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{{trope}}
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A massive flying creature made of energy, commonly a predatory bird made of fire, is a common visual metaphor for [[Limit Break|Limit Breaks]]s, fast transportation and other special abilities. Or just making you look that much more [[Badass]]. Dragons, moths and other winged creature shapes may also be used, up to [[Winged Humanoid]]. The origin of this trope seems to come from [[The Phoenix]].
 
In [[Good Wings, Evil Wings|symbolism as applied to the wings]] this, just like other fire-based powers, usually given to [[Hot-Blooded]] and/or very [[Power Gives You Wings|powerful]] beings, whether "demonic" ([[The Lord of the Rings|Balrog]]), "angelic" ([[Archangel Gabriel]]) or otherwise.
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* ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'': Shana earns a sweet pair of fire wings relatively early on.
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'': Phoenix Ikki almost always appears with a fiery, phoenix shaped aura. His most powerful attack always manifests as a phoenix in one shape or another.
* ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'': The God Phoenix maneuver. Good for moving in a hurry. Bad if you happen to be in front of it, as many a [[Monster of the Week]] found out the hard way.
* ''[[Sailor Moon|Sailor Mars]]'' Fire Soul Bird attack.
* When the {{spoiler|Invid leave Earth}} in ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada]]'' (and of course, ''[[Robotech]]''), they take the form of a huge energy Phoenix.
* ''[[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar]]'': King J-Der's J-Quath, a bow-shaped weapon that transforms into a vaguely bird-shaped ray that pierces enemies and extracts their cores. Topped in the OVA by the J-Phoenix, in which the entire (ship-sized) robot turns into a giant, much clearer phoenix, complete with a beak/mouth and peacock plumes. [[By the Power of Greyskull|"In flame, the phoenix... IS REBORN!"]]<br /><br />The J-Phoenix also doubles as being a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]], since even the villain stated that [[Ramming Always Works|smashing your ship right into the opponent's]] is generally considered suicidal. Also, a variant exists in the [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Plasma Wing]] that both J-Der and King J-Der are equipped with, which gives the [[Humongous Mecha]] wings... made of plasma.
 
The J-Phoenix also doubles as being a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]], since even the villain stated that [[Ramming Always Works|smashing your ship right into the opponent's]] is generally considered suicidal. Also, a variant exists in the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Plasma Wing]] that both J-Der and King J-Der are equipped with, which gives the [[Humongous Mecha]] wings... made of plasma.
* {{spoiler|Atomsk}} from ''FLCL''.
* Rin's gemstone attack from ''[[Battle Moon Wars]]'' looks like this.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'': When the Winged Dragon of Ra goes out of mechanical-gryphon mode, it takes the form of a bird made out of fire.
* In ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'', Tsubasa's mech has glowing energy wings.
* Sunred's [[Super Mode]] Firebird Form in ''[[Tentai Senshi Sunred (Manga)|Tentai Senshi Sunred]]'' consists of a pair of massive fiery wings.
* Signum from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' gets these when {{spoiler|[[Fusion Dance|unisoned with Agito]]}}. Since she can fly already, it's mostly [[Power Gives You Wings|shorthand for the sheer amount of destruction she's about to lay down.]]
* ''[[Tekkaman Blade (Anime)|Tekkaman Blade]]'s'' Crush Intrude attack.
* The mature form of Saffron, the king of the bird people from ''[[Ranma One Half½]]'', is a [[Winged Humanoid]] who can throw his own flaming wings to attack enemies.
* The ''[[Gundam]]'' franchize has a few of these. Most notably:
** ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Anime)|Victory Gundam]]'': V-2 Victory Gundam has "Wings of Light" which cut enemies apart.
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Gundam SEED]]'': Freedom Gundam has a form with these.
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Anime)|Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' Destiny Gundam also has such a form.
** ''[[Turn aA Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'': The Turn A and Turn X both have the ultimate Hot Wings: [[Apocalypse How|Moonlight]] [[Nanomachines|Butterfly]].
* When ''[[Fairy Tail]]'''s [[Playing Withwith Fire|Natsu]] gets powerful enough, he can manifest giant wings made of fire, and sometimes even a [[Battle Aura|dragon-shaped aura of flames]].
* ShineGreymon [[Super Mode|Burst Mode]] in ''[[Digimon Savers (Anime)|Digimon Savers]]'' {{spoiler|and ''[[Digimon Xros Wars: the Young Hunters Leaping Through Time (Anime)|Digimon Xros Wars theThe Young Hunters Leaping Through Time]]''}}.
 
 
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== Film ==
* The Firebird from ''[[Fantasia|Fantasia 2000]]'' has these, because it ''is'' made of fire.
* In the film version of ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]: [[The Lion, the Witch Andand Thethe Wardrobe]]'', the Phoenix on the side of [[La Résistance]] ignites itself into flames and then razes the ground to create a fiery barrier.
 
 
== Tabletop Games ==
* In the ''Oriental Adventures'' supplement for ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'', there is a spell that turns the user's arms into flaming wings, allowing them to fly.
** The 4th Edition sorcerer Arcane Wellspring Paragon Path can give a character these.
* In [[Magic: theThe Gathering]], a lot of [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]] and [[The Phoenix|phoenixes]] have these, naturally, and [http://magiccards.info/scans/en/gp/121.jpg Leap of Flame] ''gives'' you them.
 
 
== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Kirbys Epic Yarn (Video Game)|Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'' ([[A Worldwide Punomenon|a punny game in the first place]]), the phoenix boss of [[Lethal Lava Land|Hot Land]] is actually named Hot Wings (yet it's not the [[Trope Namer]]).
* ''[[F -Zero]]'': Most of Captain Falcon's special attacks in the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series invoke a flaming falcon. Especially the infamous "''[[Megaton Punch|Falcon...]] '''[[Megaton Punch|PUNCH!]]'''''"
* The Sky Attack move is portrayed this way in ''[[Pokémon Stadium (Video Game)|Pokémon Stadium]]''. It helps a lot that the Pokemon doing the attack usually is a bird, or at least can fly.
** Don't forget that whole Ho-Oh thing mentioned above, either.
** Or Moltres, at least in one appearance.
** The move Brave Bird is also portrayed this way in the anime.
* In ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'', the [[Immortality|Hourai Elixir-powered]] Fujiwara no Mokou often uses Phoenix-shaped [[Danmaku]], and is surrounded by a phoenix-shaped [[Battle Aura]] whenever she resurrects or uses a [[Calling Your Attacks|spellcard]]. She's often portrayed in fanworks with the ability to cause huge [[Hot Wings]] to blaze into existance behind her.
* The Cybuster of the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series has an attack called the Akashic Buster, where it launches a bird of fire at the enemy, transforms into its own avian form and merges with the firebird, slamming into the target at high speeds.
** Likewise, its [[Evil Counterpart]] Shurouga has Ley Buster, although it doesn't create a bird-like fire, it changes into something like a bird (like Cybuster's Cybird), covered with dark power and rams the opponent and... produces [[Epileptic Trees|several interesting revelations...]]
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** And the Valhawk's Heat Edge Exploder in ''[[Super Robot Wars]] W''.
** Also Dairaioh's Jinrai from ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Alpha 3'', which is a hybrid of this and a Rider Kick.
* A common swordsman's or fighter's tech in the ''[[Tales Series(series)]]'' ("Hououtenku" in Japanese, translated to English variously with the word "Phoenix" somewhere in it) allows the combatant to jump in the air, then dive diagonally towards the enemy wreathed in a fiery, bird-shaped aura.
* ''[[Runes of Magic]]'' gives a spell to mages named Phoenix that allows them to summon a flaming bird to attack all enemies in a straight line.
* Lilith sprouts a set when her aptly-named Phoenix ability triggers in ''[[Borderlands (Video Game)|Borderlands]]''.
* Jin's Force Max in ''[[Shining Force]] Feather''.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Deathwing]] in [[World of Warcraft|Cataclysm.]]
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== Web Animation ==
* Kiki from ''[[Fairy Foxes (Web Animation)|Fairy Foxes]]'' has a tendency to set her wings ablaze when she is angry, euphoric, or using her fire powers.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* Antimony from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', going on with her [[Elemental Embodiment|basic nature]] and [[The Phoenix]] metaphor of [[Generation Xerox|her life]], during her summer in the Gillitie Wood learned to spread these. While for normal sight it's just a [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=877 subtle wings-shaped blur in the air], albeit with quite impressive span, for [[Spirit World|etheric]] vision she can look like a [[Winged Humanoid]]... [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=988 melded with firestorm].
 
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