History Main / Leprechaun

* Michael was the Smurf Forest's resident leprechaun in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''. Also Greedy briefly became one in a Season 9 episode.

* 1995 movie ''Leapin' Leprechauns!'' and it sequel ''Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns'', as the title implies, follow all the basic lore on leprechauns and fairies.

* In {{TabletopGame/SmashUp}}, the highest-power minion of the Tricksters faction is one; with an effect that destroys any lower-power minion of an opposing faction played after it on the same base.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfMajEyal'', they not only steal your gold and teleport away, but they also breed explosively. So if you happen to encounter them on a level, ''run''.

* In the ''Webcomic/FairyDust'' farming operation this webcomic is named after, Leprechauns are involved for their kinship with the fairfolk, that makes them immune to fairy dust.

OurFairiesAreDifferent is the SuperTrope.

* An episode of ''Moville Mysteries'' featured a leprechaun who at first seems good, but is later revealed to [[AndIMustScream have a habit of turning those who try to steal his gold into wood]].

[[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]] agrees on these basic points: They're the size of children [[LittleGreenMen and favour the colour green]] ([[BringMyRedJacket when they don't wear red]]). [[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead They have red hair and green eyes]] -- and if you have red hair and green eyes you may be a descendant of the Fey folk yourself! Leprechauns can become invisible, but if you happen to see one, catch him quick and make him tell you where his pot of gold is hidden (they all have one...[[InexplicableTreasureChests for some reason]]). If you take your eye off the Leprechaun for even a moment though, he'll vanish again and you'll almost certainly never find him. The Leprechaun is a tricky creature and will do his very best to wriggle out of showing you his gold, but you'll always find it at the end of a rainbow. He isn't necessarily malicious but he doesn't appreciate being bullied either, so if you get a wish from a Leprechaun, BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor because they may well pull a JackassGenie on you.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLeprechaunsChristmasGold'' is a [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]]-ChristmasSpecial featuring leprechauns[[note]]It was the company's second-to-last stop-motion animated special and the last original story produced by the company for many years[[/note]], made by the same people who made ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''. The special is about a boy named Dinty Doyle, who's ultimately tasked with protecting the gold of a community of hospitable leprechauns from an evil banshee, and it's one of the company's more obscure specials. While the special isn't bad, it was never really all that popular--this is probably (at least partially) because of how leprechauns aren't traditionally associated with Christmas.

[[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]] agrees on these basic points: They're the size of children [[LittleGreenMen and favour the colour green]] ([[BringMyRedJacket when they don't wear red]]). [[SignficantGreenEyedRedhead They have red hair and green eyes]] -- and if you have red hair and green eyes you may be a descendant of the Fey folk yourself! Leprechauns can become invisible, but if you happen to see one, catch him quick and make him tell you where his pot of gold is hidden (they all have one...[[InexplicableTreasureChests for some reason]]). If you take your eye off the Leprechaun for even a moment though, he'll vanish again and you'll almost certainly never find him. The Leprechaun is a tricky creature and will do his very best to wriggle out of showing you his gold, but you'll always find it at the end of a rainbow. He isn't necessarily malicious but he doesn't appreciate being bullied either, so if you get a wish from a Leprechaun, BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor because they may well pull a JackassGenie on you.

[[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]] agrees on these basic points: They're the size of children [[LittleGreenMen and favour the colour green]] ([[BringMyRedJacket when they don't wear red]]). They have red hair and green eyes - and if you have red hair and green eyes you may be a descendant of the Fey folk yourself! Leprechauns can become invisible, but if you happen to see one, catch him quick and make him tell you where his pot of gold is hidden (they all have one...[[InexplicableTreasureChests for some reason]]). If you take your eye off the Leprechaun for even a moment though, he'll vanish again and you'll almost certainly never find him. The Leprechaun is a tricky creature and will do his very best to wriggle out of showing you his gold, but you'll always find it at the end of a rainbow. He isn't necessarily malicious but he doesn't appreciate being bullied either, so if you get a wish from a Leprechaun, BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor because they may well pull a JackassGenie on you.

* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' Porky Pig short "The Wearing of the Grin" has Porky spending the night at a castle said to be the home of leprechauns. Naturally the leprechauns are real, and paranoid that Porky is looking for their pot of gold.

* The [[TheFairFolk Fey]] faction in the ''VideoGame/WarlordsBattlecry'' series has leprechauns as one of the basic units. They have a weak attack, but they're easy to spam, and each one increases your gold income.
* In ''VideoGame/NetHack'', leprechauns can be GoddamnedBats because they steal your gold and then instantly teleport away, unless you know the easy way to keep them from teleporting: [[spoiler:don't have any gold]].
* In ''{{VideoGame/Rogue}}'', also appear in ''[=Nethack=]'''s predecessor, Leprechauns steal your gold and instantly disappear, but leave behind large amounts of gold if killed (the trick is to engage them with ranged weapons).
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfMajEyal'', they not only steal your gold and teleport away, but they also breed explosively. So if you happen to encounter them on a level, ''run''.

* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'' is somewhat of a subversion, since all leprechaun activities are actually Mr. Mxyzptlk.

* The ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' Series' Leprechauns are nothing more than an underground (literally) police force: [[FunWithAcronyms L.E.P. (Lower Elements Police) Recon]]. Lampshaded, when Short remembers the embarrassing uniforms they used to wear centuries ago that led to their often-attributed attire.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLeprechaunsChristmasGold'' is a [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]]-ChristmasSpecial featuring leprechauns[[note]]It was the company's second-to-last stop-motion animated special and the last original story produced by the company for many years[[/note]], made by the same people who made ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''. The special is about a boy named Dinty Doyle, who's ultimately tasked with protecting the gold of a community of hospitable leprechauns from an evil banshee--it's one of the company's more obscure specials, probably (at least partially) because of the fact that people [[UsefulNotes/AmericanHolidays usually don't associate leprechauns with Christmas.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLeprechaunsChristmasGold'' is a ChristmasSpecial featuring leprechauns, made by the same animators that made ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''. It's an okay story about a young boy protecting a hospitable leprechaun community's gold from an evil banshee, but it was never very popular. (Probably because Christmas just isn't the holiday where one thinks about them...)

* In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' Vol 1 #14 Diana winds up in "Shamrock Land" while chasing the Gentleman Killer and ends up having to contend with leprechauns too.

** A leprechaun is captured by three boys while vacationing in America. He grants each of them a wish (all of which [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor backfire comically]]) before being set free. In the end, he takes pity on them and pushes a magical ResetButton.
** An Irish local is the subject of general derision in the village pub upon announcing that he's befriended some leprechauns. It turns out the creatures do exist, but are benevolent LittleGreenMen who take the guy off into space with them.

* SabrinaTheTeenageWitch has dealt with leprechauns a time or two. Other than slightly pointed ears and a thick [[Oireland Oirish]] accent, they can easily pass for human. Heather O'Malley is one that tries to come between her and Harvey.

* SabrinaTheTeenageWitch has dealt with leprechauns a time or two. Other than slightly pointed ears and a thick {{Oirish}} accent, they can easily pass for human. Heather O'Malley is one that tries to come between her and Harvey.

* Series/PunkyBrewster relates how she met Glomer in the animated series. Glomleys (a creature of which Glomer is) are leprechaun helpers in their homeland of Chaundoon. Another episode has a bad leprechaun imprisoned as a piece of art on a plate escape and causing chaos. Glomer returns home in "Return To Chaundoon" and brings Punky with him, where they find the glomleys and the leprechauns mysteriously asleep.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', as part of its ongoing effort to appear on every single page in this wiki, has recently confirmed that the green-skinned Felt are from a homosexual species known as leprechauns. To make it even more absurd, the symbols of their various forms of romance are based on Lucky Charms.

* In the movie ''Film/BehindTheWaterfall'' the boy Tommy was sure that the old man Mr Conners was one. Unfortunatlly for him, he was eventually proven wrong.