History Main / MagicalFlutist

* ''ALittleSnowFairySugar'' -- The title character, using her flute to create snow.

* ''{{Escape to Witch Mountain}}'' (1975) -- Tony plays a harmonica to increase his telekinetic powers.

* ''{{NiGHTS}}'' -- The eponymous character herself plays the invisible flute.
* ''{{Okami}}'' -- Waka, who is also named after a form of Japanese poetry. His appearance is always announced by the sound of a flute.

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[[caption-width-right:249:[[{{Okami}} Waka]], [[TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast the flute boy]] and a ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komus%C5%8D komuso]]''.]]

* ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series -- Link, although he himself is not very mysterious since he is the player-character. His instrument also varies from game to game: recorders, ocarinas, pan pipes, etc. Sometimes, though, such as in ''TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Link gets his flute from a character who plays this trope straight.

* ''LooneyTunes'' -- A few shorts have parodied ''The Pied Piper'':

* ''ShrekForeverAfter'' -- The Pied Piper is a bounty hunter, his flute adjustable to whatever creature he wanted to hypnotize (in this case, ogres).

* ''TheSmurfs And The Magic Flute'' and its 2008 prequel ''The Flute Smurfers''. See also Western Animation.

* ''{{Film/The Smurfs And The Magic Flute}}'' -- Peewit stumbles upon the magic flute of the Smurfs that makes whoever listens to it dance to its tune. It ends up in the possession of a thief named Matthew [=McCreep=], who uses it to make people pass out from the dancing so he can rob them.

[[caption-width-right:249:[[{{Okami}} Waka]], [[TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast the flute boy]] and a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komus%C5%8D komuso]].]]

[[caption-width-right:249:[[{{Okami}} Waka]], [[TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast the flute boy]] and a komuso.]]

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[[caption-width-right:249:[[{{Okami}} Waka]], [[TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast the flute boy]] and a mysterious man.]]

* ''DynastyWarriors'' - Zhen Ji's primary weapon is a magic flute that she also uses to hit people over the head with.

* ''The {{Smurfs}} and the Magic Flute'' -- Peewit stumbles upon the magic flute of the Smurfs that makes whoever listens to it dance to its tune. It ends up in the possession of a thief named Matthew [=McCreep=], who uses it to make people pass out from the dancing so he can rob them.

* ''TheSmurfs And The Magic Flute''. See also Western Animation.

* ''TheMagicFlute'' -- Naturally, and there are also magic bells involved.

* ''{{NiGHTS}}'' -- The titular character herself plays the invisible flute.

* ''LiveAndLetDie'' -- One of JamesBond's opponents is a man who plays the role of the voodoo loa Baron Samedi. Bond once encounters him while he's playing a flute. After apparently being killed by venomous snakes, at the end he appears riding the front of a train, indicating that he may be the real Baron Samedi.

* Native America Southwest -- Kokopelli is this, mixed with the fertility role, thus giving a new meaning to his flute

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* ''{{Xanth}}'' -- Chester Centaur's magical talent is to manifest and play a magical flute.

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This character is notable for having a flute or some other instrument, playing tunes that give a feeling of mystery or magic, and being quite mysterious himself. Bonus points if this character is a representation of nature or has the power of mind control.

See also: ElementalPowers, FriendToAllLivingThings, MagicMusic, WanderingMinstrel

* EdgarPangborn -- His short story "Tiger Boy" might count. The eponymous youth plays a set of pan pipes, runs wild and naked, and has a fully-grown tiger as a companion. The pipes attract a mute teenage village boy to Tiger Boy's side (possible echoes of the Pied Piper). However, he's not actually magical - it's a feudal, [[AfterTheEnd post-holocaust]] world. (He's certainly [[AnyoneCanDie not immortal]] either.)

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* ''{{Okami}}'' -- Waka, who is also named after a form of Japanese poetry

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* The [[EldritchAbomination Blind Idiot God]] Azathoth in the CthulhuMythos enjoys himself some flute music, which undoubtley be at least [[UnderStatement extremely]] [[BrownNote unpleasant]] to human listeners.

* ''SuperMarioBros3'' -- A magic whistle can be used to skip whole worlds.

* The [[EldritchAbomination Blind Idiot God]] Azathoth in the CthulhuMythos enjoys himself some flute music, which undoubtley be at least [[Understatement extremely]] [[BrownNote unpleasant]] to human listeners.

* The Rat Piper in ''Discworld/ThaAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents'' (the ''real'' one, not the stupid-looking kid) works very hard at maintaining this image. Maurice and Keith [[LegendaryImpostor trade on his reputation]].

* The Rat Piper in ''ThaAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents'' (the real one, not Keith) works very hard at maintaining this image. Maurice and Keith [[LegendaryImposter trade on his reputation]].

* {{Naruto}} -- Tayuya is this and MusicalAssassin. She can manipulate demonic dolls using it, as well as casting illusions.

Examples:

* ''The {{Smurfs}} And The Magic Flute'' -- Peewit stumbles upon the magic flute of the Smurfs that makes whoever listens to it dance to its tune. It ends up in the possession of a thief named Matthew McCreep who uses it to make people pass out from the dancing so he can rob them.

* The japanese ''shakuhachi'' is strongly associated with the ''Fuke'' sect of Zen Buddhism, who used the instrument as part of their meditative process. When the Meiji government cracked down on the previous bakufu and all associated religions, they specifically attacked the practice of playing the shakuhachi.

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