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PowerGivesYouWings is a SubTrope, where sufficiently powerful beings gain the ability to sprout wings as opposed to just floating on their own. Expect to see some MidairBobbing. The most common stock pose associated with this is the LevitatingLotusPosition, although the StandardPowerupPose can be seen as well. Contrast GhostlyGlide, when a form of this trope is used to unnerve. See also ChunkyUpdraft, for power causing ''other'' things to float. And if the power of love causes it, it's {{Lovetation}}.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' also mentions that angels never touch the ground, with the exception of the fallen angel Lucifer of course. When Remiel is forced to take over Hell, after much pleading and whimpering, he is also forced to land.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'':

* Quinella from ''Anime/SwordArtOnline'' spends the majority of her time casually floating in the air. This combined with her adornments and beautiful long hair gives her the feeling of a goddess or an extremely powerful being, fitting for the one that rules the human realm. To a lesser extent Cardinal also fits the bill, as she floats/glides rather than walking.

In Chapter 41 of ''Fanfic/TheAwakeningOfAMagus'', Harry goes to the roof in order to enjoy the feeling of a storm around him... and begins to hover in the air without even realizing it.

PowerGivesYouWings is a SubTrope, where sufficiently powerful beings gain the ability to sprout wings as opposed to just floating on their own. Expect to see some MidairBobbing. The most common stock pose associated with this is the LevitatingLotusPosition, although the StandardPowerupPose can be seen as well. Contrast GhostlyGlide, when a form of this trope is used to unnerve. See also ChunkyUpdraft. And if the power of love causes it, it's {{Lovetation}}.

* OlderThanPrint: Christian folklore holds it that angels constantly float, even when not actually flying, as their feet are never to touch base earth. Reportedly many saints levitated or outright flew, so much that it has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints_and_levitation its own article]] on Wiki/TheOtherWiki. St. Joseph of Cupertino is the most well-known. In Buddhism, people who have achieved enlightenment are believed to become capable of this, along with [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers other things]], and they too have many stories about it.

** Flight first appeared in the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' with Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu, who are the first depicted using the technique in the series. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Longtime fans of the Z portion can be caught off-guard when Roshi dismisses it as nonsense in the English dub]]. It's a big deal when it's revealed that Krillin and Goku are able to do it because it was such a rare skill at that point.

* Grove from ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD Bloodlust''. When the others need him to, he uses a super powerful spirit form that glows and floats as he attacks. It's quite deadly.

** Shiki, the BigBad of the tenth movie, has this as a power. In addition to being able to float himself, he can make battleships or islands float... [[ColonyDrop or just let them fall.]]

* ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'': Liz Asher, at the height of her anger-induced telekinetic tantrum, is seen floating near the ceiling. That means Rick Dagless was able to see up her skirt, and when he tells her to 'hide her shame' cause her legs were spread apart, [[WhatAnIdiot she pelts him with a fire extinguisher.]]

* ''Film/TheWitches2020'': Unlike in [[Literature/TheWitches the original book]], the Grand High Witch, ruler of the malevolent WitchSpecies, takes to the air and floats around for dramatic effect while orating.

** It first appeared in the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' with Tenshinhan, who alongside Chiaotzu, are the first depicted using the technique in the series. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Longtime fans of the Z portion can be caught off-guard when Roshi dismisses it as nonsense in the English dub]].
** In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', all of the main characters can fly. When someone brings out their Super Saiyan BattleAura, it adds to the mix rising currents of DramaticWind and ChunkyUpdraft lifting stuff up around them as they leave the ground. As an added bonus, this often happened not by having characters rise off the ground, but by having a small section of the ground ''blown out from under them'' with their BattleAura. They simply couldn't be bothered to fall a measly four inches.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "Switched," when Raven and Starfire are in a FreakyFridayFlip, they learn that their abilities to control flight are diametrically opposed - Raven's flight will be chaotic or worse if her emotions aren't rigorously controlled, while Starfire and other Tamaranians can fly simply by feeling "the unbridled joy of flight." Naturally, they both have a bad time with this until they learn more about each other's powers.

In Chapter 41 of ''Fanfic/TheAwakeningOfAMagus'', Harry goes to the roof in order to enjoy the feeling of a storm around him... and doesn't ever begins to hover in the air without realizing it.

* Their counterparts SelfDemonstrating/{{Bizarro}} and ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}} also are able to float and levitate.

* Natsume/Sabrina from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', more so in the anime than (her illustrations in) the games. Several Poemon also do this, such as Mewtwo.

* Natsume/Sabrina from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', more so in the anime than (her illustrations in) the games.

* Present in all versions of ''Anime/SailorMoon''. In the 90s Anime, most villains seem to prefer floating mid-air, often in lounging poses, when observing, appearing or gloating. In the manga and Crystal, the Senshi often float and/or fly themselves.

* ''Upcider'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKPs2JKx8mI commercial Barfly]] shows people floating to the ceiling of a bar. Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfKHkh1Kunc in a laundromat]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KYF9hVtyjc over an apple orchard]].

* ''Singha Light'' beer is so light it makes people float in their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9HTR9UhJY commercial]].

** It first appeared in the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' with Tenshinhan, who alongside Chiaotzu are the first depicted using the technique in the series. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Longtime fans of the Z portion can be caught off-guard when Roshi dismisses it as nonsense in the English dub]].