# Mr. Floppy Fly — Nonsense Books character guide

> Mr. Floppy Fly in Nonsense Books by Edward Lear.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Fly, a very aged Bluebottle-Fly

**First appearance:** 0018-the-daddy-long-legs-and-the-fly

## Who they are

A gold-and-blue fly whose legs are far too short for court, trading complaints with his long-legged friend until the sea offers a stranger route.

## Relationships

### [Violet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/violet)

_romantic_

Mr. Floppy Fly is a persistent suitor to Violet, who is courted by him in a whimsical romantic pursuit.

### [Violet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/violet)

_romantic_

Mr. Floppy Fly is a persistent suitor to Violet, who is courted by him in a whimsical romantic pursuit.

### [Violet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/violet)

_romantic_

Mr. Floppy Fly is a persistent suitor to Violet, who is courted by him in a whimsical romantic pursuit.

## In the story

### [Nonsense Songs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/nonsense-songs)

Mr. Floppy Fly converses with Mr. Daddy Long-legs about his short legs preventing him from going to court, and they depart together.

### [The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/the-daddy-long-legs-and-the-fly)

Dressed in blue and gold, he cannot go to court because his legs are too short.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/i)

Dressed in blue and gold, meets Mr. Daddy Long-legs and joins him in drinking periwinkle-wine and playing battlecock and shuttledore.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/ii)

Addressed by Mr. Daddy Long-legs; urged to visit court.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/iii)

Explains his inability to go to court due to his short legs.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/iv)

Pleads with Mr. Daddy Long-legs to sing, reminiscing about the past.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/vi)

Sits by the sea with Mr. Daddy Long-legs, distressed that his legs have grown too long to sing a song.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/vii)

Joins Mr. Daddy Long-legs in rushing to the sea and sailing away.

## Links

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