Flies & Hand

Flies & Hand
A screenshot of Gnat Attack from Mario Paint.
Universe	Mario
Debut	Mario Paint (1992)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	WarioWare Gold (2018, cameo)
Console/platform of origin	Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Species	Flies (Flies) Presumably human (Hand)
Article on Super Mario Wiki	Gnat Attack

Flies & Hand (ハエと手, Flies & Hand) are entities from the Mario universe.

Origin

These entities originate from the Gnat Attack minigame in Mario Paint. This game, played with the SNES Mouse, involved players moving the hand holding a flyswatter in an attempt to swat flies of increasing size and number, culminating in the boss Watinga. Gnat Attack reappeared in the Wario game WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! under the name "Fly Swatter", and reappeared again in Super Mario Maker.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As an Assist Trophy

“	Flies buzz around the stage, and a hand holding a fly swatter goes around swatting up a storm. Getting caught in the swat-storm will cause severe damage, so think like a fly and run away!	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Wario being damaged by the flyswatter in Ultimate.

The Flies & Hand appear as an Assist Trophy. The flies will roam the stage while the hand holding the flyswatter will hover in the foreground and attempt to swat them, damaging any fighters who are hit in the process. The hand can be defeated if it takes enough damage. When KO'd, the hand displays eyes and a mouth just like in the original Mario Paint minigame when it gets hurt. It cannot appear in Garreg Mach Monastery, King of Fighters Stadium, Mishima Dojo, Mushroomy Kingdom, and Norfair.

Spirit

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
117		Flies & Hand		★★	1	Battering Items ↑	Mario Paint Series

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ハエと手	Flies & Hand
English	Flies & Hand	—
French (PAL)	Mouches & main	Flies & Hand
French (NTSC)	Mouches et main	Flies and Hand
German	Mücken und Händchen	Mosquitos and Hands
Spanish	Moscas y mano	Flies and Hand
Italian	Insetti e mano	Insects and Hand
Chinese	Flies & Hand	—
Korean	Flies & Hand	—
Dutch	Vliegen en hand	Flies and Hand
Russian	Мухи и рука	Flies and Hand

Trivia

• Despite the Flies & Hand's Spirit being listed in the Mario series, as well as the hand itself being playable in Gnat Attack, in the Assist Trophy category in Training Mode it is listed with the Assist Trophies from universes without playable characters, being listed between Dr. Wright and Sablé Prince. In addition, the Friend icon for Flies & Hand has a gray background, as opposed to the red used for Mario characters.