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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 ''[[
* In ''[[
* 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.
== [[Film]] ==
* The first ''[[Iron Man (
* ''[[Sunshine (
* The French movie ''I as in Icarus'' has this as the name of some criminal operation. At the end of the movie, the protagonist is on a phone conversation with his wife who surmises that {{spoiler|it's about offing someone who has come too close to the truth}}... Right as {{spoiler|said operation is carried out on her husband}}.
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Inheritance Cycle
* 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 }}
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution
* 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.}}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In an episode of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Icarus also shows up in the ''[[Hercules (
** The opening even shows him flying up against the sun, buring his wings, and falling.
* In the ''[[
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