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The obvious inspiration is fireflies. It's funny how fireflies often end up behaving in usual and rather magical ways. In a way, it's an example of the connection between light and magic.

Do not confuse with [[By the Lights of Their Eyes]]; this trope is about [[Energy Beings]] or [[Faceless Masses]] that may or may not [[Everything's Better ~~With~~ Sparkles|sparkle]]. See also [[Ghost Lights]].

Do not confuse with [[By the Lights of Their Eyes]]; this trope is about [[Energy Beings]] or [[Faceless Masses]] that may or may not [[Everything's Better with Sparkles|sparkle]]. See also [[Ghost Lights]].

* Used in ''[[Inuyasha]] the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island'' for the spirits of the dead.

* This ''used'' to be how Tinkerbell in ''[[Peter Pan]]'' was always depicted, based on the theatrical practice of using a small light reflected from a mirror and a tinkling bell, until [[Disney]] came up with its marvelous design for the [[Peter Pan (Disney)|film]].

* This ''used'' to be how Tinkerbell in ''[[Peter Pan]]'' was always depicted, based on the theatrical practice of using a small light reflected from a mirror and a tinkling bell, until [[Disney]] came up with its marvelous design for the [[Peter Pan (Disney film)|film]].

** It still is in pantomimes.

* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: Ocarina of Time'', Navi is depicted as a ball of glowing light with dragonfly wings sticking out.

** The same is used for fairies in ''Majora's Mask'' and ''Phantom Hourglass''.

*** The Healing Fairies in [[The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]] are also the same way.

*** The Healing Fairies in [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]] are also the same way.

* The fairies in the first ''[[Quest for Glory]]'' game are little balls of light of various colors. The ones in the fourth game, however, are far more detailed.

* In the 1999 film version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," the fairy characters have this form at the beginning of the movie, when they arrive, and at the end, when they leave.

* The ghosts/angels in the opening of ''[[~~Its~~ a Wonderful Life]]'' are seen as celestial bodies that flicker when they speak.

* The ghosts/angels in the opening of ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' are seen as celestial bodies that flicker when they speak.

* ''[[Merlin (TV)|Merlin]]'' has this regard to the Sidhe. They are depicted as blue points of light, but due to Merlin's magic powers, we get some lovely FX shots of them in all their scary magical glory.

* ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' has this regard to the Sidhe. They are depicted as blue points of light, but due to Merlin's magic powers, we get some lovely FX shots of them in all their scary magical glory.

* All the ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' games have fireflies shown as points of light, until you catch one of them.

* ''[[The Princess and ~~The~~ Frog]]'': The scenes with Ray's family have ''both'' detailed fireflies and points of light....maybe fireflies that are farther away?

* ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'': The scenes with Ray's family have ''both'' detailed fireflies and points of light....maybe fireflies that are farther away?

* Done with the tail-end UFO in ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''.

* Bit from ''[[Tron]]'' is the personification of an on-off bit. It is basically a Disney sidekick fairy [[In Space|in Cyberspace]].

* The Pyreflies in Disney's ''[[Atlantis ~~the~~ Lost Empire]]'' were depicted this way, more or less.

* The Pyreflies in Disney's ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'' were depicted this way, more or less.

* This trope actually becomes motive for ''murder'' in ''Furuhata Ninzaburou'' — a very eccentric editor decides to change the lime-green points of light to ''red'' points of light for the hell of it. The original artist flipped out and bashed the editor's head in. (Art is [[Serious Business]].)

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has the nanogenes in "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S1 E10 The Doctor Dances|The Doctor Dances]]".

** The Megara from "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S16 E3 The Stones of Blood|The Stones of Blood]]".

* On ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Next Generation]]'', the microscopic [[Silicon Based Life|crystalline aliens]] referred to humans as "[[Humans Are Ugly|ugly bags of mostly water]]."

* On ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', the microscopic [[Silicon-Based Life|crystalline aliens]] referred to humans as "[[Humans Are Ugly|ugly bags of mostly water]]."

* A magical spell in ''[[Nox]]'' summons a small swarm of fairies that circle Jack until an enemy approaches, at which point they go kamikaze on the enemy. The fairies never appear as anything more than yellow sparks.

* Some of the smaller [[Elemental Embodiment|spren]] in ''[[~~The Stormlight Archive (Literature)|~~The Stormlight Archive]]'' are described as this such as lifespren (small green sparks) and rotspren (tiny red points of light).

* Some of the smaller [[Elemental Embodiment|spren]] in ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' are described as this such as lifespren (small green sparks) and rotspren (tiny red points of light).

* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Fear, itself", Willow summons a fairy like this to guide her out of the haunted house. However, the spell is warped by the demon haunting the place.

* Fairies in ''[[Stonekeep]]'' can apparently switch between spark-fairy mode and detailed mode.