“ | Puppy: It does look stupid, Mom. Fly: Not as stupid as sheep, mind you, but pigs are definitely stupid. Babe: Excuse me. No, we're not. Fly: Good heavens! Who are you? Babe: I'm a Large White. Fly: Yes, that's your breed, dear. What's your name? Babe: I don't know. Fly: Well, what did your mother call you to tell you apart from your brothers and sisters? Babe: Our mom called us all the same. Fly: And what was that, dear? Babe: She called us all "Babe." Horse: Perhaps we shouldn't talk too much about, uh, family. Babe: I want my mom. Fly: There, there…you've got to be a brave boy, now. I left my mother when I was your age, and my pups will have to leave me soon. But I'll keep an eye on you, if you like, just till you find your feet. [Rex shows up] The little pig's a bit low. He's going to sleep with us, just till he finds his feet. Rex: Until he finds his feet. Puppy: But, Mom, he'll wet the bed! Fly: Nonsense! [To Babe] If you do want to do anything, you'll go outside, won't you? Good boy! |
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~ Fly meets Babe. |
Fly is the deuteragonist of the 1995 acclaimed family film Babe. She is a female border collie and later in the film, Fly adopts the titular pig Babe and teaches him how to herd sheep Fly is at first reluctant but quickly eager to teach Babe to herd sheep while her mate Rex is hesitant. She also learns more about sheep herself along the way.
She was voiced by Miriam Margolyes, who also portrayed Adult Rosy in Balto, voiced Cadbury Bunnies, Glowworm in James and the Giant Peach, Sean McDuck in the British Dub of The First Snow of Winter and Pomona Sprout in Harry Potter series.
Babe[]
Fly first appears sitting near the farm as Arthur Hoggett returns home from the country fair carrying a pig named Babe he won. One of her puppies asked her what’s Arthur carrying and she replies that it’s a pig. One the puppies asked if they also grew up Arthur and his wife Esme Hoggett will eat them. She replies that Arthur and Esme only eat sheep, ducks and chicken. They go inside the farm where Babe is been placed and Rex her mate lets them stay with Babe. Fly then instructs Babe that only dogs and cats are only allowed in the house. When the living room is been accidentally destroyed by Ferdinand, Fly listens at Rex instructing Babe to stay away from Ferdinand and the house. Some time later when Fly's puppies are for sale, Babe then asked if he can call her "Mom" and she happily accepts.
Christmas arrives when the Hoggett's relatives arrive to spend with them and Babe is almost chosen for Christmas dinner, but chose duck instead after Arthur remark Esme that Babe may be a prize for ham for the next country fair. One day Babe alerts Fly and Rex that sheep rustlers are stealing their sheep and they save them including Maa who Babe meet earlier. When Babe separates the brown chickens from the white ones, Arthur brings Babe to the field and where Fly instructs Babe how to be sheep pig and the sheep cooperate. This cause Rex to become jealous as an insult to sheepdogs. Later that night while Babe was asleep and Arthur and Esme are eating, Rex attacks Fly. In his rage, he injures her leg and accidentally bites Arthur's right hand who hears them fighting and tries to break them up. Rex is then chained and sedated leaving the sheep herding job to Babe and Fly has her leg treated.
One day a group of wild dogs attack the Hoggett farm killing Maa, Babe who scared the wild dogs away was being falsely accused by Arthur for killing Maa and angrily prepares to shoot him. Fly who was devastated at Maa's death then informs the sheep what really happened. Learning the truth, Fly then realizes that Arthur is going to kill Babe, she distracts him from shooting Babe by barking and Esme informs Arthur that she received a call from the police that the wild dogs attacked the other farm owned by the Mitchells has lost 6 lambs and asks why he bring out his rifle and Arthur realizes it was the wild dogs who killed Maa not Babe. Maa's death devastated the other animals including Ferdinand.
When Esme went on a trip with her friends, Duchess the Hoggett's nasty cat revealed to Babe that humans eat pigs, learns from Fly is true. The next morning Fly finds out that Babe runs away and she and Rex whom she informs at what Duchess has done to Babe and regrets his behavior earlier alerts Arthur and begin search for him. They find him in the cemetery where Maa was presumed to be buried and bring him home. She and Rex scolded Duchess for saying those terrible things to Babe.
During the Sheepdog contest, Babe tries to talk to the sheep that he will herd them, but they ignore him. Fly informs Rex if those sheep won't talk to Babe, Arthur is going to be an idiot and she doesn't know what to do about it. Rex then says there's only one way to help him out and he must go back home and promise to be back in time. Fly watches Babe from outside the sheep field as Rex finally arrives and gives Babe the password he received from their sheep herd. Rex then informs her that it's up to Babe. Babe herds the sheep follow his instruction and gets the perfect score and Fly and Rex were very pleased at Babe and they lick each other in triumph while a very happy Arthur says to Babe who sits beside him "That'll do pig. That'll do" and Babe sighs happily.
Babe: Pig in the City[]
Fly is first seen welcoming Babe and Arthur who has returned from a parade in honor of Babe. She’s then seen with Rex near Arthur after he had an accident in the well in parties because of the awkwardness of Babe, who then comes to try to be forgiven near the injured farmer.
When the farm starts to approach bankruptcy, Esme has no choice but to go to Metropolis with Babe to earn money at a fair but the pig hides, always ashamed for what he did. Fly and the other animals will see Babe, hidden under hay to encourage him to go to town because otherwise, the farm will be sold and they’ll all be separated. Finally summoned by his adoptive family, Babe agrees to go to Metropolis. After the pig gets into the Hoggett's car, he asks his adoptive mother why she won’t come so that Fly will answer that she would like but that it’s only him that is asked, before expressing all her confidence in her adopted son because she knows he's a brave pig.
Fly wasn’t seen again until the end of the film, where Babe not only found the money to save the farm, but also brought back lots of new friends who helped him and in addition, Arthur was completely recovered.
Quotes[]
“ | Fly: Maybe he's pleased with you for what you did yesterday. Babe: I didn't do much. Fly: Well, if it wasn't for you, darling, they could've stolen the entire flock. Babe: Is Rex unhappy with me? Fly: Oh, he'll be alright. Just stay out of his road today. |
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~ Fly |
“ | Fly: Remember, you'll have to dominate them. Do that and they'll do anything you want. Go. Go! [Babe trots to the rear of the flock. He snorts and squeals, trying to bark like a dog. The sheep laugh. The harder Babe tries, the more they laugh] Babe: This is ridiculous, Mom. Fly: Nonsense. It's only your first try. But you're treating them like equals. They're sheep. They're inferior. Babe: Oh, dear, they're not. Fly: Of course they are! We are their masters, Babe. Let them doubt it for a second and they'll walk all over you. |
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~ Fly |
“ | Rex: You and I have descended from the grand sheepdogs. We carry the bloodline of the ancient Bahou. We stand for something. And today, I watched in shame as all that was betrayed. Fly: Rex, dear, he's just a little pig. Rex: All the bigger the insult. |
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~ Fly |
“ | Fly: Alright, how did you do it? Babe: I asked them and they did it. I just asked them nicely. Fly: We don't ask sheep, darling. We warn them what to do. Babe: But I did so, Mom. They were really friendly. Perhaps Rex might be a little more friendly if I had a speak with him. Fly: No, no, no. I think you better leave that to me. |
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~ Fly |
“ | Fly: Rex? I know it was hard for you today, watching all that happening. But surely it's not worth all this misery. Please, darling. Not on such a beautiful night. Rex: You...put these ideas into his head, two-faced traitorous WRETCH!! |
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~ Fly |
“ | Babe: What are they doing here? Fly: It's a sheepdog trial. Babe: Then it's like a competition for sheepdogs. Fly: And their bosses. It's like an obstacle curse. Babe: How do they decide who wins? Fly: Well, it's time and mistakes. You get points for how fast you are and they take points away for every mistake. Every time a sheep goes the wrong road, that's a mistake and you lose points. Babe: Looks like fun! Fly: Oh, for a sheepdog, there's no prouder moment. You know, Rex and I used to.....never mind. |
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~ Fly |
“ | Babe: Mom. Mom! Mom! Can we start work early today? Fly: Oh, dear, it's not even dawn yet. You can go to work until the rooster crows. Go back to sleep. |
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~ Fly |
“ | Fly: Tell me. Who murdered the old one? Sheep: Wolf! Fly: Wolf. Is that the only words you half-wits know? Sheep: Wolf! Fly: Are you saying it was a dog? Sheep: Babe! Where's Babe? Fly: Was it wolf or Babe? Sheep: Wolf! Where's Babe! Wolf! Babe! Wolf! Babe! |
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~ Fly |
“ | Fly: QUIET!!!! Please, please would you be so kind as to tell me what just happened? Sheep: Csendes! Fly: Please, tell me what just happened this morning. Sheep: Babe came! He saved us! The wolves murdered Maa. But Babe drove the wolves off! Fly: Thank you! Thank you all! Thank you all very much! Sheep: Pleasure talking to you. |
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~ Fly |
“ | Alright, blockheads! Pay attention over here! Now, you pay attention to what this pig has to say to you or I'll come in there and tear you to shreds! | „ |
~ Fly |
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Trivia[]
- Rex reminding Fly that they are descended from grands sheepdogs is a reminder of real life where Border Collies are known along with the German Shepherd as the most common sheepdogs.
- Fly was Miriam Margolyes' second voice role.