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* ''VideoGame/DragonCity'': Soccer Dragon, Gold Dragon, Platinum Dragon, Pirate Dragon, Korean Soccer Dragon and Storm Dragon have wings, but they are never seen flying.
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* ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'': In the first game, Devil Kazuya has wings, but they're just for show, since he has the exact same movelist as his human counterpart. Averted with the second game onward, as he has actual flying moves that incorporate his wings.
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* In ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'', the hero starts out with only decorative wings, but acquires flight power in the [[EleventhHourSuperPower final stage]]. In the Game Boy sequel, they can slow Pit's descent and he is again able to obtain a powerup that allows {{flight}}. In ''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Uprising]]'', he's still incapable of flight, and Palutena has to [[EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity personally]] [[SupernaturalAid bestow]] the "Power of Flight"[[labelnote:*]]"Miracle of Flight" in the Japanese version and the game's initial reveal[[/labelnote]] upon him, in order to let him fly for 5 minutes at a time.

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* In ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'', ''VideoGame/KidIcarus1986'', the hero starts out with only decorative wings, but acquires flight power in the [[EleventhHourSuperPower final stage]]. In the Game Boy sequel, ''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusOfMythsAndMonsters Of Myths and Monsters]]'', they can slow Pit's descent and he is again able to obtain a powerup that allows {{flight}}. In ''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Uprising]]'', he's still incapable of flight, and Palutena has to [[EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity personally]] [[SupernaturalAid bestow]] the "Power of Flight"[[labelnote:*]]"Miracle of Flight" in the Japanese version and the game's initial reveal[[/labelnote]] upon him, in order to let him fly for 5 minutes at a time.
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* Namor the ComicBook/SubMariner has tiny wings on his ankles a la Hermes, that DependingOnTheWriter, ''do'' allow him to fly, but depending on some other writers, they are this. Some have even tried to explain that his 'flight' is actually him freezing the air around him so it turns into water, so he's actually swimming, not flying (which, while equally ludicrous, does tie closer to his status as an aquatic superhero). It's not all that consistent; [[ShrugOfGod Namor may be an example of this trope, but he may not be]]. Of course, plenty of Marvel heroes fly without wings, so it's easy for modern storytellers to assume the wings are just there for symbolism.
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* The Blue Fairy from ''{{WesternAnimation/Pinocchio}}'' sports a pair of massive wings on her back, but she cannot fly. Instead, she travels by teleporting and turning into a star.

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