History Main / EarWings

* A HannaBarbera ''[[HuckleberryHound Pixie & Dixie]]'' short had Dixie learn to fly by flapping his ears.

Actually a subversion, as the "ear wings" have nothing to do with hearing and aren't even found on the mollusks' equivalent of a head; they're simply located on a part of the mantle which ''looks'' a little like a head, one on each side.

* Baku from ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' can extend his ears and use them to fly.

** There's a certain similarity with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chonchon Chonchon]], found in real world mythology.
* ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest'' has the Chonchon (based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chonchon South American mythology]]), a creature from the spirit world that manifests as a deformed head flying with its gigantic ears.

* In one strip of ''Game Over'' (a spin-off to ''KidPaddle''), the Little Barbarian gains Ear Wings by drinking a potion. He can then fly on top of a stone pillar to rescue the [[DistressedDamsel Princess]]; unfortunately, she's startled by his appearence and screams, which deafens the hero and makes him fall to his death.

* The imps on ''GaiaOnline'' have literal wings for ears and they can use them to fly. That they can do this in humanoid form is somehow more confusing than when they can do this as {{Waddling Head}}s.

* All squids have these (well, more like ear fins); UpToEleven with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfin_squid bigfin squid]]. Of special mention are two cephalopods that are ''not'' true squids, though closely related. The first is the "Dumbo Octopus" (''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimpoteuthis Grimpoteuthis]]''), and the second is the "Vampire Squid" (''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampyroteuthis Vampyroteuthis]]'').
** Actually a subversion, as the "ear wings" have nothing to do with hearing and aren't even found on the mollusks' equivalent of a head; they're simply located on a part of the mantle which ''looks'' a little like a head, one on each side.

** Actually a subversion, as the "ear wings" have nothing to do with hearing and aren't even found on the mollusks' actual head; they're simply located on a part of the mantle which ''looks'' a little like a head, one on each side.

* Patamon, Terriermon, Lopmon, and Culumon from ''{{Franchise/Digimon}}'' can fly with their large ears. Though whether Patamon's are actually ears or just wings growing out of his head is up for debate. And Terriermon more rides air currents than flies.
* The demoness Syren from ''{{Manga/Devilman}}'' is within the subtrope of having large wings attached to her head.

* Dragonair from {{Pokemon}} have wings where their ears should be.

* Sky Forme Shaymin from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.

* Creator/WaltDisney's ''{{Disney/Dumbo}}'', of course. The whole story being about young elephant Dumbo trying to turn his embrassingly huge ears into an asset by learning how to fly with them, with the help of a MagicFeather.

* {{VideoGame/Klonoa}} can glide for a few seconds with the help of his rather long ears.

* Sky Forme Shaymin from ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}''.

* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Blackstar}}'' cartoon, Gossamer the Trobbit is a gnome with large ears allowing him to fly.
* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Wakfu}}'' OVA ''The Legend of Ogrest'', the title character finds by accident that his large ears allow him to fly by flapping very fast (hummingbird-like fast, in fact). It's quite instinctive at the start and Ogrest has a hard time controlling it, leading to a few crashes.

* in Skyward Sword there re the remlits

* In a {{Fractured Fairy Tale}}s-styled ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' episode, Deedeelocks [[{{Pinocchio}} can make her ears grow by telling lies]]. She uses her giant ears to fly herself and her friends off into the sunset.

* Patamon, Terriermon, Lopmon, and Culumon from ''{{Digimon}}'' can fly with their large ears. Though whether Patamon's are actually ears or just wings growing out of his head is up for debate. And Terriermon more rides air currents than flies.

* WaltDisney's ''{{Disney/Dumbo}}'', of course. The whole story being about young elephant Dumbo trying to turn his embrassingly huge ears into an asset by learning how to fly with them, with the help of a MagicFeather.

* Sky Forme Shaymin from ''{{Pokemon}}''.

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* All squid have these (well, more like ear fins), but of special mention are two cephalopods that are ''not'' true squid, though closely related. The first is the "Dumbo Octopus" (''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimpoteuthis Grimpoteuthis]]''), and the second is the "Vampire Squid" (''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampyroteuthis Vampyroteuthis]]'').
** UpToEleven with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfin_squid bigfin squid]]

* The imps on ''GaiaOnline'' have these and they can use them to fly.

* Sky Forme Shaymin and the Hoppip line from ''{{Pokemon}}''.

* All squid have these (well, more like ear fins), but of special mention are two cephalopods that are ''not'' true squid, though closely related. The first is the "Dumbo Octopus" [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimpoteuthis (''Grimpoteuthis'')]], and the second is the "Vampire Squid" [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampyroteuthis (''Vampyroteuthis'')]].

* The demoness Syren from ''Manga/Devilman'' is within the subtrope of having large wings attached to her head.

* VideoGame/{{Klonoa}} can glide for a few seconds with the help of his rather long ears.

* In a {{Fractured Fairy Tale}}s-styled ''DextersLaboratory'' episode, Deedeelocks [[{{Pinocchio}} can make her ears grow by telling lies]]. She uses her giant ears to fly herself and her friends off into the sunset.

* {{Klonoa}} can glide for a few seconds with the help of his rather long ears.

When the ears are instead spinning like a rotor, it falls into HeliCritter. Compare HairWings,HelicopterHair and MercurysWings.

When the ears are instead spinning like a rotor, it falls into HeliCritter. Compare HairWings and HelicopterHair.

* Crosses into BodyHorror with the Vargouille in ''DungeonsAndDragons''. This monster is a flying head with tentacles that turns people into other Vargouilles by ''kissing'' them. And it has bat wings in place of ears.
* ''RuneQuest'' has the Chonchon (based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chonchon South American mythology]]), a creature from the spirit world that manifests as a deformed head flying with its gigantic ears.

* Cream the Rabbit from ''SonicTheHedgehog'' can fly with her ears.

* Some of the mooks in ''DragonQuest'' do this occasionally. Somehow, this is the least blatant use of artistic license with regard to biology.

* In the ''{{Wakfu}}'' OVA ''The Legend of Ogrest'', the title character finds by accident that his large ears allow him to fly by flapping very fast (hummingbird-like fast, in fact). It's quite instinctive at the start and Ogrest has a hard time controlling it, leading to a few crashes.

* The demoness Syren from ''DevilMan'' is within the subtrope of having large wings attached to her head.
* Baku from ''OnegaiMyMelody'' can extend his ears and use them to fly.

* WaltDisney's ''{{Dumbo}}'', of course. The whole story being about young elephant Dumbo trying to turn his embrassingly huge ears into an asset by learning how to fly with them, with the help of a MagicFeather.

* In the ''{{Blackstar}}'' cartoon, Gossamer the Trobbit is a gnome with large ears allowing him to fly.

* Sticking to the "insult everyone" theme, ''FamilyGuy'' portrays Ben Stiller as having this ability.
* ''AliasTheJester'': Boswell has a pair of small but functional wings sprouting from his head. There's reason to believe that Alias (never seen without a hat that covers the sides of his head) does too.

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