Garfield Lynns, better known as Firefly, is a minor antagonist in the DC Animated Universe, serving the main antagonist of two The New Batman Adventures episodes and as a supporting antagonist of the Justice League two-parter "Only a Dream".
He is a pyrotechnics technician who turned to crime after being rejected by Cassidy, the famous singer he worked for. After Cassidy fired him due to having enough of his obsessive behavior, Lynns tries to murder her repeatedly, but his attempts are foiled by Batman, leading him to become the pyromaniac criminal Firefly.
He was voiced by Mark Rolston.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- Turned to a life of crime just because he resented Cassidy for firing him over his flirtatious and obsessive behavior towards her. While Cassidy could have treated him better, rather than seeking revenge, he should have just realized she wasn't the right woman and moved on.
- Tries to burn Cassidy alive while on stage by sabotaging her fiery performance at Gotham Gardens, even though doing so endangered countless of innocent Gothamites that had nothing to do with his situation.
- Pushes Cassidy's manager Frank away when he tries to stop him.
- Sneaks into Rock City when Cassidy goes there to host its opening and shoots explosives projectiles in his attempts to corner Cassidy, endangering other celebrities such as Sam Pryor, Trent Wallace and countless of innocents again.
- It's possible that some of the Gothamites who attended the club's opening died, as the first explosion Firefly caused knocked some of them aside.
- Knocks a Rock City security guard out for trying to stop him, possibly leaving him there to die, as there are no indications Batgirl later saved him like she does with Cassidy.
- Burns Batman's hook gun to try to drop him thousands of feet to his death.
- Rigs his warehouse out in an attempt to get Batman and Batgirl killed, which gets Batgirl critically injured.
- Tricks Frank and Cassidy's recording crew into leaving her alone at the record building by making it look like the place was burning by putting smoke bombs in the ventilation system.
- Tries to burn all of Gotham City's sewers with an extremely dangerous flammable gel of his own invention to burn all of Gotham, which would have indirectly claimed millions of lives in the process.
- Shoots his explosive projectiles repeatedly at Batman.
- Cuts a big pipe with a fire sword to crush Batman.
- Tries to "light" Batman as a candle with his gel after activating the machinery to drop the gel into the sewers.
- His actions end up leading Cassidy to develop pyrophobia, likely for life.
- Commits three arsons after becoming an arsonist-for-hire, one of them being The Kozy coffee.
- Tries to kill Matt, Carrie and Nick for discovering him inside an abandoned theater, making them first reveal themselves with a grenade and leaving them to die there with the fire he had just started as he flies away.
- Uses his powerful fire gun against the police after breaking out from prison, teaming up with Volcana to do so.
- Tries to burn Batman alive with his fire gun, even melting the hallway of a building in the process.
- In a The Batman Adventures comic book issue, tries to burn down a club after its owner fails to pay his employer back, despite that the club was still being occupied and its destruction could lead to several deaths of innocents.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- Fails the Heinous Standards to the Joker who did far worse than him. However, Firefly is much less sympathetic than most of Batman's rogues gallery thanks to his lower resources, making this a minor prevention.
- Seems to actually have some kind of friendship with Volcana, even admitting that he likes her and offering to assist her while she faces Green Lantern.
Trivia[]
- To help drive the point of Firefly being Near Pure Evil home, FOX Kids actually prevented the DCAU writers from using Firefly in Batman: The Animated Series due to his pyromaniacal nature. He was finally allowed to be used in The New Batman Adventures, because by then, the DCAU shows had been moved to Kid's WB.
- The New Batman Adventures writer Rich Fogel originally came up with the possibility of bringing back Cassidy in a later episode as Lady Firefly, due to Firefly's actions driving her insane, but the show ended before Fogel could propose such an idea. Had it been used in the show, this would have easily made Firefly even worse.
External Links[]
- Firefly on the DC Animated Universe Wiki
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