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[[File:pretty_cure_wings_39.jpg|link=Yes! Pretty Cure 5|frame|Of course [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]] would have matching wings.]]
{{quote|''"Where the hell do Safer Sephiroth's wings come from in [[
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.]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Used in ''[[Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer]],'' where the most powerful Deus had an Angel that could spontaneously grow wings. {{spoiler|By the end of the series, so could the protagonist - but only in the anime.}}
* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
** 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...
** The Victory 2 from ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
*** The F99 "[[Super Speed|Recordbreaker]]" Gundams from ''[[Crossbone Gundam]]'' had them a full twenty years earlier than the V2... unfortunately, they fell victim to a [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]] goof by the heroes, hence why it took so long to re-invent them.
** The [[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]] and Turn X have butterfly wings made of nanomachines. {{spoiler|They destroy [[The End of the World
** Let's not forget the batwings on [[Mid-Season Upgrade|Deathscythe Hell]]...
** Or the angel wings on [[Mid-Season Upgrade|Wing Zero Custom]] for that matter. Probably inspired by the Victory 2, if you think about it.
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** 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.
*** In the manga, every soldier can grow wings and [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|fly in space]], apparently. Moon, ChibiChibi, the Starlights, and Kakyuu at least do. I can't remember if the Sol senshi do at any point.
* ''[[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.
** The manga goes [[One-Winged Angel|way way way way way way way way way way way way]] [[Overly Long Gag|waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay]] further.
* In the first ''[[Yes!
** The movies of other series tend to give wings to the mains for their [[Super Mode]].
* The Divine Cloths of the Saints in ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' are more powerful and winged versions of their normal armours.
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* 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.
* When {{spoiler|Griffith}} becomes a Godhand at the end of ''[[Berserk]]'', he takes on a rather sleek demonic form with batlike [[Cape Wings]] known as Femto.
* When [[Air Gear
* The ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'' had a [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] that were robot bird booster packs, which granted them flight capability and some increase in power.
* All spirits in the world of ''[[Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica]]'' have wings by default; the more they have, the more powerful they are. A great majority of them are two-winged, but one of the most powerful, Corti, has six.
* Both Ameri and Yumina receive wings during the course of events in ''[[Tayutama]]''. Yumina's wings are angelic and golden, so they're clearly good. Ameri's are dragonlike and black, so they are clearly bad.
* Nodoka of ''[[Saki (
* It's probably easier to name the ''[[Digimon]]'' who ''don't'' get wings (or at least some form of flight) as they reach their highest levels of power.
* Rider in ''[[Fate/stay
* Setsuna's pactio card in ''[[Negima Second Season]]'' gives her large, beautiful white wings with which to fly around slicing the monster of the week. Does not apply in [[Mahou Sensei Negima|the main series/manga]], as she ({{spoiler|as a half-demon}}) has the power to pull out from the beginning but largely does just fine without them.
* The Crusniks in ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' sprout wings in their more powerful forms.
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** Hiro grows a pair of wings made of light while holding Excalibur.
** Gopher's own grigori soul allows him to grow wings (though not physical ones) to fly, but unlike Maka's they are black which she puts down to magic, presumably Noah's influence. The fact he does not need a Weapon to use his 'soul wings' to fly may indicate Maka will be able to do the same at some point.
* The Fly card in ''[[
* ''[[Violinist of Hameln]]'': {{spoiler|Hamel sprouts wings while delivering the final blow to Kestra. It was the first time his angel blood showed.}} The wings disappear soon after.
* In [[Pokémon (
* ''[[Armitage III]]'': The upgrade that {{spoiler|Armitage}} receives at the end of the OVA plays with this, as the wings (and the subsequent mobility they provide) is half of the upgrade. Even {{spoiler|Armitage}} [[Lampshade Hanging|finds them to be a little pretentious]].
{{quote| "It's a little too ''angelic'' for my taste."}}
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* All Tennyo, save for Akira and Ryo, in ''[[Rakugo Tennyo Oyui]]'', have a pair of glowing wings on the back of their magical girl outfits.
* Both {{spoiler|Arika}} and {{spoiler|Nina}}of "[[Mai-Otome]]" grow wings during their final battle.
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': {{spoiler|The eponymous character}} gets a pair of wings in her [[Ascend to
* In ''[[Saint Beast]]'', all angels have wings, but most [[Wings Do Nothing|can't use them]]. Among the characters that can, however, are Rey, who gets functional wings bestowed on him at the Day of Benediction ceremony as mediated sort of power-up, and Luca {{spoiler|an [[Amnesiac God]]}}, whose wings appear under duress.
* In [[
** It can be argued that this also applies with the Genesic Machines. While both [[
* In ''[[Hyper Speed
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'': The God Cloths all came with these.
* The Thriller Bark arc of ''[[One Piece]]'' had Robin showcasing a power where she can use her Hana Hana abilities to makes wings. The downside is that she can only stay in the air for five seconds. The wings are made of body parts after all.
* ''[[Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual
* ''[[Prétear]]'', Pretear's final form White Pretear has huge translucent butterfly wings.
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*** {{spoiler|All demons have angel wings, the only difference being that demons typically keep theirs cleaner.}}
* Kerry Ellison, in the [[Whateley Universe]]. Well, her codename ''is'' Seraphim, so it's not exactly a big surprise. Slightly subverted in that the first time she manifests her angelic wings she flaps around and can't fly straight until she gets used to them..
* In [[James Swallow]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' novel ''[[Blood Angels
** In ''[[
* In ''[[
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
** The Omnigears, augmented versions of the heroes' typical Gears, all have wings.
** And of course, the Xenogears itself, which is just the evolved form of Id's Red Gear.
** [[All There in the Manual|The explanation]] is that the wings are really just the superheated exhaust coming from the gear.
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' likes this trope. There's a reason it's the [[Trope Namer]] for [[One-Winged Angel]].
** [[Final Fantasy VI
*** That's just his Dissidia model. In FFVI, he had 4 golden wings.
** [[Final Fantasy VII
*** In other Compilation entries, Sephiroth has 1 black wing on his right, Genesis has a bigger black wing on his left, & Angeal has 2 white wings on his right.
** Rinoa's "Angel Wing" [[Limit Break]] in ''[[
** Two decorative wings on Eiko's back grow to more realistic proportions during her [[Limit Break]].
** Seymour in ''[[
** In ''[[
** {{spoiler|Cid Raines}} sprouts wings when {{spoiler|he becomes a Cie'th Corpse}} in ''[[
* Angels in ''[[
* Some ''[[Pokémon]]'' gain wings and the Flying type upon reaching their last evolution. Notably Charizard, Dragonite and Salamence.
** Also many Bug types--Beautifly, Butterfree, Mothim, Masquerain, ect...unfortunately, aside from maybe Masquerain, none of these are particularly powerful like the examples mentioned above. Generation five did give us Larvesta, a bug who you could equate with power causing wing growth but it is not a flying type. It does learn many flying moves after evolution though.
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** Similarly, Deino from [[Pokémon Black and White|Black and White]] gains a pair of wings upon evolving into a Zweilous. However, a Zweilous can't use its wings for flying until it becomes a Hydreigon where it has six wings and levitate as its ability.
* ''[[Achaea]]'' characters have the option of transforming into a dragon on reaching level 99. Wings, talons and [[Incendiary Exponent|really bad breath]] included.
* Mario in ''[[
* Yoshi's final smash in ''[[Super Smash Bros]] Brawl'' mostly revolves around him growing wings and just going nuts on the other characters. This is based off a pair of power ups from ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario World]]'', one of which is called "Yoshi's Wings".
** So does Tabuu's {{spoiler|[[One-Hit Kill|Off Waves]].}}
* In ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'', the animation for Valkyrie's super attack includes luminescent wings sprouting from her back.
** Continued in ''[[Valkyrie Profile Silmeria]]'' for all three valkyries. Alicia starts doing this when her super attack upgrades. Finally, there's {{spoiler|the one true valkyrie, who sprouts SIX wings in her version of Nibelung Valesti. One set for each vakyrie.}}
* Princess Sprites, Ran's powered-up older self in ''[[Twinkle Star Sprites]]'', has pixie wings. Possibly justified, since Ran's mother Memory also has wings.
* The [[Multiple Endings|Bad Ending]] of ''[[Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories]]'' has {{spoiler|Adell grow a pair of huge black wings after he's possessed by Overlord Xenon.}}
* Ernst in ''[[
** Where does Adol himself sprout wings? Don't remember that.
* A minor example in ''[[
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has a Paladin ability, Avenging Wrath, that temporarily boosts all damage and causes the user to sprout a halo and golden wings of light.
** With the new expansion it now boosts damage and healing.
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* ''[[Guild Wars]]'' Paragons have an ability that has them momentarily grow wings of light before setting their next target on fire.
* Inverted in ''[[Atelier Iris]]'', where Lita occasionally sprouts wings, but only when in a greatly ''weakened'' state.
* Reapers in ''[[
* ''[[Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow]]'''s Soma Cruz, while utilizing the soul of a flying humanoid, will sprout huge wings, twice his own size. The extent of this newfound wingspan is making him smarter and luckier.
* ''[[
** Fujiwara no Mokou has [[Hot Wings|phoenix wings]] symbolizing her [[Immortality]].
** Yuyuko Saigyouji has a giant fan.
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** To clarify: nearly everyone in this world is a [[Winged Humanoid]] who can make said wings appear or disappear at will. They summon these wings in battle, mostly just [[Rule of Cool|because it looks awesome.]] {{spoiler|The wings disappear at the end when [[The Magic Goes Away]].}}
** 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
* P-Wings in ''[[
* Pit in ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' starts out with rudimentary wings, by the time he acquires all the [[Mac Guffins]], he has fully functional wings.
* {{spoiler|Lumine's}} second form in ''[[Mega Man X]] 8'' grows wings.
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** Also Master Albert in ''[[Mega Man ZX]]''.
* ''[[Super Robot Wars 64]]'' has the Simurgh Splendid, created from the combination of the Simurgh and the Elblus.
* In [[
* ''Really'' powerful machines in Siter Skain's ''[[The Tale of Alltynex]]'' get energy wings when using their full powers. This includes the player's ship at one point.
** These games are also largely responsible for the same style of wings appearing all over the place in ''[[Fraxy]]'', after Eboshidori made several Siter Skain-inspired bosses.
* Angels in ''[[Diablo]]'' have wings made of energy tentacles.
* In ''[[
* A sufficiently powerful character in ''[[
* In ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'', those who gain the power of a dragon and become a Dragoon grow wings when they [[Transformation Sequence|transform]]. Though these can't be used to fly except in [[Cutscene Power to
* Kahu in [[Jade Cocoon]] 2 gets a pair of wings when Elrihm the Forest God declares him [[The Chosen One]] {{spoiler|and sends him to do battle with Levant and Lilith}}.
* ''[[Galaxy Angel (
* Peach's mega strike in [[Mario Strikers|Super Mario Strikers Charged]] involves her leaping into the air, growing a set of ''[[Pure Energy|ener]][[Hard Light|gy]]'' wings and then kicking the ball
* In [[
** 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.
== Webcomics ==
* In [[
* 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.]]
* ''[[Homestuck]]'': In the kids' session, anyone who uses the [[Ring of Power|Rings Of Power]] of Prospit and Derse - that is to say, currently only [[Big Bad|Jack Noir]] {{spoiler|and PM}} - gains enormous crow wings; [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that it [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|gives him the traits of any objects that have been "prototyped" into the players']] [[Spirit Advisor]], one of which was a deceased crow. The same was the case in the trolls' session, as they prototyped at least two creatures with wings - Terezi's dragon and Kanaya's mother grub.
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* [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050807 X] in [[Bob and George]]
* In [[Goblins]], Maglubiyet the Goblin deity marks his chosen ones with wings at birth, and each is destined to become a great leader amongst the Goblins; Duv the White Terror, leader of the Viper clan, currently holds that honour.
* In ''[[
* 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.
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** Optimus Primal also got wings after carrying Optimus Prime's spark for a few hours. He had to transform into a plane to use the wings, but still...The new modifications remained even after he gave the spark back to Prime.
** Cheetor in his Transmetal body could count. His flight mode wings had jets on the ends of them.
** On one occasion, [[Beast Wars
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