Fly Guy

Fly Guys are recurring enemies in both the Yoshi and Mario franchises. Fly Guys first appeared in a Yoshi game, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, before debuting in a Mario game soon after, Super Mario 64.
==Profile==
===Physical description===
Fly Guys are variants of Shy Guys, of which they have nearly an exact appearance to, except each Fly Guy has a propeller on its head, allowing it to fly. Like regular Shy Guys, Fly Guys have red as the standard color for their robes.
===Variants===
*Leaf Guy - They are basically Fly Guys with leaves for a propeller, and only appear in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
==In ==
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====Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island====
Fly Guys appear as enemies. Most of them are seen carrying something, including a Red Coin, a 1-Up, a Coin, a Winged Cloud, or even a bomb. A Yoshi can defeat a Fly Guy by throwing an egg at it or by swallowing it. If a Yoshi eats a Fly Guy and spits it back out, the Fly Guy turns into a regular Shy Guy. In certain levels, Fly Guys more actively swoop down carrying a Winged Cloud or a Red Coin, and if the Yoshi does not obtain the item quickly enough, the Fly Guy flies back up, making a laughing-type sound.
Introduced alongside Fly Guys are their Whirly Fly Guy variants. Fly Guys can also disguise themselves as exploding balloons called Mock Ups.
====Yoshi's Island DS====
Fly Guys return as enemies, behaving similarly as in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, except they no longer carry any bombs. Fly Guys also make a much higher-pitched noise than before.
Fly Guys can appear in the Island Museum when defeated, under the Shy Guy Five of them, one carrying a Red Coin, two with 1-ups, and two with Coins, appeared in the Island Museum. They are found in the Shy Guy exhibit.
====Yoshi's New Island====
Fly Guys return as enemies once more, behaving identically as in earlier Yoshi's Island games. Aside from red, yellow, and green Fly Guys, the game introduces a pink color variation of them.
===Tetris Attack===
A Fly Guy appears only in the background of Lakitu's, on the top right at the top of the high-score in the large box.
===Yoshi's Story===
Fly Guys appear as enemies. They are encountered in groups of four and fly in a diagonal formation in from the side of the screen, stopping in front of a Yoshi. If all four are defeated with one egg, Yoshi is awarded with a melon. Fly Guys appear in three levels, Stage 3-3: Poochy & Nippy, Stage 3-4: Frustration, and Stage 5-3: Shy Guy Limbo.
Aside from Fly Guys, the game introduces similar, normal-sized type later known as Propeller Shy Guy has two propellers attached to its back.
===Yoshi Topsy-Turvy===
Fly Guys return as enemies. They attack Yoshi by flying right at him. Though red robed Fly Guys assist Bowser in attacking Yoshi's Island during the intro, only the green robed Fly Guys make an appearance.
===Yoshi Touch & Go===
Fly Guys return as enemies. They attack Yoshi by flying right at him, and dropping bombs. Fly Guys also carry a coin, similarly to the Yoshi's Island games. They player can defeat a Fly Guy by either having Yoshi throw an egg at it, circling the stylus around a Fly Guy, or by having Yoshi eat the Fly Guy.
The red, green, and yellow Fly Guys return from previous games. The game also has blue Fly Guys, which make their debut.
===Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World===
Fly Guys return as enemies. To match the game's handcrafted aesthetic, Fly Guys appear to be made of wool strings. They also appear in a variety of colors. If a Yoshi sticks his tongue onto a Fly Guy, he unweaves it and contains the Fly Guy in his mouth, where the Fly Guy turns into a Yarn Ball. Yoshi can then either directly spit out the Yarn Ball to attack, or eat.
===Yoshi's Crafted World===
Fly Guys reappear in Yoshi's Crafted World. They tend to be stationary or patrol small areas, and are often used as stepping targets. As with other Shy Guys, they wear pilot attire in Altitude Adjustment, circus attire in Hoop-Jump Hop, and space attire in Outer Orbit.
== In ==
===Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS===
Fly Guys are encountered as enemies in a few courses, including Shifting Sand Land, Snowman's Land, Tall, Tall Mountain, and Rainbow Ride. If Mario jumps on a Fly Guy, it explodes and causes him to twirl around in the air, like what Spindrifts allow for.
In Super Mario 64 DS, if Yoshi eats a Fly Guy, he can breathe fire and earn two coins. Fly Guys also appear in two of Mario's minigames, Bounce and Pounce and Bounce and Trounce, both in which the Marios can bounce on them.
===New Super Mario Bros.===
Fly Guys appear in the Balloon Racing minigame as obstacles that Yoshi (or Yoshis if played in multiplayer) while making his way to the Airship at the top. Fly Guys also appear in the returning minigame, Bounce and Trounce.
==In ==
===Mario Party===
A Fly Guy appears on the board Wario's Battle Canyon. When a character passes, the Fly Guy asks them if they want to either be taken to Bowser, bring another player to the space before him, or do nothing; the first two choices both cost ten coins.
A Fly Guy briefly appears in one minigame, Knock Block Tower where it grabs the treasure chest and flees with it if it is not caught on time.
This is the first appearance of the Fly Guys' aptly named mechanical variant, Mecha Fly Guys, which can be bought as an item in the Mini-Game House.
===Mario Party 2===
Fly Guys briefly appear during the opening, where they are carrying in the signs for "Mario Land" and "Wario Land". Their Mecha Fly Guy variants are also the focus on the Mecha-Marathon minigame.
===Mario Party 4===
Fly Guys are among the obstacles having to be avoided in Paratrooper Plunge.
===Mario Party 5===
Though Fly Guys do not appear, a Mecha Fly Guy, referred to as a "Fly Guy," hosts various Duel minigames.
===Mario Party 6===
A secret technique with the mic causes Fly Guys to fly across the menu screen.
===Mario Party Advance===
Only one Fly Guy makes an appearance, in Shroom City, where it lives in the Mushroom Condo. If the player helps Fly Guy summon a UFO for his quest, Hey, UFO!, they are rewarded the Morse Maker Gaddget.
===Mario Party 7===
Fly Guys appear in two minigames, The Final Countdown and Tile and Error, both in which they are seen carrying characters. In The Final Countdown, Fly Guys appear only in the ending, carrying anyone who fell off of the platform back onto it, while in Tile and Error, they carry players who fell off the edge.
===Mario Party 8===
Fly Guys appear in various minigames. In King of the Thrill, where they carry the losing team as seen in the background. Additionally, in the same minigame, if two characters fall off at the same time during a fight, a Fly Guy carries the character who falls off just after the other falls off up to the top platform for the next part of the fight (or for the victory if the character falls off during the last part of the minigame). In Mosh-Pit Playroom, Fly Guys carry the basket of balls for the characters to pop, as well as the basket of confetti to rain down onto the champion of the minigame. Two Fly Guys are also seen holding the 8000 points sign in Test for the Best. A Fly Guy can appear in Specter Inspector, where it usually hides in one of the paintings.
===Mario Party: Island Tour===
Fly Guys appear on the Shy Guy's Shuffle City board, where if a character lands on an Event Space and causes an opponent to move a certain number of spaces, a Fly Guy comes to move that character.
===Super Mario Party===
Blue Fly Guys are seen when the player uses the Fly Guy Ticket; then, they steal an item from a rival.
===Mario Party Superstars===
Fly Guys retain their role in the returning Mario Party 7 minigame, The Final Countdown, behaving identically as before. They are also one of the collectible encyclopedia pages, but the encyclopedia incorrectly states that they are absent from Mario Party 7.
==In ==
===Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)===
Sometimes a Fly Guy flies across the screen when the player begins their stroke if there is a high wind on that hole.
===Mario Golf: World Tour===
A Fly Guy's name can appear on the tournament scoreboard, and when there are strong winds on the hole, a notification appears that depicts some Fly Guys getting blown away by a Fwoosh.
===Mario Golf: Super Rush===
A Fly Guy appears as part of Shy Guy's Special Dash, Fly Guy Dash, carrying the Shy Guy across long distances. Unlike Shy Guy, the Fly Guy will always be red regardless of what color Shy Guy the player uses.
==In ==
===Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)===
The playable Shy Guy metamorphoses into a Fly Guy in his Tournament win animation.
===Mario Power Tennis===
A Fly Guy makes his first playable appearance. Here, Fly Guy is an unlockable character of the Tricky type, and he can be unlocked by clearing the Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup, and Star Cup in singles. Fly Guy's Offensive Power Shot is Tornado Twist while his Defensive Power Shot is Tornado Return.
In Fly Guy's trophy scene, Wario and Waluigi try to steal his trophy. Waluigi tries to catch him using an oversized clipper, but Fly Guy spins into the duo, leaving Wario and Waluigi unsuccessful in their attempt to steal the trophy.
===Mario Tennis Aces===
Three Fly Guys appear briefly when Birdo uses her Special Shot, lifting and throwing her into the air.
==In ==
===Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time===
Fly Guys appear as enemies in Star Hill, and they carry timed bombs in battle. They may also carry Goombas and dropped them on Mario/Luigi's head.
===Mario & Luigi: Dream Team===
Fly Guys return as enemies, behaving similarly as in the previous game. This time though, they are able to summon Goombas.
===Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam===
Only a few Fly Guys appear as enemies, during specific Paper Toad missions. They do not use Goombas for any of their attacks. Instead, they mostly rely on a bomb they toss back and forth to one another to attack.
===Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey===
Fly Guys appear exclusively in each game's Minion Quest mode. Here, they are strong flying soldiers against Ice Bros. and Biddybuds.
==In Mario Hoops 3-on-3==
Fly Guy is an unlockable playable character, classified as being of the Tricky type. The player has to first unlock him by earning at least bronze trophy in the Star Tourney on hard difficulty. Fly Guy's Special Shot is the Thunder Shot.
Fly Guy has three costume variations that alters the color of his robe, including green, yellow, and cyan, the latter of which appears for the first time.
==In Paper Mario: The Origami King==
Fly Guys appear as enemies, sharing identical stats with Shy Guys. Since Fly Guys are airborne, Mario can only jump on them and cannot use Hammer, aside from a Hurl Hammer, which also works on all other flying enemies.
==Crossover appearances==
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====Super Smash Bros. Brawl====
Fly Guys appear in the Yoshi's Island stage, where they usually holding a type of food, similarly to Flying Shy Guys in Super Smash Bros. Melee. If they are attacked, they drop the food they are holding and fly away. A Fly Guy also appears as a Sticker, depicting its artwork from Mario Power Tennis.
====Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS====
Fly Guys appear as enemies in Smash Run mode. Unlike most other enemies, they do not damage the player. Instead, they fly around, carrying an item that randomly changes every few seconds (gold, custom part, food, etc.), similar to their role in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Once attacked, they drop the item.
Fly Guys also once again appear on the stage Yoshi's Island, which returns from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
====Super Smash Bros. Ultimate====
Fly Guys retain their role in the returning Yoshi's Island stage from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
===Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)===
Fly Guys are obstacles in the Dream Long Jump event. If a character is hit by a Fly Guy, they are deflected. Like in the platforming Mario and Yoshi games, a Fly Guy can be defeated from being jumped on.
==Unused appearances==
Fly Guys were set to appear in Super Paper Mario and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, but were scrapped.
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