Shiva Naipaul
• The Firefly, a 2003 novel by P. T. Deutermann

Music

• Firefly Music Festival, an annual American music festival held in Dover, Delaware
• The Firefly (operetta), a 1912 operetta by Rudolf Friml

Bands

• Fire Flies, an American rock band based in New York City
• The Fireflies, an American doo wop group
• Firefly (band), the Filipino Indie rock bands

Albums

• Firefly (Emily Remler album), 1981
• Firefly (Jeremy Steig album), 1977
• Firefly (TNT album), 1997
• Firefly (Uriah Heep album), 1977
• Firefly (Sara Storer album), 2005
• Firefly, a 2001 album by Garnet Rogers
• Fireflies (Faith Hill album), 2005
• Fireflies (Frodus album), 1995
• Fireflies, 1998, by Rubygrass, fronted by Oskar Saville

Songs

• "Firefly" (Christina Metaxa song), the Cypriot entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, sung by Christina Metaxa
• "Firefly" (Cy Coleman song), recorded by Tony Bennett in 1958
  • "Firefly", a song recorded by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga on their 2014 album Cheek to Cheek
• "Firefly" (InMe song), 2002
• "Fireflies" (Leona Lewis song), 2012
• "Fireflies" (Owl City song), 2009
• "Fireflies" (Zendaya song), 2013
• "Fire Fly", a song by Mike Oldfield on his 2002 Tres Lunas album
• "Fire Fly", a song by Childish Gambino on his 2011 Camp album
• "Firefly", a song by American Music Club on their 1988 California album
• "Firefly", a song by Blackfield on their 2013 album, Blackfield IV
• "Firefly", a song by A*Teens on their 2001 Teen Spirit album
• "Firefly", a song by Saves the Day on their 2001 Stay What You Are album
• "Firefly", a song by BeForU on their 2003 self-titled album
• "Firefly", a song by Breaking Benjamin on their 2004 We Are Not Alone album
• "Fireflies", a song by Fleetwood Mac on their 1980 album Live
• "Fire Flies", a song by Gorillaz on their 2018 album The Now Now
• "Fireflies", a song by Patti Smith from her 1996 album Gone Again
• "Fireflies", a song by JJ Grey & MOFRO on their 2004 album Lochloosa
• "Fireflies", a song by Finch on their 2005 Say Hello to Sunshine album
• "Fireflies", a song by Rhett Miller on his 2006 The Believer album
• "Fireflies", a song by Chris Garneau from his 2009 El Radio album
• "Fireflies", a song by Richard Rawson featuring Tom Parker
• "Euphoria (Firefly)", a song by Delerium
• "Fireflies", a song by Sam and the Womp

Other uses in entertainment

• The Firefly (operetta), by Rudolf Friml
• Firefly Role-Playing Game, a role-playing game by Margaret Weis Productions

Vehicles and transportation technology

Air

Airplanes

• Fairey Firefly, a 1940s British, naval, reconnaissance and fighter aircraft
• Fairey Firefly I, a 1920s British biplane fighter project (cancelled)
• Fairey Firefly IIM, a 1930s British biplane fighter
• Kolb Firefly, an American ultralight aircraft
• MBB Lampyridae 'Firefly', a German stealth fighter project during the 1980s
• Slingsby T67 Firefly, a British light training aircraft

Drones

• Globe KD2G Firefly, an American target drone
• Ryan AQM-91 Firefly, an American long-range reconnaissance drone

Helicopters

• Sikorsky Firefly, an all-electric helicopter built for research purposes

Land

Automobile

• Pontiac Firefly, a subcompact automobile based on the Suzuki Cultus
• Fiat Global Small Engine, marketed as "Firefly"

Rail

• Firefly (train), a U.S. passenger train operated by the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway
• GWR Firefly Class, a class of steam locomotive on the Great Western Railway
• Firefly, a steam locomotive operated by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad

Military

• Sherman Firefly, a British variant of the M4 Sherman military tank

Nautical

• Firefly (1843), a ship used by the colony of Victoria for a rescue party for the Burke and Wills expedition in northern Australia, 1861
• Firefly (dinghy), a type of sailing dinghy
• Firefly (Taiping Rebellion steamer), an armed Chinese steamer used in the 1860s
• HMS Firefly, several ships of the Royal Navy
• HMT Firefly, a British trawler that operated between 1930 and 1961
• USS Firefly (1814), a brig formerly named Volant

Space

• FireFly (spacecraft), an asteroid-searching spacecraft proposed by Deep Space Industries
• Firefly Alpha, a small orbital-class rocket in development

Technology

Hardware

• Firefly PC Remote, a remote control by SnapStream Media used to control Windows-based computers
• Firefly (mobile phone), a simplified cellphone designed for young children

Computers

• Firefly (supercomputer), a supercomputer
• DEC Firefly, a multiprocessor workstation

Software

• Firefly (cache coherence protocol), a method of caching used in the DEC Firefly
• Firefly (computer program), an ab initio computational chemistry software
• Firefly (key exchange protocol), a security protocol used in telephony
• Fireflies (computer graphics), a rendering artifact
• Firefly algorithm, an algorithm for mathematical optimization
• Firefly Media Server, an audio media server for the Roku SoundBridge and iTunes
• Adobe Firefly, a Generative artificial intelligence

Other uses

• Firefly Estate, Jamaica
• Firefly (website), an online community developed in the late 1990s

See also

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• Fire (disambiguation)
• Fly (disambiguation)

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