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* One of the bosses in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 4'' is the Reploid WingedHumanoid steed, Pegasolta Eclair.

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

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* ''VideoGame/MasterOfMagic'' gives the High Men access to Pegasai as a unique flying mounted unit. NOTE: since Pegasus is a Greek word, the plural is Pegasai (if it were not actually a proper name); if it were Latin it would be Pegasi.

Compare OurAngelsAreDifferent.

* ''TabletopGame/PalladiumFantasy'': Pegasi are extremely rare creatures only found roosting on high mountains far from civilization. They used to be a lot more common and were often used as steeds by the elves, but they were almost completely exterminated during the great dwarf-elf war in the distant past. There are also the dragondactyls, essentially pegasi with clawed feet and draconic tails and wings; additionally, male dragondactyls can breathe fire. They are more common than the nearly-exctint pegasi, although not particularly numerous in absolute terms, and despite their monstrous appearance are relatively even-tempered beasts and no more difficult to domesticate than most horses.

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', pegasi are a lesser White creature race ([[http://magiccards.info/query?q=t%3A%22pegasus%22&v=scan&s=cname nine 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.

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

** "I created him to be used in battle, but I made him such a brilliant tactician that his riders can't get him to cooperate. He thinks he knows better, and he usually does. But he doesn�t know anything about the arts or sciences. He'll get along great with you and your sisters." [[http://thaliasmusingsnovels.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/1-3-my-kingdom-for-a-pet/]]

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has Pegasi included as one type of monster players can encounter.

* Pegasii, long thought extinct, return to the ''{{Discworld}}'' after a gorgon policewoman is swiped across the face by a troll and gets a bad nosebleed. lord Vetinari and sir Samuel Vimes take advantage and upgrade the Air Watch with the resultant marvellous flying horses. Later on it is discovered that whilst created by magical accident, they are capable of breeding with normal horses. Piloted by Witches and navigated by attendent Feegle, a Pegasus can get a rider plus load ''anywhere'' on the Disc via the Feegle magic of the craw-step... in a matter of ''minutes''. Read more in the tales of Creator/AAPessimal.

Compare {{Unicorn}}, WingedHumanoid, OurAngelsAreDifferent.

* ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' features the mythological Pegasus and his sons living on Olympus; as far as we're told there aren't any other winged horses in this world. They can [[TalkingAnimal also talk]].

** ''MyLittlePonyG3'' has both the regular Pegasus Ponies and the insectoid Breezies.

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

*** Scootaloo is one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders and an example of a flightless Pegasus; she can't fly in the ''air'' -- her inability to fly and her self-image issues stemming from this are actually a plot point in one episode -- but put her on her scooter and watch her run!

* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Bellerophon, the Noble Phantasm of the Servant Rider, can be used to control even the most powerful mythical beasts. Rider [[spoiler:due to her part in the creation of Pegasus]] is able to summon Pegasus and perfectly control it in battle with Bellerophon.

* [[TheHero Teppei]] from ''Anime/BtX'' rides a ''mechanical'' pegasus. Notably, this manga is from the same artist who made ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', [[Creator/MasamiKurumada Masami Kurumada.]]
** Not quite. X is meant to represent a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin Kirin.]]

* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'': Pegasi have appeared throughout the history of the franchise as one of the "standard" variants of ponies.

*** The breezies also reappear, although among their insectoid wings, very small size, and more stylized and slender bodies than their G3 incarnations had, they're more like an equine take on fairies than anything else.

* In ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'', Märchenland has a holiday known as the Pegasus Day, in which the locals use the light of the candles on a starry night to make a wish to a pegasus that flies across the sky. [[spoiler:Said pegasus also grants the Cures their second power-up attack, Rainbow Burst.]]

* The Tri-Star logo.

* In the {{Literature/Dragonrider}} series by {{Cornelia Funke}}, pegasi are intelligent and can [[TalkingAnimal talk]]. They are descended from the original Pegasus who sprung from the blood of a gorgon, and are now a critically endangered species, with an unusual life-cycle. They are oviparous, laying eggs which are initially no bigger than a hen’s egg, which the mother pegasus has to lick to enable the eggs to grow (ultimately to ostrich-size), so that the foals within them can develop up to the point of hatching (when they are the size of a hen).

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchchaihshravas Uchhaihshravas]] is a ''seven headed'' flying horse from Hindu Mythology.

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*** The breezies also reappear, although between their insectoid wings, very small size and more stylized and slender bodies than their G3 incarnations had, they're more like an equine take on fairies than anything else.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' character Blue Eyes, who appears in a few episodes as Smurfette's friend.
* WesternAnimation/SouthPark: Pegasus appears as a character in the ''Imaginationland'' trilogy, among the fictional characters.

* Some of the Franchise/{{My Little Pon|y}}ies are winged horses.
** And the Flutter Ponies from TheMovie. The Flutter Ponies are an unusual example, as they have iridescent wings like those found on insects and not the feathered, birdlike wings of Pegasi.

*** Scootaloo is one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders and an example of a flightless Pegasus; she can't fly in the ''air,'' but put her on her scooter and watch her run!

*** The breezies also reappear.

*** The breezier also reappear.

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

** Mme. Maxine, the half-giantess headmistress of the French magic school (L'Ecole Beubatons) travels in a coach drawn by a team of matched palamino pegasoi that drink single-malt Scotch whiskey. The in-universe name for this breed is Abraxan.

** Not quite. X is meant to represent a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin Kirin]].

* ''VideoGame/MoCreatures'': This ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' mod includes pegasi as one of the breakable horse types. They're obtained by giving an Essence of Light to a bat horse (itself a bat-winged example of this trope) above cloud level. Giving a pegasus an Essence of Darkness above cloud level will turn it into a fireproof dark pegasus. You can also make a zombie pegasus with an Essence of Undead, which will rot into a skeletal pegasus over time. It will still fly.