History Main / Pegasus

* Pegasus was a character on ''Manga/SailorMoon'' that the villains of the season were seeking, although he could take human form. Or, more accurately, his original form was human.

* The "Pastoral Symphony" segment of ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'' features a whole Pegasus family: a white mother, black father, and foals that yellow, blue, and a black baby Pegasus [[TheRuntAtTheEnd who is always last]]. A few adult pegasi that are blue are seen as well.

* A number of winged horses appear in the later books of the ''TortallUniverse''. They're never referred to as pegasi, and come in a variety of forms, including little insect-sized ones and the carnivorous hurroks.

* In ''MagicTheGathering'', pegasi are a lesser White creature race ([[http://magiccards.info/query?q=t%3A%22pegasus%22&v=scan&s=cname seven creatures]], plus [[http://magiccards.info/query?q=ct%3Apegasus+%28t%3A%22enchantment%22+or+t%3A%22sorcery%22%29&v=card&s=cname four other cards]] that summon pegasus tokens). [[http://magiccards.info/cs/en/24.html White Shield Crusader]] also rides one.

* The Valkyries from ''TheMightyThor'' ride winged horses, one of which ended up in the possession of Danielle Moonstar of the New Mutants.

* The "Pastoral Symphony" segment of ''{{Fantasia}}'' features a whole Pegasus family: a white mother, black father, and foals that yellow, blue, and a black baby Pegasus [[TheRuntAtTheEnd who is always last]]. A few adult pegasi that are blue are seen as well.

** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', they're one of the main three races of ponies, along with {{unicorn}}s and good old [[BadassNormal earth ponies]]. Aside from flight, pegasi have the racial ability to control the weather, summoning rain, lightning, and winds.

** Arguably not the TropeMaker: Flying horses have been depicted in several other cultures, such as Thailand.

* [[TheHero Teppei]] from ''Anime/BtX'' rides a ''mechanical'' pegasus. Notably, this manga is from the same artist who made ''SaintSeiya'', Masami Kurumada.

* Teppei from ''Anime/BtX'' rides a ''mechanical'' pegasus. Notably, this manga is from the same artist who made ''SaintSeiya'', Masami Kurumada.

* [[PunnyName Nightmare]] from ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVI'', who is a black pegasus owned by '''Death himself.'''
** He will be your bestest friend if you feed him a stink-bomb. Free trip to Hell! Woo!

* In ''TheThiefOfBagdad1924'', the thief's quest for rare treasure brings him to the Abode of the Winged Horse, which he must ride to the Citadel of the Moon.

* In ''[[Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1924]]'', the thief's quest for rare treasure brings him to the Abode of the Winged Horse, which he must ride to the Citadel of the Moon.

"Pegasus" is the name of the winged horse in GreekMythology, [[SpontaneousGeneration born]] from the blood that flowed when Perseus slew Medusa. He was then used by Bellerophon to slay the [[MixAndMatchCritter Chimera.]]

* At least one of Pegasus' owners was the legendary [[PeeWeesPlayhouse Cowboy Curtis...]]

* The TropeNamer and TropeMaker comes from GreekMythology. He was owned by Bellerophon, until Zeus struck them down.

* Two SuperSentai series have had warriors with Pegasus motifs: ''DengekiSentaiChangeman'' and ''GoseiSentaiDairanger''. Both of them are the Blue Rangers of their teams.

* ''MetalFightBeyblade'' is similar to the above example, but with spinning tops. Again, the protagonist uses Pegasus.

* The winged horses from ''HarryPotter'', particularly the Thestrals.

** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', they're one of the main three races of ponies, along with {{unicorns}} and good old [[BadassNormal earth ponies]]. Aside from flight, pegasi have the racial ability to control the weather, summoning rain, lightning, and winds.

"Pegasus" is the name of the winged horse in GreekMythology, [[SpontaneousGeneration born]] from the blood that flowed when Perseus slew Medusa ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Poseidon was also god of horses . . .]]). He was then used by Bellerophon to slay the [[MixAndMatchCritter Chimera.]]

* ''BarbieAFairySecret'' has the Pega Ponies, which, like the Flutterponies from the MyLittlePony movie, have wings more akin to butterflies.

** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', they're one of the main three races of ponies, along with the {{Unicorn}} and the good old [[BadassNormal earth pony]]. Aside from flight, pegasi have the racial ability to control weather, summoning rain, lightning and winds.
*** Two of them, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, are part of the [[FanNickname mane cast]]. Rainbow Dash in particular is an incredibly talented flier, having broken what is depicted as the sound barrier ''multiple times'', to the point of doing it as a MundaneUtility. Fluttershy on the other hand is (usually) a [[AcrophobicBird fairly poor flyer who happens to be deathly afraid of heights]], though this is compensated by [[FriendToAllLivingThings great skill with animals]] (something more commonly found in earth ponies) and the powerful [[DeathGlare Stare]].
*** The Changelings are a rather creepy variation. They are vaguely equine [[EmotionEater love eating]] shapeshifting monsters with fangs, bodies full of ''holes'', and fly wings. In other words, they are [[VisualPun horseflies]].

The winged horse in GreekMythology, [[SpontaneousGeneration born]] from the blood that flowed when Perseus slew Medusa ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Poseidon was also god of horses . . .]]). He was then used by Bellerophon to slay the [[MixAndMatchCritter Chimera.]]

Since then, the image of a horse with wings has persisted in stories and culture, whether these horses are named Pegasus or another name.

** You mean he's a [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Horse]]?

* DC's ShiningKnight's ([[LegacyCharacter both of them]]) also have winged horses. Justin's was called Victory, Ystina's was Vanguard.

** Fledge deserves special mention since he began his life as a non-speaking cart-horse, one of the first animals given speech by Aslan, then given wings to help Digory on his quest.

* The "Pastoral Symphony" segment of ''{{Fantasia}}'' features a whole Pegasus family, including a black baby Pegasus [[TheRuntAtTheEnd who is always last]].