Lightning

Lightning is a contestant on Battle for BFDI. He was a recommended character that could have joined Battle for Dream Island Again, but with only 93 votes, placed 47th, he did not have enough votes to join and was flung to the LOL.

Lightning later appeared in No More Snow!, along with Cloudy, striking a tree and making it fall over and crushing Pin, killing her.

Lightning's IDFB redesign is more simplistic and shorter.

Personality
Lightning is a feisty killer who enjoys zapping people, even if he feels remorse. He affiliates with rude and other killers such as Fanny. His voice is similar to Liy and Ruby's. He does also not take orders from others, like Pencil telling him to zap Flower. He also appears to enjoy clarification.

Appearance
Lightning appears to be a lightning bolt, a form of plasma. The outline is olive, and the inside is bright yellow. It is debatable what Lightning actually is because real lightning bolts last a fraction of a second and disappear. This is clearly not the case with Lightning.

BFDI 17 (recommended character)

 * Lightning is called Bolty.
 * Bolty has arms and legs.
 * Bolty has no shading.
 * Bolty has a more jagged shape.
 * Bolty has 3 segments.

BFDI 17 (Cloudy's audition)

 * Bolty has no limbs.

BFDIA

 * Bolty is renamed to Lightning.

IDFB

 * Lightning has a shine toward his top.
 * Lightning has shading toward his bottom.
 * Lightning has a more smooth shape.
 * Lightning has 1 segment.
 * Lightning is much more stout.
 * Lightning loses his arms.

BFB

 * Lightning regains his arms.

Stapy
In BFB 1, Lightning asks Stapy and Marker if they want to be friends, to which Marker declines. Lightning mistakenly calls Stapy "Stapley".

Deaths

 * Reveal Novum: Is crushed by the sun with the other recommended characters in the LOL.
 * Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know: Is crushed in Eraser's imagination.

Kills
Dozens of other people have also been killed by lightning, according to him in Getting Teardrop to Talk.

Trivia

 * Lightning says that he has killed dozens of people in Getting Teardrop to Talk.
 * He also thinks it's sad.
 * Lightning is the only legless member of iance.
 * Running gag: After Four states what the contest is, Lightning asks Snowball, "so to clarify, (whatever the challenge is)".
 * However, in Why Would You Do This on a Swingset, he asks it to Flower, and then zaps her after she gets mad at it.
 * Lighting and Stapy are the only contestants with arms but no legs.
 * However, Lightning can fly, while Stapy can't.
 * Lightning's arms may be retractable as they disappear in some scenes. However, this may be a goof.