History Main / EarWings

** He uses them like a helicopter to escape from Yosemite Sam from Outer Space in "Lighter Than Hare".

* [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Bugs Bunny]] uses his ears to gain flight twice:
** He uses them like a helicopter to escape from Yosemite Sam from Outer Space in "Lighter Than Hare."
** His ears suddenly turn into bat wings when he says "abraca-pocus" in "Transylvania 6-5000."

* Mario from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' flies with his bunny ears when he has the Magic Carrot powerup.

* From ''Literature/TheSnoutersFormAndLifeOfTheRhinogrades'', The Earwing (Otopteryx volitans) flies with its ears (using its nose to steer).

* Another Sanrio example would be Cinnamoroll. A puppy who was born from the sky, that would use his long ears to fly.

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

* Peridot from ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}}'' has ears vaguely similar to wings that she can use to fly (she's a dog). Io's floppy ears also allowed him to fly in the first season (he's a rabbit).

* Cream the Rabbit from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' can fly with her ears.
* Mario from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' flies with his bunny ears when he has the Magic Carrot powerup.
* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' can glide for a few seconds with the help of his rather long ears.

* The Remlits in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' use their ears for flight.

* Milla Basset from ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' can fly by flapping her ears.

* 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.
* Kowl, from ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'', pictured above. He seems to be a hybrid of a koala and an owl ([[MeaningfulName hence his name]]), and uses his ears as wings. Although his flight appears to be magic and quite apart from how he flaps his ears. Note how, in "The Secret of the Sword", his response to getting startled is to freeze -- and he just stay there sitting frozen in mid-air.

* ''WesternAnimation/AliasTheJester'': Alias's pet, a doglike alien creature named 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'' occasionally uses his long floppy ears to fly as a quick visual gag, such as in "Oh What a Knight" when he uses them to escape falling into an alligator-filled moat.

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

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

* ''WesternAnimation/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.

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

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

* [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-03-31 One panel]] of ''Webcomic/schlockMercenary'' shows that the Enireth (a species evolved from some fresh-water amphibioids) were flying thanks to their elongated ears for a substantial part of their evolution.

* 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]]''). 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.

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

[[caption-width-right:320:We hear it's a good way to get around.]]

* Kowl, the owl-like creature from ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'', pictured above.

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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''

* 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]]'').\\\
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.

* In one strip of ''Game Over'' (a spin-off to ''ComicBook/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.

* 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.