History Main / EarWings

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

* In the ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' series, the [[SeriesMascot Nopon race]] have a downplayed version of this. Their wings are connected to the back of their heads in a very earlike position, and resemble ears when held upright, but don't seem to be their actual ears. As a bonus, [[FeatherFingers they also use their wings as hands more often than their actual hands.]]

* A Creator/HannaBarbera ''[[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Pixie & Dixie]]'' short has Dixie learn to fly by flapping his ears.

* ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'': In the anime's first OVA "Reverberation," Nega Nebulous finds themselves pulled into the now defunct predecessor to Brain Burst called Accel Assault. In doing so, the characters each transform into an amalgamation of their combat and school avatars. This results in Haruyuki appearing in his pink pig form, but with feathery (and flight capable) wings for ears in reference to his Silver Crow form.

* 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.

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* ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'': In the anime's first OVA "Reverberation," Nega Nebulous finds themselves pulled into the now defunct predecessor to Brain Burst called Accel Assault. This results in the characters becoming an amalgamation of their combat and school avatars. This results in Haruyuki appearing in his pink pig form, but with feathery (and flight capable) wings for ears in reference to his Silver Crow form.

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}:

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* In ''Animation/FlowerFairy'', rabbit-like creatures Shijia and Feitian use their long ears to fly.
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* A manga story based on ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' shows that Yumemitchi can stretch her ears, and she at one point flies around with her Tama-Friends using her ears as wings. [[spoiler:This story is AllJustADream, though.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
** In "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS2E9TheGuide The Guide]]", Jinora is seen playing with some spirits looking like multicolored bunnies with dragonfly wings instead of ears, allowing them to fly. Later in season 3, one of them becomes good friend with Bumi and follows him everywhere.
** Another kind of spirits looks like gerbils with very large ears, also used for flying. They too tend to flock to Jinora, and she uses one "Original Airbenders" to send a distress message to her uncle Bumi.

A trope mainly seen in fantasy: a character or creature is gifted with huge ears, possibly as large as his or her body.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS2E9TheGuide The Guide]]", Jinora is seen playing with some InvisibleToAdults spirits looking like multicolored bunnies with dragonfly wings instead of ears, allowing them to fly. Later in season 3, one of them becomes good friend with Bumi and follows him everywhere.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS2E9TheGuide The Guide]]", Jinora is seen playing with some InvisibleToAdults spirits looking like multicolored bunnies with dragonfly wings instead of ears, allowing them to fly.

* 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).

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' series, the [[SeriesMascot Nopon race]] have a downplayed version of this. Their wings are connected to the back of their heads in a very earlike position, and resemble ears when held upright, but don't seem to be their actual ears. As a bonus, [[FeatherFingers they also use their wings as hands more often than their actual hands.]]

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

** Dragonair have wings where their ears should be.
** Sky Forme Shaymin.

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* In ''Series/DumbosCircus'', the adult WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} can still fly with his ears, including while pulling a wagon full of his friends behind him in the opening credits.