History Main / MagicalFlutist

* ''Animation/MavkaTheForestSong'': Lukash playing his flute isn't inherently magical, but it does have effects on Mavka.

* The ''Pixie & Dixie'' short "Pied Piper Pipe" has Mr. Jinks, inspired by the Pied Piper story, create a flute to torture the meeces with. They get back at him by placing a dog whistle in the flute so Jinks can get beaten up a nearby bulldog.

* ''GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' has one for a narrator. His original flute, 'lingering sentiment' is replaced for most of the story by a quickly chopped, bamboo branch with shoddy holes and splinters he made in an emergency, and it doesn't slow him down at all. Not only does he call up the dead with whistles, claps, and commanded entire armies with his flute; but at one point, while lying low, he successfully rescues a very complicated piece of magic, harmonizing with someone else's work on strings, while deliberately playing just enough wrong notes to leave the hearers with the impression he's unskilled and lucky. Notable that even his emulators, of which he has several, haven't come close to understanding how he did wha the did with music.

-->--'''[[Music/{{Gwar}} GWAR]]'', ''Ratcatcher''

** Then from the sequel, ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'', there's Kurow, who not only bears an uncanny resemblance to Waka, but in the same vain as him plays a flute. [[spoiler:Fittingly, he is a [[ArtificialHuman doll copy]] of Waka in the first place, down to a similar WeaponOfChoice.]]

* ''VideoGame/MushihimeSama BUG PANIC!'': A mysterious girl who appears in the cutscenes [[spoiler: named Sora]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'': Waka, who provides the page image, is named after a form of Japanese poetry. His appearance is always announced by the sound of a flute, and he tells cryptic, yet accurate prophecies.

* The "Rodent Rebellion" special that comprised the entirety of the fifth and final season of ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' ended with Nermal herding the rodents that have overrun the town by playing a recorder.

* ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'': The titular character is hired by the citizens of the German town of Hamelin to get rid of their rat plague problem by using his flute to hypnotize every rat in town and lead them into a river. However, the ungrateful townsfolk go back on the deal after the fact, so the pied piper returns and uses his flute to hypnotize their children as well, leading them out of town and into a cave which he then seals shut. Depending on the tone of the version being told, he'll either return the children after the people apologize to him or leaves them to die to [[RevengeByProxy teach their parents a lesson]].

* ''Anime/MaiHime'': The mysterious white-cloaked [=HiME=] who uses a flute to control Yatagarasu. [[spoiler: Better known as the FaceHeelTurn-ed Shiho.]]

* The iconic ''[[TabletopGame/PathFinder Pathfinder]]'' bard, Lem, wields a silver flute as his primary instrument and casts powerful magic with it.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'': [[TheDragon Ōtengu]] uses his flute to cast a hypnotic spell over unsuspecting ''yōkai''.

* ''Series/FraggleRock'': Cantus played a magical forked pipe.

* Myth/{{Native American|Mythology}} US Southwest: Kokopelli is this, mixed with the fertility role, thus giving a new meaning to his flute

* ''Franchise/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 ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Link gets his flute from a character who plays this trope straight.

* ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'': The faun Mr. Tumnus (the first Narnian we meet) played a flute lullaby to Lucy on her first trip to Narnia.

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

* ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'': The titular character is hired by the citizens of the German town of Hamelin to get rid of their rat plague problem by using his flute to hypnotize every rat in town and lead them into a river. However, the ungrateful townsfolk go back on the deal after the fact, so the pied piper returns and uses his flute to hypnotize their children as well, leading them out of town and into a cave which he then seals shut. Depending on the tone of the version being told, he'll either return the children after the people apologize to him or leaves them to die to teach their parents a lesson.

* ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'': The titular character is hired by the citizens of the German town of Hamelin to get rid of their rat plague problem by using his flute to hypnotize every rat in town and lead them into a river. However, the ungrateful townsfolk go back on the deal after the fact, so the pied piper returns and uses his flute to hypnotize their children as well, leading them out of town and into a cave which he then seals shut. Depending on the tone of the version being told, he'll either return the children after the people apologize to him or letting them die as a lesson to their parents.

* ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'': The titular character is hired by the citizens of the German town of Hamelin to get rid of their rat plague problem by using his flute to hypnotize every rat in town and lead them into a river. However, the ungrateful townsfolk go back on the deal after the fact, so the pied piper returns and uses his flute to hyponotize their children, leading them out of town and into a cave which he then seals shut. Depending on the tone of the version being told, he'll either return the children after the people apologize to him or letting them die as a lesson to their parents.

* ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'': The titular character is this.

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