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* Quite a few stories involving [[Santa Claus]], such as ''[[The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus]]'' and ''[[Silver Spurs]]'', give him Fairy Companions to accompany him on his sleigh ride. Usually, they unlock the door when the house doesn't have a chimney. (Such stories make you [[Fridge Logic|wonder why he bothers with chimneys at all]] but that's another matter.)
* Subverted in the offbeat novel ''Top Dog''. The hero (a dog) attends a meeting held by the evil side of the setting's battle between the forces of good and evil with a tiny sprite spy hidden in his ear. After the meeting, he sends her off to report what they have heard to the other good guys and she happily flies off {{spoiler|and gets swallowed by a bullfrog.}}
* Tiffany Aching, in the ''[[Discworld]]'' young adult novels, has the Nac Mac Feegle, who are probably best considered a warped take on this trope. Yes, they're technically fairies; they just happen to be six inch-high [[Violent Glaswegian]] "Pictsies!". Note, however, that calling them fairies in front of their faces is considered [https://web.archive.org/web/20160326084453/http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Suicide suicide].
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'':
** In ''[[The Dresden Files]],'' Harry Dresden has what amounts to a [[Hero Secret Service]] of faeries led by Toot-Toot. Not really a sidekick as Toot-Toot only shows up occasionally.
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