Icarus Allusion: Difference between revisions

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Parodied in ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' when the ''giant squid'' [[Meaningful Name|Daidalos]] flew too close to the sun and turned into surume (dried squid), traumatizing his friend [[Meaningful Name|Ikaros]].

* In ''[[Ergo Proxy (Anime)|Ergo Proxy]]'', one of the characters is a scientist named Dr. Daedalus and one of his creations is given wings and dies from exposure to the sun (not because of wings melting, but because she was a Proxy and sunlight is their [[Achilles' Heel]])

* The first ''[[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|Iron Man]]'' film had Tony fly toward the moon, causing a buildup of ice on his suit. {{spoiler|He later solves this problem and uses it to his advantage against an enemy.}}

* ''[[Sunshine (Filmfilm)|Sunshine]]'' has two spaceships named the ''Icarus'' flying very close to the sun. ''Icarus 1'' fails in its mission, but ''Icarus 2'' succeeds.

* In ''[[Inheritance Cycle (Literature)|Eragon]]'', neither Eragon nor his dragon, Saphira, knows that air gets thinner the higher you go. One night, they fly too high. The lack of air makes it impossible for Saphira to concentrate and communicate mentally with Eragon, and she doesn't realize there's a problem until Eragon passes out.

* Both the original novel and the 1976 film adaptation of ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]'' reference this myth (the opening section of the novel is called "Icarus Descending") -- the protagonist is an alien who comes to Earth in hopes of saving his [[Dying Race]] back home, but gradually succumbs to Earthly vices.

== [[Live -Action TV]] ==

* A two-part episode pfof the seiresseries ''(([[Farscape))]]'' is titled "Daedalus Demands" and "Icarus Abides". The episodes {{spoiler|are about the alien who put the wormhole knowledge in Chrichton's head returning, fearing he had given it to the wrong people. To cut a long story short, they end up in a situation where they need to unlock the wormhole knowledge in his head and give him complete access to it in order to build a wormhole weapon to destroy a massive ship. He goes on to die of radiation from the open power source(the "flying to close to the sun" bit)}}.

{{quote| Once I rose above the noise and confusion<br />

Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion<br />

I was soaring ever higher<br />

* ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Video Game)|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]'' is fueled entirely by allusions to the Icarus myth and the colour yellow. Both Sarif and {{spoiler|Darrow}} claim to be the Daedalus to Jensen's Icarus (Sarif Industries' logo is a wing and Sarif often calls Jensen "son"), the [[Tie-in Novel]] is named ''Deus Ex: The Icarus Effect'', and believe me there are more allusions after that. Also, to prevent fall damage, Jensen can unlock the "Icarus Landing System."

* In the [[Kid Icarus]] games, the main character is an angel who cannot fly. In [[Kid Icarus: Uprising]], his goddess grants him the Power Of Flight, but warns that if he flies for too long, his wings will burn up. {{spoiler|That winds up happening.}}

* ''[[Sinfest (Webcomic)|Sinfest]]'' mini-arc "[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140209162146/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2199 Catch]" -- it even ends in a postscriptum to Icarus story.

* In an episode of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Twilight Sparkle makes some magical wings for Rarity, warning her that they are very delicate. Ignoring this, Rarity enters a flying competition, deciding to fly as high as possible so that the sun would shine through her wings and cover Cloudsdale in colorful light. The sun burns her wings up, and Rarity plummets nearly to her death, being saved only at the last moment by Rainbow Dash.

* Icarus also shows up in the ''[[Hercules (Disney1997 film)||Hercules]]'' [[Recycled: Thethe Series|animated series]]. Naturally, he has a permanent tan and lightning bolt-shaped hair.

* In the ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' episode "Cartman's Incredible Gift" Cartman tries to fly from his roof with cardboard wings and ends up in the hospital recovering from head trauma. The cops believe that he now has psychic abilities because they have heard of similar cases; they take his advice and dismiss Kyle's. Kyle concludes he has to be as stupid as Cartman to be acknowledged. Before he does so, Butters tells him not to fly too close to the sun.

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