- "Flies can fly straight up. Straight down. They can turn in less than the blink of an eye. And I'm talking a full, one-hundred-eighty-degree turn in midair, no problem. They can fly on their sides and upside down. They can do loops and figure eights. They can fly figure eights inside a small juice glass. And unlike birds, flies can land on anything. Anything. Horizontal, vertical, rough, smooth, wet, dry, still or moving, living or not. They are very amazing insects. Very gross, very amazing insects."
- ―Jake
The housefly (commonly referred to as fly) is an aerial bug morph used by the Animorphs.
Acquiring
The housefly was first acquired in The Capture, by Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Marco and Ax. After discovering that the Yeerks have infested an entire hospital staff and are using them to turn patients, as well as their state's governor, who is a Presidential candidate, into Controllers, the Animorphs decide that fly morph would be perfect to infiltrate the hospital. Later in The Warning, Tobias acquires a fly morph.
Usage
- "A fly moves at about four miles per hour. Which doesn't sound very fast, compared to a falcon hitting almost 200 miles per hour. But trust me, when you're only an eighth of an inch long, four miles an hour is like warp factor nine. And what's really cool is you can do that going down, going left, right, or straight up. And you can change directions in no time. One minute you're shooting straight ahead like a bullet, the next tenth of a second you're going straight up."
- ―Jake
The housefly is one of the most used bug morphs employed by the Animorphs. It is mainly used for escaping undetected or for infiltration and reconnaissance purposes.
Appearances
- The Visitor (mentioned)
- The Capture (acquired and morphed by Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Marco and Ax; cover morph)
- The Andalite's Gift (morphed by Cassie; partial cover morph)
- The Secret (morphed by Jake)
- The Android (morphed by Jake)
- The Forgotten (North American houseflies/morphed by Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
- The Reaction (morphed by Ax, accidentally morphed by Rachel)
- The Unknown (mentioned)
- The Escape (partially morphed by Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
- The Warning (acquired by Tobias; morphed by Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
- The Underground (morphed by Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
- The Decision (morphed by Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
- The Departure (mentioned)
- The Discovery (mentioned)
- The Threat (mentioned)
- The Solution (morphed by Rachel and Ax)
- The Pretender (morphed by Jake or Rachel or Cassie)
- The Suspicion (morphed by Cassie and Marco)
- The Extreme (morphed by Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
- The Attack (morphed by Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
- The Exposed (mentioned)
- The Experiment (morphed by Cassie, Rachel, Jake and Marco)
- The Sickness (morphed by Cassie and possibly by Marco)
- Elfangor's Secret (morphed by Marco)
- The Reunion (morphed by Marco and Jake)
- The Conspiracy (mentioned)
- The Separation (morphed by Mean Rachel and Cassie)
- The Illusion (morphed by Rachel, Cassie and Marco)
- The Prophecy (morphed by Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Marco and/or Ax)
- The Proposal (morphed by Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
- The Weakness (mentioned)
- The Arrival (morphed by Rachel and possibly morphed by Tobias)
- The Hidden (morphed by Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
- The Familiar (mentioned)
- The Journey (mentioned)
- The Test (mentioned)
- The Unexpected (morphed by Cassie)
- The Revelation (mentioned)
- The Resistance (mentioned)
- The Diversion (morphed by Jake, Tobias, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
- The Ultimate (morphed by Cassie)
- The Absolute (mentioned)
- The Answer (morphed by Jake)
- The Beginning (mentioned)