Firefly (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Media and fiction 1.1 Film and television 1.2 Books 1.3 Characters 2 Music 2.1 Groups/labels 2.2 Albums/operettas 2.3 Songs 3 Transportation 3.1 Aviation 3.2 Rail 3.3 Vehicles 4 Technology 5 Organizations

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

Firefly may also refer to:

[edit] Media and fiction

[edit] Film and television

• Firefly (TV series), a science fiction TV program created by Joss Whedon
  • Firefly (franchise), a science fiction franchise stemming from the TV program created by Joss Whedon.
• Firefly (film), a 2005 independent film directed by Pete Marcy
• Fireflies (TV series), a 2004 Australian TV series
• The Firefly (film), the 1937 film adaptation of the Rudolf Friml operetta starring Allan Jones
• Firefly's Adventure, alternate title of My Little Pony (pilot episode)

[edit] Books

• Firefly, a science fiction novel by Piers Anthony
• Fireflies, a memoir by David Morrell
• Fireflies, a novel by Shiva Naipaul
• The Firefly, novel by P. T. Deutermann

[edit] Characters

• Firefly (comics), a Batman villain
• Firefly (Archie Comics), a character in the Archie comic book universe
• Firefly (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe comic book universe
• The Firefly family, a group of characters created by Rob Zombie
• Rufus T. Firefly, a character played by Groucho Marx in the film Duck Soup

[edit] Music

[edit] Groups/labels

• Firefly, an Italian disco/R&B group active in the 1980s
• Fire Flies, an American rock band based in New York City
• The Fireflies, an American doo wop group
• Firefly Sessions, a record label
• The Fireflys, a rock band based in northwest England

[edit] Albums/operettas

• Fireflies (Faith Hill album) (2005)
• Firefly (Uriah Heep album), a 1977 album by the British rock band Uriah Heep
• Firefly (TNT album) (1997)
• The Firefly, a 1912 operetta by Rudolf Friml
• Firefly, a 2001 album by Garnet Rogers

[edit] Songs

• "Fire Fly", a song by Mike Oldfield on his Tres Lunas album
• "Firefly", a song by Saves the Day on their Stay What You Are album
• "Firefly", a song by Breaking Benjamin on their We Are Not Alone album
• "Firefly", a song by A*Teens on their Teen Spirit album
• Firefly", a song from The Temptations
• "Firefly", a song by J-pop band BeForU on their self-titled album
• "Firefly", a song recorded by Tony Bennett in 1958
• "Firefly" (song), the Cypriot song selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 by Christina Metaxa
• "Fireflies", a song by Rhett Miller on his The Believer album
• "Fireflies", a song by Patti Smith from her 1996 album Gone Again
• "Fireflies", a song by Fleetwood Mac on their 1980 album Live

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Aviation

• MBB_Lampyridae/'Firefly' was a German stealth fighter project during the 1980s.
• Firefly (airline) is a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines.
• Fairey Firefly, a 1940's British, naval, reconnaissance and fighter aircraft.
• Ryan AQM-91 Firefly, an American unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.
• Slingsby T-67 Firefly, a British-built, light, training aircraft.

[edit] Rail

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

[edit] Vehicles

• Firefly (dinghy), a sailing dinghy.
• HMT Firefly, a British ship 1930-1961
• Pontiac Firefly, a subcompact automobile based on the Suzuki Cultus.
• Sherman Firefly, a British variant of the M4 Sherman military tank.

[edit] Technology

• Firefly (mobile phone), a simplified cellphone designed for young children.
• Firefly (protocol), a security protocol used in telephony.
• Firefly (computer), a supercomputer
• Firefly Media Server, an open source media server for the Roku SoundBridge and iTunes
• Firefly (website), an online community developed in the late 1990s
• Firefly (video game), a video game by Jonathan Smith
• DEC Firefly, the first successful multiprocessor workstation architecture implementation
• Firefly Studios, a London based computer game developer

[edit] Organizations

• Firefly AB, a Swedish manufacturer of fire and dust explosion protection systems
• Firefly Arts Collective, a New England regional burning event
• Firefly Brigade, a Philippine environmentalist group advocating the use of bicycles
• Firefly Communications, a London-based public relations consultancy
• Firefly Energy (also as Firefly Technology), a developer of foam-plate lead-acid batteries
• Firefly Tonics, an English producer of fruit juice drinks with added herbal extracts
• Firefly Distillery, a distillery based in South Carolina that manufactures a line of vodka products
• Firefly, a nightclub located at St James Power Station

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