Firefly (disambiguation)

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

Firefly or fireflies may also refer to:

Media and fiction

Film and television

• Firefly (TV series), a 2002 science fiction TV program created by Joss Whedon
  • Firefly media 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, a 2006 film with Dan Frazer
• Fireflies (TV series), a 2004 Australian TV series
• The Firefly (operetta) by Rudolf Friml
• The Firefly (film), the 1937 film adaptation of the Rudolf Friml operetta starring Allan Jones
• "The Firefly" (Fringe), a 2011 episode of the television series Fringe

Books

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

Characters

• 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
• 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

Music

Groups/labels

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

Albums/operettas

• The Firefly (operetta), a 1912 operetta by Rudolf Friml
• Firefly (Uriah Heep album), a 1977 album by British rock band Uriah Heep
• Firefly (Emily Remler album), a 1981 jazz album by band leader Emily Remler
• Fireflies, a 1996 album by American post-hardcore band Frodus
• Firefly (TNT album), a 1997 album by Norwegian hard rock band TNT
• Fireflies (Rubygrass album), 1998
• Firefly, a 2001 album by Garnet Rogers
• Fireflies (Faith Hill album), a 2005 album by country artist Faith Hill

Songs

• "Fire Fly", a song by Mike Oldfield on his 2002 Tres Lunas album
• "Firefly", a song by A*Teens on their 2001 Teen Spirit album
• "Firefly", a song by BeForU on their 2003 self-titled album
• "Firefly", a song recorded by Tony Bennett in 1958
• "Firefly", a song by Breaking Benjamin on their 2004 We Are Not Alone album
• "Firefly" (InMe song), a 2002 song released as a single by Post-Grunge band InMe
• "Fireflies" a song by Finch on their 2005 Say Hello to Sunshine album
• "Firefly" (Christina Metaxa song), the Cypriot song selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 by Christina Metaxa
• "Firefly", a song by Saves the Day on their 2001 Stay What You Are album
• "Fireflies", a song by Fleetwood Mac on their 1980 album Live
• "Fireflies", a song by JJ Grey & MOFRO on their 2004 album Lochloosa
• "Fireflies", a song by Patti Smith from her 1996 album Gone Again
• "Fireflies", a song by Rhett Miller on his 2006 The Believer album
• "Fireflies" (song), a song by Owl City from the 2009 album Ocean Eyes

Transportation

Aviation

• Fairey Firefly, a 1940's British, naval, reconnaissance and fighter aircraft
• Fairey Firefly I, a cancelled, 1920's British, biplane fighter project
• Fairey Firefly II, a 1930's British, biplane fighter
• Firefly (airline), a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines
• Kolb Firefly ultralight aircraft
• MBB Lampyridae/'Firefly' was a German stealth fighter project during the 1980s
• Ryan AQM-91 Firefly, an American unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
• Slingsby T67 Firefly, a British-built, light, training aircraft
• Sikorsky Firefly, an all-electric helicopter built for research purposes by Sikorsky Aircraft

Maritime

• Firefly (dinghy), a sailing dinghy
• HMT Firefly, a British trawler that operated between 1930 and 1961, including serving as a minesweeper during World War II
• USS Firefly, a U.S. Navy ship, 1814 to 1816

Rail

• Firefly, a steam locomotive operated by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad
• Firefly (passenger 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

Vehicles

• Pontiac Firefly, a subcompact automobile based on the Suzuki Cultus
• Sherman Firefly, a British variant of the M4 Sherman military tank

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
• DEC Firefly, the first successful multiprocessor workstation architecture implementation
• Firefly Studios, a London based computer game developer
• Firefly, an Earth remote sensing application of CubeSat
• Firefly PC Remote, a remote control by SnapStream Media used to control Windows-based computers

Science

• PC GAMESS/Firefly, an ab initio computational chemistry software.

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 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

Geographic

• Firefly, New South Wales, a rural district in country New South Wales; see List of postcodes in New South Wales