Fly Type

The Fly Type (フライタイプ^[1], Furai taipu^?), also known as Flight Type,^[2] is a character type used in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and is represented by the color yellow. It was introduced along with the Speed Type and Power Type in Sonic Heroes. As its name implies, Fly Type characters have the ability to fly, often jump farther or levitate.

Game appearances

Sonic Heroes

The Fly Type was introduced in Sonic Heroes. Fly Type characters have the unique ability to fly for a period of time, allowing them to carry the entire team over bottomless pits or to higher areas. Another one of their main abilities is the Thunder Shoot, an ability that can stun and once leveled up, destroy enemies from a distance or in mid-air and can also fill the Team Blast Gauge (though, at a very small rate).

In Battle mode and boss battles against other teams, Fly Types have an advantage over Power Types, but are weak against Speed Types.

Sonic Advance 3

The Fly Type returns in Sonic Advance 3. Fly Type teams focus on aerial abilities such as flying and slow descent. Fly Type teams are the most useful for reaching high places. Fly Type teams are any combination that doesn't include Sonic or Knuckles.

Fly Type teams

Team Jubilee (Cream and Amy)
Tails and Cream
Tails and Amy

Sonic Riders

In Sonic Riders, Fly Type characters can use Accelerators that enable them to Air Ride, allowing the characters to pass over segments of the course and reach new areas while earning Air in the process. Certain Extreme Gears, such as the the Magic Carpet allow the user to fly regardless of their ability type.

Sonic Runners series

In Sonic Runners and Sonic Runners Adventure, Fly Type characters can float whilst in mid-air. While all levels in the game can be played with any character, Sky Road is better suited for Fly Types. Buddies, companions that the player can equip to characters, also have different ability types. Pairing Fly Type characters with Fly Type Buddies will enhance the effects of those Buddies.

List of Fly Type characters

Non-Sonic Fly Types

NiGHTS

Fly Type Buddies

Angel Chao
Arctic Chao
Baby Indigo Wisp
Blowfish Transporter
Dark Chao Walker
Genesis
Gold Chao
Green Crystal Monster (L)
Heavy Bomb
Ideya
King Boom Boo
Magic Lamp
Merlina the Wizard
Normal Chao
Pumpkin Chao
Purple Papurisu
Quna
RC Block Face
RC Golden Piggy Bank
RC Hovercraft
RC Piggy Bank
RC Pirate Spaceship
RC Satellite
RC Tornado
RC Tornado 2
RC UFO
Reala
Red Crystal Monster (L)
Shahra
Spring
Tails Omochao

Trivia

The Flight type has the least amount of members.
The Flight Type is the only character type that does not appear in the Mario & Sonic series or Team Sonic Racing, being replaced with Skill Type and Technique-Type respectively.
Most of the Flight Type characters are the smartest in their teams.
Rouge is the only Fly Type to be the leader of a team.
- She is also the only Fly Type in Sonic Heroes that doesn't float over the ground when running at high speed.
Team Jubilee is the only named team in Sonic Advance 3 to be a Fly Type team and is also the only one not to be a Speed Type team.
Most Fly Type characters are the youngest members of their teams.

References

↑ Sonic Heroes (PlayStation 2) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 6.
↑ Sonic Riders (Nintendo GameCube) United States instruction manual, pg. 21.

Sonic Heroes

Playable characters	Team Sonic	Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles)
	Team Dark	Shadow \| Rouge \| Omega
	Team Rose	Amy \| Cream \| Cheese \| Big
	Team Chaotix	Espio \| Charmy \| Vector
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Metal Sonic (Neo Metal Sonic) \| Chocola \| Froggy \| Shadow Android \| Omochao \| Dark Chao \| Hero Chao
Stages	1P stages	Sea Gate \| Seaside Hill \| Ocean Palace \| Grand Metropolis \| Power Plant \| Casino Park \| BINGO Highway \| Rail Canyon \| Bullet Station \| Frog Forest \| Lost Jungle \| Hang Castle \| Mystic Mansion \| Egg Fleet \| Final Fortress \| Special Stage
2P stages		BINGO Highway \| Casino Course \| City Course \| City Top \| Casino Ring \| Egg Fleet \| Egg Treat \| Frog Forest \| Grand Metropolis \| Hot Elevator \| Mad Express \| Pinball Match \| Rail Canyon \| Road Rock \| Seaside Course \| Seaside Hill \| Special Stage \| Terror Hall \| Turtle Shell
2P Play Mode		Action Race \| Battle \| Bobsled Race \| Expert Race \| Quick Race \| Ring Race \| Special Stage
Enemies		Bomb Flapper \| Cameron \| Cannon Flapper \| E-2000 \| E-2000R \| Egg Bishop \| Egg Hammer \| Egg Knight \| Egg Magician \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (Casino version) \| Falco \| Flapper \| Gold Cameron \| Gold Klagen \| Gun Flapper \| Heavy-Egg Hammer \| Klagen \| Laser Flapper \| Needle Flapper \| Pumpkin ghost \| Rhinoliner \| Search Flapper \| Solid Flapper \| Solid Pawn
Bosses		Egg Albatross \| Egg Emperor \| Egg Hawk \| Metal Madness \| Metal Overlord \| Robot Carnival \| Robot Storm \| Team Chaotix \| Team Dark \| Team Rose \| Team Sonic
Moves/ Techniques	Speed Maneuvers	Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Kick \| Light Dash \| Lightspeed Attack \| Propeller Hammer \| Rocket Accel \| Shuriken \| Spin \| Spin Jump \| Swinging Hammer Attack \| Tornado Jump (Black Tornado, Blue Tornado, Leaf Swirl, Tornado Hammer) \| Triangle Jump
	Power Maneuvers	Auto Homing \| Body Press \| Bubblegum Descent \| Fire Combination \| Fire Dunk \| Fire Launcher \| Fireball Jump \| Forward Power Attack \| Hammer Down \| Jump Fire Knock \| Jump Fireball \| Remote Power Attack (Fireball, Fire Knock) \| Spin Jump \| Triangle Dive \| Umbrella Descent \| Wide Power Attack (Big Fishing, Omega Arm, Vector Breath, Volcanic Dunk)
	Fly Maneuvers	Ascending Flight \| Cheese Attack \| Dummy Ring Bomb \| Spin Jump \| Sting Attack \| Thunder Shoot \| Quick Ascent
	Team Blasts	Sonic Overdrive \| Chaos Inferno \| Flower Festival \| Chaotix Recital \| Super Sonic Power
	Misc.	Chaos Control \| Crouch \| Crystal Attack \| Grind Step \| Grinding
Gimmicks and obstacles		Ball Switch \| Bingo \| Bobsled \| Bomb \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Check Point \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Detonator Switch \| Fan \| Fireball \| Flipper \| Flower \| Formation Change Gate \| Giant Frog \| Giant Switch \| Grind Rail \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Kao \| Laser field \| Mushroom \| Orb switch \| Pole \| Power Gong \| Propeller \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Slot machine \| Spring \| Target Switch \| Trolley \| Vine \| Warp Flower \| Weight \| Wide spring
Items		Capsule \| Car \| Casino chip \| Castle Key \| Cell Key \| Chaos Emerald \| Chaotix Detective Agency \| Container (Cage, Case, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Emblem \| Engine Core \| Floating Item Box \| Goal Ring \| Hermit crab \| Item Box (Barrier, Fly Charge, High Speed, Invincible, Rings, Power Core, Team Blast Ring, 1-Up) \| Light spider marking \| Power Core \| Ring \| Special Stage Key \| Sphere \| Torch
Voice actors	English	Ryan Drummond (Sonic, Metal Sonic) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| William Corkery (Tails) \| Scott Drier (Knuckles) \| David Humphrey (Shadow) \| Lani Minella (Rouge, Omochao) \| Jon St. John (Omega, Big) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Sarah Wulfeck (Cream) \| Bill Corkery (Espio) \| Marc Biagi (Vector) \| Emily Corkery (Charmy)
Voice actors	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic, Metal Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Takashi Nagasako (Big) \| Yūki Masuda (Espio) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao)
Music	Songs	"Sonic Heroes" \| "We Can" \| "This Machine" \| "Follow Me" \| "Team Chaotix" \| "What I'm Made of..."
Music	Albums	Complete Trinity: Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrax \| Triple Threat: Sonic Heroes Vocal Trax \| Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack \| Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
Other		Armored train \| Dummy Ring \| Egg Bazooka \| Egg Fleet \| Egg Gun \| Egg Spear \| Fly Type \| Health Gauge \| HEXAeco \| Moon \| Orca \| Palm Plants \| Power Type \| Rank \| Sonic Heroes Puzzle \| Shuttle loop \| Speed Type \| Super Hard Mode \| Team Blast Gauge \| Tornado 2

Sonic Advance 3

Main article | Staff | Glitches | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Cream \| Cheese
Non-playable characters		Eggman \| Vanilla \| G-merl (Ultimate G-merl) \| Chao \| Omochao
Zones		Route 99 \| Sunset Hill \| Ocean Base \| Toy Kingdom \| Twinkle Snow \| Cyber Track \| Chaos Angel \| Altar Emerald \| Nonaggression \| Special Stage
Enemies		Akatento \| Aotento \| Ape \| Bu-bu \| Buzzer \| Clam \| Condor \| Gaogao \| Gekogeko \| Ginpe \| Guards \| Guruguru \| Hariisen \| Jousun \| Juggling \| Kamaki \| Kyacchaa \| Marrun \| Minimole \| Muugaden \| Spina \| Takkon \| Uutsubo \| Yadokka \| Yukigasen
Bosses		Egg Hammer 3 \| Egg Ball No.2 \| Egg Foot \| Egg Cube \| Egg Chaser \| Egg Pinball \| Egg Gravity \| Hyper Eggrobo \| Ultimate G-merl
Moves/ Techniques	General	Amy Dash \| Big Hammer Attack \| Boost Mode \| Bound Attack \| Chao Attack \| Chao Ball Attack \| Chao Spinning Attack \| Dash Climb \| Dog Paddle \| Double Mid-Air Glide \| Double Punch \| Drill Claw \| Fire Sliding \| Flying \| Floating Fall \| Grinding \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hammer Propeller Flying \| Head Slide \| High Propeller Flying \| Hip Drop \| Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Leap \| Look down \| Mid-Air Dash Glide \| Propeller Flying \| Mid-Air Chao Attack \| Mid-Air Chao Ball Attack \| Mid-Air Chao Spinning Attack \| Mid-Air Glide \| Mid-Air Hammer Attack \| Mid-Air Hammer Jump \| Skid Attack \| Spin \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Sonic Boost \| Spinning Hammer Attack \| Spiral Upper \| Tag Action \| Tail Spin Attack \| Tail Swipe \| Tornado Attack \| Upper Spin \| Wall Climb \| Wind Attack
Moves/ Techniques	Mid-Air Trick Actions	Big Air (Happy Spring, Hop Jump, Petit Step) \| Long Wind Jump (Humming Top, Sweet Roll, Window Jump) \| Stop 'n' Slam (Bound Attack, Spinning Hammer Attack, Propeller Descent, Hip Drop)
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Bungee Rope \| Checkpoint \| Dash Panel \| Flywheel \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Minecart \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pole \| Pulley \| Propeller Spring \| Seesaw \| Snowblower \| Special Spring] \| Spin ring \| Switch
Items		Act Ring \| Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Confusion, Invincibility, Minus Ring, Maximum Speed, Mosaic, Random Ring Bonus, Ring Magnet, Shield, Slow, Swap, Transparency) \| Capsule \| Chaos Emerald' \| Factory Ring \| Goal Medal \| Ring \| Special Key
English voice actors		Ryan Drummond (Sonic) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| William Corkery (Tails) \| Scott Dreier (Knuckles) \| Jon St. John (Announcer) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Sarah Wulfeck (Cream)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic the Hedgehog) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream)
Other		Angel Island \| Chao Playground \| Corkscrew loop \| Fly Type \| Freeze \| Mini-Games \| Power Type \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Factory \| Speed Type \| Time Attack \| Tornado 2

Sonic Riders

Main article | Scripts (Heroes, Babylon) | Staff | Beta elements | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Jet \| Wave \| Storm \| Amy \| Dr. Eggman \| Shadow \| Rouge \| Cream \| E-10000G \| E-10000R \| Ulala \| AiAi \| NiGHTS
Non-playable characters		Omochao \| Stolen \| Jet's father \| Babylon Guardian \| E-10000Y
Courses/Fields	Heroes	Metal City \| Splash Canyon \| Egg Factory \| Green Cave \| Sand Ruins \| Babylon Garden
	Babylon	Night Chase \| Red Canyon \| Ice Factory \| White Cave \| Dark Desert \| Sky Road \| Babylon Guardian
	Extra	Digital Dimension \| Sega Carnival \| Sega Illusion
	Survival	Dual Towers \| Snow Valley \| Space Theater
Moves/Techniques		Air Boost \| Air Riding \| Air Slide \| Attacks \| Grinding \| Super Sonic Boost \| Tornado \| Trick Action
Extreme Gears		Accelerator \| Access \| Advantage-F \| Advantage-P \| Advantage-S \| Air Broom \| Air Tank \| Auto-Slider \| BANANA \| Beginner \| Berserker \| Blue Star \| Blue Star II \| Cannonball \| Channel5 \| Chaos Emerald \| Cover-F \| Cover-P \| Cover-S \| Darkness \| Destroyer \| E-gearG \| E-gearR \| E-Rider \| Faster \| Fastest \| Gambler \| Grinder \| Hang-On \| Heavy Bike \| High Booster \| Hovercraft \| Legend \| Light Board \| Magic Carpet \| Night Sky \| Omnipotence \| Opa Opa \| Pink Rose \| Power Gear \| Powerful Gear \| Red Rock \| Rengoku \| Slide Booster \| Smile \| Speed Balancer \| Super Hang-On \| Temptation \| The Crazy \| Trap Gear \| Turbo Star \| Type-J \| Type-S \| Type-W \| Yellow Tail
Gimmicks and obstacles		Accelerator \| Air Pit \| Automatic Trail \| Barricade \| Bomb \| Catapult \| Dash Panel \| Grind Rail \| Trick Zone \| Turbulence
Items		Air \| Item Box (Air, Explosion, High Speed, Invincible Barrier, Magnetic Barrier, Rings, Speed Down, Question Item) \| Ring
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Jet ) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Dan Green (Knuckles, Storm) \| Bella Hudson (Wave, Babylon Computer) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Mike Pollock (Dr. Eggman) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream) \| Maddie Blaustein (E-10000G, E-10000R, Babylon Guardian) \| Liza Jacqueline (Omochao) \| Kaoru Morota (AiAi) \| Apollo Smile (Ulala)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Daisuke Kishio (Jet) \| Chie Nakamura (Wave, Babylon Computer) \| Kenji Nomura (Storm, Babylon Guardian) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) \| Kaoru Morota (AiAi) \| Apollo Smile (Ulala)
Music	Songs	Catch Me If You Can \| Sonic Speed Riders
Music	Albums	Speedbeats Grand Prix: Sonic Riders Original Soundtrack
Other		Air Tank \| Babylon Garden \| Babylon Rogues' ship \| Babylonians \| Bashōsen \| Black Market \| Chaos Control \| Chaos Emerald \| Eggman Empire \| Emerald Detector \| Rank \| EX World Grand Prix \| Flight Type \| Freeze \| Key to Babylon Garden \| Mission Mode \| Power Type \| Speed Type \| Time Attack

Sonic Runners

Main article | Script | Events | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic (Sonic the Werehog) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Classic Sonic \| Christmas Sonic \| Christmas Tails \| Christmas Knuckles \| Shadow \| Rouge \| Halloween Shadow \| Halloween Rouge \| Espio \| Charmy \| Vector \| Amy \| Blaze \| Amitie-Style Amy \| Gothic Amy \| Omega \| Metal Sonic \| Halloween Omega \| Big \| Cream \| Silver \| Tikal \| Sticks \| Mephiles \| ESP Silver
Non-playable characters		Accord \| Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky) \| Arle Nadja \| Amitie \| Boo \| Carbuncle \| Chao (Dark Chao, Hero Chao) \| Chip \| Cubot \| Deadly Six (Master Zik, Zavok, Zazz, Zeena, Zomom, Zor) \| Dr. Eggman \| Erazor Djinn \| Froggy \| King Boom Boo \| King Shahryar \| Maguro Sasaki \| Merlina \| Omochao \| Orbot \| Paprisu \| Puyo Puyo \| Raffine \| Ringo Ando \| Risukuma \| Rulue \| Satan \| Schezo Wegey \| Sig \| Suketoudara \| Super Sonic \| Wisp (Mother Wisp (Dark Mother Wisp), White Wisp (Yacker))
Wisps		Cyan \| Indigo \| Yellow
Stages	General	Windy Hill \| Sky Road \| Lava Mountain
Stages	Special Stages	Desert Ruins \| Frozen Factory \| Halloween \| Tropical Coast
Enemies		Balkiry \| Buzz Bomber \| Caterkiller \| Crabmeat \| Egg Pawn \| Gold Pawn \| Moto Bug \| Nebula \| Snail Blaster \| Spinner \| Super Egg Pawn
Bosses		Iron Ball Eggmobile \| Missile Eggmobile \| Saw Arm Eggmobile \| Zazz
Moves/Techniques		Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Trick Action
Color Powers		Cyan Laser \| Indigo Asteroid \| Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bomb \| Boom Boo \| Bottomless pit \| Cannon \| Dash Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Prism \| Rainbow Ring \| Spikes \| Spring \| Star Post
Items		Buddy \| Chao Egg \| Crystal \| Item Box (Combo Bonus, Invincible, Magnet, Shield, Spring) \| Power Ring \| Red Star Ring \| Ring \| Sub-Character \| Score Boost \| Super Ring \| Support Springs
Music		Sonic Runners Complete Soundtrack \| Sonic Runners Original Soundtrack
Other		Asteroid Ring \| Auto Running \| Banking \| Chaos Emerald \| Chaotix Type \| Combo \| Dark Type \| Death Egg \| Easy Type \| Egg Mobile \| Emerald Detector \| Emerald Shard \| Fly Type \| Future Type \| Health Gauge \| Hero Type \| Hourglass \| Hyper-go-on \| Master Emerald \| Mech Type \| Miles Electric \| Mind Control Ray \| Moon Mech \| Power Type \| Rose Type \| Shuttle loop \| Speed Type \| Tails' Lab \| Wild Type \| Wisp Gauge

Sonic Runners Adventure

Main article | Script | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Shadow \| Rouge \| Omega \| Espio \| Charmy \| Vector
Non-playable characters		Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky) \| Dr. Eggman
Stages		Green Hill \| Desert Ruins \| Lava Mountain \| Bonus level
Enemies		Balkiry \| Buzz Bomber \| Caterkiller \| Crabmeat \| Moto Bug \| Nebula \| Robot Butterfly \| Snail Blaster \| Spinner
Bosses		Iron Ball Eggmobile
Moves/Techniques		Grinding \| Spin Attack \| Spin Jump
Gimmicks and obstacles		Cannon \| Dash Ring \| Goal Plate \| Grind Rail \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Jump Spring \| Rainbow Ring \| Spikes \| Star Post
Items		Buddy \| Invincible \| Item Box (Bonus item) \| Magnet \| Ring \| Springs \| Super Ring \| Time Freeze
Other		Banking \| Chaotix Type \| Corkscrew loop \| Dark Type \| Death Egg \| Extractor \| Fly Type \| Health Gauge \| Hero Type \| Mind Control Ray \| Power Type \| Shuttle loop \| South Island \| Speed Type

[1] Sonic Heroes (PlayStation 2) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 6.

[2] Sonic Riders (Nintendo GameCube) United States instruction manual, pg. 21.

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