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[[File:pretty cure wings 39.jpg|link=Yes! Pretty Cure 5|frame|Of course [[Magical Girl]]s would have matching wings.]]

 

 

If an [[Ridiculously Human Robot|android,]] [[Humongous Mecha]], [[Powered Armor]], [[Mons|Mon]], [[Magic Knight]], [[Magical Girl]], or basically any super-powered individual [[Amplifier Artifact|gets a power up]], or starts out ''really'' powerful and [[Power Makeover|wants it to show]], they will have [[Winged Humanoid|wings.]]

== Advertising ==

* The [[Trope Namer]] is the famous ad campaign for Red Bull; "Red Bull gives you wiiiiiings!"

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny|Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', whenever the titular Gundam pulls out its BFS, its hard not to notice what its "Wings Of Light" (har har) resemble...

** This trope may be also the reason why the most powerful Gundams in Cosmic Era have physical wings in their design. I'm talking about Freedom and Strike Freedom here...

*** Partial subversion in that it is the least powerful suit in the series that sports a [[Applied Phlebotinum|GN Drive]], with [[Word of God]] stating that the "wings" are formed from massive [[Minovsky Physics|GN Particle]] [[Power Incontinence|leakage]]. Why this would ''look'' like seraphic wings, however, is still [[Rule of Cool]].

*** The Throne Drei spreads false GN particles as an extremely effective form of chaff. What isn't justified is the emitters being arranged in such a way that the particle burst resembles a massive phoenix.

** And while Nanoha herself doesn't do this, her staff Raising Heart ''does'', the number and size of the wings it sprouts for any given spell are a good rough indicator of just how much someone's going to get hurt. Subaru's [[Empathic Weapon|Mach Caliber]] has Gear Excellion, which is a blue version of Nanoha's and she uses it against {{spoiler|her older sister Ginga, who's been [[Brainwashed]] by Scaglietti as a Number.}}

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' has wings during her second transformation; for about 3 seconds before they disappear in a burst of feathers.

** She also has wings on her Eternal fuku, but these appear to be purely decorative along with her [[Frilly Upgrade]]. Later on, when it's time for the final battle, she grows real wings. Her opponent, Sailor Galaxia, slightly subverts this trope and grows demon wings.

* ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'', where Tenchi and Juraian warships have the Light Hawk Wings.

* In the ''[[Trigun]]'' anime finale, {{spoiler|Vash's and Knives' [[BFG|Angel]] [[Wave Motion Gun|Arms]] are unleashed to the maximum level,}} and spontaneously sprout wings.

* In ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'', Shana sprouts flaming wings during her second fight against Margery Daw.

* In the "Rescue Sasuke" arc of ''[[Naruto]]'', [[The Big Guy|Chouji]] uses a number of food pills during a battle to give him power boosts. The third one instantly converts all his body fat into chakra, which blaze from his back like glowing blue butterfly wings ([[Meaningful Name|Chouji means "butterfly"]]). {{spoiler|He is later able to summon the chakra wings without taking the red pill.}}

* Many MANY [[Shoujo]] related stuff. They may not always keep the wings, but the wings will always show up in their [[Magical Girl]] transformation or something. And of course, wings are decorated on their accessories, weapons, and battle outfits as well.

* The protagonist of ''[[Clover]]'' deploys an [[Arm Cannon]] from his [[Artificial Limbs|prosthetic arm]] at the end of the story. It has wings for no particular reason.

* In ''[[Accel World]]'', {{spoiler|Haruyuki's Avatar Silver Crow is the first Flying Avatar in the Accel World. His "basic" moves -- punch and kick -- are actually special moves -- ''flying punch'' and ''flying kick''.}}

 

* The third season of ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' (and the first movie) has the Falconzord add wings to one of the Megazords, thus forming either the Ninja Megafalconzord or Shogun Megafalconzord.

** Later ''[[Super Sentai]]'' seasons also include wing power-ups that attach to mecha. The more recent examples would be Go Go Jet in ''[[Go Go Sentai Boukenger]]'', which forms Ultimate DaiBouken, and ''[[Engine Sentai Go-onger]]'''s Jum-bowhale, which forms Engine-Oh G9.

* Super Rescue Max in ''[[Tomica Hero Rescue Force]]''. It's basically the same as Rescue Max, except now it has wings built into it. It's surprisingly fast and agile.

 

* In ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]],'' Favored Souls grow a pair of wings at higher levels, as do Dragon Disciples

*** But in 4th ed dragonborn ''can'' at level 11.

** The Greater Visage Of The Deity spell in 3rd Edition allowed you to take the half-celestial/fiend template, which would give wingless characters wings.

* Many Daemon Princes and Living Saints in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' have wings.

* The [[Legend Game System]] has this as a feat starting at level 9.

 

== Video Games ==

*** Wildheart Spaulders, the classic dungeon 1 set of druid shoulders, had ''birds'' perched on them, their wings stretching to the sky. Big birds.

** Warlocks who specialize in Demonology have a "Demon Form" they can shift into for a short time. In this form, they appear as a black goat-hooved demon ... with wings.

*** With the conclusion of the Cataclysm expansion, rogues who are willing to spend many hours, mountains of gold, {{spoiler|and kill [[One-Winged Angel|Deathwing]]}} can gain the "[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Fangs of the Father]]" daggers which, [[Trope Overdosed|among other things]], grant the rogues the ability to sprout wings after [[Combos|a set number of attacks]]. Granted said wings cannot fly, but hey, [[Rule of Cool]].

** Also, ''Warcraft III'' has Illidan gain wings in his demon form after consuming the skull of Gul'dan. After a second power boost from Kil'jaeden, he gains permanent wings in his base form.

** Before any of them was the PC-98 boss Shinki, who grew six glowing white wings in battle that turned into more bat-like purple wings midway. Shinki [[Physical God|is the god and creator]] [[Satan|of a world of demons]].

** When Marisa Kirisame and Yuuka Kazami appeared in the ''[[Seihou]]'' series (a sort of sister series to Touhou), they both had a pair of wings. Yuuka's were green, befitting her power over flowers, while Marisa had angel wings. [[Fanon]] has generally decided that this trope applies to both of them when they're going all out—which may be supported by the games themselves: Yuuka only has wings when she's performing an attack, while Marisa in ''Seihou'' is the [[Bonus Boss|first boss of the Extra stage]].

*** She also sports a pair of black bat-like wings in her bombing image in Mystic Square.

* When using Ancardia for an [[Limit Break|Ex Skill]], [[Knights in The Nightmare|Maria]] sprouts an impressive pair of orange wings [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|similar to Marietta's]]. [[Willfully Weak|Meria]] could probably do the same thing if she wanted to, but...well, let's just say she's the [[Revenge Before Reason]] type.

** Melissa also subverts this trend: When using her rage bullet, she literally uses her wings to materialize all the massive shrapnel and energy beams, and appears without them for as long as the attack is active.

** Played straight at one point in the first game. {{spoiler|After Kalas' [[Face Heel Turn]], he grows a second wing when he's infused with Malpercio's power. When he rejects Malpercio later, he ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|rips the wing out of its socket]]''.}}

* Invoked in ''[[Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits]]'', but as a [[Zig-Zagging Trope]]. Kharg gains the ability to learn magic early in the game, but doesn't know why; when it's revealed later in the game that his magic is a result of his [[Half-Human Hybrid|Half-Deimos lineage]], the shock causes him to grow a pair of wings, which he rips from his back in disgust, so he's both a justified case and an avertion. His brother Darc is an inversion; he begins the game with wings and spellcasting abilities, but shortly after his wings are torn off, he finds a human sword and decides to incorporate human martial arts into his fighting style.

* P-Wings in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]''. Or is that Wings Give You Power (of [[Flight]])?

* {{spoiler|Lumine's}} second form in ''[[Mega Man X]] 8'' grows wings.

** Don't forget Copy X's in ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'', from which the aforementioned {{spoiler|Lumine}} is based on.

** They don't do anything, really, but some theories think that either the wings themselves are what give Dante his protection from Hellspawn, or they act as vents to prevent Dante from blowing up from the sheer Holy power.

 

* In [[Devil Bear]], the Daivas have wings made entirely out of (infrared?) [http://www.thedevilbear.com/?p=121 light.]

* In ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'', using Sepulchritude at the start of chapter 22 grants the titular character huge white wings. This, combined with the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Tectrixcalibur]], makes for [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|all sorts of epicness.]]

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', the most powerful spell {{spoiler|Nanase}} got is [[Flying Brick]] "angel form" giving pearly coating and two pairs of wings. In flight they at best add maneuverability, but apparently are [[Made of Iron|near-unbreakable]] and at least the tail pair is [[Feather Fingers|prehensile]].

* In [[Alien Dice]], Lexx gains wings after leveling up. One of them is immediately bitten off by a giant alien monster. Disappointing, but this did save him from being eaten completely.

 

== Web Original ==

* In ''[[Arcana Magi]]'', Alysia Morales sprouted misty wings when she accepted her role as a Sentinel. In ''[[Arcana Magi Zero]]'', after their [[Transformation Sequence]], Alysia Perez and Megumi Miyazaki sprout wings from their [[Transformation Trinket]]s.

 

== Western Animation ==

* [[Transformers|Optimus Prime]] frequently gets wings later in a series, though more mechanical than feathery. It's sometimes accomplished by [[Combining Mecha|combining with another Autobot]], though.

** Cheetor in his Transmetal body could count. His flight mode wings had jets on the ends of them.

** On one occasion, [[Beast Wars|Megatron]] got wings as part of a power up. They were somewhat overshadowed by him getting the ability to turn into a dragon at the time, though.

 

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