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[[File:Tableaux du temple des muses - tirez du cabinet de feu mr. Favereau...gravez en tailles-douces par les meilleurs maistres de son temps, pour representer les vertus and les vices, sur les plus (14561090118).jpg|thumb|350px|No allusion here; this is how the Icarus story ends.]]
In the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus, a father and son attempted to flee from an island where they were held prisoner. The father, [[Gadgeteer Genius|Daedalus]], constructed two pairs of wings out of wax and feathers. Attaching the wings to their arms, he and his son Icarus managed to escape, flying over the ocean.
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If a character or aircraft is ''named'' Icarus, then it's [[What Did You Expect When You Named It?|fairly obvious]] that this is going to happen.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Parodied in ''[[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]]'', 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]])
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', a parallel is drawn between Icarus and the Elric brothers, who believed they could successfully perform [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|human transmutation]] despite the fact that no one ever had before. Of course, they failed.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Inheritance Cycle|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
* In ''[[Babylon 5]]'', the scientific expedition that reawoke the Shadows by poking into [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]] was called the "Icarus expedition", after the ship on which it traveled.
* A two-part episode
== [[Music]] ==
* Referenced in [[Music/Kansas|Kansas]]' song "Carry On Wayward Son".
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Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high }}
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Sinfest]]'' mini-arc "[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In an episode of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|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 (
** The opening even shows him flying up against the sun, buring his wings, and falling.
* In the ''[[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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