History Main / Pegasus

* In ''[[Literature/PegasusMcKinley Pegasus]]'', by Creator/RobinMcKinley, there's an entire species of pegasi, who co-exist peacefully, though they can only communicate via specially-trained Speaker magicians. Each member of the human royal family has a pegasus companion.

* In ''Literature/{{Pegasus}}'', by Creator/RobinMcKinley, there's an entire species of pegasi, who co-exist peacefully, though they can only communicate via specially-trained Speaker magicians. Each member of the human royal family has a pegasus companion.

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Pegasi are the focus of the sixth film, ''Meet the Pegasus'', where the goats must write a happy ending for a story starring the Pegasus Prince, who lives in a cloud city populated by humanoid pegasus people.

** There is also the card [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/ZW_-_Pegasus_Twin_Saber ZW - Pegasus Twin Saber]] depicts a mechanical pegasus that is part of the Zexal Weapon archetype.

* The ''Tabletopgame/YuGiOh'' card [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Firewing_Pegasus Firewing Pegasus]] depicts a pegasus with flaming wings and fetlocks.

** In ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'', SixthRanger Cure Parfait has the pegasus as her [[AnimalMotifs animal theme]], having [[LittleBitBeastly horse ears, a horse tail, a unicorn horn and wings]].

** In ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'', SixthRanger Cure Parfait has the pegasus as her [[AnimalMotifs animal theme]], having [[LittleBitBeastly horse ears, a horse tail, unicorn horn and wings]].

** In ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'', SixthRanger Cure Parfait has the pegasus as her [[AnimalMotifs animal theme]], having [[LittleBitBeastly horse ears, a horse tail and wings]].

* Wiki/SCPFoundation: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-042 SCP-042]] is a pegasus that somehow lost his wings, and, because of that, [[DrivenToSuicide he is now suicidally depressed]] and tries to get Foundation personnel to [[TheWoobie put him out of his misery]].

* Creator/AAPessimal: Pegasi(i), long thought extinct, return to the Franchise/{{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. These are placed in the care of the [[BikerBabe Air Witches]]. Later on it is discovered that whilst created by magical accident, they are capable of breeding with normal horses. Thus creating more Pegasi in the natural run of things, and as time passes, allowing the Service to expand and recruit more Witch-Pilots. Vetinari is in favour of this and makes the necessary funding and facilities available, including purpose-built air bases.[[note]] He is, as is revealed across the stories, building Ankh-Morpork's Air Force, to mesh with its resurgent Army and Navy.[[/note]] 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''. This builds on the canonical use of the craw-step by the City Watch Air Police in ''Literature/{{Snuff}}''. Pegasi appear in several stories by Creator/AAPessimal, including ''Fanfic/GapYearAdventures'' and ''Fanfic/ThePriceOfFlight''.

*** One ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendsForever'' comic includes a "pigasus", a green pig with feathered wings.
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'': The pegasi live in the mountaintop city of Zephyr Heights alongside a variety of animals resembling regular ones but with feathered wings, and are the only group with a significant military presence in the form of guards in Greco-Roman armor. They lost their ability to fly with the fading of magic from the world, with the exception of their royal family [[spoiler:in theory; in practice, the royals also can't fly and use wires, staging and lighting to pretend in order to keep up morale]]. At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:the return of magic restores their flight]].

*** Two of them, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, are part of the main cast. Rainbow Dash in particular is an incredibly talented flier, most notably being able to easily break what is depicted as the sound barrier, to the point of doing it as for MundaneUtility. Fluttershy, on the other hand, is ([[BerserkButton usually]]) a [[AcrophobicBird fairly poor flyer who happens to be deathly afraid of heights]], though this is compensated by [[FriendToAllLivingThings her great skill with animals]] (something more commonly found in earth ponies) and the powerful [[DeathGlare Stare]].

* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': The Valkyries are seen riding winged horses in a flashback.

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* ''Webcomic/KarateBears'' are man enough to admit that they [[http://www.karatebears.com/2011/12/pegasus-over-rainbow.html ride pegasus's over rainbows]]

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* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' and ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlymus'': Percy, who is able to speak with horses due to being a son of Poseidon, befriends a winged horse named Blackjack, who is his CoolHorse during the big battles thereafter. The original Pegasus is said to exist as the immortal sire of all the rest. Uniquely, his brother Chrysaor shows up, jealous at being overlooked in favor of his brother, as a pirate.

* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Percy, who is able to speak with horses due to being a son of Poseidon, befriends a winged horse named Blackjack, who is his CoolHorse during the big battles thereafter. The original Pegasus is said to exist as the immortal sire of all the rest. Uniquely, his brother Chrysaor shows up, jealous at being overlooked in favor of his brother, as a pirate.

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

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has Pegasi as staples of the ''Monster Manual'' in most editions. They're portrayed as shy but intelligent ChaoticGood creatures that serve as steeds for those who can gain their trust.

* In ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', the horse Strawberry (from our world) was given wings by Aslan and took the name Fledge. Fledge deserves special mention since he began his life as a non-speaking cart-horse and was one of the first animals given speech by Aslan, and was then given wings to help Digory on his quest. He is also the only pegasus to appear in the series, although final book implies that, as revered and majestic as unicorns are considered, pegasi are even more so.
* ''Literature/CompanionsQuartet'': Col's companion is a pegasus.

* In ''Literature/DragonRider'', by Creator/CorneliaFunke, 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).